the; er&sk PUBLISHED DAIXiY (SUNDAYS EXCEPT ED,> BY JOHN W. FORNEY. OFFICE. No. 11l SOUTH FOURTH STREET* THX SAitY PRESS, TsEtTE. Omts Pa* Wee*, payablo to tho Carrier. Mailed to Snbaoribora out or the City at Six Dou-Aia Fa* Axaux, Four Doliabb ro* Eight Months, Three Dollars roa Six Months—tnvariabty in ad yanco for the time ordered. , THE TRI-WEEKLY PRESS, Vailed to Subeoribera out of the City at Thbeh Dol lars Per Ahsdm, In advance. SUMMER RESORTS, Heath house, SOKOOLEY'S MtiUNTAIf SPBINS, N. J. Having taken this Jars© uod elegant ost’ibiishuißQt, I shall epen it on the first of Jane," generally refitted) and newly luruisbed with Linwryprockory. Ac. A lons experience Id the hotel business at tbs Astor House, New York } Burnett Houbo, Olnciunati, and otter first'class hotels, enables mo to give assurance that It willbekept in the very best manner. Trains for the Mountain, via Morris and Essex Hall road, leave foot of Oourtlaud street at 8# A, M; and 3# P, M. Booms may now bo engaged on favorable terms. More particu’or Information urn? bo had by addressing the subscriber, or by calling on Mr STETSON, of the Astor House, New York. " ; jy 18- E. B. COLEMAN, Proprietor. EFHBATiSI MOUNTAIN bFJiINGS, LANOASTEB COUNTY, PA. This delightful watering-place having been purchased fry the undersigned, be would inform his friends and the public generally, that It will be open for tbe reception of visitors on the PIBST DAY OF JULY NEXT. For particulars, please refer to Circulars, which can fra had at the Continental Hotel, Merchants’ Hotel, and the Union Hotel, Arch street. Board, one week or lea* 91.60 per day } over one week, or the season, $7 per week. Children and servants half terms are given with the assurance that the ac oommodatious shaU in every respect he equal to any oilier watering-place. for four hundred guests. The Germania Band is engaged'. jcSS-lm . : .. . U. 3. NBWOOMEB. SURF HOUSE, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J .—This spacious Hotel, over 600 feet iu length, tund with 1,100 feet of veranda, fronts on the ocean, ex . tending back, with its rear, to the railroad. It possesses • Che most advantageous location on the island, with per fectly safe bathing in front, and is, in fact, the 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 Alleys wilt be under the charge of Mr. BALPH BXNJAMfN, of Philadelphia. Additional improvements have been made, and the ao oomrhodationa wiil he found equal, if not superior, to any OU the coast. • . The house will be opened, far the reception of gueßts, on THURSDAY, June 19. • jol6-85l * -t-- grs. ygNBON; Proprietor. iIpIRESSON SPRING’S, CAMBRIA oon NTT, FA.—Thin dolightfol and popular nloo« of summer resort, located directly on the lineof the Pennsylvania Bailroad, on the summit of the Allegheny mountains, twenty-throe hundred feet above the level of i £he ocean, will be open for guests from the 10th of June ' 431! the 10th of October. Since last season the grounds .&ave been greatly improved and beautified, and a num ber of Cottages have been erected for the accommoda* Sen of families, rendering Oresson one of the most romantic and attractive places iiit&e State. The furni ture is being thoroughly renovated. The seeker of , ..pleasure and the sufferer from heat and ditease will find Attractions here in a first-class Livery Stable, Billiard tables. Tenpin Alley b, Baths, &o ~ together with the s purest air and water, and the most magnificent mountain scenery to be found in the country. Tickets .good for the round trip from Philadelphia, 97.60; from Pittsburg, s3.o*. For further information, address O, W. MULLIN,- Oreßsnn Springs, Cambria co., Pa. OEA BATHING lO AT LONG BBANOH, MONMOUTH CO„ N. J. METBOPOOITMJ HOTEL, NOW OPEN. 1. H. & I. W. OOOPHB, Proprietors. i Address jylOelir.# flA'LJj, , 0 APB fi£ ATj ■ la now open for tho rocoptUm of VISITORS, ani will -continue open until lafc of SEPTEMBER. Terms, $2 ,jior day. or Sl2 per week. jy 12.121 SEA BAT-HING. OOBAH HOUSE, CAPE ISLAND, N. J., ■ Is now open for the reooptfou of visitors. j©2«‘6w*, iaBABD LAMING) Propriotor. STA'tt HOTEL, (Nearly opposite the Unitod states Hotel,) ATLANTIA OUT, N. J. SAMUEL ADAMS, Proprietor. ©inner . , AlfOj Carriage® to Hire, *y Boarders accommodated on the moat reasonable fexma. jo2o-3m_ COLUMBIA HOUSE. \J ATLANTIC CtTT. SITUATED ON KENTUCKY AVENUE, Opposite the. Surf.Hone©. tar Terms to suit the times. . ~ io2G-2m BDWARP. DOYIfISU Proprietor. SEA-8 IDE HOUSE, ATLAN TIG CITY, N. J. BY DAVID SOATTSKQOOD. A NEW PRIVATE BOABDINO HOUSE, beantiful y situated fit the foot of Bennsylraoia Avenae. Now open for visitors for the season. je2o-2m tutanbioN house, JlJl / ATLANTIC CITY, E. LEE, Proprietor. Tills House haring boen thoroughly renovated and en larged, is new open for permanent and transient hoarders. The M ANSION HOUSE is convenient to depot, churches, nod test officer The bathing grounds are unmrpaeßed on the Wand. The Bar is conducted By Mr. URIEL, of Philadelphia, who will keep superior wines, lienors, and choice brands otcigars. ■ jc'2i>-2m Eagle hotel, Atlantic CITY, to now opeWwlth a LABGB ADDITION OF BOOMS. Board $7 per week, bathing dresses included. je2o-2m LIGHT-HOUBE COTTAGE, AT LANTIC ClTY—This wrii-fcnown House, gjeen enlarged and renovated, is now Open for the recep tion of gudats. * Invalids can be accommodated with rooms on the first floor, fronting the ocean. Light- House Cottage possesses the advantage of being the nearest house to the beach. A continuation of the pa tronage of his friends and the public 1b noliotied. No bar. je2l.ini y ? JONAH WOUTTON, Proprietor. COTTAGE KITEEAT, ATLANTIC ClTYrfa how open and ready for Boarders. A few choice R.oms can be obtained by applying soon. The Proprietor furnishes his table with fresh milk from his -cows, and fresh vegetables from his farm.. AUo, about four hundred desirable Cottage aud Hotel Xiotß for sale by M. McOLEES, je2o-2m / Proprietor* « mflE ALHAMBRA.,* 5 ATLANTIC I CITY,” N. J., asplendld new home, southwest corner of ATBANTIO and MASSACHUSETTS Avenites, will beopen for visitors on and after Jnae 29th. The rooms and table ef'“ The Alhambra” are unsurpassed by any cn the Island, i There is a spaoions loe Cream and Be aesfinent Saloon attached to the house. Terms moderate. 0. DUBOIS & 8. J. YOUNG, Proprietors. . BEDLOE’S HOTEL, ATLANTIC OITY, N, J—-At the termiuna of the railroad, on She left, beyond the This House is now open for Boarders and Transient Visitors, and offers accommoda tions euual to ah? Hotel in Atlantic City. Charges mo derate, Children andservaata half price. NST Parties should keep their seats until the cars ar <dve in front of the hotel. je2o-2m CHESTER COUNTY HOUSE.—This private Boarding Route, corner of YOBK and SACIFIO Avenue, Atlantic CUv, convenient to the freaoh, with'a beautiful view of the Ocean, is now open for tbe season. The accommodations areequal to any 'Others on the Island. Prices moderate. j«2O 2m J. KEIM, Proprietor. Kentucky house, Atlantic CITY) N. J.—This! comfortable. and convoniont oow honaa, located on KENTHUKY Avenue, ouposite Che Surf Home, one square from the best bathing on the beach, baa been fltted up for visitors this sqaeon., F. QTJIULKY, Proprietor. N. B.—Horses and Carriages to Hire. . ie2o-lm SEA BATHING.—“ The Clarendon,” (formerly Virginia House,) VIBGINIAAVBifCE, ATLANTIC CITY, is now open for the accommodation of Boarders. This House is situated immediately on the Beach, and from every room affords a fine view of the B ea. [je2o-2m] JA&IBB JENKINS, «, D. SEA BATHING.—UNITED STATES HOTEL, LONG BBANQH, X- J., is now open, jdinated only fifty yards from the seashore, central of the glace; house fronting the ocean fiOO feet; two hours from New York.. Steamer leaves Murray street twice daily, 6 A. H. and 4P, M. : thence by the B. and D. B. Railroad, Address B, A. SHOEMAKER. Communication from Philadelphia 1b . by the. Camden ftnd Amboy Railroad, by the 6 A. M. and 2 P. M. trains. Jel9-2ih* QUMMER BOARDING. — BROAD- O TOP MOUNTAIN HOUSE.—A romantic spot for a SUMMEB RESIDENCE on one of the Mountain Tops t>f Pennsylvania* reached dally by the Pennsylvania Central, and the Broad Top Mountain Railroad from Huntingdon. The House is onie of the finest in the in terior of the State* handsomely furnished, with all the re- Ijuisites for . comfort and convenience—pnre air, deli cious spring water* romantic Bconery, and everythlng to restore and> invigorate health. Telegraph station and a gaily mail, so that daily Communication may be had with Philadelphia:. v , = . The Pennsylvania Batiroad will ?furnish excursion tickets through tbo bo aeon. Persons leaving Philadel phia In the morning can take tea at the ifounJain flout# the same evening. The subscriber haa kindly been allowed to refer to the following gentlemen, residents of Philadelphia, who have been patrons of the M&unUiin Souse : -* r Wm.Cnmraings. Esq., ( David P. Moore, Esq., Sami. Oaatser,UN.) :' Thou. Oarataira, Esa.,. Hon. Henry D. Moore, Hewiß T. Wattsoh, Hsj., John McOanles, H«q., G. Albert Lewin, Ew.,' Jo lin Hartman, Ksq, Bicharf D. Wood, Baa. Tbbms Modbhatb, Woe rortlier information, addresa ■ JOSEPH MOBBIBON, Proprietor. * je!2-tf Broad-Ton City. Hnntlnadon oonnty, Pa. STATIONERY^-ANJD FANCY GOODS. if! STATIONEBY, TOY.AND FAHOY OOODB B M P 0 BID M, Ho. 1086 WAI.NUT BTBBBT, BBi.ow atiiTKsrn. PHILADELPHIA. Joll-fplj "THOM 80 N'S LONDON JLd KITOHBNBB We are now manufacturing “THOMSON'S LONDON EITOHBNEB,” ox EUBOPBJAN. BANGBj suitable for large and email 'families, hotels hospitals, and other public institutions, ;ln great variety. Also, Portable Banges, the “ Phiiadel ;s>bia Bangs,” 6ee Ovens, Bath Boilers, and Cast-iron ‘Sisks, together with a great variety of small and large, ■sized Hot-air Furnaces, Portable Heaters, Fire-board iStovoa, Low-down Orates, Ao. Wholesale and Betall only at our Ware rooms. NORTH, CHASE,* NORTH, No. 209 tforth SECOND Street, four doors above Baca street. JN PlPE.—Stone Ware Drain ipe from 2 to 12-inch boro. 250 per neb bore,Booper yard ; 4-inoh bore, 400 per ;h bore. Site per yard 5 6-inch bore, 600 per ery variety .of connections, bends, traps* and We are now prepared to famish pipe in any tad on liberal terms to dealers and those pnr large quantities. _ _ _ . aiMESTAL OHIMHET TOPS—YIMfIed Terra Chinmer Tore, plain and ornamental dmlgns, war ‘o stand the aotion of coal gae or tlie weather In /«N YASEB—A great variety of omamenta' /amt, in Terra Cotta classical designs, all sizes, ■ranted to stand the weather. _ [phi* Teen (totta Works, Office and Wan 1010 CHESTNUT Street, 8. A. HABRISON. i.'ON BAIL DUOK AND OAK AB, of all mtmbera and brand*. Va Dnok Awning ’Twills, of all description*, Eo» .wnlnjta, Trtrata, and' W»gon Ootm*. ’ ' Paper Manolaotnror*’»rfer Belt*, fromllo I T*r»«lin*,Be!ttni, Ball Twine.Ao. JOHH WIJOHMAB*Ti "]\TOTICE. —The Copartnership hereto- JJi ' fore existing between tbe undersigned. under the firm of PRATT & BEATS, has been dissolved by ito own limitation, and by mutual consent. D. T. PRATT is alone authorized to collect the out standing debts, and to usetlft firm name in liquidation. I). T. HItVTT, B. B. BEATH, W. G. JiILLIS. J) t. prattT (SOOOKSSOR TO PRATT i BBATH,) IMPORTER AND WHOLESALE DEALER IN watches; jewelry. PLATED WARE, &o. Has removed from N. W. comer Fifth and Market Sts. to No. 607 CHESTNUT STREET, Where he offers Tor sale a PULL ASSORTMENT OF GOODS pel tabling to the WATCH BUSINESS. Dealers are solicited to examine the stock. Jys-t3l TSHOTICE.—MR. WM. K. HEMP LY HILL’S interest In our house ceased on the 31st May. jyl-ta THE COPARTNERSHIP heretofore existing under the firm of BIEGEL, BAIRD, & OO. s is this day dissolved. PETER SIEGER, P. B. ERVIN, - JACOB RIEGEL, H. S. FIfeTER, -. WM. S. BAIRD, JOSIAH BIEGEL, JOHN WIEST. June 30. jyl-6w - ICTOTIOE OP LIMITED PARTNER- Xl SHIP.—The subacribero hereby si wo notioofchat tuey nave entered Into a limited partnership r agreeably to the provisions of the several laws of the Common wealth; of Pennsylvania relating to'limited partnerships,' That the name of the; Ann Tinder which said'partner ship is to be conducted is BIEGEL/ WIEST, A ER VIN. : ■, That the general nature of the business intended to be transacted is the Importing and Jobbing of Pry Goods. That the names of the General and Social Partners,, all of whom reside in the city .of Philadelphia, are JACOB BIEGEL, General Partner, residing at 52,7 North Sixth street; JOHN WIEST, General Partner, residing at 822 New street: P. B. ERVIN, General Partner, residing at 1515 Girard avenue; HENRY S. FIS7ER, General Partner, residing at 418 North. Third street;.JOSIAH RIEGEL, General Partner, residing at 416 < North Third street: PETER SIEGER, Special Partner, residing at 717 North Eighth street; WH. S. BalrP, Special Partner, residing at the Continental Hotel. - ... That the aggregate amount of the capital contributed by the Special Partners to the common stock is One Hundred Thousand .Dollars, of which Fifty Thousand Dollars in cash has been so contributed by Peter Sieger, Special Partner, and Fifty Thousand Dollars in cash has been so contributed by. Wni. S. Baird, Special Partner. That tbe said partnership is io commence on the first day of July, A. D. 1862, and is to terminate on the first day of January, 1865. JACOB BIEGEL, 1 JOHN WIEST, | D. B. ERVIN, > General Partners. HENRY S. FIBTEB, 1 JOSIAH BIEGEL, J PETER SIEGER, ) OM nt.i jyi-cw wm, 8 8im8,..i s y MPiir ! ll,m ;: ; MILLIE'A WEST, T AWNS. ; 3-i Fine stock of 12# and 16 cent Lawna. Organdies at 14.15,19, and 25 cents. Cheap lota of Bareges and thin dress stuffs. 6#, 8,10, and IS#' cent dress goods in profusion. Black Bareges and Tamartines Extra Quality Black Alpacas 31 cents. - Fine Black Alpacas for Gents 1 Coats. LINEN GOODS. Table Damasks, first- rate Quality, at 50 cents. Bargains in dinner Napkins. Low-priced and fine Towels. Bargains in 4-4 heavy Linens. Bargains in 4-4 fine Linens. CLOSING OUT SALES. Boys’Summer Clothing. ‘ ' Linen Drills, Checks, Stripes,'Ac., As. Ladies l Sacqnes, Cloaks, and Mantles. . Lace. Mantles at nominal prices. Hoop Skirts, beat Quality, at old prices. COOPER & OONARD, jy!7-tf 8. E. corner NINTH and MARKET Streets. 60 cents. BARGAINS! BARGAINS! Table Linens, nearly two yards wide, at 62){0. One case of Linens (short pieces) very cheap. -Lawns closing out cheap. Bareges reduced in price. Calicoes at old prices. Muslins at the lowest market price. Hozambiques at low prices. Linen Cambric Hdkfs. at 10 and 12^0. Plaid and Plain Swiss Muslin—cheap At JOHN H. STOKES’, ; ' . 702 ABOH Street. N. B,—Don’t forget 702, the place to buy.Jackaon’a celebrated Lead Pencils. ' - jy!7 fi OOD BLACK DRBSS BILKS. \UT Heavy-corded Dre 33 Silks. Glossy Black Dress Silks. Widows’ Silks, without gloss. EYRE & LANDEiiti, |y!2 " V FOURTH and AROH. fNOOD MUSLINS BY THE PIECE. \J New York Mills Shirting. Wamsuttaß, Wiiliamsvilie,'Whiterocks. Sheeting, Muslins, first quality, . ' ", •; -V- .■ BYRE & LANDELL, ' . jy!2 . FOURTH and ABOH. POOD FLANNELS, UNSHRINK A VJT BLB.-Welsb and Saxony Flannels. Ballard Yale Flannels. * Magenta Colored Sackings. : BYBN ft LANDJBLL, jyl2 . FOURTH and ARCH. H STEEL & SON, ( • No. 713 North TENTH St, above COATES, Are now closing out their entire stock of .FANCY SILKS, BARBGES, CHALLIBB, MOZAMBIQUES, ORGANDIES, : JACONET AND OAMBBIO LAWNS, TRAVELLING MIXTURES, and SUMMER DRESS GOODS. Of aU kinds, at EXTRAORDINARY LO W PRICES. LACE GOODS REDUCED. $25 Lace Mantles reduced to $l2, $2O Lace Mantles reduced to $lO, ; $lB Lace Mantles reduced to $B. $l6 Lace Mantles reduced to $7. - $l2 Lace Mantles reduced to $5. . $lO Lace Mantles reduced to $A S 8 Laee Pointes reduced to $3. $l2 Lace Pointes reduced to $5. $l6 Lace Pointes reduced to $B. $25 Lace Pointes reduced to $l2. SILK COATS AND BACQUEB. Closing out UNDER COST PRICES. je3o TAS- R. CAMPBELL & 00, O 727 CHESTNUT STREET, ONUB'A* WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, Very choice Goods of recent importation. , Black Silk Checked Grenadine, extra anality. . Foulard Silks, elegant styles and fine anality,. . Black Silks, beat brands. . Broche Barege, Hernanis and Mossamblquos. , 8-4 Paris Fit d’Chovre.- v Polld’Chevre, all wool filling.. Grenadine Veils, in mode and other shades. In great variety, at extremely low prices. T WOULD CALL THE ATTENTION JL otmy customers and friends to the following Goods, which are fresh and desirable; , Black and White Plaid Saks,. "" Organdie Lawns, choice styles One lot of Lisle Ganntleta, at a pair. One lot of Black Silk, 81.13# ; the best Xevor had for the money. At * JOHN H, STOKES’, jelO-fim * . ; ‘ .702 ARCH Street. VOL. 5.-NO. 298. COPARTNERSHIPS. T WELLS & CO., 118 NORTH WBABVE9, RETAIL DRY GOODS. 102 4 ofiJß 3 T N OTSTfifiiST E M. NEEDLES Invites the special attention of Ladies who in* tend spending the summer out of town to a very large assortment of,MADE-UP GOODS just re ceived, in SLEEVES. SETS," HANDKERCHIEFS, t£c., in every variety of material. Also, a large 'assortment of MUSLINS, suitable for GARIBALDIS,<&c., together with every va* riety of WHITE GOODS, LINENS, LA«E9, EMBROIDERIES, HANDKEBCH’FS, VEILS, &c ' Just opened perlatest arrivals from Europe an Invoice of very beautiful and entirely new styles PUFFED FRENCH CAMS 810, for GARIBALDI’S, MODE GRENADINE VEILS, »nd ; RUFFLING for trimming thin DresseSj etc—a new and very de sirable article. Also, an invoice of PURE WHITE FRENCH PLAID ORGANDIES. 10 2 4 OH BST N U T STB E B T WHITE GOODS AND LINENS ■VTEW EMBROIDERIE3,WHITE A. v GOODS, &o.—Just opened, a general assortment of desirable French and Scotch Needle-worked Banda, Edgings, Ingertinge, Handkerchiefs, Collars, Sleeves, eto., at very lew prices. ALBO, A fnll line of ail descriplionß of White Goods for Ladles' wear, of the most approved makes. SBEPPABD, VAN HARLINGEN, A ARRISON, je4 ; 1008 CHESTNUT Street. ATEW SPRING PRINTS, JLi choice BTTiiia. MEBBIMAOS, spbague, , PACIFIC, AI.Ii TWELVE AND A HALF CENTS. A large lot beet style, and fast colors at 100. OOWPBBTHWAIT & CO., mhlS-tf H. W. cor. EIGHTH and MABKET Sts. QAUTION- The well-earned reputation of FAIRBANKS* SOAFJES Has Induced the makers of Imperfect balaaoee to offer them as “FAIBBANKS 1 SCALES,” and pnrohasert haye thereby, In many Instances, been enbjected to fraud Bid Imposition. FAIRBANKS’ SCALES are mannfho tnred only by the original inventors, E. A T. FAIB BANKS A CO., and are adapted to every branch of the business, where a correct and durable Soalea is reaulrad. FAIRBANKS & EWING, General Agent*, ■ aplO-tf MASONIC HALL; Vl* CHESTNUT ST /CAUTION.—Owing to the popularity V/ and complete success which our PATENT SELF ADJUSTING CLOTHES-WRINGER has met with, other parties are endeavoring to sell their inferior ma chines, by adopting our name of «* SELF-ADJUSTING 1 ' aa a means to deceive the public. We, therefore, give notice that our name will be plainly stamped on each Machine manufactured and sold by us, and none others are genuine. Any one using onr trade mark will be dealt with according to law. Mr. L. B. SNOW, corner of FIFTH and CHESTNUT Streets, Philadelphia, Is-our SOLE AGENT for Penn sylvania. HALB7, MOBSB. 4 BOTBBN. Ju24tsel2 . - - /"VLIVE OIL.—An invoice of « Oar* \J ataira’ ” pnro Ollvo Oil jnat received per Ocean Skimmer. For side by . CHADLESS. OARSTATBS, jyi fie. ISO WALNUT wd 21.GBAHI1E rfta. HOTELS. pOWBRS* HOTEL, Nos. IT and 19 PARK BOW, (OPFOBIVB THE A3TOR HODS*,) NEW TORE, TERMS 81.60 PER DAT. This popular Hotel has lately been thoroughly reno rated and refurnished, and now possesses all the requl »itee of a . . FIRST-CLASS HOTEL. The patronage of Philadelphians and the traveUlni public, desiring the boat accomodations and moderaU charges, ia respectfully solicited. jo2-3m H. L. POWERS, Proprietor. TIiVIN a HOUSE, X NEW YORK, BROADWAY AND TWELFTH STREET, ; ENTRANCE ON TWELFTH STREET, Conducted on the EUROPEAN PLAN. This hous a - is now open for the accommodation of Families and transient Guests. GEO. W. HUNT, , ) Late of the Brevoort House, > Proprietors.. OHAS. W. NAbH, ) jyl7-tfcstuBm - A CARD.—THE UNDERSIGNED, ZX late of the GIBABD HOUSE, Philadelphia, havi leased, for a term of years, WILLARD’S HOTEL, I& Washington. They take this occasion to return to their old friends and customers many thanks for past favors-, ind beg to assure them that theywUJ be moat happy to see them in their new Quarters. BYRES, CHADWICK, * 00. Washington. Jnty 16.1861. atr23/Ly FOR SALE AND TO LET. TO RENT, IN HOLMEBBURG— fiHx the beautiful Residence, with gardens, on the Bris tol .Turnpike, fronting the Pennypack Creek, for tbe low rent of $225 a year. Will be rented for aix or eight months. Apply to BERIOK .B. FOX, on tbe premises : or J. A. PAUL, N0,J61 North SIXTH Street. /••• \ p/ '/" / jylo-thstu6t#; ' m TO RENT, WITH OR WITHOUT JffiIiiFUBNITUBB, several neat Country Places, with a few acres of ground, convenieutrto railroad stations near the city. Apply to E. PETTIT, jeBo : No. 309 WALNUT Street. g& FOR S ALE «0 HE AP ” -3EL“CHEAP. jj —Perry County containing 138 acres; 26 woodland, the balance under a high state of cultivation; fencmg,nicely watered, excellent bnprov emesis, 16 miles from Harrisburg.. Price only 86.600, Terms easy.: Also, a FRUIT FARM, near Dover, State of Dela ware, 107 acres. Price only 8«M>00* Apply to E PETTIT, jc2o No. 309 WALNUT street. ga FO R SALE—Delaware- county -3£- Farm, containing 96 acres of first-rate land, situ ate sear Marcus Hook, Philadelphia and Wilmington Railroad, Large and substantial stone improvements, nicely watered, good fruits, &c. Price 89,000. Also, a fine Fruit Farm in tho State of Delaware* near Dover, 134 acres, immediate possession. Price only 87*000. E. PETTIT, Ho. 809 WALNUT: Street. Apply to >26-tf ... fT TQ RENT—A THREE-STORY NS.BBIOK BWEIUKB, on BASE Street, one door above Twelfth,'Borth side. Rent low to a good tenant. Apply to : WETBERILL & BROTHER, jelg « and 49 North SHOP SP Street. m TO RENT—A THREE-STORY ■B. BKIOK DWELLING, on PINE Street, near SoTontoenth, north Bide. Apply to WHTHERILD A BROTHER, jelZ 47 and 49 North SECOND Street. ji* FOR SALE OR TO LET—Four ,13. Houses, on the west sided BROAD Street, below Columbia avenue. Apply at the southwest corner o! NINTH and SANSOM Streeta. mh2B-tf f» FOR SALE—A first-rate Moat -3C containing 89 acres, with large and substantiM stqjte improvements, on tbe Ridge Turnpike, near Norristown. Price only 895 per acre. Apply to E. PETTIT, je26 tf . - No. 309 WALNUT Street. SA L B JUNCTION RAILROAD OOMPAMY’B BONDS.—Tho Junction Railroad Company Invites proposals, in writing, for the purchase of the whole or any part of 8500,000 First" Mortgage Six per Cent. Coupon Bonds/ The Mortgage-is-made to - Alexander Henry, Bsq., Trustee, and will be due July 1, 1882. It Is secured upon the entire Railroad and Property of the Company lying outhe west side of SehnylkiU, between Belmoiit and Gray’s Ferry. Its for a sinking fimd of 816,000 per year, to be invested in these Bonds, or in the First: Mortgage Bonds of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Corn* pony, the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Rail road Company, in the Loanß of tbe United States, or of the State of Pennsylvania, at the discretion of the Board of Directors. The Bones are for One Thousand Dollars each. Thoir payment is guarantied by endorsement of the Pennsyl vania Railroad Company, the Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Railroad - Company, the Philadelphia and Beading Eailroad Company on the buck of each bond,in tho following words—-viz:. , « Know all men by these presents, that ttio Pennsyl vania Railroad Company, tho Philadelphia, Wilming ton, and Baltimore Railroad Company, and tha. Phila delphia and Beading Railroad Company, and each of them, for a valuable consideration to them paid by the Junction Railroad Compauy, do hereby (in pursuance of the power and authority conferred by two acts of Assembly of tbe Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, ap proved respectively on the twenty-third day of March, A/D. 1861, and the eleventh day of April, Av D. 1862, and of every other lawful |»wer and authority in them vested,) jointly and severally guarantee to the lawful holder of the within. Bond thejgpunctual payment of the principal : and interest thereof, when and as.the same shall become due and payable according to the terms of said Bobd, or of the terms and covenants of the inden ture of Mortgage therein mentioned and given, to secure the same. ‘‘ln witness whereof, said Companies have hereunto affixed tbeir common or corporate seals respectively, duly attested, and hare caused the signatures oL their Presides to, respectively, to be hereunto written, this second day of June, anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-two (1862) ” - Payment for the Bonds will be required as followa ' - Tbe first instalment of 10 per cent, will be payable on the first day of August, and 10 per cent, additional on the first of each succeeding month until the whole amount is paid. Proposals will be addressed to CHARLES E; SMITH, Treasurer, 227 South FOURTH Street, until MONDAY, July 21. • • ■ • • -.r. y.... . 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Interesting from Memphis/ FROM CEUERAL McCLELLIS’S ARMY, ■ ■ ■ % i THE REBEL RAID IN TENNESSEE) [Correspondence of The PreßB.j , Florence, 'Rutherford Co:, Tenn./ July 14,1862/ I arrived at this email place, situated about five miles from Murfreesboro’, at a late hour last evening, in pany with three officers of the Pennsylvania Seventh Cavalry/ The rebels bold Murti eesboro’, and telegraph and^railroad communication,is cut off. / I telegraphed you last evening a brief .account of .tbl affair at Murfi eesboro’, but now enlarge upon it as foi lows: : Thetowu, abouttbirty miles from Nashville, and X dcscribtd in my last letter, was.in the possession the 3d Minnesota and 7th Michigan .Infantry Regi ments, Hewitt’s Artillery of six piecep, and four compi- - nies of tiie 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry. About four o’clock yesterday morning, three regiments of Texan Rangers and two regiments of Georgia cavalry entered the town’ fields, piloted of the' neighborhood. The first camp entered was the one be longing to the 7tl* Pennsylvania Cavalry, most of. the men being out upon a scout. . ;i The rebels next visited the camp of the 9th MicbigHfif and fired upon the stents where the men were Bleeping, hiding and wounding .a large number; pmr’meu - endea vored to place themsclves m iine of- batile/.but upon per-; ctiving the number of the enemy, and receiving the-con tents of another discharge of musketry, immediately surrendered. .The oth Michigan was about seven bun-; dred strong, and were armed with the Enfield rifle. The 3d. Minnesota was locat6d|newiy two miles distant ; from tbe 9ih Michigan, and numbered about five hunv dred men. Immediattly upon bearing the firing Colonel Lefcier despatched ah orderly to ascertain the cause, and fountd his men into line of battle, and took- a position" near Hewitt’s Before the. orderly returned the/ sutler of the 3d Minnesota arrived from the direction of the firing, end informed Colonel Lester that a largo body of rebel cavalry had entered the c»mp of the Michigan ' regiment. In a few moments after the arrival of the sutler nearly the whole ferce came dashing toward the cenunand of Colonel Lester. The battery opened, being protected by. the 3d Minnesota, who resisted the cavalry attack with aaccoES. />•. Xh an hour after the Rangers made -a second charge upon the battery, but were again suecesafnlly repulsed by tha infantry. SnbseQuently the enemy retired,' and soon the large mill ,of Spence & Co. was in fiamfs. ; As soon as this was discovered, Capt. Hewitt opened fire,, and threw one hundred and forty-seven shells in tho direction where the robeis wero supposed to. be; Pre.tnily the railroad depgi.was discovered to be on; fire, liktwis© the residence of a Mr. Jordan, a prominent Union man. Believing the conflagrations to be the work of the giuriJJas, tbe battery again opined in the direction toftbefires, throwing a dozen shells an hour for, about tight hours. About an hour after the cessation the firing by Copt. Hewitt, the whole force made a dash upon the bat tery, compelling the infantry to fall back with a loss of. seven men. Whether or,-not? the ammunition WBB exhausted, no fire was opened by the battery, and the enemy captured-the six pieces in order; the .movement being bo quick that Oapt. Hewitt was unable to , spike his guns-or injure the carriages. During this time the Minnesota regiment'retired about a quarter of a mile, the officers of which held a consulta tion as to 'subsequent. operations, and concluded to sur- ; rexder. The surrender, took place about .three o’clock P. M., and was unconditional. - ;/ f ‘ The Minnesota regiment stacked '.their arms, and the ' officers threw their side arms into a pild; near by. As the men marched to the rear they struck- up Yankee Doodle, and cheered lastily for-the'-Union. * Thus far no men of■ the Michigan regiment have ar rived here. Two men belonging to the battery have ar rived, and about adozen-of the Minnesota,- including the . sutler and a negro servant. All who have escaped, and citizens of the place, declare that a.battalion of negroes asßtittd the rebels. It is believed that most of the Penn sylvania 7th Cavalry are safej as they have been.informed of tbe state of affairs by a courier, and advised to-make for this place by a circuitom ronto. - - ! Nearly all of the ladies” of Murfreesboro’ lalnted tbe rebels by waving thrir handkerchiefs and singing .Dixie, and many men who have, through the generosity of the Government at Na&hvzlle, obtained the necessaries 'of life from Louisville, ran out Confederate flags, and gave information as to the disposition of our troops. The Secessionists of tbiß place; and that is the entire population, are jubilant, and every doorway was filled with smilmg faces, mostly feminine/ when I arrived here last evening.. It is not daylight yet, and X-do not Intend it shall be whilo l remain here* Captain Davis,.and two other officers oU the Pennsylvania: .:7th, start presently fer La Yergne, about . .ten- miles -distant -toward Nash- : ville, whither I shall,accompany them. y r . No persoßs have arrived from Murfreesboro’ since last night, and bb there nothing but cavalry there, I have; no apprehensions, of an attack upon Nashville. I beUeve, . however, that the rebels will go towards Shelby ville, cap turing our {quads of working-men and guards, and de stroying the work of severalmonths. The regular train of cars from Nashville experienced a narrow escape., When parsing through this to wn, not a person gave no tice of what was traesriring a short distance Ahead. But while passing over the Stone river bridge a patriot dodged from obscurity, and. waving a handkerchief, shouted “Stop, for God’s Sake!” The engineer caused the train to atop, and.the man informed the conductor, of what was going on but a few rods in advance. As the train ceased motion a shell'whistled over it, aha the conductor be lieved that he was surrounded, but ascertaining shortly /afterward that as yet he was: in no danger, returned, to Nashville. This affair has been ft dean thing oa the part of the rebels and we have sustained a great loss. . The enemy destroyed all of our amumuition, And moat of our camp equipage. The sutler of the 3d Minnesota suf-. fered to the extent of r early five thousand dollars. We lost about sixteen hundred stand of small arms, over five thousand pounds of ammunition, .nearly one hundred tents, six brass field-pieces asd attachments, and a large number of horses, mules, and wagons. Our loss in killed; and wounded is upwards of 200, and about 1,900 p.lson era. Gens. Duffield and Crittenden, of Indiana, are pri soners. Gen. Duffield is slightly wounded. I under stand that no other officers are injured. .Major Seibert, of the; 7th Penneylvania Cavalry, is a prlsoner, aud re ported wounded. The following are the names of other Pennsylvania commissioned officers known to be miasing: Capt. Essingtos, Co. B, 7th Cavalry; Lieut. Rhodes, Co* . B, Yth Cavalry; Lient Bsacbtel. Co. L, 7tb Cavalry; Lfent. Einstein, Go-. M, 7th Cavalry; -Lient. Childs,; Co/ G, 7th Cavalry. The only damage the rebels sustained /was by the fire of our battery, which was; considerable/ Their loss in killed and wounded. is. believed to be over five hundred.., // > - .. B. O. T.. , LETTER FROM NASHVILLE. Secession Credulity—Why Tennessee Wavers --The Union Sentiment Becoming More Ac tive—Ex-Governor Campbell to he Brigadier 1 Ne\vs J of ; Gnerilla Balds—The Excitement Intense—Reports * of< Breckin- • ? [Special Oo’rreapondenc© of The Fross.]'.- Nashv!lle, Tonnesaee, July ,13, .1862. Thcre ia no doubt that this war. will givo ri?© to many works of fictioD, and the faculty which will originate and develop, those works is in constant play JafNashvillo.: A friend has just furnished me with a great secret,.^which , was gravely cozmnniiicated to him by 4 a man who. ha 3 a reputation for largeintelligence,.and: who reposed i impli cit confidence in ita verity./: • gji.Gen.McClellan, ’’ quoth he».“offers to Gon. Lee to capitnlateupon conditions, r Gon Lee-responds that the Federals have set the examploat of un- G6nditional surrender, and the precedent shall control. Gen. McClellan’S reply^has apt transpired,-.but there-ia no doubt he will yield; because Jackson has cut off aU reinforcements and supplies, and he as thus left at the mercy of the Confederate Government.^ Aguin: “ Gen. Buell and his whole army will be taken prisoners. There is a force,in front.of him of forty thousand, and in his rear thirty thousand, of all of which he is tlltaliy ignorant; andalarge force is at this time within twenty miloa' of and marchingupon Nashville, who will take possession of the citv thjs very night, and capture every Federal officer, civil and military, Uore, not one of whom dreams of sucha thing.*’ Again : “.Morgan has six tliouaand, cavalry,, and will tush down upon Kentucky vdtb them, and the people will rise en masse to join him.” This is not simply the. information, but nearly tlte identical language in which it is conveyed. Rut how did this hews get here, and how did our sapient Seces. sionist learn it 7 That, too, is'fully explained. :< “A merchant of this city has arrived-just from the army, avoiding all the pickets on the way. He made it known, and; What is more, 4 - he bet slQoj in gold, that- Beauregard would be here to-night; and then offered to cover the bet with SI,OOO more, in gsldf but everybody declined the wager,- This merchant remained here three ‘days, learned all he wanted to know, and is now with Beauregard.” ;. c ~ . . Would you believe that the credulity of .any. ? people could be bo cultivated as to such impossibilities and absurdities 1 Tet this is the pabulum upon which it feeds. 'Onereason of the:tardiness with which many: yield to thejost autiiority of the United States . Govern ment is because they actually fear the State will be re taken and re-possessed by tlnrrebels; and, in that ovont, they wil 3be b) anded as '“ traitors to the South,” and such groundless fears are kept alive by such unmitigated falsehoods.' Tt seems, nevertheless, next to Impossible to suppress their circulation, ' because they are nearly al waysconfinedtotheinitiated, and ODly. look out occa sionally and by. accident : The great lever for the restoration-of loyalty is the power of the Government. It must -be shown to rise with and compass the emergency. It must be seen; it muse he felt ; it must be palpable, indisputable. 'W&rinust bb come the vocation of the day, in which aH other, vocations must be absorbed, engrossed. To this end the energies of the nation must be bent, -and, for.the time, all else forgotten. ' ... The Union sentiment of Tennessee is beginning to advance from passive to active patriotism,' Ex-Go.vemor P William B.; Campbell, {to. y?hom X referred,, without naming, some time eince,.ha3 been appointed to, and will' accept, a brigadier generalship Gov' Campbell- is- a native of Tennessoe, and is'scarcely past the prime of Ufe. ; Heis alawyer by profession; has served several iteßtions as momber of'Gongress; was a captain-in the Florida war, then a colonel in the Mexican war; after ' watdft judge of the circuit CQui(,'and than Go vwnor ot Ttuneiwe. He is one of the most popular men in tho State; bas the full and unbounded confidence end esteem of tbe people; is distinguished for his good sense'; his' honesty and candor, hiff sincere patriotism; and bls'cool, unflinching courage. At tho storming of MonterfeY be J was ordered, with hiy regiment, to take a fort, before which the regulars had recalled. Placing bimaelf'in front' of his regiment, and waving his sword over his head, he shouted, “Boys, follow me !*’ which his menanswsred’ with cheers, aud, rushing upon tho fort, carried it at tho point of the bayonet, with a loss of nearly one-third of the regiment in killed and wounded- This was the charge of the “Bloody First.” The flag which they bore, riddled with bullets and rent in tatters, is now de posited in the State Capitol. Bon. Wm. B. Stokes begins to-morrow to raise a regi ment of cavalry. He assures me he can recruit at tho rate of fifty per day. The people are at lost “ eager f*r the fray,” and anxious to revenge themselves upon the law lessmarauding guerilla bauds that infest portions of the State. They know the country; its forests, its hil s and -mountaicr, its rivers and creeks, its roads and bypaths. They know the habits of the guerillas, their mode of fighting, and they know the men personally, and can constquenily recognize them if they do wear no uni forms. Those in command here fully appreciate the services of tuch recruits, and will afford every facility for their enlistment. ,0. July 14,1862. It appeared last night that there was a faint approxi mation to/fact in the rebel reports circulated here. Yesterday came the news from Murfreesbero’ that a cavalry force, two thousand strong, had captured two entire regiments, the oth Michigan ftDd 3d Minnesota, and a battery. Upon the reception of this, your corre spondent, B.C.T.,left>for Murfreesboro’. The news further came that the rebels were approach ing here. The excitement became intense. All the i troops that ceuld be reached were massed in the city. A force was Bent-towards Murfreesboro’, batteries were j :pianted on eminences and approaches to the city and -around the capitol. Ab the troops arrived from differed they made the night air ring with their shouts. tDarge crowds of citizens lathered around the different hotels,;and.“ Secesh” became rampant, many of whom ’offered to bet that the Confederates would be here before morning* : Many Secession ladies kept the tights jit their houses, and sat up all night awaiting the ap proach of their friends. At one time it was reported that the rebel troops were only four miles distant/ The day dawned, and no rebel Force yet. Tho cars for Louisville prepared to start ; ; The exodus of tho, Jews began Fifteen cars were attached to the locomotive. / Seats sold at fifteen dollars each. Jerusalem yvas in motion.. ; To-day business is nearly suspended. The. corners of the etreets are crowded with anxious citizens. Troops are marched back and forth through the city. Sentinels dot the bill of tbe capitol. Cannons are placed in posi tion to rake the principal streets.' Every thing betokens preparation lor a’conflict should our city be attacked by the rebels. ... . It is reported that Erect iuridgo, tu command of 18,000 strong, is near McMinnville, and an advance, guard of one thousand TeMn Bangers occupies the place. 'We baTe various and thousands of minors. . I shall endeavor to beep jcu posted with everything of interest. FROM THE ARMY OF VIRGINIA. [Correspondence of The Press ] , : Warrbnton, Va., July 15, 1862. . Tbe main body of the great Army of Virginia, under Mojcrv General: Pope, just Ihoroughiy reorganized and -mostly Dewly clothed, is now here and about ready to move forward <* on to Richmond,” no doubt. Tbe force hwre is quite Bofficient to overccme any opposition it may meet at Gwdonsville, or any other point aiong the route j and Sometimes I even think we are strong enough to take Richmond, especially with .the co-operation of either McClellan or Burnside., That we will have a chance to Immortalise ourselves in the next, and, X hope, success ful, fight for the rebel city, is certain. 'lf Ridhmoad is to be taken, tbe war ended, and the rebellion forever unnecessary delay and without fall, tbe Government must at. once order out three hundred .thousand men, or thereabouts, arm and equip them, fillup the regiments now In the field, and, guard Washington and other important places with the remainder, r Then ihe existing army should' bo massed and marched directly and triumphantly into the city of Richmond, This, or some similar‘ programme, is the only to crush the rebellion and the war. • - , It'lb 'very strongly suspected by the soldiers that tfae Government either.dooa not know that the rebels are desperate, and fight with desperation; or that we.are not in earnest ]. Xf this fact—thatgtherebelsjare desperately in ; f arheeb—is not known at Washington, it will be well known there before very long, and then, perhaps, there -will be a general wakiagup. If Procideat Lincoln only knew that ninety-nine out of every hundred officers and men in Gen, ’b army corps have no confidence in him,- simply because his practice has been,. all along, tq. gtiard tho property of thb most open and defiant rebels, * whilst, his own • army Was reduced'to short rations,'aud compelled tornake forced marches through mad and storm, end, without shelter, worry through the nights, hewwould-surely order tho necessary change, either of general or practice. The President Is certainly too good a man to allow the brave soldiers who cams hero to fight for the Union to be thus used for the purpose of giving aid and comfort to" the enemy! ’ . /But cur ho£e is; that Gen. Pope will now put a stop to such a disgraceful practice, and Xb&teven our army corps will be led oh ‘through 'Virginia as the enemies of those in anns.ogainstjour Government. If so, the rebellion will be crushedjlor ever and ever. . Epeaking of it is proper to say ihat there is entire confidence, so far as I know, in Pope, Banks, Sigei, and in all the division and brigadier generals of the great army of Virginia. v, Wanentbn is a most beautiful place. It reminds me of Bethlehem, Pa/but it is not es large. There. ia an abundance of first-rate water for mites around the place ] strong springs "innumerable—just what is needed by an : army.- There is also an abundant of cherried, black berries, and otber'gaod things in the neighborhood, aiad we make good use ot torn./ B. H. e! , EROMv 'YICICSBTJBE.Gr. LETTER FROM MAGNOLIA. Operations in the Mississippi .River—lmport ant Nevvs from the Gulf Blockading Squadron ■ —The Rebels Strengthening their Batteries near Vicksburg -7 General Breckinridge in Command—OurJSaprtars Still at Work. [Special Correspondence of The Press.] Gfuf Blockading. Squadron, l Bblow .Vicksburg, Jaly 9,1862. } Operations on the Mississippi.’ I informed yon in one of my last letters that if a num ber of highly-Important positions on the riverwere not soon strongly fortified by ns'they would be by the rebels.. Such has been the case.. The steamer Tennessee left this morning convoked by the gunboat Katahdin. On Ktr downward passage -to■‘Kew Orleans, on arriving withina short distance of the ever- troublesome Grand Ghlf, information was received that it was very strongly fortified bya large body of 1 troops under the charge of General Bragg. Not deeming her strength; enfficlent to contend against such a superior force, she put back to her old position, and now lies ahead of the Brooklyn. We are now-virtually‘prisoners, hemmed in on all sides, and can only be relieved from our uncomfortable situation by the arrival of Halleck’s army. Rumors read) ua of every, character and description. least , sight ; news was received from Memphis that Rich mond hod been captured, with 50,000 prisoners. Wo hope to God that it is reliable! Twelve thousand negro slaves have been employed in digging a canal to turn tlio current of. the waters of, the' great Mississippi in a new direction. This mighty undertaking of man, it is hoped, will be accomplished in.the space of three or four days. The mortars still beep up an active and.dangerous bombardment 'oipbe Vicksburg The enemy return. the fire with vigor. I judge, by the loud report of their guns to»day, that they have’lately been mounting guns of heavy calibre. Major Gonorai John C. Breckinridgej asExsted by Brigadier Generals Van Born and BmithV commands the forces at Vicksburg and the surrounding country. The conscript law in this re gion is very severe. The country is scoured for miles around, and old, infirm men are daily dragged from their homeß "‘to shoulder a musket and serve in the Confederate A number of Por ter's moxtar*menf while rambling about in the woods a few days since, came across the 'dead bodies of seven men. A number of muskets of fine workmanship, with OYerccatSr haversacks,..and other articles of equipment, were lying around, as If thrown , away in great haste. Evidently, this was a part of the,rebel loss whem they attempted to out off a portion of our forces and were unexpectedly attacked by the mortars and gunboats. They must have experienced a much greater loss than even was at first supposed.' The river is falling'very fast. It is hardly possible that the ‘three large,',sloops, Hartford, Brooklyn, and- Bichmond,} together with two sloops of smaller class', the 'Oneida and Ircquois, which draw nearly the same quantity of water, can be able to get down tlio river. 'ln sUch a contingency, all we could do wonld .be to make ourselves as comfort able as possible tiliapriug, when the river rises. Should - we be thus - caught,' the' Navy Department will lose the services of a number of tbe beit ships intheU. S. Navy, with a full cxew of officers and men. The hot weather ; is beginning . to v tell on the constitutions of some of our men; but, so far, their health is good: The thermo me- : teretands at the usual high standard.' Vessels are con tinually. reported, coming, into Orleans from Ha .vana, with caseaof yellow fever on board. The learned Major General commanding that department should look out, or he will have bis entire army stricken down and" swept off from the face of tho earth by that dreadful dis ease. MAGNOLIA. A PAUSE IN THE SIEGE Departure of Porter’s Mortar Fleet. ITS DESTINATION 'UNKNOWN. KECONNOISSATiCE UP THE YAZOO. Yioksbukc, July B —There have been many move ments more strange than this safes talked-of evacuation.. They must be conscious, as theylook down from the rsteeploa of the oity at the munificent’ array of vessels ' above and that: somathtog fearful; is impending.; Farragut has shown his indifference to their, batteries by 'running by themwith comparative impunity.' He’now stands ieatiy to run back again at any time. But It is in accordance with the practice cf the rebels to retire from itheir position as soon as they axe endangered. The pro clamation of Van Bom,'who cemmandß the department, '’aseuring them that he will defhsd them to the'last,gives no more strength to the chances of its obstinate defence. - Our pickets have been advancing.for a few now tbey are within five hundred yards of the rebel bat teries below the towh of Yicbsburg. This Advance has not. met with asyet 'TheyAT® gradually encroaching upon the forbidden ground,and It will not fiurprise ua at any tfme.to hear of their,repulse. ‘ . GbiSULIAS ALOKQ TBBfMiaSUSSiyPS. A day or two ago tbs steamer Sunshine, on her way to this place fromrMemphis, was fired into at Greensville, about ecvfnty-five miles above hero. A guerilla party foUowid btrftlpng the Atfkfth&av shore, ft distance o ■ .v*'".' - twelve miles, dhchorgJng a number of volleys at tdr. No injui y was inflicted on the steamer. Guerilla' bsfcds, I em told, are being formed at different points aldnif the Mississippi river, for tire purpose of harassing unarmed* steamboats on tbeir ' way up and down. They can a<> compllsh very little, if the proper, course is pursued by r our cfficers, and will “fizzle out” in a short timefor want of patronage. GatriU&s, it will be remembered, must' subsist on tbeir prizes: they must “live as they go.” Even could they succeed in diaablipg-a vessel, they can not hope to tecuro their prize onfe time in a hundred. Altogether, I think people’ are too much frightened at the piospect of seeing tbe country devastated by tbe partisan rangers. kg kesbrtebs rhoir the hHsieged city. One thing noticeable here is, that wehave no deserters from Vicksburg. At other points, as Island No. 10, and ' Fort PilJow, there was a constant stream of informants from tho enemy 5 s esunp; but in this vicinity tbe soldiers are probably too closely watched to gain*opportunities for escape. That there are hundreds of men in Van Dcrn’s command who are dissatisfied’and dieaff cttd there Ib no question, and who would gladly come>*iihin our lines if they could do so without fear of discovery in the attempt. RAMB TO ; BE HADE’MAIL''BOATS.' . Jury 9 —The mails arriving at and departing from the fleet ’are very inegular, as you have probably learned ere this. There is no certainty here when we shall re ceive or when we can send aletter. We indite an epistle ibis morning, with the expectation that it will go at noon, and fcthe neglected missive lies here often two and even three days. The fact is, wehave not boats enough here' to Bend to Memphis wlth ; any regularity, though, it is supposed, several of the st< am rams will soon be light-’ eted and converted into transports for Ihe carrying of despatches- The labors and duties of the rams are nea’ly lultiJUd. They, through lheir representativea, the Queen of the West and Monarch, covered themselves with lan-- rels at Memphis, and can now afford to repose in their shade. - SITUATION OF THE UNION FLEET. On the fleet thete has been no change of consequence' since yesterday. The gunboats of Farragut steam up’ and down the nver j Davis 5 vesßels move here and there, and even' the Richmond and; Hartford occasionally con descend to change their place; but still there is no pro spect of an engagement or an attack on Vicksburg. The‘enemy answers our occasional shot8 r fired gene rally from Porteris mortal sloops, across the peninsula and below the city ; bnt nc casualty has occurred on the 1 UDioh'veEscls since the running of the blockade. THE PENINSULAR CANAL. Tho three commodores may still be depending for suc cess oh the cartel they began some ten days ago, and on which some ten or twelve hundred negroes are yet occu pied. The contrabands work steadily, hut, of course, do not progress as the same ntimber of the Caucassian race would'. If a thousand Irisbmen had commenced the ca nal, and were to receive so‘much per foot, they would • have ended their, labors before the present date. Your correspondent paid a visit to the canal last evening, just before tbe table fellows bad ceased work; and became convinced that tbe labor will not be successful. ;• Tbe river has been swelling somewhat, from a rise in the Missouri, wiibin a’ day or two 5 bat it is now about stationary, and there is no probability the' current of the Miasiseippi .can be diverted across tbe neck of laud at tbe head of which Vicksburg is situated. Before the course of the river could be changed,;a rise of at least ten ft et would be required, and there Is no prospect of this, as the Mississippi is lower at the cioje of this and Curing tbe next month than at any other period of the year. The enterprise of Commodore Farragut I look uptn. therefore, gas completely fruitless, though it vm cieditable in its conception. MISSISSIPPI VOLUNTBERS. Seme ten or twelve white fugitives, came down the Yazto yesterday, and ate desirous of enlisting in the Union cause. They : say there are many otherainthat legion who would gladly serve their country (they know no country but the loyal portion) if they had an opfortunity 5 aud it is probable the mi 11 are sincere and really patriotic. Mississippi is not the State in which one would look for volunteers for the Union, but it teems they are to be found even there. VALUABLE REBEL PROPERTY IN THE YAZOO. A Southern pilot is ope of the refugees that have ar livtd on the flotilla from the Yszoo,: and he snjethere are as many as forty to fifty large-sized and valuable transports in that stream above tkeblockade. AU the fine Bitomerf—tuch os the jerincess, Liaua, Natchez, Magenta, Mary Keane, and others, that rah in the lower trade—are' np there, the pUot says, and also the steam ship Star of the TVesfc. Our informant assures us there is no mistake about this. Be knows, because betook some of them up there himself. The property that might be. captured .in the Yazoo, if efficient measures were taken, would net fall far abort of one and a quarter mil lions of dollar*?.' ■ PROSPECTS OF THE SIEGE. - • July 10.—There are sundry rumors on the fleet to the effect that Farragut and Porter’s vessels are on the point of leaving; lor .Mobile .and Janus river, rerigning the conduct o'ribe obsession to Commc dore , Davis. That Porter’s mortar sloops intend returning to New Orleans poritiye fact; bnt.it is doubtful if Farragut’a .tight vessels that ran tbe bfockade on tbe 28th utt. will toj eat their expr riment, though they could do so at night with lit Us {apprehension of losb. Since the ft pulse of Genera! McClellan, public atten tion is and will be turned to Richmond, and every effort made by.thc Government to reinforce his army, and ren der the fall of the'Vlrgfnia'capital certain. Under such ■circumstances,there is very little probability that we shell receive more land forces, and without them nothing, it appears, will be done. The peninsular canal will be of no-benefit to us for the present, and for the remainder of the month we wilt do little more, I opine, than keep guard opposite Vicksburg, as we did for nearly two months off Fort Pillow, broiling in the heat, and con tending-desperately, though unsuccessfully, with the myriads of Secesiiun musketoea. , # STRENGTH OF THE REBELS HERE. Stories about tbe strength of. the rebels at Vicksburg are so various and conflicting that it is difficult to form anything like a satisfactory idea as to whst it really is. Tc-day a deserter comes in, ax,d aßsuro<z »h that Qas. Van Dorn’s army numbers not less than 30,000; to* moirow, from a source equally ielialyle, we tvillAear that there are not more than 15,000 men in the rear of Vicks burg, and that half of them are disbffected conscripts. No has ret been made to ascertain what tbe true condition of affairs In tho rebel camp la We know pretty well what we may expect iu tee event of a navel engagement—we know to a degree of certainty, how many.batteries will open upon our fleet whan the battle commences, because •we can count the guns at any time .from the Louisiana shore. . ; I cannot 'understand . where the.. Confederates, got 30,000 men—supposing that number to be there. Taking into accouet.the manner in which Beauregard’s anny is known to have ecatteied alter.tlte evacuation of Corinth, it is impossible that more than 15,000 can be now hold ing ns in check, and some who protend to know, estimate it at 10,000. QUIETLY AT ANCHOR. The war,veßsels:iay quietly anchored out of the rebel range, and only at rare intervals some enterprising mor tar breaks the stillness The enemy become bolder, ap pear more thickly around the batteries or wander through tbe'streets. What makes the inactivity harder to bear, is because little probability of an immediate change exists. No co-operating land force is yet en route to aid, and the gunboats attempt no diversion. Should they do so, aided by the great moitar fleet, there seems reason to believe that in a few hours they could expel every rebel from the batteries and city, long enough at least to spike their gunß ; Prompt action rendered Forts Jackson’and Philip untenable, and might be even more successful here, ft different policy, however, is decided npoa, and affairs tor a while will not be tbrillingly interesting, at least. ; DEPARTURE OF THE MORTAR FLEET. This afternoon Commodore Porter’s mortar fleet starts for New Orleans. It will be accompanied by four of Flag. Officer.Farragut’a vessels. Evidently their destination is Mobile, though many of the officers think it Fortress Monroe and James river. Flag-Officer Da* via 5 fleet has been increased by the arrival ef the Sump ter, and tbe Bragg end Essex are both reported on their way here. . Of news, Iheie is none, and the 'sum total is told in the by no means original tale that it is terribly dull; Of one fact, however, there is no doubt. The rebel force in this section—between' here and Mobile— has been underestimated. The conscription law Is in full force, and the Oonfederate army is greatly increased. Battles will yet havoto be fought through tbia section of ccnmtry against a formidable enemy, and months will elapse before navigation is open to New Orleans. ... RECONNOISSANCE UP THE YAZOO EIYER. A correspondent of tlie'New York" World* writing from the Mississippi fleet on the Bth inat,, says; Yesterday We made: ah excursion on board the ram Queen of the West sixteen mile-s up thß Yazoo river. The Yazoo river proper enters the Old river—so called fiom having been- once’a Bedof the Mississippi We passed up,four miles above Old river and took on board two ; darkies, from whom wo learned that the enemy A mounted pickets .were securing along the shores-of the river. We finally came to a house where we found,two white menl They were ordered'to come on board, when they informed us that the enemy had mounted four guns,' supposed lo be tbirty-twoß, at Haines* Bluff, four miles above, manned and supported. by. two -companies of troops. The men, like the darkies, were sent ashore again after their interrogation.; The men began to show iuuchreluctan.ee, saying they would be shot by the Southern troops, and begged to be taken along, although their wives were standing weeping on the bank. ', REBEL BATTERIES UP THE RIVER, From a contraband I learn that tho batteries at Liver pool Banding, sixty-five mileß up, the Yazoo, mo ant six guns, Two on the top of the bluff, two midway > and two at thefoot—rix gnus in all—one of which is aupposad.to be rifled, : as it is said by the negro to u shoot four mites ” The barricade iB just below the batteries, and is con* structed eflogs bolted and chained together Of course* the batteries ; mutt .beßilencedbefore the barriercan be removed. To do this, it is necessary to send up a gun boat and bombard the .forts.. General Pinckham is in. command. Only four hundred men were at the fort, but the conscripts are being driven in at the end of the musket. ; V. ; An expedition of agunboat, iron-clad, and ons of the lower fleet, with two rams, is 1 spoken of, to aßceml the Yazooat an early day. The Arkansas is still abovethe blockade. She is being covered with iron, and already sinks deep into,the water. , jS'&e is; very slow, and : of course can be Of little use as a ram,. All thecotton along the shores has been burned.' ; A later arrival of iefoge. s from there represents that thirty large trehsports are lodged up the river and its tributaries. Two or three fine large boats afaon this aide of the barrier, run up the Big Sunflower creek, one of which is the D. Moss, a cotton book The Yazoo, is deep, narrowband crooked; it is navigable for a hun ched and filty miles in winter;’ - There is" a saod-bar at the month,' where the shoalest water is found. The water is falling, but it will be accessible for a week yet to our armored gunboats. ' ' BATTERIES AT HAINES’S BLUFF. The Sonfloweriis a deep navigable tributary of the Ya zoo, entering fifty miles from its mouth. Up this stream, itistuid, are three steamboats; and one person - alleges there are 250 bales of cotton secreted a few yards from the river, ih; one spot- Eighty steatiboats, large and small, axe reported to be above the blockade. An expe-: tfition of two l’ams,'with about forty sharpshooters, is spoken of to go up and lake the steamboats. The inten tion is to run the batteries at Haines’s Bluff, or to land and storm them l This, we we inclined to think* iB too much of a task for any such number of men, however brave, to attempt. The ramßaro neither shot-proof nor 'capable of offence against batteries. A brass carronade bas lately bt'eh nonnud on' each of them, but there are no gunners on board. Jeff. Davis‘Bemands the Recognition, of, the Confederate Suites by England and. 'France.. Tho following is a special despatch to the New York. World: " ‘ . • Reliable advices received from Richmond. Btate that, Jeff. Davis has sent a special messenger to the Emperor - of France, and to the Queen.of England, with despatches of a private nature, demanding the immediate recogoi-; tion rf the So.nthern Gonfederacy. The demand is saUP to be followed by a voluminous bundle of documents, in cluding letters written by jhe .English and French con suls at.Richmond’,, testifying of.* the unanimity mani ieekd by the inhabitants of- that city informing'a se-‘ parate Goveriment, and of^their, abiiity.to-maintain-it. Another merely devoted to; the military ope-' rations otY the-Conftderaies, states that nearly all the . batties fought An Virginia; from Bull 1 Bun do wn to - the teven days’ fight hfetore? Bichmondj inoluding the battle of Fair- Oaks,: and] tbe' operatipnS: in the Shenandoah Valley, were victories won by the South against an enemy -VQBtly .superior .in inen, matertal 0f,7 war, in moutv, and jn resources of. all kinds. r'Tn a private rnote 5 addressed by‘Jeff Davis to touis Napoleon'hini telf,- the rebel-Fresidentlfeminds his Majesty f of • the fact that nine, months- ago> several : CablnetJcouncils were held’ in Paris with ihe ; ,spßcial objeotlof diß cuVsing ' the proprietor' of lecogniztag the ** Confed erate States who: werelthen thought deserving their ro cogultionv.ftnd that the thiDg- was given up only when the! ifevemß of Pdrtißoyal and Frnt D'onelson made the French Cabinet feax that the South.wbnld not be able to stand against the North and maintain its independence. Tho totes" tnd by stating that‘all of that kind ouebt to be; ababdoueo now, 1 and ihe series of brilliant victories won by the :Confederatesi as wifi as the rapid exhsusiion of, the resources of the North, ought to sa tisfy of the unanimity of sentiment existing in the South concerning its separatiofffrotn the North, and of llie.iefeources it possesses lor the building up: oi r a st)ong,.rtspected } prosperous, and fiatiou-. blitv, " .. ' .'V TWO CENTS. THE PBl SIDE NT’S A?PPEA'L To the Border States, TbeßepregentatiTMaud Senators of the BoTaer B 1 are folding Staled having, By special invitation o? the Tr& mdent. been conventd aO tbe Executive Mansion; on-BaA ttiiday morning last, Mr, Lincoln addreseed th orates*fol lows from a written paper held fa hia binds :' <*237L2H£K: After the adjournment of Congress’/now neat, I shall have no opportunity of seeingr-you for - Be-~ veral months. Believing tbas you of the Border St&es’. bold more power Tor goed than any other equal number-' of ihenibsrfl, I feel it a duty which I cannot jastifiab?y s waive; to atoke this appeal to yor.i I intend no reproach or complaint when I' assure you that, in my opinion, if you all bad voted for the resolution in the gradual emancipation raessegc'of last March, the * war would now. be fcubstantially ended. And the plan therein proposed ia yeione of the moat potent and swift me are of ending it. Let the States which are in rebellion * see definitely tad 1 certainly that in no- event wiU the' States you represent ever join their.. proposed Confede racy, and they cannot much longer maintain the contest; But 3 oucannot divest them of their hope to ultimately have you with tin ns so long as you show a determination to perpetuate the restitution within your own States, ' Beat them at elections, as you have overwhelmingly done, ar.d, nothing daunted, they still claim you as their own You and I know what the lever of their power is. Bleak that lever before their faceß, and they can shake " you no more forever. Host of you have treated me With ,kindness and consi deration, and I trust, you will not now think I impro perly touch what is exclusively your own, when, for the sake offbe whole country,!/ask, “can you, for your States, do better than to , take the course I urge? Dis caidiugjpunctil-to and:maxims adapted to more manage able times,-and looking only to thAunprecedentedly stern facte of onr case, can'yon‘do better in any possible event? You prefer that the cohstitudonal relation of the Stateß to, the nation‘shall bd practically restored without disturbance of the institution 5 and if this were* done, my whole duty in this respect, under the Consti tution and my oath of officb,‘would'be performed. But it is not done, and we/are trying to accomplish it by war. The incidents of the war cannot be avoided. • If the-w&r continues long,-as- it must, if the object ' be not sooror attained,'the institution in 'your States will be extinguished by mere friction and abrasion—by ' the mere incidents of the war. It will be gone, and you will Lave nothing vaiuable'in' lieu of it. Much of its value is gone already. How much better for you'and for your people to take the step which at*once shortens the war, and secures Bubstantial-compedsatioafor that which is Bure to be wholly lost in any other event l How much better to thus save the money which else we sink forever in the war! How much better to do it while we canniest the war ere long render ns pecuniarily unable to do; it! ■ How much better for yoivas seller, and the nation, as buyer,'to sell out and buy out that without which the war could never have been, than to sink both* the thing • to be sold and the price'of it to cutting one another’s throats!, ■ % I donot aptakof emancipation cid once, but of adea’sion at once to emancipate gradually. Room in South Ame rica tor colonization can he obtained cheaply, and in abundance, and when numbers eball be large enough to be company end encouragement for one another, the fret d people wi 1 not be so reluctant to go. I am pressed with a difficulty not yet mentioned—oao which threatens division among those who, united, are none 100 strong. An instance of it is known to you. General Bunter is an honest man. He was, and I still hope is, my friend. I valued him none the less for his agreeing with me in the general wish that all men every where could be freed. Be proclaimed all men free within certain States, and I repudiated the proclamation. He expect ed more good and less harm from the measure than I could believe would follow'. Yet, in repudiating it, I gave dissatisfaction, if not offence, to many whose sup port the country cannot afford to lose. Aod this is not the end of it The pressure in this direction is still upon me and is increasing. By conceding what I now ask jon can relieve me, and, much more, can relieve the country to this important point. Upon these considerations I have again begged your attention to the message of March last. Before leaving the capital, consider and discuss it among.yourselves. You are patriots and statesmen, and as such I pray consider this proposition; and, at the least, commend it to the contideraticn of your States and people. As you would perpetuate popular government for the best peo-- ' pie in the world, 1 beseech you that you do in. no wise omit this. r Our common country is in great peril, de manding the loftiest views and boldest action to bring a speedy relief. Once relieved, its form of government is saved ?• to the world ; its beloved bistory and cherished memories are vindicated, and its happy future fully as-- Eurtd and Tendered inconceivably grand. To you, more than lb any others, the privilege is given to assure that happiness and swell that grandeur, and to link yonrown names therewith forever. [At the conclusion of these remarks some conversation was had between the President and several members of the delegations from the Border, States, in which; it : was represented that these States could not be expected to move in so great a matter as that brought to their, notice in the foregoing address, while as yet, the Congress had taken so step beyond the passage of a resolution, expres sive rather of a sentiment than presenting a 'substantial and reliable basis of action. , . : . ; The President acknowledged the force of this view, and admitted that the Bold* r States were entitled to ex pect a substantial pledge of pecuniary aid as the condi tion of taking into consideration a proposition, so im portant in its relations to their social system:* It was further represented, in the conference, that the people of the Border States were interested in knowing tba great, importance which the: President attached to the policy t in question, while it was equal!* due to the country, to the President, and to themselves, that the Representatives of the Bolder Slaveholding States should publiclyannounce the motives undei which they wore called to act, and the considerations of public- policy, urged upon; them and their constituents by the Presi dent. : ' With a view to such a statement of their position, the members thus addressed met to council to: the reply they should make to the President, and, as the result of a compariKoimf Jnr nnmlnus among themselves, -they deteimined upon the adoption of a majoritroad-»- minority answer.— Katimal Intelligencer. 3 ' : BEPLT OF THE MAJORITY, ' The following paper was yesterday sent to the Presi dent, signed by the majority of the Representatives from the Borde£ Slaveholdmg States: . . Washington, July 14,1862, To the President s The undersigned, Bepresentatives of Kentucky, Vir ginia, Missouri, and Maryland, in the two Houses of Congress, have listened to your address with the pro found sensibility naturally Inspired, by the high source from which it emanates, the earnestness which marked its delivery, and the overwhelming importance of the subject of which it treats. We have given it a most re spectful consideration, and now lay befora yon our.rs eponse. :We regret that want of time has not permitted us to make it more perfect. • We hove cot been wanting, Mr. Prewdent, in respect to you, and in devotion to the Constitution and tile Union. We have not been indifferent to the great difficcltiessur-’. rounding you, compared with which all former national troubles have been but as the summer cloud; and we have. freely given you our sympathy and support. Repudiating . : the dangerous heresies of the we believed, with you, that the war on their part is aggressive and wicked, and the objecte. for which It was to be prosecuted on ours, defined by yourmessage at theopening of the pre sent Congress, to be such as all good men should approve,- we' have not hesitated to vote all supplies necessary to carry it on vigorously* We have voted all the men and . money you havo asked for, and even more; we have im- onerous taxes on our and they are paying them with cheerfulness mid alacrity.; we have encouraged enllßlments, and sent to the field many Of our best men ; ard some of cur number barb offered their persona to the' eztc my as pledges of their sincerity, and devotion to conn try. We have done all this under'the most discouraging circumstances and in the face of measures most distasteful to ue and injurious to the-interests: we represent, and in the hearing of doctrines avowed by those who claim to be your friends most abhorrent to us and eur constituents. But, for all this, wo have never faltered, nor shall we aa long as we have a Constitution to defend and a Govern ment which protects us. And we are ready for renewed efforts, end even greater sacrifices, yea, any sacrifice, when we are satisfied it is required to preserve our admi rable form of government and the priceless blessings of constitutional liberty. A few of our'number voted fortbe resolution recom mended by.your message of the 6th of March last, the greater portion of us did not, and we will briefly state the prominent reasons which influenced our action. In the first place, it proposed a radical change of,our social system, and was hurried through both Houses With undue baste, without reasonable time for consideration and debate, and with no timeatali.for consultation with our constituents, whose interests it deeply involved. Itseemed like an'interference by this! Government with a question which peculiarly and exclusively belonged to our reßpec* tire Statesmen whieb they had not soughtadviceorsolicit-. ed aid. Many of us doubted the constitutional i«wer of ■ this Gqyernment to make appropriations of money for the object designated, and. all of us.thought our finances were in no condition to bear the-immense outlay which its adoption and faithful execution would impose upon the National Treasury . If we pause but a moment to think of the debt its acceptance would have entailed we are ap-, palled by its magnitude'. The proposition was addressed to all the; States, ;and embraced the whole number of Blavea. According to, the census of 1860 there wore thtn very nearly four million of slaves in the country; ■from natural increase they exceed that number now.; ‘Af even the low average of three .hubdred dollars, the price fixed by the emancipation act for the slaves of this District, and greatly below their leal worth, ,tbe!r value runs up to the enormous sum of twelve hundred millions of dollars; and if to that we add the cob! of deportation and colonization, at one hundred dollars each, which is but a fraction more than la actually paid by the Maryland-Colonization Society, vrehave four hundred milliona more! We, were not willing to impose a tax on our people sufficient to pay the interest oh that sum, in addition to the .vast and daily-increasing debt already fixed upon them by the exigencies of the war ; and, if we had been willing, the copnlfy could not bear it.. Stated in this form the propositibh ia -nothing less than the deportation from the c>untry of sixteenhundred million dollars’ worth of producing labor,-and the substi tution in its pla<*> of an interest- b a aring deb tof the same amount! ' :: But, if we are told that it was expected that only the States we represent would accept the proposition, were-; >&peelfuliy submit that even then it involves a sum too for the financial ability of this Government at this ? time. According to the census of IB6o* > Kentucky had.',*...........225,490 slaves. Mary1and...................... A 87,188 Virginie * .-..490,887; . Delaware. 1,798 41 Missouri...-................... 114,965 11 Tennessee;,.....,. ..275,784 » Makipg.in the wh01e...., ...,, .>>1,196,112 “ At the same rate of valuation these would amount t 0........................... *.. .$858,833,600 Add for deportation and colonization $lOO each...................... . ........... 119,244,533 And we have the enormous sum of*.,. ......$478,078,133 : We did not feel tliat we should be justified in voting fof a mtasurewhicb, if carried out, wouM add this vast omount to our public debt, at a ropment when the, trea sury was'reeling under the enormous expend!tuies of the war. ■< ■ • ■ V- V Again, it seemed to us that this resolution was but. the annunciation of a sentiment which could not or was. not likely to be reduced to. an actual, tangible proposition.. No movtment was then made to provide and appropriate, . ttb fm ds required to. carry it into effect; and we were - not encouraged to believe that funds would ba provided. And our belief has been fully justified by subsequent events: Not to mention other circumstances, it is. quite sufficient for our purpose to bring to your notice the fact, ftb*t, whUe' this resolution was under consideration in , the Stnatei our colleague, the Senator from moved an,amendment, appropriating, $500,000 to . tha object therein designated, and it waa. voted do.nn with* grtut unsninnty. Wbat. confidence, fehcrL, could wo reasonably feel .that, it we committed ourselves to the policy it proposed, our constitueats. would the fruits of the promise held out;, and on what ground could we, as fair men, approach them and challenge, their support 7; The right to bold slaves is arightappprtauting taaU the States of this Union. They have the right to cherish or abolish the institution, aa their.tastea or their interests may prompt, and no: one autaorized to question the right, [ot limit its enjoyment. And no pne'haß more clearly affirmed that rlgbt than you have- inuu gmal .address does you great honor, in thlaxasp.oct, and ii spired the country with confidence in your fairness and, rripect for law-; • Our Btates.are in the enjpymsnt of that right. We do notfeel.calipd on to defend the insti tution, or to affirm It is oho which ought to bo cherished; perhaps, if were: to make the attempt, we might find - that we differ even among curaelveß. is enough for « our purpose to know that it is. a right; and, se know ing, we;:did not see why we.abould now: bo expected to yield it.; We had contributed our full share to re lieve the country at this terrible’crisis; we had done as much as had been required of otbars, 1 iu .like clrcnm- - ftences; -and we dfd net see why sacrificeß sbould be ex pected of us frem which others, no more lbyairwere-ex-' «mpt.. Nor could we Bee what. gpod|the n&tipn;pmuld derive from it Such a Bacrificesubmittedtobyjiswmild ict have strengthened the arm of thisiGovemment or wenkened that of the ecemy. It waa not necesssry aa a pkdge of our loyalty, for that had bel*n manifesled tie ft nd si reasonable doubt, in every form, and at everyplace prpßible. There was not the remotest probability that the Hates we represent would join in tho lebelliou * nor is there how; or oftbeir.electingto go .with tbe.Soutberh section in the'eyent of a recognition of the.independence of any part of the disaffected region. Our States are fixed unal terably in. their resolution to adhere to and support the Union; they tee no safety fyx tbegiseiTes aud cq hope fop THE WAR PRESS. Thk WAR Paras will ho sent to subscribes* by moil (per annum ia advance) at.oo Three Copies « ••••••..*#••••* 5.00 rive « « « 8.00 Ton « “ « ............... 13.00 Larger Clubs wIQ be charged et the same rate, thus: 20 copies will 'Cost 024 j 60 copies wSB cost 080} and 100 copies $l2O. Tor a Club of Twenty-one or over, we will se&A os Extra Copy to the getter-up of the Club. HfiT'Postoasters fire requested to act eh Agents for ThxWaaPxsss. »srAdvertisements inserted at the usual rctea. gfc {toes constitute a square. oosstitntional liberty but by its preservation. They Will, .Tmder no circumstances, consent to its dissolution, and wi? do them no more than justice when we assure you that’ while the war is conducted/to prevent that de pi or a'&e catastrophe they will sustain ifc-as long aa they can mirriev a man or command a dollar. Not will they ever commit, to any event, to unite with the Southern Confederacy, Tha bitter fruits of the peculiar doctricea of that' region will forever prevent them from placing their security and happiness in the custody of an asso ciation which has incorporated in its organic law the seeds ofitsowndeslructiftai .. We cannot admit, Mr. Frerident, ihat if we had voted fer the resolution in the emancipation message of March laa*, the war would now be et&st&atiafty ended. We are tinaMe to see bow out action in this-partfeular hay given, orcyrid give, encouragement to the rebellion. The re solution has passed, and if there Bo virtue to-it, if will bo qUilo as efficacious as il We had voted for it. We have no power to bind our States in this respect by our voteo beie;an4 whether we bad voted fbc one way or tho othfer, they are in the satbocondition ofTtowtem to accept of 1 eject itS'provisiona.' No, alrj the war has not been prolonged l or.hindered by our action on thiror any other measure. Tfe must look for other causes for that la mented fact. We think there is not nmols difficulty, not much uncertainty, in j»inting out others tor more pro bable and'potent in their ageucreaTo that end. The rebellion «lerh*& its etrengfti from the union of all classes in tLe inaargent Statess andVhite thatruuionlasts th.e war wid-neveV end until tbey ore utterly exhausiot. We know‘that atthe inception of fconthern society was divided, and that a large portion, perhaps a luajqrity, were opposed to Secession. How the greatmass of Southern people £»e boiled. Todiscover why they are so we must glance et Southern society, and notice the classes into which it h»s been divided, und which stilt dis tinguish it. They are in aims, but not forthe saate ob jects ? they are moved to a common end, bat bp different and even incousifetent reasons. The leaders, which com*- prebends what was-previously known as the State Eights party, and is much the 'lesser class, seek to break down national independence and set up state domination. ■With’ them it is a war against! nationality: The other claea im fighting, as it supposes, tofcaintain and preserve its righto ot proper ty and domestic safety, which it has been made to believe are arsßilcd’by this Government. This latter clasß are pot se; they are so only bccanso they have been made to believe that this Administration is inimical to th'eir righto* and is making war on their domestic it stifurfons As long as these two classes act together they will never 1 asoent to a peace. The policy, then, to be pursued is obvious. The former class will never heieconciled, but the latter may be Remove their 7 apprehensions; satisfy them that no harm is intended to them and their Institutions; that this Government is not making war on their rights of property, but is simply de fending its legitimate authority, and they will gladly re turn to their alii giasce as soon as the pressure of military; : dominion imposed by the Confederate authority is re moved frcm'tbe’m; v. Twelve months ago both Houses of Congress; adopting: the spirit of yonr message,• then but recently seat in, de eland, with singular unanimity, the objects of the war, and'the country instantly bounded to y<mr side to assist you in carrying it on. If the spirit of that resolution had been adhered to, we are confident that we should be fore now have seen the end of this deplorable con flict. ; Blit' what have' we' feen 1 In both Houses of Congress’we have heard doctrines subversive of the prircipleß of the Constitution, and seen measure after measure founded in substance on those doctrinas proposed and carried* through which can have no other »flect than to dißtract and divide loyal men, and exasperate and drive Btill farther from m and tbeir duty the people of the rebellious States. Mllitarv officers, following these bad. examples, have stepped beyond the just limits of their authority in the same di rection, until in several instances yon have felt the ne cessity of interfering to arrest them. And even the pas sage of the resolution to which you refer has been osten tatiously proclaimed as thhtrlumpb of a principle which the people of the Southern States regard as ruinous to them. The effect of these measures was foretold,' and may now be-seen to the indurated state of Southern feeling. •' To there causes, Mr. President, and not to our omis sion to vote for the resolution recommended by you, we solemnly believe we are to attribute the terrible earnest ness of those in arms against the Government, and the continuance of the wa#. 1 Nor do we (permit us to say, Mr. President, with all respect to yen.) agree lhat the institution of slavery is “the lever of their power,” but we are of the opinion that “ the lever of their power” is the apprehension-that the powers of a common Govern ment, created for common and equal protection to the interests of all, will be wielded against the institutions of the Southern States.- There is one other idea to your address we feel called on to notice. After stating the fact of your repudiation of Gen. Bnnter’s proclamation, you add: “ Yet, to' repudiating it, I gave dissatisfaction, if not offence, to many whose support the country cannot afford to lose. And this is not the end of it. The pressure to this direction is still upon me and is'increasiug. By con ceding wbat I now atk you can relievo me, and, much more, can relieve the country in this important point.” We have anxiously looked into this passage to discover its true import, but we are yet in painful uncertainty. How can we, by conceding what you now ask, relieve you and the country from the increasing pressure to which you refer? We will not allow ourselves to think that the pro position is. that we consent to give up slavery, to the end that the Hunter proclamation may be let loose on tha Southern people* for it is too well known that we would not be parties to any such measure, and we have too tnuoh respect for you to imagine you would propore it. Can it mean that by sacrificing • our interest to slavery we ap pease, the spirit that ccntrols that pressure, cause it to be withdrawn, and rid the country of the pestilent agi tatj»n of the slavery question 1 We are forbidden se to . think** for that spirit would not be satisfied with the liberation of seven hundred thousand slaves, and cease its agitation, while three millions remain in bondage. Can it/mean.that by abandoning slavery to our States we are removing the pressure from you and the country, by pitparingfor a separation on the line of tbe cotton We are forbidden so to think, because it is known that we are, and we believe that you are, unalterably opposed to any division at all. We would prefer ..to think 'tin**—a***'*—'» fatg -wifcg3Bion"a9 a pledce of and thus enable you to withstand. 'a pressure' which weighs heavily on you and the country. Mr. President, no such sacrifice is necessary :to secure oureupport. Confine your-relf to your consti - tuticnal authority 5 confine your subordinates within the samt limits; conduct this war solely for tbo purpose of ■ restoring the Constitution to its legitimate authority j concede to each State and its loyal citizen* their just rights, and-wo are wedded to you by indissalublß ties. Do this, Mr; President, and you tench the American heart and invigorate it with new hope. You wifi, as wo eolimrly believe, in due time restore peace to your country,=lift it from despondency .to a future of glory, and preserve to your countrymen, their posterity- and man, tbe Inestimable treasure of constitutional govern ment. Mr.. Prestflent, we have stated with frankness and candor the reasons on which we forbore to vote for.the resolution, you have mentioned; but you have again presented this .proposition, and appealed to us* with an earnestnefis and "tioqutnce which have not. failed to im press us, to consider it, and at the least to commend it to the consideration of onr States and people.” Thus appealed ■to by -the Chief Magistrate of. our beloved country, in the hour of its greatest peril, we cannot wholly decline. We‘are willing to trust every ques tion relating, to their ‘interest and happiness to the consideration and ultimate judgment of our own people. While differing from you as to the necessity of eman cipating the slaves of our States as a means of putting down the rebellion, and while protesting against the pro priety of any extra territorial interference to induce the people of our States to adopt any particular lineof policy on a subject which peculiarly and exclusively belongs to them, yet wbsn you and our brethren of the loyal States BiucfcTely-belifcve that the retention of slavery by us is an obstacle to peace and national harmony, and are wQUng to contribute pecuniary aid to compensate our States and people &r the inconveniences produced by such a change of system, we are not unwilling thatour people shall can- B’der the propriety of putting it aside. But we have already said that we regarded this resolu tion as the utterance of a sentiment, and we had no confi dence that it would assume the shape of a tangible practi -cal proposition, which would yield the fruits of the sacri fice it required. Our people are influenced by the same want of confidence, and will not consider tie proposition is its present impalpable fonn. The interest they are ask ed to give up is to them of immense importance, and they ought cot to bo expected even to entertain the proposal until they art assured that when they accept it their just expectations will not be frustrated. We regard your plan as a proposition , from the Nation to the States to exercise an admitted constitutional right in a particular manner and yield up a valuable interest. Before they ought to consi der the proposition it should be presented in roch a tan gible, practical, efficient shape as to command their con fidence that its fruits are contingent only upon their ac ceptance. We cannot trust anything to the contingen cies of future legislation. If Congress, by proper and , necessary legislation, shall provide sufficient funds and - place them at your disposal to be applied by you to the payment of any of our States or thecitizona thereof, who shall adopt the abolishment of slavery, either gradual or immediate, as they may determine, and the expense of deport&tior and colonization of the Liberated slaves, then will our States and people lake this proposition into careful consideration for such decision as in their judg ment is demanded by their interest, their honor, and tbeir duty to the whole country. We have the honor to be, with great respect, : - O. A. WICKLIFFE, Chairman. B. WILSON, J. J. CHITTENDEN, JOHNS. CARBIDE,, J. W. ORISFIELD, J.S. JACKSON, IT GRIDER, JOHN S- PHELPS, FBANOIB THOMAS. CHARLES B. uALYERTi C. L. L. LEARY, EDWIN H.WEBSTEB, B. MALLORY, AARON HABDING,; JAMES 3. ROLLINS, GABBETT DAVIS, J. W, MENZIES, THOS.L. PRICE, ; G. W. DUNLAP, WM.-A. BALL. RBELY pF THE MINORITY. ■Washington, July 15,1862, Hr. .PbUSIDEXt : The undersigned, members of Con gress lirom the. Border States, In response to your ad dress of Saturday last, beg leave to say that they at tended a meeting on,the same day the address was do livezed for Hie purpose of considering the same The - meeting appointed a committee to report a - response to your address. That report was made on yesterday, and the action of the majority indicated clearly that the re- . spouserepoxted, or one in substance the same, would be adopted and presented to you. Iratmucb as we cannot, consistently with our sense of, duty to the country, under the existing perils which sur? round us, concur in that response, we feel it to be due to. you and to onrteives to make to you a brief and candid ; answer over our own signatures. We ; believe that the whole power of the Government, upheld and sustained by all the influences and means of? ail loyal men in all sections, and of all parties, is esaen-, daily necessary to put down the rebellion and preserve the. Union and the Constitution. We understand your appofti to us to have been made for the purpose of securing thla result:’: A very large portion of the people in the Northern States believe that slavery is the u lever power of the re-, fceUion.” It matters not whether this belief be well.-, founded or not. The beliaf dees exist, and we have to deal with things aq* they are, and not as we would have them.be.. In condor queUce ofthe existence of this belief, we understand that an immense pressure is brought to bear for the ppraqaa ot striking down this institution through the exercise of military authority. The Government cannot maintain this great ; struggle if the support and influence of: tha men wbo entertain these opinions be withdrawn. Nei ther can ike.Government hope for early, guepees if the support of that element ca led “ conservative'.’ be with drawn. . Such being the condition of things, President ap peals mthe Border-State mon tqetep forward and prove their patrioii&mby making the first sacrifice* No doubt like appeals have been made to extreme, men in the North to meet us half way, in order, that the whole moral, political, pecuniary, and physical force ofthe nation may be firmly, and earnestly united in.one grand ' tffort to save the Union and the Constitution, • Briievlig that such wore the motives tkas prompted jour address, and such the results to which it looked, we caiinot reconcile is to our eeuEe of doty, iu this tryiug hour to reepoDd in aspiric of fault-finding or querntous i tik over the things that are past. Wo &*<? not disposed to reek for the eaiie of present mßfprtunes in the errors aid wrongs cf oibeiß who now propose to unite with us in a common puypose. But, qa the other hand, we meet your address aa the spirit in wbichii was mode, and, as Ameiicaaß, declare to you and to the world that tbtre is no sacrifice that vre are not ready tomake to >s.ve the Gnwnmenfe and iustitutions of our ralhersj Tbat.we, tow of u? though there mar he, will permit no xc.en, frcm the Nqrth or from the South, to go farther than we. in 'accomplishment of the great work before u*. TbVt, in older to carry out those views, we will, so tor ss xnav be in our power, ask the people of the Border Su ler, calmly,.deliberately, and, fairly.to consider your rfc« niuietidetion. We are the more emboldened to aa sume tbis position from ; the fact, now became history, ibfc-t Jesdera of the Southern rebellion havo offered to i.b<.lUh slavery .amongst them as a condition to foreign 1i ttrveuiioc in'favcr of their independence as a nation. . Jf they can give up riaveiy to destroy the Union, we mi Minly ask our peopia to consider the question of unftiripation to save the Union, V-'i'h greatzeepect, your obedient servants. NOELL, •T(iBN W G> OLGR P. FISHEB, WJM.G.BBOWN, W. F. WILLEY. BEriiY OF ME MAVKAUU. Bouse Of BKPuESEKTATiVES. Jaly 16,18»2 Btk: The mapnitude ar d the propoaftiun fLlmtittd by you to Representatives from the slave Stoles would naturflUf peeftsipg dto&tojtji ff ROt CQR* SAM. S. CAbEY, A. J. CLEMENTS, JACOB B. BLAIR,
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