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THE PRESS.
PUBLISHED DAILY (SUNDAYS gxozPTED,)
BY JOHN W. FORNEY.
OFFICE, No.lll SOUTH FOURTH STREET•
THE' DAILY PRESS,
TWILYI Cesre Fee vircat, Da'Fable to the Carrier.
Mailed to Bubsoribert out of the City at Sla DoLLias
PIA ADTIO7I, 70011 I)OT.LARSI 701 EMIT Morns -
Tlllll DOLLARS FOR Six MOWTHS—tITATifibI7 In ad
canoe for the time ordered.
THE TRI-WEEKLY PRESS,
Mailed to Subscribers out or the City at Tanga DOL.
Sala Pill ARNOX, In sawing°. •
DRY-GOODS JOBBERS.
NW IMPORTATIONS.
FLOWERY, GLOVE%
GENTS' F URNISHING - GOOD%
LINENS, SHIRT 'FRONTS,
WHITE GOODS, AND
EMBROIDERIES.
THOS. MELLOR & CO,
t4l2Y•tim • o and 49 Worth TB= Street.
SPRING.
1862.1862.
.
W.
fik'. STEWART Ba 00,
I MPORTERS AND JOlllllllB .or
SILKS AND FANCY DR111313 .GooDs,
10. sos NMI:EAT SMUT.
Now m store,
POULT DE SOLE,
AU Medea.
BLACK AND WHITE CHECKS,
In BILKS and OTESER FABRIOB.
ALSO, • PULL LINZ Or
CLOAKING CLOTHS, PLAIDS, STRTPIIB,
Aad doefrable
PLAIN COLORS.
golf
SPRING STOOK
SILK AND FANCY DRESS GOODS.
A. W. LITTLE di 004
10b1541 • No. .112 S WT.. •
COMMISSION HOUSES.
SHIPLEY. HAZARD. . &
HUTCHINSON.
Na 112 OIIESTNI?1 1 2TII.ICIT,
OOMMII3BION KIBORAITII
POP TAN BAIA OP
PHILADELPHIA-MADE GOODS.
uh2ll4m - -
NATIONAL FLAG &
B. FLAG EM:Pp2p,IIINI,
418 ARCH STREET.
BUNTING AND BILK FLAGS,
REGIMENTAL STANDARDS,
NATIONAL ENSIGNS,
CAVALRY GUIDONS,
PRESENTATION FLAGS.
EVANS & HASSALM,
• Tio. 418 &BCH Street, above FOUBTH,,
mv2o4lt
CARPETS AND. MATTINGS.
`NEW CARPETING.
JAMES H. °RNA,
'426 CHESTNUT STREET,
BELOW SEVENTH. •
We have Inat recolrod late arrivals from Europe,
some new and choice varieties of CARPETING, oom-
BENCH AtIBUBON Square Carpets. • .
qENGLISH AXMINSTER.% by the Yard • And in
entire Carpets.
CIROBBLEY'S 6-4 and 3-4 wide. Velvets.
Tapestry Brussels.
t. Brussels Carpeting.
Ale, a large variety of CROSSLEY'S and other make.
TAPESTRY BRUSSELS,
From 8740. to $1 Per Yd.
Oar assortment comprises all the best makes of Three
+4lllS and Ingrain Oarpshno, which, together with a gene.
-Rai varlets of goods in oar line, will be offered at the low.
'set ooesible OM. -
OIL CLOTH FOR FLOORS,
IFIXOO2 one to eight verde wide, oat to any Shia.
..FRESH. MATTINGS.
By late arrivals from China we have a tall assortment
'WHITE AND 00E0=3
MATTING'S
og ALL WIDTHS. •
JAME.B. H. ORNE,
sple4m . 626 CHESTNUT.
t FOURTH•STREET
. • . •- . •
CARPET STORE .
P
• . .
We. 47 ABOVE CHESTNUT; No. 41.
. • J. T. DELA 'CROIX
• r
tatter abieuitira to bk . Spring Importatien of
CAOPETINGrS,
Comprbdng every stylo of the Newest Patterns and
' , Designs, to VELVET, BRUSSELS, TAPESTRY BRUS
SELS, IMPERIAL THREE-PLY, and INGRAIN
• CARPETINGS.
VENETIAN and DAMASK STAIR GARPRTINGS.
SCOTCH RAC and LIST CARPE CINGS.
FLOOR OIL CLOTHS; in every width.
COCOA and CANTON MATTING&
{'DOOR-MATS, BUGS, MEET' SKINS,
DRUGOETS, and CRUMB CLOTHS.
AT WHOLESALE AND ENTAIL,
LOW FOR CASH.
J. T..DELAOROLX.,
Inhls.4rn 47 !math FOIISTEt Street.
MILLINERY..OOOIM. •
1862. B!RI 14 9 . 1862.
WOOD' & OARY,
(summon' to Lincoln, Wood, a Nit%Ohl,)
725 CHESTNUT STREET,
Hsvo now to Store a oornplete StoOk
op
• •
STRAW AND :MILLTNERY GOODS,
BILK BONNETS,
STRAW AND PALM-LEAF HATS, to
To which they respectfully invite the attention of the
armee patrons of the lionise and the Ueda gentifidlY.
marl9-3in
REFRIGERATORS AND COOLERS
ITIIHE ct DR. HAYES' REFRIGERA
TOB."
'ese are, beyond doubt, the moat scientific and efficient
REFRIGERATORS
• ate, being WABBANTED•to
JIRRP PROVISIONS LONGER,
WITH LESS ICE, •
THAN ANT OTHXBIL
lIRSTAILING AT WHOLESALE PRICES.
Also, a large assortment of the most approved
WATER ,000 LE RS.
J. Sc CLARK,
my2ll-tr No. 1008 MABKNT Street.
DRUGS AND CHEMICALS.
ROBERT SHOEMAKER
00..
Notthead !Inner FOURTH and RAOII Ram%
PHILADELPHIA,
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS,
IDEPORTERN AND READERS
NOREION AND DOMEST/C1
.NVINDOW AND PLATE . GLASS.
ItARUFLOTIIIIIIIII OF
mcmc LEAD AND ZINO PAINTS., PUTTY, ao.
ARM/ FOR MI OFLIBRATID
FRENCH ZINC PAINTS.
Hagen and Cousatlmo swindled at
VERY LOW PRICER zoR own.
slag.2m
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BLAclqiii* S' BELLOWS,
ICEMBLE & VAN HORN,
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VOL. 5.-NO. 271.
WATCHES AND JEWEL
AM RICAN, ENGLISH,.'
SWISS WATCHES, •
JEWELEy, AND SILVERWARE,: •
ATAZEDUCED PRIQBS.
JOS. H. WATSON.
my29.2m no CHESTNUT STANET;
&REMOVAL.
J. C. FULLER
Having Removed from Ho. 42 South TRIED Street to
No. 712 CHESTNUT street, 2nd Floor,
(Opposite Maeonio Temple,)
Now offore a Large and Desirable Stock of
GOLD- AND SILVER WATCHES,
WOMBS a :MMOTEINDS' SPOONS AND FORKS,
FINE f EWELRY,
To which the attention of the trade le invited.
a0,30-8m
t 6 AMERICAN WATCH COM
PANY."
GOLD AND SILVER
W A T C. H E S,
FOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
COMPANY'S SALESROOM,
No. 712 CHESTNUT Street, Second Floor,
(opposite Masonic Temple.)
I. B. MARTER, Agent.
iipMBm
VIILUANITE RUBBER JEWELRY
•
• le A beautiful line of •
ONNTLEbiEN'S VEST .CHAINS, LAMB' OHA
TALAINE CHAINS, THIMBLES, OBOSSIE,
STUDS, BUTTONS, &0.,
Now in Store. •
J. C, FULLER,
No. 712 CHESTNUT Street, Second Floor,
(Oppoeite ItLesonle Temple.)
spso4m
WATCHES, JEWELRY, &o.
AEPRS.EI .AStiOltirMENT, at LESS
THAN roanna PRICES.
lAEA & .BROTHEit,
'moot ter% 324 CHESTNUT Street, below Fourth.
mb2A.tf
BLINDS AND SHADES
BLINDS AND SHADES.
•
B. 3. WLIALIAMS,•••• •
No.lB NORTH SIXTH STREET,
ICA.POPACTPERE OP
VENETIAN BLINDS
AND
WINDOW SHADES.
The largest and Snout assortment In the City at the
LOWEST PRICES.
STORE SHADES LETTERED.
Ratabine erotnetly attended to. an3-Set
PAPER HANGINGS.
H I'L-ADELPHIA
p
PAPER HANGINGS.
HOWELL & BOURKE,
CORNER OF
- ZOURTII AND MARKET STREETS,
MANUFACTURERS OF
PAPER HANGINGS
AND WINDOW CURTAIN PAPERS,
Offer to the Trade a LARGE AND ELEGANT AS.
SORTmEtiT Or GOODS, nom the cheapest Brown
Stock to the Finest Decorations.
COL FOURTH AND MARKET STREETS.
B.—Bolld Green, Dine, and Buff WINDOW PA PEW
Of MO trade. • sp'S.l-2m
STATIONERY AND FANCY-GOODS.
MARTIN - 8G .QUAYLES •
STATIONERY, TOY, AND FANCY GOODS
ERPORIU 61,
No. 1036 WALNUT STREET,
BZLOW ELICY.MiTII.
`Jolltply PHILADELPHIA.
GENTS' , ItrURNISEiIN44 600D8.
GtHAS. L. °RIJN & 02. )
SUCCESSORS TO OLDENBEROII
Manufacturers of and Dealers in
GENTLEMEN'S FINE SHIRTS
AND
FURNISHING GOODS,
No. 146 NottiuTOUSTli STIBICT,
MIMI la. ORIII. • ALEX. M. TROBIPBON
FLANNEL OVER-SHIRTS
NOB TEM sibri.
• FINE SHIRTS,
, COLLARS, STOCKS, AND
•
WRAPPERS-
Manufactured M
O. A. HOFFMAN'S,
• (asocassoi TO W. W. anion?.)
NO. 606 ARCH STREET.
lIGP A full Une et
TIES, BOARTS, GLOVES, SUSPENDERS,
HOSIERY, AND UNDERCLOTHING,
Always on band. mr234m
GEORGE GRANT,
MANTIFAOTIIDEB OF AND MALIAN=
GENTS' FURNISIENG .GOODS,
No. 610 OIIESTNIIT STREET.
ml'2o4ll'
FINE SHIRT MANUFACTORY.
The subscriber would invite attention to hie
IMPROVED OUT OP SUIRTS, •
Which be makes a speciality in his business. Ahlo9 COII-
Nta7tjy TrcAlViDtt
NOVELTIES POE GENTLEMEN'S WEAR.
. W. saoTT,
GENLEMEN'S TURITIERIING STORE,
No. 814 CHESTNUT STREET,
ialt-tf
Your doors below the Continental.
MILITARY GOODS.
ARMY GOODS
•
ON HAND.
DARN AND LIGHT BLUE HERSETS.
STANDARD 8.4 AND 8-4 INDIGO WOOL-DT - RD
BLUE pLANNwrz::
INDIGO BLUE )FIXTURES.
OOTTON DUCK, 10, 12, AND 4-OUNOI.
FARNHAM, KERICHAM, & GO.,
405-2 m 928 OHESTNIIT STREET.
LOOKING GLASSES
JAMES S. EARLE & SON,
AtAnnnreorußEßß AND itdPORTZRB
or
LOOKING ~c 3.1, ASSES,
OIL PAI NTINGS,
FINE 31 14GRAVINGS,
PICTIIRR AND PORTRAIT FRAMES,
PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES,
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS,
CARTES-DK-VISITE PORTRAITS. '
EARLE'S GALLERIES,
810 CHESTNUT STREET,
jals MLA DBLPHLA.
CABINET FURNITURE.
lIABINET FURNITURE AND BIL.
%."LIAHD TABLZB.
MOORE & GAIVIPION.
no. nel South BIIeOND Street,
connection with their extensive cabinet BllbiTlollll aro
firm manufacturing a suyetior article of
BILLIARD TABLES,
And have now on hand a fall sapply, finished with the
11100H$ CADIPIONT lIIIPHOVZD OUSHIONS,
which are pronounced, by all who have need them, to be
ruperior to all others.
lifer the finality and finish of those tables the menu
hoturers refer to their numerous patrons throughout
the Union, who 11111 familiar with the character of theer
work. fe26-11to
INFORMATION F OR' THE
PI:OPLE.--
FRANKFORT:I GENERAL NEWS AGENCY.
WILLIAM O. SHEARD takes this opportunity to in
form hie patrons and the public that be is now prepared
to furnish all the leading Philadelphia and New York
newsPapers '
magazines, and periodicals.
Agent for the DAILY and WEEKLY PRESS. Sub
scribers and others can have thorn- delivered as soon as
leaned at their residences or places of boslnew iu Frank-.
ford or vicinity. jog-lan
Ely V 1155.
IVEDNEEIPAY, JUNE 18, 1862.
New PnbliCations
The great difficulty of Americans travelling in
Europe has been to know whet places to visit,
what objects to see, and what money to pay. Ame
ricans are the victims of foreigners, isherever pay
ments are to be made—from the innkeepers, who
bed and board them, to the cabman, who qua
druples his legal charge upon them, and then sauces
them because a further sum is not voluntoered as a
gratuity for the extortion. and abuse. To the beat
of our knowledge and belief, Americans have no
particular desire to fling their money away in more
ostentation, at home or abroad, but they have the
reputation of doing this in Europe. It is very true {
that they appear to run into needless expense, and- .
that they generally do ; but this arises from a de
sire of not appearing mean. If they knew, pro.
cisely, what payments are usual, they would
scarcely commit the folly of giving more than
ethers. , "Harper's Hand-Book for Travellers
in EvrOpe and the Bast," written by W. Pem
broke Fe tridge, is precisely the 'guide, philosopher,
and friend" which Americans have wanted, without
being able to obtain, any time since ocean steam
boats commenced rapid voyages across the Atlantic.
The author, who has travelled largely in Europe and
the East, has united the fruits of his personal ex
perience and observation with the information con
tained in numerous general and local Hand-books.
The result is that the American traveller, with one
c , Harper " in his pocket, instead of twenty afar
rays" in his portmanteau, will make his foreign
tour with ease and economy. Harper's Havel
.73ooX; is essentially intended for Americans, for it
gives specific directions what to see, how to seo it,
and what to pay. The countries visited are de
scribed with clearness and accuracy, and particu
larly the principal cities; with their most peculiar
and attractive features. There is a good map, in
which the colored routes are all distinctly marked.
The introductory chapter, containing hints to tilt
vellerssto be read before they leave the United
States, gives much useful information, and, indeed,
the Eland-Book will probably save forty per cent.
of the usual outlay on foreign travel. The skele
ton tours, giving routes and expenses, to snit time
occupied and monerfn hand, will be found essen
tially useful.
Three years ago, Henry Kingsley, a younger
brother of the Rev. Charles Kingsley, the well
known divine and author, published a romance of
real life, entitled "Recollections of Geoffry Ham.
lyn," which, in the opinion of many, is superior to
any story written by the elder blether. The
scene mainly is laid in Australia, where the author
evidently has familiar acquaintance. ills second
work, just published by Ticknor & Fields, is called
"Ravenskoe," and is an improvement on his first.
The locality is chiefly in Devonshire, but occasion
ally shifts to - college life at Oxford, fashionable
life in London, and war-life in the Crimea. It is a
story of the present time—that is, within the last
"ten years. We cannotpretend hero to condense the
plot, which though crowded
_is not obscure, but
merely to say that the main incident or trinity
of incidents, (a secret marriage, a child
changed at nurse, and an estate lost and
subsequently recovered by - the change,) is
the only, feeble thing in the book, for it
is too improbable, besides not being new. The
strength of thestory consists in the force and troth
of the characters. Each is individualized and all
are in harmony with each other. The most accu
rate sketch is that of Father Magrath, an ;rich
priest of marked ability ; tho most original is Lady
Ascot, a sporting peeress in advanced life; the
most consistent is old Lord Saltire, a man of the
old echool ; and the most loveable is William the
groom; who finally becomes William the Squire.
Chsudes Ravenshoe, the hero,.is a more interesting
- Character than the heroes of fiction generally aro,
and gets through his vicissitudes of life with a
manly spirit which will win him many admirers.
The most powerful part of the stay is that is
which Charles is described as participating in the
" Charge cf the Light Brigade " at Balaklava, as
one of the famous six hundred. We have a plea
sure in recommending this novel, as giving a more
than usually accurate view of higher and lower life
in England. Its lights and shades are strongly mark
ed, but Henry Kingsley is an artist, with his pen.
One drawback be has. Like other English writers,
he attempts to convey the Irish way of pronouncing
words, (commonly called the brogue,) by bad spell
ing, and fails—of course. Carleton and Barden,
sad a few more, have tried this, and succeeded, but
these were "to the manor born." When Mr.
Kingsley makes Lord 13allyroundtowees coach
man's Irish wife reproach a ja,kdaw for " pecking
at' the leaks of an honest woman,"' he makes her
pronounce keels as never Irishwoman did, in the
flesh. He is equally at eon when he hasher naming
a wheelbarrow as a whdebarrow. Mr. Kingsley
should stick to his Devonshire brotue, which ho
underetands, and not meddle with the Irish, of
which he knows nothing. Nevertheless, " Raven
shoe" is one of the hest, because most original and
truthful; stories of late years.
John Doe and Hrchard Roe, by Edward S.
Gould, a Now York writer, originally appeared in
the Howie J:ovrnol, ono of the most readable of
weekly periodicals, and is now republished, in book
form, by Carleton, Now York. It is a pleasant
book to read, and fulfils its promise of sketching
episodes of life in New York. Its title, though
catching, is a misnomer—a sort of suggestto
in fact. In' days not very distant, John Doe and
Richard Roe were fictitious characters. In certain
law proceedings : and, as their name is on the title
page of a story, one reasonably oxpeots something
particular. Not so hero. John Doe is a respecta
ble man of business, and Richard Roe a swindling
and hypocritical usurer and banker in New York.
There is a lawsuit, but it is simply for the recovery
of property ; and Smith v. Tones . mould do,
in the tale, just as well as Doe' v. Roe. The
hero is a certain convict, named Wilson, who
escapes from "The Tombs" by the connivance
of Roe, who is in his power, and manages
to keep himself undisoovered for a long time,
finally making reparation to the Doe family,
whereby Roo suffers in purse and character, and
" all goes merry as a marriage bell." One of the
episodes - is the ingenious robbery of a jeweller's
shop in Broadway; related with the minuteness of
a detective, who admired the "high art" dis
played. Altogether, the story, though slight, is
readable, and it is easy to perceive that Mr. Gould
can do better, another time. Describing Brown,
the • Grace-Churoh Sexton of New York, as "He
expanded, elongated, eructated," is vulgar and in
very bad taste.
Game Fish of the Northern States of America,
and ,Brittsh Provinces, by Barnwell, also pub
lished by Carleton, is
.as amusing as most novels.
The author, who seems to love the rod as much as
Genio C. Scott, is fairly enamored with and master
of his subject, and fairly carries the reader along
with him. His accounts of fishing trips to the La
Val, in Canada, and to New Brunswick, are spirited
and lively. Mr. Barnwell shows himself naturalist
as well as fisherman, and instructs while he amuses.
He discourses, with evident knowledge, on the pro
pagation of fish, insects, camp-life, and the piscato
rial mysteries of fly-tying and knots. The volume
is worthy of a place by the side of Isaak Walton
and Charles Colton.
Very interesting, at this time, when he is being
extensively lionized, is the Rev, W. G. Brownlow's
debate, in this city of Philadelphia, in Septeriber,
1858, with the Rev. A. Pryne, on the question
" Ought American Slavery to be Pcrpetaatad ?"
Mr. Brownlow spoke, with groat earnestness, on the
* affirmative side. 'The report of the speeches by
Messrs. Brownlow and Pryne, published in one vo
lume, 12ra0., at the time, by J. B. Lippincott A. Co.,
is authorized by both gentlemen, and is eminently
worthy of attentive consideration. It is illustrated
with portraits of the two disputants.
Lippincott & Co. have also issied Part 111 of
The Book of Days, bringing the calendar down to
the end of January. Among the most noticeable
passages are those which give the true story of the
Lady of Burleigh, Disraeli the elder, Murphy the
Weather-prophet's coldest day, in the century, the
fate of Captain Allen Gardiner, Francis Bum, the
South-Sea Bubble, Ancient Widows, Charles Town
send, Robert Burns, Translation of the Bible, Se
venth Sons' Seventh Sens, Coffee, Peter the Great
in England, Commencement of Gas-lighting, Court
Fools, George 111., Execution of Charles 1., and
the Calves'-head Club. •The'engravings give por
traits, scenes, objects, describe autographs and
antiquities. The Book of Days, when completed,
will relate something worth knowing in connection
with every day in the year. It infinitely surpasses
the admirable Every Day Book and Table Book of
the late William lone, long esteemed the beat of
its class.
.
ENGLISH MAGAZINNS.-Mr. S. C. Ilphain, 403
Chestnut street, has sent us the June 'numbers of
the Cornhill Magazine and of Temple Bar. In
the former Thackeray's rather pointless gilts upon
Butwer'e "Strange Story" is unconolusivoly con
cluded, but in two new chapters, wherein the Lit
tle Sister hocuses Hunt with chloroform, the adven
tures of Philip really do advance. Higher still in
merit is Doyle's - woaFOus sketch of a Conoert.
Thera is a little story ;* a sketch of Waterton, the
naturalist; an article on alcohol; a sensible.tirade
against Courts-Marital, and a dissertation on imert•
can coal oil. Moreover, we find an agreeable an-
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 1862.
nonnoement that the author of "Adam Bede" will
commence a new novel in the July number of tho
Conduit. As has frequently happened of late,
Temple Bar is bettor than its rival. Mr. Sala's
own story sweeps forward, a fine imitation of tho
old works of fiction, but., like them, a trifle heavy.
The gem of the number is the story called " Au
rora Floyd," full of intense passion. There aro a
couple of articles on the Great Exhibition ; a lively
paper on Weddings ; another, full of sense, on Lon
don; a pretty little story, "In my Youth," and
two or three pieces of rhymed prose,.whioh the de
luded writers flatter themselves may pass for Poe
try. But, with all drawbacks, Temple Bar is a
good magazine.
OUR ARMY CORRESPONDENCE,
Federal and Rebel Artillerists.
OUR POSITION AT NEW- BRIDGE.
A VIEW OF RICHMOND.
WHY THE CITY MUST PALL.
REBEL ESTIMATE. OF A LOITISIABIAN.
DISAPPEARANCE OF A COLONEL
&c., &c., &c.
FROM THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
[special Correspondence of The Press.]
lino* BRIDGE, V i , June 12, 1862
Bridge-building WES commenced again yesterday niqrn- .
ing, bin the &cash rather got the start of us, for they
received the working parties, somewhat warmly. The
rainy day before enabled the rebels to plant a battery but
two hundred yards from the bridge to the right of this,
and of course no - work was done thine. Here, hoivever,
the labor went cn, and this bridge is rapidly approaching
completion. /t seems strange that the movements of a
vest army ebouldtepend on a couple of bridges at which
net ont-hundredth part of Its tome can work at one time,
but it le even en, and we shall lie idle until they are emu
lated.
TUE FRONT.
Day after day the two opposing arin'es are becoming
more savage. There was a time when the picketers hob
nobbed together and high officers passed compliments,
but that day has gone by. Strict orders have been given
to fire upon every one of the enemy who shows himself,
and the sharp cracks of innumerab'e rifles are hearsiall
day keg. The enemy seem to have the same orders in
force, end back and forth the leaden bullets whiz, and
woe to the man who negligently exposes himself to their
tic adly . effect.
A walk along the front of cur camps, for it half-dozen
miles, always repays the trouble taken. It is an alter
nation of woods and hills; the former . filled with sharp
eyed scouts, and the latter bristling with cannon. If a
rebel troop appears, on the other side of the riser, shots
from a dozen guns soon cause an ignominious scattering.
Within a few days, there seems to heist been a most
marked alteration in the course of action on our side.
'She artillery force, brought to the front, hat been
streugthsned, and not a squad of the enemy dare show
thtmselves within range. Rifle and gun alternate all
day long, in cracking and booming at the enemy. The
rebels get but little respite, far our artillerists, actually
with our picketers, are close on their heels. Cannon
firing ban ceased to be a novelty, and were it not for the
amusing antics of acme of the gunners, who are so wrap
ped up in their abject that they forget ever, thing alas, it
would hardly be wr rth going to see.
I have often hinted at the difference between. Federal
arid rebel artillerists about sbeliug baggage trains. The
• rebel almost seems to be afraid to shoot at anything
more warlike than. a four-horse team. Tho Fo feral
spume at such cowardly conduct. Yesterday afternoon
a rebel brigade worn passing in frost of an opening of
the woods, on their side of the stream. Of course, our
cannon sent many ehots after them, which hastened their
marching to the double quick. Directly, however, none
wagons appeared from among the trees. " Cease firing,"
shouted the officers in command, and instantly every
gun in the battery stopped .work. The baggage train
passed by and some cavalry appeared. When every
wagon was out of eight firing WA9 reoommenceel, and
the rebel braves seemed ae if suddenly inspired. Every
hers° started oft on a gallop, a, d the riders, instead of
checking, only urged them the faster. Nothing can be
More lendable to our cannoniers than such conduct.
We arc carrying' on a wor against a foe who resorts to
every dishonorable act ss hich are be conceived of. Poi-
SOD, mutilation, and cruelty—tut - enlist machines and am
buscades—war upon unarmed citizens—maltreatment of
unprotected and .inoffensive people, all most infamme
Tandallem--are hut n few of hit unprincipled acts.' We
fight him in a different spirit. With us, humanity and
war go band in band.
From Nee v Bridge, the centre, to lifechanicsville, the
extreme right 'of our army, is a journey of perhaps five
miler, end it is the most interesting five miles I over
travelled. For two weeks past I have walked over the
whole ground nearly every day, and now knoW every
road, signal station, battery, and revise, alincot as well
as a native... The Chickahominy runs for the whole die- •
tines along the centre of a valley more than a mile in
u Mb, bordered on each side by high hills, a battery on
each of which would command all parts of the low land
within range of its guns. The yields, both on the high
lands and along the stream, excepting, of course, the
halt mile-wide swamp through which the river passes,
are highly cultivated, and are now mellow for the rep
. preaching
. harvest—a harvest never to be reaped. On
both sides of the stream, Federal and rebel, patches of
cleared land and wood alternate ly cover the hips, and we
from our perches, and they from theirs, can plainly dis
cern each other's movements through these cleared
openings.
Front the bill near New Bridge, away across the
stream two miles distant, te to be seen an extensive
redoubt which secures the right of our advanced position
across the Ohickehominy, and is a bold invasion into the
enemy's domain. General Smith's division holds it, and
an American flag saucily waves from the ramparts.
Beyond it wagons aro parked, and behind it is an ex
tensive camp. A half mile to the right of this and equi
distant from' the point of cbservation, just on the crest of
a hill, is a rebel battery, and the woods cover other
masked ones. Passing the eye down the bill from this
battery, a breast-work, half covered with evergreens, cats
be just discerned half hidden by the intervening trees
which grow beside the river. Coming nearer, but stilton
the opposite side of the stream, rebel pickets can seen
prowling.about and sharpshooters lying in the grass, each
area ready to pick off our bridge-builders who are at work
tayir g corduroy roads across the swamp. On this side
tbo stream is an extenstio field, bearing as far as one
can see to the right and left, and covered with army
heroes and cattle who are pasturing. This is fully M half
mile wide, and the bill on which I stand rises abruptly
from it with such regularity that It seems to have been
a work of art. Tho high ridge runs along, occasionally
broken by a ravine, through which some little' stream
penes, MI the way to blechanlcsvllle, and is the grand
est fortification ever provided by nature for a patriot
arm y. The enemy have one on their side, too, but
half of it—that is, below 'New Bridge—is In oue pos
session.
Now f4ii the hill about me. Away on the loft it rune,
occasionally wooded and occasionally bare, gradually
bending round with the river until I lore it in the .die
twice. On that side it has ceased to be a subject of in
terest, nearly all the h sops once encamped there having
advanced across the river. However, if not of warlike
Importance, it at least has things of peaceful guise which
- bear description. A bonne a half mile off stands a bleak
monitor of the desolation which has swept past ft. The
frame alone is left, every board having been carried away
forfire-wood or flooring. Uprights, joists, and braces,
stand out in all their uncouthness, not a single weather
board being left upon them. The wind roars throngit it
and the rain beats in, but not an ebetecle optisses
their progress. A eatery horse feeding there was the
only thing of life which trespassed on its shadow.
This side of It, and still on the top of the ridge, was a
- small burying-ground, carefully fenced around, and form
iog a fitting centre to a thousand-mere field. filyrtliVco
vered the ground within it, and an oak and cherry, both
once cared for, throw a grateful shade around. It was
the cemetery (Attie Govan family, who seem to have. once
been the . owners of almost all Hanover sounty. A donor
greats of them and their. collateral, reared their white
tombstones, all Northern make, from the midst of the
°mills), mut myrtle
In front of this graveyard a company of regulars were
going through the evolutions of the skirmish dr - Wand
a road from one of the bridges ran between the company
and it, passing behind rue towards General McClellan'
headquarters. Just beside me, a siege officer sat upon
the ground, anxiously gazing through a telescope st the .
opposite hille. His attendant flagman cone a few feet
distant ', his signal spread to the breeze, and he waving
end swinging it as indicated by the officer. • •
On the right was the Gaines mansion, a fine house
with beautiful grounds, all effectually guarded by details
from our troops, but it has been so often described that
I shall not venture on tke bootlesa tack. All along, this
ridge was bristling with Federal cannon, each gunner
rrady, at the slightest appearance of rebel molestation of
Ole bridge-builders in front, to pour his shot and, shell
into the very centre or the rebel position. Infantry and
referee artillery to protect and reinf wee these gunners
were at an available distance to the rear.
This kill presents a beautiful view—a finer ono I think
than any held by our army before Richmond. It is re
stricted in but one direction, the thick groves surround
ing the Gaines mansion obstructing - the view to the 'right.
On the left and in front, the prospect is grand. The en
tire positions, both rebel. and Federal, with all their
salient pointe, can be understood, after ono moment's
gaze from the summit of this commanding eminence.
But now we will take a second view further to the
Bright. Going past the mansion and through a strip of
woods, beside which is another house, I stop, after a
mile's walk, on the hill where General Prim reviewed the
artillery indica. Here, though the course of the Chickas -
. hominy is visible, the woods on•the left, through which I
• passed, obstructed all view of the ridge, and an - angle of
woods across the stream covers General Smith's redoubt.
The same rebel hills, with their batteries, and the stream
and t alley, to be seen from the left, me in front. Horses
are grazing on this icicle the river, and rebels prowling
• about errors it. Bridge builders, - In force, are. - hauling
-logs and making corduroy road in the swamp, and the
bill has cannon planted upon it keeping watch and ward
over them. The view here to the left is most beautiful,
. as the stream can he traced for an immense distance,
though, as I have just written, the ridge on the one side
and the troops on the other are both concealed. To the
right, the rebel hills are open to the gaze for a mile or
two,. and Ole MU, though with not near so grand a pros
-
-pact as its loft. hand.neighbor, is an excellent signal sts•
-, hen. Officers with their flags - are constantly there,
. each one on the alert, and not a movement is made on
- the other side which is not instantly telegraphed back to
General McClellan. Eight thoumnd rebel troops yeater-
day Domed along in front of this hill, their bayonets
gleaming through openings in the wood•. Their course
was towerd the left, end Federal cannon shelling them
from every part of our works made tho passage a some.
what warm ono.
A half-mile farther to the right le another hill separated
from the last by an intervening wood and ravine, on
which is placed-the most active battery which ever shot
into an enemy's encampment. This hill has a view in
front onl: , but it Is a incst dangerous one for the rebels, .
as two or three gaps expose the road along which all their
troops are marched. Fearful execution must Lava been
done by the hundreds of shot poured by those ac
curately-aimed guns upon that constancy-travelled road.
And set the enemy continue to use it. I have seenznany
a shell burst right in the midst of palming companies,
compelling them loran to the woods most Ignominiously
and still they bring their troops as targets for our gun
nem who have bad such excellent practice that every
eliot tam effect. Such foollehnoss I cannot understand.
There; must be other roads less exposed than this behind
those wooded hille which limit the view there, and the
reason this dangerous one is used is an (Tiepin. For
weeks the enemy have suffered themselves to be shot at
by our twenty.pound Parrotts placed op this hill, nos ono
of noir opposing cannon being of sufficient calibre do
carry a ball pear our position.
Leaving this battery cud descending to the field, I
pass along the front of a wood end stop a moment by a
little stream some five hundred yards distant. This wood
is the station of our picket reserves. Being on a level
with the Chickahominy, of coarse the proepect is but a
rests one, and I only ekep here as it is the beet
point for viewing the disposition of Federal and rebel
pickets. The enemy's hills across the stream are bare,
and for tee milts the whole surface is cultivated, one or
two smell Patelits of trees alone breaking the continuity.
The gape in the wood seen from the last hill are to the
it ft, and away off in the distance, through the trees,
there eyes can. detect the waving of General Smith's
flag, which must be miles away, and the eight of which,
among the moving leaves, ee momentary is it, seems
almost an optical illusion. On both sides, and immediate
ly in trout of me, the Federal pickets can be seen watch
ing the enemy, en occasional rifle crack giving .evidence
of their faithfuluesr. Across the stream, on the gragually
risirg bill, rebel picketing may be•viewed in all its Per
fection. Companies deploy, skirmishers move ont and
teiervea are wend, and 'vedettes patiently sit in their
'saddles on thoie wide-stretched fields of grain. Every
movement of the enemy can be plainly discerned, and,
knowing his weakness, strong batteries are placed under
cover at the 1111. top . to shell any force we may bring
against Lira, end more especially to command one of our
- exposed loads, which crones a hill nearly a mile to the
right. . -
From the little rivulet betide which I viewed the rebel
pickets this bill is reached by a somewhat roundabout
course. As the woods extend almost to the bank of the
Clackelieminy, of course the sentinels 'seep all passage
along the front, forcing the curiosity-seeker to retreat
through the woods and taee a new departure along the
road which is exposed on the hill. Thu road is a mill
'tory one from McCiedlan's headquarters to Mechanics
ville, about half of it being constructed since we have
had possession hero, to avoid a meet tortuous course
forme ly punned by the chivalry. It is uteri for conve
nience by advanced pickets, very few troops passing it,
and they generally uuder cover a the night. A passage
by day is sore to provoke shots from the battery. I have
test wondered, not one In ton, however, coming near the
toad, tied none, as yet, doing harm to a single soldier.
The view from this eminence, owing to the equal height
of surrounding hills, is not so pleasing as from the spots
near New Bridge, but the gronad is really much higher,
and,. by ascending trees, rebel troops; batteries, and
camps can be seen in great profusion. The most marked
of all the differences between this and Xew Bridge, how
ever, is the entire absence of .any living thing from the
fields in'the valley. This is the neutral ground. Pick
eters upon It have to lie concealed. Not an animal
grazes there, and the very bit de seem to have deserted it.
A cannon ball rushing through the air above is the only
moving thing disturbing its serenity.
The last eminence in this imperfect penorama Is beyond
Mechisnicseille. A mile and a halt along the road, through
the vthage and beer-garden. brings the gazer to a hill
half way be t teen the Mechanicsville and Meadow bridges
Bore the face of the opposite country somewhat changes,
the hills coming together and almost obliterating the
previously-intervening valley. Strong Federal batteries
ate placed in a dozen different epots around, as great
anxiety is always felt lest a strong force of rebels, avail
ing themselves of- the cover of trees and swamps, shoefld
unexpectedly trees and fall upon us.- Rebel batteries can
be seen at many joints opposite, and from their mottoes
movements they evidently have a similar fear of ns. Two
most strlkink objects aro seen, scram the river. The road
to Richmond, a city but four miles off, over the hill, can
be seen fora long distance; as it goee dire ctly from or,
every rut and clod is visible until it crosses the hill-top
to descend on the other aide. Just to the right, a spire,
etardireg out in bold relief .agetiest the sky, tells us that
Richmond still remains at its original station beside, the
James rieer;And seems to call us on to the assault which
will make us its porseesors. Thousands of soldiers and
civilians bath studied that spire. As nth - stud cariosity
exists to see ibis only part of all Richmond visible to
Federal eyes. From General McClellan down to the
loweet private, every one who could has come to see it,
aid gone ansy.again *peculating Went the timenecessary
for the capture of the city containing it. And, in obedi
elite to my calling, I send you, as well as paper can tell
you, the account of what I could see of this toperingeign
of the gOal beyond.
This, or, Tether, Meadow's Bridge, and the Virginia
Central ratleol, a abort to the right, is the ex-
tent of our army M force. •Along the whole course I
Lave gone; and for four miles more, to the left of my
Starting point, the Federal lines extend. 'They form
Memel' a complete semicircle everywhere, some fire miles
distant feom Ittchmond, extEmding around front north
northwest to south. Ten mites is the extent of the Fade
' ral front, and along this whole line are pickets and cannon
before, and camps behind. Etrong restryes of all arms
of the service are posted at all usefapoints, and if earthly
shill can accoMplish the fea•, Richmond %destined, sooner
or later, to fall
' \TURN RICHMOND WILL FALL,
People at home rued scarcely anticipate the speedy fall
of Richmond Within the past week the rebels have
received strong reinforcements and have shown a won
&lfni rddition of energy in their attacks upon us. Be:
joss the battle of Fair Oaks our bridgebuilding was
allowed to proceed without interruption; now, every log
which is laid is done amid the whistling of bullets and
the hurating of shell. The rebels, too, have become most
• audacious in their attacks upon us. Shelling a picket
or baggage-train was the extent of their offensive
- operations, and it was. only when attacked that they
made - any attempts at fighting the troops. Now
they boldly attack us. Every exposed position is
constantly shelled ; ebarpshoolors crawl through swamp
and bush for miles to shoot at our pickets. Traps and
I. ambutcedes are laid to catch the unwary sentinel. A
most wonder ful energy seems suddenly to have inspired
them, and desperation or reinforcements must have been
the stimulant. This afternoon they attacked Mechanics
ville heavy guns, formerly held in reserve, were brought
to the front, and.twenty or thirty shell, many of them
bursting in cur camps, bore testimony to their ability-to
Worry wt, if such were their wishes. A house there was
almost battered down. It bad been used as a hospital,
. and 81 voral nick men were in it, when shell after shell
burst in such close proximity that the invalids had to be
carried out. Afterwards, a shill burst within the front
porch, the fragments perforating the walls in every di.
rection. Oen. Taylor's brigade, comprising the first
four New Jersey regiments, a regiment of cavalry and a
battery, wee c drawn in line of battle, when approaching
night compelled me to leave. OUr artillery were blazing
away with telling affect, and, as after a half. hour I beard
no more reporte, I sairpotte, as on several previous occa
sions, they silenced the enemy's gone,
That the rebel army have received strong reinforce
ments Is undoubted Last week as many as tea thou
sand troupe with long baggage trains passed down their
lines towards cur centre. This week fifteen thousand,
half of them yesterday, have gone in the same direction,
. •
and long baggage trains seem to indicate their coming
some distance Still, if reinforcements come by way of
Ilicirmond, unless especially intended for the rebel left
wing, we hare would never see them, as all their move
mei' would be fu the rear. A content stream or twenty
five thousand men all going one way, hustling a part or
the rebel army which Is confessedly weak, and against
which I scarcely believe there will be any Federal de
monstration—leaving as strong a force at that point after
their march as there was before—sitams to be almost posi
tive evidence that they are reinfoicements. Where from
icannot say. Beauregard,Jackaon, and;E well, all could
send them, and for the latter this course would be the
atiraight road.
The drama before Yorktown will be reproduced' in the
siege cf Richmond, though I trust that the rebel army
will not get away so readily. General McClellan had be
gun to throw up r ntrench mats on the left wing, which
Is evidently the beginning of a siege. Fatigue parties
'ate working, day and night, in tho trenches, and no
doubt many a rebel sorrowfully looks down upon those
vile earthworks which threaten such terrible
onences.
QUICK WORK
Two hundred and fifty men were detailed, this morn
ing, to cut timber for brldge•ballding. They cut and
trimmed fifteen hundred sticks, each averaging a foot in
diameter, and hauled them several hrindied rads, finish
ing the job in two hours. Such quick work deserves the
highest praise. The detachment was from the Nth Penn
sylvania.
FRIDAY KORNINC, June 13,1862
'Fridge building is going on to-day with vigor. A hot
son and dry wind, both of which have favored us for the
last two dare and during the present one, have dose
more 16 help defeat the enemy than the most_sanguine
can imagine. The flood in the Ohickahomioy is going
down, and the wafer upon the flat surfaces bordering the
river ie rapidly evapora.ing. Three the swamp le narrow•
log, and of course can be the more easily bridged.
between artillerists commenced on both wings
with deylfgi t this miring. General Smith's batteries,
at laud from ibe sound I judge no, no doubt aro doing
hot work on the left, and the mechaniciville guns on
the right are taking a sweet revenge for yesterday's in
dignires. So the work goes on Firing shot and shell
boa been the daily order for a week past, and no doubt
the enemy have been severely handled at, many points.
REBEL ESTIMATION OP A LOUISIANIAN
Too good a dory to be last.wag xesterday reported by
a picketer. He says boßwited a rebel scout to partake
of his cup of coffee, 'and, after drinking it, the Bocce-
Monist, to teettly to his gratitude, instructed his bene
factor after the following: .
"Now you see our posts are, opposite each other. Well,
the nasal that cameo on after me, I'll tell not to sb aot, anal
be won't, and I want you to do thew:am with your relief.
But the fellow what comes next hut one after me, look
out for him, lie's a d--n Louisiana !”
An excellent cbaractor, dais, to give of a fellow-eoldler
fighting in so glorious a cause as. Secession is supposed
OA MP BEFORE EICIMOND, Yu
June 11, 1862.
The good canes ieeteadily progressing; although the dis
tance .to the city remains the came, wawa now much
nearerfho accomplishment of the design of the campaign
than we were five days me. The time is now pelng oc
cupicil in securing our adyance thus far, so es to meld!
any necessity or dapping when the final advance is
made.
A flagstaff which is plantednear the right of Snmuor'e
corpe, and in plain eight of the rebels, seems to bean ob
ject of annoyance to them, especially when the stare and
sit ;pee are fljing. Bumming that we most neceasarily
have an encampment in the rear, they send half a dozen
shell over at it daily, but without doing any harm, ea the
than ever fall too abort or too far, and our boys do no
thing but laugh at their futile efforts.
Gen McClellan has been visiting the various encamp
ments on this site of the Ohickshominy, attending to the
details of movements, etc., attended by a couple of offi
ars of his staff. His motions are so quiet, that It is al
most impossible to follow him
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OP A LIEUTENANT
COLONEL
There is considerable excitement in regard to the
mysterious disappearance of Lieutenant Colonel William
L. Curry, of the 106th Pennsylvania Regiment, Colonel
-Moorehead commanding. Yesterday morning ho was
Held officer of the day for General Barns' brigade, and
had posted his men on the picket lino, after which he rode
off, and has not been seen since. Ills horse, soon after,
RIM Lund in the woods, but there was nothing to indi
cate the cause of his master's sudden and inexplicable
disappearance. There can be no doubt that ho fell Into
the hands of the rebels, but how he did so is unknown.
E=l
Yesterday morning the rebels made a show of an attack
on the division of General Smith, by advancing a battery
of artillery to their picket line. Our pickets quietly no.
officers, and the men wore asonin lino, pro
pared to receive the attack, and all expected that another
fight was close at band. The relicts retired, however,
without melting any attack, end our men returned to
their tents W. Ikt.
From the Advance of Our Army:
The following le an oxtract from n private letter from
On carer in Col. Williams' regiment, in front of Rich
mond, to his father in this city, under date of June 13,
3862:
-* * * * The rebels are shell - fog us every day.
It is my impreation that there will be a ;treat fight before
long. We have not enjoyed the comfo.te of a tent, a
blanket, an overcoat, or a change Cr clothing, since the
battle of Fair Oaks—or Seven Pines—and it has rained
very hard EillCe ; however, we all bear our hardabips
with good heart/. .
Lave read of men digging their own graves metapho
rically; but I have seem that done literally, for the rifle pita
which the rebels dug have been need as their own graves,
and our mon buried them there. While the eicitement
of a battle lasts we do not rustles its horrors, but of al(
end and alckenlng sights, the saddest I ever saw is a field
after the battle. This one is the second I have 9300
Gott grant that I may never see another ! Don't suppose
- from Aids that I regret volunteering. No, if I had the
choice now, between remaining where I am and return
ing home, I would stay to Kee the matter out. If young
men like midis not mews!' our ccnntry 'a call when dan
ger threatens her, we cannot sweet older ones, with fa
milieu depeoclibg on them, to do no. If I fail, ft will be in
.defet.ding the honor of my country, and whet more glori
ous death could I desire? If Ido fall. kite my little bro
ther and slalom and tell them that I died in the good
cause. Ti o army of the Potomac to the beet and bravest
army in the world, and we gain the approaching tight,
(which Ocd permit,) I think it will be the end . of this
wicked rebellion. Your loving son, J. H, H,
Die. Rums, U. S. A., in charge or steamer
Louisiana, begs leave to acknowledge the receipt
of one box of goods for the wounded from the little
girls of Primary school, No. 4. The donations have
been so frequent and many that it is impossible for
the Doctor specially to mention and thank those
Who have kindly contributed to the relief of the
disabled in the service of their country confided to
his care. De therefore begs this may be accepted
as acme acknowledgment for the favors conferred
by those whose thoughtfulness and regard will be
duly appreciated, in their moments of distress, by
the wounded. • Tnos. T. Ermis, •
Surgeon in charge steamer Louisiana.
Parson , Brownlow and the Citizens of
Louisville
Sin : The undersigned, citizens of Louisville,
Kentucky, take great pleasure in inviting you to
our loyal city for the 4th of July, 1562. We make
this invitation the more preming as you have no.
sleeted us very much, not having said a word to
your many friends on your transit through here.
It is'the sincere and earnest wish of every soul in
this section of the country to see and hear the most
unflinching patriot of the present day. Prepara
tions are made here to celebrate the 4th in a suita
ble manner, and your presence would add greatly
to the interest of the occasion. Truly yours,
Txo. J. SPEED,
J. H. HARNEY,
GEo D. PRENTICE,
J M. Dar.rn,
LovEr..r. H. ROUSSEAU'.
Dm W. G. BnowsLow.
Pnir.atiELrure, June 17,1862.
I have your hind and flattering invitation to at
tend a celebration at Louisville, and regret that it
will not be in my power to be with you. I shall
go to Cincinnati the last of this week, with my
wife and children, wbere.we expect to keep house
for a season—say until the rebel bayonets and Tory
leaders of this infernal rebellion aro driven out of
East Tennessee. Then I hope to start my Whig
again, and pitch into the vile and' wicked origtna : .
tors of this crusade against the boat, the most de
serving and benign Government thht God ever
bestowed upon any . portion of the human race.
From Cincinnati I am required to return to
Washington, .under a subpoena, to give testimony
beforo the Senate in regard to one Brest H.
Hum . phreys. who has figured largely as a Secession
leader, administering the rebel oath of allegiance
to Union men, favoring the bogus Southern Con
federacy, whilst he was sworn, as a Federal judge,
to support the Constitution and laws of the United
States, and drawing an annual salary from the Go
vernment he sought to destroy!
But, gentlemen, I congratulate you, and all true
men in our country, upon the certain prospect of
overthrowing these vile rebels, and closing out
tbeir infernal raid against law, order, and religirin..
The "exceeding sinfulness of sin" that inaugu
rated this rebellion is rapidly bringing it to a close.
The plotters of the infamous treason must and
will go to the wall, and that before long. God
grant them a speedy exit from their present dis
graceful attitude to one more infinitely infernal
and disreputable !
I have canvassed New England, and spoken,
perhaps, to more than fifty thousand persons. The
Northern mind is all right on the subject of the
war; and whilst the people aro not at all mali
ciously disposed towards the South, they are bent
upon crushing out this rebellion and preserving
the Union, if it shall cost all the money and lives
on both sides- of the line ! True, I found in
New Jersey, New Hampshire, Connecticut,
and Massachusetts, as well as in Pennsylva
nia, a Pet of miserable sympathizers with the
rebellion—generally of the late Brack' °ridge party ;
but the miserable traitors lack the moral and phy
sical courage to avow publicly their wicked and
unpatriotic_ purpose. The loyal people are every
where marking these unpatriotic miscreants, and
a fearful retribution awaits them. Let them, in
all sections, be remembered as the disbanded in
lunation of the spirit of disorganizatton, deluded
by the devil, and led captive by his more imme
diate representatives in the civil and military de
partments of their rotten Government.
I-am, gentlemen,
Very truly,
W. G. BROITELOW.
Messrs. SPEED, HARNEY, PRENTICE, and others.
The West Philadelphia Hospital
To the Editor of The Press :
B/R : It is with feelings of gratification to see
with what magnanimity our citizens respond to
the solicitations in behalf of our siok and wounded
soldiers. The stoutest heart is reduced to sympathy
at the mention of the most trifling desire on the
part of these noble men. Those who are situated
within the old city limits want for nothing, as our
daily businessintercourse brings us in contact with
their desires. But those who are inmates of the
West Philadelphia (now hospital) are less Porta
l:late, it being so remotely situated that their wants
are almost entirely overlooked. From a visit, we
learn that they are in want of everything pertain
ing to their comfort. Of undergarments, lint; ban
dages, ,Vc., they have a scant supply. As to deli
cacies, such as jellies, oranges, lemons, 4.4. c., so re
freshing to the sufferers, they have little or none.
yt a trust that the appeal of .these deserving men
may meet with a cheerful response.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
A MOT VISITOR.
MARKET STREET, JIM /7, 1.332
To the Editor of The Press—Sia.: Cannot
you prevail (through your paper) upon the mer
chants of this street to generalty close their stores
at 5 o'clock, as is usual at this &MOB of the year,
thereby conferring a (I would almost say) blessing
on their numerous employees?
Yours, &c , •
TRUE PLEASURE.
Stirring Order by Gen. Kearney.
lIRADORARTRRS THIRD 7:imams, THIRD CORDS,
CAMP NEAR RICHMOND, Va, June 5,1.86 g.
GENERAL ORIIRR. No. 15.—Brave regiments of the di
vision, you have won for us a high reputation. The
country is Winded ; your- friends at home are proud of
you.
After two battles and victories, purchased with much
blood, you may be counted es veterane.
I appeal, thin, to your experience, to your personal
observation, to your high Intelligence, to put in practlCe
OD the. battle.ttuld the discipline you have acquired in
camp. It will enable you to conquer with more certainty
and lees loss.
' 2. "Shoulder Straps and Chevrons," you are marked
mon, you must over be.in the front.
Colonels and field officers, when it comes to the bayonet,
lead the charge; at other timer, circulate among your
men, and supervise and • keep officers and men to their
conelituted commands, stimulate the laggard, brand the
con rad, diner the brave, prevent companies from "bud.
dllng np" or mixing.
, 3. Marksmen, voter in the fight cheapen your ;
when you fire, make sure and hit. In woode and abattia
one man in three is to Are, the others reserve their loads
• to. repel en onset 'or to head a rush. It is with short
rrshea, and this extra fire, from time to time, that suck
groend is gained. Each man np in first line, none delay
ing, share darger alike; then the peril trod lose will be
small.
4. Men you brave individnala in the ranks, whose
worth and Oar ing, uoknown perhaps to your superiors,
but recoanized by your comrades, influence more than
others. I know that you exist. I have watched you in
the fire ; your merit is sure to havens recompense. Your
soured. s at. the bivouac will report your deeds, and it
'will gleddsn your families; in the end you will be brought
before rho country.- . •
6. Color-bearers . of regirirents, bear them proudly in
the fight, meat and defiantly in the first line. It will card
terror into . tbe opponents to GOO it metatarsi and carried
forward. Let It be the beacon light of each regiment.
The noblest inscriptions on your banner : are the traces of
the balls.
S. Again, noble division, I with you success and new
victorhs.• until, the canoe of our sacred Union being
triumphant, you return honored to yourAomes.
By order of Brigadier General Kearney,
W. E. STURGES, A. A. A.. G.
•
1317101DFAI—In France, mince the beginning or the
present century, there hove been committed not lees than
three hundred thousand fluidics. There weie'3,9o3
1858, and 3,050 is 1869.
TWO' CENTS.
GENERAL NEWS.
BELIGION IN NEW YORK—TROUBLE IN A.
FASHIONABLE CHURCH.—Some time since a gen
tleman in good standing in the community, who is a
member of the op town Baptist Church purchased a
fashionably located pew, for which he paid the munificent
sum of $l,OOO. In the course of a little time be met with
revolves, and among other eireall at the mercy of his
creditors was his pew is the church. This fell to the lot
of a practical working In , ohmic, wlo decided that be
would worship God in this edifice, and with his family,
would, on the Sabbath, occupy the $l,OOO pew for that
purpose. Accordingly. be and his family attended re
gularly and respectably the services of the sanctuary,
but his social status became known t, the "ladies
and gond' men" who occupied pews adjacent to hie,
In the middle oink.. and, they presumed to criticise every
and the miooteet act of the now-comers. The mode of
shutting their eyes during prayer, their unusual atten
tion, and apparent devotion daring the services their
uniform vulgar practice of remaining till the close of
service, their going to church in stormy weather without
using a carriage, and other extremely ill-brod pecallari
tie°, all were criticised. As the mechanic,aud his family
yolks, from the church, the grown boys of the congregs
tion, together with come of the }Danger mime, woutil
crow din the vestibule and converse loudly about
grease," c‘atixidy coats." calico," "loather gloves,"
ana other kindred &objects, with which the strangers were
supposed to be familiar. It annus that the bumble,
but frugal mechanic bore this contumely with creditable
Christian forbearence, not yie'ding bid rigliss in any , de
gree, but continuing his attendance upon religions orifi-
Dancee an usual. The stoicism of the Iron powholder was
an outrage to the devoti on of fashion ; they appealed to
the trustees, the trustees appealed to the mechanic, she
mechanic offered to sell out at cost price ; the trustees
hesitated, and the mechanic retained-the pew, attending
the church as usual. Being somewhat dsmocratio in his
.notions of society, and a firm believer In the doctrine of
human equality, ho introduced to his softly-cushioned
pow two colored brethren. Thin last act wan the feather
which broke the camel's back. So grave an outrage de
manded redress at the bards of the law as a , t disturber
of public w orship"—an act of annoyance of God's people
" under their own vine and fig iree."
The mechanic continues his devotions, id passionately
fond of m u sic, and elide to look toward the choir while
praise is clog offered In that locality. Meanwhile the
irustece have preferred a charge against biet before a
polite justice, for s•disturbing public worship," on which
Mr. Mechanic bad to find bail, and the Grand Jury have
toured a bill against him. His case will ho tried soon, in
the Court of General Sessions. The trustees allege that
the reputation of the. church demands that tLey prosecute
the case. They contemplate forcing him to salt the Pew
at a ERCTIBCP, which he cons - dere would not be an equi
table financial ti engender, —New York Tribune. -
EXTENSIVE ROBBERY DETECTED —The WAS
gow //tread records a remarkable case, which has led to
the discovery of a bank-note stealing process, which
lately attracted tho attention of tbo public. In the m nob
of January last, the premises of Mr. King. a watchma
ker and jeweller, at Klegeland Gate, were broken into, and
property, cousiating of watches, chains, pins, and rings,
valve f 3,800, wee carried away. Since that time various
ferrets have been prosecuted and convicted far being
implicated in this robbery, and something like 1800
worth of the stolen property has been recovered. leaving
£3,C00 wrath stilt to be accounted for. Meanwhile as
ingineer, named Benitmin Samuel Redourn, in the
emit()) ment ot Meters. Perkin,Bacon, .4 Co., engra.
vets and printers, Fleet Ora, had some watches and
chains for tale, and this circumstance becoming known
to George Tilley, a sharp. witted police-olficer, he thought
it lay in his lino to make a call upon the watch-dealing
engineer. This be accorsingiy din one day last week, at
the works wlttre Redourn was employed, and after con
siderat le troub e Mr. Tilley wound up his visit by search
it the oegieeerls porkers, ti e drawers in his engine
rot m, and finally his lodgirgs. Tire activity and loge
mutt, cf the cflicel were rewarded by the diecyvery of a
large amount of jewelry, consisting of gold and silver
watcher, gold cheisa, rings, pine, and watch-keys, and,
es a matter of coerce, Redburn was alio taken him
self. The firm who employed this amateur jeweller
was also the firm who eupplied the Netional Bank
of Sortland with bank notes ; and although they hut
been robbed of three parcels containing altogether 1,500
one-ylonnti notes, they never suspected ltaihnen, who
bad Seen four or five yearn in their employment.
Bin connection with the jewelry case, however aroused
euspicion in the minds of his employers rega rding the
1114111 , g notes. In these circumatancee Mr. Bacon him
eelf made a thorough search of the engine room, and
found a-pater parcel containing in bank notts, bidden
very ingetionely underneath the felt covering of a steam
fire. From this new discovery it appears that the Na
tional Bank of Scotland is not the only establishment
that has been annoyed by the embezzlement of their un
signed potes. In the parcel found by Mr. Bacon, there
were notes belonging to no fe rer thee eight different
banks—viz: the Bark of Now Zealand, the London
Chartered Bank of Australia, the Imperial Bank of
'Brazil, the Colonial Bank of Jamaica, the Bank of Nevi
Booth Wales, the Union Bank of Australia, the North
ern Banking Ciftopany. of Belfard, and the Nati nal
Bank of Scotland.
SINGULAR GABE OF SOMPAMBULLIIII.—We
have been informed, on good authority, that a Miss
Chamberlain, of Templeton, n young lady of good cha
racter and abilities, and education, went to Wostmineter
a abort time glues to teach school. In the early part of
the night on the third day of her school, after having
retired to her room, she got up in a eonseambulic state,
dressed herself carefully and left the house without
arousing any of the inma tes—who did not miss her till,
she not answering the call to breakfast, next morn
ing, they went to her room anti found it deserted.
Some time during the latter part of the night the
young ladj's tether was awakened by some one rapping
at his dcor. Be got up, and on opening the door found
his daughter upon the step. As sbeettered she naked
for a glass of water, and baying shank, went directly to
the chember she had been accustomed to occupy, and
commenced preparations to retire to her bed, when she
awoke, and was astonkhed to and herself at her father's
home, instead oilier boarding-place, eleven miles dia.
tent. Ae might have 1:o en expected, she was much fa
tigued by her long walk, but no serious 'consequences
resulted, arid after remaining at horns for a few days
she returned to Westminster, where she resumed her
school ou Monday tail —Barre Gaceffe.
SALE OF TEE OILIO AND hitgaIiSTPPI
ROAD.—The western division of the Ohio and Missis
sippi Railroad; property acd franchises, was soil on
Monday, under a forecloaus sof the seem), mortgage, in
accordance with a decree entered in tae ()Moult Court of
the United States for the Southern District of Illinoia.
It sold for $562,000, the amount of intorert in default
upon the second-mortgage bonds, subject to the pay
ment of principal and interest on the 11 - st mortgage
bonds, amounting to $660,0130, and the principal of the
second-mortgage bonds, amounting to $1;500,000. The
purchaser of the road takes It al m subject to the pay •
runt of all debts, dm for labor and impalas from the
company, making an aggregate of 53,000,000, paid by
the viral/seer, or f,r which such purchaser is liable.
The property wan purchased by the Ohio and Mississippi
Railway Company, a corporation created by the General
A estmbly of the State of Mikis, at Its regular session
In 1661.
NAGIXE AND NEGLEY.—The telegraph continu
ally musks of slam:era! "Begley" in McClellan's army,
end a General e. Negley" in Mitchell's army. The tele
graphic reporters or the operators, in transmitting the
reports, have coufounded two individuals holding brtga
tiler CCMIDiSBiOI3B. whose names sound alike. The first
is General Henry M. Naglee, a native of Pennsylvania,
but for many years a resident of dare Francisco, Ottlifor ,
Ma. where he has acquired considerable property, and is
reckoned among Its weaqttieet citizens. Having gradua
ted at West Point and eery. din the regular army until
he resigned, about ten years ago, he hastened to Wos
it-4ton on the commencement of the war and tendered his
cervices to the Government. He is a thorough soldier,
and has gained considerable . reputation as an °Meer al
ready.
The second is General James S. Nagler. appointed
from Pennsylvania. and who commended a brigade of
three-months' *volunteers In Patterson's army in Hay,
June, ar d July, and joined General Bnell's army in Ken
tucky with see erarteginients in lior.mber last. He Is
accounted a gallant officer.
THE EXODUS FROM THE QUEEN'S BENCH
PEISON.—The work of clearing the Qneen'a Bench
Prison of tie inhabitants is now vs rging toward a close.
fib sup to say, it has been a very difficult teak. Many
of the prisoners sternly termed to be made bankrupts,
though, by giving their cement, they could have imme
diately obtained their release. The most curious case
was that of IVlllione Miller, who* had been in the prison
alnce July, 1814—forty eight, yearn! He had lost all
desire to go out, and would sign nothing which would
have the effect of making-him a free man When, at
length, be was forced to acenteme, be begged to ho
allowed to remain in the prison a few days longer; and
when his time was up be still lingered fondly within the
gates, to bid the officiate farewell and to shake hands
over and agate, until he pained the outer gates of the
Queen's Bench prison, a few days since. William Dil
ler, who was born nearly eighty years ago, never saw a
sheet gas-lamp.nor an omnibus, much less a steamship or
a railway.—London paper, April 12.
W II AT IS HEAT L IGH rNDrc, 9—The flashes °flight
fling often observed on a summer evening, unaccompenied
by thunder, and popularly knows as heat lightning,"
ate Merely the light from discharge's of electricity from
an ordinary thunder cloud, beneath the horizon of the
observer reflected from clouds, or perhaps from the air
Itself, as in the case of twilight. Mr. Brooks ' , one of
the directors of the telegraph line between Pittsburg
and Philadelphia, informs us that, on one occasion, to
satisfy himself on this point, lie naked for information
'from a dietant operator during the appearance of flashes
of•this kind in the distant horizon, and learned that they
proceeded from a thunder storm then raging two hundred
and fifty miles eastward of his place of observation.—
of. Henry. . .
ARRIVAL OF ERBEL PRISONERS.—Four hun
dred and eixty rebel prisoners, captured by General Fre
mont's division, between Strasburg and Harrisonburg,
Va., are now safely quartered at Camp Curtin, where
they arrived a few dm! since. Tho greater portion of
the prisoners belonged to Virginia, but a number of them
were natives of Mississippi and Alabama, and served in
regiments from those States. With the exception of a few
commissioned officers and others, who, by their manners
and bearing, gave evidence of having once belonged to to
respectable class of society, they were evidently of the
very lowest dregs of humanity. Some of them were not
half clothed. The prisoners will remain at Oamp Curtin
for an indefinite period. They will bo clothed, allowed
soldiers' rations, and receive good medical attention. Of
course, they will be strictly guarded, and no communica
tion permitted outside.
TER PACIFIC) TELEGRAPH.—The following facia
with regard to the telegraph to Utah are of interest: The
'distance by the route followed wee 3.242 miles. Repeat.
era were need respectively at New York, 234 miles rritbs
burg, Pa., 'Tog i Cleveland, Ohio, 795 i Chicano, Illinois,
1,159 ; and Omaha s . Nebraska' Territory, 1,984 canes--
five repenters in all.. The total amount of battery need
was abant 750 cups of Grove. The hinged uninterrupted
circuit was from Omaha to Salt ' Lake, a distance of little
more than 1,200 miles. . .
GENERAL BANES.—A toldior writes to the Lowell
News bating that on Monday of the retreat from drils
burst he saw Gels. Banks trying to make a breakfast of a
hard cracker and a niece of raw salt pork, and was the last
man to cross the Potomac, and he actually hauled on
Iwo attached to seine army wB4OllB that. had got stuck
in the bed ,f the river, and did not leave until they seers
safely ashore.
A riax.—The Merchants' Hole), in Norwicb, was
neatly destroyed by are, last Saturday morning. Loss
on building about 56,000—insured forE3.ooo in Connecti
cut Mutual and $2.000 In the /Etna of this city. It was
owned by 1 4 ..rastus Williams. Seth Cruttenden. landlord.
lost about 62400—insured for $7OO in the Merchants ,
Insurance COlllf any of this city.
• 3510 HE ARDIS.—The Norfolk Arms 'Manufacturing
Co. forriPhes ite Or inetalm. nt of guns in shout three
weeks. The lispecter or "Drover," from Springfield,
visited the /hop last week and performed his duties. The
inepection, we are told, was quite aatisfactory.
A SAD 0403.—A German named Matzke, residingin
West 'Bulimia, Vermont, a man of firm education and
respectable connections, has recently been enraged in
the production of a national air, of great merit; but the
effort has MD cted his mind, and he is now deranged.
PREY OMENA.—At Etherfield. 1.1119910. la , ge swarms
of.masoinitooo, 00 thick as darken the kiss, were seen
for two days in the month of May, and at a Tillage within
two miles of the'above city, swarms of grasshoppers, with
unusuelly largo heeds, and from three to four inches long,
suddenly covered the ground.
AERING FOR hl ORE.—A company of Ictliane are at
Woshingtos, representing the. Secs, and Foxes, and Ot
tawa tribes. They Avant Government to take back their
land, and pay Vann $1.25 per acre for It, and they want
mechanics, and utensils, end their debts paid.
WAIt 3I W ItATNER.—Front New Orleans, - Memphis,
and Richmond we have complainte or sultry weather.
At Louisville, on Sattunloy, the mercury stood at 92 deg.
in the shado—the hottest or the season. This is the
weather that Ines up eoldiers &kr . ..peed to the son or camp
ing in low or marshy land:
SOLDIERS' REST.—A citizen of Bridgeport has pro
cured a moan, which has been furnished by the ladles, for
'be reception of such sick and wounded soldiers as may
be compelled to stop in that city. An experienced person
hes bean engaged to take the entire charge of the ostab
iishment.
A SIIIIIDE.—Mrs. Margaret Johnson, of 'Willimantic,
a widow lady about sixty-seven %rears old, committed
euicide on Monday last by cutting her throat with a
razor. It is supposed that she was partially deranged.
ItEORCITENG.—A German regiment is being raised
in Albany, to be commanded by Prof. Piesener, of Union
College. It will be made up of recruits (rep Albany,
Wroy, and Acheueciady.
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To the Unnamed-Benefactors of the , Sick and
'Wounded Soldters,in Hospitals in Washing.,
ton City:
To the Editor of The Press:
Sin : We have this morning received three barrola
and six boxes from Philadelphia through the kind Bug
geslicat of John 0. Farr and wife, awl other friends in
Pine•etreet Presbyterian Church,. for our gallant boss
brought bcrefrom the battle-fields.
Bad a surgeon in the United States army made out " a
requitition for hospital stores," he could not have been
more specific in hie memorandum, nor could better
articles hare been tupplied. They are the things needed,
and the dirtribution will be commenced this day, by my
wife, who eereonally attends, In every case, and sem the
article in its place.
The articles came in good order and condition, among
which are more or less of the following articles, viz.:
Preserves in variety, jellies do., syrups, sugars, pickles,
oranges, lemons, brandy trait, wines. tamarinds, guano,
brandy, alb, corn starch, Winn, cologne, Muer, gum
arable, flaxseed, oatmeal, I.rieh moss, bran biscuit, tea,
salt, soap,' barley, pine, arrow root, nutmegs, honey,
chocolate, start, ' seeds, diawere, sheets, pillows, slippers,
bandage°, lint, rice, old linen and tou,lin, handker
chiefs, 14.
Ely wile, and the ladies helping her, aro frantic with
delight, and pouring out their gratitude to the patriotic
givers of this large donation, in this time of need. The
soldiers will bless them.
Ho, plied accommodations are needed in tLis city to the
extent that the Government has been obliged to " take
Possession" of some churches. When I ascertained this
to be the fact I offered "the }Fourth Presbyterian Church
edifies" to the Government, and received an answer in
the hand.' idng of Secretary Stanton, worthy of his
head and heart.
My Philadelphia friends helped t) build this church,
and within the last two years to enlarge it. Ir is now 61
by 100 feet and will make a splendid- hospital, should it
become necessary. My dier has been accepted, and my
Philadelphia friends have their share of the reward.
In, hriet's namel salute alt friends of the Government,
and am their &avant to be commanded end need.
JOHN C. 8111TH,
• . restur Fourth Picubyteriau Church
WASHINGTON CITY, Jute 16, 1862.
A Letter of Condolence by George Wash-
ington
The followin g letter, written by George Washington to
hire. Frances Washington, has been made public by Mr.
Charles Lanman, of °corset° SD, D. D.:
FIIMADELPHIA, Feb. 24, 1798.
ktv DEAR FANNY: To you, who so welt knew the
affectionate regard I had for our departed friend, it is
unnecessary to describe the sorrow with which I was
afflicted at the news of his death, although it was an
event I had expected many weeks before it happened.
To express this sorrow with the force I feel it,
would
answer no other purnose than to revive, In your breast,
that poiinsncy of angui.b which, by this Cali, I hope is
abated. Beason, and resignation to the Divine Will
(which is wise and suet in its dispensations) caanot, in
ancb a mind as yonre; fail to produce this effect.
The object of the present letter le to convey to your
mind the warn eel assurances of my love, friendship, and
disposition to serve you. These also I profess to have,
is en eminent degree, for your children.
What plan you have contemplated, or whether. in so
short a time, you .have thought don't is unkno wn to me;
and therefore Ladd that the one which strikes me men
township (by being beat calculated to promote the inte
rest of yourself and children) is to return to your habits
Mon at Mount Vernon. You can go to DO place where
you will be more welcome, nor to• any where you can
live at less expense or trouble; matters at Mount Vernon
being now so errented as to be under the care of respth
sthle persons, and may so coutione ; which would ease
you of that anxiety which the care of so large a family
would otherwise naturally involve you in. It is unite.
emery to observe to you that housekeeping. under any
circumstances, and with the greatest economy, is expen
sive ; and alone provision for it is to be made, wilt be
found, I fear. beyond your means.
You might bring my niece, Harriet. Washington, with
lOU, for a companion, whose conduct I learn with plea
sure, bat given much satisfaction to my slater.
toder the present view I have of the. anhject , I shall
be at Mount Vernon about the first of April, for (per
haps) a fortnight; but your snot and family will not, I
exprot. be there Wore the middle of Jody. My love to
the children, sod with
Affectionate sentiments,
I am always yours,
GIC O. WASHINGTON.
Mrs Francis \Washington
Drew Expe►iments with Gun Cotton.
The Austrian Goternmeui bee recently Instituted new
experiments with.gun cotton, with such good te.ttles that
a considerable part of the Austrian artillery is to be im
mediately enpplied with that article, prepand accordion
to the method of - Gee. Baron Leak. It to ciliated that
the new method of manufacturo Produces smn cotht.,
which remains perfect for may years, sod that its effect
femora than eenal to that produced by powder, while its
liehtnese renders transportation cheap and easy. The
Vienna correspondent of the London Timea says
Baron Von Lent admits tnat breech-loading guns con
be used with greater precision, with gun cotton, than
our others, but, for several reasons, he prefers gene
which are loaded at the muzzle for field artillery. In the
number of the Leipsic Mustriste Zeitung, of May 3d,
there is a description of Look's new gun. Up to the pre
tter.t moment, only three kinds of gone have been made.
They are rifled four-pounders, for brigade and cavalry
eesvice, eight-pounders as reserve artillery, and three
pounders, which can be carried by belies of burden, for
use in mountainous districts.
The last-mentioned gnus, which are of bronze, weigh
one hundred and fifty Austrilin pounds; but trials are
now being made with three• pounders of teat steel which
weigh no more then forty-four pounds. The range of
the three pounders is 3,C00 paces, and their accuracy
is said to be extraordinary. Before the end of the
next month the army will be supplied with thirty bat
teries of four. pounders, and it is oonfidently expectei
that Lenk , e gun-cotton will supersede wader. The
carriages of the new guns are of iron, and they are 80
cerntructid that tbey can be taken to pieCes, and, in
care of need, rallied by. the artillerymen. Sims ince
reetir g experiments have recently been made with gnu
cotton ut Venice, but their results are not p isitleely
known. It is, however, reMted that boats hire been
blown out of water by gun cotton, whiehliad been united
by means of electricity. Guu cotton keened in water
for a month, and then properly dried, has been found to
have lost none of its explosive power.
FINANCIAL AM) COMMERVIAL
THE MONEY .MARKET.
PHIL/DELTHIA, JllllOl7, 1881
*Business at the Board to-day was anspocded, and the
Board esijounicd on the announcement of the death of
311 r. Robert Menullin, , one of the oldest members. A
large number of ea!fewer° made, however, and prices
pretty well sustained United States coupon sixes 1681
were firm at 106 X ; the seven. thirties advanced to 1.06 x,
the endcreed bringing yesterday's price, 105 X. Holders
were disinclined to tell, except in email quantities, doubt
less waiting for a victory by McClellan. Pennsylvania
Svcs agyaag'sd the coupon sixes brought- 105 x.
Schuylkill Navigation sixes 1692 were steady at 741 f.
Lehigh Navigation Mies brought 103. North Pennsyl
vania eixes advanced x ; the tent also X. Philadelphia
and Stinbury sevens advanced 1. Susquehanna Canal
sines, X. Pennsylvania Railroad sixes advanced to 107.
Long Island Railroad sixes advanced' 1 on lagt bid.
Beading Railroad sixes declined slightly on yeatrday's
doting bid. Catawiesa preferred was firm at 13; the
common declined to 4 Beaver Meadow advanced to
67%. Little lichuslkill advanced X, and sold firmly at
19X. Elmira Railroad declined 1. Lehigh scrip ad
-vane:el 1%, selling at 32X ; the stock, X.
Sales of passenger railways were small. Second and
Third was Min at Yesterday's figure—T2 ; 46 ma , bi d
fcr Fifth and. Sixth ; 33 for Tenth and Eleventh; 39 for
Chestnut and Walnut; 25 for Arch; 50 for Race and
Tine; 26 for Girard College.
. A (mall lot of Girard Bank brought 40X—a decline; 53
for FagmerS' and Mechanics' ; 48 for Commercial ; 253
for Mechanics', and 26 for Corn Exchange.
There is nothing new to note in regard to money. The
demand for the first-itsue demand notes still continues,
and the premium on them advances at present slowly; 831
was offered to-day, and buyers numerous. Gold was
steady at six per cent., with large sales. Foreign coin a
little more active.
Drexel & Co. quote—
New York exchange • Parol-10 dis.
. .
Beaton exchange parcel-10 pm.
Baltimore exchange • zero% die
Country funds.— Ifoe.lo
American irld acre% pram.
11. 8.7 11-10 Treasury notes 105Xe51.06.
Demand-notes 303 M prem.
The Mayor of St. Lovas has given notice to the credi;
tors of the city "that the interest on the bonded debt,
already One and to become due before the first day of
July, or matured bonds still nneancelleti, will be paid en
and after the first day of that month, at the Boatman's
Savings Institution, in said city. Subsequent to the first
day of July accruing interest and bonds, when not made
pa 3 able in Philadelphia, will_be paid as formerly, on pre
sentation to the Bank of the Republic, New York. No
interest will be allowed on matured coupons or bonds
from and after Ist of July proximo.
The following is the coal tonnage of the Shamokin Val
ley and Pottsville Railroad Company:
Tons. Cwt. Tons. Cwt.
For week ending_Junel4....... 4,824 13 70.937 16
Same time led year 15,800 12 80,171
,07
Decrease
1,035 19
'lle Michigan Central Railroad has declared e dietdeud
of 3 par cent., payable about the let Jute'. The Itick
Island, it le supposed, will declare a dividend of
the 20th Instant. •
The New Yolk Post, of this evening, mays:
The stock market receded this morning X per canton
Government stocks, and X IPI per cent. on Now York
Central, as compered with the best sales of yesterday.
Yrie and Erie prefetred followed down XoX per cent.,
and the 'Western 'hares to about the same proportion.
The reaction is - Tarim usly ascribed to the public' suspense
in regard to the military eh:ninon before Richmond. and
to the unsettling of the policy of the Treasury Depart
ment in reference to Drifted States notes of circulation,
but beyond these causes it would perhaps be quite as
resennable to attribute the decline to the disposition
amorg some of the bulls to realize on the recent Tory ra
pid ad VAIICP.
The stock market it a fraction bettor since the printed
mire ; New York Central 06;,,' per cent.
The price of gold and rates of exchange have also de
clined thin forenoon, and business in both is going on for
the packet to-morrow with much caution on the part cf
buyers. Gold at the Stock Board is 108x1061(, and at
the counter a of the money-brokers 10601061( per cent.,
buying, and 1063(e106% selling. The rate on London is
//7)6 °ITN per cent. The impression on the street is
that there is considerable doubt about the passage of the
new treasury bill, in its present shape, and so far as gold
went up on this measure on Saturday, there is now a de.
deed pause in the confidence of speculators for the rise.
The supply of gold is better to-day. The banks have
already regained the lees by the export of last week, and
the amount on band this morning Is above the average of
last week. On Saturday the total stood 550,477,000; on
Monday, 831,066.000; and on Tuesday {to-day), 831,-
226,000. The average abut week was 831,182,000
PbUndelphia Markets.
Juxx 17—Vnaing
The Flour Market is rather more active to-day; sales
include 600 bbls Northwestern extra at $4 87M, 500 Ws
do family at $565 12M, 200 bbls Ohio do at $4.25, 1,000
Ws Delaware Billie extra at 5.5.50, and 200 Ws choice
Ohio family. on private terms. The tales to the trade
are nioderate, rarging froin $4 37M to 54.75 foi
common and goad superfine, $4 62M 05.75 for extra and
extra family, and s6e6 50 for fancy brawls, as to lus
hly, Rio Flour is steady at it 3.25 41 1 'bbl. There laver)"
little 'Corn Meal offering and Penna is held at $2.82X
.'bbl.
WnEAT.—The receipts are moderate.. with Bliaff (>1'4,000
but, in ]rte, at 1230126 c for rods ' and 1300135 c for white,
as in quality. Eye is' steady at flic for Penna. Corn is
eidet,..ahont 2.500 bus sold at 53c for prime Southern
yellow afloat ,• 52c52Mc for Penna. do., in store , a §niall
lot of good White mid at fiTc. Oats are unchanged, and
about 4 050 bus Southern and .Penna. sold at 40c 4p bus.
BARK —lit No. 1 Quercltron ie selling at 833.50 tfw
ton.
Corros.—Tbere is very little doing In the way of sales,
and the stock is Teri'
Gnoognies,—There femora firmness in Sugar, and •
moderate business doing.
Peoirtstoss'are neglected and doll; . abeut2so tee Lard
sold at BXesB,llc sash.
Winsur.—Tlas market is more active; about 700 bbls
Sold 26e26c for Pennssivania and We§tems and 2 3 0
;.3!(e goilink fin drudge.

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