The press. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1857-1880, July 25, 1862, Image 1

THE PRESS,
PUBLISHED DAILY (SUHDAYB EXCEPTED,)
BY JOHN W. FOKNEY.
OFFICE) No. 11l SOUTH FOURTH STREET.
THE DAILY PRESS,
Twelve Ousts. Pee Week, payable to the Carrier.
Mallei to Subscribers oat of the City atSrv Dollars
See Anncm, Foci'. DoLLAns rou Keotit Moxtiis,
Three Dollars for Six Months— lnvariably in ad
vance for the time ordered.
THE TRI-IVEEKLY PRESS,
Mailed to Subscribers out of the City at Tubes Dol
lars Peb Axxvm, in advance.
SUMMER RESORTS.
Seabathing,
BBIOANTINE HOUSE,
BEIGANTINK BEACH, N, J.
Now open for the season. The Bathing, Fishing,}G-un>
«lng, and Yachting being,very superior.
Boats will awaitgueata at the inlet on arrival of trains*
JBoard per week, $B, P. 0. Address, Atlantic Oity.
H. D. SMITH,
Proprietor.
Jy4'Fmw2m.
SURF HOUSE, ATLANTIC CITY,
N. J.—This spacious HoteVoTer 600 feet In length,
And < wit!i 1,100 feet of veranda, fronts on the ocean, ex
pending baok, with its rear, to the railroad. Itpoaaeaaea
‘the 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 baa been engaged for the season.
The Billiard-room and -Bowling Alleys will be under the
ehargo of Mr. BALPH'BENJAMIN, of Philadelphia.
Additional improvements have been made, and the ac
commodations will be found equal, if not superior, to any
on the const.
The lioubb -will be opened, for the reoeption of guests,
on THURSDAY, June 19. t
jflia-86t : H. S. BENSON, Proprietor.
jnRESSGN SPRINGS, CAMBRIA
\J OOUHMT, PA.—This delightful and popular place
of grimmer resort, located directly on the line of the
Pennsylvania Boßroad, on the summit of the Allegheny
Mountains, twenty-three hundred feet above the level of
the ocean, will be open for guests from the 10th of Jane
till the lOth of October. Since last season the grounds
have been greatly Improved and beautified, and a num
ber of Cottages have been' erected for: the accommoda
tion of families, rendering Orosaon one of the most
romantic and attractive places In the State; The furni
ture is being thoroughly renovated. The seeker of
pleasure and the sufferer from heat and disease will find
attractions here in a first-class livery Stable, Billiard
Tables, Tenpin Al!eys ( Baths, Ac., together with the
purest air and water, and the most magnificent mountain
ecenery to he'found in the country.' _'
- Tickets good for the round trip from Philadelphia,
57.60;. from Pittsburg, $3,OS.'
For farther information, address >
O, W. MOLLIN, »
Oresson Springs, Cambria co.. Pa.
SE A BATHING
AI •
10NG BBA.NOH, MONMOUTH 00., N. J.
' METBOPOOITA.N HOTEL,
NOW OPEN.
J. H. & I. W. OOOPEB,
„ Propriotora.
Address
JylO-lm*
riONGBESS HALL,
KJ GAPS MAT,
Is now open for the reception of VISITORS, and will
continue open until Ist of SEPTEMBER. Tertnu, $2
per day, or $l2 por week*
jyl2-12t
SEA BATHING.
OCEAN HOUSE, CAPE ISTiAND. N. J.,
la now open for the recaption of visitori..
je2fl-Bw# ISRAEL LAMING, Proprietor.
STAR HOTEL,
/Nearly opposite the United States Hotel,)
' ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.
SABtCEL ABAMS, Proprietor.
................. 50 oonts.
Dinner..................
Also, Carriages to Hire.
Boarders accommodates on the most reasonable
terns. - , jean- 3m
(HOLUMBIA house.
ATLkNTIf) OITT,
SITUATED ON KENTUCKY AYENUE,
: Opposite the Surf House.
tET Terms to BUit the times. _
ielia-im KPWABD DOYLE. Proprietor.
Bea-side house, ATLANTIG
nrmr W; J . •
bydXyid soattkrgood.
A NEW PRIVATE BOARDING HOUSE, beautiful'
y situated at the foot of Pennsylvania Avenue. •
Now openfor viaitore for tiro season. IeZO-am
IyrANBION HOUSE,
IVJL ATLANTIC CITY,
- , B. LEE, Proprietor.
This House having been thoroughly renovated and en
larged* IS new open for permanent and transient boarders.
The MANSION HOUSE is convenient to depot* churches,
-ond lest office. The bathing grounds are unforpaased
!£>n the Island. The Bar is conduoted by Mr. BRIEL, of
Philadelphia, who will keep superior wines, liquors, and
choice brands of cigars. , )e2O-2m
E A OLE HOTEL, ATLANTIC
CITY, is now open, with »v , .
LARGE ADDITION OF BOOMS.
Board 87 per week, bathing dresses included. je2Q-2ro
f'IOTTAGE RETREAT, ATLANTIC
oiTT, la now open and ready for Boarders. A few
choice Bioma can bo obtained by applying soon. The
Proprietor furnishes his table with fresh milk from hia
cows* and fresh vegetables from his farm.
Also, about four hundred desirable Cottage and Hotel
Hots for sale by M.McOLBES,
j 320-201 Proprietor. ••
6f rfIHE ALHAMBRA,” ATLANTIC
I OITY,”N. J., a splendid new bourn,Vsouthwest
corner of ATLANTIO andMASSAOHUSETTS Avenues,
will be open for visitors on and after June29tk. The rooms
anil table ef «< The Alhambra ’’ are unsurpassed by any
on the’lsland. There is a spacious Ice 1 Cream and Be-
Sreshment Saloon attached to the house. Terms moderate,
n 0. DUBOIS A S. J. YOUNG,
JeiSOftm , 1 Proprietors.
BEDLOI’S HOTEL, ATLANTIO
OITT, H. J—At. the terminus of the railroad, on
fche left, beyond the depot. Tide House is now open for
Soardera and Transient Visitors, and offers accommoda-
IStonß equal to any ;Hotei in Atlantio Oity. Charges mo
derate.. and servants half price.
*Sr Parties should keep their eeats until the cats ar
riveln front of the hotel. je3Q-2tn ;
4HHESTEB COUNTY HOUSE—TMs
V private Boarding House, corner of YOBK. and
PACIFIC Arenue, Atlantia Oitv, coavoutent to the
foeaoh, with a beautifol view of the Ocean, is now open
for the season. The accommodations are enrol to an j
others on the Island. Brices moderate.
je2o-2m J. KEIM, Proprietor.
QEA BATHIN&.—« The Clarendon,”
4J (formerly Tirgioia House,) VIRGINIA AYEHUE,
ATLAHTIO OITY, Is now open for the accommodation
of Boarders. This House id situated immediately on the
Beach. And from every room affords a fine view of the
pea. [je2o-2mj J AMES JBSKINB, H. D.
SEA BATHINO.—UHITBD STATES
HOTEL, LONG BRANCH, H.J., is now open,
situated only fifty yards from the seashore, central of the
Diace} house fronting the ocean 600 feet; two hours
'from Hew York. Steamer, leaves Murray street -twice
daily,6 A. M. and 4P, M.: thenco bythe B. andD.B.
Bailroad. Address / B. A. SHOEMAKER.
Communication from Philadelphia is by the Gamden
.find Amboy Railroad, by the 8 A. M.and 2 P. M. trains.
jel9-2m#
-QUMMER BOAHDING. BROAD
eO TOP MOUNTAIN HOUSE—A romantic spot for a
•fIUJHMEB RESIDENCE on one of the Mountain Tops
of Pennsylvania, reached daily by the Pennsylvania
Central, and the Brood Top Mountain Railroad from
’Huntingdon. The House is one of the finest in the .in
'Ceriorof the State, handsomely furnished, with all the re
quisites for comfort and convenience—pure air, deli
©lons spring water, romantic scenery, and everything to
and invigorate health. Telegraph station ana a
•Sally mail, so that daily communication may be had with
Philadelphia.
: The Pennsylvania Railroad will furnish excursion
tickets through the season. Persons leaving Philadel
phia in the morning can take tea at the Mountain Houu
Tfce same evening; -
She subscriber baafeindly been allowed to refer to the
folio wing gentlemen, residents of Philadelphia, who have
teen patrons of the Momiain Bomt:
Wm* Cummings,Esq.,. [ David P. Moore, Esq.,
Baml. Oaatnor, Esq., Thoa. Caratairg, Esq,,
Hob. Henry D. Moore, Lewis T. Wattson, Esq,.,
John McOanlea, Esq., G. Albert Lewis, Esq.,
John Hartman, Esq. Blchard L. Wood, Esq,
CTjekus Modeeate. For farther information, address
; JOSEPH MORBISON, Proprietor.
je!2-tf Broad-Top Oity, Huntingdon county, Pa.
STATIONERY AND FANCY 00008.
IyABTIN & QUAYLIS
Xu. btationkbt, toy, and fanot goods
,-H IIPOBIUM,'
Ho. 1035 WALNUT BTBBIIT,
BBLOW BLKTBHTH,
PHILADELPHIA.
lell-fply
.£J A U T A O N .
The WBtt-eernod reputationcl .
FAIRBANKS’ SOAIiES
i Eh induced the makers of imperfect balances to offer
I tom m “FAIRBANKS’ SCALES,” and purohaaew
- StaTe thereby, la many instances, been subjected to fraud
•and Imposition. FAIRBANKS’ SCALES are mamrfac
• hired only by the original inventors, X. A 7. FAIB
BANKS A GO., and are adapted to every branch of the
business, where a correct and durable Scales ia repaired.
JAIEBANKS k EWING,
General Agents,
I MASONIC HAM. Til OHBBTHUT BT.
.fIAUTION. —Owing to the popularity
H-r and complete success which our PATENT SELF
ADJUSTING CLOTHES-WBINGEB has met with,
ether parties ere endeavoring to seU their inferior ma
ehlnes, by adoptingonr name of “ SELF-ADJUSTING"
ns a means to deceive the pnbilo-.
_ We, therefore, give notice that onr name will he plainly
,ptamped on each machine manufactured and sold by ns,
nod none others are genuine, Any one using onr trade
mark will be dealt with according to law.
Mr. L. E. SNOW, corner of FIFTH and CHESTNUT
directs, Philadelphia, is onr SOLE AGENT for Penn
bylvanla. HALEY, MOB3H, A BOYDEN.
jo24tselS
•A «TH 0M S ON>B LONDON
D| KITCHBOTB ”-We are now marmfactarlng
*GSE “THOMSON’S LONDON KITOHENEB,” m
EUBOPEAN BANG!, suitable for large and small
families, hotels, hospitals, and other pnblio institutions,
In great variety. Also, Portable Bongos, the “ Philadel
phia Benge,” Gas Ovens, Bath Boilers, and Cast-Iron
Blake, together with a great variety of small and large
gred Hot-air Furnaces, Portable Heaters, Fire-board
ptoves, Low-down Grates, Ao.
Wholesale and Betall only at enr Wareroome.
NOBTH, CHASE, & NOBTH,
No. 209 North SECOND Street
fonr doors above Baoe street.
T\RAIN PlPE.—Stone Ware Drain
pi from 2to 12-lnch bore. 2-inch bore, 25 c per
yen!; 3-inch bore, 300 per yard; 4-inch bore, 400 per
yard;6-loeh bore, 60c per yard: 6-inoh bore, 650 per
yard. Every variety of connections, bonds, traps, and
coppers, We aro now prepared to furnish pipe in any
tpantity, and on liberal terms to doalers and those ptir-
Chaslng ln large Quantities.
OBNAMENTALOniMNEY TOPS.—Vitrified Torr*
Cotts Chimney Tops, plain and ornamental designs, war
ranted to stand the action of coal gas or the weather in
way climate. ,
TABBS—A great variety of ornament*
garden Tases, in Terra Cotta classtcal designs, all sizes,
Bnd warranted to stand the weather. ’
Philadelphia Terra Cotta Works, Offloe and-Ware
®®°“« 1010 CHESTNUT Street,
l* l7 - 4 * B. A. HABBIBON.
WORMAN & ELY, No. 130 PEGG
wInV» B ,F™ t 4s^“f nrBt ’! patent CAST-STEEL
wtSmw 0 w T A™ Y a lately-patented OOMBI-
£ AT i?? FORK, and SPOON, especially
adapted for Camp use, for Ftiiermen, Sea-farina Hex,
Mechanic!, Miner!, Aam&eraen, and aU Workmen ear.
ning iheir dinner!, w. *. K.’s Ontlory is warranted to
1)0 of the best quality of ENGLISH OAST-STEEL, and
Is intended to supersede, by its excelkince and cheapness,
the inferiorquaUtim of Cutlery now in the market, and
*0 which they respectfully Invito the attention of ths
Hardware dealers generally. my2B-8m
TJAY RUM —AN INVOICE OP
“ wr superior BAY RUM, in quarter casks, just
received and for sale by OHAS.‘ 8. OARSTAIR3
jyl 126 WALNUT and Si GRANITE Streets.
•KTOTIOE.—On and after this date
XV WILLIAM,®. ELLIOTT is admitted to an In
terest in my business, which will he conducted under
tho style and firm of L. DANNENBAUM & CO. Office,
•during alterations of stole, at No. 50 North SECOND
Street. LOUIS DANNENBAUM.
Philadelphia, July 1,1862. is2l.6t*
’nOFARTNEKSHIP KOTICE.—Wc
Kj have THIS BAT admitted DANIEL WEAVJSB a
member'of our firm. ISAAC A. SHEPPARD & 00.
Philadelphia, July 1 t 1862.
CARD.—>The undersigned havisg boon admitted into
partnerabip with ISAAC A. SHEPPARD & CO., Ex
celslor Stove Works, 1 ’ would be pleased to see his friends
at their establishment. He will glYo hia personal attention
to tbe Manufacturing department of the establishment,
and believes his long experience in the business warrants
him in saying that Hie trade can he better accommodated
here than elsewhere. DANIEL WEAVER,
. ! Late foreman for Leihrandt A McDowell.
Philadelphia, July 7,1862. jy22 6t*
The undersigned, SUCCES
SORS to OHAFFEES, STOUT,ft 00., have TEI3
;DAT formed a copartnership, under the firm of STOUT
5 ATKINSON, for the purpose of conducting the
Wholesale Dry Goods business, and have taken the store,
N0:’523 MARKET Street.
•VrOTIOE.—The Copartnership hereto-
JJT fore existing between the undersigned, under the
firm of PRATT & BEATH, has been dissolved by its
own limitation, and by mutual consent.
D. T. PRATT la alone authorized to collect the out
standing debts, and to use the firm name in liquidation.
D. T. PBATT,
' B. B. BEATH,
W. G. BILLIN.
jy t. prattT
(SUCCBasOR 10 PRATT * RKAT3,,
IMPOSTER AND WHOLESALE DEALER IN'
WATCHES, JEWELEY,
PLATED WARE. &C. 'V
; Has removed from N. W. corner rath and Market Bts. to
' No. 60T CHESTNUT STREET,
Where he offers for sale a BULL ASSORTMENT OF
GOODS pertaining to the WATCH BUSINESS. Dealers
are solicited to examine the stock. jys-t3l
MILLER ft WEST.
TtrOTIOE.—ME. WM. K. HE&tP
JLI HILIt’S interest In our house ceased on the 31st
TWELLS & 00.,
118 NORTH WHARVES.
May,
jyl-lm
mHI COPARTNERSHIP heretofore
JL existing under the firm of SIEGEL, BAIJBD, &
00., is this day dissolved.
PETEB SIEGEB,
- JACOB BIEGEL,
WM. B. BAIBD,
JOHN WIEST.
June 30. jyl-6w
•VfOTICE OFLIMITED PARTNER-
Xl SHIP.—The subscribers. hereby give notice that
they have entered into a limited partnership, agreeably
to the provisions of the several laws of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania relating to limited partnerships.
That the name of the Arm under which said partner
ship is to be conducted is BIEGEIi, WIEST, & -EB
YIH.
„ That the general nature of the business Intended to be
transacted is the Importing mid Jobbing of Dry Goods.
That the names of the General and Special Partners,
all of whom reside in the city of Philadelphia, are
JACOB BIEGEI», General Partner, residing at 527
North Sixth street; JOHN WIEST, General Partner,’
residing at 322 New street; D, B. ERYIN, General
Partner; residing at 1515 Girard avenue; HENRY S.
PISTEB, General Partner, residing at 416 North Third
street: JOSIAH RIEGEIt, General Partner, .residing
at 416 North Third street; PETER SIEGER, Special
Partner, residing at 717 North Eighth street} WM. 9.
BAIRD, Special Partner, residing at the Continental
Hotel; ‘ .
That tho aggregate amount of the capital contributed
by tho Special Partners to the common stock is One
Hundred Dollars, of which Fifty Thousand
Hollars in cash has been so contributed by Fetor Sieger,
Special Fortner, and Fifty Thousand Dollars in cash has
been so contributed by Wm. S. Baird, Special Partner.
That the said partnership is to commence on. the first
day of Jnly, A. D. 1882, and Is to terminate onthefirst
day of Jonuaryi 1865. "
: JAuOB BTEGEIi,
JOHN WIE3T,
D.B.EBVIN,
HENRY S. FISTEB,
... JO&TAH BIEGEL,
PETER SIEGER,),:
. Jyl-6w„ WM. S. BAIRD, S'
GUMMER STOCK.
O During July and August we will sell Summer Brers
Goods, Bneh as Lawns, Organdies, Baroges, and their
fabrics, at very low prises todear the stock.
The assortments are still fair, and the goods of this
season’s purchase
; Jyi9
T AWNS.
J-J Fine stock of 12#and 15 cent Lawns.
Organdies at 14.15,19, and 25 cents.
Cheap lots of Bareges and thin dress stuffs.
6#, 8,10, and 12jf cent dress goods in profusion,
Black Bareges and Tamartines .
Estra quality Black Alpacas ai cents. <
Fine Black Alpacas for Gents 3 Coats.
LINEN GOODS.
Table Damasks, first-rate quality, at 50 cents.
Bargains in dinner Napkins.
Low-priced and fine To vela.
Bargains in 4-4 heavy Linens.
Bargains in 4-4 fine Linens.
©LOSING OUT SIDES.
. Boys' Summer Clothing.
Linen Drills, Obecks, Stripes, Ac., &e.
Ladies’Sacquee, Cloaks, and Mantles.
Lace Mantles at nominal prices.
- Hoop Skirts, best quality, at old prices.
OOOPEB A OONABD,
Jyl7-tf 3. E. corner NINTH and MAEKBT Streets.
Bargains! bargains'
Table Linens, nearly two yards wide, at 62){c.
One case of Linens (short pieces) very cheap.
Lawns closing out cheap,
Baroges reduced in price.
Calicoes at old prices. .
Muslins nt the lowest market price.
Mozamblqnes at low prices.
Linen Cambric Hdkfg. at 10 and 12£c.
Plaid and Plain Swiss Muslin— cheap:
At JOHN H. STOKES',
702 ABOH Street.
N. B.—-Don’t forget 702, the place to buy Jaokaon’s
celebrated Lead Pencils. jy!7
Q.OOD BLACK BBESS SILKS.
VX Heavy-corded Dress Silks.
Glossy-Blncfe Dress Silks.
■Widows’ Silks, -without gloss.
ETRE & LA.NDEij'D,
FOURTH and AROH,
O.OOD MTJ&LINS BY THE PIECE.
VJT Now York MM« Shirting. '
Wamanttaß, WUlifHnsvilla, Wbitarockg.
BhooUag, Moßlins, first auslity,:
ETBE & LANDEM,,
I’OUBTH ana AROH.
0.003) FLANNELS, UNSHEINKA
BLF.—WeIsh and Saxony Flannels.
Ballard Yale Flannels.
Magenta Colored Sackinga. #
‘EYBE & LA.NDELL,
FOUBTff and ABOH.
H STEEL & SON,
• Ho. ns North TENTH St; above OOATEB,
Are now closing ont their entire stock of
PANOV SIMS, ■--*.■■■
BABEGKS, OHALLIEB,
MOZAMBIQUES, OBGANDIIS, '
JAOONIT AND OAMBBXO LAWNS,
' ' TRAVELLING MIXTUBES, end
SOMMBB DBKSS GOODS,
or ail kinds, at EXTBAOEDINABY LOW PBICEB.
XiACB GOODS BEDDCSD.;
826 Dane Mantles reduced to 812.
®2oLaeoMonttes reduced to 810. ;
- 818 Lace Mantles reduced to 38.
. 816 Laoe Mantles reduced to $7.
. #l2 Lace Mantles reduced to 85.
, 810 Lace Mantles reduced to 84.
88 Laee Folntes reduced to #3. .
812 Lace Pointes reduced .to SB.
816 Lace Pointes reduced to 88.
826 Lace Pointes reduced to 812.
SILK COATS AND BACQOES.
Olosiog oat PNDBB COST PBIOBB. JeSO
JAS. R. CAMPBELL & Co.,
T 27 CHESTNUT STBEET,
■ OFFEB AT
■WHOLESALE AND BETAIL,
Very choice Goode of recent importation. .
Black Silk Checked Grenadine, extra Quality.
Poniard Silks, elegant sty lee and fine Quality.
Black Silks, beet brands.
Brocho Barege, Hernanie and Hozambicjues.
8-4 Paris Pil d’Chevre.
Poil d’Ohevre, aB wool filling.
Grenadine Veils, in mode and other shades., :
v . MHITE GOODS AND LINENS
In great variety, at extremely low prices.
T WOULD GALL THE ATTENTION
,of my customers and friends to the following Goods,
-which are freßh and desirable:
Black and White Plaid Sifts.
Organdie Lawns, choice styles.
One lot of Lisle Gauntlets,.at IS Vo a pair.
One lot of Black Silkj 1U.12V: the beßt I ever had for
the money.
JOHN H. STOKES’,
702 ABOH Street.
TVJBW EMBROIDERIES, WHITE
&U*-—Just opened, a general assortment
of desirable French and Scotch Needle-worked Bands.
Edgings, Inserting*, Handkerchiefs, Collars, Sleeves, et<r
at very low prices. ' *
ALSO,' ■
A full line of all descriptions of White Goods for ladies’
wear, of the most approved makes.
BBEPPABD, YAH HARLINGEN, A ARBISON,
!<* IMB CHESTNUT Street
MEW SPRING PRINTS,
X V „„„„ CHOICE STYLES.
MBBRIMACS,
SPBAGOK,
PACIFIC,
All TWELVE ANB A HALF CENTS.
A large lot best styles tod fast eolors at 100. )
COWPBRTHWAIT A 00.,
mhlf.tr H. W. cor. EMHTH and MARKET Sts.
VOL. 5.-NO. 303.
COPARTNERSHIPS.
July 21,1852.
D. B. ERVIN,
H.S.FISTEB,
JOSIAH SIEGEL,
RETAIL DRY GOODS.
SHARPLESS BROTHERS, >
CHESTNUT and EIGHTH Streets, v
102 4 OH. HBTN.UT STBrfjBT,
E. M. NEEDLES
Invites the special attention of Ladies who in
tend -spending the snmmer out of town to a very
large assortment of MADE-UP GOODS rest re
ceived, in
SIiEETES, SETS, HANDKERCHIEFS,
do., in every variety of material. .
, largo iKsortiiieat of MUSDXSS, suitable
for GAkIBAIDis, Ac,, together with Bvery va*
nety of WHITE GOODS,. LINENS, LAOBg,
EMBBOIDEBIEB, HANDKEBOH’FS, VEILS
&C ; •••'
Jnst opened per lateetarrivals from. Europe
an invoice of very beautiful and entirely new
styles - .. - . . .
PUPPED EBENCH OAMBBIO, for
GABIBALDI’S, MODE GBENADINE VEILS,
and SWISS COELABETTE SUPPLING for
trimming thin Dresses, etc—a new and very de
eirable. article. Also, an invoice of
PUBE WHITE PBENOH PLAID
ORGANDIES. . • jyl
10 3 * OHE aI SPT STB BBT
f/|r Hrrss,
The telegraph, to-day, announces the death of
Martin Van Buren, ex-Presidont of the United
States, at his residence in New York State.
: Mr. Van Buren was the eldest sen of Abraham
Van Buren, and was born at Kindorhook, S'. Y.,
December sth, 1782. After acquiring the rudi
ments of on English education, ho became a student
in the aoademy of his native village. He there
made considerable progress in English literature,
and gained some knowledge of Latin. At the age
of fourteen, ho entered a student in the law-office
of Francis Sylvester, Esq., of his native village,
and in November, 1803, in the twenty-first year of
his age, he was admitted to tho bar of the Suprfime
Court of New York, forming a partnership with
Hon. James Van Alen, a half-brother on his
mother’s side. Connecting himself with the Demo
cratic party, he became the vindicator not only of
their political faith, but of their legal rights—and
it was soon teeWthat he was able to cope with his
ablest opponents." f
J. W. STOUT,
F. T. ATKINSON.
j?22-lm#
In 1806, he was married to Miss Hannah Hoes,
His attachment to her.was evinced on all occasions,
until the period of her decease by consumption, in
1818. This lady left him a family of four sons.
In 1807 he was admitted as a counsellor in the
Supreme Court. In 1808 ho was made surrogate of
Columbia county, soon after which ho removed to
the oity of Hudson, where he resided; during-seven
years. In 1815 he was appointed Attorney General
ofthe State. His career as a lawyer occupied a
period of twenty-five years, and was closed in the
spring of .1828. 1
In 1812 Mr. Van Buren was, for the first time, a
candidate for an elective office, having been nomi
nated as a Senator from "the counties then com
prising the middle district of the State. His op
ponent, also a Democrat, was Edward P. Livingston,
who was defeated. In 1815, Mr. Van Boren was
appointed attorney general of the State. In Febru
ary, 1821, he was elected, by the Legislature of
New York, a member of the United States Senate,
in place of Nathan Sanford, whose term had ex
pired. In the following year, after Governor Clin
ton’s death, he was the candidate of the Democratic
party for the office, and was elected. But Jackson,
coming into the Presidency, appointed him Secre
tary of State, and he resigned the Governorship to
accept the place in the Cabinet. .He was also
nominated by the President for minister to Eng
land, but the Senate refused to confirm him.
The Democratic party condemned his rejection
as an act of political persecution, and vindicated
the propriety of his course. Tho Democratic mem
bers of the State Legislature addressed a letter to
the President, expressing their indignation at what
they deemed a proscriptive aot. The President, in
reply, assumed the entire responsibility of tho in
structions condemned by the Senate, and declared
that they appeared to Mm to be entirely proper
and consonant to his public duty;
. On the 22d of May, 1832, Mr. Van Buren was
nominated as a candidate for Vice President, by a
National Democratic Convention, assembled at Bal
timore, General Jackson being renominated for
President. The result was the triumphant election
of both. On the 20th May, 1835, the Jackson De
mocratic Convention again convened at Baltimore,
and Mr. Van Buren was plac ed in nomination for
tho Presidency, Colonel Richard M. Johnson, of
Kentucky, being the candidate for Vioe President.
The inauguration took place on the 4th of March,
1837;; At the close of his term he retired to his
seat at Kinderhook, which he had named Linden
wold, and was little heard of till 1848, when he was
the- candidate of the then fnbonsiderablo party,
called by some “ Barnburners,” by others “ Freo-
Soilers,” which has since developed into the great
-Republican party. He had taken very decided
ground in favor of the exclusion of slaves from the
Territories and its abolition in the District of Co
lumbia, two measures which have just been accom
plished under the Presidency of Mr. Lincoln.
General Partners,
locial Partners.
Early in the year 1837, indications were per
ceived of a money pressure of unexampled se
verity, and on the 10th of May, all tho banks of
New York, Philadelphia, Boston, etc., suspended
specie payments. Several: petitions were sent to
the President requesting him to convene Congress
at an early day. On the 15th of May, he issued
his proclamation for their convention, “groat and
.weighty matters claiming . their consideration.”
His. recommendations in his message, at this extra
session, promised no relief to the people, - the
opinion of tho document being that it was not the
duty or design of the General Government to in
terfere. The most "important feature of the mes
sage was the measure called by its opponents the
Sub-Treasury scheme. By the friends of the Ad
ministration, it was. called the Independent Trea
sury. A bill to establish the Independent Treasury
was reported by Mr. Wright, in ; the Senate," and
passed. In the House, however, it was laidonthe
table. It was thus evident that the Adminis
tration were in the minority on their favorite mea
sure in the popular branch of Congress. After
authorizing ; the issue of ten millions of dollars in
treasury notes, Congress adjourned without carry
ing out the wishes of either the-people or tho Go
vernment at this exlfa.session. ..
At the next session of Congress the Sub-Treasury
bfll was again passed by the Senate, but was re
jected by the House by a vote of 125 to 111. It
; was sustained by Senators Wright and Benton, and
opposed by Mr. Clay and Mr. Webster. Mr. Cal
houn, of South Carolina, now sustained the Admin
istration, while his eolloaguo, Mr. I’roston, acted
with the opposition.
Among other important acts passed at this session
was one to establish the Territory of lowa. Resolu
tions in. favor of the annexation of Texas were
introduced by Mr. Preston, Whig Senator from
South Carolina, but they did not receive favorable
action. . ...
; Disturbances against the Colonial Government
having occurred Jn Canada, President Van Boren
issued a proclamation calling on all persons engaged
in the schemes of invasion of Canada to abandon
the design, and warning those who had engaged in
these criminal enterprises, if persisted in, that to
whatever condition they may be reduced, they must
not expect the interference oftho Unites States
Government in any form on their behalf, but would
be left reproached by every virtuous fellow-citizen,
to be dealt with according to the policy and justice
of the Government, whose dominions they have, in
defiance of the known wishes and efforts of their
own Government,'and without theshadow of jus
tification or excuse, nefariously invaded. The re
membrance of this proclamation seems to have
been lost to English statesmen since the commence
ment of our Southern rebellion.
At,the succeeding session, owing to the threaten
ing aspect of ;our relations with Great Britain, an
act was passed giving, to the President additional
powers for, the defence of the United States. A
visit paid by the President to his native State, in
the summer of 1539, gave rise to much remark, ,it,
being said by his enemies that it was merely an
eleotioneering tour, to recruit the dilapidated ranks
of his party. ■
At the opening of the Twenty-sixth Congress, on
the second of December, a contest arose as to the
seats of certain members of the House from Hew
Jersey. John Quincy Adams was nominated chair
man pro tern, by Mr. Khett, of South Carolina and
after the contest was ended, on the 10th of Decem
ber, ft- M. T. Hunter, of Virginia, (an opposition
member, but in favor of the. Sub-Treasury),- was
elected Speaker. >l,
The National Domieratio Convention, consisting
of about two hundred and fifty members,- from
twenty-one States, met at Baltimore, on the sth
ot May, 1810, Mr. Van Bnren was unanimously
nominated for President, and- the Convention ro~
solved to make no nomination for. Vice President!
leaving each State to make its own nomination of a
candidate for that office; At the next; session of
Congress, the. billfor establishing the ” Independent
Treasury,” which had been twice rejected, was
passed, and was signed by the President on the 4%
of July, .1840.
The result of the election was the success of the
Whig candidates, Harrison and Tyler, by .a large
majority in the electoral colleges and on the popular
vote. The electoral votos steod: For President
Harrison 23-1, Van Buren 60; for Vice President’
Tyler 234, James K. Polk 1, R. M. Johnson 4S. ’
. The character of Mr. Van Buren’s Administra
tion was, of oourso, differently estimated by hi s
countrymen according to their political hiss. Al
though a majority of the House of Representatives
in the Twenty-fifth Congress wag opposed to his*
Administration, or some of his leading measures,.
Mr. Van Buren did not exercise the veto power
during the four years of his Presidential term. A
writer in the Democratic Review for April, 1840,
says that Mr. Van Boron remarked to a friend,
previous to writing the message recommending the
Independent Treasury: “.Wecannot knowhow the
immediate convulsion may result, but the people
will, at all events, eventually come right, and pos
terity, at least, will do me justice. Be the present
issue for good or evil, it is for posterity that I will
write this message.”, '
Since Mr. Van Buren’s retirement from the Pre
sidency he has remained in private lifo.
THE DEATH OF EX-PRESIDENT VAN BUEBST.
Martin Van Buren, the eighth President of the
United States, died at Kinderhook, New York,
yesterday morning. The chief cause of the ex-
Presideht’B death was the mildest form of asthma,
which, developed itself in a dangerous oatarrh&l
FEII)AY r JULY 25, 1862.
THE LATE MR. VANBUREN
roniT-rcAL careerofmr. van btjrex.
MR. VAN BUREN’S An MINISTRATION.
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1862.
affection of the lungs and throat. During the
month of February, and until the month of May,
Mr. Van Buren-was in New York under the treat
ment of some eminent phyaioians, but he returned
home without receiving any apparent benefit or
relief. A correspondent of the Boston Journal
wrote a few days since:
“ For nearly a week his mind ha 3 been almost
constantly wandering, although, with one or two
exceptions, until yesterday, he has been able to
recognize and converse with his physician.
‘ ‘ Previous to the wandering of his mind, and once
or twice since, when reason returned, Mr. Van
Buren evinoed the most lively and patriotic interest
in tho affairs of the country. No longer since than
Tuesday, when the day before he was hardly ex
ported to survive, he inquired of Dr. Pruyn how
tho good work of crushing the rebellion was going
on, and was very particular to learn if the public
confidence in the President and General McClellan
was firm and yet unshaken, as he thought it should
bo. He appeared much gratified when answered
in the affirmative. He has continually denounced
tho course of Buchanan’s Administration, but has
expressed the utmost confidence in thatiof Mr.
Lincoln. The war, he thinks, is justly and as
vigorously as possible carried on—the rebels
brought it upon themselves, and they should: be
severely punished.
He'hae all faith in the ultimate triumph of our
arms and cause, but not without great expenditures
of blood. and treasure, as events have thus far de
monstrated. He has the utmost confidence in the
military ability, of Gen. McClollan; of whom he was
an old and warm personal friend, and if he is sus
: tained and aided by all.loyai people, the flag of our:
oountry, the Constitution, and the great principles
' of American liberty will be thoroughly and perma
nently re-established throughout all the rebellious
States,”
GENERAL BUTLER’S DEPARTMENT.
[Special Correspondence-of The Press.]
New Orleans, July 15, 1862.
The Hon. Rovordy Johnson has organized his.
office in the custom-house building, and appointed
; clerks and interpreters preparatory to taking down
testimony in the Netherlands case. Rumor , also
j has it that he has exercised large persuasion, and
effected considerable modifications in General Bbt
: ler’s policy on minor points, and that Mrs.' Phillips
and others have been released in consequence.
There may be good policy in stroking tho cat the
light way, and anything in 4£o way of a mollifying
influence from Eeverdy Johnson can have no other
effect here than a good one; but it must not be in
ferred thenco that the great hullabaloo about Gene
ral Butler's policy has any source in discontent
hero. Secession ladies openly admit that his
course has been just, and even that his famous
woman order was called for by gross insults and
improprieties from: females whose zeal got the
better of their judgment and sense of delicacy. A
few verbal peculiarities in his general orders, and
the fact that he is a Yankee, are about the only
topics that provoke venom in the conversational
circles of New Orleans, and this venom is fast
wearing out. "
‘ By the bye, speaking of Reverdy Johnson re
. minds me of a frequent remark among the British
population of this city, that they are sadly in need
of an investigating commissioner on , the part; of
their own Government to look into the affairs of
their-Consulate here. That there is a great deal of
hostility to the American Union among a part of
these people, arising from national prejudices, is
unquestionable. But that there" is a portion of
them, particularly those who have families here
and large local or commercial interests, who deem
their interest interwoven with our national pros,
perity and Union, is equally true. In this they
agree with business men and sensible people gene
rally, and I have British authority for saying that
they are as numerous, though hot so noisy!" as the
British Secessionists. Many of them openly avow
their affection for the American Union, though
they remain British subjects and have no thought
of being naturalized. !■ . *: ■
But there is another and a still larger party who
have endeavored to give a lona fide, observance to
the Queen’s neutrality proclamation; but before
attempting to relate their trials and difficulties it
may not be amiss to glance at the past history of
.the British Consulate.; It has been for many years
in the hands of William Mure, a commission mer
chant of this city, said to bo a relative of the Earl"
of Aberdeen and a protege of Lord Clarendon.
Hence, he is supposed to be all right at court; and
strong enough among the British aristocracy,'in case
of any emergency, threatening his continuance in
office. But to the great scandal of the moral, vir
tuous, and church-going portion of our British resi
dents; he has held little other reputation in society -
than that of a distinguished roue and accomplished
.lady-killer, So reckless . had - success made, him.;,
with his conquests and liaisons, that he introduced
a paramour in,the lady’s cabin of one of our Louis
ville -.packets, and was expelled -at the request
of the lady passengers for prosecuting his amours
in their cabin. He was set ashore at a
barren and desolate point iu tho Mississippi in
spite of his protestations to the captain, who braved ;
the thunders of the British lion and; the terrors of
international law. With his lady -love he trudged
many a weary mile on foot in, search of lodging
.and shelter and to await another boat . Before
returning to New Orleans lie paid a flying visit to .
Great Britain,"and covered up his sins by a second
marriage. His first had been a famous runaway
. match in New Orleans. His second has since been
dissolved by a scandalous divorce suit in one of
the London courts. The Now Orleans .tribunals
are said to have been avoided, because they look
into tho reciprocal conduct of parties, afford no
relief where both have wandered •in the path of
error. -V It is said on the part of some of his friends ;
here, as an excuse for his absence, that he is
about to effect a third. Others say that ho is sick
'in Londcgi. -The most .current belief is, that his
absence since s August last has enabled Mm to
evade responsibility.
Throughout the progress of the war, until the
Federal occupation, the kidnapping and" impress*
’ meat of British subjects, not: only. those of Irish
birth, hut illiterate and friendless Englishmen and
Scotchmen, were watched, and nabbed if they
walked by night upon the levee or along unfre
quented streets. - They were taken to the recruiting
stations in-scores, and forced to sign the rolls of. en
listment, or, refusing, were tied and threatened
with' scourging. Some were found with bloody
hands and wrists, the result of their ofiorts to dis
engage themselves from, the ropes with which they
-were bound. Dr. Russell, when in tMs region as a,
correspondent, very properly objected to this mode
of,“ volunteering” and rusMng to arms in the oanse
of Confederate independence. *
Cdnsul Mure wrote to the Governor, and a spicy
correspondence ensued, which resulted, however,
'in ahumber of discharges. Wlion the Picayune,
a paper then under the entire control of born
Yankees,- proceeded to criticise Mure for his
.fastidiousness, he made a spunky reply. I regard
his whole conduct in this matter as praiseworthy,
but I am sorry to say that his English friends here
/give him credit for ho higher motive than a wish to
shine off before Russell. The attempt.was entirely
spasmodic. Confederate madness on the one hand,
and the imperious hut just_ demands of British
subjects on the other, were too much for him, and
, Mure soondisappeared, leaving his " office in the
hands of a young man by the name of Coppell,
"who, being without proper credentials, was without
responsibility, and having no written instructioas,
did pretty much as he pleased. 7
Coppell was a clerk in the commercial house of
Mr. Mure; a person quite juvenile in yearMnd ’a
good deal more so in his manners, with ho prepon
deranoe or embarrassments in the way of weight
■in the upper story. He was a sort of beau or
visitor among young ladies of the middle and lower
tier of society; ;His gossip for some years has ena
bled some of these young ladies to discourse with
much importance of manner on British State
secrets.
When the new military.regulations of tho State
of Louisiana and of the Southern Confederacy were
enforced,; Companies of British Guards were or
ganized under an intense sympathizer of the name
Of Burroughs. With these and similar organiza
tions the British “ Secesh ” joined, drilled,' and
went out to meet the gunboats.: The others sought
relief of Coppell, who could see no relief from'the
militia, laws, and decided that British subjects
could not claim exemption from the laws requiring
all residents of sixty days’standing to serve in s the
militia. This, of course, threw them into camp, and
under the authority of Gov. Moore, and, of course,
to allinients and purposes under the control of Jeff
Davis, as belligerents" against the United States. -A
large number of British subjects, believing that this
was not the sort of neutrality the Queen meant in
her proclamation, organized a “ Neutrality Associ
ation,” under the presidency of Mr. Joseph; F.
Wilson. Their object waa tb consult on the situatibn
into which Mr. Coppell’s action, or non-action,-had:
thrown them, and devise means to preserve “unarm
ed” neutrality, taking that to be the Queen’s mean
ing, and seeiDg no practical difference between fight
ing the United States as Louisiana militia or Con
federate volunteers." The “ Neutrality Association;’ ’
" on its second assembling, was refused the further
use of _ the hall in which they met, and repaired to
an adjacent cotton-press, to the number of eight
hundred or a thousand. At this plaoe the lights
were : suddenly blown but, a skirmish- ensued; and
they were [hugged out bf the building, and fled in
confusion to their homes, r. This was the last of
British resistance to militia duty during the Confe
derate reign of terror. -I have heard other startling
revelations in;cohnection with this subject, coming
from respectable English sources, but wishing to be
strictly truthful. In nay correspondence, ! wish to
investigate before giving them currency.
- " : Marion.
AFFAIRS IN NEW ORLEANS.
Large. Quantity of Rebel Clothing Found-
Discovery of General Taylor’s Sword—Ar
rival of the Mortar Fleet—Large -Export to
the North.
Tlio United States transport steamer Fulton, Wotton
commanding? arrived at Now York on Wednesday eve
ning, being but seven days from New Orleans. All was
quiet Iri.tbe Crescent City.
The Fulton brings home'some of the sick and dii-.
charged soldiers In Goneral Butler’s division and some
fifty cabin passengers, among whom we notice General
Shepley, lately appointed Military Governor of Xioutelana;
Captain Palmer, Lieut. Rickman, &c,
GENEKA.Ii TAYLOR’S SWORD DISCOVERED.
The other day a detective was senate search a stable
where it was understood that arms, belongingto a re
creant eon of ex* President Taylor* were concealed,- Among
a variety of weapons found tmdfr the floor of the stable
was the elegant sword presented to “ Old Bough and
Beady ,} by the State,of Kentucky. It will bo sent to
General Taylor, Commissary General of the United Btatis
Army, and a brother of the gallant hero of the Mexican
war. Commissary General -Tailor is, X think, the only
direct representative of “ Old Zack,” whose loyalty is
untarnished. > '
GREAT. HAUL OF CONFEDERATE UNIFORMS* '
On Monday some three tltousand.uniforms of the
rebel army were found in the lofts of the clothing house
of Godchaux, I’rere, & Simoo, on Canal street. The
store .was taken possession of, and the proprietors ar
rested and taken before General Butler.. They affected
such an unreasonable ignorauce of the ownership and
destination of the goods that tbe General ordered them
to beheld in custody; but yesterday, onthe represent!-
tions of Mr Roselieus; one of tbe most prominent Union
citizens here, they were released, after giving their pa
role that they, would be forthcoming when so ordered by
General Butler. -
Governor Shepley rt turned this morning from Baton
Bouge, where he has been investigating the affairs of the
State, There is nothing new at Baton Rouge. Van Born
threatens to attack the city, but he will meet with a warm'
reception if he daree to attempt it. ■ . -
- ARRIVAL OF PORTER’S \rORTAB:FLEET.
On Sunday, Captain Porter arrived here from Vicks
burg on his flagship, the Octorara, accompanied by all
the mortar.fleet but eight, which are left at Vicksburg.
It is unnecessary, and, perhaps,.imprudent, to mention
tbe cause of this change of operation. The Secessionists
here fancF that it is arepulae at Vicksburg* and are con
sequently jubilant," bnt the simple fact is, Davis* fleet is
sufficient for Vicksburg. General Williams, with his
ccmmand, will probably return to this city within a few
days, as there is nothing in the world for him to do at
Vicksburg, his force being entirely inadequate to occupy
the town. ■/••vv--....
REGULATION OF THE PRICE OF BREAD.
Headquarters Military CoM’br- Nsw Orleans, )
. City Hall, Ju1y141862. ,5
The price of flour being this day twenty dollars ($2O)
per barrel, bakers ; are to give, during the en
suing week, commencing on Monday 14th instant, as fol
lows until further notice:
28 ounces of bread f0r....,. ...vV,............ 20 CEnts;
X4onnceaofbfeadfor.........,V... . 10 M
7 ounces ofbread f0r.... - 11
* Purchasers of .bread from whom a higher price is ex
acted will report their names, the name of the baker, and
leave a loaf of the bread purchased and a statement of
the price paid at any police station, or.with any assistant
provoet marshal. . . G. F. WEITZED,
. Assistant Military Commandant. -
SPECIAL ORDERS—KO. 188,
. .. Headquarters Department of; the. Golf, >
. v > New Orleans, July 14 f ISO 2. ; \
Alfred F-Puffer, of New' York, U hereby appointed
volunteer aid* de-camp to Major General Butler,with the
rank of: first lieutenant. He will be obeyed and re
spected accordingly. By command of
Msjor General BUTLER.
B. S. Davis, Captain anil Acting Assistant Adjutant
General. ■ .[ / -
.. . . NEW ORLEANS EXPORTS NORTH.
‘ New York—United States steamer Fulton—l6l hhis.
suffar, &Co ; /
; New York—Per steamship Roanoke-—172 bales cotton.,
275 hhds. sugar, SCO bbla. rosin, 11 bales moss, 44 pkgg.
merchandise.'
• New York— Per ship Metropolis— lB2 bales cotton,
1,275 hhds. sugar, 111 bbls. sugar, £OO bbls. of ro3ia, 78
bales moas, 9 pkgs. merchandise.
New York— Per schooner United States—6oo bbls.
rosin, 50 do. pitch, 5 pkgs. merchandise. '
Boston— Per brig Herons—236 hhds. sugar, 80 half
bids, and 870 bbia. molasses. -
. New York—Per bark .Henry Hill—s 4 bales cotton,
832 bbls. rosin,3G9 hhds. sugar, and 25 bbls. of molasses.
Fort PrcKENS—Per schooner H. Travis—lo hhds.
lO half and 90 bbls. molasses, 20 liege syrup, .5
bbls'crackers, 40 cases crackers, 50 sacks salt, 20 pkgs.
merchandise. .
New York— Per schooner B. 0, Howard—4sQ Mate.
sugar, lOO.bbte molasses; 190 bbls. rosin, 24 do. varnish,
3, dOAturpentiue.
New York— Per ship Havelock—4o3 hales cotton ,
1,548 hJids. sugar, 211 bales moss, 2 do. mats, 272 bbls.
rosin, 50 casks molasses, ST.bales twine.
IMPORTANT DECISION,
. B. B olz, a New York- merchant, .claims, through his
attor.ney,.of G. Leamont,, Blache, & Co., the sum of
$4,317, for goods shipped to them. Also, the amount of
a certificate of deposit for 8851; The certificate was
mailed to Holzper his order, but was taken from the New
Orleans post office by the Confederate authorities. This
loss ilohfl seeks to throw upon the defendants. The judge
refused to hold them responsible for the amount of the
certificate, and gave judgment for the 84,317, to be paid
in current funds..
IiEOEUIHNS.
Energetic measures are being taken In this city to ob
tain volunteers for the United States army, there already
being several recruiting offices in active operation in the
differfnt wards.— Delta, 16f&.
THE FREE MARKET.
: One thousand seven hundred and ten families were
supplied at this institution yesterday with the following
articles:.36 barrels rice. 10 barrels • molasses, 900 cab
bages, 9Q bushels peas, 17 sacks beets, and 10 barrels
mess pork —De&a, 13<7t.
: ' UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLAGES: t
• A number of prominent and highly respectable geutla
men of this city were last night arrested at the corner of
fit Charles and Canal streets, for being in An unlawful
assemblage—that is, according to an official decree this
-morning promulgated—for bring engaged in-conversa
tion in an assemblage consisting of over three persons.
They were taken before Judge Bell, but tba result of the
interview there has not transpired at this present writing.
Pi S.—Since;writing; the; above,-.the gentlemen whose
arrest iem.en tiohed- above have , had their cases disposed
ofTiy Judge Bell. Those of them who showed adisinoli
naMcn.te disperse when ordered to clear out by the po
lice were fined 820 each, and one of them, who drew a
sword* cane on the officers, had to pay $lOO. The defence
tet up was that.no military order had, at the time of their
.arrest, been published, making , the meeting of three or
more citizens an unlawful assemblage, and that the par
■ ties raerely demanded of the police the authority under
“which they were acting. : r • - ;
A fashionably dressed young lady.was arrested about
half past ten o’clock this morning, in front of this office,
for wearing a amall Seceaaion flag on her bosom.—Ptca
yune, 15th. -
CONFEDERATE FLAG.
Quite a row occurred last evening in the Fourth dis
trict, touching the display of a Confederate flag. The
flag was once_taken down by. tbs police, and being raised
again, the flag Btaff was broken by the lieutenant of the
Fourth district police.—Delta, 16f A.
MORTUARY.
For the week ending at six o’clock A. M., Sunday,
July 13. 1862, total-number of deaths last week, 144;
this week, 98. -Decrease, 51.
PRISONERS RELEASED.
The Bee learns with gratification that Mrs, Phillips
and Judge Andrews have been released from Ship
Island, where they were sent some days since by order of
Gen. Butler
HINT TO GEN. BUTLER,
Some hundred miles or so north of this vltldge there is
a large cotton factory in operation. Just new the.work
of the factory runs low for want of hands. It has been
suggested that the powers here are about to forward to
the institution quite a number of females to set the
works in motion; They wiff select the females from the
. number of those who parade the streets of this city inso
lently' flaunting Secession badges in the faces of the de
fenders at once of New Orleans, and these self-same fe*
males. When Ibis is done cotton manufactures at the
Bate a Kcuge Penitentiary will revive.—Delia, 13$.
ANOTHER BANK. CASE.
Suit was brought before the Provost Court by The
Union Bank vs. Mechanics* and Traders’ Band. They
cia*m the amount loaned to the latter bank in current
funds. The following are the particulars of the ease:
In May last, the Mechanics’ and-Trad era’ Bank borrowed
from the Union Bank the sum of 8130,000, which was
paid to the teller of that bank in Confederate notes, on
four Eeveral checks, as follows: One for $20,000, dated
sth May; one for 830,000, and another for 840,000, both
dated 12tn May, and the last for 840,000, dated 13th May
—the understanding bring that said earn was to be re
turned in Confederate notes as soon as the Mechanics’
and Traders’ Bank could get them. r ,
A few:days after the last check was paid, the teller
went to the Union Bank, where he met Mr. Penn, the
president thereof. proposed to him to return
860,000 on account of the loan made. Mr. Penn told the
agent of the Mechanics* Bank that he would receive the
860,000 in Confederate notes, but at the same time he in
formed him that the balance, say 870.000, was to be paid
in-bank notes. The following day the teller was surprised
by being informed by Mr. Bobinsen, the president of the
Mechanics’ Bank, that Mr, Penn declined receiving any
Confederate notes in payment. 4 Oh the 26th of May the
teller went to the Union Bank and tendered in payment
of said loan, say 8130 000, in Confederate notes, which
amount Mr. Penn declined receiving—a portion of the
notes offered inpayment having been ;'received from said
Union Bank on the last check paid After a full argu
ment, Judge Bell referred his decision^— DsUfy 15th.
> FORCED TO RECANT,
A few days since the authorities in power had occasion
to sequester the property of F.*M. Fide. In his office
they found a letter addressed to a distant friend in the
handwriting of Edward Wright, who held the power of
attorney of said Fisk. This letter, fall of faisehoeds and
mierepresenfations, was intended to be circulated in the
interior. Wright was sent to prison* and immediately
thereafter made the.feHowing recantation:.
\ Headquarters, Department op the Gulp, )
Nbw Orleans,.Ba.,July 10,1862. v
Several challenges have passed from Southern men,
but they (the Federate) won’t fight. One officer insulted
a lady whom.lknow.intimately, and in my presence, and
I slapped his face and kicked him, and when: I offered to
meet him he had some rigmarole excuse, and I was ar
rested and tried before Gen. Butler, and was near going
to Fort Jackson.” '
I admit that ! wrote the above on the 10ih day of June
last, and I now declare it to be a malicious, premeditated
He. r EDWABD WBIGHT.
AFFAIRS IN MOBILE.
Actual Existence of a Union Seutiiuent—The
British Steamer Rinaldo in Port—She is
Sainted.
The Grenada Appeal publishes a Mobile letter, dated
the 12th, from which we make these extracts ; r -
’ THE BBITISn SHU?' RINAIiUO/iir PORT. ,
’ The British steam* frigate Binaldo was in oar bay yes
terday, , receiving a' well-filled. mail-bag for Europe.
Barge packages of Southern papers were sent to friends
abroad, by whichthey- will.be enabled to obtain true
statements of affairs in our distracted country. One of
our gunboats went down the .bay and saluted her Ma
jesty’s ship. The officers of the Binaldo do not attempt
to conceabstrong sympathies for » Secesh.”, Herjcon
sort, the Bacer, will be here ere long, on : her way to Ha
vana, and will receive the mail for England. If any of
your friends v desire to Bend letters abroad, they will soon
have an opportunity of so doing. ;
• THE UNION : SENTIMENT A REALITY.
Strange as it may appear, it is nevertheless true, there
are persons here redding who cling to the Union idea of
our enemies; but they are of-the ignorant class, and
females who’ were born and reared in the North.. A
goodly dumber of our population is composed of natives
of the Eaitern States, and they are as harmless here as
they would he in their Puritanical homes.
A CHARMER.
Mrs. Octavia Walton Devert is still as charming as
ever in entertaining her friends by her extraordinary
conversational powers in her hospitable mansion; Her
• charndng daughter, Octavia,is just out of her teens, and
promises, to be as attoactive aa her motiser. The madam
is noted for her generosity , and kindness to the Boldlera,'
end tor; her warm-hearted efforts in the cauae of our
young Confeaeracy. To the poor and destitute she is
Jeyer ready to extend a helping hand. She 3b, as you are
ddubtiris aware, the granddaughter of George Walton,
one of the signers of the Doclaration of American Inde
pendence. Dong may she live, the pride of Mobile.
. A LOYAL ALABAMA REGIMENT.—AIetter; writ
ten one week ago, by an officer in high position in Gen.
Buell’s army at Huntsville, Alabama, says that they have
several companies composed of Alabama Union- men
already organized, and they will soon have enough to
make a regiment ' General Buell’s course lias greatly
strengthened the Union; sentiment in'North Alabama,
Hlb army, which is large and in fine condition* was nearly
ready to march, and has probably marched before this,
He obtains many of his anpp’ies from the inhabitants*
giving them vouchers, on the of which,
with proof of their loyalty, they will be paid by the Go
vernment. This is the plan lately announced by General
Pope, which has, however? been practised, as far as pos
sible, in McClellan’sj Holleck'Sj and the other armies in
the field;
LETTER FROM MEMPHIS.
The “Raid ” of the Arkansas—Secession
ists Rejoiced—Sketch of the Rebel Ram
—No Great Banger to be Apprehended
from Her—Fears of an Attack Upon our
City by Land—Unprofitableness of such
an Enterprise—The Vicksburg Canal
Postponed.
[Special Correspondence of The Pross]
v : -Memphis, July. 18, 1882. .
I telegraphed'you, yesterday, ike substaueo of
the .sensation despatches .in the Grenada Appeal
of the loth. The Secosh are monstrously encou
raged by the news. A second Merrimao, they cry;
a second Oid gone forth to scatter the puny Moors
to the winds; a Ctcur de Lion among the Saracens;
a Prince, armed, hot only with the panoply of a
just quarrel, but, what is more to the point, T rails,
; dovetailed, and: two and a half inch iron plates:
; St: Louis and Cincinnati: are now at our merey.
Unfortunately, there is no gold in these impover
ished cities, nothing but green backs and Yankee
rags, but we will supply ourselves with Northern
hog and hominy without charge, and take also a
: few thousand tons of gunpowder, salt, and hoop
skirts, all of which articles of merchandise have
begun to run low in the sunny South.
Amidst all this bombast tlioro is probably this
much of truth: The vessel, which is really a most
formidable oroft. has made her appearance, has
damaged some of our vessels considerably, and has
suffered no little herself. X . have not ascertained
her. precise armament, but she. was launcheifat
Memphis only two days before the Federal fleet
arrived, and. had hot then received any guns on:
hoard, and consequently did not take part fe the
naval engagement which settled the fate of Mem
phis. But she ran up the Yazoo river, where she
received her guns. A raft was built.below the point
where she lay, to prevent our gunboats from getting.
at her An expedition went up once for the purpose
of cleaning out the whole hive, and burned three
transports, but was prevented by the raft from going
up higher. But when our fleet unexpectedly ar
rived there, neither the Arkansas nor the transports
had steam up, and they could neither escape nor
attack: This gave rise to the report that the Ar
kansas Could hot pass the raft, and to the impres
sion which prevailed so extensively that there was
no danger to be apprehended from her. She has
now ceme down, and has, unquestionably, cut up
the mischief with some of our boats. Probably, be
fore this reaches you the particulars will have been
received by telegraph. 1 -
The despatches say she anchored under the pro
tection of the rebel batteries. If she is so invulne
rable, why did she need the protection of the bat
teries? Then, again, the batteries, except one or.
two on the heights, called the upper batteries, are
all assailable from the fleet, and have repeatedly
been shelled with effect. On the whole, a little re
flection throws a good deal of doubt on lie wonder
ful story narrated in the Grenada Appeal. I think
the affair will turn out, like that of the Merrimao,
an aimleis, profitless foray, resulting in some de
struction of property, et 'voild tout. Still the pos
sibilities are fearful, and may well cause Consterna
tion among the timid ones.
Some apprehensions have been entertained of an
attack on Memphis by land; The Secessionists,
of course, are full of boasts as to what is going to
be done, and truth to say, Union men are a little
fearful of. a raid. No object of importance could
be gained by the capture of. Memphis. Our gun
boats prevent the rebels from navigating the river,
our stores and ammunition are protected so that
ten thonsand'men oonld not take them, the back
country is entirely occupied by our troops, and any
force which should for a time occupy Memphis
would soon be driven thence, and would be in great
danger of being captured. Moreover, I have in
formation which I should not ho allowed to publish
that convinces me that Memphis/will never be at
tacked with any possible hope of success- I feel
sure that the Mississippi river may he considered
open down to Vicksburg.
The Vicksburg canal progresses slowly. The river
is low, and must' be higher hefore: the current can
wash out a channel deep enough to admit the pas
sage of boats. As there will be no essential rise in
the river until the fall rains, unless there should
be a second deluge, we may consider the Vicksburg
performance as indefinitely postponed. There
seems no probability of a.land force being .sent
.there, unless the job should be given to Curtis'
arir.y, which is now resting from its labors at
Helena.-
■ V The Arkansas ,is a sort of a godsend in the re
.portorial line, as we. have had no news worthy the:
name for two-weeks. Still, everybody seems to-be
most unaccountably oh the qid viva, and expecting •
something to happen, and I confess I am not myself,
'free from all fears on the question of the attack of.
Memphis. : : Casco.
P. S.—The following general order has just been
issued: -. . . .-..'.‘r.
Headquarters United States- Forces, )
District Western Tennessee, : v
Memphis, July 17, 1862 (::
. I. Traitors and rebels who refuse to comply with
. the laws anfl support the Constitution of the United
s States should hot. be permitted to remain within
the camp lines of the Federal army. At this time
the corporate limits of the city of Memphis are
within the lines of the United States' forces; and
all male residents, or sojourners within the limits
of said city,, between the .'ages of eighteen and.
forty-five years, who are capable of bearing arms,
. are hereby required to take the oath of allegiance
to the United States, or leave the limits of said
city within six days after, the publication of this
: order.
11. If any person within the limits of said city
shall hereafter publish, speak, or utter seditious or
treasonable language towards the Government of
the United States, the provost marshal shall, uapn
.proof of the fact, banish every person no offendm<*-
to the State of Arkansas.
: 111. Any person who shall violate the provisions
of the first section of this order shall be deemed
spies, and, after conviction, treated accordingly.
IV. Persons leaving the city, under the provi
sions of this order, will not be required to take any
oath, or give a parole, but will receive a pass from
the provost marshal. The oath of allegiance here
by required must be substantially in the following
words: . -'
oath of allegiance.
I solemnly swear that I will bear true allegiance
to the United States of America, and support the
Constitution and laws thereof; that I denounce the :
so-called Confederate States, and pledge my honor,
property, and life to the sacred fulfilment; of this
oath, hereby freely taken, admitting that its viola
tion will be illegal and infamous.
The oath must he subscribed and sworn to before
the provost marshal.
By order of . Alvin P. Hovev,
Brigadier General Commanding.
John E. Phillips, Assistant Adjutant General.
The JSfaval Battle at Vicksburg,
Fresh Details-The Arkansas Boarded—No
.Getting Below Deek—Her Armor Impene
trable—The Benton Aground—Escape oi the
Rebel Ram-She is Attacked Under the
Batteries-rP.uy Fleet Pegcead the Riyer»
' ■ -f' ~ Memphis, July 19, via Cairo, July 20.
: The steamer W.H.Bro-wn has arriyed from Vicks-'
burg, hriuging the first news from there regarding the
late battle between the new rebel gunboat Arkansas and
the Federal fleet lying above Vicksburg. This gunboat
is well known as one of great strength and strong arma
ment. ‘ She was built at Memphis at immense expense*
and has been Taunted as invulnerable by the rebels, not
even second to tbe Merrimac in their estimation. :.
TER RIB ST INKLING OF BBR APPROACH.
Intelligence was received through deserters and others
that the Arkansas was making preparations to descend
the Yazoo and attack the fleet. Her formidable propor
tions were sufficient to excite some apprehensions of the
result, and the gunboat* Carondelet and Tyler, the latter
a wooden boat and the former partially iron-clad, were
despatched up the river to look for her. Tfao Tyler, bring
ahead, had gone some ten or twelve miles up the river,
when, in the gray of tbe morning, abo discovered a strange
craft coming down. Hot identity was uncertain at first,
and she was supposed to be a tug, s of which there were
one or two out foraging.: A shot was fired across her
bows, which was immediately answered by a return shot,
and the Tyler;' ascertaining the real nature of her oppo
nent, lost no time in -heading down theriveri She is no
thing but an ordinary wooden boat/and of no service io
enaction. ;; *:
THE CARONDELET NOT SHOT-PROOF.
The 'Arkansas lcept on heir way, hnd, a short distance
below, met the Carondelet, which, being warned by the
Tyler, wss ready for action. The odda in strength were
great, but her commander met his antagonist boldly, aud
opened with his bow gßns the moment she came within
range.: and : the Arkansas also.opened -with three bow
gnns, of which one; is supposed to ba a ohe*huadred-ond
twehty-elght pounder. Tbe - Carondelet ranged close
alongside of her,- and poured in broadside after broad
tide, receiving in return heavy shots, against which her
light armor was not proof. Tbe balls from the Oaronde
let’s guns, rebounded from the iron aide of tho Arkansas,
and tell .into the water harmless, or crushed lUie egg-
Bhells against the invulnerable armor. She could not be
penetrated at any point. ' .
THE ARKANSAS ! BOARDED.
- This contest was too unequal to la3t long, and, the two
boale coming-in contftot, the Carondelet’a men boarded
and sought to.take.tbe Arkansas by storm, but, when
they got possesnon of. her deck, they .could not got inside
of the vesseli' and they wero forced to abandon the un
dertaking ard returh fo thrir own boat- : Her ports were
all closed, The roof was Jnvulnerable, and the rebel
crew were as safe from their fury. as though a thousand
miles away. In ihe meantime, the boat hod drifted near
. the shore and the Carondelet got aground. The Arkan
sas poored in a few more shots, and lefc her with seven
men, killed and a number wounded. Her.-armor whs
pierced in half a dozen places.
; - TYLER /WAKES UP TEE FLEET.'
The'Tyler had, by this time, got a good start, and was
making for the protection.of the fleet as fast as she could
go. The Arkansas resumed her course, and wag quite
nem* her whoa the Tyler turned the point, a couple of
miles above the fleet,: diechargiug her stern guns and re
ceiving rapid shots from her pursuer. In on instant all
was confusion and preparation., Thefleet, unfortunately,
had no Bteam up, probably ou account of tho early hour,
and none of them were in condition to manreuvre; but
the guns were run out and everything put in readiness to
receive her.: .
THE ARKANSAS 3 ARMOR IMPENETRABLE
Gunboat No, 6, of Fairagut’s fleet, was highest up the
river. She let fly her aterh^dne,.and, when at close
range, ran out an eleven-inch gun* and poured into her
a Btorm of iron. One of these balls struck her in thestern
and displaced the armor somewhat, but did not penetrate
it. Solid shot seemed to flatten against her armor, while
shells were scattered into thousands of fragments. Thoee
who saw the fight say that a flash of fire denoted the spot
where every bail struck, so terrible was the concussion
and so strong the resistance. She passed on unharmed,
delivering heir fire from six gun's right and left, closing
her portholes after each shot/erad presenting a dead waU
of eightinebesof solid iron for our cannon to play against.'
The Hartford poured her broadside, of thirteen gabs
into her; the Iroquois gave her a tike salute; the Oneida
TWO CENTS.
belched forth her fire; the Benton, Louisville, Cincin
nati, and the four Farregut gunboats all opened with
terrific thunder and a hall storm of iron; and still she
kept calmly on her way, firing to the right and left; and
receiving solid shot against her. sides, of every descrip
tion, from thirty-two to one-hundred-pounders, without
seemingly deriving any injury.
She put holes through the Hartford) the Iroquois, the
Benton, and half of the gunboats.
THE ACCIDENT TO THE LANCASTER —A SHOT
THROUGH A rOBT-HOLE OP THE ARKANSAS.
The ram Lancaster started to make a ran agaiost her,
and she put a shot through feor blow, off pipe, which
made an explosion of steam, and killed three men and
wounded ten or fifteen. She received ten*inch balls from
the Hartford and Iroquois, which fairly made her careen
with the force of the concusskn, none of which went
through her. A port-hole was at one period of the pas
sage left unconciously open, and a shot entered, which
killed ten men and wounded a number. It was quickly
closed, and she was again like a wall of reck.
TUB BEJiTON AOnOCKD;
The Benton got aground and had to be pulled off. She
thon started in pursuit mid. followed her down to the
point opposite Vicksburg, within reach of the batteries,
firing her bow guns as rapidly as she could. The batte
ries opened on her and struckhtr fouror five times. She
had one man killed during the engagement. " v
RESULT OF THE AFFAIR!
Thus, in about twenty minutes’ lime, the rebel boat
• passed through our : entire fleet of twenty-five or more
boats, and landed safely and not seriously injured under
the batteries of Vicksburg,' She had some hard knocks,
for her pumps were going and a stream of water run from
her deck, which was undoubtedly from leakage.
The results of the engagement were the loss or twen
ty-three men killed and twenty-five wounded. Many
cf cur boatß were struck, but none were seriously in
jured.- The Tyler was badly riddled, and several of her
men were killed.
Daring the entire engagement the Arkansas did not
attempt tones her iron prowl which is solid, weighing
ten or fifteen tons. Ifcwas put on. her before she left
here. This may have been from a lack of speed, as ghe
is said to move quite slowly, not faster than our iron
gunboats.
A PLAN TO SINK THE REBEL CRAFT.
Having thus cornered the enemy, ear fleet was not
slow to take advantage of the poßitionl She legend to
the levee, under cover of the upper batteries, and a plan
was immediately formed which it was hoped would suc
ceed in sinking her. This, was to pass dowir that very
night with Commodore Farrs gut J s entire fleet and pour
into the contumacious boat successive broadsides aa each
vessel passed her.
OUR FLEET ATTACK HER UNDER THE BATTERIES.
The fleet of Com; Davis accordingly took up a station
at about dark, and opened on the batteriefcjd draw their
fire.. They, succeeded admirably, and at an unexpected
moment the fleet of large vessels struck info the channel
and descended the river. As each boat arrived opposite
theAikansas she slackened and-poured her broadside
into her. She answered as well as she could in such a
storm of missiles, and put one or two baits Into our ves
sels, but her main occupation was to be still and take it.
Upwards of a hundred guns, tome of them throwing ten
inch shots, poured their deadly charges into her Seven
inch steel-pointed shot were fired into her, and I learn,
by rebel sources, that one of them went through her,
and killed two men. Thiß, they maintain, is the only
demage done her. The firing was tremendous. The
Sumpter also ran into her, and tried to knock a hole in
her hull, but seemingly might as well have run into a
rock. The batteries, of course, joined the engagement,
and poured shot into our vessels as well as they could in
the darkness.
OUR VESSELS BELOW—INJURIES TO THE EXEMIV
The roar of guns was like an earthquake, and nothing
mere terrific ever was conceived than this graudartiHery
duel by night-. It lasted an hour, and then our vessels
passed below and took up their .old anchorage. In the
morning messengers were despatched to see what damage
the Arkansas had sustained. By going up the opposite
bank of the river, Bhe could be plainly seen. She was
careened, as if to s‘op holes in her hull, and her steam
pumpß were at work. A barge lay abngsidefor the use
of carpenters. It did not appear that she was in any
danger of sinking.
■Two battles, such aa nobo&t in the world ever want
through before, had failed to demolish her. I find, by
the account of those who had good views' of her, that
this formidable craft has; perpendicular sides of six or
eight feet, in.which the port-holes are pierced. This is
difierent from the common understanding of lier'model,
which has been that her perpendicular sides were low;
She presents six or eight feet in.height of solid iron,
eight inches thick. She is a hundred and fifty feet
leng. -V, r ";
The broadsides from our own vessels did as much
demage as; the guns of the Arkansas. ' The Dickey got
three shots, and the Lancaster several, and other trans
ports were nearly riddled.— -Chicago Times. .
FROM KEY WEST AND THE GULF.
The Bhode Island Distinguishes Herself—An
Anglo-Rebel Steamer Destroyed—Our Flag
Planted on Texas Soil—Death of Commander
Stearns.
Key West. July 16, 2562.—0 n the morning of the
Fourth of July, the Bhode Island being about seventeen
miles to the southward and westward of Galveston, a
sail was made close in with the land, The Bhode Island
stood towards her, but as soon as her.character was dis
covered by the stranger, Bhe immediately put her helm
up and ranashorb. The day being fine; and the water
smooth, the Bhode Island ran close into the beach, and
discovering a force of cavalry on shore, together with
men on foot, who were evidently unloading the vessel,
she opened fire with Bhefi, which had the effect to cause
thtm to run with all speed to a safer locality. : Three
boats from the Bhode Island were then armed and man
ned, under command of Acting Master Pennell, execu
tive officer of the Bhode Island, assisted by Paymaster
Douglass and Assistant Engineer McOutcheon, and pro
ceeded to the vessel, covered by the guns of the Bhode
Island, and under instructions from Commander Trench
. ard to examine if the vessel could be gotten off, and if
not to destroy her. They succeeded io boarding the ves
sel without molestation, and found her to be the English
schooner Bichard O’Brien, from Jamaica for Mataaioros.
She had been, a few days previous, hoarded by the
United Slates steamers Hatteras and De Soto and warned
cft' the coast. Captain Trenchard is of the opinion that
she is a Confederate vessel, and s having succeeded in run
ning tbe blockade Changed her flag in Jamaica, as her
papers had the appearance of being recently made' out
Mr. Pennell, bn boarding-the vessel, found that Bhe
had bilged, and ihat getting her off would be impossible.
He therefore,- following his instructions, filled alt the
boats with valuable drugs, of which a large part of her
cargo consisted, then set the vessel on finyandTeturned
to the ship. The schooner, with the balance of her
,cargo, part of which had been landed before the Bhode
Island hove in sight, was entirely consumed.
ANOTHER VESSEL DISCOVERED— : A FRUITLESS EX-
PEDITION.
While, the boats were away, Captain Trenchant had
observed another vessel in what had the appearance of
being a lake or lagoon',' separated apparently from the
ocean by only a narrow neck of sand. He, wishing to
destroy her also, if possible, ordered Mr. Fennell to start
again* and, if on landing he found it possible, to haul his
boat over the sand and serve vessel number two as he had
done the first. The party again lauded, protected by the
Bhodo Island’s guns, in safety,hut on reaching the shore
discovered the Qturow sand spit to bo at least a mile wide,
: thus rendering their second expedition fruitless, for haul
ing boats that distance was simply an impossibility under
any circumstances, much less tnrough au enemy’s coun
try. While they were ashore Captain Trenchard disco
vered a larger force of cavalry approaching, but a few
well-directed shells caused them to halt, and a few more
to turn tail and runfor it. As soon as they had left, and
seeing that the vessel our party were after. could not be
destroyed, the recall was made, and Mr. Pennell and hia
.command returned on board, Mr. Pennell had, on land
ing, planted the Stars and Stripes on the beach, and kept
them flying there until he left, bringing it, as well :as all
his party, off in safety, and accomplishing the most im
portant part of his expedition.
A CAPTAIN KILLED AND HIS COMRADES TAKEN
PRISONER.
The United States schooner Beauregard, Acting Mas
ter Btearns commanding, has for some time past been
cruising in the'neighborhood of Bead Man’s Bay, be
tween Cedar Keys and St Marks. A - few days since, as
I hear it, Captain Stearns discovered a small boat at the
mouth of one of the creeks or bayous, containing several
men. rHe immediately maimed hia own boat, took charge
of her in person, and gave chase; he followed the boat
up the creek for some distance, they evidently
him on, until he ran into an ambush,‘where he was fired
upon, and, as the news from Cedar Keys informs'us, he,
with two others, fell, and the boat with the balance of
her crew were captured. Captain Stearns was an excellent
oificor and pleasant gentleman: he was appointed to the
command of the Beauregard by Mag Officer McKean,
and was most enthusiastic in his profession; so much so
that he has allowed his zeal to overstep the bounds of
prudence, and his death has been the consequence.
“ DISCUSSION ”ON THE BARK AMANDA, /.
I regret to hoar of a most disgraceful affair that occur
red on board the bark Amanda, on the 4th of July, while
at anchor off the west coast of Florida. It appears they
had a grand jollification on the 4th,-in which everybody
participated. At two e’olock on the morning of the sth
the row commenced, all owing to the effects of ruin, and,
to use the captain’s own word, “They fit from two A,
M. till one P. M.” The crew’ took possession of the ves
sel, confining the officers to the cabin; they then broke
into the spirit room and filled the mess kettles with
whisky, and drank as they wanted it; they.then got bo
outrageous that they trained the rifled gun on the fore
castle aft, so as to better control the officers., Imme
diately on the Amanda’s arrival the ringleaders were con
fined In double irons, and the captain placed under arrest
en board the guard-ship.
THE ATTACK ON TAMPA.
Forty men and five officers from the United States
bark Ethan Allen went on board the United States gun
boat Sagamore for the purpose of making an attack upon
the town of Tampa, at the head of Tampa bay, Fla., on
the morning of ..June 30,1882. The bark Ethan Alien
could not get up to the town on account of drawing too
much water, and was therefore left behind at Egrnont
Key, where she could command the entrance to the
harbor. The ; gunboat Sagamore was safely piloted up
the crooked channel of Tampa bay for a distance of
twenty, five miles. The steamer came to anchor about
two miles off the town, and at about the same distance
from the three small rebel batteries erected in defence
of the town, , and supposed to contain about two guns
each. ' -
SHELLING TIIE TOWN,
Several officers went ashore under a flag of truce, and
«n oflicer of the Sagamore demanded the surrender of the
town. To this demand the reply .was given, «We have
no such .word in our book as surrender. Tell your com
manders that Captain Pierson says so.” With thisreply
the rebels retired and gave three or four terrific.yeUs,
whilethe officers returned to their ship. Some little de
lay was occasioned, and time was also given the inhabi
tants to get out of the town. The Sagamore commenced
throwing shells at 6P.M. at the batteries on'Shore.
The distance, great that only a few of the twenty
or thirty shells fired during the afternoon reached the
battery. Two Bhells exploded in the town; which almoat
surrounded the battery except on i s front. The rebels
, fired.about twenty times at.the gunboat, with solid shot
from long thirty-twos,but all of theirshot fell short.
The firing on both sideß- ceased at sundown. On the
morning of the next; day, July 1, the Sagamore ap
proached some two or three hundred yards nearer the
town, by steaming through mud two feet deep, and again
opened upon the battery. The second shot fired was a
direct line shot, and-struck directly in the battery and
silenced it, the rebels taking refuge behind the large
white oaks that stood near, and most of them fled to the
woods for a-more , secure place, of refuge soon after.
There were; some thirty shells fired during the day, a
few of them exploring in the middle of the town.
TIIB GUERILLAS HOIST A REBEL FLAG
Finding it was impossible to get near enough to the
town to protect the boats that were intened to land and
seize the ammunition, the Sagamore was obliged to retire
without effecting the object for which Bhe came. Some
rebels hoisted a rebel flag on a flagstaff near the shore
after the Sagamore had stopped firing. Three shells were
fired at them, but they fled into the woods. Some of the
rebels would dodge behind the trees when the shells were
fired, and after they had exploded would borne out again,
evidently much pleased at the exhibition of fireworks.
There was a company of about one hundred rebels at
Tampa during, the bombardment. They area guerilla
band, and style themselves the Beauregard Bangers.”
They wander over the State , of* Florida waiting for a
chance to fire upon some of the boats that go ashore from
the blockading vessels after water and provisions. They:
lay in ambush a few weeks since and fired upon a boat
from the United States bark Kingfisher, of St. Marks,
killing two men and taking two officers and the boat’s
crew prisoners. Shortly after they lay in ambush near
Apalachicola, and 'fired upon a boat ;from the United
States gunboat Sagamore, severely wounding two men
belonging to that gunboat.. It was probably the same
party that fired upon a boat that went ashore at Mosquito
Inlet, on the eastern coast of .Florida, killing five or six
men. It !b to be hoped 4 they will meet their just de
serts. > '■■■- ■ .*
ILLINOIS SEGFSH.—Jim Clarkson, formerly editor
"and proprietor xof the State .Democrat, publishadat
Springfield, in that State, has been ;taken prisoner by
the Federal troopsin Arkansas. The Illinois Journal
advises that bo be sworn and iet go, as the Secesh at
Comp Butler don’t wish any such fellows sent there.
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GENERAL HUNTER’S DEPARTMENT.
The Frauds to be Ferreted out and InVesti
garad—How the Government lmsbeen S win
dled’—Beautiful Transactions—The Planta
tions-Placed under Military Supervision.
Hilton Hyad; S. C., July 18; 1862.
In tha absence of other duties General Hunter’s' ar
rangements for tbs summer campaign are likely to create
a greater state of alarm among some of the officers of his
own command than in the ranks of the enemy. He has
set the machinery of-his department at work to bring to
light the enormous frauds to which the Government has
been subjected, and to deal out to their authors the
punishment which is their due. Thus far the labors of
his detective corps have been remarkably successful.
They have developed a mine of corruption hitherto un
dreamed : of. and of an extent which, in this perilous
period of the nation’s life, is truly astounding. They
implicate alike distinguished civilians at the North and
Government officers of high standing in the department.
They reveal the fact that not only army officers of ex
alted rank, but Gideoniteß of the most saintly piety,
have been guilty of the most flagrant and outrageous
system of pilfering from the Federal treasury.
WORTHLESS-TRANSPORTS CHARTERED.
In the matter of army transports, the Government has
been most outrageously cheated. The steamer West
Point arrived here three days ago, chartered from a com
pany in New York,, at the rate of $4OO per day, to carry
troops from this point to the peninsula. This morning
her captain reports that her bull is unseaworthy, that
her boilers are unsafe, and that he will not be responsible
for the life of a single man placed on board other; At this
time, when the necessities of the Government are so
urgent and our cause so imperilled, it would be well to
inquire how contracts for such boats at such prices are
effected. In the case of nearly evwr transport sent on -
from the North, or charter©* at' this point, investigation
will show that a like extortion has been submitted to.
THESWINDLING • PLANTATION' AGENTS.-
* As you know, the plantations which the South Caroli
nians left In our charge have been taken possession of by
u hoi de.of agents, pretending to act under the authority
of the Treasury Department. These agents,. employed
at good round salaries, were supposed to look after the
interests of the Government, and to convert the products
of the blooming fields under their charge to such uses aa
would yield to Uncle Sam’s cash box the-utmost profits
and tbe largest To this end the Government
has furnished them with seeds of various kinds, has placed
at their disposal negroes, employed and rationed aB our
soldiers are, and has given them every facility wherewith
to foften.the rigors and dispel the discomforts of their
isolated position. Yet, besides the cotton which we found
on the islands in this vicinity last fall, I doubt if the pro
duct of these plantations will pay one tenth of the ex--
penae to which ibe Government has been subjected on
their account. The negroes have been permitted to sell
to the soldiers whatever they have cultivated, and to
* charge therefor the most exorbitant and outrageous
prices, while their, governmental masters in many in
stances have not scrupled to receive the money thus ob
tained in payment for cheap calico and rotgut whisky,* 1
The plantations are at present under the control of
Brigadier General Saxton, whose brilliant exploits at
Harper’s Ferry:eminently fit him for the position. The
. steamer Flora, chartered at an expense to the Govern
ment of two hundred dollars per day, he-has taken tor
bis exclusivft.uee ; the mans’on of • General Drayton, at
Beaufort, which has been fitted up and furnished by the
agents of Adams Express, has aIBO been appropriated for
the convenience of himself and staff; a proclamation has
been issued over his signature, announcing that he has
as Btuned control of the plantations and the people upon
them.
DRIVING A. SHARP BARGAIN.
Day: before.yesterday there was discovered at Bay
Point a quantity of yellow pine, apparently intended for
shipment. By the order of General Hunter it was seized
and appropriated to army uses. It was a valuable lot,
worth, in New York, at least SlO, GOO. It was ascertain
ed that tbe owner of it had purchased the lumbar from a
Goyeriment agent for 81,000,- and had arranged for its
traEßportatibn North ia Government bottoms, the vessels
carrying it in lieu of ballast, and carrying it, of course,
for nothing. An investigation revealed the fact that but
two hundred dollars had been paid for the material, and
that for the labor of getting it away he had been credited
with the remaining SSOO On the next day he appeared
at headquarters; ; and put in a claim of-$12,000 for the
lumber thus seized, alleging that he was under contract
to furnish it at that price to a party in New York, who
in turn was to supply it to the navy. Mr Sedgwick is to
be placed under arrest, and will speedily be tried by a
military commission. His career ia the department,
aside from this transaction, will also be the subject of a
strict investigation. The connlvanceof‘numerous well
known jobbers, contractors, and speculators, ia your
State ia strongly, suspected, .and will be thoroughly ex
posed.
OTHER: FRAUDS,
There are all sorts-of cheating, but there seems to be
none which has not been discovered and practised in
this department. Commanding officers, colonels,, lieu
tenant colonels, and- majors, are accused of forging mus
ter-rolls, and receiving pay for the services of men who
never existed. Doctors have been bought with a price,
and permission to go to New York, or rather a anrgeon’a
certificate of physical disability, has brought as high aa
8250. Men have been bribed, and round-sums have been
paid as hush money. In fact, on every hand and in every
grade, there have been deception, double-dealing and
fraud.—Correspondent J¥l Y: Heralds.
FEOM OUMBEBLAWD.- GAP.
Proximity of Rebel Pickets—Departure ©f Ex
peditions into Kentucky—A Flag of Truce—
The Guerilla Morgan.
- Cumberland. Gap, July 14th.-—Hebei pickets are
within ten miles of the Gap. Col. Ashby (cousin of the
notorious. Yirgfnian of the same name) has a force of
three hundred cavalry near Tazewell. His severity to
Union men in East Tennessee has been so great that he
is much detested by them.
DEPARTURE OP EXPEDITIONS.
On tke 10th inst., a force of twelve hundred men frettt
Gen. Spear’s brigade were despatched upon an expedi
tion, the object of which had not transpired. Another
force of five hundred men, under Col. Garrard, of the
3d Kentucky, took, their departure for some-point in
Kentucky. As both expeditions passed through the Gap
into tbe latter State, it ie probable that the scene of their
operations will be in Kentucky.
FLAG OF TRUCE— CONVERSATION WITH MORGAN.
Lieut. -Leggett, of the 16th Ohio, accompanied a flag
of truce, on the 10th inst, to the enemy’s camp at Taze
well, Tenn., when he saw and conversed with the guerilla
leader, John Morgan, whose presence near Lexington
the Lieutenant thinks improbable. The objects of the
flag of truce were kept secret. It was reported In camp
that they were in reference to an exchange of prisoners;
but as Captain Stratton has just been sent to Lexington
with twenty prisoners on the way to Camp Chase, this
report is probably incorrect. There are but a few rebel
prisoners remaining, who were too sick to be sent with
the others. They are quartered in the house of a lead
ing Secessionist -within the lines—James Patterson,
brother of General Patterson of the three-m rnths service
—whose zeal for the rebel cause is thus appropriately
tested. —Cincinnati Gazette.
Fight near ScatterviUe, Arkansas—The
Enemy are Routed—No toss on our
Side.
Heajhwakteks Post Caps Giraudeac. Mo., >
■ ' July 20, 1862 {
A messenger arrived here a few dare ago from Colonel
Daniels’ : beadouartera, near Scattervilie, Arkansas,
triaging despatches containing an account of a fight two
miles sooth of that place, between a detachment of the
First Wisconsin cavalry and a rebel force of ninety man,
under Captain Allen.
The fight took place on Thursday, the 10th inst. Our
men charged upon them, kilting five of the enemy, wound
ing fourteen, taking twelve prisoners, guns,
and thirteen horses. The remainder of the rebels fled in
all directions, closely pursued by our men, who will, no
doubt, capture nearly the whole “gang.” Our troops
did not lose a man. Thus has another band of marau
ders and murderers been broken up by the offorts of the
let 'Wisconsin Cavalry and their gallant colonel.
The neighborhood feels very much relieved since this
visit by our forces; and the people seen desirous of ren
dering every possible aid in driving out the lawless bands
• of thieves and murderers that infestthe country.
Interesting from Richmond—Prison Life
at the Rebel Capital.
Colonel Charles, of tha42d New York Regiment, who
took ah active part in the late battles before Richmond,
in which he was seriously wounded and subsequently re
ported dead, arrived inNew Tork on the steamer Vande
rbilt, from Fortress Monroe, day before yesterday, on pa
role. Colonel Charles was wounded in the groin. The
following is bis Richmond experience:
His wound was dressed, and he was then placed in ftn
ambulance, the bottom of which was covered with straw.
The ambulance was a common pedler’a wagon, and,
with the driver and a private soldier attendant, the party
started tor Richmond. The route was continued until
dark, .when the driver lost his way and was bemired in &
swamp, where they stopped until morning. In this pre
dicament, Colonel Charles said he passed a sleepless and
a painful night. The next morning the ambulance
Btaried again, and at neon on Thursday arrived in the
city of Richmond. Colonel Charles was taken to several
hotels, and tried to obtain quarters, and endeavored to
engage private accommodations, but his efforts were
fruitless, and he was finally obliged to seek refuge in the
State Fnson Hospital, No. 20 Cary Btreet. On arriving
there he was lifted from the wagon by one of the orderly
sergeants of his own regiment, who had been made
prisoner three weeks previous, by General Stewart in liis
raid on Tunstall’s station. The sergeant secured Colonel
Charles some little accommodations in the shape of a cot
and other little things. The Colonel’s wounds were again
dressed by the Union surgeons in attendance.
FRISON LIFE,
Colonel Charles scon found that the overcrowded state
of the prison waß prejudicial to the health of its inmates.
The lower floor was, by order of the Confederate sur
geon, exclusively appropriated to the use of officers.
Borne of the men who then occupied it were removed to
other quarters, thus giving the former some more room.
There are three floors to the building. In one of the up
per ones some amputations had been made. Bandages
could not be obtained to properly dress the wounds. For
the side there were no medicines or nourishment. Death
stared our men stark in the face, under the most
zing circnmitances. nations were given out at nine
o’clock in the. morning, consisting of three ounces of
boiled cold freßh beef, one slice of dry bread, two inches
thick, to each man. This was repeated at Jfive o’clock
r. M. Outside of this our Bick heroes received nothing.
At times parties were allowed to go outside the prison
limits and get a bucket of spring water. The building
was supplied from tl e James river water, and was lake
warm and turbid. By the leniency of the sentinel a few
trifles, in the shape of eggs, butter, and other things
were procured, but at exorbitant prices. Liberty was
also obtained for & woman to visit the hospital and sup
ply the inmates with fresh milk every morning. Each
officer patient got about a pint. This was indeed a boon
to them, as many of them could not oat the unpalatable
hospital diet. In the meantime the dead became exces
sive In numbers, and the bodies were carried into the
cellar beneath; in which the hospital cooking was done.
Despite every effort, there were at all times many bodies
of their own and our dead—and some of them in a putres
cent state—kept In this apartment. The rebels said they
employed aU the carts and the available help to perform
the rites of hasty sepulture, and could do no.more. In
the daytime the hospital apartments were fumigated with
burning tar; but at night the stench from tiie decom
posing bodies was such as to render breathing almost im
possible.
HOW A ZOUAVE FEELS IN BATTLE.—One of
Duryea’s New York Zouaves writes thus: f * I could
hardly describe my feelings on the battle-field while the
rebels were shelling ns, and I could not get a shot at
them, and could see my comrades killed and wounded all
around me. 1 felt a great deal of nervousness, but when
the rebels came out to charge us it all left me, and I felt
as cool as ever. When we commenced to charge I felt, I
might almost say, a thrill of pleasurable excitement and
as thoughlcouldfoUow our colors todeafch. While tha
enemy were shelling us 1 made up my mind that when
we came to close quarters, 4 no quarter* would be our cry,
but instead of that. X gave two wounded rebels a drink
out of my canteen on the field.”
ANOTHER CAVALRY REGIMENT.—-The Secre
tary of War has authorized Governor Morton to raises
cavalry., regiment in Indiana to serve in the border
counties of Kentucky, and has telegraphed that arum and
equipments will be immediately furnished. It is the In
tention cf the authorities to organize this regiment
speedily, and it can : be raised much sooner than regi
ments now forming. There are a large class of parsons,
good horsemen, too, who prefer the cavalry service. If
care is taken in recruiting to secure men accustomed to
handling horses, and, there are thousands of such in the
country anxious to go, the regiment can be made
. available at once. ' .
GENERAL POPB AT WOBK.—Gen. Fops has
promptly begun to assess the rebels at Warrenton. They
do not.enjoy the fun, it is said. But then he does not
do it to please them. 8o he will' not suffer from disap
pointment on that score.
THE REBEL COL. FRY.—The inhuman butcher,
Fry,who commanded, the rebels at Fort St. Charles oa
White river, and orderedhis men to shoot our sailors
who jumped into th© river from the Mound City when
her steam-chestwas .exploded, is noir in pur hands *
prisoner and wounded;