The press. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1857-1880, July 12, 1862, Image 1

THE PjRBSH.
PUBLISHED DAILY (SUNDAYS EXOEPIED,)
By JOHN TV. FORNEY.
OFFICE, No. 11l SOUTH FOURTH STREET.
THE DAILY PRESS,
Twelve Oxnts Pb* Week, payable to the Carrier.
Mailed to Subscribers out of Uio City at Six Dout/uis
Pbb Ahkum, Foe a Dollahs roa Bioht Mouths,
Thbb« Dollabs to* Six Mouths—lnvariably in ad
vanoe for the time ordered.
THE -TRI.WEEK&Y PRESS,
Hailed to Subscribers out of the City at Tubbs Dol
us Pan Akbdm, in advance.
SUMMER RESORTS.
riAELISLE WHI'iE SULPHUR
\J SPRINGS, CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNA.
Accommodation for THUEK HUNDRED VISITORS.
This highly favorite Resort is now open for Visitors—
those who can apprrcia*e grand scenery, pure mountain,
air, invigorating baths, largo and wcil-yontiiated rooms,
good society, and good table. Terms, $7 per week. For
particulars apply to N. W. WOODS,
Proprietor of
Carlisle White Sulphur Springs.
T7IPHRAT& MOUNTAIN SPRINGS,
jSji I.ANOASrER COUNTY, PA.
This delightful watoriug-placo having bean ptiFobasod
by the uudersignctlt be would Inform his frionds and tho
public generally, that It will be open for the reception of
visitors on the '
FIRST DAY OF JUI/T NEXT.
For particulars, refer to Circulars, which can
be had at the Gostlnestnl Hotel, Merchants 5 Hotel, and
the XJuioß Hotel, Arch street.
Board, one week or less, $1.60 per day; over one woek,
or the season, ST per week. Children and servants hair
price.
These terms are given with the assurance that.the ac
commodations bUuII in evtry respect be euual to any
Other watering* place. ,
for four.hundred guests.
The Germania Band is engaged.
j023-lm U. S. NEWCOMER.
Bedford springs. a. g. al..
LBN respectfully informs the public that thia oelß.
trated and fashionable WATEBIHQ PLAOK 'la now
open and Tally prepared for the reception of visitors,
and will be kept open until the let of October.
Persons wishing Bedford Mineral Water will be sup
plied at the following prices at the Springe—rla:
For a band'(oak)...’. $3 00
“ half-barrel “ 2 00
Parties wishing rooms or any information in regard to
the place will oddreea the «Bedford Mineral Bprings
Company.” my2B-0w
QURF HOUSE, ATLANTIC CITY,
(3 Hi J.—This spaciona Hotel, over 600 foot In length,
»nd with 1,100, feet or veranda, fronts on the ocean, ex
tending back, with its rear, to the railroad. It possesses
the most advantageous location on tho island, with per
fectly safe bathing In front, and is, in fact, tho only first
class hotel within a short distance of the beach.
A good Band of Music has been engaged for the season,
•the Billiard-room and Bowling Alloys vrili be under the
Charge of Mr. BAlil’D BENJAMIN, of Philadelphia.
Additional improvements have been made, and the ao
eommodations will be found eaual, If not suporior, to any
on tba coast.
The house will he opened, for tho reception of guests,
On THURSDAY, Juno 19.
jel6-36t H. 8, BENSON, Proprietor.
riEBSBON SPRINGS, CAMBRIA
\_J COUNTY, PA.—This delightful and popular place,
of summer resort, located directly.-'on the Hue of the
PennflylvaniaKailroiM l , on the summit of the Allegheny
Mountains, twenty-three hundred feet above the levied
the ocean, will be open for guests from the 10th of June
Eli the 10th of October. Since last season the grounds
have been greatly improved and beautified, and a num
ber of Cottages have been erected for the accommoda
tion of families, rendering Orosson one of the most
romantic and attractive places in the State. The fuml*
ture is being thoroughly renovated. The seeker of
pleasure and the sufferer from heat and disease will find
attractions hero in a first-classTdvery Stable, Billiard
Tables, Tenpin Alters, Bathe..,&c., together with the
purest air and water, aud the most magnificent mountain
scenery to be foundin the country.
Tickets good for the round trip, from Philadelphia,
$7.30; from Pittsburg, $3.05.
For further information, address „„„ w
- G. W. MULLIN,
Cressoa Springs, Cambria co., Pa.
SB A BATHING. —Congress Hall,
Long Branch, New Jersey, is no w open for the re
ception of visitors. Ptreons wishing to engage rooms will
please address WOOLSIAN STOKB3,
jy4-12t# Proprieter.
STa bTt'h.ing '
AT *
LONG BRANCH, MONMOUTH 0».,N. J.
METRO POOITAN HOTEL,
• NOW OPEN. - •
AddreOT . J. H. &I. W. COOPER,
jylO-lm* . ,* . Proprietors.
SEA BATHING,
OCEAN HOUSJf, OAPB ISLAND, N. J.,
In now open for the reception of visitors. •
je2B-6n* ISRAEL LAMING, : Proprietor.
STAB HOTEL,
tNearly opposite tbe Unites States Hotel,)
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.
SAMUEL ADAMS,' Proprietor.
Dinner
Alao, Carriages to Hire.
IK?** Boarders accommodated on the moat reasonable
terms. : ‘ Je2o-3m ;
riOLUMBIA HOUSE.
\J ■ ATL ANT'D! CITY*
SITUATED ON KENTUCKY AVENUE,
Oppo&H© the iiurf House, -
%3T Terras to suit the times: ' ‘ '
jt2o-&n EDWARD DOYLE, Proprietor.
SEA-SIDB HOUSE, ATLANTIC
OITY, N. J.
Bl* DAVID SOATTEBSOOD.
A NEW PRIVATE BOAROINO HOUSE, beaußMt
y Situated at the foot of Pennsylvania Avenue.
Now open for visitors for the season. ■ . jeZO-Ztn
U/TANSION "HOUSE,
AVJL- ATLANTIC OITY,
. E. LEE, Proprietor.
This Horae having been thoroughly renovated arid en
larged, Is new open for permanent and transient boarders.
The MANSION HOUSE is convenient to depot, ohurohoa,
and test office, The bathing grounds aro un-urpaased
on the Island. Tho Bar is conducted by Mr. URIEL, of
Philadelphia, who will keep superior wines, liquors, and.
choice brands of cigar.,. je2o-2m
EAG LI HOTEL, ATLANTIC
CITY, is now open, with a ■ --
LARGE ADDITION OF BOOMS.
Board ST per week, bathing dresses Included. je2o-2m
TIGHT-HOUBE COTTAGE, AT
-1 i LANTIO ClTY.—This -well-known House, having
been enlarged and renovated 7 ,"is now open for the recep
tion ot guests. Invi-Hds can bo accommodated with
rooms on the first door, fronting the ocean. Light-
House Cottage possesses the advantage of being the
Seareathouße to'the beach. A continuation of the pa
■ensue of his friends end tho public is solicited. No bar.
jefil-lm JONAH WOOTTON, Proprietor,
COTTAGE RETREAT, ATLANTIC
CITY, is now open and ready for Boarderß. A few
Choice E- oms call be obtained by applying soon. The
Proprietor furnishes life table with fresh milk from his
cows, and fresh vegetables from his farm.
Also, about four hundred desirable Cottage and Hotel
Cots for sale by M. McULEES,
■je2Q-2m : Proprietor.
If mHB ALHAMBRA,” ATLANTIC
JL CITY,” N. X, a splendid new house, southwest
eoraflr of ATLANTIC and MASSACHUSETTS Avenues,
will Be open for visitors on and after J une 29th. The rooms
and table of “ The Alhambra ” are unsurpassed by any
on the Island. There 1b a spacious Ice Cream and Re
freshment Saloon attached to the house. Terms moderate.
C. DUB Old & S. J.-YOUNG,'
Proprietors.
BmXLOWS HOTEL, ATLANTIC
OITT, N. J—At the terminus of the railroad, oa
the left, beyond the depot Uhls House is now open for
Boarders and Transfer Visitors, and offers accommoda
tions equal to any Hotel in Atlantic City. Charges mo
derate. Children and servants half price.
ggr Parties should keep their seats until the cars ar
rive in front of the hotel. . je2Q-2m
CHESTER COUNTY HOUSH.—This
private Boardidg Bouse, corner of YORK and
PACIFIC Avenue, Atlantic City, convenient to; the
beaob, with a beautiful view of the Ocean, is now open
for the season, The accommodations are eaual to any
Others on the Island. Prices moderate.
je2o- 2m J.XEI&f, Proprietor.
Kentucky house, Atlantic
CITY, IT, J,—This comfortable and convenient
now house, located on KENTUCKY opposite
the Burf House, one Bcjuare from the best bathing on the
beach* has been fitted up for visitors this season.
* F. QUIGLEY, Proprietor, ■
K. B.—Horses and Carriages to Hire. j&2O-lra
SEA BATHING.—“The Clarendon,”
(formerly Virginia H«u : 'o,) ."VIRGINIA AV 1C NIT IS,
ATLANTIC OITY, is now open for the accommodation
of Boarders. This Bouse is situated immediately on the
Beaoh,.and from every room affords a fine view of the
tea. [je2o-2m] • JAMBS JENKINS, M. D.
SEA BATHING--UNITED STATES
HOTEL, LONG BBANOH, N. J., is now open,
situated only fifty yard;* from tho seashore, central of the
place s house fronting the ocean -500 feetj two hours
from Mew York. Btoamer leaves .Murray street twice
flaiiy,6 A» M. and 4 P. M. *, thenceby the R. and D. B.
Baihiad. Address B. A. SHOEMAKER.
Communication from Philadelphia is by the Camden
and Amboy Railroad, by the $ A. H. and 2 P. M, trains.
’ je!9-2m*
CONGRESS HALL," ATLANTIC
v/ CITY, by G. W. HINKLE, the proprietor of the
United States three years ago.
The Hall has been-put into complete order and greatly
Improved. A new oflice, billiard saloon, bar-room, and
bath-houses are most excellently arranged and aptly ap
propriated for their respective uses. Congress Hall is
cow the nearest house 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 bega‘ leave to say, to all that
be will be happy to most th*m at Congress Hall, OH
AHD AFTER JCNE 21at instant, at which time he
will be ready to accommodate the public.
jelß-lra* G.W. HINKLE, Lessee.
TTNITID STATES HOTEL,
U ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.,
JAMBS K. ROBISON,
Superintendent.
This celebrated Hotel will be open for the reception of
Visitors on Saturday, June 21,1802, and will continue
Open until September 15. '
Since the last season many handsome improvements
bave been made, both to the houßeand the grounds,
Hiding still further to the comfort, convenience, and
Measure of the guests.
Persons desiring to spend the summer at the Sea Shore
Will find the accommodations at the UNITED STATES
Superior to those of any other house on the Atlantic
Coast.
HASSLFB’S CELEBRATED BAND has been en
gaged for the season, and will be under the direction of
the Messrs. Haesler. „ .
Mr. THOMAS H. BARKATT, late of Cape May, will
buy, charge of the Billiard Boom, Ten-pin Alls,a, and
Bhootlng Gallery. , v.
Tho extensive. improvements made two years ago, and
those nowln contemplation by the owners of this spiendid
Mtabiishment, arc an ample guarantee of what the patrons
Hi the honse may expoct under its present management.
HENRY A. B. BROWN,
jcl2-lra For Proprietors.
CUMMER BOARDING. —BROAD-
U TOP MOUNTAIN HOUSE.—A romantic spot for a
frUMMER RESIDENCE on one of the Mountain Tops
pf Pennsylvania, reached daily by the Pennsylvania
Central, ami the Broad Top Mountain Railroad from
Huntingdon. The House is one of the finest In the in
terior of the State, handsomely furnished, with all the re
quisites for . comfort convenience—pure air, deli
cious spring water, romantic scenery, and everything to
restore and invigorate health. Telegraph station and a
daily mail, so that daily communication may be had with
Philadelphia.
The Pennsylvania Railroad will furnish excursion
tickets through the season. Persons leaving Philadel
phia in the morning can take tea at the Mountain Souse
the same evening. .
The subscriber has kindly been allowed to refer to the
following gentlemen, residents of Philadelphia, who hate
been patrons of tho Mountain, Some .*
Wm. Cummings, Esq , David P. Moore, Esq.,
Rami. Gastner, Esq., ' , Thos. Carstalrs, Eng.,
Hon; Henry D;, Moore, Lewis T. Wattson, Esq.,
JohnMcOanlea, Kbq., G. Albert Lewis, Esq., .
John Hartman, Esq ,< Richard D. Wood, Esa.
Terms Moderate. For further information, address
JOSEPH MORRISON, Proprietor.
Broad-Top City, Huntingdon county, Pa.
VOL. 5-m. 292.
July 12,1562.
To runice room for our Winter Stock, wo will close out
the balance of Summer Goods at lower pricos than the
same styles can be purchased elsewhere.
WANAMAKKR Sc BROW,
“OAK lIALIi,”
S. E. corner SIXTH and MARKET Streats.
“ F° R TEB rAETIcraAK «■
TP.NTION OP THE TRADE.”
ALTEMUS & COZENS.
NO. 311 CHESTNUT STREET,
SOI.B AGENTS FOB
GEEEN & DANIELS’
CELEBRATED IVORY-PINISH
SPOOL COTTON,
Pronounced one of the best and cheapest Spool Cot
tons in the market. AfnUsnpplyonhnnd. jeZt-lra#
SWISS WATCHES,
JEWELRY, AND SILVERWARE,
AT REDUCED PRICES.
JOS. H. WATSON,
my2o-2m 326 CHESTNUT STREET
ASBMOfAL.
J. O. FULLER ;
Having Bemoved from No. 42 South THIRD Street to
No. 712 CHESTNUT. Street, 2nd Floor,
' (Opposite Masonic Semple,)
Now offers a Large and Desirable Stock of
SOLD AKD SILVEE WATCHES,
ROGERS & BROTHERS’SPOONa AND FORES,
' AND •
FINE JEWELRY,
To wkitfi the attention of the trade isinvitofl,
ftp3o~3m
“ AMERICAN WATCH OOM-
M3M . FANY.”
GOBD AND SHiVBB
. ;: W ;:A'vT-..;G '.H .'E/'-S;; , : '
. 808 BADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
00MPANY 5 S SALESROOM,
Ho. 713 CHESTNUT Street, Second Floor, -
(opposite Masonic Temple.)
I. B. MARTBR, Agent.
apBO-Sm
RUBBER JEWELRY
A beautiful line of
GBNTMIMBN’S VEST CHAINS, LADIES' OHA
XALAINN CHAINS, THIMBLES, OBOSSES,
STUDS, BUTTONS, &>., ,
Now In Store. .
J.'GL FULLER,
Ho. Tl 2 CHESTNUT Street, Second Hoot,
(Opposite Masonio Temple.)
apSO-lim
~........... 50 cents.
WATCHES, JEWELRY, &eT|
A FEESH ASSORTMENT, at LESS
jdL THAN FOBMEB PBIOES.
FABB A BBOTHEB,
. Importers, 321 CHESTNUT Street, below Fourth.. ■ -
mh2o.tf ' \ :
REFRIGERATORS AND COOLERS.
THE « DR. HAYES’ EEFBIQ-ERA
• TOB.”
These are, beyond donbt, the most scientific and efficient
REFRIGERATORS
In nse, being WABBANTGD to
KEEP PROVISIONS LONGER,
WITH LESS ICE,
THAN ANY OTHEBS.
RETAILING AT WHOLESALE PRICES.
\ Also, a large assortment of the most approved
WATERCOOLERS.
J. 8. CLARK,
caySß-tf , No.IOOS MABKBTBtreet.
OHAS. L. ©RUM & CO.,
StJOOBSSOBB 10 OLDgHBgBOS A Tagqabv,
Mannfactnrcrs of andDeatera in
GENTLEMEN’S FINE SHIRTS
- ■ . ' ASD
FURNISHINGGOODB,
HO. 146 Horth FOURTH STREET,
PHILADELPHIA. -
CHASL. OBUM. ALEX. M. THOMPSON,
jes-lm
TDINE SHIRT MANUFACTORY
■JJ The subscriber would invite attention to his
IMPROVED OUT OF SHIRTS,
Which he makes a speciality in his business. Also, con
sfcas tly receiving.
NOVELTIES FOR GENTLEMEN’S WEAR.
J. W. SOOTT
GENTLEMEN’! FURNISHING hTORB,
> No. 814 CHESTNUT STREET,
la9-tf Four doors below the Continental.
JAMES S. EARLE & SON,
MANUFACTURERS AND IMPORTERS
OF
LOOKING GLASSES,
OIL PAINTINGS,
NINE ENGRAVINGS,
BICTUBB AND PORTRAIT FRAMES,
PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES.
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS,
CABTEB-DE-YISITE PORTRAITS.
EARLE’S GAHjIiERIES,^
816 CHESTNUT STREET,
ia!s PHILADELPHIA.
jJOBEBT SHOEMAKER
& 00, '
STsrthsui Corner FOUBTH end BACK Strteft,
~ PHILADELPHIA,
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS,
IMPORTERS AND SEALERS
m
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC ,
WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS.
HAirnrAoiDßHßg or
WHITE LEAD AND ZINC PAINTS, PUTTY, As
ABBOTS FOB THE OELBBBATED
YRENCH ZINC PAINTS.
Dealers and consumers supplied at
VERY LOW PRICES POR CASH.
BihSO-tsol
fIABINET FURNITURE AND BIL
KJ LIARD TABLES.
MOORE Ss CAMPION.
No. 281 Sontb SECOND. Street,
bt connection with their extensive Cabinet BtuhteH art
tow manufacturing a superior article of
BILLIARDvTARLES,
And have now on hand a foil snppiy, finished with the
KOOBB A CAMPION’S IMPROVED OUSHIOHS,
which are pronounced, by all who hay. need them, to bt
superior to all others.
For the enmity and tiotab of these tables the maun
lecturers refer to their numerous patrons throoghoni
the Union, who are familiar with the oharaoter of thoir
wort. fe2B-8m
STATIONERY AND FANCY GOODS.
R/TARTIN & QUAYLES
I.VJL STATIONERY, TOY, AND FANCY GOODS
E M P 0 BI U M,
No. 1038 WALNUT STREET,
BELOW BLHTBXTH, .
lell.foly PHILADELPHIA.
/CAUTION.—Owing to the popularity
* and complete success which our PATENT SELF
ADJUSTING CLOTHES-WBINGEB has met with,
other parties are endeavoring to soli their inferior ma
chines, by adopting our name of « SELF-AD JUSTING”
aa a means to deceive the public.
We, therefore, give notice that our name will bo plainly
stamped on each Machine manufactured and sold by us,
and none others are genuine. Any one using our trade
mark will be dealt with according to law. .
Mr. : L. E. SNOW, corner of FIFTH and OHESTNUI
Streets, Philadelphia, is our SOLE AGENT for Penn
sylvania, HALEY, MO3SE, & BOYDEN.
ju24tsel2
Specie! !
The gold and the silver
Have vanishod and fled,
And people must carry
Shinplaatera instead.
We stuff up our pockots
-With currenoy trash ;
However unsightly,
It passes for cash.
For this inconvenience,
We offer uo thanks,
For there’s specie enough
In the vaults of the banks.
Bring specie or shinplasters,
Paper and all!
Bay good and cheap clothing
At tho Great Oak Hail.
SPOOL COTTON,
WATCHES AND JEWELRY.
©ENTS’ EUKNISHINe 60008.
LOOKING GLASSES.
DRUGS AND CHEMICALS. #
CABINET FURNITURE,
%\t firm.
SATURDAY, JULY 12, 1862,
Parson BrowiUow’s Book.*
BlacUstone declares that the designation of
“ Parson,” however familiarly we apply it, is
“the most legal, most beneficial, and most
honorable title that a parish priest can enjoy.”
"Were w-c to notice the hook before us, as the
production of “ the Reverend W. G. Brown
low,” comparatively few would mind what
we said. Noticing it as tho Autobiography
and Diary of “ Parson Brownlow,” of whom
the whole Union has heard, w r c arc very cer
tain of at once directing attention to it. No
one can say that Mr. Brownlow writes without
a special call. Through the length and
breadth of this land, from Maine and Wiscon
sin to Florida and Texas, from.the Atlantic to
the Pacific, the name of this man has tra
velled, and, having suffered, in person and in
property, for the good cause of Constitutional
Liberty, he has a right to be beard—a strong
right too, as a martyr for the truth.
Parson Brownlow speaks openly and boldly,
whether on the platform or through the me
dium of print, of Secession, as he has seen it
• developed in Tennessee, where, never forget
ting that he is an American citizen, he has
spent his heat years in educating .his family,
occasionally preaching the gospel, and con
stantly instructing an extended dientage,
through the medium of the Knoxville Whig
—a journal which obtained a great circulation,
because its numerous readers siw and knew
that he who conducted it was an earnest,
honest man.
Whon Edmund Kean, the great actor—who
must not be confounded with Charles Kean,
his fortunate imitator—drew all tho world (of
London) to see him perform at Drnry Lane
theatre, exactly half a century ago, John Kem
ble went to . see him play Skylock, in “ The
Merchant of Venice,” —to our taste tho finest
of Shakspoare’s comedies, for it has a treble
action—the story of Skylock and Antonio,Vaa
eourtery of Bassanio and Portia., and the runa
way loves of Jessica and Lorenzo. It was re
marked by Coleridge that to see Kean play
Skylock was like reading Shakspeare by flashes
of lightning. : Kemble carefully watched the
performance of his new and energetic rival,
and, at its dose, one of the usual parasites
who infest eminent men, said, “ Mr. Kemble,
this is a poor thing. There is verylittlein
tbis new man .” Kemble, a scholar and a gen
tleman, disdained the implied : adulation of
himself, and emphatically answered, “Sir, it
must be admitted, at any rate, that Mr. Kean
is terribly in earnest.”
Just so with Mr. Brownlow. He is, always
has been, and (unless his very nature change)
always must be “terriblyin earnest.” He
impresses Ms readers as well os his auditors
with this simple fact. He follows Shakspßare’s
advice, to “ tell truth and shame the devil.”
*He does not pause, in the mid-current of
thought and speech, to cull out pretty words
and string them together, in an ornate manner,
as a fashionable damoscl strings pearls, for the
sake of ornament. Not he. What Mr. Brown
low has to dedare lie declares openly and
boldly, and, with him, as with all natural ora
tors and writers, the best words—that is, the
words which most plainly enunciate his thought
—array themselves in tho best places. As jias
before been remarked in the political part of
this newspaper,. W. G. Brownlow: is undeni
ably the Peter the' Hbrmit of; the great Union
cause which honest men advocate. Moreover,-
he is a martyr to the cause. No matter. Time
at last sets all things even, and it would not
surprise us soon to hear this honest, courage
ous, single-minded patriot uttering the words
of truth, with the authority of high position,
in the legislature of the United States. Even
now, wo believe, men’s minds are being moved
to this result, in Tennessee, and if pluck and
ability are duly estimated there, as they ought
to be, and especially at a time like this, he will
'be elected. For our part, we say, “ Detur
digniori”—which, for the benefit of the ladies,
we freely translate, “Let the best man win!”
A Soniliern man by birth ami. training,
Parson BrowDlow is eminently a Unionist.
For many years he conducted the Knoxville
TVhig, which has much led public opinion in
Tennessee, and which, in a short time, he will
re-establish with such a subscription list as a
country paper has rarely owned. In Decem
ber, 1861, be was arrested (and kept in prison
at Knoxyille for three months) on the pre
tence of articles against Secession published
in bis paper long before Tennessee disgraced
herself by going over to Rebellion. Major
General Crittenden actually promised, him a
passport to leave Tennessee, but most meanly
betrayed his confidence by allowing him, then
in wretched health, to be arrested and im
prisoned. It was a mercy, for which he may
thank the good God who has sustained him
through many trials, that his persecutors did
not hang him, without trial, as they did hang
either honest men. He escaped, at last, and
his book, here before us, is one of the severest
blows that Treason has yet received.
.Mr. Browulow’s confession of political faith
is plain' and tangible., Standing up for the
Union, he says: “My ancestors fought in its
defence; and while their blood flows, in my
veins I shall instinctively-recoil from birter
ing away the glory of its past and tho prophe
cy of its future for the stained record of that
vile thing, begotten by fraud, crime, and bad
ambition, christened a Southern Confederacy.
I cannot exchange historic renown for dis
gvace, national honor for infamy, how splen
did soever may be the bribe or how violent
soever may be the compulsion.” He has
plainly defined his: platform,-since his escape
from thraldom. He say%: “ I have, every
where, condemned, the disorganizing propa
gandists of the North, and have publicly pro
claimed that I was a Southerner by birth,
education, and habits; yet, when I also an
nounced that I was a National man and un
compromisingly for the Union, I found that
other things were forgotten, land that I had
touched a chord which made us all of kin.”
This ; is the right feelingabove all, thio
Union.
A Virginian by birth, Mr. Brownlow will
be fifty-seven years old on the 2fltb of next
month—though temperance and steady, habits
: have combined to make him appear much
younger. For ten years he travelled the mi
nistry of the Methodist connection, and,- like
many men of mark, is mainly a self-educated
man. Ho has lived in East Tennessee for the
last thirty years, and tells us, “T have a family
of seven children. I have been speaking all
that time; and for the last twenty-five years I
have edited and published a Whig newspaper
having a larger circulation than any political
paper in the State, and even larger than a!i the
papers in East Tennessee put together. I
have taken a part in all the religious and poli
tical controversies of my day and time.” He
proceeds to say: '•
“ I am known throughout the length and breadth
of the land aa tho 1 Fighting Parson; 1 while I may
lay, without incurring the charge of egotism, that
no man is more poaceabie, as my neighbors will
testify. Always poor, and always oppressed with
security debts, few men in my section and of my
limited means have giveD away more in the course
of each year to charitable objects. I have never
been arraigned in the Church for any immorality.
I never played a card. I never was :a profane
swearer. I never drank a dram of liquor until
within a few years, when it was taken as a medi
cine. I never had a cigar or ohew of tobacco in my
mouth. I never was in attendance at a theatre. I
never attended a horse-race, and never witnessed
their running, save on tho fair grounds of my own
county. I never courted but one woman, and her
I married.”
Add that W. G. Brownlow has always been
a politician and never an office-seeker or of
fice-holder; and that the portrait in his book is
a striking likeness, and you see at once what
manner of man this is. He says: “I am a
Southern inan by birth, raising, and education,
and all my interests are there ; but I am not of
the number of those who believe that the
South can any better its rights out
of the Union than in it. If those rights have
been invaded—which ! deny—l hold it to be
the bounden duly of every man in tho South,
as well as his highest obligation, to protect
them under the forms of law and the guaran
tees of the Constitution. These rights can
Lever be maintained by Secession, but by a
PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, JULY 12, 1862.
faithful observance of the Constitution and of
the du'ies it imposes.”
The book consists of two parts. The first,
illustrated by extracts from Mr. Brownlow’s
editorials—powerful and oitimes prophetic—
sketches tho rise, progress, and decline of Se
cession ; the second gives his prisbn-diavy,
and an account of his travel from ?j durance
vilo” to tho freo air of the Union States.
What Ms triumphant reception has-been in
Ohio, Pennsylvania, Now York, Now England,
Now Jersey, Delaware, and Washington, is
full in men’s mind, because it is recent..
His opinions, expressed two years ago, are
forcible indeed. In July, 1860, he wrote and
published this: W
“Wo aro now, as we have always boon, a Union
man. Wa say, let tho Union stand; let the princi
ples end compromises of the Constitution beobserved;
Jot tho spirit of our'forefathers, who framed but of
discordant materials this noble fabric of govern
ment, prevail; let the work of tho clear heads of
Adams, Hancock, Jefferson, Carroll, Harrison;.and
a host of others equally true and patriotic. ba:por
pctual; lot sectionalism, as hold by the Bepnbii
cans of the North and the Democrats of the South,
and the evil passions of vilo demagogues, who seek
their own, not their country’s good, sink to the.
lowest bod ; and let unity of opinion, tolerance of
differences, and patriotic sentiments alone bo heard
in our national councils.” I ■ ‘
An old Whig, he has never joined any othb,rj
party. A certain Jordan Clark asked hitu||
two. years ago, to “join the Democratic:,
party,” and received a public reply, in the
Knoxville Whig,-pmt of which we subjoin, as
it is a .graphic specimen of Mr. Brownlow’s ■
style: -
I join- the Democracy !. Jordan Clark,, you.
know not what you-say. When I join Democracy;:
tho Popo of Rome will join the Methodist Choreh.
When Jordan Clark, of Arkansas, is President of.
the Republic of Great Britain by the universal suf
frage of a contented people; whon Queen Victoria'-:
consents to be divorced from Prince Albert by a'.
county court in Kansas; when Congress obliges;s
by law, James Buchanan to marry a European
princess;, when the Pope leases the Capitol at
Washington for his city residence; when Alexan
der of Russia and Napoleon of Prance are elected;
Senators in Congress from New Mexico ;"whengood
men cease to go to heaven, or bad men to hell;,
when-this world is turned upside down; when,
proof is afforded, both clear and unquestionable!,;
that there is no God; whon men turn to ants, and
ants to elephants—X will change my political faith:
and come out on the side of Democracy! ”
Mr, Brownlow’s narrative of events, during
the terrible infliction of Secession in Tennes
see, bears the impress of plain truth. The
more striking of these events have been very
artistically represented in the well-designed
wood engravings which copiously illustrate the ‘
volume. In every instance, Mr. Bro wnlow
gives dates, locality, circumstances, and names
of the parties. There is no evasion,—no hold
ing back. He returns to Tennessee with his
book in bis band, daring any man to impeach
its veracity as to facts therein set forth. It is
true that some of tbo deeds therein recorded
are so vile, and wicked, and brutal as to seem
almost incredible. But the record, writ “more
in sorrow than In anger,” is fatally true.v The
publisher (Mr. G. WYChilds) has received an
attestation of this truth from one best qua
lified to judge, the Hon. Horace Maynard,
Member of Congress for East
which we subjoin. It is dated “ House of.
Representatives, Washington, July 7, 1862,”
and runs thus:
I have neglected to acknowledge an early copy
of Mr. Brownlow’s book. I have read it with great
interest. The biographical portion was, much of is,
new to mo, as it will be to thousands of his friends,
who have known him only during tho last twenty
years. They will value it.
The political writings are not new ; I read them,
as from time to time, they were published in my
own city, through the columns of his, paper. Read,
however, by the light of subsequent events, they
discover new points. They show that the writer
fully appreciated the significance of passing events,
and comprehended the future with a sagacity little'
short of prescience. Tho personal narrative is
painfully attiactive, though 1 cannot say it is new.
The_ localities and the persons mentioned are all
familiar to me. : In some of the incidents I partici
pated ; ef fhe others I have heard through different
sources. Yet I recur to them with wonder as to a
bewildering: dream: As soon as it can reach the
people of East, Tennessee, the .scene of those thril
ling events; it will be devoured with avidity,: It
forms an important chapter in the history of that
devoted region. And every American citizen who
desires: to obtain 'an inside view of the rebellion,
will findfitno less instructive than interesting. -
As I would have expected, from my intimate ac
quaintanee with the author, the work is prepared
with very little artistic skill; a straightforward,
truthful, forcible, mi embellished statements those
things which he wishes his readers to know. It
is the. outspoken language of an earnest, sincere,
and resolute man; -and-as such it will make a pro
found impression.
The last 150 pages of Mr. Brownlo w’s book
are more interesting to us than any preceding
portion. Why? Because they literally jour
nalize his daily life from the beginning of last
December—through his prison and sickness
sufferirgst, down to his arrival in Philadelphia
three months ago. Oae chapter, containing a
speech which he would have spoken) had they
hanged him as they hanged others, (and as
they threatened him,) is as bold, decisive; and
telling specimen of argumentative declamation
as ever was set down on paper. : He would
have spoken it, too, were the rope around Ms
neck. He is a man of dauntless courage
true, bold, and able.
Mr. Childs has brought out this book in a
very handsome maimer. It is well printed,
well illustrated, and well bound. The author
has: a direct and unusually large interest in
every volume sold. Already. 80,000 copies
have been disposed of, and as regards pur
chasers, “ the cry is still ‘ they come.’ ” The
results, we hope and believe, will enable Mr.
Brownlow to re-establish his newspaper lite
rally as a power in the land, in bis own old
home at Knoxville, ont of which himself and
family were driven by the accursed tyranny of
Secession. Such an organ will be equal to au
army in'lhat district.
*Sketehesof the Rise, Progress, ana Decline of Seceg-
Etiou; with » Narrative of Personal .Adventures among
the lube's, by W. G. Brownlow, Editor of Knoxville
Whig. 1 voi. 32m0.., pp. 45P, with, illustrations. ' Phila
delphia: George W. Childs. Oincianati: Applegate & Co.
Lancaster CouNTYj.Juty 8,1862- :
To the hditOT'pfifVke'Press :*
Sir : Being of-'an inquiring mind, I should like
to know what causes this recent demand for
United States postage stamps. - The story goes
thus: Some benevolent, but somewhat eccentric
individual, (name unknown,) promises to educate
any boy bringing him oi;s vnli/vn old stamp:—
voi!a tout. ,Now the question arises, what will he
do with them? Xla3 this philanthropic unknown
discovered a process by which the mark cancelling
the stamp can be rem'oved defacing the
profile of General Washington and is it his patri
otic intention to sell, tho father of his country and
tho public? The provost marshal forbid! What
can be tho object of this stamp hunter—name un
known? Perhaps the demand for this specimen of
the engraver’s art is such a hoax ’as occurred in
Germany a few, years sinoo : It was current that
some •Englishman would make a valuable present
to any one bringing him enough oId : postage stamps
to paper a room of certain dimensions. Forthwith
every one started on a collecting tour—the first
question asked when friends met was, “ Have yon
any stamps to give me?”-" It became such a nui
sance that the police were called in to investigate
matters ; - the rich Englishman was never found er
heard of,''and I believe all that sapient body, dis;
qpvered was that some wag of a student started
tho whole thing in a memont of fun.
Now, if our domestic stamp collector wishes to
educate seme one, why not select a fit subject at
once, instead of making the object of his projected
charity lose half a lifetime in collecting a million
of old stamps? We can scarcely receive a ietter
but a dozen cormorants aro waiting to Seizo tho
receipt of our venerable unc'o. Now this should
be put a stop to, otherwise some enterprising indi-:
vidua.l will be caught robbing the mail for the sake
of tho stamps.
let me suggest that the; female portion of stomp
hunters would more profitably employ their time
in scraping lint for our poor soldiers, and be doing
some good to their country at the same time. . . r
I refer to one sex alone, as the ladies seem to bB
more anxious for this loy to be educated than that
individual does himself.' Any. light on thisEubjeot
you can give will bo thankfully received by
Small Change.
To the htlitor of The Frees
Sm : Have the kindness to allow many customers
of the city passenger car to give the directors a hint
of the positive necessity, in these times of scarcity
of small and large ohango, to sell bundles of tickets
amounting to one dollar and upwards. It is very
disagreeable to offer a dollar note for a five-den
ride, and be refused change. There is, theo,no re
courso but to‘ get out, or bear with a black look
from the conductor.
I am, sir. yours rospoctfully,
PHILAhEU-JUA, July 10; 1562.
A FRENCH STORY.—A carious story is told in
Gediynani. A Fronebman residing on the -Route de la
Sabhero, at Baris, wbo has for some time past devoted
bis leisure to forming a collection of tropical and other
foreign birde, .which he kept in cages in a lege room on
the fifth floor, was greatly horrified one morning to find
all hie, birds dead and bis'cage empty. He traced the
mischief to a monkey owned by one of hf s neighbors. He
procured a gun and shottho monkey, and then, in despair
at the less of his pets, shot himself. V
THE SEVEN-DAYS BATTLE.
Additional Southern Accounts.
LIST OF Ulfiorf OFFICERS CIPTFREO.
Repulse o£ the Yankees—Fight. at Elly son’s
Mills—Affair at Gaines’ Mills—Storming
the Entrenchments—What 4 4 Stonewall ’ ’
Jackson Rid—The Federal Forces— 4 4 Who
took the Batteries ?”—Money and; Clothing
Found—Cannon, Small-arms, and Ammuni
tion Captured—The Federal Wounded and
Gallant Dead—Results—More Fighting-
Engagement at Coal Harbor—Affair at Gar
nett’s Farm—Rebel Officers Slain—Partial
List of Federal Officers Capturedt
[From the Richmond Dispatch, Jane.3o.l
■fthen General A. P. Hill had' steadily driven the ene
my from Meadow. Bridge, and bad taken up the line of
march towards MechanicsviHo, and the road, evening was
far advanced, and it was supposed that a halt would take
place. General Ripley, however, with fh© 44th and 48th
Georgia,’end 2d and Sd North Carolina, macoan attack
upon tbo Yankee fortifications at Ellysou’s Mills, in
which the 44th Georgia and 3d North Carolina suffered
©xtremely, and did not succeed in taking them, owing to
Ike impracticable nature of'tke ground. Operations were
then suspended on our side, but the . enemy kept up a
; deafening roor of artiilery,till late in the night. liong-,
had raeanwhile crossed, and.; marched pa-
STalle! with tho Chickahominy. The brigades of Gene
rals'Featheratone and Pryor were in and, pro
ceeding sorb© distance, halted for tho night. About mid
night Jfeatberstone received orders to change his' posi
tion, and to occupy a skirt of woods near Beaver Bam
creek, and facing the Federal batteries. He did
so, and the men wore scarcely ■ asleep when,
-twilight, approaching, the enemy discovered the
bivouac;: and immediately commenced to shell
it vigorously. The men, thus unceremoniously
aroused, seizsd their muskets and foil io, and Gen. Fea
.theretone, just arrived from headquarters, led them to
storm tbe position, mounting ton guns, and supported by
two or three brigades. Sharp fighting now commenced
; on ail sides, when Gen. Pryor Bent for assistance, and ;
‘ Wilcox soon camoupon the ground. To cover the in
fantry attack and draw of the artillery fire, the 3d Rich- ■
mood Howitzers, some pieces of the Donaldsonvllle and
Tbomas Ailillery, moved up and played upon the ene
my’s position magnificently. Having engaged tbe enomy
tor along time! and Sliding it Impossible to cross the;
creek wimout a bridge, one was constructed by some of
tbe 19th HtesiE-sippi and 14th Lonleiana under fire, when
the whole force advanced and closed up with the enemy,
driviog-fhem in groat confusion from the field. The
difficulties of attack at tbis position woro such that it
Is .impossible to give a correct idea without maps—the
battery being on a height, flanked by rifle pits, a deep
, creek at-the foot of the hill, and covered with a thick
hedge. . ;
. The a‘tack of our men on Gus position was impetuous
and daring, but the loss, was great, for the foe were so
sdreened by the position it was impossible to get at them
properly. Their lew* was severe. Gen. Featherstone’e
adjutant general, Geo. P. Foote, was shot while riding
far in advance ol the 12th Miseisaippi, and, although
hailed to return, he did not, ho was auickly siarled out
and morfcdly wounded. Hia body was shortly afterwards
found: despoiled—watch, money, and sword gone. The
12th Missieslppi went out in tbemorning with 397 men ;
lost in this engagement twieve killed, sixty-eight wound
. cd, and nine, missing. The regiment was commanded by
Major W. 'B. Bifly, who was wounded leading acharge,
the colonel being absent and sick and the lieutenant co
lonel wounded. The 19th Mississippi went into action
with 521; had thirty-one hilled and one hundred and
fifty wounded. The 2d Mississippi Battalion, Colonel
Taylor, went into action'with 234 men, aod bad thirty
killed and wounded. The loss of Pryor’s brigade we have
not beard, but hear that tbe 14th Louisiana and the rem
nant of St Paul’s Battalion suffered severely; Wilcox,
being in support, did not lose many. The general speaks
in high : tenns of tbe four field pieces in this attack, the
3d Richmond Howitzers, some ot the Bonaidsonvilieand
Thomas Artillery having caused great execution among,
the enemy, and with slight lots to themselves. Tho ra
pidity of their fire quite astonished the Yankees, and
could be distinctly hoard over all our city long before
dawn bad fairly broken.
: V \ EIGHT AT ELLYSON’S MILLS. '
While Featherstone, Pryor, and Wilcox were thus
successfully engaging the enemy on the right of our ad
vance, Gen Maxey Gregg and his brigade were also hard
at work, andsuccessfully stormed the strong position of
EllyEon’Oliila, and: took up the line, of march on the
left. They did not ad vance bn the mills by the road, as
had been done on Friday evening, by Ripley, bnt simply
made a feint in that direction, crossed the main body
higher up the croek, took the redoubts and rifle pits on.
flank, carried them with the bayonet, passed through the
camps, ami followed the. road towardß Gaines* Mills,
whither the enemy was retiring.
; ! ' AT GAINES’ MILLS. *
From prisoners captured at both poaitiong—who
proved to be of the valley ai-ray—it was ascertained that
we might expect stout resistance at Gaines’ Mill?, since
three or feur whole divisions were strongly encamped
there, McClellan commanding in person, with Major
Generals McOelli Sorter, Sedgwick, and others—their
estimated force being not less than thirty odd thousand
men. As our three columns moved by paralleiliaes, we
followed and conversed with prisoners, who informed ug
that their less on Friday at Meadow Bridge, Mechanica
ville, and Ellyaoh’s mills, had been fearful, and that the
whole night had been occupied in burial. The Federals
carry off alftheir dead and wounded ag fast os shot, aud
we only discover thoee who fall opd are left.at the acuut
moment of retreat: This icforisiatioh we believe to be
correct;- ■’
-The heads. ,cf onr thres columns having reached
Walker Hogan’s farm, northhenk of the Ohickabomlny,
about nine-miles northeast of Richmond, all ’came to a
halt, and Oeiierals Lee and Loxigstreet took np Quarters
in the houee and made dispositions for a further advance
towards: Gaines’ Mills, distant about one mile through
the weeds." FestberstOßo’e brigade having suffered much
in tlie morning, vViicox led, being followed byJP, yor, and
Featherstone in reserve. The composition Wilcox’s
coniiuand is mostly Alabamians; Pryor has the 14th
Lotrieiaho, St. Paul’s battalion, 3d Virgiuio, and one
ether, regiment; Featherstone has the, 19th and 12th
Misslgsippi, and 2d Mississippi battalion.
Emerging from the woods, the road leads to the left
and then to the right round Gaines* house, when the
whole country, for the area of some two miles, ia an open,
unbroken succession of undulating hills Standing at
the north door of Gaines’ house, the whole country to the
right, for the distance of one mile, is a gradual slope to
wards a creek, through which tho main road runs up an
open hill, and then winds to the right. In front, to the :
left, are orchards and gullies running gradually to a deep
creek. Directly in front, for the distance of a mite, the
ground is almost table laud, suddenly dipping to the deep
creek mentioned above, being faced by a timber-covered
hill ‘ fronting all the table laud. Beyond this timber
covered hill the country is again open, a.periect plateau,
a farm house and outhouses occupying-the ceatre, the
main road mentioned winding to the right end through
all the Federal camps. To the left and rear of the second
mentioned farm a road comes in upon the Sat lauds,
j lining the main road mentioned. Thus, to recapitulate,
except the deep creek and timber covered hiU beyond it,
the whole country, as Been from the north doorof Gaines’
house, is unbroken, open, undulating, and table land,
right forming a descent to the wood-covered creek, the
left being dips and gullies, with dense timber still farther
to; the left, the Iront being for the most port table land.
These particulars of the position are as correct, perhaps,'
as can be mentioned ; but without a map it will always
be difficult to understand tho topography of this hard
fought and rictoricus field of Gaines 1 Mills.
But to the soutoeastof Gaines’ house is a large tract of
•timber, commanding 'all advances upon the mala road,
and In this McGitllan'and McCall had posted a strong
body of skirmishers, with .art'llery, to annoy our flsnk
.and rear when advancing on their camps on the high ‘
grounds, if we cid bo by the main road over the table
lands to the norths
It now being 3 P. M., and the head of our column in
view of the Federal camps, Gen. Pryor was sent forward
with his brigade to drive away the heavy mass of skir
mishers posted to our rear to annoy the advance -This
being accomplished with great tuccess and with little
loss to us, Piyor returned and awaited orders. Mean
while the Fee erase, from their camps and several posi
tions on the high grounds, swept tho whole face of the
country with their numei ous artillery, which would have
annihilated our entire force if not screened iu the dip 3 of
the land and in gulließ to our left. Advancing cau
tioufly but rapidly in tie skirt of woods and in tbe dips
to the left, Wilcox and Pryor, deployed their men into
line of battle—Ft atberstone beirg in tlie rear—and, sud
denly appearing on the plateau facing tbe
vered hill, rushed down into the wide gully, crossed it,
clambered over all tbe felled limber, stormed the timber
breastworks beyond it, and began the ascent of the hill
under a terrific fire of sharpshooters, and an incessant
dischargeof graph and canister from pieces posted on the
brow of the bill, and from batteries in their comps ta the
right on the high fiat lands. Such a 'position was never
stomed before. In descending into tbe deep creek, the
infantry and artillery, fire that assails! tbe three brigades
was the most terrible en record ; Twenty-six pieces
were thundering at them, and a perfect hail-storm of lead
fell thick and fast around them. One of Wilcox’s regi
ments wavered ; down the General rushed furiously,
sword in band, and threatened to behead the first man
who hesitated. Pryor eteadHV advanced, but - slowly,
and j.by the time that the three brigades had stormed the
position, pegged up tho hill throngbTtimber and over felled
trees,-Featherstonp was far in advance. Quickly the
Federate withdrew their pieces and took up a fresh posi
tion, to assail tho throe brigades advancing in perfect
fine of battle from the. woods and upon the plateau. Offi
cers had no horses—all were shot; brigadiers marched
sword in hand; regiments were commanded
by captains, and companies by rergeantg, yet on
ward they rushed, with yells and colors flying,
and* backward, still backward, fe'l the Federate,
their'. men t tumbling, every moment In scores. But
what a sight met the eyes of theao three gallant bri
gades! In front stood Fedeial camps, stretching : to
the northeast For miles; drawn up in line of .battle were
mere than three full divisions, commanded by, McCall,
Porter, Sedgwick, &c. j banners darkened the air ; artil
lery vomited forth incessant volleys cf grape, canister,
and shell; heavy masses were moving on our left through
the woods to flank us. Yet oh came Wilcoxto the right,
Pryor to the loft, and ’Feathorstono to: the. centre—one
grand, matcbUss line of : battle, : almost consumed by the
exploits of the day—jet onward they advanced to the
heatt of tbe Federal position • and, when the enemy had
fairly succeeded in almost flanking us oa the left, great
commotion iB heardinthe woods—volleys upon volleys
are heard in rapid Buccesiion, which are recognized and
cheered by our men. u lt is Jackson,” they about, «on
their right and rear !” Yes, two or three brigades of
Jackson’s army have flanked the enemy and are getting
in therear.
Now Ike fighting was bitter and terrific. "Worked up
to madness, Wilcox, and Pryor dash for
ward at a run, and: drive the enemy with - irroaietible
fury j to our left emerge Hood’s Texan brigade, Whiting’s
comes after, and Tencter follows. The line is now com
p’ete, and “Forward” rings from one end of the line to
the other, and iho Yankees, over 30,000 strong, begin to
retreat. Wheeling theirairtiHery from tho front, the Fe
derals.tum part of it to break our left and Bave their re
treat. The very oarlh shakes at the roar 1 Not one
piece of ours has yet opened I all baa been done with
bullet and bayonet, and onward press bur troop* through
camps upon camps,’ capturing guns, stores arid?,'cloth
ing, &c. Yet, like bloodhounds on the trail, the six bri
gades sweep everything before them, presenting au un
broken, Eolid front, and, closing in upon the enemy, keep
up an incessant succession of Volleyß upon ‘their con
fused masses, and unerringly slaughtering them by hun
dreds and thousands. v
“stonewall” at work. .
Caerhauvom.
But “ where is Jackson ask afl. He has travelled
fast, and is heading the retreating foe, and as night closes
in all r is anxiety,for intelligence from him. ’Tisnbw
about seven P. M., and jußt as the rout of the enemy is
complete—just ss the last valleys are sounding in the
enemy’s ear, tho distant and rapid discharges- of cannon
tell that Jackson has fallen upon the retreating column,
broken it, and captured 3,000 prisoners. Far in/the
night bis insatiable troops hang upon the enemy, and for
miles upon miles ore dead,/wounded, prisoners, wagons,
cannon, &0., scattered in inextricableconfuaion upon the
road. Thus for four hours did our inferior force, unaided
by a single piece cf artillery, withstand over thirty thou
sand of the enemy, assisted by twenty-six pieces of artil
lery.' ... •' -
In total we captured many prisoners and thirty pieces
of artillery up to five V M. Friday, and in the battle of
Gaines’ Mills captured twenty-six field pieces, 15 000
stand of. arms, six stand of colors, three generals (Rey
nolds, Sanders, and Bankin', and over 4,000 prisoners,
including dozens of officers of every grade, from colonels
to lieutenants of the line.
THE FEDERAL FORCE.
Every arm of the service was well represented in the
Federal line—cavalry were there in force, and wken our
men emerged from the woods, attempted to charge, but
the three brigades on the right and Jackson’s three bri
gaderon the left closed up racks and poured such deadly
volleyß-upon the. horsemen that they left the ground in
A DARING ATTACK.
CHARACTER; OF THE GROUND,
STOIiMIKG, ENTRENCHMENTS
confusion and entirely fer their infantry to decide the
cay. McCall’s, Porter’s, and Sedgwick's “crack” divl
sionsmelted away before our advance, however, and had
the Rght lasted one-half hour longer, not one whole re»i
ment would have survived it. McOioHan, prisoners say,
repeatedly-waspresent and directed movement!; bat when
the three brigades to our loft emerged from the woods, such
confusion ensued that ho gave orders to re
treat, supped off ms horse, and escaped as best he could.
Some say that he was severely wounded, and many offi
cers (prisoners) believe the report that he was on the field
is undoubtedly true; for every thing had been previously
prepared for & grand fight at Gaines’. Mills, McClellan
oven promising to capture our, whole force should we at
tempt to storm his c&mp3. Results were different, and so
the fates reward the greatest iiar of his agu.
CHANGES AND ItEI'UT.SES.
Much has been said of repeated u cbargea” made and
“ repulses.” 'Wild'imaginations have concocted mouy
Buch foolish reports.. There was but one “ charge,” and,
from the moment tbe word of command was gi ren, *« Fix
bayonets—forward!” our advance was never stopped,
despite the awful reception which inet it. It is trno that
one or two regiments became confined in passing over
the deep ditch, abatis, and timber earthwork ; it is also
true that several slipped from the ranks and ran to the
rear—but in many cases these wore wounded me but
, tho totaluu nber of “ stragglers” -would hot anmunt to
more than one hundred. This is strictly true,anlre
dounds to onr immortal honor. These facts are true of
Wilcox’s, Pryor’e, and Featherstone’s brigade», who
formed our right ; and we are poiitivo that, from the
composition of Whiting’s, Hood’s, and Fender’s brigades,
who flanked the enemy and formed our left, they never
could be made to falter; for Whiting had the 11th, 16;b|~
and 2d Mississippi, and two otter regiments unkopwn to
ns; Hood hadfourToxan and onoQeorgiaregiment, and
the material of render’s command was equffiy as good
as any, and greatly distinguished itseir. Taeso wor. the :
troojainoßttyengaged, and.that:suffered tho most.: It
isgrossinjniitioo.in.anr to tail! of our.troops making
“ three charges,’’ “rcpnlsoe,” &c.V 1 &a. Our troops re
ceived the command but once, and ir Satan and all his
host had confronted them, instead: of . mortal Yankees,
the result would hare boon the Botno. Thoro wore no re
pulses—all arrangements wrorked like a charm; and we
oughtnotoniy to do onr soldiers justice, but hwtiiy
thank Providencß for His guiding hand and assistance in
the immortal events of Ihnrßday, and Friday.
“WHO TOOK TDE BATTKIUESV”
It is always a difficult matter to ascertain with any de
gree of certainty who took this or that battery; for, ever
since the capture of Sherman’s, at Manassas, thefines
tion of conquered bat lories has always been a vexed one.
The position of regiments changes so often in an engage
ment that one, perhaps, who did bnt little, by some lucky
chance finds itsrlt before a feebly-defended or deserted
battery, and, simply for the trouble of planting a fla<>
therton, baa honor conferred on it for doing nothing
There were not less than six batteries captured In the
battles ef “ Gaines’ Mill,” yot not one of any of our rel
giments can lay positive claim to any single one piece, for
all arc contested property.
Some of the 12th Mississippi claim the beautiful brass
pieces t o much admired, and officers say that when they
arrived In front a yonng man named Cassidy jumped
upon one of the horses and wished to drive them off or
turn them on the enemy, bnt was not allowed. The sth
Texas, after bard fighting, found itself before a battery
ar-d e’eared it. but yefsome other regiment claimed it
A Georgia regiment of Hood’s brigade claimes one, Wil
cox’s brigade claims another; and so it is—they all fight
for them, yet none can la. positive individual claim to
any. Yet all enjoy the joke, and laugh right heartily
over the dangers of capture, and chat around camp fires
right merrily,^mever counting the danger, but only dc
sirrng new occasions to distinguish themselves.
; MOSKY WAS PODSD
Quite abundantly among the Wain. Some men, in inter
ring tho dead, often searched the pockets, Ac., one man
finding not less than §l5O in gold; another fished ont of
some old clothes not lees than S5OO : another SI.OOD in
Federal notes. "Watches, both gold and Biiver, were
found among the aroils, one lucky iodividuel havino hot
lobs than six chronometers ticking in his pocket at° one
time. -As a general thing, more money win found upon
the dead on the field than on any other of which we have
heard.
CLOTHING IN ABUNDANCE
wss scattered about, and immense piles of hOw^ uniforms
were found untouched. : Our mea'seemed to take great
delight in assuming Federal officers’ uniforms,: and
strutted nbout Berio comically, much, to the amusement
of- duety, powder.begrimed youths, who sat loliiog and
smoking in the shade.: Every conceivable article of
clothing was found in these divisional camps, and came
suite apropos to our needy soldiery, scores of who® took
a cool bath, and changed old for new under-clothing
many articles being of costly material and quite uniguo’
•CUE ASfOONT OF AMMtrjfITIOX POUND
was considerable, and provdd of very superior quality
and manufacture. The exact amount captured we have
: not yet ascertained, but from the immense piles of boxes
scattered: through the camps, wa conjecture that the
enemy had laid in quite an unusual supply, expecting to
use tt, doubtless, upon our devoted men, and so they
would did our troops stand, ub they do, at “long taw,”
and not come to “wlose quarters.”
THE CANNON AND ARMS CAPTUP.ED
in this batflo. were numerous, and of very superior work
mapship. The twenty-six pieces were the most beautiful
we have ever seen, while immense piles of guns could be
"seen on every band, many scarcely having the manufac
turer’s finish even tarnished. The enemy seemed quite
willing to throe them away on.the slightest pretext,
dozens being found with loads still undischarged. Tha
number of smeil-anns capturaa, we understand, was not
less than fifteen thousand, of every calibre and every
make.
: TIIE FEDERAI, "WOUNDED
were collected together, and formed a very large field
hospital : The court yard of a farm homo was selected,
and scores could be seen reclining on tbo grass, and ox
pert surgeons operating with much skill and zeal -By
mutual agretmeut, surgeons are not considered prisoners
of war: hence, at the close of tbe lato battle, many Fede
ral surgeons remained behind, and their services seemed
very much appreciated by the men. As many as could
be were convoyed to town, and attended to. good convey
ance being furnished, and much cs're manifested for their
welfare. ’f 7 .:.: --T.. ■ :
THE GALLANT - DEAD—COLONEL WHEAT
Among "the many heroic spirits who sacrificed their
lives on tho altar of our country in the dreadful, but
glorious struggle at Gaines’ Mills on Friday, June 27,
we would particularly mention the name of the immortal
NYheat, of TYheat’s battalion, the master spirit of-that
heroic band who, from the dawn, of our struggle until
the present, has always been found in the vanguard bat
tling manfully for our lives, liberties, and homes. At
Manassas the name of "Wheat became historical in out
annals, for so long'as that Tictory shall remain known to
fame, so long will the name of Robert Wheat he ceupled
with it. Despising petty intrigue, Colonel. Wheat de
sired nothing more than to secure his own beloved South,
and to be in active service was his chief delight. Join
ing Jackson in the valley, and winning imperishable
fame, thia gallant man fought all through that arduous
but all glorious campaign, and, while loading the small
remnant of his once numerous battalion to the charge at
Gaines’ Mills, was mortally shotin the head. “Bury
mo on the field; boys,” Eaid.he, and placidly expired
May he rest in peace!
RESULTS.
It Is impossible to get correct returns of the killed and
wounded, x Our loss is probably .not over 2,030 at the
highest calculation. The, Federal less is estimated at
20.QC0 killed, wounded, and prisoners, if not more. The
following items we have from Featherstone’a brigade *
The casualties in the 12th Regiment Mississippi Volun
teers, Feathers tone’s brigade, Xongstreet’s division,
commandt dby Major "W. H, Billy, are a 3 follows; Major
W. H. Billy wounded early in the morning’s action white
leading the regiment in the first charge: In the morn
ing' engagement this regiment lost 12 killed, 68 wounded,
and 9 missing. Number taken into the field, officers,
non-commissioned officers, and privates, 397. In tho
evening engagement (Captain S. B. Thomas commanding
regiment), the loes was 6 killod, 38 wounded, and 18
missing. Number of officers and privates taken into the
battle, 308. The regiment thus lost 153 killed, wounded,
and missing during tbe day, out of 397 men.
Tbe above is as near correct as it ig possible to ascer
tain, as several reported missing have been found killed,
and others wounded.
Tbe Nineteenth Mississippi Volunteers lost SI killed
and I£o wounded, out of 521 that went into action in the
morning.
The gecord Mississippi battalion lost 106 killed and
wounded out of 234 taken into the action in tho morning.
The following is a list of casualties in the Purcell bat
tery, in tbe battle.of Thursday evening last:
Killed— Lieutenant Wm. A. Alien, Corporal Murphy,
Privates Bojd and Stillman.
Wounded—Jjkutenant HVH. Fikdingb; Sergeants
Crow, McGrudcr, Temple, Ball, and Messier; Corporals
Eddins and Beck; Privates Beckham* Cheatham, Thos.
Berry, Donahce, George Dockerty, Davis, Daniel, Ego,
Flemming, Finnell, Mott, Grigsby, Herring, Holland,
Heart, Harrow, Geo. W. Johnstqn. E. P. Jones, W. T.
Flint, James, Kimball, .Mitchell, Mahoney, McLeod,
Morton, O’Brien, F. 3. Price, Eitchie, Rose, Sacrey, T.
H. Thompson, B. M. Temple, Partington. W. T. Smith,
T. T.. Yager.:
•- This last proves tli© desperate bravery exhibited I>7 the
command in the bloody, strife. We learn that Mr Daw
son, a young Englishman, who came over in the Nash
ville, volunteered for .the engagement, and received a
wound while acting most gallantly.
The Crenehaw battery, of this eftyy attached to Gregg’s
brigade, acted with distinguished gallantry in Friday’s
battle. The casualties are:'Sergeant S. Strother and
Private Robert Hine?, killed; Corporal William B.
Allen, Marion. Knowles, George Young, Benton Graves,
Daniel Lancaster, Thomas Mallory, and Thomas Ryder,
wounded. The company lost fully one-third of their
horseß, and had three cf their guns disabled. Allthe
pieces were brought off the field, however, though, owing
to a lack of horses,Tome had to be dragged away by
hand. '•
. Coeualities in Co. Ej‘44th Georgia Regiment, engaged
before Elljson’s Mills, .Thursday evening: Killed—Pri
vates A. Bagwell, J. Lee, E. Davis, B. M, Dawson
J. Digby. Mlsßing—W. J. : Beeves, M. P.- Swirmey.
"Wounded—Oapt. J. W. Adams, slightly in arm; Lieut.
J. H Connally, slightly in chest; Lieut'S. A. Scott,
slightly in shoulder and knee; Lieut. Manly, in hand
and kneer Corp. A. O. Caldwell, badly; Corp. T. L.
Hatcher; Corp. Madden, slightly; private J. M. Davis,
W. S. Brown,J. W. Perlans, .slightly;. E. G. Oarbow,
badly; Daniel Ourbow, slightly; Wm. Bagwell, J. A. Col
lins, Joseph Beall; Robert Norris, J Norris, E. J. Wel
don, Green Allison, W. S. Futral, N- T. Gibson, H. H.
Gibson,.Wm. Jester, T. T. Bishop.
EDsA ENGAGEMENT AT COAL HARBOR.
In the fight oh Friday, Johnson’s battery, of this city*
occupied an expesed position on the Goal Harbor road,
about one mile from Coal Harbor,**and was subjected to
a fire remarkable for; its accuracy, which (as an eye
witness informs us) the command encountered without
flircbmg. Captain Johnson was conspicuous for his
bravery throughout the period iu which his battery was
engaged, and our informant eays that net an finch of
grow d would have been yielded while amanremaffied
to serve the guns, had not General Lee, ohservingthe
deadly effect of the enemy’s fire, ordered. them to. with
draw from the contest. Iho casualties, both in men and
heroes, were heavy.
Among the sad incidents of the battle may be men
tioned tbe death of Lieutenant W. Eugene Webster, of
Maryland, chief executivo officer of the arsenal, who was
acting as aid to General Bodes He fell in the thickest
of ihe fight, while gall&ntly cheering on a regiment. His
body was brought to the city on Saturday. Lieutenant
W. was a relative of General Lee.
: We regret to learn that Major T. S. Skinner, Ist North
Carolina, was killed in tbe engagement on Thursday
evening, in the attack on the Federal entrenebments.
AT GAENETT’s FARM.
About eleven o’clock, on . Saturday, Captain Moody’s
battery opened fire upon the entrenchments of tho ene
my, located just-beyond'Gajnett’s farm. The battery
fired some ten or fifteen minutes, and meanwhile a' body
of infantry, consisting of ths 7th and - Sth Georgia regi
ments moved up under cover of Ihe fire from tbe field
pieces. Thefitb, in advance, charged across a ravine
and tip a hill, beyond which the Yankee entrenchments
lay. They gained the first line of werks, and took pos
seesion of them; but it Is proper to state, this was un
occupied .at the time by ,ihe Yankees. Tbo fire of the
enemy, was murderous, and as soon as our men reached
tho brew of tho bill rapid volleys of grape, canister, and
musfeclry were poured into them. It was found almost
impossible to proceed farther; but the attempt would
have been made had not orders been received to fall
back, which was done in good order, still under fire.-
The|loss in the 7th is reported at seventy-odd men
killed, wounded, and missing. In the Bth, upwards of
eighty- CoL Lamar, of the Bth, w'as severely wounded
in the groin, and fell into the bands of the enemy.
Lteutenant Colonel Towers was captured, but uninjured.
The .Yankees wore completely hidden behin d their, works,
and did not suffer much apparently. We took a captain,
lieutenant, and some five or bix privates—the Yankee
picket force.at the point. Later a flag of truce was
granted to take away our dead and wounded, but a con
ference with Colonel Lamar was refused. The Federal
surgeons, however, did not thinking wound a fatal one,
and, therefore, would not allow him to be taken away.
GENERAL TOOMBS 5 BRIGADE.
On Friday, General Toombswas ordered to “ feel” the
enemy entrenched to the east and front of Garnett’s farm.
After receiving written orders to advance, Gen. Toombs
rent forward the 2d, 15th, and 17th Georgia. The enemy
had near three brigades in a skirt of the woods behind an
abattia of felled timber and brushwood. The Georgians'
advanced spiritedly upon the Yankees, and drove them
back; hot,however, until they had fought desperately
for the ground. Finding it unfavorable to.ouflauk our
force, the Yankees withdrew and left usin .possession of
thefioid. It was maintained until orders were sent to
Toombs to retire. -
TWO CENTS.
, Oar total loss may be summed up as follows: Killed 24
wounded ICO, and 4 missing, up to the time tha reports
came in. Col. Mclntosh, of the 15th, lost his leg j Oapt.
Birch waa hilled: Capt. Tilley dangerously wounded,
and Lieut. Edwards slightly wounded. This engagement
was a Bpirited and creditable affairy Gexr. Toombs obey
ing strictly hla written order B. '•• ;
General Lee pushed his advance unfit 10 o’clock last
night (Saturday), and at 11 waß in occupancy of the
York River Railroad, the enemy’s principal line of com
munication. This in effect pierces the enemy’s centre,
and separatee their forces on the north side of the Chicka
homlnj from those on the south side. : Brigadier General
Biker is among the prisoners brought to this city yester
day morning. .
MISCELLANEOUS
Among the wounded may be mentioned Major John M.
Daniel, editor rf the Richmond Examiner, and late of
General Lloyd’s staff, but now acting with General Hill.
His arm was shattered.
Captain \Ym. Randall, Go. K, Ist Louisiana,
hilled, as at firat reported. He received a severe wound
in the right arm, at the elbow joint. -
Major Edward Savage, North Carolina State troops,
was among, the wouedtd.
Among the well-known citizens of Richmond who met
soldiers’deaths were Clarence Warwick, sou of Abram
Warwick; Bradfute Warwick, son of Corbin Warwick,
and Samuel I). Mitchell, son of the - late Wm. Mitchell,
Jr. They were all young men.
. 001. J. G Seymond, 6th Louisiana,. waa killed
on Saturday.
Among the killed in the desperate fight of Friday af
ternoon was Col. J. W. Alien, of the 2d Reghmnt Vir
ginia volunteers. Be waij shst through the head aud ex
pired almost instantly. At : the time he recetved tha
fatal shot he was acting brigadier general of JictsMi’a
celebrated Stonewall brigade,- Bib body wa? brought to
this city yesterday morning.; and. during;;the day de
posited in^fiollrwood-Cemetery.-Maj. Prank B. Jmes,
of the same regiment, Is'thought to bo teortilly wounded,
having lost a leg. His condition is, at least/ exceedingly
ci ideal. . ,
. Capt. Wood McDonald, son of Col Angus W. McDo
nald, of Winchester, and aid to Gen.Elzoy, was killed in
the same engagement.
Major 3P. J. Sinclair, of tho sth North Carolina Regi
ment, received a painful wound iu Lhe thigh, and was
brought to the city yesterday afternoon by Dr. Coffin, by
whom his wound waa dressed. Be is now at the Ameri
can Hotel.
Private Charles Lucas, of the Wise Artillery, from
Marlimburg, was killed on Friday afternoon. Bis bro
ther, Sergeant Benjamin Lucas* of the same conipany,
was seriously wounded. '! - • V-:
■ln ihe engagement near Fair Oaks, yesterday after
noon, Brigadier General Griffith had ono of his legs
broken, and apprehensions are felt that amputation may
be necessary.
Al Federal lieutenant, who was captnrod yesterday
morning and brought to the headquarters of Gen. Lee,
reports that two entire, regiments had deserted during
the morning.
The Confederate forces yeaterday afternoon occupied
the enemy’s position at the. White House, on the Py
munky, but all the stores of the enemy at that point
were destroyed by them in their retreat.
THE YANKEE PRISONERS.
; We have rarely witnessed a more stirring time than
prevailed in Richmond on Saturday last What with the
constant arrival of our own wounded, who were attended
wifh the most assiduous caro and attention from the bat
tle field by the committee appointed for that purpose,
and citizens generally, and tho a’mosi continual arrival
of captured Hessians, tho people were afforded an almost
exhsustle&s subject, not only for action, but comment.
As we have intimated, our wounded received ovary care
end attention, while we are sore that the; unmanly foe
who badbfcen arrested in his career of rapine and mur
der could not complain of the treatment he received, even
though his grand entry lets the * 1 rebel capital” involved
in no degree a triumph of his own. Wo have heard re
ports of the.arrival of over 3.200 prisoners of war, in
cindiDg nearly a hundred officers of different grades; but
it*, that number arrived they were not listed at the dif
ferent places appointed for their reception. Bp to ton
o’clock yesterday morning about 1,800 men, including
most of the 4th New Jersey and 11th Pennsylvania regi
ments, bad been landed in prison at this point. The list
of prisoners embraces one brigadier general, sundry colo
nels, a fuli supply of captains, an indefinite number of
lieutenants, with a slight Bpriokling of adjutants and sur
geons. These latter, it is understood, in pursuance of a
recent agreement between our own and the Lincoln Go
vernment, are to be released unconditionally. No doubt
they will beeenttoTejointheir late comrades asseonas'
an opportunity occursfor their safe conduct across our
lines. In furnishing a list of the prisoners we. forbear
comment on tho scenes and incidents occurring on their
to and entry into the city. Much might be said,
ihe materials being ample, but we feel no inclination to
give notoriety te these marauders, too many hearth
stones, notonly in our midst,. but throughout the Con
feder&cy, being brought to. grief by their high-handed
acts of neurpatiou and lawless raids on our once peaceful
aud happy soil. As truthful chroniclers of events wo
must not omit to mention that much ill feeling has been
created in the bosoms of very many people, hot atone
connected with the army, hut in the private walks of life,
at the deference and obsequious attention paid to some
few of the Yankee officers, they having been, ss is al
leged, quartered at one of our best hotels, whilo our
brave men of similar rank have received the scant hos
pitality afforded by the dreary dungeon audits attendant
chains and' misery. To & Government resolved to stand
on and maintain its dignity in all thing?, such a course of
policy may well be doubted. We simply mention the
matter as one that has produced a deep feeling of indig
nation, and provoked comment of no very complimenta
ry nature, to the parties instrumental in producing tha
effects reported. The list of prisoners embraces tho fol
lowing names, viz.:
Brigadier General J. F. Reynolds.
Copt W. C.Kingsberry, A.'A. G.’to Gen. Reynolds,
Col. J. H. Simpson, 4th New Jersey.
Msjor IMF. Johns, Ilth Pennsylvania.
Capt. C. J. Whiting. sth United States Cavalry.
Lieut. J, P. Crane, 22d Massachusetts.
Lieut. Col. J. B. Bweetzer, 6*2d Pennsylvania,
; Cnpt. Charles O. Conans, 22d Massachusetts.
Capt. B. Ridgway, 4th New Jersey.
; First Lieut. T. R. Grupewane, 4th Now Jersey.
Eecond Lieut. P. L. Hubbard, Ist Michigan.
Second Lieut.. C; 0. Van Sickel, 4th New Jersey,
Capt. Bamuel MuFord, 4th New Jersey.'
, Second Lieut. George Bennett,4th Now Jersey.
Capt. Thcmas M. Fetter, 4th New Jersey.
First Lieut. R. S. Johnson, 4th New Jersey.
Capt. S. 8.-King, 7th Pennsylvania.
Capt-. Wm. NippruSj 4th New Jersey..
FirstLteut. JameßS.Kennedy,lHhPennsylvania.
Capt. H. N. Jewett, 4th New Jersey.
First Lieut John L. Ridgway, 4th New Jersey.
Second Lieut. Josiah Shaw, 4th New Jersey.
Capt. N. V. Avemson, 4th New Jersey.
First Lientenont Wm. Sitting*, 4th‘New Jersey.
First Lieutenant John M. Pearson, 4th New Jersey.
Second Lieutenant F. G; Avemson, 4ch New Jersey.,
Captain Everard Bierer, H.th Pennsylvania- •
First Lieutenant Samußl M. Gaul. 4th Nsw Jersey.
First Lieutenant Thos. H: Lockwood, lith Penna.
John ReynoMs, 4tb New Jersey. ,
Captain Thos. H. Spires, lith Pennsylvania. \
First Lieutenant Eli Wangaman, lith Pennsylvania.
First Lieutenant Chas. Myers, 4th New Jersey.
Second Lieutenant David Berry, 11th Pennsylvania,
First Lieutenant C. G. fcpeer, 4th New Jersey.
Captain N. Nishelf, 11th Pennsylvania.
Captain Daniel Kistler, 1 Ith Pennsylvania.
Second Lieutenants. A. Johnston, 11th Pennsylvania.
Captain Wm. Stewart, II th Pennsylvania.
Second Lieutenant John Kuhn, 11th Pennsylvania.
Captain E. R. Brcdy,--11th Pennsylvania.
First lieutenant J. B. George, Ilth Pennsylvania.
Second Lieutenant Cyrus Butler, 11th
S« cond Lieutenant W. F. Jackson, ilth Pennsylvania.
Captain EM. Anderson, 4th New Jersey. ‘
Colonel J. H. SJmkins* 4th New Jersey. .
Lieutenant Colonel WV B Hatch,4th Now Jersey.
Adjutant J. S Studdiford, 4th New Jersey.
Colonel Thomas F. Gallagher, llth'Pennsflvania.
Lieutenant Colonel L. M. Jackson, Ilth Pennsylvania.
Surgeon J- S. De Bonneville, Ilth Peimsjlvanla.
First Lieutenant John P. C rone, 22d Massachusetts.
Aesistant Surgeon J. W. S. Norris, United Statesarmy.
First Lieutenant W. H. Eldridge, 4th New Jersey.
Captain E. G. Lantz, 7th Penneylvanta.
Lieutenant Colenel George Yarioy, 2d Maine.
Captain L- Emmerson, 2d Maine.
Captain James P. Duff, 7th Peansylvania.
Suri eon J. P. Prince* 22d Massachusetts.
First Lieutenant E..M. Cooley, 13th New York.
Adjutant Robert A. McCoy, Ilth Pennsylvania.
First Lieutenant Dr. R. Hth Pennsylvania
Second Lieut. E. M. Burkeman, Utli Pennsylvania.
Second Lieutenant F. W. Shroeder, 4th New Jersey.
First Lieutenant E.'Wright, 4th New Jersey. - ‘
Second Lieutenant H. H. Calloc, 2d Now Jersey.
Major E. S. Gilbert, 25th New Jersey.
First Lieutenant Thomas BishoprYSth New York!
Lieutenant E, Eichtlbergor, Sth Pennsylvania.
Major Henry Obitz, 12th U. S. InfantryHeguldrs.
Captain P. W. StaDhops, 12th United Slatei infantry.
Colonel T. B . W. Stockton. 18th Michigan.
Captain H. R. Combe, 12th New York.
First-Lieutenant Charles Wilson* 3d New Jersey.
First Lieut, and Adjt. Lewis P. Mudgett, 2d Maine.
Second Lieutenant Joel Parker, Ist New Jersay.
Captain A. E. Miles, Ist Pennsylvania.
Lieutenant T. G. McNaughton, Ist Peansylvania.
Lieut. B, Lewis,lst Pennsylvania.
Lteutenant Charles A. Bayard, sth Wisconsin.
. Lieut. J, M. Wells, Jr.i belongiDg to Gen. Porter’s
staff.
Lieutenant L B. Woilz, Bth Pennsylvania.
Lieutenant B, D. Jlai', Ist Pennsylvania Rifles,
Assistant Surgeon L. B. Ludstington, Ist Connecticut.
FROM THE ARMY OFTHE POTOMAC.
Harrison’s Bend) James River,)
Tuesday, Julji|B, 1862, )
Information has been received at tbe headquarters of
the army, giving tfco particulars. of the arrival in Rich
mond of aTarge number of our officers, taken prisoners
by the rebels during the memorable seven days.
On Sunday, when our forces commenced falling back
to their new Uue of defences, a body of rebel cavalry
.made a sudden dagh from the wood and surrounded Car
ter’ehoute. ‘ They seemed to. have received information
that there were several of our officers staying there. The
supposition is that Dr. Carter, although professing to be
a neutral, was the one who betrayed them into the bands
oftheenemy. The officers were ordered to mount their
horses, and, with an escortof rebel cavalry, were taken
to Savage Station, from thence to Richmond. ■
As the officials’ report of our casualties are broughtin,
the previous statements relative to our loss are found to
be much exaggerated. .!
Tbe condition of our troops is everything to be desired.
The officers and men are in fine spirits, eager for the de
cisive struggle before Richmond.
. Reinforcements are rapidly arriving, which are at
tached to the brigades which have been'most weakened
by casualties
Deserters from the rebel army report that the dead on
tbe different fields are not aU buried yet. The enemy
are still engaged in the task, Many of the wounded on
both sides have died from starvation and want of at
tendance.—N. Y. Times.
Fortress Nonroi, July. 9— Our ; army for the last
twenty-four hours has presented an animated appearance
in consequence of .the congregation of transports with
troops asd supplies for the army of the Potomac. The
ia&t of General Borntide’s fleet have not yet arrived,
and tho advance is detained so that they may all go up
the river together.
Yesterday the rebels again fired into our vessels going ;
up and coming down the river, though I do not learn that
any particular harm was done. With a few pieces of
light artillery, which can.be moved from place to place,
on tbe wcode’d bank of the James, out of sight and range
of the gunboats, the rebels will be able to offer considera
ble annoyanc*, though It will be Impossible to blockade
the river. As, yet no serious in c®nvenien.ee haslarisen
from the possession by the rebels of tbe left bank of* the
James. ..
The arrival of tbe President at Harrison’s Landing
yesterday, took everybody by surprise. Salutes were
fired and demonstrations of respect and gratification
were freely indulged in. The President was at once
weited on by General McClellan, and he was preparing
to visit the line of defences and the army.
THE PRESIDENT CONFERS WITH GEN. ar'C&ELLAN.
4P. M:—By the Waraer from Hunter’s Landing, I
learn that oh tbe arrival tf the steamer, 1 with President
Lincoln and Postmaster General B*air on board, General
McClellan, with several other military gentlemen, visited
him oh hoard, after which the President and the general
held a private conference for about ha*f an hour. They
tben proceeded in an ambulance to General Sumner’s
headquarters, when they took to horse, with a view,to
visiting the line of intrenchments. When the President’s
visit became known j there was on all hands the liveliest
interest manifested to see him, and wherever he went
he was greeted with the wildest enthusiasm.
AT.T. RIGHT WITH THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
Coming into the trenches,'the President dismounted,
and, ascending the ramparts of the newest fortification,
briefly addressed the soldiers. ; He said he had come to
see for himself, and to know the situation of affairs,
and that he should go back satisfied. It was Bald they
had been whipped. It was not so, and never would bo.
Ho knew the men he saw around him would prove equal
to the task before them, and never give up without going
into Richmond. ; He had boon unable to sleep from
anxiety, but after he bad seen and heard, he should go
back to Washington satisfied that it was all right with
the army of the Potomac, He declared his confidence
in the army and" its commander, in all the men and all
tbe officers, who were all alike men deserving the con
fidence of the country.
The President said he did not come to make a speech,
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bnthe could not resist saying a few words. Ho was'
cheered at every sentence.
BemonnHng, the Presidential party continued their
ride along the lines, and at nine o’clock in the evening
returned to General McClellan’s headanarters, after
having heen in the saddle seven hours.
Thiß morning there was a conference held at Gen. Mc-
Clellan’s headauarters.
. This afternoon the Ariel arrived with President lira
coin, Col. Blair, and others, on board. Oh tho approach
of the steamer, the British steamer Jason fired a salute.
Tuo fortress afterward did the same.
General Dix and General Burnside made the President
abnef visit, and after taking leave, the Ariel left for
« flSf, » understood that General Burnside’s
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dune. .
FROM THE SOUTHWEST.
The Situation in Arkansas—. Col. Fitch Rein
forced—Critical Condition of Gen. Curtis-
Bombardment of Vicksburg.
[Special; Despatch to the Chicago Tribune,]
Oaiuo, July B,— The steamers Sunshine and Victory
arrived from Memphis to-day. The former brings White
river news to the 6th ,
The expedition which left Memphis to reinforce Col.
Fitch met him near the month of White river, he having
evacuated St..-Charles. The whole force turned back
and went fifty miles above St. Charles, when he learned
that Hindman was a few milts above with 8,000 men-
Col. Fitch fell below again, on the 6th, to St. Charles:
Nothing was known of the whereabouts : of Gen. Cur
tis. Scouts sent out fail to return, or bring no tidings.
He is supposed to be trying to reach the Mississippi
above, or White rivers He has been oh half rations for
over three weeks. . '
Minir-ins, July 6—10; A M., via Oaieo, July B.—A
large number of negro* a have been captnred eight miles
out of the city, supposed to belong to citizens lately en
gaged in cotton-burning operations. They will be con
fiscated, and set to work on the fortifications. Several
cotton burners themselves, caught within a few days past,
are in prison awaiting dieposal.
Colonel Hillyar iEsned a special order this morning
that if any propr!etor;or occupant of any building shall
display a treasonable flag, or other emblem, intended as
an Insult to the Federal army or loyal citizens, the pro
vost marshal will take possession of such building, re
move occupants; and convert the same to hospital or to
other Government uses.
General Grant also publishes an order calling upon
masters of steamboats to report to Henry S. Fitch,
aFsiatant quartermaster, ©rm&sterof transportation, im
: mediately upon arrival here. No are permitted ‘to
go down the river without a pfirmitfrem some officer.
; Memphis, Joly 7,10 A. 31.—A1l negroes taken by tho
United States military authorities are at work on* the
fortifications. Loyal men when found will be paid for
the services of their riaves, but those known to belong:
to rebels will be confiscated. .
A colored mail-carrier was arrested yesterday, and a
large number of letters to-different parties in the city
were taken from him, fastening treasonable correspond
ence upon several citizens, who will be looked after. The
negro-tried to eecape, but was caught. Mrs. Galloway*
wife of th© late Memphian .Postmaster Galloway, waa
arrested yesterday for carrying on treasonable corres
pondence with the rebels. Several letters from men in
the army to persons here were fonnd, also letters ad
dressed to rebel officers were found in her house. la
accordance witlr the late military order, preparations
were immediately made to put her outride the Federal
lines. . ;
Several copies of the Grenada Appeal, of the 3d, wero
in this city yesterday. A gentleman who left Grenada
on Wednesday last reports the following; Large num
bers of Confederate troops are going from Tupelo, late
Beauregard’s headquarters, to Water Valley, about forty
miles south of Holly Springs. Breckinridge’s division
had gone to Yick&burg. A large comber of Mississippi
teoops were sent to Richmond. It was rumored at Gre
nada, the day before our informant left, that Price waa
somewhere on the Mississippi Central Railroad, between
Grenada and Grand Junction, and ‘would re-take Mem
phis..
On Saturday Jeff Thompson was at Senatoba, forty
milesffrom Memphis, from which point the informant had
to walk. He (Thompson) was busily. engaged, with hia
whole force, trying to prevent persons coming toward
Memphiß. Nearly all the Government stores had been
cioved from Grenada. That which' remained upon tha
railroad platform is ready to be sent off at a moment’s
warning. There were from two thousand to three thou
sand Confederate troops at Grenada when my informant
left. The Confederates bad borned-all the trestle .work
of the bridges between Memphis and Coldwater Station,
on the Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad. No Iron waa
taken up as reported.
The steamers Sunshine and W. H.'Brown, from Vicks
burg, yesterday, bring meagre intelligence, as follows;
Bombardment by the batteries continues slowly. Com.
Porter had ec-mo twenty mortars-in position below tha
town, and Com, Davis six above. The batteries replied
slowly to the fire of the mortars. The water will proba
bly be let into the canal on Sunday.
The town is abandoned by the inhabitants, and occu
pied by a garrison of 25,000 Confederate troops under
Van Dorn. :
The Mississippian of the 2d • has an account of ife
editor, who virited Vicksburg after the engagement of
Sunday last. Be thinks the Federate were fired on by a
salute of the rebels in honor of- the reported victory at
Richmond, just received. Some- of' the thirteen gtrna
were fired shotted. Tha Federate immediately opened
furiously upon the city, keeping up a bombardment unfit
twelve o’clock at night. The shells struck principally ia
the vicinity ,of . the Catholic church. The effect of tha
shells was terrific.
The editor of the Mississippian- had just entered tho
city.. when the shells coming uncomfortably near, bo
was advised to retreat, and accordingly retreated. Tho
next morning, Monday,-he entered tho city again; ATI
was quiet except the bustlo of preparation, moving far
niture and things •of value. He rode through tho city
to bbeerve"the effect of the bombardment, and was im
pressed with the comparative slight damage done.
Trebably five hundred shots;were counted. In,some
irsticccs, the shell passed through a row of houses,
leaving a hole scarcelylarger than itself to pass through,
and on reaching the hill, there exploded.
One fifteen-inch shell from a mortar entered the bluffs
to a depth .of five or ien feefe No fires originated from
the explosion cf the shells. The enemy are evidently not
.desirous of burning the town, or they would have used
Incendiary shtll. . . -
On Monday, at two F. M., the Federate re-opened with
tboir mortars, and kept up a constant fire till Tuesday
evening, at foar o’clock. On Wednesday morning ail waa
quiet. The rebels report one of*Com. Farragut’s boata
sunk,"end others badly cut up. Ifc-is not so, however.
Gen. S. H. Hempstead, of Little Bock, died on the2sth*
OPERATIONS AGAINSP VICKSBURG.
How the Blockade was Run—Strength ol the
Rebels—The Canal.
A corrofirpondent of‘the Cincinnati-Commercial writes
re follows from the Mississippi flotHte, under date of tha
30th ultimo: .
On arriving within four or fivamiles of this placa, we
were surprised to find one of Commodore Farragut’s gun
boats at anchor near the Louieiana shore.' I thought at
first that this indicated, to a certainty that Vicksburg had
been taken, believing it impossible for a vessel bo
ruble as she appeared to be, to have run tho blockade.
As we proceeded down the rivera little further, one ves
sel after another of the lower flotilla hove ia sight, until
we could count the aggregate of nine. Shortly after. I
learned from one of Commodore Farragut’s officers, that
it tyas actually the case ibat these nine vessels had run
the blockade on Saturday morning at an early hour.
Their names are as follows: Sloop-of war Hartford,
(flagship),and Richmond; gunboats Oneida, Iroquois,
Sciota, Wifisahickon, Winona, and Panola.
They started from below the town at 3.30 A. M on
Saturday morning, in the following order: Gunboats
Oneida, Captain ;Lee, and Iroquois, Captain Palmer;
sloop*of*war Hartford, Commodore Farr&gut; gunboats
Sciota, Captain Donelson, and Wissahickon, Captain
——; sloop* ef* war Richmond, followed by gunboats
Winona and Panola. The Brooklyn and gunboats Ken
nebec and O wasco followed these vessels, but did not
succeed in running tbe blockade. '
The Intention of Commodore Farragutwas quickly
perceived by tbe rebels, who opened a heavy fire upon
bis fleet immediately on its appearance in the range of
tbeir batteries. The Federal vessels were in line of
battle, and evinced ho desire to make a hasty trip past
the enemy’s guns. They replied very briskly to the
shots from land, and kept up a continuous 'cannonading
for two hours and forty minutes, during all of which
time they were tmdtr fire of not less than thirty of the
rebel guns.
The casualties in Com. F.irrsgut’s fleet amounted to
eight killed and thirty wounded. None, of the vessels
were very seriously irjnred. The Hartford (flag-ship)
roceivcd a Bhot through her cabin, acd had her mizzen
rigging badly dtmoged. The Richmond escaped re
markably well—receiving but few marks on her wood
work, and they of a very slight nature.
Commodore Farregut had a vtry narrow escape from
death during the engagement of Saturday morning. He
had juft left tbe mizzen rigging of thoflag-ship, when the
spar neon which be had been standing was shot away.
I understand that the fleet now below Vicksburg com
prises thirty vessels/ Ido not know* how many of them
are sloops-of-war. The gunboats are all Fore-and-aft
seboonerr, rigged vessels, and propellers—carrying one
eleven-inch pivot gun, two twenty-four pound howitzers,
and. one t veaty-poimd rifled gun. They are not iron
clad, and are vulnerable at all points. I should nay they
were very much inferior for fighting land batteries to our
"Western gunboat?, which have achieved such brilliant
successes on the Mississippi, Cumberland, and Tennessee
rivers. Tbo sloop-of-war Hartford mounts twenty-six
guns and the Bichmond twenty gun 3. A crew of one of
Com. Farragnt’a. gunboats numbers seventy-eight men;
her officers thirteen. . -
The rebels have made a very strong point of Vicks
burg, and are fufly determined to resist to the last. They
have cot less than 18,000 men under command of Gen.
Van Dorn, with between sixty and seventy guns, mount
ed in tbree-tier batteries above and belo tv the town. Tho
calibre of their"guns is not very large, hone of them ex
ceeding eight-inch smooth bores. They are so planted,
however, as to command the river above and below, and
to give tvery possible air ©f impregnahitity'to tho
work.
The canal was commenced three or four days ago, and
is now progressing so rapidly that the announcement of
its completion may be expected next week. It is being
done by impressed contrabands to the number of be
tween five and Bix hundred, all of thou obtained from
plantations within twenty miles of Vicksburg. Tho
darkieswork industriously from morning till .evening,
taking tbe usual noon hours for dinner. They are fed
by Uncle Sam and quartered in a large cotton house on
the plantation of Doctor White, in the immediate vicini
ty of the field of operations. It ia doubtful whether the
present low stage of water will allow Commodore Farra
gut to attain his object, but it ia certain that if even the
work was abandoned to-day the 4i cutoff’’ will be finish
ed by the next freshet. - .
“ Flans of Napoleon.
The following; is an extract from a Paris letter*
dated June 21,1862:
“The French people are much excited by tho
news of the recent repulse of tbeir troops in Mexico.
But the old feeling remains. < En avant BataiU
lo?is /’ is the cry. Still, as the scheme to elevata
Prince Maximilian to the Mexican throne is evident
ly to prove a failure, from the indisposition, of the
people to submit to another Yturbide, and the rup
ure of the tripartite swindle by England and
Spain* the Emperor, after twisting his moustache,
has hit on another expedient, and recoups for ano
therdeal.* .
“ He offers the following bon-bon. to his protege,
the -Archduke. This is a principality on the
Danube, to consist of Bosnia and " Herzogivinia,
which are very respectable countries, with a good
many square miles, lying between the Danube and
Dalmatia.. They possess some large towns, and
will form a solid. background to Dalmatia on the
Adriatic.
“It is true they are not the property of Louis
Napoleon any more than Mexico, and they will
have to he forced or stolen from * the sick man.’
The consideration expected in return is the yield
ing up of Yenetia, and acquiescence in the designs
upon tho temporal power of the Pope.
u 4 Tout cbomin, m6ne a Rom ©,’ ”
COST OF RECRUITING.—The cost of raising sol
diers under different State authorities varies very much.
In Michigan, 1,000 men cori §21*000; in lowa, 1,000 men
cost g 22,500; in New York, 1,000. men cost $27,835; in
lUtnois, 1,000 men cost $42,605; in Wisconsin, IjOQO
men cob* nearly $lOO,OOO. There must been a
<* heap of in the latter State, '
NEBTROY, a renowned dramatic author 'and come
dian of Austria, who for thirty years was one of the idols
of the inhabitants of Vienna, has just died in that city.
It is'said that between forty thousand mid fifty thousand
pereons were assembled in the streets through which the
remains were carried. .
CINNABAR MINES DISCOVERED.—One of the
moßt valuable cinnabar mines, near the Humboldfc river,
in Nevada Territory, was shown to a party of explorers
by Borne Indians for S3O worth of provisions and blank
ets. It is expected that this company will supply, after
the lit of July, aH toe quicksilver needed in the
•ritory, .