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THE PRESS,
PUBtISHED DAILY (BUHDIYS EXCEPTED,)
BY JOHN \V. FORNEY.
OFFICE, No. 11l SOUTH FOURTH STREET.
THE DAILY PRESS,
Twnovjt Ousts Pkr Wbsk payable to tli« Carrier.
Hailed to Subscriber out ot the City at Six Dollars
Pun Annum, Four Dollars for Eiout Months,
Tuhkl DolLine for Six Months—lnvariably in ad
vance ft r the time ordered.
THE TRI-WEEKRY PRESS,
Mailed to Subscriber out ot tbe City at Turks Dob
bins Per Aemiji, in advance.
SUMMER RESORTS.
SURF HOUSE, ATLANTIC CITY,
N. J.—This spacious Hotel, oyer 600 feet is length,
and with 1,100 feet of yoianda, fronts on the ocean, ex
tending back, with its roar, to the railroad. It possesses
the moßt advantageous location on tho island, with per
fectly safe bathing in front, and is, in fact, the only first*
class hotel'withln a short distance of the beach.
A good Band of Musio has been engaged for the season.-
The Billiard-room and Bowling Alleys will be nnder the
ebargo of Mr. BALPH BENJAMIN, of Philadelphia.
Additional Improvements have been made, and the ac
commodations will bo found etinal, if not superior, to any
on the coast.
The house will be opened, for the reception of guests,
On THURSDAY, June 19.
je!64»t H. S, BSIHSON. Proprietor.
CRJESBON SPRINGS, CAMBRIA
COUNTY, PA.—This delightful and popular place
Of summer resort, located directly on the line of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, on the Bwuoiit of the Allegheny
fountains, twenty-three hundred feet above the level of
the ocean, will be open for guests from the 10th of June
till the 10th of October, Since last season the grounds
frave been greatly improved and beautified, and a num
ber of Cottages have been erectod for the accommoda
tion of families, rendering Ceesson one of the most
romantto and attractive placos In the Stato. The Garni
ture is being thoroughly renovated. The seeker of
pleasure and the sufferer from boat and disease will find
attractions here in a flrst-clasß Livery Stable, Billiard
•Tables, Tenpin Alleys, Baths, &o,» together with the
purest air and water, and the moßt magnificent mountain
deanery to be found In the country*
Tickets good for the round trip from Philadelphia,
#7.60; from rittsbnrg, $3.06.
For further information, address
G. W« MU CLIN,
Orosson Springs, Carhbria 00., Pa.
<gE A BATHING
LONG BRANCH, MONMOUTH. 00., N. J.
METBOPOOITAN HOTEL,
NOW OPEN.
Address I. H. * I. W. COOPER,
glO-lni* .;- . Proprietors.
rtONGBEBS HALL,
\J ■ OAPB MAY,
Is now opeirfor the reception of VISITOBS, 1 find win
©ontinwr open until Ist of SEPTEMBKB. Tennij $2
«er dftyi\rsl3 per week. _
jyl2.W* MILLBB & WBBT.
SEA BATHING.
OCEAN HOUSE, OAPE ISLAND, N. J.,
‘ Ib now open for the reception of yisitora.
jo2B.flw* ISB&EL liAMINQ, Proprietor.
STAR HOTJEIi,
f Ne&rly opposite the United States Hotel,}
' ATLANTIC CITY* N. J,
SAMUEL ADAMS, Proprietor. • •
...... 60 oeata.
Ohmer.
Abo* Carriages to Hire. . t __
yy Boarders accommodated on the moat reasonable
terms. - ‘ te2o-3m
COLUMBIA HOUSE.
\J ' ATBANTIO OITT,
situated ok Kentucky avenue,
Opposite the Surf Honae.
■gp’ Terms to suit the times. . /
je2°.2ai BDWABD DOYLE, Proprietor.
QIA-BIDE HOUSE, ATLANTIC
' OITY ' I BY DAVID SOATTKBGOOTh
A NEW PRIVATE BOABDINO KOUSB, beautlfol
y Bituntod st the foot of Fennsylranla Avoaoo. _
Now open for visitors for toe season ie3o-2ra
■ftyTANSION HOUSE,
iVJL ' ATLANTIO OITT,
B. LEB, Proprietor,
This House having been thoroughly renovated and en
larged, iftuew open for permanent and transient boarders,
£he M aNBIOI? HOUSE is convenient to depot, churches,
ond test office, The bathing grouods ate unsurpassed
on the Island. The Bar is conducted by Mr. BRIBE* of
Philadelphia, who /Will feeep superior wines, liquors, and
choice brands of cigarß. -je2Q-2m
EA UL E HOTEL, ATLANTIC
OITY, is-now open, with ft
■ i.lbob addition ot boomb.
.. Board #7 per geek, bathing flreanes inclndea. je2o-3m
fIOTTAGE BITBEAT, ATLANTIC
OITT. Is now open and ready for Boardera, A few
choice B-oma o»n be obtained by applying Boon. The
Proprietor furniaheahia table with fresh: milk from hid
cows, and fret* yegetablee from hie farm. -
Also, about four hundred desirable Cottage and Hotel
liota forsale by M. McOLEES,
je2o-2m ■ Proprietor.
WfTIHE ALHAMBRA” ATLANTIC
1 OITI,” N. J., s splendid new house, southwest
Comer of ATtAHTIO nod MASSAOHUBKTTS Areimes,
will be open for visitors on and after June 29th. Thorooiua
end tableef “ The Alhambra” are unsurpassed by any
on the Island. There to a spacious Ice Oream and Be
fteshment Saloon attached to the house. Terns moderate.
0. DUBOIS & 8. J. YOUNG,
YronrieiorS.
BEDLOE’S HOTEL, ATLANTIC
CITY, N. J—At the terminus ot the railroad, on
the loft, beyond the depot This Honse Is now open for
©carders and Transient Visitors, and offers accommoda
tions am a! to any Hotel to Atlantic City. Charges mo
derate. Children and servants half price.
«ST Parties should, keep their seats until the cars ar
rive in front dt the hotel. - . .. je2o-2m
fHHESTER COUNTY HOUSE.—This
private Boarding House, corner of YOBK and
PACHFiO A venae, Atlantic CKv, convenient to the
tieach v v&h a beautiful view of the Ocean, is now open
for the season. The accommodations are egnai to any
other* on the'lsland. Prices moderate. '
je2o-3m J. KBIM, Proprietor,
BKA BATHING.—“The Clarendon,”:
Cfoi-morly Virginia Honan,) VIRGINIA AYKNHK,:
ATLANTIC CITY, i» now open for the accommodation
of*Boardera. Thia Honao !a aitnatod immediately on too
Beach, and from every , room : afforda a fine viewof the
»eaen r ano rieBo . Zm , 1 ' JAMBB JENKINS, «. P. ,
SEA BATHING—UNITED STATES
'HOTEL, LONG BRANCH, N J., ia now open,
flltaftfed ouly fifty yards from the seashore, central ox the
since*, house fronting the ocean 600 feet; two honrs
from New Tork.. Steamer learea filurraj street twice
dally, 0 A. M. and 4P. Iff. : thence by the B. and D. B.
Banned. Address ’ B. A. SHUMAKEB.
Communication from Philadelphia is by the Canaaen
«nd Amboy ‘Bailro&d, by the 0 A. BE. and 2P. M. trains.
3019-200^.
SUMMER BOARDING.—BROAD
top MOUNTAIN HOUSE.—A romantic spot for a
BUM ME® BESHJBNOE on one of the Mountain Tops;
#f Pennsylvania, reached daily by the Pennsylvania
v Central, and the Broad Top Mountain Railroad from
* Huntingdon. The House is one of the finest In the in
terior of the State, handsomely furnished, with all the re
eulsltoß for comfort and convenience—pure air, deli-
Okras spring water, romantic scenery, and everything to
restore and invigorate health. Telegraph station and a
daily mail, so that daily communication may be had with
P Tha e peimßylVßn!a Bailroad will furnish excursion
tickets through tbo season. Persons leaving Philadel
phia in the morning cnn take tea at the Mountain ISouli
(he same evening. ' ..... iv
The subscriber hss kindly boon allowed to retor to the .
following gentlemen, residents of Philadelphia, who have
keen patrons of the Mountain Umse :
Wm. Cummings, Esq., Bavid P. Moore, Esq.,
Sami. Oastner, Esq., Thos Oarstairs, Esq.,
Hon. Henry D. Moore, Lewis T. Wattion, Esq.,
John McOahlee, Esq., <3. Albort Lewis, Esq.,
John Hartman, Esq, Richard D. Wood, Esq.
Tiavs Modbuatb. For further Information, address
- * JOSEPH MORRISON, Proprietor,
ieli-tf Broad-Top City, Huntingdon county, Pa.
stationery and fanc y ooods.
iu STATIONERY, TOY, AND FANCY GOODS
KMPOBIDM,
No. 108* WAMTOTrBTBMT,
BHLOW HLITBKTH,
PHILADELPHIA.
lell-fply
JjAOTIOM.
The well-earned roputstion of
FAIRBANKS’ SCALES
Eh Induced the makers of Imperfect balances to offet
«hem u "FAIRBANKS’ BOALBS,” end parehaeen
Slave thereby, is many instances, teen snbjeoted tofrand
and Imposition. FAIBBANKS’ 80ALEB are manufac
tured only by the original inventory >. A T. FAIR
BANKS A 00., and are adapted' to every branohof th*
twslness, where a correct and dnrable goalee la required.
FAIRBANKS & EWING,
General Agents,;
anlO-tf MASONIC HALIj. Tl* OHBBTNPT ST
jptAUTlON.—Owing to the. popularity
?\j - and complete success which our PATENT SBLF
ADJUSTING CLOTHES-WBINGEB has met with,
other parties are endeavoring to sell their Inferior ma
chines, by adopting our name of “ SELF-ADJUSTING”
as a means to deceive the pnbiio.
We, therefore, give notice that our name win be plainly
(damped on each Machine mannfactnrod and sold by ns,
i And nooe otbere are genuine. Any. one using onr trade
"dark will be dealt with according to law- .
Mr. L. B. SNOW, corner of FIFTH and CHESTNUT
Btreets, Philadelphia, is onr SOLE AGBNT for Pena-
BylTOnia. HALEY, MOSSE. * BOYDHN.
jeMtaelS , ■
«TH 0 M SON’B LONDON
ril KITCHENER ’’—We are now manntoctorin*
i‘THOMSON'S LONDON KITCHENER,” of
EUROPEAN BANGS, suitable for large and small
families, hotels, hospitals, and other publio institutions,
in great variety. A leo,; Portable Ranges, the <* Philadel
phia Bangs,” Gas Ovens, Bath Boilers, and Cast-iron
Sinks, together with a great variety of small and large-
Irised Hot-air Pomaces, Portable Heaters, Fire-board
Btoves, Low-down Grates, So.
Wholesale and Betall ohly at onr Warerooms.
“ NORTH, CHASE, & NORTH,
No. 209 North SECOND Street,
tour doors above Bace street.
DRAIN PlPE—Stono Ware Drain
Pipy from 2to 12-lnch bore. 2-Inch boro, 25c per
raid - , R-tneb bore, 800 per yard; 4-lueh,bore, 400 par
yard; 5-inch bore, 600 per yard; 6-inch bora, 680 par
yard. Every variety ofeonneetions, bonds, crape, and,
hoppers. We are now prepared to furnish pipe in -any
quantity, and on liberal terms to dealere and those par
aliasing in large quantities.
OBNAMBNTAIiOHIMIIH'V TOPS,—Titrlßed Terra
Ootta Chimney Tops, plain and ornamental designs, war
ranted to stand the action of coal gas or the weather In
any climate. . •
GAUDEN TABES A great variety of ornamenta
Barden Yases, in Terra Ootta classical designs, all sines,
and warranted to stand the weather.
Philadelphia Terra Ootta Works, Office and Ware
Booms 10X0 CHESTNUT Street,
Jelf-tr 8. A. HARBIBON.
TJXORMAN & ELY, No. 130 PEGS
11 Street,mannfaotnrers of patent OAST-BTESI,
TABI/B CUII/KBY: also, alately-patented COMBI
' RATION ’KNIFB, FORK, and SPOON, especially
Adapted tor Camp nee, for FitKcrmm, Sta-faring Hern
Atcchanicii'Minerl, Lumbermen, and aU Iforlmcn car
' rSiltp their iiimeri. W. A. B.'e Cutlery is warranted to
■ be of the beet quality, of BNGMSH OAST-STEEL, and
• la Intended to supersede, by Its excellence and cheapness,
’ the inferior qualities of Cutlery now In the marked, and
to which-they respectfnUyinritethe attention of the
Hardware dealers generally. . my49-8m '
riOTTON SAIL DUCK AND OAN
VAB, of fttl numbers and brands.
. Haven's Dock Awning Twills, of all descriptions, for
•Tents, Awnings,Trunkand WagoriCorerß.
Also, Paper Manufacturers’ Brier Felts, from 1 to 3
feet wide. Tsrpenllng, Beltltg, Sail Twine, &o.
JOHN W. BVEBMAN & 00.,
102 JONES Alley.
New crop of prime vanilla
BEAHS, at $lO per pound.
Also, on hood the cleanest CHAMOIS In the oltr,
, CAMPBELL A BROTHER,
3j54.81* No. 133 South’ FBQNT Street.
■ ' HI
YOL. S.—NO. 304.
COPARTNERSHIPS.
•\TOTIOE.—On and after this date
Xv WILLIAM D. ELLIOTT is admitted to an In
terest in my business, which will he conducted under
tho etjlo and firm of L. DANNENBADM 6 00._0lfiM,
during alterations of store, at No. 59 North SECOND
Street.' LOOIS DANNKNBAU M.
Philadelphia, Jnly 1,1862. jrtl-Ot*
rtOPABTNERSHIP NOTICE.—We
\j have THIS PAT admitted DANIEL WEAVER a
member of our firm. ISAAC A. SHEPPARD & 00.
Philadelphia, July 7, 1802.
CABD.-—Tbo undersigned having been admitted into
partnership with ISAAC A. SHEPPARD A OO.t Ex
celsior Stove Works,” would bo pleased to see hid friends
at their establishment. Ho will give his personal attention
to tho Manufacturing department ef the establishment,
and believes hls long experience in the business warrants,
him in saying that the trade can be hotter accommodated
hoie than elsewhere. DANIEL WEAVER,
Late Foreman for Leibrandt A McDowell.
Philadelphia, July 7,1832. ; - ;y-jy226fc*
mHB UNDEBSIGNED, SOOOEB
- SOBS to CHAFFERS, STOUT, & 00., haw THIS
BAT formed a corartnerehtp, trader the firm of STOUT
& ATKINSON, for -the jrarjoso of conducting the
Wholesale Dry Goods bminess, and bare taken tiio store,
Ho. 623 MAEKKT Street.
'* ' *
Philadelphia, July 21,1832.
"VTOTIQII. —The Copartnership hereto-
JJY tSn'iuWg between the undersigned, under'the
firm of PRATT* RKATH, hag hero dtasolyed by its
own limitation, and by mutual consent.
D.T. PBA.TT it Slone anthorirad to cotleot the out
standing debts, end to ase the firm name in liijnidation.
B. T. PBA.TT,
B. B. BEATH,
W. G. BILUN.
■p t. prattT
XBUOOBSSOB TO PRATT A RBATH,) .
IMPORTER AND WHOLESALE DEALER IN
WATCHES, JEWELRY,
' PLATED WARE,tfei.;'. /
Has removed from N. W. corner Elftli and Market Sta, to
; No. 607 CHESTNUT STREET,
Where he offers for sate a .'JTJM ASSOBTMBNT Off
GOODS pertaining to the WATCH BUSINESS. Dealers
ate solicited to examine the stock. jys-t3l
"VTOTIOE. —MR. WM. K. HEMP-
X. i HILL’S interest in onr house ceased on the 31st
TWELLS & 00.,
118 NORTH WHA.RVKB.
May;
jyl-lm
THE COPARTNERSHIP heretofore
existing under the firm of BIEGKEL, BAIRD, &
00., is this day dissolved.
PETES SIEGER,
JACOB BXEGEIi,
, WM. S. BAIRD,
JOHN WIEST. . . . .
Jhks 30.; jyl-6w
Notice of limited partner
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 firm under which said partner
ship Is to be'condncted is BIEGEL, WIEBT, & ER
VIN.
That the general nature of the business intended to be
transacted is the Importing and Jobbing of Dry Hoods.
That the names of the General and Special Partners,
all of whom reside in the city of Philadelphia,/.are
JACOB BIEGBEi Genera! Partner, residing at 627
North SixtiCstreef, JOHN WIEST, General Partner,
residing' at 322 New Btreet: I>. B. EBVIN, General
Partner; residing at ISIS Girard avenne; HENRY S.
FIBIEB. General Partner, residing at 410 North Third
Btreet; JOSIAH BIEGEB, General Partner, residing
at 416 North Third street; PETEB SIEGES, Special
Partner, residing at 717 North Eighth street; WM. S.
BAIIID, Special Partner, residing at the Continental
Hotel.' •■■■-• =
That the aggregate amount of the capital contributed
by the Special Partners to the common stock is One
Hundred Thousand Hollars, of which Fifty Thousand
Hollars in cash has been so contributed by Peter Sieger,.
Special Partner, and Fifty Thousand Hollars in oaahhas
been so contributed by Wm. S. Baird, Special Partner.
That the said partnership is to commence on the tot
day of July, A. H. 1962, and is to terminate on the first
day of January, 1865.
JACOB BIEGEIi,
JOHNWIEST,
B. B. ERVIN,
HENBY S.FISTEB,
JOSIAH BIEGEH,
PETER SIEGES, > s ,
jyl-6w WM. 8. BAIBP,
RETAIL DRY GOODS.
QUMMEK STOCK. •
IO During July *nd August we will sell Summer Dress
Goods, such as LawoSj Organdiea, Bareges, and their
fabrics, at very low prices ia dear the Btock. ; *
The assortments are still fair, and the goods of this
season’s purchase, a .
SHABPLES3 BROTHERS,
jyl9 CHESTNUT and EIGHTS Streets. ' ;
t awns.
J-4 Fin© stock of 12% and 15 cent Lawns. .
Organdies at 14. 15,19, and 25 cents.
. Cheap lota of Bareges and thin dress staffs. ■
S, 10, and 12% cent dceaa goods in profusion.
Black Bareges and Tanjartines
Extra quality Black Alpacas 31 cents. "
Eine Black Alpacas for Gente> Coats.
LINEN GOODS.
Table Damasks, firat-rate quality, at 50 cents.
Bargains in dinner Napkins.
Bow-priced and fine Towels.
Bargains in 4-4 heavy Linens.
Bargains in 4-4 fine Linens.
CLOSING OUT SALES.
• Boys’Summer Clothing.
Linen Drills. Checks, Stripes, &c., &«.
Ladies* Sacoues, Cloaks, and Mantles.
' Lace Mantles at nominal prices.
Hoop Skirts, 'hest-anality, at old prices.
COOPEB & OONABD,
jy!7-tf 8. E. corner NINTH and MARKET Streets.
BARGAINS! BARGAINS!
Table Linens, nearly two yards wide,- at 62X0.
One case of Linens (short pieces) very cheap.
Lawns closing out cheap.
Bareges reduced in price.
Calicoes at old prices.
Muslins at the lowest market price.
Hozamblqueß at low prices. l "
Linen Cambric lldkfs.’at 10 and 12Xc.
Plaid and Plain Swiss Muslin—cheap
At JOHN H. STOKES’,
702 Alton Street.
N. B.—Don’t forget 702, the place to buy Jackson’B
celebrated Lead Pencils. ■ jyl7
n OOD BLACK DRESS SILKS.
KX ' Heavy-coni ed Dress Silks.
Glossy Black Brass Silks. •
Widows* Silks, wilhonfc gloss..
EYRE & liA-NDKliIi,
FOURTH and ABOH.
POOD MUSLINS BY THE PIECE.
\X Now York Mills Shirting.
. Wamsattaa, "Willi amsYille, Whiterocks,
Sheeting, Muslins, first finality.
EYBE & LANDELL,
j y 12 FOURTH and ARCH.
fNOOD FLANNELS, UNSHRINKA
BLB.—WeIsh and Saxony Flannels.
Ballard Vale Flannels.-
Magenta Colored Sackings.
EYBE & LANDELC,
FOURTH and ARCH.
H STEEL & SON,
• r No. 718 North TENTH Bt, above COATES,
Are now closing out their entire Btock of
I'ANCY SILKS,'
BABEGEB, OHALLIBS,
MOZAMBIQ.UES, ORGANDIES,
JAOONBT AND.OAMBBIG LAWNS,
. TRAVELLING MIXTURES, and
BUMMEB DRESS GOODS, '
Of all kinds, at EXTRAORDINARY LOW PBIOB3.
DACE GOODS REDUCED.-
825 Lace Mantleß reduced to $l2.
r $2O Lace Mantles reduced to $lO.
$lB Lace Mantles reduced to $B.
$l6 Lace Mantles reduced to $7.
$l2 Lace Mantles reduced to $5.
$lO Lace Mantles reduced to $4.
s'6 Laee Pointea reduced toS3.
812 Laco Pointes reduced to 35.,
$l6 Lace Pointes reduced to SB.
$25 Lace/Pointes reduced to 812.
SILK GOATS AND 8 ACQUES.
Closing out UNDERCOST PRICES- . jo3o
Toil CHESTNUT BTRR 817
E. M. NEEDLES
Invites the special attention of Ladies whe in
tend spending the summar ontof town to a very
large assortment of MADE-UP GOODS justre
ceiyed, in • • , v-.
/ SLEEVES, SETS, HANLKEBOECIEFS,
<&c. f in every variety of material. • *,
Also, a large assortment of MUSLINS, suitable r.
for GARIBALDIS, &0., togeiher with every va
riety of WHITE GOODS, LINENS, LAOEB, H
EMBROIDERIES, HANDKBBOH’FS, VEILS, *
&o ■ <2
Jnst, opened per latest arrivals from Europe
an invoice of very beautiful and entirely new
styles ' • . ct
PUFFED FRENCH 01MBBIO, for
GARIBALDIS, MODE GRENADINE VEILS, Sc
and SWISS COLLARETTE RUFFLING for Is
trimming thin Dresßes, eto—a new and very de- t=
sir able - article. Algo, an Invoice of l*
PURE WHITE FRENCH PLAID •
ORGANDIES. jyl
10 14 OEIST N U T STB EE T
TAS. R. CAMPBELL & Co.,
fcj 727 CHESTNUT STREET,
OPPSa AT
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, -
Very choice Goods of recent importation.
Black Silk Checked Grenadine, extra quality,
Poulard Silks, elegant styles and fine quality.
Black Bilks, best brands. .
Brooba Barege, Hernanis and Mozamblques.
84 Paris Fil d*ChevrB,
Poll d’Ohevre, all -wool filling.
Grenadine Yells, in mode and ether shades.
WHITE GOODS AND LINENS
In great variety, at extremely low prices. Je6*tf
T WOULD CALL THE ATTENTION
A of ray customers and friends to the following Soods,
which are fresh and deßirable:
Black and White Plaid Silks.
Organdie Lawnß, choice Btyleß.
One lot of Male Ganntletß, at 18Xc a jalr. ~
One lot of Black Bilk, SI.I3XJ the host 1 ever had for
the money. ■
~ "■ JOHN H. STOKES’,
702 ABOH Street.
"TVTEW EMBROIDERIES, WHITE
X v GOODS, *0 Just opened, a general' assortment
of desirable French and Scotch Needle-worked Bands,
Edgings, Inserting* Handkerchiefs, Collars, Sleeves, etc.,
at very lew prices.
' ALSO, ■■■'
A InU line of all descriptions of White Goods for Ladles’
wear, of the most approved makes. 1 .1
BBEPPABD, VAN HABLINGBN, « ABBISON, :
je4 _ 1008 CHESTNUT Street
■VTEW SPBING PBINTS,
XI CHOICE BTTLBB.
MNHBIMAOS,
SPRAGUE,
PAOmC,
ALL TWELVE AND A HALT CENTS.
A large lot best styles and fast colors at 100. - .
COWPEBTHWAIT A CO.,
mhis-tf B. W, cor. EIGHTH and MARKET Sts.
Or any other tlmo. Oak Ilall has an immense stock of
Gentlemen’s'ClethiDg, of every description of styles,
colors, shapeß, sizes, and prices, sold at small profits,
and warranted to give sathfsetiou.
WANAMAKER & BBOWH,
Oak Hall,
S. E. corner SIXTH and MARKET Streets.
• PROPOSALS.
idrQposaXsfoe b uildin q and
JT EQUIPPING TWO FIRST-CLASS AHD THREE
SECOND-CLASS LIGHT.VESSELS. . /
Treasury Department, )
Office Light-housb Boabd, >
Washington City, June 25,1862 )
J. W. STOUT, i
Y. T. ATKINSON.
, jy22-lm*
Separate Sealed Proposals will be received at this office
until 12. ML, on SATURDAY, the 9th of August, 1862,
for building and equipping two first-class light vessels
of the following dimensions:
’Length from alter side of .stem post to the fore side of
main stem; 98 feet; breadth of boam, moulded, 23 feet 6
inches : depth of hold from top of limber Btrake to top of
beam, 11 feet; tonnage about 232.
The Board will also receive proposals until 12 M., on
MONDAY; the 28th of July, 1862, for building;and
equipping three second-class light vessels of the following
dimensions:
Length between perpendiculars, 81 feet 6 . inches;
breadth of beam, moulded, 21 feet 6 inches; depth of
hold from top of limber 1 strake to top of beam, 10 feet 6
inches; tonnage about 150. .
The white oak toboof the best sea-coast timber, and
the yellow pine.of the fisest grain untapped'southern
timber. The printed specifications by which the vessels
are to be constructed, and which will; with the drawings
and plans, be attached to and form apart of the con
tracts, con be bad on application to the Light-house
Board, or to the Light-house Inspector at Portland, Bos
ton, -New York; or Philadelphia, at which places, also,
the plans and drawings may be seen and examined. :
The Board reserves the right to reject any proposal, or
to refuse to receive any vessel not built in strict confor
mity to the terms of .the contract; and no contract will
he considered binding until it shall have been approved
by the Hon. Secretary of the Treasury. Ho proposal
will be receivtd or considered, unless from persons en
gaged in ship-building, and each offer must be accompa
nied by ibe signatures of two responsible persons as sure
ties for the feiOfful fulfilment of the eoutract. ' ;
Each vessel must be distinctly specified, with the sum
for which the bidder proposes to build and equip her ac
cording to the drawings and specifications, and a copy of
the printed specifications must be enclosed by each bid
der as evidence that there is no mistake as to the ohject
of his proposal.
- A drawing of the vessel contracted for will be furnish
ed to the contractor, to which he will be required to ad
here strictly; to this end the mould loft lines will bo
taken off and the mould examined by the superintending
officer who will be assigned to the duty by this Board,
with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, ana
who will be requir ed to see that the work executed, bad
the materials used are In strict conformity to the terms
and specifications of the contract, and who must certify
to the same in writing, before the vessels will be received,
and payments authorized to be made.
Persons making proposals to . build any of these light
vessels may suggest any.change or alterations by which
the cost wit! be lessened, without using inferior materials,
and in making such suggestions the precise character of
the change or alteration wiU be named, with the amouat
saved thereby. The proposals for each vessel will state
the time required to complete the vessel, and deliver it to
the agent of the Board at Buch place as may be agreed
upon: the same to be named in the bid. All proposals
must be sealed and endorsed “ Proposals fir
and then enclosed in another envelope,
and addressed to the Secretary or the Light-house Beard,
"Washington, D. G. ,
> No bid will be considered that does not conform to the
-requirements of this advertisement.
Any person submitting a proposal may be present, and
witneßS the opening of the bids at the time and place
hereinbefore specified. •
D. B. BBYIN,
H. 8. FISTEB,
JO3IAH BIS GEL,
PEOPOSALS POE BUILDING
SIDE-WHEEL QUSBOATS.—The Navy Depart,
meat will, UNTIL THE 30th DAT OF JULY, receive
propositions from Bhip-troilders actually engaged In the
construction of vessels, for theconstruction of the hull
of a double-bowed Bide-wbeel gunboat, with , rudder at
each end, protected by the stems-, the masts, rigging,
sailß for fore-and-aft schooner rig, and ownings; four
boats, .with all their fittings and equipments complete;
tanks for 2,000 gallons of water, with the necessary casks,
breakers, buckets, &c. The vessel completed in every
respect with all the fittings for sea-service, except ord
nance, anchors, and cables, furniture, cooking utensils,
instruments, and stores, which will be furnished by the
Government. / • ■
General Partners,
social Partners.
The length of the vessel, including, both rabbets on a
line 7 feet 6 inches above the lower edge of rabbet of the
keel, to be 236 feet; the extreme breadth 35 feet, and
depth of hold from throatof floor timber to lower side of ,
deck -plank 12 feet. The, displacement to a line 7 feet 6
inches above the lower edge of rabbet of bottom plank
to be 39,500 cubic feet. The size of the principal mate
rials are to be as follows, other parts being in due pro
portion as in naval vessels of this class: Keel of white
oak, 14 by 6# inches, scarph fastened with % inoh cop.
per bolts; stem of white Oak, sided 10'inches, and: pro
perly • secured in openings for rudder and to keel'with’
composition knee; frame of white oak, white chestnut,
and hackmetaok; timber and room 24, 26, and 29 inches;
floor timber sided 7 to 6 inches j.futtocks 6 to 5 Inches;
top timbers 6 inches; moulds! io throat .13 inches, in,
bilge 9 at head 5)4 > inches.- Timber of- frame:
close together: - Space between frames level with throat
of floor, filled in with white pine. Main keelson of white .
oak, 13 by 16 inches, fastened with two copper bolts in
each frame of % inch. Bilge keelson of white oak or
yellow pine, fastened with copper bolts % inch in diame
ter under engine frame and boilers; the remainder
• with iron. Bieast-hooks of white oak,, sided 1% inches.
Diagonal braces in two tiers 3# by # inch amidships,
and 3by 7-16 towards the ends ; the upper strap 3)f by
u inch. Bilge strokes of oak or yellow pine 4# inches
thick, 6 strokes of 9 inches wide on each side. OeiUng
3 inches. Clamps of white oak 4 inches thick, three
strokes 12 inches, bolted edgewise. Berth deck beams of
white pine, sided 6#.. moulded 6. inches, the four
JoDgeet beams to have lodge knees. Berth deck plank
white pine, upper deck beams of yellow pine or white
oak, sided 11 to lO inches, moulded 9 inches in the mid
dle and 8 inches at the end. One hanging knee at each
end of each beam, and lodge and lap knees between the
beams. Hanging knees sided 7 inches, the remaining
knees 8 inch©*. Waterways and thick strokes, of. yellow
pine or oak, jogged over beams and fastened‘ with
inch iron. Deck plank of yellow pine. 4 inches, if oak
%% inches thick. Spirketting of white oak, In thickness
8 inches. Garboard strokes ot white oak, 4# inches
thick. Bottom plank of white oak, Z% inches thick.
"Wales of white oak, 4 inches thiok; in width, 7#
‘ inches, square-fastened, the bottom with: three tree
nails and ono compoittion anike; the garboard
Btrakes with two copper, bolts and two treenails; the
wales; above ihe copper fastening, with % inch iron bolts
and iron spikes; butt bolts in diameter, & inch. Cop
per fastening to extend up to 8 feet 4 inches" above the
lower edge of rabbet of ke« l. The bottom sheathed with 24
ounce copper to 7 feet 9 inches above the rabbet of the
keel. The wheels will be overhung, the guards made as
short fore and aft as practicable, and the wheel-house
built in the usual way. The bulwarks to be of 5-16 plate
iron. The builders of the vessel will make the wood
frame for the inclined engines, securing it with wood
knees and to the keelsons, and will do all the wood work
mceßsary In placing the machinery. The cabin, ward
room, steerage, and . between decks, the holds, bolts,
steering wheel, pumps, scuppers/capstans, hammock
rail, caulking, joluexß, plumbing, painting, and the other
details, as far as the contract stipulates to cover, is to be
complied with in accordance with the usages of the navy.
The bidders need only tend a drawing showing the
shape of one-half the vessel having the requisite displace
ment, as both ends are alike, and, if they think proper,
a plain model of the same.
Tbe proposals must slate the price for whioh thoy will
agree to have tbo vessel ready to receive her machinery
and launch her for tbe periods of fourteen sixteen, eigh
teen, and U eofcy weeks, respectively, the vessel to be fully
completed in forty days thereafter, or in.tweivo.dajs.af- .
ter the complete erection of the machinery.
The usual conditions of Government contracts will be
observed, and payments will be made as the work pro
gresses, and twenty, per cent, retained till the satisfactory
completion of the contract
The bids roust be acwnnpamed by the guarantee requir
ed by law, that if tbe contract is awarded it will be duly
executed. The Department reserves the right to reject
any or all the proposals received under this advertise
ment, if in ite opinion the public interest requires it.
The proposals must be endorsed “ Proposals for Pad
dle M hr el btenmere,” to distinguish them from other -bu
siness letters, and will be addressed to the “ Secretary
of the Navy ”
1 Propositions will be received for similar vessels of iron
or iron and wood combined. : ■... . . , jy!7-ths
Adjourned Sine Die.
Congress has adjourned J Hurrah!
Ho more speeches on the war l
AH the business is transacted,
All important laws enacted;
Daws for rebel confiscation,
(Hecessary legislation;)
Daws to raise sufficient forces,
Men and guns and tents and hotBOS,
Forces moro than half a million,
Force to crush the great rebellion.
Congress has adjourned l Hurrah!
Ho more talk about the war! .
Congressmen with worn-out breeches
How havo rest from making speeches;
Congressmen with worn* out coats
Bring along their treasury notes,
Uso the same in making payment
For Oak Hall’s most splotidid raiment.
Congress has adjourned l Hurrah l
For Great Oak Halt, in time of war!
By order of Hie Light-house Board.
W. B. SHUBRIOE, *
Chairman,
jylO-thatu 9t
fYRPNANOE OPIIOE—
V/ :.' r v ’ ’ War DEPARTiTEKT,} -
Washington, Jn1y>19,4.862. j
PROPOSALS will be received by this Department
until; 5 P. M. on the 9th of AugUßt, 1862, for tbe cle*
livery, at the following .Arsenals; of ( Infantry accoutre--
.mente, ashereinafter specified:.-. .. ’
AT THE WATERTOWN ARSENAL, WATERTOWN,
26,000 Bets Infantry accoutrements, calibre..».. .69.
14,000 “ *«*:-. ' . «:.• 58 -
AT THB WATERVLJET ABSEHAL, WEST TBOY,
HEW 10BK. /'
. 13,000 sets Infantry accoutrements, ca1ibre......69. .
7,000 “ •«« ......58.
AT THE HEW YOBK ABSENAL, GOVERNOR’S
: / ISLAND, H. Y
SO,OOO sisti Infantry accoutrements, ca1ibre..,.,.69. -
16,000 *• “ - ' <> “ 58.
AT THE ALLEGHENY AKSE SAL, PIT fS 8 GBG,
83,910 sets Infantry accoutrements, ca1ibre.....,69.
17,000 li kk *k *k 58.
AT THE FUANKFOKD ARSENAL, BBIDESBUfiG,
24,000 sits Infantry accoutrements, calibre.... ..69. •
11.000- u u «. ...58.
AT TBE ST. LOUIS ARSENAL, ST. LOUIS, MO.
42,000 sets Infantry accoutrements, ca1ibre..,..,69.
20,009 “ . *<. ,** “ ......58.
These accoutrements are to be made in strict confor
mity with the regulation patterns, samples of which can
bo examined at any of the above-named arßenah, and
are to be subjeot to inspection at the’areehals where da-,
livered, before being received for the Government—none
to be accepted or paid for but rach at are approved on
inspection. The belts to be af grained leather, and all
the stock to be the best oak-tanned. The shoulder belt
will be included in the set.
Deliveries must be made in lots of not less than 1,000
sfts per week, for all .contracts ,of 10,000 or under ; and
not less than 2,000 sets per week on all contracts for over
10,000, counting from the date of the contract. Failure
to deliver at a specified time will subject the contractor
to a forfeiture of tbo amount to be delivered at that time. '
The accoutrements must be boxedin the customary man
ner—the boxes to be charged at cost, to be determined
by the inspector.
. Bidders will state, explicitly, the time, amount, and
place of each delivery. ,
Each party obtaining a contract will be reunited to
enter into bonds, with proper for its faithful ful
filment.
The Department reserves to itself the right to reject
way bid.- '
Proposals will bo addressed to *• Gen. J. W r . Btpley }
Cbiel ol Ordnance, > Washington, D. 0.,” and will be
endorsed “ Proposals for Infantry Accoutrements, ,J
JAMES W. BIPLEY,
Brig. GenVOhief of Ordnance.
jy24-tbafra«.Bt
HECKER’S AND FAHNESTOCK’S
FAEINA constantly received fresh by
RHODES & WILIiIAMB,
No. 10T South WATER Stratf. .
"VT U T 8 . —Almonds, Cream Nats,
J_N Grenoble Nats, Bordeaux Walnnta, Pea Nuts, Fil
berts, Pecan Nuts, in Btore ancl for sate by
RHODES & WILLIAMS,
JylB 107 Booth WATER Street.
OAT BUM—AN INVOICE OF
U very superior BAT EtlJI, In quarter casks, just
received anti for sale by UIIAS. 8, OABSTAIBS,
if» 126 WAJMTDT and;a gBAWITB Streets,
pIBAMPAGNE.—The original “ Gold
U Lao ” Cbamjsgne.in Quarts and pints, for sale
(to arrive) by OHAS. S. OAKSTAIES, So, US WAL
NUT and 21GBAHXTB Streeia. Je2B
PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, JULY 26, 1862.
Jjnsg.
SATURDAY, JULY 26,'1862.
FROM THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
[From an Occasional Correspondent.]
Reconnoitring.
Near Harmson’s Land me, July 21,1862.
With cavalry, reconnoitring is a daily duty. This
is dona for the purpose of ascertaining the lines of
the enemy, their doings, and numbers. It is always
attended with great risk, and should bo conducted
with great judgment and precaution on the part of
the officer in command. for the safety of the; meni
In view of which, our march is slow and steady,
and the eye is constantly engaged in surveying the
country, endeavoring; to discover objects of a sus.
pieious character;, that may need a further exami
nation, when the column is halted, and an advance
guard of some ten or fifteen men advanced at a
respectable distance, when all move ! steadily for.
ward. The rebel pickets appear in sight, and upon
our approach they gradaally , retire, and by purr
suing them yon are invariably led to their lines,
which is generally a mile and a half from their
outpost (pickets). Then follows a sharp skirmish,
ending in the retirement of one of the combatant
parties.
On the mornjng of 20th instant, three companies
of the Bth; Pennsylvania, with three from the Bth
Illinois Cavalry, under command of Major Cien
denin, of the last named, was ordered on a recon
noissancc to proceed as far as Malvern Hill, a spot
fresh in the mind of Magruder as well m
a distance of upwards of one mile from our pickota.
After .going but a short distanoe r we came in con
tact with their pickets, who disappeared suddenly,
and at Haxall’s Landing, where they had con
gregated in numbers, Captain P. Keenan was
ordered out with one squadron of the Bth Penn
sylvania to relieve them, of ttieir charge, i. c., the
guarding of the buildings that afforded a fine op
portunity for concealment to watch our operations,
and,'as is ever the case with him, he made them
n&edaddlc, and gave chase as far as to Turkey
Island bridge, bringing about a skirmish that
lasted one hour, when he was joined by the rest of
the' command. At this juncture, the enemy ran
out one section of; their artillery. They succeeded
in killing one horse, and the wounding of a soldier
of the Bth Illinois. After ascertaining the con
dition of the hill the rebels found so difficult to
climb, learning its preparations for resistance,.
our party returned to their respective camps, after
reporting the daring exploits of the day to the
brigade commander, Colonel Gregg.
‘ After the removal of E. G. Chormann from the
command of the , Bth Pennsylvania 'Cavalry,' the
same was conferred upon David MoM. Gregg, of
the 6lh Regular Cavalry; ho having graduataU at
West Point in 1846, with the first honors of his ,
class, since which time he has been actively en
gaged ;on the frontiers, in the United States sor- ;
vice, until recently the present rebellion has,
opened a new field for his skilful operations. On
assuming command of the regiment, he found it in
a deplorable condition, no discipline, and utterly
destitute of military information; better lit for
pandemonium than the field. Laboring incessantly,
from early morn till dewy eve, ho has worked
.wonders, as the Bth Pennsylvania is now regarded,
as among the first in this class of service in Mo-'
Clellan’s army. Recently he has been honored by
having the command of a brigade conferred upon
him, and it is but justice due the man in stating
that the promotion meets the approbation of each
regiment' constituting the brigade, and to bo de
prived of his invaluable servioe would be lamented
by the officers and men of his regiment!
All is quiet along our lines. The men are en
deavoring to rest, notwithstanding the intensity of
the heat. Oft as I pass the tent, and observe
their inmates eharing the flies from their swarthy
brow, do I hear them exclaim, “ Verily, the way
of the' transgressor is hard.” So thought Job.
The health of the army is mlracolous, for the sea
son but few. cases of contagious diseases are re- /
ported. The principal cause of ailment is summer
complaint ; the majority of cases being suddenly
arrested by the medicines administered by skilful
surgeons, of which our army is well supplied.
The writer bad the pleasure of spending one night
in the eamp of the Bth Pennsylvania Cavalry, and
had the pleasure of meeting mariy familiar Dices,
some of whom have, lately been .promoted—A.. .
P.Laoey'Goddard, of your city, hs assistant adju
tant general, and Lieutenant. Thomas Arrowsmith,
fbrmer quartermaster, L as adjutant, viee Goddardf
promoted. One year ago, to-day, Thomas Arrow
smith enlisted in the ranks of Co B as private, and
his promotions have been onward and upward, and
now he ranks with the staff. Wm. J. Latin, first
lieutenant of Co. C,. promoted eantaih -r e». I,
viceß. N. Cooper, resigned on account o fill health;
S. Griffin, first lieutenant Co. I, promoted as captain
of Co- H,.vioe Capt. C. Smyth (or properly Smith) re
signed “on account of ill health . ” Confidentially
with the reader, it is our private opinion that,
among the many officers applying for resignations
on account of iilhealth, and not being able to en
dure (the [climate, they, like the. private who is
! compelled to serve out his enlistment until the hand
of disease is so plainly planted that a discharge is
necessary for the preservation of life, should be re
tained, as those I have seen homeward- bound look
fresh and hearty, and I think could safely pass the
season, providing the stopping, of the rebel bullets
would not interiors with them. It is an outrage
upon our Government, after paying a man for a
year to play the part of a captain or a lieutenant,
placing over them Competent instructors, and,
when their servioes aie of importance, to hand in a
resignation with tho plea that they are not able to
endure the climate, when, in fact, their legs are
not disposed to allow them to face a rebel gnu, ,
Ere long we expect to hear the command “ on
ward !” It is the gesire of all that we may be kept
busily engaged until we shall bo successful In
erushing tho rebellion, and cementing the Federal
compact so firmly that to break it 'can never here
after be accomplished. : . Q.
The Small-Change Difficulty,
7.0 the hditor of r lhe Press: *
Sir: As any suggestion calculated to mitigate
the evil resulting from a scarcity of small change is
certainly worth a trial, permit me to propose the,
following plan to retailers: Endeavor to change,'
as far aa practicable, your present system of busi
ness for one of a wholesale character. In fact,
become a wholesalo Tetailer.
Soli by tho dollar’s worth. Let your shop be
placarded with devices like the following:
Sugar, 11 lbs for. a dollar.
Best Sugar, 10 lbs. for a dollar.
Good Butter; 8 lbs. for a dollar.
Best Butter, 5 lbs. for a dollar..
Coffee, 6 lbs. for a dollar.
Raisins, 7 lbs. for a dollar.
Eggs, 80 for a dollar, ' :
; or, furnish, a less quantity of each article, so that
the aggregate ainonnt to the dollar is made. Carry
out this system in every practical way. Lot every
commodity be brought to the dollar standard;
Then making change will be as easy as saying “ 20
. eggs for . a .shilling,” or “ 7 lbs. of sugar, for 7»
cents.” ...
Like eels, we don’t mind being skinned when we
get “ used’.’ to it, provided it is done neatly and
smoothly. But to take a few shiuplastersjla car
ticket,{a postage-stamp, and a barber’s check,jis
such a Haggling way of taking off our hide, you
must not wonder if we squirm somewhat.
Stop buying specie, and adopt the dollar cur
rency. . A WORKIHG GIRL.;
ToikshditorofTkePress:
" Sir : On Tuesday afternoon, the:22d inst., I took
a seat in a ear of the Tenth and Eleventh-street'
Passenger Railroad Company, going north; I gave
the conductor a-tweive-cent post office stamp for
my fare, and received from him, in change, one
five-cent stamp and two one-penny stamps, with
pasteboard on their backs. On Wednesday eve
ning following, got into' another oar.'on tho same,
line and handed the conductor tho five-cent stamp
alluded to for my fare, which He refused to take:-
neither would he give me any other reason than'
“because X won’t.” Then I stated to him from
whom I received it, and he still refused to take it,
and declared-I must leave the ear or give him
other money- As'l had. received this stamp from
an agent of the company as so much money, I could
seenoreason why they should, refuse to take it. -
Then proposed to the conductor to ride to the
Receiver’s office and state the case,' and if that
gentleman declined or refused to take the stamp
for my fare I would hand to tho conductor ita
equivalent in money. But to this proposition, cer
tainly fair, he stubbornly declined, to accede, and
in a manner unnecessarily rude required me to
leave the car or he would expel me by force. Slay
I ask the question of you, whether this is even
handed 7 justice ? Are corporations permitted to
issue as currency that whieh they may a day hence
positively refuse to redeem? That would be like
tbo juggler’s “nowyou see it.” “now you don’t
see it,” and equivalent to a license to steal from
the publio whom they, are chartered to accommo
date. .Citi7.hh Twentieth Ward.
A Correction. .
PHinADJsnrau., July 24,1862.
To the Editor of The Press:
Sir • X beg leave to correct an error, which I no
ticed ini this morning’s Press. You havo among
the names of the surgeons belonging to different
regiments, who have nobly volunteered to remain
and take care of our Sick and wounded soldiers at
Richmond, the-name .of C. M. Mills, whom you
state belongs to the 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry. It
is not C. M. but C. M. Ellis, who is assistant
surgeon to same regiment, and who Ms volunteered
to: remain at Richmond and attend our sick and
wounded there. - ■’ 18 ...
A Proper Exchange.
To the Editor of The Press:
Sib: Whilst arrangements are being made for a
mumalicxchapge of prisoners, would it not no well
to send some of our Secession sympathisers: South,;
a like number of Union men to be received in their
place? '“Ate least,' let them have the opportunity .of
a change of residence, and an abode among a peo
ple more congenial. i, ''
July 24,1862. A RBAnEK.
“No Drafting—Freemen Always
Volunteer.”
CHEAT WAR MEETING AT I‘iTTSIM,
30)000 PEOPLE ASSEMBLED TOGETHER*
Speeches of Eon William Wilkins, Gov. Curtin,
Ix-Gov. Johnston, Judge McCan^less,
'V ; • and others,
ENTHUSIASTIC PROCEEDINGS
[Specially Reported fop The Press.]
One of the largest meetings ever assembled in Western
Pennsylvania was beld : in Allegheny city, adjoining
Pittsburg, on Thureday last, in response to the follow*
ing call: ?
.■MWp* GRAND RALLY FOB OUB COUNTRY—
Its TO ARMS! TO ARMS! OUR COUNTRY
CALLS FOB HELPI*
300,000........ .................300,000.
You have called us, and we’re coming, by Richmond’s
bloody tide.
To lay us down for freedom’s - sake, our brothers’ bones
. beside; .
Or from foul treason’s savage grasp to wrench the mnr
- derousblade, •-• . :
And in the face of foreign foes its Fragments to parade. .
Six Lundred: thousand loyal men and true have gone
• before; / ••
We are coming, Rather Abram, three hundred thousand
more.
A MASS MEETING of the citizens of Allegheny
county will be held on the - .
- WEST COMMON,
In tbe City of Allegheny, on
THURSDAY, - 24th, AT 1 O’CLOCK, P. M. f
To devise means for .the speedy enlistment ot her quota
of the 300,000 MEN called into the field by. the President
of the United Stateß, to suppress the rebellion and restore
the power of the National Government, r Let all who love
their country, herdaws and Constitution, who value the
bleßgicgs of liberty, and de«ire.. victory to crown r our
army, come to the rescued The Constitution and the
Union .must be Preserved, andtreaaon, put to the
award. -■> V;:'’;
FREEMEN OP WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA, you
axe moat urgently requested teattehd the assemblage of
tbe people.: Allegheny county will welcome you with
warm hearts and open doora ... .:
The'eommitiee of arrangements; have invited the fol
lowing-named distinguished gentlemen to be present and
address the meeting: Hon. A. G. Curtin, Governor of
Pennsylvania; Bos' MortonMcMtchael, ofPhiladelpbia:
Hon. Daniel S- DickißBon,of New York; Gen. John 0.
Fremont, of New York; Rev. E. C. Breckinridge, of
Kentucky; Hoh. Hiram Walbiidge, of New York; Hon.
David Wilmot, of Pennsylvania; Hon. David Tod, Go
vernor of OMo, arid'other distinguished speakers of
Western Pennsylvania. . .
: By order of the Comndttee of Arrangements.
THOMAS M. HOWE, Chairman.
Bobt, McKnight, B.F. Jones, |Robt. Finney,
Christian Zug,, George W. Cbbs, J. H. Hampton,
Jbb. I.Bennett,; J.K. Moorhead, J. R. McOliutock,
P. C.Shannon, i Job. B. Hunter, T. B Hamilton,
B. P. Kevin, j Tbos. 8. Blair, Joseph Snowden,
Isaac Jones, / P.’M. Marshall, James Park, Jr.
0. H. Paulson, j John M. Irwin,
Although only four days*.notice was given, the people
came in perfecVcrowds from all the adjoining towns, and
it is estimated that there were over thirty thousand
present. The jspirit of the meeting could nofc. be mis
taken. Every*sentiment in favor of the vigorous prose
cution of theiwar was most enthusiastically cheered'.
Governor Curtin, who arrived in Pittsburg early on
Thursday mofning, and took quarters at the Mononga
hela House, f&s visited during the day by a large num
ber of influential citizens from - Allegheny and the ad
joining counties, and they all brought him the most
gratify iog asprances of the rapid progress making in en
listments. ini^teir different localities. The spirit of tte
people was represented to be even more enthusiastic for
the war than it was upon the fall of Sumpter, and the
Governor was promised that as soon as harvest was
over, which Would be at the end of this week, recruits
-would rush hi the standard by hundreds..
. In Pitishufg the enthusiasm is intense. 'When the
merchants met at the Board of Trade reom, on Thurs
day, to proceed to the meeting, books were opened and
$60,000 was subscribed in a short time. One gentleman.
James Park, Jr.—alone gave $5,000, and obtained the
consent of Governor' Curtin to establish a camp nerir
Pittsburg for the reeruite, the expenses of which he is
to bear himself, and which, ifc is eatimated, will coat him
$15,000. This isan instance of the spirit which ani
mates-Western Pennsylvania, and which will fiU the»
quota of that section of the./State in a few weeks. To
retnrnto tho mteting. The hour fixed for ifcs assembling
waa one o’clock, and at noon &U business was suspended
in-Pittsburg, Allegheny city, Birmingham,*and Man
chester. Every house displayed its flag, some were lite
rally bid beneath them, and the steamboats at the levee :
wore their gayest colors in honor of the occasion.
Alout one o’clctk Governor Curtin left the hotel, accom
panied by the Hon, WiUiam Thomas M. Howe, •
Emi , chairman of the committee of arrangements,- and:
Col. Brown Parker, aid to. the Governor, - The pwly'
drove to,the Board of Trade rooms, where they were
joined by the committee of arrangements in carriages, i
find proceeded, headed by a band,©! music, to the West
Common.v Here several stands were arranged for the
speakers, whilst others were set apart' for ‘recruiting,
officers being on the ground to take advantage of the
enthusiasm which might suddenly inspire any of the
crowd .•tO'serve their country. Tho-nmin stand was
in. front of thexpreshyterimi Theological College:-
faced west. -It was surmounted by a stuffed eagle on
and the inscriptions underneath, “ThoGonsti
tation ia the supreme law of tbe land, 1 ’ .« c The Union
must and shall be preserved,” “No drafting—freeoiea
always volunteer.”’ •
At half past one o’clock Mr. Howe appeared upon this
stand and called the meeting to order, nominating Hon.
: William Wilkins to preside over ij-.
This homination-was. received with unanimous ap
. proval, and the appearance of i tho-v«terah statesman,
• Wbc, though three y ears old, is still erect anifirm
in his bearing, was received with the wUdeat joy.
An. eloquent jrayer waß deUveied by Rev. W. D.
Howard.
SPEECH OP HON. Wst. WILKINS.
Before taking fte chair Mr. Wilkins Baid
Fellow*crrizuKs: There are many considerations,
mere intimately known to myself than to yoa, that should
have kept from EOp the honor of*.presiding over a mass
meeting called together npon a public crisis of self aad
national preservation, more deeply interesting than any
political event since the adoption of that Federal Consti
tution under which you hare lived in domestic peace for
nearly eighty years,' and enjoyed more prosperity than
any other nation on earth. •
.-Whilst I gratefully tkankyouforthua distinguishing
mev and intimate what must be obvious to friend and to
stranger, do not suppose, for ft moment, that I am cold
or neutral oh the great event of tho day. lam with you
in your unexampled unanimity—cordially with the Ge
neral Administration ; and every sentiment of my heart
is deteßtation of the atrocious treason which haSi in the
negro South, been secretly for years plotting, and is.now
; engagedm the open field of war, to overthrow a Govern
- ment under the administration of-which that minor por-
I tion of the TJnion always held anexcesso! influence,' of
patronage, and of office.. No, no; were <my grave now
dug beneath the chair on which X .Hit, the last impulse of
f jny heart,'and the last quivering murmur of my lips,
; would be in prayer for the success oLthe Administration
and the overthrow of the rebellion. , :
At this moment, my fellow-citizens, it is a public hap
piness to believe ihatthe course of Events at Washington,
and the call of the President of the tJpited States for a
large additional force in the field, plainly Indicate an en
ergetic policy speedily to bring the war to a successful
termination. This is the great and preliminary object.
[Bet All .other apolitical questions and- controversies give
* way, and be postponed to the more appropriate and
• happy era when peace, and union, and the Constitution
shall again cover the land. ' V ...V, * .
To meet the necessary and: patriotic call .of the Presi
dent, thaauota required to be furnished by each of the
loyal States will, be fairly assigned. That which will
fall upon Pennsylvania, my knowledge of her patriotism, ■
of her devotion to the Constitution-arid laws, and .of the ..
. courage of her people, assure me wffi bA promptly fur
nished, and eariyon its inarch to honor and to victory.
« The ©yes of the country wid be fixed on the movement of
the great Keystone State of the Union—a Commonwealth
bordering on three Blave States, forming tho link be-'
tween the populous Eastand-tUefarispreading West, and •
having its northern limit > almost within the range of the {
/eyes of. a foreign to whom .any display of our
j; military can never be
h anything but a spectacleof gall and- bitterness And
[{then, with what.lively interest'andlintense anxiety -will,
attention and watchfnlneßS'.bevriveted bn each
Hcounty, to eeo . with {what patriotic; ardor and military
spirit the young, the {bale and the stout,, will hasten to,
and. voluntarily pledge themselves, under the folds of the
! star spangled to' the service ;of k their country/
0, with what State pride and exultation, ftt the close of 1
anadvancedilife,{would:X hall; Allegheny'county as
standing at the; headv*upon the scroll of < enrolledi.yolun
te ’a Commonwealth, we have never yet disappointed!
public’expectation. You of Allegheny bounty have,
nobly come up to the mack. You have disarigulshed
yourselves for the number and brayery.of your soldiers.
You are now asked by your Government, which never
deserts you, but devotedly protects anu cherishes you*
in fchiß hour of its anxiety,to discharge a-universal duty,
and assume the honorable character, by ypurown good
will, of volunteer,soldiers —not conscripts, despotic
Governments— not drafted militia, detailed {by a, chance
lottery: hot subslitntes, bought by the. money of the!,
wealthy—bat volunteers. There all the honor lies, and
there is the basis of your country’s gratitude and care,-
generouspiotectionand rewards., -; . - -i
.Some reflective citizen in this assemblage may rights
fi.ly ask'me, Why Ihis cftll for ft large additional force,
when it is recollected that, after the commencement of
the insurrection, regiments of volunteers were refused
by the War DepartmenfcX I war changes its atti
tudes. - There are many casualties-—many, unforeseen
portions and necessities., 1 This rebellious warfare spreads
over/vast {and distant territories; and'
force of the Confederacy's greater than was
at first-anticipated. -And. yet, more especially, it has
concentrated its whole power upon one point, as it madly
,ri solved there to try the final issue—to make it the field
or'cobduest, : o'r'the’grave of their army. -That point, :
tooVriiea'in importance when-you are. told it is the
capital of Yirginia, and also the.capifcal of the Confede
racy/ If the possession of.that capital is of such vital
importance to the rebellion,'its capture must be a glo
rious triumph to the'army oMhe Union, and promptly
Isad/as is confidently believed, to the overthrowof the
audacious hopes of the enemy. Many of tbe regiments
of the. Army of the Potomac, intended for this interesting
movement, are not complete in" the full complement of
tfcrit number*'. The volunteers called for are necessary,
tosupply 'the deficiercy, and enable the War.Bepart
ment to throw into tbe Army of tbe Potomac the rein
forcements necessary to give numerical w the
combatants. . ‘ . /
The capture of Blchmond! How certain and glorious
the achievement! The new volunteer and the “veteran
soldier ” (for to such honorable distinction many days,of
battles give full claim to. tbe.Army of tbe Potomac)
shoulder to shoulder, triumphantly enter the fallen city
of dtbased Secession. The false flag is dragged from its
i-teff : tfce;glorioua,ensign'of the Union,:run up by a.gal
lant volunteer of Allegheny, floats over the capitol., The
hall of legislative traitors, in fright and despair, is igno*
miniontiy deserted. You enter , the rotundo and there
rescue the marble statue of Washington* desecrated by t
: men'regardless of- their oaths of ‘ allegiance, whonpw
deny his name, and In arms struggle to overthrow, every
institution of freedom and of.governmout which his valor
{as a soldier and his wisdom; aa .a statesman labored to
establish. What gratitude, honors, and' rewards, shall;
await Hhe valiant volunteer of • Allegheny,
when he recounts ;his glorious part in .the captivity of
T Bicbmondand the crush of treason l ...
. Start not when"!, sayj there inust be vengeance too.
: Bemfrinber, somo of' your friends and. neighbors, in
tbeir full courage; have fallen in- the midßt of the battle;
- Go—and ttVtnge the-deaths of Black, Itippey, Polaud,
Briran, GBiespie, and the wounds of the brave Colonel
Sweltzer. * »"
Y» s. ; There Ues, in ignominy and m Ireacherf, belea
geured Blchmond., Oarfriehds, in full armor* and. pant
ing for the onset under a young, brave, and skilful com
mander, aided and confided in by surrounding gallantge
;nerale, only wait to hear the sound :of the tread of the
onward approach of volunteer comrades;to rush to the
achievement of a victory - which will gloriously be spread
upon the history of*your re* united; country, and give,
for all time, the record *and perpetuate the proud name
of every volunteer who bore his manly part in the heroic
if the capture of Richmond- cannot be achieved,
we cannot have Washington. The power thatresiata the
ono may be all sufficient for the other, Bna If the public
archives of your country—the Yery home of your Go
vernment—cannot he protected, what is to save your own
homes and preserve tho private archives of your own
families!
, Bemeaiber that, in the early part of the year 1861
there were more'designing and threatening eyes of tree
sonable engineers than we were generally aware of. died
W®:® 1 !? military position of the head of the Ohio river
and the county of Allegheny. T cannot venture to say
what might have been gained by a bold venture, induced
by the vast and wide-spread advantages of the spot and
its surroundings ■ where we now assemble, to aa invading
army, had not Western Virginia stood firm and faithful
to . the. Union. The loyalty of our neighbors became a
discouraging, interposed obstacle, mu do they deserve
from Congress thenobly-earoed reward of separation and
independence* . ,
’ It is melancholy to me that I cannot pretend, by glow
ing and eloquent language, to urge yon to duty and to
action. My day has gone by. I can only feebly state to
you the attitude of yonr country. your hearts are with
it; your hearts are a unit j year swords are thousands:
draw them and decide the contest. If you do not con
quer the enemy, the enemy will conquer you. It ap
proaches to despair .and. treason to give loom to the
thought’that the minority of States, and they the slave
and debased; can overturn and supplant the government
of this Republic, If the Union is broken up and the
laws of freedom trampled under the black foot of re-'
hellion, who cam tell what Is to >bo erected in their
places? Yon would have over you a reckless, despotic
rnle of -perpetual hatred and hostility, resting on the
malign basis of slavery; and repugnant to all the feelings
and pursuits of the free race of Pennsylvanians.
Atk not whence is to come the physical, the military
power, to crush this rebellion. , ‘Were you to do so, the
answer is to be fonnd In the relative population of the
two sections of the Union—the free and the slave—now
more distinctly drawn than at any other period of your
history, I would make the reference, although my pride
as a Pennsylvanian interposes and tells roe the exposure
would be mortifying to the free States, and give rise to
wonder that the present strife could be maintained for a
day under such vast inequality of population.:: •
You are aware of the figures to befonnd In the archives
and official documents of the Government. Listen for a
moment. ’The population of the free Statea is over nine
teen millions; the white population of all.the slave States
is less than seven millions. Deduct from this the white
population of the loyal slave or Border States, and the
rebellious States are left with a -white population of less
than four millions.' The aggregate population of the
HoribenwStates of Hew York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio,
is over nine millions, more than double the entire white
population of the rebellious slave States 1
Shall American history record that' a: body of rebels,
but as one to five in comparison with the loyal men of
the UnitriJ States, prolonged, at their pleaaure, the un
holy rebellion - which imperils the safety of our Union,
and all the hopes of humanity that arc borne by that glo
rious ship? Forbid it, -every drop of Pennsylvania'
bfocdj every spark of Allegheny;courage! .
: ... SPEECH OF GOVERNOR CURTIN.
Gov, Curtin was then introduced, and received with
cheers. He said: Fellow-citizens of Western Pennsyl
vania:—lt la certainly very pleasant to be here to-day.
To witness so vast an assemblage of the people of this
State at any time would be a spectacle not soon to be
forgotten \ but when a.mnltitude of freemen assemble to
gether to deliberate on momentous‘questions immediately
connected with, the safety of the Government, the occa
sion becomes an era in history. The venerable gentle
man whom you have chosen to preside over this meeting,
at the close of a long life of high official honors, and
great fidelity to bis country, has now one more opportu
nity (o declare bis faith in this Government, and hiawil
liDgness to lend his voice and influence to put down by
organized, legitimate force, any attempt to interfere with
or overturn our republican institutions. {Cheers.} .
- To wilueeatbe prosperity that surrounds us; to note
the industry of this busy hive in which we are how met;
to-see the largest crop that a most bounteous Provi
dence has given us for many years, now being cat and
garnered by the people of this State; to witness amiKng
•faces everywhere except when wo enter the house where
there is hlood upon the threshold, and ono gone from the
‘fireside—-we would scarcely suppose that, for fifteen
months, this great country has been involved in;a terri
ble war.
My friends, it is amevidence of the strength of our
Government It has stood the rude shocks, of two
foreign ware, and it now bears the shock of a rebellion
of eight millions of people without faltering. It has
suffered *the ; follies of the last Congress, and by the aid
of the people it will still triumph, no matter what new
obstacles it may meet in its path. {Cheers } Qur ami
able and boneet friend, that “ most excellent man,” the
Preeldentof the United States, has learned now that we
ate engaged in war—{cries of “Hear,hear I” and cheers:
Swvoice—‘High time. 35 } He and bis officers must take
the philosophy of history, teaching by example, that war
means violence, theassertion of power, and thot in a
state of war, man, to a certain extent, relapses into bar
barism; that even the life of the man who is in war,
his property and everything he has, belong to his enemy,
.and we must take it and use it against him / [Cries of
“That’sso,” and immense applause.] No nation even
waged successful war that was so chivairlc and polite,
after this modern fasbioc, as to guard every house, and
leave an enemy behind an army, as it marched forward.
•' [Cheers ] The. house is ours—the crops growing in the
valley of the Shenandoah belong to our army. [Cheers.]
All property found there is ours {a voice—“the nigger,
too.”] They have set up the standard ef revolt against
the most beneficent form of Government ever conceived
by the mind of man; and its beauty, its symmetry, and
its strength, are fnily attested here in this State, as I
’have before remarked/ by the fact that we enjoy smiling
prosperity when over ore hundi ed thousand of our people
are bearing arms in the field. . ,
Jfly fellow-citizens, we now meet tbe issue fairly. [A
voice, “It is about time. s ’] Let us not conceal the fact.
"We are men of r Pennsylvania, loyal men, and it must be
admitted, in tbe’faco of air that may be said and pub
lished, that the campaign on -the Peninsula has not ac
complished , the object with which it set out. [A voice,
“/Whose fault is that??’] Forty thousand PennsFlva
nians are down there now. We can do nothing for those -
who have fallen upon the field of battle, and our sick and
wounded are cared for, but those who remain there still,
in arms can be, and must be, helped. Independent of all
other considerations, we must send fresh battalions of
Pennsylvanians to their assistance:
I am asked whose fault it' is that the campaign on the
. Peninsula has so far failed.. To that question I have no.
, answer. /The time for crimination has passed. "{Cheers.}
' AU politf cal are obliterated by the necessities
that turfound us. [Orisaof good.] The time for patriotic
action has ,come— the time to move, the public heart baa
arrived. Bit your war and my war; it is for your
dren and my children j andit is in vain fo*- «a to con-'
. demn toteor that official—-to expend our .vituperation on
this or that general—-for gecerala to issue proclamations,'
or' parties to establish platforms/of principle, or the
- Government to act unto the public heart is moved, and
the >n.-tho presenco of God, that this
Government shall be maintained. [Uheere.J It will
crumble into atoms else.
I care not who is responsible for our misfortunes. ' Let
us draw a mantle over the past—forget all that has al
ready occurred, and Jet. Pennsylvania declare, with her
mighty voice, that the Government-shah continue to ex-
[Cheers.] Fellow-citizens,- seventy-three 1
P e &ce have passed since this
Government was . __ f Mn _
slant growth and prosperity—aev&t^^.Z!^f^„
gr£BS, civilizaiion, and Christianity— seventy.
of individual happineßs—a long time .to enjoy profound
peace.Vßut why should we bo exempt from the deßtiny
of other nations! Rude war has at last come upon us,
and sorely we are feeling its effects. They asked Penn
sylvania for troops, and we gaye them. Some of our best
citizens have fallen in the battles before Richmond/ The
bones of tbe dead of Pennsylvania lie in every State that
b&B reared the rebel flag. They may be found on every
battle .field. But why refer to this fact here, .where. so
many of your social circles have lost their brightest jew
els? Reed I allude to the gallant and generous Black, or
to thß brave and daring' Rippey? Need I refer to-huu
drt ds of others who .went from Ibis county to. follow the
fight in the van, in order to appeal to you to go down and
save their companions who still livo, thank God, to fight
j- for: their country 1 . [Cries of “We are all ready to go 1”J
My fellow-citizens, when, in tbe present emergency, I
was called upon, in my official capacity, by the Presi *
dent for twenty-two raiments, I hesitated whether-or
not to convene tbe Legislature. 1 had no power to take
any money from the publie treasury. The Constitution
provides that no money shall be drawn: from the public
treasury, except- in pursuance of law. I had sworn to
support the Constitution, and it would have been revolu
tion bad I thiusfc my hatp in to take anything out with
out authority of law. To call the Legislature together
would require from four to eight weeks, and then as long
a time would be required te negotiate: loanß. I could
not ask the people to give me. money, because I had
no power to disburse it, no agents to give security, or
any of tbe machinery of law to enabteme to act properly.:
go, after a long deliberation; with all the light I could .
. bring to bt&r upon the subject, I concluded to issue the
proclamation which I did. [Cheers ] By this means I
bavebzoughttbematterhome to each one of you, and ■
unless you all feel a personal ioteipßt in it, and stand
ready to help, the war might as well be discontinued, for
it cannot succeed. Our honest and upright President of
the United States, calls for more troops, ftß I before re
marked. They are to go into the field to carry on real
war." War means desolation and death/'The rebels have
set up toe standard- of revolt, and-are striking at the
lib erties of ft great people, and the history of the world,
both sacred and profane, proclaims that they shall
suffer death: The time has now cbme when
the lives and the property of the rebels will bo used
to break down this most, unholy rebellion. [lmmense
applause } *We will no longer be led aside by the procla
•mations.of any generals. That is allovernow. Weshalt
have no more of their.proclamations, either in the South
•or the West. Tbere'will be one si&gle undivided opinion
■which will need no act of Congress to enforce, and no
laws er to interpret, and it will be to ihe effect that all.tlie
rebels have in life and in property is ours. [A voice—'
fi Top, but will they carry this opinion out!’ 5 ] They
will carry it out. / The venerable gentleman who pro
sides over jou has properly stated the aentimentwhich
will henceforth govern us, and I believe it is embodied in
the resolutions wbich be offered. :
j. >1 desire to speak.fco you on another point. ;. Since .the
■ beginmng'of tbis*rebeilion, these traitors/whose souls,
are blistered with perjury, have kept their emUsaries in
. foreign.lamle for.tbe purpose,of securing foreign; inter-,
venttonin this great struggle. When one of your com
modores captured two of their hired agents they were
aunehdeffcd to a.haughty power/ -[An indiguaot voice,/
“ Yes, they were.”] Now, if any foreign nation d&rires
to intervene it Is too late. The indignation of this conn-*
try is thoroughly aroused, and il either England or .
. France, or both, desire a contest with ; us, they will find"
the? energy, tbe courage, and" the stubborn wilt of
our people/prepared tor them. Lei tbe English Lion
show his teeth now'. [Cheers.] Our sea-coast is well
protected with" iron ships, and we are ready and
> can suppress this'*insurrection, and punish /foreign
/Insolence,besides- Hundreds of thousands of soldiers
have already , gone forth to do ,battle -for you,
thousands of thfm have died for you; and thousands
more are ready when it-is necessary. / What have you
done for them 1 .They have sacrificed all tor you; what
/have you sacrificed for them 'I Have you done anything
to support those legions? .lUve you made any .effort to
add -to their comfort or to.provide for those, they , have,
left behind? Tbis te a subject which requires your'seri
ous consideration. You are at homo and- feel none of
the deprivations which they sutler. ; You are surrounded
with plenty, and ought you not to bear in inirid those
brave men who bare their breasts to the" bayonet of 'ihe
en»my, and generously - contribute something .from
your /• store in their behalf? [Cheers.]/; This .is
■ not the 5 - time to hold bscfc - Hanging -tremblingly
in toe batence is death to the Republic or the suppres
sion of ihe rebellion. In the one case all these States
will be divided into smaff nations, and will become in
significant in the eyes of the world. In the other, we
will prove this the strongest/Government ever conceived
by the mind of man, mid our children and our children’s
children,/ for generations to come, will enjoy all the
bles&iDgS- which our fathers bequeathed to us. Fellow
: citizens my strength is gone. - I tbahk youtor the at-'
tentiou and patience with which you have listened to
me Igo back to tbe p?rformance of my duty, refreshed
by tbe dismay of patriotism I have here witnessed. I
again thank rod for your presence here, and bid you for
the present farewell. [Loud and long-continued cheats.]
. RESOLUTIONS.
- " Mr. Finney read the following resolutions: : *
Resolved. That the hour , of danger which has come
admonishes all. the, loyul men of Uve nation to rise up,
and/fully realizing that the‘future glory.and the perpe
tufty of the Republic sire in jeopardy, hasten to strengthen
the National Government In resisting the
which has been made upo Liberty, the Constitution;
?aiid the Union/ [A •• do.Cheers* and
■ That the glorious aebtevemontfl or the past,
which adurn our history as a nation, and the..signal,
triumphs,’ both by-land, and by sea, which .have shed
such recent' lhstre upon our arms, stmuMJarouse ia tfae:
. ptop] e i; of Penns j ivania ‘ a spirit of- firm 51 determination
never to retire frem the; contest until the rebel Confede
racy shall be crushed, its capital taken, its armiwi scat“
tered, and the mftjetty of the-Umon, as it was purchased
■by the blood of tbe :Revolution, agatn.asserted over the
-States nowvdidoyal and dishonored » [Applause.] . . .
' Resolved, That the highest 'emergency has arisen for
a more determioed, vigorous, and effective effort tontter
ly overthrow all those in arms against toe Government*
and this mats meeting implores too constituted authori
ties of the nation to an energetic employment of all the
means in, and to come within their control, to whomso
ever toey. may bdong, in a-manner consistent with hu
manity and the usages ef oivilized nations, to crush out
at once and forever the rebellion; and re-establish
; throughout the land the authority of the Oonstitution.
That in boldly pressing upou the enemy for
; vietbiy in 'a'caute sovjust, the apprehended danger ot
foreign intervention should tread of our
arnsita to the scene of conflict, and prompt out navy to
TWO CENTS.
new deeds of heroism and resown, that this bloody re*
volt and reign of terror mays&on end, andthatthen
the nations which have conspired with the traitors for
onr min shall he taught no European Power cab ever,
upon the soil of tbiß Bepnblic, plant its Sag of despotism,
or break down the'apirltof liberty, which lives in the
bosom of,a race of freemen. [Cheers.]
Resolved, That we, a portion of the people Of Pennsyl
vania, loving onr whale country, and cherishing the be
lief that Its preservation from the grasp of violence la
near at hand, hereby pledge to the national Government
onr unwavering support in furnishing men and money to
quell the rebellion; and we most earnestly implore his
Excellency, the President of the United States, his minis
ters and advisers, speedily to assail the enemy, seize his
places of strength, strip him of whatever maybe em
ployed to retard the triumph of our arms, and resolutely
arid with unflinching energy wage war for victory over
(reason. [Cheers ] -
. Resolved, That our confidence in the President of the
United Btates Is not'only unimpaired, but hourly in
creased, by the boldness and wisdom with* which he
handles hovel and perplexing questions of State insepa
rable from the present perilous condition of the country,
[Cheers.]
Resolved , That his Excellency Andrew G. Curtin,
Governor of our Commonwealth, deserves, and is hereby
tendered, the gratitude of this meeting for: tho able,
vigorous, and correct discharge of the highly responsi
ble duties devolving upon him in placing the State in the
very front rank of the defenders of the Union; for bis
unceasing care of our noble men who are in their coun
try’s service, and for hiß well-planned measures for the
comfort of the sick and disabled, and that these humane
exertions will hereafter brighten the pages of our history,
and cover his name with honor. [Cheers ] •
JKcsoZved, That our torrovr at the losb of those who
have fallen in battle, the sad recital of the sufferings of
tho sick, the pangs of the wounded, and the privations
of the capti re, should appeal to every man to aid with all
his strength to terminate the horrors of a war which has
filled the land with lamentation and znenrniug.
Resolved, That to enable our glorious old Common
wealth promptly to place in the field her quota of men,
it is expedient to raise by subscription among our own
people such sums of money as will be required as a
bounty to each patriotic citizen who’will volunteer to
servo-in the army of the United States, rather than
have the Executive resort te the slow process of con
vening the Legislature to make an appropriation'out of
the public treasury for that purpose. ~ ■ -■•-•■,
Resolved, That a bounty of $5O should, In the opinion
of this meeting, be paid to each able-bodied citizen who
will volunteer to serve as part of the quote of Pennsylva
nia in the army of the United States, (for nine months,
under the recent proclamation of the President,) and
that all who cannot serve their country in the field should
freely contribute of their means to sustain our causev
[Cheers ]
Resolved, That to raise the necessary funds for paying
these volunteer**, and to secure for ail who are willing to
take up arms every attention which can promote personal
comfort while companies are being formed preparatory to
taking the field, and to fender such assistance as may be
necessary toenuble the enlisted men to be cone cited asto
the officers who may be placed in command over them,
■Messrs.; Thomas M. Howe, Thomas Bt&ewell, James-
Park, Jr., Gecrge W. Gass, Isaac Jones, E. IP. Jones,
William &. Rlmich, John Harper, Thos. 9- Blair, P. Cv
Shannon, John H.. Sboenberger, Jas. B, Murry he a
committee, with power to add to their number and fill
vacancies, whono duty it shall be immediately to under-
take the purposes of their appointment, and that they so
licit subscriptions within the two cities and the vicinity,,
and disburse the Bame mbounties, and In such other
manner as will promote enlistments. v
Resolved, That the citize&B of the county be most ear
nestly requested to cal! meetings of the people in the dif
ferent townships and boroughs without delay, te co-ope
rate with said committee, and aid in raising money for
the early enlistment of the men to be furnished by the
county, so that our ardor and alacrity in coming up te
the crisis shall be worthy of imitation in Western Penn-
sylvania, and sustain the reputation we have already
acquired In nobly putting into the field-a large and ef
fective force. ’* •
Resolved, That we earnestly urge upon the citizens- of
every county; in the Commonwealth to delay hot a*mo
ment, or for any cause, to furnish the number of men as
signed to each county by the Governor. The institu-
tions under which we live are now in the balance, and
the manner in which we act'nmo to preserve them-wtil
determine, perhaps forever, their value. [Cheers.]:
.Resolved, That it is advisable that public meetings be
celled, without delay, throughout the several cities: and
counties of thiß broad Commonwealth, te stir the people
to action; infoeinto them new energy in the cause we
are nobly fighting to sustain;, and to convince them-of
tho necessity of a more active prosecution of the war in
defence of the Constitution and Government, and the
propriety of raising the required bounty mosey for. sol
diers, and the necessary funds for the maintenance of
their families during their absence. [Cheers.]
SPEECH OF EX-GOVERNOR JOHNSTON.
Ex* Governor Johnston said that they had been told by
their most excellent Governor tbafc.the war in which they
were now engaged was a personal one, coming home te
each man's fireside. Be concurred fully in the sentiment.
The nation had to be saved, the Constitution had to be
preserved, and be wished to say that, in the establish
ment of a nationality, the maintenance of a Government,
and the preservation of a Constitution there was no
child’s play, especially when they were assailed by such
a power as now assailed ours. This rebellionh&d been re
solved on till ty years ago,’and, in pursuance of the de
sign. the leaders had labored to destroy ail -national po
litical organizations, and to imbue the people of one sec
tion with hatred of the other. They had, at last, accom
plished their design, and he was in favor of placing the
destinies,of the country in the hands of the people with
out regard te caste, condition, or color, to crush out the
rebellion. . . ; . ..
SPEECH OF HON. WILSON It’CANDILESS-.
Judge McCandless said: My fellow-citizens, it is a long
time since I have had the pleasure of addressing a public
assemblage of my fellow-citizens. Many years ago,
on this very spot I delivered a eulogyon General Jack
son,'an old man who was permitted to descend to hl3
grave without witnessing the belligerent and retrogres
sive attitude of his country-a man who; if h 8 had lived
to the present day,: and bad been at the head of the Go
vernment, would have suppressed- the rebellion at its
first inception. [<*Good!” and cheers.] Yonder stand
furnishes me with an exordium in the motto, “ Liberty
and Union, now-and forever, one and inseparable As
Gov&nor Jotimton has told you, thirty years ago the
germ of this atce?Bion was exhibitedin the Senate of the
United States, when that memorable motto was uttered
by one of the mostdietinguished and eminent statesmen
tbat.ever’lived in this country. 'Hesaw this germ of
to Hayue, and he need these
memorable'Words that; ongm-to *,<.- , wr j
ten upon the heart of.every citizen of Amenca':v--<Hna
gram,” he!said, «that In my day, at least, that curtain
may not rise ! God grant that on my vision never may
be opened what lies behind! When my eyes shall he
turned to behold, for the last time, the bus in heaven,
may X not see Ifim shining on the brokenand dis
honored fr&gnaehts.. ?f a once glorious. Union-; on
States discordant, belligerent ;.*on & land rent
with civil tnirfs, or drenched it may be, in fraternal
hlood 1 Let their testfo®ble and lingering glance,
behold the gorgeous of the Bspubilc, now known
and honored ttooughout '•Kesitb, still full-high ad
-yauced, Us armß » : ■ streaming in their ,
original lustre, not *P“fJ sf*n£solLntid, nor a aingls
wn _ ia aU .tbi s V «>«}> miserable
other and folly t il.itrV i 3? clr . £lo: ',°
Union afterward— spreaavflrst, and
characters of living light, blazing on all its aurjver, 4n
as they float over the; sea and over the land, wds.
every wind under the whole heavens, that. other
inent, deer to every true American heart—-Liberty ant
Union; now and forever, one and inseparable If'ifiCheers...
That waslbe sentiment of the great Webster, and .God
in hie providence permitted him, like General Jackson,.
to descend-te the grave without witnessing the fraternal
blood that has been poured out by the people of the
different States of tho Union . Gentlemen, what has been
the consequence of this germ thus early shown in
the Senate of the United States! When my venerable
friend here (Mr. Wilkins) covered all over with honor—
the honor of yearß and public station—sat beaido him in
the Senate of theUnifed States! It was the commence
ment of a conspiracy that has been going on ever sioce,
audio which the Northern eye was blind. We who
acted with the South—for I always Biutoined them with
the poltticfcl party to which I
dreamed these men were In a conspiracy to sap the
foundations of the BepubUc, aod to destroy one of the
beet Bet of institutions that were ever formed by the
wisdom or mind of man. :
Why do you despond now 1 Have we accomplished
nothing! Have we not shown,the power of this great
Government? Where is the reason for despondency be
cause we have received a check before Bichmond T It
may h&ye been a defeat—it is a check, at all events.
The army was too email, but it was one of the best ever
congregated on the face of tbe earth, and there was a
generalship evinced by its gaHantand accomplished com
mander that will compare favorably with some of the
achievements of the greatJNapoleon.
fAttbisprint the applause was deafening. Cheer after
cheer was given for McClellan, and tbe enthusiasm was
greater than at any other time during the meeting ] '■•=:y
Have we achieved nothing in saving Maryland from
the Baltimore mob ! Have we achieved nothing in saving
Western Virginia! in saying Kentucky 1-in retaking
Tennessee ? and in getting back Missouri! Has nothing t
been accomplished during the last year ? Why, with the •
exception of Bull Bun and Ball’s Bluff, it has been one
continued series of successes' en the part of the American
'armi—of that glorious army in the West as wett as with
the army on the Peninsula before Bichmond. Then why.
despond ? Gentlemen, it is in the power of ,this nation to
show foreign Governments that they cannot Intervene, if •
* you will only agree. [Orieß of.« That’s so l « Good l” ;
aod‘cheers!]' If you do not—if you do not send rein
forcements to the army before Bichmond—if you do not
go there yourselves, or send some persons who will go
there for you, the consequence will be that this great.
Government will be dismembered—and thenwhat will
happen 1 Why, you wili .have a foreign nation right at »'j
your doors, a line of custom houses and .block houses i
all along your continuous border, and ihere wiU: be one ,
interminable '.war.'. J. Then, fellow*citizens, those of you
who cannot go must furnish the means for somebody else
to go.- I speak frankly and honestly when I inform you
that, if I was not in the position I am now, I would be
in the army, somewhere oh lhe battle-field. Inasmuch
as you must be anxious; to-i hear those who are to follow *
me, I will detain you but a moment longer. ; To the
Governor df the Commonwealth I ,must pay a compli
ment. No man, since the organization of this. State, haa
done more for the people of this Commonwealth than.
Governor Curtin. [Chef's.] He has had great : respon
ribiliti, Jipah-bim, extraordinary labor to perform,
a large amount of money to spend, - and he has dene ;
air honestiyj nobly, and courageously. He has.come.,
hero to-day for the purpose of seeing you, and. express
ing bis sentiments to you. He has told you that consti
tutionally he has no power to take, money out ofthe,
treasury, but he calls upon your patriotism and purses,
atd asks ; yon who cannot go; to furnish means to send :
substitutes.. _ -
Now, gentlemen, carry on this war; send reinforce
ments. Ihave every ■ confidence in the President of the
United States, though I did not vote for him, because he
“did Bot belopg to my. political party.- All political par
ties are dead and buried. {Great and long-continued
applause:] I have, as I said before, every confidence in
the President, and I have no doubt that the business of
crusting out the rebellion, and crushed it should be, wall
be accomplished, and that your army .will Shortly be in
Bichmond, and it in ashes:' [Cheers.] " _ .
Judge HcGandless was followed Prof. 8. Wilson, ;
Judge P. 0. Shannon, Mr. Birmingham, and Bev. Mr.’
Prfßtley, and we regret that the crowded state of our
columns-prevents us from givieg a ieport-of their
speeches. - -• ; s V ..
Whilst the speaking was going on at the main stand*
crowds of attintiveliatnera were entertained at two or.
three of the otiiar‘stands, by eloquent speakers. > One
stand was devoted tp the Germans, and several addresses
were made from it in the German language.: The. meet
ing continued up, to six o’clock, when a heavy, shower
rapidly djspfcrsed the crowd.
-Governor Ourtin left Pittßburg on the .8.20 P. H. tram
for Bedford Spring’?, where he intends remaining for a
few dkyVj to recruit his health, which is greatly shattered
by the severe duties he-has lately bet n called upon to
perform. • As the train left thedepofche was complimented
with a salute, fired by a number of Mb friends, who had
collected there to'witness bis departure from the Iron
City. .... •; . .
A Suggestion.
To the Editor of The Frees:
Sir : Would it not be bettor, on some accounts, to
devote the money, contributed by the patriots of
our city for, the encouragement of enlistments, to
the support of (he families of volunteers, in case of
death or wounds; lifpreferenqe to squandering it m
the pay went of bouutieSj which arenotmijgnQorQ.
than a premium on idleness and BldwneS3 in coming
forward ? It 1 seems'hardly justice’to the. noble s
souls who went-at the first trumpet, .without any.,
“bounty” nothing but love of country for their
stimulant, and who have', through all these weary
months, borne the burden and heat of the day.with
.no reward but the-satisfaction which the conscious
ness of a just oause and the pi ludits of the nation
have necessarily brought. Theße last, which’ have
not even toiled’one hour, receive not only “ also
every man a penny,” but an additional .sum, a
« bounty,” because they are the newest comers.
“Very respectfully, yours, ’ ' Liberty.
Beak RioHNOHn haß contributed one thousand
dollars for enlistments in his Senatorial district,
and also a similar amount for the strsio Jtuifiose in
Erie county.
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LATE SOUTHERN NEWS.
From K ’ichmond—The Rebel Flans—Fortifica
tions A tonnd the City—The Federal Foray
at Bea Ycr Dam—Latest from Vicksburg—
-Curtis Ci ’poses the Mississippi*
FROM-RICHMOND—PLANS of 2hb BEBEIj3i
The incursions oi rebels now being made in Ken
tucky, Indianaj ®*d Tennessee, according to mr in
formant, constitm ? a P fud are the preliminary
ekirmubes of the rt campaign of the rammer. They
believe that the Unio. > v armies have been now so reduced,
and that it will require SIV large a portion of our forces to
be kept in Virginia, tinthey now have an opportunity
io expel from Tennessee ®ud Kentucky all the Union
troops who remain there, dadoing this they rely upon
tbo active co-operation of i'he people of those States. But
whether the rebels succeed , 1 ? setting possesßion of Ten
nessee and Kentucky or not, ft is' the determination of
tbeir leaders to regain the po&veaston of : the peninsulfc hr
Virginia between the York and J&meß rivers, and of the
whole of Virginia north of Kich.ttOi2£b
THE FOBTIFICATIONS TtlCHsrOJfU; 1
The conscription ret, and the otier measures for the
raising, arming, and equipping of tfct>ir armies, haver
been completely successful, and tbeir attention; just row,
Is directed to the fortification of Richnrxidj'BO as to maker"
it impregnable in any event. They haver no fears for
Richmond this year. They believe that' Mi'Glelian’V
army will not be in a condition to attack it, but wiGi
itself, in a short time, be driven from the peninsula; Bat'
in the possible contingency that the war will continue
another year, and that the North will again invade Virgi
nia next spring, they have determined to make-Bichmond
impregnable. They are accoidingly surrounding It with
a cordon of forts on all Bides, at a distance of two-or three
milea from the city, very much resembling the forts
around Washington. Some of these were already built;
hut the? are being enlarged and strengthened. They are
situated as follows, beginning on the north side of'James
river, west of Richmond, and coining around with the
sun from left to right:
' Ko.l. On the high part of the old fair grounds;-not
yet completed ; work in progress.
2So. 2. On the new fair grounds, commanding the ap
proaches by way of the Deep Run turnpike and the R&sh
Rill road ; not completed; negroes at work on it: north
east of N0.1.'
No. 3. Three miles northwest of Richmond; a very
atroug work - r completed ; north of No. 2.
No. 4. Two and a half miles nearly north of the OapU
to!, commanding the approaches by the Brook turnpike :•
east of No. & * -.- *
No. 6.. A little more than three miles north of tho city: ■
comm ending the approaches from Brook Run bridge and
Meadow bridge;-northeast of No. 4.
No. 6.A mile acd a half nearly north of the city;
rather near the fatter, but admirably situated on a slope
that can be swept for two miles by its guns. This fort
was built'a year ago south of No. 6. ,
No. 7. Two and a half miles northeast of the Capitol,
between the Virginia Central Railroad and the Mocha
uicsville road; built last fellnortheast of No. 6
No. 8. Three miles northeast of tbe city, commanding
the approaches from the Mechanicsvilie bridge. This
fort was built while Gen. McClellan’s headquarters were
on Dr. Cuitis r plantation, only three miles east of it, the
Cbickahominy being between; northeast of No. 7.
No. 9; Two and a-half mHes northeast of the city,
east of the Mechanicsvilie road, and west of Dr. French’s
plantation. A beautifully finished work, with outworks,
abtatie, &c.commenced last winter, and finished early
■ln the spring; south of No. 3*.
No.lo. Nearly four milea northeast of the Capitol;
ccmmanding the approaches from several fords on the
Cbickahominy; There is-a-large magazine in this fort.
General Johnston passed much of his time here while the
Union army was encampsdon the left back of the Chick
aheminy. There were some guns in this fort then, which
used to throw shells at random towards the Chickahomi
ny y but they sever did any damage. The fort'was hid
den then by dense woods before it; bat tbesshare been
cut down during the last six- weeks. It is east of No. 9.
No. 11. Two miles nearly east of the city; built nine
months ago. It commands the approaches by the New
Bridge road; southwest of No-10.
No. 12. Three miles east of the city \ commanding the
approaches- from Woodbury bridge. Immense gangs of
negroes were employed on this work, and it was built
very rapidly, the negroes working day and night, at the
same time that the Engineer brigade was building our
-bridges, it Is believed to be very Imperfect in its con
struction, uud is east of No. 11.
No; 13. Three miles nearly east of the Capitol; a work
of great strength and admirably situated. Toere are
some heavy guns in this fort, and also some rifled guns,
which; it is said, carrya ball four miles with accuracy,
all ol which have been here since early in the spring.
There is aho a large-magazine. It is southwest of No. 12.
: No-14. Two miles southeast of the city: commanding
the turnpike from Williamsburga small but strong
work, of admirable construction, south of No. 13.
No. 15. Two mjles-south of the city, on the left bank
of the James river;-unfinished and tbe work on it not
progressing rapidly. It is west of No. 14-.
E|No. 16. Three miles southeast of the city, and two
mUes west of the “ Seven Pinesbuilt since the battle
there, and men are still at 'work on it It is designed
to command tho approaches from the Williamsburg stage
road, and is east of No. 15.
No. 17. More than three milea southeast of the city,
and pearly south of the latter work. It commands the
approaches-by the Charles-City road'and the Central
rrad. The work on it is still progressing.
No. 18. Four miles s-vuth of the city, on the left bank
of the James river j-.tmfiniehed.
No. 19. Four miles nearly south of the- city, and east
of No. 18. It commands* the Newmarket) road and the
-Osborne turnpike. The workmen it is still progressing.
■ No. 20. More than four.-miles southeast of the city, and
east of No. 19, It commands - the Central road and the
Newmarket road.
No. 21. fix miles south of the citycommanding the
Mill road. This is hot a work of any great strength.
Crossing the river now, we come to
No 22. Fort Darling, which'has often been described.
It was commenced as long ago as April,lB6l. Its posi
tion is such that all vessels sailing to Richmond have to
pass it: that its guns can be fired down upon all vessels
coming up tbe river, while no vessel can get its gnus suf
ficiently elevated : to fife at the fort Since the attack
. upon the fort by the Monitor and Galena, on the 15th
of May, the fort has been greatly strengthened and the
armament has been greatly increased.
No; 28. Six miles south of Richmond, on the right
bank of the James river. Built since the attack on Fort
Darling. Casemated, and hss a powerful armament,
with guns trained to bear on theriver craft
No. 24. Immediately s*uth of the city, on the right
bank of the Junes river. Not-finished, but work pro
_nressiiig._
* m 1! •^ ree ~ imlc *- a onth-of.the city. Commenced
in April last. - - - _■
No. 25. Three miles nearly south of tbe city ,-and weot
of No. 25, Well situated.
No. 27. Three milea southwest of the city. Work in
progress.
No. 28. Three miles west of tho city, on the right bank
of James river. . ~ .
THE AEMIES-BELOmRIGHirOH©.
The utmost quiet continues on the lines in the vicinity
of Richmond, and there |is no probability that this first
anniversary of the battfeof-Manasßaa will be celebrated by
another attempt of the Gra L d-Army to capture the
** rebel capital.” The exchange of prisoners is progress
ing as rapidly as circumstances will allow: a large num
ber of the Yankee sick and wounded having been sent to
City Point on Saturday, and others will bo sent off by
different routes. ;
A numerous fleet of Federal jwar vessels, gunboats,
and transports lays between Berkeley and Weßtoyer,
jand McClellan has probably been already reinforced by
1 large portion of Burnside’s command. A soldier nr
giCMn Richmond on Saturday evening with a finger
that he had been wounded by a
while stationed across tbe Pamunky river.
.Accordingtear tjj e 'White Rouse, on thin side,
through the J<Msj account, the enemy’a pickets extend
river, but we of King William county to the
A gentleman who reason for doubting it altogether.
Point,reports ®J erltt *Mteretwodajsago from West
There are few, if any, that neighbarhood.
but one gunboat has been e^ oldiergabou t thtirei and
when the whole Jee; put ilie gfeat b ; tUfi
haste and confusion— EickmonQr^ tiiQ -york - a
THE 2lsi.
The train which left this city yesterday
West, over the Central Railroad, was (M th»
progress by a Yankee raid on
twenty-seven miles from Richmond. On nk. “r
above station, the train encountered several cr^ir B
and tree,, which bad been carefully laid upon the
with a view to throw the train off, but which hspjL
failed in the object intended. This brought the train to.
a halt, when a citizen of.the neighborhood came up and
informed the conductor that a-Yankee force had made its
appearance at the station, about a quarter of a mile be
yond, and were engaged in tearing up the railroad track.
On the receipt of this intelligence, tbe train pnt back
with all possible speed, and arrived here about 2 o’clock
F. M It was also stated that the Yankees had fired the
depot at Beaver Pam.
This is a most daring and independent raid of tbe Tan
‘bees, end must have- been effected by a comparatively
small force, as they are not known to be in any con
siderable numbers in that locality. The impression ob
tains that tbe party committing these depredations con
sisted of cavalry scouts from Caroline or Spotsylvania
counties, and that the raid was perpetrated with the
hope of cutting off communication with oor forces be
tween this city and the Raptdan.
From a gentleman, who left Beaver Pam on Saturday
evening, we have ascertained Borne facts which possess
interest in connection with the Yankee foray upon the
: Central Railroad. A young German has been for some
- time permittted to pass between that point and Frede
ricksburg, keeping np a traffic in articles which he sup
posed would be readily purchased by the inhabitants.
Only two or three days- ago, he made his appearance at
.Beaver Pam : Station,.in company with two ladies from
Fredericksburg, who had received passports from the
Federal commander at that place, and were on their way
i to Richmond to visit some relations.
g}The German also brought with him a sack of salt, and
a Quantity or lemons, which found ready sale; but he
refused to receive Gon' ederate notes In payment; nothing
but gold would satisfy him. This circumstance excited
some suspicion, but he was allowed to depart unmolested.
While at Beaver Pam he had ample opportunities to
make observations and to acquaint himself thoroughly
vitU the situation, of affairs in the vicinity; and very
shortly after bis return we bear of this Yankee raid,
which wes undertaken with a perfect knowledge that it
might 'be dote without any great dagger. That the
enemy received their information from this German ped
ler there is little doubt. Facts like this ought to incite
our authorities to increased vigilance, j j
Besides obstructing tho railroad, the Yankees cut.the
telegraph wife, and. we are thus unable to get positive
infonhation concerning the state of affairs at Beaver
Pern elation. :.It is believed, however, that the depot was
deshbjed.by the Yankees, who retreated towards that
point on the approach of the train, and a dense volume
of smoke was soon afterwards seen in the samedireo
tion 2ltt, . . ■ ,
RATES? FROM VICKSBURG.
Jaoxsox, July 17.—The enemy continue shelling
Vicksburg. The lot er fleet has moved up about a mile.
It is believed that the Yankees will attempt to capture
the Tam Arkansas, if they losehalf tbeir fleet in doing so.
The enemy’s lots in the late engagement is supposed to
have been five hundred.
: Vicksburg, July 19.—The ram Arkansas is being re
paired, and will soon be ready for action. The enemy,
have been leisurely shelling the city to-day . Nothing da-,
maged—“nobody hurt.” : One of the enemy’s gunboats,
pateed Natchez yesterday, towedby, another boat, which,-
was patched hugely. Six vessels have gone below Nat-,
cbtz, in a damaged condition. \:*
QgN, CURTIS CROSSES THE MISSISSIPPI.
Grenada, July: 18.—Information has been receivedhy
General Jeff Thompson, tbia morning, that Curtis
cioi-std the Mississippi river yesterday, with four- thou
eixiul' men, to a point opposite Helena, Arkansas* It is.
supposed that the rest of hie command has followed by
this lime. , ,
THE. TJNES EAST OP THE BLUE RIDGH—AKPAIRR
RT THE VALLEY.
Affaire in the neighborhood' of GordonsviUe remain,
comparatively quiet, and at the date of ozr latest advices
tbe tnent? had made no demonstration in . force on thia
side of tbe Rapiduo. On FriQay mornkic laat an.attack
was made by the Yankee cavalry upon a wnaWbody of
the. 6th Virginia Cavalry, near Rouse,
which was galiautly resisted by our troops, who drove
tlte eL«n>y‘back; kilting and And taking
forty-four pfisontrs: ' > ‘ •
Tbe pursuit waß kept up as far south bask of
tbe l iver, across .which the largev of the Yankees
succeeded iii'awimming their horsiest aho made good their
orcftpe." sha ptisonera, who vere.brought to -Richmond
on taturday evening by the Oaptral train, bek>ng cbiefiy
to ihe 6th New' Yoik''OavaJfy Regimcnt. There to no
lets reported tfn'ihe Altogether*, this
was a brilliant little affair. > . , ,
Cuf last accounts froatq.,*Gen. R. H. Bobertaon’s ccm
roatid in the valley represent that ho is conducting the
can paign there withand success, and at :the same
fcnit.keeping % sharp eyeu upon the movements of the
ei imy east of the Blue Ridge.,
A?i?AIBT AT "WINCHESTER
By recent, arrivals from" Winchester, we are placed m
pb«e*sionof isViable and inteieetmg -information of the
t-pfratioDfc of tkVFtderal-forces inthe Bower Valley.
Tbe township, to Wednesday last, wasimoconpiedby the
tmi y, bnt about twonutefinorthwest of the place they
hadstrong Jortificatious erected on whatr is known aa
c bijitsV.Hilt.From these fortiScatiqna they bcc*ston
nib Valiiud tl\% inhabitants with aa' if to teat tUa
amiracy theto.wn; 1
Ibsy Btg&Hbattheir force oivtbe bill aumhers