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FRIDAY, AUGUST 1,. 1862.
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to received at this office.
’obney’s War Press—A Great
HER!—Ti e H’ar Pre si, for Satnrduy, August 2d,
just been issnifl. It is ono of the beat numbers yet
.dialled. It contains
TBItSK GOOD ENGRAVINGS—VIZ :
1, Portrait of Morgan, tbe notorious GnertlH header.
S. Map of tbo Scene of tbe recent fight near Ytcksburg,
’between the Rebil Ram Arkansas and tbe Oarondplst.
8. Yitw of the B ach at Atlantic Qtty, Now Jersey.
Among tbe ri svi ing matter will oo found:
AN OBIGINAL BKE TOH—“Quartering On the
.Enemy.” by Ferdinand h. Farmiento.
TBE GREAT MEETING ON SATURDAY.—A full
report of the principal specobes delivered on that occa
sion
BIST OF RF.I,EASED UNION PRISONERS,
ADDRESS TO THE CKOPLE OF THE UNITED
STATES*by prominent Kembers of Oongress.
FIVE LETVEB3 OF • OOGAStONAL.”
EDIT 081 ALS—'Tho War-Foreign Insolence—The
Death of Ex-President Martin Van Buren—Exchange
ef Prisoners—Major General Halleok—lngratitude, So.
COBRBSFQ!'BENUE.—The Army rf the Potomac
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE—Letter from St.
Petersburg—English Opinion on American Affairs,
THE LATEST NEWS Pennsylvania Enlistment—
General Balleck Appointed to the Ctabf Command of tho
Arm; —The Army in Yiiglnla—Proclamation of tho
President, So. .
VERY LATE FROM THE SOUCFI.
CHOICE POST BY.—Warned 300,000 Men—Tbo Lob •
ater—Tho Drnn nier of Company O, &o.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.—'The Money
Market—PiT aikdphia and Harrisburg Cattle Markets—
Philadelyhla Market—Money List, Ac.
The li'ar Press, in addition to the above, contains an
endless variety of Miscellaneous War News from every
part of tbo country; and evory one desiring a thorough
kuowlei'ge of what is transpiring at home or abroad
should Unf it Terms, two dollars a year. Single copies
four cents, in wiuppers, ready for mailing, to be had at
She counter of The Press Office.
On tub first-of. August,; 1857, the first
number of Tub Press was published. To-
day, therefore, marks its fifth anniversary.
I may be indulged in a natural pride that,
during theso five eventful years, The Press
has never swerved from; the principles upon
which it was established. Qommenced as a
Democratic paper, pledged to a certain dis
tinct policy,. and coi dialiy committed to
Mr. Buoiianan’s Administration, on,the basis
Of his letter of acceptance and his inaugural
address, The Press adhered to his p'edges
■when he violated them.
threats, and tho proscriptions of his crea
tures, it earnestly labored' to prevent the
Democratic patty from submitting to Ms
treason. But the power of slavery and
the blandishments of patronage could not
be resisted by the Democratic leaders.
One after another yielded to his usurpa-
tions, until, finally, nearly the entire De-
mocratic organization became a passive in
strument in lis hands. No matter how
great the outrage, be suborned the leaders
to endorse it, and they, in turn, seduced
the rank and file to acquiesce. Had James
Buchanan been faithful to the covenant which
made him President, the civil war which
crimsons the fair fields of the South could
not have happened, and the American Union
would now be in peaceful and unbroken exist
ence. For opposing and exposing his turpi-
tude i for warning and forewarning the people
against the consequences of that turpitude; for
pointing out and prophesying the direful re-
sults that would assuredly punish his ingrati
tude to a generous people, and his desertion
of righteous and solemn obligations, I was
assailed not only as a traitor to Democratic
principles, but made the object of unmeasured
and unceasing personal calumny. The fear
less leaders I followed, and the conscientious
Democrats with whom I co-operated, were
hunted down like so mmy criminals, and ex-
communicated. from the Democratic church
even while adhering to the very gospel of the
Democratic party. Broderick was the first
victim. He carried the courage he had ex
hibited in the Senate house into the political
campaign, and died like a hero while defend
ing his conscientious principles. Douglas is
in his grave:
ii After ike's flifnl fever he sleeps well.
Treason has done its worst, nor steel, nor poison,
Malice domestic, foreign levy, nothing •
Can tench him further.”
Robert J. Walker, how that the, Demo
cratic organization has become a whited se
pulchre, reeking with corruption and tyranny,
lives to maintain the truth, for asserting which
lie was proscribed, and to denounce the despe
rate men who so heartlessly persecuted him.
Inspired by the example and instructed by the
teachings ot these patriots, hundreds and
thousands of Democrats find their safety in
opposing an organization, which, dating its
downfall from the treachery of James Bu
chanan, in 1857, sustained the cause of
a *D>sunionist in 1800, and in 1862,
with that Disunionist in arms against the
Constitution, supports bis worst heresies
while pretending- » false regard for an im
perilled Republic. In this period of war,
when the historian is preparing to affixjthe
guilty responsibility upon those who preclpl-
tated that catastrophe, it is a consoling re
flection that the Democrats who attempted to
stay the tide of , treason under the last Ad-
ministration, stand acquitted alike by their
own consciences and by the verdict of their
countrymen. I refer proudly to the pages of
The Press lor the unchallenged proof of the
truth of this assertion.
During this long struggle against the power
of a corrupt Administration, and the domina
tion of the aristocracy of slavery, this journal
has found in a generous people its most de
voted friends. Ostracised by the office-hold
ers of Buchanan, excluded from the mails,
and misrepresented by desperate partisans, it
has attained and secured an impregnable po
sition. Its circulation extends to every por
tion of Pennsylvania and the adjoining States,
and it has thousands of readers in the great
West. A newspaper, like a public man, must
have a policy, and where this is honestly ad
hered to, its influence becomes irresistible.
Those who have,read what has been written
in The Press for live years past, can decide
■whether it has been faithful to its promises
and to its principles. Its extraordinary prospe
rity is the evidence that it has deserved a
favorable verdict. Its editions, daily, tri
weekly, and weekly, are constantly increasing
in circulation. Even in this period of war, the
advertising of The Peess is more remunera
tive than i't has been at any former day. Our
facilities for obtaining, the earliest and fullest
intelligence, local and general, foreign, mili
tary and naval, are surpassed by few journals
In America. Our editors,
reporters, and business agents, are men of
energy, industry, and ability. Entering on
the sixth year of its existence, with the utter
ance of my heartfelt gratitude to my friends
and thepublio, I feel strengthened in the as
surance that 'no effort will be left untried to
make The Press even more worthy of the
confidence and consideration of the loyal men
.of the United States. J.W. Forxey.
■’ THE WAR.
The general movement of the armies of the
'United States,, alluded to a day or two since in The
Press, has already commenced. At daybreak yes-;
. terday morning tie Army of Virginia took up the
lino of march from Warrenton for Richmond,
where we trust the vanguard will soon arrive, arter
this and other armies shall have overcome the re
bels in another grand pitched 'battle-—one in which
rigbjt, left, and. centreof both armies may, he.,qh-
the- columns«may "close and Bhow
ifciiiiworld V Bubilme speotaole, of the sturdy,
Northman overcoming his Southern opponent at
tbe point of the bayonet—a battle in wbioh tho
great question shall be decided, “ Shall the United
States remain as a great Federal combination of
thirty-four or moro States?”—a field whero the
blood of thousands of arrogant, foolish Southern
traitors may atone for tho heinons oritne committed,
and where the great American national sin of omis-
Bion may be washed out by the blood of our people.
The Army of the Potomao has boon ordered to
prepare for aotion; and as .an attack from
the rebels is not probable at present,- it is
plain that movement, of an important na
ture, is designed. The ninth army corps at
Newport News only awaits orders to move on, as
an invincible forlorn, tope, to the Army of tho
Potomac. A powerful blow is to be struck, and
that very soon. Let us not be idle at homo. These
armies, even now very powerful, may be almost
annihilated in the coming storm, but the rebels
must suffer more severely, and their grand army at
Richmond will ho powerless for some time after the
great struggle, oven though it consists of 300,000
mon . But a new army must advance, quickly to
end the war and crush treason in the" Southern
Slates. This army, must be raised as if stamped
out of the ground at one footfall by Abraham Lin
coln. Every man that loves his country,land can
ho spared from home under the present bounty
offerings of our citizens—even at a saoriSoe to his
interests—should enroll himself in this Army of
Occupation, as wo believe it will prove to be.
‘ Major General Lewis Wallace’s entire
division moved from Memphis on the . 23i instant,
bound South on a highly important expedition.
These troops are now probably engaging the rebels,
and we may soon expect to hear good news from
them, as Gen. Wallace is not tho man to do things
by halves. This is hut the initiatory step to many
important movements against the enemy in the
southwest by which it is believed be will bo com
pletely dislodged from all of his strongholds, and
the “ father of waters” he finally opened to legiti
mate commercial traverse—never, we trust, to be
closed again.
A boat- load of distinguished rebel prisoners left
Boston harbor yesterday for the James river, to be
exchanged. Among them are Major General
Buokrer, and Brigadier Generals Tilghman and
Mackall, with the offioersof theirstaffs, also oap
tured. In return, wV expect to have Generals
McCall,” Prentiss, and Reynolds; Colonels Cor
ooran, Wilcox, and other brave and worthy men,
released. This is the first step towards a general
release or exchange of prisoners, and our Govern
ment has been forced to take the initiative in the
matter, and , release a man who is more to be de
tested as a political traitor than a military leader—
Slfiaon Bolivar Buckner. While we shall welcome
onr chieftains, now. in captivity, home again, with
joyous hearts, we must urge them and their friends
to hasten to the battle-field once more, in a grand
rally for the preservation of the Union, and enable
us to say henoeforth that our surplus of rebel pri
soners is sufficient to encourage ns to demand our
whole rights as a great and powerful nation in the
future. The long imprisonment of such men as
Corcoran, Wilcox, and PrentisB, is an insult to our
Government, and our brave soldiers will visit a ter
rible vengeance upon those who have thus in
sulted us, in all future” battles. Corcoran will raise
a brigade of Irishmen, who will die only when
smothered with the dead bodießof rebels, who have
sought to make a martyr of the young chieftain of
the 69th.
Una wed by his
Governor Ton, of Ohio, is prosecuting the work
of raising regiments with great energy, declaring
that he will draft if necessary. He does not re
ceive all who are willing to volunteer. A committee
of colored men of Cieveland wrote to him soma
days since, asking him if a regiment of negroes
would be accepted to aid in orushing the rebellion,
He replied to them by letter, declining to: aooept
their services at present, and expressed the opinion
that they probably would not be received as soldiers
at any time. '• .
TaE;armory in Springfield, Mass., makes 14,000
stand of arms a month. In a short time that
establishment, with five private shops in operation
there, will be able to manufacture 35,000 guns per
month. The armories of Providence, Hartford,
Trenton, Bridesburg, Vt., Ilion, and one or two
other places, will each be able to furnish the Go
vernment with 200 guns per day. In a few months
we Ehall be making first-rate arms, better than the
best Europe can afford, at the rate of 600,000 per
annum. It is universally conceded by those who
are competent to form a correct judgment, that
there i 3 nothing on the other side of the Atlantic to
compare with the American arm.
The Board of Survey, consisting of Capt. Hud-
son, and Constructors Poole and Hansoom, who ex r
amined the Niagara l upon her arrival at Boston,
recommend to tho Department that her bulwarks
be cut down'about four and a half feet, a light rail
huJ lioumiock-uofcfcxng iu'littK-o fcbo -plttotj uCtiho po>
sent heavy bulwarks; that she be pierced for a bat
tery of twenty broadside guns on her berth deck,
and ten broadside and two heavy pivotguns on the
'present spar deck.
The Boston Chief of Police, Mr. Amae, his captains
and others, have decided to raise a eompany from
the police of that city for active service in the war
:at the South. This is fin excellent movement, and,
as our police force contains the material for as fine
ia body of soldiers—brave, active, quick-witted,
and unyielding—as can be obtained in this country,
:we think the example of such men in volunteering
would be invaluable, and will be productive of the
Beat results.
, Mb. Dolan’s statement, which we publish on
our first page to-day, will be found to contain many
important facts never before in print, and the ac
count will be read with interest. --
The census of 1860 represents that the annua l
.value of our manufactures reaches the enormous
sum of 1.909 mi lions of dollars. In 1850 • they
were I,ol3millions of dollars. The, profits on the
amount are computed at 43.13'per cent. This
amount of wealth was.created by one million three
hundred and eighty-five thousand persons, assisted
by improved machinery, which gives their skill the
greatest possible amount of productive power.
ippmiE are at the present, time 300,00.0 stand of
Government arms in New York city alone. With
the aims stored in the different parts of the Coun
try, and the supplies that are constantly arriving,
we could arm a million of men at a month’s no
tice."
The mixing mill, connected with the Barro
(Mass.) Powder Works exploded, from some un
known cause, on Monday morning, about 8 o’clock,
and tbo:on!y man at work there at the time was
instantly killed, and his body torn into shreds.
His name was C, C. W. Foster, an American, and
he leaves a wife. The Joss in property was small,
as there was but little powder in the building,
During two weeks of July the shipments of do-
mestic sugars from New Orleans to Northern port 3
of the United States'were over twelve thousand
hogsheads. This supply will serye, in part, to
meet tho wants of sugar consumers in our cities.
The trade between New Orleans and foreign ports
is beginning to revive. There have been several
clearances during the past month from that city to
Turks Island, Nassau, and other foreign porta.
We publish this morning another list of paroled
sick and wounded soldiers from Richmond.
Interesting letters from tho Army of Virginia,
the Gulf blockading squadron, Huntsville, General
Buell’s ‘army, and many important points in the
Southwest, will bo found on our first page.
Queen Victoria is about to visit King Leopold,
and wfll aftorwards go to Coburg-Gotha.
Tbe Union State Convention ,of California mot
at Sacramento on the 17th of July, and nominated
John Sweet, of San Eraneisco, for Superintendent of
.Public Instruction.
THE NEWS,
We publish to-day a complete epitome of late
news from the Southwest, from our Western ex
changes. The guerillas are still making incursions
and committing great depredations.
•A Southern refugee says: ‘'Union papers
should never publish statements that individuals or
classes, of persons, who are in portions of the so
called Confederate States not yet permanently oc
cupied by the United States army, are and have
been all the time loyal to the Union.. To do so is,
in mast cases, to consign good men to the tender
mercios of Lynch law.”
The oasuaitics of all kinds in tho army of the
Western Department (lato Halleck’s) sinoe it went
into the field are stated at 63,500, of which 40,000
are charged to death and absence from sickness,
and 18,000 to various casualties by battle.
Our Southern news to-day is, as usual, of the
very latest dates, and highly important. The re
port that some of Beauregard’s army were engaged
in the recent battles before Riohmond is how em
phatically deniod.
. Capt. Spencer, United States army, son of Wm.
:A. Spencer, Esq., of Baltimore, has been arrested by
Gen. McClellan and sent te Fort Lafayette. He
threw down his sword and refused to do duty as soon
as he heard of the arrest of his unolo, Judge Car
michael, of Maryland. Under tho articles of. war
• this offence is punishable by death. ‘
A patriotic widow lady in Portland, Me., has
consented to let the board of her gentlemen patrons
“run right on,” in case they -volunteer for the war.
I A Sister of ‘Mbrcv. stat«i the curious fact that
| the last words of a great number of soldiers dying
funder her observation were of their mothers, though
•many of ■them must have loft a wife and children.
; Brigadier General White, one of the most
i prominent heroes of Pea' Ridge and other, battles in
. Missouri and Arkansas, is about to be assigned to a
command in the army of General Pope,
i Hon. Moses Governor of Miehi
gan, has accepted a commission from Gov. Blair as
■ colonel of the 22d Michigan -Infantry, and has
i gone actively into, the work of, recruiting. Now
( let us hear from oxWovernor SioCloHand. Colonel
(Wiener, we hayeno doubt, will enlist V, regiment
j that Michigan will bo proud of. .The people are
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gratified to know that one upon whom tboy have
bestowed repeated honors cheerfully takes' up tho
sword in tbtir bebalf. But few men of more
earnestness and ability, or whose position will call
for greater sacrifices tbau those of Col. Wisaer, will
engage in the war.
The Princess Clothilde was delivered of a son at
Paris on the 38th of July.
The Mobile Advertiser states that General
Breckinridge “has oomtnand of the troops on the
opposite side of the river, at Monroe, Louisiana,
and is marching to capture the Yankee batteries
over there, and to prevent supplies reaching tho
Yankee fleet.”
A saloon-keeper in Cleveland, Ohio, in the
searoity of obtinge, oonoeived tbe ,idea of issuing
tickets. “ good for one driok " to regular custom
ers, when he couldn't change their money. la
printing the tickets, the printer made a mistake, as
the saloon keeper discovered to his cost, after dis
tribuiing a large amount of them. The tickets
road “ good for one druvk. r ’ A number of two
fisted drinkers, who got hold of some of tire tick
ets, have been indulging in a series of drunks ever
Bince, greatly to the pecuniary loss of tho “ si
looner.”
Wb have a contrabandial report to the effect that
Richmond is being evacuated. While, in amilitary
point of view, this is the proper course for tho rebels
to pursue, we can place but little confidence in the
report, since tbe Confederate Government has all
along evineed a determination to make Virginia
the battle-field of the war.
pA letter from Huntsville sayß that a large num
ber of Alabamians have arrived in oainp, mainly
from points south of the Tennessee, with the inten
tion Of fighting for the Union, and tbe organization
of the Ist Alabama Volunteers is rapidly pro
gressing. -
Several young women in tho town of Now
Albany, Indiana, have offered to act as clerks and
saleswomen in place of the young men of the town
who may...'enlist. They further propose to pay
over to the soldiers so enlisted one-half the salaries
received from their services in the stores, and to
surrender their positions when the men return
from the war. A fair offer, in two senses.
The long agitated; question of a new bridge
across the Thames in piaae of Blackfriar's bridge
has been decided, and tbe work has been begun.
The estimated oost is £265,000. It will be com
pleted in twenty months.
Another discovery of coins has been made in
France, in the forest of Vitlers Cottorots (Aisne.)
They were contained in an old cauldron, and con
sisted of about 1,300 pieces, bearing the effigies of
Antoninus Pius, Commodus, Ac.
Recruiting in all tbo States is going on briskly,
and while drafting will have to be resorted to in
the end, we have no doubt a large number of men
will volunteer.
The Madison (Wisconsin) Patriot says a volun-
teer from that place, in a letter, thanks his father
for giving him crooked or bow legs, saying that on
the day before he had narrowly escaped losing
both his legs, a cannon ball passing harmlessly
through the space occasioned by the “ natural
crook” of the legs. Everything is for the best.
The manager of the late London dog sho w found
himself but of pocket about .$2,500 in consequence
of its ill success. When London wants another, it
would be well to send for P. T. B.
The inventor of phonography, Isaac Pitman, has
received from the friends of the system in London
a valuable testimonial, consisting'of an elegant
bronze time-piece and side vase and a-purse of
£350. - ’ .
' It has been found that large numbers of fish are
killed by the influx of fresh water into the sea du
ring the prevalence of monsoons.
A Secession sympathizer was endeavoring to
discourage enlistments, and expressing full confi
dence in the ability of the South to successfully re
sist the Union forces, under the shadow of Bunker
Hill monument, on Monday. He had proseeded as
far in his remarks as to complain of the wrongs the
South was suffering, when he was seized by a gen
tleman in his audienoe, hurried with some precipi
tation to a neighboring frog-pond, and there im
mersed, amid the plaudits of a .numerous crowd.
Ho was released before the breath had quiteleft
his body. . , -• '
• The Board of Supervisors of Albany county, N.
Y,, have appropriated $50,000 for offering an addi
tional bounty of $5O te each recruit of the Albany
regiment. ■ . "
It is no argument at all to say that, when we
recommend drafting as a necessary method of
raising our armies to a competent standard, we
ignore the value of the recruiting service, and
cast a doubt upon the enthusiasm and the
sincerity of the volunteer. There are
many reasons why the ranks of the army
should be speedily filled, without awaiting
the necessarily tedious process of recruiting
and bounties. .Military service is not an
extraordinary or exclusive duty. It may be
full of hardships, and perils, and danger, and un
pleasantness, hut it is nevertheless a duty we
must-boldly and at all times meet. If we ac
cept a Government, and enjoy its allegiance,
we give our honor, our property, and our ’
lives to maintain its integrity. When danger
arises the duty of every mqp is to aid in avert
ing it. If it can he averted by using the ser
vices of those who may be disposed to volun
teer, by a.cpnstabularyjor local militia force,
r we use these means and it passes away. But
there are extraordinary times—-times of dan
ger, distress, and, woe—crises in the history
of the State which require vigorous, severe,
and immediate measures. There are times
when the disease will yield to a gentle ca
thartic—and" times , again when we must look
to the harshest remedies. Wo do not
claim i n our case that enough has not been
done'. We are far from Saying that our volun
teers have not exhibited a noble'»r s,rt >
deserve all praise. W 6 " 10 furnished
•with statements *•» ltiQ effect that at all of the.
stations tbe business of recruiting is very
brisk. Yet the; most gratifying statement
:.ye"b«r falls'*' far below what must be
done. It must be understood this re
bellion is abstained by the strength and
sinews of the' whole Southern people—that
no interest, tie, friendship, infirmity, age,
or service, can excuse the citizen from enter
ing into their conscript army. We only ask
that tho army of the North be so strengthened, ,
by additions to the main Columns and the
establishment of a reserve corps, that the South
may be overwhelmed by our numbers. Let the
Government take a million of men from the
peaceful pursuits of life, and put muskets in
their hands, and this rebellion is over. We
then show the South what wo have been pro
claiming from the beginning, that twenty mil
lions of free people must conquer a nation re
presenting twelve millions. But we cannot do
so if our battles are to be fought by those only
who are at leisure.
it is cruelty to trifle in a matter like this,
Life anddeath, national honor, liberty and fu
ture prosperity, are all involved in the issue.
Other dangers are: looming up, and, by over
coming the one now oppressing, ns, we pre
pare ourselves for anything that miy come
hereafter. Let us answer Lord Palmerston’s
speech by distributing muskets to a million of
men. Let them be at once summoned into the
field, by the most available way in the hands
of the Government. The most available way
seems for the Administration to throw itself
upon the country and take as many men as is
necessary. Every citizen expects this call at
the proper time, and those who hesitate are
false to their faith and to their oath of alle
giance. We hope to see it done, and done
quickly.';',
It is useless to sneer at the “Inevitable.
Lisimv.” It is worse than nseless, for it
not only does not avert the exigency which
Mr. Lindsay Is assiduously endeavoring to
force upon us, but it blinds the people’s eyes
to the real present state ot the case and Its
probable future development. It is an un
welcome fact to force upon the public atten
tion now—now when our Internal dangers are
so great that the most sanguine man begins
to hold his breath in apprehension—but it is
a fact, and one which we shall presently be
called on to meet, that every new arrival of
English news brings European intervention
mote nearly upon us. The recent debate in
Parliament is evidence of this. lio-d
Palmehston had just received news more
damaging to our cause than the disastrous
records of Bull Eun. It was the highest tri
bute yet given to Southern fighting ability,
and gave Jeff Davis’ hordes immeasurably
greater advantages than they had over before
{gained. In fact, ihput the Southern army on
the offensive. McClellan was overwhelmed
and forced back. No matter about the
: masterly ideas that controlled his devoted
band, preserved its organization intact,- flung
back the fierce waves that sought to shatter it,
and conducted it, wearied but unbroken, to a
new base whence it might confront the foe.:
What was all that, when it did not afreet the
1 terrible result 1 English beefneSS saw only the 5
figures as they were footed up, and did not
; stop to criticise the rule by which they were"
; obtained. There they were, and malice ap
propriated what it had hoped for so long.
Now,, is it likely that, buoyed up by such
news as set the expectations of all Secession
. sympathizers aflame, with the very chance in
: his hand for which ho had been patiently
; waiting,' this lie&rtlesß old political machine
would fling it all away, suddenly reform, and
step up to. the advocacy of a cause and
that have always been his instinc
tive abhorrence? Is it not likely, that
THE PRESS.-PHILAHELPHIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1882.
lie would make Iho utmost mb of it
which a calculation trained by the cunning
practice ot yeara and an ingenuity that
always sought underhand means, could de
vise ? By bluntly proposing tbe scheme that
his wily brain has been hatching? Not he.
He knew too much of the American feeling
against him, and how it would make all his
plans nugatory. He had concocted too nice a
middling to have it summarily quashed by
such invisible but invincible means. .Tae
subtle Premier determined ndtSoniy not ty
show his band, but to play so as to mislead
his antagonist. Therefore this resolution of
the •< inevitable Lindsay and therefore the
Premier's clever knocking down of the pins
which he had as cleverly sot up.
But it will be no' icc l that the whole ' tone
of tbe proceedings is more threatening than
anything that has yet reached us from across
'the water. Lord Palmerston is deceiving
himself by looking only to the results ot the
Richmond battles, and we shall tumble into
equal error if we take the tangible results of
this Parliamentary conference as indie itive of
its scope. There can be no doubt about it
that the mutterings abroad are growing omi
nously louder. Let there be ,as little 'doubt
about the way in. which we will answer them.
Our people must fairly understand what they
have to confront; and then let the storm burst
when it will. We are bound to the English as no
great nation is hound to any other. Language,
religion, law's, customs, institutions—all are
common to ns, and create mutual ailiaities.not
easily cancelled. But it is on this very ac
count that our chastisement of England will
be fearfully severe if she provoke it. Her
obligations towards us are infinitely more nu
merous aid cogent than ours towards her |
and the reaction, when it comes, will be ter
rible. She will realize the truth of Colk
iiu>cb 5 s words: ’ .
*< T<v be wre th wilh one wo love
Doth work like madness in the brain.” '
She will find the stripling of 1812 grown to a
stalwart giant, whose thews tend brawn will
make brief work of her antiquated notions and
half-senile palsy., She will find an outraged
moral sentiment, so strong, so terrible in its
righteous anger, that history as a
nation would be ended forever. Let her come,
' then, as - soon as her madness extinguishes
- every particle of her reason. The Uoited
States has resources also to cope with half a
score of England’s.
The Dec de da. Rochefoucauct, who pub
lished his celebrated 11 Maximes” two cen
turies ago, showed no small knowledge of hu-
man nature when he wrote; * 1 There is some
thing in the misfortunes of-even our best
friends not wholly displeasing to ourselves.”
No doubt this is true. Our amour proprt sug-
gests a comparison between our own escape
from tbe evil, crediting our own superior sa-
gacity with such a favorable result.' Let us
give a recent instance and illustration:
On the 15th July a telegram from London
derry carried to Liverpool a brief account of
the battles before Richmond, a fortnight be
fore, which had eventuated in the Army of
the Potomac being placed close to the James
river,, near our gunboats. The Liverpool
Daily Post, generally an unprejudiced jour
nal, had an article the next day, nearly two
columns long, entitled Notes on the Ameri
can News, which commenced thus:
“The people of Liverpool, yesterdayßbornrag,
were put in a state of enviable- delight by the
telegram from Londonderry. It told of Confede
rate successes at Richmond ; and the Con federates
ore j throughout England., and especially on the
Mersey , decidedly favorites. The advocates of
the-fcouth looked cheerful, joyous, and happy.
Everything they had anticipated, more than they
had hoped for, bad come to pass. The Yankees
were whipped; McClellan had to retreat; the - Se
cessionists pursued him, and he had to burn large
portions of Mb materials and supplies. People of
Federal proclivities bad, as it were, to hide their
diminished heads. They looked grave, they were
disappointed, and .they were greatly afraid that
What their opponents exulted at was true! ”
Here, let it be remarked, the .candid jour
nalist declares, that, not a few sympathisers
■wUh the Rebel South, but the whole “ people ,
of Liverpool” were «in a state of enviable
delight,” at the news of Federal defeats. It
says, throughout England, but especially Li
verpool, “ the Confederates are decidedly
favorites.” Therefore, as advocates of the
South, the grave people of Liverpool,, who
are anti-slavery men, (since the slave trade,
was abolished,) looked “ cheerful, joyous, and
happy.” . Towards the close of the article, the
Liverpool editor admits, ‘'McClellan's army,
after flight or retreat, is again in position—in
the opinion of military men in a better posi
tion than it was before. The base of opera
tions is safer, the camp more healthy", and re-'
inforcements are arriving.” He also ques
tions whether the Confederates were not in
more danger. from McClellan's _change.of : .
position*than beFbro. *---**
Two days after this “ enviable delight” of
the Liverpudlians, because of an over-colored
account of Federal “failure” before Richmond,
a telegram, purporting to have been received
by the underwriters at Lloyd’s, was posted in
their rooms in Liyevpoornxcfiange, and there
read we 'presume, with “ enviible de
light.”' It professed to have been brought by
the Glasgow, which left Hew York on the
sth, and took the shape of a letter from Balti
more, dated the 2d of duty, declaring that
some of the- Federal Generals wore in the
hands of the rebels, that McClellan had
sought safety on-board the gunboat Galena,
and that the Federal army had proposed terms
of capitulation, the rebel General Lee de
manding unconditional surrender.
There was a debate, in the Ilouse of Com
mons, that very night, (July 18,) on the ques
tion of mediation or recognition, and this
canard had some! influence, no doubt. Pal
merston shuffled out. of it by declaring that
whatever might be the opinion ot ihe South’s"
resolve, to continue the war, “ practically the
contest has not yet assumed that character
which would 'justify -this country [England]
in assuming that that independence was par
manenily and fully established.” Next day,
the English journals, London and provincial,
were in full blast on the news (said to be)
brought by the Glasgow,—-nearly all accepting
it as true, and exulting over it “ in a state of
enviable delight.” Strangely enough, while
the Times elaborately'showed that it must be
a mere invention, it rejoiced over it as if it
had been true. They wished it to be true,
and crowed over the invention.
At the same time, while the people of Liver-,
pool, (and, by implication, the people of Eng
land,) are “ in a state of intense delight” over
lying rumors of Federal misfortunes, thereby
fully illustratingEoohefouoauut’s maxim, The
Times, in tho mote and beam fashion, accuses-,
us of having used Ct demoniac expressions of
joy” over the distresses in the English cotton
districts. Here is its accusation, on July 15 :
“ bike moDkoys grinning and chattering at mis
chief done in the mere instinot of wantonness, the
American people have been triumphing
distress they have been able to cause in our cot
ton districts, and their press gains popularity by
depicting starvation in Lancashire. Thank Hea
ven, the lowest class publicationsin England wnnW[;
never dare to attempt to fcmulata .suob. a success
hero by retaliating expressions of exultation over
the fever-striclcn wretches of the American 1
armies. We have no readers in this country for
such demoniac expressions of joy over human
misery ...... ■■■■■/■■. i. . 'V
The objection to this is its utter falsehood;
The Union press has certainly alluded, as a
topic of the day, to the great mischief which
the Southern Rebellion caused in the cotton;
districts of Europe, but it has never exulted,
in the misery so caused—misery, we repeat,
for which England may thank the South, and
only the South. It comes to this: England
may rejoice, “ with intense delight,” over
news, true or false, of TJnion misfortune, but.
we cannot allude, however lightly, to the
misery which the rebellion, and robbery, and
treachery of the South have brought upon the
unfortunate cotton-workers of Lancashire.
We call them unfortunate, because, even at
full work, when cotton was plenty, their wages
1 only sufficed just to keep life and soul to
gether.
We abe not among those who think that
we have done all that can bo done for the
Bounty Fund; The contributions have been
liberal, bat more may yet be done. An ana
lysis of-all the contributions shows that, up
to the present moment, but about four hun-;
sdred and fifty citizens, children, and work
shops, have contributed. Wo loave the ag
gregate- amount rest for/the present. Less,
than. five .hundred subscriptions..have been
made, (including corporations ot all kinds,)
and surely mote can be done for Philadel
phia ! ;In - order that this may be - corrected,
i the, committee have, as we-interpret it, re
- solved to appoint ward committees, to pro :
ceed to make colle'ctions of every loyal man
in proportion to his means, and'the said com
' mittees are to be furnished .with assessors’
lists'of taxabies for each ward. By this course
i and by the liberality of our citizens, the fund’
; can he raised to 'a million, all of which will
s' be needed. . >
FROM WASHINGTON.
Special Despatches to “ The Press.”
Washinqtcw, July 31,1882.
ThG Mobile Canard.
Neither the War nor the Navy Department put the
least reliance in the Mery of an iron-clad gneboat fleet
having patent into Mobile. On the ooutrary, they are
ltd from information in their possession;,. to mostem
pfaaticaliy contradict it.
Gen. Pope Marching on Richmond.
Genl Pope’s putire army marchod forward from War
renu n to-day. ..
Rebel Connnmireattons Southward.
The proveet marshal is- actively engaged in breaking
op the rebel mall which goes to Richmond from this city
very often It ia rapooeed that moat of the loiters are
sent to Baltimore, and then sent on steamers down the
bay to some point in' Maryland - where they are sent into
Vuginia. Yesterday two bags-of Jotters, from variops
parties in the South, weie taken frem one of these
Btoamers.
The International, Reveane Bureau.
Own missi oner Boutwell Bugago* in
arranging tbe vast detals of bis bureau*, A large amount
T - ofinstrncUone, Ac., bare to be prepared for the assessors,
uo&eof wbom are yet appointed. The applications for
those positions continue to be very lasge. Mr. A. B.
Johnson, a clerk in tbe Treasury Department, has been
selected for chief clerk of this office.
The Officers of the New Regiments.!
A great many applications are made at the War De?
partment by individuals for authority to- raise regiments
in tbe loyal States None of tbeso applications are
granted, boeaefo the entire control of the new regiments
has bten given to the Governors of the respective Scutes
until they are ready for service.
. i Proposed Enlistment Meeting.
Preliminary arrangements woro mode to-night by a
number of gentlemen, with Senator PoMsnor as chair
man, for a pnblic meeting to encourage recruiting for
thelaraiy, So President tirNOOLH will bo invited to
pwido. The prospect is that a large sum wilt be sub-
Bribed to facilitate this patriotic movement.
Another Maryland Battery.
The War Department has issued an order, which Gov.
Bradford has sanctioned, authorizing F. W. AlsxAn
ekr, Esq;, of Baltimore, to raise a battery of Maryland
light artillery within tbe next thirty days. A bounty o
S9O is offered to men volunteering.
No Interventiffn.
The dssnatches received at the State Department, by
tbe last arrival from our ministers abroad, shew that
thf-loLo of the foreign Governments; is uniformly of a
pacific tenor.
Sfek and .Wounded Soldiers,
The largest list yet issued is published to-day, and
shows the netnber in the various hospitals in this oity
(including the rebel sick and wounded, most of whom"
are at Cliffbnrne Hospital,) to be 3 238 ; in hospital at
Georgetown. 267 ; at Alexandria, 1,657 ; at Balts Ohnrch,
243; at St. Elizabeth Hospital, Eastern Brtnch, 123; at
Eairfax Seminary, 1,155 ; and at the hospital for erup
tive diseases, at Kalorsma, 20 ; making a total of 6,604.
Capture of Rebel Schooners.
, Information has reached the Navy Department of the
capture of two rebel vessels up Chipoaks creek, on the
3 ames river, near Claremont, by an expediti jn sent out
by Commodore Wilkes. - ...
On the 27th inet. lieutenant Commanding Gibson, of
the Yankee; Acting Master Poster, of the Satellite;
Acting Master Ely, and Assistant Surgeon Longshore, of
the Yankee, wi th a long boat from each vessel, and a
boat borrowed from ttie brig Kanmeig, in which a
howitzer,was mounted, were sent by Com Wilkes up the
CbipoakSjcreek, about five miles, to the head oi naviga
tion, where they descrifd and took posses.ion of
schooner J. W. Sorgers, owDed by a person by the name
of Wm. Allen, of Claremont, and a schooner loaded with
wood, master and owner George Myers, and brought
them out of tbe creek without molestation, although a
force of rebel cavalry were stationed' at Cabin Point,
only tbrde-qnartera of a /mile distant; Lieut. Gibson
reports ‘ikying seen at the place where the above-men
tioned vessels were found, two other schooners and a
steamer, ati scuttled. ,
Disloyal .Persons to be Drafted in lowa.
On Saturday, a) the urgent request of the Governor of
lowa, in ordir to reach evil-disposed traitors who are
discouraging enlistment, ho wits authorized by the Se
cretary of War to moke a draft whenever and wherever he
Should think proper. .
Similar applications have been made by other Gover
nors/and will probably be granted.
Collectors of Taxes.
The President has Appointed the following-named as
collectors and assessors of taxes under the International
revenue law. For Oregon—Oollector, Lawrsnck W.
Coe /'assessor, Thomas Frazer. For Washington
Territory—Collector, 11. A. §oldsboroogh; assessor,
g, G. Spaces. California—First district, San Fran-’
cisco—Collector, William Y. Patch; assessor, Caleb
T. Fav. Second district, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz
counties—Collector, J B. Mordook / assessor, Bichard
Savaob. Third district, Toolumne and Calaveras coun
ties—Collector, John Ssdgwick ; assessor, Tbomas
Campbell. Fourth district, Sacramento and Nevada
countios—Collector, A. A. De Long ; assessor, J. M.
Avery. Fifth district, Sonora and Yolo counties—Col
lector, Charles Maltby; assessor, William A. Ala
son. ’
The above are the fitßt appointments of collector and
assessors made under the law.
Recruiting in Ohio—Proposed Draft.
Governor Tod, of Ohio, has decided that after the 15th
of August he will pay no more beauties. If there shat 1
be a deflciency.of volunteers, then it will be made up by
draft, without bounty. Other Governors propose the
same thing, and the Secretary of War wiU probably
adopt it.
/New York Papers in Richmond.
Tbe Eichmoini papers seem to be in regular receipt of
New York papers within three days of their publication,
or about as soon as when they enjoyed Uncle Sam’s mail
facilities.
The Proper Course.
The attention of the Government has becß naUoA.Lvn,«-
iov,-//r ——— : ■ ... - ■' ——i—.- it.
York, on tho ground that they interfere with enlistments.
Drafting to be Resorted To.
The Government iB debating the anestion of resorting
to' a draft. It 1b considered, in well-informed circles
hero, that such a measure will probably be adopted, in
order to tire immediate strength and efficiency to the
army.
Deaths of Pennsylvania Soldiers.
: Samubl I>. Geralds,' Co. B, 101st, Chables K. Ni
chols, *Oo. I>, S3U, and J. W. Umphruu, Co. I, 53th
Pennsylvania Regiments, have just died in hospital
here.
Civilians in the Army of the Potomac.
A letter received here to-day from the Army’ of the
Potomac states that shch civiUahs as are no w with the
army are allowed to remain, but none are permitted to
come there unless strictly in the military service of the
United States,- as paymaster’s clerk. If those who are
there go away, even. to* Fortress Monroe, they are not
allowed to return within the lines.
Arrived
Quite a number of volunteer officers and men have ar
rived here from New York for the war. They include
cne brigadier general, two majors, one lieut. colonel,
about forty company officers, and adumber of privates.
Miscellaneous.
There are now forty vacancies in’ tho grade of sur
geons, and one hundred andfwenty in -that of assistant
surgeons. The Medical Boards for Examination are In
session here and at St. Louis. Applications must be
made to the Adjutant General of the Army, accompanied
by one or more testimonials from respectable persona in
rcgaid to moral character.
The treaty with the Otfawas, of Kansas, is officially
proclaimed. Their relations with the United States as an
Indian tribe are to terminate at the expiration of five
years, and all of them be deemed and declared full citi
zens of. the United States. : Ample provision will be made
for their improvement in, all that pertains to civilized
life, and, as far as possible, for the settlement of their re
servation by industrious whites, the lands to be sold to ac
tual settlers at notleas than @125 per acre.
The principle being recognized that chaplains should
not be held as prisoners of war, it is hereby ordered by
the War Department, that all chaplains so hold by the
United States shall be immediately and unconditton
eliy discharged. .
First Lieutenant Lewis J, Hobbis, of the 19th Infan
try, .lies been ordered to report to Colonel Simonson, at
Indianapolis, fir duty, aa muttering and disbursing
officer.’
Brigadier General Hatch is relieved from his present
command in the Army of Virginia, and will awuit orders
from Major General Pori.
Major General EKANkiiTS, whose health is much im-
paired, has gone to Cape May for a few days.
A hoard consisting of Colonels Mauct, Sacott, and
ViN Bbxssala'bb, inspector generals of the United States
army, -will assemble to perform the duties indicated in the.
first section of the apt pf March last, in relation to sut
ler’s goods. Major General MoOi.bi.lan will indicate the
time and place for the board to assemble, and Gol. Van
.Kbsssalabb win reporfto him in person for this pur
pose, the other officers of tho board being already on duty
in the Armyiof the Boiomao.
Tbe slatest foreign advices do not indioa'e any move
ments oi an official character on the part of the European
Governments, having reference to intervention in Ameri
can affairs.
It is a subject of general remark'that but few army
officers are now seen in the streets and 1 at the hotels.
From the Army ot the Fotomac
Eabmbos’s liASDmbi ! Thursday, Jniy 91: -The
steamers have'gose to City Point to-day, to receive the
balance of the sick and wounded from Biobmond,
The health of the army ts gradnaity improving.
It is stated by Vort Monroe correspondents that a
party of rebels, on Eriduy evening, crossed the river
'above. Harrison’s Landing, and drove off five hundred
head of beef cattle belonging to the army of the Poto
mac, from within a mile Of onr pickets. . -
1 bis is altogether false, as no rebel troops have crossed
(be river, neither has a single head of beef cattle been
taken at any time. ...
Order Respecting Absent Officers and
Wjoi Department, Washington Oitt, D. 0., July
31, 1862.—The absence of officers and privates from thoir
duty, under various pretaxis, while receiving- piiyf at ’
great expenso and burden to the Government, makes it
necessary that efficient measures be taken to enforce
their return to duly, or that their places be supplied by
• those who will not lake pay while rendering no service.
This evil, moreover, tendß greatly to discourage the im
■.pnlse of those who would contribute to the support of the
. families of faithful soldiers. ■ j - *
i tit is, thereiore, ordered by tho President: ,
i First, That on Monday, tho 11th day of August, all-
Jeeves of absence and furloughs, by whomsoever given, \
uniats by the War Department; are revoked and. abae-<
lately annulled; and all’ officer s capable of service aw' I.
r< ijuired forthwith to join their regiments, mr Br
penalty of ditmlesal from the service, or such penakf M
a court martial msy award, unless the absence b' 00ca "
atoned by lawful cause. j ,
I Second. The only excuse allowed for the absence ot
officers or privates from duty, af tor the 11*3*7 of A “'
gust, are: Pint, Tbeorder or leave of the War Depart
ment; Second, DinabiHtiefsfrom wounds n*reiveu iuthc sor
vice: Third, Disability from disease that renders the party
unfit for military duty.; but any officer or private whose
; health permits him to visit watering : >«aces, or places ot ,
amusement, or to make social visits, or walk about tha
town, city, or.neighborhood in whit# he-may be, will bo
considered fit for military dhty, and as. evading duty by
absence from his,command or ranks.. . . , , .
Tkird. Oa-MUndayi 'the ipth’dayof August, at ten
o’clock A. M., each regimaat and corps shall bonmster
ed. iTbe absentees wifi bs marked in three lists, %nd ( ihe
rune mide,* and'witbifi forty-eight hours after the tnnt
ter, one copy shall be aeht to file Adjutant General of the
Privates.
ormy, one to *bo command or of the corps* (the third to
be retbitird.) aud ail officers sod private** dt for duty*
abtmt ©t ihot time, ahull be regarded a* ab*«Bt witb-mt
cause. Tbdr p»»y will be etopp-d, and ihey dtouUsod
from the nervicu of tr«a»ed hr dt-aerters, unless restored ,
Brfl do hfficeribßiJ be rest* red to his rank by the
judtineDtof a court of inquiry, to b© approval by the
Pi evident, he shall t&tabtisb that hie absence was witor
gond cause.
Fourth. Oummanderß of corps, divisions. brigades, rtt
ginieutfl, and detaebtd posts, »re strictly enj »ineo to on
force the cnuwtor and rater aftresiil. hoy offic-r failing
in his duties herein win bo deemed guilty of gross neglect
of duly, and be dit-misetd frou&tbe service.
Fifth . A coiuDit-pioo shall bo appointed by tbe Secre
tary of War to snperiutend tbe * xucuiiin of this order in
the rtppeotivo States Che Baited States m ireh *U in
the refpi-ctive districts, tbe mayor, and chipf >f police of
any town or city, toe sheriff of tbe reapeetive cohotleß ia
each State, all postwoett rs and justices of roe oeoce, are
euthotized to act as ©peuiil provost marshals to htrest
any officer or private soldier fie for duty who maybe
fotmd absent from his command without just catne, aad
coiiveybim to the nearest military post or dup.artcaoofc.
The trsnpport&tion and expenses of this duty, and five
dt.llBre.wui be paid for tauh officer or private as arrested
ana delivered
By order, of the President.
„B. M. STANTON, Secretary of Wiar.
English Thanks to General Halleck.
The tallowing note has been received by Major General
Ballbce:
41 It. Lovio,Missouri, July 22, 1862.—Sir: I have
been direcunJ by the Hon Wdliam*Stuart, her Majesty’s
Charge d'Affaires, at to convey to you the
eapreskioh of bi»* bpst thaohs for the Very great courtety
and generosity which you maoifusted in-ordermg, in May
last, Ibe release of certain prisoners, British nubjecta who
repreM-nted that they had been impressed into ihe Con
federate service.
“I have the honor to be, sir, your most obediUnt ser
vant, FBANCI-S WILKINS,
“11. B.M. Acting Consul at Chicago, Illiaois. ,Jr
A REBEL REPORT;
Tea Rebol Iren-clad Vessels at Mile
frena Europe.
Chicago, Jnly 31.—The Times has a spec al despatch
from Memphis, dated the 28tb, which says that Uto ad
vices from the South, through rebel sources, give the
following important statement, If true:
Ten Iron clad gunboats, built in England, have ar
rived off Mobile harbor; three more are on the way.
TM Be, constitute a fleet ordered by the Southern Con
federacy in Europe.
They mount from leu to thirty guns each, and are said
to he mailed with six-inch iron. The blockade wai run
openly by a dint of snporior strength and weight of
metal.
The port of Mobile is now considered open to the
world, with the support of her newly-acquired power!
from Fortress Monroe
Fortress Mohrok, July 30.—Between fifty and sixty
retri nrisoners anind' at Fortress Sionros tiiis morning
from Baltimore.
'i hey were under guard ot a detachment from the
New York Sevtnth Begiment.
These rebels have been confined for some Cine at Forf
McHenry. Some are political and some prisoners of war.
They are to be sent to Richmond by a flag of truce,
except fifteen—three oiDcere, who,have deserted the rebel
Bervice, and prefer to serve in the Federal ranks, and
twelve cilizer.B of Win Chester and vicinity, who were ar
rested on euspicion of being Secessionists. These fifteen;
will be returned to Baltimore to- night. The three officers
are afraid, if returned, of being shot.
The War in the West.
Dbavenworth, July 31—Advices from the Southern
expedition state that the Union troops were falling back
to Hudson’s Crossing of the : Neosho river, fifty miles
south of Fort Scott. The cause of this backward move
ment is not stated.
A detachment of Gen. Brown’s command, from Spring
field, Mo., was at a point thirty miles north of Fort
Smith, on the 234 instant
The rebel General Pike is said to be near Fort
W aeliiia.
Tbe War in Kentucky.
Lexington, Ky., Jul? 31.—Major Bracht, of the 18th
Kentucky Regiment, who was in pursuit of a gang of
127 .rebels,* under Corbin, overtook them at Mount Ster.
ling, killing 13 and taking 97 prisoners, Including Corbin.
Eight of the same gang were taken prisoners elsewhere,
leaving only nine to escape.
Major Bracht, who lost none of his men, returned to
Lexington tbiß morning with the prisoners. This, hand
is the same that was reported to have left Scott county
under Captain BolleU.
The Wat in Tennessee."
g JACKSON, Tonn., July 31.—Captain Dotlin’s Cavalry
attacked eighty rebels yesterday near Brownsville, and
captured forty prisoners. The rebels were afterwards
reinforced, and recaptured twenty-nine man and four
teen horses. The Federal loss was six wounded, and the
rebelioss about the same.
Rebel Vessels np the Yazoo.
Vicksburg, July 25, —A gentleman recently from the
Yazoo river reports that the Star of the West is up that
river, and armed with twenty-two guns, tsheis iron
p’ated to a considerable extent. .Tbe W. H. Webb, a
powerful ocean tow-boat, is also up tho Yazoo, and has
been iron-plated, something in the style of the Sumter,
and constructed as a ram. The rebels have also the Mo
bile, me rating one gun.
The Star of the West and W-H . Webb carried up 108
guns at the time when Now Orleans was captured.
At Liverpool, 65 miles up the Yazoo river, the rebels
have ingeniously contrived a raft, which is a perfect
lock against ascending boats. There is also a battery on
the shore, *..
The rebels have thirty river steamers up the Yazoo.
Another Defeat of Guerillas in Missouri.
Greenville, Mo., July 30. —Yesterday Major Lazear,
with one hundred and twenty men of the 12th Missouri'
Regiment, attacked Major Teniey and Captain Poi
son, with one hundred and eighty rebels, near Bol
linger’s. Mills, in Bollinger county, killing ten and wound
ing many. A lot of horses, ghss, &0., were captured.
The brush was so thick it was impossible te find all the
rebel wounded. The rebels were well mounted and
equipped. Wo did not lose a man.
FROM NEW YORK
- : —ltccruiungemlDraftlßg.
New York, July 31 —Tbe Post says the streets are
filled with rumors of fighting on the Peninsula, but they
are improbable.
The Government took possession of four vessels, to
day/ to go to James river for the conveyance of kick and
wounded.soldiers, of whom there are known to’ be B,ooo'
in that neighborhood. Other vessels would have been
sent, if they hadbeen found suitable.
The New York Enlistment Committee have returned
from Washington, where they had ah interview with the.
President, Secretary of War; and General Hadeck, on
the subject of facilitating enlistments in old regiments.
Their suggestions were received favorably, and the
matter left in the hands of General Halleck.
I It is Btated that the New. York committee proposed to
the President to pay no bounties after the 18th of August,
and it the State grata was not then filled to instantly
draft. The President assented to the preposition, and
gave the committee a letter to the War Department re
commending that orders be issued to this effect,.with the
consent of Governor Morgan.
jgAll the recruiting offices in this city are to be broken
np, and one rendezvous formed, tho recruits to be given
tneir choice of regiments. - ,
Indiana Democratic Convention —Dis-
loyal Talk.
Indianapolis, July 30. —The Oemocratic Convention
assembled at Capitol Suuare this morning. From three
to five thousand persons were present. Thomas A, Hen
dricks, of Indianapolis, presided ; Thomas Lncas acted
as vice president, and J. J. Bingham, editor of the
Sentinel, secretary.
A committee of one from each Congressional district
was appointed on resolutions.
Tbe President, on taking the chair, remarked that no
Democrat would disturb the peace, bat probably out- ,
aiders would. He, recommended that the. Convention
pass them by without notice. No attempt had been made
at disturbance, and probably none was thought of.
Go v, : Wickliffe made a speech.' * He said be was for the
Union, provided that the rights of the South and slavery
are not interfered with. Before doing anything more he
would pause to see what we -were fighting for. If to free
the negroes, let not another, drep of blood be shed. He
would bang the leading rebels and balance the ropo with
the. Abolitionists. He said the Abolitionists control
every departmsnt of the Government, and were worse
than the rebels
Mewsiß Richardson, of Illinois, Oarlile, of Tirgtnia,
Vodrhecs, and others, were present;
War Meeting in Lancaster.
Banoastbr, July 31—A new camp was established
in this city a few days ago Captain Emlin Franklin was
appointed commandant, and Captain Bwd. McGovern,
detached from the 79th Pennsylvania Volunteers, mili
tary instructor. Camp equipage and uniforms for the
new regiments will arrive to-morrow.
About five hundred men have been sworn in, and the
regiment will be full in a week.
A grand war meeting will bo held here on Satnrlay
next, at two o’clock P. M., which will be addressed by
Messrs. Daniel Dougherty, Morton SfcMichael, John W.
Forney,Hon. Thad. Steyens, William B. Fordnoy, H. W.
Horih, and other distinguished speakers. It will bB the
largest meeting ever held in Lancaster. ,
Great 'War Meeting in Wisconsin.
Milwaukee, Wie., July 31—A groat State war meet
ing is being held here to-day, at which 80,000 persons
are in attendance. The railroads throughout the State
run free to-day, and business is entirely sdspended.
n isconsin is completely aroused and in a blazo.
- Milwaukee, July 31.—Tho war meeting to day was a
magnificent aflair., Perfect harmony prevailed; through
out thS proceedings, find it Will be long remembered as
the largest gathering ever known in the. northwest.
: The people were addressed from tljree s'andsy by Hon.
Owen Lovijoi, of Illinois; Wm. O “Howard, of -Michi
gan; Gov. Salamon, Senator Doolittle, and' other distin
guished speakers..
' The enthusiasm was unprecedented, and the speakers
were frequently interrupted by the most vociferocp
cheering, when they touched upon , the presunt AdrnloB
- aid the army. b . . a eeat
Resolutions were unanimously pasted setting ’p'" 1 t
the Administration should prosecute the war wf“ “V ■
most rigor, and employ every kind of 0 f the
perty in the.conntry to accomplish thosp<«dy • -
rebellion, and reconmieDdlng that for
men fe draf.ed «Jom the ‘Jions to' be Esid.as
immediate service, and half for, l r6sa the mopt un- j
a reserve. Iho resolutions and assure him
bounded confidence m t“ in'advance of
that ihero is no possibil-J o> hf» . *
the wishes and Benth-* peoplo.
errs>np.iw Sen "Mutiny on the Bark
iiageuy v .Reindeer.
. /lilv 51 —A letter from the captain of the
J t Malaga, dated the 13vh inst., states that
ship Minn ]njlpß BO utheastbf Malaga his vessel fell in
I»aik Reindeer, bound from CettetowNew York,
i AStms. He boarded her, when he found that Capt.
rr.c-Atf, the second mate, and' three of the men, had
ierii k.lled, four of the orew wounded, and the barkwet
roh’flre This was the work of two of the crew, who had
mutinied on the previous night. He took off the dead
and worm led survivors and brought them to Malaga.
Ho mention is made of what became of .the two am-
letter slates that Iho mutineers were tyro Spa
»iah BaiJow, who‘robbe4 th© captain of s4oo,,ana es
caped in aboat. '' •' : .. . .
Departure of Released Rebel Prisoners.
BOSTOS, July Sl.—The steamer Ocean Queen sailed
to-day fee James river, with 200 released rebels;
Arrival of the Gunboat Wyandotte. ;
Saw yoRK, July * 81—The gunboat Wyandbtto ar
rived nt this ■ . /
Cnjojkoo
Chicago Bai
tblwteen.
FROM NEW ORLEANS. t
EMANCIPATION OF NEGROES.
Suicide of Rothschild’s Agent.
AT TEMPTED ASSASSIN A TIOIC*
New Tobk, July 31 —The steamer Matanzas arrived
art tWs port this evenipgj from New Orleans on Jaly *25.
It aspens that many masters who have allowed their
slaves to seek safety and protection in the Federal
carope are now endeavorieg to rt'daim them. ' ‘
Tbiff has betn stopped by General Butler, whohaa
ordered thstra*J such negroes shad be regarded as iray
ing been tnkosietpated.
Gen Bwlvr, in a note to Boverdy says no
merchandise, whether cotton or sugar, will, in any event,
be seized or confiscated by the United States authorities
there.
T. H. Parish, the agent-of the Botheclriias in New
Orieana,'had committed suicide. ■
A number of persons bad boon arrested for an attempt
to aßsassinate Thomas 9. Burbant aud his brother,
among whom was Andre Delandiy a brothcr-iQ-taw both,
©f John Slid ell and Gen-. Beauregard.
The price of flour had faUen to $l6 per barrel.
Beanrfgard f s Bells in Boston.
SAXE OF SOME FltffE SPECIMENS OFSOUTHERff BBLL3
AT EAST BOSTON —-NOW BUTLER’S BELLS—HOW
THEY WERE SOLD AND'WHAT THEY BRGOGHT.
• ' July 30.
Yesterday, at Lombard’s North wharf. Bast Boston,
In the prest nee of some two hundred gentlemen, N. A.
Thompson & Co. sold, at auction, the 418 hells sent to
Boston from New Orleans by Major General Butler
Thene bells, it will bB remembered, were sent £n to
Hew Orleans, while yet it was a part of rebeldom, by
rebel Southerners, iti ifaponse to Beauregard’s call for
brass with which to fabricate cannon for use against
UnioiT men. When Butler captured New Orleans, these
fell into hh hands, and Boston became the recipient of
the trophies. .
There were bells from church spires that had called the
lorisot ihe manor tn Sabbath pras ors; bells from plan
tation shed* that once summonea the sable bondmen te
unrequited labor; school bells, and steamboat bells, and
factory bells, Urge and small; many of them in the beat
order and of the finest tones. !
These four hundred bells bore upon them a Southern
tribute to Northern labor. There were no anclentbells,
no bells of historic worth, no old Spanish or French
relict—ihofco tbe Southernerß had kept, and contributed
instead the products of Northern skill. With only a
dozen exceptions, the hells had upon their rims or tops,
the names of Northern makers: of the Buckeye Works
ot Cincinnati, the Allaire Works of New York- of Fulton
Foundry, Pittsburg, and of the founders of Troy, of
Louisville, and other places- How suggestively all this
cvmes to the mind, and what an added interest it gives
to the poet’s words: .
O, swing them merrily, to and fro, : \
They’ll not boom with a traitorous blow.
Shaped into cannon cot one—they lie,
Eioguent tokens of victory.
< Sing out, O bells, oh the Summer wind,
Farragut’s name with thy music twined.
The foreseen t'slipß from the serpent’s bold,
Though bound in many an angry fold.
Oft ye have pealed for the bridal morn,
Tolled for soulb into mystery, born,
Boused, on plantation, master and slave, : ~
Yet, ye were doomed, till t won by tho Brave.
O. ring ere long for the shout of Peace!
1 Jubilant ring when this strife shall cease!
Bing out Bebeliion;dark asa pall,
Bing for Stars and Stripes floating o’er ah.
Laugh out on the Northern winds, I pray,
Peal out, for tbiß is your marriage day !
Wedded to Freedom,’mid hills aud delis,
Ye are no longer Beauregard’s bells.
The largest bell was that flrßt sold. It weighed 1,497
pounds, was’of an excellent tone, and had au iron yoke
which was counted in as part .of the weight. Toe first
bid was 15 cents, and the hell was finallv sold to W. S*.
Coffin & Co., for 23# cent* per pound, or $330. v .
Next, came a light*colored, handsome, new bell, weigh
ing 1.108 pounds, without a yoke, which was bought by
George ILilburn for 31, cents, or $343.
The third large bell, with iroa yoke, 957 pounds, sold
to B. Cutting for 23 cents, or $220.
, Then three beHe—Bs2,Bl2, and 811 pounds, were Bold—
two to 8. B. Locke for cmjis, om 9 to Mr. Lincoln for
24#. One of these bore this inscription:
<* ¥IBST PREBBYTERIAI? OnUBOH, SHREVEFOR? v 111.,
Of the hells between 800 and TOO pounds, theKevero
Copper Company bought several at 24,9. B: r Lock© six
at 23# cents, and others at about toe same range.
Of thebelle between 100 and 200 lbs, Jose oh Moulton
aid Tbaddeus Riebardson bought one each at 25 cents,
and 116 were sold to S. B. Locke at 22 cents per pound.
OflB7 behs ■andor-lCGibtM one each waa knocked off
at 28 cents a pound to F. A. Fiske, W- O. Huoneman,.
Mr. Balsam, W. Clapp, W. Bright, the Abbott Worsted
Company, and others j and the remainder were taken by
JB. B. Locke at 23 cents per pound.
Of old brass the Revere Copper Co. bought 1,718 pounds
at 13 cental and of old copper 4,824 pounds sold to A. O.
Nichols for 2J#.
The closing lots were in 425 wrought-iron bars, from
% ibcli to # iuoh, and 9 two Inch, in all 183,277 pounds,
intended for covering batteries and ships. It was bought
by 8. B. Locke.at $47 per ton. .
Previous to the sale Col. Thompson made a most elo-
quent and patriotic speech, which waa warmly applauded,
showing bow deeply in earnest the South were in this war,
as was instanced in the bells before us, and calling for an
equal earnestness on our part, if we would hops to pre
serve our country in its integrity.
Be also stated that Captain McKim had recqivod a
note from Mr. Be Beyeter, of Duchess county, N. Y.,
stating that he (Mr. Be Beyster) had presented a bell to
acburchin Natchitoches, founded by a. friend of his,
Bev. Thomas Scott Brown, who had been driven thence
for his Union sentiments and bis property ruined, and if
that bell was among the lot, Mr. D. should purchase it
and send it back at the close of the war. If that bell
was found it was to be reserved. . . . .
Rev. R. W. Omver.—This gentleman, whom
many of our readers may remember as Episcopal
clergyman at Altoona, and also as rector of St.
Paul's Church, Chestnut Hill, was commissioned
as chaplain to the 31st Regiment of Pennsylvania
Volunteers a year ago, mtd has served in camp and
field ever since. . He has latterly been attached to
General Abercrombie’s brigade as staff officer, and
Berved as his aid-de-camp in the battles of Pair
Oaks and Mal vern Hills, for which ho is well quali
fied from having formerly held a commission k the
British service—we believe in the Erst Royals.
At Pair Oaks, Mr. Oliver brought Colonel Sally’s
regiment (General Sumner’s army corps) into posi
tion, and was honorably mentioned in the official
.bat.tle. - Mr. _on_spe'-
cial service, by General Abercrombie; td~fflESffiiVBr
the si- k and wounded in the hospitals here, will
_ return to the Army of the Potomao this day, having
fulfilled Mb humane mission.
The Corn Exchange Regiment. —Recruiting
for this crack corps, to be commanded by Colonel
Prcvost, is going on satisfactorily. Dendy Shar
wood, Esq., president of the Albion Society, is
raising, and.will Command,one company. Captain
Prank -Donaldson, who returned to the war imme
diately after his release from imprisofiment k Bal
timore, and was dangerously wounded in the arm,
is also raising a company, having his headquarters
at what was Blood’s Despatch Office, Pifth street,
above Chestnut.'
Tub Mutual Life Insurance Company op
Nett York. —Ihe great advantages growing out of
life insurance are so well known, and so frequently
realized, as to need no commendation from us.
Every prudent man, no matter how humble his
station, must be solicitous of the condition of his
family should he be strioken down, and they be de
prived of the one to whom they naturally looked
far protection and: support. As the benefits arising
from the sjstom of-life insurance are eagerly
sought by thousands, it becomes a matter of serious
importano'e to ascertain the most reliable institu
tions in which premium money may be invested
with safety, and the ultimate benefits attained with
certainty. It affords us pleasure to be able to state,
with confidence, that the Mutual Life Insurance
Company of-New York justly deserves to be class
ed as one of the most prosperous and really sub
stantial companies in the United States. Its assets,
available at all times, exceed the enormous sum of
eight millions of dollars. Its obligations are dis
charged to the insured with a promptness that com
mend sit to the patronage of all persons who may
wish to take out policies of life insurance. Eor the
purpose of securing to the soldiers of the Republic,
or those who may become such to fill up the requi
sition of the State, the company has, with patriotic;
liberality, announced its intention to issue war per
mits on the same terms as to those who entered the
service in 1861. E. Rfttchford Starr, No. 400 Wal
nut street, is the agent of the company in this city,
to whom all applications should be mado.
English Pictorials.— -The Illustrated London
News of July 19 gives a double supplement, and
tie Illustrated News of the World of same date ;
an engraved Eupplemont containing a portrait, on
steel, of Sir Rowland Hill, author- of the Penny
Postage system, and now Secretary of the English,
Post (Mice. Wo have received these publications
from S. 0. Upham, 403 Chestnut street. /
SfnTrsrApy.il liirWYBMBNTS —We'notice, with/
pleasure, that the Sunday Dispatch, the oldest
and best of our city weeklies, appeared last Sun
day "in a new dress. It is now printed on new top
per-faced typo, from Johnson’s foundry, anipnesr,
handsome typo it is. Tfao fi'ening Post,f Now
York, one of the ahlest/iurnalg in thafinfcv; also
appears on an sheet, • and iphew typo
graphy. / ; /
A Patriotic Proposition.
/ J uly 31,18(52.
To the editor of'The Pres/:
gip: Is thcro ono man'in our City Councils
-wh- I ® o soul rif“S above th« narrow limits of party'
Vgsnizatiop? Is there 7 one member of that/body
'patriotic enough to Bay, he who has risked his life
for his country is alone worthy of our support? Is
there one individual in that assemblagejhonest
enough to reward that merit acquired by months
of toil, privation, and bodily suffering and injury,
on the battle-field of liberty ? If so, lot him origi
nate and struggle : for the passage of: an aot that,
hereafter, bo political position, or patronage, shall
bo bestowed upon any person who has not rendered
military service to the country ho is so anxious to
servo in a civil capacity.
I Why should the hungry hordes of bloated idlers,
■yclept politicians, who daily obstruct the pathway
in front of onr State House monopolize every office,
from the lamplighter to the sheriff, while men who
pave earned a title to that name by: the disin
terested support of their Government in the hour
of its peril,- languish, negleoted and uncart for,
pushed aside by these noisy and unprofitap!-’ locusts
on society, who would oare but ‘ little wither Jeff
.Davis or Abraham Lincoln were President, lf 'they
buthold an office under him ? Our regiments in
the-field appeal for men; tho worn out veterans of
many a fight ory for 'heJp," the aenius of Liberty,
and' Free Governroebif calls for men! Mon of;
family; men of rosp*Jtability, have answered nobly :
to the call; yet Woro, life® hungry vultures wait- ;•
ing tf pounce vpon the expectant carcass of, friend
or foo, Istandyjha 1 standyjha army, pf ( professional politicians,-
eager 16 fitoh tho last'dollar from their mother
ciraDtrv.fn.the hour of her tribulation. -
o t-rhiladelph ians be sincere in the oauso ofthe
mniaii.' *-rb-- r - •; • • .- =
f, .Shall suoh . receive the support ot men who calk
’themselves Americans? . Answer it, ye voters, Vat
the polls; "‘
' I am, sir, your ohediont servant ’ •
i ■ .A CIIIZBK OF THK TWKHTIKTH WARD.. ;
>• / .
Vayne, a:
l froaatiesj
LETTER FROM NEW YORtL
Steamers Ordered to -tames River by the Go
vernment— Mutiny on Board the Baric Rri tt l
deer—Arrival of the United States Gunboat
Wyundott—A Treason Babbler Goes info the
Army—Scene at the Custom House the Day
Before the Sew Tariff—Prison Statistics
Stocks, Markets, &c.
[Co-rreepondeiice of The Press.]
Nkw Toast, July 31i 18g2>
Tariot»have been thßirumors afioat in this city to
dsy, loundtd upon the fact of several steamers haying
been engaged by the Government for immo-kto , Ha _
The latest and most reliable news is, that orders hay.
been received in this city from Washington directing tho
despatch of steasaers to Virginia, for the coaroysnoo of
eick and wounded* soldiers. Only four v*sse ! s were taken.
Others, however, would also bavo been sent if they hal
been found snitaWe; It is known that' at least
tboueand sick and disabled soldJerr are now at different
pointa on tne banks oi the James river, and these would
reauire for their removal,, certainly, ten large steamers,
In view of the fart that tile Government for the past row
da, s has had dnder cons*der»tlon: some new arrange
ments for the care of oursitk and wennded, it is by no>
means certain, from - the order referred to,, that any im
portant movement oithe arsay is either in prog-dsaof in
contemplation. The rumor* of to-day, wo aro fully as
sured, have no other foundation than the iaotß hero
given.: ; : _ Li ..
: In reference to the mutiny on board tbo ; bark Rein
deer, of which you have been* apprised by.telfgnipk
from Boston, the folding letter bai been received tit
this city by Eli woo d Walter jUs?, dated—
July 12.
“A feaifnl tragedy has just occurred on these Patera.
On WeCnefday, the Bth inst., at I o’clock A U, the
American bark Beiudeer, CaprafEr Hewitt, of aad for
New York, with a canto of Bait from Cetl*», being than
about thirty mik-s to the southeast of this cort, two
Spanish seamen of her crtw surprised aod murdered the
second mate, carpenter, cook, and one seatnan, wounded
toe captain, chief mate, and two others-, took forcible
possession of some four hundred dollars In specie aad a
wtuch which were in the cabin, stove one of the boat),
and left the vessel in the other one,' having first set fire
to the bark fore and.uftjf
“AtB A. M. the ship Minstrel, of Boston, Captain;
Clifford, and the British brig Susanna. Captain Gtove,
hove in Sight and proceeded alongside of her,- and ren
dered every possible assistance ; tbeir endeavors to ex
tinguish the fire, however, provtd ineffectual, and ai Ar
o’clock P. ftl. Captain Hewitt and :tbe surviving indi
viduals of the crew of the Reindeer were transferred on
board of the MiDßtrel bound from Adra to this port,
where tbev arrived this afternoon. Active measures ar*
being made by the American consnl and the local au
thorities, in ord*r to procurethe capture of the asvmins,
wbo are reported to have >anded on the coast a few mile*
to the eastward. The conduct of Captains Clifford and.
Grove is deserving of the highest praise ”
The United States steam gunboat Wyandott, Com
mander W. D;. Whiting, arrived at this port to-day from
Mosquito Inlet and Port Royal, sailing from thence July
26, at 7A. M. She came to this port for repairs, and has
been two months engaged blockading off Mosquito Ic e .
fcbe brings no news from Port Royal. Tne health of
the troopß remained good. .....
This morning, Albert Gregory, who was arrested
yesterday for blabbing treapon, was to have been sent to
Fort lafayette by order of the Government, but rather
than take board at that marine villa, the utterer of Sa
cession sentiments consented to take the oath of alle
giance and to enter as a volunteer in Colonel Turnbull's
regiment, now recruiting under the auspices of the Me
tropolitan Police Commissioners. 4 *
At 9 o’clock this morning every custom-house elerk
was at his desk. Business commenced forthwith, and by
11 o’clock it was impossible to get standing room in front
of any of the desks. StilTth# crowd Increased; the ex
citement caused by tbe most trifiing delay was intense j
three o’clock came, and the clerks shut down. To-mor
row the new tariff will begin to shed its blessings upon
the merchandise now in store and all that is to come In
other words, a change has come over us ; some like It,
but that some Is very few. Nevertheless, all will submit
to the tariff cheerfully if the waris pushed on with tha
same energy and pluck as is exercised in demaadtag
money. “ Push on the war and crush the unholy rebel
lion, and yon can have all the money you wane,” is the
language of New Yorker?, If the war is to fl*g, and oqr !
volunteers are to be left to inaction with its myriad train
of evils, Few Yoikers will be much the same as other
people. Such is the substance of the varied conversa
tions which fell on my ears as I stood beneath the cus
tom-house dome this forenoon.
From the sixteenth annual report of the Prison Asso
ciation of New York, jutt issued as a State document,T
glean the following statistics which present soms inte
resting features:
Total number of commitments for 1861... .41,449 *
'White.... .........................40,316 :
C010red.............. 1,075
Of the whole, 16,170 could hot read ; 2,224 could read
only; 17,756 could read and write; 1,699 were well edu
cated, and there were 1,601 whose degree of education
was unknown; 7.610 were of temperate habits; 3>.239
Were of intemperate habits: 15,071 were married; 28.490
were single; 1.855 were wiaowed; 1,038, social relitiona
unknown; 9,932 were of native birth; 31.5 7 were of
foreign birtli. Of these, 24,2(5 were Irish; 3,592 were
Germans; 1,450 were English; 623 were Scotch ; 24&
were French; 332 were Italians; 33G were Canadians,
The report says: “ Thus it will be conceded that the
drinking usages of the people are tbe most prolific sources
of crime. * # # # Discharged persons from our
penitentiaries, county jails, and State prisons, and .vari
ous courts, to tbe number of 30 or 40’per dav. are apply
ing to the association for assistance, in someway—as for
clothing, employment, advice, and the means of leaving
the city for some distant part of the country! * * *
The association have fed the starving, discharged' con
victs j clothed the almost nakel; and relieved the pres
sing necessities, to some extent, of hundreds of those who
called on them during the year. And it is our happiness
to know that but few of-this number have been re-ar
rested, charged with crime; hence we conclude that our
outlay has proved a good investment.” The amount ex
pended in the work of the' Association for the year was
§l-935.26.
■ The sales of stocks at the Second Board to day were aa
follows
15000 0 Sos ’Bl coup... 96#
5000 TJ S 5a ’74 coup. 85#
1000 G 8 6b >Bl Oreg
W L>n 34-year.. 96#
4000 . do 96#
i 5OOO 7 3-10 p c T N. .102#
500 d 0.... ......102# i
3100 U S 6s 1-yr certs 98#
6GOQ d0..........-.93#
3000 Mo State 65..... 46
10000 d0.....,.i>30 46#
10000 Tel & Wab&lm. 59
6000 ' d 0....... b6O 60
4000 California St 75.. 95
10000 Brie R 3d m b ’B3 98#
lOOOCbi&N WSFbd 95
3000 MichoB p c 01d.105#
350 eac MS C0.......11l
ioo d0........8i0 ra#,
THE MARKETS,
Ashes —The market is without change; sales of Bets'
at 56.7506.8 J &, and Pearls scarce. : y
Flour and Meal —The market for Western and Stats
Flour is without Important 5 change, but closes heavy
under a farther-advance in freignts. The inquiry, is
mainly for export; trade brands are firm bnt qnieL
The sales are 19,0C0 obis, at £480ff15.10 for. superfine
State and ‘Western, §6.25®635 for extra State, S 6 35
05.60 for fancy do. $6 25©5 40 for the low gr*aos of
55 for eWPpihg brands of round
hoop extra Ohio, and 85.6u05.25 for trade brands.:
Canadian Flour is steady, bnt closes heavy ; sales of
1,550 bbla at 5 25®5 40 for tiie low grades of extra, and
$5 50ffi6.25 for trade brands.
Southerns Floor Is steady, but not active; the supply
Is ample; sales of 1,250 bbls -at go .25®5 90 for-mixed
to good superfine Baltimore, Ac.,,and §6ffl7 for.trad«
brands. ■ 1 '
By e Flour ia quiet; sales of 137 bbla at $3®4.251
• Corn Meal is heavy: sales oi 600 bbla Marsa’s vrtorio
at 83.49. •" -
Whisky.—The market is better, and in fair demand;
Bales of 900 bbls atSoffl3l#cforBtate and Ohio, ; }
Grain — The Wheat market opened steady, with a
fair demend, but closed easier under a further advance
in freights. The supply is liberal, and the demand m«nly
for export.
Sales of 136,Q€0 bushels at 81.12ff11.19 for Chicago and
Racine Spring; SI 13# ©1.21 for Milwaukee Club;
SI 23 ©1.24 for Amber lowa, the latter for 20,000 busbrls,
very select; §128®1.30 for Bed Western; 5L.83ff11.38
for Amber do; -new .Bed Jersey, on private terms, and
51.40ff11.45 for White Micnfgan.
Rye !b scarce; sales of 4.000 bushels of State at 85c.
Oats are buoyant at 47c for Oanadianand Western, and
48c for S*ate. .. '';
Corn opened quieL, but with a more active demand, in
part speculative, but clbsed firm; saleH of 218,000 bush
elß at 60ffl51#c for heated; 62#® 64c for Eastern mixed;
©66c for Blupping do, and 56087 c for selected.
THIS CASE OF TOUNG TANEY.—We loam that
young Taney, a relative of Judge Taney, who was guilty
of an unprovoked assault upon a Union citizen a few days
ago/bas been released upon taking the oath'of allegt*
ance, and that be still disgraces the community by his
presence. If we bad not, some time ago ceased to wonder
at anything which transpired hereabouts, we Bhouid pro
bably feel some surprise that the offender bus not been
punished sb his crime deserved. Some wise purpose has
undoubtedly stepped in'between crime and its punish
ment, and. beyond question, it is: ail right, although we
are not able to see it. —Norfolk Union,
SEIZURE OF LETTERS—Upon the arrival,of the
steamer Planter, at her wharf yesterday afternoon, she
was boarded by several officers of the reserve corps, who
searched the psesengers snd their baggage, it having
been ascertained that letters and other contraband.goods
have, for the past month, been forwarded from the South
to this city. The search resnlted ln the Bnding'of nearly
a barrel of leiters from the South, addressed to persons
in this city. The letters were taken posseesion of by the
Marshal. Two men were arresteJ, but afterwards re
leased upon their parole. ;...
' The steamer George Weems else came into nort poster
day ahemoon. and was boardoJ by the officers. Like
tbo Plsnter, tbere wae a large quantity of letters seized,
and anuantity of Confederate, money. Several parties
were arrested and taken to the Marshal’s office. At htdf
past eieven o’clock last night, the Marshal was investi
gating^the matter.— Bailimpre Clipper, yesterday. , ,
' Meeting op Pecbditing OrarcEßSi
An adjourned mcehUg of recruiting officers, on duty in
the cjty was heM last evening, at Barr’s Hotel, Sixth
street; be’ow Chestnut, , ”
CfPtain Lentz. from the committee, reported that .
evyv rwargit mustered into an old regiment should have
sfi douara; and also receive the fifty dollars bonnty on
irewntation of a certificate from the captain of his oom
parV-
/Tho report was accepted, and the committee continue*.
/Major Pauly tlir ugbt thatlho committee should bo em- ’
Powered to call a meetiDg at any time they should 888-fit. -
1 Lieut. Meany said that the; matter ought to be. left in ■
the hands of the President.
Capt. Lentz desired to be excused from further service '
on tho committee, as he had to leave in a day or two for /
his regiment. Lieut. Meany was appointed in his place.
Major Paulysaid that.they wero as far as ever front
the reception of the bounty given. He thought that a
small amount should be given to the soldier on joining
the company. .
Capt. Lentz thought that if regular officers could swear
men in, that volunteer officeis should, and not go before j
an alderman, ;
Mr. Scott offered a resolution expressing the.utmost ,
confidence of the meeting in the energy and patriotism
of Captain'S: J. Dodge, superintendent of recruiting fa?
Pennsylvania, and that he would do what was in h& j'
power to forward the recruiting for the old regiments. ,,
Adopted. =o,i..Hn:Jr
. Tho following preamble and resolutions wire offered by :
committee: •, ... .
, Whereas, We, the officers on recruiting service' for re
giments in the field are suffering from the inconvenience f
ofsending recruits to the distant general depot atHarris- ,
burg, and tho uncertainty of having the reernits accepted, ,
thus cruising double transportation: Bo it *■
HesoZred, That we think the 'State officers should bo •
placed on some equality with regard to recruiting service v
wiib regular ermy officers.. . 1 ' '
Resolved, That we deem'it; highly necessary for the
, success of the recruiting service that an examining sur
geon and mustering officer be stationed in this city for
regiments already in the field "
Resolved, Thst acommittea-of three be appointed to
confer with Captain R. J. Pudge,, Superintendent of-Be
cruiting Service In Pennsylvania, and the Adjutant ’Ge
neral of the TTnited PWtes Army, to have an assistant
surgeon stationed in Philadelphia who shall have a fund
to pay the premium and advance bonnty to each reornit
'as soon as he i 3 mnstered into the service of the Halted
Btates. ,
Iheresolntiohs were adopted, and Captain Scott, Liea
itenaht A, Bote, and Lieutenant Meany, appointed on the
committee. ’ - ' •
j After some little debate, of no particular interest; the i
'meeting adjourned to meet at the.call of ,he President. .
i .Handsome Donation by the Navy
]YABp.—Dr. Burpee, of the 'Oliristmu-strest Hospital, "
/received yesterday’-from Bohert L. Webb, secretary of a
committee of the employees of the navy-yard, the snm of ,
eighty-one dollarß and seventy-four centa, (581.74,) to be.,
appropriated for the sick and wounded soldiers of the '
hospital. The sum was realized by an excursion toKenil-1
■worth Grove, and is a handsome testimonial from those .
who are enjoying the Iprotectidh of the Government to
those who havo so nobly saffered in its defence. • ’
; Accident.—About'; .6 o’clock yestep
;day afternoon'a boy,- named David GeWns, aged 10 years,
was run over by a passenger car at Seventeenth and.Cal
lowhillstreets, and had an arm broken in two places. He
was removed to Ins residence In the vicinity.
Brig.. Gen.. StepkenParmenter ar
; rived from iWaphinaton last night, and is now stopping at
; tho Continental. Dr. J. 0. McKee, chief surgeon to
Key OB’ corps, Also arrived ; from' the Southwest, and U
■ stopping at tho Continental! -
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