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.HOISTERY. GLOVES.
Gnaw innikiamie GOODS,
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WELTS
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RBIBBOLDEADIS;
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1862. SPRING. 1862,
W. S. STEWART & GO..
IMPORTIIBB AND JOBBNInd Olt
, SILKS AND FANCY DRESS GOODS,
80. 304 MARKET STREET.
Now In store,
POULT DE SOLE,
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All Shades.
BLACK AND WHITE CHECKS,
In BILKS and OTHER FABIIIOB.
1180, • POLL LIMY 01
4LOAHINH CLOTHS, PLAIDS, STRIPES,
And deldrable
PLAIN COLORS.
„SPRING STUCK
81.1 Z AND FANCY DREW GOODS.
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COMMISSION HOUSES.
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HUMOHINSON.
No. 112 quir#Tarwr Wrilllll2,.
111111011 ANTI
PHILADELPHIA MADE GOODS.
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NATIONAL FLAGS.
tr . B. FLAG EMPORIUM,
418 ARCH STREET.
BUNTING .AND SILK FLAGS,
REGIMENTAL BTANDAItDS,
NATIONAL ENSIGNS,
CAVALRY GUIDONS,
PRESENTATION FLAGS.
EVANS & HASSALL,
No. 418 AllOll Skeet, above 101311
m729-21t
CARPETS AND BIATTINGS.
NEW CARPETING.
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JAMES H. ORNE. •
$26 CHESTNUT STREET,.
BELOW SEVENTH. •i
Wo have Just received, by late larrl4ala trent Europe,.
NM new and choice varieties o f OAEPETING, come
Xlsillit •
Moot{ AUDUBON Square Carpets.
•78.51GLLSB AXLIINSTERS, by the Yard and in
entire Carpets. •
CROSSLEY'S 6-4 and 8-4 wide Velvets.
g' Tapestry Brussels.
,tt Brussels Carpeting. : . •
41E4 a large variety of OROSSLEY'S and Other maker.
. TAPESTRY BRUSSELS, _
From 874 e. to $1 Per 'int —.
Our meortmeht connwisee all the beat eialceeisfAbtefte
.. ) ly and Tu v alu Carpeting, which, toirtuer.With * lima
"titl variety of g oods in oar line, will be offered - et Hai kits.
cat t omato j uices.
OIL CLOTH FOR FLOORS;
a'tom one to elsbtprds wide, cut Costar Size.
'7RESH MATTING.
By late arrivals from Mina we have a tall assortment
'WHITE' AND COLORED
MATTINGS
OF ALL WIDTBS..
JAMES H. ORNE,
spl4,4ta 626 CONSTRUE.
:FOURTH -STREET ' •
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CARPET STORE; •
So 47
ABOVE. CHESTNUT, N 0.47.
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J. T. DELAOROIX
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• Invitee attention to his Spring Importation of
OARPETINGkg
les
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Comprising every sty of Newest Pattern/ and
• Designs, in VELVET, HIGISSELS, TAPESTRY BRUS
SEL& IMPERIAL THUM-PLY, and INGRAIN
• CARPETING& •
TRE4RTIAN and'IMMARIE STAIR. CARPETING&
SCOTCH BAG and LIST CARPN fINOS.
• • FLOOR OIL . OLOTHS, in every width:
COCOA' and CANTON CATTINGS.
DOOR4HATB, BUGS, SHEEP SKINS,
DRUEIGETS, and ORlThili CLOTHS.
AT WHOLESALE AND ENTAIL,
LOW FOR CASH. •
J. T. DELACROIX,•
111115.4 m 47 South souves Street, •
MLLLIMXMY 6tN1:11715
1862. " - B PREN, 'a '1862.
zWOOD . .& GARY,
(Bndoomions to Lincoln, Wood, & M0h0.%)
725 CHESTNUT STREET,
Have now 1n Store a complete dock
TRAW AND MILLINERY GOODS,
BILK BONNETS,
STRAW AND PALM-LEAF LILTS, Ay
To which they reepeettnUy Invite the attention of the
Orlampatrons of the hot* and the trade generally:
marl9-an
VOL. 5.-NO. 270.
WATCHES AND JEWELRY.
THOMAS O. .GARRETT,
712 CILIE6TNOT EirltEET,
GOLD AND BILYEA
WATCHES, .'
-FINE PLATES WARE
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AND
TABLE CUTLERY,
And to manufacturing a great variety of SILVER IRANI
adapted for home nee and for preeente.
Prompt and particular attention is given to repairing
Waken* Ibrllretpciaes workmen. a024-thett2m
AVIRICAN, ENGLISH,
SWISS WATOHE S,
...ItgriLET, AND SILVERwAIt3,
RED.(fCrED PRICES.
.JOEL 'WATS°
m729.2m 326 CHESTNUT artezzr.
REMOVAL.
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• J. C. FULLER
Ilwring.ltemoved from No. 42 South THIRD Street to
No. 712 CHESTNUT Street, 2nd Floor,
(Oppoelte !Amato Temple,)
Now offers a Large and Desirable Stock of
GOLD AND. SILVER WATCHES,
ROGERS A BROTHERS' SPOONS AND LAZA
FINE JEWELRY,
To which the attention of the trade ie invited.
apgo-8m
ArairRICAN WATCH COM
PANY."
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. GOLD AND BLUER • •
WATCHES.
FOR LprEs AND GENTLEMEN.
00MI!ANY'S SALESROOM,
No. 712 CHESTNUT Street, Second Floor, ..
(opposite Masonic Temple.) .
I. B. MARTER, Agent.
4004 m
VULCANITE RUBBER JEWELRY
' A beautiful line of
GENTLEMEN'S VEST CHAINS, LADIES' MA
TALLINN. CHAINS, THIMBLES, 011013SES,
STLIDS, BUTTONS, &0.,
Now in Store.
J. 0. FULLER;.
No. 712 CHESTNUT Street, Second Floe;
(Opposite Idesonio Temple.)
apllo4lm
WATCHES, JEWELRY, &o.
A FRESH ASSORTMENT, at LESS
THAN FORMER PRIOES.
F &RR A - BROTHER,
Impotters, 324 OTIESTIADT Street, Wow Fourth.
mb20.44
BLINDS AND SHADES
BLINDQ.AND SHADES.
B. J . . VVILLIAMS,
No. 18 NORTH SIXTH STREET,
11UNUFACTITIV1R Or
VENETIAN BLINDS
AND
WINDOW SHADES.
The largest and fittest aaeortment En the Oltyat the
LOWEST PRIDES.
STORE SHADES LETTERED.
EanallinEtoromptly attended to. apll-8m
fLILA.DELPIIA
PAPER HAN4a.INGS
HOWELL 84 BOURSE,
FOURTH .RNA MARKET STREETS,
MANUFACTURERS OF
PAPER HANGINGS
AND WINDOW CURTAIN PAPERS,
Offer- to the Tiede a LABOR ANDEitoiacr
SOBTMMIT OP GOODS, [tom the °hewn Brown
Stock to the Flpeet Doc:orations.
N. E. COR. FOURTH AND MARKET STREETS
Green, Dino, and BaJIWYNDOW P.i.PERS
of (nary grade. aso3-2m
STATIONERY AND FANCY GOODS.
MARTIN & QUAYLES
STATIONERY, TOY, AND FANCY GOODS
EMPORIIIK,
No. 1035 WALNUT STREET,
• . BELOW ELET.IIOWB:
jellf¢ly P El IL I.DELPThrk•
GENTS' FIJRNISBII4O GOODS
DRUM & CO., .
soca iisoßs To 01;011 . DIMON a TACICI/DT,
Manufacturers or and Dation in
GENTLEMEN'S FINE SHIRTS
AND
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FURNISHING GOOD?,
No. 140 Nord' FOURTH STREET,
,PHILADELPHIA.
(INAS L. OEUM. ALEX. M. THOMPSON
FLANI,III, OVER-SHIRTS..
Fos T~
FINE . SHIRTS;
• • ooLuica, STOOKS, AND
WRAPPERS-
Namitiotured at
• G. A. HOFFNIAN'S,
- (sccoasson TO W. W. KN/OUT.)
NO. 606 ARCH STREET.
Zir A full lino of
TIES, SCARFS, GLOVES, SUSPENDERS,
ROBIEBY, AND UNDERCLOTHING,
Alma on band. my23-Im
GEORGE - GRANT.
BIANITPAOTDBER, OF AND MUM IN.
GENTS' 'FURNISHING. GOODS,
No. '6lO OREATNDT OTEDET.
" ioldP4ort
-FINE SHIRT MANUFACTORY:
The subscriber would Invite attention to his
IMPROVED OUT OF SHIRTS,
Which be makes a speciality in his business. Also, con
staidly receiving '
NOVELTIES FOR GENTLEMEN'S WBAB.
J. W.' SCOTT,
GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING tiTORE,
No. 814 CHESTNUT STREET,.
MAY Tom doors below the Continental.
BRA-
• 111.1.1.1.TARY (*PODS. • .• •
ARMY GOODS .% . • • •
ON HAND.
DARK AND LIGHT BLUR RRRSZYS.
STANDARD 6.4 AND 11-4 INDIGO WOOL : DYIED
SIAM FLANNELS:
.INDIGO BLUE NIXTURBS.
COTTON DIION,IO, 12, AND NS-OUNCE.
FARNHAM; ICMICHAM; & 00.,
a+,25.2m 220 ONKSTNIIT STRDST..
RIOES.
nal
S.
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Street.
HER
JAMES S. EARLS & SON, -
MANUFACTURIMSAND IMPORTERS
I.4ooElge ASSES,
.on - pentrxmos, • •
PINE:BNORATINOS,
PICTURE AND PORTRAIT FRAMES,
PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES,
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS,
OARTES-DE-VISITS PORTRAITS.
EARLE'S GALLERIES,
• - 816 CHESTNUT STREET, , •
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101.6 PRILADRWHIA.
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WASS.
PUTTY,
11144:1
(lOTTON SAIL DUCK AND °AN
VAS, of ell numbers and brands.
Saven's Durk Awning Twills, of all desoriptiona, for
..Tone, Awnings, Trunks, end Wagon Covens.
Alm, Paper hlanufeetrurers' Drier Vette, from Ito 11
feet :wide. -Tarpaulin& Belting, gall Twine, &o.
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TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1862
OUR ARMY CORRESPONDENCE,
Return of Gen. Burnside to North
Carolina.
SECESSION RUMORS AT FORTRESS MONROE.
Arrival of Lledenant Colonel Kane.
'PINIONS OF THE SOLDIERS BEFORE• RICHMOND.
A SKIRMISH ON THE RAILROAD
TEAMSTERS AND LABORERS SHOT BY GUERILLAS
&c., &c., &c.
FROM GENERAL DIX'S DIVISION.
Special Correspondence of Tne Presr.] -
Iroxinitss Monitor, June 15,1.962
Departure orGeneral Burnside.
Major General Burnside received hie fine! irietructions
from Waibington, and from General Mc llrllao yeeterday
morning, and proceeded at once to Newborn, on the
hatdeone little steamboat Port papal, through the
Chesapeake and Albemarle Oanal. Central Burnside le
in excellent health, and is a remarkable wan in point of
enduraice, for f'w won have ever Undergone mere and
severer baidahipa than be hag witlen the piet nine
months.
REBEL ANECDOTES OP BURNSIDE
The people of Norfolk, and, indeed, throughout the
South, have a profound respect and a wholesome fear of
Gen. Burnside, who, they maintain, is al übiquitous as
Northern people suppose Beauregard to be. They posi
tively assert that durisg his entire ernsadels North Ca
rolina be has been spy and snout, as well as major gene
ral, flag-officer, and military governor. The people of
Norfolk say* atone time Burnside clam into the city
disguisedai a - fisherman and at another time in the sim
ple garb• of re+ truck-farmer, by which he traversed tho
city, observed the position and strength or its defences,
and obtained important Information for the Government,
abile trying to sell fish and potatoes to Gen. linger, ana
distinguished citizens.
As a proof that those stories are confidently believed, I
will simply state that I asked a Secosb Indy the other
day if she wee not really surprlsed to see General Burn
side ou Nato street the other day "Oh, no " she re-
Vied, "he has been here before, when there were greater
obstacles In bis way than et present."
OPEN COSI iIUNIC ATION
General Burnside informs me that ii regular line of pro
pellers will be running in a few days between Norfolk
anti Newbern s every other day, carrying the mails,
freight, end such pateengere as may be permitted to tea..
vet to and fro. This announcement will be hailed with
delight by the Northern people as well an the natives of
this region; whir greatly need provisions of all kinds, and
many necessary articles of clothing. With them the idea of
no agricultural empire, without commerce and manillas
tutu, has dissipated itsoirinto a very transparent della.'
sion. •
GUERILLA WAIWATtE
he recent attack suede upon a railroad train above
'White Home Point, on Friday last, of which you have
no doubt received full particulars ere this, is only one of
a series of lawless depredations committed very recently
on the Peninsula. The Government is well aware of the
fact that thereto, but one way of gating an end to this
system of barbarous warfare, and that is by providing
these rascals with hempen-noose ropes in largo doses,
whenever s and wherever 'they may be caught. Still, the
uplifted sword of justice is stayed.
SOUTITERN LADY 'VISITORS
Several ladies from Montgomery and other Southern
'Pities have been hero for some da! s, visiting and attending
their sick and wounded relatives and friends In our
hospitals. Every courtesy Is shown them, and they seem
to be very grateful for the facilities afforded by the au
thorities.
MAILS FOR TER SOOTS
The :.pletdid and swift Government steam transport
Rhode leleud orrivcd here, and departed yesterday after
noon taiund South, with mails and despatches for all naval
and military stations from Wilmington to New Orleans.
ANOTIIER - SUNDAY ZXCURSIOR
steamer Baltimore arrived here yesterday from
Wallington, with a ;arty of Congressmen, distiogidsbed
gentlemen, and thar female relatives and friends. Tim
party Nall visit the pslnts of interest and return to
Washingtcn tonight.
It bas been intensely n - arm here during the past week,
and the roads, which, on Monday last, were a mass of
clayey tleogb, are now baked and solid like brick&
Mlii
tarystorss are now going forward rapidly to the army of
the Potomac Isom every direction.
Generril Dix, who haft been paying a flying visit t
Baltimore and Washington, returned this morning to hie
beadnuarte rs bere. The General 'can excellent health,
and is busy from daylight until dawn . ench day:
TNSSELS IN PORT TO-DAY
Schooners IL H. Kemp, cleared for Baltimore with
Junk ; I. Ireland, coal, Philadelphia; Elector . H.,Parker
blew York, bey; Richard Wood, White , House; brig
Titania, Washington, clothing; schooner" Emma Ame
lia, Bengal, I lien Merriman, Luther Childs, John Til
ton, E. D. McCienshan, Mohawk, Baltimore, cars; 'Al
liance, Spray, Nathan Tyler, Debora% Jones, Lewis
Ilumford, and Adelaide, co:!, Philadelphia; Eclipse,
Washingbin; bark Dencey, brig laabolla Jewett, from
-Washington, all with clothing; 'sloop Haze, oats, from
AccOmao county, to market; schooners Allen Middleton,
Benjamin Butler, and:B.ll. Mills, from White Home,
for orders; schooner A S Crawford, from Philadelphia,
with itl ir tt market; schooner Effirt., Philadelphia, with
coal ; echoonere Wm. Doyle and Annie Cole, with
wheat. captured recently at Cabin Point; E arid:kennel:a,
naval Mores '
ARRIVAL OF• COLONEL KLITIE
flng•Of-truce boat aleasaahutotte her just arrived
flora City point, having on board" Colonel Kane, of the
Pennflivania Backtail Eines, who lies been released on
parch, for exchange; no doubt for Colonel Bretton, of the
6th South Carolina Iteciment.
There Is no news of importance from the South to-day.
The Southern Journals are remarkably dry, and contain
only ono startling rumor from flaeaua, which Is to the
elect that fiance has recognised the Southern Confe
deracy. -
"AUGUSTA, June 13.—The Savannah Republican of
this morning has a despatch from Ohattanooga, which
says: Information has Bien received here of a very im
portant chat acterfrom the borders of Kentucky. It has
been ascertained that the enemy has collected an army
of some twenty-five regiments in the vicinity of Boston,
Ky., near Tennesa a, and also have received taiga re
inforcements of artillery, and are now threatening a de
scent upon East Tennessee. Nothing further has been
seen of the enemy in this gu.rier.'t What a good thing
it is that General Mitchell moves and fights!
FROM THE SHENANDOAH
. STATINTON, Juno 13.—Fremont bag certainly retreated
below liew . rdfarkat. his - army is almost entirely Dutch.
Officers of his army admit a loss of 400 killed and 000
wounded in Sunday's fight. They also say that Mu-
Donellisas been arrested and sent to Fort Warren for
disloyalty. These officers claim for Fremont tios army of
32,000 men and 105 pieces of cannon. Hie true force ti
auppoeedto be 20,0 p."
THE SIXTH SOUTH CAROLINA
A member of the Sixth Palmetto Beginient says: •' Our
loss is itreparab!e. We entered the field of the Ohieks
-1 ominy with 1.21 men, all told; 31 wore left dead on the
field, and 180 wounded, many of whom have since died;
and others now Heger in the clutchea of death. Other
Rewritten aro mieaing, some of whom are lying, perhaps,
unnoticed, on the densely-peopled field o - battle. Our
battle-fieg was riddled by Sae balls, the stag shot away
by the Pennsylvanians, and the color-bearer mortally
wounded. We west the Coverninent to give us our cola
nel (Bretton) back immediately." Col. Bretton -Bee
wounded,* the Chesapeake hospital here. Be as oared
for as a brotber one of :whom ho has made a warm
ptreonal friend, Olenwmt B. Barclay, Ens., the Phlladel
delphia philanthropist.
"STONEWALL JACKSON."
The Richmond papers are filial with praises of their
great leader, Stonewall Jackson, and my old friend John
.B. Thompson, the poet of Richmond, contnbntes a nest
poem to the Examitter,' entitled simply, ..Asliby.??
"ANDY JONNSON." .
The Examineraaye that it learns from undoubted au
thority that the news of tho SaVLSeination of Hon. An
drew Johnson by Geo. Brown, eon of Hon. Ned B. Brown,
Is confirmed.
RATTLE OF FAIR OAKS
The Southern "paper generals" are beginning to criti
cise the management of the rebel army at the recent bat
tle very eaverely. They are Bret learning that it was
another * Southern defeat, and a lihavy one, instead of a
victory.
"PROM Amu-Pais."
The naive of the terrific naval battle on the Mississippi
and the surrender of Memphis bas jut reached Rich
mond, and creates great excitement and much
- Nobody knows what baa become of pesuregard.
The news comes from a refugee reporter or the Augusta
Constitutionalist.
COMM
The Hampton Legion, of South 'Carolina; went into the
battle of thealet MUM° pith 421 men, and in charging
one of batteries, retired with a loss of 164 men
killed and wounded.
" WILT. THEY BE DUNG?"
This la the (111e411010 that will be asked by patriots con
cerning the seven guerillas brought down from the White
nobs., to• day, being a part of the band who made the
recent attack on the railroad train coming from Despatch.
Setae twelve hundred mules were captured by them. The
band camp down ori the loft from along the James river.
• TIIIINDER. STORE.
As I nail this letter a heavy thundergust is Teasing
over this piece. The atmosgheie is somewhat molar. •
L. W. W.
FROM THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
Vamp. Life Before Richmond
[Special Oorreerantlence of The Press.]
B 6ADQVA WM(' NO. WI,
2.l3cAn. Iticumorm, Juno 9, 1802,
It le all an of along the Chickchumiuy to-night. And
et two mighty bottle sunlit.. 'are encamped within ill •
moat speaking distant° . of each other. A. thin skirt of
woods. and a narrow opon plain, Comiltote the dividing
ground, and le Po doubCdostined to mop be the endue
PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1862.
end theatre of one of the floal blown in the settlement of
ibis rebellion.
The ineications tr -day are each ac leave little room to
Fenix's° tbat,tho enemy will give np Richmond without .
lighting a 'bloody battle in ita defence. It cannot be
'Said, with any degree of propriety, that the enemy have
either received reinforcemente from Beauregaid's army
or have at MI advanced their position in oar front; but
It 'sires that they are strengthening themselves, perhaps
not so much by building forte an by the construction of
rifle pits, breastworks, and shelters . fur their light artil
lery. It is an open question, whether they will wait and
receive en attack, or assume the offensive. It would net
surptiee well-informed oflicere hero If the enemy ehoald
open a lively fire to-morrow mornieg. They would not'
be taken by surmise, either. The enemy can easily
catch a Tartar, though, if they think to fall on any un
guarded point.
It is well eettled that General Jce JOhDBtOtliyall severe
la, wounded in the battle of Fair Ohs, (it now has that
name,) having three ribs broken, and that General G.
W. Smith has the chief command While General Smith
is tot ae pit:don't and ekilmi as Gen. Johnston, he is metch
Quicker—has more dash, and well be quite as trouble
some. Military ability in 'generals, and bravery in pri
vate, may be (Wasted as nearly equal in both armies;
but the greater eudurauce, and the superior manhood of
the National army, balances the fortunes' of war greatly
in our favor, and iu any gigantic contest between the
North and South, the North will be the victor.
The pickek firing to-day Las been more brisk than
usual. Have not heard of any casualty, however, only
acme sharpshooters claim to have kilted this forenoon
three rebels and one horse. The rebels have wasted to
day a lined deal-of artillery ammunition, but have not
Succeeded In doing any damage. The night previous to
the evenuatioie of Yorktown, the rebels kept up a tremen
dous fire. Taking that se a precedent, those here who
imagine that the evacuation of Richmond is now going
on have bed their opinion wonderfully strengthened by
the firing Ding on to-day.
If lta remaining betels good while, we could force the
enema to evacuate without a fight, all would rejoice and
be perfectia satisfied, If it wee clear that the advantages
to us would be as great as they vionld be- provided we
tight anal won a battle. The preialllng Impression
here is that if the enemy give up their capital, they give
up tbecreause, and that if they Win the day in the Im
pending cenflict, it will be bard to retrieve a disas
ter so overwhelming.
The re is one poominent ides entertained by the army
of the Potomac- In the expression of this idea, the
voice cf the army is clear and emphatic. This army be
lieves in the cenetitutional policy of the President of the
United States. It believes it was .enheted - and is fighting
for the re. ettablistmeut of the . rightful Yucitalictioa of
the Government over the sec eded States, and to bring
those States beck into the Union with their own internal
regulations unimpaired. With t 3is object. in view, all
the combined fearful realities of war came neither terror
nor besitution.
Or. the other band, this army does not believe in vent.
es a pastime; nor as a means of =hies speoulatorsylchi
nor for the pu.poee of foisting loto public or polities!
Invor any rolltician of any school; and it Las wept too
many hot tears over the fallen brave, and aympathizol
too deeply aitb deeolate homes,- to feel an Interest in light-
lug for any etipaceed or fancied amelioration of the coa T
dithu of the African race in this country; and I assert,
without fear of successful contradiction, that if a lewd
*Dare's should make the object and purpose of this war
the emazciration frem slavery of the colored befogs of
the seceded States, a large majority of the rank would
ytettn, at d ihe file would absolutely lose all interest to a
enutisovion of the contest.• Et i tertainiog this idea, lot
it alto he borne In mind, that this army thither believes
flat to the alreing up of this difficulty the internal roan
latione of the Bordrr States will be at once radically
changed, to fur at they relate to slavery, and that even in
the Cotton. States the Deciliter institution can never re
' mime itshinier Character and Importance. -This opinion
Is Lot in the leatt it-v.O tad. Love and respect for the,
institirth n of slavery is entirely a foreign ()lenient so far
as it stands in the way of a successful pre socution of the
war. It in in reality not eared for much, one way or the
Ober. The grand, preponderaing, overwhelming idea
is embodied and . lisdentified with restoration of our Go
vernment as it was, leaving it hereafter to the will of the
Teeple to determine our future political status.
To suddenly alter the subject, and to show to what de
pravity the sone of Adam can descend, it may be men.
timed that the provost marshal of General Smith's
division &nested here, to-day, a citizen of Maine, en
gaged in eelling tosiderfeit Confederate notes, fives and
tens, for twenty-five cents, .or whatever he could get for
them. 'There are many ways for making money in the
army, but this le the lard dodge. It bids fair to-morrow
to be a rainy day. Bain and mud will never cease while
the army Is In the field.. Major Larabee, of the sth
Wis
coneju Regiment, well known as a conservative member
of Oongrees, an a l a brave and gallant officer, hoe obtain
ed a abort leave of absence, for the purpose of raising in
Lis State another rogim-nt of volunteers for active eer
sics MARS.
What our Army is Doing.
[Srcdal Correepondefice of The Pim.]
CAMP 4r FAIR Cress, Va , June 13, 1351
Niciorkozd is not taken yet, but its ceitela capture by
our army is only a matter of time. This conclusion is
reached by affairs- cow transpiring before my oyez,
which, for prodential reasons; I am not permitted to
elate. No amount Of mon, however large, that may be
requisite, no multiplication of the number and quality of
artilltry needed for its speedy reduction will be withhold.
The came invincibility of purpose, and the same fertility
of kelsiON which, with a military skill scarcely surpassed
in ancient or modern times, forced the enemy to leave,
first Manassas, and linen the stronger position of York
town, is here actively at work for the reduction of Abel
rebel capital.
Nether the rebels hive rettched.the ‘, last ditch,” in
which the] intend to Hacrifice. their liver to the unholy
ambition and utter folly of their itirtisttn loaders, or
whether Richmond in but one of. the large unitises
of tine peculiar kind of ditch which they seem to posteje,
is altogether a matter of conjecture. But it it 'certain
that, whatever may be their purpose, whether it be-to
make a stand ,here, as a lent desperate effort to noire
their waning fortunes, or whether they pursue that
policy which they halm heretofore, no doubt, foudd
more conducive to their personal safety, and march
stealthily ant-of Richmond, as they did out of Memphis
and Corinth, our au* under its
. yenthful leader, will,
ere long, droopy the 'melt rendezvous of the marshalled
hosts of treason.
'Without wistilog to court a place in the list with those
whellave been, perhaps, more zealous Mau prudent in
their landotions or the general commanding this great
army,' I yet feel bound to say, from what I have seen,
and what I know, that the position . of Gen. McClellan
ie one of arduous labor aud immense responsibility. In hie
hands, more than any other mere man's;juit now, hang
the future destinies of the Republic. And now, happily,
in 1862, comparative youth, brilliant genius, and ripe ex
perience have united in ono man, end vindicated 'again
the:Celebrated reply of William Pitt to Lord North, that
gray hairs do not ahraye cover a wise head. While
cur Congress may legislate, and our President execute,
yet as the leaders of this rebellion have appealed to phy
sical force for the vindication of their tressed; that ap-
I must be met on our part by • physical force, and in
this way only can their treason be crushed.
The regiments composing the Irish Brigade, under the
command of the brave Thomas Francis Meagher, were
reviewed today by Gen. McClellan. Among the re
giments comprising this brigade is the famous Mitti,
whose gailant'eolonel, owing tette perfidy or the repels,
is sills retained as a prisoner. This regiment, together
with the 88th New York, of the same brigade, partici
pated in the late battle of Nair Oaks and Seven Pines,
in which they displayed all their wonted brivery,
charging fiercely and detinninedly on the foe, and
driving him at the point of the bayonet.
After the review today, Geneva! filcOlellan took occa
sion to sap ess his admiration of the bravery displayed
by the brigade on the battle-ffeld,''and addresseilßrign
dier General. Meagher as follOws Thank your regi
inents that were in the desperate fight of Satarday end
Sunday—thank them in my narue,'and thank them in
the name of the country."
The bravery and patriotism displayed by our Irish fel
low-citizens in tide war have already been attested and
vindicated in almost every battle thus far; and they
Mend ready to offer everything in defence of the liberties
of. they adopted country.
A. Skirmish:on the Railroad.
[Special Corresco)adeece of. The Preee.]
WHITE HoVSH, Va., June 14, 1862.
One of tins boldest and most astounding feats of the
rebels In this war occurred, on Friday evening last, a
short distance from this place. It was another of those
desperate efferts they have from time to thus put.forth
to recover lost opportunity and atone for past defeats .
The surprisal of Banks by Jackson, though of a more
fcandilable and successful character, was not more com
plete, sudden, and unexpected than the one experienced
in this department. . • •
Apart, some say a whole regiment, of the let Virginia
Cavalry, under. the command of Gen... Stewart, crossed
the Pamuoky from Prince William county; a few miles
above this place, at a point known as Garlick's Landing.
There they commenced- a aerial of. depredations, whteht
had they been as successful throughout as they were at
the beginning, would have resulted moat disastrously to
our cause in this quarter. With a fiendish ferocity, more
akin to devils than mon, the rebels began murdering all
who came in their wayi Men, women, and some say
eien children, black and whits, wore, without hesitation,
shot or cut , to, pieced . , in an instant two schooner,
'lying at the landing, after being plundered, were Bred
and completely destroyed. Thole' intuite are the Whit
man Phillips and Island City, both of New 'York.
After accomplishing their diabolical work here, and
having wreaked their vengeance on every person or thing
they thought be In any manner belonging to, or con
nected with our Government, they teem to have divided
themselves into squads or small companies, and proceeded
on their way to accomplish, if 'possible, what was, no
doubt, the chief object of their mission.
The precise knowledge which the rebels possess of the
character of the roads and situation of the country must
havebeen of great eervice to them on this occasion, and
• FO adroitly did tboy avail themselves of this knowledge,
:,that . before any one here was aware of the fact, they had
proceeded es far up the railroad as Tiinstall'e Sta
tion, some fire miles from 'this place. The treini,
which have bitn'pf eo much service in terry lug supplies
from the leading here,..te the advanced lines of our
aripy, Itave no partieular time' of starting froM this point
or arriving at their destination, being ontlrely'controllel
• by circumstances.
About the time the rebels arrlved at Turistalre Station,.
one of the trains happened, unfortunately, to be on its
way down to White flonse, and hiiiinithiron iii the "vl
- and doubtless apprised of its coming, they await
ed on the brow of a hill, through which the road has
been cut;-the' approach of tho train.- Innocent of all
danger, and without the least en . ..radon of a. enrprise , of
the character awaiting It, the train advanced. steadily •
and suiftly on, till it reached the:position at which : •the
murdorem were stationed. As it approached, the rebels
eutidenly appeared, and hailed the engineer, to atop l i the
trbig. •By a acrt of intuition lie suspocied at once-the
"chat safer of the Ett!7 opt Intruders, and
,refused to cam
. ply a ttli antt 'demand. In an instant.a volley was
ed into the train, and its passengers, consisting chiefly of
laborer', civilians, and sick aid wounded soldiers, made
a general 'effort to jump off, and, if pmeible, elude the
deadly fire . of the rebel,' ou the hill. Some En'co'ded,
others, especially the lack and wounded, were unable to
get off, and took their chance on the train.
The eneineer, surprised and frightened, and ignorant
as to the number of rebels he might encounter on the
rend, regolving to inn the train in, crowded on the high
est pressure of steam, and the train almost, flew over the
remainder of the road to White Rome ilsre the news
of what had occurred spread like lightning, and the at
meet fear, panic, and consternation spread throughout
the departments stationed bete. This was entirely owing
to the fact that everybody was ignorant of the numbers
and force of the rebels, and their fears at once magnified
a few hundred cavalry into the entire rebel army, which,
they alleged, bad left Richmond and come around to cut
oft McClellan in the roar. Another unfortunate McGurn.
stance hoe was the very email number of offectice troops
at thie place, and, under au impression of limed's:o
attack, Colonel Ingalls, lo command here, mustered
whatever there wee to :under, and, In addition, armed
all the labcreis and civilians to he found. In connection
with a few cavalry, these were formed in line of battle to
•
receive the rebels.' In the meantime, the various steam
boats, schooners, dc., at this petit, prepared to drOpdown
the Pamunky.. The mail boat from Fort Monroe had just
Enticed ; the mils which she had brought, together with
thole relearning in the poet shire, and other Government
documsuts and property, were hurried ou board, and the
teat prepared to start. There was, of course, en la
ment,* panic among antlers and • others engaged in the
mercantile protest:doe, every one awaiting with dread
suspense the expected attack.
Bat the rebels, whether unaware of the advantage
they wculd have obtained, or more probably through
fear of meeting our army la force et this Point, failed to
make tbt ir swam cc, but, In the mesa time, hei.pro
ceeded to the eccomplishment of huskies', which was,
doubtless, more
.impiedletely. connected with their 'Ma
rko. The country over which the rallroal rune in In
terspersed with 'miens crteka, moll rune, sod 'warner',
each of which is spanned with bridges of various aizea
and styles of engineering skill. These, with their tore&
locations, wero all well known to the rebels, whoso fami
liarity with thin &miter is amply attested by the desola
lien they hare ogywhere left behind them. •
One cf these -- bridges, a little this side TriustalPs
Station, which spans a .emall 'stream • tone • twelitY foot
above its level, was especially selected by the rebels for
dettruction, with a view to the demolition of any 'trains
that might be coming or going, lad for the• purpose of
cutting off cominnnication for a time,* * at least, between
..our army before Richmond end their •snpptee at White
Bones. They also tore up due or two rails from the
trark,..but bolero they hod sneer OW either with their
bridse.burning or tearing up the track they were com
pelled to leave r by what moons I hove not been able to
learn, but I mem:line by the, approach of a regiment of
the Pennsylvania Reserves (the Rucletails), which, upon
infeentation recoiled, had been ordered to proceed dawn
. the road to White Robes. The Bnektalliairived just In
time to put out the tiateesitnd save the bridge—ono half
hoar, or even loss, of a delay would have enabled the
rebels to accomplish their purgose on the bridge. end
From the bridge the rebels proceeded through the
woods to the road which leads to Richmond; and which
Hos to the left of tha railroad. Here they continued their
infernal business, killing, plundering, and. deetroyby
every person and thing that came in their way. Two
traits of some thirty wagons each, on their way from
White Houee to the army, laden with grain, were over
taken, captured, And destroyed by fire. The teamsters,
steeping safely, came running • into camp . greatli
frightened, having bet ever) thing in their flight.' 'As
tbo rebels crossed the Pawnnky, at 'Garlic's's Landing, a
train of wagons, in addition to other Goverament.
property, Was captured .and Immediately destroyed.
Several sutlers on the same road as the Government
teams lost their wagons and'eteres. I neg 1r cted to mon
th n, in its pruner place, that the rebels also Bred a rail
road car, Containicg grain, at Tunstall's Station, which
wee conipletely . eel Tel ed.
Your corres pondent was coming down the railroad in
the train immediately following the one on which the
attack was made, and had a very narrow ese sac, our
train being saved by tho appearance of some of the fugi
tives, who had escaped the rebel bullets and the mishaps
In jumping teem the running cars. Breathless from
running .and. fright, they called to the engineer, who
stopped the train, and remained on the road the remain
der of the, night. It was now abort 12 o'clock midnight,'
and we were in a very uncertain, and, for aught we
knew, a critical poeitlon. The rebels were known to be
scattered over the country In different. directions, bat in
what number . s, we nor any other person genius] to, know
any thing shout. It' was uncertain what minute they
might appear on the brow of the bill near which we
stopped, and fire upon our train de they, did on the one
preceding us. A :cordingly,..a few. persons started to
bring dour the 52d Pennsylvania, 001. Dodge, which
was known to be in the vicinity, b serve as a guard of
. _
protectinn to the train. The men had generally retired
to rest for the night, but were Boon aroused, put under
afme, and marched down the road to where the train bud
stopyed.: I have otters heard oretws eulogize and ap.
plaud the brave men who guard our persons, our liber
ties, and our hanis—l have. read, and heard others
read, the fglowtvg - etseetrophe of the poet to Our De
on 'neither occasion did I half realize
their Importance as I did on this cleat' moonlight night,
in a hestile countij, with the enemy hovering around
me, when die:ls'24 kiiiimulvania steed tear° to daihnd,
wirtdadoihersontirmsidand helpless like myself, from
danger aid death., .
The folltining.are.the casnaltiee, so far as I hive been
able
. tsF.lliezli k l , Feitidting • from this wonderful raid of
_ •
.-::Ktned.— ; i'bree7.7odFep!, names I could not.
team, tuPpeetd to 'be Dim - Philadelphia, killed on the
railroad train ; D. Potter, a Quartermaster sergeant,
thot through the head at Garlick's Landic g.
IVounded.—A private of the 19th 'Massachusetts, name
tat knowu; Anton Raneman, laborer; liientenaut Sohn
Breleford, Co. I, 81st Pennsylvania; William -Bradley,
Co. E, llOth Neu• York; Robert Gilea.re, drummer,
87th New York ; a lieutenant whose name I could not
learn ; Albert Rinker, 19th New York; Jesse P. Wood
bury, belonging to one of the gnaboate. Several others
are reported, but these aro all I have been able to aseer
tete from tellable sources. There were several prieoners
taken, sumo of "Thom escaped, and °tilers who will no
doubt turn up, es the rebels were not in condition to
carry them very far.
Early' next morning after the occurrence, regiments of
infants,' were thrown along both sides of the railroad to
act as a guard, while several companies of cavalry were
despatched on scouting expeditiona tkrongh the woods
and aurreutding country. Every effort was made by our
men, whit ware enraged beyond measufe, to capture the
daring add desperate rebels. They have succeeded In
capturing eix of the rebels, among whom are Captain
Garlick, whose father lives at the sanding where the re
bels crowed the river ; Dr. Ifarrisonot rampant Secesh,
who lives near this place and whose property has been
colielantir guarded by Union soldiers, since this place
foil into our hands. It is said that he has been in con
stant communication with the rebels since their departure
from Yorktown, and it is positively. asserted that Gen.
Stewart, who is supposed to have led this marauding
band, and the rebel Lee, who formerly lived bore, have,
on more than one occaalon, been guests at his house.
• There is no dieguiehig the fact that this whole: section
of country is More or low tuft idol with men and women,
too, who under thegarb of Union men, fot: the purpose
of having a guar? of cur soldiers detached to watch
their property, are doing our cause an Immense injury
and the rebels a great service. It N certain that the re
bele are generally well acquainted with all the move
ments of our army—theii strong and their weak points;
std while' loyal newspaper' correspondents have been
made the ecapegoate on wl tch the Wrath Of our 'generale
baa been 'isoured, for, euppoeed intelligence convoyed to
the enemy, "DO that even petty lieutenants have learned to
eachenu6 them—theiehypoeritical 'Union men have been as
cored intheir persons and property, while' they , corres
pended with the rehab' in Richmond and elsewhere.
I have thus given you as correct en as aunt of this .
unexpected occurrence as I have been able to collect front
what I saw, and from the thousands of rumors in circu
lation, as well as front information obtained from reliable
sources. It came very near being a serious disaster to
our army here. The thousands of dollars' worth of pro
perty belonging to the Geveronient at this place; the
lives of many who are here as laborers and in cape.
deer, who are, of course, unarmed, end, perhaps, the
greatest of all, the communication bet Ween our army and
its eui plies, were all in imminent danger. I onlyexpreee
the, universal opinion of every person here whoa I say
that it was a great mistake to leave so important a point
almost unprotected, especially in an enemy's einintry,
and that enemy Se subtle, unscrupulous, desperate, and
cruel, The railroad, which the enemy sought to de,troy,
has ;hitherto been left unprotected; and the trains con
stantly running from this place • to the advance of the
army have been left almost entirely to 'the mercy of the
flemsedonists here, &Swell as
to surprises such as occurred
on Friday. When it is known that the road runs over's.
dletence of some eighteen miles through a country emi
nently silted to theeperatiors of guerilla bands; and that
the enemy aip known to avail themselves of this dis
hes orable mode of warfare, it will' be colleded that a
strong guard ehould continually occupy the entire road.
I understand means will be taken immediately to guard
against any future occurrences of this kind.
Y Have given you'agetieral arconot of the coded of
the rebelson tile occasion, but I hare' not ettompted to
describe it in detail. One...examileawill, perhaps, servo
as an index to their more than fleedlsli ferocity: One
of she laborers, whom I have stated to be killed on the
Cars, wee only wounded at first, and having made his
escape, sought shelter and protection in the woods. The
rebels, while in pursuit of a colonel who had fled, again
reuse across this than, already Woureled and bleedirig
from their 'cowardly fire, and deipatched him by firing
five bullets into his heed. Snell Is the boasted chivalry
of the Old Dominion, and it is but a fitting index to the
character of. the rebellion and its leaders. J.
BIIRESIDE AND THE FISEIRE6I4H.-:-Heneril
Burnside wen racer By sailing outside Mort Macon in a
yacht when be enconntered an aid Italb?rman:
What newel" Inquired tho (kettersi
• „ Well," answered the old ilebermin, - "they do say old
Burnside is down litre, sword in hand,
"Do you know Burnside?' ho naked. • •
"lip," was the response ; "but I should like to see
him. I should know Lim if I. were to we him, for I have
seen , bis picture.''.
Tbo general removed his hat, display lug his bald head.
" Hallon ["'txclaimed the' fisherman,'" you are the old
'fellow himself, ain't you? . You,look juatlike the picture
Sam Thompson brought down from Liatteras; how, are
you, geneial ? I'm glad to see you."
. SHARP - WORK few days since, a
dreadful murdt r was sinninittod in'the town of Mo'ltea-
sic, O. W. An altercation look 'Place between - two
ft lender one of whom, named .Zdivards, had shot hens
belonging to the other,Mr. hlonroe. Tho latter and
son went to Edward's' house to expostulate with him.
Edwards said he would continue to shobt the hene'when.
ever. they came on bls grain, and nt once took his *gun
for that purpose. .7. Monroe took hold of the gun, and Ed.
Wards drew a pistol, which :Monroe wrenched from Idol,
end told his son to take St. . At this Edwards' wit', came,
behind MoniOs and itrock him herons the bee?. with it
act tho, cutting into the hrain:' When lie fell, *he atrtialt
isair, nearly cutting off bli arm. Edwards then' seized
the pistol and shot young Monroe in the h tack, inflicting
a mortal would, Tip Attnderera bayo,.been taken: In
eunteoy,
The Case of the "Bermuda."
To the Editor of The Press :
Sin : I observe in the news by the Persia, yes
terday, that the ease of the Bermuda., now in the
strong hand of Marshal Millward here, has been re
ferred to their " Crown lawyers," by the Roglish
Government, to be followed, perhaps, by a demand
for her " rendition," with "suitablo apology,"
I trust they may have a, good time getting her.
I was in Havre, on 24th November last, when
the Bermuda arrived there from her successful run
into and out of Savannah. Creasing to Southamp
ton, next night. my state-room companion was her
captain, Tessier, who very frankly and fully told
me of his voyage, but which I need not now detail.
His two passengers were also with us, one of
whom, named Ficklin, bad flourished id Washing.
ton on large Western mail contrasts, from such
"perfect genital:nen" as Mr. Bachanan's Postmaster
General Brown, on whose decease he went into the
Union-smashing business largely. with the chivalry.
The day after we reanhed England was the
never-to-be-forgotten 27th of November, the day
of the arrival of the La Plata at Southampton,
with news of the Trent affair. •
The unrestrained outburst of savage hatred.
against us which followed, stimulated by the re
ports of the profits of the voyage of the Bermuda,
immediately started associations in the leading
porte for shipments to our Southern ports, and at it
they went, favored by the authorities, and with a
long wink by the Gov ernm ent claiming "neutrality"
as their greatestclaim to ourgraticade inour deadly
contest. •
But I merely wished to state whal.l list knew of
the Bermuda
On the 13th of February, I. met at' the Adelphi
Hotel, LiverpOol, Mr. Ficklin, who had been up
to his eyes in getting shipments started for running
the blockade
I inquired about the Bermuda and her captain,
and was frankly informed sho was• then loading
with a valuable cargo and for Southern use, but
that another captain would take her over, and my
recollection of the name he mentioned is that of
the gentlemen whohas written the indignant letter
of May 7th from this city, expressing his astonish
ment that be should have been overhauled while
obej log " instructions, &c. in British waters."
I very sincerely trust she will Imre:justice done
. Tier--and Urine that is all the worthy captain
• fears. G. P. S.
The `Negroes at Port Royal
To the Edgor of The Press:
The following interesting letter is from the Rev.
Mantfield French, who is well known as a zealous
laborer in the work of providing for aticleducating
the negroes at Port Royal :
BEAUFORT, S. C., May 21, 1862.
• .
DEAR Sin : I received, before leaving New York,
your letter addressed to Judge Edmonds. I ar
ranged with the American Missionary Association
-in New York to purchase the books and forward
them to me. Miss Towne has received your letter,
which she has shown me, concerning the distribu
tion. Your suggestions I shall be most happy to
have complied with.
The work of clothing and feeding the people, as
well as instructing them, is increasing daily. Miss
Towne is so situated as not to see the daily arrival
of the destitute, as we do in Beaufort. They corns
to and pan our door in swarms. Yesterday a party
numbering five women and one man passed. They
bad just escaped from their masters. The ppor
women had large bundles in their hands; two had
a large child on their • backs.; a third had one
in *her arms. All were shoeless, ragged, dirty,
weary, and hurgry. I never before beheld women
:in such a condition: . For the liberty of themselves
and their squalid, half-naked, but tender and cbs.
rished little ones, they bad braved the denser. of
flight,altended with circumstances that would have
'clothed with immortal honor any white Philadel
phia lady.
"Have you brought all your children ?" we -in
quired.
I, oh, no, maa'r ; die all we could get . ; thankful
for dese; we almost die to get deso. '
." Have you bad anything to eat to-day?'?.
"Oh,- no ; but we as glad to find you—get all
safe."
(( Were you not afraid to interns, after all your
master bad told you ooneerning us ?"
(4 Oh, de Lord bless you, mes'r—no, no, we trust
you wid all."
Our forces ere now beginning to move on Charles
ton. "What we 'shall •do 'for the thousands now
coming sad destined to follow, I.knownot. My
heart sickens at the prospect of want. Bat the
people welcome any amount of suffering, so they
gain their liberty. God has evidently "taken
part 'with those who had no helper." The people
see not our soldiers so much as they sec Gel. Their
faith n'icaveringi y claims freedom despite rep
praranee ; and to all human appearance God wills
their freedom.
General Bunter hes organized the "lstitegi
ment South Carolina Volunteers.'.' They are noble
men, taken fresh from this plantations. They are
loyal, and consent to, free speech. a free press;
that the laborer' Should have his wages; that
all: the children should attend schools ; that fami
lies should be as securely protected as in the North ;
in short, that all should enjoy freedom. Now, this
is a decided improvement, and compensates in no
Email degree for the expense of the war. • I have
twice addressed this rcgitnent, giviog free utterance
to various opinions, as in the North, and saw no
movement for either tar or rope. I said to my
self, " Bless the Lord, we aro gaining ground."
I am now putting the following improvements
into one cabin on twenty-five different plantations:
A window with four plumed' glass,- a 'small mirror,
a tin trash-basin and two towels, a breakfast table
31 by 4 feet, a bed-tick, two pillow-ticks, three
sheets, four pillow-cases, a whitewash brush. The
cabins are first thoroughly renovated, and• then
these improvements made, in order to furnish a
model cabin, and to introduce the custom of the
family sitting at the table for meals. I thought
ono such cabin made neat, lleht, and cheerful,
would stimulate the people. I look for very happy
results. The improvement coat $S per cabin.
The materials were shipped from New York. I
shall suggest i po Miss Towne 'to write you,.. hoping
you will do something in this way.
I trust the people will not get weary in the work.
The wants in the aggregate are increasing. Cloth
ing for women-and children is most needed: 'Miss
Towne is well, and hard at work.
Yours in deepest devotionio the work, as well
as brotherly love. M. Fuescu.
Ocean Steaniships.—llow to Attain. Speed.
Editor of The Press
Sin : For more than a quarter century the ocean
steam world bas employee! every • available means,
at whatever cost, that , promised to increase the
speed of ocean steamers ; safety, comfort, econo
my, 4-e.,.have each been sacrificed, without, how
over, attaining speed. • Steamship companies, pro
jectors, arid builders, have loaded their ships with
engines, boilers, and coal, and expended millions
-on millions for power, but they -have not yet at
tained speed, and they never will, with vessels of
deep draught, no matter how much power navy.
be employed. It is an • impossibility. The at
tainment of speed-by a vessel in motion does not
depend on the amount of power employed, but on
the absence of resistance; avoid that, and jest in
proportion will her speed be increased without any
additional power.
This 'self-evident proposition does .not appear
to have been recognized at all by the builders of
our present ocean steamers ; and yet, under this
simple idea lies the solution of the whole problem,
so lopg sought for in vain by the learned and scien
tific under mountains of machinery, and at the cost
of so many millions of money. But, how to avoid
resistance is the neat consideration. The answer
is, briefly, by forming a vessel in strict obedience
to the great ruling principles and laws governing
the element through which she is to move.
That steamships may be built in obedience to
these lams, whose capacity shall be more than
dovble, and that with the same amount of power
employed by them, will make double their speed,
is capable of the clearest demonstration. In fact,
we have abundant evidence of its truth. For in
stance, take the Collies steamships Atlantic or
Baltic—both are 2,700 ton ships—though they can
carry only 700 toils freight, as their propelling
power, when ready tomtit, weighs about 2,000 tons.
They employ 1,700 horse-power, and average only
about ten miles an hour In a voyage to +Europe.
using over two.horse power for every ton of freight
they carry. 'They are not formed in obedienoe to
the laws of resistance. and hence cannot possibly
attain high speed. They draw too much water.
Their unit of resistance is over 10,000. Opposite
to these place the powerful-built lake steamers City
of Butralotand Western Metropolis, of about 'the
same tonnage as the Collins steamers. They are
slater boats also ; but can carry nearly double the
quantity of freight, from the fact that their_ pro
pelling power weighs less than 1,000 tons, or about
half that of the Collins steamers. They employ
only 700 horse-power (less than half that of the
former), and average over , twenty miles an - hour
(about double that of the fernier.) The reason' is,
they draw only-ten feet Water:; their unit of re
sistance is only 2,200 each. With less than half
the power, they , make double the - speed ; and as
the resistance at twenty miles an hoaris four times
greater than at ten miles, it follows that, to make
twenty tunes per hour, the Atlantic or Battle would
have to employ 0,800 horsepower, which is more
than three stechships could carry.
The City of. Buffalo and Western Metropolis are
built on the same principle embodied in the plans
.of the California. Philadelphia, and European
Steamship Company. They are the Most succors.
fel steamers in the world, and • none beet long
light-draught steamships can, attain speed, or
profit on the ocean.
1 am, air, your obedient servant,
Psaousn.
The Battle of the Rams" at Memphis—
Col. Chas. Diet, Jr.
To the _Editor of The Preis :
Sin : Whilst I am as ready as any one to repu
diate the doctrine of State Rights, as opposed to
the power and dignity of the General Government—
& doctrine which, under the propulsion of the slave
power, has precipitated so many .of the Slave States'
into this wioked rebellion—yet it appears to mo to
be entirely proper that the residents of any par
ticular State should rejoice in the success of those
of its citizens who may have - distinguished theta
selves in this war for the Davin and for liberty:
Pennsylvania, therefore; may wellbe proud of her
eons, more than a hundred thousand of , whom have
voluntarily offered , themselves as a aaorifice ' if ne-.
cegary, for the restoration of oar national honor.
Of this - vast number,' many 'hare distinguished
themselves, and our own Philadelphia is in nowise
in the nerd the other .portions of the Common
wealth, either as regards thc number of men she
has contributed, or the distinotion they have won*
by tbeir , patriotio gallantry in the field..
• '. But it seems tome that our journals have strange
ly overlooked one of the moat brilliaot episodes of
commanderthe war, considering that the and hero'
of the wagon is both. a Pennsylvanian and•Phila--
iitlphien., I allude to Colonel Diet, of the Ram.
fleet, who, in conjunction with the gunboats under .
Commander Davis. captured' and -destroyed the
•tthole of the rebel fleet of rams and,gunbtats,.with
a' single exception, in the ,recant engagement in
front of Memphis.' The chief intorest in this an
• spioions result arises from the practical cotiflruta-
Don of n.scientific principle in naval . warfare with..
the' truth and force of which Colonel has
:long labored to indoctrinate the Governietint and
..D is now,more .thinn,.seven,years. since .Colonel
.fillet became , impressed with the, conviction that
. 141 n. clad stearnere and' eteain 'rem, wore the only
TWO CENTS.
reliable means of either attack or defence in naval
warfare, and that by the adoption of the prinaiple
We should render ourselves impregnable in the
event of a foreign war. He endeavored to col
'since the Government of the truth of his proposi
tions, by written and oral communications to the
Departments of War and the Navy, through all
the administrations; down to and including that of
General Cameron, but without success.
It became known that the rebels were engaged
in the preparation of iron-clad ships, and' under
that pressure the Monitor woe most happily con
structed. Colonel Elia, however, was ignored.
Abraham Lincoln listened to him, and, with that
calm judgtnent and those noble and patriotic
instincts which so eminently distinguish him, de
sired that the Government should avail itself of
the talents of the eminent engineer. Still Colonel
Eliot wastmemployed. After tho battle between
the Monitor and the Merrimac, the public became
clamorous for iron-sled vessels, and began almost
as much to exaggerate their value as it had pre
viously neglected if not underrated them. Secre
tary Stanton, with wise forecast, ordered Colonel
Eliot to proceed to the West and improvise, in
the beet manner possible, a fleet of rams to aid in
the extirpation of the rebel flotilla then and since
infesting the waters of the Mississippi. The orders
were obeyed• and executed to the letter. I will
not speak of the daring courage of Colonel Ellet in
making himself a target for the tire of the enemy,
in order, personally, to note the effect of the terri
ble blows inflicted by hie rams upon the gunboats
Of the rebels, for bravery is the birthright of every
loyal American, and is illustrated as gloriously in
the private soldier as in the general who commands
him. But I desire to impress. upon the public
mind the knowledge of the fact that these were
hastily-prepared wooden rums. They were con
structed from steam tugs, used on the Ohio, and
were almost literally thrown together. But a very
few weeks elapsed between the date of his arrival
in the Welty and the glorious sixth of June, on
which day he so triumphantly vindicated the truth
of his previous propositions, by the destruction of
every one of the vessels of the enemy struck by
his irresistible "rams."
Such being the results from the application of
the principle in imperfect wooden structures,
whet may we nut anticipate from the operations of
iron rams, when deliberately and scientifically
built?
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
The Late major John ffi. Gries.
To the.Editorof The Press:
SIR : Major (dries, of the 104th, has fallen. An
other Immolation on our country's altar. Truth
flies swiftly.
.The lamentable intelligence comes
too sudden that be is dyad. Ah ! it is poor comfort,
to an "achingheart, to any he is not the only one.
We knew him too well to be satisfiedwith such con
solation.• The shroud of Time alone must assuage
the grief which knows no utterance. We were
boys together. We grew up as men to,ether. We
held sweet counsel together, and went often to the
house of God as friends. We yield, therefore. to
naught but tbo promptings of our heart in giving
internee to our brief testimony of his inestimable
worth.
A self-made man from the very start, he rose
rapidly to the front rank of his.profession. As an
architect ho occupied no mean position among men:
His works remain a.suflleient proof of that. A.
patriot's heart impelled Hitt to rush to hisommtry'a
standard, and forsake all Wither behalf. He went a
living attestation of the wiekednem of the rebel
lion, whose scathing affects have spread' snail gene
ral desolation through the land. He was a man of
remarkable qualities of both mind and heart. In
tegrity in him could scarce bo called a virtue : it
was a part and parcel of his very nature. "Pos
sessed of indomitable will and true manly charac
ter, all the graces of a consistent life, finely tem
pered by a decided Christian walk and oonvorsa
tion, rested upon him, not to glare with meteor-like
flash and momentary attractiveness, heft the rather
to *bine elfthe meridian sun in his glory, scattering
all around hitit the steady rays of enlivening power.
.4 One flower may fill auotber's piece
With breath as sweet, with lines as gl swing;
Oce ripple in s on ocean-space
Be lost scald another's flowing.
.g One:Star in yon bright azure dome
• May vanish from its sparkling Muster,
unmourn'd, and In Its room
Seme rival orb eclipse its lustre.
• "But who shall fill a brother's room?
('r who shall soothe the bosom's grieving 7
Who heal the heart around his tomb
Too finthfolly, too fondly cleaving?"
SNYRNA, Dol., June 14, 1862.
Late Doiuge at Cambridge, Md
To the Editor of The Press
Immediately after the outbreak of the present re
bellion--7-when treason stalked our streets in tha
garb of " peace," and traitors were making prepa
rations for precipitating Maryland out of our long
cherished Union, a band of young men for the
Union—with hearts fired with indignation at the
base conduct of the enemies of our country, repair
ed to the carriage chop of one . George 11. Szbleigh,
a notorious sympathizer with traitors, and who, by
the way. has a blind-guided son in the rebel army
at this time. succeeded in capturing an eightpound
gun of Revolutionary reminiscence, which had been
concealed there by " Seeesh" for the purpose' evi
dentlrof defending_S'oushern chivalry, and in
tending doubtless to be turned upon 'Union men
whenever the signal for the blow . was to have been
given to regolutucilse the State. Every point was
searched in.vain by these public plunderers, for
the lost one, until rumor from an adjoining county
said that the venerated pet was buried with the
Unwed war in the middle of Choptank Kafir.
It has beensdiscovered since,
however, that these
specimens of fallen humanity had a smaller one in
reserve, (perhaps a daughter of the old one,) which,
for safe keeping, was deposited under the bed of a
'known spy and traitor by the name •of Ned Mar
shall, postmaster to the late rebel Legislature of
Maryland; who, it will doubtless be recollebted,
took the oatk of allegiance at Frederick city, hid.,
after the arrest of its infamous members, in order
to evade. a free passage to Fort Warren, Boston
Barber: -But upon the - arrival of a detachment of
volunteers from the oth New York Regiment, at
this place, under command of Captain Smith, it
was deemed imprudent to keep the gun alluded to
in eplaoe so conspicuous as a rebel's house, when
it was decided by there'd ;',"Secesh" of all, who
• claims it as private property, to inter the endan
gered darlhig, which was acoordiogly done. The
same band of Union men, after exploring the pre
mises and finding the long-sought prize absent from
the quiet chamber, diligently searched the grounds,
without success. But to, and behold ! after the re
ported defeat of General Banks, old ' Seeech,"
who, thinking that "oppressed" Maryland would
need her services to celebrate the advent of the
rebel Jackson into Maryland, ordered her disinter
ment.
Bar resurrection having been aecamplished,. and
old Abe's boys having been made aware of the fact,
by a sprig of their own treason, proceeded under
the cover of night to take charge of the newlyrieen
thing, and so quietly was the important duty per
formed; that the sleepers wont on in the enjoyment,
no doubt, of each delusive dreams as the reeogni•
tion of Dixie's land by John Bull;" to wake in the
morning and find, to their deep mortification, the
bird had flown. For further information, your
numerous readers, and the friends of mnstitutional
liberty in general, will please inquire at General
Wool's headquarters, Baltimore, Md.
The Homeopathic Army Hospital
To the I,di tor of The Press :
Slit : There never was a time in the history of
our country when the kind (aces of the good and
charitable were more needed than at the present.
Disease and misery meet us on every hand, pain
and suffering are presented at almost every door,
calling upon every one who has a heart to feel and
a hand to relieve to come for Ward in pity, as" good
Sainaritanit," and administer to the wants of suffer
ing humanity. In view of this unhappy state of
affairs, the board of managers of the " Homthopa
tido Medical College of Pennsylvania," in Phila
delphia, have concluded to construct a hospital out
of the dwellings on Cuthbert street, belonging to
the college property, for the purpose, as far as pos
sible of affording to those who prefer the Honiceo
pathfc mode of treatment an opportunity of being
so treated. These alterations must necessarily in
volve considerable expense, and the maintenance
of the establishment a still. greater. It is, there
fore, earneetly desired that such arrangements may
be made, and such support guarantied, as to enable
this institution to rank in elfieionoy and usefulness
among the other good and praiseworthy institutions
of our city. In order that the requirements, ar
rangements, and designs of this charity may be
more fully understood, the board has decided to
call a public meeting -of all who feel an interest in
this cause, at an early day, when the whole subject
will be properly and fully set forth' in a lecture
. prepared forthe occasion. To provide for the im
mediate wants of this institution, in defraying the
expenses of the work already begun as well as the
continued support of it when finished, books have
been prepared and will be placed in the hands of
persons duly authorized to solicit and receiveeori
tributions, tO as to afford an early opportunity to
the many benevolent persons in our midst of ulti
mating their charity, and thus becoming the means,
in the hands of Providence, of soothing the sorrows,
healing the diseases, and binding up the wounds of
the many sufferers who look beseechingly for sue
• eor at our hands.
The managers, whose names are annexed, will
also act as a committee to receive such contribd
tions as may be offered.
• SIMEON Dumwousat,
734 Arch street.
HENRY HOMER,
1305 North Broad street.
•
BENT B. MILLER,
• . • • Bestonville.
TI
RIAnD A. Lewis,
ISt N. Fifteenth street.
' JACOB' L.-WALTER,
.2110 Green street
BEY]. F. Gionter,
S. W. cor. Seventeenth end Greon streets
110111111LR.—YORTY WEN SINGULARLY POl
E0111:1) OR DISRAIsED.—Some thirty boatmen yester
day morning called at the office of the board of health for
medical treatment.' They hadjust arrived in a summer
'from np the river, and had' been dreadfully poisoned •or
dim mad through handling certain bags of wheat. All
who had' bein engaged In stowing the wheat .on hoard;
end.two or three ptreons who had simply tat for a !dart
timaon the tacks, were affectea with large and highly M
lR:mid welts running all over the body. Dr; Grinstoed,
the health clerk, wait inclined to attribute the distemper
to the prevalence of "black rot" in the - wheat—climate
occasionally becoming infested with a 'epodes of terribly
prolific animalcule that disseminate themselves at once
by contact, and whose presence in grain in popularly de.
Fignah d as "the black rot " • Some ten others, besides
those alto visited the health office, were similaf ly afflicted.
Dr. G. instantly lnruiebed the party with appropriate me
•diUtie, and gave inch adViCe as he deemed properla,the
care.
• .
An orleico ara4mg the tudietts Wile that the bags had
been purposely poisoned, to prevent ants frout.eatlog the
grain. This Bereave incredible. Another hypothesis is
that the eacke Did been 'in contact whit a certain' Pe
culiar and pokmnous species of oak. •It strikes: us that
these tick twee should have the freight complaluid of,
andlhe yeast; cone*tned ought to receive cArefel nett
close atteutiou. .(;ei talely steps should at toast be taken
to yrovait otlic , is from sulTering through handling the
noxione'sickif of 'grain: We cannot learn that even the
name of the steamerfis known to the health authorities.—
Si. Louis Democrat •
DICEM3E.--lidtrurd C:Herriclr, formerly.librariali,
and at hie death treasurer•of 'Yale °allege, died on the
111 b inkC, hi New Iteyee, at the age of $1 ioives
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Amencan Pianos in the London Exhibi-
The Lox.don sorrespondent of the New York Times
has the following notice of the pianos of Steinway & Bodes
so well end favorably known here, through their agents'
Blasius Brothers:
By fay the largest pert of the section is sot apart for
the display of metrical instrument.. Messrs. Steinway
Eons occupy the entire centre of the apartment,
exhibit
ing. too grand and two square pianos. They are cAr
tainly amongst the heest instrumen . s in the Exhibition
—if not, as is woo than !inspected, the fioeit. The fohy
of sending planes from America to Europe, nearly exci
ted the laughter of cfsallautic mama, and until the cases
were opined they wee disposed to be very merry indeed.
Since here, they have parted with a gond deal of their
hilarity—for the Steinway pianos are In fact the musical
excitement of the Exhibition. Both in quantity and qua
lity of tone, in touch, In r xceltence of workmanship, and
in elegance ef appearance, they are euperior to any
pianos I have yet heard in other courts ; and this is
saying n great deal, for London, Parte, :Vienna, and all
the great centres of this important manufacture, (irefully
represented in the Exhibition. The judges item to be of
the same opinion, for nothing con exceed their interest
- in those histrnments ; and aft for the ar ists, they—the
itdependent ones at leant—play on them from morning
till night. Hence it happens that the American Court is
one of the pieneanteat :moss in the building, and the
only place ahem. one is sure to bear a little fin. playing.
One of its moat Irriment visitors Is shred Jitell, who will
be remembered in America. Mr. Jail does not look like
a pietist, but if you once eat him going be runs admira
bly' He has en aimirable touch, which, wh'lst it is best
brand in manes of moderate lotelneet, reSSZOSee also a
fair degree oretrength. In execution he scrims to pod-
ECM the modern requisites for playing everything, add
bra Mal:sire, in consequence, touches on the extremes
of all schools. %'het firmest noticeable in Mr. Jacll, Ise
very charrningelerance of stile, and much neat:teas and
delicacy of conception. He le Justly esteemed tes one of
the beat players now in London. Mr. Jaen given a a free
exhibition concert on Thursday next, playing In the
American IlepartmOitAnd on Mews. Steins ay'', pianos.
Fatal Affray in Baltimore.
The vicinity of South Fremont and Pees streets was
on Saturday night last the scone of mammal elect tom.or,
canted by the enactment of unite a tragic affair, in which
erre man was almost instantly-killed, a emoted prone oy
fatally wounded, and a third slightly injured. The parti.
malare of this occurrence, from the evidence elicited at
the examinations belbre the magistrates and coroner, ap
pear to be that about ten o'clock on the night in question,
a party of five persona, Alexender Brown, Jobe B. Col
lies, Richard Watt., John Watts. and Levin smith, en
tered a lager beer saloon on the corner of Fremont and
Conway e.reete, where they met William AMTITOAC, be
tween whom and Bed - we apparently intimate friendly re
!aliens existed, while the entire party were mutual am
eueintances. Ttey lied been in the borne brit a short time
when a difficulty arose between Richard Welts and Am
brose, in relation to politics, Ambrose dissenting from
the peculiar views entertained by all the others. As
Ambrose was in imminent danger of being roughly used,
he expressed a desire to go home, and appealed to B. own
to aerwmpany him, to which Brown consented, and the
two started ; but upon going to the door of the sateen,
Atubrore observed Policeman Dawes open the pavement.
and remarked to Brown that the officer would to with
him, who, eupon Drown re-ettered the saloon. Ambrose,
under tte trotection of the officer, started up Fremont
sweet towaide his home in St. Peter street, and when
near the corner of Pam street, remarked that he did not
preelonely think that Richard Watts would treat him eo
badly es he had done that night, and evoke of reporting
him to the tribe MBA Alen to which they both belonged .
Jest at this juncture, Watts came accuse the street to
Ambrose, end after a few words between them, the latter
received a blow which he returned, when Officer pewee
interfered between them, and rapped for assistance.''Am
brose ran away, and the officer discoverel that be
bard been cut with a knife across the elbow of his left
elm, causing a wound of about one and a hennaed
is length and of but slight depth. Waits etir:et to walk
away with his brother, but sank upon the pavement,
haling been slabbed In two places in the beck, towards
the left side, one of the wounds Wog above the hip, and
the other about the eighth or ninth a ib, extendiug about
flue or five irate,' obliquely upwards and inwards
towards • the shoulder blade. Ste was conveyed to the
house of his sister. on Fremont street, tear Pace, where
Dm James Armitage and C. C. hfehardson attended him.
He lies in a critical coudi.isn, and but alight hopea of
his recovery are entertained. He is a custom- hoose em
ployee. About the time of this occurrence Levin Smith
entered the drag store of Mr. Jesson, tenter of Fremont
and Columbia streets, stepgered, and fell t, the
Dr. niram L. Spicer was prereat at the time, and at once
caught hold of him, when it was ascertained that he had
received a mortal wound from a knife having a bade
about one inch in width, which hid entered his lett side,
above the region of the heart, struck a rib. glanced off,
and cut some of the larger vessels reachiull from the
heart, producing internal hemorrhagee, which caueed
his dinar in about tw.n ti -five minutes. He never spike
a word after entering the store, notwithstanding the fact
that restorativesi trete applied and every moans resorted
to that was likely to afford relief. His body was re
moved to the residence of his father, No. 357 West Lom
bard street: Be was about twenty-four years of age, and
unmarried.
The jury rendered a verdict to the effect that the de
ceased came to biti death from a wound IntHetet by a
dirk knife in the bands of William Amer° ie. Policeman
emitb amend Ambrose &this residence. Ambrose says
that be acted in self-defence. •
After the Inquest, the witoesees were examined by
Jut ico Showacre, but no new facia were elicited. Am
brew was committtd to .all to await the *me of Wattle
corp.
The knife which is alleged to have been used was pro
cured by Officer Mangle, from the.wifs of Ambrose. It
is a congmen ivory -handle dirk, with a blade shear am
inches long and one loch wide. The affair has canted
considerable bitter leeling between the friends of the re
stectre parties. Ambrure was formerly a policeman
under hl 113 Or SS ann. Levin Smith was one of the par
ties from Fort Dicticory on Tnursdar last,
after about two weeks confinement, upon the charge of
pill Urinating in a riot at the Baltimore and Ohio 'Railroad
depot, alltlonot olore. At 11 o'clock on Banday night
Ws:ts was said to be ilea dying condition.
GENERAL NEWS.
TNGENUITY OF PillSONEll4.—Oar Federal pri
soners, who have been recently relearn] treat durance
•Tile, *ere deptived of nil means of obtaining money.
Funds were sent to them by their friends, bat Confede•
fate' rattalitY opened their letters and rwmopriated the
contents. This was more than human nature could
stand, and their ing.nttit• sea set at work to remedy the
want. This was (fretted by taking a fve•cent shinnies
ter—in'whith them Parts to greatly abound—p'acirg it
Over 'paper, holding it up to the window, acd thus tress
!erring them, altering the fives to fifty, and fa this way
they rimeeeded In passing oft about $l,OOO worth of Oda
iterthhes Omit anions the rebel] end their ettirera.
• Another item of 'interest connectedov,th them is the
Manufacture of bone jewelry. With true Yont ee cha•
igen-11%11c, they seized ravenously on the bones con
tained in their lime and mule meet, and salt j nal{ ra
tions, and• cm red out ring.i, stilletteee, crochet need'ee,
rea•boldere, numerals. bosom-pins, etc , with some beau
tilul•dericus and elaborately carved. They }MVO thus
piannactured and sold to our bays ou their release abut
65,000 wet th of Irate jeivelry.—Newbern Progress.
TDB POWEB OF SIMI L9—Several instances oc
curt, d, during the battle of Sbiloh, showing the terrible
destructive power of shells. to one place lay five men
who appeared to have sheltered themselves bebbvt a tree
in order to take better aim at our men. A shell bu-at
just over their beads. One man was struck lost on top
of the head, another on the aide of the head, and each
intmetice man was struck lower down about the breast
Bud betty In tegalar. order. Ore of the men grasped in
one hand a musket, with'his cartridge in the other, jest
In the act of putting the powder in the barrel; another
wee ramming the cartridge, and the other men engaged in
similar occupations when the fetal shell burst. All. ail!!
were deed.
PERILOUS PASSAGE OF THE • AVEIC
Africa on' her late paseege was in great danger. She was
running among heavy ice fires, and close in with Cepa
Race, struck so heavily either on the ice or the hotfoot,
0 a officers said on the ice, but ttose on board e,loatly
competent to judge. pronounce it on the holt m, that had
she not been a strong ship the blows would have kuocked
a hole in her. As it was,l7 feet of her rudder, ctoee up
to the brace, broke off, and for sro miles. or until she
reached Elallfax, ebe was steered with great diflieuliy.
By carrying her chains, etc., aft, about one foot of the
rudder was dipped in the water. When she rallied Ha
lifox her broken rudder was just even with the water,
and live feet was spliced upon It to bring her to Boston.—
Beaten Traveller.
•
CAUTION TO BOYS.—In hfilwaultee, a few days
ego, some - boys were playiog with Tharbtee, which bat
been bought in the city, and which were n!cely p tinted.
Thu day was very hot and the honda of the boys git
motet, in consequence of which the pint olssolred and
attached to the Augers. One of t'm bore wiped with hie
bands his forehead, whereby the poison contained in the
paint detached from the marbles was communicated to
the face. In two hone his eyes began to swell, and con
tinued to sw ell, eo that after.two days be conid not see
through the swollen flee, and it was twelve daps b'efore
lie wee able to use his eyes.
GENERAL MITCHELL.—GeneraI Kitchell has filled
the rebels with apprehension ; he moves hie troops with
such' rapidity from point to point as to itriki terror to
the toe. Be has been running that part of the Memphis
atd Charleston railroad in his posseasion—about one
hundred-and twenty miles—with soldiers for conduc
tors, engineers,jiremen, and brakemen, and his sol
diers are oven bedding cars. Ills energy bee been worth
to hint, at least, double the number of troops be bee.
Gen. Mitchell has captured cotton enough to pay run
ning en genscs ot his road for six months. Some of that
°Atom ie pawing through Cleveland to.day.—Cleeelond
(0.) Herald.
A CHARACTERISTIC ACT OF BENEVOLENCE'.
—Claw:oAm June 12. 1662. Gee. F. Davis, Esq
Dear Sir:• I understand that you ire receiving contribu
tions for our suffering brethren of the South. Not xr:sh
log to have the Women and chi?dren and poor Cargoes
buffer ccr the 61.3 of their fordo and wasters—the inno
cent with the guilLy—l desire that you appropriate
the accompanying amount to the purchabe of provhioos
for our needy fellow,citaens.
' Be talking the trouble to attend to this matre.r, SOU
Will greaily oblige yours. &a , N. LUNGSVORTII.
.The amount enclosed was SSCO.
A COUPLE named Clements Herring and Brahma
Herring err re arrested in New York on Tuesday for coun
terfeiting three-cent pleres. A complete set of plains and
machinery for counterfeiting twenty-dollar notes on the
"Confider ale States of America," Jeff Davis, preddeet,
were foind in their possession. The man who would
counterfeit such trash must be a poor rascal. These Her
rings are in a pickle.
SOME of the California papers are becoming alarmed
by the renewal of a heavy immigration from Chios, since
the commencement of the present year. The table shows
an increase of arrivals over depot tures of 67,010, and as
..sotriethirg like a dozen vessels were on the berths its
lChirese ports at last accounts, there will soon he still
larger acquisitions of aria class of population.
WHAT NEXT ?—Tbe Norwich and Worcester Rail
rued Company have placed upon their steamboat train to
N ew York a splendid smoking and euchre csr. .This car
in beautifully decorated, with good appointments, taxies.
ibc • and affords an agreeable addition to the comfort of
passengers. One half of the curia devoted to lathes and
gentlemen, and the other portion to the smokers.
THE CIATEACTOrt to build rebel gunboats at Now
Orleans was driVen from tliat city because he failed to
complete them in time, and was hung on a hotel piazzas
at Natchez. He is reported to bare defrauded the Con.
fader ales of seine 5800,000, which he invested in English
and French funds.
. THE BLUE LAWS.—At St. Johns, N. 8., two men
'ours fined twenty dollars for .fiehlng on the Sabbath,
and refusing to pay were sent to prison for twenty days.
That moat be a settlement of descendants from the old
Coniecticut stock. The question - arises, what would
have been the punishment If they had caught no fish?
SHOOTING AFFAIR.—A tax collector called on.a
fainter at Wilton, lowa, for his dog tax. The farmer
rao.cd to pay and the collector shot his dog, whereupon
the farmer immediately seized his gun and shot rho col-
lector deed on the spot. -
. .
QUEll7.—"Why should the rebel, General Pettigrew,
woririded and taken prisoner in the Fair Oaksbettle, be
allowed to go upon hie parole of honor, when Corcoran.
end other gallant fellows, are enduring the hardships
and discomforts of a Southern prison
-. A ,HIINNSTLYANIAN.—Parke Spring, the gentle...
MOD who accompanied Professor -Lowe as telegraph one
: rator at the recent battle on the books of the Uhicka_
.horotny, hails from Lancaster county.. He has seen and
done that which no other man saw or did, before him.
OLIVES..:—The olive tree is extensively cultivated In
the eouibersi part of the State of California, and olive
oil,. of excellent quality, Is manufactured awl sold In
considerable Wee. "
• +HAIN WANTED IN UPPER CANADA. Tho
drought fa Canada East is so severe that the pastures
• are drying np, and the farmers are talking of shooting
their cattle rather than see them starve •
FROM GRAVE TO GAY.—Parties in New York aro
trying to purchase St. Paul's Church, Albany, for a
. • •F.RESIONT IN THE TlGHT.—General Fremont was
, in the thickest of the fight on . Sunday last, and fought
'ikperately. lie bilusell took two-prisoners.
$2‘.011
.... 8.06
.. . 12.06