THE PKEBS. PUBLISHED DAILY (SUNDAYS BXOSFTHD,) BY JOHN W. FORNEY. OFFICE,No.IXI SOUTH FOURTH STREET. fHE DAILY PRESS, Twrltb Grots %rr Wrek, rn;able to the Carrier. Helled to Subscribers oat of the Git; at Sis Dollars Frr Ashom, Too> Collars 'or JSiob* Months, IThrir Collars »or Sis Months—lnvariably la »d -treooe for the tiine ordered. ' THE, TRI-WEEKLY PRESS, r ifiiailed to Subscribers out of the City at Taaaß Dol ;ikb pax AmnnS) in advance, - SUMMER RESORTS. j/lARHSLE WHQE SULPHUR %J SPRINGS, OUMBRKTiA’ND COUNTY, PENNA. Accommodation forTHREE HUNDRED YIdtCOSS. This highly favorite Bfsorc id now 1 open for Visitors tfihoeo who can npprecla'e grand scenery, pnro raouatain tair, inTigora’iog baths, large and well-ventilated rooms, ,sood society, and good table. Term*, SS7 opt week. For particulars apply to N. W. WOODS, Proprietor of Carlisle White Sulphur Springs. EFHBATA MOUNTAIN SPRINGS, LANCASTER 00 Him, PA. This delightful watering-pl*ce h living been pm-chased s>y the undersigned, he would inform hie friends and the public generally, that it will bo open for the receptionrof Visitors on the FIRST DAY «F JULY NEXT. For particulars, please refer to Olronlan, which can -he had at the Continental Hotel, Merchants’ Hotel, and the Union Hotel, Arch street. Board, ene week or lobs, 81 50 per day j over one week, or the season, $7 per week. Children aad servant* hall ©rice. These terms are given with the assurance that the oo scoimnodatioiis shall in every respect be equil to any •other watering-place. for four hundred guests. The Germania Band Is engaged. ■ __ 3025-lm U. S. NEWCOMER. TDEDFOKD SPKLNGS 1. G. Al*. f) i,EN respectfully informs the pnblio that thiß oelo- Crated and fashionable WATERING PLAGE-is. now ictpea and fully prepared for tue reception of yiattorß. an e will bo kept open until the lot of October. Persona wishing Bedford Minora! Water will he asp- Mlied atthe following prices at the Springs—viz: Por a bane, (0ak)......................88 .00 “ half-barrel« 3 00 Parties wishing rooms or any information in regard to .the place will address the *' Bedford Mineral Springs Company." . • - myaa-flw . BURF HOUSE, ATL A.tmC GITST, N. J,—This spacious Hotel, over 600 feet in length, *and with 1,100 feet of veranda, fronts on the ocean, ex pending back, with its rear, to the railroad, It possessea ;£he most advantageous location on the island, with per fectly safe bathisg in front, and Is, in fact, the onlyfirifc ■class hotel within ft short distance of the beach. A good Band of Husic has been engaged for the season. The Billiard-room and Bowling AUe> swill bounder the -charge of Mr. RALPH BENJAMIN, of PhUadelphia. Additional improvements have been made, and the ac« loommodations will be found ©dual, if not superior, to any on the coast. > ■ V The house will be opened* for the reception of guests, *«n THURSDAY, June 19. jel6-86t H. 8, BENSON, Proprietor. gTIRESfc'OJS SPRUNG'*, OaMBRIA COUNTY, PA.—This delighifttl and popular place of Bummer re3o3*t, v located directly on the iiao of the Pennsylvania Bailroad, on the summit of the Allegheny twenty-three hundred feet above the level ol ?£he ocean, will be open for gnesta from the 10th of June • till the 10 th of October.' Since last aeaeon'the grounds • have been greatly improved and be an tilled i and a mim ■foor of Cottages have been erected for the accommoda** den of families, rendering Oreason one of the most romantic and attractive places in the State. The furni ■ fcure is being thoroughly, renovated. The seeker ol pleasure and the sufferer from heat; ami disease will find : attraction* here in a first-class Livery Stable, Billiard Tables, Tenpin Alloys,' Baths, &o„ together with the ■ purest air and water, and the most magnificent mountain • ecenory to bo found in the country. • Tickets good for the round trip from Philadelphia, S 7 -dO} from Pittsburg, &3.0*. For further information, address 1 G. W MULLIN, Cresson Springs, Cambria co.. Pa. (DE A BATHING-. —•'‘ongrejss Hall, sfO Long Branch, New Jeruflj, is no* opeu for the re ception of Ytettors. Persons *iebin#z to engag« rooms will piefiee address WdOLUAN fITOKKS, jj4-12t* - Proprietor. SEA BATHING. OOKA.It HOIHID, O&PK ISLAND, ft. J., In now open for tbi. ri-coptlon of visitor*. ... je26-6«** ISBAEL LAMING, Proprietor. (OTAR HOTEL, ftfoarly opposite the United RtateH Hotel,) Atl/AHIIO OITJ, N. J. SAMUEL ADAMS, Proprietor, ©inner.......... Al*o, Carriages to Hire. Boarders accommodated on the most reasonable -terms. je2o-3m COLUMBIA HOUSE. . . ATL4HTIO GtTT. SITUATED ON KENTUCKY AVBNUE, Opposite th« Surf Bouse. IST Terras to suit the times je2o-2ra BDWABD DOYLE. Proprietor. QEA-BIDE BOUSE, ATLANTIC 13 OITY,N. J. ■ BY BAVID'SOATTBBfIaOD. A NEW PRIVATE BEARDING HOUSE, beautlful y situated at tho foot of Pennsylvania Avonue., . Now open for visitors for tho season. jp2o-2ra ■a/fAJNSIOJSi HOUSE, AVI. ATLANCtO OITT, .. E. liftßy Proprietor. This House having been thoroughly renovated and en larged, is new open for permanent a*>d transient boarders. The MANSION HOUSE fsconveniwt to depot, churchoß, and jest offleo, The barbing grounds a»e unurpaaaed on the Island. ■ The Bar w conducted by Mr. WSIEIi, of Philadelphia, who will keep superior wines, liquors, and •oboicQ brands of cigars,' • jt*2Q-2m Eagle hotel, Atlantic CITY. Is now. open, with a * LARGE ADDITION OF ROOMB, Board $7 per week, bathing luclndod. je2o-2m TIGHT-HOUBE . COTTAGE, AT- B A LANXIO OITY This welL-fcuowu House, having cbeen enlarged and Tenovatod, is now open for .the recop- of. gnesta; ■ Invalids cun be. accommodated'“With 'rooms on tho first floori fronting the ocean, bight- House. Cottage possesses tho advantage of being tho nearest house to .the beach. A continuation of the pa dosage of his friends and tho public is nolioitnd. No bar. je2l-lm JONAH Proprietor. BETH BAT, ATL ANTIC OITY, is now open end ready for Boarders. A few .choice Booms can be obtains,' by applying aoon. The •Proprietor furnishes bis table wits fresh milk from bis cows, and fresh vegetablee from his tarm. Also, about four hundred desirable Cottage and Hotel •Lots for sale by 01. McCLEES, je2o-2m Proprietor. <s* rpHE ALHAMBRA,” ATLANTIC I ■ (JITY,” N. J., a splendid new hon«e, southwest corner of ATLANTIC and fiIabaaCHOSSTTS Avenues, >v?i!i be open for Visitors on and at ter Juue2thh. The rooms fluid table of lC The Alhambra” are unsurpassed by any -on the Island. Thoro is a BP*«foas Ico Cream and Re- Wreshment&aloonattaobedto'ha house. Terms moderate. O. DUBOId & B. J. YOUNG, je2o-2m x- Proprietors. TJEDLOE’S HOTEL, ATLANTIC JL# CITY, N. J—At the' terminus of tho railroad, on <the left, beyond the depot. This House is now open for hoarders and Transient "Visitors, and offers acoomoioda <tions euuo) to any Hotel in Atlantic City. Charge* mo> derate.‘ Ohildren and servants half price. 'XT Parties should Keep their seats until the cars ar rive in front of the hotel. Js2o-2ai € HESTER COUNTY BOUSE—This private Boarding House, comer of YORK and PACIFIC Avenue, Atleniie City, convenient to the ibeaoh, with a beautiful view of the Ocean, is bow open •for the season. The accommodations are equal to any others on tbe Island. Prices moderate. je2o-2m J. KEIM, Proprietor. TZ-ENTUOKY HOUSE, ATLANTIC iv CITY, N. J.-~Tbla comfortable and convenient new house, located cm KENTUuRY Aveuue, opposite the Surf Home, one square from the best bathing on the beach, has been fitted up for visitors this season. F. QUiaLJUY, Proprietor. N. B.—Horses and Carriages to Hire. jeSO-lm 'QEA BATHING—“The Clarendon,” (formerly Virginia House,) VIRGINIA AVENUE, ATLANTIC ffITY, is now open for the accommodation of Boarders. This House is situated immediately on the Peach, and from every room affords a flue, view ot the sea. Tio2o.2m] JAMBS JKNKINS, fl. D. QEA BATBING.- UNITED STATES $3 HOTEL, LONG BRANCH, N J., is now open. Situated only fifty yards from the seashore, centra! of the slace; honso fronting the ocean 600 foot; two hoars from New York. Steamer leaves (Hurra) street twice dally, 6 A. M. and 4 P.M.: thence by the R. and D. B. Railroad. Address B. A. SHOEMAKER. Communication from Philadelphia is by the Camden and Amboy Railroad, by the 6 A. M. and 2 P. M. traini. . jol9-2m# /CONGRESS HALL, ATLANTIC OITY, by Ot. W„ HINKLE, the proprietor of the United fitntoß three years ago. < Tho Hall has boon.put into complete order and greatly Improved. A new office, billiard saloon, bar*room, and fjtttb*houses are most excellently arranged and aptly ap fproprioted for } their respective nses. .Congress Hali ls now the nearest chouse to the rolling surf on the smooth portion of the level beach. The subscriber avails himself of the present oppor tunity to return his thanks to his former patrons of the “States,” and respectfully bogs leave to Bay to all that he will bo happy to meet thtm at Oongroßs Hall, ON AM) AFTER JUNE 21st instant, at which time ho will be ready to accommodate the public. jolß-lra* G. W HINKLE, Lessen. TTNITEH STATES HOTEL, »U . ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., JAAUtS K. BOBIBOH, Superintendent. This, celebrated Hotel will bo open for the reception ot visitors on. Saturday, Jane 21,1852, and will continue open until September 15. Since. the lost season many handsome improvements have boen. made, both to the house and the grounds, lidding still Further to the comfort, convenience, and Pleasure of the guests. Persons desiring to spend the stunner at the Sea Shore •win find the accommodations at tbo UNITED STATES tmpertor to those of any other house on the Atlantic Uoast. , .. HABSLEB’S CELEBRATED BAND has been en gaged for the season, and will bo under the direction of the Messrs. Hsssler. Mr. THOMAS H. BABBATT, late of Capo May, will have chargoof the Billiard Boom, Ten*piu Alleys, and-, Shooting Gallery. ; The extensive improvements made two yearß ago, and : those now In contemplation by the owners of this splendid : establishment, are an ample guarantee of what the patrons j of the house may expoctunder its present management i HENRY A. B. BBOWK, For Proprietors. j SUMMER BOARDING.—BROAD TOP MOUNTAIN' HOUdH.—A romantic spot for a 6DW MSB RESIDENCE on ono of the Mountain Tops of Pennsylvania, reached doily by the Pennsylvania Central* and the Broad Top Mountain Railroad from Bbntiugdon, Tho House is one of the finest in the in ferior of the State, handsomely furnished, with all the re- CtuisHee for comfort and convenience—pure air, deli cious spring water, romantic scenery, and everything to restore and invigorate health; Telegraph station and a Bally mail, so that daily communication may he bod with Philadelphia. iTbe Pennsylvania Railroad will famish excursion ‘tickets through the season. Persons leaving Philadel phia in the morning can take tea at the Mountain llouu the same evening. The subscriber has kindly been allowed to refer to the following gentlemen, residents of Philadelphia, who have been patrons of the Mountain House : , Wm. Cummiiigs, Esq., David P. Moore, Esq., .Baml, oaBtner, Esq., Thoa. Oarstairs, Esq., • Hon. HenryD. Moore, LewisT. Wattaon, Esq., John McOanles, Esq., Q. Albert Lewis, Esq., John Hartman, Esq , Blobanl D. Wood, Esq. TkhMS Moderate. For further information, address JOSEPH MORRISON, Proprietor. jel2-tf Broad-Top City, Huntingdon mnntv. Pa. stationery and fancy GOODS. k QUAYLEB ill BTATIONBBY, TOT, AND FANCY GOODS EMPORIUM, No. 1036 WALNUT BTBBNT, bhuow Hurmraß, lell-fply PHILADELPHIA. VOL. S.—NO. 290. E| 't Jjrm. TBURDAY, JULY 10, 1862. BOMBARDMENT OF VICKSBURB. Our Naval Squadrons in the Mis- GRAPIUC ACCOUNT OF THEIR OPERATIONS. Movements Up the Mississippi River— Preparations lor the liuinburdmeat of Vicksburg: [Special Correspondence of The Press ] The U. S. steam sloop Brooklyn received orders to leave Baton Rouge, and proceed up the river to reconnoitre, and await the arrival .of the fiag : officer and Porter’s mortar fleet, for the coming' attack on the city of Vicksburg. At Bayou Saya, situated on the river about half way between Natchez and Baton Rouge, we found a population nearly equal to the latter oity. Tho Brooklyn landed a hundred and fifty sailors, making four very respectable companies, under the command of Acting Masters Nells and Stafford, Midshipman Bartlett, and Masters Mhtes, Low and Beardsiy, the entire force under the command of R. B. Lowry, executive officer of the Brooklyn. The marine guard, numbering some forty well . disciplined soldiers, were under the control of Lieutenant James Forney, marine officer. The object of tho expedition was principally to seize and destroy the telegraph instruments, and cut the wires; also, if posable, to sever all communications from the interior. After this mission had been accomplished, the marines and sailors formed in four ranks, and marched through the streets of the town to the lively tones of Dixie and Yankee Doodle. . One woman, or lady, evidently frightened, but not knowing the reason why, cried out: “Why, just look at their impertinence; they are actually playing Yankee Doodle.” The inhabitants,' of course, had their fears on ear first arrival, but soon learned that our mission was merely military, and fell back into their' .former: .; .These people have lived on without ever allowing a strange visage; to come in their midst, and now, the loud laugh of Jaok, as he bhaws and spits his tobacco, the martial tread of our brave soldiers, the rattle of the drum, the shrill notes of tho fife, may have destroyed their .equilibrium for sometime to eome. The important places on the river to be fortified are Elisson’s. Cliffs, eight miles from Natchez; Grand Gulf Cliffs, between . Vicksburg and Natohez, and Natohez Cliffs. These should all be fortified bytroops, or a gunboat stationed off to prevent for tifications berng ereoted by the foe. If fortifications are allowed to be erected, it will bo a great and dangerous annoyance to our fleet. . ' Two weeks were parsed at Grand Gulf by two. gunboats, the Itasoa, Lt. Commanding Guest, and Mitoissippian, Capb. Recamp. While lying at an chor off the town, they were fired upon about four o’clock in the morning, and before they could re cover from thc-ir surprise, had roecived some ton or fifteen shot, tho onemy having ualmly, at pleasure, taken their hearings, and then let them have a full charge. The gunboats soon brought their guns to bear, and succeeded in driving the gunners from their batteries. They then laDded a party, under oonanand of Lieut. Potter. In a few hours all tho property of the noted rebels was destroyed, with evory other article that benefited the scoundrels. The town of Grand Gulf, two short mouths ago, Was a prosperous place—it is now dosolated and woe-begone. The inhabitants fled, God knows where. It is a warning to those who dare raise an aim against the flag of their country. So much for treason at Grand G ulf. YICKSBURO, MISS., AND THK PREPARATIONS ROB -scl; - its attack. -s The city of Vicksburg is four hundred miles from Now Orleans, and threo hundred and fifty from I Memphis. It is forty-five from Jackson, the capi- I tal of the State, with which it is connected by rail. The Jackson and Vicksburg, Warrington and Vicksburg Railways are the most prominent. The history, of the city is well known. Tho population, by last census, amounted to 4,600. The people constitute, or are composed of, a desperate set of . braggarts, gamblers, and thieves. With such peo ple have we now to deal. The oity is situated just below tho Walnut Hills, in a bend of tho river, or kind of pocket. Directly opposite, the water is very deep—fifty fathoms, or throe hundred feet. In times of poaoo Vicksburg exports a groat amount of cotton, and the vicinity is particularly noted for fine cotton crops, and ships about 200,000 hales annually. The women and ohildren have nearly all left tho oity. The rebel troops number 20,000, under oom mand of the notorious street contractor and army renegade, Major General Lovell. A large steam boat lending occupies a great space of tho loveo in front of the oity. The batteries around the oity are well fortified, placed upon high hills and oliffs. | Tho highest commands the river for a number of | miles—fifty guns of large oulibre arc mounted 1 upon this cliff, a great number of themriflea. The | steam-sloop Oneida, Capt. .‘Lee, took her position | around the slope of tho river, and had a full view i of the oity, four miles distant. The principal ob ject to obtain was the exact range, and she fired j from hor heavy pivot gun upwards of eighty shots. The only damage observable, was the setting . fire --'by the shells of a large ri ver ■ boat alongside of .the steamboat wharf. As a number of the shot and shell went , into the city, the-damage must have been con. siderable. SiDeo tho firing of the Oneida the rebel i flags have not been seen. A white flag has taken j- their plaee. It may be, as it indicates, a token of i surrender; or it may be a wob, only drawn to so ' dneo our ships under their-batteries. The United Slates steam sloop Brooklyn was going up to make a reconnoissance in foroe, when the arrival of the : Harriot Lane and ferryboats Wostfield and Clifton, l towing a portion of the mortars,'detained her. Tho j Ootorora, Porter's flag-ship, with tho Miami, ar ! rived soon, after with more mortars. Eltisson’s j Cliff, as I expected, has become a very troubtesomo ( place to our vessels. The Ootorora and Harriet ! Lane, while encumbered with mortars, were fired | upon with field pieces and musketry from tho cliff I and hushes. The steamers immediately opened I their starboard battery, and sucoeedod in driving i the guerillas from their works. At a plantation j below a number of rebels fired musketry on tho I Harriet Lane. She then threw eight or ten shell. A contraband came from shore and said that tho shells had killed seven or eight of the guerillas, and driven off the entire party. Porter’s flag-ship, the Ootorora, carries an excellent battery—two fifty-pounders fore and aft, and one hundred pound Parrott rifle amidships. - The answer of the military commandant, Briga-. dic-r General Smith, second in command to Lovell, - to Captain Samuel Philips Lee, on the dornund to . surrender the city, was “ Mississippians know not how to surrender; and know not how to be taught, and that there were not ships enough in the Missis sippi river to take their works.” Now that Fnrra gut and Davis are hemming them in on all sides, the bowie-knife Vioksburgers begin to lose confi dence in iheir strength,and the papers oall upon the people to remain firm when the Federal fleet ap pears in front of their oity. “Be true to your colors, and above all, as true, loyal Southern oitizens, do not degrade yourselves so much as to take the oath of allegiance to the Federal Government. Beware of this above all other things. Rather rot, be in carcerated in their vilest prisons, than commit such a transgression against the rights and principles of your own Government.” : The Ootorora, Harriet Lane, Miami, ferry-boats ■Westfield, Jackson, Clifton, towed a number of mortars in position. The mortar practice was ex cellent. It was merely to draw the fire of the enemy’s batteries. A number of tho batteries re turned tho fire briskly for a while; they made good firing, one of their shots striking very near our fore most gunboat, a distance of three miles and a half, if not more. They soon guossod our object and ceased firing, excepting when a gunboat oame in toll range. I took notice that when ihe rebel gnus wore fired, tho ourl of the smoke was very black and dense, denoting that the powder was bad; on the other hand, the smoke from the mortara was of a whitish-yellow color, the sign of good powder. Tho Ootorora fired her 50-pounder and 100-pound Parrott. The lattcrjgun made excellent shooting, reaching the oity without muoh exertion, although it was not the -intention to fire into the .city, merely to try tho range of tho gun, the oity being four miles from where they fired. The Parrott is from twenty-two to twenty-three dogroes elevation, and makes excellent firing. After firing, the gun recoils, and .drops naturally hack to her original -position. The attaok on the city will not bo com menced before the arrival of Flag Offioer Farragut. Major General Batter, or his fighting man, Brigadier General Williams, will take a more important part in this expedition than the one on New Orleans. All tho troops that can be possibly spared arc to bo sent up in the transports Laurel Hill and Ceres, probably from 0,000 to 10,000, under tho oommand of General Williams, so os to attaok them by land at the same time it is made by water. Our ships and mortarß, constantly Bhelling the conntry around and ahead, will give ns a free passage towards tho city. Vicksburg, by right, comes under tho depart ment of Major General Halleok. Major Genera! Butler’s Department of tho Gulf extends no farther SO cents. sissippi. than Natchez. It would never do to quarrel as to who shall hold the'plaoo, Halloclc or Butler,nor dispate whether Farragut or Davis shall take the naval command. Davis, at last accounts, was two hundred miles below Memphis; he has sent a por tion of his floot up the Azor river, where one of the rebel vessels escaped, and a ram ot very formi dable oharaoter, before he proceeds any farther down the river. The oity of Vicksburg, and oven Memphis, should havo boon in the possession of the Gulf squadron one month ago, but, owing to the delay of the mortars, which were scattered at Ship Island, Mobile, and other plaeos, it was some time before they could be collected. After the fall of the Crescent City—when the neople were panic-stricken and running wild, de stroying their property—then was the time to fol low up the attack. Speaking of the mortars, reminds me of a very interesting letter I saw published in one of the pspcr3, from Captain Porter to a Senator of the United States: In describing the iron-clad Loui siana, ho says: : “ That .vessel was four thousand tone—two hundred and seventy feet long, and had sixteen heavy rifle.guns, alt made in ‘Sooessia.’ She intended to take position that night, when she would have driven off all the fleet, for, as a proof of her invulnerability, ono of our heaviest ships laid within ten feet of her, and delivered her whele broadsido, making no more impression, on her than if she was firing peas. The L raisiana's shots, on the contrary, went through and through the above-mentioned sloop-of-war as if she was glass.” '; ; ; Being there at the time, I can rel to tho toll par. ticulars. On the morning of the 24th of April, after successfully combating with the forts, thß Brook, lyn oame abreast of tho iron-clad steamer Loui siana, moored in among the bushes, near Fort St. Philip. Lieut. Lowry, executive officer, said to Capt. Craven, pointing to the Louisiana, “ There is a water-battery, sir; shall I ‘fire?” The captain replied in the negative’.. But the Brooklyn blazed away, her guns loaded with grape and canister. The Louisiana fijed a number of shots at the Brook lyn, damaging her considerably. Capt. Mclntosh, the commander of the Louisiana, says that when the Brooklyn got abreast of him he wont up into the gallery, plated over !with thin iron, used for the benefit of the: sharpshooters; and called a num ber of them up, just as the Brooklyn was firing her second broadside of grape and canister, tearing off the; thin plated iron, one of which struck Captain Mclntosh fair in the breast, knooking him .fifteen feet, breaking, his two legs and right arm, and injuring the dap of his knee. Several of the grape went into the ports, killiug and waundiag a hundred of his men. The grape and shrapnel made no impression whatever on the ship itself. On the other , hand, Mclntosh says that his shots: went through and through the Brooklyn, and ho swears he saw her go down with his own eyes. T merely mentioned this as an Horn, to give the Brooklyn the credit due her. If the Hartford or Pensacola had been the above mentioned ship, the public would have been detained long without hearing the full particulars.. June 22d:—The river boats Empire, Parash, and Fox arrived, bringing in .tow more mortars. Eve rything was quiet below. Capt. Davis is pursuing the right course; his progress down the river is slow and sure. From four white refugees that sought protection aboard tho Brooklyn, we learned that be was one hundred and twenty-five miles above the mouth of the Rod river, seeking after rebel vessols; one of the latter had been sunk in the middle of the river, and her guns planted on shore. He soon silenced the battery. Another rebel gunboat was aground tfp the Arkansas river. The Ram had sought refuge up the Yazoo river—her machinery is the only part iron plated. She mounts 16 broad side guns, two rifles fore and aft. The White river is two hundred and fifty miles from Vioksburg. Tho Azor river twelve miles. At Vicksburg, tho battery is net so formidable as first reported; it mounts twenty guns of small oalibre, two oolum biads, and ono nine-inch Dahlgren. Between Vicksburg and the Whito river the coast is free, excepting a small throc-gnn battery (Eye minutes work to take) at Little Rock. Tho officers and men of the squadron arc in a tolerably good .sta.to.of health—the intense heat disagrees with some. The thermometer, yesterday in the shade was ninety-two, and 1 considered oold at that. Ihe health of tho army is not so good. The gunboat Ratahdin loaves as convoy to tho river boats Empire, Parash, and Fox, and taking advantage of an opportunity whjch may not ocour again, I will send my letter. When next you hear from me tho stars and stripes will havo become quite familiar to tho eyes of the people of Vicks burg. Mississippi River, Juno 25 At last tlie arrival of Mag Officer Ear ragut is announced. The Hartford lies, in all hor proud dignity, right in front of the Brooklyn. Mr. Ellet, a cadet surgeon, with only three men, passed through the enemy’s country, with comma mention from Colonel Ellet, commander of the ram flotilla, to Flag-Officer Earragut; stating that he was above Vicksburg with six rams, and to know if ho could co operate with the squadron on the . attack of Vicksburg. These rams possess no guns, nnd depend entirely upon their iron prows, and will not be of rnuoh service to onr fleet. There are no poworfnl rebel vessels to, cope with. Cliffs and hills cannot be rammed down. The Mound City, with Colonel Eliot’s ram flo tilla, constituted the expedition up Whito river. The rebel steamer, the Mariposa, commanded by Lieutenant-.S. Pry, landed her guns and formed a very strong battery. The fight between the Mound City and battery was small, but much destruction of life followed. The Mound City, althsugh iron clad, received a shot through her port-hole, ex ploding in her boiler, which caused the bursting of the latter, killing and wounding all on board but sixteen. .The troops following’ than attacked, charged, and captured the battery, with some lias —I am unablo to say how many. Ery, command ing tho battery, was wounded and captured. I)r. EUet returns back through his perilous route this morning The rebel vessels still at large, smd officers com manding, are as follows: The Lady Polk, oom msKdcd by Lieut. Carter, up the Yazoo river; liisne Store, Lieut. "Whitto commanding, up the Yazoo river; the Pontcbartrain, Lieut. Warring ion, Arkansas river; the Arkansas, J. IE Brown, Yazoo river; the Mariposa, Lieut. J. Ery com manding, up Whito river, and sunk at St. Charles to prevent falling into our hands. ■XT. S. Steam Sloop Brooklyn, } Juno 28, 1862. j The Fight. Ihave only a few seconds to write. Alt hands were called at two o’clock this morning, to attack tire batteries and city of Vicksburg. The first gun was fired at one o’clock. The firing was intense. The Hartford, Richmond, and the gunboats have passed the batteries at tho city without silencing them.. ' , The Brooklyn received orders now to pass a battery without silencing it. She remains below. Casualties. , Hartford—One man killed and eleven wounded. Richmond —One master’s mate killed, and six wounded. Thia is all I have to send, and close in good spirits- God bless yon ! Magnolia. FROM GEN. BURNSIDE’S ARMY. [Special Correspondence of The Press.] Nxwbebk, (N. 0.,) July 5, 1862. In my last, I wrote that the corps d’armee of this department wore about to make a demonstra tion. The intelligence was oorreet, as far as some of our divisions were concerned. The object of the movement was a grand- one, and had our orders not been countermanded, instead of writing this correspondence from this place, we should have been giving you sketches from a point to which not only the attention of the North is turned, but that of the combined nations of Europe. But wo shall speak more of this subject in the closing part of this letter, and shall now devote our attention to the details and incidents of the expedition. Orders from headquarters wore recoived on the Ist of July, at the different regimontal headquar ters, to prepare to march at eight hours’notice,- and on the nftomoon of the same day the order camo to break camp at 2 P. M. and then mareh to the vessels. On the evening of the lßt, a general illumination of tho different camps was the feature of interest. Huge bonfires we're built, tho com bustible material being composed of everything that must of necessity be left when tho regiments moved. The quartermaster’s and commissary’s departments furnished their.quota of oombustibles, tho regimental bands were pressed into service for Jhe occasion, while the troops seemed- determined,, if they could not spend their Fourth of July at homo, they would, at least, celebrate the Ist in. camp. Tho scene of revelry was continued until a late hour, and the men grew woariod and 11 turned in,” to sleop until awakened by the '‘reveille.” On the mornirig of the 24 the tents wore struct, ami at on early hour the camp equipage of the. different'reginients was on.the way to the . vessels in tbo river. Soon after, regiment following rogi ment wended itheir way in the same direction, and embarking upon steamboats, were taken out and transferred to the vessels lying off the city and some two miles down the stream. . Aheavy shower of rain commenced to fall soon after, and, thedecks of : the vessels being , crowdediwith troops and but' poorlyysheltered, no small inconvenience, was the result but tbo: men; joked; and laughed, and re marked, “Burnside never made & move yet but PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1862. what it rained, and it is a sign of good luck.” Nu& having a largo amount of ballast aboard for rough weather, and there being unmistakable signs of a rough time in tho sound, ono timorous individual suggested to tho o&ptain the possibility Of a rough trip, and inciuired whether the vessel would not roll a great deal. <‘oll, no/ 9 remarks the Captain. t( Wo intend to tar the bottom of the ship after the rain ceases.” Greeny thought that would prevent very fast flailing. “ Ob, not at all. We then put a coat of taHow oyer tho tar to make her slido.” The men yelled, but tho poor follow could not boo the joke. Ha may have been satisfied, but was not eonvinoed. At three o’clock in the afternoon, orders emmo to weigh anchor, and proceed to tho mouth of the river ; but when the anchor was catted, it was dis covered that the Recruit, tho vossol the repre sentative of The Press was aboard, was in close affinity to tho bottom of tho river. The Phila delphia tug Alert came off our quarter, and bend ing on a cable, endeavored to tew us off; but after parting her cable, she gave it up, and with a Fcream of her whistle, left us to stick. The Cossack nest came alongside, and failed. Orders were then sent for the Pioneer to make fast to us, which they did, and the tide having risen in tho meantime, she soon had us once more afloat. • Wo then followed in tow, the vessels of the squadron steering down the river, the Pioneer, Recruit, and Rcstlees bringing up the rear ; the weather still being very heavy, with a smart rain, and, as the captain aptly remarked, the prospect for a dirty night very favorable. At nightfall, we all dropped anchor a few tniles above Slocum’s creek to wait for morning. Rain showers fell in quick succession, and a very un pleasant night was passed. AU bands were well; satisfied when daylight appeared, and, we prepared to move on. * After the anchor was up, it was ascertained that Ihe Pioneer had fouled her propeller by getting the cable wound around it, and before it could be cleared, the rest of the squadron was hulk down in thehomon, and she and her two consorts wore left far to the rear. Soon after starting, and every prospect of making up for lost time, a small white steamer was dis cerned hearing down to us; As she neared us, it was ascertained to be the Alice Price, and she sig nalled for the commanding officer to come aboard for despatches, which purported to he # that Rich mond was taken, Jackson killed r and we were to anchor and await further orders; ** D—n red tape. 7 * says one fellow ; u it’s nothing; but further orders ali the time. 77 If we had a little more canvas and less “red tope,” it would be better at present. Affairs were, now at a ; stand. .The men grouped-themselves, about the decKS earnestly discussing the probabili ties of remaining where we wero for some period of longer or shorter duration. Some mounted the ropes to the crosstrcos, watching the retreating de spatch boat, until it was lost to view in its pursuit after the remainder of the vessels. Each one bad a different opinion as to where tho expedition was destined to make its grand entree. Some mentioned Wilmington, North Carolina, while a large party stuck out for Richmond, but one sin gle individual, who took a matter-of fact view of affairs, says, “ I’ll bet two to one we go back to Ncwbern.” He was laughed at, but stood to his opinion, and simply remarked, “just wait.” We all, therefore, waited. -Anohor was let go, steam blown off, and the men lounged, while officers looked through their glasses, all waiting further orders. They oame at last. The stoamer Allison soon came down to us, and the orders wore, “go back to your former .anchorage,” (Newborn.) Nothing more was required, and our vessel was turned about, and was soon on the homo stretch, though not without considerable grumbling on.the part of tho men at this unlooked-for event, and sudden changing of programme. Shertly after we hnd commenced to run up tho river we passed the gunboat Picket, which saluted us by dipping the flag; wc returned tho compliment and continued on our course. ; Some ten miles below tho city, a small steamer woe discerned, apparently stranded; ker docks and upper works wore crowded with men, and as she was stationary we discovered, on a near approach, tbut Bho bad run- on a sand shoal and was stuek fust. As WO came within hall one of tho fellows in. the crosstrees hailed them with— lt Whatregiment is that? 7 * “ 4ih Rhode Island.” {l What ore you doing there?” “ Made & run on this bank and got stuck.” “ Good joke,” says Crosstrees. “ What party is that?” hailed one from tho pi lot house of the steamer. » 51st Pennsylvania,” came from tho crosatrees, “ Where havo you b««i?” “ Up to oapturo Richmond, and are just getting back “ Yes, I know,” says Rhody. “Whatare you Rhode Island follows staying there for V “ We are waiting for fnrther orders.” “ Good morning.” “ Good morning,” and our vessel passed out of baiting distanoo. About an hoar before nightfall, the Pioneer and her two consorts dropped anchor, a short distanoo below Nowbem, and next morning the troops wore disembarked, and relumed to their former camp ing grounds, all considerably nonplussed as to what the trip meant. The expedition Bailed under sealed orders, which wore not to have been opened till ar riving at the entrance of the sound ; they were then to make as quick time as possible for Hampton Beads, where they were to report for further or ders; but by some very queer freak of some one, the orders were countermanded, and the expedi tion returned to where it embarked from. [Special Correspondence of The PreßS.] osf Board Steabikr Barren, Hatteras, July 7,1862. Wo are penning this correspondence off this much-dreaded Cape; but even Hatteras sees some qniot weather, and this is one of the days when this circumslanoe is really experienced. There is just enough sea rolling to give tlie letters and sen tences an unmistakablo twitch, ils if they wore af fected by sea-sickneis; but as wo wisb to mail this letter at our next anchorage, we think tho moans will justify tho ends, and lend it as it is. Orders were received on Saturday, July sth, to prepare to move. At an early hour on the following morn ing, and on Sunday at 5 A. M., the troups were aboard the vessels, and shortly after the squadron dropped down tho river, the Highland Light, with the respective generals and staffs, loading the wsy. As she passed the different vessels she was saluted by sounding tho steam whistle, which she roturned; after whioh each vessel fell into its posi tion, and made the best time possible towards the mouth of tho river. Passed tho blockade in the Neuse at 10i A. M. It was a quiet summer Sab bath morning. All Nature looked beautiful, and while our friends of tho North were attending Di vine service, a band of men, armed in a holy cause,' were hastening as fast as steam and sail could oarry them to tho assistance of their brethren, who were aotively engaged in an undertaking whioh, if suc cessful, will bring peace onco more to our land. We passed Slooum’s Creek at 3 P. M: Wind fair, asd weather clear. Arrived at the mouth of the river at nightfall, and stood out into tho sound. At lOi anchored for the night. Steamed off at l A. M-, and stood off for Hatteras, whioh wo reach ed shortly after 10 A. M. And we are now en gaged in getting the Cossaok afloat, she having struck on the bar.in crossing.. After backing, tow ing, and manoeuvring for over two hours, we havo gotton her over, and we are now off up tho Coast. Tho captain says we shall make Hampton Roads by 9 A. M. to-morrow by running all night, and if the weather continues fair. I shall writo os soon as we drop anchor. Jou.v Pun: nix, Jb. FROM THE ARMY OF VIRGINIA. [Special Correspondence of Tho Proas.] Headquarters Ghn. Slough's Brigade, Beyond Middletown, July 1,1862. Recent Amy Changes. If an earthquake bad in the twinkling of on eye swallowed up the whole of the Federal army in this vicinity, it would not. have produced any greater' sensation than did the announcement of tie recent army ohanges. The first intimation we had of the said changes was by; the receipt of the Baltimore and Philadelphia -papers on Friday evening. All suspected that theball of General Pope to Wash ington was for the purpose of placing him in some command, and it was generally given out that he" was to have the command now held by Major Gene-, ral McDowell. But when the announcement.was made that he was to have supreme control of the : armies in this valley, it oreated Surprise. The, news spread like wild-fire throughput the oamp, and .of-; beers and men satin groups discussing itduriug the whole night. No one doubted tlio military ability of General Pope, but that he should bo placed over tlie head of man superior in rank to him, snohoas Fremont, .Banks, and Sigei, was passing strange; and I need not say that it produced somo indigna tion, especially among thp German soldiers. I General Fremont, on being.officially informed of the appointment of General Pope to tho ohiof com mand of the forces in this valley, sat down and telegraphed to Seoretary Stanton, asking to be re lievod of the command of the “ First army corps of the army of Virginia.” Secretary Stanton tole* graphed an answer back relieving him of the com mand, and ordering him to report at Now York. During the night the. General and his staff were engaged in settling up bis affairs, prior to his de arturo in th e morning. AVhen tho morning dawned it found several gene rals and subordinate officers with the Pathfinder, desiring to bid him good-bye. The Herman ele ment predominated, and many of these officers ap plied epithets more expressive than neat to those who had removed General Fremont. The General left.Jiis headquarters, at the old mansion lately occupied by Gen. Cooper, and de scribed recently in The Press , about eight o’clock, and was accompanied by the members of his staff together with several generals and colonels visiting Generals Sigel and Banks. He started for Winchea tor, to and immediately took tho cars for Now York, where he is expected to arrivo to-morrow evening. He was accompanied by a large portion of his staff. General Fremont bad complete control, until his supersedure in command, of the armies in this val ley, and it was expected that as soon as his forces were sufficiently recruited ho would he able to march and defeat Jackson. . GBJERAL SCIIENCK. General Sehenokj the senior brigadier, is in com* mand of General Fremont’s army until a successor is appointed. | - . / BANES AND SIGEL. /- It is generally rumored that both Generate Banks and Sigel, who are the seniors in! rank to General Pope, will resign, but it 13 not generally , believed. : ' :./ v ' Pour rebel prisoners, captured by Major Bivins, of the Maryland}Cavalry, a few miles, south of Btrasburg, were examined before Provost Marshal Mayer, of Gen. Sigel’s division - By permission, I was present at thj examination, and learned many facts that may be of interest to your readers. One belonged to a, Virginia, one to *a Louisiana, and two to a Mississippi regiment." They were the .neatest dressed.R|d most intelligent rebel prisoners X have yet seen. |They were in the best of spirits and seemed to berather communicative, although they would not dsolose anything that would be of use to our army ip hunting for Jackson. One of the Mississippianj was bora in Vermont, and his parents are now. living there. lEe seemed the most bitter in hisdenunciation of. the Federal Go vernment, and isjWilling to fight it out to the bifcteri end. They were sick at Strasburg; when Jackson moved backward, and, not knowing; ithat their troops were retreating, they were left behind, and before they could get out of the place our pickets had entered it. j They concealed themselves in a farm-house a few miles out of town, and a scouting party, led by Major Deems, of-the Maryland Ca valry, came across them and made them prisoners. The prisoners have confidence : that' no •> matter what force opposes Jaqkßon, he will defeat them? ond drive them out of the valley, i They do not believe McClellan will take Richmond, but if he dots, it will be after an immense loss of life on both sides. Gen. Butler’s , proclamation has, it is said, stirred up more ill-feeling with the South .than anything else, and in consequence recruits are coming in in droves. They state that the most of the people oughht Hew Orleans was impregnable, and its capture by our forces produced the utmost consternation. They believe that Charleston ris so well defended by Fort Sumpter and other fortifications, and large bodies of troops, that it can bid. defiance to any force brought against it. Tho prisoners, much as they desire peaoe, say that they do not want it brought about, unless it be by the recognition of the Southern Confederacy, and that they will fight for that event to tho bitter end. They seemed anxious that the question should be decided by an equal forco on each side, and they would take Mississippi troops for their first choice. :"=•.■ * j . -news fbox jackson’s army. A man who was caught within our linos without a pass, and who pretended to havo come there for tho purpose of giving ns information in relation to the movements of Jackson, was examined. He states that Jackson is at Mount Jackson, and he hoe thirty thousand men who arc all anxious to advance and give our forces' battlo. Tho man pretends to be a farmer, and he wore a rather idiotic look. He will be held as a spy until further order. Several oiUzens, living to the west of Newtown, have been arrested near that place; on the charge of furnishing aid and comfort to guerillas. , * GENERAL KING; P. S.—Just as I am - about closing, I understand that Brigadier General Rufus King, commanding a division of McDowell’s corps, has boon appointed to the command *f Gen. Fremont. This change gives even more dissatisfaction than tho previous one, and numerous officers threaten to resign. As Gen. Fre mont’s corps is, for the most part, eemposedof Ger mans, it was expected that Gen. Sigel would bo ap pointed to the command. If this had been done, thousands of recruits would have been gained, and the men would have been well acquainted with the one they wished to follow. • By this appointment Sigel is loft in command of two brigades, and will have to obey the orders of an inferior in rank. You need nofc-be surprised if you hear of the resignation of Gen. Sigel; indeed, I have it from a reliable source that he has already done so. Notts verro?is. J. M. 0. [Correspondence of The Press.] Williamsburg, July 4,1862. G eneral McClellan is in the best spirits, anxious only for more men. I have just soon two officers who dined with him on board the steamer Canoni. . cub, in James river, the day before yesterday, and found him very cbeorful, in good humor with every one, and very confident of success. He looks ten years older than he did a year ago, and his hair is getting sprinkled with gray. With the lead of physical and mental toil which he has un dergone, any one would age, and his temperate habits alone have pulled him through the trying time he has had. John Phiknix, Jr. The belief here is, that he means to cross the James river and get in the roar of Fort Darling, (its proper name is Drury’s Bluff,) and so on to Richmond. His recent strategic movement was exeouted with remarkable coolness. Nothing more orderly occurred during the whole war. The confidence of tho men in McClellan is very great. They give him credit, always, for knowing what ho is about. Our loss has boon great, but the enemy must-have lost two to our owe, for the gunboats were shell, ing them, with .tfcrrific effect, for a considerable time. j;- The gallant Pennsylvania Reserves did their duty most manfully, and suffered greatly. The loss of officers has been unusually great—great be yond all precedent or proportion. This is easily to be accounted for.. They arc man who do not say, il Go there,” but cry out, “ Follow mo,” and they face danger as If they loved it. The battle at Charles City Court House, on Tues day, as I l#urn from one of our sergeants who was accidentally-present, and escaped with a bayonet prod through his bridle arm, was a most bloody alfair. Charles City Court Houbo is quite oloso to a bend or comer-inlet of the James river, and a road runs thence to Jones’ Bridge, over the Chicka .hominy river. Our troops wore oommanded by Generals Couch and Abercrombie, Couch command ingthe division and Abercrombie tho brigade. This last mainly consisted of Pennsylvania regiments or what remained of them—namely, the 23d, 31st, and 61st Pennsylvania Voluntoers. These, in full num bers, should have boon 3,000 men, but war and sickness reduced them to 1,076. There wore 650, instead o£, 2,000, from two New York regiments, so that, instead of 5,000 men from five regiments, General John J. Abercrombie had only, 1,726. Civilians who read of a man’s commanding five regiments do not understand how, at times, these do not oonsist of as many fighting men as two whole regiments. This very brigade lam summing up counted 4,000 fighting men when it left Washing ton, and even that was bub four-fifths of, its-fuli number. - The battle on Tuesday waa commenced: about seven in the morning, by tbe rebels, who wanted; to drive Couch’s division out of Charles City Court House, which is the key of our position now. All our manoeuvres were executed under the rebels 1 fierce shelling. General Howe’s men and Griffin’s Battery soon came up. At, noon, the engagement became general—a regular pitched battle. As long as Griffin’s artillery had ammunition it did essential service, mowing down the enemy in ranks. The enemy, be it admitted, showed determined bravery, but we beat them. Griffin’s guns retiring from want oT ammunition, their place was occupied by a battery attaohod to Kearney’s division, which steadily kopt up a con stant and deadly fir©, • Then the!6lstPennsylvania Volunteers and the New York Chasseur* were or dered to advance, which they did with .cheers, just in time to under personal command of General Abercrombie, at the enemy, then charging against our battery. He drove them back be yond their lines, and not only peppered them with musketry, but brought about a dozen cannon to boor upon them. There was no farther attempt to charge us, but the enemy kept up a constant fire until dusk,' when oar troops fell back, _ without confusion, led by Couch ahd Abercrombie; to the position they had occupied in the morning, nob. losing one wagon or any commissary stores. That terrible charge made by Abercrombie wasa stinger. We lost'about. 130 men : the enemy, which was thrice our number, lost about a thousand. It is angular that exactly on that day year, (July 2,1861,) Abercrombie had successfully led the ad vance brigade at the battle of Palling Waters, and whipped- “’Stonewall” Jackson. At the battle of Fair Oaks, he also did g&Uant service. He is a Tennessean, and served in Mexico, where he was wounded) at? Monterey. He was breveted for ser i vices in the Florida War. DEPARTURE OF GENERAL FREMONT, REBELS CAPTURED. ARREST OF AIDERS AND ABETTORS. THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. We are making preparations, here at Williams burg, to celebrate the Fourth of July as it de serves. * Tho mail has just arrived, bringing ia many letters and fewer newspapers than we expected. One tenth of the newspapers posted /or tho army in Virginia never roach them. The Press , as usual, Is in great demand—for its reliable news. T. M’CLELLAN’S NEW BASE. ITS TOPOGRAPHY AND GEOGRAPHY— INTERESTING REMINISCENCES—WHY IT IS CALLED “ CLASSIC GROUND” AND u SACRED SOIL*’—TUB POSSES- SORS OF THE LAND ONCE RICH NOW POOR, AC Directly opposite “the old Harrison Mansion” lives, or did live, Edmund Puffin, Jr., son of tbo old Ruffin who *« fired the first gun”'at Fort Sumpter. Ruffin ju nior had'a beautiful place when Z was there some years ago, surrounded by a belt .of forest-tree# upon the bluff*, which ia eiplity or a hundred feet abovo the river, which is here about a mile wide. The view from the top of tbo house was a beautiful one, overlooking the river and tho old Harrison plantation, and several others. From the same spot there must row be a pauoranio view of Gon. McClellan's camp; and if the rebels are allowed the op portunity to ei ect batteries upon Ruffin’s farm—entirely masked as they would be—shells could bo easily dropped upon the lower ground on tho ea*t side. The Ruffin farm is a very large one, having some 700 acres in cultivation. The wheat crop, when I knew the place, averaged 230 acres a year, and produced from 10 to 20 bushels an acre. The crops ranged from 2,600 to 4,700 besbtls a year 5 corn from 1,600 to 6,000 bsiahah There were 60 slaves on tho place, whose labor and the application of mart had raised the place from its condi tion of an old worn-out cotton plantation to this condition of fruitfulness. If its stores of corn and wheat, meat, vegetables, and fruit are applied te the uses of our army, one rebel will have to pay a fair proportion of his war tax ” There are many other large farms along the west side of James river, from City Point, though generally hid den from the river by high bluffs and forests, which wifi undoubtedly be infested by guerillas who can annoy ves sels ae ikry did last year on the Potomac. V Thirty miles below City. Point there are immense plan tations, owned by the Harrison family, for more thin two hundred years. I rode six or seven miles through culti vated- fitlds all in one enclosure/ ; Below the Harrison plantations lies the « Orgein es tate,” inherited some years ago by Wm Allen, who then became the greatest landowner in Virginia. There were 14,£00 acres in the : home farm, and 26.000 acres beside, including James Island mad “old Jamestown,” and 11 Be>kley,” the General Harrison, places where the army is now encamped. He took with the land some seven or eight hundred slaves, but as they could not work a quar ter of the land it has grown up to forest. The object of his ancestor was to drive off all white population; to'acconipHsh which he bought all the small farms surrounding him, and made ft desertof them; That is real slaveholding policy. Republican policy would be honestly applied in using the crops of thia place for pre sent needs, and in reconverting the land to the use of men, instead of wild beasts. Directly opposite lies the great « Sandy Point estate,” formerly owned by Robert H. Boiling, of Petersburg—a v<ry wealthy, intelligent, good man. He sold it to Rich ard Bailor, a very l»rge slaveholder on the B&ppahin nock, below Fredericksburg. , : The Sandy Point plantation embraces the point between the Jsmre and Cbickahemioy, and contains 7,000 acres, ard, when owned by 55r. Bolling, had 2.700 acres under cultivator, of which 1,000 acres were annually in wheat, about 650 in corn, 60 in oats, and the remainder in clever, and there were 180 slaves on the place. V VVe venture to gay that these people did not rejoice at the change of ownership, nor would they weep to see their present master’s great crops devoted to the use of a Union army. • This place was the home of the “Lighfcfoot family” in the ancient days of Virginia Hpleodor, and it has eight milts of navigable shore line, and would be a better loca ticn for a largo camp than the ground now occupied by the army. It is 70 miles, by water, bolow Richmond, and 45 by land. Tec miles toward nearly all the’way through thick woods of pine and 01k, along a narrow, un worktd road; I ernne to the mansion of Ex-President Tyler, a long, irregular wooden house, standiog on high ground, a mile and a halfback, from the river, whioh is nt nxly hidden by forest, which abounds in all this partef' the fetale in its primitive condition. The soil here on the upland is stiff clay, and travelling in a wet time is not .done for pleasure. President Tyler had a good wheat farm of eleven hundred acres—six hundred and fifty cleared—but it was in a wilderness, without a nesr neighbor except ovar seerß ahd « ppor white trash.” The road toward Rich nond; in ihoee days, was simply horrible, and the county seat, at Charles City county, five miles northward, where the Ex-President did his court business, was lifte many ’of the capitals of Virginia counties—a capital without houses. It had hut «ue ; Before purling from tho deud Hon I will give him one kick, by copying and applying to himself 'an epitaph which X found upon the monument erected to tho me mory of his faithful old horse: " ** Here ho tho bones of my faithful old horse; General, aged 26 years, who In all Lis lung'servioe never Wan dered but once. . Would that his master could say the same.” '■/ “Beikley,” the place where the army Is now en camped, is about a dozen miles from the Tyler place. Thei e are some good farms in the country back from the river, but the great bulk of the land is forest, the country . between there and the Chickahomioy comparatively clayey soil, wHi bad roads, and inhabited by a miserable*looking people. Ths,church which served as a place of worship for the ■ firstHarjifon family stilt serves the gentry of that neigh borhood. It is a most woe- begone-lookiog edifice, out-, sidebndiu,’or was when I attended it a few days ago. If it has improved any since, it baa done more than lever beaid of any other old church iu Virginia. The next plantation above M Berkly” is ca’led uWeet over.'’ AH p'oi tattocs are oßmed, and are as well known by name as towns at the North l * We&tover” tvas the residence of a 001. Byrd, whose tomb is iu the garden. Ho built an expensive Imnse of Rnglish brick, toore than ISO yeats ago. There was one mantrtpicc® that cost 32,800. The honas was beau tifully.located upon the; bank of the river, which was walkd \vi!h brick, and the lawn onelonod with a brick waU.. er;ttred by massive Iron gates. The Byrd estate was extensive, but, after being re duced to. an area of 1,900 acres of woodland and 600 acres arable—and that run down to starvation point—it pasred from the heirs Into the hands of John Selden, one of the most improving farmers upon James river, who renovated the land and msde it productive and beauti ful. If he stall owns it, I shall regret hie fate as that of a perf 01 a] frier d. It seems hardly possible for such a mah to be a “ Seceeh rebel.”, Between Berkley and Wngtovor there is an extensive marsh, which Mr. St lden tried to reclaim by dyking out the tide and dHching, but unsucccßsfu'ly. That will be a line of defence upon that dank, against all enemies but moiquitoes, which it will produce uy the ship load. “ Westovcr.” is named as the second plantation sot tied in Virginia. I fouttf here the tomb of ♦‘Captain William Hen y,” a companion of Captain John SmithT Fight miles above is another of the “old places”—seats of former opulence and grandeur—called “Shirley.” built by a man of the namo of Hill, whoso tomb records his death iu 1700. When I was there it was owned by Bill Carter, one of the branches of the original stock. . TbebuildtEga here are very extensive, ail built of English brick, cqnsUtißg of four large houses, beside slot chouses and barns and negro houses. There were 900' acres in cultivation in wheat and corn, and 6,000 bushels of corn a year fir sale was common, beside the wheat crop. The land is clayey loam, with u surface gently undulating, acd with roads to Richmond, about 23 miles, Buch as I never wish to travel again just at the commencement of winter. - ; Such are some of the surroundings of the present loci-, Hon of the aim? of General McClellan. It will be a healthy one until about the Ist of September. It willbe severely sickly.then till frosty.nights. It is Burronadod: by a country capable of affording a good deal of food for man and beast, if its commander does not consider re bel property too sacred fox such a purpose. Wo shall gee.' FROM FORTRESS MONROE. RRINFORCEHENNS PROM GENERAL BURNSIDE’S ARMT—-IVHATi POSTER SAYS OF HIS TROOPS— DURNBIDE AS GENERAL, COMMODORE, AND LEAD ER OF THE VAN—-TRANSPORT FIRED 7NTO—BAT TBRY SILENCED—NEGROES SET TO WORK, &C. James Rivbr July 7,18G2 The veteran forces of Burnside have formed a junction with the beleaguered army of McClellan. General -Burnside baa made all hie preparations for an advance inland fiom Newbern, and, on Tmsday last, the command to advance was to have beou given. But on that day dispatches were received which changed the complexion or things, They-announccd tho rosuU of the Berios'of battles before Richmond, and urged General Burnside that he should tend a part of his fores to Gene ral McClellan. ; There was not an hour lost in answering the call. .Orders, hastily written, were carried by mount ed aids and oiderlies in hot haste Freight was dis charged frem Borne vessels, mails from others, the arma ment, from others, and all were coaled, watered, and provisioned at once. Camps which bad been struck and repitched, were struck again, and cooked rations were served out to such brigades and divisions as were do tocherl Jor this special service. On 'Wednesday all were aboard ship, and that morning,, at daylight, the Hag-boat Alice Price, with tho general commanding and his staff on board, steered down the Ntuse river. . But another bearer of despatches was met after the boat had gone a few miles, and the signal, was given for the fleet to put back. A swift boat was imme diately sent to Fortress Monroo,by way of the canal, to convey Oapt. Biggs, chief quartermaster, with letters to the commanding general. The answers being received in due time, anchors were again weighed, and, Jed by tho general himself, the fleet again sailed for Hatteras. The Alice Prfoo first ran up to Roanoke Island, and then, steaming southward, passed safely over the treacherous bulkheads of Oregon Inlet, and thence to her: point of destination. Sach a pleasant trip as this has been, so smooth a voyage by sea, was surely never made before; and one’s enjoyment of the fresh breezes, the bright sunshine, tho Quiet sea, was tightened by the thought that Burnside and his veterans were going where their numbers and their valor could be used to the best advantage. Having been with this expedition since it was first or ganized, I know nothing of the drill and discipline of other portions of tho National army, but there can be little risk in making the assertion that our force is se cond to none in these particulars. The regiments have been so handled by battalions, brigades, and divisions, that they have acquired the sfi adine'ss of regulars. How they would act in retreat is more than can be said, for they have not known what it Is. Thoir battles have all been victories. The North may form some idea of the quulity of stuff of which they are made, from the re mark of General Foster, who, on the day after tho battle of Newbern, said* “Those New England and New York regiments of ours stand killing better than auy rognlars I ovir saw,” and you must remember that Foster saw re gulars fieht in Mexico and at Fort Sumpter. • It will be observed that the patriotic and unselfish Burnside comes at the head of his men himself, instead of Bending them in charge of one of his three acting major generals. He voluntarily leaves tho department of which he was the Buprcme military head, and assumes the place of a subordinate.under McClellan, True, ho ranks next to him, but such an idea as that of counting whether he would rank Becond or sixtloth probably never crossed his trind. All he cares to know is thatthe country needs him on the James rivtr, and knowing this, he loaves all and answers the call. Fortress MoNitoa, July 7,1862, The steamer John A. Warner, from Harrison’s Land ing, which place she left at 9 o’clock this morning, ar rived at her usual hoar, having made tho passage in five hours. About seven o’clock this morning tho United States transport Joniata, lying agrouudwlth troops on hoard, about three mlleß below the Landing, was fired on by several pieces of artillery, planted on the left bank of the •river, at a distance of a few hundred yards. A con siderable portion of the baggage and a quantity of mnni - tious w* re thrown overboard ta got tho boat afloat, but ere this was done, however, she was struck several times, and three men were wounded. The gunboats in the neighborhood coming up, the rebel artillery made oil from their masked position, not, however, till it had been, made too hot for them to stay longer. ; The Warner , was convoyed some distance down the. river by a gunboat, and no further molestation was at-! tempted. Gen McClellan is pushing forward the work onhia entienchmints with great vigor. Yesterday he personally inspected tbe line and works, and . wherever he appeared be was vociferously cheered. The troops are rapidly im provirg in condition, although since the recent battles they have done a great deal of work in the trenches. I undf-rstahd that Gen. McClellan has sought tbe ; services of a large body of negro laborers from Gen. Burnside’s commend, and their arrival Is daily expected. He Cjutd. getthem nearer home. Large numbers of negroes have cc-me into our camp, aud are employed by. officers and men as servants. Should its number increase, as it doubtlesß will, they will be organized into working gangs to relieve our soldiers. The ground oh which our troops are encamped, which, when they first occupied it, was little lei b than a cfmud, baa become, dry, and the eimy is hegibningto rialize a dfgrro of comfort un known while In the swamps of the Ohickahbmlny. Flag Officer Goldsboroughbas transferred.his flag to the Ifakota, aad gone fip the Jamssriver to take personal, command ; of ; the naval force now co-oparatiug with McClellan; ; Capt. Chase, of; the Minnesota, accompanies the fleg officer. . Our lines extend between four and fire miles from the TWO CENTS. in a semi*circle, both flanks resting on the Jamea, The rebel lines are some four miles beyond, clrctiag in a similar shape. A balloon reconuoiaiance was made this morning, and a large number of tents wore to be seen in the direction of Fair Oaks. Quiet prevails akw*g the whole line, and active operations are not expected at present. The rebel gunboat captured by the Maratanza is the famous Teazer. She bad a large amount of submarine cable on board, besides a balloon, aod sundry “ fixings.* l From papers found on board, the precise location of in* ferns! machines placed in the river for tiie purpose of blowing up our gunboats, beside plauH rf the obstruc tions in the river, were ascertained.— JST. Y. Tribune, Rebel Account of tke Battle of Tuesday, July Ist. TERRIBLE SLAUGHTER OF THE REBELS ACKNOW LEDGED-—BATTLE ON HILL CABTER f S FARM—THE REBELS REPULSED THRICE WITH GREAT SLAUGH TER—THE FEDERAL GUNBOATS—TERRIBLE EF FECTS OF OUR SHELLS—MAGRUDER’S ARMY HORS DE COMBAT, &C. . [From the Bichmond Examiner, July 4.] The battle of Tuesday was perhaps the fiercest and most sanguinary of the series of bioody conflicts that have signalized each ef the last seven days. We have already advened to the part played in the action by Gen. Jackson and oibers, but, as jet, have made little men tion of the operations upon the occasion of Gen. Magru der and the treops under bis command. We now pro pose to give such particulars as we have obtained on the field after the battle. Early on Tueiday morning the enemy, from the posi tion to which he had been driven the night before, con tinued hia retreat io a southeasterly direction toward fits gunboats on , Janu s river. At eight o’clock A. JU. 24 a gruder recommenced the pursuit, advancing cautiously, : but steadily, and shelling the forests aud swamps in front as he progressed.. . This method of advance was kept up throughout the iriorniog, and until four o’clock P. M., without coming up with the enemy. . But between four and fiveo’ciock our troops reached a large open field, a mile long and three-quarters in width, en the larm ot Dr. Carter. The enemy were strongly en trtnchid in a dense torest on the other side of thU field. 9 heir artillery, of about fifty pieces, conid be plainly seen bristling on their .freshly-constructed earthworks. At ten minutes beforp five o’clock P. BdL, Gen. Aiagruder ordered his men to charge across the field and drive the enemy from their position. . • Gallantly they sprang to the encounter, rushing into the field at a foil run. Instantly from the line of the enemy’s breastworks a murderous storm of grape aud canister was buried into thiir ranks, with the mo»t terri ble effect Officers and men went down by hundreds, but yet, undaunted and unwavering, our line dasmed ou until tao-thtrOa of the distance across the field was ac complished. Here the from the withering fire of the enemy’b combined artillery and musketry was dread ful.:- ■" ' . , Our line wavered a moment, and fell back fo the cover of lhe woods. Twice again the effort to carry the posi tion was renewed, but each time -with the same results, Night, at length, rendered a further attempt injudicious, ana the fight, until 10 o’clock, was kept up by tbeariil leiy onboth sides. To add to the horrors, if hot the dangers, of the battle, the enemy’s gunboat*, from their position at Curl’s Neck, two and a half miles distant, poured on lhe field continual broadsides from their im mense rifle guns. Though it is questionable, os we have suggested, whether any serious loss was inflicted on us by the gun boats, the horrors of the fight were aggravated by the monster shells, which tore shrieking through the forests, and exploded with a concussion weieh seemed tosluke the eolio earth itself. The moral effect on the Yankees of these terror-inspiring allies must have been very great: and in this, we believe, consisted their, greatest da nage to the army of the South. It rcustnot beimeried from the above account that the slaughter was ali upon our side Wo hmthebest reasons to kno w that the well-directed fire of our cannon and musketry, both before and subsequent to our efforts to btoim the enemy ’s position, feU with fatal effect upon bis heavily massed forces. At 10 o’clock P. Iff :the last gun was fired from our side. Each side held the position. occupied when ths fight began, and during the remainder of the each was busily engaged removing their wounded, The rumble of the enemy’s ambulances and wagons, in rapid and 1 hurried motion, did not cease even with the dawn. At 10-o’clock on Wednesday m ruing they were still busy, and. discontinued their labors, not because their wounde* bad been removed, but tor fear of our ad- ' vacce. Our wounded were carried from the field directly , to the foim housi s in the neighborhood, whence,. after their Injuries bad been examined and dressed, thay were brought to this city. v X During the morning the enemy evacuated hia position and retreated, still bearing in a southeasterly directioo, end apparently not attempting to lessen the dlstaace be tween him and his gunboats. The cattle-field, surveyed through the cold rain of Wednesday morning presented scenes too shocking to be dwelt on without anguish. The woods and the field before mentioned were, on the western side, Covered with our dead, in all the degress of violent mutilation: while in the woods, on *he west side of the field; lay, in about equal numbers, the blue uniformed bodies of the enemy.. Many of the latter were still alive, , having been left by their friends In their indecent haste to escape from the rebels Great numbers of horses were killed on both sides, and tire sight of their disfigured carcasses, and thesteach pro ceeding fiom them, added much to the loathsome horrors ot the bloody field. Ths com fields, but recently turned by the ploughshare, were furrowed and torn by the iron missiles. ‘ Thousands of round shot and unexploded shell lay upon the surface Of- the earth. Among the latter were many of the enormoos sheilß thrown by the gunboats. They were 8 inches in width by 23 in length. The ra vages of these monsters were everywhere discernible through the forests. Iu some places long avenues Were cut through tree- tops, and hero and there groat trees, three and four feet in thickness, were burst open and split to very shreds; In one rt markable respect this battle-field differed in appearance from any of the preceding days. In ihe hack of the enemy’s flight there were no cast-away blue greatcoat?, bo blankets, tents, nor stortsi He had evi dently, before reaching this point, thrown away every tbiog that coaid retard his hasty retreat. Nothing was to bo found on this portion of the field but killed and wouided Yankees, and tbeirguns and knapsacks. . •* I THE TERRIBLE SUFFERINGS FROM. THE YANKEE BATTERIES. The battleof.Tuesday evening has been made memora ble by its melancholy monument of carnage, which oc cur/id. in a portion of General Magruder a corpy, which had been ordered, in very inadequate force, to charge one of tho strongest of the enemy’s batteries. There .are various explanations of this affair. The fire upon tiie few regiments who were ordered to take the enemy’s battery, which was supported by two heavy brigades, and which swept the thin lines of onr devoted men, who bad to approach it across a stretch of open ground, is said to have teen an appalling sight. . LATE AND INTERESTING FROM RICHMOND. FURTHER REBEL ACCOUNTS OF-THE LATE BATTLES, ;Wb continue onr extracts from tiie Richmond }'x amincr published on Uie Fourth of Jniy : It willbe recollected that ft was stated, with great srecition of detail, that on Saturday eyening last, we had brought the enemy to bay on the aoaih aide of the Ohickahbmlny, and that it only remained to finish him in a single battle. Such, in fact, appears to havo been the situation then. The next morning, however, it was perceived that our supposed resources of generalship had given us too much c nfidence; that the enemy had man aged to extricate himse f from the critical position, and having massed his forces, had succeeded, under the cover of the mght, in openißg a way to the James river. 11 Since this untoward event, the operations of our army on tbe Eichmond side of the Ohiokahominy have been to follow the fugitive oneiay, through a country where he has had admirable bpportnnities of concealment, and through the swamps and foreßts of which ho has re treatid with a judgment, a dexterity, and a spirit of for titude, which, however unavailing ibey may be to save his entire command, must shallenge our admiration for bis generalship. “Tbo glory and fruits of our victory may have besn te riously diminished by the grave mishap orfault by which tbe <nemy was permitted to leave bis camp ou the south fide of tbe Chlckebominy, iu an open country, and to» plunge Into the deaf© cover of wood andßwamp, where tbe best portion of four or five days has been- consumed - in bunting him and finding out his new position, only iu time to attack bim under the uncertainty and disadvan tage of the darkness of night. Butin spite of delaysaad embarrassments which have already occurred ia bringing the enemy to a decisive action, the successes of the week’s engagements, as tar as now known to us, are not t<%be lightly esteemed. We would not deprecate results already accomplished because of errors which, if they bad not occurred, would have made our victory more glorious and more complete. The siege of Richmond baa been raised; an army of one hun dred and twenty tbousand men have been pushed from; their strongholds and fortifications, and put to flight: we have erjoyed the eclat of an almost daily succession of victories, some of which have been achieved In'- cir cmnstances in which the valor of our troopi baß alone redeemed r us from the faults of mil itary science j we have gathered, an immense spoil, in = which we are reported to have taken at least 10,000 prisoners, and from seventy to eighty pieces of artillery •' and we have demoralized and dispersed, if we have not succeeded in annihilating, an army which bad every re source that could be summoned to Its assistance, every possible, addition of numbers within the reach of the Yankee Government, mid every material condition of success to insure for it the result of the contest which St now abandons fr dismay.” . TIIE.DEAD ON THE FIELD. ' The different postures of tho dead always strike a *pac tator as he passes over tho battle field. One lay on his back, with bis aims stretched upward at length; another with ms head, plunged into a poof of mud and water,' having evidently died slaking-his thirst: a third lay partly on the bank and partly in the water of a creek, having been shot in cresting, and died clutching the twigs and busheson tbe opposite bank. One, shot through the bead, had made himself a bed of leaves and laid down, drawing his blanket and overcoat about him His uni form and face betokened an officer of some rank. All of the above were of the Yankee slain; During Tuesday night, those eugaged in carrying the Confederate wounded off the field could not übo their lanterns, as every flicker from them was sure to draw thefire of the Yankees; : - # : # • Notbicgwasto befoundon this portion of the field but killed and wounded Yankees and their gun* and knapßscks. A.mute, and to Virginians a most interest-* Ing story, was told. by these knapsacks. .• Upwards of three hundred of them belonged to tbe famous New York 7th Begiment, who were once so feasted and fondled ia ttne city. If a remnant of them relum to the Empire City, they may say with truth that on Virginia soil they were appropriately welcomed on the c ccasioa of both their visits as friends and foes. HOSPITAL ACCOMMODATIONS— NEGLECT OP THE AU- THORITIES. The future historian of this war } if he doss justice to .any feature of its progress, will present the saddest pic* * ur ® Jn 6 narrative when, he tolls how our wounded soldiers ore treated. / He wilT be compelled to give credit to the philanthropic attentions of those of. our citizens who have devoted their whole time and energies to searching them out on the battie.field, and tenderly handling and convoying them to the city; and also to those who have opened their houses and filled them with the poor sufferers But, alas! what shall he lay for tbose.who are in authority, whose business, it was to have made preparations tor several ‘ thousand wounded {for the mostshort-sighted knew that they would be numbered by thousands,) when , be tells that so incomplete were the arrangements that the houses prepared for hospitals were not capable of ac commodating one-fourth of those requiring attention: thatoihtrs bad tobe opened after the rufferers hadbeen hiought to tbe doors of those houses already-crowded’ acd 3 werit of all, that scores of wagons filled'with men" who have suffered In defence of the capital of the Con federacy, have been driven about from one place to an other, sometimes for two or throe hours, vainly endeavor ing to find room in which to bestow their 'loads. Nor is* thtro any excuse for tbiß. Not even that which is so of ten offered For tbe shortcomings of those who control a * n y °\ <mr government departments—igrrcoranec. we could hear, from the room In which we wire writing, tbe drunken shouts of rowdies proceeding from J hfgro serenading iu a theatre on Franklin street, a little further from these indecent and grating sounds coiaht be heard the groans of tbe dying. Why might hot this building, a resortef libertines,tho sounds from which necked last night the solemn and' appalling seems of death,’have been made a hospital for the wounded? 1 Why, too, while gamb’ers and libertines have been per-, mitied to reserve their halls of amusement, have dandy preachers, the sniffling « bon hutsies” who preach chari ty and the godli virtues, been permitted to imitate tbe selflsbßees'of these creatures, and to deny their velvet cushioned churches to. the use of the government os hospi tals for our wounded and dying soldiers ? DISTINGDISHED PRISONER. From a reliable source we are assured that General Sumner is wounded and a prisoner in General Jackson’s camp. His condition, it is said, will not allow of hU being brought to this city. THE WAK PRESS. Ts* War Bribe will be sent to subscribers by mail (per annum in advance) at.............,.*3.9* Throe Copies l « „ « fi.Ot Five « « « B.o# Ten k « u 12.0# Larger Clubs will be charged at the same rate, thus i 20 copies will cost #24; SO copies will cost #6O; and 109 copies 8120. For a Club of Twenty-one or over, we will send m Extra Copy to the getter-up of the Club* •STostmasters are requested to act as Agents fog The War Press. lnserted at the usual rates. 83* lines constitute a square. NEW YORK SERGEANTS IN TOWN. Yeaferdtaj morning some half dozen men, who cone into Richmond (supposing it to be In tho possession of McClelFcm) for the pm pose of setting tbenselves up la the busnHss of sutlers, were arrested and paroled by -Prcvoet Mondial Griswold uutil lO o’clock A. M. Some important factp,an the meantime, being alleged against them, an order for their re-arrest and lodgment in Castle Goodwin was issued, but up to »late hour last night the merchants had not been caught. THE CENTRAL ROAD- OPENED 1 AGAIN. By a notice potted up in the hotels yesterday, tbs pub lic that go in and out are informed that trains for Char lottesville, Staunton, and oth r points, are again ranniog from Richmond on the Central road. An accommodation train runs to Ashland daily. Only hand baggage will bo received from passengers, on the through trains. The opening of the road will prove a great convenience to tb* public, as well as facilitate the reception of- provisions in the market. BATTLE-FIELD 5 MEMENTOES; The ordinary number and varieties of relics and me mentoes taken irom the battle-fields and Yankie campo in frot tof are appearing in the 1 city, tho holders exhibiting them with great gusto.- Some of them have befen sold to souvenir-huoters at fabulous prices—* broken sot of cards, illustrated. with the portraits of Yankee generals, bringing asHbfgh as tea-dollara. Cabi nets of 1 • curiosities ot the war” will be the rage for ge nerations to come. ' BRINGING IN SUPPESB?. The friends of the wounded coming into the city to ad minister to their wants have, in moat instances; shown the laudable forethought to provide and bring with them good qnaDtlUf’Sof country produce—butter, eggs. meate r vegetables, Ac,, to supply tbeir wants In the hospitals and elsewhere. TMa 1* an excellent method-of getting searouable jupplfes for the wounded, and ebould be adopted by aS cosr-icig Into Ibe city. TANKERS AT LARGE, It was Intimated yesterday that Yankee stragglers' from McClellan’* army are straying within our lines, anff may now be in the city In the guise of Confederate sol diers. Two were captured yesterday near the suburbs; Good JMews from the Southwest*. GEN. CURTIS PRONOUNCED OUT OF DANGER—HIND** MAN BUNTING UP GUERILLAS REMOVAL OFTH3BT ARKANSAS REBEL GOVERNMENT. Brother A. D. Richardson sends the following interest tug ipccia! despatch to the New York Tribune : Memphis, July 6, via Caijio, Tuesday, July 8,1882; The Little Bock Gazette says-that Gen. Curtis has crossed Black river, and is coming to the Mississippi Gen. Hindman issues an appeal to the people of Ar kansas to engage in guerilla warfare. : Gen; 0. S. Hempstead, of Initio Itock, is dead. The Arkansas State Government has been removed to- Hot Springs. . v MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.- AXIJSE OF BATTLE^—This expression often occurs* in referring to the order of troops on the battle-field, and. it is doubtless the opinion of many that the two armies' stand in two lines; but itisnot bo. The atmy is divided into divisions, and there are often great gaps between the divisions. They are posted in 'positions, or in commanding places—that is, on hills, or in woods, or on the banks of streams, in places where they will be beatable to resist or attack the enemy. The divisions are usually k> placed that they can support one another. You can understand a line of battle p-etty well by imagining a regiment here on a hill, another down in the valley, a third in a piece of woods, with artillery and* cavalry placed in the best positions. If you want to make it more real, when you are out In the fields or pas tures, with the bills all around, just imagine that the ene my is over yonder hill, with ten thousand men, and twen ty pieces of artillery. You are a general, and have an equal number The enemy will come down that road, spread out into lhe field, or creep through the woods and attack jou. You can't exactly tell how many men he will send on the right, or how many on the centre, or how 1 many on the left; bo you must arrange your forces to support each otftfr. Then, to shift it, you are to attack him. You don’t know how his troops are arranged, for he beeps them concealed as well as he can. You don’t want many of your men killed, but do want to win a vic tory. Now there is a chahct for you to try your skill ia planning a line of battle. You must place your artillery where it will do the most damage, and receive the leas; from tbo enemy. You must move your infantry so that they will not be cut off by the enemy before they get near enough to cut them up in return. Yousee that It la no fmall thing to be a general. These are great respon sibilities. ; AMERICAN WOMEN IN THE OABS.—The wo man, as she enters, drags after her a misshapen, dirty mass of battered wireworks, which she calls her crino line, and which adds as much to her grace and comfort 8b a log of wood dots to a monkey when tied *to the ani mal’s leg in a paddock Of tbis she takes much heed, not managing it so that it may be conveyed ut> the car riage with some decency, but striking it about against men’s leg?, and hearing it with violence over people*# knees. The touch of a real woman’s dress isin itself’ delicate; but these Mowb from a harpy’s fins are loath some. If there be two of them they talk loudly together, having a theory that modesty has been put out of court by women’s rights. : But, though not msdest, the woman I describe is fero cious in her propriety. She ignores tbo whole world arooid her, as she Bits with raised chin and face flattened* by affectation ; she pretends to declare aloud that she ia~ positively not aware that any man is even near her. * # But every twist of her body and every tone of her. voice is. aa unsuccessful falsehood. She looks square at yon in the face, and you rise to give her your seat You Hse from a deference to your own old con viction, and from that courtesy which you have ever paid to a woman’s dress, Jet it he w orn with ever such hideoni defoimities. She take* the place from which you • moved without a word or a how. She twists herself round, bunging your shins with her wires, while her chin ia still raised, and her face ia still flattened, and she directs her friend’s attention to another seated man, ai though that piece were also vacant, and necessarily at: her disposal. Perhaps the man opposite has his own ideas abrut chivalry.— A. Trol'-ope. NEW YOBK HOTELS.—** Keeping a hotel,” inNow York is a nice busicesp, but not a sure read to fortune. The owner of the Tremont sold bis lease for 55.000, moved into Broadway, opened another, failed, and went West The President Hotel failed, and was then re started as the Oroton, and faded again. The Parific Ho tel, previous to its present ownersbio, failed several times, iovejoy, the patriarch of the combined lodging house and restaurant, got rich, but in hi? latter days lost aH ani ditd poor. Ben Bafhbun, after his mi.fortune in Buf falo, and his five. years’ detention at Auburn, opened a flourishing house, known a* Jud*on’a Hotel, and did well f« r a . time, but moving up town he encountered new difficulties, and bis splendid establishment, the Brevoort Bonre, was Bold out by the sheriff. The Astor Hons* openfd with great pi e*tige, and is said to have cleared $17,0C0 in one year from the bar alone Coleman & Stetson, the lessees of the Astor, made enough for half * dosea fortunes and then failed. The American Hotel Wse a proud-lcokicg affair fronting on Broadway, but wa» In due time under the sheriff’s levy. The Washington Hotel failed, and Stewart bought it for the site of hia great marble store. The St. Charles failed and so d.d the Atbemeum, to eay nothing of others of lees importance which Bbared thr seine fate. * RAISING THE.FEDRBAL FLAG AT THE NOVA SCOTIA GOLD MINES.—A correspondent at Lunen burg, N. 8., writing about the new gold mine.* ofthat re gion, rtlates the fallowing incident: At the Ovens, on’ one of the pleasantest aitoe overlooking the bav, is situa ted tbe cottage of <c the Massachusetts* Gold Minin? Com pany,” occupied by Wm. M. Milter, of Newton Centre * Mr. Wife of Malden owns the crusher and valuable sites, and daily over their heads floats the Star Spangled Ban ner we love so well. The first day it waa raised, a moV collected and ordered it down, but failed in their object. Lord Mulgrave, Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia, while od a recent visit to Lunenburg, was accosted by several Nova Scotians wiseine bis sanction in palling down that flag. No!” replied bis lordship, “I rejoice to seeit there. I love to see nil nations respect their flag.” RETURNING .CONSCIOUSNESS —Tbe former edi tor of the ShelbyviHe (Teno;) Expositor, a strong Se ct ssion newspaper, publishes a card in wbi rii he frankly acknowledges that ho has been mistaken, and that the beet thine! for all Tennesseans to 'do is to render the- Federal Union not only from the lips, but from tbe heart. He says: «Like hundreds and thou sands of others residing in Tennessee. I was led to be lieve the calling cut of treops by. Mr. Lincoln waa au evidenceof bis determination to overthrow the institu tion, of slavery. And thus thinking, I thought it my duty as a Tennessean, as a man born here, as a man whose interests were all identified with She Southern People,'.to resist him. In this I now see that I was mis taken 1 see also that the attempt to firm a Southern Confederacy has proved a complete failure.” BARNTIM OUTDONE.—A woman named Perry, and a Dr. Perkins, both of Omida, 'N. Y., together with a New York broker, got up a magnificent speculation at New York. The was to be exhibited as one whose skin had for four been turning to charcoal. But she was shown to several celebrated physicians tor tbe purpose of getting certificates of the fact, and the application of a pair of scissors to a crack near one of tbe ancles, revealed the fact that the supposed epidermis waa made of woven cotton, into which charcoal mixed with gum had beeg worked. After being thus prepared it had been gummed on to the fair creature’s limbs. The woman was at once removed to the Bellevue hospital, where the false skin is befog removed with as little pain and in convenience to her as possible. VAN AWFUL EXrBTENOE.—The Belvidere (Illinois) Standard relates tbe following instance of hman misery: Mr B. CfAmsden, who has been suffering unspeakable torments from a gnawing cancer ou the face tor years, past, while in a fit of delirium caused by his intense suf fering, last, Saturday, made an attempt to end his days by putting his throat with a razor. The attempt was not successful. Mr. Amsden’s ease is truly distressing. Having expended hundreds or dollars iu New York and elsewhere for doctoring, with the effect apparently of only inerrasing the virulence of the cancer, it has at length approached a stage which must shortly result in death, as it has eaten away nearly all of his face, and rendered him incapable of taking any food, savo what ia passed down the throat with a spoon or tube. Suffering to such an extent, he is, of course, at times delirious. PABBOTT GUNS—The cost of the smallest Parrott gUD—6-prundflr—|s S 200; for 200 pounders $2 000 each, which is said to be one-tenth the cost of the Armstrong gun. The charge of powder is one pound to every ten of tbe ball, and the cost of powder and shell for every dis charge is nearly 810. The weight of tbe2oo-pound Par rott is little more than one-half of the colutnbi‘d which carries the 160-ponnd solid shot, or the 10-inch shell. The practice with these guns is excellent. Experiments ere made daily, and with an accuracy most astonishing. The shriek of the ball, as it flies through the air at a ve locity of over six hundred miles per hour, is like that of a railroad train at full spesd BICH SOUTBEBNBBS SENDING THEIR PRO PERTY TO EUROPE.—A letter from Liverpool, in the London Daily News, gives this interesting piece ef in formation. At a late hour last evening, {June 18tb,) the steamship E. Hawkins'arrived in the Mersey from Havana, Ac. This vessel brings io specie 433.000 dol lars, and 1,627 bales of cotton on freight. The E Haw kins, we understand, although hailing from Havana, comes from Matamoros, a port on the banks of tbe Bfo Grand del Norte. It is generally believed here that the specie brought by this vessel is comprised of shipments made hp wealthy maybe desiroosof saving what property they have from confiscation. WHAT A FRENCHMAN SAYS.—M„ Aseolant ob serves, in theCourrier du Dimanche : * l The Jews, reduced to slavery, wept super fiumina Babylomis— the Carthagenians, after the destruction of their city, had to adorn tbe triumph of the conqueror— Jugmtba was slaughtered by Mariuß, and we ourselves have sat out the Tanuhauser and JDemorah; but none of these visitations can compare with the doom of having to spend Sunday in Loudon—that is the sum of human wretchedness—a very Himalaya of ennui ” NAMES. OF THE RECENT BATTLES —The fol lowing ate the names which it seems have been assigned to tbe recent battles in front of Richmond!: Thursday, June 20—Battle of Mechanicsville. Friday, June 27—Battle of Gaines’ Mill. Saturday, June 28—Battle of the Chickabomiuy. Sunday, June 29—Battle of Peach Orchard } battle of Savage’s Station. Monday, June 30—Battle of White Oak Swamp; bat tle of White Oak Greek; battle of Charleß Olty Cross Boade. Tuesday, Joly I—Battle of Turkey Bend. A QUIET REBUKE.—The St-’paui (Minn ) Press says that, “on Sunday.morning last, two gentlemen of Chicago called at the resldencg of Edward Stimson,.Esq., and emit their names up to tbe Hon. Edward Everett, wiebing to pay their respects. The honorable gentleman returned an außwer that be could.not see them, as he was preparing to attend Divine worship. What gives the rebuke a point, Is the fact that the two gentlemen who called are prominent members of tbe church themselves.* A CANADIAN YIEW.—The Toronto Globe takes a candid view of the recent movements before Bichmond, end regards General McClellan’s change of b&BB as a great advantage gained. Tbe reduction of Fort Darling Ib the only serious obstacle in the capture of the rebel capital. NEW NAME FOB SECXSH—The Southern Confe deracy seems to be losing im English backers of late. The London Times of the 18th of May calls the rebel* the “YVonsatJantic dregs of the English What f n unraercifol and ungracious cut! A TURK,—A young man named Andrew Lewis, living near Chatham, England, has boen committed for trial tor stabbing his sweetheart, Hate DntnaU, whose only offence appears to have been that she bad danced with another man at a wedding party.
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