Vrtss. THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1862. IfORNEY I S WAR PRESS--THE ONLY WEEKLY PAPER 711A.T•GITES A COMPLETE WEEK'S 11 . 13fORY Of THE WAR S TEE "WAR PROW' FOR JUNE 21 in now ovt. The following is a list of the principal articlee in the number ENGRAVlNG—Destruction of the .Bebel Bam Fleet at NI 'noble, by the Union Flotilla, under Commanders Davis and Bitet. POR:fRAIT OF PARSON BROWN LOW—Hie Groat speoch al the A cßdetai of Ruoic, Joao 13. WAR TA lA—. The Vol noteer'e Wife." A SKETCH of CAMP LIFE. EDITORIALS—The - Surprise in : Irtrginia—Esorgan. itatten— Browidow—Dying Out of the Hobellion—A lirro's Funeral—Mr. Lincoln and His Revilere—A Pair of Epitaphs. LETTERS FROM SPECIAL 00ERESPON DE NTS Min Army of the Potomac—Army tethe Shenandoah —Gen. Dix's Division—Sen. LI 'Week's Army—Guu. linutei's Division —pen. Burnside's Division —The Blockading Squadron.. LATEST NEVIS BY TBLIGRAPII from the Army of the Potomac, Washington, Ac. PARTIQUL&RS OF THE OLPTIIRE 0S MEE PEId lIVOEMNAYAL FLEET. LIST OF SICK AND WOUNDED PFINNBYLVka ISM% In the &mailld la Philadelphia and other 10. LETTERS OF t OCCASIONAL." INTERESTING SOUTHERN NE VS. Loco!, Newa—Ftuaticial and Oontinercial, 0., %c. TERMS—One copy, one year, $2; throe water, fa; fire copies, S 8; ten c9Piell, $l2. Single eeptea, for We at the counter, Four Caine: IF wE Lave not taken an active part In the criticisms of our generals, and Insisted upon dictating a certain course or arbitrary cant reigning, it is because we have an abblinglitilh that r ow•idenee never iutetulekt us turn Mill, Lary commander. We like to read abate. great battle. We sometiteeS get toole boiatiug over a great vc . ltkvt3 , . " 13evna that, do have rarely Vilhata any military suggestion or condemnation. re have always • endeavored to sta4 the delight ful art of niluditig oar own busitkesa—and the scleileo of war'is uo part of our =ow.- plhhtuents. Soule tbiugs were very strange and unaccountable, and there are mysteries about many of our campaigns which we have not been able to solve. Many movements looked to us like stupidity, turd not general ship, but censure WAS ungracious, and we did not care to undertake the task. It was for us to hope and believe. We felt that in a war like this, no citizen, whether in the army or in civil life, could have any other motive than that of saving the country. It was the controlling thought with us, we could not but believe that it was the controlling thought with others. To this end, therefore, we have always been patient, and at all tittles counselled patience. - ' We have steadily re- frained from doing anrhing to etubArrass the Administration or any of the servants of the Administration. We have been anxious to see the rebellion crushed, and to that end, have favored every expenditure of money, every sacrifice of ,blood and treasure, any legislation. Nor do we ohm any special credit for havieg done so. It was the duty of every citizen, and of oureelves n., more than It has been, therefore, with some pain that we have noticed in many loyal newspapers studied attempts to depreciate the honesty and capacity of many of our public men. Some assail General MCCLELLAN, and others General RALLECK. Many denounce FILESIO2(T and Balms. Many impugn the sincerity of the rresident. Many assail the Secretary'of War. The disloyalists denounce everybody—Presi- dent, , Secretary; abd General—but it is not with there that we are now dealing. "Mehl- ated with treason, it is natural that thoy should detest every patriot in place or out of place. It is among those who claim to. be Iriends of Mr. LINCOLN and adherents of kis Ad ministration that we see the various mani festations of this spirit. Ardently loyal and devoted to the country, they neutralize and weaken their influence by dissensions and recrimination. With no app ;rent motive, or, if with any at all, one of a degradiug character, they villify and abuse generals and. Cabinet ministers with almost as much bitterness as they exhibit towards Mr. Da.vts and Mr. BEN JAMIN. They seem to forget that these men, like themselves, hive the good of the - country at heart, and that they are endeavor ing to save it in thtir own appointed way. They arc forgetful of the fact that they are human, and liable to error; but that, being human, they are anxious to atone for error. They, clamor and coudemn, and use incendiary language with a recklessness which seems to be appalling. General MCCLELLAN throws up entrench ments at Yoiktown; and he is derided ds a digger in dirt and a builder of eorduroy roads. General FREMONT makes an unprecedented march-over the mountains, meets the enemy, and fights with undaunted courage, but be cause be does not capture the foe he is Pro nounced an incompetent general: Gen. BANKS Conducts one of the must mastrr)y retreats of the war, and because he did not defeat an over whelming rebel force he is called a mere poli tician. Gen. lIALLECR engineered BEAURE GARD out of Corinth, and he is now a bye word and a scorn among men who trembled a few weeks ago with apprehension thathe would be cut to pieces by the rebel army. General BUTLER issues an order to protect his soldiers from insult, and he is called a coarse, vulgar fellow. General HUNTER commences the very unpleasant work of taking care of the ne groes by making them light and work, and no epithet is too gross .and indecent to apply to Lim. Governor STANLEY gets into a personal difficulty with an impetuous Northerner at Newbern and sends him home. Straightway, the Governor is called a w scorpion" and a Secessionist. The Secretary of War is also a prominent target for these assaults. He is unreasonable, impetuous, and tyrannical— • be became frightened over JACKSON'S raid, and summoned the county to arms only to ask it to disarm the day succeeding. He is a party to the wildest schemes that were over conceived. He is plotting to have half an army cut to pieces because ec the Abolitionists want to supersede MCCLELLAN !" He wan tonly permitted BANKS to be defeated, and - kept lioDowsm. on the Rappahannock, because the radicals desired to protract the war and enable their friends to make money out of contracts and at length dissolve the Union! Let it be remembered that all these as- , sertions are made in good faith, and that loyal journals .elaborate those ridiculous fan cies from day to day in the most indignant manner: A moment of reflection would re mind them that, in a case like that of Secre tary STANTON, it is as impossible that he should wantonly permit an army to be sacri ficed, in order to gratify political spleen, as it is that be would sever in twain the child of his loins. And those who are so angry about the impetuosity of the Secretary of War in calling out troops when there was merely a presumed danger, would have been infinitely more angry bad the Secretary made such an order a day too late. Vigilance is far ..better than negli. gence. Better fire your gun and make a false alarni than be surprised and captured on your post. An officer may be too fast, but it is infinitely better than that he should be too slow. The effect of these efforts to depreciate the Secretary of War or any officer of the Government, or of . any general in command, must be baneful. Mick ens the loyal heart and strengthens the dis loyal heart. Our friends sigh and droop and grow faint, our foes become merry and joyous. The newspapers of the South print their dis paragements with a fiendish exultation ; Eu rope mocks at the fear and dissension and ca lamity we exhibit. , These men propose no thing. They tear down, but do not rebuild. They would do away with things as they are, but they do not tell us what is to. come here after. Is there not more than common phi losophy in the poet's wish to rather boar the ills we have than fly to others that we know not of? We are not aware that, in making these re marks, we are defending auy general in the field, or any particular officer of the Govern ment. We have no personal cause to cham pion. These men may quarrel and contend it is no business of ours, and we have no in terest in the contest. We plead for the coun try. We ask those who are disposed to con. damn to stay their censure. Let there be no more heart-burnings and griefs. It they are truly loyal, let them show their loyalty by magnanimity and forbearance. Nothing has been gained by these assaults and . censures. Tbe . same men are still in power. The coati. dence.of .the people in their integrity or abili ty-may be weakened, but •in It not a sad thing that loyal journals should take , a part in this unharpy task? We are brothersin this Union cause, and until we have fully aceomplished our mission, let there be no sign of division or enmity among us. TIM SUMMARY DISAIISSAt:,hy S,COretilTy STAN. TON, of Surgeon HAYKS, can have no other than a salutary effect upon the department of which Dr. DAYES was% member. Viro . iteow nothing of the details or this- partictilar'case ; 'we have no data on which to, form a judgment of the juatiee or injustice of this di, graceful, dismissal from service. It is possible—though the bare facts certainly do not seem to" war : . rant, the supposition—that Dr. tiaras can adduce such extenuating circumstances as honorably to acquit him of the terrible charge row preferred against him. His Irlonds insist that be can; and it is our duty, and the pub lie's' duty, to suspend all opinion on the case till it shall have been fairly and hilly discussed, both in prosecution and defence- But It is no less incumbent upon every man who lies any spark or limininity hi him, to insist that the medical appointments of the army be lesimeted and guarded by a vigilance as kon tts 'thst which controls the military. it IA lint eneugh to have leetileient, careless, .or eteVaistly officers . ; it is cruel enough to place intri need lessiy tinder murderotia tires, to let thetu be ent to piece's thruitgli Iregleel, Of an moment, or to create eonflislOix ) dentetallaas tion, true eventeally deeilnatiell Of the tanks by eowardiee. But these !setts see neae s sfir correetive. It Si eaplaiti Ot K tV,llttO COlllllAlly falters, tlttl•NO tit OM fleet etehl Iliet rear shOhltier hint bite his SlAy by Sheer physiCal pressitre. It a eolonel tst Iseentss, amt 0.3%10011411S - 111111.1 SO-11‘ 1 3 tMe that ki.OIIIItNAIS his attention in the resat, the ontate and tact of dlselellued Utaler (Aeon 'ate often a fair substitute for teffitievit supreme direetion, and save a eorrireatal. E - OO the COoNseti tnotios of 'fen irre:solutv vlverAl find their perniciously tending effects negatived by individual bravery and $ll4O-ssesAion. But a surgeon's neglect of wounded men is nnmitigated by any court ter-intineuce. It works out its own heartless evil unrelieved, and, where proved, should stied out in our miuds in unpalliated heinous ness. Public sensibility must be increased on this point, and public opinion find amore definite and vigorous expression. Why showl a man whose spirit failed him in presence of the foe be hooted through the length and. breadth of the land, while a soulless monster, forgetful of duties•not a Whit less obligatory, is permitted to subside quietly into private life? The soldier has excuses—not valid, perhapa, yet not entirely invalid. As bombs are hurtling through the air, bearing a score of deaths in every iron bosom;' as can non are hurling carnage and agony from their brazen jaws; as minie-balls are crash ing through the ranks, and the hoarse roar of battle is shrilled by the shrieks of those who are gasping out their lives in tor tured breaths—what wonder that a sudden vision of home, a sudden rush 'over the heart Of. sweetest memories—the love of a wife or a mother, the prattle of children, a father's gaze of manly affection, a sister's devotion—what wonder, that, with death almost a certainty, and with death, long misery of grief and de pendence to all who are dearest oa earth, a great yearning : for, life: should oversweep the man's martial enthusiasm; a great longing for love dim his eye and make his arm falter ? But what possible excuse, or seniblance ; of .one, can be urged for the neglectful surgeon? Is the soldier pledged to lay down his life for his country? No leis is- the' surgeon's honor vowed to sacrifice everything to the full dis charge of his sacred duties. Recollections of home; and love of life for its sake, may under mine. . the soldier's sense of military duty, and make him forget his manhood; but the same thoughts. should redouble the, surgeon's zeal, and increase an ordindry care to an eager soli citude. If home be dear to him also, the re• - membrance should inspire him to his best of forts for saving the bealths, limbs, and lives of those who have imperilled them and their hopes rather than their cue - tatty and their honor: Every instinct of a common humanity supports the surgeon in his labors; every .more delicate impulse is an additional incite ment to him. Ile runs no risks except` those.. which are incurted by the discharge of any duty honestly performed ; .he is called onto- make tie sacrifices except of, time and labor, and for these be is liberally paid. Or if; after a battle, or amid centagious sickness,-he is obliged to undergo labors of great severity, and make himself obnoxious to dangers of the most relentless kind—this is fully compensated for by the greater part of his life's being exposed to neither necessity. But even if this were not so, the respousibilitaes of the surgeon are in nowise lessened. The bargain between himself and the Government is not so much pay for so much work; thevarying exigencies of his profession necessitate the leaving of a : wide margin for humanity and charity; and whoever does not fill this margirfwith records of kindly offices written in his life-blood, if need be, is -recreant to the trust reposed in him, recreant to his holy vocation, and should be branded as deeply by public scorn as he who shrinks from the battle. Nay, if a deserter from the ranks be shot;why shalt not his life also gurgle itself out, in the dust who has proved a traitor to the most sacred -re. sconsibilities of a most sacred profession and to the common promptings of a decent huma nity ? We. may seem to speak warmly on this sub ject .; but, cotisidering its importance, and the piteous appeal which it makes to us, we are conscious of presenting the case with very in sufficient vividness. No city in the Union Is so extensive .a depot for sick and wounded' soldiers as our own. Between those who are permanently detained in our hospitals for cure, and those who remain for periods more or less brief, as the nature and severity of their inju ries demand, every accommodation that we can make for these sick and maimed defenders is used to its 'Utmost capacity. Our duties have brought us into close observation• of the details of our sanitary arrangements, and we arelappy to record their general excellence and harmonious workings. But these are due to our resident physichufs.' Instances du now and then occur of heart-rending neglect by re gular army surgeons having the charge of con— veying large numbers of wounded. 'lt is sel dom, we believe,•deliberate, but the result of inadvertency or inefficiency; and the pOint we insist on here Is, that weak men and care less men shall not be selected for posts that demand promptitude and sedulous attention, no less than kindness and professional skill. It is too horrible to permit that the brave fel lows. who go forth to battle for ns, and return battered and bruised, suffering and sick, should receive any other than the most persistent aid. Spasmodic jets of charity will not do ; we must find men whose energy is unflagging. There are such, plenty of them ; and' the Se cretary of War is but fairly meeting his duty towards those .unfortunates who, more than all others, should have his warmest sympa thies and most strenuous exertions, - when he summarily dismisses to everlasting disgrace the weak or the heartless, and fills' their places with high-toned, hard-working mem bers of the medical profession. WE REGRET to learn, by the China, that HENRY THOMAS Bums, the celebrated au thor, died in the city of Damascus "on the 81st of- May. This announcement will create a deep feeling of grief throughout this country `among those who believe in the principles he inculcated, as well as thOse who, disagreeing with him, still honor the genius, the courage, and the industry which he manifested as a historian. Mr. BUCKLE was born on the 24th day of November, 1828, at Lee, in the county of Bent, England. We are told that for a very short time he attended school in a Kent fah town, near London, where he was taught the plainer branches of an English and classi cal 'educatiog. He does not seem to have been in any other school: of note, nor are we aware that any of "the celebrated institutions claim him among their .alumni. Be possessed a large fortune, and collected a fine library ; ho lived--the life of a student and a thinker, gratifying an all-absorbing taste for letters, in pursuing, with an incessant en / ergy, the studies which he had marked out for bis fame. Ile was celebrated as a chess player many years jgo, and, before he became an . author, had quite a local reputation, among English 'scholars and men of letters. In the year 1857, liir:Bnoxim firat published Ills work entitled 4, The History of GiViliza ton in England." It was a remarkable VO • lame and exalted great attention, partly because of the novelty and boldness of his views, but principally because he surrounded them with a degree of eloquence and learning which few writers have exhibited. Based upon a theory of skepticism, and discarding many of the oldest established princTles of Chf,s Unity, its author became at oitce.the objeotof - scorn and denunciation onthis part ofithose Who 'defended' the I Clittrcif - and extravagant joy on the pelt Of those who disbelieved in Revelation. The Athenceura attacked it very severely, and in its =assaults it was sustained by several of the leading British quarterlies. Notwithstanding its unpopularity = among men of the Church, Mr. BUCKLE'S at tained a great reputation both in England and America. In the first year of its publication two large editions wore sold. The mom/ volume was printed but ideently, and as Mr. BUCKLE had not deviated` fteln -the plan set forth in his first work, but, on the contrary, carried out the theories he then advanced with more boldness and fervor than before, there was still the same spirit of denunclaion manifested by those who tlisagreisi with his theories am' conclusions. Lut u 8 88y as we will or .111CNRY THOMAS BUCK:14010 Wile el groat man. Setting mid° any aeutaritut view, ho has wrlttun a book Which will ilve. It 1S rull or thought, of Edo nttenne, and study ; mai MIN IVO 0111'SOIVOS art ISr NOlll agreeing into many of tho strango and -novel prn.rettltioult Ito ittivancus, wu at all times read lite elutptpra with profit and dolight. 4iTi1011tet0ryOIVIV1111013l1011," MO MACAULAY'S 114tOrt bluglaitti, was commenced on too Isllll*.ilkiolld a *vale for any Man to complete to mortals on the earth, and it COUlltiOtl to us as a splen did 11.sgmeut of what the ambition of onto author conceived, and to the completion or whlch thu allergy of his life was devoted. Our latest intelligence in relation to Mr.' lineata Intimated that in the third volume of his work he would discuss civilization in North America. We should have read any theories he might have printed about us with, unusual interest, and it is not at all improbable that they remain among his unprinted papers. We are sorry that he has gone. The world of letters bus lost one of Its brightest. orna ments, and England one of her most gifted sons. Foltz= warross are surprised at every- thing that has taken place in the United States ' during the past historical year. - They are surprised at the unity of the loyal people, at the successful operations of our new financial system, at the energy and wisdom. of Mr. LmcoLs's Administration, at the great size, discipline, comfort, and endurance of our ar mies; but Unit which especially astounds them is the vast navy that has been created to cooperate with the army, and that has dis tinguished itself in such stupendous and nu merous conflicts: ;The apparition or armed veisels-ol.war swarming in every sea, capibbi for our own defence, and ready to carry our flag into distant harbors, is the most startling evidence of the growing greatness and inex haustible resources of the Republic. Our prowess on land has always been admitted by the PowerS of the old "'word, but in their struggles for the mastery of the seas they never anticipated that one of their most foimidable rivals would spring up in that Western Hemisphere, the proud isolation of which they were content to con template without apprehension, if not without envy. They remember that when the war commenced we were almost without a navy, and it was this that induced so many insane calculations,. that whenever their o wia interest,. ambition or cupidity might prompt them to in terpose in favor of the rebellion; their com bined fleets would render such intervention wholly irresistible. Now, however, they . are forced to increase their own marine for their own safety, to forego the vision of participa tion in our quarrels, and to secure the iaviola bility of their own borders. But let us, while rendering tribute to the, heroes that have shed imperishable lustre upon the American flag in the American navy, flat forget the laborious, skilful and scientific civil -agents who have contributed so much to increase the perfection of 'our. vessels-of-war. Let us not forget tae Navy Department. Mr. WaiLEs—all the time depreciated, attacked, reviled, and ridi cub d—has pursued the quiet tenor of his way, and may - now point with 'just pride to the re- . sults of the labors of hiluself and the gentle men associated with him.i 'He has had her culean tasks to perform. Contending with factions in the-country-and in Congress; the doubts of many of the most experienced officers of the navy, and beset by proffers from every dais of inventors, he and his assistants have succeeded <in putting afloat the most powerful fleets, and in consummating the most perfect blockade ever known inhistory. ' Pro bably the most efficient and vigorous auxiliary of. Mr. W . ELLEs has been his Assistant See,re- tary, GUSTAV US V. Fox, Esq. His long ex perience as an officer of the navy, and his conscientious deyotion to the cause of his country, enabled him to assume the position be now occuyiee, and to discharge its manifold duties with signal success. Well acquainted with the wants of the service, and personally intimate with many of the most distinguished officers, he knew how to meet the exigencies of the times, and whom to call upon to do the work courageously and thoroughly. Many of his reforms that, when first suggested, created such a storm, have been triumphantly - vindicated. What renders Mr. Fok so invaluable, a public officer is the additional fact that he is kind, concilia tory, and rapid in his' intercourse with the thousands who visit the . Department. No 'citizen leaves him without being satisfied that he IS an, honest and patriotic man. In remem bering the chiefs, it would be unjust to pass over this unpretending and yet most merito rious public officer. Ova EVER-WELCOME and reliable corres pondent J. C.," gives us, in a letter from the Chickabominy, another account of the recent skirmish on the railroad tram The graphic letter we printed yesterday from '6.1. ➢i. F." told'one itory—the story of one who was almost a victim to the rebel assault. cc.i. C." says that, instead of the rebels making a dash at our lines of communi cation, and endeavoring to deatroy White llouse and the shipping on the Pamunky, a detachment from JACKSON'S force on the way from aordonsville happened to . stumble into the Federal lines, and, in the effort to get out again, did some little damage to the railroad bridges and the telegraph. Thiti,appears to be a reasonable - view of the case, although all the other correspondents at White Rouse agree in calling it a deliberate attack. It is natural that they should think so, being at the scene of danger, and it is also natural that "J. C.," being far beyond, and near headquarens, should get another more novel, and perhaps a more reliable versioq. At all events, we should take the account of "J. C." as the one most creditable to ourselves. It would be a shameful thing to allow an ene my to emerge from Richmond and get in our rear, while it is very natural that a squad of beleaguered and wayworn rebels should 'stumble within our lines And do a little damage in get ting out of their trouble. THE SYMPATHIZERS with treason in Penn sylvania and elsewhere do not like to . be called Breckinridgers. They protest and declaim against it as an act of gross injustice. Well, if they are ashamed of the name, we propose to drop it forever if they will be honest enough to drop the doctrines of their late candidate for the-Presidency. But the harder he fights against the flag till) more strenuously they ad vocate his opinions. Ills speeches before, he went over into the ranks of the common enemy; are the models upon which their speeches and editorials are framed. Like him, they denounce the Abolitionists; like him, they declare that the Constitution has been violated by the President, and like him, they insist that the friends of the Administra tion are intent upon immediate emancipation and negro equality. Still more do they re., semble Brig.' Gen. Bazeiniamos, of the rebel army. They are silent . ' when they come to .h/s . own perjury and ingratitude ; silent over the bloody, ..recital ef traitor barbarities and crimes, and silent whenever their attention is called to the proscriptions of the loyal Union 'men of the South. If they have not earned the lame of Breckinridgers, then- Barman =cut • himself has not earned the name of traitor. . PublLe'Amaserne,uts. WALNUT• STAB= iIINATILB.-1111s8 Daly appeared in two characters last evening. As Josephine in 1 The Canthilere,' , and Caroline Morton in 1 . Onr Gal," she fully anstaintd her reputation, and 'frequently drew ex venatione of approbation from a large audience. The same bill is repealed this evening. A ItCll-BiRVET THBII . IIB.To-iiight Mr. Onanfrau as Nose and Jupiter. Iloopty's Idinstueiti are having a eucoeiefnl run at 610 00hticontellboatie. They are Teri attraetire. THE PRESS.-PRILADFALPHIA, THURSDAY. JUNE 19, 1862. LETTE R MOM. "''OCCASIONAL." Love of the American Upion is an inspiring sentiment. It makes men heroes and women angels. -' It fills our Armies and our navies; de prives death of its horrors, and prepares us for every sacrifice in _life as if each were but another beginning of an endless glory. We felicitate ourselves upon this sentiment. We are so proud of it that we laugh at whit is called the patriotism of other nations. -There is, we flatter ourselves, nothing like the ardor and the enthusiasm we feel forthe American Union. It is an emotion born of the gods themselves, and it only thrills the veins of those who sincerely feel that ours is tho only spot on the globe that has ever been conse crated by a perfect system of human govern ment and laws. Well, we are mistaken. We are not the, exclusive possessors of this perfect chrysolite, this Koh-i-noor of diamonds, this jewel of pa triotism above all price. llewever we may boast of the purity of our motives and the righteousness of our cause, we should remem ber that these considerations do not always make men ready to imAergo privations and dangers. There is such a thing as courage in the face of great crimes; there is such a thing as standing fast by that which all good men bate and despise. The Secessionists in Washington and l3alti more are models of heroism: They are your true Martyrs. Ido not speak of the morality of their• creed..'lt is not as pure as that which made the Nock an altar, or the scaffold a throne„ in bygone days. But they die for it on the field, theypray for it in the closet, they steal for it in the Cabinet, and they lie for it in society. Their .perseverance; and duvotien to it is greatest, it would seem, when its cru elty is plainest. Take the example now presented to us. The rebel prisoners in Wash ington are the hostages of a generous Govern-. ment, held for so many Union soldiers in du rance vile in the filthy dungeons of the South. They are well provided for by the agents of that authority which they have defied to the extremest and bloodiest alternative.' . They are broughthere atter slaughtering our brotheri and friends, the brave men who went forth to defend the flag when they saw it insulted and trampled under foot. They arrive here, not only impertinent, but exultant in their, great crime. Bad this clime succeeded Washing ton and Baltimore would now be the Sodom and Gomorrah of the' continent. Not a stone would have been left save as a monument of Elli Tl. Millions of property would have been lost. Thousinds of lives would have b en sacritieed. Aud yet these men have become objects of the tenderest care of many of •the ladies and gen tlemen of the two cities. They are hailed as innocent sufferers in a great cause. If they are sick and wounded, they arc attended with scrupulous care ; if they are healthy, they are honored and applauded. While the Union soldiers in our hospitals are, in too many cases, forgotten or neglected, the rebel prisoners - resliie the double difference between their indescribable miseries in their own section, and the liberal kindness of the officiate of Ur. Lincoln, and the attentions and hospitalities of those who deliberately neglect those brave men whoa aved them from utter desolation and destruction. A distinguished lady, who has been conspicuous in good works, and has mi nistered to the wants of our sick and wounded, informed me a few days ago here, that the re bel prisoners were visited and waited upon 'by many who scorned the slightest attention to the krave soldiers of the Republic, and that every delicacy and comrort that could be pro. cured or devised was furnished to them with ostentatious profusion. This is high courage, and it deserves-men- tion and remembrance, as proving that if there is devotion and enthusiasm for the cause of a free and threatened Republic, there is no less devotion and enthusiasm among those who adhere to the fortunes of the Treasonable Conspiracy which is seeking the life-blood of, that same Republic. The meeting of Pennsylvanians held at Willard's Hall last evening, for the purpose of making provision for the sick and wounded soldiers of our State, of which more than a thousand are now congregated m this city, was a most interesting demonstration. The utmost enthusiasm prevailed, and a large amount was promptly subscribed at the close of the proceedings. An 'aganiz Alen will be perfected as a result`of this aisemblage that will extend its usefulness throughout the com ing season, and will greatly relieve the afflic tions of these brave men, and lighten the labors of Governor Curtin and'the efficient gentlemen who have already done so much for the health and.`comfort of our volunteers. Another meeting will be held to-morrow hursday) evening, at liSrfflard's Hall, when a numerous attendance is expected. FROM Viris.S]lligGTOlq. Special Despatches to The Press." No despatches from Corinth have been received at the War Department to. day. All is Quiet in the Valley of the Ehenandoah, as Tar as beard from, and also in the army of the Potomac. A despatch received at the War Department from Gen; oGLELLes, this afternoon, states that Col. ATERILL tad Just returned from a scout to the Idattatiouy, in search os a baud of guerillas, but they were found to have left the previous day. Be destroyed the bridge, took a number of wagots and carts loaded vitt). supplies for Rich mond, destroyed a large amount of rebel grain, and cap tured several important prisoners CoL GREGG bad made a rtconuoissanoe to Charks City Court Rouse, and reco vered some mules] which were driven off by Cal. STEWART, in tile Pauitinky raid. Gen. fiIoCLELLAN GOMDIIIROLIT3 Cols. AvXRILL and GREGG for the handsome manner in which the expedition was conducted. • New Enlistment Bill—All People With out Regard to Color to be Taken. Mr. BALD introduced a bill in the Senate to-day, pro. tiding that whenever the public service requires further enlistment of recruits for the army, either of regulars or iolunts:ers, the President of the United fitate3 be autho rized and uireeted to issue his proclamation to the people of the United Stateir, Inviting enlistments front all the people, vritbout distinction of race, color, or condition. Section 2 enacts that every slave that shall enlist by virtue of this act, or the proclamation of the President issued in pursuance thereof. and shall be renal red into the military service, ehall be immediately and absolutely free from all claim of bOrTiCO, except that which he sub mite himself to by ouch enlistment. • Section 3 provides that every person, bond or free, who shall enlist into the military service of the united States shall be entitled to all the wages, bounties, and privileged allowed by law to any soldier enlisted in the army. Repeal of a Late Law. Tba Senate Naval Committee to•day reported a bill re pealing the act entitled en act to prevent, and punish frauds on' the part of officers instructed with making contracts for the Government, approved June 2, 1802. This law proposed an office for a copy of every contract to be deposited in, with an oath affixed by the contract is.g officer that the name was fairly made, etc. The ex penee to each department to carry out this law was found to be quite large, hence its repeal. The Fthancial Question in the Senate. Idr. CnISDLIA'S resolution prohibiting the issue of legal-tender treasury notes .beynd a certain Amount was up in the Senate this morning. In advocating it he said that the Secretary of the Treasury, since the let of April, 'had Obtained twelve millions at four per cent ! and up to yesterday, forty. are millions AE ilve'Pei Celli Mr. eaxnas did not doubt but that for purposes of circula tion—in fact, for all , purpotea—enongh notes bad already been issued. He was not prepared either to favor or disapprove tbo propoaition of Secretary Caes■ for a new lathe. Mr. 0/IANDLER believed that if his resolution pasted gold would go back is its old standard. The Other Side. Surgeon HAYSS, of the 110th Pennsylvania, who wee dismissed from the service for alleged neglect to the Wounded received here Saturday from Front Royal, is out in a card, in which he calls on all the Redstone sur geons and soldiers to confirm that he did ant neglect them in anywise ; that he had been with thorn two days and nights, and that he telegraphed to .the Surgeon General twice that the train would arrive hero at the time it did, With the wounded, and that he was not responsible for the results of the entire neglect of the despatchee sent to his superior officers. Members of Congress to be Prevented from ill r. Powina, introduced a bill 111 the Senate, today, making It a high misdemeanor for any member of Gott irers, or any officer of the Government Or the United Etates, who ehall, directly or indirectly, take, receive, or agree to receive, any consideration to procure any con tract from the Governmenti and, on conviction, he shall be fined double the amount he may bare received, and the contract shell- be void, pud he shell be disqualified from holding any 'United States office. Notice to hlilitary Absentees, etc. The large number of officers absent from their regi ments, without sufficient ranee. is regarded as so merlons an evil as to demand immediate correction, and accord ingly ordtis . have been leaned for this purpose. All pro. perry captured ,by the army, or seized by any provbst marshal, or taken np astray, or taken from soldiers marching in an enemy's country, is required to be turned over to the chief ot the staff of the department to which such property 'could appertain, on duty with the troops, to be accounted fur by tht-rn recaptured property, and nerd for the public rervice, unless claimed by the owners and ordered by the commanding officer to be, restored. Gee. Bardarl'e brigade has been ordered to report thowhere, and, Gen. lisarsurp's (late ADER0R0311118'8) btitatee is to report to Geo. Balms. 'Ninety- thi eo rebel prisoners arrived here to-day. Most of them were captur , 41 at POrt Republic by Goa. Far.. SIONT. Trier, were turned over to .the care of Provost Muratori BaTougr,oza. . Among the. wee Lb u t e pa r a rilltitettr, Bth Louieiauar who reports that .the brigade WAsaiwarbS;4une 18, 1862. OCCASZONIL. WAsEnitaToN s .Tune 18 The Latest War News. Making Government Contracts. to which ho was attached was badly cut tip by Gen. !dn.. 110 Y, at Port Republic; Gon, IIANKS, in company with Acting Medical Direc tor Dzwittai vielted tic ltoerltale to -day, and found tvtrtblag in good order. Oen..Tsnisoli, who WS3 injured at Hair Oaks, bas ar rind in ibis city. Death of General Palmer. General. WILLIAM Pet.man, of the topographical engineers, who Was brought hither yesterday sick with the typhoid ver,"died today. Coufirmation9 by the Senate no Senate, in exeoutive session to-day, confirmed the °Rowing apvciiniments' • A. CAmnaoti liu r, of Colorado;Unittd siatee'marebal for that Territory: - ABltAlt PLANT/B/Is, of CoMorals, register of the Land Office at Humboldt. B. C. tdoac,ix, of Now York, and B. L. GARDNER, or OhJo, asoistout quarterruattore of voluuteera. Bankrupt Bill. A large number of memorials were presented in the Senate to-day firm citizens of Pennsylvania, New York, and Ohio, praying for the passage of a bankrupt law.. There eeeme to be a general opinion that this important eubject will notbe considered until next (melon. injury to a Pennsylvania Representative As Hon. .4ENDRICIC B. WRIGIIT, of Pennsylvania, was crossing Pt nne) lyania avenue last night; he was ran into by a carriage, knocked down, and quite seriously bruised. lie was conveyed to his residence, but hopes to be out in a few days.. Post Office Atiairs.9 MARYLAND AND PENNSYLVANIA The Postmaster General to-day.ordered the following : At Ridgeville, Frederick counti, Maryland, OEMs Bunsen ie designated as mail messenger, for service At Bailey Hollow, Pennsylvania, W. W. PArntS is de. Edimated 'for' service, from date of commencement, in place of D. PATTBUSON. POSTMASTERS' APPOINTMENTS BORER?' KIL3IOIt is appointed at liendricksburg, Lu cerne county, Pennsylvania, vice Twames M. BUTLSR, JOSEPII V. MATTEINWSt poetnaaster, Carter Hill, Erie comity, Perliqlyania, vice WILLIAM A. Hooka, re- i - contreet has been ordered With J. J. Witionr, New York, to convey the - mails from Port Royal, South Carolina, to, New York, and back, twice a month, or as often at steamers ran—the mails to bo delivered into and taken froni the post offices at each end of the route. 1114scellaneous . A medical board WIliS ordered to assemble at West Point on the 12th instant, to examine into the physical qualifi cations of the graduating class, and to continue in session until the last of July, to examine the newly-appointed. Brevet Brigadier General VT. A. Moßtus has been as- signed to duty as military commander of the city of New 'York and vicinity. COL MORRIS relieves Gen. HenvEr Ilitoulr, who has beetrassigned to duty as chief of artil lery at the camp of isstnaction at Annapolis, Md. It is reported that troops are constantly arriving at Richmond. General GosmAves W. Smut is palsied; and unlit for Military duty In the rebel army. There have been about a thousand appointments and Promotions in the United States army since the general orders of December last, according to the pamphlet just issued, of which there are—major generate 17, brigadier generals 93, and brigade surgeon. The additional aids- de-carap appointed by the' President alone, nailer the act of August last, are as follows: 001.04.13111, ; lieutenant colonels, 9 majors, 24; captains, 97. Three brigadier generals have resigned and four declined. The t ondnation of J. B. Z 81151015 as brigadier gene rat heretofore confirmed by the Senate, has been recon sidered and withdrawn. LATE AND IMPORTANT FROM THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. ANOTHER ACCOUNT *OF THE RECENT SKIRMISH, A REBEL FORCE WALKS INTO OUR LINES. _ CAVALRY `FIGHT_ The Rebels at Richmolid Reinforced. [Special Deepatch to The Prosaj Foxe - Ems& MONROE, Juno Vr, Via Baltimore, June 18. f One of your special correspondente beyinid the Ghicka hominy { ,4 4. 0.") has sent the following account of the recent skirmish by a epecial messenger. He writes on Friday, and giyes a new—what many here think, a re; liable account et the affair. L. W. W. "Every one knows that the army before Riehmond is being considerably reinforced .by troops coming from Beauregard'a army in the West, and Jackson and Ewell in Northern Virginia. These troops are continually marching in at the enemy'a left wing and being distri buted along the lines. This afternoon a detachment from Jackson's force coming down from Gordonsville and along the line of the Acquia Creek railroad, mistook their course when they struck the headwaters of the Oblast hominy and went too far to the left. They proceeded on, cavalry ; in frant,'and infantry following, until they came soddenly upon Federal pickets. wlnstantly finding the mistake, they drew up in order of halls and engaged our cavalry vedettes, who gradually retired before , the superior force and rejoined their re serves. This was near the road to White n 01 1 ,30, and our supply trains, never dreaming of interruption from that quarter, were passing to and fro along the road commuoi eating with the great depot on the Paniunky. graph scouts instantly warned the wagons approaching on each side, and had there not been good canse for ap• prehension, it would have been most amusing to see the nix-mule teams tearing along the road, to get out of den, ger, each one with a huge, lumbering wagon, which, be ing without epriLge, creaked , and groaned - in a most dia.. agreeable manner. "No Federal forces but ,cavalry were in the vicinity, and all of these were regulars under command .of Gen. Philip St. George Cooke. Word was sent to General Stoneman, a couple of miles distant, and - his cavalry force went to the rescue at a full gallop, and. the enemy, finding tbe country roundabout to be bristling with Federal sabres, .beat is hasty retreat. This skirmish was a strange one. Scarcely a single musket was fired, the whole of the fighting bring done by cavalry charges and , Bebre ,cate. No troops but cavalry were engaged on either side, the sadden advance or the rebels and their almost immediate retreat not allowing time for artillery or infantry to be brought into action. Ead the enemy seen fit to advance farther a warmer greeting would have been given them than even their mret sanguine bones could have anticipated. Forty .thousand troops, surrounding, them in nearly every di rection, were in readiness to march to the , conflict, and the rebels would have Neu swallowed lip . among our overwhelmieg nowhere before they'had time to discover where they w ere. ' "At this early moment conflicting more weeding through the camps prevent anything like a reliable ao• count of the rebutter the skirmish being lent you. Ono report hes it that one hundred and fifty wagons were captnreel ; another flatly coutradicts it. It to also said that two conmenlee of the sth Regular Cavalry have been Lateen prisoners, the only man left to tell the tale being an excited cavalryman, who galloped in a most frantic manner scrotal hedge, ditch, and fence, crying out that his horse had been shot under him, and that every ono of his cornpanious was either killed or prisoner.; This story, at yet, is undeuiod, though, to tell the truth, I scarcely bellevalt. The tame history of the skirmish, however, is very nearly correct. J. O. INTERESTING FROM MEMPHIS. limy TORS, June 18.—The Prawns, of this city, bee received the following despatch: /day PHIS, June 17.—The shipments to the North to-day comprised 3,000 bales of cotton, 6,000 barrels and 3,11100 half-barrele of melange, and 0,000 barrels of angst. There wee a large supply coming in yesterday. On the first day the post office was opened in Memphis the citizens mailed oue thousand letters, mostly on beat nets to the Northern cities, and bought $3,000 worth of postage stamps. There wore upwards of ono hundred applications for post-office clerkships, including the entire force em ployed under the .Confederate rule. Provoet Marshal Gould admisAptersd the oath of allegiance yesterday to 3,000 persons, including one hundred and fifty deserters from the rebel army, five of whom were commissioned Officers. Beauregard's left wing extends to Ili:nand°, south le stippoped that the cotton-buiners were within Mx miles of Memphis last night. There are reports of turbulence among the 111.11T011 in Crittenden end Blissiesippi counties, Arkansas. The Wisconsin Legislature. lituirsogas, June 18. —The State Legislature tui. joorned sine die last night, after a abort session of two we eke, during which no business of public interest was transacted, except the repeal of the personal-liberty law. 'rho tax question was indefinitely poetponod. OW. Dewood, of the lith liegimeut, who was wounded at the battle of Shiloh, died ekt 1 1 19 rellidan:4 yesterday, Of ty phoid foyer ! - Disloyalty in St. Lou,.s ST. Louis, Jana ll.—The Provost Marshal General of Missouri has issued an order instructing the Provost Marshal of this city to cause all persons suspected of dis loyalty to the Government, or sympathy with the rebel lion, to take the oath of allegiance to the United States and tbe Provisional State Government, and directing that all Demons known to be disloyal shall be required to give bonds for their observance of this oath. The Marshal also directs the arrest of all persons guilty of dielciY al conduct. Fortress Monroe and the South FORTIESB MONROI, Jane 17.—Tbe Government steam derrick Dingo arrived here; "this morning, and will pro- • teed shortly to raise theyessels recently sunk here. The Fernandina arriied yesterday from Wilmington, N. 0., and reports all quiet on that coast. The John Adams arrived froin Newriort this morning, with the se nior clang of the Says.] Academy on board. The saddled are to see a little actual warraro, it is said, before The steamer liletamora arrived from City Point last night. She brings no passengers, papers, or news. The telegraph from Suffolk to Portemouth has just been completed, and is now in good working order. The weather fp cool and unseasonable. ' Heavy Storm and Dektruetive Fire at Cin-, cuinati Crgorsusrx, JrmelB.--About 2 ,o'clock yesterday ternoon hetivy storm prevailed here.' The lightning struck the manufactory connected with the extensive liquor warehouse of Fletcher, Hobart, A 00. ; passing through the roof it struck one of the stills. causing its -lestantaneoue explosion. The burning fluid spread in every direction, and the workmen barely escaped with their lives. The building was speedily consumed, the walls falling and crust fug several. frame houses adjoin ing. • J a• woman wbo resided in one of these' houses was killed. Ily tide time the warehouse of the same firm, on Trent • street. was completely enveloped in flames, and was entirety destroyed. consuming 1,000 barrels of .whis k•,,2oo b arre l s of linseed oil, VA barrels of lard oil, 20 barrels of coal oil, besides a quantity, of alcohol and other stock. • The lose of Fletcher & Co. was about 1160,000, on which there was an insurance of '1628,000. The lore on the frame buildings, which.•were crushed and partially binned, was $1,600. & large store on Front street, occupied by George 36. Hord A Co., adjoining the brirned'Warehoirses, was damaged to the amount of seve re] thnsisand dollars. At ii o'ciack this morning the wails of Hord 8: Co.'s sloe, which were so much damaged bf the are of. yesterday, fell in, the oontents of the store • (among which were 800 barrels of whisky and , a large amount of haled hemp) taking fire, and being ell de r:tr.:led by fire and water. This loss reaches, perhaps, $40,000. Discharge of the Released Union Fri- • Boners. • New Your, June I.B.—The releast4 Limon prisoners, who have been for a fortnight peat on Governor's Island, were paid off and mustered out opaervice today. Many of them have gone to their homes, while some bare re mained in town the prey of the villainous sharpers who are Co plenty in this city. Quito a number are at the New England rormffl, wbo will leave for home to mor row. They are from an sections of the Northwest and East. The Pennsylvania committee have arranged with Cc:4.- Po% e to have all tho sick and wounded soldiers of that State arriving here taken to the Now England rooms which has always heretofore been done, the New Eng landers never yet refusing their hospitality or attentive care to any loyal sick or wounded soldier. • Later from Havana. NEW YORE. Juue 18.—The steamer Columbia has ar rived from Havana, with dame to the 14th Met., sod Ye: a Cruz da ea to the 24. Accounts from Vera Cruz atato that General Denay, Pith 800 men, bad left with proyhnone for the French encampment Caracas dates to the 22d lilt state thht the rebels at tacked the town of Paton, but were finally beaten Mr by the garrison. after committing horrible atrocities. Considerable bicloleau greealled among the shipping in the harte.r M D evens. The Taloa continue then.. The rebel steamer Geeeral Rusk had arrived from Gal vtocon With WO halve of cotton. rArrival of the Steamer Cossack Hun Tonic, June IL—The steamer Cossack has ar rived from Nowhere, H. 0 , with dates to the loth She brince a number of sick and wounded soldiers, In charge of Dr Upham. Among the wounded are Adjutant Hor ton and Lieutenant Jarvis, of the 2gth Massachusetts. Reward of a Faithful Officer Itsuritionn, JunelB.—Colonel Wm. W. Morris, of tho 4tb Arbiters, ovmmoodont at Fort rdcflenry. has been aprointeti brevet brigadier general. He has been forty years in the at my. 1H issonn Etnao ei putzon Convention, JEFFERSON CITY, June 18.—The Fmancipstion Con vention met to•dsy. One hundred and ninety-tive dele gates were present, twenty-live counties being repro eenteds Judge it. W. Welts, of Cole comas, was re ported for permanent president by the Committee on Organization. Nine vice preaidonts and three 1100 , 8nniell were appointed. A COMMittl.43 on the construction of a platform was appointed, with B. Grata Brown as chair man. The Convention then adjourned to meet to-mor row. An Arrival from fiewbern, N. C Nan , YORK, June 18 —The steamer Ellen S. Ferry Ar rived from Newborn, N. C., this evening. Among her parsengers is Lieut. Col. litatthewson of the 11th Con necticut Regiment. Fire in the lowa State Prison. Font Disnrsos, lowa, June 16.—The shops of the lowa State Prison were destroyed by fire this evening. The bee is estimated at from #115,000 to 520,000. The amount ot insurance has not been ascertained. Government Hospitals BALTIMORE', June 18.—The statement that the. Go •Proment hospitals at Mill Oreek and Hampton are to be abluidooed is incorrect. Sailing of the Persi*. Nits Tonic. June I&.—The B M. steamer Persia. sailed to-day for Liverpool. Among her passengers were Charles E. K. blortright, B. B. 121 consul et Philadel phia, Diva Korlright, J. Gillingham Pell, Wm. S. Lewis, and a number of other Philsoeiphiaus. The Steamer China at New York. Naw YORK, June 18.—The steamer Ohina arrivod at this port to-day, at noon. A summary of her advices has already been published, which was received Cape Race.. The New York State Loan ALBANY, N. Y., June 18.—Tbe State loan of 5800,000 in 6 per cents avoraged 10M per cent. premium. The amount of the bids was $1.660,000. This loan is payable in etunie, and the premium on gold rune up the average bide to 110 per cent. A New eounterreit TROY, N. Y. ' June •18.—Gonnterfeit notes on the Manufacturers' Bank, of this city ; of the denomination of $5, are in circulation. The vignette is worked a little darker thanthe genuine. A Snow Storm at Cape Race. Cara Nam June 17.—A. th k k snow storm prevail ed lime lam night The weather is now Improving. Fatal Accident to a IL S Army Officer Loutsvit.t.e., June 18.—James B. Alexander, of Ken tucky. a litutenent in the res Mar army, fell this morn ing from' the wludow of his room, in the third story of the Louisville Betel, to the pavement and was aimed in stantly kilasd. Litut.-Alexatmer has I)..en post commis /my at Bardstown, and was here en route for Washing ton. The Constitnlional Election at OBTOACO, June 18 —The majority for the new Coneti tution in the city woe 908 rows The retnrne from, the State is !my meagre amlnot enough to indicate the re sult. Overland Emigration. Omens, N. T., Jane 16.—The overinne emigrant es cort sent by the Government left this morning for the West. The emigration is larger than ever berme ' some. 6,000 teams having crossed th e river at this point alone. LARGE CAL F OS DRY GOODS, CLOTIUNG, CAR PETINGS, MATTINe I &c.—The attention of pur chasers is requested to the largo and frosh assort ment of British, French, German, India, and domestic dry goods, carpetings, mattings, etc., em bracing about 700 lota of staple and. fancy articles, dress goods, linoos, hoop skirts, sun umbrellas, Canton fans, palm-leaf hats, clothing, stock of goods, notions, etc., .to be peremptorily sold by catalogue, en four months' credit, commencing this morning, at ton o'clock precisely, with the carpet ing and matting, and. to be continued, without in termission, the greater part of the day, by John B. Myers & Co., auotioneers, Nos. 232 and 234 Market street. ONE WEEK LATER FROM EUROPE. The Steamer China at New York. p .I. =v4Aii *A *IWO 4/0%7 , 11 Mei =ivata-1 q• 411 d'a A THE SOCIAL SCIENCE CONGRESS. Distress in the Cotton. Districts THE GREAT EXHIBITION -The Cunard steamship China, from Liverpool, 7th, arrived at New Yotk yesterday at It o'clock. .The news is a full week later by mail When 3CO miles east of Sandy Hook the atter engice of the China became disabled, and she was obliged to proceed with one engine. The New York correspondent of the London Timer represents that the number of men in tho Federal armies amounts to about 540,000, a Lich Is insufficient for the double work of competing the South and afterwards holding It in military subjection. The boundary of War had telegraphed to the Governors of ell the Northern and Western. States for voluateers to com plete the roll of 700,000 men. The numbar will be obtained, owing to the stagnation of u-ale and the inflation of marital ardor. Toe Northern people, ho acids, tight for the restoration of the old Union, in order that they may be the groateet military and naval Power in Christendom, that they may overawe Great Britain and France, but especially Great Britaici, and that they may be the whiten of the fate of nations both in the Old bud New World.: This is not avowed ie speeches, but it is the truth The attendance of visitors at the Great Exhibition, billtb the counuencetnout of the ..bbilting day.," had largely increased. -On one day the numbers present ex cr eded 50,000. lionry Ttioniaa Bucklo, author of tho "Ili story of Ot ',Situation in limslano,' died at Damascus, ou the 311 ult. 'lto race for tho Oaks," at Epsom, was won by Mr. 'Baylor's 4 . Fon Ca joie," .41.raperatrice" corning in ae cond. and 4. Hurricanb" third. TEE LONDON TIMES ON AMERICAN AFFAIRS A PLEA. POR . INJURED ENGLAND 1 Not among the levet of the iimumerable evils of war is to be accounted that inflammation of the passions, that perversion of the judgment, that violent, uureaeouing, and unsparing prejudice, which grows up under its in. flueuce in the needs ot men otherwise Mir, calm, and ju dicious. Everything takes its tint from the fiery atmos phere. People live among chimeras which they Miti take for realities, and realities which they believe to be illusions, until events with unmerciful logic dispel the illusion, and nations and individuals blush to discover how gross were the deceptions which assumed to their everheaded imaginations the very garb and symmetry of •truth. It le with melancholy interest tbat we see men on whose sound and impartial judgment we should a few months ago have placed the meet implicit reliance a prey to the strangest and most incredible belltieniatien, both with regard to their own country and to ours. We have never beau surprised at the language which mob orators, Now York editors, and trading politicians of all kinds have applied to England. Their business, in the present state of American affairs, is a very simple ono—to secertain the utmost extent is which popular violence and injustice can go, and to write fully up to the mark. But we have always looked for a very different tope and a very different measure of jus tice from the upper classes of American society—from men dieconnected with politics, lifted above popular pre• jadice, and scantling affairs with the enlarged informs time the elevation of view, and. the souuduese of appre ciation which Spring from enlarged knowledge and a higher sense of moral rectitude. Bat even this class is beginning to show only too clearly how vast is .the lain • once which the war has exercised over its feelings and its judgment. It reheat; to be convinced by the most noto rious tarts, and repeats the errors under which the war was beenn, as if the repetition of them could counteract their exposure. • Everybody knows that the favorite theory under which the North deteeMieetl to elelettlt tic propOillobe wad that there alibied a strong Uuion party in the South kept down by terror and coercion, and nal the lnoment the attitude of the North became suffi ciently menacing acid the pressure she exercised suffi ciently great the Union party of the South would rice, and the rebellion would at once be at an end. Ample opportunity has been afforded for the verification of this opinion, and no one single circumstance has appeared to justify it. Whatever may be thought of the active operations of the South, there can be no doubt whatever of the doggedness and determination ot its passive resistance.. Those who can fly escape, those who cannot submit to what they cannot prevent, but in &manner unmistakably hostile. • Success bee no votaries in New Orleans or Norfolk. The victor Is received with the torch and the mine. Conflagration sett ruin strew big path, and nothing destructible is al lowed to tall into his hand& Yet the very etife of the mercantile class cling to the delusiou that the Americans are still only one people, and any Government which ebould admit the prineiple that separation be tween North and South is possible would infalli bly perish snider the indignation of a people burning to reorg &nine itself on the old foundation. North and South, we are still required to believe, would unite as one man under the old flag, and give new vitality to that national existence which had been for a time, and only for is time, .o unfortunately suspended. if Englatuddilfere from this view, elm is actuated by the basest malice and the moat contemptible jealousy ; and, ai for, such organs of the English press as presume to announce it, no words in the copious vocabulary of Americau vituperation are power ful enough adequately to condemn them. So mucb for American opinion on America. It is even worse as regards England. There is no denying the fact that this country is regarded at this moment by many, of the Most prominent and respectable Citilene of the North with a bitterness and unanimity of hostility to which our peat history itself can afford no parallel. We are uncon scions of baying deserved this feeling, but its existence is not the Mae certain. 'We can understand, and even make allowances, for the rage and hefted of. the South. If the military operations of the North have been based, as we have 'bairn, on one miscoeceptien the rebelion of the Louth hue been as certainly based upon another. Tne `South, it now appears, took up arms trusting more to cotton than to gunpowder. ahe South had induced it self to believe that, rather than lose the raw material of its principal manufacture, there wore no sacri fices •of • principle or of character which Etig laud was not ready to make. The South relied on our intervention because they believed It wee our immediate and premising interest to intervene, and beeause ther•had horned to themselves no idea of a peo ple with honesty and' magnanimity, patience end far sighted - wisdom, sufficient to forego the immediate and pr.saing interest of the moment. They, have been de calved in their calculation, and it is not unreasonable that they should give way to auger against them who have unwillingly deceived them by a simple coil - fortuity to the path of duty. But of what has the North to complain I We have, to our own great and heavy kis—to tbo impoverishment of our revenue—to the crippling of our niattufecturlng interest—to the grievous want and misery of an innocent and -- heroic population. Maintained between the North and South a strict aad . honorable neutrality. Everybody know* that hid we been disposed to interfere, we should not have lacked the aid of the meet Valiant and powerful ally; that the wrong which wo did -would, for the moment, al least, Lava been attended with the most perfect impunity. Everybody knows that for many years it baa been the policy of the United States to compose their domaltio difficulties by fastening a aeries of unprovoked Quarrels on England. - The civil war offered as an opportunity to avenge the past and to invest ourselves with emcee se curity for the future. It cannot be denied that it rested with this country to nerpetuate the division of America into two Confederacies, and thus, in case of aggression from the one, to provide ourselves with a perpetual ally in the other. Pecuniary interest, resentment for peat inhales, and the desire for security against future wrongs, all communed us to intervene, and the misconduct of an American officer, and the culpable approbation given to hie acts by - Congress and the Government, furnished us with a complete pretext, according to the morality of the law of nations as hitherto practised and underatood. But England scorned to avail herself of any such pretexts, tied her moderation hsa enabled the North to gain those victories which have raised her people from despondency to the highest state of exultairon. What is there in ail ibis 'IILL should justify the imputation that England is nedir ming an intervention in America, and the bitter &validation of a press which has uniformly advocated this course of moderation, justice, and conciliation? lied we pursued the course to whfch so many motives invited us, had we yielded to passion, to policy, or to the greed of gain, it would have been impossible for the North, Including some of her leading citizens, to regard us with a more bitter and rancorous hostility. if we wanted a proof of the fairness of our conduct, it may well be found In the fact that the South are jnet as in dignant with us for doing nothing in their favor as the Borth are for toing too much. • We acted e n motives which, however unintelligible they may seem in America, were perfectly commehen• table to ourselves: We [bought it unwortby of a great nation to allow our view of international law and the Minim it involver!, to be warped and distorted by the pleading of a norirelY ma'srial Inter, at The fact that the cotton of the Fonth was very neodfol to us evade the war more distreesing, but furnished, la our view, no valid ground for lutervoution. Past ioinries, if we did not think fit to retreat them when the Colon watt strong and united, we thought it below our dignity to resent is the moment of its weakness and adversity. Future security we preferred to look for rather in the good feel. ing which Jour conduct seemed to us peculiarly calculated to produce than In availing ourselves of the temporary weakness and heavy misf or t une Of fl kindred people. In this point only we coerces we see come reason to believe that we may have been mie taken. We do not believe that, had we pu,hed to the utmost the adrastages circumstances threw in our way, we could have been the objects of more bitter hostility, not only among the ignorant and misguided, but among many of those whose education and information should have taught them better. We may possibly live to re pebt oar generosity. We may possibly live to find that oar moderation boa been displayed towards these who have no power to appreciate it: It might have been wiser to take security for crirmArte instead ocputting so much confidence in the lateness and good feeling of others. If this tact be seta- Melted the error is still reparable. The North cannot see that we have done anything to entitle ne;we do not Fay to gratitude or good• will. but to nbsdnence from ha tred and reviling. A change of policy on the part of this country would very speedily alter their opinion, and con vince them of that wnich they seem now unable to con ceive, that they have been treated by England as they never here treated her, and as, if she had thought more of her own interests and less of theirmilsfortnne, she ne ver wedd have treated them. THE SOCIAL SCIENCE CONGRESS. The sixth annual meeting of the Social Science Con gress may Do eaid to have commenced in London on the evening of Then:slay, and, as Parliament has now ad ,ournesi for the Whitsuntide holidays, the newspapers, le-tiered from the pressure ou their space by the eloitueuce of • one senators, will be able to devote more time to the elaboratioa of the proceedings. The morning papers of yesterday contain the ineutural adarese of the chairman, Lord Brougham, which is spread over nearly four columns and a half of type. It is an extraordinary &annalist for so old a man, • and the papers, one and all, declare that be read • it with great vigor and effect. The mere reading of, a docu ment like this in Exeter . Ball is no alight 'effort, bat the composition is a still higher task for, a man woo is eighty-three or four years of age. In this doeument will be bound all the peculiarities—all the defects—and, we may add, all the excellences of Lord Brougham's style. There is hardly a sutdect of soy note that has occurred in the history of mankind, during the last twelve menthe, that the "old man eloquent" has not touched. The civil war in America tigures couspicuatmly in connection with what be considers the impending tovenfal. of slavery in that country. The tone of the deem:trent is what may be termed moderately conserva tive, for, while be maintains aid supports the rights of the Crown and the aristocracy, and denounces In strong teams the tyranny of the mob, as it is exemplified in more democratic countries, he is still the honest and feittitul advocate of thmo progressive improvements amongst ourselves—cheap education, cheap law, cheap literature, improved crindual discipline, sanitary reform, the employment of women in railings adapted to their powers and sex— which form the main elements of what Is now called so cial science. Indeed, this aver ciation is thing for human e'evntion and proereseion what tho British Aseoclation, during the lest thirty years, has effected for physical sciences and, as the tubjects interact, nswe or low, every member of society, from the peer to the peasant, they eve well entitled to the attention which they have re ceived at the heeds of Lord Brougham and his eel 'ogees. But the chief interest cat this Oonvese is to some found in its annual volume, which contains in some cans a staumary, iu others a fun report of the various valuable papers, on every imagiusry subject, contribute* by the members, foreign and native. The volume is a valuable storehoule of facts and opiniOns, useful to the statesmen, the philosopher, and the statistician. This is the fleet time that Loudon has received the honor of a visit from the Social (clones Congress, and being the year of the International Exhibition. the metropolis was . the most proper place for the gathering. Of the slave trade, Lord Brougham said : • t , Tim lessons taught by the sad events in the once United States, and by the faults In their Constitution, bare been stated bnt there is happily a spat in 'the re cent aspect of their affairs which is most pleasing to con template, and whose brightness we may . sextemay hope that no outbreak of the . multitude will be suffered to obscure. The Northern Goverment, to its infinite honor, bee at length agreed to the- mutual right riif search—ln other word's, to abolish all that realities of the slave trade. It has long been known that the greater part of that in. tenon traffic is carried on in . American snipe, sailing un der fake colors, none of their own Cruisers interfering effectually. Both the Et gnat' and French cruisers can now visit . eac h suspected vegeta, and - the traffic a. is at an end . I regard this as the second real blow Muck at the 'slave trade. .The first was the act which I had the happiness of passing thronslt Par lismout, just half a century ago, for pneishicig it as a gnat clime, instead of treating it as merely cintraband— law soon atter adopted by America. but never till of late really executed. Let its hope, that our Goverment may be encoureted by Ibis important success to nee with Spain a language no longer capable of being misundere mow, and peremptorily to demand the execution of the contract for which she received so large a sum of in may, and which she has ever since most scandalously broken in all manner of ways, and making the slave trade a re. ruder menus of enriching her colonial governors sent to red nit their ruined fat tunes by bribes from felons, the result being the importation into Cuba of forty thousand Degrees yearly" 01 our civil war be ea'd: • "The American civil war has severely affected thie country, ee well as F, aces, prueluciog great distress in all them districts where the cotton manufacture forms the staple trade. The subject is too painful to dwell upon, were we not rellered by observing the truly admi rable behavior of those who suffer the most. The dis tress has brought into view the happy advance of oar. .artisan population in the branches of knowledge most essential to their will-being. The hardehipe which they. me encoring have not disturbed their minds, nor shaken their faith in pritictolee which they had, upon examina tion and reflection, adopted in prosperous times. They know that t h e want of the raw material. which sets their industry in motion, would not justify England in using her power to break' the laws of nations for the purpose of ottaining it; and they assent to the ..wiee arid Jett forbearance of our Government without a murmur: Their patience, under sufferings beyond all former ex perience, is truly enacting. They bare made a noble recall. a to maintain their position as self-supporting ! members of the community. Bow unlike this to the blind fury of their predecessor!, who. in their tenor nice, always rush to the conclusion that every calamity tinder whi, b they suttee ed was brought on them by the rapacity, or the cruel, callous indifference o their superiors in coda position." TRADE BETWEEN LIVERPOOL AND NEW OR• 'LEANS. • A letter from Liverpool, dated June 6, to the London Times, says: " At hut the direct trade between Liverpool and New Orleans has been re-opened; and the pioneer vessel, the Antoinette, a fine aluop of eight hundred tons, sailed from the Mersey Yesterday evening, for New Orleans— the only clearance within the past • eighteen months. The Antoinette had en board a full cargo of salt. She will be succeeded by the Pole Star, and other first-class veeeehe, so that ere long we may have to record a return of the activity which previously characterized the trade between this port and New Orleans. The steamer Oir camign, recently captured by the Federal blockading fleet, cleared from Liverpool to Havana, ostensibly, but it WO, well known here, arid, indeed, those in command of the vessel did not attempt to conceal the affair, that the vessel wee to tun the blockade if she could. The statement, therefore that she was a trader bet geon Bor deaux and Bayous is incorrect. also vessel is owned in Liverpool, by a firm well known in the ftlediterranean trade The cargo on board the captured vessel was esti mated at sl,ooo,ooo—a very good day's work for the captor." DUNNING THE BLOCKADE The rates of insurance at "Lloyd's" on steamers char tered to run the blockade, rouged from thirty to forty guineas per cent., and some policies contain a clause that six months' deteution from capture ill to be considered equivalent to a total loss. A CONFEDERATE ARRIVAL IN TEE CLYDE. The Glasgow Herald has the following announcement: "On V odsieed ay night a little clipper schooner, called the Sue, Captain Smith, made her appearance at the Broomielaw, with the -Confederate 'lag dying, having on board a cargo of turpentine, rosin, he., front George town, South Carolina, after thirty. dope passage. Capt. Smith repotte the -blockade as very stringent, teveral war steamers being off the entail port he left. Ile wee detained four weeks waiting a chance or a dark night. Be had ran out and into Charleston once before with profitable cargoes. There were few or no yes eels in the Southern ports. The stocks, of naval stores were small, and none making, as the low prlceiestace the war bad stopped the makers. Rosins are consumed now in place el coal for making gas, and found to sots well. and cheaper .than coal i so that hereafter rosin will always command higher prime in the. Confederate States. The captain had considerable difficulty, from this scarci ty, in collecting hii cargo. • Captain Smith further assures no that. there is neither dread of the Northern invaders, nor anything like w ant of provisions, clothing, money, or other necessaries to carry on the war until the Southerners succeed in gaining a separation and their iudependeece." , . FRANCE AND MEXICO-A NEW I'EOJECT The London herald's Paris correspondent says that a favorite idea in France just noir is to establith French inpuence:=arientle in Mexico In the shape of a pro irelid SW There will be a French high tiottuntesloner and a French army, while the Mexican Parliament will Se allowed to amuse itself. by making speeches and pass ing bills previously sanctioned by the Executive. The Independence Beige, in its correspondence from Paris, gives the following outline of the course the }'tench Government intend to pursue in Order to carry out the above policy : " The Entheror le more than over determined .to pur sue the execution of his PrOjecti 'in Mexico. Ile is nht; in reality, so much annoyed as people suppose at the withdrawal of England and Spain; on the contrary, his isolation leaves him more free to corn , out his own views. "It is, moreover, a mistake to suppose that he was over very anxious about the candidature of the Arch duke Maximilian or that it is any sacrifice to him to give It up. - bedeVeZhat the Emperor never thought It possible to make the Mexicans acclaim 'that Prince as their eovereign. " The only object in puttieg him forward was to make a parade of disinterestedness, the Emperor being very sure that his name would never be' an to the ac complishment of the imperial - schemes. What those aebemes are Is not yet well known, bat they will gradu ally come out as circumstances may favor their develop ment, and will coasiderably astonieh the world. "Take it for certain that the Emperor is fully re solved to make the Mexicans pay fad value for the services he proposes to render them, and that our inter vention will not be limited to a single campaign. Of , course,• there can .be no• doubt • that the -overthrow . of, Juarez's Governuient is one of the objects of our expe dition ; but when Juarez is got rid of, another Govern ment must be pit in his place, and the task of providing that will naturally fall upon the French, who, moreover, will take the opportuoity of levying apes the country the costs of the war, which mast needs be considerable. " I have reasons for believing that out of the impossi bility of odablishlng a monarchy in' Mexico plausible reasons will be found for perroonentin estabiiskinp Frenck influence in Ike form of . a protectorate—some thinx like that of the English in the Inian Islands. Mexi co will be madea great French colony, with liberal in stitutiona, and as much of her autonomy as possible. It is thought at Paris tbata Test outlet for our manufactures may tie found in Mexico, and that, under French protec tion, the country may be made to produce cotton on a large scale." - A Turin telegram of the stb nye . : The formstion of six new brigades of infantry hos been resolved on. Austria continues to despatch troops from Tyrol into Venetia. The report that the Anstrisn army is being reduced Is unfounded. Some furloughs 'only have been granted. A great military force has boon concentrated in Ve netia. Many students have teen expelled from the Usti verelty of Padua. ' . , . . The canon of the Cathedral of Naples had-been con- detailed to lose his prebendary for showing disresliectlo.' ward King Victor 'Emmanuel. ; 'The Italian" Finance Mobster bad report4aVa deficit, bet announced that beluid hopes of providing for it by the salmi of public property t so at to avoid any retort - to fultiati• loans this - year. The Chamber of DaPtlito3 woe debating a motion , for inquiry into late evente. Signor hlinghettl approved the marmot the litlintittry, but some members Vingeotlecl WM the country lacked conhdence in ministers. Frenth troops bad seized two wagons laden with Brun for Albano, which were being escorted by Pontifical gendarmes. PBVISSIL The discussion on the address to the 'fling had coSSW manned in the (Ambers. The Minister of Finance , argued ageinat the necessity of sty addreee at all, bat' this was decided akainst him by en /cameos° majority. M. De Aachen had proposed as address which con tained the following eigniflcant passage: We pro. fotindly regret that your Majeaty's Ministers have given expi elision to accusations and lent some countenance to the supposition that the class of Primulas' functionaries, well tried in their loyalty, could forget throsth taken by your Moray." It was reported at Berlin that the King would not re ceive thisaddrees if it should ho adopted. IMSE CABSEL The Elgetor has revolved neon s reconstruction. of the blinletry7and had ordered General Loseberg to form el new Cabinet. Misbieon ships-of-war.wele assembled at Alicomtee—dt was bellow d for a political ptowoo• GERRICOE. A ministerial crisis prevailed at Athena. The king hesitated to form a Ministry out of the opposition, () Wing to the difficulty in finding men of worth to undertake the stsponsibility. TURKEY A battle was 'fought on the let near Yenikvi and re stated In the complete victory of the Turks. The hew of theldontenegrins in killed and wounded to Mated at frost 500 to 600—that of the Twits at less than 150. The Bombay mail of May 12, had reached Ragland and the American portion is received per Caine. The news has been anticipated, LONDON MONEY MARKET.—Bating Brothers quote 11. B. sixes 83; ditto lives, 78; Massachusetts lives, 92; Maryland atm, 80 iPenneylvania sterling, 73, bonds 74 ; Boston Oity'4,tis, 80. the funds on the 6th were heavy, and Consols declined per cent., owing to the nnfavorable Bank returns. The closing price was 92e92, cc for money ex-dividend. The ditconnt market was unchanged. Money in abundant supply. Canadian securities fell X. per cent, on the 6th, nnder the influence of the strictures in the Times on Canadian The weekly returns of the Bank of England show a decrease in the bullion of 1.692,00. American securities were det wed doily declining; Il linois Central shsres closed on the 6th at 47046db:tow:it, and Erie at 81032. LATEST QI:OTATIONS:---Erle OWES ; Illinois Cell a! 47046 die.; N. Y. Central 7307,-3,. • Tar. VERY LATEST (By Telegraph loiltteenstown, June Brj I'vriroora, Saturday.—The eteamshiv Morrimea" vat iu tare thißmoruiug for Co)ai, bound 10 Madeira and Bermuda. It Is bettered she is laden with materials of var. DOINGS IN IRE ENGLISH PMILIthEENT In the louse of Commons, on the sth tnetaot, wbo bad on the paper a notice of motion, r , to call attention to the importance and the fearthility of establiabing a postal and a. passenger communication three times a week between Barone and America, by means of mail an-amera. tr call rognlarly onalrernate &ye at the port of Cork, with tel-graphleconnounicanon off' Crookharen or Cape Clear," said be would postpone Iris motion in the hope that before making it ho-might be able to lay additional facts before the. ileum, and that the snidest might engage the attention or members in- the meantime. He stated that he bad no intention to tooth upth the Galway crntract. Both Houses adjourned for a week for the Whitson. tor Wars, . The . London Times, adverting. to. the rejnetion or the militia hill by the Canadian Parliament, and the norms , quent Ministerial crisis, nays: '•lf ()evade. will not fight to protect its independence from invasion, neither wilt England. To ne the expoeure of Canada to foreign in vasion hi a secondary matter; to Canada herself it is life end death. Let her arm by all means; In:Wirt:her arm, not formur Bake, but her own. The Question la not one or dissolving or maintaining Its connection with Groat T.l than ;. that it may dieeoive almost at pleasure. "The Question to of destroying or maintaining its own liberty and independence of being a seitgoverned com monwealth, or a member, or. perhaps, an to talked of for the Bonds, a s:..bjugatid territory.of the United Staten.' • The Daily Newt contends that the attack on the Ca nadians; in the above editorial in the rims, is not jus tified by any public facts, and that no one has a right to say that the Canadian Parliament has declined under- taking the public defence of their country simplybecause they could not agree on the terms of a militia bill. In coppequence of an application horn the Atlantis Tel-graph Company, the Admiralty had ordered the paddle steamer Porcupite to be prepared at Plymouth for taking eeuudings in the Atlantic. She would be ready In about ten days. The Common Council of the city of London bad voted the freedomof the city to Lord Canning, for h s eminent services as Governor General of India.. The Prince of Wales arrived at Milts on the 6th, eta route for England, baying completed his tour in the East. FURTHER FROM NEW ORLEANS. 011 f. BUTLER /MD THE SECESSION LkIITIM ISHING UP COTTON FROM THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THE MYER OPEN TO BiTON,ROUGE. SAM HOUSTON HEARD FROM. &c., By the arrival of the transport steamer Ocean (time at New York yesterday morning, hem New Orleans, we have received am ,ther heavy mail from that city. The latest ne re ix to the evening of Wednesday, Jane 11. Among the passengers by the Ocean Queen are Pierre Soule and the sheriff of Now Orleans, A. Mart:area% wbo were arrented by order of General Butler, and came to Ibis port In Dolonel Kinsman. We have not learned the exact nature of the charge against Mr. Soule, but it is asserted that he aas so intimately asso- dotal with the Secessionists of Now Orloons—apparently acting as their leader—as to rounder him a particularly dangerous man. Sheriff fdarzaroan was charged with countenancing recent projects of the Secessionists. Both will be taken to Fort Warren, in Boston harbor. The Ocean Queen bringe a large number of passee gore. The following is the list: Mrs. Benj. F. Butler, Captain Snow, Mrs. J. King. Miss 11. Place, Mrs. U. Canetield and daughter, Mr Dutton, J. M. lilciaath, J. A. Miller, G. Petrie. G. U. Downing. Mrs. Simous, Miss Burke. Miss 131QW11. Mrs. Mosta, Mrs. Tracey, J. Ouana and lady, Miss Ragan, Mrs. diucuan, G. Poressu t .E. M. Daniel and lady, H. McCall, Mr Davies and iddy..l I. Sylvester and two children and twrvant, A. Sanford, lady, three chdoreo, and servant ; W. S. Barpel and lady, MI& Perrot; Ara M. C. Moult. Mrs. F. Barrett, N. D. ;J. C. Dull and lady. J. W. Black, 6. - Alberaer ' N. Chapman, tdrs. Matthews. S. M. Baud, Captain W. L. B Scram; U. S_ A. • Captain Edwards, U. S. A..; J. Phillips and J. E. Wood, of New York; Celooni Brannan, U. S. A.; Liellteltant Clark, 13. S. A.; Pima sonle, A. Menswear', of New Oilcans; Bev. B. Osgood, of New York; Janin, of New Orleans; M. Da St. Cyr, French consul; Dr. W. P. Buell, of New York; Mr. Thomas S. Nest's. of Jersey City ; J. M. Denman, wife, and sister; J. O. Winston. A. W. Smith, lady, and child; S. S. Booth. Mrs. Fielding, Miss VeichY, F. Sloane and lady, F. Cieinbrel and lady, ler. Cook, Mrs. and Mise Berman. i9l Aiken, Lieutenant Parrott, Q. 8 A.; Captain Bart lett, IL S. A.; J. W Burburt, Lieutenant Bryan,U. S. A.; Lieutenant Milan, U. S. A.; Lieutenant Cooly. IL S. A. ; Rey. Mr. Salter. 11. S. A..; Bey. Mr. Colby, Dr. steott, 11. S. A.; J. Northern, of New York; I). O. Baker, and eighty-seven in the kteerage--discharged sot diem and refugees. Condition of New Orleans. EXPORTS—IINION FLAG-RAISING--I.OVELL'S ARMY. The following intermiting extracts are from a private letter dated at Now Orleans ou the 11th instant: The exports from here are almost entirely wadi:trete super and amia+see, %silica are Riven in ex.:hattee for the absolute neceseartee of lite. So cringent has the block ade been at this port, that for several constcu lye days the entire city was without bread—the rich and per alike. The Liiutenant Illacksirnebroughtthe drat cargo of flour. and it is to be add at auction to-day. The maxi mum price heretofore was twenty dollar,' per barrel, United litatee money. fixed by O•nsral Butler. The cur rency of the city eonsiets of broken bank bids—reprinted on the backs, and cut in half, making two bills of our— omnibus tickets, railroad checks, and little pieces of cards of all kinds. here was a Union flag raised on the City Ball on Saturday. amidst some enthusiasm and much fear by many who wish our canoe success lint dare not enconregs as tholife of a resident is worth little who dares ad vocate Union. As yet, the city is held by fear. but it is thought that a few days will make a great change in our favor. "The rstidePts of the city despise Lovell for running away, and the country people despise the city folks (4 letting bins run without au effort to prevent the landing of our farms I have heard many men, and even ladies, speak very indignantly against what they call the 'rums. way clerk of a runaway street commissioner.' They say his horse made the best time of any in the regiment." EXTRACTS PRO( NEW ORLEANS PAPERS. 'Business seems to be :raduallv reviving. The latest vivre contain columns of t‘ wants," announcements of arrivals of goods from the North, and advertisements of the resumption of travel to New York, Ithuatitisn, and Red River. CONTRACTORS HELD TO THEIR OBLIOLTIONs. General Shepley, military couunamiaut of New Or leans, has taken the city contractors in band, and bolds them to their contracts, tlins providint for tho cleanli ness, and consequently the health, of the city. The letter of General Shepley to the Compton Conned reads as follows : I'EPADQUARTsmS hIILiTARC COMMISnANY. NEW OrtheeNS CITY EALL..lune 10, 1882. To the Honorable the President and Xembers of the Assistant Board of Aldermen: Gssmsnest : I respectfully return you herewith a resolution which °detested in your honorable Board, providing that the contracts within the city for clean ing and repairing the streets ate 4 gutters of this city be annulled, with the consent of the parties now holding such contract!. .. 1 respectlnlly state to you in writing as my reason for not approving said resolution, that I do not think it would be the interest of the city of Now Orleans to release thews parties fr..m their contracts. .. Diving the period in which these c.mtracts hare been in force the oity of New Orleans appetite to have performed the condition of the contracts on its part, by making the payment provided for. .. It does not, in malty instances, satiefactnity appear to me that the contractors have fulfilled their obligations, and under these circumstances I respectfully submit to ou whether it would be just to annul the contracts of all the contractors who consent to have them .Annulled, thereby releasing such as have not discharged their duties nuder their contracts from any liability for their omissions and neglect. Respectfully, 110. F. SEMPLE!, . 1 Military Commandant of New Orleans." From all this it appears that the city is to be kept as clean as pomade, even at the expense of annoying the contractors, who were as violent rebels as those who went oat to fight. EESUYPTION OF SPECIE PAYMENTS. The gratifying intelligence of a resumption of epocto payments by the banks of New Orleans is thus conveyed by the True Delta of the 11th: "Some of the banks are, we understand, preparing themselves for the resumption of specie payments, and, in our columns, the Bank of America announces that this important step has been already taken by that hitherto very successfully administered corporation. This is as it should he, and is very commendable. Our views on the currency question hage been so fres seenly give, in these columns since the stupidly-dia. Amer t suspension of September, that it would be super fluous now to reproduce them; but we may with Pro priety ask, what earthly good can accrue to any hank, or soy Individual, by an obstinate resistance to the pro m ediuge that can neither be set aside or disregarded 7 Is there a banking institution in New Orleans so sense lessly s cenducted as to suppose that the interests of the conniunity must be ever made anbeervlent to its own, 111)81 that its profits, legitimate or illegitimate, are thst Only cousidervione that must be allowed to have weight or importance'?" The money article of the True Delta says: "To-Om , the Bank of America has commenced paying off its liabilities in specie fu the following order, via: let—All depositors' balances ou the 16th of September, ma which have not been since withdrawn ; and Id— All notes of tt e bank known as its old issue, which wore Mayby the Slate Auditor, nod bear a • prior date to m a y 21. 1552. We have been unable to emertain alto exact 11111rODt of the present liabilities of this bank, but accord in g e o the official returns to the Board of Currency, th e aggreseto deposits of the. 14th September. 1861, fooled up $884,408. and the total circUtatiOn at the same 1 dote reached $.174,090 " COEEECTION OP ELTMORS. The Picayune has the f..llowing: ... Pettey,' the Washington corremseedenit of the Boa. ton Journal, in his letter of the 19th of May, says: sal, ready has the yellow fever made its appearance in .114.4 No, Jejor, not already then, nor alreidy now." The same paper deprecates the sensation " letters .from New Orleana ' and denies a report which avjeared in the Journal of Commerce of the hanging of on Nag- Ilebman named Moody, adding: ...It is a falsehood, made out of the whole Cloth. web and woof. And yet it is going the rounds of the Northern press tied bly. Moody is constantly reoeishult letters from agonized friends and relatives with regard - Gj t hi s crust column, ." ITEMS. A.-musical reunion had token plata) an .beard a B aw d& war steamer now 'sing at/few Ceibiana,.
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