Eljt t)ress. THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1864. FORNEY'S WAR PRESS, 808 THE WBSIC RIMING JULY 23, 1864. 1. ENGRAVING —The Naval.Victory,off Cherbonfill. POETRY.—" Captain Semmes. C. S. A. N.,'.' by Geo. H. Boker• "UP with the Starry Banner," by Frank Macneill; "Serenade," by Kane O'Donnell; Only a Baby's GraTel" "The Flight of the Hours,!' by Miss Martineall. 111. "DR. GRAVES, OF WARVirICE. STREET." _ _ IV. EDITORIALS. —The President's Proclamation; Peace Agitation Again; The Strength of the Invasion; The Second Day of August; Pennsylvania and her As. sellouts; The Military Problem; The Recent Raids; The New Holy Alliance 01rard College; Death of Mr. George Boweryem; The'Queen has Done it All; News paper Electricity. V. LETTER "OCCASIONAL." VI. THB LATE INVASION.—DetaiIs of the Fighting before Washington ; The Escape of Gen. Franklin. VII. THE WAR.—The Army of the Potomac; One Special Correspondence; Life in the Trenches; /Mire near Petersburg; A Military Execution; The War in the Southwest; Oen. Sherman South of the Chattahoo chee; Atlanta Reported within Reach dills Guns; QUA rings in Missouri and Kansas. VIII. GENERAL Ev/S. —Proclamation by the Pre sident; A Call for 6tittAn men; The Late Accident on the Erie Railroad; ,Plots on Foot; Conference of Se cessionists in Canada; The Pew. Emperor of Mexico; Work of the Sanitary Commission, the. IX. THE ALABAMA. ()111cial Reports; New Points Developed. X. LITERATURE AND ART. Xi. OUR HARRISBURG LETTER. —The Excitement Subsided; Enlistments; War Demonstration among the Colored People. XII. CITY INTELLIGENCE.—The Sanitary Fair, Past and Present; The Rem - Mtge of Boys; Dining at Restaurants, Re. XIII. THE NATIONAL PlNANCES.—Commanica tion. CHESS DEPARTMENT.-The Wife Wager Pro blern ; Chess in Philadelphia, In England, in Emu XV. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. Air Specimens of tbe " WAR Paws " be ior- Warded when requested, The subscription raptor sin gle midge iss2 per year. A. deduction from these terms will be allowed when clubs axe formed. Single copies, put up in wrappers, ready for mailing, may be obtained at the counter. :Price five rents. ' The People's Question. We find in the latest formal declarations made by the leaders , of the new, Den cratic party, , a well-studied complaint against the soldiers of the nation being allowed to take part in the important elec tions of the State and country. - thether the Chicago Convention will dareito place this upon its .platform 'of opposition is doubtful, but it is certain that :the dis franchisement of the soldier is a part of the acting creed of , the opponents of the Government. - This has been in stanced in our election for Governor, but its manifestation has been frequ'ent in a hundred other ways. The soldier, whose patriotism is more deeply concerned in our great struggle than any other class, has been denied the natural privilege,of voting upon questions which • affect hiS own se curity. The - veteran at our hospitals has long been the enemy and bugbear of those who o3ose the war, just as he has been the resolute foe of the rebellion. The most representative part of the nation in time of wale tlaus denied the indispensa, ble privilege of every freeman, because he would rather vote in favor of the war, and against the enemy, than'give one item of comfort to Mr. JEFFROSON DAVIS. Who cannot see, lurking behind this antipathy, to the soldier's vote, the disposition to take away from him the sword also,? The question, "Shall the soldiers vote ?" (once put back by a decishm of Mr. Justice Woonwenn, ) will shortly Come before the people. Of its 'issue there cannot be a doubt. But • the occasion ,\will - prove in teresting in allowing to all \he real animus of the parti opposed to th Government. M o ony other period we mig t have heard this party welcoming such a vote—but, could they prove triumphant t -day, the sol dier would not be allowed the common right and inalienable prepertY of every citizen, to have a part in the choice of a national ruler. The foes of the Government are consistent •in opposing everything that can be of real benefit to the men who are fighting our battles.- They opposed the enlistment of 'colored troops to relieve our 'white armies in the field, and to save our white population from the rigor of a draft ; and in the same way they show their terror of the soldier's vote. The pub lic may reasonably infer that our< soldiers could not be else than enemies of this degene rate party. The unanimity which our op ponents fear must be an encouragement to all truly patriotic men. Has the defender of our homes any rights as a citizen? TB Maryland Constitutional Conven tion, 'which met in Baltimore on Tuesday ; did a sensible thing in requesting " the President of the United States and the commandants of military departments in which Maryland is included, as an act of justice and propriety, to assess upon sym pathizers with the rebellion resident in this State the total amount of all losses and spoliation sustained by loyal citizens of the United States, resident in this State, by reason of the recent rebel raid, tecompen sate loyal sufferers." This is a step in the right direction. The disloyalists of Mary land werd, in a great degree, responsible for the late raid, as they have been for the previous ones. Confident of their own im munity from, loss by spoliation, they gave the rebels every possible have to enter their State. They have furnished the enemiwith important information, volun tarily servedliini as spieS and scouts, guided his ragged ifierauders to thelichest farm bonses and best filled-barns of their Union neighbors, and, in many, cases, have en tered the •rebel service as willing recruits. Very many people believe that the detach ment of rebel cavalrymen which did so much damage along the line of the Phila delphia and Baltimore Railroad during the late foray eonsisted 'solely of disaffected Marylanders. It is only necessary to. con vince these outlaws, and all who justify their atrocious conduct, that disloyalty is .a taxable commodity, to effect a radical change in their sentiments. As an act of retributive justice to them, as well as com pensative justice to the Union citizens they have helped to - despoil, thik 4 fesolution, it seems to us, should meet; ii;faireable re sponse. When Pennsylvania was invaded, and the farmers of the Cumberland Valley were plundered,, the treasury 'of the State was very properly called upon•to reimburse their losses. With Maryland the case is different, the rebels being always careful to deal leniently with their "friends" in that State. So there would be neither jus, tice nor common sense in recompensing the loyal people for their losses; out of a public treasury- only to be filled by taxa tion. imposed upon themselies. This Mary land resolution May •find equal application in other of the.border States. A lisnausnono paper informs us that Go vernor Cuummr, availing himself of the act of Congress of July 4th, "is now prepared to appoint agents, to recruit for Pennsyl vania regiments in revolted States. The duties of tliese agents will be of the most irsi portant character,. and hence it is the earnest desire of his :Excellency to consult the wishes of the people in the different`districts, So as to secure the services of competent and reliable officers, who will faithfully dis charge the-great work to which they may be assigned." We have no doubt, with prompt action and faithful officers, the effort will be so far successful as practi cally to relieve our State from a draft, or if any deficiency should still exist, the offer of extra bounties may suffice to secure the requisite number of volunteers. 'Neverthe less, it would behest for our citizens not to depend too intle.ii*Pn the Government ap-. pointees for .the filling of their quota, or they may dis Cover, when the fifth of Sep tember arrives, that the necessity of a draft has not been. obviated. . TILE country needs rain. The , farmers throughout 'the State, and further north and east, are eomplaining of the drought, the effect of which upon some of the crops nay prove very serious. The idea prevails that we shall . have no second growth of grass worth Mentioning. It is comforting to know, hoWever, that the hay crop this season has been enormously large through. out the country—large; we think, than has ever been known before. Thus far, teaven has smiled, upon the land with a totinteousypervest, and by just so much are we rieher to phy our debts, abler to feed wit. Intl ardieS,l stionger to" fight the ekeiliOn. Political Contests Abroad. The, great battle for Place and Power, which. lasted in the British Parliament from the 4th to the 0.111 of this month, has ended in a small triumph • in gie House of Commons for the Palmerston Ministry, and a small defeat in the House of. Lorde. , n the Commons, vote of censure on the Ministerial war question, moved by Mr. Dumennr, was negatived by a majority of ',eighteen, and, in the Lords, a similar mo. tion,, brought forward by - the Earl of Malmesbnry, was carried by a majority of nine. The attendance in the Lords was very considerable.. Out of the 460 mem bers of the Upper House, the unusual num ber of 395 voted on this occasion. Con sidering that ministers are in a minority in the Lords, on most political questions, the • vote of censure has been carried there by a small number of votes. This may be partly owing to the fact that the ‘Earl of Derby, leader of the Opposition party, and the ablest speaker in the Lords, was una ble to atteo, from illness. It may be partly - attributed to the dislike of many peers to adopt a resolution nominally cen suring the Ministry, but indirectly con demning Queen VICTORIA, 'who is gene rally believed to have induced the Minis try to , substitute her 'particular policy for their own. In the Commons, the Ministry haye ob tained a triumph which, 'though small, is greater than was expected by them or for them. The direct issue, put by Mr. Dm- RAMS, was that the policy of the British Government, as regarded the Dano-Ger manic question, ought to be condemned by the House •of Commons as unworthy the British people. Mr. KINGLAXE'S iitnend ment endorsed that policy as prudent, ne cessary, and-honorable. ! • • In a House of 613 out of the - whole 688 members, Ministers obtained an endorse ment finm a majority of 18. The votes Were 313 to 295, and there were also pre , sent, but not voting, Mr. DEnrsoN, Speaker of the House, and two members on each side, who acted as- "tellers"—that is, as official recorders of each man's vote; It may be well to look back and see what the numbers, inthe House of Commons, -were on the other great political contests be tween the Ins and the Outs. In March, 1832, the, Reform Bill was passed by a majority of a hundred and six teen in a House of five hundred and six- I teen. In February, 1834, six hundred and twenty-two members divided on the. ques tion whether Sir CRAItLES MANNERS SUT TON should be re-elected Speaker, or Mr.' JAMES ABERCROMBY chosen to' fill the chair. ABERCROMBY received 316 and SUT TON got 306- 7 -, majority ten,. In April, 1834, the Peel Government was broken up by a vote on 'the temporalities of the Irish Church, the majority being twenty-seven, in a House of 543. In May, 1841, the Melbourne Ministry was defeated on the Sugar Duties by a majority of thirty-siz, and not having re signed office, a vote of want of confidence in them was carried by a majority of one, - in 'a House of 623. In the following Au gust,. a new Parliament trying the question, the Melbourne Ministry was broken 'up by an amendment to the Address on the Queen's speech being carried by a majori ty of 'ninety-one, in a House of 629 Mem ' hers. In February, 1844, there was a majority of ninety-nine,- in a House of 549 members, against Lord Joni RUSSELL'S motion for inquiry into the state of Ireland. During the Corn Law discussions, in 1846, one debate occupied twelve nights. The House -,43f Commons was greatly crowded. On an amendment by Mr. Yrr.ns 577 members voted. The third reading of the bill was carried by a majority of ninety eight, in a House'of 556. The bill received the Royal Assent on June 26, 1846, and' REEL'S Government resigned office three days later, having been defeated on the Iriah question-by a majority of seventy-three, in a house of 411. • In February, 1852, the Russell Adminis tration was shattered - by a majority of nine votes, in a house of 266, on an amendment on the Local Militia Bill, moved by Lord PA - ram - I/nom What is called "The Derby-Disraeli" Government was then formed, to be dissolved in the follow ing December, by a vote against their Budget, carried by nineteen majority, out of 591 members. In January, 1855, /the Aberdeen Ministry resigned, - being, defeated by. a majority of one hundred and fifty-seven, in a House of 453, on Mr. ROEBUCK'S motion for inquiry -into the state of the war and the condition of the army in the Crimea. The Palmerston Cabinet, defeated in February, 1858, by nineteen votes, out of 449, on the Con spiracy law (said to have been framed by desire of NAronnoN 111., after ORSINI'S attempt to assassinate him), was succeeded by the Derby-Disraeli second• Administr ation, which was in turn defeated, and - also by a majority of nineteen, out of 621 votes, on DrsnA_Em's Reform Bill. A new Par liament was assembled, and - the - Ministry were defeated by a majority of thirteen, out of 633 votes—the greatest number ever given in the House of Commons upon' any question. The result- was the recon struction of Lord PALMERSTON'S Adridnis tration. From these facts and. figures, more easy to read than to collect, for they are scat- - tered throughout many volumes, it can. be judged by what elender majorities succes sive Administrations in England have been turned out of or retained in Office. That . Lord PArastEnsTox, in. a crowded house, should obtain a majority of eighteen in favor of his policy, indicates more strength in the Commons than iras anticipated. These eighteen votes really represent double that number of members. The trial of strength between the Ministry and the Op position has been fairly made, and the issue is that Pemannoron . is confirmed in his position. Had he been defeated, no doubt,he would immediately have called a new Parliament. He will - scarcely .do so now. In his speech ; after the Conference broke up without haying done anything, PeiatEnsmoN declared that . if Copenhagen were bombarded, or the Danish sovereign made prisoner, England would actively in terfere, As one or other of these eontin genaies is not improbable, it may be neces eiary ,for PALMERSTON to call Parliament together to legislate on the crisis, and he could not well do this with a new Parlia ment. , We doubt whether the General -Election will take place until after the ses sion of 1865. The Atlantic Telegraph. Among the items of intelligence trought from England by the last mail-steamer is one that the Great Eastern had " left Li verpool for 'London to take hi the Atlantic cable." This may be so, but it had been previously,stated that no attempt would be made to place the sub-Atlantic telegraph until the summer of 1865. The telegraph froni Valentia to the Western Continent may succeed or may fail—our belief and hopeare that it will succeed :but one thing connected with it will ever prove an impe diment to its general utility. Essentially and practically it is a British institution. Both termini. will be on British soil, solely under British control, and accessible to Americans only by British favor. Mr. Crams Frami declares that a special, agree ment will remedy this. He `has not eai& how. -Sir G. C. Lewis, one of the sound est statesmen England ever had, emphati cally declared that War had the effect, for the time, of nullifying all Treaties. It would have been fair play to have One ter minus of the Atlantic telegraph in the United States. But now, at the mere will, policy, or caprice of John Bull, we may be shut out, any day, from the use of that line. Fortunately, we shall have a pis -alter in the Russo-Ainerican telegraph now in pro'cess of ponstruction, which will connect us with Europe almost as rapidly as the English line, and more certainly. GRANT'S OPINION 03' TRN SITUATION.- - Oketitlemen of •prominence, who have returned 'from the Army of the Potomac, represent General Graft to be as hopeful as ever Of ihooolitilialdryc his xrdlilary purposes. _ • LETTBE FROM -"OCCASIONAL." • „ WssurtebN, July 26, t 864. With the exception of the Border States , - of Virginia, Maryland Kentucky, Missouri, and Tennessee, no part of the Union has buffered - more (of course excluding the re bel sections) than Pennsylvania. Last year her citizen soldiery came forth' wider the call of the Governor, and the expenks, nearly eight hundred thousand dollars, were met by a loan, raised on the faith of the Federal Executive, from the banking and railroad corporations of the State, which debt, though earnestly recom mended to be repaid by the War Depart ment and by the President, remains a debt because Congress refused to make the appropriation. Pennsylvania has had to bear the burden of at least two inva sions—that which was repelled in 1862, and that which was crushed in 1863. In the latter, beside the enormous expense to which "I have referred, the people of the counties along the Maryland line, on .our western frontier, 'were ,poliated to the ex tent of millions, and all this, without re flecting that now, as in 1863, more than. a hundred thousand•= of our sons are in the respective columns of the Union army in Middle Virginia, in' Tennessee, Georgia, and in Louisiana. 'lf to this count we add the thousands who sleep in honored graves, may not Pennsylvania point heir slanderers in other Statts to her own prouil and peer less record ? She is the most exposed of all the free States. Ohio and Indiana are protected by broad and deep rivers, but the line that divides us from Virginia, or rather from the Shenandoah Valley, is either an imaginary one, or is marked by a river which is easily fordable in the au tuinnal .(generally the fighting) sea son of the year. It does not become me to take part' in the disagreement be tween the War Department here and the Governor of Pennsylvania. Both being patriotib, and each having a heavy load of responsibilities to' carry, let us hope that their differences,may soon be adjusted in a wise and magnanimous spirit. And it would be idle 'to deny that what is called the " apathy " of the people of Pennsylva nia has been produced by thqir want of harmony. Yet, notwithstanding this "apathy," I think the records may be challenged for proof that Pennsylvania has sent a larger proportion of men to the field than any other State in the Union. New York is the loudest to complain of and to ridicule Pennsylvania. Could there be worse taste than this,? Under the evil counsels of a disloyal and disorganizing Governor, aided by an equally untrust worthy Mayor of her great city, both striving with satanic zeal to embarrass the Federal - Government, the State has been filled with treasonable associations, and the elements of riot prepared for Itnother satur nalia of fire and of blood. We must not, indeed, forget that in 1863 New York offered and sent troops.to the protection Of the Pennsylvania frontiers, but, while thanking her for this timely aid, we owe it also to history to recall the letter of General McClellan to Governor Curtin, on the 27th day of September, 1862, for his prompt and effective 'contribution to the safety of the Maryland border, and to the success of that movement by which he turned back the rebel horde on the field of Antietam. The following is the letter of Gen. McClellan : HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF TER POTOMAC, STIARPSBURG, September 27,1882. GOVERNOR I beg to avail myself of almost the first moment of leisure I haveAad`slnce the recent battles, to tender to you thy thanks for "room. Ivies . AND ENERGETIC ACTION IN CALLING OUT THE NI LITIA or PENNSYLVANIA for 'its defence, when threatened by a numerous and victorious-army of the enemy. Fortunately, circumstances rendered it Impossible for the enemy to set foot upon the soil of Pennsylvania, but the mow, BIIPPORT REN DERED TO MY ARMY BY YOUR ACTION WAS NONE TEE LESS. NIGHTY. IN THE NAME OF MY ARMY, AND FOR MYSELF, I AGAIN TENDER TO YOU OUR ACKNOWLEDGMENTS FOP. YOUR PATRIOTIC COURSE. The manner in which the people of Pennsylvania responded to your call and hastened to the defence of their irontler, NO DOUBT EMBROISED GREAT /NFLUENOE UPON TER ENEMY. I am, very respectfully and sincerely, yours, Gnonee B. meacar.,LArr, Major General U. S. A.. His Excellency A, G. Omni', Governor of Penn eylvaola. Now, had General McClellan failed in. 1862, or had General Meade failed in 1863, not only would Pennsylvania - have - been devastated to the Delaware, but the tide of war would have overflowed into New Jersey and New York—so that the assistance of the litter was not so unselfish after all, nor the prompt energy of Governor Curtin so selfish as it has been charged. Has any such tri bute as that paid by. General McClellan to Governor Curtin ever been paid to Horatio Seymour f Where, in the last invasion, that which threatened Baltimore and invaded Washington—where,. then, were the sons ,of Pennsylvania ? Not only were they to be found in the immortal 6th Corps which , in the very nick of time, came to save the Federal Capital, but at least two of their new regiments were in the front, and ren dered effective and enthusiastic service. It is one of the most debasing signs of the times, when a State _which has sent nearly two hundred regiments to the field, which has contributed millions to the Sanitivry and Christian Commissions, and which as been constantly called upon to protect anal most constantly threatened line of counties from invasion and raids, is made the subject of sneer and falsehood and insolent compari son. Is it any wonder that a people thus burdened and oppressed should beelme dis heartened ? There.is another view of this question For three years, namely, when.. Lee advanced in '62 and when again he advanced in '63, and when latterly he ad vanced in '64, it was the New York press thanled the cry and attempted to show that each of these adlances amounted to no thing—were, in fact, mere feints or raids, easily repelled by the militia. It is to the impression thus excited that • any failure to raise troops in Pennsylvania or elsewhere, or any complete success in hurrying for wird the old levies, may be justly attribu ted. It is scarcely doubted now, that but for• the opportune arrival of the veterans in Washington on Monday and Tuesday of last week, the Federal Capital might have been captured. As if to show the treasona ble spirit of those who .ridiculed and de predated the last rebel movement, the Na tional Intelligenoor, of this city, still persists in asserting that the columns under Early and Breckinridge amountedto only a few hundred, when the information of the War Department,. and the testimony of unpreju diced witnesses, „including the correspon: dents of such Opposition papers as the New York World, clearly prove that these forces amounted to at least 40,000 veterani,ln chiding a large body of trained cavalry. But it is not - for us of Pennsylvania Co allow the taunts of others to dissuade us from our duty. We have done nothing about Which we need be ashamed; nothing to hold us back from doing still more for our country; nothing to make us even more eager to show that we are at least the equal of the people of other sections. President Lin coln has made another call for 500,000 men. Rely upon it, this call will be responded to, and that Pennsylvania will do her full share. When the traitors who have , de ' pended upon what is called the '. apathy" of our Northern people, and who have hailed with malignant joy the efforts of the sympathizers with Secession to sow dis cord through the land`— when these traitors read this call, and note how it is welcomed, and how it is being responded to, they will exclaim, in the bit terness of despair, Who can cope-with a race which has so sternly and solemnly re solved to maintain , its own go'vernment, at whatever cost and at whatever hazard Truly is the hour of rebel doom at last ap proaching. Foreign nations formally an nounce that• they cannot, and dare not, in terfere. The robber 'corsair, after ravaging the seas and plundering unarmed mei.= chantmen, is sunk by an American steamer in sight of the coast. Of France, and in the presence of the yacht of a British aristocrat. The great entrap/it at Atlanta, Ga., where have been stored foreign arms of the rebels and ,their material for fhe manufacture of ammunition, has by this time trembled to its fall. Maryland and Pennsylvania are once more saved from attack, and will hereafter be in a better condition of defence than ever. The army of Early and Breck inridge basNkeen. drigen from the suburbs of ;Washington, and in its retreat is harass ed by our pursuing squadron:3. Along our. TIEE PRESS.-PEILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1864 whole coast line, whether that of the. Pacific or that of the Northern Atlantic, or that of the SoutherriAtlantic, are fOund guards and watches on land and. water ready for any emergency. Grant holds the key of the master situation, and to him a nation gives it's confidence with unlimited generosity and heartfelt gratitude. Hit seconds the call for the 500,000, and he will distribute them wisely as they come for, ward. Let us then cease our bickerings: Above all, let loyal men avoid complaining of loyal States. Our resources are still ample ; if possible, more so than ever. The prospect, asl have sketched it, could - not be more hopeful, and if the true friends of the country will make up their minds 'that this battle can never be settled but on the basis of a restored Union, and set themt . selVes like rocks against every man .who attempts to divide them, the victory when won will be completely and substantialli secured. OCCASIONAL. The Accident at the Blo?kley Almshouse. Every now and then the public is'startled by some' terrible accident, apparently the result of impargnable carelessness. or stu pidity. We are not willing, in advance of the verdict of the coroner's jury, to deny or affirm the responsibility of any persons for the accident at the Almshouse yester day, yet we cannot forbear to insist upon the closest examination of the facts, and I/ verdict that shall satisfy the public. Coro ners' juries too frequently declare "nobody to blame" when it is apparent to all that somebody is much to blame. It is this easy melhod of investigation that encourages recklessness, and realizes the old personifi cation of a blindfolded Justice, holding in her hand the false scales of a tradesman. It may be, however,, that this was one of those accidents impossible. to have been foreseen. Yet, from the report of the 336aW.. af Guardians of the Poor, we doubt proper precautions were taken lathe altsra,= tion of the building. For thirteen ypars, it: is admitted, the chimney stack which fell and killed fifteen persons had been in in unsafe condition. Were the authorities of the Almshouse ignorant of this fact,? Should it have been unknown to the Wild er ? These are questions which the jury must have well answered. That the fall" was not expected is a matter of course ; no man, knowing of the danger of, such an accident, would neglect the proper means of preventing it. The ques tion is, whether the building was ex amined with sufficient .cate, before the workmen were allowed to make tlie changes. It is stated in the report orthe Board that yesterday afternoon the work men were building a foundation for a pier to suppyrt the stack that fell. This cer- , tainly looks like care, .yet it must be re membered that while the Almshouse autho- - rities might have shown a tardy caution in directing the pier to be built, there might, have been great carelessness in the building of it. The movements of men, the bringing• into the cellars of heavy material, the jar of unloading it, must have shaken the frail supports of the chimney-stack, for it is not reasonable to suppose that it fell by the decay of the wall, at the very moment when it was about to be well sustained; This would be too strange a coincidence. An origivil carelessness thirteen years.ago was madoubtedly the primary cause of the accident ; it remains to be seen whether the secondary cause was the carelessness of the present authorities, the builder, or the workmen. The horror of the calamity is increased by the helplessness of its victims. The condition of the insane is in itself so sad, that when these unfortunates suffer from the sudden ansl tiger-leap death, in some tragical form of agony, it seems more piti ful than the simtlar misfortunes of ordinary human beings. Something of the same, horror is felt when a fire or a panic in a &eat -public school causes the death of children. It is terrible enough when strong men are killed by boiler explosions or fires at sea, but no catastrophies - are 'so frightful as those which kill and mairn:the - little children, or the wretched person: who-hare lost their reason, and to ivhotn, in taking fronr them their liberty, society guarantees its protection. THE election to take place. in. PennSyl vani:a on.the second day of August will be one of vast importance to the Stale, the country, and the army - . To-morrow will will be the last day for, assessment, to enable a citizen to vote. Those whose names have not been registered should attend to the matter immediately. The Copperheads are sparing no- effort to 'ob tain a triumph, and their energy shpuld not be met upon the part of loyal citizens by neglect or over-confidence. TIM Constitutional Convention of Louisi ana has adjourned, and the free-State Con stitution; abolishing slavery, and providing common-school sister; is to be submitted to the people on the first Monday in Sep tember,. The result of the election does not admit of a doubt. The people of Lou isiana cannot be blind to the lessons of the past three years, nor fail to, give ear to, the voice of the civilized world, which has spoken for "freedoin and against human slavery. It was a happy thought to couple with the abolition- of slavery the' stablish ment of free schools ; for the work of emancipation must be incomplete and fruitless until the blessings - of education have been dispensed among the. freed. li;bis vessel arrived at this port on the evening of the 12th ,inst., from the East India station. She left Angier on the 9th of April, stopped on her way at Cape Town, St. Helena, and St. Thomas, leaving the latter port on the 6th inst. The Wyoming was built at Philadelphia In 1859, and left this port for the Peale station in October, 1859, commanded by John - Mitchell, now in-the rebel service. Her present commander s Captain David McDougal, took charge in August,lBsl. The Wyoming left the Pacific stationin June, 18t32, for China and, the Ease Indies, and arrived at Manila in August of that year. Being the only vessel on the station, for a long time she was kept actively employed in guarding American interests in those waters. She left Japan In August Latit,'boing relieved by the sailing sloop Jamestown, and since then luta been employed in searching for the Alabama, in the Java Sea and Straitsof Sunda. On the morning of the 10th of November, 1863, she started out for a supposed coal rendezvous of the Alabama, In the Indian Ocean, passing out on one side of an Island at the time the Alabama was Coming in du the ether. Being only twenty miles apart, they could not see each other on aecoant of the high land which separated them. During her present cruise sMines visited nearly all the porta in the Tackle between Son Francisco and Valparaiso;every port on the coast of China, and every open port in - Japan, viz.: Yeddo, Yokohama, Nagasaki, and Simoda, as also the town of Slmona-Said, in the straits of that name. At the latter place, en the 16th of July, 1863, she had an engage. ment with the Japanese forts and vessels, which lasted for over an hour, and in which the ship re ceived considerable injury, losing four men killed and seven wounded, two of which afterwards died but she sank one frigate and disabled two sloops. Her complement of hands onboard-is 159 men. Du ring her present cruise, which commenced in-the fall - - of 3661;she has been-in port ninety-one times, and hast sailed and steamed a distance of over 63,000 Miles. The following is ,a list of her officers. ,Commander—David McDougal. Lieutenant Commanders—George W. Young and Wm. Kirkland. Surgeon—Edwin R. Denly. Paymaster—George Ooehratt (son of D. S. Goon ran, Esq., of this city.) • • Acting Blasters—Wm. Tallman, Jr., and John O. Wein. First Assistant Engineer—Philip Inch. Actinic Ensign—Walter Pearce. Second Assistant Engineer—Sydney Albert. Third Assistant Engineers—Wm. 0. Maroc; Hugh H. Cline, Walter P. Smith, and Laelen Sullivan. Acting. Master's Mates—John E. Sweeney and Isaac I: Brown. Gunner—John Rogers. Commander's Clerk—Juan Ansoattgal Carpenter—Wm. W. W. Delta. David Segarson, paymaster's clerk, a natty. of 'Kanawha county, West Virginia, died on the 29th of May, 1804, in lat. 24 deg. 1T min. South, long. 2 deg. 10 min. E. • The day after tho "Wyoming" arrived here, all her officers, and the whole of her men (except thir teen, who pleaded that their time was out) volun teered for immediate service, and having taken 1n coal and fresh provisions, the vessel went down the Delaware at four o'clock that afternoon. It would gratify us to learn that she. had captured or sunk the pirate "Florida," and we suspect her to be on the track of that buccaneer. Prof. Loomis, of Yale Oollege, communicates a table to the New Raven Palladium, showing • the days In every year since 1788, on which the memory rose about 95 degrees. From this table It appears that Sunday, 10th ult., was the hottest day ex perienced in New Haven for the eighty-five years covered by the record, the thermometer on that day marking 102 degrets in the shade. Oalsr on five other days of that period did the heat reach 100 degrees, viz : July 8,1781, 100 degrees; July 9,1798, 101 do 'Pees; July 3 1 /T 9B l 101. &weep ; July 7,1800,100 x 'WT. S. Steam Slocip Wyominc. THE WAR. THE - REBEL RAIDERS OVERTAKEN BY GENERAL CROOK. 300 Heavily-laden Wagmis Recaptured AMOR PROM HE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC UNION VICTORIES IN MISSISSIPP Three - Dais of Disaster to the Bobol Army. ORNEIRAD3 FORREST AND FAULKNER REPORTED WOHNLIBLI. OFFICIAL NEWS FROM GEN, SHERMAN EIS ARMY STRONGLY POSTED. TIIFPIIRSIIIT OF THE RAIDERS. DILYBAT OF' THE WHIRLS Kr OEN. CROOK. HARRISBURG, J 111. 7. 20,—Iniportant despatches were received here fait night, - by which it is in dicated that our forces are steadily and succeisfully pursuing the rebels who recently ravaged the eastern portion of Maryland, and that the pursuing party is wresting large amounts of plunder from the rebels. . General Orook, While in the pursuit on Monday last, overtook the enemy at Snicker's Gap, *a., where a sharp and for a time terrific encounter took place. The rebels fought like devils, anxious to save the grain and cattle they hid succeeded in carrying that far from Maryland. General ()rook, •however, was as determined that they should not escape, and whipped thein thoroughly, capturing over 300 wagons, heavily laden with grain, and took many prisoners. As usual, the enemy left his dead and wounded on the field to be buried and cared for by our troops. 1331 , TBEAL HIAER. • The correspondent of the Tribune says We learn from sources entitled to credit that Major General Hunter has demanded to be relieved from the com mand of the Department of west Virginia, in OOn ; serineiiabf all available troops 'having been or dered to report to major General Wright, who is in charge of the column that iS to pursue the rebel forges under General Early, recently.engaged in the invasion of Maryland. This "pursuit" General Hunter's friends regard. either as a farce or a dis aster : a farce, if General Early chooses with his superior force to retreat toward Richmond; a dis aster, in case General Early, having sent his trains three-days march ahead of him, should see fit to turn, and whip or gobble up some part of the "pur suing forces." General Hunter is understood' to baye urged that tie should have been given his own forces, with which to again push down the Shenan doah Valley, and destroy all the crops and grain in that great granary of the rebellion. THE. AUNT' OF THE POTOMAC. NEBEL DE/31EPZEIth COMING 111., WAsmaravolv, July 20.—tnforraation • received from the headquarters of the Army of the. Potomac, dated July 19th, says that the usual quiet still pre vails along the lines, and were it notfer the sound of an occasional gun and some picket firing at a few points, one would suppose that no enemy was within miles of ns. • Burnside's men make the most of the noise,. the enemy taking every opportunity to fire at the colored troops that occupy a portion of his front, and, of course, the fire is returned with interest, but without much damage on either side. No Aeserters some in at this part of the lines, as they say they have no chance to get through without running the risk of being shot, the Replies being , so constantly on the alert. But they are coining in at other points daily In, squads. to sergeant and.his squad Caine in this morning, and all report that thousands are ready to leave as fast as they. find an opportunity. The deserters come principally from Georgia, Florida, end Alabama regiments, and an officer of a regiment from the former State is said to have gone to his superior a day or two since, and reported that if his company was not soon relieved he would have none to relieve, as they would all have gone over to the enemy. • They state that they are very short of provisions, particularly vegetables, and seem glad enough when they get into our lines. Strict orders being given that they shall not hold,. Intercourse with our men on MS picket, or exchange' papers, and one fellow, the other day, who came boldly over and brought a paper with him was caught and made to stand and wave the paper andforth for an hour as a pimishment. - An attack from the enemy has been expected for the past two days, and last night, from what the dtio sorters reported, it was looked for as certain, but no demonstration was made. It has looked like rain all the afternoon, but none has fallen yet, and dust continues to_onvelope every t JOHNSTON ItEINFOHOING 'LICH The Tribune correspondent writes: Officers high in military position express themselves satisfied that a large portion of Johnston's army has gone to re inforce Lee in Virginia, and that Atlanta will fall Intr.; our hands without a struggle. _The movement of Johnston's troops into Virginia, it is thought, began Immediately after the battle of Konen* Mountain. - ARRIVAL OF TROOPS--.A.TTAI CS, ON d GUNBOAT. FOnTnass- Mormon, July 19.—The steamers Par thsda and New Jersey arrived here to:day : from NeVbern, N. (3., with the 17th Massachusetts-Regi ment, homeward bound. They bring no news. ' Major General Smith arrived this morning la the steamer Adelaide, from Baltimore, and left for the front in a special boat. ' The steamer C. W. Thomas, with Major John E. Mulford, assistant commissioner of exchanges, went up the river this morning, with a few prisoners. Conflicting rumors have been circulating during the day of an -attack on the army gunboat Chas. Chamberlain, with General Butler on board, by a masked battery,'near Wilcox's Landing, - but no .thing definite is known. THE WAR 111 THE SOUTHWEST. lINION VICTORIES IN XISSIBBIPPI. MEMPHIS, July 19.-1 am indebted to one of Gen. Washburne's staff for the following: On the sth that. Gen. Washburn° sent out a force of infantry, cavalry, and artillery from Lagrange, under Major General A. J. Smith, and Brigadier Generals Mower and Grierson, with instructions to move in pursuit of Gen. Forrest'and bring him to hey, fight and whip him.He was ordered to pursue him to Columbus, Miss., if he did not overtake him this side. - A despatch from Gen. Smith to General Washburn°, received to-day, says,: "We have met Lee, Forrest, and . Walker, at Tapelo, and whipped them badly on three different days. Our loss is small compared with that of the rebels. I bring back everything in good order and nothing was 105 t.,, A scout, since arrived at La Grange, reports the enemy's loss 2,500, and their defeat was overwhelm ing. It is also stated that the rebel Gen. Faulkner and Gen. Forrest were wounded. General Forrest was wounded In the foot, and his horse equipments captured. From other sources I learn that Smith met For rest, near Pontotoc, on Wednesday, tke 13th, and fought him on that day, and also on Thursday and Friday, driving him below Tupelo, whipping him badly in five different battles. Our loss is said to be lase than COO, while that of the enemy was over 2,000. Col. Wilkins, of the 9th Minnesota, who com manded a brigade, was killed. The weather here continues very warm. The steamer Memphian leaves for White river to-night, laden to the guards. The steamer Pauline Carroll is reported hard aground below. The steamer Belle of Memphis takes 106 bales of cotton for. St. Louls l Good middling cotton'is quoted at 146. „ ritELISIMTARIS OF SMITH'S EXPEDITIthr We learn that the expedition under General Smith passed threcfgh Corinth about the Bth instant, and was supposed to be heading towards Tuscaloosa or Selma. The column numbered more than 20,000 men, and , was well supplied with caialry and ar tillery. We also hear that another strong column, under RousSeau,.marched south from Deeatur,Ala., about the 10th Instant, and it is not improbable that a junction will be, or has been, effected by It witli General Smith's forces. OFFICIAL FROM GICM/RAL sitainuat. WIBFIiziOTON, July 20.—The latest official infor mation. from General Sherman is that his army crossed the Obattahoochie at several different places north of the raUroad bridge. The movement was accomplished with such celerity as te take the enemy by surprise, and therefore the resistance to his advance was feeble on the part of the rebel cavalry. Our, cavalry was at once sent to operate on the railroad east of Decatur, one of the, objects being to cut off the communication between Atlanta and Anktista, thus preventing the removal of stores to the latter plate, and Johnston from being rein forced. Our main army was within ten or twelve miles of Atlanta, and all its otierations were pro gressing in the highestdegree favorably. , TME 'REPOBTIDO CAPTOR& OP ATiAZITA LOUISVILLE, July 19.—The Nashville Union of to-day lays the reports of the capture of Atlanta are all premature, though we expect to-hear of it in a few days. • SNICIIMAI! TN STRONG, POSITION. . CINCINNATI, Jtily 2/o.—The Commercial of this morning has adylces from General Sherman's army to the 16th inst. Nearly the whole force had crossed the liver and occupied strong positions on the south side. A portion of our troops had advanced two miles towards Atlanta, but encountered nothing but small bodies of cavalry. • Geo. Braxton Bragg had arrived at Atlanta, and would, it was supposed, exercise a personal supervk lion over the movements of the.rebel army. RETA-LIATIOR 1M KENTUCKY-THE RUMORED Af- YLBION. Loursivizrm, July IL—The steamer St. Lords, hence to MishiMe; laden with Government stores, was burned yesterday by guerillas, at Sailor's Rest, on the :Cumberland. Four rebel prisoners have been selected from our military prison to be sent to Mitchell's Bill and Clarksville, to be shot in retaliation for the murder of two Union men near those places. LEXINGTON, Ky., July 18.—All reports of Buck ner or Morgan being about to invade the State are false. Morgan is at Abingdon, Fa. His command is ;at the Salines, and is disorganized and very poorly equipped. Morgan has lost the confidence of his men, and will hardly attempt another raid. Kentucky is in a first-rate military condition, and fears no enemy. The following Is a section of General Order 59 : unineumrrefts DIST. KY., STH DIY., 23D A. 0., Lennovort, By., July 16„ 1884.—Rebel thizers living within live miles of any scene of out rage committed by armed men not recognized as public enemies by the rules and usages of war, will be arrested and sent beyond the limits of the United States. In accordance with instructions from the majOr.general 'commanding the shilitary district 6( the Mississippi, so much of the property of rebel sympathizers AA may be necessary to indemnify the Government or loyal citizens for losses incurred by the acts of such lawless men, will be seized and ap propriated for this purpose. purpose. Whenever an un armed 'Union citizen is murdered four guerillas wilt b e er ieeted {rem the prisoners-in the hands of the military authorities, and publicly shot to death in the most convenient place near the scene of the out rage. By command of Brevet Major General S. G. Burbridge. J. B. DICKSON, Captain and A. A. Gen. NISSOVRI. GUERILLA OUTRAGES' iN mossourer—PEE ineorrac VLBEING TEM STATE--PROFEETY:DHS,TEOTED ,lIT UNION TiZOOTS - ROVENMETS OP LARGE GITE MULLA BANDS. - ST. LOUIS, July 20.—A private letter from Lex ibgton says that 'OOO bushwhackers are in Ray county. Some Federal troops had a fight mah:thenion Sun day, near Richmond, in which six or eight of our men were killed. About 300 guerillas were at Elk horn. On Monday thirty bushwhackers killed nine citizens of Carroll county, and rebbed the nitiU coach and passengers... They also did considerable pro miscuous thieving - last week. All the murdered persons had been in the military service, and were prominent Union men. The - St. Joseph Herald of yesterday sage that city ie filled with refugees from the lower counties, and hundreds have gone to Leavenworth and other places. The panic extends throughout the 'whole country, and all' the business houses are Closed. The citizens are in constant fears of raids. About fourteen buildings were burned at Platte City by the Federal troops, Including the Platte City Sentinel office, and a few other houses belong ing to Union, Men. Col. Ford cried to save the Sen tinel but the fire „made too great:progress. A. - letter without date, signed by Thornton H. Todd, commanding, v asfound at Platte City, statingthat they were abotit to concentrate: Aftei• asking the • state of things, and acknowledging *the receipt of the names of friends, he says they would cross the Missouri river below Parksville Ford and the Ilan eas.river west of Wyandotte,and accomplish their trip through Kansas. This letter shows they intended, after a few days' plundering, to join the rebel 'army South, effecting their escipe throigh Kansas. Thornton has been in Platte and Clay counties eight months, and has reerulted 1,200 men. During all this time he has been aided, protected, concealed, and subsisted by the citizens of those counties. tie steamer *Tar Fade, on her way down the Miseouri river, was fired on by guerillas at Rook .• port, but received no Injury. ST. Joswerf;Vll - 01%, Tulyl9r-11 appears that Col, Ford left two binds of guerillas, numbering nearly 200, in his rear, who are committing all manner of depredations in the southern part of this county. A large scouting party was sent from here this morning, but has not been heard from. ' Every train from Weston brings a large number of refugees from - Platte, Play, end Ray counties. Many of them stop here, while others gq Eastward. • Gnerney & Co l :, of this city, have just received sixty-five pounds of gold-dust from Virginia pity. A. (JAM if OR REantIITEI BY GEN. FISIX . . , ST. Lorna, July 20.—Gan. Fisk, commanding at St. Joseph, has issued an appeal, calling , for five thousand loyal men to rally for the protection of life and property, and to assist him In exterminating the guerillas In Northwest Missouri. CALIFOBNLIL. MILITARY OPERATIONS IN OREGON-.OOZIPISOATION OF A. SKIP. Sew Fnencisco, July 19.—The steamer John L. Stevens arrived last.night from the northern coast with upwards of $250,000 in gold. The people of Oregon are forming military com panies to protect the roads to the mines against hos tile Indians. The United States District Court for this city has confiscated one sixteenth of the ship W. B. Scran ton, proved to belong to a rebel owner. Noble Contributions for the cheistien Commission. jacitsOrivntrit, Al., July 20.—A 'few weeks ago Jacob Straw°, a wealthy farmer of Morgan county, proposed giving ten thousand dollars to the Chris tian Commission, if the agents of the Commission should be able to raise ten thousand more in that bounty. They accepted the offer, went to work, and In nine days raised eleven thousand dollars. Mr. Strewn Immediately paid over his ten thousand, making_twentpone thousand in all for Morgan county. Lgss of the' Steamer Nare. S.hartor Boos,ly 20.—The steamer Nare, from New York to Santa Martha, was sunk in the Gulf stream on the lsth in 'a gale. IDA. - crew left her in two boats, one of which, containing thirteen per sons, was picked up by the survaying schooiter Bally, and the rescued people were landed here to-day. The other boat, containing the captain, Inaba, cook, nine, sailors, and two coal pwsers, has not been heard from since the disaster. ' Fire in Bath, Maine. BATT; Me., July 20.—A lire has been raging in the woods, on the south side of the city, since Saturday. Hundreds of acres have been burned over, and for two days the city 'has been seriously threatened. The fire department has been frequently called out, and today therworkedllke Trojans to prevent a general conflagration. Conliastntion,in Essex County, W. Y. NEW Yonx, July 20.—Rodgers , mill, Powers' mill, and several stores and tenement houses, to gather with a large bridge, in the Tillage of Ausable Forks, Essex county, in_ this State, were burned on, Sunday., ,Thelose was heavy, „ A Schooner on'Fire. 'rum EIgEfIAWDB, N. Y,, July 20:—A large fore and-aft schooner is on rue off here. A French 'war steamer has gone to her assistance. ' The Steamer Mktg* for Boston. .RADiAx, July 20.:-L-Theßoyal mail steamship Europa sailed at 4 coeldekttnorning for Boston, where she will be due on 'T evening. WAS I3ING']('ON. WABEir4OTON, July 20. ISSUE OF 7-30 TREAstritYslioTEs The Secretary of the Treasury is having prepared, soon to be Issued, 7-80 treasury notes running for three years and'conrertible at maturity Into United States bonds, the Interest being payable semiannu ally. The notes are not to be and as a legal-tender. To.. RECENT CALL FOR 500,000 MEIT-Ths- PORTANT REGULATIONS OF THE PROTOST MARSHAL GENERAL. The Provost Marshal General has just issued the following instructions and regulations, to be ob served by all concerned : First—Under the President's call of July 18, 1864, for 500,000 volunteers, men will be enlisted and mas tered in for one, two, or three years, as they may in in each case elect. BOUNTIES. Seoond—Tbe bounty provided by law is as fol lows : For recruits, including representative recruits, white or colored; for one year Coo, two years MO, three years 3300. The first instalments of the bounty will be paisl by the mustering and disbursing officers when the recruit is mustered in—as follows : TO a recnilt who enlists in the army for one: year $83.33. To a reentit who enlists In the army for two years $66.66. To a recruit who enlists in the army for three years'sloo. Third—No premiums whatever for the procura tion of recruits will hereafter be paid by the United Stater. This, however, will not affect the payment of premiums due for the procuration of recruits pre vious to the data of this order. Fourth—Neither drafted men nor substitutes, furnished either before or after the draft, are en titled to bounty from the ;United States. The fact as to whether , the man is areCruit entitled to bounty, or a drafted. Mari Or substitute not entitled to it, shall be noted on the enlistment papers and mustering rolls: . -TAXI* B. Fax, Provost Marshal Gen. INTERMENTS OF SOLDIERS The following burials of Pennsylvanians from the hospitals were reported at Captain BloomVs of fice: William S. Browne, A, 184th Pennsylvania; Al fred Olymer, I, 121st Pennsylvania; Joseph Diann tain, G, 100th Pennsylvania. HARELSBIIRG. Recruiting in the Revolted States—lnt- ,portaint Order of Governor Cortin. ilannrantran, July W.—The following general order bas just been issued by the Governor of Penn. sylvan*: E.xacirrrvii OHAMISNR, July 20, 1864. Ci - rixtran CanErt, No. 51.—T0 provide for the execution of the t.Wrd section -of the act of Con gress of July 4th, 1864, authorizing the appointment by the Executive of any of the States of recruiting agents to recruit volunteers in the States declared to be in rebellion, except the States of Arkansas, Tennessee, and Louisiana, to be credited to the States and subdivisions thereof which. may pi are their enlistment, it is. ordered : Ist. That for the State of Pennsylvania there shall be appointed, in pursuance of the provisions of said act, from the city of Philadelphia five recruit ing agents, from the county of Allegheny two and from each of the remaining - counties of the Com monwealth one. 2d. There being at the ,dlspoeal of the Executive nofund for the payment of such agents, their CODl permation may be fixed and paid, by the counties or districts which they represent, and they shall in such case be appointed upon the nomination of the Commissioners of inch counties, or committee for the recruitment of volunteers and disbursement of bounties, or the proper authorities of such districts. If no compensation is ao provided, appointplenti . will be made upon application, accompanied ley evi dence of character and qualifications: dll applica- Lions for appointments must designate the district in the revolted States to which the recruiting agent 18 to be sent. 9d. All correspondence relating to business com ing under this order will be addressed to Col. M. S. Quay, Military Secretary, who is charged with its supervision. • Cuorm. • Districts desiring to avail themselves of the pre visions of the act referred to should act promptly, as agents from other States will soon he In the hold, and a sharp competiticn may be expected. • The Vote mt. the Ceestltutioatall Amaienek meets. - To the Editor of The Press: Sin: In the large towns in the interior Of the . State the attention of the people is drawn away from the Importance of , allowing the soldier to vote by the general rage for moneymaking and speculation. But the enemies of the measure are vigotpusly and secretly working among the rural population. They are determined, both4sy fraud and corruption, to defeat it if they. can. A poor laboring man from the country told me this morning that the Copper heads tried to pursuade him to vote against the amendments, so as to prevent the negro soklier from getting a vote, which lie most certainty ,.if they, were adopted. He replied by saying that a negro, fighting for his country was bettor than 'a disloyal, cowardly politician, who staid at home .and ea lea. vored to dest.tOy the contidenee of the people in the Government. • , I am, sir, truly yours, HOLLIDAYSBURG, .7b137 le, 1864. St. Leith illfairkets. EIST. L li ours, July 20.--Tobaceo 'active and Steady. emp rm. Flour firm ; 39 50tzt for single ex tra, snon.te for double exit& Wheat unohangrett ; prime, S2Z ; choice, $2.40. Oorn firmer, $1.35@ 1.42 x ; choice pure white still at $1.50. Oats higher, %taw. Provlelons firm Country clear sides, 1.33 i ; city shoulders, 'Whisky firm, 11.70@1•76, TERRIBLE CALIEITI Alr : ThE ALMSHOUSE. FALLING 014 PORTION OF BEILDINGEL Fifteen 'Lunatics Xllied—Twenty Injured. LIST OF THE VICTIMS. ,s-N*x• JEN-ciplErs'rE; Yesterday morning, , shortly beforesix o'clock, Oa ourred one of those terrible accidents which for the time agitate the public mind and cause a thrill of horror to pass over the heart of every one of sensi tive nerves. The calamity occurred near the northwestern end of the Insane department in one of the female wards. TRH Burrmrfro The ,Btracture in which the catastrophe occurred is about fifty feet in width, five hundred feet in length, and Ahree'storlea in height, and is built in the most substantial manner of heavy stone work. This immense building is divided by brick walls into thirteen separate huildings, each about forty-five feet square, and it was in one of these that the misfortune occurred. The upper portion of the building is supported by three arches, which ran through the cellar the entire length of the building, from east to west. Toward the western part_the .upper portion of thccentre arch, for a distance of about one hundred and twenty-five feet, had been broken into about thirteen years ago, for the par nose of introducing steam•boiler pipes. In tha first, second, and third stories there are but two arches, ,and consequently the centre pier, from which the two arches sprung, rested upon what had formerly been the keystone of the centre arch in the cellar. 'Yids having, as before stated, been removed, the floors along the buildings above the arch that had been removed are sank some inches. The floors of the building in which the aecidentoccurnd were not sunk lower than the Others, and no notice has ever been taken of it. For some days past workmen have been engaged putting up a warm-air furnace for heating the de partment, under the broken archway, and their working may have hastened the terrible ,c4anti.. ty. The Bret floor was occupied by the ept- Teptic insane, the second by the ordinary insane, and the third by the sick. Thebuildin . gthroughout, including joists and every kind of wood-work, was constructed in the most substantial manner. The misfortune is that the broken archway should ha'ive been allowed to remain so long without support. It' seems that at some time, probablyyears ago',ltnacal;. dent ofthie kind was feared, and, to preirent it an iron girder was run across the broken arch and enprooii; ed at each of its ends by the substantial and tin touched arches. This may have probably prevented a more dreadful calamity. The building is to be' thoroughly supported either by a reconstruction of the ruined arch, or in some other substantial man ner. The strength of the building may be imagined when it is known that after the falling through .or. the entire Inside, including the roof, not a stone or window was misplaced - , and it would have been im possible to find the situation of the calamitywithout the assistance of a guide. TEE CALAMITY._ The inmates in this part of the institution usually rise about five o'clock, and breakfast at six. If the misfortune had been delayed a few minutes, there would have been fewer casualties, as many of these unfortunate ones would have been at breakfast:ln another part of the building. The breakfast bell was just about being.rung when the disaster occurred. Three loud crashes "-were were heard, following each other at intervals. These three crashes were caused by the falling of the three floors. The floors gavel way above the centre pier, and fell in from each side,_ forming two aides of a triangle. A number of the inmates. es caved unhurt by being at the time of the accident near one of the outside walls. Those in the upper stories were swept along with the contents of the rooms and the rubbish into,the cellar and — buried alive in the ruins. The shrieks of the insane Were: .apPalling, and the utmost Confusion and disorar prevailed for some' tithe. :Some of the number managed to work their way out.- They were taken charge of, and hurried to places of security. The attention of the various ,officials was soon called to the spot. They immediately set to work getting out the wounded, and removing the ruing. For some time after .the fall of the floors, pieces of rafters, large piedes of stone, and other things, continued to fall; the roof, joists, and all other loose pieces were soon removed. The walls of the build ing alone remain the entire structure from cellar to roof being com pletely gutted. The injured were removed to the surgical ward; and a truly melancholy sight was heret.prcsented. Thoseof the injured who were able to sit up in their beds or talk did not seem to understandAst they were Injured, or what had been going on. And many of them seemed perfectly unconscious that anything unusual had happened. The most perfect order was soon reritored and kept throughout the Institution. •Dr. DicOoy, Dr. Buileri_ the steward, add rdr. llenszey, were unremitting;A their labors, and accomplished much in br back the usual routine and order In this abadsi.ibir wrecked and ruined minds. • RHIFICT 'UPON THE turrrn.OF THE PATIENTS. As soon as it was possible, the managers of the Institution prepared other rooms perfectly secure, for the accommodation of the patients, bat lyi-vras impoisthie to induce them to enter. Some wait sullen, others were full of merriment, others sigo4 appeared melancholy, while most of them would shudder upon reeking at the braiding. One Would take a sort of aide glance, and suddenly turn her head away, and hide her faoe in her handle TiOngh • hone of them seemed to •appreolate--the appalling. calamity, yet they had a sort of instinctive dread that something had happened,• that made them turn in horror or disgust from the building. Up to a late hour, the pap': creatures or moist of them were in the court-yard enjoying ihemseives as though they were on a pio.nic excursion. The officers were very kind in their remarks to them. Some replied quite rationally at times, bat when ever an invitation was extended to them to enter the building they turned away and exhibited the most decided demonstrations to resistiSupper time Smelly approached, and the party, excepting about twenty-flue, entered the room and partook of their evening repast as though nothing had happened. The others remained in the yard, because they "did nqt feel hungry." It NOMA° seen by the above inci dents that disordered mental faCultiesmay be 8116- cessrally appealed to through the medium of the stomach, the same as in -certain cases whore more fortunate fellow-b&gs are - fully endowed with reason. VAGITSTitOREI. Though the accident happened at an earlyhour in the morning, yet the public were not advised ,of it until near noon, and being unable to obtain the inte resting though sad and melancholy particulars of the great calamity, the wildest sort of rumors pre vailed that gathered largely as they oirculated: _From the caving in of thefloor and the berrying of half a dozen workmen, the stories increased : until it reached the dignity of a report that the railroad tunnel had caved in and swallowed half the Alms house with hundreds of the inmates. The fact is, the tunnelling for the railway trackis not within' half a mile,of the building. So great is the anxiety to obtain news, in these days of telegfaphic commu nication, that people are overanxious, and, like jealousy, they make the ideal meat they feed upon. There was more =OlOll'BlM in the city east of the Schuylkill than - thew was within half a mile of the Almshouse; even up to four o'clock yesterday af ternoon, severiV residents within a shortkdistance of the Almshouse grounds had not yet heard of the sad occurrence. LIST OP MILLED The most able of the paupers at the place and a number of outside workmen wore soon set - to work removing the ruins and carrying away the dead and wounded. The following is the list of killed : Margaret Drenin, • Ann Reynolds Ellen Mitchell, Christian Allison, Susan Owens, Elizabeth Beek, Andrew J. Noble, Ellen Murray, Ann Galbraith, Not recognized—flue. Sophia Ellinger, As will be seen; there are five whose I?odies are not as yet recognized. These were so horribly mu tilated as to be beyond recugnition. • TEM INVIIRED. There were nineteen of the insane, one of the nurses, and one of the inmates wounded. Some of them are so severely injured that their recovery is doubtful. Robert Wilson had his skull fractured. Re was an inmate of the institution, and was helping to rescue the bodies when a large piece of atone fell and 'truck him on the head. The following is a list of the wounded : SLIGHTLY, - Mary McCarty, Matilda White, • Ann McClintock, Ann Raison Margaret Margaret Robinson, Margaret Marts, Mary Dick, • Isabella Burns, §..paan Dwine, Mrs. Rice (nurse). Wederlka Armand, SERIOIISLy. Catharine Ounnalaßey, Catharine Bean, Behest:a Fithian, Ann Stevens, Nancy Mack, Ann Coleman, Sarah Dunn, Madeline Bomberger, Adelaide Pinheiro, •• - • SPECIAL lIRETING OP TIER BOARD OP GMARDLABrIP OP TSB POOR 125 nerskerstos TO THR catererrr.. A special meeting of the Board watt convonaieit.• the Almshouse, yesterday afternoon, for the me of taking some action in reference to the disaldati., President Erety In the chair. The President said the objeot of the meetingifia to investigate the cause of the aadaccident that had occurred In the Insane Department., , Mr. Townsend moved that the Board go Into Committee of the Whole, and that sir. Woodward take the chair. Agreed to. stsaantrATlOlC OP BR. JOEL?! anifincaterrn, SDTLDER. Mr. John Sunderland, who is engaged in making alterations in the heating and ventilation, was es amined by the committee. He said : I am a builder, and, am employed in making al terations ior heating the.building of the Inseam De partment' of the almahouse. - There is a row of . arches running north and south in the basement. In former alteratlent, ihese arches were dht, through. This appears to have been done some years since, The cut is nearer the west end of the arch than the east ea. Tho cut weakened the sapporta of the building. The arches are sprung north sad south, and theca runs parallel with the arohea The ends of the arches have .been fonnerly has, up, airti then agatn opened. The effect of thecut was totals,: away support from the superincumbrmS weight- Tlio out appears to have been made, to get In steam era; these have since been remo the ends were put up to make air chambers. Te ns slacks were in whole or in partimmediately aver this cut. There - were three independent clilnaney steaks and two: others connected' with dlViston walls ; these dive. ston walls were also eat through far as I have obi served. Thehadependentateeks wouldhave froalkine to sis-s.rches to supportorteaohinde after the wallwes, 'gut away. I think that the fall of the • stack would have occurred at . some not fir distant time, lant the fall may ha,valteeti _hastened by our present work. I discovered these defects &few days before, and we were:yesterday at Into the stack tha sworir, putting up supp or t s t o Bu s , indicite immediate bantt has fallen. Nothing occurredlo any of the su Vie' We did not takeiwar ppotts m ; all our work tended ;4 . 6 trengthen the balldis.• The eteeks are elz laser% _ fee t wide, and about three feet six Motel :.ear ofstack that fell is not as heavy air : 4 41101 of the others, but the stone work 5 , it stood doee -not appear to be as 10 ,7 41 .7 3 pp others. Nothing occurred yesterdsr " v il e l ei a ny intimation of danger. There appear ; ;'etas to,be s depression in the door over the cat, a nl 'at e beat been the case for Some years. With the tz:.: Sr th tide of the out the building is in good Orde r. ,.:a c ti diength Is concerned, and it was orkiinv i i , : tert kroes. On removing the pipes we cut th e :ww, pleeig to get them out, and, therefore, ht,i nr Ma SIM to touch.. the walls under the stack tha.l:3the There never were any boilers, but there wer e s o pipes to convey beat. Air. Townsend moved that the committee. foe Agreed to. ew marrow op cosnnermos. ng The committee presented the folicrsing rep, On the 20th Inst., at about 6 o'clock I tt " eurrence took place at the western end of 1 w Department buildings, involving lose of lire 441 4"1 jury to a number of the insane inmates. lra It appears that a chimney-stack had be en nee malls , erected extending with its support; ground to above the roof. In making alter,.: , -not some thirteen yews since, the arch and p 1.," :tali which the stack was built were rernove,!„ , 'svid about four inches of a division wall kk side, remaining under the middle of ea rl 11 of the chimney. On this slight support tbs giv rested until the present time. Workmeo are : at work in preparing for heating and ventilvi the building, and yesterday afternoon were In the cellar under the stack, in keying up a ll „te . ) porting another arch near the stack, and a.l :'t m building a foundation for a pier to support the ;; ; out, that has fallen. Nothing had been recently re- t toy that tended to support the stack. - This casualty appears to the committee t, ) ,0, resulted mainly, if not wholly, from the coulee „Id of the passage through the cellar arches fo r tt .'ld z % %reduction of the boilers and heating pipe;, cutting of this passage, some years ago, due mri l B .l has not been paid to the situation of the parts building Immediately over the passage, am '..03 chimney stackathereby lost nearly all their; e r ,..' l :w 3 . From an'examination of the workmen it appear that, there was any indication of when they .gult work yesterday afternoon. “r .1 1 3 . 2 change in the appearance of the chimneys or f.,;: o f The report was accepted. stic Mr. Woodstaiel moved that the Committee Out-wards and the Committee on Insane Dei..; .7 T E meat prepare a minute of the facts relative t, ;Ain accident, for insertion on the minutes of the 11 - 4- A greed to. - - ek On motion of ngr. Woodward, a vole of ttr:rrEl was then tendered to the officials of the house, , p;y had-used so many exertions in alleviating the o of the wounded ; to Mayor Henry, and the sent by hiri to assist in. restoring order, and 1 who had. assisted in 'alleviating the terror; or tt i iek calamity. Adjourned. t 8 R 'IN9IABTIIBA.TION BY TAN 002.0NRS. ita • The Coroner, after being. notified of the , 8;0 ":•1 in renee, proceeded to the Almshonsie and eiripatur;itri the following jury t • LIST OP TIMOR& - .L.A Charles Rubicon,l Tames Rujohinson, Dj William Taggart , William Denny, co a Samuel Halms, - Samuel Williamson. , ,e, z The jury, after Inspecting the bodies, ...1 --PurErret to meet again to-day. 1 NEW YORK CITY. (keels/ CorresPoridenw." The Press. 3 a NSW Yortit, .Tuly 19,1931 PURIOSO. sp riv -The Copperaition press bas taken np Mr. dol low Weed's cry of "burning shame," regank, bj the custom house, and are making of it as tw political capital as their insane alchemy is cat•sq: of extracting. The collector, naval °Meer, and moll veyor cotue in for equal /shares of vilification at f ur pens of these poor editors, who discharge rut=ty shafts from beneath the cloak which the gullet: "T. : W - : 0 has kindly afforded them. Daily do tanour wrethhecl.”onts"..gabble against the more Ratans _,al ll "tin," manner exceedingly lachrymose ay.= ' detecting -fraud 'and corruption in oeir:i btu every official act, and black-mail in nearly all vial' ,SerenelY poised, however, upon ttek n xil pinnacle of incontrovertible " in"-lam, the aforessii)%l gentlemen observe' and ogle these =darn:lll4llg worms of the 'dint with contemptuous apathy. on The frantic efforts now being made by the tarr7 which was so LbOTORPIy extruded at the last Yro e sidential election are notable; When its long tn. garding the ainfr,of lttr. Lincoln is refuted, it grasp • at the minor ."officials of the Republican party, viz the hone of overtarning- Some one, and buildir4E upon his' - ruin a loe.okeal habitation and a nem!, re nothing 'Ms resulted. TICE "WORLD", tie LK TROUBLE. - The "T. W." letters have brought the Worm o . Ex-Rfayor Opdyke ha.s sued the proprietor , - Including, of course, Themistocles, (and Aristide, di arid Pericles lutilfall the other ancient barbarian; d , , who were daily invoked by that classic sheet—tr ed =the sum of 320,000 as damages, alleging that one.i'Y these letteig, with' editorial comments thereon, eon. i rli n .atithted a libel .against him. An application fors the examination-of--Mr. Marble was made yeste , ye - da.yi before , audge Barnard, but the matter we; t subsequently postlioned. The object of this exacal• L u i nation is the procurameittof the proprietors' name; In lAorder that they might be made parties defendar.ts. It seems curious that it-should - have been nth., before. Judge Barnard, who, it has been stated,;; 4 7, :with Mr. Barlow, one of the chief-proprietors the printed World, just as "the young man-narnee.d 'Nap is supposed by the Copperhead party to be tei Z . proprietor of the tangible world. What-Is4A knoll the- result of this snit remains, to be- seen. To , eternal prayer of.the World for investigations rd'el now be answered, Mr. Opdyke having voluritadbr e l subjeoted the truth or falsity of the charges so heel. it lesslysnade against him to ajury of his countrymen. fr • THE NE' CALL POE VOLUNTEERS. WS The President's call for half a million of moo ere SI ates no general excitement in this city ; perhaps, life deed, no considerable comment. • The general ta•r i `4 premien is that nearly the entire number to w demanded of this city will be raised within the n::! BA days by recruiting. Of this number (18,0(0), at . ex 3,ooo`lneta alreadfcreditigd, or to be eredited.,t ad having been raised, and, althonghrven after duction it would require enlistment at the rates 800 per day to place us beyond the necessity of draft, hopes of such a possibility are entertained, Meanwhile, the price of substitutes is advancint.: and the men who last' year murmured at the 011 1 ,Ti clause will perhaps have an opportunity of learnha hie how much they hare been haltered by its recent rogation. 01 TEM rstargir. C. ,ASE. 41“ The case of young Palmer, now Incarcerated Fort Lafayette upon charges connected with tit 2 f Custom house, will soon be the subject of judicial iris; vestigatien. rdr. Palmer was yesterday brought this city and taken before Judge Betts for eternise Mu. Counsel not being prepared, the case ire Id ordered Oyer until Wednesday, July 20th. His trill Lis will evoke a very general Interest 1 Pr! IdirIaCELLAIIEOI7/3. :ee Four new bonded warehouses have been openewr within the`past few days, in order to meet the ek l i traordlnary demandl Vor storage room. "The Workmen's pemooratle-Republican AISC of elation" has addreisidCto .13fayor Gunther a mote 01, against hie detinitiMt ot patriotism, and datline: l their posittephajoalßielind good citizenship. to • ;. , CBTTelevaph-1 PI 1 _, ',,:.:-. ~... :;.' • , Drug Youu, July SI. ! I ' m , UV*" OP Ti STRAYER /CEDAR. 1, 1 _The ctujoriblitikaiiii Roder sailed today for WeiPOQI, Pith teiiiiiingers and 11225,000 in !muck I ,„ ..Amongst., lier passeingers are Hon. E. Joy ktorrk,T o United States Minister to Turkey, and Mrs.' I.3liis his mother.in-law, betholPhiladelphia., r,ll , eitaivAr. OP wire wmKrlminraysa le tie The steamer Westminster, fromtfterpeol on aim 7th, arrived -here to-day. Her - Sedates* have tai anticipated. . . . ARRIVAL 0p A NEW STEAWEIL e The hew steame r it B. Sondes has arrirel here hi 22% hours from Philadelphia. si meninx nixwa.moirron. ID Arrived, bilge Max and Emil, from Malaga ; & a I gota, tram Jamaica Ocean, Traveller, from Neo•sin vitas ; schooner Leroy, from Sagua, and ban h e a Ariadne, from - Mac's Bay. The schooner Danville, for Port Royal, with kg Ng and oats, was totally burned by an accidental in /31 . off" the Highlands this morning. The crew wen 2 , saiecrhy the steam-tug Gladiator. The vessel cia a - uninsured. .Steamer Baltic, from Washington, brings 700..1 , 3b . and wounded. of Stearnek Atlantic, from Fortress Monroe, brig IA Mu sick and wounded men. Arrived, bark - bark John Carr, NneVitile; PrilaNSl Alexandra, St. Croix; J. Hathaway Cardesig:C P. O'Brien, Olbara. BOSTON. . Hoe:l'oN, July ti, 13.34 alc DEPAETTIRE Olft THE ASIA— The Royal mail steasmthip Asia sailed this nEo• or f ng for Liverpool via Halifax, with thirteen pasien&l gets for the latter and sixty-fl passengers for tl former place. Her specie list amounts to $5,400. f coraar GE , COMMENCEMENT. at At '.th-eHervard College Commencement, to,ig, .. ,„ 'the degree of -Do c tor of Laws was conferred 0;11 Reuben Atwater Chapman, : ;of Mamachurein• see Pitt l Fessenden, of Milne ; Charles Fawn !ll' • Adams, of Massachusetts, and Edward Laboutir , 'ef France. .1 The following received the degree of 'Mager p 551 s Arts : W tlllam Phillips Tilden, of Boston ; fre l , R , un L. Olmstead, of California; James A. PAP. a ' . . - 4516 Boston ; Hall P. Bigelow, of Cambridge ; M. Hunt, of BOSEOE.,:EIId George N. Eaton, of Bs R timore. - • a. Amongst the graduates o received the dope! of Bachelor of Arts was Robert Todd Lincoln, ••• 4 of President Lincoln. Edward Everett was selected to deliver the eon* of lectures on international law during the canna; l a seademieal,year, at She law school. . a Mr. Everett made a very earnest and elutin o G addressin honor - of the late Josiah Quincy. r eye tione regarding whom were unanimously adoPtel eni A Bnavie scat—Oa Friday evening, Bth at about two `o'cloek, two bushwhackers ente. , , i k the house of Hinkle two miles seat , d t , Laclede, the family, except Miss 113 ' Mibkle, being from home. They mamade o. threats, and. showed Miss H . a dead list, emhrera. :11 .sbe thought, some 'twenty on more of the or czens of Ain't section, all to be slauxqin :The poor girl read till she (sense to her vit-1 . name, when she laid the paper down. They 4Ua demanded their dinner. She refused. Thep dew r,o a revolver' and threatened her life, but she i;;;s a l t ' ststed inr efesing, - statingthat she would sutler before she would, nook for men who eonteurP 6 'the murder of her father. They stated ths'. e ft . °n3 a tanY.ilens , .bar, and threatened her atte nWred to 'report them. Ha w failed to,intiesi - dato kthey would kill kfr.'Weatherly, another du lefora night. ,r they left, swearing ~ t , Miss Hattie oontAied to send word to her r .-. 1t;1et .4 711 . sail Mr. Weatherly and came in person to t?": 0, ft: notify the people of the presence of these eh cut.tt:. formlil the people of the place should, and .3:0:0 . under obligations. On the fhllowine Mr. Hinkle and his family knights of the brir abandoned their a '1 Are 0 le Wbieir the'e Waa entered by s thaneniter° and bedding, with wearing ; t 1 'vas thrown into aocakfusa. mass upon tits I tu I f Minor inalnittitel pmts. , 04