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Elje Vrtss,
THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1862.
Wa ARE GRATIFIED to learn from Washivg
ton that the Senate has confirmed the lion.
C. P. Woicorr, of Ohio, as Assistant Secre
tory of War. Mr. WOLCOTT was nominated by
the President as the successor of the Hon.
THOMAS A. ScoTT, who filled the position with
so much ability during the terms of Secretary
()AMMON and Secretary STANTON, resigning
to enable him to devote his time to the interests
of the great railroad with which he is associa
ted. We do not think a better selection could
be made than that of Mr. WOLCOTT. He is
one of the most eminent citizens of Ohio,
and has been largely identified with its in
terests. He was chosen Attorney General
of that State as•a mark of the public con
fidence. Mr. WOLCOTT has a fine legal
mind, and possesses all the requirements
for his new position—ready, active, and full
of energy. Above all, he is thoroughly im
bued with the conscience of this fight. He
is an earnest man and devoted to earnest
measures. Such are the men that wo want at
the head of affairs, and, therefore, we welcome
Mr. Wox.corr into the Deparment of War.
TIE CONFIRMATION Of JUNKY 11. LOCK
WOOD, of Delaware, as brigadier general, by
the Senate, yesterday, is a tribute to the ge
nius and loyalty of a gallant officer. General
LOCKWOOD is deserving of the honors be
stowed upon him. Be is a representative
man in our sister State, and in his ap
pointment the Administration has paid a
high compliment to the true men of Dela
ware.
WHAT woutn the Breckinridgers do if they
were deprived of the material for attaohisg the
Administration of Mr. LINCOLN, and if they
could not misrepresent the efforts of loyal
men to put down the rebellion and to vindicate
the' Constitution They are bowling over the
bill—now a law—appointing dlphimatic repre
sentatives to the republics of Hayti and Li
beria. Bow candid they are, and how truthful
tou! They d• not state that the bill passed
the Senate with the aid of such Democrats as
LATIUM and McDonami, of California, or
that the general proposition was eloquently
advocated in former days by such statesmen
as Hssar GUY and DANna. Warman. They
seize upon the bill to frighten and delude the
Northern people with pictures of colored di
plomatic representatives at Weshiogton, still
keeping hum public view the practice of all
civtliztd - Governments, which cultivate rela
tions wish colored nationalities; and, in the
midst of this ignorant and ruthless clamor,
they de not print the fact that the opponents
of this measure in the House of Representa
tives presented a proposition to send an Ame
rican consul general to Hayti, thus acknow
ledging the whole pilnciple of the project
which is now a law. Such are the straits and
expedients of men who are forever siukiag
the pAriot in the partisan.
Tna " intelligence from Europe, by the
Africa, is to the Ist of this month inclusive,
and may be summed up in the briefest man
ner. The French army at Rome is to be re
duced to•a single division, which seems to in.
dicate the speedy retirement of the whole.
The COmervatives in the English Parliament
are said to have combined, in order to defeat
the Government on the question of retrench
ment, and possibly can effect this if sup
ported,, as they expect, by the Irish party and
the advanced liberals who are dissatisfied with
Lord PALMERSiON'iI policy. But, it by no
means follows that, if defeated, Lord PAL
XERSTON will resign. Some changes may
take place—for, instance, it baa been supposed
that Lord CANNING would become Secretary'
for India, in place of Sir CLIANLEB Woon, a
heavy red-tapir.; but it may be safely assumed
that Lord PALMERSTON will require more than
one or two defeats to drive him out of office.
The British Government, we learn, had di
rected two steamers to be employed to make a
further survey on both sides of the Atlantic,
at the request of the Atlantic Telegraph Com
pany. We repeat that this' submarine tele
graph shpuld receive no patronage, public or
private, official or pecunitry, in this country,
unless its terminus, en this side, be upon Ameri
can soil. It would be essentially absurd and
impolitic to allow England to command this
legraph, by having both termini on British
territory, for, in the event of a war, or even of
such a difficulty as that of the ge Trent," Eng
land coald, and almost certainly would, shut
us out of communle,ating with Europe while
the war or the difficulty contuled. England
ought not have an objection to an American as
well as an Irish terminus.
TEE BkCOND mayoralty of Mr. Hesny wi'
be distinguialled, in our civic annals, for the
abatement of two nuisances, one touching en
the health, the other on the comfort of the in
habitants of Philadelphia. Mayor HENRY has
signed nn ordinance, which is thereby opera
tive, whereby thowing kitchen offal into the
wee's is declared an offence, punishable by
fine, aid whereby, under a similar penalty,
the washing of pavements or Bide-walks be
tween seven in the morning and seven at night
is also prohibited. The two nuisances in
question have been tolerated so long, as at last,
to stand, in general opiuion, as matters of
right. It has been impossible to persuade wil
ful and saucy, and slatternly servants that the
street was not the proper place for their kitch
en offal, and they were fully persuaded that
they were entitled to float the side-walks with
water, to the discomfort of all passers-by,
under pretence of cleansing. If any person
remonstrated, he might calculate, with great
cettait.ty, on being told to mind his own busi
ness. We need not remind our readers of the
diaccmfort which ladies have been subjected to
by the side-Walk washing nuisance. Either
they Lad to turn cff, into the highway, two or
three times in every block, or to risk the spoil
ing of their garments by having them draggled
in the wet. On Saturdays, in particular, as if
by common consent, the - pavement-drenchers
made a point of being in full operation, gene
rally selecting midday for their labors—glory
ing, we have often fancied, in the nuisance
they were making. As for walking in the city,
while the pavements were under water, it was
what no lady, wearing thin-soled shoes, dared
to venture on, with impunity.
Henceforth, the two nuisances can be con
tinued only by the culpable negligence of the
inhabitants themselves. Fortunately, there is
a pecuniary inducement to have the new ordi
nance rigidly carried out. Persons making
complaint, and giving evidence of its infrac
tion, will be entitled to one half the tine. ,
TLere are numerous Idlers in all directional
who may serve the public and themselves
. by
looking out sharply for such cakes. In order
that no person should be able to plead Igno
rance, the ordinance in question should be
well advertiied in the newspapers, and also
placarded all over the city. Mayor HENRY is
entit'ed to the thanks of the community for
his judicious action in this matter. He has
done what we have repeatedly recommended
should be done, and richly deserves a full
weed of public gratitude.
WE RAVE omitted to mention that the name
of Ron. NEHEMIAH PERRY, et' New Jersey,
the Successor of Speaker .Pcsnizforox in the
Rouse of Representatives, has been added to
the Congressional address, making the num
ber of signers to that immortal document fif
teen. This is an act of high courage on the
part of Mr. PEERY, when we consider that
this address has been denounced by loyal
men, North and South, and that it does not
contain a single word of comfort or praise for
the brave defenders of our flag, thousands of
whom are Jerseymen, whose valor and pa
tr otism have been proved in the sacrifice of
hundreds of valuable lives.
ON of the moot suggestive evidences of
the di'gust that has been inspired by the des
potism of the rebellion among the rank and filo
of the rebel army, is the aversion of thousands
of the Secession prisoners to consent to an
exchange that will compel them to go back
among their oppressors. They prefer to take
the oath of allegiance, and to trust themselves
to the magnanimity of the Federal Govern
ment.
ALL THE 001tHEEMONDENTS, writing from the
battle-field of Fair (Nike, speak , enthusiasti
cally of the calm bearing and unflinching con
rage of Brigadier General THOS. F. lineation
and Brigadier General Dan= E. Sicsnsa.
THERE is Nor•xow the slightest doubt that
the recent European expedition against Mexico
was wholly got up by the Emperor Naeoisos.
It is difficult to realize the facility with which
England and Spain allowed themselves to be
led into the anti-Mexican alliance. Spain; no
doubt, was flattered at the idea of being placed
on an equality with the two great warlike and
naval Powers of Europe; but England, atter
having been used as NAPOLEON'S catspaw in
the Russian war, ought to have had sufficient
judgment and policy to keep out of another
such complicity. The amounts, in millions
of pounds sterling, due by Mexico to the three
Powers were respecl o ively as follows : to Eng
land, fifteen millions; to Spain, two millions;
to France, one million. Thus, the Power
which got up the scheme and took the lead,
had the smallest pecuniary claim on Mexico.
Not until after the expedition had reached
Mexico, was any mention made of substituting
a monarchical for a republican form of go
vernment in that country. The proposal ori
ginated with Franco, but was not one of Na
rozeon's own ideas. Tho suggestion actually
was made.by General ALMONTE, a man of more
ambition than ability, of more ability than
principle. ALMONTE is well known in thit
country, having served in the Texan War
übdor SANTA ANNA, and having particularly
distinguished' himself in the battle of San
Jacinto, which obtained him the War Ministry
under President BUSTAMENTS. Ile subsequent
ly was Mexican Ambassador at Washington,
and more lately, served in the same capacity
in Paris and London, but has been exile/
for some time Past. He it is who first
broached the idea of making an European
prince King or Emperor of Mexico. England
appears to have backed out of the alliance as
soon as possible, after this project was, re
vealed, and it was declared, on the part of
Spain, .‘ that Mexico, constituted as a repub
lic for forty years, must necessarily be anti
monarchical, and would never accept new in
stitutions with which it was unacquainted, and
which were contrary to those which it had
adopted, and under which it had ,existed so
long."
NAPOLEON'S choice of the Archduke 111Axr-
MILIAN was • doubtless made with a double
purpose. As a descendant of the greatest of
Spanish monarchs, the Emperor CHARLES THE
Finn, it was thought he might be accepted
or taken up by Spain as a Spanish prince,
while, being brother of the reigning Emperor
of Austria, for whose friendship and alliance
NAPOLEON would bid high, a hesitating Power.
might be converted into a warm friend.
'Undoubtedly, if MAxLmiLIAN of Austria hid
been raised to sovereign rank in Mexico,
mainly by.the arms or po'icy of France, his
brother, the Emperor FRA.Ners Josspir, might
accept that as a compensation for the defeat
at Solferino and the treaty of Villa Franco,
which transferred Lombardy to the King of
Sardinia.
It has been said, too, that had his plans suc
ceeded, NAPOLEON would claim a solid quid
pro quo from Mexico—no less, in fact,
than the rich and extensive province of Sono
ra, which lies close to our own California, and,
it is said, would give NAPOLEON precisely
what he wants—a colony adjoining the Pa
cific, with rich mines of gold and sliver.
It has several hundred miles of seaboard,
washed by the Gulf of California from North
to South, and, nobody can doubt, would be a
desirable acquisition. However, before be
coming a French territory, the United States
would have a word to say. We hold to the
Monroe doctrine that no European Power shall
be permitted to acquire territory in North
America, arid if France were to lay claim to
Sonora, by conquest or by treaty, NerorisoN
would be opposed, with war to the knife, on
the part of the United States.
The defeat of the French in Mexicois a .
fortunate thing for France, if it cheek NAvo
-IEOIO3 desire to help himself to a slim of the
Mexican republic.
OUR LAXENTED young friend, the late Lieu
tenant Lan, is to be buried this afternoon,
from bis father's residence, in North Sixth .
street, at 3 o'clock. No braver arm ever
drew sword in defence of his country's flag,
or more loyal heart ever shed its life-blood
with more entire devotion than the gallant
young man who is this day to be carried to
his final resting place on earth. Re fell mor
tally wounded on Sunday, June let, at the
battle of "Fair Oaks," inspiring his men by
determined and impetuous courage, which
with him was hereditary. His brother, Cap
tain lan, of thi same company, after fighting
his men for hours, and with the remnant of
• a broken regiment, which he commanded as
senior officer present, keeping an entire rebel
brigade in check at an important point until
reinforcements arrived, was seriously wounded,
and the active command devolved upon the
lieutenant. Throughout the entire fight ho had
been conspicuous for his daring and intrepidity,
'and, after binding up the wound of his brother,
and carrying him to the only place of com
parative safety at hand,.hehind a frame house
in. the midst of the scene of battle, round
which the bullets were whirring, and some
times actually passing through, Lieut. Las
assumed the command of his heroic little
band. It was not very long, however, before
the brave young man fell mortally wounded,
and lay side by aide with bis gallant brother,
who gave bis men their orders as be lay on .
the ground. These noble brothers had the
satisfaction of seeing reinforcements arrive to
succor their struggling men—Gen. Alsactuaa's
Irish brigade, who drove back and utterly
routed the rebels they bad so gallantly held in
check. :Lieut. LEE died on the next Tuesday,
on his journey from the battle-field to White
House.
A company of. the Gray Reserves has been
detailed, by Acting Brig. Gen. ELLMAISSE, to
serve as burial escort, this afternoon, and
Brig. Gen. PtsAsoitrox has also ordered "oat
a suitable escort from the Home Guard—
Capt. MIAMI'S'S fine company being detailed
for the purpose. The funeral procession will
move along Arch and Tenth streets to . St.
Steven's Church, where the service will be
conducted by the Rector, the Rev. Dr. Do-
CACHET. It will then move up Chestnut street
to Twelfth, up Twelfth to Brown, up Brown
to Broad, out Broad . to Girard avenue, along
Girard avenue to the Ridge, and out the Ridge
to Laurel Hill.
ANOTHER HEART-RENDING appeal to the
sympathies of our people is presented in the
recent disasters along the Lehigh. - The addi
tional particulars as they reach uti from day to
day confirm the opinion that the late flood in
that region has been more terrible and de
structive than almost any other ever expe
rienced in Pennsylvania. The circumstances
of the hour seem to have conspired to develop
the charity of our people, we will not say to
tax it, as the increasing demands upon their
liberality seem to have made the act of giving
an acceptable privilege, rather than a task,
thus verifying the divine declaration, that cc it
is more blessed to give than to receive." We
are glad to find that systematic arrangements
have already been made to relieve the wants
of the sufferers residing at Easton, Bethlehem,
Allentown, Weiss Port, White's Haven, Mauch
Chunk, and intermediate points, in the Lehigh
Valley. Contributions for the sufferers at
these points will be received by the following
parties : JAMES, KENT, SANTEE, & CO., 239
and 241 North Third street; Jay COOKE &
Co., 114 South Third street; THOMAS Sutra,
president of the Bank of North America; S.
and W. WELSH, No. 218 South Delaware
avenue, and Joux JORDAN, Jr., president of
the Manufacturers and Mechanics' Bank. The
latter, Mr. JORDAN, will act as treasurer for
the fund, and forward the proceeds to the
different locations named, at each of which
there will be a committee of well-known and
responsible gentlemen to distribute them
among the truly suffering and needy.
TIM opening of the old favorite hotel for visi
tors to Atlantic City, the United States, is announc
ed for the 21st of June. Since last year many'
improvements have been added to the hones and
the grounds attached. In a few days the rainy
season will have passed away, and the torrid heats
of summer will commence. Those who intend
visiting the sea-shoreahonld keep the United States
Hotel in mind.
LARGE POSITIVE SALE OF Fasmcn Dal Goons,
—The particular attention of purchasers is re
quested to the choice and attractive assortment of
British, French, German; and India dry goods,
embracing lots of desirable articles in silk dress
goods, shawls, choice printed Organdies and jam:y
rs* lams points, white goods, hoop skirts; hosiery,
gloves, sun umbrellas, Canton fans, stook of gOods,
fancy articles, ac. ; to be'peremptorily sold, by
catalogue,• on four months' credit, commencing
this morning, at 10 o'slook—to be continued nearly
all day, without intermission—by John B. Myers
It Co., Nos. 232 and 234 Market street.
LETTER FROM ~ OCCASIONAL."
WASHINGTON, Juno 11, 1862
Fortunately for our common country, Mr.
Lincoln will be President of the United States
for at least two years after the back-bone of
the 'rebellion is broken. Even in the case of
his death bis policy would rest in the hands of
.Vice President Hamlin, one of the most
thoughtful and conscientious of statesmen.
No greater calamity, except the defeat of our
national arms, could befall our country than
that such cc a Democrat" as John C. Breckin
ridge, or, what is the same thing, any one of
the supporters of his doctrines in Congress or
the country, should assume the Presidential
chair and direct and decide the issues and
obligations of the war. I mention the name
of Mr. Breckinridge because he has been, if
he is not now, the persistent and prominent
representative of the originators of the rebel
lion and the opponents of the Government.
His going to war, if a somewhat sharp ex
pression of his views, is, at least, a very good
sign of his sincerity, and those who repeat
his ideirs and re-echo his arguments must not
complain if they are classed as his followers.
Any one of these men in the Presidential
oifice would be more or less controlled by
former close associations and, sympathy with
the armed traitors. If each partisans in Con
gress, in spite of all the sufferings and appeals
of thousands of their constituents who are
daily s!aughtered and ou'raged bythe Breckin
ridge Democracy of the South, cannot and do
net restrain their partiality for their leader
and his teachings, how could any one of the
number, the war being ended, and his hatred
of the RePublicans and his pity for the rebels
both revived, avoid such a settlement as
would make Treason right and Freedom in
famous? •
But, if it is fortunate that Mr. Lincoln is
President of the United States at this junc
ture, for the reason here stated, it is at least
equally auspicious that he is at the head of
the Government at a time when his own po
litical friends, and the loyal masses who act
with them, require the aid of wise, pru
dent, and fearless counsels. You have'not
been blind to the fact that while this crisis has
developed the military resources and patriotic
spirit of the people, it has also produced many
differences among our statesmen, and many
dissensions among our generals. In the midst
of these conflicts of opinion, it is marvellous
how firmly the President has hold his way.
Coming into his high office under' the some
what general Misapprehension that he was the
embodiment of a mare party, and that he was
committed to a contracted policy from which he
could not and dared not release himself, he has
unquestionably displayed some of the rarest and
noblest qualities of a reflecting and magnani
mous ruler. He has been most successful in
preserving his own dignity and his own power,
although surrounded by disputes and rivalries.
Attaching to his admlnistratien his political
supporters, be has • invited and secured the
allegiance of hundreds of thousands of those
who voted against him. The bitter contro
versy in regard to the heads of the various
columns of our greq army d,id not sway him
to the right or the left. • If he modified Fre
mont's proclamation, be, recalled him here
only to confer upon him new honors and to
give him a new chance. If he heard the
complaints against McClellan, be did not
yield to the demand that he should bo super
seded. In all the preparations and move
ments in the army and the navy, ho has taken
the most prominent part, giving to the task
patience, labor, and reflection. One secret of
his success is to be found in the manner in
• which he has ,‘ taken the responsibility."
'Unaffected by the possession of almost das
; polio
.:power and imperial patronage, he has
tNaieil advantages, which ethers might have
abusedlo their country's ruin, to make him
strong ..to do light and to hush and satisfy
elements, which, under a different President,
might have subdtied :The experience of
President Li n coln himself, and the experience
of the ~people as to 11,4 i teMper and his cha
rncieristics; are wholesome assurances that he
will not • shrink befefe the greater work that
remains when 'the war is !Sided, and that they
will sustainbirn In all his new labors and re
q. • Geo A SION AL.
.THE SPEECH OP THE HoN. ED. McPuunsos,
of Pennsylvania, in the louse of Representa.
tives, on the sth of June, is a masterly produc
. •
tion, and we regret that we cannot spread it
at length' before our readers. Lie spoke in
reply to Messrs. VoOnnests, of Indiana, and
YAILAIIIHOL AN, of Ohio. The following ex
tract is exceedingly well conceived :
Sir, I do not wonder that the gentlemen referred
to realize that their self-appointed task is as ungra
cious as It is hopeless. No rotundity of speech ;no
pompons or repeated protestations of pure, • and
lofty, and unselfish purpose ; no self-delu.ions, can
drive from the public the conviction that such a
work, at such a time, is in the highest degree unfit,
unwelcome, and unworthy. They are themselves
not insensible to these considerations, for, feeling
them, they both seek to justify their course by ar
guing that it does not involve infidelity to their
Government, aid by broadly asserting that, in a
certain sense, they will Sustain it, against all foes at
home or abroad. "In a certain sense!" What
a world of meaning is comprehended in this quali
fying clause. Bow suggestive of danger to those
engaged—of warning to those 'sought to be enticed.
Mr. Chairman, I will not trust myself to discuss
the motives of gentlemen. It does not become this
place to oast, or attempt to cast, a suspicion upon
any one's loyalty, or a.staln upon any one's patri
otism. Least of all should I thus assail a member
of the Ameriosn Congress, of whom the suspicion
of even a shade of disloyalty is an imputation of
guiltiness equal to any and every crime. But in
times of great public danger, when savage foes have
banded for the overthrow of the Government, the
extinction of American nationality, and the degra
dation of free institutions, and when armed hosts,
inflamed with hate, possessed by demoniac passions,
and brutalized by slavery, are pointing their gleam
ing bayonets at the nation's heart, and cleaving
down the Ms of our pride, is it not, to say the
least, inopportune, that those whose great responsi
bility it Is to meet these grave events, and save our
matchless institutions, must withdraw themselves
from these duties to protect their reputation from
the fierce warfare of partisan malignity? But the
friends of this Administration make no pleas, and
seek to escape no responsibility. They are willing
to meet its enemies, st all times, on all points, and
as firmly and courageously as they have mot the
armed enemies of the country. And they will bury
both in the common, dishonored grave which the
people will dig.
Tni MOST 60,00. ,
and 'laborious enemy of
the Administration; after Mr. VALLANDIGIUM,
is undoubtedly Hon. S t S. Cox, of Ohio. All
his talents are employed on the wrong side.
His speeches are tull of point and research.
We often marvel . that he should see so little
in the rebellion to denounce. He cannot see
the traitors in half so dark a light as the Abo
litionisti. His specch in the House, on the
6th of June, is redolent of this spirit. He
begins by making the Abolitionists worse than
the traitors, and ends with the following
BPITAPH
RIERI LIE THE ASJIRS, OP. THE 2(X II CONGRESS
IC found the , 1 31ilted 0440.4 in n war Qt .
gigantic proporlions, involving
ITS TEST EXISTENCE.
it was content to wield the sceptre of rower
and accept the emoluments of office,
and used them to overthrow
the political and social system of country which
IT WAS swoax TO PROTEOT
It paw the fate of thirty-four white Oommonweolttm in
peril, but It babbled of the
NEGRO:
. Yt saw patriotic generale and soldiers in tho
field under the old flag;
It slandered tho one, and in the absence of the other
IT BURTROYED BIS MEABB OF LABOR.
It talked of Liberty to the black, and piled
burdens of taxation on white people .
for gcbeane utopian,
The people launched at It the thiliidertrolt
OD' TIIBIR 'SPRAT%
and its members sought to avoid puniehment
by creeping into dishonored
political graves !
Requiescal
An old Democrat 'paraphrases this epitaph
as follows:
SERB LIR Till ASHES OP TIN ARROKITIRIDGEI PARTY!
It forced the United Statelbto a war of
sigantie proportions,
ITS PRIM RRISTENCE!
It was content to wield the sceptre of Power
and to retain the emoluments of office,
and used them to overthrow •
Polio - Utica andoocial system of the country which
IT WAR SWORN TO PROTECT I
It sew the fate of ihlriy-four Commonwealths in peril,
but it babbled of
ABOLITIONISM:
It law ratrlotlif feenerals and soldiers in the
field undet the old flag;
It sympathized with the foe and roll:mat
TO OONDRAIN DID TIIRASOR
It talked of law to the traitrae, and proatteed
,tt peace which they scorned!
It opposed taxation to maintain the Constitution
It asked ter Restoration
that traitors might return, and
PRRAOURI) OF PARTY
to embarrass a just Administration!
The people will launch upon it their thunderbolts l•
Its leaders,
in order to avoid their punishment,
are creeping into •
dishonorable political grayes
' Requiescal
Destructive Fire at Peoria, Itiitiois
. .
PZORIA, 10., June 11..—The extensive distilleries of
Gregg & Co., and Lightner, Schempfenning, & Co., of
this city, were destroyed by fire. to-day. The loss of
Or( gg Co. kartoulAd to $OO,OOO, on which there is an
insurance of $25 000, and that of Ligthoar, detmcapfeti
pint & C0..576,000, which is covered by . insurance.
THE PRESS.-PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1862.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Special Despatches to ,4 The Press."
WASHINGTON. JUDO 11,1884.
Secretary Chase Financiering for. Public,
and not Private, Interests. ', •
There is no ground for the report sot afloat in Wall
street, that the Secretary of the Treasury Is or has been
engaged In private negotiations with Now York parties
for the exchange of seven-thirties for demand notes, or.
that these negotiations were brought to an abrupt close
by the reports in Washington of dissatisfaction In Wall
street. Tho whole truth Is simply this: Tho Treasury,
last week needed more money than could be readily ob
tained from the ordinary sources 'of supply, and the
Secretary, therefore, accepted• several offers of three per
cent. premium in demand notes for seven-thirty bonds,
amounting altogether to about two and a quarter millions,
and having obtained all the money required before the
close of the week, he declined accepting any offers after
Saturday. No partiality wee shown to anybody. No
offers made during the week were , declined, and nose
made MRCS have been accepted.
'lbo Secretary looked simply to the public Interest, and
was satisfied with getting what money he wanted with a
premium of three per cent on his bonds, after haring
been informed by ono of the most Intelligent of the Well:
street financiers that he could not reasonably expect
more than two per cent.
The Exchange of Prisoners.
The correspondence between Gen. Woos. and Gen.
Honest shows that a misunderstanding existed between
them. The latter says ho did not tottrul to give the
former all the officers once retained as hostages, in'ex
change for ail the privateers, but to give him such num
ber of them in exchange as would be required by the
cartel establishing tho eclat relent of rank—the other °Sli
cers to be exchanged es ueuaL Ho also expresses the
opinibn that a perfect understanding has been effected
between the two Governments for a general 'Etching° of
all prisoners of war. Gen. WOOL, it appears, would not
deliver the To t v ateers, as 1111Glia requested, until he re
ceived the hostages, and the Secretary of War, BAN.
Imre, insisted that Gen. WOOL should name a number
equal to that of the privateeromen, to be exchanged.
It is supposed that the Oabinet will shortly agree to
such en exchange of prisoners as will soon restore our
long-absent friends to their respective homes. The
Cabinet had the matter tinder consideration yesterday
morning and a discussion, which was based upon a
proposition made by BEAU/MO.IRD to General PRlcsriss,
will, it is said, result in a satisfactory settlement of a
long and vexatious dispute.
State of Deseret.
The documents organizing a State out of the Territory
of Utah, to be called Deaerot, were presented to the
Senate today. It appears from theao that 11,309 votes
were cast for Daman Timis. for Governor, and 11,311
votes for Joni K. Bei - minims. for repreaentative In
Congress. The whole number of votes in' the proposed
State is 11,309.
The bill authorizing the appointment of ono hundred
and aiity additional surgeons of -volunteers passed the
Senate to-day. The Hi gives them the pay and emolu.
nients of surgeons of the regular army, requires them
to peso a medical extuntnatlon, and abolishes the offices
at the close of the rebellion. The President melees the
appointments, and the Senate confirms thtm. During
the debate on this bill Mr. FOSTRR, of Connecticut, pre
sented some startling facts with regard to the conduct
of 1307114 of the army surgeons, and intimated that the
Committee on the Conduct of the War could find barbari.
ties practised by them equal to those of the rebels on our
vionx.ded at hull
Second Lieutenants in the Marine Corps
Tho following important bill pasted the Senate to-day :
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen
tatives of the United States of America in Congress
assembled, That hereafter second lieutenants in the
United States marine corpe shall be talren, by selection
of Om President, from the graduates of the United States
Naval Academy.
The resolution of kir. BLXCFIAM, of Ohio, inquiring
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into the loyalty of Hon. Itna Woo • 1 New York, a
member of the Monte, created a grey cotter this after
noon. Mr. B. \I'IMI yery able and bold' the manner in
which he pressed the resolution to a TOW, midi:3h was
unsoirnone, though some of the so-called iOnocrata "
tried to embarrasa sad delay it. Some rich disclosures
are at hand. if Mr. WOOD is - innocent; he will be tri
umphantly cleared. If guilty—hot let ns not anticipate
that. - .
The Secretary of the Treasury, in a letter to the Com
mittee of Whys and Means, says that under the law, gist).
millions of demand mites, receivable for customs, have
been issued, and ninety millions in notes not so receiva
ble The outstanding amount is, therefore, one hundred
and fifty millions, being the entire sum heretofore autho
rized by the existing statutes. Of this aggregate, WO,-
500,000, in demand notes, are held by banks and capitalists
and not used as circulation, being held at a premium in
consequence of their availability for customs. The whole
issue of sixty millions in demand notes may thus be re
garded as practically withdrawn from circulation. The
limit of temporary deposit ie now reached, and nothing
further can be expected from that source. It is, there
fore, upon the conversion of United States notes into the
five twenty-hundredths, now practically limited, to the
ninety millions of legal-tender notes, and from the re
ceipts from customs, that the. treasury must mainly de
pend, under the existing legisletion, for the menus to moot
current expenditures. Hence, the suggestion of the Se
cretary of the Treasury for authority to issue $150,000, .
OGO legal-tender noise of not less denomination than $5,
in accordance with which a bill was to-day reported from
the Committee of Ways and Moans.
The following officers have been ordered to report to
Ceru, l'ssosuons3v for duty on board -the Powhe
tan: Lieut, JONATHAN YOUNG and ItnialllpMan GHOAGE
Lieut. LEONARD reuiDnic has been ordered to report
to CGlUthander PATILD/KO, for ordnance duty at the New
York Navy Yard.
Lime. M. 0. CAMPBELL has been ordered to the James
tonn, at 'Philadelphia.
NezNeNraL blonnen !MI been promoted from master's
mate, on the Relief, to acting master at the New York
kiln Yard.
The bill for the collection of direct taxes in the insur
rectionary districts bee become a law. I.c provides for
the sale of real estate, in certain cases, for this purpose,
where the owners bavo leased their land to engage in the
rebellion. After the ems shall have been etreck off to
the United'States at vendee, the commieeionere proposed
to be appointed may lease the came, under such regula
tions as a ill secure proper and reasonable employment
and eupport, at wages. or IMOD la ares of the crop, of
such 'rem= and families as may be residing upon the
lend.
The proceeds of the leases and eaten are to be paid into
the Treasury, one-fourth of which amount than ha paid
over to the Governor of the State wherein the said lends
are situated, or his authorized agent (when such inner
rection shell be put down, and the people elicit elect a
Legislature end State officers, who ehall take an oath to
support the Constitution of the United States, and such
fact shell be proclaimed by the President), fur the purpose
of reimbursing the loyal citizens of the said State, or for
ouch other purposes ea the said State may direct; and
bee-fourth shall also be paid over to the veld State u a
'fund to aid in the colonization or emigration of any free
persous.of African descent who WWI desire to remove
therefrom to Hayti, Liberia, or any other tropical State
or colony.
Senator SEWARD loft to•day for New York, to be ab
sent sercral days.
Tbo Non. RETERDT JOHNSON, COMMiSeloller Of the
State Department, will take passage for New Orleans in
the Sret steamer.
The Treaeury regulations heretofore declared respect
ing the reenmptlon of interior commerce with the points
rescued from the rebels, remain unchanged. Shipments
may be made to Memphis and all other places in pm:Ses
sion of the United States forces, under the existing pro.
TlllOll6 to prevent aid to the enemy—subject to inspection
and control by the military commanders at the ports of
arrival and destination. •
. Confirmations by the Senate.
• The (Senate to-day, in executive session, made thi
fol
lowing confirmations for iegFlar promotion in the 'my
of the United States :
TWELFTII REGIMENT OF INFANTRY,
TO BE fiOOO3D LnurrasArrrs.
Sergeant Major Thomas H. Evans.
Commissary Sergeant Win. WC. Netterville. ;
Iflret Sergeant Ebenezer 0: Allen.
Sergeant Thomas D. lirmston.
Sergeant Richard H. Pond. •
• Charles Garietson ' of the 78thPonnsy• li fellitt Voinn-
teera, to be assistant quartumatiter pt yoli-mers, with
the rank of captain
Louie Casa Formt, of the District of Columbia, to be
ateralent qUartitnaster, With the rook or captain.
Winn Finkler, of Wisconsin, to be assistant quer
teemaeter of volunteers, with the rack or captain.
Privets Fred. W. Echautte, of the bth Cavalry, to be
second lieutenant in the 2IS Itegtrueot of Cavalry.
THIRVIITNTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY..
• Sergear.t Thomas Llitie, First Battalion, to be second
lieutenant, May 81, 18624 y
Sergeant William Nelson, First Battalion, to be second
lieutenant, Mai' 31,1881
Lieutenant Charles B. Norton, of the 50th New 'York
Volunteers, to be assistant Quartermaster of volunteer%
with the rank of captain.
PAO AMP W 188414 'Or TOLUNTIBR9.
Major Wssbington L. Elliott.
Colonel James D. Morgan.
Lil utenant Colonel William Chapman.
Colonel Henry D. Terry.
Captain Albion P. Rowe.
ASSISTANT ADJUTANT GENERALS.
• Captain Plan Was Ord, rank of major.
Captain Charles 0. Dwight, rank of captain.
Lieutenant Ephraim A. Otle. •
Lieutenant W. B. 0. Dur)ee .
Captain George E. Flynt, rank of major.
SECOND LIEUTENANTS.
Cortgual Abram A. Harbscb.
Private Jr".ti P. Docker.
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CCAIIOSARY OF SUBSISTENCE.
Lieutenant Wm. H. Dr •
Gilmore Gordan, of Indiane:.
Corporal Edward A. Guthrie, to wend lieutenant
11th Regiment of Infantry. ,
ASSISTANT QUARTERMASTERS,
Joseph T. Ford, of Pennsylvania. .
James J. David, of Michigan.
Captain Daniel Heaney.
Joint E. Phelps, of Mteeouri, to be second lieutotitfif
in 3d Regiment or Cavalry. .
John C. Dorr to be brigade surgeon. •
ABSIST MST ADJUTANT GENERALS.
biejor Zealous B. Tower, of the corps of engineers.
ASSISTANi QII.4III7,RMASTIIR OP TOLIINTEERI3, WITH Ram(
.
•
Edward D. Payne.
Lieutenant •Aaron A. Meredith, of the Wisconsin To
lunteore, to be oommisaary of eubsiatence, with the rank
of captain.
George Evans, of Ohio, to be commissary of subsist
ence, with the rank of captain.
Lieutenant Thomas H. Conine, of the 13th Indiana
volunteers, to' be cotcrottaary of aubeletence, with the
rank of captain. ' •
William .1. Rano, of Pennsylvania, to to conuntseary
of autosisteuce, with the rank of captain. •
Additional Surgeons authorized
A Scene in the House.
The Unit d States Treasury.
The Navy
Miscellaneous.
Captiith Sohn B. Phillips. ;an •
Major 'Oh D, Colman, of Missouri.
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TO Di AtiOIOTANT SEORSTIRT OP Veit.
Christopher P:Woltiot, of Ohio.
TO lIH'BRIOADIER Oil:illikALS OP TOLIMTIERS
Green Clay Smith, of Xontacii y.
OF CA YTALI
B. W. Clark, of Vermont.
ASSISTANT SURGEON IN alit.
Edward D. Panne, of Pennsylvania.
ASSISTANT. PATAIASTER IN THE NAVY'
Wifliam T. Meredith.
George A. Lyon, of Pennsylvania.
H. Melville Hanna, of Ohio.
Bdward Bellows, of New Ifampeldre.
George F. Ball, of New York.
Joseph T. Lisle, of Pennsylvania.
George W. Beaman, of fiLasouri.
ASSISTANT SURGEON IN THA NLyQ
From the Valley of Virginia
Inforreation ha been received here that, after his bat
tle with FREMONT, on the Bth [nut , JLOYBON made a sud
den dash at BIIIELDS' advance, which was harrying ne
from the direction of Luray to F's assistance. He
worsted Snixr.na' advance somewhat inthat affair. He
then immediately renamed hitretrest; quitting the road
to Staunton, and burning. the Port Republic bridge In
his rear ; thus, for the jinn) being, potting an effectual .
atop to pursuit of him, it is highly probable. He tkovi
dently retreating Immediately on Clharlottesville to save
the Lynchburg and Tennessee Railroad connection at
that place,
The New Tanif.
It bee been erroneously stated that the now tariff bill
hi to be reported this week. The Ways and Moses Com
mitteewill first dispose of the internal tax-bill, and teen
take tip the new revenue measure. A number of mer
chants and dealers are here, who are deeply interested
in the new tariff, but the Ways and Means Committee
steadily lotus° to make public any information as to its
details.
Crimes on the High Seas
The Senate Judiciary Committee reported a bill making
it punishable with a fine, not exceeding one thonsand
dollars, and imprisonment not Imo than five years, for
any person to wilfully burn, dentroy, or injure, any pro
perty on the high seas belonging to any citizen of the
United States. The penalty of the law now in force is
death.
ANOTHER SEVERE FIGHT
IN THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY.
NGAGEMENT BETWEEN JACKSON'S TROOPS AND
SHIELDS' ADVANCE GUARD.
WASTLINCITON, June 11.—Advices received at
the War Department state that General Jackson's
array attacked General Shields' advance on Mon
day morning, near Port Republic. The conflict
is said to hive been maintained for four hours by
about 2,000 of our men against the main body of
Jackson's army. The enemy's force became so
overwhelming in numbers that our advance was
compelled to fall bank, ' which it did in good
order, until it met the main body of General
Shields' command, near Conrad's Store.
As soon as this was effected, the enemy in turn
retired.
The fighting is Bald to have been very se
vere, and the loss heavy on both Bides.
No further particulars have reached this De
partment.
SECOND DESPALTC2I
WASHINGTON, June 11.—A private letter states
that General Shields had previously suooeeded
in destroying a large quantity of supplies be-
longing to the rebels, found at Mitford, and at
Conrad's store.
The damage by the recent rains, including
the carrying away of the bridges over the South
branch of the Shenandoah river,• materially in
terfered with the commissariat arrangements and
the movements of the troops.
LTIIIIID DESPiTOR.I
Particulars of the Fight.
LURAY, Va., June 10, via WASHINGTON, June
11.—Colonel Carroll, commanding the 4th Brigade,
consisting of the 84th Pennsylvania, 11th Pennsyl-,
yenta, ith Indiana, and Ist Virginia Regiments,
numbering altOgether about 1,600 strong, reached
Port Republic on Sunday. A reconnoissance was
made and the enemy found to be in the town.
Aftir a skirmish, Colonel Carroll concluded to hold
the bridge, and, ordering that it, should not 'be
burned, put his guns in position to commend it.
At Co'clock on Monday morning ho was opened
on by some twenty heavy guns, which had been
placed in position by the enemy during the night.
Our forces tried to roach the bridge repeatedly, in
order to destroy it, but they were met by storms of
bullets, and wore obliged to retire.
A large cavalry force of the enemy then crossed
the bridge and attacked our troops, while their
infantry followed.
Our men opposed them at every step, often driv
leg them baok with heavy loss; but the numbers,
•after Gen. Tyler's Third Brigade arrived, were so
much inferior to the enemy—theirs being at least
five to one—that it was impossible to hold our posi
tion and we were compelled to fall back, our boys'
fighting every foot of tke way.
After falling back some three or four miles, a
body of cavalry were sent to attack us but were
received in such a manner as to compel them to
retire, when the engagement ended, having lasted
about five hours.
Our loss in killed and wounded isnot known, but
it is large, as is also that of the enemy. We lost a
large number of prisoners.
During the fight Colonel Carroll's horse fell with
him, injuring the Colonel badly.
Captain Reilly, of General Shields' staff, was
badly injured in-the head. He received praise
from all who saw him fighting.
Colonel Buckley, of the 29th Ohio Regiment, was
badly wounded. His' men charged three times in
order to get him, but he was carried off by the
enemy.
General Ashby, of the Black Horse Cavalry no
toriety, was pcsitively killed during the fight at the
bridge over Middle river.
Captain Keogh charged with a body of cavalry
and held the bridge for some time, during a ter
rible storm of grape.
This was one of the most hotircontested en
gagements of the whole war, as indicated by the
loss compared with the numbers engaged, who
fought like demons.
[LATER.j
Two regiments from the First Brigade arrived in
time to assist in covering the retreat. Tho pioneer
corps also helped. Colonel Buokley has arrived
here 'wounded.
BATTLE AT CHATTANOOGA, TENN
ANOTHER. GREAT VICTORY
WON BY GEN. MITCHELL!
Two Days' Hard Fighting.
THE ENEMY COMPLETELY ROUTED.
A private despatch has been received by the
president of the Chicago Sanitary Commission, from
Cairo, w4loh says that General Mitchell has won
another brilliant victory at Chattanooga, Tennessee.
The enemy was completely routed, after two
days' hard fighting.
No particulars are given.
FROM BEFORE RICHMOND.
Death of CoL Ashby Confirmed,
GENERAL MOOLULL/N , S HHADQIIARTERS,,JUne 11.
The Richmond papers of Monday have an account of a
skirmish near Ilarrisonburg, in which Col. Ashby, of the
rebel cavalry, wee killed.
Co). Wyndham, of the let New Jersey Oneelr3r, WS!
Wien prisoner.
On Saturday, Jackson was at Poi:t Republic, in Rock
ingham, from which he would retreat when pursued by
the Federal troops. The same papers publish the names
of the killed and wounded in seven rebel regiments, mak
ing a total of 669.
Tho weather still continues unfavorable for military
operations. It bits rained every other day for the past
two weeks. The water in the Ohickabominy has not re.
ceded, and the roads are in a . terrible condition.
FROM GEN. RALLECK'S ARMY.
General Buell in Hot Pursuit of
Polk's Army.
Sr. Louts, June who hue just ar
rived from Corinth, and is conversant with matters there,
says General Buell, with 60,000 troops, embracing two
divisions of his own and all of General Pope's forces,,
were at Onniown, in hot pursuit of General Polk's rebels..
General W. T. Sherman's divi don was engaged in re
pairing the bridges on the Memphis and Charleston Rail
road, between Corinth and Orand Junction.
Genet's') Weed's division of Buon's corpg was repair
.
thg the bridgero soots Big near creek, tweuty.six miles
from Corinth.
General Thomas, with about 6,000 troupe, is at Corinth
renovating the town eo that it may be used as a habita
tion for `l e
Generale 11cCietaand and Wallace are at Purdy with
20,000 troorei.
The raihostf (tom Corinth to Jackson, and thence to
Grand Junction, is s , ciag rapidly repaired, and eommuni.
a tiOn was expected to b eopened with Columbus,
in a day or two, affordingh: important and speedy route
for the transportation or eupp::" Eleven locomotives
four of which are
hive. been captured at different pets. - " ,
in runt ins order, and the balance help: rapidly repaired
FROM MEMPHIS:
yjsurulii, jUMS fl.=VPAters here continue outei. to
repotted Dull the rebels kis dostroyed a Quantity of oaf ,
ton at fdadis&A and Vitabarg, on the St. Thomas river.
CAIRO, Juue 4/.=TLS steamer De Soto arrived from
Mempbie last night. Rt was reported, there, when ehe
left, that Farragut'a flecillad passed Vicksburg, but was
compelled to return below the city on account of tho
low water.
From Cairo
0/1110, June 10 —The rebel gunboat General Bragg
arrived Ibis morning. She, will be repaired launediateir.
There have been no arrivals from Blemphis today.
The General Bragg was captured to thebattleitt
yids. She as formerly the ocean steamer ilexonis dela.
Bahama.
YXXVIITfI CONGRESS-FIRST SESSION.
Mr. LATHAM (Dem ), of California, offered a reaoln-
Con that Messrs. Cahoon and ['doper, claiming to be
-Berators from the (irate of Deseret, be admitted to the
floor of the &nap. Laid over.
Lev al Citizen* 111 Seceded States.
Mr. DIXON (Noel of Connecticut, offered a revolu
tion that all acts or ordlnancee of Secession. alleged to
have been adopted by Legislature or Convention of the
people of any State, are, as to the Union, absolute's' null
and void ; but while such acts may and do subject the In
divieuel actor' therein to forfeitures and penalttes, they
do not in any degree affect the relations of the State
wherein they purport to have been adopted to the Go
vernment of the United States, but are as to such Go
vernment acts of rebellion, insurrection, and hPatility on
the part of individuals engaged 'therein and giving gss.
eent thereto; and that such States are, notwithstanding
inch acts be ordinances, stilt members of the Federel
Union, and, as such, are subject to all the obligations and
dutics imposed on them by the Constitution of the United
States, aid the loyal citizens of such Stems are eottled
to all - the privileges thereby guarantied and conferred.
Laid over.
Mr. POWZLL (Dem.), of Kentucky, introduced a bill
to provide the means and mode of taking evidence in MP
port of certain cases against the Government. Referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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The Navy.
Mr. GRIMES (Rep.), of lowa, introduced a bill for
the better government of the navy of the United States.
Referred.
Mr. WADE (Step ), of Ohio, preeented certain papers
and docutnenta in support of the claim of Deseret for ad
inierdon aa a btate.
The bill in relatfon to the ap;ointcoeut of lieutenants to
the maskie corps was taken up, and, after a diacusslon,
named.
Mr. H &RBIS (Rep ), of New York, from the iteliciati
Committee, reported back the bill to establish provisional
governments in certain cseee, with a recommendation
that it do pass.
At one o'clock the bill amending the fogltlve-slaso law
was taken up as unfinished badness. .
Mr. LAIR Mk (Dem.), of California, moved to post
none it, and take tip the Pacific Railroad bid. Agreed
.YEAS.
Browning (Rep.) Howard (Rep.) Powell (Dem) '
Chandler (Rep.) Kennedy (U.) Saulsbury (Dem.)
Cc Ramer ( Rep) Lane (Rep) Kan. Starke (Dem.)
Cowen ((Rep) Latham (Dem.) Ten Eyck ( dep.)
Davie (U.) McDougall (Dem ) Trumbull (dep.)
Foster (Rep.) Morrill (Rep,) Wade (Rep.)
Harlan (Rep.) wedmith (Dem ) Willey (Rep.)
Barrie (Rep.) Pomeroy (Rep.) - Wilmot (Rap.)
NAYS.
1
Anthony (Rep.) Feesooden (Rey.) Sumner (Rep.)
Clark (Rep.) - Foot, ( Rep,) Wilkinson (Rep.)
Dixon (Rep) ' Howe (Rep.) Wright (II.)
Doolittle (Rep) King (Dem.)
The Pacific Railroad.
Mr. ISIODOUGALL (Dem ),'of California„ explained
the provisions of the bill, contending that the building of
euch a road was a matter of eeueral and national into
rest as well as of economy. Re thought it would be a
self-sustaining road; but even if not. it was of such vast
importance to the Government and country that we might
well make an appropriation for such an oblect. But
there was nothiog to be asked from the Government be
fore 1865.
The amendments were ordered to be printed, and the
bill then pokooned till to-morrow.
The Medical Department ca the Army.
The bill providing additional medical pincers tor the
volunteer service was taken up. It provides for forty
surgeons and one hundred and twenty assistant surgeons.
WILSON (lisp.), of Massachusetts, !aid there
was great need for additional surgical aid in the arm,.
lle bud understood that some of the men wounded at the
battle before 'Richmond did not have their vmtmtisdressed
for the titer time till Mat tiatutday.
Mr. CLANK (Hen.). of New Hampshire, Batted why
numbers of our men in the ho•oitele had not been dis
charged woon they were not fit for the service.
Mi. GRIMES (Rep.), of lowa, said it WS9 not the
fault .01 Congress. They PS9Sed an act as long ago no
Aptil for the appointment of inspectors fur this very pur
pose, but thew men have not all been appointed. The
medical department or the army ought to have seen to
thin matter. . •
Mr. WILSON said we bad heard, daring the entire
session, from the camps and hospitals, complaints, loud
And strong, against the medical department of the army.
There bad been regimental surgeons appointed, and else
brigade Burgeons, and there was a larger number of bri
gade surgeons than brigadee, yet these were ineufficieut.
There were a large number of wounded men la the bos-
Pilate, and as we come into the Demmer months the num
ber will increase. There was also complaint made that
men were discharged who were yet fit for service. There
was some difficulty hi getting a discharge for these
men. The officers of volunteers were very careless
In sending men to the hompit Os without a descrip
tive llst, without which the men cannot get- their
pay. We hear a great deal about red tape, but the
greetret difficulty was expetienced by not following the
prescribed forms.
Mr. FOSTER (Rep.), of Connecticut, said there had
been great mismanagement in the appointment of Bur
geons. Many of the surgeons were utterly mint for their
duties. At the battle of Winchester, many wounded
men lay for eight or nine days Without havieg their
wounde drsesed, and .were buried in the clothes tear
wore wounded in. If the Committee on the Conduct of
the War examine Ibis cave, they will find that not all the
cruelties are practised by the rebels. There were men
who bad their lege amputated, and while they laid on the
floor in agoLy were told to get up and go out by the stir
-aeons; and elan the poor men paid they could not go
because they had no legs, they had bean kicked by the
surgeons or mon connected with what ie called the medi
cs) department of the army. finch facts - occurred after
the battle of Winchester. There were at least fifteen
thousand mon in the hospitals now who ought to be die
charged; there were men sent to the boepitale so Care
l( sob that not even their namee were sent with them,
and each men have died and been buried as unknown,
leaving years of enspente to tnew
Mr. WILSON (Rep.), of Massochmetts, said the Go
vernment had done all they could to get the proper re
turns by sending all the neceleary blanks, bat companr
officers hod neglected their duty, and were careless.
The bill was then passed.
Belief of Gen. Grant.
Mr. BOW ( Rep.), of Wisconein, called up the bill
froth the House for the relief of Lieut. Ulysses S. Grant.
The bill provides an allowance for a check of $1,000106t
in 1848
Dlr. HALE (Rep.), of New Hampshire, wanted • to
know why this claim, the cause of which occurred in
1848, hadjuet come up, fourteen Tears after. He thought
it WAR becalm the man's name was Grant. He was of
the Opinion that the bill ebould lay over.
Dlr. CLARK said the committee bed simply judged
from the facts. There was nothing to show when the
claim wee mode.
M r TRUMBULL said he thought the mere show the,
the claim wee prieented lone age. It was well known
that runny claims were kept here for twenty years. There
woe no rteson for elleniClon in thin case.
Mr. HOWE egad the papere allowed that the claim Wee
made In 1852.
Mr. HALE thought that, from the facts stated, the case
woe emmicloun. It Reuben that the claim wan made in
1852, but no favorable report could bo had. Bm now,
when we hold a . milltary glory about General. Grant, it
was brought forward eget% and referred, not to the
Committee of Claims, but to the Military Committee.
On motion of Mr. FESSENDEN (Rep.), of Blame, the
Senate then went into executive seeeion, and eubse
qutntly adjoutnod. '
MOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
A Medal for Major Anderson.
Mr. WE ALFA' (U.), of Virginia, offered a resointion
in acknowlrdgment of the eer••lce° of Major Anderaz.n,
hie officer° and men, at Fort Sumpter, and prov,ding gold
and sliver rnedale.
, The Renee passed the bill appropriating $140,000 for
service under the recently passed post-r,into bill.
The Hones rammed the coosiderntion of the Seoate
amendments to the bill reg Mating the pay of certain army
officers: The bill wan passed
Accusation against Ben Wood.
Fr. BINGHAM. (Rep.:, of MIN rose to s Question or
privilege, and submitted the following reeciation, which
was read et the Clerk'e table:
Whereas, lbformation" has been received by the Go
vernment that Hon. Benjamin Wood, a Representative In
Congress from the State of New York, and a member of
this House, has been engaged in communicating, or at.
tempting to communicate, important intelligence to the
Confederate rebels in arms against the Government of
the United States: be it, thereore,
Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be
instructed to inquire into the alleged couguct of the said
Benjamin Wood in the promisee, and to that wed the said
committee Do authorized to send for persons and papers,
and examine witticisms under oath, and report to the
House. - _
'Mr. PHELPS (Dam ), of Missouri, said he did not sea
the gentlemen allndsd to Present in his seat.
Mr. BINGHAM said he was in his seat a moment ago.
Mr. PHELPS said he would not oppose the proceed
ing, but it seemed to him but courteous to a member of
the House that he should be present nuder anal eirsum-
Stances.
CRlcsao, Jane 11
Mr. BINGHAM. I understand that the gentleman is
in the refreshment-room. Let a page he sent after him.
Title is no question for discussion. When I received the
communication from the Government I recognized it as
my duty to rise in my place and offer the resolution. I
desire to say that the communication was made to me,
and was received by me. I state, as a member of the
Mouse, that I believe the information hhs been commu
nicated to the Government. The resolution has been
carefully worded, and does not allege, even by intent, •
that the information is true. It is purposely guarded,
and refers to the alleged Conduct of the member without
the slightest intent to prejudice the case.
Mr. WOOD, at this point, came into the hall, and re
sumed his eeat.
Mr. RICHARDSON (Dem.) : of Illinois, asked leave to
make a congestion.
Mr. BINGHAM. I will hear the gentleman.
Er. 11.10WARDSO N. The gentleman note Ohio states
that information has been received by the Government,
but es the Government is composed of several depart
ments, I would like to know what department has re
ceived this information. The gentleman from Ohio rises
ie his place, and makes certain grave accusations against
a member of the House, and when a member, on his own
responsibility, makes an accusation, I shell always vote
for an Inquiry.
Zdr..DINGIIAM. I again remind the gentleman that I
have made no accusation. I repeat the statement that
certain information has been furnished to the Govern
ment of the character indicated.
Mr. BIOIIAND3OII repeated his question, as to what
department received it. '
Mr. BINGHAM replied: I believe, originally, the
Department of State. The Government is a uuit, and
when it transmits information to this House It 10451113 to
me hypercritical to be called upon to specify through
what channel pr 'specific department of f the go T ertimett
Mr. 'NOBLE (Dem.), of Ohio.' The gentleman from
Ohio has stated that the information was communicated
to the House from the Executive Department. I; as a
member, beard no such comninnleation. , This is entirely
new to the Dense.
Mr. BINGHAM' My colleaguelid not hear me dia.
t;petly. I said I bad a communication to make to the
Dona`, andrsay upon my own responsibility, that the
preamble to'that resolution is true, and that such inform
ation has been communicated to the Government. I will
say that, as a matter of justice to Mr. Wood and myself,
I bave carefully gum dea my words, so that not even by
intantment does it accuse him of anything. It is simply
a resolution of inquiry and not of accusation.
Mr. WOOD, (Dent.), of Now York, said: I hone the
roeolotion will be adopted, and the committee appointed.
in order to give me an opportunity to vindicate myself.
I also desire to-thank the Government for giving me what
they denied to to many others, viz : an opportunity to be
The resolution was then adopted. . .
Another Issue of Treasury Notes.
Mr. STEVENS (Rep.), from the Cominittee of WAYS
as d IPA?" reported a bill, which wee ordered to be
printed,'authorixing the h.sue of a hundred and fifty mil
lions of treasury notes, not bearing interest, of a den°•
ruination of not lees than five dollars, receivable in pay
mat of till loans made to. the United erects, and of all
taxon, internal duties, excises, debts, and demands of
every kind dem, excepting duties, on imports and lute•
rest, and of all claims and demands against the United
States. excepting for interest upon bonds, notes, and cer
tificates of debt or deposit; also, to be lawful money aad
a legal tender In payment of all debts, public and private,
excepting duties upon Imports and interest ou public
debt, dc.
The Rouse considered the Senate bill relating to the
•_. - meet of convicts in the District of Columbia peel
-r "-r their improvement and benefit.
tentieff , made, but disagreed to by a Tole or 32
A tendon I. o s- , e out the section providing for the
egatillt 66 ,t 4 air". a volunteers confined in the pent.
dischdege of soldiers am. ef courts inertial, and nro
- tinder the sentence. -.tore.
hibitiog Orb imprisonments in 1...
T m h o o r f r u o r , t b2 er consideration of the bu. WAS porponed till
to
On 'notion of Mr. sosrimr,ra(u ), of Rhode feland;•
the Committee on the Judiciary were instructed to report
a bill providing Mut the courts [eddied shall not here
after sentence to the penitentiary efacers and mon found
guilty by thew, and also discharging ail persons now
,held by virtue of commitments made by such cmuts for
offenses nut deemed infants:aim at couttearts law. •
The House then adjourned'.
WAsarsororit, Jane 11
SENATE.
Senators from Deseret.
Taking Evidence.
Deser et.
The Marine Corps.
Provisional Governments.
Fugitive-Slave Law.
Post Routes
Pay of Officers.
The District Jail
16arirta Martial,
FROM GEN. BANKS' COMMAND.
WM:MESTER; June 7.—The Potomac and Shenandoah
rivers are higher than for ten years before, retarding
the movements of the army corps ander Genera/ Banks.
The loss of the bridge at Barmen Ferry and the icepossi-
Willy of crossing with safety cut off our supply trains m
well sea portion of the troops, and compelled the Qtt&T
termasters to supply the troeps, by way of Cumberland.
Yesterday, however, the supply trains of Gen. Williams'
division succeeded in getting over at Williamsport, and
Gen. Green's brigade will cross to-day.
There is no rail transportation between here and Har
per's Ferry, the bridge over the Opequan having been
deetroyed k and the embankment at Shenandoah city
washed away. The telegraph along the same route has
been partially destroyed. Thus we are, Just at present,
cot off from any regular communication with the East.
General Fremont, at last accounts, was at Meant Jaok•
son, pursuing the rebel 'force up the valley. General
Shield!, after leavipg Middletown,fwent up the Surer
valley as far as Elk run, or Swift ran gap, bat tailing to
overtake or cut off the enemy in cannelloni* of the
bridges having been destroyed, returned towards Front
Royal. Beyond doubt Jackson has escaped with but
little loss. Returned prisoners say his force is reduced
almost to the starving point for Want of food, subsisting
' on two crackers per day.
A considerable number of paroled convalescent prison•
ere, left here by Jackson on his retreat, go to Washing
ton to.dey. Thence they will be senthome to await an
exchange. Most of those remaining iu hospital are doiog
well, and but very few deaths have occurred among thsm.
Fr. Ant inn, acting Medical Director of "the corps, is Mile.
fatigable In hie attention to them. many ladies of the
town are unremitting in their attention to the wants of
the sick and wounded.
There aro now in condthement here sixty rebel pd.
1 , 011C2 s of war, under charge of Captaio Cornwell, of the
2d Alseraebtisetts, and between 300 and 400 are now en
route hither from Strasburg. These will be scut to Balti
more to-morrow. In order to prevent any insult to the
prisoners, 88 well as any demonetratien on the part of
tecession eympatbizers, a among patrol will escort them
through the town, who will promptly impress and punish
any attempt of the kind.
General Banks, has Ids headquarters here at present.
Captain Bertram; 3d Wisconsin, deputy provost marshel,
maintains excellent order, and is quietly searching the
bowies of noted Secessionists for arme, artidee contra
baud of war, and army and sutlers' supplies, which wore
appropriated to private use. The usual provost guard
has been augmented by the 60th Now York.
The regulation, cooherning passes to citizens le much
more stringent than 'ever before. Belem applications
are endorsed by some of the bait anion citizens in town
they ere refused by Captain Bertram, and a kilts watch
is kept on all the roads leading from the town.
It hes recently come to light that on Friday morning,
prerlons to the attack on Colonel Kaaly, at Front BoYEd,
a large mail was received here from Jackson% array,
conveying intelligence that ho was approaching with. an
overpowering forco. The female Secession circle, were
jubilant as wog as defiant. It is also known that other
mails had been previously received from the same point,
but all attempts to ferret out the parUes engaged have
thus far failed.
A gentleman well known to many. of our officers, who
was concealed several days in town, overheard convent.
Cots participated in by Confederate officers.. One). who
appeared to be well informed in regard to rebel move.
unfit , '
said if Iticinnord was evacuated the whole-force
would be thrown into the valley, and would melntaia
guerilla warfare to the last.
Gen. Cooper's brigade passed through town yetterday,
in excellent spirits and boalte.
It surprises observers of the hostility exhibited towarle
our army en its retreat to meet now with such numbers
of "good Union men" here. The female deceseionists
alone tabs pride in baying their real south:neck! known to
us by words, gestures, and deeds. Hereafter, outward
demonstrations of their Becession proclivities will. be
promptly suppressed by the military authorities.
Jackson did not hesitate to declare that the main , ob
ject of the expedition bad failed, and he attributed the
failure to the non-arrival of his rear supports under Gong
street and smith. He said his whole force resched near
ly 60,000 men.
General Sigel was serenaded last night at the Taylor
House. Be made a few remarks in response.
It is stated that Gen. Hamilton, formerly of this army,
but afterwarde transferred to the command of General
Heintarlmati , a division, belt been ordered to a command
under General If alleck.
Capt. Cothran, of the lst New York battery, resumed.
big command here. The Pt esident reversed the finding
of the court martial dismissing him from the service, and
restored him to the battery. His return was gladly greet
ed by his ulficere and men.
Wixom:ma. JUDO B.—Four hundred and five rebel
prisoners arrived bore to-day from Strasburg. and have
been quartered temporarily in the basements of the
churches. Most of them aro stated to have been strag
glers. overtaken bv Gen. Fremont'a army during his pur
suit of Jackson up the valley.
Beturnod prisoners soy that Jackson was attacked In
force at Woodstock by Fremont, losing one battery and
a considerable number of killed, wounded, and some pri-
SODOM
ong the prisoners now bore is Captain William
Monagh RD, of the 6th Louisiana volunteere, actint major
of that regiment. Ile was captured neer Btrayburg by
the Delaware Cavalry. The captain wee an oflicer in the
Mexican war, and diatingniehed himself in mare than
one battle.
Gen. Cooper's brigade was reviewed and inspected
yesterday by Gen. Sigel. This is &largo brigade, recent
ly formed at Harper's Fetry, and includes the let District
of Columbia Regiment. The review was a very credita-
'The men now in hospital here aro as follows : At. the
'Onion Hospital, 163 Federal' -, at the York Hones Hos
pital, 17 Federate and 67 Confederates; at the Academy
Hospital, 30 Federate and 60 Confederates; at Strasburg,
65.
A rumor was circulated here this morning that Jack
son had been strongly reinforced and was advancing
down tbo limey valley again. It could not be traced to
any authentic source.
Not the slightest domonstxation was made on the part
of the citizens when the prisoners entered the town to
day.
A proclamation has been Issned—a copy of which mill
be placed in every home in town—cirdering the inhabi—
tants to return every article in their possession belonging
to the Government. It is known that a large amount of
arms, &Ailing, and provisions, have been taken and con—
cealed by them. if this• order is not obeyed, &strict
search of every suspec.led house sad severe examplen.ofi
delinquents will follow.
LATER NEWS FROM EUROPE..
THE AFRICA AT HALIFAX.
PROSPECT OP A MINISTERIAL CEISIS.
HALIFAX, June 11.—The steamer Africa, with Liver
port dates to the 31st ult., and by telegraph via.Queens
town to the lot inst., arrived ow the harbor at 4 dalock
this tuornius, and was towed up at 6 o'clock, in.cortae
portico of having her rudder damaged in the tee off lisps
Race. Bbe will he topaired and sail for Beaton of 1
o'clock to-day. She has b passengers, but no specie, as
reportta.
The !teenier Australasian arrivu.l at Queenstown on
the 31st
The .
French army in Hems is about to be reduced to a
single division.
The knallab Conservative party have collected oil their
force for Cie ;woo of upsetting Lo.d. Palmerston on
the retrenchment Question.
The steamer Nova Scotia arrived at Liverpool on the
30th ult.•
the chip Sue bad passed off Queenstown for Glasgow,
with a cargo of turpentine, barieg run the blockade of
the coast of Georgia.
The United States consul at Paris has leaned a notice
that no further applications can be received from foreign
officers for commisalone in the United States army.
The Turks are reported to have gained a great victory
in Montenegro.
GREAT BRIT AIX.
In the House of Commons, on the 99th of May, Mr.
Lindsay gave notice that be should call attention to the
relations of England with the Federal, and oleo the Con
fiderate Suttee of Aunties, on the 17th of June.
Mr. Lindsay also moved for a return of the number of
iron. clad vends already built, and of thorie building, or
in course of convention, is England.
Lord Palmerston stated that the Government has no
intention to interfere in Affghanistan, unless the Indian .
territory was threatened with invasion.
The' London Timu again indulges in a warning edi
torial on the "financial crisis," which sooner or later
must, it argues, occur in America—a crisis which over.
teki s every nation and every individual who believes in
the creation of wealth from any other source than honest
perseverance and labor.
In another article the Tinier reviews the report on the
question of fortifications, and says that the Commis
goners see no reason trom the events in the American
civil war to modify the views they took lust year rela
tive to the fortifications at Fpithead.
The Tunes, in reviewing the lateet evidence on the
subject, is dieposed to concur in the judgment of the
.Commiesioners, and thinks that their conclusions are
justtfied.
The New York correspondent of the London Times,
under date of the 16th of May, considere Gee. Hunter's
proclemation as valuable to the rebels as an army of half
a million of men, and says it will make every man and
boy in the South a soldier, and have a corresponding
effect in Kentucky and the other Border States. There
are probably 30,000 men in General Balleck's army who
will either lay down their'arms or go over to the rebels
if Pet idd ent Lincoln sbonld endorse the proclamation.
The Post considers the news from the Southwest as
favorable to the Confederates, and says that General
Beanregard continues to fortify his position at Corinth.
tied receive reinlorcements, whilst the silence of both
the United States Government and the press is ominous.
It is whispered that a large portion of General If Aleck's
army is laid prostrate by sickness. If so, the Caution of
the United States Government is intelligible. General
Hunter, when ho was about it, might have declared the
abolition of slavery throughout the touthern Con
federacy. The effect in both cases will he about the
some. President Lincoln must quash the manifesto of
General Bunter, or in common contisteney enfranchise
the slaves of the other Southern States in which he hair
been enabled to gain a footing.
Thousands of emigrants have sailed from London for
the purpose of founding a new Nonconformist colony in
New Zealand, to be called Albertland.
The Government, at the request of the Atlantic Tele
graph Company, have ordered two steamers to be got
reeay for the purpose of making a farther survey on
both sides of the Atlantic.
FRANCE
Report says that Captain Bonaparte Patterson, serving
in the Mexican Expedition, is in high favor with the
Emperor, and it is conjectured that he may prove a More
acceptable candidate as King or President or the .tactii
cane than an Austrian Prince.
3be United States _Consul at Paris has issued a notice
tint no further applicatlens eau be recivey from foreign
°Meow fur commissions in the Feoeral army.
The Parte Bourse was heavy at 70f. 30c. for the rental,.
The Government, wishing to nut en end to agitation,
bad decided that the proceedings of the Rine scr,Aollea
sbonld be suspended in Lombardy.
Garibaldi bad arrived at Oomo. In rea l to congratn
lotions of tbo people, he made a enr.oillatory apencli in
reference to the different section% of Italy.
TEE MEXICAN QUESTION. •
The session of the 'Spanish Cortes has been ex'.
tended on nocniD6 of the blexican question.
The Correitfrori&noid coniriare the report that Gene
ral Film would be nominated ambassador tO Mexico.
'Tim Perla Poyi elates that a note has been addressed
to the English and Spanish Governments, by the French
Government, explaining the cenduct of France, aad de
claring that Franco would consider herself reit aced from
the obligations of the conventions entered into, if Ike
allies treated directly with Juarez.
The Parte !inert§ that Spain will concur, diplomati
cally, in bringing ni,,;pt a solution of the question.
General Prim will return is; Europe. ;
General Serene will be rent no funnassador to Mexico.
GEIIIKANY
The omits of the Northern and Baltic Seas are to be
defended by forte at the mouths of the principal rivers.
It has also been decided to build eight mailed steamers,
after the American system, armed with tinee guns.
TURKEY
Accordsng to an official despatch, the Turkish troops
have not only catered Montenegro, bet defeated the Mon
tenegrine with great slaughter, and were preparing to
prosecute their advance into the country.
Adrices from Calcutta to tholOtb, and from Bombay
to the 32th of May, have been received. They report
more by:pineal doing, and improrin,g, prices in imports.
Itxchange on London at Calcutta was 'at 2.830, sad at
Bombay 2s 34d. Higher prices were dematidel for
cotton. . • , .
Tue troubles in Affsbaniatanwere about to be ended
- , ,
by a compromise.
GAPE OF GOOD HOPE.
Mails from the Cape of 'Good Hope to the 21st of
April bad been rec. ived.
The ship Table Bay was nearly completed. '
A bill limiting the rate of legal interest to els per cont.
bad been introduced In Parliament.
. -
Trial by jury was to be 08t0 11 itied 1* British Rafts
ria.
BRAZIL ,
The Brazilian mails reached Lisbon on the 29th Or
May. •
Rio coffee was selling nt 748100.* stock was 180,-
800 bags.
Exchange on London and Bahia was at 28, and at Per
nambuco 25%.
LONDON MONEY MAREET.—e.The funds, on the
80th of May, were firmer, and X per cent. higher, owing
to renewed ease In the money market. The rates for ad
vance in the Stook Exchange sire gill IX per cent. A.t
the bank, tbedeumnd for discount was limited Railway
shares were very dull owing to the bad prospects of the
speedy termination of the war in America.
SHIPPING INTELLIGENDR. •
Arrived from New York, May 29th, Hoe% at Deal;
213tb, Hinnebehe, at Londonderry; 27th, the Amanda,
at Helvaei 28tb, Niagara, at Limerick.; Ddth, George
Marchand, at Deal. Arrived from Philadelphia, May
29th, Zephyr, at Kingsion.
Mrszo.—The Amelia, from the Tyne, for New Port"
put into Btontoway on the 28th of May, haying boon in •
collieion.
Annenitural Fair at Norristown
NORRISTOWN, J 1419 11.—The East Pennsylvania Agri
cultural Society has an exhibition at this place to-mor
row. Among the novelties is an improved stump ex
tractor. A premium or 8100 will be awarded for the beet
trotting horse, and 830 for tha best trotting horse in
Montgomery county. Mowing machines, reapers, dm.,
will be exhibited in large numbers.
Commercial Intelligence.
ItrEiroot., May 31.—Cotton.—The weekly Cake
market wu forwarded by the North Amu rice
STATE. OF TRADE —The Manchester market is
quiet, but prices have an npward tendency.
BREADSTUFFB.--filems. Richardson, Spence. &
Wakefield, Naah, & Co., and Bigland, Athya, d; Co. re
port Flour firmer, and 84 higher since Tuesday. Ameri
can; 240305. Wheat firm, and 2d higher than on Tues
day for the inferior qualities; red Weetern, 8634010 e 34;
red Southern. lea 4delOs white Western and South
ern, 10s Wrens. Oorn steady. and Bald higher than
on Tuesday mixed, 27s Wong 94 yellow, 27s 9d;
white, 31m228.
Paormotce.—Beet bsa a declining tendency. Pork
inacthe and tending downward. Bacon irregular, and
1020 kwer ; holders pressing their stocks on the market.
Lard quiet bat eteady, at 40m4,34. Tallow firm at 4260
45e 6d.
PRODUOIC—The Brokers' Circular reports Ashes
Armir. Pots 38e. Pearls 365. Itoidn dull and easier;
common 13e 6d0134 9d. Spirits Turpentine easier, with
email sales at 74ca765. Bugar—small sales at 3d decline.
Coffee quiet and unchanged. Cod 011 quiet. Linseed
Oil advancing; sales at 40041 d.
From LOtlibVine—Protest Against Book-
ner's Release—A Tobacco Exhibition
LOUISVILLE, June 11.—Both the Journal and Detne.
crat, of this city, earnestly protest against any arrange
ment being entered Into by the Government, with the
rebels, whereby General Backner will be reloaded.
The Tobacco Fair of the Kentucky Agricultural So
ciety was held at Spratt & Co.'s warehouse to-day, and
vies a great success, some three hundred hogsheads being
entered for the premiums. The prices were very high,
'falling from 815-to $62 per 340 pounds. :The best pre
mium hogsheads sold as follows: Manufacturing leaf,
let premium hogshead, 850 i 2d prom. bb11..5636 i 34 40 .,
$3O. Cutting leaf, let prem. hhd , $62; 2d do., $4O;
3d d0.,'438. Ladies' class, let prem. bled., 861; 21 do.,
835.
From Fortress Monroe
BALTIMORB, June 11.—Tho 01d Point boat arrived at
this port at 6.15 this morning. She bringe therfollowlag
intelligence:
FORTRESS MONROE, hale 10.—The weather Is un
nFmally severe for this.sosion or the Year, and atill oan
tionee eo,
The steamer Loutstann,. with a hundred of the wound
ed, will Dail for New York as coon as the weather is fa
vorable.
The privateers, who have been on board the Massa
chusetts tines her unsuccessful trip up the James river•
were this morning transferred• to the steamship Fulton.
The Fulton will take a•lobof wounded to New York so
soon as the weather permit's.
The steamship Belvidere ran foal of the British steamer
Jason, this morning, carrying away one wheeehoaee and
a part of her after upper works. The Jason was net
much damaged.
The Port Royal returned to Roanoke Island last night.
A grand Union demonstration by the citizens of Nor
folk and Portsmouth' will take place to•morrow. Gov.
Pierpont and other distinguished speakers are expected
to be present.
The Rebel Steamer Nashville.
NEW To'ex, Jima ll.—tkdrices from NOsl3llll, N. 1.,
state that the rebel steamer Nashville was btili at anchor
is that port on the let of Jnne.
The Recent Freshets
MarromOntink, Jana 0, 1862.
To Me Editor of The Press:
Eta : Meyer, I believe, in the history of Pennsylvania,
has a county suffered so disastrously as Carbon did last
week by the freebet. The public improvements through
our regions have been swept almost entirely from one end
to the other. Canal dame, bridges,locks, coal scbatee,
and great portioos of the railroads have, been utterly de
molished. Hundreds of boats were torn from their moor
ings and carried down with the angry current, and marry
richly freighted with human life. Great portions of oil
lakes—many houses and improvements—were lifted as if
by magic from their foundations and harried down the
laver to swell its mighty and Impetuous torrents.
The lose of hfe is ttightfolly tearful. At this writing,
it is said that upwards of one hundred and lifty dead
bodies have been found! Hundreds of widows and
orphans are mourning for husbands nod fathers!.Many
ate without homes; without clothes and without food!
No pen can exaggerate the picture ; it Is sad in the ex
treme. Charity has work before her, and many of oar
ladies are now ministering angels. I trust the goaerona
of your city will not be deaf to the calls of the wants
here. I could give many instances that would move the
sympathies of the coldest hearted.
M anch Chunk Is almost isolated from the rest of the
worid. Many of the roads ieading.to our once Pleasant
and delightful town are entirely wiped out, and. washed
into the very rorke of the mountains,. and, what in
worse than all, the borough does-not possess-the mesas
to rebuild them. I may say, too, the county ca=-not re
build the bridges swept away with. the money at the die
'meal of the coramiselonoia,mo; caztatax.be laid or col
lected to do it. Indeed, it is es endure' question what
shall or can be done under the circumstances
The strong and poworfnl corporations will rebuild their
works. They are pushing their improvements with.
mighty energy, but they can do no more than take cared
of themselves. Mauch Chunk and Carbon county oral
really lu a deplorable condition. I hope, however, Vint
something may be done to afford sense relief.
In the midst of all our troubles comes the news tram the
that our brave mountain boys have been id
the sanguinary conflict of, Fair Oaks, sod among the
slain we read the name of our g,llant and chivalroai
Colonel Miller, of the 81st, who commanded a timpani
from this place in Dlexico,.aud bad upwards of four lend
dyed of our men in his.rogiment, and many of them hay
followed him. They. liars fought their last fight. TI
pall hangs heavy upon.us.
For tome reason we have ban no mails for six dal
and I fear many business men have suffered thereby. I
But I Tuna clone, although ray pen lingers around I
scenes of desolation. I write because I ant approltensi
that but little is known or suspected of the real conditt
of things, and if I can awaken some sympathy or int
rest for our suffering poor, I shall teal that I have done
good work. C. A.
Public Amusements.
The new order of things at the Walnut-street Theatre
is meeting the full approbation of the public. Mr. 01-
wyne understands management moat perfectly, and has
gathered around him a moat efficient company. His prin
cipal card ii, of course, Miss Daly, an actress of whose
versatile and brilliant powers we cannot say too much.
The sharp tattle of pointed wit receiree additlJnal zest
from Miss Daly 'a sparkling iuterpretatiou; the broad
laugh of humor convulses all the more when heard in the
unctions ring of her voice; while here and there team%
of the sweetest pathos relieve the picture with welcome
shadow. Elise Daly's vocal powers are also of the highest
order there is, indeed, no accomplishment neco•sary for
the rendition of her lite of characters which she lacks.
'•Our Female American Cousin "is decidedly a success
and a sensation ; we do not Isomer that it is played to
such crowded houses.
At the Arch-street Theatre, Mr. Cheer= is continu
ing to do hie best to amuse the public by the laughable
roles which he anktains in Bull Run" and '•Moee ht Ca
lifornia." The former le a pies that defies criticism to
gocd extent. The worst that con bidintid of it is, that it
decidedly sensational; while, to counterbalance tole ten
dency, it is really put on the stage iu a very excellent
manner, is well acted, and seems to give universal satis
faction. Mr. Ohaufran'a negro Is something to be re
:Leathered. His rowdy in More is equally as good. Mr.
Chanfreu Is certainly the only actor we have who can
play the rowdy withou verging into extravagance and
disgusting coarseness.
Captain Williams , Whaling Yeyage" bi meeting a ro
copt I on here, which its fidelity and vividness justify., Ai
a picture of the life that it purports to illustrate, it is
unique, instructive, and faithful, even to;the minutuat de
tails.
ECLIPSE OF THE MOON.—A tOt&I
eclipse of the moon, visible over the whole 'United States,
took place last night. It begun at Philadelphia at 11.4E1
P. M., and coded at 2.50 A. 111. Shortly bet ,re the
eclipse commenced, the sky cleared up, and not a cloud
was to be seen, thus affording a splendid view, On many
of the street corners were assembled large crowds, anx
iously watching the moon as it became slowly obscured
tram eight. Total darkueas reigned for about -an hour.
The moon, when half covered, presented a moat magnifi
cent sight, and each moment afterward presented a grand
sight.
The moon is eclipsed when it becomes involved in the
shadow of the earth. anti eo deprived of the light it Is
acclaimed to receive from the sun; and this oaa take
place only at the time of full moon, or when,the moon is
in opposition to the sun. II in the George of the eclipse
only a part of the moon's disc enters the earth'ashsdow s
it is celled a partial eclipse ; but if the moon is totally
darkened by the allele disc waterlog the shadow, as was
the case last bight, it is called a total eclipse. Eclipses
of the MOOD can only take place when the moon's eleva
tion above the ecliptic at full moon happen(' to he leas
than the semi diameter of the section of the earth's sha
dow through which she passes. In the course of a year
there may be three eclipses of the moon, which is the
grimiest number that can happen but there must al-,
ways necessarily be two.
At the time of now moor, or when the moon Is between
the son arid the earth, her shadow may fall on the disc of
tl.•e earth at certain places, and prevent either all or port
of the light of the sun from reaching those places on thi
earth's surface. This circuntsimice produces the phee
~,,,:enon of a total or partial eclipse of the stm, which
hneited to the portion of the earth in which the mooch
shadow happens to fall. The shadow of the moon does
not always reach as far as the earth. Eclipses of the situ
occur more frequently than eclipses of the moon. In the
comae of each year there must be twe at leant in tic.,mi
parts of the earth, but there cannot tangibly be iqui
then four—a number that sometitnee l thotisk very eat.
dont, happen&
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BALL attention to the card in ai.
otheicolumn, in relation to the concert to be given tis
evening. at tbo Odd Fellows' Hall, Frankfort!, In aid."(
Quint Joachltu's Catholic Chnrch, at that place.
wry Lest talent in the city will participate, anima
the entire affair sill be hexer the direction of Tho E.
.
Thorkins, Esq.. we feel satis fi ed that it will be most
agreeable entertainment.
A-RAILROAD CONNECTION.—Tbe , me
mittee of Councils on Railroads visited the upper P• to
the city yesterday afternoon, for the purpose of decO g
npah street to lay the track to oonnect the tbitte
PenneyMende Railroad with toe Philadelphia, Ge4as
town, and Norristown road, as authorical by act o As
tembly. The North Pennsylvania company tlsed,lpon
Jefferson street, but objection was made to this, ac
count of narrowness of that thoroughfare, and iteieing
pretty; well lined with dwellings. Allegheny tonne
was Eelecied by the committee for the laying i the
track.
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THANKS RETURNED.—It Will be' en,
by roftence to our advertising columns, that Girttor
'Curtin has reburied thanks to the Peaneylvarde erten/
and the sisters of the Order of Bt. Joeoph for te hu
nting devotion to the wounded soldiers at Yolowrit
Williamsburg, and Fair Oaks.
BOY DROWNED.—A lad named aaael
Endck was droWned et Otlsostrest wharf, lie gn,
yesterday afternoon. The body was recovered, Oa
inquest held by the coroner.
TIIE IcIQUEST.—Last evening the -•
rontr held an inquest on the body or samua Goodr,
the boy who wee killed on the Trenton Railroad. .!;-
diet of accidental death wee rendered, and the raid
company exonerated from all blame.
DEATH OP A BEBEL OFFlCER.—i
terday afternoon Lieut. Thee. lilinch. of the Confoto
army. from Charleston, died ea. the United Suttee I
to!, Fifth and Buttonwood etreete. He wee wilt
and taken prisoner at the battle of Fair Coke. M
brought bore on Minder lest, on board the Spoil.
The deceneed fe s young man, and of rich parenfe
will be interred at Woodland Cemetery.
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