CftfnsS'. * THITESDAY, JULY 3, 1862. ■ 3 * ’ /.-JK?*W© can lake nonofcicu of anou)m>un cotnmuuicv tioiiß. W© do not return rejected manuscripts. r ..BST Voluntary coirespondoace eohcitad from all parts of the world, and especially from our different imUtar?! aid naval dopo;tinentß. When used, it will be paidTyr. Yoenet’s Wae Press Full De tails or the late battles before BIOH-’ MOKD. THE “WAll PRESS” FOR SATOBDAT, JULY S, is now out. It ccntainß complete and accurate details of the recent battles in front of Richmond, with a Uat of all the names of the killed and wounded that could be ob tained np to the time- of going to press. Thoso who de* she to jond their friends in tho country, or in the army, an acceptable newspapor, coutai. ing A WEEK’S HIS TOBYOF.TBE WAR, (furnished by reliable corres pondents with department of the army,) will find THE “.WAR PRESS” all that could bo desired. It can be had of all newß daalenr, or at the counter of Thh Pits ss office, put up in wrappers, ready for mailing. Price FOUR cents. Among the contents of the present number will be onml: TWO GOOD ENGRAVING?, (iihwtrating recont events occur) ing before Richmond. ,AH ORIGINAL TALK—" Contraband of War.” EDITORIALS—-The Army of the Potomac—Colonel SamueV'WV Black—Teath of a Oorreapontent—Tha Pro* roinent B ’a—The Straw Bat InvostmflQt-Oregou True to the Union—English Intermeddling—Major Ganerat Pope. LETTERS OF “ OCCASIONAL.” LETTERS FROM SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS —The Army of tho Poiomac—-General Bullock’* Army— The Anny of Virginia— General limiter’s Division—The Anny of the West. THE RATTLE AT CHARLESTON—DetaiIs of the BatUo on Jhuipb Island BKBEL ACCOUNTS W THE BATTLE OP OAK GKOVB. LATEAJ WS BY TELEGRAPH from tlus Army hamac, WBehinatoni Ac . T LIST OF SICK AND WOUNDED. ■LATE SOUTHERN ITEMS. WAB WIT AKB HUMOR , , Lccal Kevs—Plrmnelnt ana Oomm'grcial, Ac., Ac. On© copy, on© jenr Tint© copies. S'iyocopicß Ten copies ... Tub examination of. candidates for admis sion into Ilia,Central High School is now pro gressing. Wo take more than general interest in this educational proceeding, because there are very few of us but have a direct or indi rect anxiety as to the prosperity of the school, and tho progress of our children in their general studies. The High School is pecu liarly a Philadelphia institution. We cannot say that we have- that feeling of idolatry for it that many of our cotemporaries have shown and that most of our people are fond of ex pressing. At the-same time, we take no part in tho rivalries which the managers of this school and of other academies, public and private, so frequently force into the newspa pers, ard the meelings of our local school hoards. It is of little matter whether we have twenty studies upon the curriculum or four; for one branch thoroughly .learned is of vastly n ore importance than a hundred branches superficially or crudely committed to memory. T 1 ere might be improvements about our High School, and, indeed, there might ba Im provements in every one of oifr schools. As far as it- is possible for an institution based upon a universal principle, - and m some mea sure connected with our elective franchise, to ho perfect, the High School is eminently so. We are anxious ; about the result of the pre sent examination, and of the graduation about to take place, because it will be as it wore to test the merits of the.many.qnarrels that have taken place during the last few months. The changes in - the professorships, the alterations in tiro systems of study, the forms of school discipline, and the substitution of new text books, have all been so many experiments instituted wilh acrimony, and as yet very in sufficiently tested. Some of these changes we do not like, others have oar approbation, and perhaps in a general view of-what has been dono and what may be done, w<3 feel very well satisfied. The art of education is a difficult and in genious profession. To ho a good teacher, one must possess qualities which no other profession demands. We do not think any country shows such a large number of edu cated gentlemen employed in this work as the United States. Our'education is more gene ral; it # is not compelled by -law; our laws make it so desirable that every person, poor and Ticli, consider it a duty of the most sacred nature. If we have any aristocracy in Ame rica, it is the aristocracy of intell-ct. Tho bov who can master a difficult problem in geometry or algebra, who can write a pleasing composition or a page of jingling rhymes, stands higher among his companions than the possessor of wealth, of social position, or a celebrated name. No matter what poverty or misfortune may briDg, the road for advance ment is open to ern.rgy, industry, and ability. In this-conntry it is jjot so much what men were, or what their fathers ryt-rv, as what they are. Wc live altogether in the present, and onr citizens arc only great and respected as Ihey act in the present. ... When a father sends his son to the High Schools, it is virtually opening up to him the path to the highest honors that they can be stow upon man. He is not taught those general traits of chaVncter which make men great and respected, for these are not of hu. man teaching, but be has those which money cannot buy, and opportunity can scarcely show to him. And as we value the future prosperity of tho generation no v convng to years.of manhood, we should labor to make this school, and every olher school of .tho same nature, of the highest standard. ..It can not be done by denouncing or deriding the men in control, by throwing .impediments in their way, or by testing their qualification by any arbitrary rule of politics. We are very much afraid that this has been too much the case in the past, and we trke the occasion of tho present examination to express the hope that it wM no longer be permitted in the fu ture. We have, confidence in the men nov educating our children, because, takiug the history of the High School from its beginning, wo do not think any alumni presents such un array of distinguished names. We look over tho list of graduates for. the last quarter of a century, and we find there the names of citi zens moving in every station of life. We find them as anxious and ardent in the effort to ob tain high averages, and stand high in their class, as they are found subsequently in. the stern and real lists of personal Shi political ambition. These young men, now. laboring and toil ng over arithmetical problems, gram matical sentences, and ingenious defiaitions, are merely disciplining the intellect, which, in the years to come, will make or nurthe-fov- tiroes of this nation. For the young man now leaving, a future is opening such as has await ed no generation siuco the commencement of the world. They'come into life amidst con vulsions and revolutions that find no parallel in history. Old systems’ are changing, and old traditions crumbhng before the rush and roar ot strife and social revolution. It will bo for them to say what we shall do to reor ganize the America which is now passing through the ordeal of lire and blood. The impressions and teachings they now receive will be of lasting and momentous value to them in the years to come. Feeling, a senti ment like, this controls the mind of every man who has a love for his country, and a desire to see it succeed, we look upon this anxious and earnest effort for school boy success with an interebt we never felt before. No doubt there is a strong desire on the part of the British Government to interfere, in some way, in the great American contest —nominally on humanitarian principles, but really in the hope of getting rid of that cotton scarcity, which has made the manufacturing districts of Lancashire .one vast hut nearly ex hausted embodiment of Pauperism. There are reasons, however, why this desire cannot. be carried into effect. The principal reasons lie on the surface and are distrust of Prance, which has urgently recommended that Eng land, probably aided by Russia, shall offer her “mediation,” and Queen yiCTOniA’s per sonal dislike to any interference whatever. In June, Count de Peksigsy, one of Na poleon's most trusted and most ableministers, went from Paris to London, with the almost openly avowed purpose of harrying up Lord Pawieuston into some early and active' do. ynonstlation against onr Union, under pretext ofbaving the war brought to a close. Toe, last received foreign' journals intimate that this mission was unsuccessful. Not that Pal merston hates us less, but that he distrusts N a pom. on more. -In 1854, relying on the amicable professions of Napoleon, England allowed h< rself to be entangled in that fruit- les« war wilh Russia, which added five hun dred million dollars to her National debt— a war in which there wasaloss all wgnd, ex cept that France won bMtary glo^^^poli sightcdness of Lord shown himself pariicuHffly arafsa, aMthe SSn. agement of involved by N Mexico, bi<J warned by experience, drew out of it, with all convenient alacrity—an exam ple .judicionsly followed by_S pain.JvMe.hJeft- out extricate him ex- s ditnie of blood 'antj_ treasure, or that. inglo rious r'etreat.which was significantly expressed' by when,,ho declared' that -ha; was go.ng’ £! bock again.” Palmerston evi. de.Ltlyithiokssthat 'NATOLEos;bas>som.e. hidden; motives-in- his Tectfmmejtclatidn that Ed'gMnd 4 shall take inUiative'itf aiiy interference with' thir country,’ and 1 , on" ftiat account .chio r fl)j, has turned a deaf ear, for the present, to his wily’ and powerful frieid of the Tuileries. We say /or because, after certain moves .on tpq .political chess-board,-ciretto-i •tances may occur which .would .enable Pal- MSnsiON-to carry out,-in his own way, his de sire to»meddle-iin our affairs; Perhaps the gay old gentlemen flafters himSclf thathis in- Alienee, , and talent, and position realty are sufficient to make true men and traitors drop ‘their arms at his bidding? ‘ Since tbo commencement of the unhappy contest in which we are engaged, nothing has transpired to indicate that Queen Victoria, personally, lias'entertained any, we Will not say hostile, bnt the slightest unfriendly feel ing toward this country! ’'Only a few months before.-Rebellion reared its crested head, Vic toria's eldest son, heir-to-her throne, visited us : and had a reception, the warmest and the ■kindliest, such as ; it was impossible he or any . oi his kindred evsr could forget: the only ex ception was at Richmond, the rowdies of which, self boasted F. F. Vs., treated him with rough iucivility, which'he subsequently con trasted, with; the courtesy he received in ail other places. • A ltiudly feeling to this country may be un derstood as a bequest to' Q at- on Victoria frotu her late husband—one'of whose latest acts of public duty, it is believed, was,to weed , harsh expressions and epithets out of Lord Russell’s despatch to Lord Lyons, on the affair of the Trent, whereby an offensive and insulting demand was reduced into a courteous tequt-Bt. Victoria is known, also, to have somo decided opinions of her own on the principle of slavery, which would scarcely ii'duce her to see or to suspect much justice in the rebellion of the Son'll. Another circumstance which now occurs to us, and has escaped the notice of former writers on this subject, is the presence of the Count be • Paris and the'Duc de ChArtres,. (grand-ihildren of Louis Philippe, formerly King of ilio ’ French,) in our Rational army, bravely combatting for’the Union, with a chi valry worthy of their lineage—for, the Bour Rons have always shown themselves men of courage. Connected with the House' of Oc •leans, by relationship and by friendship, Vic toriA . has: exercised a sort of giur Jianship over the cadets of that family, to whom she lias given an asylum in England, and it is no torious' that they have taken no step of im portance,-since the death of their grandfather in 1850, and of their mother in ISSB, without her knowledge, advice, and approval. Xtis not to be believed that the French Princes ■would have volunteered to serve in the army Of the Union, if Queen Victoria had the al ghtest objection to their doing to. While Prince Albert lived, ho represented his uncle, the King of the Belgians, and as the French Princes* came hither, to battle for ■the Right, without any objection; oh the part of Victoria and Albert, it may be assumed that they even came with their approval. Such an inference is natural and not strained. . Ho doubt we may be teld that, in England, where the Ministry are alone responsible, the' Monarch’s own opinions have little weight, yet, Horn 1761 to 1829, such an obvious act of justice as Catholic Emancipation was de nied, solely and wholly because the two list Georges were prejudiced against it.' In the case of the Monarch being of tne gentler sex, her Ministers would natnr-Jly be moro than 'usually ,yielding. ' If, as wo believe, Quean :' . Victoria has herself a friendly feeling.towards ‘this country, it will require unusual strength of argument and of circumstance to make her consent to its being interfered with in her name,—no, not if a score of Palmkrstoks and a half hundred of- Russells urged her to affix her s ! gn-manual to the document. The London Tunes of- June 16, noticing the of war in the International Exhibi tion, thus renders justice to Mr. SroEM’s breech-loading pieces: “Every kind ofbreech loadiDg small arms is, of course', to be found here. The resuit of the comparative ex«ni nation that is Tdaily made has become almost conclusive as to the mperiori'y of the \Mmtri caninvention of Mr. Storm over others. In thir piece there is nothing special in either the lock, or stock, or barrel, the only invention, in .fact, being the breech-loading apparatus, which is applicable to any and every barrel, at a cost, it is stated, as low as some IGs. each. The breech, about an inch or an incii and a half in length, is fitted to the barrel by an or dinary binge, which is thrown up or open by a movement of the finger or thumb, the charge inserted, and the breech closed. ■ln tact, so perfectly simple is tho whole operation that . one of the chief objections to its adoption in our service is, that the men could load and fire so quickly that they would shoot away all their ammunition before coming into action. There is much force in this objection as ap plied to. the training of the men, though we can hardly see how it can affect the character of a weapon so easily used. The Federal Go vernment have ordered a large number ef these riflos for the use of their troops, and the effect with which they have been used against, the Confederates is already spoken of. A breech-loading rillo is the great military de sideratum now j so much so, that the Prussian army is entirely armed with weapons of this class—very inferior ones, ,it;is true, hut infi nitely better than any muzzle-loader. Last year some wonderful shooting was made at the 1 Wimbledon meeting with breech-loaders of Mr. Storm’s patent adapted to tho Enfield and Whitworth rifles. Since then it has been tried by some of the highest professional authori ties on musketry, and has-been pronounced per fect. Its great advantages may be summed up in the few words that it requires no special ammunition, is adaptable at the low cost we have mentioned to any r, fie, Which can then bo loaded at either breech or muzzlo, it is so simple in'■its mechanism that it can bejfired easily from twelve to fifteen times a minute, and as rapidly in the dark as in the daylight.” By i,a.te accounts ftom Arkansas wo have the distressing intelligence that the command of the indefatigable General Curtis is subsisting upon half rations, and is in such a position that supplies and reinforcements cannot bo forwarded in time to save them from disaster. We are also informed that the rebel forces, under Generals Hindman and Pike, are advancing in front and "upon the rear of General Curtis’command. It would saem, if Hub intelligence be well founded, that General Curtis is in - a most critical situation. Looking at the news ns it is published wo can find, but little hope of Buooessforthe Federal troops, but an examination of the surrounding oiroumstaneegmay reveal some gra tifying facts. It is natural to suppose that in tho State of Arkansas, so sparsely populated, and ex hibiting so few signs of cultivation, supplies must be scarce, and that foraging by an army would Scarcely make a fair return. Icseemß to us, then, that the advantage of forwarding supplies to Gen. Curtis would be on the side of tbo Government agents, inasmuch as . we have superior means of transportation compared to that known to be pos sessed by the rebels. Wo have no fears of the ability of the poet-General Pike to entrap or injur* General Curtis’ army; bis Indian expeditions have twice failed already. We have nothing to fear from any one but Hindman, a daring rebel chief tain of no ordinary military accomplishments. -■ General Onrtis is .a well-educated and experi enced cavalry officer, who is'-M' familiar with the hazardous warfare of the" West, as probably any man in our army. He is supported by Brig. Gon. Jefferson C. Davis, of Indiana, who will over labor, 'to the beat of his ability, to prove the falsehood of the assertion-made by his notorious namesake du ring the Mexican war, and reiterated even sinoe, that “the Indiana hoys are cowards.” It is scarcely necessary to say that General Curtis is aware of the absolute necessity of keeping his com munication open and- well guarded, while advanc ing’within the lines of the enemy ; and when the day of trial comes, the field is chosen, and tHe bat le rsges in all its fury ,he will add to his talent and experience the wholesome lessons in the manoeu vring of infantry and- artillery, taught him only: a little while sinoo on the bloody field of Pea lUdge, by the strategical genius of Major General Frans Bigel LETTER FROM “ OCCASIONAi 'Wasio( tj 'pa|pl "jap pi ojufl) otfejpco’nsmmii Fourteen months ago a< thousand men was regai derand apprehension. —cmplato:, rthe-approacfcing probability oPone millioiTof troops on tbs side of the Republic with com the election of Mr. Lincoln, that incarnate traitor, Howell Cobb, while attempting to sell the bonds of the Government, virtually pro claimed that it was destroyed, and that these securities were worthless. Then we had to borrow money at. twelve per cent, per annum to pay our ordinary expenses. When Mr. Lincoln came into the Presidency our twenty year bonds were worth but eighty-four cents on-the dollar. In this crisis the Administra tion appealed to the banks qnd the people, ard another revolution was the consequence. Money was offered without stint and without .limit, and now with a prospective, debt of nearly one thousand millions of dollars, and with a possible expenditure at the rate of two millions daily, tbere is neither despair in the popular heart nor lack of confidence in our pub lic servants. The army bill ulone, which passed the Senate yesterday, contained an appropria tion of five hundred and thirty millions, of dollars. Our forces in the field, and our ships upon the waters, startling as they seem even to those who are familiar with the mighty ar maments and squadrons of military nations, are in course of rapid increase, and have in fact revolutionized the whole system of offen sive and defensive war. Nor do these ex traordinary manifestations arrest the progress of private and public enterprisa. In this re spect, a yet more marvellous revolution has taken place. The mechanic arts flourish apace. Our great cities, notwithstanding their enor mous contributions of men and money to the public service, resound with the hum ol busi ness in all its vartous avocations, and exhibit a degree of prosperity unparalleled in history. A railroad, traversing a domain greater than ■ one of the mightiest empires in the old world, I has been projected under the authority of , Congress, at. an estimated cost of sixty mil- I lions of dollars. The work upon the Federal Capitol is hemg pushed on with renewed en ergy, and the rapid completion of that splendid pile may be readily -foreseen. A great artist is now delineating upon one oi the panels near the hall of the House of Representatives, at an expense of $2?,OOO, the westward march of free men and free institutions. Enormous navy yards are in course of construction; the national telegraph has been finished, so that the President in bis mansion may daily talk to his agents on the Pacific .coast, thou-. sands of miles away. These are the symp toms and signs of a great and original future, ana whatever maybe said by those, who regard thtm with doubt and tear, and -scatter .predic tions of a bankrupt and ruined country, they arc the evidences of the power and courage and determination oi a free people who, in their straggle for self-preservation, and in their conflict with the enemies of civil and reli gious liberty, place all their hopes and inte rests at the disposition of the constitationally elected Federal authorities. They are admo nitions to other nations that if we are not per mitted by them to puuish the aggression of. domestic traitors in our own way and with our own means, we are resolved to be strong enough to resist those who may attempt to intervene to our disadvantage. The price that must be paid for the blessings we have enjoyed, and the risks that must be encountered that we may continue to enjoy these blessings, are undoubtedly great; but we must choose between the alternative of this new sacri fice, and that of yielding before a blood thirsty and inhuman conspiracy, intent upon the degradation and destruction of the Re public. The President has issued his procla mation, in conformity with the late act of Congress, directing the collection of direct taxes in the insurrectionary districts within the United States, which will undoubtedly operate with deserved severity upon the pro perty of the rebels. Wherever these t>xes are not paid there shall be a Ueo.upou the tracts or lots of land severally charged until -paid, and a penalty of fifty per centum of the taxes themselves will be laid and secured in the same way. He has also accepted the offers of the Governors of eighteen of the loyal States, lo furnish a new army, that the rebellion maybe speedily crushed, and our great and good Government speedily restored, and lias called for three hundred thousand vo lunteers. Even as I write, arrangements are being made font raising new regiments, which will, of course, be promptly received by the General. Government, or by the States them selves in the name of that Government. Phi ladelphia is the earliest in the field with her proposition, thus proving tint the now dan gers that are besetting our country have only served (o awaken new interest and enthu siasm among the people of that patriotic city. Occasional. Tnn news from the army of tho .Potomac this morning is brief, vague, and unsatisfactory. The despatch from Memphis announcing tho evacuation of Richmond comos by such acirouitous route as to afford no real satisfaction, and but little faith is placed in the report. The nows from Fortress Monroe has been especially meagre, from some disarrangement of tho telegraph wire that must have been oooaßioned by the present storm. Buf fioient is known, however, to render it unnecessary to entertain any fears or misgivings as.to even a temporary suspension of the proper eonveyanoeiof supplies, from the grand depot ac Fortress Monroe to the wharf above Westover, on the peninsula. A large fleet of transports, under an armed convoy, have no doubt reached the new depot before this, and -it is well known that General McClellan commenced bis recent movement with at least five or six days’rations for the entire army. The burning of the buildings at City Point is of "little consequence, as they consisted only of a mise rable depot house, and about a dozen frame out buildings. The cause of this action, on the part of our gunboats, was, no doubt, the fact the’enemy under cover of tho buildings could have prepared rifle pits, and filled them with sharpshooters, for the purpose of harassing our troops on the opposite shore. - The movements of our own army and that of tho rebels are alike clouded, as yet, in mystery, but in a day or two wo may hope to have glorious news from ihe Army of the Potomac. .The intention of the Government has evidently boon to oooupy Richmond as a great depot for supplies and strate gical point, on or before the 4th of July; but it would be of no advantage to hold the city of Rich mond, unless the rebei army, as a military organi zation, were previously destroyed, or rendered in effective by disaster/and demoralization, want of food, or hope of retreat.- ~ 4 ■ ■\: " ' ' » . :." Tub Xkiv Yokk Tribune says' The Press of Tuesday last contained the account furnished by its'special correspondent of the battles fought on the Ohiekahominy on Thursday and Friday last credited erroneously to tho Herald. .We are con fident that we copied front the columns of the Herald , but the question of the right of credit is an open one, certainly. The Jhr aid has a pecu liar way of copying tho important special cor respondence of all other, enterprising newspapers, and always fails to give credit to any journal. Yesterday it transferred, to its columns our ad mirable account of the late grand strategical movement without the slightest acknowledgment, and in an editorial of the same issue charges the Tribune: with the crime of improperly publishing some of the Herald’s news. Might it not be that the Herald relied upon the Tribune for the news from the army of the Potomac in the previous in stance, and then published the editorial mentioned as a set off to tho anticipated charge preferred by the Trifotne? ; : : Aid for onr Sick and Wounded Soldiers. Sasitarv Cohmissiox, - - j Abams House, 244.1? Street, t : Washington, i). C . June l-i, LB'/J. j lluruce lyvu'uty, Jr, } 7? A/., I’resi.rlfJlt: . Bear Sib: The pecuniary wants of the Sanitary Commission, during the next three months, are likely to be .very heavy. This is the orisia and culmination of its labors—the proper transporta-' tion and care of the victims of the terrible battles, and the more terrible camp pestilence of the; next three months! We ought to bo able to;depend on' a'eiven sum from Philadelphia-much larger than we have asked for at any previous call. May I suggest that you should undertake to furnish us $5 000 per month for the next three months. New .York will; doubtless more than double that, amount. Boston will more than etpial it. We arc not disposed to doubt the liberality of your city. It is rioh and generous. If you allow the middle- ogedbu&nsta mem to take tiie n^° r^.® r coHecling for the Boiled States Sanitary Commis sion, I am confident their success wiU. equal our best expectations and our largest necessities. .. - Believe me, dear sir, fully impressed with the past activity and generous support of your auxilia ry, which baa answered ev&ry call. we have made . If I seem enacting now, do me the justice, to re member that I am pleading in behalf of humanity, and of your own soldiers. * Yours; with great respect, . , ■ . . ■ ■- Hbbhy W. Brlwws, President. THE PKESS-PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY. JULY 8, 1863. FBOM WASHIJCETOfr: »• - ° - ~r. - '•- _y, . r ;- Jn172.1852. Collection . States in* Rebel , S(ttles., . Tie PreßideptJiaaJalned the 'followlOMwocUToattoui Untied- Siat^fc/,-America. WhereaSj ln and by ibe second eection of on tho 7th day of Jnne, A. D, 1862, entitled <* An act for the collection of direct taxes in in 'Bnryeciienary districts withm the United States and. for <®Ui®9 1 S Wpofl 1 8 '” ,t, ®' ,I, * de,|,eduty of tho *!&»**•»* *° declare, on orj>elore'tbe first day of July then cext’fol iioMtlngrtfeyJiisjpTOClatimtien, in.whatfStato'and part? of Rates insurrection exists^ NotJJ; bo it hnown thatil, Abraxas* Lur coln, President of the United States of America, do hereby declare and proclaim that tbe Stiitaa of South Carolina, Xfyonda, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Mißaitsippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, Worth Carolina,and the State of Virginia, except the following counties: Hancock, Brooke, Ohio, Marshall, Wetzel, Marion, Mo nongalia, Preston, Taylor, Pleasants, Tyler, Bitchie, Boddridge, Harrison, Wood,'Jackson, Wirt, Boane* Cal houn, Gilmer, Barbour* Tucker, Lewis, Braxton,- Upkhnr, Bandolph, Mason, Putnam, Kanawha, Clay, Nicholas, Cabell, Wayno, Boone, Logan, Wyo ming, Webster, Fayette, ai d Raleigh, are now in in surrection and rebellion, and by reason thereof the.civil authority of the United States is obstructed' so that tho provisions of the Et act to provide increased revenue from imports to pay the interest on the public debt, and for other purposes,” approved August fifth, eighteen hun dred and sixty-ono, cannot be peaceably executed, and that the taxes legally chargeable upon real estate under the act last aforesaid, lying within the States and parts ol frtatts oh aforesaid, together, with a penalty of fifty per centum of said taxer, shall be" alien uppn the trac‘a or lots of the same, severally till paid. In - witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, and caused the seal of the United States to be af fixed.-. Tone at the city of Washington, this first fay of: July, in the year of 6nr Lord one tbou [l. S.] sand eight 'hundred and sixty-lwo, and of the Y-- Independence of the United Stateß of America > ■ the fighty-sixth. ABRAHAM LINCOLN; By the . • ' - : P. W. Seward, Acting Secretary of State. .The'Negro. Regiment of South Carolina— Explanation ot Genera! Hunter.- The following correspondence was laid before the House to-day, the leading of some parts of which occa. Bioncd much merriment: - ; T. War Department, Washington* Cits, B. 0.,? July 2 t 1862. 5 Sm: On reference to the answer < f this Department, of the 14th ultimo, to fcbo resolution of the Huuaeof RepresentetWe?, of the fitboflaH month; calling for in formation respecting the organisation, by General Hun ter, of the Department of South'Carolina, of a regiment of .volntatetra for the defence of the Union, composed of black men, fugitive slaves, eic , it will be seen tnat the resolution had been referred to that officer, wl ;.h instruc tions to.mabe an immediate report thereon. I have now the honor to transmit, herewith, the copy of a communi cation'just received, fromffceneral H unt sr, famishing infoimation as to bis action touching .the various mat ters indicated in the resolution. I have the honor to be, very respectfally, • ' ; • Tour obedient servant, : ’ • iIDWIN M.. STANTON, Secretary of War. • Hon. G. A. Grow, Speaker of. the House of Bepresent- BJCADQT7ARTER3 DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH,)' , ; Port lloyal, S. C , June 23. . } Eton. Edwin M. Stanton* Secretary of Tf r ar, IFasft ingt&n t D. C.: Sxnh I have the hcrooi* to acknowledge the receipt of a communication from the Adjutant General of the Army, dated June 33,1862, requiting me to furnish yon with tbe information neefssaty to answer certain resolutions introduced in the House of Representative? on Juoo 9,y 3862,, bn motion of Hon Mr. Wicktiffe, of Kentucky, their substance being to faquirs— 1. Wberberlhad organized, or was organizing, a regi ment of fugitive slaves in this departraeutl. •• 2; Whether any authority had been given to mo from the War Department for such organization 1 and S. Whether I had beenfurniehrdy by order of the War Department, with clothing, uniforms, arms, equipments, Ac., for such afoice. Only having received the letter containing these inqui ries at a late hour on Saturday night, I urge forward my answer in time. for the' steamer, sailing to-day (Mon day). This baste prevents me from entering as minutely as I could wish upon many points of detail, such as the paramount impaitence of the subject calls for; bat, in view of the near termination of the present session of Congress, and the wide-spread interest which must have been awakened by Sir. Wickliffe’s resolution, 1 prefer sending even this imperfect answer to wailing the period necessary for the collection of fuller and more compre *benßive data. . - To the first question, therefore, I: reply that no regi ment of fugitive slaves has been or is being organizedin this department. There is, however, a fine regiment of persons whose late n asters are' fugitive rebels,” men who every wheie fly before the appearance of the national fiag, leaving their servants behind them, to shift, as best they can, for themselves. So far, indeed, are the loyal persons composing this regiment from seeking to avoid vibe presence of their late owners, that they are nowf one and nil, working with remarkable industry to place ilietn- Beivee in a portion to join in full and effective pursuit of their fugacious and traitorous proprieipirs. / To the second'question I have the honor to answer, that the instructions given to Brig. Gen. T. W, Sherman, by the Hon. Simon Cameron, late Secretary of War, and turned oyer to me by succession, for. my guidance, do ; distinctly authorize me to employ all loyal peraoas offer ing their services in defence of the r.Union,.and for the suppression of this rebellion, in any manner X might see fit, or that the circumstances might call for. There ia no restriction as to the character or color of tbe persots to bo employed, or the nature of tbe employment, whether civil or military, in which their services shall be used.: I conclude, therefore, that I have been authorized to enlist fugitive slaves as soldiers, : co6ld auy such be found in this department. No such-characters,, however, have jet appeared within <be view of our most advanced pick ets, the lo> al slaves everywhere remaining on their plan tations to welcome us, aid us, and supply us with food, labor, and information. It is the masters who have, la, every instance, been the fugitives, running away from the 103 al slaves as wUI as from the loyal soldiers, and uhom we have only partially been able to see, chiefly their beads over ramparts, or, rifle in hand, dodging be hind trees in tbe extreme distance. In the absence of any fugitive (master) law, the [.deserted slaves would be wholly without remedy, bad not the crime iff treason: given them the right to pursue, capture, and bring back, those persons, of whoso protection thoy have been.tons suddenly bereft.', ; r - . ■ To the third interrogatory, it is my pdinful duty to 1 reply that I have never receiv.od any specific authority i for Issues of clothing, uniforms, arms, equipments, aqd so forth, to the troops in question. Hygefiei’&l instruc tions from Mr. Cameron to employ them in any manner I might find necessary, and the military exigencies of the department being my only, but in my judgmentsafficirnt, justification. Neither hairs I had.any specific authority for supplying these persons with shovels, spades, and pickaxes, upon employing them as laborers—with boats and oars, when using them as lighter men; but these are not points included in Mr. Wickhffe’s resolution. To me it seemed that the liberty to employ men in any particular capacity implied with it liberty, also, to sup ply them with the necessary tools, and, acting upon this faith, I have clothed, equipped, and armed the only loyal regiment yet raised in South Carolina. 1 must say, in vindication of my own conduct, that, had It not been for tbe many other diversified and imperative claims on my time and attention, a ranch more satisfactory result -'might have been hoped for, and .that, in place et only one, as at present, at least five or six well-drilled; brave, and / thoroughly-acclimated regiments should by this time, have been added to-the loyal forces of the Union. Tbe experiment of arming blacks, so far as I have made' it,.has been a complete and even marvellous success. They axe sober, docite, attentive, and enthu siastic, displaying great natural capacities .for acquiring the duties of. the soldier.. They • are eager, beyond, all things, to take the field, and be led into action, and it ia the unanimous opinion of the officers: who have had charge of them, that in the peculiarities of this climate and country, they will prove Invaluable auxiliaries, fully equal to the Biani ar regiments so long and successfully need by the British authorities, in the West India Islands. In 1 would say it is my hope, there ap pearing no possibility of other reinforcements, owing to tbe exigtncieß.of the campaign in the Peninsula, to have organized by fcheend of next fall, and to bo able to pre sent the Government from 48,000 to 50,000 of these hardy and devoted soldiers. : : Trusting that this letter may form part of your answer, to Mr. Wickliffe’s resolution, I have the honor to be, D. HUNTER, * : * Major General Commanding. Hr. Restored to Duty. The statement is not'true that Dr' Hayes, who was dhmifieed from the service of Ihe Surgeon General for neglect of duty, has been restored. . Y The United States Direct Tax—Maryland the First Slate t*> ‘Make Full i’ayment. The following letter.bas been addressed.by the Hon. S. P. Chase, Secretary of the United .States Treasury, to R. Fowler, Bsq., Treasurer of Maryland: - • - Treasury l Juno 25, 1>(52. •$ 'Hon K. Fowler* Treasurer of tke 'State of Maryland : cir; Tour letter of the ISth last., authorizing my draft, as Secretary of the Treasu/y, on you, as Treasurer ot tbe Slate of Maryland, for the full amount, of.direct tax apportioned to that State by the act of Congress of August 5,1843, less die fifteen per centum allowed for assumption and pay meat of the State, was duly received. 1 have made the proper draft, which will be prepare! for' payment as proposed by yoV t ' »■ '... Permit me to express my sincere gratification,that M ary land has been die first State to make full cash pay ment of her qnota of the direct tax. The payment of PeDnsjivania. which preceded that of M+ryland by ft ft\v days, was by credit fur advances earlier made, as well as partly by cash. The other States are promptly fol lowing ; end all, lam sorb, partake' of the satisfaction I cannot -but express on seeing Maryland now, like, Mary laid in the days of tbe Old Line, coming‘forward., whli puiße and sword, to the defence and support of the Amirican Union. With great respect, S.P./OHAS E, Secretary of tlie TreAsury^ The Situation near Richmond. The National ifejwrWtcan, of to-dayy gays : 1: Onr army is as secure as it was before thß battle of Thursday » t a Friday. ThevSghtißg on those days weakened the ‘enemy as mnch.rfs it did onr forces. Wo have a nearer base of' snpp!ie»V and there ia nothing to Indicate that our soldierß are not in good heart,. Reinforcements mu'sthave alreadyreached tbeaatince.FrSday.” ■ ~.. The Tax Bili and the' Pacific Railroad Bill Signed by the President. The Preeident has aporoTod of and signed the P&cidc Railroad and Internal Revenue(or Tax) hills, • The national Intelligencer Booh Job. • : The Sieaher'j to-dayi announced the following select committee on Mr. Wii.TO»V resolution; for an investi gation of the .National I'it'lU'jtnctv book job; Metsrs. CtiaK (H.- TBum (Pa..', Wsxoon (Min.)jßick (Me !, and C.hiueb (Ky.) ■ Resignatitm of Mr. Xathrop. Q q liJith hop baa rofeignod tbo appointment &3 col*, lecior ot Hew Orlops, to which bo was Bozno wee'ks coiiunißiionecl. Dabvii.l.3s, dn;y 1. — A turnpike bridge between Bar rodsburg and Perryiviile, and another between Nicholas* iilfoatid Pekin, wire burned last night, it ia supposed br rebel guerillas. The EUknian bridge is also consider,d in danger. ■<., ™ . .• 'Jk. rROOLANATIOjr, Operations of the Hebei Oucnllas in : Kentucky. 1 T'HE‘ WAR I N ,A;RK^N^W.S,. : . - jsg? Jgy* Expedition up Uiielv azoo. .Hi ver. * ;'V--V '■>’•■ C DISTBUCIIOH OF» THIjCTIRIBELiGUHBOATfI, IOiFIpiALi’BE^A.TCH. “ Y —' -J ■■ " Washington Jnly2.—The following wag received at the? War Department to* day : Steam lUv SwmfEiiLAsp,) ’ ' Above June 23th, > i A - . . . jy. To Ho*. Edit)in M.-Staiiton, ’Sedetaryof, Wars- • * . Siuca tbat-Ihadcom»ti~ ideated with Flag Officer Farrftgut, I have been able too inaiutain constant Juiercourae with hia fleet, through the aefivo energy of Gea. ‘Williams. On the 2&ih last., £ went up the Yazoo liver with two rams, tho Monarch and Lancaster, the latter under comm ami of Medical Cadet Charles It. fillet. I proceeded about sixty-five miles to a point where tho river is obstructed by. a rait built by the enemy, and protected by four guns, in a battery. My object was to capture or destroy three of the enemy’s gunboats, which, I was infornud, were lying below tho raft-tho Yen Dorn, Polk, and Livingston. I ran up close- under' the battery and was mortified to see tho enemy set fire to the boats and start tt em adrift down upon us. I was obliged to leave the river, to escape the conflagration. Tho three boats were totally destroyed. The enemy did not fife upon us. It Is with great pleasure that I announce the arrival of Flag-Officer Farragut with nino vessels of Ms fleet above Yickabwg. They passed up this morning about five o'clock, through a severe fire from some thirty or foi ty of tho enemy’s guns. Their loss was, as far as is reported, four-menkilled and thirteen wounded, liei>pecffnlly, Lieutenant Colonel ALFBED M.EL.LET. Despatch from Coi. Fitch.■- ..Memphis, June 30.-—Despatches from Colonel Fitch, dated at St. Charles, Ark., which works he still held at the time, set forth that General Curtis 1 division la at BateaviUe, on short rations, and without provender for the horses and mules. Besides suffering from sickness, General Bindman is menacing him with a large force, and nnless commissary and. other stores can reach him soon, his troops will be rendered incapable of duty by starvation. • A regiment was called’ for and transports with provi sions and provender. . ' Col. Fitch proposes to give the troops a share of active service, having in view a very important movement upon the enemy, y . ■•/ - y IMPORTANT FROM THE SOUTH. The Last Resort of the Rebels. THEIR PROGRAMME FOR THE FUTURE. . Memphis, June 30.—The Avalanche of this morning has an editoilat based upon information received through .weli-infojmtd 'Bources in the South, stating tint a new r programtpo has been determined upvn by the Southern leader?, who, nothing abashed by ‘heir ps6t diacomfi ture, are movipg tbemselvefl for a tremendous effort. They consider, that the territory recently given up baa we&kemd the Horthand correspondingly strengthened the South. / They expect to hold Bichmond and Virginia, but, even if they are forced toyield them, they have no idea of giving up, but will figlit to the last, and when they- cab fight no longer, instead of surrendering—instead of having their property confiscated and tbemsslvea dis franchised—they will make, a direct proposition to France, and England to become a colony or appendage. If this aHc-ix-ative is forced upon them, they will aim to broach the subject to Napoleon rather than England. . Tbe Avalanche gives Ihe.above asthe almost certain; policy of the Confederate leaders, and as Dr. Faulkner is known to be one of the beat informed persons in the Sonth, corsidtrable credit may be attached to ibis plan. Additional from Fortress Monroe, THE BUILDINGS AT COY POINT BURNED BY OUR GUNBOAIS. Supplies Going to SUcClcllan under Convoy THE LUTE ’ MOVEMENT A PREARRANGED MATTER. ARBIT OF THE POTOMAC ALL BIGHT! ■ New York, July 2.—The Evening Post of this city hag the following intelligence from Fortrees Monroe: “That tbe evacuation of White House was a pre arranged movement is sufficiently proved by the fact that on Monday last the first steamers from White House ar rived.here, with six schooners in tow, on their way to James Yiver. “ To-day, three hundred or four hundred vessels of all hinds have arrived iere, and despatched up James river to ‘Turkey Bend, 5 or Harrison’s Bar, where they are to await further orders. The precise point where the new: depot is to be established is hot: now known, but it is presumed to be near City Point, or opposite that place.' /' • ■f “A gunboat or two will convoy the stores to their! destination, and protect them against the guerillas along the shove. .Last, night Colonel Campbell was opposite City .Point with' one. thousand cavalry, and said that General McClellan would have ten thousand troops there to-day. City Point was burned by our gunboats yester day.” . ' has the following in its last edition .«* City Poiot, on James river, the railroad landing en route froru the river, to Petersburg, has been burned by onr gunboats. Gunboats nowraccompany all the tVa»s> portß aa- they leave Hampton Hoads to go up James .river..,./;;. «* The headQuartera of our army are net nt Fort Dar ling, but five or six miles below, Onr advanced pickets aro anid to be within sight of Fort Darling.. General Mc- Clellan's headquarters are now seven or eight miles from hiß reported base, Turkey Bend. Stciions of our cavalry are as high up the; river aa 'the plantations oppo&Ue City Point, and are clearing out the guerillas on the river. /. / “The aimy is safe, therefore, in its new position, but the loss of life has been great, very great, in.earning it. Gen. McClellan is now being reinforced by the way of James river, but the reinforcements dohot give him an j thing like the number of the enemy IMPORTANT FROM VICKSBURG. Commodore Farmstu Passes the Rebel Batteries. OatCAGO, July 2.—A special despatch from Cl&iro to night has just been received, announcing the arrival of nino of Comm odor a F arrag m’a vessels above Vicksburg, haviig rua the rebel batteries. IMPORTANT REPORT, IF TRUE. The Rebel Troops Driven from Richmond. St. Louis, July 2.—The Democrat has received the following despatch: Memphis, June 30^—Advices from-Richmond this morning Bt&te that the Confederate troops' have been driven from that city. Ho particulars. From Salt Lake. THB TELEGRAPH LINE CUT RY TEE INDIANS— FIGHT WITH THE INDIANS. ■ . Salt Lire, June 3d, via Pacific Springs, July l'.~* On Saturday afternoon, the Indians attacked Lieutenant Glenn’s parly of IS men near Booby Ridge, Two whites and one Indian were killed. It is supposed the Indians cut tbe telegraph Jine tbe same afternoon, as. they were seen along the road from Pacific Springs to Sweet Water. Colonel Collins says tbey are Sioux and Ohe>ennes and number about 400. He could not crosj the Sweet Water to follow/ The stogd is stopped for the present. The Indians are seen lurking In the hills about the Pacific Sprir.gp. . Sweet Watkr Bridge, July I.—Tho Indians aro again troublesome,; cutting, the telegraph line between here and Pacific Springs faster than it can be mended. Troops start to-night in pursuit. It ia supposed that the war party consists of.about 480 Sioux. Cleveland, July % —A message to J. It. Wade, pre sident of the,Pacific Telegraph Company, dated Salt Lake City, July/ 2a,.gives the’eamernformation aa the above despatch from Swett Water. The telegraph line is promptly repaired as; fast ae broken by the war party, and no pains will be spared to keep the lino working. ! Stringent Order in Norfolk. * HoRFOLKjr June 30.—Gen. Yield has issued the follow * ing order:. • /“ A fceemblsgeß in the streets for purposes of political diicusslon, being provocative of civil disturbance, are •pofiitiyely ; forbidden, and .the exhibition of badges and fiaga indicative of disloyal sentiments will not be tole rated. : “ Parents will be held responsible for the conduct of their children in this "particular.” I’arson Brownlow at Wilmington, Del. Wilmington, Del., July 2. Parson Brownlow deliver ed a lectore this evening to one of the largest audiences ever assembled in the city. He attribucr d the attendance io the notoriety which had been given him by the Seces sionists in tearing down the posters announcing his lee tore, and expressing a desire to participate in hanging him. - This bad- stirred up the spirit within him, and, to show tbaklbey could not intimidate him, he intended to canvass the whole State of Delaware, and give them a ebanee to carry out their nefarious purpose of hanging inen .uko stood up for the TTnien and the Constitution. Proclamation __of Governor Andrew, of .Massachusetts. BOSTON, July 2.—Governor Andrewhas.isßaeda call to the people o! Massachusetts to fill'.up to the m-axioauoi number all her regiments now in the field, and for tea to fifteen new regiments in response to the call-of the .War Department '' The Governor closes his call as follows : l< U aseachnsetts, which has never slumbered nor slept, must now arise to still higher efforts, and pledge-to ail the duties of patriotism with renewed devotion, tho iedi yidual efforts, the united' hearts, heads, and hands of all' her people ”, ' Retirement of the United States-Forees. from James Island. New Jt>ly 2—The steamer Honduras, from Port Royal on the 30th, reports, that tbe steamer Van derbilt, with two schooners in tow, left that place oath® 2Sth, for James Island, to convey our troopa back to Hilton Bead. .. ' The Call for Troops—Requisition of the Governor ol' New York. Ausast, N. Y., Jnly Morgan, to-day, issued a prcclamoticin, cullins en the citizen to Jnrnish the quota for Bupplyieg tho new rouuisitioa thy troops, *f the rrealdeot. ; / The Etna oft Cape Race. Sy.w Yoiik, July. 2.-- Tho Btoairtr Kma. passediCapo Race this morning; Monday and Tuesday’s Now Yeats' adylnea vreto placed on heard. Sale of Cotton at Boston; Bbsiox, July a —There was an unction gale of cotton to.dav from the prize schooners Southern, Independence, Ct'nrloHe, and Virginia. Tho prlceß ranged from SIX® tTjjc. The sale amoncted to 8125,0Q8, :• nXTIITH C01Bli“FIM SESSION, -■ ffiawnosaa jtiriJk fev-. - . ; -' SK *AT E . <§f|g- W C; • ' Another Navy Yardt . jgl ftr. rOSTEBi(B«p.). of Connecticut* ■.resolution from the Legislature of Oonnecti<nrt£la favog 'oftheestsblfebim-nt of a navy yard at Cbaio. Fe apoko of the advantages’ofs as compared with the proposed site ait League Inland. • • • Profits 9i* Contracts* Mr, POWELL (Bern.), from tho J udiciaryJGbmtnittee," reportoiHiack a bill to punish ins to give, & consideration to* member* of tfoMjreesi or :'offlcers of tbe Government, for procuring contracts,* or placer i*: ■ ? Resolirtron of Expulsion. fffßfr. WRIGHT (U.). of Indian*, offered a resolution setting forth that «y the report of the Secretary of "War r of June 21,1862,.it appeared that Senator JJF. Simmons bed wed bis official fefluencfLto procure a contract Sir' one C, B Schuberth, for which’he agreed to 'receive the* sum of B£O,ftoO. Therefore, Resolved, That the sat# James F. Simmons be expelled fromhis seat in the Se nate. Laid over. Relief Bill. The bill appropriating tv/o bundred: dollars for the re lief of Brigadier General Totten - was. takes up and passed, * Final Adjournment. Mr. SHRRMAGf (Rep.), of Ohio, offered a> resolution adjourning Congress on the 14th of July- Referred to the Committee on Finance. Bttly on. Russian Iron-. :. Mr. STJMSEB (Bop-)t of Massachusetts,, presen tod a petition remonstrating against the proposed change of tariff on Russian iron. After a discussion, Mr/. SHERMAN (Rep-)* of Ohio, moYtd to recommit the bill to the Naval Committee, with instructions to r.eport an amendment regulating; the pay of the navy- . Adopted. On motion of Mr. FESSENDEN (Rep), of Blaine, the bill authorizing an additional issue of treasury notes was taken up. The amendmeat of the Commit ee of Finance, reserving seventy-five miilibii for the prompt payn ent of deposits, was adopted. . FESSENDEN offered an amendment from the committee authorizing the notes issued under the act to be paid in coin, at the discretion of the Secretary of the Tfresury. Adopted. Mr. SHERMAN (Bep.), of Ohio, offered an amend ment that there shall be paid annually, by.every person or corporation issuing notes or bills for circulation *3 mcDey, a duty of 2 per cent, on tbe largest amount out standing during the greater part of tbe year preceding. Be eaid ihartbe.rigbt to issue paper money was as fit a subject iOr taxation as any otberlptopertf. -y ... ' Mr. CLARK (Rep ), of New,Hampshire, said that in bis State the banks did pay a tax for the privilege of circulation. < : Mr. SHERMAN said if the circulation of the banka was taxed, by a State, it was certainly a fit subject of taxation by General Government , This franchise was woitlfnineHfHtffins to the banking interests of the country, but tbe principal object of the amendment was to drive out of circulation the local issue of paper money, which was every where regarded aa a Government right. There are now; thirteen hundred aud ninety-six banka under the mosi'diverse systems, and the loss by counter feit and bad notes of •arfous kinds, amounts to nearly the same aB the interest, which Is moe-miltiona, Such a ej*tem of banking is not wise, bat only leads to confusion. The paper money issued by the United States is hoarded by the banks, and made a ba-ds for the i*sne of a large amount of local paper money , so that the United States is obliged to take this local paper, or else issue more of its own paper, only to have the operation repealed. Mr. CGLLAMER (Bep ), of Vermont, thought the Senator was mistaken, in bis financial policy.; He did hot believe onr ctmdrien was ro deßperate as to upturn the whole financial. system of the country, which had been sanctified by long u6ago. . ' Be knew that the present convulsion of the country bad destroyed many of the banks, but the reason, the. banks do not redeem is because they have taken as much United States stocks as tley could carry, and when the Unitt'd Slates refused to redeem them tbe banks stopped also; end now* by this amendment, it - was proposed to utterly destroy the banks.. Does any man suppose that thb Government will never return to a specie re.iemptlon T Is the Senate ready to adopt this proposition to drive all the local paper money out :ot existence, aid have the Government issue all the paper money, which they never propose to redef-mT We have passtid a law compelling tbe banks to receive United States paper instead, of gold, aed propose to break them up because they do not redeem; their notes in gold, when, by our law, we infuse to let them have gold, ... Mr, - SHERMAN replied, contending atsome length for the superiority of United dtatespaper money, aud the propriety of passing the proposed amendments. - Mr FESSENDEN thought this was a very important matter, which he was not at present prepared to con sider as it deserved, and ho suggested that the amend prents be.withdrawn., - / - . Mr DAYTS (U.), of Kentucky, was bprossd to the amendment and the bill as establishing a rnioons policy, which would onlytend to make the Government a great money despot. He should vote against it. . Messrs. HOWE and GRIMES also spoke agatns'ithe amendment. ■: On motion of Mr. HALE, a committee of conference was appointed on the naval appropriation bill. Hr. Sbermatrs amendment was then rejected—yeas 10, nays 27. _■ J - 'An amendment was adopted limiting the number of small notes id twenty five millions. Mr CARLILE (U ), of .Virginia, offered an amend ment that no totes of a deoomioa’Jon less than fire do!- lore.fibail be issued. Rejected. . . ' • Mr. WILKINSON (Rep.), of Minnesota; offered an amendment that tbe stuall-notes issued shall be of-the game denomination as current gold coin.. Rejected. The bill-was then pasted: YEAS. Anthony (Bep.) Harris (Bep.) Simmons (Rep.) Browning (Rep.) Henderson (U.) ; Sumner (Rep.) Chancier (3i«p ) : Howard (Rep.) Ten Eyck (Bep.) Clark (Rep ) . Howe (Bep.) Wade (Rep.) Dixon i Bep.) Lane (Rep.), Ind- Wilkinson (Rep.) Fessecdeo (Bep.) baue (hep.) Kao. Willey (U.) Foot, (Bep.) Morrill (Bep.) Wilson (U.). Mo. Hale (Rep.) Pomeroy (Rep.) . Carlile (U.) Harlan (Re'p.) . )Bbonnsn» (Rop.) Collemer(Rep.) Kiug (Rep.) IScarke (Dem.) Cowan (Rep ) Powell(Dem.) j Trambull (Rep.) Davis’(U.) Saulsbury (Dem.) | Wright (U.) Foster (Rep.) , ( The Senate then adjourned.; HOUSE OF Vote of Thanhs to Captain Foote* . " The SF EAE.EU laid before the Honan a message from the President. recmmnevding a vote of thanks to Oaptaia Foot&v and others,.for gallant services. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, with power to report atauy time. ‘ Fraudulent'Land Patents. Mr. "WASH mitt& on-Government Contracts, reported a regulation that-the committee be directed to- make's fali iavestiga 'tkro.into the : all< g< d isme of patents for lands included in ilie military, reserve at Fort Leafena ortli. Objection, was made* ; ' ■ . A Fenusylvania Railroad. Mr.MALIiOBY (B.)» from the Committee on Roads aud Cnn.nl-, reported a bill 10 aid the construction of the Pittsburg and Connclsville Bailroad. fieferred to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. , Courts iu Tennessee, Mr. MA.YNA.BI> (IT.), of Tennessee, introduced a bill relative to, holding the District. Courtsef Western Tennessee." ■ I ,V- .■ Army Appropriation* The Honse concurred in the Senate’s amendments to the army .--ppropriatioh bill. .Among the items is twenty millions of (tollers for the payment of bounty to volun toer% end the widows nn& legal heirs of such as maydie or be hilled is fhejserrice.. . Evacuation of tiie White House* Mr, BLAIR (Rep ), of Missouri,-mtroduced a reso lution, wbicb.was adopted, upon the Secretary of War to communicate any communication or explanation, received bF the Government from McClellan, bn tue subject of the evacuation troops aiderhiß command. --j Government Canals* ; Mr. SHEFFIELD (U,), of Rhode Island, called up Itia motion to reconsider the voto by which'the House yeflitrday tabled the bill for the enlargementof the Mi chigati ahd llliriois canal for military purposes. Mr. HOLMAN (Dero.). of Indiana, moved to lay Mr. Sheffield’s motion, cm the, table, . Negatived—-yeas 56, nays 71. The hour having arrived for the special order, namely, concerning naval affairs, its consideration was, on mo tion of. Mr. Sheffield, postponed fora half hour, in order to afford time for disposing of the pending question^ This period was, however, exhausted bydilatorypro ceedings, originating with enemies of the hill. The last yote was 64 against 29, oo Mr Sheffield’s motion. ' Mr.: .HOLMAN demanded the determination of this question by the yeas atd nays; pending'which the House proceeded to the consideration of the Bpecial order. ‘; The Taruna, Mr. SEDGWICK (Rep.), of New York, from the Com mittee on Naval Affairs, reported the Senate joint resolu tion compensating the' officers and crew for losses in clothing and other property, by the sinking of ‘ the steamer Yanma, which was passed. The Steamer Governor. . The Senate bill appropriating over &?,OQG for the losses by officer? and battalion of marines susiained .by the founderins of tbo steamer Governor, ia November, while on her way to Fort Roy a!, wasjpassed. , * The Cumberland and Congress* The Senate bill for the relief of the widows and or phans, &c , of the officers seamen, and marines, of tho?e who lost their lives on the ships Cumberland and Oon gressi was parsed. Tbe relatives are to receive a sum equal: to twelve monvlis 5 pay. in addition to tbe amount due the deceased at the time of the-loss of those vessels. - Thanks to Farragnl. ‘The Senate joint resolutions tendering thanks to Commodore. Farrngut and the officers and men under his command, for their gallant' conduct and sncce3Bftti ope rations on the Lower.Miesissippi, were passed. To Lieutenant Worden, • The Senate joint resolution of thanks to Lieutenant Worden'and officers and men'on board the Monitorin the fight with the Merrimac, and the Senate joint resolu tion of thsnkß to Commodore. Goldaborougb and officers for the capture of Roanoke, were-passed. Iron Ships* Mr. SEDGWICK (Bep.), of New York, reported a re solution, winch was adopted, directing the Oommittee on Naval Affairs to inquire into tbo. expediency of pro curing a site Jor the manufacture of iron to be used for shipbuilding..; Grades in the ‘Navy. The bill to establish the grade of -line officers in the navy was taken up/ The hill, provides for admirals and .commodores additional to the present grades—not tu be more than nine admiral* and eiehteen commodores afcu dentt. at tbe naval academies are to be cailedratdebipmen till their final examination—if they • pass, they are to* be celled ensigns. ' ; Indian Appropriation. Mr. SHERMAN (Rep ) made a report from the confe rence committee bn the Indian appropriation bill, which was agreed to.' ' On motion of Mr. HALE (Rep.), of Pennsylvania, the nftvy grade bill was amend* d so as to have tho* stu dents of the naval acvdemy called passed midshipmen*, inttead of eosigas,-after final examination, • The bid providing'that hereafter second lieutenants of Marine Corps shall be selected by the President from graduates of the.Nava! Academy was rejected,. Tliaalis to Dapont, Mr. SEDGWICK reported: a resolution of thanks to . Com Dupont,' for his services and gallant conduct, tbo effect of which to. continue that ollicor ;in the active list, in acccrdance with the law- He also reported are ■solution, which wag pasted, voting the thanks of Con *- grefs to the captamaand commanders in the squadron eommanded by Com; Farragut. This was In accordance wi»h the rccommenddtion ef tho President. ; - ■■■ . Aleo, a ievolution to tvqniro into tho propriety of codifying the laws regnlatirg tho navy and marine corps* and that the' N aval Committee report on rue euoject at thenext tetbion. : ■ * Mr. SEDGWICK also reported ft resolution, directing the Commitleeon Naval Affairs to inquire as to the Pro per end permanent location for the Naval Academy. On motion of 3tr. OAGVRRT (U ), of MnryUnu-, It was amended by substituting for the Committee on Affairs, five naval officers, lo be appointed by the Presi dent j 'and the matier was then tabled. Adjourned*. Murder af a Uanibier at Cincinnati. • CjxciNXATi July 2 —WV Walters, who w*a tempora rily in charge of a gambling houre on Baker street*, was nmrderod iu hi# bed- room last. night. The booksofthe estsblhhmcnt show, that Walters had over $4,300 ia tus ! posEession, and it is supposed thavtbo murderer got this amount, aa no money , could be found this morning. Th< re arc evidences of a terrible strucgls having takfn place in Vht room; aUbongh the victim waalound iu Tto murderer is unknown 82a Another Editor Arrested. Oxnchkmati, Ju!y l /-John- W. Kees. editor of the Circlovilie :IFfltcAwa», was;arrestod ?i on Monday night,; by eider of the Secretary of War, and the office closed. Secretary Seward at fiostoa. Boston, July 2.- Secretary Sewftrdarrlved la this city. liom New York; ibis morning. Markets by Telegraph. Bai.uuokx, July 2.—Elour W unchanged,-’ Wheat tiTo: rtd advanced 2c. Com firm- Provisions very duti. Whhky dult at3o©3o>(Ci Cnffee fwm. Out his Throat. —A man named Hugh CcdFp, thirty-four years old, and living at Tweuty sixlb'scd Pine street, cut his throat, last evening, with a r»2bi%* He was lakea to.the hospital, o Ula toioftes were attended .to. ; - .* : • S * - •- V- . -• of Blockade. I^ORT^R^bßCjgloJ^or l JVDQE BETTS, OF TAB TOfITED DISTRICT COURT OF NEW’ &OBK--MOTES| OF PRIZE DBCISfORS—WECESSITr EBRO* AS TO THE LAW. tfntfedwfatc* vs*} The Bark Hmpress and her £>W°\ ‘4?!£ s *M.icastored by the Vincennes on KoTember 27,1861, off 7 the mouth of the Mississippi} and ship's papers showed her to pe a British? bottom, employed by her owners on a* jOroybge from England to Bio Janeiro, and tliero cbar by hf-r master to affrtfghters, partly British asid £ Wily -BrasHian subjects to carry a neutral cargo “to Hew Orleans or Mobile, as may be ordered by tbo charterers; acdjf. the .fesiel, on arrival, be warned ofi" -by- a blockading squadzpn. to proceed either ib Hew York, Baltintoj «f t * or Pbiletfelphi*, which pecond port of destination is- be BJwn«r fcy-tbQ charterers previous to.,the departure vessel from 3b.” This Charter was executed'September 5y1861, it being then known to the pardesund.pnbliely notorious at Sjo - Janeiro that New Orleans and MobMe*were under block-' . ado by tire United Stales. - On September 14, the elms* tore rs instructed the master to s proce6d to New Orleans with the cargo, and if tbe port should be opeu on bis ar-- rival to deliver the cargo there, and added’, > “ should th& port be blockaded, you will be warned effv and will then prrceed direct to your discharge port of l New York”. The veefri sailed from Bio September IS; When a few 5 days out tbe master spokoa vessel by .wlltdf be was in formed, and also'by pußlic*j«»pSrsdE?tai'abd'ft-omber, that all the Southern ports were blockaded. She* same in formaticn was obtained l froai another vefl3Ci‘ { which ho spoke off Cope Antonio, Cuba, some nine orlen be-, foie he was captured His* veseel' ran a direct course from Bio to New oceans, without deviation, and’on Ho- Vf mber 26,1861, *he struck on a bar uu'the mouth of the Miesi'seippi, inside of tbe blockading sqnadronT in tbe night time, and was there captured next morning-sby boats from the Yiricrnnes Tbe claimants urged that the* vessel and cargo • should not be condemned, because they wero neutral pitrpertr, aod there was no.actual intention on tbo part of thensflster or owners to violate the blockade f and especially, because of the* clause of the President’s proclamation of Aaril 19,3 562; declaring that “if, with a view to violate ouch blockade, a, TesSel or fhall attempt to' leave any of the said porta, ehe shall be duly warnedt*off by tbe commasd.er of one of the-blockading vessel!, v?bo will endorse 00 b<r register the fact and date of such \vsrniag, aod if the same vessel shall again attempt to eulvt or leave tbe blockaded port she will be by reason of which they were, as they claimed, entitled to enter tbe blockaded port, unless warnea off. Held by- the, Court*. That tbe paramount fact an nounced by-tbe proclamation, and by the public warning of Commodore Penderga&t, was* that the blockade w&» l»id in pursuance of the laws of the United States and of* the law of nations. The law of nations is explicit and indubitable tbataneutral'vegsel, knowing a port to be* in a state of blockade, and sailing towardrit with intent' to evade such blockade, commits a fraud upon the be'Hgemst rights of tbe blockading Power, and is subject tofoifeituretherefor.—SPbiillomrelnt. Law,397: Wheat Jnt Law, 541, 550: I Kent, 148>;149j I Duer on Ins , ; 668. 669; FJand. Mar. Law, 168* 6225, note 3: 2 Arnould : Ins., 747. . - The eaib'er deciwons of the prize courts indicated that tbe act of sailing for a blockaded portrwlth kmw lcdge of Ibe blockade was itself evidence of an attempt to evade ibe blockadebut the state of lhe law upoa that point now is, that Borne overt act* denoting the forbidden attempt, mutt be‘shown in addition to an intention to commit such Infraction, however strongly the latter may have been indicated-awd-persisted in. (1 PMUips on Ins., 450, art. 83*2, and cases cited iT Caioea Ca 3. p; * 3 4 Crancb, 410; 1 Kent, 148. ) . The rule is also bo far miti gated in its application that goi-ng'purposely to a block aded port with the intention propeily notified on the ship’s paperp, or otherwise. fairly disclosed, may be. ex cused in a iiemrel ship if the object is honestly to in quire whether the blockade is Btill in continuance, and if so to avoid tbe blockaded port, aud complete she voyage as a lav- ful r ne. Tbe hazard of allowing such privilege, and the necessity of observing the utmost iagenuouanew and innocezscy in its indulgence, is emphatically noted in the authorities, and accordingly tbecourta take heed in administering it, ; that the neutral be not permitted, endtr cover of that relaxation of prize law, to smother the principle by placing himself out of reach of its re straints. An adherence to the oidrule would, therefore, seen; .to be still exacted in its full simplicity in one of its cat diii&l featoi es* which is, that*the neutral vessel shall xncke her inquiries bo plainly clear of the blockaded port that she t-hall not acquire, the ability, as Chancellor Keat phrases the act, to slip herselfintoit. Pbillimore states tbe general result of the authorities to be f s that it has . never, uudtr any circumstances,-been held legal that the inquiry should be made at the very mouth of this river ! * of tbe blockaded port. (8 Phil. 397, §391.) Dr. Lufhington says, in the case of tUo Union, (1 Spink. 364,) »* The claimants »llege the vessel was char tered for Riga, aßd, beiDg uncertain whether the place was blockaded • or not, they sent her to Riga, to inquire of the blockading force whether Riga was , blockaded. ! * The court inquires, “Is this justifiable 1” and remarks, in reply, “ Under particular circumstances, perhap.vit may be justifiable, where information cannot be other wise procured, to inquire of the blockading squadron,: 1 aim denies that the! excuse can prevail if a neutral port was accessible, though an inquiry there might be attended wilh great los* Ai;d expense to the neutral Ship/. It is clear, therefore, to the court, - tnat tbe claimants cannot lawfully,.under claim ofimaking inquiry* ifa-part known to have >ea under blockade when the voyAge was set os foot, and after tbe vessel had been prosecatiog it lowaici the port, go forward.to th« entrance of the port, atd-withiD the actual line of the blockading force, to in quire as to the existence of the blockade; and tbatsncb act, according to the law of nations, subjects the vessel to condemnation as prize of way. , • Thai the only question remaining ii as to tho effect of the proclamation of April 19 1882, “ under the laws of the United States and ibe law of nations.” . That the United States have never insisted tk it a neu tral ves-eel epproai/biog a blockaded port was entitled to receive their notice of the blockade and to be- warned off, unlets she approached in tgnorance ot ihe blockade. (See treaties with England, 8 State, at Larg*v33s, Art 18; and with France, ib- , IS4 Art. 12,3*and the Supreme Court; regards those treaty compacts aa the true exposi tion of tbe law of nations in regard to blockades. (4 Crancb, 299.)’ ; ' That the proclamation of April 19must, therefore* be undetstcod to refer to embrace only those vessels ap pioaching the port ira ignorance oi its being uoaer blocksde. ’ That the preaumption is, that a blockade known to exist fetiil continues until notice to the contrary ii given. (1 Ch. B , 244.) . That no evidence, is famished in the testimony of the witnesies, or psptra found on board, that thare.was any ground for a that this 1 blockade had been discontinued. On the contrary, all the evidence before tbo master tended to confirm tbe notice under wbich his voyage was t eguo, that the port remained iovested. •That ibe evidence leaves no doubt that the vessel waß: to go into Hew Orleans as her real port of destination, ai d that sho continued till her arrest to be oavfga-ed. with thnt purpose, unless the should be prevented by a . ivarnivg given .to , her by tbe blockading squadron. Every fctep taken by her on tho voyage was ap attempt tp fulfill that put pose. She avoided caUiag at Cuba, at a neutral port nearly on the liceof her course from Bio to Hew Orleans, to seek the information she pretended to want.. Pbe omitted to lie tooff tbe port jo.waitoppor tnxiby to apt ak a 'blockading vessbl; she Van directly in for the p»it in the daikuess of the night, without making rignris,. or manifesting any expectation ti acting atteniion of vessels at all sides of her course of entrance. Hftdehe bteu bon*6t in search of tion of the ftate of the markets*,'or that of th'e tide there, it would be -unreasonable to suppose she would have run blindly into tbe shore, wirkout taking active measures to be assmed of,the facts, or of any like par ticulars teedful to be known by her, unless she was ; governed by K desire.to keep her moveoieut coucealed Tbat the court can put ho other interpretation upon her pioceedings than that she meant the course she was pursuing s» Quid take, her into ‘he port of Hew Orleans ' This may have been under a mirtake of Uw.in the idea that she might do so exensehly if the United States failed to intercept tbe attempt and turn her away. A misap prehension of the law in that respect can be of ns avail to her whilst acting under a clear understanding of the -facts. ’ Decree of condemoaiion and forfei ; ure, therefore, against the veeset and,cargo -—2 Y. T, Times, CoHiplimeui to Pennsylvania Representa- ’ ■ lives. ' (From the Sficromepto (O&b) Doily Won, Jime 2.] LETTER FROM WAfcHINGEON. , Washington, lflay:7,' 1862. I deem it just afid ftpptoyrtote thM ga'ffornta slionia be advked of*thoae- sincere friends'from other States who have aided in the consummation of mobths of toll and anxiety at this session, in passing the Pacific railroad bill, by a handsome vote, through the Bouse of .Representatives, •First, let me name Campbell, of Fenfisylvaoia, the, ebahman of the Eelect committee. Curtis, of lows, at the extra session, introduced a bill, and had it referred to a special committee, of which be was made chairman, and Campbell was next on the list. Curtis wag absent doting tbo pro; ent sessioa, and Campbell succeeded to his place as cbaimih.' ; -J' The position could not have fallen better, for to long Congressional experience Campbell adds a ready and ef fective oratory, quick perception,. Indomitable will aod energy, and an enthusiasm, when aroused, that breaks down all obstacles. "He engaged;.heart' and soul in the nvainre, aru) under his gallant leadership we have , tri umphed,. . Kelley, of Pennsylvania,.aidtd ns by his glowing ora tk>D9, bis hearty sympathy, and ready good word in pub lic and private, Bis speech the first day in committee was beautiful and persuasive, and did touch good in getting the House ia gi od humor, and he took occasion at a later day to drop a few magical sentences, as he saw interest flagging. fetevens, ot BennsylvanJa, has been represented as an enemy of our State, and most unjustly; lie is- a gentle man of waim'attacbmentp.irdomttable energy, enlarged acquirements : his mind being enriched by wide experi ence in public lifer»o well os by the gleaning of books. But he . the 'richest vein of aatire and sarcesoi I ever saw devel<4pEd. - All these qualities he brought to bear with full force in favor of the bill, and labored side by ride with the com mittee throughout tho discussion and labor in Committee of the Whole. As the chairman of the Committee of Ways end Means* his bare favor of the project was an answer to financial objections, and was absolutely neces sary to us to overcome the persistent opposition of Mor rill, of Yermont, author of the Mo:rtii tariff,- hia col league on that committee. - Surely, we owe Pennsylvania a debt'of gratitude* for auch effective and hearty Assistance. : Large Five in Baltimore. One of the mdst destructive conflagrations which have befallen this community for a long time occurred Tues day about two o’clock. ItbroSeont in a one-story-and'- a-balf brick warehouse, on th.e west side of Ualhoua alley, between Bratt and Camden streets. This butkiog was occupied by Denson & Buck, wholesale juak-dealßrs,- -8B Q BtorthouEe. It was entirely destroyed, with about $6,000 worth of goods. There was about $7,000 worth of goeds in the building. The building vaj owned by Mrs. George u, Uotiins and Isaac M. Denson, and was* insured for $1,500 in the AaaoeiaUd Firemen’s office. The goods were insured to the extent of $2,500 in the - Firemen’s office. ' The kernes rapidly spreod in. all di rections, notwithstanding the efforts-of the-firemen, who were promptly on the spot. '. ;■ 0 be warehouse of Messrs; Meixvel & Grafton,, general-, commission 1 merchants, No 149 Pratt atreat, was one of the most seriously damaged. This building was one story high in the rear, and was some years ago the Piatt-street depot of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. - Iri.it was a quantity of flour, wbieky, mess . pork, etc!, the greater portion of which was destroyed,.lnvolving a loss of $2:000 or S3,COQ, including the damage- to the building, which ia insured in the Baltimore, Associated* Firemen’s, Mary land, and Howard Gompaniee, for $40,000 \ theioae on., the stoik i% aUo fully covered by insurance in the Firemen’s office. The building belongs to Mr, Henry Gralloh. Uhe store of: Messrs G. O. &-E H. Hyatt,. No. 147 Pratt street, containing consignments of'-flour,*, fijii, etc., briongiiiß to various parties, was damaged* to the extent of 8700, which is covered by a policy of intorsne* in the Equitable office. The-consigned goods,, to the,;exteiiUQf i 's3 l ooo, ; destroyed. The loss-to their own goqds was slight, aod is covered by a policy of*' insurance in the Firemen’s office. "Messrs. Bosley * 00, agricultural implement agents. No. 145‘Pratt street, were stiflcrers to the extent of: $lOO, ; This-, building is owned: by the Mi-s-ra, Hyatt, and* is insured. - The btore-. o'ccu pkd by Freeland, Hall, & Co.,' No. 143, was slightly dm>-»?« d, probably lo the extent of .$400,. which is co vered by insurance. The building iaowued by Msa. Gv C: Collins and Isaac M. Denson, and is iasuredsin the- Finipen’e offiqe - TbnnMis Norris, dealer iu agricnVtu^ rai implemented No. 141, corner cf Calhoun alley , and Pratt sire* t, was slightly damaged.. It was also owao&‘ by Mrs. Collins and .Mr. Buck. A two-etory-ands-a-hair-- dwtliirg*boute. in Calhoun alley..owijed by P: G. Sausr ■weiii, was also damage* Nos. TjS. 78,. Bl>, 82; and 84* . Li«h» Btiet t. occupjsd resoGctively by Hnmßhrey. «feCo„. J Brandt, JrV Townsend, French, & Co., Evans, Steam,. A Co., and James E Goimnn were all slightly the losses ranging* from $5O to.SIOO There waa eriargOv crowd oi sswcla'orsprasehtlo witness the scene, and itto butjnstice to the fimneu to sfty that they nobiy poc foTined their doixin the pmaisi®.—j?7ewo.jS7icce, 20... ~ . AN AFFECTING SIGHT.—One list'week,' as we parsed tbo-sotmEftiioaul ’s office, oh Jeffersoa-avoxtue, we observed a. wounded soldier lying, upon the pavement. The poor fehowbad placed his crurcbes under hiv head for a pillow, and evidently slept as soundly aa he would have done in bis frtthej’B bouse, aotwitliatandlag the midday sun cast its , hot apd sultry breath, upofd him. Sncli ia war 4 , sach'tbe reward of courage and* pAteiotisiu. There wasadgoed Samatiionnoar tooSsr- ham shelter from the eun and-cool his parched lips with a * glass oS w«ur. Oar noble fighting boys d®?erv*bettor treatment at the handß of ’our'cltizens.—-Driroiw • (iftek ) . Adver.- ttser. • ■ ■■ _■ ■’ 7 '', KB LEAPED EBOM TOKt MoHBfiJBY.—On _Tne3-. fl.y #ltvtn<nm Hon J.nmeß S Hanoi, iotlgo of tho Oourt of Asiipals, wa.rele.B.d ftom.Fort McHenry. Ixj order 0* «u- S. cretary of Will-. T)« "had conftiwd tnec* ;»ince last Sotuiday nigU. Ih* tun» of b* relaase w.ere; BO i,r l tte C timo Mattbiw Hjdo was released from FovthlcB*Bry by caderof Majorwenoral Wool. Howa3 rnutlESd there soveraV days nso upon the charge of waving a handkerchief at a numbar of Cuiifederate pri- Honrre who were passing hyvliii boußß, on Litv&iiy aireet, xear Lexington, , , ' TENNESSEE SKNATOBSHID.—V arson Drawnlow oj (j Emerson EihoTidt e hro tailceil of qs tho most pr?mi t e!‘t cancidfttos for the vacant Senatorship,. ai booiv $4 Tennessee gels ft loyal Legislators ftsaiu* 1 . / Nkw York* Jaly'sl The saHingfrfgirte SaWae, 50, which has been the Brooklyn n»ty yard for some time, has been . to Newport. B. 1., to recrtnt, A. sword was on Tj presumed to her comra&nder f Oapt. Binggold, ou the marine, for biff galtaat eondact in reacu. crew of the transport Governor AM the naval offtu. the station were present, and there was a grand di*t The presentation was rasas by Major Garland, of tu marines, in a neat speech, to which Capt Btoggold suit sbiy rf snonded. , Madame Sasim (Isabella Hinckfsy) Is at the polJrt.of death, at her rebidenefe la East Nineteenth street. Xhesteaia&hfpGjima.sailea? for Europe l to-49&r f and took ost 3X63,060113 specie. Among thepssErengera Mrs. Frances AnnrKembleAfltf Bov. T. I» Oaf Jar. An order haying been issaed by Oakley, tinted Spates Paymaster, riquebtiog the membonroi' the 1- sssfc, 2&b, and £>GtfrN*W York, 52d an£• ll)£th lZ*k Maine, IstUnited States Sharpshooters -Berdasa’s-J, Bth Sett York battery, Oneida cavalry (company)* Mfc— CieDsnßi ago on a (co»pftny}, and Steraese Bi9eg- (cocx panjjt to report at the Park Barracks' at ten* o’clock, this morning to receive their jay for the months- of Starch and April' last, a large* number of soldier* (parades) appeared each or whoml - $26. Major Oakley haa been In Geo. MfcCial lan J s depaitnsent for along time past* that* many of the sick and woufaded soldiers who, owing- to sickness and other disabilities, were abaewt from camp, were in need" ofiSoney, be came to tbia c;ty and -fawied &ft> order above mentioned.- SHaee he baa been here* he - lias visit*d ai?of the-hc*pttals >a and adjacent; to the city, - and will pay of all the men to whom the Government is* indebted that he can- muster. The following were the a; boanHo^day: 3ales of stocks at 7 the second 2080 UB 6a ; 8I OsupaOl® 166 Mich Cent Il;,.blO 6t 20060 doc 160 do 60V 2jOi)»lfS6fl lOO do .... 60 30069 Tran St 6b'90.. 55 . 286 do 60 V 26000 Mo State 6b 49X100' do 630 68 V 14008-MlchSoS FBn.IOO SOO-MbS&N Igaur jk. 65 SOOOOiMier Gold. b60109X1258- no 65K 500B> . do.. b3Ol-954 70-Paoama 1t.....,..135 10000 : do. ..mox eo' do.. 134, 40000 do .530109 X 100 ; UlsC«nBScrfp.'., 59 41000- do 109 X 50 d 0... blO 59 250 PMSt Co 314 100 ■ do. bid 68* 200 d 0... ibSOl’Jo 100 ■ do b 34 58* 100 d0,........'...113X 60 do b 7 S»X 50 do. 100 do. 259 Ga£* Ohio B. 50 Erie 1t.,,.,.... 650 N ¥ Gene 8... SO d0.’..’.,..'.'.'bi0 9lk 60 d»..'..'.'....'iaM «9# 600 do ...,sJO 91 IOOCiarAToIS 47 100 Brie 27 vref....b2o 60 ! 208 d 0............. 17X’ 500 So. 62J7 100- do ~«10 4T#. 60 do. 62% 600 50........ 47 jJ, 100 Harlem B pref.... SOx 1060 OW * E I field 6S mo a®..,. 39- so- do. es%- 60MU SdiflE:.... 25* 100- do., 63# THE MAJSEETSr AsnEs.i-Tba market is a shade- firmer for pats; sales at $5.81 % ®6.87# ; pearls are nominal at $6. Flour axo Meal—The market for Western and State Flour is a shade better; but not very. active, and cloecb tame. The inquiry is cbiefiy confined to shippers. The trade is not .buying to any ■ extent, but the light gredcsare steady. Tbe- sales are 36,400 bblp, at S&4004.8O for superfine State and Western, 54.90e5 for extra State, 55.0A06.15 for lancrtro , $4.8005.10 for the low grades of Weatorn extra, $5.1005,25 for the shipping brands of round-hoop extra Ohio, and $5.300610 lor trade brands do. Canadian Flour [s better, and leas freely effei*d; sales of-3.'200 bbls at $fc.90®5.30 for the low grades of extra, and 45.1508.10 tor trade brands. Southern Flour-is firm, but quiet 5. sales of 850 bbls. at $6,3505.80 for mixed to good super free Baltimore, &e., acd $0 8606 80 for the belter grade? Bye Floor is steady, and in fair request; sales of 400 bbls. at $2 7604. : Corn aital is in limited request;. sales of ISO bbls at $2.35 for Jersey, and 5’2.95®3 for Brandywine. "Whisky.—-The market is betier but not very active; sab's of-750 bbls at 27528 c tor State, and 28)£.®2;»c for Ohio—closing dnH atr^S^c. Grain.— -The Wheat market Is again rather better, par ticularly prime qualities which are scarce and wanted. The sales are 97,000 bush at'Sl.OloLQl# for Chicago Spring ;■ $1 0901.12 for - Milwaukee olnb; SLl3®ll5 for Amber lowa and Wisconsin; SI 1801.23jf for red Indiana and Michigan; .$1.24©>.26 foramber Indiana and Michigan, to arrive; $l2l for inferior white West ern ; $3.30a 1.40 for. good to choice white Michigan; $1.38 for choice white Kentucky ; $1 27 for white Uana di»n; and $1.1001.1*3 for Canadian Club. Bailey and Barley'Malt areqiaet, and prices nominally the same. ( . Oata are firm and in good demand at for Wf stern and Canadian, and 45c for State. Bye is more active and is firm; sales of 16,500 hush at 69®70c for ordinary Western, and 76 for good State. . - * Corn is firm but not active sound is scarce Sales of 41,000 bush at 45046 c for heated; for infe rior and good new mixed Western white; 's4®6scfor good aud prime old do.;.and 57c for Southern.yellow ia store. ■ Provision's—The Pork market opened heavy, but ck stswiih more inquiry aud gi eater firmnes-: sates of 910 bbls; at $lO.B7‘E-11 for Mess, cash, aud $8 7508.87" for Prime. Beef is dull and prices aio nomioal-j aalesof 70 bbls, at 511®32 for plain Mess, and $13014 for extra. Beef Bams are quiet at 13®i5c Cut Meats are. steady; Bal*B of 160 tea.and bbla at 4% st> s# c for Hams, and st4o for Shoulders. Lsrd if?firm and in good oemand; aalesof 700 bbls at 7&© s #«> and kegs at B#®9c, Labge Salbap Dry Goods, Clothing, &c.— The attention of purchasers is- requested to the large and fresh assortment of British, French, Ger man, India*, and domestic dry goods, embracing about fire hundred lots of fancy and staple articles: Paris kid and silk gloves, dress, goods, linens, hoop skirts, sun umbrellas, Canton fans, palm-leaf hat®, clothing*jewelry, &c. Also, on account of whom it may concern, (for cash), satinets, partially damaged To be peremptorily sold, by catalogue,, on four months* credit, commencing this morning,, air Id o’clock precisely; by John B. Myers &■ Co., auc tioneers, .Noe. 232 and 2&£ Market street. . Auction Notice—Sale op Boots and Shoes.— The early attention of buyers is called to the-large and attractive sale of bools, shoes, brogans, Scotch ties, and army shoes, to be sold by Philip Ford & Co., auctioneers, at their store, No. 525 Market street, this morning, commencing at 10 o’clock, pre cisely., This being the closing sale of the season, buyers will find it to their interest to attend. - BEAVE JEK3EYiBEN.— A correspondent writing fiom Newberai a ruceVt'date.saya: “ AfeV. evening* since about fifty of tbe enemy undertook to au’r rbund and capture a picket poßfc of oar men, cooneting of four of tbe 9lh New Jersey, who were stationed on the * raihptd to Beaufort at a point about twenty miles below NewViera; Toe output waa about three milea from the railroad. The rebel* approached by two routes, and. some twenty -five of them succeeded in ?nrronadiog these four men. before the latter were aw/»re of their presence iu. the vicinity; Positive of their-prisoners, they ad .. vanced brsridhhing iheir doubie-barrelied fowling pieces, but the New Jersey boys took to a cover in mediately, and acting on a ggu&i they discharged their pieces at well sighted marks, aud advanced at fall speed at the same moment. So hastily did the? come upon the foe that they gained the cover of the woods, aud were away jere tbe rebels recovered from the first BurprUe. All fonr relumed safely to camp, aud a eqnad proceeding out ioaree, - diateiy, secured the railroad. The rebels, in the meoivr time, beat a ha&ty retreat.” ; LO, TBE BOOR SObDIEB I—Wemet in the streets, on Sunday, a poor soldier from the wqrs, with one hand . shot away, and, os be said, with six buliefa iu his person. One. wMoh went into his mouth, was under his ear Brid he belonged to a Massacbu>etta r«gimeutj and received bis wounds at tbe Winchester battle; tuUeted iu RoStod J urlvn§s. in Eastpori, iu this State, aud is on his way b‘. mi: 7be poor fellow had no riiirt, and the old blue coat and trowsers, the former of which was riidle i with balls, appeared to be his only clothing. He was a pitia ble-looking object, truly. Is this the way wounded sol diers are sent home t—JEfaXlbwell (Me.} Gourter. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. THE MONEY MARKET. PsrLAßSLrrru, July 2, 1852. Tbe depression in the stock market still contiuuear owing to the unsatisfactory stale of war intelligence. United States securities.ftte hnl ii is only owing to a full supply and short demand. If iber rumor now being shouted upon.the street, that “ Richmond hr cap- Memphis, shoidd be realzed, wb stall have to note a very differeot state of affairs to-morrvw. Tbe bears" are looking terribly bluer but to very litllo'pur pose. .Stocks ar© not going down half as fast «e* they went ufc The current of public opinion- is againsf tho success of bear moTcmonts, and only the most timid support tlirir oparations. Goyfflfnmsai fis of 1881 opened at and declined to at the First Board, Them were no sales at the Second Board, but after the close of it, they declined another X* malting a decline in all of I' since yesterday’s closing bid.- Ia 7.3G§ there was no change In sales, "'only a smatl amount being taken at 10* j bids fiUqff }s* and no fc?ther-saies were’raade; Penn sylvania 5s declined % at tbe First Board 1 , and % at the Second, making lin all; salerwerenumerousat S6aBstf • SS X was hid at the’ dose ] City 6s, new, firns at 102; old at 95; Dbiladelphia and* Erie 6s were steady at 93; . Camden and Amboy 6a of 1875 fitm 1 at 95; North Pennsylvania Railroad first mortgage scrip at 70; tens at 99; to change. Elmira Railroadsorenardedined X> .Morris Canal, second mortgage, brought 92#. The business-in bonds amounted to- about Sloo,Cftff.’ Tho leading item on the share list was Beating Railroad; ealet opening at 29, advancing. and falling* at tho second board to 28Lehigh Navigation shares wore firmBt 50. ,Gftta%visBa Railroad common sold at 4; tho preferred '.declined % ; Long Islasd X\ P«nnsy>rania Railroad Scbuylkiil Navigation, preferred X » com mon advanced X on yesterday’s btdv Camden and Am boy brought 130; no change. Pittsburg,. Fort Wayne, ana Chicago Railroad 32X- American gold brought 109. Passenger railway securities declined. Green and Coates brought 30* Tenth, aed Eleventh- 35; 23 wasbidfor Girard College; decline of 1. sfor Seven teenth and Nineteenth; decline of 1. Thirteenth and Fifteenth3B^,; declineof %. fovSpyaceaud-.Ptne; & decline of 3s- tot West Philadelphia;.decline oM. 20 shares Kentucky Bank brought; 95; :a very great advance on last sale. Philadelphia Bank brought 3 ID, which was the only local bank Btock sold. Gold fa*d another advance to-day—opening at and closing at bid. The supply was large, bufcseomed’ to cause no dimtontion of the rate. Holdcro demand 109)4.- Rates for money unchanged. J)*exel & Co. quote : ov Yorh exchange................. *JPar to 1-10 pro, Boeton exchange........... «* to 1-10 pro. Baltimore exchange..... to. „ X, ois. Country fund5....i........ to % dla. ©01d...*.. * to pre. Old demand Treasury n0te5............. 5 pro. 73-30 Treasury n0te5.............. toIOS We are perpetually asked the question ‘‘ where can aew cents be obtained !” Wo can only aay to parties desiring them that, by presenting the legal-tender- notes of the United States at the mint, they can he accommo dated, and from the well-known capacity ofthaMaetitu tion there isnodoubt but that all can he supplied. The miatfowards cents to any part of the country free of charges and our friends at a distance trill no doubt avail • , themselves of the opportunity to supply themselves-with nicktlß, now-that the withdrawal of snail silver and gold, from circulation necessitates the use of tbeou «lUe oSsial averages of the banks in the city of New York, for the week ending Saturday last, dune 2*S> 1862,. present in the aggregate the. following changes from, tho previous weekly statement of June 21:: ~ Increase of lc-ang..,.......**.*-*«'-*S^sOB,o3^ Bc-creaseof specie. 2l&,diJ -Increageofcirculation*. liicreaee of undrawn dep05it5......... 1,396,z00 Including the exchanges between the hanks through tho Clearies House, and including, also, the Sub-Trea , snry statement of Saturday afternoon, the following iBCbo general comparison with the previous weekly report, and. also with the movement of Ibis time last year: June-29; ? 6-l. June ’62, Jtme 21, C&8itah.........,§69,307,000 $69,051,000 86»,0«1,0^ 155if.,....«....112,40L012 148,346.401 146.539.762 Srecie-i.......... «,098,011 50,882,626 »>>«£-«* 'eircalMiotti. 538&.559 ..fMS’H? Giobs depotta .... 102,8(11,855 154.074.4-1 V'cr.hansfed 13.579,903 96,775,974 25,009,999 luS»w? '""’.V's“ 721,752 IS7 860.708 120,664.422 IB Sob Tishson.. 8094,283 14,500,379 14,900 864 IVe anjjex a - comparatiTe statement-of the Mporta (.xcteiTi <r n*d»> f™n.«» »“* of Ncw ' To * to foreign ports for lie '.varit ending Joly 1, «nd Bvase January 1 . 1860. MSI.. 1862. ‘ . *1 505, 669 *3,233,516 £3.264,712 kV«W- 41,744.761 61,656.589 59,928,766 | Since Jan. 1 $45,513.«0
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