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Merlon, commissary ; Cast G. Melton Smith. quarter
master ; Capt. Alex. St Lloyd, Commiseary ; Cart- lease
C. Wroth , . rafrnitgA , T) ; Oliver !Aoki'', an r
!fleeter ; Carr. J, ti. P. &Mph atet eiijt gen- ; GaPt. Jet.
unertermaster ; tiart John Hopkins,
mismisry ; Capt Wm. Warttelt, commiemarr ; Capt Geo.
D. Killegg. e'tt. itiijt. gen.; Capt W. . 1 lroniste, guar
term ter ; Capt O. W onnimbies. commissary ; Brig.
Serpens J. it Warien, oilman Klntholl, Tarrant A.
Perkins, E. 1.1. n Pendlerm, It. McVlckcr; Additional
Paymasters Fess Its Brown, Truman G. Wright. Jahn J.
Pattereon,
APPOINTMENTR Stickman HT Tile Sagarg, Ann
TtlitilgurON PET (Matt CV TUN Pitetaionter —Daniel E.
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sad. edit gen.; Jelin itintray se amt. flak. gsm.; Backus
Reeve BO Ret. adjt gen.; !rescinds.): Harvey as not. alit.
Vet, ; Paul P. George .g quarierneseter; Wm. Miley as
quartermaster; Wm. Grand's, James Peel, John Clark,
Andre* J. Butler, at comlniaaanua; Win. Brodie as brig.
sewer': .1 men W. Schanuburg, Wm. C. Barney, Zs
bins K. Panglx.ru. O. R Saunders, as psymastere
Canute:wise `far area or New Aerotrinusra—By
Cart. Jobb H. Khlglit, lfliti Infantry hie commission as
an' mix wen. ; by Went. Janice R. Alexander, let
t Keeley, hie eontati.a on ea coninslesery ; by Paymaster
Ghee T. Lamed, his ronuniselon as additional paymaster.
DiretiSen —Bs Wm Sprague 'Rhode laland, the ap
pointment of brig. nem of rel., Hoy 17, 1881; by B twd
D Baker. Oregon, the appointment of brig. gen. of vol
May 17, 1801 ; by Chas. J. Biddle. Pa., the appointment
of brig..gen. Tot , Anentt 11, 1801; by Wm. A.. Riche-d
-/On, 111., the appointment of brig. gen. of vol.. Septem
ber 2, 1861 ; by Jonathan Ronlek, the appointment of
commlstary ; by Daniel hlnmeelman, Missonrl, the ap
pointment of quartermaster; by Edwd. Wolcott, the ap•
pointment of commissary; by Broughton D. Harris,
Vermont, the appointairet of qUartermulter; by JO.l. K.
Yen Pelt, Pa., the appointment of brigade surgeon; by
Jno. T. B. litledastee, Maryland, the appointment of
brigade surgeon
Oatrolt.LLED —The appointment of Copt.. A. McCann,
as commissary of sobandence, October 31, 1861, having
been appointed by mistake
DlED.—lifei. Gen. Ohs, F. Smith, at Savannah, Tease.,
April 26, 1862; Brig Gen. Erode ick W. Lauder, at
Omer Chase, on the Upper 'Potomac,
Va., March 2,
1862 ; Brig. Gen. Win. IT. Kelm, atHarriebnrg, Pa .
May 18,1862; Capt. Wm. Wilson, commissary, drowned
in the Shenandoah river. \'s., April 16, 1362 ; Brigade
urgent' Luther V. 18.11, at Camp on the Potomac river,
11d., I:Allier* 11, 1862; Paymaster Edward Boyce. at
Georgetown, D. 0.. February 23, 1802; Paymaster Henry
L. Benner, near Fort Monroe. Yu . April 28, 1862.
Dlecitaanan.—Capt. E. Griffith Owen, quartermaster,
May 3, 1862; Capt. Benj. W. Perkins, quartermaster,
February 20. 1862; Capt. Jae. P. Fredericks, commis
sary, May 28, 1852
.Thsoussan —Capt. Cites. Stewart, aseistant adjutant
general, February 10. 1562; Brigade Surgeon J
Thompson, April 18,1862.
Witb the exreption of those detached from their regi
ments ou wed& duty, or unable from some other valid
corm to comply with the order, the officers promoted and
appoint( d will join their primer-regiments, companies,
and statione, litithont delay.. Those recently appointed,
who fail to do so within a reasonable time, will be con
sidered as haring declined their appointments. And
tined who deem themselves Included in the exception just
above mode, will immedietely submit a statement of their
clue, through the proper channel, to Ws °Mee, for fur
ther consideration.
By order of the Secretary or War.
L. MMUS, Adjutant General.
Vtess.
MONDAY, JUNE 23, 1862.
we . We can taku no nodal, of anonymous communi
cations.
far Wo do not return rejected manuscripts.
oar Voluntary correspondence solicited from all parts
cf the sortd, awl especially from our different military
and latest departmewts. When used, it will be paid for.
WE no NOT allow that General Burixa over
killed linertis in the Capitol, but certainly he
has studied the art of dramatic effect. His
occupation of New Orleans has been the
most Successful engagement of our mili
tary season, with all the appliances of a
well-managed establishment, a largo stage,
fine scenery, and a reliable company, and
such an audience 'as has never greeted the
efforts of any like public performer. Ho has
given all the variations of a theatrical enter
tainment. We have had high comedy in
dealing with Mr. SOULE, low comedy in his
management of City Councils, and terrible
tragedy in the- late of MUMPOILD. His
reply to Mr. Avis bas the humorous ele
ment of the farce, and his contest with the
foreign corsuls was extremely melodramatic.
In his treatment of the prisoners paroled and.
sentenced to death we have, perhaps, the best
idea that could be given of his course as the
military commander of New Orleans. In this
be excelled even himself. The men were taken
at Fort Jackson, released on their parole, per
mitted to wander over the city, and again ar
rested on the charge of combining in a military
organization to assist General BEAUILEGARD.
A military commission sentenced them to
death. The order for execution was written in
the Major General's finest style ; they received
their last shift; they were brought to the place
of execution; the guns of the executioners
were loaded ; they stood amidst terrifi.d
thousands waiting tho death signal ;
another older came from the Major
General commanding theit; release. We
are told. t at- the joy was so great among
the lutpp3r unfortunates that ono of them
threw up hilreirami•-ahoutcd lustily. They
have gone back to Fort Jackson for hard labor, .
mtattfLOWlßdram..
nick Gene rat Boman might have spored the
community this.-- o "hing - scene. We com
m....wits-discretion and mercy, while we may
_. '7 question his .taste. It .is complete in all its
parts as a public performance, with all the in
tc rest, the terror, the fascination, the red fire
gleaming behind the scenes, and over all that
great effect which only snag consummate ma
nager as Gen. BUTLER could bestow. Atter the
death of MURFORD there was but little neces
sity for the example which these men would
have made. The plea of their friends and ad
vocates that 'hey had been lured into the
Conft dente service by the solicitations of
fYietds, or ()liven into it by the bard hand of
poverty, or perhaps the consciousness of
impunity, was a good one. The coml.;
try does not ask unnecessary death in
the prosecution of this struggle. To
kill a man on the battle field does not
present to us the totror which death so
generally manifests. Ho dies amid shouts,
and noise, and tumult, with angry passions
raging wildly to urge him on to blood and
glory. Ile dies the death of a soldier.
Nothing can be more sublime.
General Boman will find—indeed, he has
found it to be the case thus tar—that thetruest
and the shortest way of accomplishing the
mission given inio his hernia, is by kindness
and cunciliation to those who look back again to
the Union, by firmness and energy to those who
still linger in the service of the rebellion. He
will find in the city of New Orleans a strangely
mixed people, reprt sentatives of other lands,
and we might say of all lands—the enthu•
afastic Iri-lman, the frivolous Frenchman,
Seaniard, the cold, phlegmatic
Gel man—the.calzulatine
upon Secession as he would look upon a cargo
of hams and nutmegs, only as it may bring
money to his purse ; the haughty Soutbron,
inspired with all the teachings of his hateful
institutions, feeling the blood of the Normans
in his lordly veins. These men cannot be
conciliated by the sword alone. It -is no war
of extermination which is the part of this mili
tary commander. He must combine antago
nistic interests. He must relieve the poor.
—and there aro thoasands7 of them in
New Orleans—from their misery and
shame. He must teach the, haughty aris
tocrats whom Simms, represents, and the
sordid merchants of . the tribe of BEN.LLICIFf,
That they c6n only look fur security, wealth,
and happiness, ut.der the rule of the Federal
Union, lie may ,drive some of them to Eu
rope—mobs o' them he has driven already—
but the more that go to foreign shores the,
easier his talc rime ns. Thus far it is well,
and in no case hwi he shownhia high qualities
as a trier of men mere than In the mercy he
has exhibited towards those six unfortunate
soldiers rescued Irons death in such a dramatic
and ostentatit u' in-nner. •-•
Tho news to day is a further illustration of
hie character and energy. He is about to
visit the death penalty upon marauders in the
garb of America.) soldiers—men who not only
attempted totteat and plunder, bat who added
forgery to the list of their crimes. The hard
and final neccesity which most come to all
Men, is now the last punishinent of he who
holds impel lid power, he has n .w in store not
only for the Secessionist who insults the flag
of the Union, but for the criminal who prosti
lutes the uniform of the American Republic.
This is just.. Lot there be jnstice and mercy
and power and unbending will. All things
will then be well In Now Orleans.
Ix THE YEAR 1861, owing to bad harvests,
the imnortatine• low-Great - Britain
----- rufflreland were valued at over $200,000,000.
With us, the word Corn represents Maize, or
Indian Corn, though it is a generic term for.
the grain or seeds of plants separated from the
spice or ear, and used for making bread. In
England, whe at , . rye, barley, and oats, (bat
especially wheat and wheat flour,) are implied
by the term Corn. Of the whole amount of
such corn, imported from foreign countries
into England in 1860-'6l, at least one-third
was supplied from the United States. Russia,
Turkey, Prussia, Denmark, France, Egypt, and
the countries a at ered by the Elbe, contributed
to feed John Bull, but we supplied more than
any other corn-growing country.
Whence come our American produced ce-
Teals? Very largely from Pennsylvania and
New York; largely, too, from Ohio and Illi
nois; from the fertile vallies and the expansive
prairies of the Southwest and West. In truth,
we arc able to raise an almost ill'mitable sup
ply oCbresdstriffs, : to meet all harvest-Welon:
des in Europe. Year after year, more and
more land is made arable ; no difficult matter in
a country where, to use Jerrold's fine expres
sion, you have but to tickle the *sixth with a
ploughshare and it smiles into a harvest!
This year, there is a strong apprehension of
a deficient harvest in England, partly because
tho weather has been unfavorable, and partly
because a vast extent of fruitful land in the
eastern counties, called the Fens, formerly re-.
claimed at vast cost, has been lately inundated
by the 'seas, and now forms a vast estuary,
which nothing but immense capital, great labor,
and long time can again restore to agricultural
uses. The finest wheat its England was grown
on this land, rescued from the ocean, like Hol
land, by human enterprise, science, and indus
try, and Ibis loss will necessitate, of itself, a
large importation of the staff of life. Of course,
the English corn-dealers will look to us, who
can supply any demand at lower than Euro
pean prices.
The exportation to Europe of grain of all
sorts promises to be greater in 1862 than in
any previous year. The question/ arises
whether this grain shall pass through Penn
sylvania, std be shipped from Philadelphia,
or take a circuitous route, at increased ex
pense, for the purpose of being shipped in New
York. We want ships of capacity, speed, and
safety, to convey the cereal produce of our
own State, of the Southwest, and of the West,
thrbrigh Pennsylvania by railroad, and from
Philadelphia by sea. The Randall Steamship
Line, incorporated by the State Legislature,
appears exactly what is wanted. We have so
repeatedly given the details of this project that
we nerd not repeat them here, but their chief
merit is the union of speed, safety, and capa
city, at a low cost. It Is not too much to ex
pect that a Randall steamship will make a
voyage from England to Philadelphia in
about six days, and; depth In the water being
avoided by a peculiarity of construction, which
has already been proven good by experience,
will have as little draft for a vessel of eight
or ten thousand tons, as an ordinary clipper
of 800 tons. -
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, aware
of the advantage of making Philadelphia the
port of the West and Southwest, has taken a
lingo pecuniary interest in the proposed Ran
dall steam-line. The public of Philadelphia,
and of the State of Pennsylvania, have now
to do their part, and for this reason, it is
their interest to do so. It is , their interest
to have direct steam• communication with Eng
land, to rescue this great city from the im
putation of be'ng a suburb of Now York.
Two steamships will be necessary, to com
mence operations with, and one of these
should be begun at once. It will take time
and money to build a ship on Captain Ran
dall's model, (which we greatly admired at
the rooms of the Board of Trade, some time
since,) and if business-men, capitalists, and
thorn who have the command of money wore
to set their shoulders to the wheel, the shares
of the company would all be subscribed for is
ten days. Now, when money abounds at very
/Ow Wes, this could easily be done. Let the
line once be established, and the shares will
be the investment in the market, for they will
represent the safest, swiftest, and most ex.
tonsive communication with foreign Powers,
from such a central port as Philadelphia.
MAJOR J.Lmss.Givix, of the 7th Pennsyl
vania Cavalry, hss just been appointed, by
Governor Cunvnr, Commissioner to look after
the Pennsylvania sick and wounded in the
Siuthwest, and will proceed on his mission
in a few days. Major GIVIN is a bravo young
officer. Be entered the service—a volunteer
from Chester county—two days after the Presi
dent's proclamation, and won his present rank
by gallant conduct in Tennessee, where he was
taken prisoner, with seven of hie mon, at the
bead of a charge upon a band of guerillas
under the rebel Monoax, at Lebanon, on the
6th of May last. Having been released on his
parole, he returned to Pennsylvania, and im
mediately volunteered his services in the field
to which he has now been appointed—a posi
tion, we may state, without pay or emolument
of any kind, being ob igod to. defray even his
own travelling expenses. Ills familiarity with
the region assigned him, and his personal
knowledge of many of our sick and wounded
who me there detained, with no moan pro
fessional qualifications for the task, his selec
'ortiftivernor Cow= for tills. mission is
judicious, B.2lU
the speedy return of many Pennsylvanians to
their own State, where they will be within
reach of their friends. Maj•lr Guts will re
main at 2038 Pine street until Wednesday
evening, where he can be seen by persons
wishing to forward hospital supplies, and
other necessary articles for the use of the
brave men that Dave been placed under his
charge. •
THE campaign at Richmond, with all
stillness that surrounds it, begins to assume ,
new features. We do not know what the
plans of our army commanders may . be;
although the impression in our mind is that
there n ill be a general assault upon Richmond,
cr a gradual investment of the city. Looking
over the map, we would suggest that a forco
should cross the James river below City Point,
'and seize Petersburg, This would enable us
to control the five railroads that diverge from
that point, and hold them, cutting off the
retreat South—keeping BEAURECURD'S army
from joining Joussros. This is an idea that
ruggests . ifself to us, and we-suggest it to our
generals.
MAGAXIX3B RHCBIVHD.—From Mr. Upham ye
have received Temple Bar for April, whisk ha's
been three months missing, in consequence of the
seizure of the magazine parcel, in New York, for
non-payment or evasion of duty. From T. B.
Pugh, corner of Sixth and Chestnut, who, as usual,
is ahead of other booksellers here in the supply, we
have the Continental Monthly for July, and also
the Atlantic 'Month li—receiving the latter, also,
from T. B. Peterson et Brothers, and having noticed
it on Saturday. Of the Continental, this number
commences the secor4y_glume. 'lt has sci6ceeded
—worn! tilfti iy,- ng Ito w -
vertised. As our readers are aware, it is edited by
Charles G. Leland, late of this oily. His only
fault, we think, has been the infusion of an excess
of political element into a literary periodical. The
articles especially worthy of perusal in this number
are " Glances from the Senate Gallery " at Benja
min, Jefferson Davis, Hunter of Virginia, MUMS,
Slidell, and Toombs; H. P. Leland'a "Macaroni
and Calves," agreeably sketching artist-life in
Rome ; the Editor's Table, (racy and original,) and
continuations of those excellent tales, Edmund
Kirke's " Among the Pines," and R. B. Kimball's
" Was he Successful."
ENGLISH PicvistraLs.—From S. C. Upham, 403
Chestnut street, we have the Illustrated London
News of Tune 7, a double number, containing eis
whole-page and twenty smaller wood engravings,
illustrative of the events, persona, fine arts,
of the time._ Future Macaulay' will hereby be
saved much trouble when they shall make histori
cal researches. The illustrated News o/' the
World, also received from Upham, has few wood
cuts, but gives us a charming portrait, on steel, of
the present Duchess of Sutherland.
• DARDS POSITI.YR SALB OS' FRENCII DRY GOODS.
—The particular attention of purchasers is request
ed to the choice and attractive assortment of
French, German, India, and British dry goods, em
bracing about 550 lots of desirable articles in silk
dress goods, ahawls,.lace points, flowers, embroide
ries, ribbons, fillet mitts, silk ties, Canton fans, sun
umbrellas and parasols, fancy articles, dco. , to be
peremptorily sold by catalogue, on four months'
credit, commencing this morning, at ten o'clock, by,
John B. Myers & Co , Nos. 232 and 234 Market
street.
Public Amusements.
WALeur-SUMBT TLa Aral: —lin% Julia Daly will
tnntente the third week of her engagement at this
theatre. Her sweets justlau the management in keep
ing her beforoArriublic. Sae is a very pretty woman,
with engaging manners—a fine. appreciation of the het
nioroue, and a highly-cultivated mufical taste. We
know of no ector who exhibite .the versatility of Hi..
Daly. She bse a wonderfal continual over her voice,
her face, and all the business of the stage. added to this
ifrn peat guropesn experience, marked by unexampled
IMCcess In the principal theatres of the Old World. Miss
Daly has the art of Identifying herself with the charac
ter she represents very thoroughly developed, and in
this we have one mean at her euccesa.
ABoll.orangT TIIHATRL—Mr. Chantrau'e engagement
will extend through tho present week. Me has aban
doned "Dull nun" and "Mose," and will appear in
parte not en mucks specialty, but enabling him to elbow
the versatility of hie genlina Mr. Ohanfran is much of a
favorite here, and we are glad hie efforts are being ap
preciated.
CONTINRNT/L :THEITRO.-4100143e8 BilnatTeht are still
singing sweet songs and saying smart things at the Con
tinental. It is an excellent company, and presents many
features 'which other It Whoptan compardes do not pos
sess. The entertainment of the serenadore le excellent
for this warn/ weather, and a visit to the Continental
would being in season.
From Boston.
Rovron, June Z.—The frigate Colorado, from the
south, tins been signalled below.
The raeunger depot of the Eastern Railroad Company
as burht this morning. The loss, which sinoctuted to.
610,000, le fully Insured. •
LETTER FROM "OCCASIONAL."
lAALIIROTOi74UIIO 22, 1862
I have before me the proceedings of two
conventions—one a county convention, held
in the city of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, by the
immediate friends of •James Buchanan, ex-
President of the United States, calling itself
Deniberatic, and the other a State convention,
held at the c ty of Indianapolis, Indiana, call
ing itself a. Union convention. Both these
conventionSwere held on Wednesday, the 18th
of June, and yet the difference between the
two is so great that the casual reader might
well suppose that they had bran hold on two
different continents, and spoke the sentiments
of two different peoples. James Buchanan's
Convention was .composed, in great part, of
men who voted for john C. Breckinridge in
1860, and their entire action shows that they
do not regret or recall the support thus given to
a secret Disunionist then, and to an armed rebel
now. Acting, undoubtedly, under his advice, the
whole burden of their complaint was against this
Administration of Mr. Lincoln, and against the
doctrines of the Republican party. They lay
particular• emphasis upon the alleged corrnp
tions of the present Administration, forget..
ting the monstrous frauds under the Adminis•
tration of Buchanan, which prepared the way
for civil war. The Democrats of Indiana, on
the other hand, who took part in the Union
State Convention of the 18th of June, were
animated by a different spirit, and organized
for a different purpose. The Union Republi
cans and Democrats of Pennsylvania, who are
to meet at Harrisburg on the 17th of July,
should pause and ponder upon the action of
their compatriots in the Hoosier State. They
should at the same time avoid, as a pestilence,
the example of the Breckinridgers of Lancas
ter county, under the lead of James Buchanan.
The one marshals them to victory and honor,
the other to disgrace and defeat. The Indi
ana Union State Convention, in which some
of the oldest Democrats took the lead, first
nominated a State ticket and placed upon it
two of the' most prominent Democrats, and
then adopted the following resolutions by ac
clamation •
I=l
Tnereas, The National Government is engaged
in a war waged against it by its enemies, for the
avowed purpose of its destruction and the subver
sion of our republiCan form of Government :
therefore,
Resolved, That the present civil war was forced
upon the country by the Disunionists in the South
ern States, who are now in rebellion against the
Constitutional Government; that in the present
national emergency, we, the people of Indium, in
Convention assembled, forgetting all former politi•
cal differenoes, - and recollecting only ear dirty to
the whole country, do pledge ourselves to aid, with
men and money, the vigorous prosecution of the
present war, which is not being waged, upon the
kart of our Government, for the purpose of con
quest, subjugation, or the overthrowing or inter
fering with the rights or established institutions of
any of the States, but to suppress and put down a
wicked and causeless rebellion, defend and main.
twin the supremacy of the Constitution, and to
preserve the Union as established by our patriot
fathers, with all the dignity, equality and rights of
the several States unimpaired, and when these ob
jects are fully. accomplished, and not before, we
believe the war ought to cease; and that we in•
vita alt who coincide in these sentiments' to unite
with us in support o: the ticket this day nominated.
Resolved, That we demand and aspect of our
Executive and legislative bodies, both State and
National. an economical administration of govern
mental affairs, and the punishment of fraud against
the Government, as well as a fearless discharge of
their duties.
Resolved, That as long as patriotism courage,
and the love of constitutional liberty shall tie honored
and revered among the people of the United States,
the heroic conduct of the soldiers of the Union, who
have offered their lives for the sarvation of their
country, will be remembered with the most pro
found feelings of veneration and gratitude, and
that wo now tender to them the warmest thanks
and lasting gratitude of every member of this Con-.
vention.
Raohod, That we tender to the 60,000 volun
teers from Indiana our heartfelt congratulations,
and hail with pride the fact that upon every battle
field where Indianians have boon found, they have
displayed the bravery of patriots in defence of a
glorious cause, and we pledge them that, while they
are subduing armed traitors in the field, we will
condemn, at the ballot-box, all those in our midst
who are not unconditionally for the Union.
And this convention was not composed of
the leaders alone, but of the people, the Demo
cistic and the Republican masses, and, when it
adjourned, it adjourned under the inspiring
motto of Stephen A. Douglas, that, in this
contest, there could be but two parties, pa
triots and traitors, the friends and the enemies
of free government. •
Now, while it may be unfair to contrast a mere
county convention with a State convention,
yet, when we consider that James Buchanan is,
emphatically the head of the Democratic party
of the free States, we may well accept the ex
pression of his own political friends as the ex
pression of that party. - .Re tells us, and they
taps, that they arc loyal to the country. It
FLute
their professions if they cared to do so ; but so
earnest and sincete are the leader and the fol
lowers that in the direst agonies of the repub
lic they cannot refrain giving aid and comfort
to the enemies of the republic ; and, accord
ingly, in their convention of the 18th of J une,
'they adopted the following resolves, which
may be profitably contrasted with the declara-
Awls of the patriots of Indiana :
Resolved, That no higher evidence is wanted by
the people, of the systematic efforts of the Aboli
tionists to destroy the Constitution and the Union,
than' the declarations mimic by the radioal Republi
can leaders in Congress previous to the rebellion,
"let blood flow" and "the Union slide, " and
'their present professed loyalty is only assu med, the
better to enable thorn to overturn the Constitution
and the Union, which they asserted " is a league
with death and a covenant tenth -
Resolved, That we heartily approve the Critten
den resolution, passed by Congress at the extra
session in July last, declaring the present war to be
waged only for the purpose of sustaining the Con-
Slitution and the Union ; and that the efforts of
the Abolitionists and Republicans in and out of
Congress, to change the end and purpose of the war,
into a crusade for the abolition, of slavery, is a
gross fraud upon those brave men who sprang to
arms for the patriotic purpose of defending the
Constitution and our institutions as they have ex
isted since the foundation of the Government, and
not to subvert and overthrow them.
Resolved, That the folly, fanaticismor orime,
wideheier it may be called, that seeks to tarn tho
tlaves of the Southern States loose, to overrun the
North, and to enter into competition with the white
laboring men and women, thus reducing the wades
of labor and degrading the white race,
by placing
them by the side of the neero , in their various
occupations, meets with our unqualified condemna
tion.
It is true that Mr. Buchanan's convention
adopted resolutions denouncing Secession as
treason, and avowing their purposc to sustain
•icVal innin .anoianatitutionntatta to
put it down, but that which is above quoted
proves conclusively that their object was to
hurt and not to help the good cause. The.
ex-President himself gave the key-note to Abe
incarnate traitors, who subsequently struck
at the heart of the Republic, and encouraged
the . Secession sympathizers near his own home,
by arguing in hts very last message against the
right of a State to secede, and by fvllowing this
with another argument, that the Government
had no power to compel such Slate to return.
And he proved the sincerity, of this infamous
doctrine by retaining in his Cabinet men who
remained there only for the purpose of using
the Government to its own destruction, and
of fettering the hands of a succeeding Ad
ministration. His immediate partisans, catch
ing inspiration from this example, pretend
opposition to the traitors in the field, while
they repeat the low calumnies and miserable
falsehoods of the man who was their candidate
in 1860, and who is now a bigtidier general in
the rebel army.
I leave this contrast to the loyal people of
Pennsylvania, and with this mail send forward
'to yon the proceedings of the loyal people of
Indiana, directing your especial attention to
the great speech of the, Hon. Henry Seacrlst,
of tbat State, and to the powerful letter of the
Douglas Democratic Senate:. in Congress,
Hon. Joseph A. Wright, the successor of
Jesse D. Bright, appointed to that position
by . the Republican Governor, Morton.
Interesting from the Southern Coss
MOBIL E Rmiwpoitami).
MOVEMENTS OF BEAUREGARD.
THE FLAG OF FORT SUMPTER AT HALF-MAST
N W YORE, Junti2l.—Advices by the gunboat Con
necticut state that the rebel force at Mobile has been
largely . reinforced by 12;000 men from Beauragard's
army. Beanregard himself was believed to be there.
Fort Morgan hod bcOn strengthened; ' •
The towns on the west - coast of lhorida bed been occu
pied by rebel troops ire larger numbers than ever before.
Our troops were erecting fortifications near Pensacola
to protect it from the rebels.
Alt was Quiet there, and the Union sentiment was being
developed.'
One of our boit's crows bad been captured at St.
Macke. They were surrounded by eighty rebels when
sent ashore for water. Two were killed, and the balance,
twelve in number, captured.
The Connecticut, when passing Obariesion, noticed the
flags of Fort Sumpter and other fortifications at half
mast, indicating the death of some important military
officer.
Arrival of a Prize at New York.
Nrw YORK, June n—Tbe prize schooner Mary Stew
art, of Nassau, N. P., has arrived from Grorgetown Bar,
where she was captured on the let, by the AnPed States
bat* Gem of .the Sea.. Her crew eacaped.te the there.
Her cargo cohabited of salt and medicines.
THE TRESS. =PHILADELPHIA_, MONDAY. JUNE 23, 1862.
BEAUREGARD IN RICHMOND.
9.pectal Despatch to The Press.]
1 learn from a member of the Governor'S Guard
of Richmond, Va , captured at Ashland yesterday
morning, that Gen. Basunzamti) is positively at
Richmond, and is second in command to Gan. JOE
JOBrRTON. It was generally understood in tho
rebel camps that a number of his troops had ar
rived, and wore with them, opposed to Mc CLELnals.
My informant was an intelligeht man, an old So
quaintance .of mine, and one I do not think would
falsify the matter. Ile says the food the Virginia
soldiers get is poor, but they have enough to eat
always, except whon on the march. L. W. W.
The Army in front of Richmond.
Brisk Skirmishing on Saturday.
BEIEREGARD AT MONTGOMERY, ALA,
Another Fight on James Island.
SEVERE LOSS ON BOTH SIDES
GIN. MOGLILLAN'S TIRADQUAIMItS, STlrdly June 22,
8 P. Bl.—This has been a remarkably quiet day conside
ring the close proximity, of the two contendirig forces.
Bunk skirmishing occurred all day yesterday, and last
night everything Indicated that a general engagement
was at hand. The rebels advanced In strong force on
onr Hues during last night, bu',being promptly met, soon
retired.
Tho Richmond papers of yesterday contain a despatch
frcin Montgomery, Ala., dated the 17th inst., stating
that Gen. Beauregard'and staff hail arrived there on their
way to Richmond, and it is said that they were to be fol
lowed by a large portion of tl o army of the Miaalitippi,
and that a sufficient force bad bean left under the in
vincible Bragg to cheek any advancement of the yea..
dale under lialleck.
The Charleston ..Mercury, of the 18th, givee a graphic
description of an engagement on James Island the pro.
lions Sunday;ln which It acknowledges a severe loss on
both aides, without any material change in position.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Dtepatchee have been received at the War Department
from the army in front of Richmond, and from the valor
of Virginia. AB far as heard from, all wee quiet.
Action of . the Senate Naval Committee
on the New Philadelphia Navy Yard—
Bill Reported for the Acceptance of
League Island.
Senator GRIMUS has reported a bill from the Senate
Naval Committee to authorize the Secretary of the Navy
to accept the title to League Inland, in the Delaware
river, for naval purposes:
ere. 1. Be il.ertacted, etc., That the Secretary of the
Navy be, end he hereby is, authorized to receive and ac
cept, trop the city anthorities of- Phitadelphla, the title
to Leagne Island, in the Delaware river, within the First
weld of the said city of Philadelphia, together with all
riparian right« and privileges thereunto belonging and ap
pertaining, to be used for naval purposes by the Govern
ment of the United States. Provided, That said title
shall not be accepted and received unless the shall bo
perfect end indispensable to the whole island to low
water marl(;'nor if, upon more thorough axe ablation
and survey of the premises, by a competent board of
officers to be by him appointed, he shall decide that the
public interests will not be promoted by Requiring the title
as aforesaid.
•
Sxc. 2. If the title shall be accepted and received ea
aforesaid, then, for the purposes of surreys, piling, dredg
ing, filling, excavating, building walls, houses, and
shops on said island, the som of two hundred thousand
dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of
any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Rebel Vessels Captured.
The bark Gem of the sea, on the 3d instant, captured
the rebel schooner Mary Stewart, from Nassau, white
attempting to run the blockade on the South Santo°
river, South Carolina. Iler cargo consisted of 308 sacks
of salt and sundry other articles. The schooner for
marl, belonged to Governor Ws. A,aaa, of South Caro
lina.
The United States steamer Clehoun has captured, on
Lake Pontchartrain, the rebel steamer Whitman. * The
same steamer has also captured the rebel schooner
Yenns, on the tame lake. The lattor'e cargo consisted
of 228 bales of cotton. An expedition from the same
steamer Calhoun cut out the rebel gunboat CorPhyetis.
She vas totted in ono of the bayous, secured, moored,
and guarded by rebel troops.
The Unshed Statee chip Susquehanna, on the 11th inst.,
captured the rebel schooner Princton, from Havana,
bound towards Matamoros. Her cargo consisted of drugs,
dry good', provitions, de.
On the 9th lust., the brig Bainbridge captured the
schooner Bergson , ' and sent her to Key West foi adju
dication. • . •
Commodore Ratty, of the steamer Itioundsol.o, has
captured, and tent to Cairo, the steamer Olaiii'•Dishien.
8843 th elargest, har2dsomest; sad IWO fabel iteikwers
According to a general order,- the - supervision of pri-
sone aof war sent by gm:Mr - els commending in the fteid
to posts nr camel prepared for their reception, la planed
entirely uqder Colonel William Hoffman, 3d United
Elates Infantry, commissary general of prisoners, who is
eubject only to the orders of the War Department. All
mantra in relation to prisoners will pass through him.' He
will establish regulations for homing clothing to the pri•
loners, and will direct the manner iu which all funds
arising from the saving of rations at prison hospitals; or
otherwise, shall be accounted for 'and disbursed by the
disbursing officers of the Departments, in providiog under
existing regulations such articles as may be absolutely
necessary for the welfare of the prisoners. Ifs will select
iiicsitions for camps for the prisoners, or prison camps,
and will cause plans and estimates for the necessary
buildings to be prepared and submitted to tbn quarter
mister general, upon whose approval they will be erected
by the officers of the Quartermaster's Department. Ile
Will, if practicable, visit the several prison camps once a
month. Loyal citizens who may be found among tha
prisoners of war, confined on false accusations or through
mistake, may lay their cases before the commanding .
general of prieonere, who will submit them to the adia-:
tent general. The commissary general is anthorizeid to
grant parolee to prisoners, on the recommendation of the
medical officer attending the prison. in case of extreme
illness, but ander no other circumstances.
A Loyal Arkansas Regiment
A despatch to Representative Pusbra, of Hresourit
dated Catieville, in the southwestern portion Of that State,
gays that the let Arkenime Regiment of Cavalry le ra
pidly filling up. Hundreds are repairing to the recruit
lug rendezvous from the wee ern and northweetein
coubtles of Arkanene. This regiment will be organized in
Ilifiesonri, though compoind entirely or Arkanaians.
The New York. Daily News Editor.
eeterday. and was placed on his parole to appear be.
fat e the House Committee on the Judiciary to-morrow
in. it is supposed, the case of the Hon. BENJAMIN. Woon.
Morkliospitaist_ -
In addition to the ten nr twelve churches to be occu.
OacesloNAL.
FORTREBB.MOTROR, Jlll2O 20,
Via BALTIMORE, June 21.
QUIET
RN ROUTE FOR RICHROND.
GEN. BRAGG TO REPEL GEN. HALLECK.
Special Despatches to " The Press."
WesnntaTos, June 22
War Intelligence—All Quiet.
Snpervision of Prisoners of War
Giortos F. TUOXPSON, editor of the late New. York
Daily News, who was recently ifirreatoi, arrived hero
pied as hospitals, workmen were employed to-day In the
election of extensive frame buitdingo for similar purposes.
Post Offices in Reberntstricts.
Mr. Cot.t.tsont introduced a bill in the Senate ieeter-
day, which was passed, relating to the opening of poet
°tikes in Insurrectionary dietricta, and to the poet once
low limiting the time in which suits may be brought
against the siltation of postmasters, providing that the
time of the continuance of the rebellion should not be
reckoned In such limitation, and auth any ciril or
military United Staten officers to administer the necessary
oath in inch canes.
•
Southern Mail Facilities.•
The Post Office Department has contracted with
George W. Taylor to carry the malls • from BeaufOrt to
New York and back daily.
Within the past Weil: eeyeral old post officei in Viz , .
girkhk base been reopened.
War Bulletin. •
WASIIib:CTOX, June M.—The following order was is
sued to-day by the War Department : , .
WAR DRPARTIIHNT, June 21,1862
AN ORDER TO BNCOURAGH BNLISTMENiS
Pursuant to a joint resolution of Congress to encourage
enlistments in the regular army and volunteer forces, it
is erdered that a premium of $2 obeli be paid for each
accepted recruit that volunteers for three years or during
the wary and every soldier who hereaftereulists, either
the regular army or the volunteers, for three years or
during the war, may receive his first month's pay in ad•
van ce upon the mustertog of his company into the service
of the United States, or after Meehan have been mustered
into a regiment already in the service.
This order will be transmitted to the Governors of the
States and recruiting otticers.
'EDWIN Bf. STANTON, Secretary of War.
The following eebpstch. wait received at the War De•
rartmthi yeaterday afternoon: • •
RRADQUARVIRS ARUY or 1735 POTOMAC, /
June 21, 1882.
Hon. B. 31. Blanton, Sterctary Of War • ' -
Ihinge ere pretty quiet today. There to not as mkt'
Aliening as amt.
Our preparation& &reprograming well.
,Theenerny opened with heavy guns yesterday, but did
no harm. G. B. BUGLE LLAN, Major General:
WASILLVOTON, Juno 21,—8 laving learned that report/.
of an exciting character acre industriously circalnrod
In Philadelphia rind New York this morning, respectipg
affairs in Bout of Richmond, your correspondent called
at the War Department for ihformation, and was assured,
that no adrices had been received which indicated any
change of a character beyoni the daily eklrmlehing,
growing out of reconnoitring, and none announcing any
c hange in the general position •of our forces before
Richmond. •
11 o'oLoox P. )I.—No later advices than those pub
lished relating to matters of ptolic interest hare been
received at the War Department.
[To the Associated Press.]
WAsnincroli, Jana 21.—The following order and an
pointmtnta were issued at the Nary Department yester
day: •
Lieut. Wm. Gibson ordered 'to command the 'United
States steamer Yankee.
United States Paymaster Melville Hanna ordered to
tale passage iu• the United States steamer Connecticut,
to re,port to Commodore Porter for duty on tho mortar
flotilla.
Eamuel P. Bayer Las been appointed acting assistant
surgeon, and ordered to the bark Fernandina, at Port
Royal. •
. Asa B. Callous and Wm. A. Smith bare been appointed
acting assistant.. engireere, ant ordered to the gunboat
Sonoma, at Portsmouth, N. B.
Itie Senate to-day confirmed the nomination of Ed.
ward llioDonnell, of New York, as brigadier general of
volunteers.
A meeting of Ind lan'inne Was held tonight at Governor
Wright's rooms. Senator Lane acted as chairmen, and
Schuyler Colfax as secretary. Over twelve bundled dol
lars were aubecr ibod for the relief of the sick and wonaded
Indiana soldiers. Hon. D. P. Holloway was elected
permanent pre si dent, Hon. J. P. Daher, treasurer, and
W. T. Dennis, secretary. An _executive committee of
eight was appointed. The subscription made was in ad
dition to the eight hundred dollars already expended by
resident Indianians. .
FROM - FORTRESS MONROE.
A SKIRMISH ON THE 19TH
The Twentieth Indiana Repulse
the Rebels.
Poernass Alrotnion, Juno 21.—Quite a skinnieh oc
curred on the 19th instant, between the 20th Indiana Re
giment, of General liearney'a division of the Army of the
Potomac, and the rebels, which lasted for more than an
hour. The Indiana boys stood their ground, and sus
tained very slight lose. Lieutenant Carr, of Company I,
and three privates were wounded. .In the afternoon, the
regiment wee complimented by General Kearney, for
(heir bravery and discipline. This is the regiment that
was once nearly sacrificed at Chicsmacomtco, N. 0.,
early in the operation, on that coast, under Colonel Haw-
Lin!, nod which has been until lately attached to General
Wool's division.
During yesterday the rebels' endeavored to feel onr
entire lino by shelling vigorously at different volute in
the hope of annoying our working puttee, principally
on the right, and oppoeito General Keerney's division.
Their shells generally fell abort and did but little damage.
The Baltimore boat brought down twenty-lire Sisters
of Mercy this morning for our hoepitala here.
The steamer Baltimore from Washington arrived this
morning with a number of members of Congress.
It is cloudy to.day and the atmosphere is very warm
and sultry.
A revenue cutter has arrived bore to attend to veesele
entering and clearing from Norfolk.
The armed bark Fernandina went to sea this after
noon.
Genoral Dix returned this morning from Point Look
out.
RILTIMORR, JEtne 21.—The boat from Old Point ar
rived this morning, with the following &deices :
FORTRESS IVECROZ, June 20.—The steamer hletatoora
proceeded to City Point last evening, under a flag of
truce, in charge of• Lieut. Dix. She returned this after
noon, but brought no vows. No papers were obtained
by bar.
The fleet in the James river remains, as at previeus re
ports, quietly at anchor above City Point
ho steamer Herald arrived here this afternoon from
Waehington, with ambnlanom for the anay of the Po
tomac.
Everything is reported Quiet in the army of the Po
tomac.
FROM NEWBERN, N. C.
SIIRRENDER OF 100 REBEL DRAGOONS.
SIX NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENTS DISBANDED AT
RICHMOND, AFTER HANGING THEIR BRIGADIER.
NEW 'roan, Jnoe 22.—The Newborn Progress teperts
that ono hundred rebel dragoons had givtu themselves
rip at Weabington.
The same paper says that six North Carolina regi
ments had been diebanded at Richmond, and placed ender
a guard, previous to which.they hung their oilgadier
general.
THE WAR IN NORTH CAROLINA.
NNW Yoße, June 21.—Tbe steamer Haas, from New
been on the 11th, and Hatteras on the 19th, arrived at
this port this afternoon.
She reports having seen a large steamer ashore off
Loggerhead Inlet, with the sea brooking over her. She
was a brig•rigged vestel of about one thousand tons,
with a Walking-beam engine.
The steamer York, for Port Royal, had put In Hat
teres Inlet, with her emoke-stack disabled.
Hon. W. A. Graham having declined, Z. B. Vance has
been nominated by the Opposition party for Governor of
North Carolina.
A force of our troops from Newborn had dispersed a
rebel force some six miles above, on the opposite aide of
the Neuss, destroying their fortifications, and brought in
Captain Latham a prisoner.
By the Haze, we learn that General Burnside arrived
at Newborn last Stuiday,. and preparations wore being
made for exteneive m il itary movements.
The Haze evoke the Matanzas off the Delaware, dis
pelling all fears that might have been entertained for her
safety.
FROM NEW ORLEANS.
Taw boos, Jane .22.—Tbe atearuship Roanoke has
arrived from New Orleans, with dates to the 15th.
The steamer Mississippi was to sail on the 11th for
Boston.
Dr. Stone has been retested from Fort Jackson.
James Robb has been appointed Military Governor of
New Orleans.
The Marion, for New York, would sail on the 19th
and the Blackstone on the 21st.
Wm. M. Clay, lab Eocoud officer of the steam tranaport
Saxon; and /Rani/lane Roy, of New Orleans, were to be
hung on tballith for burglary, having forged an authority
from Oen:Baler to enter a house, and robbed it, under
Tette names andprefended widows of the soldiers of the
United States.
On reliable information it is stated that Gen. Bemire
gard's army was in a moat deplorable condition when at
Corinth. The tick uumbOred 30,000.
t - b - 17: 00.D P 14170 ;i b a Ba cn i n gs t u fll a id 'il elli ci c a irT i n ° c r y 4 e° tu n :nl i n ni g ° o n a t ;
ing
'pre-ralv on tkke.occatiOn or au uneacectna-4,....thur_nt.
the avaintoty" in the nightotor the ourpone of demon
strating their vigilance.
George Jackson has been • arrested on the charge of
being concerned in the horning of the chip American
Union, at the time of the arrival of the Federal fleet.
General Butler Issued an order that all citizens who
hold places of trust, which call for the doing of any
legal act whatever, must take the oath of allegiance.
The Patna must be done by all citizens requiring protec
tion,- the privilege of passports, to have money paid them,
or haiing the benefit of the power of the United States,
except for protection f, om personal violence. Foreign
residents must swear or affirm to do no act, or be Privy
to none,• that shell aid or comfort the enemies of the
United States ea long as their own Government romaine
at peace with the United Stales:
LATER FROM MEMPHIS.
EVACUATION OF GRENADA
MEMPHIS, June 19 —Nothtog of general interest has
.occurred within the last twenty-four hours. Several un
important arrests have been -made ; but otherwise the
Mt,' is quiet.
The Southern papers received here confirm the news of
the evacuation of Grenada, by older of Beauregard. The
order to that effect, it is said, was issued a week ago.
• Two hundred persons took the oath of allegiance yea•
tay. day. Tbirty•fae of them wore soldiers.
A Confederate mail carrier was arrested in this city
•yeaterday. lie had several letters for soldiers In the
army.
Onioaoo, June 21 —A sycelat despatch to the Post
from Memphis, dated the 19th inst., Nays :
A t eport, which is probably reliable, has reached hers
to the effect that a part of Oem. Porter's fleet Is now on
its way to Yictsburg. They were at New Orients on
the 9th.
A rebel, who says ho has been an orderly to Gen.
Price, has been captured 'within our lines. Re nays that
Beeuregard started for Richmond immediately after the
battle on the Ohlokahomlny, and 'that Gen.—Price bad
also gone to Richmond, for the purpoise of tendering Ids
reeiknetion. Thedb ergo of the department of the army
of the West thereupon devolved upon Gen. Bragg, who,
he bays, is now In command.
FROM GEN. RALLECK'S ARMY
The Oocupation of Holly Springs,
CORINTH, June 19 —The telegraph lintel North were
prostrated, during the early WI of the week, by the
heavy winds; lime° the interruption of communication
with tbie quarter.
Our army has returned from Booneville, and now oc
cuplea a more northerly position.
General Pope line gone North, on a furlough.
TheAlemplds and Charleston Raihowl is in running
order eastward to Tuscnrubia, and westward to Grnreso
creek, fifty milea from here. The Mobile and Ohio Rail
road is running north to Jackson, and railroad communi
cation is Open .wlttt Grand Junction, via Jackson.
The read west of Grand Junction is reported to be
badly damaged. All the manse& and telegraphs are in
food ces.dition.
Major General OA and Brigadier Generals Sullivan
and Hamilton have arrived here.
Mire copsidei able 'Union sentiment expressed In
Webtern Tenutaeee, especially in Bolivar and Jackson
countit 9.,
Beauregard's army at last accounts was at Okolona,
80,000 strong. 20,000 men under Kirby Smith were at
Chattanooga, and 30,000 men under Mee and Van Dorn
at Fulton, with a small force of cavalry at Grenada.
CORINTII, June 20.—A force from Gen. Sherman's com
mend occupied holly Springs, and destroyed several
pieces of trestle wink of the Mississippi Central Railroad.
The n.achinery. for repairiug and manufacturing arms
was removed from Roily Springs to Atlanta, Ga., previ-
One to the evacuation of the enemy
FROM M1550UR1.445,-
THE SUPPRESSION' OF OURRILLAS.
Secessionists to Pay Damages
Br. 'Louis, June 22 —Gan. Schofield, commanding the
Mated States forces in Missouri, has Issued an order
holding the rebels and rebel sympathizers responsible in
their property, and, if need be, in their persons, for da
mages hereafter committed by guerillas or =marling
parties iu that State.
rive thousand eiollars will he enforced for every sol
dier or Union citizen killed ; from one to five tboneand
for every one wounded and the fall value of all property
destroyed or stolen by the guerillas will be collected
from the class of persona above mentioned, residing in
the vicinity of the place where the act Is committed.
The acne thus collected will be paid to the legal hell"
'of the soldier or citizen killed, or to the parson 'sounded,
or to the rightful owner of the property destroyed or
"stolen. This order is• very stringent, and abundant
nischinery is provided to carry It Into speedy effect.
From Santa Fe.
ICANSAS CITY, Juue 21.--The Banta Fe mail, with
dates to the 9th lost , has arrived. Captains Morris and
Ingraham, and Judge Otero are among the passengers.
.oaptain Morrie left Fort Oruig on the 2d inst.
The leer guard of the Texans woe at El Paso.
The mail parts saw no Indiana 'on the road, and no•
thing is known. or heard or the Texans coming on the
Banta Fe road to rob trains as was reported.
AA an regiments of New Mexican volunteers have
heen;reorganized into one, under the command of Colonel
()arbor/. • t•
THE WHITE RIVER EXPEDITION.
blawrilta, Junon.—An expedition composed or the
Flatboats St. Loule,Lexiniten, Conestoga, and Mound
City, with tranbpm to carrying the Forty-third and For
ty-sixth Indiana regiments, under Colonel Fitch, was
sent ,hence some days since to remove the obetructions
from the White river.
On the rftli, the expedition reached Bt. Charles, eighty
five miles above the month of the river, where the rebels
lied erected a battery.
An engagement ensued, lasting an hour and a half.
While jpe gunboats engaged the batteries, the troops lou
der Colonel Fitch landed a abort distance below and pro
ceeded to storm the place
During the cannonading, a ball entered the boiler of
the gunboat Mound City, cansing a fearful explosion and
low 01 life.
. The crew consisted of one hundred and seventy-five,
of whom one hundred and tvronty-five were killed and
wounded.
The following officers are among the killed :
John Kinzie, Jamea Scoville, John Green, Henry B.
Brown, Joseph Nixon, and John Cox.
Captain Reify, the flag_ officer, was badly scalded,
but it is thought will recover.
Col. Fltch's charge on the battery was a perfect suc
cess, driving the enemy out at the point of the bayonet.
The rebel ions is 125 killed and wounded, and 30 pri
ennerl.
General Halleck has occupied Holly Springs.
OFFICIAL ACCOUNTS
WASIIIKGTON, June 2L—The following was received
a► the War Department today ,
SAINT CHAIILES, Wurrn ItlYnn, AnK, Jima 17,
Via Cairo, Josue
To the Iron. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War:
On arriving eigbt tulles below here last evening, we
ascertained 4,tlat tbe enemy bad two batteries here, sup
ported by a force'(number unknown) of infantry.
A combined attack was made at 7 A. hf. to-day. The
regiment under my command, the Forty-sixth Indiana,
landed two and a half miles below tho battery. and
akirmishers were thrown out, who drove in the enemy's
pickets. Tho gunboats then moved op and opened on
their battory. A rifle shotfrom one of the batteries pane.
trated the steam drum of the Hound City, disabling, by
mailbag, moat of hor crew..,
Apprehensive that some similar accident might happen
to the ether gunboats, and thus leave my email force
without their support, I signalled the gunboats to cease
Ming find we would storm the battery. They ceased
exactly at the right moment, and my men carried the
battery gallantly. The infantry wore driven from the
support of the guns, the gunners shot at their post, and
their commanding officer, Frye, formerly of the United
States navy, wounded and taken prisoner. Eight brass
and iron'gcm e, with ammunition, were captured.
The enemy's lose is unknown. We have buried seven
or eight of their dead, and other dead and wounded are
being brought in.
casualties among my own command are small, the
only real lose being from the escaping steam in the Monad
City. She will probably be repaired and ready to pro
card with ne up the river tomorrow.
A full report will be made as early as possible.
Very respectfully, yours,
G. N. VITOH,
Colonel commanding 46th Indiana Vole.
The following dowitch was received at the Navy De
partment :
UNITED STATES YLAG•STEAMER BENTON,
litaxrais, June 19, via Omit°, Juno 21. 5
To Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy:
The gunboat Conestoga, returning from the White
river, reports the capture of two batteries, mounting
seven guns, at fit. Charles, eighty ranee from the moot
The attack was commenced by Captain lieUT in ta
gunboats, who silenced the . brat battery. The second
battery was gallantly carried by Colonel Fitch, at the
head of the 96th Indiana Volunteers. A shot caused the
explosion of the steam-dram of the Mound City, by
which a part of bor officers and crow were killed and
wounded. I write by to day's mall.
CIIAB. H. DAVIS, Flag Offioer.
CntoAco, uJne 21.—. The following fuller account of
the tight with the rebel batteries on White river hosing
been received :
Maxim's, June 19.—The gunboat Coneetega has st
rived with despatches containing the perticulare of the
engagement et the rebel fortifications below St. Charles,
eighty-five miles up Whito river.
On the 17th, the gunboats St. Louis. Mound City, Lex
ington, and Conestoga, and transport New National,
having on board the 46th Indiana Regiment, Colonel
*ltch, which loft here last week, to open communication
with General Curtis and remove the obetructione from
White river, wended that stream.
IL , The gunboat Mound City, Captain Reity commanding,
was about a mile and a half in the advance. Ina bend
of the slyer, near St. Charles, two concealed batteries
opened on tho Mound City. Her decks were immediately
cleared for neVon, and as soon as the range of the works
was obtained. theguns opened fire.
ECtipt. Kelly signalled to Cot. Fitch to land his force be
low the fort, which was successfully accomplished. The
Lexington and St. Louis shelled the woods, under cover
of NThich Colonel Fitch gained the rear of the rebel posi-
At this innetnre a ball from a siege gnu en the bluff
struck the forward and port side of the ground City, pe
netrating the casements and passing through the steam
drum. 'The vessel was filled with the escaping vapor,
end nearly every one on board was gadded. Only twen
ty• three of the officers and crew out of one hundred and
seventy five esceptd from injuries.
The Keno which ensued was horrible. Many of the
crew, frantic•with pain, Jumped overboard, and same of
,them Were drowned. Boats from 'the Conestoga, which
wee coming up at the time to aupport the Mound City,
wan tent to their reel, but the rebels tired on the men in
tbe water with grape end canister from their field
piecee, murdering most or those who were attempting to
escape.
Being apprised of the state of affairs on the river, Col.
Fitch 2 s regiment pushed forward and carded the fort , by
storm, at the point cattle bayonet.
The rebel works consisted of two batteries, the lower
ono mounting six field piece*, and the now one three
heavy gone, manned by front four hundred to ftve hun
dred men, under command of Col. Frye, late of the 11. H.
Navy. About two hundred rebels are Feld to have es
caped,. over one hundred and fifty are reported killed and
wet:moos, anertmrty - taren imam
Among the prisoners is OM. Frye, whiwiss viouuded in
the shoulder. He bat been brought to Memphis by the
Corral oga.
Captain Xelty, of the Mound Oily, was severely scalded
about the face and hands. Ho will recover. Second
Master Dearth, Third Master Kinzie, Fourth Master
Scoville, Master's Mate H. B. Browne, Paymaster —,
Chief Engineer John Cox, and Assistant Engineer John
McAfee, and Hollingeworth, were killed. Pilot Charles
Young was severely scalded, and is reported to have since
died.
Surgeon Jones and Carpenter Manning were Cells'
scalded. From eighty to one hundred of our &Wore
have ahead) been buried, and over twenty are mining.
Colonel Fitch reports that but few of his men were
wounded, and none killed; and but for the nnfortauate
accident on the Mound City the rebel works would have
been carried without loss on our side. She con easily be
repaired. •
The flag officer has pont to Cairo for-another crow.
be rebels have obstructed the aeons' above by slinking
two large eteambonts end agunboat, believed to bo the
Maypole.
Massacre of • Copttabands by the
Rebels.
IVA SIIIGTON, Jur e —Flag Officer Dupont writse to
the Navy Doperunent that the rebels, through informa
tion given by a negro who bad been employed by our
army, became aware of the absence of our troops from
Hutchinson's Island. They made a descent upon Mrs.
March's plantation, surrounded the house, and, with the
ferocity characteristic at all events of that part of the
South, murdered, iu cold blood, a large number of con
traband!, who were awakened from their slumbers only
to fall by the hands of rho infuriated rebels:
Moth of Cot. Tact
CAIRO, June 21.—Ccd. Ellett, of. the Barn fleet, died
here this morning, from the wound received in the en
gagement before Plemphic
WASIIINGTO:4411110 21.—The following was received at
the War Department today.
CAIRO, 111, June 21—Hon. E. M. &anion, Secretary
of War: Col Charles Ellet died at this Kano this morn
ing, at four o'clock. Ea was oa his way to my house at
Now Albany to recruit his health, in order to enable him
to rejoin his fleet. The command will devolve upon Lieut.
Col Alfred Eliot, a good °Meer.
The Beat started South from Memphis on the 19th.
JAMES BROOKS,
Quartermaster 11. S. Ram Fleet.
MUM CONGRESS-FIRST SESSION.
• WASHINGTON, 3 . 14.70 2L
SENATIS.
Bankrupt Law.
Several p titione for a general bankrupt law ward pre
tented.
The League Islsxml Navy Yard.
• Mr GRIBIMS (Itep.),.of lowa, from 'the liaral Com
mitte, resorted a bill authorizing the SeoretarY of the
Navy to accent the gift of League feland;on the Delaware
river, ae tendered by the city of Philedelphle.
New Post Offices.
Mr. COLL AllAit (Rel..), of 'Vermont, from the Post
Office Committee, reported a bill for opening post offices
in the insurrectionary districts. Passed.
Bridge Over the Ohio. •
Mr. WADE (Rep ), of Ohio, called np the house bill to
establish a certain mat road, The bill authorizes' •
bridge with a draw of two hundred feet, to be construct
ed across the Ohio river at Litenbennlle,- and used as a
poet road. •
me COWAN (leo.), of 'Pennsylvania, oppmed the
bill at length as it stood, as tending to obstruct the liar'.
nation of the greatest elvers of the earth, and affecting
the vital interests of the people of his State.
Mr. WADE (Bep.),of Ohio, advocated the bill, and
canned memorials to be read from the Board of .Trade
and merchants of Pittabora, and also the Board of Trade
of Phila.:4lo46,in favor of it.
Mr. coweN said be bad also received lettere Iron .
Philadelphia and flushing favoring the bridge, but they
were mostly from railroad men. Ile caused a letter W
be read from the president of theTitaburg Board of
Trade, eating that he was opposed to the bill on ex
amining it.
Be (Br. Cowan) was apposed to obstructing a great
highway, though he was In favor of the bridge, but he
wanted it built to as not to interfere with the trodo of the
Ohio river. lint this bill did not only permit the con
strnction of a bridge at'Steubenvile, but gave the corpo
-ratora the right to build bridges anywhere on the Ohio
above Cincinnati, for instance,
After a lengthy diernevion, the bill was recommitted to.
the Committee on Poet Offices.
Ordnance and Gun Contracts. •
Arr. POWILL (Derr ), offered a resolotlen that thi
Serretary of War be directed to tranemtt to the Senate
in mecllately so much of the resort of Eton. Joseph liolt
and Robert Dale Owen, to relation to the !object of ord
nance acid gun contracts. Passed. [The information
WWI subsequently received from the Secretary of War.l
Confiscation Bill.
Mr. CLAIM (Ref,4, of New Hampeblro, said he would
not call np the confiscation bill till Monday, although it
came up to-clay as the unfinished business of yesterday.
It wee accordingly postponed.
Office Holders' Oath.
Tho House bill, preecribiag an oath for all persons
hereafter bolding office under the United States, was
taken up An amendment was offered so as to except all
persons for whom the Conetitution Dreenribep the form of
oath, such as the President of the United Ftatel.
Pending the vote, it was understood that no quorum
wag preterit, and, after an executive session, the Sonata
adjourned.
•
HOUSE OF ESPRESENTATITES.
The Bowe of Representatives is not in session to•daY,
Using adjourned over until Monday.
Sailing of the City of Washington
Nan YORK, June 21.—The steamship City of Washing
ton Bailed to-day for Liverpool. Among her psalm/em
were the followieg Philadelphians: Miss AnsWe' Rey:
0. W. Anable, John Hanna, Thomas Bean., Dr. and
ktria Glrieeish Sir. and Bin. Wm. P. Cox, Yarn E.
and Mrs. John P. Gannon, Mr. and Mrs.
W.11:Pant1110M1 and family, and J. Spencer Stoke& •
Health of Gen. McDowell
M/"Asess, June 22.—Gen. Dowell is rapidly re
covering from his injuries, imd eaptcts to resume active
duties in a few days.
Secretary Chase, accompanied by a number of promi
nent citizens from different ports of the country, paid
him a flying visit yesterday.
Letter and Present from the Prince of
WASFIINOTON, June 21—The /Vationaf /rtfeitisiencer
of to. day nap):
We learn that the Prince of Wales has recently pre
sented to Ex-President Buchanan a splendid fall-length
portrait of himself, as a 'slight mark (he says) of his
grateful recollections of the hospitable reception and his
agreeable visit at the White Bente, on the' occasion of
his tour in the United States. He adds that the cordial
welcome which was then vouchsafed to him by the Ame
rican reople, and by the ex-President us their Wet, can
never be effaced from his mouory."
Arrival of the North Star from Aspinwall
New Your:, June 22.—The steamer North Star has ar
rived from Aspinwall, with dates to the 14th inst. She
brings 8612,000 in specie.
Ncequera bee sent 200 troops to occupy Panama. The
Governor at first threatened to resist, issued a prociama.
tion to the people to arm, and erected barricades. Mosque
ra's commander stated that the only object was to prevent
the repetition of such outrages as were lately committed
by Gin Sumner, of the United States, and the syrups
airs of the people being evidently with illosquera, the
Governor submitted. The crew of the United States fri-
WOO Saranac were randy to land for the protection of
American property, hut the commander would not other
wise interfere. Burliness was suspended. .
An Arrival at Boston from New Orleans.
Boston, June 21.—The ebin North America, from
New Orleans, sae been signalled below.
Markets by Tetegraph.
Mt:Haman, June tel.—Flour dull at 6505.1234. Wheat
firm sales of 7.,0t.0 bushels at $1.5501.62 for Southern
white. Oorn declined lc. Whi2ky firm at 27g c. Pro-
TialoDll dull and heavy. Coffee firm.
Shivery in Louisiana, as described by a
Divtiegnished Officer.
The following is an extract from a letter written
by an officer high in rank in the Now England di
vision, now in Louisiana. He grapples this knotty
subject with .a vigorous hand. The force of hie
reasoning is easily understood, and it is in keeping
with the progress of the nice of man for centuries.
We ask fer it a careful perusal.
We ought never to have come Into Now Orleans
without having a thoroughly digested plan of ope
rations with regard to the settlement of the slave
quistion. We should have come prepared to send
all the slam to Hayti, and to tell their masters
that if they did not adopt a pay system of labor at
once, we should abolish slavery.
The wealthy man here, having set the example
of insurrection to the negro, and of disregard. of
principle toile poor white class, is in groat danger
from both ; and his only safety is in a compromise
with one of them. Many of the slaves aro a capper
colored folk from the Border States, who aro equal,
if not superior, in many cases, to their owners.
Not a few of these owners are negroee. Distinc
tions have become confounded even unto chaos.
Masters have not the wherewith to feed their
slaves, and hundreds are running away from the
plantations, and coming to seek the Yankees, who,
they have so often been told.jintend to liberate them
all. Never was society in a bettor condition for
entering upon a new career. Nothing would be
easier, or attended with lees violence, than the
adoption of a pay system of labor. In fact, I be
lieve that it is the only way in which the planters
can save their crops and property.
Everything demands a change. The slaves, cut
off from African barbarism for two generations of
time, have become humanized, Christianized,. and
consanguined with the white race; and their con
dition demands a step of progress.'
The sentiments enunciated by the framers of our
Government eighty years ago demand it. The se•
curity of the life and property of the inhabitants
demands it; and if our Government, instead of
taking measures to secure it, falls back into old
political ruts and trammels, and becomes a slave
driver, to drive back the slave to his old allegiance,
it will stoop from the lofty position which it has oc
cupied before the world, and prove recreant alike
to its mission and its pretensions.
The politically acephalous condition of the State
calls for immediate attention. Finances are de-
ranged, trade annihilated, and subsistence scarce.
The loyal Union men of the State should at once
be put in possession of the Government ; but, to
gether with this beneficence on the part of the
'United States, there should be inatituteda new sys
tem of labor, more in accordance with free institu
tions than is slavery. A pay system should com
menceiwitbla view to a speedy abolition. It is to
the pecuniary interest of the planter that it should
be done. - Lot the Northwest be opened, and cheap
food flow down the Mississippi again, and let the
planter pay honestly a small price to his staves for
their labor, and I believe that he would save his
present crops of cane, whereas, as it is, I consider
it doubtful. At. Forts Jackson and St. Philip,
Ports Hood and Pike, at Camp Parapet., Algiers,
New Orleans, everywhere, slaves are coming in;
t.nd in the city they are taken up and confined in
jail right under our bayonets. To be merciful, to
be just, to be true, we should have a large force
here, especially of regular artillery, to garrison
the forts and to enable society to struggle up into
a condition of order and peace. It wants a strong
arm to loan upon.
List of Peonsylvaniatis in Douglas Hospi
tal, Washington, June 20, 1802.
Alford F., private, 123, Cavalry, Co. D, convalescee,
Watts burg, _Pa.
Adams W. 'J., private, 107th P. T., Co. A, debility.
Applegate J. C., private, 103 d P. V., Co. I, convales
cent. Fitzhenry, Pa.
Bailey W., private, 101st P. V., Co. B, rheumatism.
Burgess T., private, 524 P. T., Co. F, typhoid lever,
Bedford, Pa.
Beddow .1. W., private, 12th Cavalry, Co. B, rheuma
tism, Roseville, Pa.
Bryner J. 81., private, 4911, P. V., Co. I, fever, Per
rysville, Pa.
Brown J. F., private, 1033 P. Y., Co. D, remittent
fever, Oakland, Pa.
Beercomp H., private, 101st Pit, .00. - 0, wounded,
•
Dry bridge. .
80r7 , 1111111 li , private, 3 ist P. T , Co. II; convalesoent,
Philadelphia. - -
Cathcart 8., prfsate, 103.3 P. Y., Co: I), remittent
fever. • -
Clionin P., private, 130 i P. 'V „ Co. D.
e"" V., Co. D, typhoid fever,
:looming Duey. ..
• Cox Jas., private, Ist Cavalry, Co. F, lumbago, Belle
ville.
Coleman 0., private, Kane's Itltles, Co. G, bronchitis,
Bradford county
Corbit John, private, 01st P. V., CO. F, typhoid fever,
Westmoreland county.
Meter J., private, 12th Cavalry, Co. hf, catarrhae...
Crawford A., private, 1034 P. V., Co. I, fever, Centre
ville, 'Pa.
Clarkson B. F., private, 49th P. V., Co. D, fever, Case
villa, Pa.
Caldwell W , private, 62d P. V , Co. B, fever.
Irwin J., private, 107th P. V., Co. A, fever typhoid.
Decker J., private, 81st P. Y., Co. G, fever typhoid,
Ilaraingdon, Pa.-
Decker A. P„ private, 49th P. Y , Co. D, pneumonia,
Philadelphia.
Donivan J., private, Slat P. V , Co. G, wounded, Phi
ladelphia.
Emmons R., private, MO, Co. F. pbtbieis, Philadelphia.
Disler L.. private, 12th Cavalry, Co. 11, pneumonia.
Evans J., private, 107th, Co. A, anehylosis.
Hyena E. J., privateillth Reserve, Co. A, fracture,
fibenabarg.
Plvane W. S., titivate, 92d P. V., Co. H, fracture, Fre
urca.t.
lrerris 8., private, 52d P. V., Co IT, rem. febrie.
Ile-ming H. J., captain, 9th Reserves, Co. K, remittent
fever,Pittsburg. Pa.
Ferris J. 0., private. 107th P. V., Co. A, fever.
Fare D., corporal, 20th P. V., Co. I), fever, Hemming
ton, Pa.
;Fisher Isaac, private, 101st P. T. Co. C, convalescent,
Gallillee, Beaver county, Pa.
Green G. W., private, 12th Cavalry, Co. A, rheuma
th tn. Garland, Pa
Gibson J. L., corporal, 101st P. V., Co. H, remittent
fever, Beaver, Pa.
Geiser W., private,lst Artillery, P. V., Co F, phthisis.
Gladfelter W. 11 Private, 44th P. , Go. H. fever.
GormanW., private, 91st P. V., 00. fracture. Phila
delphia.
Griffith J., private, Bth Cavalry, Co: K, fever, Phila.
delptda. '
B elf rd B. D., private, 46th P. V., Co. D, fever.
Bailer F., private, Old P. Y., Co. G, wounded.
Haller P private, 103 d, Co. D, eenvalesoent.
Bebler 0., private, 74th, 00. F, feb..typhoid,
Hoffman, W 11., private, 101st, Co. GI, wounded, Buf
falo Bills. . Pa.
Bighfleld .7., private, 4th Cavalry, Co. K, fracture.
B enenge J., private, 74th P. T., Co. A, fever.
Houston R , private, 103 d P. V., Co; B. fever, Donegal.
Hanna Ji L., private, 95th P. V., Co. B, wounded,
Philadelphia.
Howard privata, 104th P. V., Co. G. wounded.
Jeffreys J., private, isal Cavalry, Co. I, mfocitie, Lan
caster.
llatzrner F., private, 93d P. V., Co. G, catarrhus, Dior.
rietown, I'a.
Kibbe D. private, 1211, Cavalry, Co. L. remittent fever.
Katon private, 12,h Cavalry, Co. K . , lineaments
Knapp Lot, private, 93d P. V.; Co. C, wounded, East
Ilatrover, Pa.
Rockermey Cr P , private,lo34 P. 'V., Co. 11, remittent
fever, Snyderst urg. •
Lowenberg J, private. 234 P. V., Co. I, wounded.
Cracks T , private, 85th P Co. D, fever.
Patten J. H., ptivnte, 49th P. V., Co, I,- diarrhoea,
Spruce Bill.
Bosenburg W4 -- trivale, 934 P. V , Co. K, wounded.
Remus , F., private, 93d P. V., Co. K, do.
Riley J. 8., private, ad Penna. Reserves, Co. B, ne
phritis, Luzerne county, Penna.
Scheele J. Al., private 93d P. V., Co. B; fever, Berne.
Ville.
Smith A., private, 496 P. V., Co. H, fever.
Sullivan T., private, Nth P. V., Co. C,*wounded,
Stevens W S., private, 93d P. V„ Co. 17, wounded,
Danville, Penns,
Smith E, 107th P. Y., Co. A, debility.
Sinkerson 8., private, 88th P. V., Co. K, rheumatism,
Philadelphia.
Stewart E. L., private, Ist Cavalry, Co. A, orchitle,
Walnut Juniata county.
Stoops W., private, 102 d P. V., Co. H, wounded, Prot
h-r, Pa.
Sboemake .1., private, let Penns. Artillery, Co. F.
Sampan J., private, 1034 P. V., Co. P, pneumonia,
Olarion county, Pa.
Sullivan 3., private, 107th P. V., Co. A, hernia.
Snyder Z., orderly sergeant, 85th P. V., Co. K, feb.
tyh., Grbliarteturn, Pa.
Spicer (I,.orderly sergeant, 85th, Co. K, abscess, Elmi
ra,•Pe. V.
Sheffer W H., orderly sergeant, 1033, Co, C, wounded.
Yerausen J., orderly sergeant, Bth Cavalry, Co- Dr
Camden, N J.
Work J. T , captain, bit Penna. Caialry, Co. I, rem.
fever.
Miller P , private, 93d P. V., Co. il, wounded, Borah
town.
hinorde W., private, 61st P. V., Co. D, wounded.
Mulholland .1.; private, 55th P V., Co. 0, varicosile,
Phil ode' phis.
McCloskey F., private, 83d P. V., Co. F, wounded,
North Pine Grove.
. cCallister J. if., private, 85th P.V., Co. 0, wounded,
War hington, Penna.
Mcßride T, private, 83d P.V., Co..D, fever, Pittsburg.
Maloney R, private, 31st P.-V., 00. IE, fever.
74 &Ater J., private, 23d P. V , Co. I, fever.
McNally J., private, Bth Cavalry, 00. K, fever, Phi
ladelphia.
linter John private, 12th Cavalry, CO. B, Pneumonia ,
Jackson, AI Icidg an .
Morehouse, private, 101st P. V., Co. B, wounded,
Pennsyl
Rey D. W., private, 85th P. V., Co. A, debility.
Visitors are ndmittoi to the above hoepttal between the
hours of n o'clock A. U., and 6 o'clock P. Id., daily,
&rasp+ excepted.
Information respecting these patients will be cheerfully
communicated to friatds, by addressing Rey. W. Y.
Drown, clmvlain of Douglas Uospbal.
TUB COOPER-SHOP BEFILESIIMENT
COMMITTIE thankfully acknowledge the receipt of stx
plated butter knires, for the use or the saloon, from Edger
7. Baton, Req.; a lot of gem. pipe from Murphy &
from • Mrs. E A. Bauder, $10; Misses J. Nails,
Emma Kulp, and Lizzie Crowell, proceeds of a fair held
by them, 810; Mrs. M. Crasher% $2O; I. Pemberton
Matchinson. 510; 11. Carey, 825 ; W. I) Lewis. 825;
James karstairs. $10; George Ashton, M. D . 5.5; B. V.
Easley, Mr. and hire. Lewis, $5O; W . , Fair
lamb, $2.60; 'Jobe Grigg. $25; cash, $l5 ;01r. Doharen,
55; Society of the Cincinnati of Philadelphia, 5100; 0.
McGowan. $2; Branch Pilots of Philadelphia, $35; F. G.
Lenerd, (Cembridpeport. Mass.,) SS; A. D. Boileau, $2;
Annie and Lucy Wade and Sallie and Annie Walls, pro
ceeds of a fair at Germantown, sm.
The ladles .who had the management of the Cooper-
Shop Fair, at Concert Ball, hold a business meeting this
aiterncon, at 4 o'clock, at Concert Hall, for the purpose
of making a report •
F.. LIGHT FIRE.--Abotit big o'clook on
Satniday morning a fire occurred at the dwelling, No.
825 Cherry street, but wive extlugniehett 'with trilling lore,
LETTER FROM NEW YORK
[Correspondence of The prow.]
New YORK. limo 21, 186 L
The tinittid Slam steamer Connecticut, which:arrived
today, brought several rebel prisoners, among whom
wore five pilots, and Surveyor General James It. Butts,
the anther of a map of Georgia. Five rears ago be wag
a member of the Georgia Legislature, and besets of ex
erting the utmost of his endeavors to "Bream Southern
heart" at that time on the subject of Secession. He is
about fifi years of age, a bold and incorrigible rebel, now
safely lodged within the walls of Fort Lafayette.
Commodore Farragut had gone up the Mississippi with
the mortar fleet, but the water was falling fast in the
river, and fears were entertained that he would meet
with serious obstacles in his way.
At New Orleans the quarantine is unusually strict.
No vessels from Cuba are allowed to go into port until
they' have been aired two months north of Delaware Bay.
At Key West the authorities are equally strict.
When the Connecticut pa.sed Charleston, flags were
flying at half•mast. over Fort Ilionitrie and Fort Sumpter.
supposed to be in consequence of the death of General
Johnston, 'who was dang:,rously wounded in the groin at
Fair Oaks. •
Beanregard, with the debris of his army, woro digging
their , 4 last ditch" In the neighborhood of Mobile. Thor'
had °lntruded the passage to Fort Gaines. so that It was
impossible to reach that fort without running under the
guts of Fort Morgan. The coast of Florida is alive with
rebels again who are as bitterly hostile as over. Many
of the ortodoxl places that wore a look of loyalty are now
scowling defiantly at the union.
nowise echooner Mary Stewart, of Nassau, N. P.,
front Georgetown bar. S. (1, Juno 10, arrived today.
Sho wee captured theist last. off Georgetown, by United
States barque Gun of the Pea She was Prot' diecovered
when eight miles from the bar,
es
tolower a boat in win
the crew escaped to the abate. She is loaded with salt
and medicines; wee brought here by Acting !dieter
Bentley.
A few days ago, while the Union prisoners, who were
released by the rebels at galisbary, N. 0., were being
paid off on Governor's Wand, an incident occurred which
Is worthy of notice. The rebel prisoners. who were cap
tured at Pot t Pulaski, are also quartered on one portion
of the island, which ie guarded by sentries, who reuse
any one to pass their Hoes. Ono Irishman, however. a
member of the 69th New York Regiment, anxiously
gazed at one of the rebels for a considerable time, and
subsequently addressed the sergeant of the guard as fol
lows:
~S ergeenttwon't you lot me pass. I see my , brother'
is among the prisoners '
end he't in the Southern army.
Gaol you let me speak to him 1"
The sergeant, strut& with the novelty of the ceee, per
mitted the private inside. A tow minutes afterwards, the
brothers were engaged in a Oainand.Abel encounter,
and coon after, the rebel rolled to the sand with the
Ution nan upward. The "chivalry" soon-gathered
rotted their fallen comrade; but the 69th-man beat a.
hasty retreat, end was Boon lost among the group of eel
diers of his regiment, who witnessed the encounter. He
Ulf I) told the following story :
I paid the rebel blackguard was my "brother." be
calm that woe the only way I could get to speak to him.
1 tell you what be did to me. While I was imprisoned at
Richmond, be was guard over ns, and hit ma twice with
the butt end of his musket on the back. But I've just
given him harder cracks than ho gave me."
7be number of deaths in Brooklyn &en ,- the past
week wee 113, of which 69 were children and 44 adults;
males 53, females 66.
The Evening Post of today has a list of the vessels
captured and taken into Key Wost, with their cargoes,
for adjudication since the commencement of the rebel-
lion, the value of which in given at 51,879.289.68, of
which about 61.100,000 worth renfeine untold.
The cargo of the prize schooner Alberti co neietin g of
salt, coffee, reiains. oil,tengar. preemies, and drugs, which
was sold by the United States marshal today, realiced
the Kiln of $10,682 79.
Tha amount raised by the Troy Fire Relief Committee
in this City already teaches about 8241,000. The account
will be closrd in a day or two.
The whore amonnt received for Imports and vrith
dmwa's from warehonso at the muitem house this week
was 51,010,000, against it9i,ooo in the same period last
I ear.
There ism second Board this afternoon. At‘informel
cell was made at 3 o'clock, at which about 3,000 ethane
of brie were sold at 37. The closing prices there were :
UEI coup, 1881..106X 'Harlem 113 lig
Tommie 6e.... 58. Beading ... 57s
Virginia 65..... RN Mich Central... 6.4 ,
Missouri 6e..... 61X 61X Bich 8& N 1.. 27,1 i 2TIE
Amer Gold 108,t4 80. Guarantied 6131 64X
Pacific Mai1.....1 tem 116 111 Central 61. 62-x
11 V Central...: 93% 937: Galena & 0h1... 71 71,4
Erie B 37 37% 'Clew st Toledo... 48 48t:'
Erie P 1 er "
I Ohl &It Istid.. 67
Benison River.. 47X 48 qt. Gar & CLI"g. 34% 38%
THE MARKETS
FLOUR Aan Mlal. —The inquiry for Western and State
Flour is fair, and shipping brands ere firmer and lee/
plenty ; the medium and better grades are steady but
quiet. The sales are 14,800 bbl,. at $4.1064 for super
fine State and Western; 84 5064.70 for the gradm of
Western extra • $4.50x4.55 for extra State: 560004 TO
for fancy do; i 4.9085 for aliening brands of rowd.boop
extra Ohio, and 85.1008 for trade brands. Canadian
Flour is firm, particularly the low gran... ; those oilman&
quality are scarce ; the better grades are firmer; tales of
700 bbla at Sit 50104.70 for the low grades of extrs, and
$.4. 80e 6 for extra. 'Southern Flour is lias active. thus
demand is mainly for shipment; sales of 700 bble sits4.6*
a 5.60, for mixed to good superfine Baltimore, Sec, and
$5.70e8 75 for trade brands Rye Floor is steady; salmi
of 230 bble, at 82.75 e 4. Corn Meal IA more entire, but
lower Wee of 1,250 bbls, at 82 85 for Jersey, ani S 3 for
Brend ' ylne and Marsh's caloric, afloat.
ORAM.—Tbe Wheat market is much the same, the de
mand chiefly for export, although fair for toiddlisg, °wa
rmth mostly to Spring. The sales are 73.050 hi/theta at
06ceS1.01 for Chicago Spring; 97c051.04 Milwaukee
Club; $1.05 for Amber Iowa; 1401.15 for red, R ast
ern ; SI.IT for Amber Michigan ; $1.22 for good West
ern ; and $1.37 01.40 for choice white Michigat and
Kentucky. Corti 1+ more plenty, and is firm, bit not
active; sales of 87,00 bugle's at 49c for 'tooted ; floe. for
new mixed ; sflecs2c for old do ; 54c for Western yellow;
and 70c for white Southern Cate are in good demand,
and ate firm; sales of Western and Canadian at 04 e
44c. and State at 44m45c. Bye is firm, the supply United ;
sales of State at 75c.
THE CITY,
POE ADDITIONEE CITY NEWS, SEE TOITP.THEASIII
ALDERMAN HUGH CLARK.—Theges'lL
of this gentleman, which is cbronlelsd on ow foertk
page, was not entirely unexpected. The deceasei wag a
moot remarkable man. ire wee born in /reload, ant
came to thin country nt an early age. As the puled of
hie manhood approached, he took an active part ho
politics, and soon rose to great influence acuoPs hacomt
try men in this city. Such was his power over ttem, and
over the Don ocracy of the city, that electiOns true co ld
to be controlled by him, while he ultimately , canned
a split in the Democratic party of the clie, cue
of the branches arraying itself under' the hue of
the "Inoommtibles," wish the avowed objict of opin.
atilt Thigh Clink. his influence wag .so great that 0,
another occasion 111. - Riturd .e.ly.the whole Democratic
vote of the oily in favor of the Whig candidate for sheriff.
. The part that he took In Politics wee, in a great mea
sure. the canoe of the rise of the Native American party
in 1844, which woe followed by the fearful Reasington
riots of that year, when to many !Eves were lost and Co
many churches burned. Since that time Alderman Clark
hes mixed but lithe in politico. .ITo has always been
known as a Democrat, and was a Brecktnedge nuts and
an opponent of Douglas In IMP.
MILITARY BRASS BAND.—We have
the pleasure of informing our readers that a sploulid
military band (limn corps is to be Inaugurate - 3 during
the coming fall by the Messrs. Hassler, and which id to
be known as Reader's Military Band The want or a
jenny amid band has often been felt in Pciladelphintsince
the commencement of the war, end now, after repeated
solicitations from many prominent citizens, the task is
about to be undertaken by the gentlemen whose names
we print above. Military men will hear of it with plea—
sure, for they will then have a good hand for local WK.
tory purpotes• the boleti and beaux of the city will be
delighted at having good music at halls and concerts,
while multilane will be ecstatic with joy that a fine com
pany of attletee, able do justice to the instrument"
under their control, has been started In Philadelphia.
SUFFOLK PARK RACES.—The running
races at Suffolk Park will commence to-day. Several
fine Eastern and Western horses will contend for the
stakes. " Idlewild" has runs mile in 1.443 ; Molly
Jackson" has done her four miles in T. 34%; Laura"
Las got over two miles in 3.2 d ; t, Witgram" has tun •
mile in 1.4.1%, the speed of the wind. There are seve
ral other very fast nags—to wit: "Sailor Boy," " Toe
'store," " Cyclone, " Betty Ward," " Ella D,"
"Eillsbarough," • Thrrg's Neck," and others, all of
which aro entered. It has beenlnaoy years eince a run
ning race hen taken p ace in this neighborhood. The
novelty and the established reputation of the horses wilt
draw large crowds.
On Saturday evening, the "pools" were sold at the
Continental Hotel, by Mr. Cassidy. They were started
•at SICO, and run over $2OO. Eight pools were disposed
oL The sale was well attended, and the bidding spirited.
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A. NAVY
YARD AT LEAGUE ItiL AliD.—On Saturday Mayor
Henry returned from Washiogton, where Ile had gone
on business connected with the establishment of a first
class naval depot at League Island. The bill tendering
the gilt of .the %lane to the Government by the city cf
Philadelphia hoe met with favor by the naval committee,
who reported the same to Congress for consideration on
Saturday. We are informed upon good authority that
the bill will meet with but little opposition, and will pro
bably be passed this week. The fact cannot he denied
that Philadelphia, owing to her grand resonrc:s of coal
*and iron, presents greater advantages for the establish
ment of a first-class nasal station than any other city in
the United Staten.
THE SUFFERERS FROM Trf E EXPLO
SION. OF THE CARTRIDGE FACTORY.—Six of the
wounded from the First ward explosion still remain in
the rennerlyania Hospital, viz.: Sallie Forteione, ICUs%
McAleer. Mary Sloane, Augustus Curtin and James Cur
tin, brothers, and their cousin, Margaret Brown. The
three last-named children hare been in the hospliali
the explosion. They have been patieat sufferers, b ut
now long for the day to attire Itirelt they tau sefely
Pfrmitt!`.l tclJotptheir !Valhi , . trio Carlin, who will
hot se badly injured, lett the hospital some weeks ago,
end is now et hose with her mother.
•
. COLONEL CHARLES ELLET- erft.—WC
hear fiat the remains of this accomplished and gallant
officer ' who died from the effects of a wound received
while battling for the preservation of the honor of his
country and its flag. left Cairo YesterdeY evening, ac
companied by Lie wife and other members of hie
en route for this city, and that they will probably arrive
here on Tue day evening. The remains are to be in
terred at Laurel Hill, where others of the family lie
buried.
•
THE FAIR AT THE UNION VOLUNTEER
REFRESHMENT SALOON —lt will be seen by refer
ence to our advertisement columns that the committee
intend keeping the Fair open until Wednesday evening.
In corAequence of a number of ladies in the adjoining
tt.wns not having time to send their offerings of bouquets,
ac., this will afford them a tine opportunity:
CONFISCATION OF A STEAMER.—The
prize -steamer Cambria has been condemned by lodge
Ottawaleder. BDe was recently copturA, baring on
board Enfield rifles, and other things of war. She be
longed Mpartiep.at.Carlisle, 'England. and with the cargo
is worth, It, la petitnated, 8300,000. She was the last of
the three Steamers recently seized, and the atilt to be
condemned.
.CORONER'S INQUESTB.—From the Ist
of January to the 31st of May, Coroner Conrad held 287
inquests. Of title number, 250 were upon the bodies of
white person, and 37 on. colored people. Toe monthly
mtpenses to the city were 8526 In January ; 5.146 in Feb
ruary ; 5547.75 in March; 010.25 in April, and 8601.75
in Nay. Total, 52,734.75.
rEATH OF ONE OF THE NEW YORK
SEVENTH.—Mr. George W. Welke, a member
of the New York Seventh Regiment, died on Saturday
eTel hut at the American Hotel, from diarrha•a. He ar
rived from the army on Saturday morning in com
peny with his son, en mite for Now York. Ho was a
fire, noble patriot, extensively known and enteemed in
New Yolk city.
HEALTH REPORT.—The number of
deaths in the city, during the week ending Jane 21, was
726 ; of which number 121 were adults and 152 children.
'I he number of deaths, compared with the corresponding
week of 1881 and of le, t weal; was as follows : Week end
inirJunci 22d, 1861, was Mi. Week ending June 14th,
IEB2, wee 200. Melee, 164; Females, 112; Boys, 84;
Girie, 68.
CRUD BURRED.—At the fire in Second
street. below Master, on Friday evening. an infant, nine
months old, was pet to bed, and a spark from the candle
is enpposed to have set fire to its 01 . 1tbblit. The child
made a very narrow escape from being burned to death.
It wan enveloped in tames, but was rescued o ter re
telt lug slight Mums.
• APPOINTMENT.—fIovertor Curtin has
RN...Anted Mr. Robert J. Randall a
,Commiteioner fcr
Penneylvania to look after and provide for the Penner'•
vani• troops before Blebreond. M r . ma a t a ti nerv ed is
the City Troop doting the three-montht campaign.
To BE . .MITSTERED INTO SERVICE.—c-
The mosiciane attached to Rush's Lancers will be mai.
tered into service this morning.