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THE PKEBS.
PUBLISHED DAILY (SUNDAYS BXOSFTHD,)
BY JOHN W. FORNEY.
OFFICE,No.IXI SOUTH FOURTH STREET.
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Frr Ashom, Too> Collars 'or JSiob* Months,
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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.
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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.