[862. alutl au Wrrollitriati -AND GENEPEE PeIV.A.I4TGELIBT. JOHN W. HEARS, THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1862 THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN , A WEEKLY RELIGIOUS AND FAMILY 9 NEWSPAPER, IN THE INTEREST Or T4E Constitutional Presbyterian Chunk PUBLISHED EVERY TEUCTRSDAY, AT No. 1334 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. TERMS—(in advance). B 7 mail,- • - ." 's2 00 per, annum By carriers, in the city, 260 " Pntmums. Any clergyman procuring us two new subscribers, with the pay in advance, is entitied:to a third copy one year, free. Anylt perlon 'procuring three new au seri ere wi the pay in advance, can have a fourth , copy free, for one year.. For Five Dollars' we will send •twcicopies of the paper and tt copy of the Quarterly Review, for one year, to new subscribers. Any one procuring new subscribers is entitled to Fifty cents for each one secured, and prepaid. (2 mantic pnvo. A Battle for Six' Days near •Richmond.-- Events of a most important character haVefrinS- Spired during the past'week in the vicinity of RiCh mond. A series of desperate atid,bloody .contests, all of theit of the proportions of great battlea, has been fought between our forces and vastly superioi numbers of the llebls. For nearly a week our army has fought against overpowering numbers, and though compelled to fall back, has fought bravely, repulsing 'theqinemy; from time to tithe, with great elaughter i nowhere permitting its flank to be turned brats front be broken. Retiring by a dingerous and difficult night march, through forosts and swamps, exposed - to constant attack, harassed by an enemy hovering about them and constantly rein forced by innumerable and fresh troops, our brave soldiers made their way through almost inconceiva ble difficulties, to the point aimed at on James Riv er, at Turkey Bridge. From this point they have fallen further, back to one, it is to he presumed, more defensible,: and where they can count with more certainty upOn the aid of the fleet. Here, at garrison's Bar, at the last accounts they have made a stand, and entrenching themselves, with the gun boats behind them, will be able to get the rest they tio much need, and choose their own time for a re newal of the fight. We know, on the 'authority of some distinguished officers who reached Washing ton two days ago, that the line of defence from the Chickahotniny to the James River is considered ab solutely stronger than it was ten days ago. • The,conflict, as intimated above, was brought on by a movement of General McClellan, to secure a better Position beyond the Chickabominy as a base of military operations against Richmond, and to mass together his widely-scattered forces for a more practicable line of defence on the James River. ' The matter of first importance to our army was the saving of its immense artillery and wagon trains; its Commissary and Quartermaster stores, and what else of malaria had been accumulated as necessary to its subsitence and efficiency. This manoeuvre, one of the most difficult for a commander to execute in the face of the enemy, was accomplished with great skill, and in an orderly manner. But certainly not without interruption on the part of• the enemy who, aware of the design of the Commander-in chief, on Thursday, June 26th, attacked our right wing near Meohanie,sville. This was the beginning of a number of remarkable conflicts which continued until Tuesday evening, july,2d, when General Mc- Clellan succeeded in establishing himself in a new and much more healthy and advantageous position on the James river, where he is under the protec tion of our gun-boats. In all the battles the rebels outnumbered our forces two to one, and it is sup posed that they brought into action no less than. '185,000 men, while ours at no time reached as high . ,as 100,000. The loss on both sides is fearful ; though it is impossible to make any just calculation from the present confused descriptiona. One ac count placeta it at forty-five thousand; of which our proportion is but fifteen thousand, leaving, thirty thousand for-the rebels. • ; Many Wounded prisoners have been captured on both sides.'pp the whole, • it appears from the latest accounts that the advantages of the Bghtieg have been on' our side, though fighting against fear ful odds. The correspondents of the secular papers give fall and generally correct statements of the different bat tles and their results. We present some of thesuin greater detail than usual, knowing the interest, our readers Wlll feel in events of so momentous a charac ter. , It appears that early on Thursday morning Gen eral McCall's division, which was posted a little be low Mechanicsville, commenced a retrograde Move ment towards the position held by General Fitzjohn Porter, in the vicinity of New Bridge. McCall had scareelyjoined Porter before the rebels—the divi sions of Anderson, Branch, and G. V. Smith, un der the command of. " Stonewall " Thomas Jeffer son Jackson—pushed him bard and forced him to halt and hastily form's line of battle, which was done in excellent style, the, linektails deployed to the right and left in front as skirmishers. Porter's division came Promptly to the support of McCall, and fighting desperately, the two divisions fell back slowly towards Savage's Station, on the Richmond and. York Railroad, when night came on, and the battle ceased.' ' Meanwhile Capt. Sawtelle, of den. MoClellan's staff had succeeded in destroying everything in the way of buildings at White House, and,. moving all the transports down the river, had the gunboats stationed so as tozamniand every approdeb: On Friday the battle was renewed with great fury by the rebels, but with different results, McCall and Porter being reinforced by most of Keyes' carps, making our defendin g force foot up alitnit 40,000 men. The rebels vtere in turn reinforced by Long street's division end a division said to be improvised for Beauregar General McClellan was present on Friday, and per sonally manoeuvred the•troops, handling them in a masterly manner, and especially supervising the ar tillery, " '; The cannonade lulled Air Abut five hours'fight ing, and both armies seenied be recoiling for a desperate spring at each , other, when the rebel kirmishers, finding no enemy east of them, changed front and advanced some miles in frontof their posi tion. An immense - weight of canister and grape was thrown among them, and hundreds of their' number wore seen to bite the dust, The rebels, however, were not checked by our, artillery, and onward they • come toward our left • Every man stood at his post resolved to do his ut most to . repel the enemy. " Volley after volley was exchanged, but neither side ',amend. At, last the rebels poured a treniendous volley into our ranks, which thinned them out to an alarming extent Af ter a while; the euPerior numbers' of the.rebels also began to-tell, and it became evident that our, troops would soon be obliged ,to give way r Thontroons,un der command of. Genii:al McCall were ,itearly ex . 4. twisted, having been in the •battle of the preceding day, and having passed the night without sleep. Our men fought well, but they could not do impos sibilities. One man could not contend against three, and come out. the winner. The, left wing began to fall back. The command for the troops to retire in r ter across the Chickahoming was given, ,and the regiments commenced moving in that direction. It was nearly dark. The fight had been desperate, and the enemy did not seem inclined to press hard. With the assistance of the reinforcements previ onsly mentioned, another line of battle Was formed,' about a half mile in the rear of' the first position. The object, however, was more for the purpose, of Covering the' retreat thin for renewing the contest: The battle was ended. • A correspondent of the New _York Iribune speak ing of the battle, says " The battle of day, before;Yesterday—l call it the battle of Gaines Mills—now that 48 hours have passed, found to he one ofeven greater magnitude than we , thought;when we the: angry sun go down on our beaten-4f not :beaten; say shattered ettinins. 'The numbers engaged were, as I then estimated, 30,000 upon our Side. Upon o.'e enemy's fully '75,000. We have brought across the•Chieka hominy 1000 wounded. The killed and Wounded left upon the field c annot 'be leas than 4500, and still there are 3000 to 'be classed rnisß;ng. 'Some of, these last , will come in, but as many others will straggTe into the hancls of the 'enemy. Ndt far frbin twenty guns we're left on the field' &eh of these estimates `is something leds'tharLioy hank And the terrible fighting—the tornadoes of mus ketry, and volleys of thunderbolts from hundred:4,ot Editor " The scream of shat :and burst of shell, • , And' bellowing of the mortars," , these have not been paralleled by this army, despite Williamsbut and:Fair 'Oaks.- The inrollen list of martyrs is the terribly sad evidence. In the early part of the day one of our men cap tired a rebel leapiank, hung to which was half a skull, used etridently as a 'drinking vessel. An in scription upon it stated that it came from Bull Run. During sfardpede,.for nioment the attention of hundreds was attracted to a horsegalloping around, currying a man's leg in the stinipt--the left leg, booted and giurred. It, was a splendid horse gaily caparisoned. " Instances of extraordinary gallantry are not wan ting. Gen. Butterfield led his men like another Ney, and withthe Marshal's good fortune, escaped with out a scratch. A shattered scabbard, clothes, torn with bullets, and a hat wrenched from his head and demolished by the fragment of a shell—the General might predicate a fatalistic belief in his "star." He was also one of several instances whose officers left sick beds rather than their commands should go to the field without them. - • "The French Princes—the Prince de joinville and the two young Men—rode upon the field in hot haste during the engagement, and seemed -übiquitous, as they certainly were daring and efficient, especially in rallying and reforming the men as they came out of the woods. " The circumstances under which Lieut. J. Howe, of the 3d New Jersey, met his death; show a hero. After the panic, he'had gone down upon the plain, found a portion of Company H, of his regi ment, and with them, as a nucleus, was rallying tol his colors a provisional regiment from the mass of straggler& He had gathered several hundred, was' addressing them in stirring words, and pointing to the flag, when a conical rifled shot struck him in the breast, passing through his body and into the ground at the feet of the men. It was• the only cannon shot that fell in that vicinity." The affair on Saturday, June 28, is described as partaking more of the nature of a battle thin the engagements of Thursday and Friday. Time and again, vast hordes of rebels moved up in col umns upon our troops, but our regular batteries as often mowed them down in a most destructive•man ner. Steady discharges• of shell,.grape, and_canister in iv - vim...salvos seemed to sweep down whole &im pedes. When confusion appeared in their ranks, General Meagher's Irish brigade was , ordered to charge, which they did in the most gallant :manner, and with excellent effect. ; Now the Pennsylvanians gave them thabenefit o all their splendid rifles, while the' batteries played upon them as before, creating sad havoc. Indeed, the slaughter upon other fields dminethis war has never been anything to compare to The rebels staggered under, their losses, and our forces were advancing steadily, upon , them, driving Ahern back at every point, when a staff officer rode up with an order from the commander-in-chief to Gen. Porter, directing him to fall back with his command, and cross the Chiekahominy. The order was executed in fine style, : and our troops did not miss a man, the enemy being too se verelY punished to follow its elaiely. The battle was renewed , on -Sabbath morning Jose '9th' ''At day light the enemy:came eastward on the Williamsburg road. When they reached a :point about''3oo vardSfrOM onr - front, they were met with a terrible fire ofcannon: The fight last ed front eight until 12 o'clock, during which tithe the rebels vainly endeavored to .'charic threitgit the, brigades of-Buiny'Danti and Gorman. ,! .. Having held the Place until; ,in the judgment,of the Generals; our teams, heavy artillery and ambu lances, were .acreiis White Oak ,Swamp our troops fell back feisarely io the neighborhood of Savage's Sfition, and: again'dreii up in order of ac- The battle of Savage's on, the same day was more sanguinarrllt commenced about five o'clock in the, `llfternO6n, an lasted'till eleven O'Clock. The Rebels, when we , : hadfallen back from F'Caeh Orchard, filled with large reinforcements and addi tional batteries, as well IS with several squadrons of cavalry, towards several roads leading to theChick ahotainy, and; C'evered by the' thick timber.xere enabled to remain iintcealed untir - theY - havd re/Aid a wheat-field that itretches from 'Savage's tn.a dense belt of woods ha the direction of the farms of Dr. Trent and Messra. Mickey', Dadfiarid Couch, Suddenly appearing out of the edge of, the timber. they opened with rifted cannon upon out .forces, drawn' up in full view to the south of the railroad. Directly they ran outlhree batteries to command ing points in the. wheat field, and opened a rapid enfilading fire of shell and grape. Some of the sharpest infantry fighting of the war ensued, in which parts of Scdgwi'ck's Richanison's rjimker's K.TitneY'a.and Smith's divisions engaged with various success._The Rebels ,came determin edly across the field, ring as they advanced, until General Sumner ordered our troops up at, double quick-to a charge. About four, thousand of them went of it once with a roar that might have drown ed the misketry: - Darkness' came but put no end to the carnage, The firing continued making the night hideous,. At midnight orders came for our wearied but still na daunted soldiers, to retire from Savage's across White Oak Swamp. The battle was renewed - on Monday morning and Was of a most determined and bloody charaCter. The rebels, met With a decided repulse. One of the :Richmond paper's admits a defeat, and says their lois was terrible—one divi sion which had gone in the 'fight with 14,000 Could only muster 6000 fit for duty afterwards. One of the secular papers gives the following ac count of it: Another tremenions• battle, more terrible carnage. yesterday. From Wednesday to Monday has this army been fighting—a six days' battle, • or, if' ,yon plegge, forty battles. Early Monday morning the enemy appeared h force, at White Oak Swamp, the pos4ion' we -bad assumed during the night previous. luthis retreat -why, hesitate to use that word?--he has not, ill a ..2.1,4,;ti;:i1C-.4..n..,:ift.i.0.1igt.•;i4,,9..! single instance, long hesitated to attack—he did not now. By noon the action had comtanced—the hat-, tle of White Oak pwamp. Musketryhad not ceased when Ileft,the field at 10 P.M. It willseareely rank in magnitude with Gaines Hill, and yet we 'did not suffer more, nor cause to suffer more, at Pair Oaks. It is impossible for me to give a circumstantial account of this battle, raginias it did ten hours and extending along aline of 2 Miles,..and 'fought on ground such that not'one-tenth of 'the field was in view from any one point of vision. At least three fifths, of what remains of McClellan's aicky was, en.: ; gdg6d or in immediate reserve. Heintzeltnan's, Suinmer", and Franklin's corps we4thus, portion of each of Keyes' s and Porter's. More could scarcely havoheen brought, into an, action had the fate. of the country depended on the one effort.. ,Not : so,many can be broughtinto line to-day. And yet we only barely held our ground÷-perhaps not quite. ' '`l shall have to hurry on` to the results. Our loss of yesterday may, be estimated 'at 6,000. Many 'of 'these :'are prisoners. The' Pennsylvania Reserve were again in, the thickest This morning they do' not muster 3,000 men. Add to these 1,000 who are straggling and willyet CODA in, and the number is less than half that they began with at Beaver Dam. TheY, lost severely there,they were more than deci inated-the next day at Gaines Mills, and . yesterday they shrank to this small measure. Their leader, Gen.. -McCall, is severely wounded and in the ene my's hinds. Our Brigade Comthander, Gen. J. J., Reynolds, is a prisoner at .Richniond, another, , Gen. Meade, lies in a tentnearu sserionsiy_we 01E4ers-PfloWei elicfelhetve lost': in about the same, proportiou. ;Of the Bu4tail Regiment not a. hundred respond to t i ne roll call. And so with other divisions. For the losses of the last sia days cannot less than 15,000. It is only hoped that they will not reach' 20;000. Our, Generals behaved like . Napoleon's under his own eagle eye. Gen. , McCall was severely wounded in` the sheulderi.but refused to - leave the field or to dismount At night; When the enemy had been dri ven back, fliis horse was found dead, and, this is all that is known of his fate. How Generals Richard km and Dana, alWays well up in 'the melee, escaped unhurt,: seems miraculous. The same•mai be said or. scores. Gen. Burns and Gen. T t rooke, were each Slightly wounded, but neither so disabled alto leave the field. , Col. 'Wyman, 16th Massachusetts, was killed late in 411 e, day, under, what circumstances I cannot say; but in a brave fight it may be warranted, for such was the place he always sought. Col. Rinks, 19th Massachusetts, foiight his regiment until he had less. fficere,than companies, made two bayonet charges, and fought his men until at length he fell wounded. - Let, it be recorded here that the regiment always fights precisely like its officers. This' fact recurs to me as I speak of, the 19th, since that furnishes one of the most notable instances bearing on the asser tion. The varying fortunes of the field are shown by the fact that each side took guns and large numbers of prisoner& Anieng those taken from the enemy are Col. Lamar, of Georgia, ex-M. C., the noted Se , cessioninst of long standing, and Col. Pendleton, of a Louisiana regiment, formerly of Cincinnati,. A whole brigade was captured by lleintzelman—a small brigade; 1600 strong: Perhaps 3000 were taken during the day. That the enemy's loss of the last week more than eimeeds our own, is as nearly certain as anything can be of which there is no direct proof. He has lost fewer by capture than we, but his killed and wounded must fully balance the account. By fight ing the enemy in chosen positions, where' he artil lery could play havoc with all who should attempt to approach, we piled his dead in winrows. Our superiority in artillery has saved the army from ut ter annihilation. And yet the mosttenacious strug gles have been over these very guns: The enemy never fails to attempt their daiture—eVidintly haying a wholesome .sense of their value. 'Yesterday the gunboats participated to the extent of .silencing a Rebel battery'they had succeeded in getting into, play upon our baggage trains. The salvation of this decimated, exhausted, ..and depressed army is a question of supplies and, re-en forcemetiti, immediate and heavy. If these weary thousands could get twenty-four hours rest their safety would be assured, but if left alone, any ces sation of attack and repulse until the final catastroph will'not - be permitted. - • - The lbattle was- renewed the next day, July 2nd, with renewed succesis to the Union arms., McOle,llarrhad pliced hiS artillery in such a position that it-inowed the rebels down by the thousands. It is believed that their loss' wasfully ten thouiand men in - Yrzeiday'§':fight. Tliek brought up brigade after brigade, and division after division; but as fast' and as dense as they came, they were repulsed. In sonic plaies the "'Rebels` stood erect and used the piled-up bodies of their comrades as breaitworks. Our artillery •used little else but grape and, c,annis ter, and its practice told, with, horrible effect upon the ranks of the Rebels. . Since then, according to the telegraph, there has been no fighting., Large reinforcements have been hurried forward to General McClellan; and 'there; seerns to be . nd doubt about his being able" to hold his present position against , any foroe of the rebels. ( Dispatches froin General McClellan, dated the 4th of July,' haVe ~been received, which give fuither information.;ilegard, to the late battles be -fore Richmond. Therehad teen no fighting since Tuesday. evening. On that day the rebels were re . Polsed,With great slaughter, having• lest lo,opo men.- Our forces were not beaten in any •conflict, • nor couldtheyji driven from the field by the efforts of the enemy 'No` guns were lost but those—twenty . ... • five in number-twhich were. takenin the fight of Friday, when General McCain division was over whelmed by superior numbers. In addition to the above, a correspondent of the .Pkiladdpitia. Press states that General MePlellan's Arthest advanced pciSition was tienty-fiVe Miles of Rich mond, and he'iivairaiddly pushing his army forward, driv ing the enemy at all por nts. army had com pletely recovered from ; the faiikue by the retreat, and he . hia been strongly reinforced.. Gun=' boats accompanied:lds advance, shelling the wooda, and scattering thi enemy; and his main forces Were following at , safe ,sypporting dfstinices. It is' the opinion of competent persons that the movement of McClellan, by which he has turned his army entirely round, though involving retreat and an - iinmeiks loss, is ".one . of the most extraordinary and brilliant which history records. , A seenlar paper says : "The hase of his operations is the true and-natu rill one, one that can `adviuidei With our successes. Immediately after the battle of WilliamsbUrg, Mc- Milan would haie followed. up the line of James river, no doubt, but for the presence of the Aferri mete, now blown up, and the difficulty of iroasing the ChickahoMiny at its mouth in frent'Of an opposing army. But both these difficulties have now, how eveT, been. evercomc. l The entire armyris .nowr(as neyer all,washefore) on the RichnLond side of the Chiekahoridny. . It' has cost MaOlellan dear, but that advantage ho'haS gained. lie Was indeed ex posed to this danger, that a defeat might, thereby have cruiseathe surrender 'of the entire , army or its destruction •in the Chickahotniny. But General McClellan, had :faith in his men, and , in his own skill, took the hazard; and has won the ad.vantage of it both as to health and safety." Address of General McClellan to his Sol- Iliers.--,On the anniversary of our 'National Inde pendence (July 4th) General McClellan made the following spirited address to his soldierawho through the last ten days had fought the enemy "with such Wonderful bravery. It is dated Harrisdn's Land ing. .. ' ' " Soldiers of the Army of " the Potonzac:•—Yqur achievements of thelist , tern days L have ;illustrated lors r the valor and enduranii s of the American soldier. Attaelted by superior'fo es and without hope of re inforcements, you hay,,....'"cceeded in changing your base of operations by ri+; auk movement . ; always re garded as the most hu , dons of military expedients. YOu have saved' all ye ~Material, all your, trains, and 41 your grins, exce ti a &iv lost in battle—taking in return guns and .c 6lO fromtlie enemy. .‘.(lT,porr your march lay f e' been `assailed day after daY, with by many of the same race: and nation, skillful i;:rnasee,d .anled. d " Under every disad ! , niage.of number, and ne cessarily; of position als e you. have in every - conflict am . h beack your foes th enormous :slaughter. " Your conduct ran : = you among the 'celebrated. armies of history. , , ' No. One will:now qn always, with pride, say the Potomac.' " You• have reachedft ganization, and uriimpai "The enemy may at, are prepared to . Meet tablished your lines." convert their repulse in "Your Government the resoure3s of a great. "On this, 'bit. natiot our foes'who are rebels mankind, that, this. arm the so called confederaej stitution - sball prevail, , t; can alone insure internal; to eadt State-reust - mi what' it may in time, triti Capture of Viekeb captured' by our naval Thursday, the 26th daY ter's fleet began to shell town. This i. as continu Friday, and in' the afte tOWn, over which the 81 burs:t. This continued unl Durink the bombard - mein feebli; fixing inaccurate], Half an hour after the merit, the'rebel water'ba , iihichreplied until At 8 o'clock &alas ote thetown and continuedii On the riexf morniito meat' Ni* renewed, durini vessels passed before the ing serious damage, The city of Vicksburg as great' conflagrations - places: Congressional.--In;, grimea from the Comnii lumbia, reported a bilir i bored Children in :Washi, On motion,, of Mr, Tr to election of Aepresenta gle districts wasilltaken postponed. On motion of Mr. Vos was taken up. Several mittee were concurred is In the House, same (11 ky), moved to amend . which' 'General Hunter's' organization of negro re printed. Quite an interesting d mission ensued on this mo tion, Mr. Wiekliffe adwed the House on the bei subject. Instead of orga big and' parading negroes General'Hunter ought t have prepared his troops to prevent the retreat fr James Island. It was a miserable policy to thus ' rtiziawijr blacks into ser vice. If twenty million f freemen were not able to suppress a rebellion , million s of white men, the abknowledgment Ili' at once-made. There commendation to the 140 * r Slave States to eman cipate their negroes, and he design to pass the Confiscation bill, have not d the South. He found fault with the nduct of the War. Mr. Stevens wished t e cretary had replied by saying, "I have sent ar s a a clothing South, with orders to supply the lo I n there," If,this an-. sorer had.been given, it end have been in riccord ance with what he sup " ed, were the Secretary's sentiments. The emplo en of blacks was carry ing out the usage of all c ilized. nations. Nothing could 1?e produced from h' toryto show the contrary. The, usage was to libera he slaves and : take them into service to , defeat th enemy. , During the re volution, the blacks ,we used by , Washington as soldiers bi. Rhode Island , JaCkson did the same 17 Mr. Lovejoy; :by perm pied- the floor a short ti elamation of Washingto < Mr. Stevens' positionc< • thusiasm of the colored deeds. lkir:. , Sedgwiek -nishOd , him by the librari to the effect that Sp. - Britain, TOrkey,- etc., h regard to color, iooludi.' Mr. Diven.Y.) re) into'thn service' as hißlh. Be had been endeavOrni a bill fot I,ho - purpoSO.` he Said he provided thus" emploYed. ' afore Volunteers. It the request of .the ;Go vernors of eighteen.. S .s, who„ in a letter to the President. says, " tha , the time has. ,arrived for prompt and vigorous in • res to be adoptedrby the people in support oft great interests committed to your charge ;" the tter has decided.to call into service an additional f, ee of three - hundred thou sand men. He sayi:' ‘‘ I trust that they may be enrolled without delaY, o Seto'bring this Unueces- Sett and infuriona ar to a speedy'and sitifae tory conclusiOn." Y;;.“ Collection of Taxe in Rebellious , States.--, The PreSident; in ace nee witkthe:provisions AA the act for the colleeti of direct taxes; in the in surrectionary districts ithin the United States, has 'issued a ,proclame.tion eclaring in what States and Parts of States ins ure tion 'exists, namely ;' South Carolina, Florida, , rgia, ' Alabama,. Louisiana, Texas, Missisthopi.. kanaas, , ~ Tennessee, :North Carolina and Virgini excepting from the; last cer tain named western; nties., ,. , These States and p eels of States are novi.charg ed with their respeeti ,e. portionso saiddireet tax, ; and the same, togeth r with the penalty,,are a lien li thereon, without an , other or further proceeding whatever. . Itemh.—Great pr aratibms are being' made by thnenemy to defend Mobile:- 1 -=-Fivehlindred and 1 thirty-three rebel p so' were captured by Gene ral'M.eClellan's army in the reeent-battlea.=—Ne peleon 111. is about to r SCC4I alarge Franc' li - fleet to our waters.—There -are fresh rumors of foreign. intervention. 2 ----Seireiil State Governors have is stied calls for more volttnteere. —Halleok telegraPhs that, seven hundred itai.tWenty-eight of our Cavalry defeated droveleok with considerable loss, about four thousand 1 sevenlirtudre' d of the rebels, near BoonesVille, Miss. • ' ' ' : cativo. - • At North Dana 'Massachusetts, on Friday, the 27th June, FUNK WAItiEN, infant son 'of Edward, L. and H Louisa Barnes of New York, aged 5 months and' 20 qiya. , 1 • ' A ....,--.....: 1 .._._,.: • , - ~. ... _ _. , 4 4.4.:,'-:•-(6.t.#:,0.,..t,:-.:.••••=W1,.4.!,tt.1,:;1_,.,::-I., tion that each ot you may belong to , the 'ArmY of is ne*kbase complete in or spirit f = tiy time attack .you. We, M. I have persohally,es n ktheni come, and we, will .final defeat. , • z fstrengthening S'on, with e:opte. - • birthday,' we: declare to Lint the best interest's of shall enter the capital of That our national con. :that the , Union, which ; 'O4 - antl , azternal Pecurity. y.t ... slinllmb6r 'preserved, MSG re, =or blbod:' • - .I :, g Vicksburg 'his been Ces; The attackiegaii on f June: On that day Por e upper battery below the d' all day, and renewed on oon was directed on the ells were plainly, seen' to 4 o'clock When it ceased. the rebel batteries replied essation of the' boinbaid- ery opened' oil thb thorto r r the batter34eiied. red froth the'eutire fleet - on 4 'O'clock the bereb r arii- Ohich eight orFariagoes potteries - without natal- • nst bane teen damaged ', - ere 'seen in numerous e Senate, Saturday, Mr. • e on• theDic ta ict of .;Co elation to Schools for Co :tea: 'mbull, the bill in.relation yes to Congress from sin p, and, after debate 'was A tbe,,general pension bill Inendmenti of the Coin- Mr. 'Wickliffe, Meatue rechnsider the - vote by -ply to inquiries as to the invents was orde,red titre • I.zion of Mr. Stevens own ind=read from the pro ;andthekson, in support of , tcrAhow: the. noble en :impelling to great also'read 'from a piper fur ' n of the State of 'New York, n; Portugal, Srazil, 'Great • employed soldiers witliout ,rded the muster'' of ;blacks l 'important and ;desirable. for iviekiriast tos iiitioduee lii reribr to Mr.''Binghtira e ;bill for the - liberty of all airtrtiotztuto. The AttentionUf Housekeepers I S called to our large stock of the I UNIVERSAL CLOTHES WRINGERS, they are the only reliable WRINGERS in the market; it is easily fastened to the Tub, and never works loose ; it has' no Wooden Soren; to break,"no Rubber band to stretch and no Iron Frame.to rust the Clothes; they are manufactured in four sides, and sell f0r ...55,56, $7, and $lO, They are reliable and warranted. -.Call and examine then:pat • ,WALCOTT SURNHAM, July 10 4t 027 Chestnut St. Collegiate Institute for Young 'Ladies; TO. 1580 ARCH STREET, PHILADELPHIA, Rev. Charles A, Sndth, D. D.; Principal. The eighth' Academic year hegini on 'Monday, Sep . - teraher 16th, 1862. • . ' - 4 ~ Circulars„specifyinF terms, 4e.; be sent, and additional given, on application to the Principal. ' ' , :at • Letters may he 's . lirected to Box 1889, Post office. Philadelphia, „ July 10 ly, MARCHING , ALONG.- • 11° Tle children are natl. . , '.45/ .11-01 - E A Second Volume to "Ilohien Chain." A CARD , TN answer to nunicrons 'and urgent requests from Superintendents and others who have used the (Lanf'ass . CHAIN". -istheinZnpdyg Schools ever since first,PibliCatiori, 186.1); fhirauthor - Pleasitre of announcing that he has now completed a second= volume to'.that work, of' ,the newest and choicest music and poetry. The new volume is entitled • • "THE .GOLDEN SHOWER : " All who"have been chained to music.in their schools for:the:past year, and•now desire a." shower"• of new melodies ) maybe, gratified by eiaclosing.Fifteen cents for a specimen copy, to BRADBURY, 421 Broome`St4l:LY:' • PRICE, OF. GOI L DEN SHOWER—Net Cash, Per hundred, in, paper covers . . . . . 00 Per hundred, in board'co;rers' . . . WM:-B. BRADBURY, 421 Broome. Bt., PHINNBY & CO. 48 &50 Walker St NY :july3 4t Dick Numbers.of the'AMERICAN PRESET ' TERIAN,Wanted. ' -• BY: A SUBSCRIBER : , • . First Volume, 1857-7-Febyl2th, No. 24 ; Fey 26th, No. 26; April 2d, No: 31 ; Aug. 20; No. 51: BY THE PRESBY'N HISTORICAL SOOIETY: • 'Volume First, 1857---Jan 29th, No. 22 ; Feby 12th, No. 24 ; Feby 26th, No. 26 ; „Afar 6th, ; April 2d, No. 31 : ,; Aug 27th, No: 52. Volume Second, I.BsB—July 15th, NO. 46 ; August 12th, No. 56. ' - - Volume Third,'lBsB-9 , —Sept 9th, *No. 2; Oct 21st, No. 8;, Dec 2cl. N0..14; Jany 6th,; No, 19. Address this Office, No. 1334 Cheitnut street. • New Card Photographs. , JEST ISSUED BY THE • PRESBYT,ERIAN BOOK STORE, No. :1384.Chestnut street, (Opposite the U. S. Midt).. Rev. Tans., Brainerd, DD. Rev. Albert Barnes, ".Henry Darling, DD. , E. E. Adams, " Chas. A. Smith, DD. " ,Daniel March, " John Jenkins; DD.' "'G r ab. And many other Presbyterian Ministers. The aboVe are nearly all by Gutektmst. In addition to the above we have.a full supply of Photographs of all our cele brated Oenerals, Stateirneu, Authors, add new add beautiful Scenes from the Battle Fields of Bull Run, Yorktown, ete. Scenes at Washingten, etc..,` all Suit able for 'Albums, and= sold'at very.low prieeS.` PRESBYTERIAN BOOK STORE, No. 1334 Chestnut street. in ya It REMOVAL. - . E. G. witalitAN &CO IifINURiCTITRER.2 • Fanny and. Plain Candies; Chocolate Confections, Gum Drops, Mixed Sugar Plums,, etc., etc. Also, dealers in Foret„,on Fruits, and brilliant • ' colored Fire Works.' Raving removed from Second and Chestnut streets to 318 CHESTNUT ST. BELOW FO UREA; . -Where the public will find pure Confectionary and an Itssortment of Fire Works, not surpassed by any es tablishment inthe city. • ja26 1m . Wilson's Tea 'WarehouSO No. 236 Chestnut street, W. T. WILSON, Proprietor. V 473, and Coffee at the lowest WhOlesale prices for 'CAM; Orders from the Country promptly attended to. - , • ju26 tf , JUNELLE'S C O M P OUND Snarl! , OF DOCK, A S s saothing, healing, and positively curative Be tl for spitting of blood, and pains in the lungs,-for the cure of. Coughs; as a blood purifier and invigorator,. stands a first-class iarticle, .sustained by the best testimony in the, world—those who, use it. ,For sale, by the proprietor, No., 1525 Market Street; and at all Druggists. ' " jnl9`tf S. SICTDER LEIDY - - JAMES LEID,Y: BROTHERS , itzmoymnisra, : Writing, 116okrXetpixig and brercantire Aritb.. niche Aeadenty, , To the Exchange. Building,,. cor.,of Third & Dock sts: EIDY,I3ROTILURS send, greeting, as the best ev: idence!of their skill and ability to miPart a knows ledge of Business Education, twenty-seven years sue= eessful teachh . tgin the City of F,'hiladelphia and now; that Ir'-siness - is much impaired eierywhere, -they have 'reduced their prices in some cases' 80 per cent., to the end that persons may embrace the• opportunity Ito qualify themselves for „spy position,- or for the tran saction of bisiness on their own acnount,when business shall again revive. l3Day and Evening Sessions. All students at this Institution 'receive individual , instruc -No teaching ever done in classes. dee26 •ly., GEORGE J. BOYD BANKER, • No. 18 South Third Street, (Two doors abaie Mechanics' Bank) DEALE,in 13ilhof Exchange, Bank Notes and E Specie. Drifts on New. York Bostois Balti More, etc..,` for sale. 'StbCks and - Bonds bought 'and sold on commission, at the Board of Brokers. Busi ness F'aper, Loans Collaterals, etc., negotiated. Deposits, received and interest allowed. jag . S B L .For Churches, Schools;: Farms,'Tiwtories, ete:i • THESE Bells are Made front AiLOT or. ` STEEL, 12y, , a new I:,trecass that enables the'propri eters to sell them at, one-half the - pike" of othera t and it . the 'same - time to furnish , 'a 'VERY sorErgolt "I . `hey, :are not liable ,tor break, 'and are ~war'- ' Eortirtien _p lars, rela tive : to . Size, Keys; Hangings, Prices, and warranty, send for a Circular, to, the Afanufactu liers, • BROWN - it - WHITE; „No. 20 Liberty,atreet, jan2 New York. Composition BLIIS, CHEAP HAT STORE! TEMPLE OF FASHION!! BATS - AND CAPS i.„ Cheap for Cash, 40 N. SIXTH. STREET , " (Between Market & Arch,) Particular attention paid to bespoke Hats. [decl2 1 R. S. WALTON, • FASHIONABLE EAT AND CAP STORE, . . 1024 MARKET STREET, PHILADELPHIA. always on bAnds oetlo PBESBYTERIAN PUBLICATION COMMITTEE.' THE CLOSER WALK. BY REV. HI4INRY DARLING, D. D. This book is designed as a practical treatise upon the important subject of Christian Sanctification. Its aim is to show that the great want of the Church, in this day, is a higher standard of piety, and to stimulate the people of God diligentlY to seek it. It is abc ok to be read by Chriatiaias in every walk of life; an at tempt to supply'a REAL wider often felt by both minis ters and laymen. •THE BIBLE OIfBAPTISBI. A small work, showing that Immersion Its the only mode of Baptism, is NOT - A BIBLE DOCTRINE. In Muslin, 15. Cents. , In Paper, 5 Cents , LEAFLETS FOR TEE, THOUGHTFUL. • BY. BEY. ALBERT In packages of 24 Leaflets, 121 no. The same in Book Form. Price, 6 Cents ; postage 2 Cents. LESSONS FOR. THE LITTLE ONES . : - Lessons adapted to use lii TILE FAMILY / • • THE INFANT, SCHOOL And the Youngest Classes in Sabbath Schools. A new book, by the'authOr of " Money," " clays," etc., -etc.; and the fruit of experience in teaching the "Little Ones." In Muslin, 20 Cents in paper, 10 Cents. By mail, -post paid, at the same price. cc One of these little books should be placed 'in the ____hands of evert soldier:in our army : "--Evapgelist. " We know, not when we. have seem tk-book better sui ted to the end."—S. Sehool:Thnes. CHARDS S. LUTHER,' InyB 6t 1334 Chestnut street, Philadelphia. The Cheapest and Best Hair Dye in the Vinirld., NEVER FADES OR WASHES OUT. TTPRAM'S Hair Die; 38 'dents a box, 'three boxes ki for $l. ,The beat in' uses Try 'it Sold only at UPHAM'S, febrT ent No. 403 Chestnut Streit. MHE - Undersigned takes l Plenre announcing ,to the patrons of the American Presbyterian," andthepublie in general, that the : manufactured, 'either 'ready-Made or special order, is from, materiaLof the VERY B.EST.PABRICS, and warranted to give'satisfaCtion. The priee,,s are marked in - PLAIN FIGURES, on each garinent4`and'in all caies i .uniforinlilow. TERMS'CASH, EDWARD T. TAYLOR, For CHARLES STOKES, No. 824 Chestnut street, Phila HENRY C. -ELAIR'S, • P:RESCRIPTION palmy MEDICINE STORE, n , Eighth and,,-"Aralnut; streets,. Philadelphia. (Established 1829.):.. ;NONE but the best Medicines dispensed. Prices uniform and reasonable. Persons residing in the 'Country can haie their orders faithfully and .promptly executed, -no matter how 'small. Physi cians supplied with pure, medicines and medical: pre parations. jul2 tf SELTZER APERIENT. This vabiable and popular Medicine has universally received 'the, most favorable recornmanda ' tions of the ifinteAr: Paomsatort , and the Pustw, as the most EFFZCZENM,AND AGREEABLE • SALINE APERIENT. It map be used with the beat effect in - Bilious. and • Febrile Diseases,Cosaveriess, Sick Head - ache,, Nausea, Loss of Appetite, Indigestion, Acidity of the, Stomach, Torpidity ` - of the Liver,Gotit, Rheurna ' • - tic Affections, Gravel, Alm ALL COMPLAINTS. WHERE . A Gentle and Coal n Aperient or ,Burgadve Reczuzred. It is particularly adapted to the wants,of Travelers by: Sea; and Land; 'Residents in Hot Climates, Persons pt Sedentary Habits, Invalids and' Convalescents; Captains of 'Vessels and Plantemwill find it a valua ble addition to their Medicine Chests. It is in the form of a Powder., carefully, put up in bot tles tO kebp in any climate, and merely requires water.poured upon it to produce a delightful , effervescent beverage- . Numerous testimonials• froth professional and other gentlemen of the highest standing throughout the 'Country, and its.'steadily increasing popularity for a series of years, strongly guarantee its efficacy and val uable charactuty and commend it to-the favorable -no lice of an intelligent public. Manufactured only by • " " ;' - TARRANT tf.. "CO., No. 278 Greenwich street, ,cor. Warren, • , „ New York, myls ly And for sale . * Druggists generally. , • JOSEPH 7 Bel 'and Brasr Founder, AND. MANLITIOTORRE MINERAL WATER APPARATUS nov2B . NO. 120 NORTH SIXTH STREET, PHILA. t: •• ' • DELLS for Churches, Behool Houses, Corporations, •FactOrieS,'Steamboato; etc. Chimes or peals of any number. 'di Bells,, or in , any' Key of the Musical All bells warranted to be.one-third superior to the Past steel or Amalgam Bells., Bells °laxly weight or tone, withitny inscription Or design, cast to order. OIL CLOTHS FOR:SALE BY THE 1111117FACTIMER, AT I No 229 Arch Street Philadelphia. N0..49 'Cedar greet, New. York. , The Stnelceonsists of , - Enamelled Leather Cloth. Corriage Flocir Oil Cloth. Table and §tkir Oil Cloths. Stand,Coyalsand Green Curtain Cloth. Flopr, Oil Oaths, from .I to p , yerds wide. The style and 6 Inality of these goods are not ex . celled Will be 'sold -to dealers at reasonable _prices. feb TgOMAS POTTER, Manufacturer. ARCH , ST. CARPET WAREHOUSE. :CIitDDEN & RICKNER, 6; - *‘!;,• , No. 882 ARCH STREET, Tvr&doors below Ninth street,' South Side, PHILADELPHIS: Hive now on hand a gplendid stock of English and Amweritan CARPETINGS, of description, which, Are offered, at greatly re duced 'prices for Cr 4. , English Brussels from 87e. to $1 per yard. nevl4 Sacramental ‘, 4 4-k. A Pure and 1?- 4 4N e 'r ' 6 1 .34 7 Pic Unadulterated Article. ' , • f BOURNE Especially suited for Communion.. PUrposis For sale by STAHL & MILLER, S. E. corner Tenth and Areh streets, dec26th ly Philadelnina. THE SOLDIER'S : FRIEND. . , Trice 15 Gents; by Mail, the same. T A R It A NI S ErizvEscirri, J. BUFFINGTON,. ORGAN BUILDER "so. 181 s. st,Evivritis„* Aboie Wshiut - ' ' PHILADELPHIA. • Tot bARDING. The Widow 'of a 'deceased U. n. 1.4 Officer desires to accomodate two or three boar ders either Gentlemen or Ladies. With a respectable Lady she would be willing to share, her own chamber. Apply, No. 2124 WAL LACE street. ju. 19 4. CLOAKS, PALETOTS AND MANTILLAS , Ladies in want of the above articles will find it to their advantage to visit the.old established house of Mrs. HENRY, No. 38 N. Ninth street, below Arch. All the latest Paris styles always on hand, at prices that astonish everybody. N. B. =`A large 'assortment of Ladies Morning Wrappers always 'on' ;hand, at the lowest Market price. ' aplo 3m HUSBAND'S CALCINE)) MAGNESIA is free from unpleaiant take, and three times the strength of the common Calcined Magnesia. . A World's Fair Medal_and: four. First Premium Sil ver Medals have been awarded as being the best in the market: For sale by the Druggists and country Storekeepers; and by the manufacturer, THOMAS HUSBAND, W corner Third and Spruce. ap3 171 WILLIAM F. GEDDES, 'Plain . an - d Fancy Printer, No. 320' STUB'S, tove'r Ad:ts' Expres3l Philadelphia. Pamphlets,' Constitutions, Lire lass, Cards, Bill heads, of Lading, , Law 'and! Cuistons. House Blanks etc. mar 27 tf Life-Size Photographs in. Oil ARE muchsuperior , td Oil Paintings, as likenesses and pietnress, if made by skilful artists, such as you find at REEYIER'S GALLERY Second street above Green. ".'lAnde directly from living persons, and from small Daguerreotypes, Ambrotypes, or Photo graphs, when persons are deceased. jan2 ly ITTAATER-CENTURY S 17; 11 If 0 N.—Quarter- Century Sermon" of Rl'. Thomas Brainerd, D. D., in Old Pine street Church ; with the account of the Commemoration Festival, in Sansom street Hall. 'or sale at the PRESB'inTERIAN BOOKSTORE, No: 1334 Chestnut street myl tf REMOVAL. JA'M'ES` E WEBB. DEALER IN Fine' Teas,' Cotreds, and Choice Family Groceries. Hie removed to the S. E. corner oP Eighth and Wall/rm. streets, Phila delphia, a few doors from his former location, where he will be happyto seelis friends and customers. Goods carefully packed and forwarded to the coin - try. Sunday-School.„Theological and Tract • Depository. Arnerie.sn- Sunday-School Union and Atueri- I can Tract Society, each maintained tor many years depositories of their respective pnblicabons in this city ; these aremow united under the care of the aubscriher, and he has 'added' thereto a select assort ment of the publications of the various evangelical denominations, with those of private publishers, phich are sold at publishers' . prices. Catalouges and spemmens of Sunday-School papers sent on application. School Books and. Stationery. Address J. W. McINTYRE, No. 9 South Fifth Street, St. Louis Mo. ap 0 f E. THOMPSON, MERORART TAILOR, N. E. COB. SEVENTH . AND WALTUT sTREETs, Philadelphia. THE design of this establishment is to meet the wan lo. is of Gentlemen accustomed to, or desirous of hav ing Clothing made to order and measure. Suitable selectiens can always be made from large varieties of material on s hand. for the purpose. [jan3o ly • . Monumental Marble Works. CIiARLES KNY, North Twelfth street, above Ridge avenue. Phila. MONUMENTS; HEAD Ac FOOT STONES, POSTS, AC., decl9 ly at the lOwest cash prices E. H. ELDRIDGE, AOT., Fashionable Clothier, • [F.ormerly, of ,Eighth and Chestnut streets,) AS:taken the Store, I , N • o. 628 MARKET STREET, • Where he is prepared to furnish his old friends and the public in general with . 0 L.O THING, Ready liffide Or Made to Order, in the Best Style, At MODERATE PRICES, As he buys arid - sells exclusively for cash. (decs ly WOOD & CARY, (SUCCESSORS TO LINCOLN, WOOD & NICHOLS ' ) 'CITY 'BONNET AND MILLINERY STORE, NO.' 725 Chestnut street, Philadelphia. EVERY description of , Millinery work executed with - neatness and 'desPatch. Special attention paid to goods fOr llisSes' and Children's near. aP2Okft It txl t:1 I=P t 4 0 1 P No. 1112 lititracET STREET, Philadelphia. A small Church Organ, with separate , Pedal pipes, On hand, and for sale at a reasonable price.. novl4 WINDOW SHADES,. . Damask, Lace, and Xmas. Curtains. jaILT Cornices, Bands, Gimps and Fringes. NA Spring, Hair and Husk Mattrasses; Verandah Awnings, improved styles. Old Furniture re-Upholstered and Varnished. Fuiniture Slips cut and made to fit. Carpets cut, altered and laioi, at W. HENRY P.A.TTEN'S, West End Curtain and Upholstery Store, No. 1408 Chest nut street. mar 6 tf THOMAS H. McCOLLIN, Plumber and Gas-Fitter, S. E. CORNER ELEVENTH AND RACE STS, PHILADELISHIA _ NAS constantly, oriliandor fUrnishes to order, Hy drarilic Rains,' Water-Wheels, Windmills, Lift arid Force Pumps, Stationary Washstands, Hydrants, Bathing Tubs, Lead, Cast and: Wrought Iron Pipes, Sheet Lead, and all other articles in the trade. Port able Gas and Water-Works „put up on the most ap proved principles. ill work 'done moderate terms, and warranted to,Aive satisfaction. N 8.-- 4 :CHO6IB.ICAL WORK, or _LIMO .13:ra*rtm person• ally , attended to. janal ly , . . A. S. DOTTER,' DEALER, in the eelbrated EAST FRANKLIN', MAN MOTH VEIN, LOCUST MOHNTAIN L IIICKORY, AND SPRING lifourrArx [Lehigh] COAL, ' WHOLESALE AND 'RETAIL, YARD-304 N. BaoAD ST, Ist above Vine, Westeide -Philadelphia feb6 NEW, STORE. No. 133 South Eleventh street above Walnut. - , 0. W. CLARK, A'rENETIAN BLINDS and' WINDOW SHADES, V Cords, Tassels and Trimmings. Best quality work at verrylow prices. t &pairing promptly attended to. Branch7Store andAanufactury, Second street, above Walnut. .131indSTor Cluiicbres, Halls, and Libraries, intideqn the most subsiantial . manner. nov2l LOUIS g an r 4 A &4 FA PI ei tz . xi A. m .21 0 ,3 LIEI
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