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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25,1862.
far We Cllll take no notice of soonyototui commas'
cation&
VET We de not return rejected manuscripts.
war Voluntary correspoudeace eolicited from ell parts
.tf the • mid, and especially from our different military
sud navel departmeute. When need, it will be paid !or.
THY RE IS AN ARRIVAL of European TOWS
to tbo 14th inst. The most notable item from
England is the clearance of several Confede
rate steamers, atEngllah ports, with munitions
of war for the rebels in the South. Yet,
there are several Neutrality proclamations, 'ls
sued in Queen liricroara's name, and Lords
PALMERSTON, RUSSELL, and BROUGIIAM boast
of the Strict neutrality which England has pre
served all through this Rebellion which the
National arms are putting down.
The London newspapers discussed the re
treat of BANKS. One set of Editors declared
that it was a great Confederate success, another
considered it a surprise of no Importance. The
Kerning Post (PALMERSTON'S Own piper) de
nounced General BUTLER'S proclamation re
specting the women of New Orleans who
should unsex themselves by insulting our flag
and its patriot defenders. Perhaps the Post
has never heard how, in 1814, when the British
were before that same New Orleans, their
General tempted the licence of his soldiers by
the watchword -' Booty and Beanty. ,, General
BUTLER'S • proclamation, which has had the
desired effect, was to announce that all females
who insulted our flag or our soldiers Should be
committed to the prison wherein, for miscon
duct, ill-conducted women expiated their
oflhncts by being held In durance vile.
There was some discussion, arising out of
a tumor in the Paris Patric that France and
England would, could, should, or ought to of
fer their mi diation to North and South. The
Times endorses this, and suggests that if me
diation be declined, the recognition of the
Confederates may have to be considered. This
bad no effect on the cotton market, and Lord
Hassm. told the House of Lords, echoed by
Lord FALMERSTON in the House of Commons,
that the rumor as to mediation was unfounded;
that no proposition on the subject had been
made; and that there was no present intention
of making any. .
Franco, impatient of the defeat her arms has
sustained iu Mexico, will send an army thither,
to secure victory, if possible, bat not until
October. It mu,t be a large reinfemement,
for by tint time the European ticiepe,ivill be
thinned out by the fatal vomito. ' •
THE MANY friends of Brigadier General
JOIIN C. BILEORINIIIDGE, C. S. a., now in the
city of Philadelphia, will be glad to know that
we have further news from their idol and
chieftain. Tne Brigadier Is in line health,
and has been making a speech. He tells his
fellow citizens of Mobile that cr there is nothing
to hope from the Lincoln Government;" that
the Northern troops sr neither respected age,
female loveliness, nor infantile weakness,
when in their power." He was sorry for .
Kentucky ; it had been betrayed. while
endeavoring to stay the «•fratricidal hand,"
and would go with the South in the
end. The Brigadier, it will be seen, like
many of his friends in Philadelphia, has
not changed his opinions. He talks in the
same strain, and is as abusive of the Government
as his followers in the North. We hear such
spectres as the Brigadier's very frequently,
and find their sentiments echoed in almost
every Democratic paper we read. They talk
about " fratricidal hands;" so does the
Brigadier. They think (c there is nothing to
tope 4 ltom the Lincoln Government," as well
as the Brigadier. They appeal 'to history
about "free ;rep% beiog conquered" and so
on the Brigadier does lisewise. Altogether,
there is a remarkable similarity of sentiment
that must be mutually gratifying. They are
harmonious now as they were harmonions
before. The Brigadier, however, commanded
at Shiloh—his friends remained at home to
mourn over his discomfiture. The only dif
ference between the illustrious rebel and his
zealous friends is one of courage. In gum- .
pathy, sentiment, and animosity to our cause,
they are the same.
IYIIOLE COUNTRY feels aggrieved that all
foreign nations should so imperfectly under
stand us ; every public utterance of our voice is
hoarse with indignation, because some foreign
nations will so resolutely misunderstand us..
Every speech in Congress, every issue of the
press complains, and apparenly with fair rea
son, that the nature of the contest in which
we aro involved is totally misconceived, that
its causes are either deliberately falsified, or
staled
. eith unpardonable egregioulness of
blundering, and that its issues are darkened
by the worst omens which malicious jealousy
can imagine. The expressions that thus find
public vent are not tromped up by politicians
for partisan ends, nor are they individual opi
nions; promulgated to aubserve personal inte
rests ; they are not the overflowing scum of
boiling passions, nor the venom exuded
from the fangs of stealthy malignity;
they are honestly, indicative of a deep na
tional sentiment, and fairly represent the
feeliogs of our people. Fur if the loyalty
of the North is-nowhere tainted; if it is now
held together, in closer bonds than before, by
a unanimous devotion to the Government; if
its action has always expressed but one de
sign in regard to the rebellian—not less cer
tain and prevalent than his outward purpose
towards its mutinous partner is its inward feel
ing towards European States. The very. heart
of the North is Bore that it should have ap
pealed fir sympathy at that juncture when
sympathy was most needed, and found nothing
but indifference, or scoffs or threats.
Wo are far from b'aming the ebn lition of an
emotion as na'ural and as national as this; we
do not wonder that every private conversa
tion bears its angry impress, or that the
tone of the country at large has been
embittered by' the heartlessness and sel
fishness of foreign diplomacy. Yet we do
deprecate Its increase. It can lead to no
possible good, but will lead to many probable
harms, to have a spirit of vindictive hate
smouldering in a great people, and only wait
ing its chance to burst out into revengeful
flames. Powerful though we are, we can beat
display our power by restraining it within
the legitimate bounds of international com
merce and courtesy. War is too fearful a
thing to be fomented gratuitously, or eves in
dulged in, because of such intangible affronts as
negligence or misunderstanding. If it must
come, let it come on some definite basis and
with some definite intent; but for a nation to
provoke it for the sake of wreaking a general
spirit of retaliation, betrays want of control
upon itself, rather than power over another.
We sbou'd demean ourselves, also, and forfeit
the high innral_nositioe_whichave_haiLeeae,er,
after crushing a rebellion that bad jeopardized
the noblest political life in the world, we
should stoop to give vent to our impatience
with any other State. It would be a spectacle
as absurd as pitiable, to see a people toil
through every let or and danger to reach the
proudest eminence • of earth, and, having en-.
throned Itself above all rivalry, suddenly
forget the bitterness of its past experience,
cancel the splendor of its present condition,
. and destroy all hopes of a more glorious fu
ture—that it might descend to the level of
bickering and wrangling, and Identify its pur
poses with all the mormiesses of the rest of the
political world. We are constantly boastiag
:that America's mission is a new one; admit
et', but let it also be a true one. It is a now
thing to establish a. permanent republic. It
is a new thing for man to wade through
, blood and all suffering, that he may
adorn his humanity and elevate the
race to a higher level, by asserting its
power to maintain a self-governing political
aggregate. It is a new thing for the red
hands of war to be moved by any other main-,
spring than lust of power or arrogance of
pride. But it will be a newer thing and
truer thing not to keep the time thus regis
tered to ourselves alone, but to make our his
-tory the world's chronometer. Oligarchies,
.aristocracies, and monarchies have tolled mid
might long enough for the nations ;
: now let a
pure Democracy peal out high noon. Herein
is our noblest mission—to recognize . the
brotherhood of all peoples, and-make our
owe elevation conducive to universal aspiring:
We are now working and suffering with the
preservation of our own 'integrity as our 1112.
modiste end in view. When this individual
purpose is aecomplisbed, we can proudly look
hack and say, lore is the grandest work of
any single nation; but let such a spirit be
controlling us that wo may be able to claim
the sublimer privilege of looking forward and
seeing that another Power than our own has
shaped the ultimate effect of our work; that
our personal intent his been caught up in
the great march of Providential dos'gti, and
made a regenerating force in Man's blind
struggling towards a loftier humanity.
TuE Tax Biro,. having been legislatively
discussed, modified, and adapted, will go into
effect on the First of August. It will expire,
by expressed limit, in 1866, but 'may be con
tinned, by the action of Congreis and the 'Ex
ecutive, after that time. The exigencies of
the time—in fact what we may call the Crisis—
have made it a necessity, and, however novel
this general imposition of taxation may be, few
persons really attached to the lTnion will ob
ject to the demand, large or small, which it
Will make upon them.
No doubt; all its provisions will not please
all people. Here or there, one moneyed or
industrial interest or the other may dissent,
from the pro rata taxation which it imposes.
But it is impossible .to levy money, by taxa
tion, and please all who have to pay it. Thirty'
or forty years ago, Lord CASII.;REA.En . up
braided the people of England for having what
he called ct an ignorant impatience .of taxa
tion." If ho had said natural, instead of igno
rdnt, he would have been nearer the troth.
There is no use in denying the fact,—but all
persons object to paying taxes. Nevertheless,
when . the tax-gatherer comes round, his de
mands will be met with alacrity—because the
exigencies of the country demand the sacri
fice. If the Union is to be preserved, the
people must pay what is necessary for that
purpose.
Looking through the items in the Bill, we
see only one to which we would offer an ob
jection. It is that which the insurers will
have to pay upon their respective policies.
We object to this because the per-cenrago,
thus leviable under the Act, is really a tax
upon prudence. A man who pays all that he
can spare to insure his property from the
casualty of fire, or to secure a provision to his
family by insuring his life, ought not„be
taxed for his prudence. At the timeZtim,
when we adopt this principle, it is being re
jected by the British Legislature.
Months ago, when it first became apparent
that a National Tax was inevitable, the prices
of a great number of articles in ordinary con
sumption ran up; thanks to the retailers, in a
manner perfeetly oppressive .to parsons with
small incomes, whether fluctuating or fixed;
It is to be hoped that these prices will come
down. The price of luinp sugar advanced
from 91011 cents a pound, and the duty now
imposed is only two mills per lb. The com
monest, quality of tea, which seven-tenths of
the public use, has advanced from 50 to 75
cents a pound, and the new bill leaves tea un
taxed.. Ordinary coffee ran up from 15 to 26
centsperpound, and the extra tsx upon it is only
three mills. 'All , these, and other advances in
pries; have been nude before the articles were
taxed, and now, it isle be hoped that the re
tailprices will comeback to something like
What is fair. There was no
. fair pretext, from
the first, for anything like the advance in
price which the grocers made seven months
ago, and have adhered to.
• Were the taxes now imposedVW greater
than they are, they would be paid without any
complaint or regret. Other countries are
heavily taxed to meet the cost of campaigns
undertaken to crush the laws and liberties of
the people, or to indulge in the aggressions
emanating from_ a desire for conquest. We
are in arms with noble purposes. We desire
to maintain the Union and the Constitution,
end, at whatever cost, we shall succeed in
doing it.
Ws 11138 T again felicitate the people of
Bucks and Lehieh on their new Representa
tive in Congress—the "Douglas Democrat,"
Mr. E. D. STYLES. Whatever quality he may
lack, his moral courage is at least undoubted.
The tax bill, which, as reported from the Con
ference Committee, on Monday, passed the
Senate without a dissenting vote, and was not
even objected to by Senators BAYARD, SAums
anal', and Povirm., was opposed in the House
by Mr. STYLES, on the yeas and nays, in corn
lmp withY Han. BEN. W - 00D, of New Toik,
PmLtr YOrinses, of Northampton county,
and others. Probably Mr. STYLES intends to
resist the payment of taxes when tho bill be
comes a law.
LETTER FROM "OCCASIONAL."
WASiIINOTON, June 24, 1862
Whether Richmond is ocenpied by the
Union forces previous to the 4th of Jnly, or
whether the rebels are able to hold out beyond
that clay, nothing can now prevent their com
plete defeat before that city. Their strength
is the strength of despair ; their weakness, the
knowledge that a Federal reverse would only
snake the conquest of their conspiracy more ex
terminating and bloody. The people of Vir
ginia and the South have no real .interest in
allowing their betrayers to wiu a victory
at Richmond. They at last realize that
the Government of the United States,
even in the midst of manifestations of
magnanimity, is daily making the most for
midable military preparations, and that, if re
pulsed at Richmond, it will only make- the
Secessionists feel its power on'other and . more
sanguinary fields. But Richmond must and
will be taken, and the army of rebellion dis
persed or captured. You' will perceive. that
every boast of rebel strength at Richmond is
accompanied by confessions of scarcity of food
and other necessaries of life. " The city is one
vast hospital," says a correspondent, of the
Charleston Mercury, under date of Juno 7.
sc The country round about is devastated and
mined," says another rebel authority. Add
to these the remorse of the woupded prisoners,
and tbe tearful oppressions of the people by
drafting and conscription acts, and you can
decide what sort of a . resistance will be made
to General McClellan. Ido not doubt that it
will be fierce, but it cannot-be protracted.
The fall of Richmond will probably hasten
the adjournment of Congress. It will greatly
disembarrass the President. Strong in the
affection of the people, and powerful in the
unlimited patronage at his disposal, be can
execute the laws of Congress with vigor and
success, when the last great army of the trai
tors .is captured or scattered. The most nn
wavering and undoubting confidence may be
reposed in the President. If any man can be
entrusted with the enormous responsibilities
of this dreadful crisis, it is Abraham Lincoln.
He knows much' is expected of him, and he
will not shirk his duty or his destiny. Con
ess has given him all the legislation neces
sary to the work before him ; and with one or
two more great victories of , our army and
navy, he can do everything to close out the
rebellion. OCCASIONAL.
' No WONDER WE PAT HIGH TlSllB.—Wailitng
ton oity is swarming with emancipated slaves.
Tey are a Jiro, -ragged, homeless multitude.
fonder asters refuse to employ them. The
poor house EDO JO3l - 4...--.......-avia - rrnarctleruar - 2.1.....-
are' hundreds of free negroes starving and unem
ployed, as well as poor whites. The Administration
has rented from Doff Green, a block of fine brick
dwellings, in which from one hundred and fifty to
two hundred emancipated slaves are fed, lodged,
and clothed at the expense of the Government.
Every Abolitionist in the Union ought to have his
property " confiscated" for their support . Verily,
the wickedness of the present Congress is without.
parallel in all former times. They have copious
tears for their colored brethren, but none for the
deceived and betrayed white man, whose wife and
children this accursed Abolition war has gent beg
ging their bread. No sympathy for the people who
have to pay taxes to support these negroes is idle.
Less.' Beware, despots ! The people are but Bleep
ing lions. When the outraged people are called
upon to pay these taxes, they will pay them "in
powder and To this complexion they are
hastening the cotunry.—Green,vburg (Pa.) Argus.
We copy the above as a fair specimen of the
operations of the men in this State who are
opposed to the Government and the war. A
few days .ago one of the most distinguished
Democrats of Indiana exposed a secret con
spiracy in that State for the pnrpose of resist
ing the payment of the tax necessary to the
prosecution of hostilities against the rebels,
and it will be perceived from the foregoing
extract that this plan is to be enforced with
"powder and lead." These wretched traitors,
in their complaints on the increase of contra
bands in Washington and elsewhere, boldly
lay the responsibility for this evil upon the
present Congress, thus convicting themselves
of a shamelessfalsehood. The fugitive slaves
in Washington have run off from rebels who
precipitated the war, and are now engaged in
aiding and comforting the enemy. All that
the Government has done is to see that ti'oso
friendless and harmless outcasts are not per
mitted to starve, and for discharging this holy
' and imperative duty it is made the target of
calumny and abuse. The white men who'are
engaged fighting for the Republic are deeply
commiserated by domestic, traitors, while they
. are shot down in cold blood by the banditti of
the rebellion ; but se inconsistent is treason in
the free States that the very men who express
the most sympathy for our gallant
,soldiers are
preparing to resist, with a pou , deilind lead,"
the payment of the. taxes necessary to the
maintenance and aepport of th e army.
•
FROM
.WASRINGTON.
Special Despatches to Ag The rrems."
Highly Important from the South.
JACKSON LiRGEI,I REINFORCED
HOW THE REBELS GET NEWS.
GEN. MANSFIELD NONPLUSSED.
ZEBUS PUZZLED AI MT IIIeCLELLII.
THEY GET THE NEWS FROM THE WEST.
The Rebels " Sick and Hungry.
CHANGE IN SOUTHERN SENTIMENT
&c.,
WASUWGTON, Jane 24, 1862.
Row the Rebels Get News
Two well known citizens of Norfolk walked through
our picket Saes at Suffolk on Monday lest, arrivad sefe
in Petersburg, and gave dee rebel Govorrimeot important
information, a Now. York Herald, Philadelphia
and Norfolk Union. As a natural consequence, the
Dispatch published a complete and very correct lister re
giments in this Department, and a roster of tbeiroftl.
Core.
Gen. Mansfield and a Secesh Lady.
A Seceeh lady had mitred at Peteraburg from our lines
at Suffolk, under a flag of truce. She told the following
story to the editor of the Richmond Dispatch: When
parting, General MANEIFIVILD bowed gallaetly and said,
" Madame, I hope to see yon soon again In Richrhond."
" / hope it may be to " said the lady. • •
"Row's that naked General lidaysttsco, I little
surprised.
.tWby, , ' said the lady, "You know there is plenty of
roam in the tobacco warehouses there, and we will give
you full scope and a good apartment "
Ihe Dispatch eas e the General was nonplussed.
Jackson Reinforced.
Tbe Richmond Diipatch says that it can be n 9 longer
denied tbat JecgsoN has been reiufdyced recently—the
troops marching directly in front of MOOLELLAN'B right,
with their right flank exposed. Thin, the Dispeitch.says,
in another proof that "Mr." tricet.ELLAN Intends to dig
Richmond up by inches..
The Losses at Fair Oaks.
The Pouthern papers still publish lists of loam among
different regiments, and It now turns out that the rebels
had seeenty•eight of their t , crack" carpe—regular and
rtutisan--eugsged in that bloody battle.
Sickness in the Rebel Army.
The tuwipapr-re are complaining bitterly of the ravages
made by the fell destroyer Death In theirrauks, by fevers
of the most malignant and obstlimite types, and acknow
ledge that their army has neither medieineanor good and
tutlicient food.
Loss ou James Island.
Gen. GIST was believed to have been killed at the bat
tle•of Jaime lelaud, Col. LAMAR wounded, and fifteen
lioe 'officers killed, with double that number wounded.
The lots is known to have been heavy.
Getting Milder
The Dispatch, the most enterprising newspaper in the
Forab, comes oGt now printed on a halfebeet, with a
standing apoloty under the editorial head. The papers
are Lot near so bitter as formerly. The rebels are sorely
puzzltd over DIGGLNLGAN's movements, and affect a
sort of nonchalance about it by making sport of his
movements.
The news of the occupation of Cumberland Gap by
°tn. lilortoen, and Chattanooga by Gen..fdircustt.,
causes great apprehensions for the safety of the Gotten
Elates as a place of final retreat.
Swamps Drying Up.
The weather bee been very warm and dry for some ten
days past, and the Chick ahominy !maniple rapidly drying
up. Durbig the summer months, it should be remem
bered, droughts are common in this region, when high
land swamis dr) up, and considerable rivers Dimmer
down. ,
War intelligence
WLBUINGTON, June 24-10 P. M.—Deepatches received
te-day at the War Department indicate quiet In all direc
tion*. The telegraph Huse are in good working order to
all important points. •
Pennsylvania Soldiers• Relief Assmation
A very hill and Intel eating meeting of the Exeoutivo,
•Finance. and Viaititig Committees of the Penneylvania
Soldiers' Relief Association was held at the room; of the
Slate Military Agency teat evening. The spirit displayed
~,a5 of the most enthusiastic and patriotic character.
Beery one prevent eeemed to be determined to do his nt •
inmost in the good work. The report° of the YisiUttg
Committees were very ably and intelligently drawn, and
exhibited the foot that our brave men in hospital hero
are admirably cared for, most of them being conva
lescent, and many of them eager to re'urn to their roe.
mauls. Arrangements were made to supply all their
wants, and a thorough eystem was agreed upon is an
ticipation of 'the expected battle at Richmond. A spe
cial mestenger ia to be sent today to cesoperate with
4.1.1111RKT C. BARCLAY, Eqi., in forwarding such Penne,
sylvantaus to Weshington ea may be sent here after the
conflict: •
11101107 is coming in front all quarters, to swell the fund
for the care or oureich and wounded noldiers now hero,
and probably coon to be increased by the coining battle
before liiblituond. Col. Ponersr, Secretary of thoSonatm
begs to achnowiwlee the receipt of 5100 from TiLltit,
STONE, & CO , and ..$6O from Jong B. &MD, Esq., of
Philadelphia i also, S5O from B. DALLAS 13nouz, Zen.,
Superintendent of tha U. S. Coast Su?rey. Sead on your
subscriptions.. They will be wisely and beneftointly op
plied
GoveTnment Contracts
The folhining order has just Leen Vaned from the War
Department:
n The Eecrotary of Wei is of the opinion that the act
to prevent and punish fraud on the part of officers en
trattrd with the making of contracts on the part of the
Government, approved June 2d,1862, applied only to
such contracts as, under the laws awl regulations in
force at time of its passage, were required to be in
writing. 'The exrcution of the act in any ether genie is
utterly impracticable, and an attempt otherwise to en
force it would everywhere instantly arrest the operation
of all oar forces. ; It is therefore—
,' Ordered—That .all contracts which, by the present
regaled( no, are proscribed to be made in writing shall
hereafter be made in quintoplicate, of which four shall
be disposed of according to such regulation, and oae
shall be sent by the otheer making and signing the same
to return to the office of the Department of the Interior
within .thirty daye after the contract is made, together
with all the proposals, and a copy of any advertisement
published bs Lim touching the same, attached awl veri
fied in the manner required by ilia act above speciftid."
Patses for the Army.
The Secretary of War to-Jay ordered that all appli
cations for passes, and permits for persona or property
tallith) the lined of the United States forces. shall hereaf
ter be rondo to Brigadier General Wanstroarn, Military
Governor of the Pistri:t of Columbia, and be subject to
such terms and conditicins as lie may prescribe.
The Extradition Treaty with Mexico
The treaty between the United States and Mexico, for
the extradition of criminals, is officially proclaimed.
The offences are confined to the principal, accessories,
or accomplices to murder, asrassinattou, piracy, forgery,
cormterfeiting, larceny, dm., and kidnapping, the last be
ing defined as the tailing and carrying away a free per
son by force or deception. The roxivisione of tbe treaty
are not applied in any manner to any crime or offence
of a purely political character, nor do they embrace the
return of fugitive slaves..
A Rebel Schooner Trapped
The wavy Department has received despatches elating
that, on the night of the 7th instant, the schooner
Itoweria, formerly the Garibaldi, seventy tons 'burden,
built opposite New Orleans, ran into Stono river, and
anchored near the entrance, not knowing it to be In our
possession. She wav, therefore, a prisoner, we having
seven gunboats in that vicinity." She was last from
Nassau, and bad a cargo of lead aid a few shoes. She
was taken by the Pawnee, and sent to Philadelphia.
Members of Congress to ,have Access to
the Public Records.
The following bill hes jut been introduced ie the
Semite:
, rThat it guilt be the duty of the Secretary of War,
the Secretory of the Navy, the Secretary of the Interior,
the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Postmaster Gene
ral, and the bends of the several bureaus la their Depart
merits, respectively, to allow members of Congress to
inspect all records and reports on file their Depart
ments, whenever they than desire so to do, for the par
-1,08. of !looking information 68 a baste of legieation, or to
prevent, detect, or expose fraud on the Treasury or Go
ersams.,—,
The Overland
Information has been received tit the Post Office De
partment that the service by the Overland Mail Compiuy
was recommenced on the • 10th inst. The mails fi.Orn
Colorado for the past month wise very visibly increaisid
by the heavy immigration which bas gone thither this
epring, while the presence of an increased number of
troops at Fort Kearney and Fort Laramie will account
for an increase at those 'elute. On the night of the 13th
inat, there werereeeleed at St. Joseph's, Missouri, twenty..
six pouches under the brass lock, and len under the Iron
lock, being mall matter which has been delayed by the
late troubles.
During the put two or three days, several post offices
have been reopened in Tennemee, and mail facilities are
being gradually extended throughout the State.
Minors in the Service.
The act of February 13th, 1862 pablishodin General
Orders No 15, although prohibiting the discharge of
minors from the service, does not authorize thole enlist
ment or muster into the service, excepting with the
written consent , of their parents, meeters, or guardians
Sword Presentation.
Burgeon McKay, of the 6th Sestment of New York
Volanteers, has beau presented by the hospital stewards
With a beautiful sword and bolt.
Rejection by the Senate.
hi osis /DILL'S', former Chief Cie* of the Interior De
printout, was today rejected by the Senate as Register
of Wills for the District of Columbia.
Diplomatic Dinner.
A. diplomatic dinner was given this evening to the
Mexican minister. A number of Senators and other
tileiingoithad gentlemen were present. The gathering is
auppoied to have a significant bearing just now.
Gcn. Wool's Department.
It is understood the military protection and defence of
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, west of °Timberland
to the city of Baltimore : and or the railroad between
Harper's Ferry and Winchester, is especially assigned to
the command of Major General WooL. The officers on
the line of that road will, accordingly, report to him.
The operatiobe of the Winctamiter and Potomac' Bsiiroad
will remain under the direction of Gen. Berms.
The Pacific 'Railroad.
The members of the select Committee on tho Toone
Itidircad are rejoicing wtih their friends tonight, dyir
the paaeage of the Paciflo Railroad biU to•day.
THE PRESS.-PHILADELPHIA. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 25, 1862.
The . New Philadelphia Navy Yard at
League Island—Speech of, Senator
Gullies in favor of the 13111.
The &nate today toots up the bill fora now navy
yard at League leland,.Philadelptile.
A BILL to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to au
csiit the title to, the League Wand, in the Delaware.
river, for navel plsrposes:
Be it enacted by thi Senate and Rouge of .gepr e
sentater es of the United States of America in Coaarers
assembled, Thatobe Secretary. of the Nevi be, and be Is
hereby, authorized to receive and accept-from the city au- ,
thoritios of the city of Phi tad el p' a the title of League %teed
in the Delaware river, within the IN. st ward of the said
city of Philadelphia, together with all riparian rights
and privileges thereunto beton/slug and eppertainiug, to
be . used for tarsi purposes by the Government of the .
United States Previded, That 'Bad tide shalt net be ac
cented and received unlace the same shall be perfect and'
indefensible to the whole Island to haw-wetet mark; nor,
If upon were tboronrb exemination and eiervey of the
premiere by a competent board of - officers to be by him
tappeiured, he shall discover that the pnblio interests will
not he promoted by arquiring the title as aforesaid.
Sea. 2. end be it further enacted, That if the title
ebellYbe accepted and recelvel as aforesaid, then, for the
purposes of surveys, piling. dredging, tilling, est - awl:tit,
building wane, houses, end shore on said island, the suet
of two hundred thousand dollars be, and the acme is
hereby, appropriated out or any money in the treasury
not otherwise appropriv
Mr. Gut MSS said that the events of the pest year have'
taught us many important loescess, among the most va
luable of which is tbo entire troth of that apothegm of.
the gather of his Country, that It is the duty of the nu
Lion in time of peace to prepare for war. When this
rebellion began we were not only comparatively without
an army and navy, but we were apparently without the
means of building a navy. The four steam war voleets
belonging, to the Government were ecattered over the
world; moat of our sailing vesuela were dismantled
and dilapidated, end nearly worthlees in •their boat
estate; two of our important nary yards wore
surrendered to the enemy, and the remaining ones
were , contracted in size and °away for =labbr; and
nearly stripped of material for conatruction. Yet
the navy was suddenly called upon to maintain the
moat exteredrif blockade known in history. The efficiency
of that blockade the whole civilized world knows agd haa
borne testimony to. Perhaps no nation ever exhibited
@rich an amount of energy and maintained eneti resources
ashore been ehown by this country during the tisat . ieer
. certainly no country ever put afloat ouch powerful and
welt. appointed fleets in so short a time, and condi:idea
them with such eminent success. But the great danger
is that these very successes may lull us into securlty,, for
the future, and thus betray us into danger, if nollitto
ruin. It must be remembered that in this conatcy we
have derived immense aniport from the merchant ma:
rise ; tbat we bevelled the use of large numbers of mar.
chant steamers; which were admirably miaow4 to
al of the purposes of blockade, bat which could
be . cooperatively worthless as war reasolsj against
a great naval Power. Our present war has been against
belligerents who were almost destitute of ships, satsuma,
naval resources The light-draught, light-built
steamers, with which we have so well kept up the block •
ade, would be but a Wender resource to ris In case of a
war with England ant Prance, In such an event we
would be constrained to rely upon vessele built for war
purposes with heavy armpmente, and in a great measure
upon iron-clad ships mid floating batteries. Be then
proceeded to *how the necessity of iron-clad Tenets, and
quoted the late letter of the Secretary of the Navy in
suppott of tbo revolution going on iu naval warfare. He
Wait with the Secretary fully, that we base none of the
requisite conveniences for building and maintaining such
a nays as the safety and power of the nation required.
lie contrasted at length the, magnificent naval esta
blishments of England and franCe with the pigmy navy
yards of the .Guited States. The Plill‘dolphla navy
yard bee a surface of only 15% scree, 1% of which re
quires to be filled to make it useful. Sere is a floating
dock, two building elm and a water front of about 600
feet.
The bill before the Senate authorize, the se
lection of League Island, iu the Delaware river,
for the purposea of ' a navy yard, and looks to
the abandonment and sale of the present Phi
ladelphia navy yard. It is proposed to erect en this
Weed the necessary works for rolling plates and building
iron vessels. The whole areument in favor of Ibis pro
position is summed up by the Secretary of the Navy in
bit recent letter. The capacity of our pre sent yards is
-wholly inadequate to the erection of the contemplated
worke, unlace one of the largest shall be entirely aban
doned for the purpose for which it is now used, and that
would be unativisable. No one believes that iron vessels
will entirely supersede wooden once. One class will con
tinue to be principally built of wood, mud their ports of
departure will be Now York, Boston, and Portsmontb.
It bag been the Policy of all Governments, and it ought
to be our policy, to retake different yardsits principal ma
nnfacturory arid depot for certain article's, as of anchors
and chains at one, ordnance at another, wooden ships at'
another, Iron vessels at another. For the manufacture
of the latter class of vessels, League Island poesestes pe
culisr advantages. Tha.advantages •of this position for
the purposes for which it is particularly deeired, were,
hi his opinion; unsurpassed by any other in the Atlantic
or Golf states:
First. It confirm; the requisite amount of lard. 'There
are on the island four hundred and nine acres of what is
called "fast land," being high, dry, and tillable, suscep
tible of use without etubaukruent or other preparation
one hundred sea twenty.four acree of marsh land east of
.Broad street, and sixty , reran acres west of Broad street,
embracing in the aggregate an area of oix hundred
acres, or more than five times the area of the largest of
our present navy yards, and twice the size of the largest
yard in Eurape
Second. The island posserses the necessary amount of
frontage upon the water, which lea nand important con
mien, and the ward of which id one of. the great,
defects of all our presort yarde. The wider. front . Of
the island will exceed six miles, furnishing room for
mooring in safety all the v, Melt in our present navy,
and all we shall be likely to have for years to come. The.
sum of money to be eared in working vessele. in and out
of sties a boo a change in thei: positione may be meows
eery, and in wharfage and rent of docks when private
property is need, wffi be very great In the-course of a
sire« year, and, of couree, greater with the lapse' of
time and the necessary aiditious to nur navy. By pus
mewing an expansive frontage workmen, materials, and
sierra can be placed orfboard at the wharf, instead of
being put on board of tenders and transports into - the
gleam, as is requited to be done at all of our yards
' where there is an ineufficiency of frontage, and'es there
is in a peculiar degree at the Philadelphia navy-yard. at
• the peseta t roe.
Third. There le an abundant depth of water for all of
the'pUrtoses of Government along the enter shore of the
d, white rear to its edge, and for more than three
miles in length, there it a siffficient depth of water to
fleet the largest class of war vessels.
Fourth .1 greatest advantage of this location Is that
the lard will ho in water wholly fresh. [fir. G. stated
the fact that iron decomposes and corroded much more
rapidly in Fait than in fresh water.]
Fifth. The proximity of the island to a large maritime
and manufacturing city it one of its greatest advantages
for a naval statical. . Whenever en extra force of me
chanics or seamen 91'0'r-eget; ed, - or an extra supply of -
net's' stores - needed, they can be procured it short no
tice twat at no extra expense, as Was quite the reverse
with the Southern > ards.
Sixth. Another consideration of the blithest import
ance is the eurceptibeity of League Island for perfect de
fence twat - net foreign invasion or domestic insurrection.
Seventh. Ihe arcessinility of coal and Iron commends
League Island. very strongly to our favor. Situated at
the,juumion of the Delaware and Schualkill rivers, it is
the natural endrepel of the whole anthracite; coal trade
of the Unit, d States. Pramaylv.,nia, if not posmseing
the largest iron l °Doormat to be found in the country,
certsluly bas these resources in by far the highest state
of development, and in claw proximity to the seaboard.
Ptolseelphia is the great iron mongering metropolis of
the conutry. Her furnaces and shops are numbered by
hundreds, .h, r artificers by thousands, at.d her capital
invtatel in the production of all nations.
EVA. The island is below the bend in the Delaware,
and beuce mainly out of danger from .ice..gorgee, from
which the present Said euff.rs to a considerable extent.
Ninth. It is to be observed also that the insular posi
tion of the proposed yard. will effectually estop corrupt
speculations in real estate as far as the GOvernment pro- -
p , rty is concern, d.
Troth. The selection of this site for a navy yard by
the Government will save just the RUM at which the pro
s, nt yard in Philadelphia can be sold, the estimated velars
of which Is oue million of dollars.
After alluding to the rowdies by Philadelphia of this
island to'the Government, Mr (mama said : Considering
the capacity of the site ; the trader position ; the cha
racter aid depth of Water by which it is surrounded; its
eurceptibility of defence; its proximity to a large me
chanical population and commercial city ; its proximity
to the great coal and iron fields of Pennsylvania, and the
economy of substitutirig this for the old yard, I have no
hesitation' in saying that I know of none, and I have
heard of none on this continent, that can frankly come
in competition with it as thegreat iron navy yard of lite
United States.
Maj. Gen. Pope in Washington.
Iti. Gen. Pot's atriied here to. day, and is enthusing.
Wally welcomed. He appears in deep black citizen's
dress,land is not generally recognized while moving about
his hotel this evening. lie was requested to visit Wash.
legion to consult with the military authorities, if con
sisient with hts duties in the Weet.
Gen. Bowsaw", of Kentucky, Is among the distin
guished visitors in Washington. He met with a warm
reception at the Capitol.
A SPECK 0P WAR .IN UTAH.
OALT LAIR, .June 1.6.—A band of persons, numbering
,000 men, woman, and children, under the tesdership of
one Morrie, who claimed to be the prophet Moses reap
peared upon earth, has formed a settlement 30 miles north
of this city, and committed humorous deprodatioeis upon
eltizets of the vicinity. They refused to labor for their
support, believing last the Lotd would supply their wants
Three or their number, disgusted with the imposition,
attempted to leave, but were arrested and placed in con
finement, and heavily ironed. e. writ ofliabeas corpus
was issued by Chief Justice Kenney, which wee bested
• ithsoutempt._AJtatficlent time having olapss for the
production of file prisoners, a taiTinil writ — alto an order
for the arrest of 'Morriss for contempt, for the arrant of.
the leaders of the gang, and for false imp isonmont, was
leaned. For the execution of these, two hundred and
fifty infantry and artillery were ordered out on the Ilth
by the acting Governor Fuller.
Morris' men were found strongly entrenched and
.thoroughly armed. Fighting ensued, and two of the
marshal's piste were killed. On the lbth, the rebels pre
:tet tied to surrender. but resisted anew as soon as the at
tacking party approached. A hand-to-hand fight ensued.
.Iderrie was killed, and another leader mortally wounded,
atd the rebels were finally overcome. Several women
and, ehildren ware killed during the siege. Morris refuting
to put them in a place of safety. The. prisoners captured
Lumber 147. They will be brought before the court to
morrow.
From Fortress Monroe and James River
Foxramss Monson, June 23.—Sorpon A Owen Stilt.),
of the 2&t Pennsylvania Volunteers, died suddenly, in
the Get eral Hospital, here lest night. Re arrived on the
Nellie Parker, only yesterday, from the White House,
The steamer Pstt Royal arrived at Norfolk, this mim
ing, from Newbern, bat brings no news.
The steamer kletamora will proceed to City Point to
morrow, under a flog of truce, nod convoy thither a
ACM of female Pecetsionists, from Baltimore and Wash.
ington, besides seyeral paroled rebel surgeons and line
officers.
The United States steam eloOp of. war Wachusstt, ar.
rived from City Point, this morning, and reports•thaten
Saturday Mat the Meerut gunboat Jacob Bell yrcie.eaded
up James river to reconnoitre, and when abreast of Tar
hey Telsud, ran hard aground on a shifting sand-bar,
which accident the rebels soon discoyered and took ad
vantage of, by br!uling a battery of field-pieces down 05
the south bauk, and opened upon the Jacob Bell front
tilled gune, with shell and solid tarot The gunboat did
what aba could to drive off tbi rebels, but did not one;
cued till she wee considerably injured.
FROM SALT LAKE CITY.
A new steamer called the John Tacker, arryy.4 this
morning from New York. haying made the ran from
wharf to Wharf in twenty-tiro Irwin,.
The steamer Empire Olti Balled for Port Royal this
taorolog, homing in tow nice schooners for Batters'
Islet.
The British steamer Jason dropped down from Norfolk
this morning, to prepare for a crutee. .
The stearrer George Poabzily, from nofforatli booted to
New York, pot In here dile morning, with the loss of her
otaboard paddle•phtel t by IA accident.
FROM GENERAL HALWK.
W-T-ITTM PtlV**ll;r: .01:6MINT-Er).
FLIGHT OF 'THE REBEL GOVERNOR OF
" ARHARsAs.
Weenneorow, Sone 24.—T e fcltowing was received
to•dey from °wend Hallook
CORINTH, MI! R. , JIM.) 23-815 P. M.
To (he lion. B. M. Stanton. Secretary of War ;
Unofficial information ban been received that the White
rim has been opened for 170 miles, and thst Governor
Action an d the rebel Government have fled from•..bitffe
ROck; cll - 11llat-tont; towirde Fort Eolith.
H. W. TIALTACK, Hain General,
UM MIGRESS-PaST SESSION.
• WASHINGTON, Jane 24
SENATE.
Mr.BIIERMAN (Ben ). of Ohio, from the flommittee
on Finance. reocots4 a bill making appropriations for
the pa•meot of the bounties to the volunteer foreos.
After a disemseion, the bill wee postponed till to-morrow.
The Bankrujkt Law
ldr. RA RRIB (Rep ), of New York, presented several
petitions from citizens of New York, asking for the Imme
diate passage of a penerel bankrupt act.
Fraudulent Contracts.
Mr. (U ), of Indiana, offered a resolution
that the Judiciary Committee be instructed to inquire
into the etateruents, evidence, &c., in the retorts of
Jegeph Unit and }abort Hale, in regard to certain con;
truth; to feriti.li arms to . the .Government, and inquire
what legislation ie necessary to punish Senators and Re
tiresentatives who shall lend their official influence to
procure contracts', and who obeli accept, directly or indi
"rectly,•any .isioiry or other reward or compensation,
either certain or continceut. Adopted.
The League Island Navy Yard.
Ain ORIBIICH (Rep.), of lowa,
moved to take up the
bill authorising the Government to accept of League
'lsland, in the Delaware river, for naval mantes. Re
era" at emus length in favor of the passage of the bill,
claiming that the events t 1 the war have conclusively
eleven that the'Rovernment must have a large and well
appointed navy, and must have some point, convenient
and accessible, at weigh to commence the erection of
such a navy.. At present, we have not the conveniences
for building Duch a navy as the honor and interests of the
country demand. Ile referred to the immense naval
establishments of England and France as compared with
the scanty conveniences of the United States for navy
yards, etc. England has an area, at her seven principal
navy yards, of live hundred and thirty, acres, and In
cluding the Island St Mary, eight hundred and fourteen
acres, with a water frontage, not including slips ant
docks, of nearly five miles, forty-one building slips, and
twenty-nine' dry-docks. France bets an area, at her five
principal yards, cf 1,127 acres, with nearly twelve miles
of water front, seventy-five building slips, and twenty-
Six large dry-docks.
This Government has Inftsrentaining yards meg acres
area 400 feet of v. atm' frontage, twelve building slips,
and four dry-docks, two of which aro corn oaratively use
less: : This Government has no conveniences at all for
.building iron vessels. Loagne Island has great advan
,tages fora large I+ av al estithll6butent, bas an area of about
sts.hutdred fleece, and a water front of nearly six miles.
It is especially advantageous for building iron ships, be
ing in fresh water, as salt water is hontrluns to iron meg.
• tele This island is also near a great commercial oitr,
and near to the great iron and coal Mods."( Pennsylvania,
and from itt position is entirely defensible.
The Confiscation Bill.
The confiscation bill wax then taken up.
Speech of Mr. Snuhrbury.
81kULSIIIHLY (Dent.), of Delaware, said history
would band down to the future, with execration and
cendemeatiou, many acts of the present day. An arbi
trary (end despotic power now, not Wished with tram
plirg on every cooetitritional right of citizens. hasdared
preface), to enter the temple of Jnetice and drag her
nib:deters from the altar. He who thus invades a court
of justice proven himself a tyrant, capable of any as•
Gault on the liberties of the poop's. Under the pretence
of euppresaiog a ceuseless rebellion, the Executive
Department of this Government, in his judgment,'
were daily engaged in the grossest violations
of the fundamental. law. Who are they who are thee
murdering civil liberty '1 'Those who in the pretence of
philenthropy, have plunged the country into all the her
rore'of a civil war, Bed now evidence sincerity by shout
-
tug loyalty, white engaged in destroying the liberties of
• the people,
and even go to far as to dare to impeach the
loyalty of those men who stand by the Conetitution. He
said •it was his deliberate and solemn conviction that
either ebolitioniem or constitutional liberty must forever
die—the two control exist together. Abolitionism hen,
for the time being, dissolved the Union, and while it
lives, it will remain dissolved. No free people either
will or ought' to submit to its away. It has been
the author of all our political woes. Abolitionism al Rays
has been aggressive on the liberties of the Government,
and bed culminated in an attempt to invade a peaceful
, State. Then the Republican party, in the same aggressive
epizit, nominated a man wbedeclared that " A house di
vided against itself cannot stand " The war. clouds imam
dietely began to threaten. A Senator (Mr. Crittenden)
offered a compromise, which would have averted
the "war, but the Abolitionists refused compro
mise, and deliberately °lune war. Then arose
. cry of "On to Richmond," when It was met
with a, bloody defeat at Manassas. Then Congress
passed a resolution that the only object of the war was to
suppress the rebellion, and nothing else, and the loyal
Teeple of the Border States took heart and courage. How
has, Cot greets kept this pledge? They abolished slavery'
le the District of Columbia, and established a panellise for
free Degrees from Delaware and lilarylend, where they
were boycotted by taxing while men. They are paying
negro. teamsters thirty dollars per month, while our
white * soldiers are working at thirteen (18) 'dol
lars per. month. They have legalized negro tear
Oniony, Red established diplomatic relations with Hat ti
and Liberia. The council chamber of the nation
has been turned into a bow of wailiPg for the wrongs
of the
,ne goo. Be contended that the prevent war was
not merely an itsenrrection or a rebellion, but a great
revolution.. lie would teke the admissions of the SUM-.
tore from Vermont (2lr. Calmer) and. Pennsylvania
(11r. Cernerms);aue assumes that the . Present Oonfede
rate COW 11119eM is a Coverer:neat de facto. and contend
that when the old Government.was telly Ousted and a
new one Mini,' esteblisbed those who give allegiance to
the latter cannot he pueiatted for treasen to the former.
The right of revolution has been assorted to [Mk country,
"and he thought it settled tbat where a revolution
le ildiegmated under efrcnmstaoces where MOWS
'wine mobsble, it may become the duty of every
'citizen. to yield allegiance to the now Government, and
where there is only a reasonalee probability of success,
Inch support to the new Government Is not a felony
which would subject them to imprisonment and deeth, or
confiscation. It was not right to visit severe punishment
an men for doing abet they conscientiously believed to
be flea . . A large news of these men at the South be
lie ye that they tare the right, and that they owe alto
/educe to the State ne well as to the .Government, and
they had ale aye given great weight to the former. Hu
meetly; charity, sod ail the neagea of the civilized world
cry oat againet weevere pueishment to those who yield
allegiance to Government de facto, oiler's a Government
de jun. ce mud to protect them, or have any power. Ho
denied that there was any justification or cense for the
preetnt revolution. De admitted the right of the Go
vernment to prevent the secessfon'of soy Mato, but each
tight was not derived from any authority in the Condi-
Action, but from the right of self preservation. He
thought that if there had been no slavery iu the South
ern Statea,tbere never would have been any confiscation
We. The passage of this bill will only tend to prolong
the war, aed matte the separation complete. •
A yeto Neisage from. the President
.13
The . VICE P.RNIDENT here laid before the Senate a
revenge from the'Preeident, retnroing the bill autho
rizing the i.eue of email notee in the District of Oo
hie, vrithcatt his.aignature, and 'dating hia object - inn to
the
To the Senate of the United Staten
Me MI %bleb Las peestd the House of Representatives
am Senate, entitled t , An act to , repeal that part of an
act of Conorese which probibite the oironlation of bank
notes of a lute denomination that five dullard io the Oa
t! ict of Columbia," has received my at•entive'conaidera
lion and I Low return it to the Senate, in which it origi
nated. .
The bill proposes to repeal the existing legislation pro
hibiting the circulation of bank notes of a leen denomlna
tirm then five dollars, within the District of Columbia,
without permitting the issuing of such bill, by banks not
row legally authorized to tenni them. In my judgment,
it will be Mond impracticable, in the present cot dition of
the currency, to cuake such a discrimination, The
blinks have generally enepeuded specie payments, and a
'real sanction given to the circulation of the irredeemable
notes of one class of them will almost certainly be so st
tee ded iii practical operation as 4e exclude those of all
clapper, vibetber authorized or unentliorized. If this
view ly• correct, the currency of the District, should this
act become a law, will eel tait.ly and greatly oetertorate,,
to the serious injury of honest trade and honest labor.,
Second, this bill memo to contemplate no end which can
not otherwise be more certainly and beneficially attained.
During the, existiog war, it le 'motherly the duty of the
National Gc•vert.nient to secure to the people a sound cir
cvlathig medium. This duty has been, under existing
circntbetancee, satisfactorily performed, in part at least,
by authorizing the issue of United Stales notes receivable
for all o.:vernment enes except custom,, ant made a
legal tender for all debts, public and private, except in
terest ou the public debt.
The °idea of this bilic submitted to me—namely, that
of providing a smell-note currency during the present
snap' nitioc—can be fully accomplished by authorizing the
leas. as part of , the new emission of United States notes
bi& army by the circumstances of the country. of notes
of a similar character, but of a lees denomination than five
dollars. Such an issue would answer all the leeneficlat
purposes. The bill would save a considerable amount to
the Treasury, would greatly' facilitate the payment to
the soldiers, and other creditors °remelt sums, and would
furnish to the people a currency se safe as their own Go
mminient
• I ntertaining these ohjectirns to the bill, I fed myeelf
couttrainrd to withhold from it my approval, and return
it for iho further consideration and action of Congress.
• .1 PEA BAN LINtIOL
WAsnixotox, June 23,1862.
Speech of Mr. Howard.
Mr. HOWARD (Rep of Michigan, we , eartmetlY in
favor of the passage 01 the bill from the Hones, and as
earntatly opposed to the passes° of the bill as reported
by the epeeist committee, as he thought the latter, In
many of its provisions, was entirely without the support
of the Constitution, and In violation of some of Its most
important provisions In the first place, it mitigates the
,punishment of treason. Treason has always been re
garded as the most heinoneof crime., and he did not think
It proper to reduce each au offence down to an equality
With petty larceny; Again, the bill from the special com
-mittle 'wires the property of every rebel of every clue,
whether a ringleader or a person (arced into the robel
army, without any distinction. It also provide, for the
criminal prosecution In a court, not according to the
proceedinge prescribed by the Constitution, dispensing
with the jury and with the right of persona to be pre
sent at the trial and taking sway Lis property contrary
to the due process of law according to the Constitution.
He argued at some length,;ane quoted from reeking au
thorities to thew that the dite process of law_prescribed
oy tne - coninitntion required a trial by jury and the Pre-
Pence of the Dart, in court to answer the charge against
him, berm is I e could be condemned and punished.
This bill punishes for a noe-appearanoe in court voice•
tawny to answer to the 'therm by taking away all hie
property, thus turning over to the court that which Con
gress dare not do and which the court is expressly for
bidden to do This lea degradation of the judiciary, and
be would never vote for any such bill
The Senate went into executive mesidon, and subs.-
onently adjourned. '
ROUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. •
•
Bounties to Vohen . -
lir. STEVENS (Rep ). of Pennsylvania from 'the
Clonnotltee of Way' and Mean., reported aWU appro •
printing Lye millions of dollars for the payment of boun
ties to voltinteeta, undor the act of July last Passed.
A similar bill was recently lost in committee of confe
rence, the managers failing to agree on some of the
amendments.
Another Ship Canal
Mr. VAN BORN (Rep ), of New York, introduced a
resolution, nbich wee paned, referring to a *elect corn•
tnittes of seven all the papers and tuetnoriale on Ole rola.
*tog to s ship canal around Niagara Falls, on the Arne•
rican aide.
The Treasury Note Rill
The bill authorizing an additional Issue of $150,000,500
United State. treasury notes was ,r.onsidered. •
Mr. MORRILL (Rep ), of Vermont, ineffectually
sought to add a proviso, that no new notes shall be issued
under this act, Ahem the,bouds of the Mittel Stated can
be Bold or negotiated at not lees than par. .
' The bill was pas, ed—yeas 7d, nays 45.
The bill is exactly the Mlle as Introduced by Mr. Ste.
Teas, with the amendtmats mvde yesterday.
The nays are as follows: •
NAYS.
Alley (Rep.) , . ' English (Dem.)
Baker (Rep.) nuke (Item.), 11l
Biddle (Dens.) Goodwin (Rep )
Browne (U. ).-ft I Crider (U.)
Builintou (Rep.) Harding (U.)
Calvert (U.) Johnson (Derr.) .
1
Clemente (U ). Law (Dem.) .
Cobb (Dem.) Menzies (U.)
Co nklin); R (Rep.) Morrill (Rep. ), Vt.,
Corning (D. m ) Norton (Dem.)
Cravens (Dens.) Pendleton (Dens.)
Crlefield (U.) Perry (Dem.)
Danes (Rep) Phelps (D.), Mo.
Delatzo`(Rep.) Porter (Rep.)
Dunlap (U.) Rite (Rep.), Mass,
Eliot (Rep.)' ,
Fri.
A resolution wa
income and interns
inch x and marginal
'P
The Senate's am(
were concurred In-
■tiny the Tax Bill.
passed to print 75,000 cornea of the
I tax bill as passed yeatortlar, with an
references.
• urine Railroad.
endmeata to the Paolflo Railroad bill
yew, 104, nays 81.
The consideration of tho bill for the construction or a
ship canal for the passage of armed and navel vaaialt
from the Miesirsippi Over to Lake Michigan WM post
pone(' till Monday.
The Hong() concurred in the Senate's amendment,ts
the House bill, prohloitins polygon* , in the Territories of
the United etateo, acd diespnroYfug 013(1 eleuttleg the
lowa of Utah on ibat .übjert. The offence to made punish
able vritb k fine not exceeding V. 500, and en Imprisonment
of five yearn.
Much mieceilatinans business of camparativeiy little ..
importance was tratmseted, end the Renee aljeurned.
LATER NEWS FROM. EUROPE.
Arrival of the Steamers Etna and
Arabia.
THE ENGLISH PRESS ON THE DEFEAT OF BANKS.
New Rumors of European Mediation
Busse! and Palmerston Declare them Unfounded
EUROPEAN POLITICAL NEWS
Interesting Commercial Intelligence.
Enw Tana, June 24.—The etenmehlp Etna h& ar
rived, with*Livernool detea to the 11th inettet.
he gristlier Anglo Saxon had Arrived on thelOth, and
the Great Eastern and Oity of Beltionre, front NOT YOTIL,
on the 11th.
The steamer Columbia had left Plymouth for Neiman,
with warlike stores, believed destined for the Southern
Con'ederacy.
Two other "demerit, the Merrimac and Sylph, had ;tiro
arrived at Nyroonth, believed to be intended tor tee earns
deetioation.
The brig E. Fleming, from Charleston, had rea . oiled
Liverpool, Nrith a cargo °Cronin and turpentine. She left
Charleston in company with seven other email vessels.
The Loudon Times regards the defeat of General
Banks as 4 . one of the most important successful of the
Confedfiates; on account of .the lemon it teaches to the
Worth, showing that efforts and sacrifices gr-ater than
any that have gone before must be made, it even a Bor
der Stale is to be won back to the Union. Their hopes
of au early solution must be dispelled, and in the mean
time incteatiug debts and mutual' hatred tend to make a
new Union more and more impracdcable."
The Daily News treats 'tie defeat of Banks ac quite
nnimportent, and not In the shelve et degree calcniatel
to disconcert General BlcOlellau'a plane. It was nothing
more than amen, raid of the OonNderates.
The Renting Post denounces lu the bitterest terns.
General Batter's pictelemrakti, relative to the women of
New Orleans, and thinks the Government is bound to re
call end court martial him. It says that snob ao act as
this, if not promptly disavowed, won) I soon turn the
scale finally and decisively in favor of the Confederate
Parliament was not in session.
The Japanese Ambassadors Inul lett England for Hot
teed.
The vieitora at the Great 'Exhibition, durieg Whltsen
week, were numbering about 60,000 per day.
'The Paris journals nueume ti)Fht it has been decided to
send reinforcerd me to Mexico, but not till Octoser.
MManiiMiGEM
The Ocipa Legislatiff had been prorogued till tho 27th
of June.
• The Aourio was eat, JOPAS@ 6f. 91c.
ItALY.
The Italian Minister of Finance announces the deficit
for 1862 at 225,000,000 lire., He recommends the sale of
the public domain and church property, and an increase
of treasury Londe to meet R.
The fete at Rome, in celebration of the canonization of
the Japaneee martyr-, was magnificent and orderly.
The bishops, in their address to the Pope, deplore the
oppression of the Church, and declare that the tentglral
power is necessary for the independerce of the Pope.
They approve of all the Pope hea done, and entreat him
to remain firm in resistance.
The Pope, in an allocation, deplored the step of the re
kolutiotiory spirit, tho opprosilon of the Church, and the
efferte to weaken the temporal power, and urged the
bishops to redouble their effort, in arres ting tbeee errora.
Garibaldi was at Belgrade.
PRUSSIA.
The Prussian Chambers amended and finally voted the
address to the King by a rote of 219 to 101. Tho King,
ou reef tying the address. expressed his pleasure to the
deputation, and neutered 'himself in [nit accord with the
Ministry.
The free export of silver from Reside le permitted
The Erneeror b•e signed • decree appointing the
Grand Doke Coneteedne "Bandeatoic," and not Viceroy
of Poland.
The Turks bad assaulted and Carried the entrench
moats- of Ostroy.
The Latest, via Queenstown.
QoaSTION OF MICIPUTION REVIVER) —The Pada
Petrie gives a rumor of approaching negotiations for a
joist offer by France and England.
The Lcndon Times editorially approves of the media
tier, and ttel}s that Europe ought not to look calmly on,
and if the offer of mediation le delayed a mere important
enestinn, that of the recognitien of the Contodoratee,
may have to be considered.
Tim London Times' advocacy of mediation had no
effect on the Liverpool Cotton market.
Commercial news by the Etna
LIVIIIIPOOL, Jima TI —C. , ttoo.—The .aloe of Cotton
for two days have beoo 31,000 bales ' closing buoyant at
an advance of 301 glace Friday. The steamer's news
caused an advance.
BRBADSTOFFS.—The market donee Steady. Flour
quiet and steady. Wheat 'needy and eraser •'
red West
ern Wheat On 3dolOs 3d. red Southern /0883010 s di,
white Western Morin 6d, white Southern Its 6de12.3.
Corn quiet and ateauy; mixed Coln 27, 03.1027 a Bd.
PROYISIONS.—The market closes very dud Beef dull.
Pork heavy and 'prices nominal. Beam' still declining.
Lard d aster; MIAs at 400485. Tallow quiet.
rrtooroz—eohets quiet and steady. Sugar inactive,
Coffee -has a downward tendency. Rice steady. Com
mon Rollin quiet at 13s. 6d. Spirits Turpentine no salsa;
quoted at 755.
LONDON, June IL—Sager steady. Coffee Oat and 6d.
pan lower. Common Coogan Tea firmer. Rice (Inlet
and steady . Tallow firm at 433. lid. Linseed Oil firm at
SOL Od wags. Cd.
layanroot., Jana 12.—Ootton 'firm and tincbanged.
&lieu to-day 8,000 nalea, including 4,000 to kpeculatora
and axportara.
Flour ii eteady. Wheat firmer, and with an upward
ardency. Corn onlet,.eteady, and unchanged.
PTOTiftiODS very dell. •
'Euramm, a...e.1%—(71:1vui1•.411,10e017i. .11_111tiloem.Erk__
mules Atgedy and uncbringrd.
Illiaois Central, 45 discount
.Later sews by the Arabia
-EALITIX, Juno 21.-11.10 steamer Arabia has arrired,
with Livirtmol rotes to the 14th inst.
The hellion in the Bank of England had decreased
.i4bO,COO.
The eteamer Borussia arrived ont on the 12th, and the
Scotia no the 13th.
The Great Naar= wee to Sail 3 . 1113 , 1«t for New York.
The Arabia bus sixrp three passengers. She has no
specie list for Boston, for which port the sailed at 9
o'clock this morning.
he qnestion was put to both Houses of Parliament re
lative to rumors of mfdiatisn, and • Geu. Butler's Fronta
l:notion regardiog the ladits of New Orleans.
Lords Molten and Palmerston said the mediation ru
mors were (irks unfounded. No proposition on the sub
ject had bets made, and there were no presenttatentions
of nekft.g it.
Geo. Botler'e proclamatinn wee deminnced, and it was
hoped the Government world disown it.
In the florae of Commons, on the 12th, Mr. Clay asked
if the attention of the Government had boon directed to
the repeated interferences of the United States cruisers
with British veeeels in the Weet Indies, and particularly
to the care of theideamer Circiteman, captured in neutral
waters, while bound from dt. Thomas to Havana, and
within twenty melee of port.
kir. Layard could not give ren answer at present, the
case of the Circassian being under consideration of the
law officers of the Grown.
Lord Dunkellin asked if the Government had con
sidered the memorial of the Atlantic Mall Company
( G a t w ey line), and if they had determined on renewing
postal service between Gahm, and . Amorical
Lord Palmerston said the subject was still under con
indexation, end it wee impossible to say what the demean
would be, or when it would be 'oven.
During the debate on the supply bill the courts pur
sued In the Government at Lagos towards Moslems trade
wee called in nueetion, but ministers offered satisfactory
explanation*, ard the vote was screed to. Exception
was olio takoo to the v4te of 140,f00 for the continua
tion of the North Amtrican.Boundary Commie/doe, but
upon Government explmnatbne that little more would
probably ho required, the boundary haying been traced,
it was agreed to.
In the House of Lords, lath, Earl Carnervon called
the attention to Gen. Butter's proclamation relative to
the ladies of New Orleans. Be condemned it in severe
terms, se without precedent in the antral, of war, and
asked if the Government had information of its autho
rity, and if it bad protested against it. He also asked
if there was any truth in the rumors of the mediation of
Frerce and rngland. the success of - such mediation
mould depend greatly upon the manner In which. and
the time at which it was offered, but ha trusted the Go
vernment was Ina position to give the subject a favora
ble coot Wet mien.
Start Burwell said that from Lord Lyons' despatches the
Government believed the proclamation was authentic,
but with reenact to any action of the United States Go
vet nmeut, in the way of approval or disapproval, they
had no information. Lord Lyons had made no remotion
tautens to the Ametican Government on the subject, and
he did not appear to have any official information con
cerning the proclamation upon which he c and do so.
'For his own part, he (Rome 11) hopod the American
Government would for its own sake refuse its sanction to
it, and disavow it. The proclamation was important to
the whole world. The usages of war should not be ag
gravated by proclamations of this character. He thought
that such a proclamation, addressed to a farce which had
just captured a hostile city, wag likely to lend to great
brutality. lie thought there was no defence for this pro
clamation. and be sincerely hoped the American Govern
ment would disavow it.
With respect to the rumors of mediation, be was glad
the question bad been put. for auM ranters were likely to
lead to mach mischief. lb r fdajesty'e Government bad*
made no proposal to France in reference thereto, and the
Yrench Government had Made no propiaal to Boglaud.
Therefore, there bed been no communications of any
kind cia the aubject between the two Governments.
Without, however, giving any opinion as to the propriety
of otteting mediation at some future day, if circum
stances should provefavoranle, be must say that the pre
sent- time 'appeared ID' tilui most inopportune. He con
ceived that in the . embilteree state 01 feeling in America
it would lead to no good, but retard the time for such an
°fee being favorably made. '
Lord Raised alto said, in reply to Lord lirouglutro,
that now the American tin was not likely to be used for
eleven, the attention of tho /ranch Government had
been called to the probability of their resorting to the
French nag; but no reply had been received.
In the Gomm of Commons; on the 13th lust , Lord
Dankellin gave notice of his intention- to bring the poei•
ties of the Galway Company before Parliament, and ask
the intentions of the Government„
Dlr. Hopwood stoked if there Was any truth in the me
diation rummer I
Lord Palmeratim Raid that no commnul:ation had been
received from the French Government on the subject,
aced as to the flntieb Government, they had uo intention
at pm sent to offer mediation.
Sir J. Blphinstone ruled if the Government had any
Information of a Federal steamer having STA into an
Flnglith and a French steamer. killing the meada of the
latter, Leas to that allejt having besn just received at
Lloyd's.
Lord Palmer/don had no information on the eabject.
Sir G. G. Lewis mated that a eOO-pounder &matrons
gun was being'conttructed, and would shortly be experi
mented with.
Sir• J. Walsh made inquiries as to the authenticity of
Gen. Butler's proclamation, which he denounced as re
pugnant to the feilllll2ll of the 19th century, and msved
for any correopoudeoce on the subject.
Ildr. Gregory deprecated any fussy or meddling in
terlerence in the affairs of fee eine States, and entirely
disanproved of the , boutilies which were continually
being r. ad to foreign rowers by her Majesty's Govern
nt. This however, was an exceptional cage. A
proclamation bad been tamed by a general of the United
Stated repugnant to decency, olvileratiou, and humanity,
which wee to be put in force agalnot a people to whom
we were connected by every tie of family, language, and
religion. 'lt was tee duty of the Government to pretest
ageitat such, a proclamation, and appeal to the moral
mime of the world against an outrage no wicked, BD in
excusable, olio to useless.
Lord Palmeretou thought that no man could read the
proclamation without feelings of the deepest indignation.
[Cheers ] It ea* • a proclamation to which he did not
scruple to attach the epithet of infamous. [Uttoors.] An
Xneliehman tenet blush to think each an act bad boon
committed by a man belonging to the Auglo•Sexon race.
It it bad sprung from eon o berbaroue'people not within
the rate of cirilizatieu, one might have regretted it, but
would net have been eurprieed But that such an order
otould have been issued by a soldier—by a man had
retired Lineal, to the - rank of a general—wee a subject
sot lets of satoolehment than pain.
He could not brae himself to believe that the Govent
meet of the United States would not. an soon se they had
notice cf the order, have stamped it with their censure
end cordemnation. Her Majesty's Government received
a iVispatch yesbrday from Lord Lyons, enclosing a copy
of the proclamation of Gen. Beamegard, in which' allu-
Floe was made to the order of Gen Butler. There was
an objection to lay the despatch ou the table With re
, geed to the comae that the Government might think fit
Itlchardson(Dem.)
Sheffield (U.)
Shicl ( Rep )
Stilre (Dem.). PP . .
Thomas (11.), kbus
Thomis (U.), BIN.
Vibbard (Dem )
Wadsworth (1/.)
Walton (Itep.),Tt
Went (Dem.
Webster (0.)
White (Dem ) 0.
Wickliffe (U.)
Wood (Den.)
Woodruff (Dem.)'•
The Ship Canal.
Polygamy Prohibited.
FRANCE
RUSSIA
TURKEY
GREAT BRITAIN
to take, that eras a matter for their discretion, hut he
was gereurded that there way no man in England who.
would not share the feeling 113 well expressed by Sir /limas
Walsh atm litlr.'Gregory:
'The motion was then agreed to.
Tha case of Mr. Waller' Taylor, who linrchttle 4 the
Wand of MenteoChtleto, and who wee very harshly
treated by the Sardinian Government on eueeiclon that
be wee in correspondence with the Grand Duke of Tae-
cant', wan debated at some tenon, and the course of the
Italian Government was generally condemned. The
ministers deemed that they could not legally do more
than they had in the metier; but Lord Palmerston had
DO objection to make a friendly representation at Turin
on the eubject.
The Paris corremiondent of the Daily News, writing
on the rumors of mediation, says: Yon will observe
that, according to the wording of the Patrie's note, no
thing worn in affirmed than that Franco bag determined
to ftek England to join in meiliettons proposal which,
in the present Mate of public ieformation as to the views
of the British Government, it- might be thought would
be certainly refused." .
Other Pariecorreepondence epeske as it Francs we/al
ready assured °Min co operation of England in her schemes
for Jittery , ntion. It Kaye that after two discusdone in
the French ministerial councils, one of which was he/4
yesterday within a few hours of the Emperor's departure
fcrlrontalublean, mediation was resolver, upon, and that
einfoltrineoni proposition should be made by England and
Franco at Richmond and Washington, and that in case
of their refusal, either by the North or the Routh, the two
Powers will impose peace upon the belligerents by force.
of arms. I believe the French Government It capable of
proposing this project, but I cannot for a moment tap.
pone it will be accepted in England."
Paris papers Mate that the approaching visit of Genet
Ptrtigny by:London is exclusively political, and, accord
ing to the Esprit Public, he will etibmit to the Englteh
Cabinet the private view' of the Ilmperor relative to ar
rangements for joint mediation in America.
The Paris Pays lase the Patric bee gone too far in its
Blatement relative to mediation. It gives to a mere wish
formed by public opinion the character of a diplomatic
tact . Up to the present time, all is conflnedho maul
Natation* of the European press in favor 01 pacification.
The Daily News argues strongly against interference
in America, and (anemia that England has good rosaries
for not whaling to em carried out the intervention policy
of Napoleon, which seeks to establish an empire with
slavery for its corner stone.
'I be Daily News says from the moment European
soldiers shall pet foot in the Slates, the Government of
that republic will enter upon a new era of its exi ;Pince.
Its political isolation will be at an end, and it will be
compelled to become and remain a great military and
naval power, which is not for the interest of England,
nor far the peace of the world. The article also contends
that Et.gland should not assist in any movements alien
toted to restore to the Elontb that monopoly in cotton
which has now proved so disastrems.
The Morning Post has an article on the ineurmonott.'
b'e difficulties in the reconstrnetion of the American
Union, and cannot believe, even if the Federal arms are
inn_cessful, that the seceded States can be restored to the
Union
The Morning 7J raid, iu strong terms, aske how
long it America to be Indulged, and Europe to entlaref"
arm after expatiating on the insurmountable difficulties
Of the Korth, it Contends that separation ie the only beets
for peace. It denounces General Butler and his procla
mation in the strongest tame and cape it is enough to'
enlist universal sympathy for Ale South.
The Mancherter Guardian contends that the limo for
England to inte,fl re hes not come, if, Indeed, it ever
a ill, and attaches little importance to the Erench reports
of negotiations. It thinks, France can go farther in the
n , ter than England, and would rejoice to lee the strug
gle tuded without the interference of England. •
Mr. Bereeford Hope writes to the Times in favor of
mediation. Be claims to have felt the popular pulse in
Er gland, dating the course' of lectures which ho has
been airing on America, and aseerte that a great mak,
city cf the people would fain see the strife terminated by
the establishment of the Southern Confederacy.
The city article in the London Titles again speculates
on the imrending thauclut cribs la tkinttricth regarding
it, rooner or later, as tooritohlo, . •
Jo ettimatiti thOt MO cotton throughout England oil
trei of June was , 128.600 bidet, against 1,645,000 at
the same date last year.
George Froncie Train, on being lined live hundred
getunds, in default of imprisonment, on account of the
non-removal of hie street railways at Kensington and
Loudon. proteeted before a full bench of judges, in the
name of all foreigners, against being found guilty with
out the shadow of a trial.
FRANO.E.
The monthly refine of the Bank of Franco ebow a dea
awe in oath of a little over two million francs.
The Constitutionnel publishes the following article
signed by its chief editor:
"Nothing bee been received confirmatory of the news
of the engagement disastrous to the French before Mexi
co. Bach an engagement before Mexico or before Puebla,
would in no way change the ultimate result of the expe
ditions The boner of our (14g is engaged. Should rein
forcements be DOCFSRSII, they will be sent. The object
of France will be attained. We slush obtain reparation
for past grieeaucte. and avenge outraged justice and
humanity. Our soldiers will return from Mexico as they
did from Chine, with a freak title to the gratitude and ad
miration of the country.
he Prince of Wales, en route through Paris for Eng:.
land, visited the Emperor and faimess at Potash:lhlean,
no the 12th inst., breakfasted with them, and returned to
Para.
The Pails Bourse wee" dull end lower nuder the Mexi.
eau news. The Rentes on tho 13th toot. clossl at
08f. Mr,
It was reportal the Papal Government had officially
Informed the French Government it win listen to no
ptopoiltion modifying the conditions of Its temporal
power.
It is stated that Russia his announced willingness to
recognize the Hbodom of Italy; if the Government will
undertake to prohibit any, orgmization of Polish re
fugees.
it wee snorted that the principal legitimist chiefs were
about to.arteemble at the realdence or the Duchess of
Parma, in Switzerland, under the Presidency of the
Count de Obanabord.
_ All persons detained in custody at Alexandria hare
Leon libel sled.
BELGIIIII
The icings health had again become unsatisfactory,
and bulletins were again published. The latest reports
are of en ireprovenunt,
The now Ministry has been constituted, and is reported
to bave been opprxrad ilf tbn Declora, bat further pro
greee depends on the Electors' approval of tboir pro-
Srlinittle.
TURKEY
Engagements between Dovish Pasha and the Monte
negrins continue to be tidily reported, generally in favor
of the Turk&
Latest intelligence.
[Via Queenstown.]
livaaroot., June IL; P. 111.—Tbe steamer Scotia's ad
vices of tan dale' Sahib:lg et Rtebmoud wee eagerly Can
va4 Fed on 'Change to-day. There has been no time, for
newspaper comments as yet.
• The utwe by the Sc;tia has no apparent effect on
intricau securities or cotton. The advance in the latter
it-ea) wee caused by the blinitttrial regulation of the
mediation rumors.
- mum
tersl , B Ju
an t here -
w ß l e b e a no jp irp n
o.r.ia.tibz ird
q vgat eh al
with the decision of the Cabinet, and the conat-y will
gladly leave the question in the hands of the government
to choose such au opportunity and mode of action as they
may deem proper.
The Times admits that advice from England would
not be acceptable, bnewonlii rejoice to seo the Emperor
of Prance or the Czar of gouda prom on the Ate' ricans
the coutisels which would he indignantly reje tied if of
fered by England.
The Times then speculatea en the disastrons effects
f either a liertberu conquest, or the revere,' and argues
that if the Houtheruera continue to protract tho struggle,
the time mutt coma when the intervention of Europe
will be demanded by the interests of humanity, and per
hars accepted williugly by the exbaueted combatants.
England may then, with prudence, hold itself in readi
ness to supper t any proposition urged by its mote favored
neighbor".
In another editorial the Times seeks to entourage the
development of new cotton fields.
The /darning Post says that Lord Palmerston's an
noonce ment that no mediation was totended will be re.
ctired with satisfaction, as well as an indication of the
good arllB6 of the Govermxients of France and England,
and of their respect for international law.
After expatiating. however, on the uselessness of any
present offer of mediation, the Post soya the tune may
come, and that shortly, when it will become the para.
mount duty of the neutral Staten to interim.° to the
American troubles, but now, as it the commencement of
the war, they are undoubtedly to stand aloott.
Paris letters say that a telegram, dated Brussels, last
night, holds out little hops of the King's recovery.
The Prince of Wales reached Windsor to. day.
VERY LATEST INTELLIGENCE.
•
. PARTS, Jima 1 . — . rho Mooiteur Faye that the Emperor
intends fending immediately conaideroble reinforcements
to Mexico.
Tho Bourse is Crater. The rentes closed yesterday at
85f. 04c.
WISDOM MONEY MARKET. —ln tho London
money market the [ands were dell, but without material
variation In rates. There was considerable demand for
money, end the beat short paper sold at three per cant
Commercial news by the Arabia.
CorroN.—Tho AMPS for the week were 81,000 balsa,
dolling buoyant and Xo%d. higher. '
Brredstuffe were dim and a trifle higher.
Loyincix, June 14.—Coneols 91%091X.
AMERICAN &melts—Bar ing's Circular says the diepo-
Milian to cell American etocke centinnes, and tends to de
press prices. Illinois Central ebares, 4.534 m 41% per
cent discount ; Erie B rt., 32033.
At Friday's market Flour was unchanged. Wheat 2
03d higher. Corn dda►le higher, and Beef 2s 6d056
lower.
LITERPOOL, June 14.—Cotton—The Brokons' Circular
rep.rts the sales of the week at 34,000 balsa. The mar
ket bee been buoyant, and )rites are gejid Witter.
The sales to speculators bare been 22,500 bales, and
these to exporters 22,000 balm. The sales on Friday
were 7,00 D balm . including 3,500 to speculators and ex
porters. The market closing firm at the annexed quota
tions:
Fair Middling.
. .
011eans 1434 d. 1.41(4.
13%d. 13a.
Oplat.de • ' 13) d. 123(d.
Ttestqck to port istieti mated at 289,000 bake, of which
92 COO are American.
STATE OF TRADB.There have been no sales
in, the, Manchester market, owing to the IThitcutt holi
days. _
' BREA TlSTUFFS.—Bicharlann, Spence. & Oo , Wake
field, Nash. I Co., and Bigland, Atbya, 1 Co., report
Fionr quiet, but steads, at 24930 a fur American. Wheat
active and 2a3d Matter. Bed Western OsticlelOstid ; red
Southern 10*6d0141,9d ; white Western lis3dasils&l;
wbue Soothern'llsedet2s. Corn firm. at an advance of
6dale. klixed 213%e528#6d white 32.e33e.
Paormions.—The same authority report Beef heavy
and It& at 5e lower. Pork Is tending downwards and to
nominal. Bacon Is dull and drooping. Lard is doll and
.unchanged. Tallow firm at 49.
PRODZICR.—The Brokers' 'Circular reporti: Ashen
steady at 35s for Pots; end at 6d for Pearls. Rosin is
quiet but steady. Spirits of Tnrpontinc 74. Sugar is
still declining. Coffee ateady. Rice quiet .but steady.
COM Oil steady at L4l. Linteed Oil firm at 41s.
tI.ONBON idt&RICITS.— Baring Brothers report
Wheat 'firmer and 4 higher., Iron dull and. tending
downward. Sugar quiet but sterdy. Tea steady ; com
mon Conseil Is.. Coffee declined Is, Rice Sneer. Tal
low tending upward ; quoted 46, 9d. Spirits Turpentine
active at 7a.. sperm Oil dull at £9l. Linseed Oil de
: cake at 395.
AMERICAN SECURITIES.—Barry says the disppsi-
Son to tell American Stocks condones and tends to de
press prices. Illinois Central shares, 43)044N diet.;
32633.
CONSOLE.—CoopoIs closed, on Friday, at el% esinx
fortmoneY.
TB bul!ion in the Beta had decreased
1460.000..
LATEST PER ARABIA
LITERPOOL, June 15.—Cottou, On Saturday, advanced
red , with axles of 12,000 bales.
Breeidatoffs !Inner. Provisions flat.
. The DEWS by the Scotia wee eagerly earrveased, but bad
no eft - scion the markets. '
The na.anCe In cotton wee enured by the minister!
tetutatton of the medihtion rumors. •
Lott Doe, June 14.--Consols, 91M 091%, ; , 'Erie Railroad
shares 3] 34 a3 2 3L ; Illinois Central, 4531 et44M diaconnt,
clesis g d,nll.
Barad, June 12 —Sales of cotton for the week 7,600
baler. The market closes active and firm, at an advance
at Set francs; New Orleans tram ordinaire 179 francs;
Boa 1111 Stock in port 84,000 bales.
The )President aid General Pope at
West Point
Nstw You, Jane 24.—The Preatdeot and General
Pope are staled to - bavo mired at West Poitt early this
MOI tang, sad shipped at the hotel at which General Scott
is ft.guest.
Fire at St. Loma.
ST. Loots, Jnne 24.—The hones or Partridge & "Cu.,
wholebair grocers and commission merchants, on Second
street, was nnrned last alight. Loss between $40,000
and 550,000—fully Insured.
D'reallinl Steam Boiler Explo'ion
.. .
BosTeg, • Juno 24.—A boiler In the llridgewator
Iron 'Works exploded this morning, killing *even and
vronviii3g six men. One ping of the building was e mu.
"lately destroyed.
• Arrival of the Bremen.
177.1 r Tone, Jure 24.—The steamer Bremen arrived
tide evening. Her advice; have been anticipated.
AN OLD OONTBABAND.—Bose Drown, a oolorpd
women, died in'Nerwill - car Saturday, aged 100 yeare,
nu ntee. Ebe Wee bonito Norwich, or within the limits
of Montville, and pseud the whole of her long life near
where the wee born and died.
C001111ENts&BLIC —At a private residence in WU..
mington, Del ; recently, a couple of young Whets gave a
festival for the benefit of the wounded soldiers+. The re.
suit wee very auccenefal.
FROM MEMPHIS,
New Yogi, SUM' 24.—The Tribune bee received the
following special despatch :
Masten is, June 22.—Over two hundred merchants have
taken the oath of allegiance.
Preaching the Gospel of frame has been gripped by
General Wallace. The rector of the liplacopal church,
who offered prayers for the Southern Confederacy, last
Sunday, has been effectually admonished.
The eitizene of Brownsville, Hayward county, mist* ,
the stars end stripes yesterday. General Coles, of the
rebel military, originally a t3eeessiontst of. Hayward
county, sends word to General Wallace that striae his
cotton was burned he wants to take the oath of ails
eat ce.
FROM SAN FRANCISCO
Reported Capitulation of the French
Army in Mexico.
SAN Flu:mien°, June 10.—A letter received in this city
from Governor Alvarez, of Goerren, Mexico, states that
on the 20th of May he received news from the city olf
Mexico that the French army had capitulated.
SAN VRANCISOO, June l9.—Arrived steamer Seneca,
ship Storm Xing, 49 days from Hong Kong; bark Peter
Clinton from Glasgow. Sailed ship Romance of the Sea
for Hong Kong.
Advice-it from Oregon to the 6th state that an election
took place en the 2d inat. Bat two tickets were run—
namely, a lotion of the Douglas Democracy, called the
Union ticket, and the Brecktnrldge ticket, called the Re
gular Democratic ticket. The entire Union ticket am
elected by nearly 3.000 majority, making the relative
vote about 2to 1 for the Union. Addison 0. Gibbs, the
Governor elected, la a Douglas Democrat, who emigrated
to Oregon from Central New York. John Mcßride,
elected member of Congress, is a Republican, formerly
of Missouri.
NEWS FROM THE SOUTH.
The Battle of Stono Island
[From the Charleston Mercury, June 17.)
A little before noon yesterday, our city was thrown
into a etete of feverish excitement by rho vague tidings
that there had been bloody work at 'Secessionville, on
Jemee leland. From the first, the news wee of an en
couraging character, inasmuch as wo were &mitred the; a
mere handful of our brave troops had repulsed a heavy
column of the enemy, thrown forward to satanic the bat
tery at Seceselonville, manned by a portion of Colonel
Lamais regimoot of artillery, South Carolina Volnnteere.
From the various &connote which we bare received, we
have collated the following facts in relation to the battle:
The Advance of the Enemy,
About dawn yeaterday morning our nickete in front of
Lamar's battery were driven in, mid aimet simultane
ously the enemy's column was teen come four hundred
yard, off, advancing with the baronet at dnublo•quick to
the eiteault. Our troupe within the battery had been
hard at work the evening before in throwing up another
battery, and were almost worn ont with fatigue. The
Bret round that was fired at the Yankeea wee by Col. T.
G. Lamar himself. Big men hastened with alacrity is
their pieces, and were soon pouring grape and caunl•ter
against the rapidly-approaching enemy. At each die
charge great gaps were visible in the Yankee ranks, bat
still they came on, without Bring a Mottle volley. It wail
afterwards ascertained that their mir7kate were empty,
and that they had actually hoped to carry the battery
with the bayonet alone. But thorapid and fearful can
nonade and institute kept up against them were too wavers
for their nerves, and when close to our entrotichmenta
they wavered, rerlert, and fealty Bed in disorder,
Second and Third Charges
• But a very abort time elapsed before the enemy's
column : reinforced by Infantry and artillery, reformed,
and again came forward. 'lbis time. they did not dis
dain' the nee of cartridges, but poured heavy volleys
against our battery as they advanced. But agate, the
terrible diecharges of grape and cannieter mowed down
the approaching line, and, notwithstanding the cameo
atrances of their officers, again the Yankee broke, and
retrentfd pell-mell from the field. A third time, the
mum) formed hie line and advanced in a last desperate
effort to gain the battery, but again in vain. The assail
ants bad hi ached the ditch, and some of them eucceeoed
in mounting the embuukzunnt, but they paid for their
rashness with their lived, and their comrades behind,
taking warning from their fate, Bed onee anwe—this
time, not to be rallied to a direct charm. Oar men
all tear a•itncae to the obetinate bravery of the enemy on
this cccaalon.
Bqween the charges which proved so dieastrour le the
Tanimis, a galling fire was kept op' Rosiest our battery
from three gunboats in the creek, about 1,71.0 yards mist
of otir posiri in. .A croes•ttre was also steadily main
teired 'against ns tram the laud batteries which the ene
my bad erected—one on the edge of the woxl In whim'
the fight with the 47th Georgia Regiment occurred lest
week, and another between that point and the wition
occupied by the zunboam. Sherman's famous field bat
tery elan took part in the engagement, being divided into
two (actions, which ,'aped upon different parts of oar
works.
The Flank Moiement.
It had now become evident to the enemy that the mew
wbo held our battery bad no Idea of yielding it, and the
plan of stack from the front was given up.
Flanniug bodies were thrown forward to scotult our
storks from the direction or the marshes which skirted
our battery on either side. On the east side of the hat•
tery the movemest was speedily frostratel, and -the few
•bold men who ventured close enough to pour their fire
into the poet soon fell. No less than seventeen were
killed outside the ditch, and one who lied mounted the
pare et fell on the top, pierced by eight bath,.
Flank Attack of the Neer York ScventY-
Ninth, (Highlanders.)
On the west side of the battery the attack was more
serious. The famous New York Serenty•ninth Regiment
took up a position so as to enfilade oar guns, and kept
up a eonetent and effective fire of musketry to drive off
our gunnery. They were met by the Oho'Won Hitts
llon and the Eutaw Regiment. For a time the tight was
deeps:me, but the Looieiana Battalion. under Lieut.
Col. McHenry, come up at the critical moment in gal
lant style, end the repulse of the Righdaniers was no
'longer doubtful. The enemy we•, for the lot time,
forced back with great slaughter, and the day was woa.
Casualties.
The list of enmities to gtven by the Mercury. &mpg
them Is the name of Cot. Leiner. of the Imttery, who wee
wonoded, but continued to fight with hi, gone. Capt.
Beinuel J. Reed, Lient. Humbert, Lient. J. J. Edwards,
and Lient. E. W. Greer ere among tbe officers killed, and
Capt. B. C. 3C log, PAS mortally woouded.
Tile Relative Losses.
Our total 101 , 3, an near as we can ascertain, was about
forty killed- and one hundred wounded. The enemy's
was far heavier. We buried yesterday one bitnarel and
forty dead Yankees, lelt upon the field. We ray Tan•
keen, using the tesienatlon as o n e common ; to the whole
army of invaders; but, in truth, the men who did the
fibliting against as yesterday were nearly all Furopesns,
thn_killed the gcottlsh type ma. maric.,4l,,
m
mant. We capture eoveoty prison -re As for the
number of the enemy wounded no correct estimate nen
be rondo. Glad to get rid of the unwelcome task awning
for maimed vandals, our men suffered the enemy's ambu
lances to approach within point blank range of their
puns, and to cnrry off the wounded, who must have num
bered three hundred at least.
no n. w7l7aDer ' ju:(117.4 Minter' on a
The Mercury Preparing to Leave.
[r if t oomr the
e e
pr Ch e :r n le e :st i o h n ie
half sheet. .While we have determined upon tho donee,
with reluctance, we have aCloeud it in view of existing
facts in this neighborhood, as a mat.so r o r j ustice, haw
to our reader; than to ourselves. We have .„,.„. 1 . 4 , 4 an
extra prrew, from which the Mercury to now
older to remove our fast Hoe mesa beyond the o.uger at'
b..mberdment. Its place could not be so ophod
the ecinfedoracy, and we aro determined to contMuo tt n ,
publeation of the Mercury at Columbia, even if Olhrlee.,
ton la destroyed,
Our smell preen bas not the capacity to issue our lak e
edition on d ,ohle sheets. Bence the temporary curtail
ment of the paper's dimensions. The Mercury, In the
views which it has advocated from the time of tie este.
blisbreent. is identified with the present struggle mots
closely, perhaps, than any other journal in the Smith.
Our readers will be gratified to know that Os circnla
tion is very large, in spite of the independent stand
taken last summer and winter, and the clamor against
our efforts to expree to view Executive weakness,
Corgrestdve suhservieiicy, and the popular ignorance,
notwitstauding the difficulties of the times, and the
cash system on which the paper is now conducted.
A Speech from (?en. Breckiuridge
"A corresmadint of the Mobile /fe„dirter, writing from
Mies., under date of 10th inst., notices the ar
rival at that place of Gen. John C. Breckinridge. During
the day Colonel ColberVe Regiment wade acall" . oa
Gen. Bi ocklorldge at the " Meridian Rouse' , The cot ,
tespcndent says:
Berns Informed lby a gentleman present that the as
semblege wee in compliment to him, be appeared In the
hput piazza, when repeated cal:e end cheers from the sol
dier and citizens made it incumbent on him to sly Dome
thing, as -the assemblage appeared determined to hear
him.
General Brecktnrldge prefaced his remarks by pro
letting against Dieting a regular speech; said he was
not accw.tore(47. of late, to so doing, and deprecated each
titian; that this was the time for action, noc speeches;
that no tne need think there Wee anything to hope for
from the Lincoln Government; that this armful() had
Proved to rts that the enemy neither respected age, fe
male loveliness, nor infantile wasknees, when in their
power; that our only hope wee in our strong arm and
a detetmioetion never to be conquered; that history
showed no nation or people who resisted their oppreeiors
with boldness, determination, and bravery, no matter
what the numerical superiority of the invader, bat that
they finally enceseded and eventually defeated them.
Bis °an state had aot acted well, bnt It was in an
error of judatnent—not of the heart. Sbe boned to be
able to stay the fratricidal - band and act as mediator, but
before she wag aware of it Pat betrayed by same of her
OWO BOOB.'
The laississipplane, be would say, without diettaraging
the bravery of the volunteer. of other etates, that be had
the honor of commanding them at Fhilob, and that no
Mayer men fought thire ; that in one Instance it wee
Important a formidable battery should he taken from
the enemy; be told hie bliselssippion soldiers so, and
they et once charged it with their bayonets, with not a
load of powder or ball in their pro:session, and took it over
all oppotttion.
Be doted by pledging himself to our cause, ea tong as
there wawa foot of soil to defend, and any of her sons
would rally in the face of the common enemy. He as
sured hie countrymen that when the sword was pat
aside (if ever) and Kentucky was left to deride whom
she would join, it would mod certainty be the South.
His remarks were eloquent in their inception and deli
very, and wore, listened to with profound attention by
ladle., soldiers, and citizens, and elicited much applause.
At the dose, the ladies came forward and were introduced
to him, and - each one shook him by its. bead.
. i
Gen. Stuart n' Richmond.
[From the Welt:nor d Whtg, June ]S]
Gen. J. 'E.G. Stuart rode into town Monday afternoon,
and was paying his respects to the Governor in a very
quiet Way, at the executive mansion, when, it becoming
known to the large crowd of strollers to the Capitol
Square; who were looking oa at the evolutions of the
Second Class Militia, tnat the bold dragoon was near by,
the building 'was immediately surrounded by an
enthusiastic multitude, vociferating for Stuart.
'me gallant General, in a few minutes, made hie
apps stance upon the portico and acknowledged
the complimeps paid him in a few remarks, full
of epirit and good cheer. among other things, be said
he bad been to the Chickaheminy tto visit some of his old
friends of that,. S. army, bet they very uncivilly turned
their backs upon him. Seeing a manifest desire on the
part of the crowd to make for him an ovation, the Gene
rarthen mounted his charger and galloped off, amid the
shouts of the crowd, which, by this time, had increased to
mote than a thousand persons.
Fort Morgan.
The ltlebtio News, of the 16th, says nothing of the
capture o r Fort Morgan. No mention ie made of any
attack, although some naval arrangements to progress
in New lb lean ate considerod aiming at that point.
ESBIBTTION AT TEE ACADEMY OF FINIS ARTS--
This exhibition will close next Saturday. It is by
far the finest ne have ever had in this city. The
price of admission, during this last week, is re
duced to ten cents for an adult, and half price for
children. We hope that the classes whose pookete
are thus consulted will not hesitate to avail them
selves of the judicious liberality of the directors.
SALE 01' BLOODED BORSE9.—MI. Maißitird'S
third annual sale of blooded horses will take plum
on Friday next, near Bordentown, Now Jersey.
Catalogues may be obtained of the auctioneer, Mr.
A. M. klorknem, of this city. Most of the animals
are highly blooded, and fit for immediate use. Trains
leave Walnut street wharf, for Bordentown, at 6
and 10 o'clock A. M.
THE FOLLOWING TELEGRAM was re- ,
caived last nigbt
Wassixoros, June 24, 1862.
To TT Platt, Jr , Supt. U. S. Sanitary Commission
"The Sanitary Commission's stores here are nearly
exhausted. Oan you spare any, er got some to send on
at once ? First, common' cotton drawers ; second, cot
ton undershirts, cotton hospital shirts, and old shirts of
all kinds!, third, co t ton Botha."
The 'Hospital steamer Louisiana, which sailed on the
-17th' inst., took ell we had of these articles. Further
contributions are much needed, and can be sent to L 135
Cheettiut street. - •
&IMAM: DEATH —bast evening, about
six come*, slain named Jahn Harvey fen need at hie
bougeate,l]Mr.te• Court, near Eighth and Baca street.
The coroaor was notified.