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|U»" KP TonN W. FORNEY.
»* f . LoiTH FOURTH STRJSB'
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»A It* PRESS-
Tl‘ h " WKKK payable »o the o»rHer
It'* °^L ra out of the Olty at Six Dollar
FOR Eight Sloxtbs,
Off*' „ Six MoKTHS-invaria&lr ia ad
;PA UilS Awed
, (^-:,,VEE KtV I’RESS, ■■ ■
iwritortrf'tlHiOttrrttmU Dot,
---^ucational.
INSTITUTE FOU
a r APIB3> 1680 irch 9toet ’
VoUSff Tbeel.hth year wIU begl.
jl.,l!'!’ P Ai,l«BB Poat-office Bo* 1839.
W-i 141
.i»* —-
, i?vAN FEMALE COLLEGE
Dolswor®.,.,
«V a . President.
' 3011 s hoard of Pro'easors ftud Teaohera.
|juiJ |,f l> !l wilt conmiaoco on MONDAY, the li
Md fe<9i f,™ uiioten months. ■ •
M lli ITAIU
(KM , at West Ohester, (for boarders onlyJ
J3B opened an TfIOBSDA.Y t Sep
rl-ii In it* capacious building* are ar
a r ((>< 'At Mgbest order for the comfortable qn*r
IS 8 on® ht,ndr6 ' l “ d
mJflfent and experienced toachera wil
flrp* ° { attrutlon *o the educational depart
«Sr ! ATthoff instruction thorough an
5 apartment of stndles embraces the fo!
6 T,,( ! d ?rtmsrr. Oonminroiat, end Scientist
yLe roorses. r Tho moral training or csxlel
# fn« attended to, For cirCntars, apply t
626 Chestnut street, or at tJ
fcL* H ■ ? r ?rLitU>ont»l Hotel, Philadelphia, or to
,5^” l,l> y>rHSo. HYaTT, President P. M.
e advertised that this keademy would t)
r s ~ , JS last, bot a sudden and severe slokne;
mvA ..ihgctlber was visited compelled a poel
Jiik ' W f’niwentfi'pr'so. By the blessing of h
I ttuff' °*” *dto health and tltneaa for active duttei
for Circulars or for Information con
liter Apiviemv were unanswered, the neglect )
dgggrtStaaw. »»1.6t THEO HYATT
triTLAGE-GBEEN SEMINAEY.-
1 * .fleet BOARDING SO WOOD, near MEDI/
! Thorough couraoin Mathematics, Ola
" r ' W ySh Slnte. So. Book-keeping and Civil El
#*■ ...jht. Exorcises in Military Taotica.
Cetb)S?»Wtn« September let ' -T'
JnlHefi jxrsoarto... • °* w
fsr information, BA BTON, A. M ,
ltoT ' 7!IjLAGB OBEKN, Penn’a,
tjrisTOL boabding- schooj
J) to Qirlg will open its fall session on Seecnd daj
•Jliilh mo,, let. Hdttj Philadelphia; Ant
BifrreDcesi. _ . fltrf€ t t Philadelphia; 0. J
c6 " rßb l2« wSrtt Seventh Btreet, Philadelphia: Hear;
pares, 501 Not* Sew “ "eto m u j 4 rlBcoo
! f hr circulars, apply to BUT!
[im rEIBOTC, Principal, Bristol, P»- jy23-2m*
giTwIFTEBOP TAPP AN’!
jyi Boarding and
«1S f TKDOK Street, will reopen on WJSDHEsD A)
Saber tUb, 3y19 - 8m
ffOLMESPUPG SEMINARY FOl
H TOCNO LADIES, located on the Bristol Tun
■T. Cfrom Philadelphia and 2 from Tacony. Tt
|“' ( ,, ro 0 f the scholastic year begins the first M.OI
ptf In September; aooond term the Ist day of Eel
ff f«cnlar, containing terms, references, &0., oan I
Atiiftlnrd by appHcatlon'to the
IrlKm* Misses CH&PM AH, Principals.
SUMMER RESORTS.
iriISFON SPRINGS, CAMBRIA
(joaNTY, PA.—This delightful and popular plaoe
tfnnsser resort, located direotly on the line of the
Ttmurnsnia Bailroad, on the summit of the Allegheny
lionsillns, twenty-three hundred feet above the level of
theofests. will be open for guests from the 10th of June
«l fte 10th of October. Binee last season the grounds
Sts teen greatly Improved and beautified, and a num
ber of Cottages have been erected for the accommoda
£tii cl families, rendering Oresson one of the most
-omeotic and attractive places in the State. The fural
"ore is betas thoroughly renovated. The seeker of
iktasnre and the sufferer from heat and disease will find
attractions here in a first-class Livery Stable, BiUiard
'fables, Twin Alleys, Baths, &0., together with the
imreat air and water, and the most magnificent mountain
to be found in the country.
Ticket! good for the round trip from Philadelphia,
41.60; from Pittsburg, #3.04.
for further information, address
n,ro G. W. MtfLLIN,
Oressoa Springs, Cambria 00., Pa.
IQEA BATHING-.
■KJ CAPE XSLVND, N. JT.
TheCENTBK BOOS® Is now open, and has superior
OCMamodatlons. Terms moderate.
S. E. MISOBAY,
a«24v» Proprietor..
■jV/TANSION HOUSE,
.Lt-L Atlantic city.
QEA bathing
O AT
LOHQ BBANOH, MONMOUTH 00., H. J.
MBTBOPOOITAN HOTEL,
NOW OPEN,
J. H, A X.W.OOOPEB,
Proprietors.
DBA BATHING.
SJ OCEAN HOUSE, CAPE ISLAND, N. J„
Is now open lor the reception of visitor*.
jtffl.Gf* ISBA-BL LAMING, Proprietor.
DTAit HOTEL,
0 (Nearly opposite the United States Hotel,)
ATLANTIC OITY, N. J.
6AMTJKL ADAMS, Proprietor.
Dinner....... 60 oosta
Abo, Carriages to Hire,
KT Boarders accommodated on the most reasonable
terms, jeiio-Bni
COLUMBIA HOUSE.
\J ATLANTIC OITT,
BITUATBD ON KENTUCKY AYENUE,
Opposite tlie Surf House.
W Terms to suit the timeß.
jeiO.Jnj BDWABD DOYLE, Proprietor.
QEA-BIDI HOUSE, ATLANTIC
0 OITT.N. J.
BY DATED BCATTBBGOOD,
A NEW PBITATE BOABDINQ HOUSE, beattßftU-
I; situated at the foot of Pennsylvania Avenue..
Sow open (or visitors for the Besson. ie2o-2m
This House having been thoroughly renovated and en
larged, is now open for permanent and transient boarders.
The E aJiSION HOUSE is convenient to depot, churches,
and ,est office. The bathing grounds are unsurpassed
on the Mand, The Bar is conducted by Mr. KBIEL, of
Philadelphia, who will keep superior wines, liauora, and
choice brands of oigara. je2o-2m
AG L B HOTEL, ATLANTIC
JU OITT, ii now open, with a
LABQE ADDITION OF BOOMS.
Board ST per week, bathing dresses inolnded. je2o-2ra
ipOTTAGE ESTREAT, ATLANTIC
CITY, )a now open and ready for Boarders. A few
choice Bioms can he obtained by applying soon. The
Proprietor furnishes his table with fresh milk from his
oowe, and fresh vegetables from hit farm.
Also, about,four hundred desirable Cottage and Hotel
salts tor sale by M. McOLBBS,
lefO-gm Proprietor. "
«rpHE ALHAMBRA,” ATLANTIC
. S. J., asplendld now house, eonthwert
Mmer of ATLANTIC and MASSACHUSETTS Avenues,
be open for visitor* on and after June 29th. The room*
■ad table s!« Tbe Alhambra" are anstirpassed by any
on the Ismed. There fs a spacious Ice Cream and Sa
liCßiiment Saloon attaehod to rhe house. Terms moderate.
0. DUBOIS A S. J. YOUNG,
Proprietor*;
TBDLOE’S HOTEL, ATLANTIC
N. J—At the terminus of the railroad, on
S,«!?u„ b . 6>, j n r? This Ho»s« is now open for
fiorn'iiTjLw' l and offersaccommoda
&? 1 to AU * nUo o,t y- Charges mo
ae2*?' Children and servants half prtoe, '
| 1 srties shotdd keep their seats until the cars hr*
ate in front of the hotei. Je2o.2m
fJHESTER COUNTY HOUSE.—This
■«lmvJn 4t ? B o»«llng House, coraer of YOBK aid
i>e«rhJ!L Atlantic City, convenient to the
p. a beanttful view of the Ocean, is now open
w tufieHsos, The accoramodatkma are oaual to any
Olhorio,, the.lsland. Prices moderate. *
, J. KEIM, Proprietor.
SEA BATHING.—“The Clarendon,”
(formerly Virginia House,) VTBCIUf IA A7HNC23,
OUT, la now open for the aocommodation
w Boarders. This Home.ls situated Immediately on the
Mick, and from every room affords a fine view of the
lie3o-2nil JAMES JJDHKIHS, M.D.
SEA bathing.- united states
H°™, LONG BBANOH, S. J., la now open.
S. ™ oD 'f fifty yard* from the seashore, central of the
Nweihonae frosting the ocean .600 feet; two hour*
tint ?°A> Steamer leave* Murray street twice
si!?’ * • 6P. M.; thonc* by the B. and D. B.
nwiroad. Addreis B. A. BHOEMAKBB.
Communication from Philadelphia la by the Camden
004 iniboy Ballroad, by tho OA. M.and 2P. M, trains.
■— V , : jel9-2m*
SUMMER BOARDING. JBROAD
HOUSE.—A roman tio a pot for a
M on one of the. mountain Tops
fennajljanta, reached dally by the Pennsylvania
: Broad Top mountain Ballroad from
feS? l rfn li ‘oi? ie t ßto,laBla one of tha finest inthein
attoL? fitntS'tandeomely forntshed. with all the re
ffcn, ' “n^ ol * nd convenience—pnre, air, deß-
Si? S£"? r ' foinantto scenery, and everything to
ShLn nt L 1 fl vl . Bo / ate health. Telegraph' station ami a
Xaddphis 10,81 dftUy communication may bo had with
uS“ Pennsylvania Ballroad will finish' excursion
h, S* 0 ®* 11 the seaeon. Persona leaving Fhtladel-
° g tftn ***“ tea atthe JfounfalaHbuM'
’lheanbacribw has kindly been allowedto refer to the
«X gB ? ia l7v (l “ , A Mldf,nto ° r Philadelphia, who have
41,6 Mountain Bourn :
David P. Moore, Bag.,
bwal. Oaatner, Bsa.j Thoa. Oaratalri.Baa.,
John it?,! 7 ?• S L oore ' Dewla T. Wattaon, Jsa„
JoO. Albert Jjewls, Asa” ■
T«Sr»fe n,Ks9> .BlohardD. Wood, Baa.
ns Hodbiats. For farther Information, address
lala.t, „ JOSIIPH MIOBBISOir, Proprietor.
g»^ M ___gnoad.-Top Oltr, Huntingdon oonnty. Pa.
-~^^ IQNE:RY & fancy Goods,
4,^Uayles
A TOT, ATO FANCT QOODfI
He. 1086'WAIiirDT’STBig'r
hUho. IBLOW HLITMtIK,
: :PHEDADIiI.FITTa.
COAL.
fi #t 40 !nton “’ tll6lr frt ™da and the subtle
Whobi i # «S22i S“* r mhioh ooai. depot
tkelr WHABP, on the Delaware, t»
Streets S”? r * wes ‘ corneror EIOHTH,and WIJDI/OW
0 / nt ?? d t 0 lt«W,the,tort duality of
from , the mort approved.mineral the
#ri<se*. Your patronaKe la raßpectfullj solicited.
■ JOB. WADTON i 00.,
&U«nk JfaSZS* .B* ■;
PlPE.—Stone Ware Brain
>Srd. Bto 12-tooh bore. 2-lnoh bore, 25 o per
3®« per yard ; 4-taob bore,4oo per
r * r i i 1 * >e? M» P&
"?&* «•» Stiir *° *&• mi&a>e
TOP B-7™«» Terr.
to Rtj.«4 piftmaud ornamental doshnuu war-
cfl«4^ fl «•• *otK« of oo«*„ or UiK
toritn A greet Tbrietr or onimento
*°4 olftselcal design*. ail -«*~
«t«idtte weirtSer.
lerre Oottii Workii, Offloe *nd Wm
. JeW-u 1010 OHBBTNDT Street/
8.A.8488150N.
■DARGAINS IN j>by goods;
J-r; The following lot* will be sold at a great sacrifice
to oloeo them oot—viz: .
Two let) Block Bilk ana 'Wobl Challies at 18Kb, worth
87 Vo.
Five pieces Barege Angle at 40, worth 100.
Firo nieces plain Barege at 12^0.
Also, a large lot of Shetland Shawls, at very low prices,
Splendid for travelling or at watering places.
At JOHN U. STOKES’, .
702 ABO ff Street.‘
Tweeds and cassimebes.
1,600 yards heavy Oassiaieres, just opt* nod.
Also, 1,000 yards all wool Tweeds, 62 to 75 cents.
Summer and Fall Oasßimerea,A fall stock.
Men’s and Boyß’ wear, onr stock is complete.
: , DOMESTICS.
Bleached and Brown Shirtings.
. .Bleachtd and-Brown Sheetings.
Ootion FtannelSjiDomet, all wool, and Baoiue do.
Cotton Goods, at lowest market rates. "
HONEY-COMB QUILTS. ■
Marseilles and Lancaster Quilts. ,
Battling Flannels, Mosquito Nets.
Linen Table Damasks and Napkins.
Cheaplotß of 44 heavy Irish Linens.
_ CLOSINGOUT.
Bilk Mantles, Thin Dusters, Lace Goods.
Boys' Buminer Clothing.
Tbin Dress Goods, Black Tamartinea.
OhalUes, Mohairs, Mozambique*, &o.
COOPER & OONABD,
jySl-tf . S. B. comer NINTH and MARKET sts.
QUMMEB STOCK.
IO ' During July and August we will sell Summer Dross
Goods, such as Lawns, Organdies, Baregoß, and their
fabrics, at yery low prioea to clear the atock.
The assortments are still fair, and tba goods of this
season’s purchase.
TAB. R. CAMPBELL & 00,
U ; 727 CHESTNUT STREET,
•OF»a*' AT
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
Very choice Goods of recent importation.
Black Silk Checked Grenadine, extra quality.
Foulard Silks, elegant styles and fine quality.
Black Silks, beat brands..
Broche Barege, Hemanis and Mozambique*.
8-4 Paris Fird’Chevre. >
Poll d’Chevre, all wool filling.
Grenadine Veils, in mode and other shades.
WHITE GOODB AND LINENS
In great variety, at extremely low prices.
O.OOD MUSLINS BY THE PIECE.
IJT New Tors Mills Shirting.
Wamsuttas,'WilliamsTllle, Whltsrocks. *
Sheeting, Hnslins, first quality.
ETRK & LANDELIi,
TOTJBTU and iBOH.
fNOOD FLANNELS, UNSHRINKA
VJT BliK.—Welsh and Saxony Flannels.
Ballard Vale Flannels.
Magenta Colored Sackings,
ETBE 4 LANDWLTj,
FOURTH and ABOH.
TSJEW SPRING PRINTS,
JLI , OHOIOK STTim
MFbthma.oB,
SPBAGUB, “ .
pacific,
AIiL TWELVE AND A HALF OBSTS.
A luge lot best styles and feat colon at 100.
OOWPEBTHWAIT & 00.,
mhls.tr H. W. cor. EIGHTH and MA.BKET Sta.
O.OOD BLACK PRESS SILKS.
VA Heavy-corded Dregs Silk*.
Gloaay Black Drees Silks;
Widowi’ SiUtg, without gloss.
STBS & XidNDßiiTi,
WOTJBTH and ARCH
mHE UNDERSIGNED, SUOCES-
X BOBS to OHAFFEEB, STOUT, * CO., hare THIS
DAT formed a copartnership, trader (he Arm of STOUT;
A ATKINSON, for the purpose of conducting the
'Wholesale Dry. Goods business, and bare taken the store,
No. 628 MABKET Street.
"JVTOTICE. —MR. WM. K % HBMP-
J-k HILL’S interest in our lionse ceased on tke 31st
TWELLS & 00.,
118 NOBTH WHABVEB.
May,
jyl-Im
TVTOTICE.—THE FIRM OF H. 0.
liANCASTSR'A 00. is this day dissolved, by mu
tual consent. H. 0. LANCASTER is alone authorized
to collect tbe outstanding debts, and use the name of the
Ann in lignidation. H. 0. LANOABTER,
JOHN G. FLEMING.
Fhiladelihla, August 1,1863.
The undersigned will continue the Grain and Peed
buaines* under the firm of J. B LANO4.STJSR A SOS,
at the old stand, S. W. corner of Spruce street and Dela
ware Avenue, where he would be pleased to see his old
friend and customers,
augl- 4t
THE COPARTNERSHIP heretofore
existing between the undersigned, under the Arm of
A. T, LANK A' 00., was this day dissolved by its own
limitation. The business will he settled by-either of the
undersigned, at Ns. 419 MABKET Street.
'aux: t: liASu,
•WM. T. HASSKLIi,
B. S’. aASSKLO,
: , : B. HANSKht,.
Philadelphia, July 1,1862. jyl-tuth2m
E. LEE, Proprietor.
THE COPARTNERSHIP heretofore
existing under, the firm of 818 GEL, BAIBD, &
00.) is this day dissolved.'
PETEK SIEGES)
JACOB SIEGEL,
TO S. BAIED,
JOHN WIESX.
Jos* SO. jyl-6w
fiTOTICE OP LIMITED PARTNER
«LI BHIP 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 finder which said psrtaer
ship. is to be conducted is BIEGEL, WIE3T, & BE
VIN. ■ \ .. -ei.. ■ ... ...
That the general nature of the business intended to be
transacted is the Importing and Jobbing of Dry Goods.
That the names of the General and Special Partners,
all of whom reside in the' city" of Philadelphia,, are
JACOB BIEGBL, Goneral; Partner, reaidingat.627
North Sixth street: JOHN WIEST, General Partner,
residing at 322 New street; D. B. EBVIN, General
Partner, residing at 1616’ Girardavenne; HENEY S.
FISI’EB, General Partner,(residing at 416 North Third
Street; JOSIAH’BIEGEL,, General Partner, residing
at 416 North Third street; PETEB BIEGEB, Special
Partner, residing at 717 North Eighth street; Wifi. S.
BAIBD, Special Partner, residing at the Continental
Hotel. . . . "
That.the aggregate amount of the capital contributed
bp the Special Partners to the common stock is One
Hundred Thousand Dollars, of whioh Fifty Thousand
Dollars In cash has been ao contributed by Peter Sieger. .
Special Partner, and Fifty Thousand Dollars in oashbas
been so contributed by Wm. S. Baird, Special Partner.
That the said partnership Is to commence on the first
dap of Jnlp, A. D. 1862, and is to terminate on the first
day of January;l9Bs.
JAUOB BIFQJSD, -|
JOHHWIKST,
IX B. KEVIN, V General Partners.
HENBY S. FISTXB, |
JOSIAH BIJSGEL, j
PBTXB BIEflBB.) Mr ~ a ‘ ■
Jpl-Bw FM. B. BAIBD, j S>eclai Pawners.
pOWERS* HOTEL,
NoS. IT and 19 PARK BOW,
(orrosin ran abtos aousn,)
NEW TOBK. .
TSSBMS#I.6OP*BDAY.
This, popular Hotel has, latelp ( been thoroughly reno
rated aad refnmlshed. and now possesses all the regal
dtesof a ’ j ~
' TIBST-OLABB HOTEL.
The patronage of Phfiadelphtana -and the travelling
»nbllo, desiring the best accomodations and moderate
charges, is reepectfnllp solicited.
■ lel-8a ; ' H. L. POWXBB, Proprietor.' l
HOHSE,
i. HNW TOBK,
BBOADVTAT ANDiTWXLFTH STBEET,
jatTajjtoa oh tsilits sraasT, -
Conducted on the '
X U.B 0 P,B A N PLAN.
■ This house Is now open for the accommodation of
.Families cuul iraMitnt Outtto. •
GHO. W. HDHT, )
Late of the Brevoort House, > Proprietors.
CHAS. W. NABH, f )
i iplT-thstntm
A CARD.—THE UNDERSIGNED,
A late of the GIBABD HOUSE, Philadelphia, hare
leased, for n.term<of years, WILLABD’S HOTHL, in
Washington, They.takethis ecoagion to return to thelr
eld friends and customers many thanks for past favors,
and beg to assure (hem that they will: be moat happy to
tee them in their new quarters. . .
T . . BYKXS,.OHADWIOK, * GO.
WISBiVSTon. July 10,1861. f } , au2S-ly
/CABINET FURNITURE AND BIL
LIABD ’ TABLES,
MOORE & CAMPION,
, No. 261 South SECOND Street,
m connection with their eactMuivo Cabinet. Business, are
new mannfaotnrlßg a superior article of.
. BILLIARD TABLES,
< 6 ,?°,5 on band afull snpply,*finished with the
“0"““. * OAMPION’S IHPBOVXD CUSHIONS,
wblch sre . pronounced by all who have need them to be
superior to all othms. ,
. For the Quality and finish of these Tables the manu
foctnrers refer to their numeKue patiuns throughout
the Union, who are familiar with the character of their
wo*. ■ :... ,fe!B-6m
fTiPIINING OF A SUMMSE oar-
V/ DBN.—The undersigned befsjeeye to inform fin
pnbiio that he has opened for the seasonal* FIN* GAB
BEN and HOTXL,*at thetoot of' OOATXSIXreet, o„o,:
site IslrmonntPark. Tamales are parflonlarlp inyltet
lee Cream, Oakes, excellent Lager Beer of Balia’s brew
erp, Wines, te., always on hand. ~ _ , r
ketim FBICKA.
myß-fta TWXBTTJXTXNTH add 00ATX8 Sts.
■\T,U T 8 ~ Almonds, Cream Nuts,
JLI Grenoble Nats, Bordeaux Wytouta, Pea Hole, Fil
berts, Pecan Nuts, in store and for sale bp
BHf DBS <k WILLIAMS,
JplS ' < . - - IOT Bonth WATER Street.
YOL. 6-NO., 4.
RETAIL DRY GOODS.
SH&BPLEBB BROTHERS,
CHESTNUT and EIGHTH Streets.
10340 HI BIH D T BTB6 B T.
E. M. NEEDLES
Invlteß the special attention of Ladies whe in*
tend spending the summer put of town ’to a very
large assortment of MADH-UP GOODS ijnst re
ceived, fn
SLEEVES, SETS, HANDKERCHIEFS,,
<*o., in every variety of material.
Also, a large assortment of MUSLINS, suitable
for GARIBALDIS, So., together with every va
riety of WHITE GOODS, LISTEN'S, LACKS,
EMBBOIDEBIES, HAHDKEBOH’FS, VEILS,
So
Just opened per latest arrivals from Europe
an Invoiced very bcantifol and entirely new
styles ■
PUFFED FRENCH 04MB 810, for
GARIBALDI'S, MODE GRENADINE VEILS,
and SWISS COLLABETTB RUFFLING for
trimming thin Dresses, etc—a new and very de
sirable article, Also, an invoice of
PUBS WHITE FRENCH PLAID
ORGANDIES. jyl
10 3 4 CHESTNUT STBEET.
COPARTNERSHIPS.
J. W. STOUT,
F. T. ATKINSON.
PHn.ADßi.prru, Jaly 21,1862. jy22-lm#
HOTELS.
, CABINET FURNITURE.
H. G. LANOASTJCR.
D. B. BBVIS,
H. S.ITSTEB,
JOSIAH EIEGEL,
TUESDAY, AUGUST .5,. 1862.
ODR ARMY CORKBSPOKDENCI.
FROM THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
[Special Correßporiderice of The Press.]
Fortress Monroe, Aug. 3,1882.
Destruction of Kutfiu’a House.
A party of 400 men went over from Harrison’s
Landing last night, and burned the residence of
My. Ruffin, on the opposite bask, with the negro
dwellings, and all outhouses connected with it. Mr.
Ruffin is the son ofiho well-known Edmund Ruffin,
■hitherto enjoying the term “ Honorable”~as a prefix
to Mb name, buthow a traitor tohia country. Mr.
Ruffin commands a squadron of cavalry iu the ser
vice of the enemy. It was front his premises that
the batteries of the rebels played upon our gun
boats on Thursday night, and nsed the buildings as
a screen for their approach. It has’been well as
certained that the enemy is ia considerable force
three miles from the river bank. In the absence of
an official report, the number killed and wounded
by the enemy’s shell in the late attack oontinues to
be variously stated.. It varies from a dozen to a
hundred. My statement of thirty to forty is pro
bably near the truth. ' .
THE MOBILE CAWABD
The report that ten hew iron-olad gunboats, built
in England for the rebels, have lately entered Mo
bile harbor, whether true or false, should serve as"
a hint to the Government to hasten the completion
of those constructing and oommenoe Others without
delay.' "We may any day see a similar, fleet enter
this harbor, and sail up the James river with trifling
opposition to shell our forces, or take this fortress.
Hasten the iron-clads! The life of the nation,
perhaps, depends on iron-olads. All our Northern
cities are-similarly exposed. England may stop
short of official interference, but her subjects will
give overy encouragement to divide this Union.
The desire is natural. Rival nations are always
glad to see each other weakened. *
ARRIVAL OP GEN. THOMAS—THE PORT DELAWARE
PBISOHBRS,
The steamer Henry Burden arrived this morning,
under charge of Captain Stevenson; with: Adjutant
General Thomas on board, from Washington. - -He
goes to Harrison’s Landing, and .perhaps beyond
that to City Point, on business connected with the
3,000 Fort Delaware prisoners who arrived here
this morning in the three steamers Atlantic, Merri
mac, and Coatzacoaicos, under charge of Captain
Jones, Lieutenant Paul, and Lieutenant Colwell.
They proceed .to-morrow mornjng on their mission.
Four hundred of the prisoners remained behind to
take the oath of allegiance.
ARRIVAL OF PRISONERS.
About twenty rebel prisoners arrived hero this
afternoon from Harrison’s Handing, in motley cos
tumes, as usual. A few were taken last night near
Ruffin’s house, the rest at various points within the
last two weeks. T. M. N.
FROM THE ARMY OF VIRGINIA.
[Special Correspondence of The Press.]
Head quarters Gen, Geary’s Brigade
Near-Little Washington, Ya , July 31.
DESOLATION OF VIBC(INIA.
A statue of Niobe in her own . capital, of
Niolm weeping for her children, would be no unfit
cmblem of Virginia, as she appears to the eye of
the historian in tbo year of our Lordone thousand
eight hundred and sisty-two -her sons gone, her/
hearths cold, her fields desolate. Turn, Urn eye in
what direction soever you will, upon mountain or
plain, and but one wretched picture is presented to
the gaze, and that a fearful-picture of desolation
and ruin. Already are some of the fearfal results,
of this unholy rebellion beginning to be made mani
fest in every portion of the South, Already the
people, at least the thinking portion of the people,
south of Mason and Dixon’s line, begin to realize on
what an uncertain, wretched foundation they have
attempted to erect the',tottering,- insignificant edifice,
they so Tauntingly- called the great Southern Tem
ple of Human Liberty ! Not man alone, but Nature
and, speaking reverentially, God, are arrayed
against the bold and high-handed treason that is
seeking to rob man of one of his greatest
blessings, the world of; one of its brightest
lights, and civilization of its ,corner stone. In
the alacrity, of the people of the North to
rush" forward to their protection of the birthright,
when assailed by an invidious foe, freely offering
their lives upon the altar of their country, in tile
hour of their country’s greatest need, we behold
the stand taken by man in this unrighteous attempt *
te work the subversion of our Government. In the
blighted crops, the scanty yield/ and the indifferent
quality of what is secured/ in pestilential* vapors
and famine, does Nature express her abhorrence of
those who seek nourishment : from her bosom, to
enable them to lift a steady hand to strike tha
death-blow to the “ land of the free and the home
of the brave.” And in the successes that have at
tended our arms; both by flood and field; is mani
fested the presenoe with ns, of that same,beneficent
God, who helped,us fight the battles; that secured
to us our birthrights, and who, so long as our
“ motto shall; be, in God is our trust,’.’ will yet
»fight our battles for us, as He was wont to do those
of His children of old. The Canaan into which he
has led us is of too great vaiue and importance,
and has been purohased at the price of too many
precious lives, ever to be surreptitiously entered by
thieves and traitors, with the hellish design to at
tempt tbb destruction of “ Heaven’s last, best gift
to man,” the Republic of America, the : home of
the-friendless, th‘e poor, and the free.
I have heen ied.to indulge in the foregoing re
flections by the oft-repeated • murmur that greats
the ear 'from* Secesh sympathizers I have encoun
tered in Virginia. They say they see nothing
but ruin hefore and on either Side of them. It is
.written on every -blade of grass ; if trembles' in
. «very : sheaf/of wheat ; it hangs from every ear of
corn. ; Every: garden, field, and estate/ attests the:
effective progress of the work of desolation. * The
new-born day, peeping through the rosy windows
of the east, is a daily witness of the untold horrors
which the South; in its unexampled madness, has
willingly chosen as its portion. Pale Cynthia, from;
her, starry .throne, looks : down ; upon a quietness
which, if it were a quietness of peace, instead‘of
snbdued feeling caused by the presenoe of military
power, would he a gentlo harbinger of a glorious ■
renewal of i, reorganized*‘brotherhood; which'oan :
only exist in a cemented Xlmom.'
orBKATIONS OF* TUB 6TTSBILXIAS
The gueriffas’are beginning to make themselves
known in this vicinity. Up to quite recently they
have not been heard from in this region. Within a'
day or two, however, theyhavo given us repeated
assurances that « the foe is still here.”' Last night
they attacked • our pickets in several different
places, doing no damage, however, and ih> turn
escaping unharmed. Tius gneriUa warfare, t find; i
is becoming quite the amusement'of «the! brayef:
courageous; cbivalrons "representatives of the'-IV
F. V.’s —Men, whose 'courage, not to say pru
dence, constrains them to remain at home, whence
they can steal -like thieves, robbers, and murderors
in the night; and oommit their inhuman barbaritiea,
and return flushed with victories, from whioh a
savage would’shrink withshamc.
Degraded; indeed, must a-people have become;
low,..indeed, most be their their
cause ;-’lost to all the nobiest mstifilK of Manhood
must be : : supporters, when‘they
in the aid and assistance of wild savages, but they
seek- themselves to out-Herod Herod in their en
deavors to enaqt the inhuman barbarities of their
allies—the untutored, Indian—without exhibiting
any of his manly feelings. Surely, when an en
lightened people, living in the nineteenth century,
in their efforts, as .they say, “ to assume'among the’
nations of the earth the position to which the laws'
of - nature and' nature’s, God entitle them,” have
to resort to suoh base,. unprincipled, barbarous,
practices as have disfigured the annals of the
' Southern chivalry during the last . fifteen months,
the position the laws of nature and nations ought
to consign them to is the lowest in.the scale of hu
manity. - ’
SICKNESS IN CAUP.
From reliable information received this morning,
I am sorry .'to be able to communicate that the 60 th:
New York, General Auger’s division, iB losing some
men from typhoid fever. I’rom three to four deaths.
are occurring daily. The health of Gen. Geary’s
brigade, however, is excellent. 1 : The surgeon reports
thirteen: patients in the hospital; Of these,oneis‘
suffering from gun-shot wound, the ;others ' from in
termittent and bilions fevers. The weather during,
the week pasthasbeen every thing that oouid be de-f
aired, both>by Bick and well! ; i , '
.Although Old Sol has darted his warmest baams,:
‘ they have been so tempered by "'oeoling, grateful
breezes, t{iat but little fnconvenienoe was expe
rienced from , the heat. . - •
■ WHBBBABOUTS OP JACKSON.
i .Nothing .whatever has transpired lately as to the
movements of our advance, and it is understood
here that no new movements have been made the
past week; xThw last report,' that the übiquitous
rebel 'Jackson is above ,the junetion of the James
and Appomattox rivers, is not credited by those in;
eommand|iu, this neighborhood. He is still believed
to be at GordonsviUe, waiting for us to oome down
and atiack him'. He doubtlesa fears to open the
ball on us, knowing the fbroe we have in this vicini
ty- Important movements’ are about ’transpiring,
and although lam not at liberty to publish them,
it may not be Inappropriate for me to Bayj|&fat no'
PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, AUGUST &, 186*2.
very distant moment a movement will be com
menced that must result in the total rout of the
rebels, the capture of Richmond, and its occupation
by the Federal army. ’Tis a consummation-most
devoutly to be wished.
TOE SONTRAISANDS,
As a great many bitter things have been said 1 of
the Yankees, by the people of .the South, in regard*
to their enticing away their «niggers,” I have
taken the pains to look into the matter a little, and
I have been unable to- learn of a single instance
where an officer or soldier of the Federal ariny
ever, by bribe, promise, or any aot, enticed a con
traband from his master or mistress. And yet, so 1
deeply planted in every bosom is the desire for
liberty, no sooner does our army make its appear
ance than they flook into our oamps, like frightened
Bheep, offering themselves for any purpose we may
put them to, if we will but keep-and protect them.
This our commandors are willing- to- do; and very
properly too, thus providing a moans: of relieving !
our soldiera of a great deal of severe, and, when
other help is so ready at band, for them, unnecessary
work; such as digging ditches; making-roads, build
ing forts, Ao. Now, ae long as Pbmpey is content;
wo have no cause to grumble; and; if it result in
no worse evil than the giving freedom to the poor
blacks (though, if they but knew U/'they are a'
thousand times .better offwitif their masters- in the
South, than without them in the North); let us not
refuse to receive them as : fast as; they pome, thus
affording our soldiers an opportunity of escaping
from’the drudgery the contrabands- might' as- well
be employed about, and giving our brave boys a
chance to perfeot themselves in their military edu
cation. : ; CHIP.
LETTER FROM MEMPHIS.
[Special Correspondence of The Press.]
1 ’ !. Memphis, July 28; 1862.
The Rebel GnnboatArkansas
J The second act in the Arkansas drama ha 3 been
played. If a third is finished without resulting in
her capture,'we shall begin to believe that it is
neither farce nor comedy, but genuine tragedy that
’is to coirie front the bowels of this monster of tie
deep. On Wednesday last it was determined to.
cut ont the Arkansas, or so to diaablejher that she
would hover he able to do any more harm. The
whole expedition seems to have been planned for
. and by the Northern fleet, commanded by Com. .
Davis ; for though our information somewhat
vaguely' hints at co-operation by Com ; Farragut,
it is quite certain that he did nothing, and if is
supposed that his fleet has retired to New Orleans.
Of this we cannot be certain, and it seems'rather a •
strange proceeding, if is just as necessary to have
the river watched below Vicksburg as above it.
To be sure, ho large body of troops is known to he
posted down there, and it is not presumed that any
wish'to cross, but the excellent results that followed
a search in the neighborhood of Helena, by (Jen.
Curtis, whioh' I shall presently relate, ought to
prompt our Southern fleet to equal vigilance.
THE rLAN TO CAPTURE THE ARKANSAS.
The plan was for Commodore Davis to send tho
ram Bragg, and the gunboats Benton, Cincinnati,
and Louisville, to engage the Arkansas and the
batteries, while the' Essex should run down and ,
grapple with the Arkansas, and the ram Queen of -
■ the West strike her with her prow. The vessels
started from their moorings in the order above
mentioned, the Queen last. As the Queen rounded
Louisiana Point and came in sight of the Arkansas,
she saw the Essex steaming down stream, with all
speed on, three-quarters 1 of a. mile below the rebel
ram. . Just at this moment Commodore Davis put
his head out at the port-hole of the Benton, arid ' ’
said something which Colonel Eliott, commanding
the Queen, taking it in connection with the flight
of the Essex, construed into “ Hold on!” or “ Come
back !” the heavy firing making it ; impossible to ■
dietinguish' abiuis.isis'.svhatjfas said. Col. EUett
.says that at this moment' he
one hundred and Sixty tons and a speed of eighteen'
•knots;an hour, and would have gone through the
gates of hell itself. But he’ reversed his engines,
though he was within two or three hundred yards
of the Arkansas! The Benton came up and
explained his mistake, so he put on . steam again
and started single-handed for the Arkansas. By
- this time the latter, divining his intention, had
hauled her head out into the stream, and as
the. Queen of the West came "at her had yawed
and presented her sides obliquely to tho prow of the
Queen. The force of .the blow injured the Queen
more than it did the rebel; for it threw her aside
with great force, and shoved her Completely up on
the shore, breaking her , prow and starting all the
timbers on her starboard side. It was nearly five mi
nutes before she could get off, and was the whole
time close under the guns of the Arkansas. Bat ,
She was so low that the rebel guns could not be do-,
pressed so as to reach her, and all they could do was
to cover her with mud and water,which they did.
They Arkansas then got on headway so as to bring
"her guns to bear on her saucy little antagonist. The
'latter got off and went at her again, Striking
her full in 'tho stern. The blow had not the
slightest effect. bounde dl back like
a stone. As an eye-witness said,.: she " might”
just as well hayri tried to ram down the rook of
Gibraltar.’/ Hiially she got away, and returned, to
the fleet, when, on inquiring why no gunboats had
attempted to: cover her retreat, she was informed
that they supposed she was “’ gone up,” and would
never be seen again; and Commodore Davis is re
ported to have said that he forgot that part of the
arrangement. The Essex , has not yet been seen.'
: Commodore Farragut did not 00-operate. The
whole thing was terribly blundered, and.the result
will be injurious to us more from the represeata-!
turns that will go abroad in regard to it,' than from
any real harm done. There is no- place-where, ,
there are so many slips ’twixt cup and lip as on
this ’ same Father ef Waters. The current is so
swift; and the sandbars are so numerous and rapidly
formed, that navigation is something like matri
mony—a mere lottery,
THE DAMAGE DONE.
5 It is probable thatsome damage was done the
Arkansas. "When the Queen struck her three or four<
men were seen to jump overboard, arid there was
• evidently great alarm and confusion on board. One
"of the three shots fired by the Essex is said to hava
raked Her from .stem to stern, entering the star
board bow port-hole, traversing the entire length of
the ship. Neverihelem, she came out the next
morning and . steamed up to Louisiana Point, and
‘showed‘herself as if courting another attack. If
she’really wanted a,fight she could.havebeen ac
commodated, hut I. think, the move, was ; merely one
of [bravado,, or for rewnnbifeng .purposes. The
Queen of the West, though so long under a terrific
fire and'riddled with shot,, had only one man hurt,
aridhe was Blightly wounded by a splinter. Her
’escape pipe was cut off and one 04-pound shot pass-,
rid completely through her starboard staterooms
and shattered a gun-carriage in her bow. She left
Memphis tO;day for Cairo for repairs; The bal
ance of the"fleet has retired to. the' month of the
Vazoo'river. There w considerable sickness, both”
among men arid officers. This seems'stiange, as
our land forces were never in better ''Condition.'' I
suppose it must he because the river’is low.' -
THE REBELS 'IN'! POSSESSION * OE-THE BIVER HBI.OW
Cl.-'U V.:.-TIbKSBIJBaJ •
This is, I presume,avirtual'abandonment of tha
Mississippi; from yioliabarg faown.' As'l am not
'‘responsible for tbeimnning of-tbis-macliine, I-'sup
• pose I have the tisnal right of sui outsider, to grim*'
• ble. 'lt seems : tome very strange' that' since we
■ have bad such a: 'line "opening we have not opened
the Mississippi 'river lbhg’bef ore tliis.' : Trade from
’ ‘New- Orleans being ’ once- fta
•other advantages Wouldresoltinthe natural course
of things, without mooh additional espouse or loss*
of lifojand the moral effect of siich an opening of
the Mississdppi would •be immense. How, on; the
contrary, there; Mno:Safety below; At:
C.arolina Landing, and Greenville; two bluffs, about ;
forty miles above j.Yioksbjirg,' rebel : batteries are ’
placed, which fired intotheQueenof the West as
she came np, and into the Lioness'and Pika as they
went down;*; .This >sort ; of thing, onoo fairly started,-
will be very hard-toetop., .
WBAT JI»F J raoKPBOH IB KOHTO.
We hear, further; that Jeff Thompson has been
making reoonnoißsanoes with, a view of getting
forces and ammunition across to Arkansas. Bo
had about wagons with him,And barely
' escaped with them and' his precious life.' lie was
• discovered by a scouting party from Curtis’ coin- !
.mand,* at a point about fourteen ‘miles below
Helena. This set General 'Curtii m thinking, and
he sent out an expedition, wbioh resulted in mo
capture of some twenty-five boats, Soihe steatti
ferry-boats, "and Borne flat-boats, hidden"; away in’
creeks, under bushes; in* bayous, and* all of "them
had-apparently been collected .with,_a'riew to somoF
concerted movement; He Sentanotherexpedition
'up-the White: river, which resulted in a similar
■ way. r It .is extremely probable .that .he has nipped,
some brilliant rebel exploit in jibe, bud.. Thus far
; it ia supposed.that but a small force (perhaps fifty)
of rebels, and . those of oavalry, have crossed tho
river. But- this ,ia mere oonjeoture, though it is
, impoesiblethafc .enough;can haye crossed to give us
any great trouble.
KEWS PBOM ’ ALABAMA.;
I enclose the following slip from a Memphis pa
per .- It is-not reliable, as it came through Southern v
■ sources But.it would not be strange if an exour
sion were made somewhere in' that ; dire ! oiibn ,*;
and if mere is, we shallhear of it through Northern
papers, as we did of Morgan’s raid into Kentucky.
“.Big soldiering ” is about played out in the" West,
except, perhaps, at "Vicksburg ; but. these guerillas ‘
do infinite mischief, and We’ hard to catch; *We
have this consolation, as tb the Chattanooga district,
that old Buell is in oommand there, and he o6uld not '
. catch a snail. The real’,reison"J?fef. : Mitbhel| and
Turohin are.oourt-martialled isbecause they under
took, to;make war. -Their, troops .are.a perfect
tenor to all tiio inhabitants' about' there. Turohin’s
brigade could march for a hundred' miles through’
that'ceuntry without meeting a dozen armed men.
I wish we had ihoie live men like tHeiff.
The following ia, the extract I spoke of above,
and concludes, I believe, this day’s budget of news:
DATE FROM FLORENCE.
The rebels are at work in Alabama. • Last Tues l
day a large force entered the city of -Florence,•
burned all the warehouses, used for Government
purposes, commissary and quartermasters’ stores;
and all .the ootton in the oountry. They also
seized the United States steamer’ Colonna, used for
conveying ariny supplies over the sho als,took all ’ the '
mosey belonging to both boat and passengera; and'
then burned the boat.
The property, destroyed was of great value. Wo
also,hear that they captured a small detachment of
Mitchell’s army, detailed to guard-th<r conveyance
of supplies:
The rebels then proceeded down the Tennessee-'
river to Chickasaw and Waterloo, two towns on the'
river almost in sight of-Eastpbrt, (where the Lake
City was- lying:)!and burnt' all warehouses which!
contained any-.cotton. : At thp same time-anothor
paTty of rebels mado a descent on a wagon train a
short distance from Pittsburg Landing, and’cap--
tured sixty wagons and teams. The wagons were
loaded with oommissary and 'qqartermaaters’-Btores.--
' -- Casco.
FROM THE SOUTHWEST.
An Interesting Letter from the .Camp ot the
■ Ninth Pennsylvania Cavalry, near- I/eba*
non, Kentucky—Great Distance Travelled—
, Morgan Again, Ate.
[Special Correspondence of The Prees.J
Frankfort, Ky., July 31 ; .
. Since my last* letter from Madisonville we have
travelled over five' hundred miles after that terri
ble .hone-thief ancP'iharauder, Colonel John -H?
Morgan, but did noi qatoh ; him, although wo drove
himt from Kentucky. ’ '■'We came up with him at:
Para,, Bourbon- county; - had: a Slight skirmish
therey'killing nine-of,his men, wouridirig seventeen;-,
and [taking nineteen-prisoner?. I, with a squad ot
five men'from, our. company, were the first in town
of'our'troops; and picketed on the Winchester road,'
As soon as we made our-appearance in the town at
one end, we could see the rebs skedaddling out of
the j other. I captured, one prisoner,- horse and. 1
equipments. He, with the ’rest of the captured 1
misdreants,- have had a free passage to Louisville.-
We- encamped- here- on-the 25th of July, and you
can imagine the distance passed over if yon take
the trouble to- trace our course. WeleftMadi
sonville' just ,two ; weekB ago, and came to
Henderson, on the- Ohio; from thonco to Louis
ville-; then to Frankfort, the capital of the’State;
tbenoe to Lexington, Payette county; and then to
Paris, Bourbon county; then to Winchester, Clarko
county; then to Biohmond, Madison county; then
to Lancaster,-Garland county ; then to Stanford,
Lincoln county; then to Waynesboro, same county
—here we received orders to countermarch, as Mor
gan had left the State of Kentucky—back to Stan
ford ; rihenoe to Danville, Boyle county; and to
Lebanon, Marion county,. where we are now en
camped.; This place has, on tho Slain street, two
lines of breastworks, put up by tho infantry sta
tioned here for defence against Morgan’s guorillag.
His troops were here about tho 3.lth of July, He
killed, two of the Homo Guards, the latter killing
nine of his men. This part of Kentucky ,is the
prettießt I have been in yet. Around Frankfort, Lex
ington, and Versailles—all three beautiful towns—
■ the country is remarkably fine and well cultivated..
I left Lexington with many regrets. Tho road from
- Stanford to Somerset is a regular oorduroy, built
-by. Generals Wood and Thomas’ divisions, In order
to haul their heavy ordnance over previous to 1 the
.battle of ;Mili Springs, (in which Zollicoffer was
; killed,) .in February last. ' :
■Where. we will go from here, I do not know.
There is some talk of onrhaving to go to Hender-
Aon agais.~Mijor B.’s'wife arid'daughter’s. baggage
was all burned at this.plaee dnrtogMorgan’B raid.
(All our tents, baggage, Ac., are in Louisville-
Have not seen them for about eleven days.. Had
to borrow, tbe.paper on whioh this is written.
: , ’ " .m. h. 1.-
Skirmishes in Texas Missouri—loo
.'Guerillas Routed by 120 Union Troops—
Guerillas Defeat ed in Bollinger County
. with Considerable Loss. • .
[Correspondence of the Missouri Democrat.]
{ Houston, Texas countt, Mo , July 28, 1862 —Last
Trififavridetachment oi 109 mexfrom companies E and
‘F;3rMisscuri Cavalry,'aii'd't»2e half section of. Light
Battery L, Zd Missouri Artillery, the whole under the:
command of Capliiin Brad way, marched from this place,
to attack the notorious Colonel Oolemari, who was said
to be encamped at a place known as the Mountain Store,:
situated: about • twenty-five -miles from’ here; ■ When
within -five miles of the" store the advance guard of the
detachment came suddenly upon a band of sixty of Cole
man’s men, led by himself, We killed three of the rebels,
woonded several, took fifteen prisoners, thres horses, and
-six gnns. From tbe prisoiers we .learned that Coleman
had moved bis camp to the right-hand fork of the Big-
Piney, near a Mr. Harrieori’s, and that when we met him
lie was on his'way to camp. ’■ ■
Ori the morning of the 26ih we moved to attack the
enemy’s camp.; After, we had marched abont two and a
hall miles, our advance met the enemy’s pickets arid drove
them in.. Hearing heavy and continuous firing, Capt.
- Brad way sei!t.forwa-d Capt. Call, , wish twenty men of his
company, to support the advance and find the, location of
the n bri ericanipmcut. In a short time he sent word -to
Capt>Bradwav that he -had metfa largo body of the enemy
and was then driving them fo.tho dirccliou of their caritp,
and asked for reinforcements#- Capt. - B,iounefflately sent
sixteen men, and at the Bams time moved rapidly forward
with the: balance of his command.- On overyrslde
wassesri. evidence of the ..enemy’s"' haste. Blankets,
hats, caps,; and pieces .of saddles,- were strewn, all
along tbe road, while here and there was a poor fellow
lying by the roadside, wounded by a rifle ball. Pressing
forward,.we soon'came to the Big Piney, or rather the
-right-hand branch of it At ihtsßtream the road forks to
theright andiuft.; To.theleft we conld hear an occa
sional shot, and a small trail led in that direction, bnt
the main trail; led to the right. - Captain Bradway de
termined on taking ihis road. But ho had not gone
- twenty yards when he was met by a perfect stream of balls
and buckshot, which appeared to he directed specially- at
him, for he was about forty feet in advance of -his men.
?He immediately ordered Lieutenant Waldeschmidt to get ’
his gen in position arid give the enemy, a taste of canister.
: At ibis moment Captain Cali came rip, having driven
the rebels into and through' their camp, and followed
them until he heard .our, cannon, when he came to oar
assistance, but he was too late; for the enemy had lied
. before hiß arrival’ In these"two/ skirmishes we killed
flve and wounded- twelve. Wo: also took two prisoners
: Not one of orir men was injured, although many had
narrow escapes.
FIGHT IN BOLLINGER COUNTY—THEGUERILLAS
DEFEATED WITH HEAVY .LOSS.
The Missoiiri Democrat, of the Blst/ ssys; The fol
lowing despatch was received at headauarters yesterday ':
Grf.sxvillb, July 30, 1863.
- Colonel T. O. Merrill-' ■ - '
Em : Yesterday at >ll o’clock A. M., Capt. Whybank,
with 'l2O ire-ii of Companies A and F, 23th Regiment,
attackedMsj. Teriley arid Capt. Poison, and 180 men, near'
Bollinger’s Mill, Bollinger county, .killing tori, .wounding
a large- number, And capturing a lot of horses, gnns, So.
The brush was’ so 1 thick ‘it was ; impbsslbla to find all the
wounded. The-rebels ;wererwell mounted,and well
cauipped. We did not lose a man. Full.particulars by
mail.. ' ' B. T. Liziri;
Major Commanding Post.
Proposition to- the Secretary of War—
Ofler-to Raise a Colored Brigade. ;,
The Htdieiinhasbeen furnished-with a copy of a let
. ter recently addressed by an army; officer to the Sacro
t»iy of War. The officer's name is for the presentwith
heldl •" The letter is substantially as foUbws:
r its : Hbadqtjarters 'iri July 28,1882.- .
To.Bdwin M. SumUm, Secretary of War : . , ;. ;,, ;
Sir; by recent act, having authorized'the ’
■ Tresident to-“employ as'many persons’of African de-'
~ scehf as he may deem necessary and proper for the sup
pression of this rebellion, and for this purpose organize"
ar.cT me them in such - manner? as he may; judge best for
the public serviceand the voice of the; nation being }
n f/iv almost unsnimons in favor of ..employing every ele
ment of war which Sod Almighty has placed at the dis
posal of the Government in tlia,subduing of the rebels, I
beg leave, most to'submit Tor your conside-~
ration the following proposition:
; If yon will relieve me fromduty as —:—: ; of this
:~x~. —; —•, -with orders to report direct to your Depart-;
..merit, .ano will then give; me thenecessary orders and.,
authority, I .willwithin sixty, if not. within thirty days,,
raise,' eauip.and.put in theft, id a brigale'ofybung, able-,
bodied,, active, intelligent men of African descent, for
serviceSnder thedirection of the President. ' ’ - -
-Bellowing ! the ’ recommendation of' General ! Andrew
: Jackson, falhts famous proclamation of 1814 to the free;
colored, men of.ljooislan a, Iwould'reapectfolly, suggest
that alt the commanding officer Bbe.seleo ted fromamong
■white men .of acknowledged rimlitpry; experience,- whilst.-,
the noh-cc|mnisaiphea r '<>fficeri:Shonffi'be selected-‘from"
the most iatelHgehtjbf privates. " **«, y '■*“,
- Inmahing this propb'»ltioh,'l, would beg leave to sti- '
palate: A «« - few ; ;wu tui=
t first, That the brigade, whenF;org»nized,' ! he kept se-.
pared* land distinct from ail other commands of thearmy,
until such time -,as, additional'.brigades of, colored- men
could be raised with whom they could be’ ; uhlted in.divi
sions and corps..’.'.'".-J"
Second, 1 wonld stipulate that , the brigade, when or- •
ganized, should belanded at some point on theßouttaerh
coast [within'the district- 6f General uHunfefUfKybu.!
please)’ with-permission itoi march direct to ’Vicksburg
from; thence’ to Biclunond.j.from thence to.Charlsston ;f
.and from thence to Mobile,- via "Savannah and Sfontgome-,
ry—adding, tofts numbers in the march all able-bodied,.
- loyal men of color who may choose to join its standard’ ;J'
sand to all who thus join the command ef frie
ySomteoff^ed, 1 giSikMliedifrom: arid aftH' thevi&J
rn 'ent iff their eniutmon t. Starting with a single brigade s
(including.-of conrse, a proper;proportion.of cavalfy and;
artillery) 1 1 should iexpeot to reach Vickßburg wlth not
. less than 25,000 •, Iticbmond vrithj iiot fees than 50,000;.
' Obarleston- with 100,000;..and. IfobUe .with,. 'probably,'
-180,000 troops*,. iSwst jpl
; whom, in addition to, tteir lo¥e of ifiklJaioiS,' wbuldi-BavS *
the irct-ntive'of tree<lom for thoir'action.- n Hh w .
: • Third, 1 would stipulate that hone bnt stioh as have r
Tnll faith in the patriotism* and capabiilty. of the colored t>
. man,;, and -who ireiigiously believefn; the.-right oflAtni
men to «life, liberty, and the pnisnit' of happiness,”
•shbnld-be appointedjto any.command or position in. this
.brigade. ... .. -vllJ.’ ! „’,j ,
o In onr march . enemy’s Country we should •
, need bnt Uttle tranß portatioc -except for arms anil fini'miL
hitloD, as.tie wWch' ,f we*'should' paaa isl
abundantly-‘able to inniish see ’
R that it was done.promptiy and ih sufficient quantity,'. >
; v Aleiand,er.H; Stephens, the.yioe Vrerident.ofAhe so-,
Called' “Sputhem Oonfederacy,” > having.publiciyj,aad-,
j offiefaily dec)arcd;thaf si.'iTERT ja the ”
. of their organization,‘Jt wouid bo. ‘ fte;;speeial ; object of
ihis’cdmmbnd to rcmoVe said “ corner-atone'-’ from tbeir
' Governmental edincSJ-betievlng, ae we do, that so 'sdon -
as it is removed, thb brave- armies of SlcGiellan; Pope,
.Hunter, and others, could and would ffresdrip. demolish
; what rtmaint of the rebellious edifice This oomtaand,.
tberelore, when organized. .1 wonld have called.the
, I‘COKSBR-STONB BRIGAbk;*. ’* ■- ' - ; ;
F As to discipline, 1 have no manner of donbt that the '
celoredrace Is jo6t es.cBpable of it' as the’:White race;
’ find, as a guarantee that no act Jncengigtekt with honor
able warfare should be committed by them; I .wonld wil
lingly, plodge my persona! and . official honor, and that of
,* all the officers who might be associated with me. * I offer •
-'this guarantee the more cheerfully, beoause all-'history
attests that, as. poldlers, the colored ,race -have, always
• pioved themselves not only brave and chivalrons, hut
' specially obrdient to the orders of;their superiors.'; ‘ln
the wars of 1776. and .1812 they fought side by side with
; oUr beet disciplined troops, and not, a’single instanoe is
given to show .that they ever hesitated to obey an order,
or committed any act unworthy of a soldier.
Hoping ’an, early and faveasblt response, I have the
honor toT>e, ■* . -
, . Tory respectfully,-your obedient servant, ■ i
GENERAL M ’6LERNAND ’$ 60RPS.
Official Ilr port . of " its Operations-iitoßlf tire'
Battle of Ahiloh to the Evacuati-riit of
Gorintli.
The following Is a' condensed account of’General'
McOlernand’s operations since the Tth of April last r
.HbadOuaetsiis; Bkskuyh-Coups,
ASHT-Of THE TBNNBSSBBj .
- Camp Jacksox, July 4,1882..
Major Central H IF", Mattock. Commanding Depart
ment of the Mitsissippi:
My report of the part taken by my command, consist
ing of; the First Division of the Army of Tennessee; in;
the Battle Of Shiloh, explain* lfow the’ enemy W-ia driven
from my camp On the 7th and (forced with great loaa to :
abandon the ground he had gained on the Oth of April.
Devoting my attention drains the Interval to measures
necessary to repair the conseoneaces of a protracted and
sanguinary-battle, and to restorer tho vigor and efficiency
of my command, and having prepared the way by the
construction 'of bridges; on.the 24th, pursuant to order, I;
moved it to the front and"extreme right of! the first ad
vance made aftertbebattle, Halting on the erißt aide of'
Owl Greek,’and resting- the right of the division on the '
bluffs overlooking the creek, we pitched our tents, and
remaned here until the 30th, meantime gnarding the ■
passi-s'ef Owl Greek; and making frequent cavalry ra
-connpjpsances westerly in the direction of Purdy, and
southerly, on each' side" of ’t he creek, in the direction of :
PeaEidge; .. , , .- , ,
.Here; as a precaution against surprise l ,1 threw up
earthworks, constating. of lunettes. and - entrenchments,,
covering my camp.
On the 26th, I ordered Colonel JE. E Lawler (18th
Illinois),- with'six-'regiments of infAntry, three companies
of cavalry, and a section of McAllister’s battery, to re-".
conrioitre in front and'to the left of our position, in the
direction of- Pea -Ridge, to drive in the enemy’s picket
and outposts, arid, avoiding an engagement with a '«»■>'
perier force; ascertain;if 'practicable, his position; and
. then fall back-upon our csmjri-Rapidly movingforward,
in execution of this order, he had approached within a
short distance of the enemy’s' pickets. when, in pursuance
of instructions from Major General Grant, he Whs or
dered to hatt and return bis column to camp.
'Onthe 29th, however, a general advauoe was 'made in
! the; direction of Pea- Ridge- and- Farmington. . The Ist
. Division, being in advance, wbb hatted aheutfour miles'
from Monterey, in view of some of the enemy’b tents on
Pfea Ridge. - The' enemy’s pickets fled before our ad
vance, leaving ns ia possession of the ground they had ■
’occupied. Near arid in the rear of this print, known as
{Mickey’s White: House, we took-thepoaition behind a
blanch of Lick Greek, which' had been assigned to ns,-,
and pitched oor tents. - .
On the 4th of May the -reserves were moved forward
by. me; the SdDivision from their position near the
Pittsburg and Purdy bridge, across Owl creek,-to Mickey’s
White- House,- and- the-lst Division, under,command of'
Brigadier General Judah, to the vicinity of Monterey.
KOr shoutd I forget to state that, dnriog this march, ! 1
received an order t> send back a detachment of cavalry,
under instructions to proceed to the mast convenient
bridge across Owl creek,' and thence to the Mobile and
Ohio Railroad, at or near Bethel; for the purpose of de
stroying it. : :. ~ '
Lii uhCoI. Wm. McCullough, with the small available
force at hand; consisting of only , two hundred and fifty
Illinois mounted men, started after night fall, and, ■
marching through rain and mire affreight seventeen miles,
carets to the road, and, dismounting -his men - under the: •
enemy’s fire, destroyed three bridges,.a portion of; the
road track and telegraph wire, throwing the latter into
Cypress creek. Having accomplished this daring feat,
. he turned his small force against the enemy’s cavalry,
and, boldly attacking .them, drove-them- back in confu
sion upon and through -Purdy, killing a numberof there,-
and losing one men end several horses. This achievement
prevented • the enemy .-from turning our flank at- Pea ■
Ridge and while advancing upon Corinth.
Encamping the Third division at Mickey’s White
House, and the First Division south of Lick crook, and;
within a mile of Monterey, they remained here until the
llth./ Oo the 11th, the same division struck their tents:
. and moved[forward about two. miles, and-.a half, in the -
direction of Coiintb, to thecronsiug of the- “ Old State
Line” with the “Pnrdyand Farmington road.’’ En
camping here, near Fielder’s house, a reconnoissance in
the direction: of Corinth, was immediately tirade, which
came in contact with, the enemy’s pickets near Easel’s -
house, on the “Hack Road,”leading from Purdy to Co
rinth, and drove back their accumulating numbers Bone
distance. This position at the cross-roads was vita! to
the line of : our advance upon the enemy at Corinth, as it- 1
; protected otri tight flank from attack. To strengthen and
secure so important a position, rifle pits were dug and
earthworks thrown np. ' 1
On the 14th the second brigade, under command of
Gen. Roes, was detached'from the division and moved
still further forward, abouta mile and-a baif. Hearing
that the entmy were using the Mobile and Ohio Railroad
to attack us in the rear, and-cut off our;communication •
with tie base at Pittsburg, I ordered General Wallace to
advance one of the brigades of his division to’ an inter
rriediate point on the- line between his - camp and the . .
“Cress Roads.” Oolonel Wood, commanding the third
brigade of the third 'division, accordingly moved forward
with his brigade, .and; strongly fortified a commanding
position.. >ln combiriatiori with this movement, at 4 .
o’clock in the morning,’ General Ross, supported by Gen..
Logan’s brigade as a reserve, the whoie-uader command
of Brigadier General-Jadsh, mo ved forward to the. rail
road. _lll>on reaching the; road General Boss instantly .
enoouritsied a detaohment.of the enemy’s forceß, and ra
pidly driving them back, tore rip the road, for some dis--
tance, spoiling , the rails by plaoing -them - on tiesand -
' other timbers, which -were fired and thus destroyed.
On thet 21st General Logan’s Brigade, leaviig the
Cross Boadß, moved forward and took; a- fortified posi
tion within three miles of the enemy’s defence around
Corinth, near Easel’s house. A further advance upon
Corinth having been determined upon, on the 28th; Ge
neral Logan’s asd General Ross’ brigades were moved to
the front and right of our general.line of advance, under
command of General Judab, in pursuance of my order.
Immediately co.pperatiUg’vrith General Shenrian’s 'divi--
sion in making a: trong demonstration of attacking Co
rinth, they first directed their march to- the “ Bltie Cnt”
od tho ri-ilroad. -This was the most advanced position
Whioh had‘been hitherto taken on the right of oWii gene-,
ral line, and was retained and entrenched by General
Boss on acconnt of its great strategic value.
About the time General -Boss had taken possession of
this position, Gen. Logan moved hia brigade obUaueiy
to the hit, and rinited with General Denver’s brigade,
forming the right of General Sherman’s : division., The
effect of this disposition being to extend the line ofbattie ;
so as to-flank the enemy ’s position on the west, this por
tion of my command, in conjunction with General Sher
man’s division, now advanced to attack him. Skirmish
ers were thrown out about three hundred yards in front
of the -brigade, -undercharge of Major Smith, of; the
Forty.fifth Illinois, acting as officer of the day. Met by
: skirmishers of the enemy; sharp firing soon ensued, and
another company from the Eighth ltlinois, under com-.
maud of Captain Wilson, was thrown forward to support
their comrades already engaged.
The conspicnous'and pregnant fact that the enemy-had •
allowed us to approscffi within artillery range of his de
fences at this point, without. offering any formidable re-‘
siatance, reasonably induced, the '.belief that he. had -
evacuated, or waß evacuating, his camp at Corinth..
General Logan’s opinion agreeing with my own upon
this point, he would havo made a demonstration to prove:
the fact, with my approbalion, but for want of authority.
- On tbe evening of the 29th, after General Logan’s
brigade bad commenced marching- in returning to their
- camp near Easel’s, the enemy ’aguardrenewed theirattack
upon his picket line. Halting the regiments which had •
started, and retaining those which had not yet moved in
their position, be ordered Capta. Leib and Cowen,of theSth ■
and 46th Illinois Regiments, to advance their companies, s.
These offlcers promptly doing so, a very severe Bkirmish
ensued, in which this emall force again signalized West
ern courage by beating and driving back superior nhm-.
bers. According to infoririation subsenuenttv obtained,
the enemy lost forty men" killed and wounded in this
combat, which the lattriess of the evening and the hear-;
nsss of his position to his works enabled him to carry off.
Bavin* been; relieved by other of Gen, Sherman’s:
. troops which had come up, the brigade returned to their
camp the same night. This .was the lest engagement
which took place before the enemy evacuated Corinth
and we occupied tbe place. .
On the 30th our.forces entered the evacuated camp Of
the enemy at Corinth, thereby adding-to the series of ■
successes wbifch have crowned the arms of - the Weßt.
. Yours respectfnUy; JOHN A. MoCLBRNAND,
Major General Commanding.
Letter from General Ilimter to the Hev,
Stephen 11. Tyng.
We have been favored by a friend with a copy or Gen.
Hunter’s reply to tho inauirios of the president of tho
National Freedman’s Association:
HFAnQUABTBBS Dbp’.t.. op thb South,.
Hilton Head, Poet 80-tal; B. 0., July{l7,lBB2.
Mtv. Stephen, H. Tyr,g, Frttiteai of Ihc % National
Freedmans' Meiief JSTswyTori.flity::
> ' Bm: 1 have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of
your communication, dated June 2,lB62, .expressing to
me the approval of my course in, regard to the freed slaves
of ibis Department, by the important and benevolent
r association of which yon are president.
Satisfied of having attempted, In the absence of in
struciions, to do roy duty in the matter according>, to the;
; best iightsiot my judgment and ( a long experience, every*
assurance of sympathy from men whose characters !■
esteemis gratifying,' itod enables me to wait with more
patience for those inevitable days which are to give n po
licy on the elavery qhestion to our Government. '
It is my only fear that the lessen may, not be under
' stood and actedupon until read in characters of bleed at
the fireside of every'Hof therh family. To attain wisdom,
we must Buffer j .but that wisdom pn the slavery Question'
must finally, be obtained, ie my sustaining faith.;
- Our people are not dull of comprehenßion in regard to i
matters about which free play is given to their common*-
7 sense., .'When a .fire is spreading . through' "a , block; of
. homes they, do not'hesitate’ tobatter downanHuter
-1 mediate hows tojßaye the remainder: of the block. -When
f the plague occupies an infected; district, the distrifct' is:
quarantined, and every resource of science and industry.,
put forth to.ridtbe locality of its presence.f .The soldiers-.
off health are by no means ordered to introht guard-ovor “•
each smitten house and see thattlievested interests of.
pestilen'ce are protected. « Break open doors, if they be
net ojienea,” is the order on theae occasions, “Letia
fresh air and sunlight ;*!etpnrity replace corruption.”—
’ -Butin evil, .which-has -so longs,
brooded over,ouKconutry, the intelligence' of, a"large'.'
.portlonof ohr people would Seem paraiyzedandihelplesai
.-.Thelxjnoral: ntavegiile -torpid, under.:its benumbing;
‘shadow. Its breath has been the pestilence of the politic
f, calatmosphoiVinTv filch-our statesmen have-been :nur-:
;;tnred f and never, I feer, until its beak,ls dripping with,,
thfc best blood of the country; and Ith taloM.tangled'in
• her '* vitals, will the free masses of' ; th6“lo;‘al States-be
fullymronsed to the neceesityiOtehatipg theabomlnationtj
ajt whatever cost and by whateyeragencies;, , , slV f
), ,Tbie'ls t written, - 'hot politically; bidraccording'to'my
.profession in the military Bense. * Looking forward;-there;,
looms/up a possibility (only toq possible) of a peace
which £tiall bo nothing but an armistice,’ with' every a'd-V
■ vantage secured to the rebellion. Nothing can give us
' permanent peace but a successful proeecntionioLthe war,
Lwith every weapon and energy ;at onr> command, sto-its,
logical.and -legitimate conclusion. Tbo fomenting cauae
. of the rebellion must be abatedthe axe must, be laid to «
tbe.root of the upas itree , which fhaej rained-jdowh j such,
bitter Tfruit-.uponi our: country,-’before anything.like, a -
'permanent peace can be-justly-hoped.« qpi-js
- '-'iiready Isseesignß ih many,ittfluentialg|iarters, here-'
- toforeopposed to my views in favor,of arming the blacks,,
i’ofi ai change of sentiment.., Our.recenfdlsaßters before.
ißichmpn'd baveaeryed,to Mumtoatemany-minds,
: «To speak of fising the merely for-throwing up ,?
ehtrenchmepts is astepinthe right direction;' though far,
ahirt of what must’be theendr It has the advantage,
however,*, of mekiDg' , the further and. final*'Steps neceß-'I
• yary;;!for- men working in face of the enemy must have 1
aSimawithwhichto ; prefect* themeelVhß-ir auddenly -at
ftocked. f .ji-.jjjt-*- ,
; f.Opithe whole, there is much reason to be satisfied with ,
,-ihe.progress made by public sentiment,' considering how i
,"deep.rboted -VrereT the? prejudices rto be ,overcome, the;,
„. general failure of the nation to reallueat;first.the propor-,,
- tiohs’Sf the,war,,and the impunityititi extended tethose
r KpijßtanS traitors who are the pjuriderera of-the Goyem
: mehtiby means of, fraudulent army and navy contracts! '
vpnithe;Odcrhh>jd',;while using " every Jehergy'of.'tongue ■
. andjaiph bur Gpjernmenfand
h sympathy tvttlf fh'e f m6re candid- ahd'dourage'ous traitors*
.’6/ l tbe6duthiwho';arein : ariiiß , Bgaihatus.;:''- tip t b ;>
1 'lnconclusiohyltmay be.not.inappropriatejtoieay that
in trsiirmitting tbe.approyal of .tho-National- Freedman’s.
tßeliefiAsspciatiohef my .course, yoirweM,'.doubtless,
>.unconßclous!y,etiddiWng,views'which your ;own .earttMt'
. eloquence ;had!ho .Bilg%f;>liare in maturing, Though;
, Without thepieasure of, your personal aciiuniDtaacb, I
: was,,during ‘a'year; a* member of your congregation,- 1 -
and take this opportunity*or gratefuHy acknowledging
' my liidehtedneßS to your teaohings.
: ! fonr tetter would have been earlier answered,; had not ■
- pressing dpties too fully occupied:my timo, ' .'
> Believe me, sir, very truly, your obliged and ohedieht'
eery ant. .' V{ ~ !»” 7, ,* ... Di HDNTEK. •
P, ,S.—Kobe of the carefully fostered'delusioha by
which slavery. haß sustained'itself at the Korth,' is more
absurd than the bugbear of a'general migration of the
negroes to tbe North,” as a necessary sequerice of em'an- 1
cipation. Solaris thia fiom being.thefact, that although
it is well known.that I give paaees North to alt negroes
asking thim, hot more than a doaeh have applied to me 5
for such passes sinc.B iny arrival here, their local attach-;
ments being,apparently,;much,stronger.than,with. the.
white race.,;lB y experience, lead* me to believe that the'
exact fevermtof the 'received*opinion Itinblhlai Subject’*
would form the-rule; and tbat .nearly if not quite ail the,
-negroes of,the North would migrate South whenever they,
eball be at iibeity to do ao without fear of tbo auction- **'
Week. ;-• P.H. '
TWO CENTS.
PROGRESS OF RECRUITING.
THB SKHTIKBHT IK JLLINOtir.
Got, Yates, of Illinois,- thus made the recipient of a
serenade on Wednesday evonißg,when ho mode'tfßbM’t
address, in which he taed these words s
Fearless of popular. prejudices, or theiri effiseta Efcoh
myself; I am proud to stand op before so immense an an,'
dionse, and in the face of the werld and mankind proa
Claim this sentiment : That We shocid use every agency
necessary to put down this gigantic rebellion. In com
mon wilh the lamented Douglas, I urged upon the State
liegislatisre the -necessity of making stroßg and deter-'
mined efforts;-so, to-night, mjl voice is> still for war—
slerii, relentless, exterminating war—unt» a traitor’s foot
ebaM-nb longer'disgrace American soil jiunsa from every
Union'legion ehsll go up the glad sound of victory, and ?
uitilftmfi every fort shall ..wave ihtr glorious old'Stars’
and-Stripes.) [Cheers ]' ' '' ’ * '
Be was followed by Senator' Sherman,-’of? Ohio, who
said : We mnßt meet this crisis Mohfwitfi’our whole heart
and all Otfr abilities. The reason why .wer have; met with
reverses is wh have not waked up to the magnitude of
the 1 undertaking’in whichi we aVe engaged. We have
used honeyed' words and conciliatory terms' heretofore,
but now this mußt be ended. Now w& must uke
tent instruments —every means which Oodf has put into'
o«r hands— bond and, free — white and, bltxdi.
plauße.], .'
RECRTOTNGf IN MASSACHUSETTS:
From all we can- learn we juoge that there has-been-*
great gain in recruiting in Massachusetts daring the past)'
week, and the, prospect of raising our quota of troops s
promptly is much more favorable than it has been at any
tinleprevious. The camps are daily receiving large addi
tionr, and it is estimated’that there are now nearly four
thousand men in camp, and that nearly on a half of the ;
State’s quota has been enlisted. In this city the wort?'
has taken anew start sidee the ward meetings were held’.
Wednesday evening, and-’ the coming week 5 will See
hundreds of men enlisting here.— Boston Transcript.
THE IRON MOUNTAR*'RAII.:ROA:DCDHPANY;
At a special meeting of the directors of the St. Louie
and Iron Mountain Railroad, on Tuesday, an appropria
tion of ssoowas made to each of 1 the regiments now or
ganizing in Missouri, forthe btaeflt of the families Of the
volunteers. , . • . .
GOOD- EXAMPLE;
Mi. Prior, an actor in Chicago, is Taising a oompany
for the war in that city. A year ago Professor Hovey,' of
the State Normal University, gave. up. the business of
educating school teachers and raised the 33d Regiment of
Illinois Volunteers, and recently immortalixed'himself at-
BayouCacbe, in Arkansas.. Sock and buskin and the
school tcaeher’s tripod thus get good examples.
A PEMALB’ CAPTAIN,
A yourg woman, named Sarah Taylor, eighteen years
of age, does duty In the Ist Tennessee 'Regiment.' She
is an adept at the sword; exercise, and sure with the
pistol. She wears a bluecbapeau,' and carries the regu
lation sword and a pair of silver-mounted pistols. The
men call her Captain Taylor.
THE- BOSTON'MERCHANTS.-
The following resolution has been sighed by a number
of Boston merchants: .
We, the; undersigned, merchants of Boston, resizing
the importance of an immediate response to the call of
the Government for an additional force, hereby agree
that the young-men in our employment who may enlist iq v
tbetervice of the United States, shall, on their return
from said Bervice, be entitled to the mtiiatioii's'theyjoccu
pied-previous to their enlistment.-. • •
A-BKECIAL-TOBMIUM FOR-TEN'RBCIUJITS.'
A patriotic gentleman of St. Louis’ will’ make a war
ranted deed to two beautiful building lots, twenty-five by
one hundred and fifty feet’ each; to any person who
brings in ihe first ten recruits to the3oth Missouri Begi
meijt, ortwenty-fi've feet will be given for the first five,
and ihe balance for the second five recruits. They may
he brought in either Bingly or in a body. The lots ate
worth six dollars per front foot. JCaoh recruit is entitled
to forty dollars bounty on being mustered.
'A-MOBLE -BXAtoLH,
A wiiler in the Boston Advertiser mentions-ths ease of
a business firm, one of the members of which gave notice
to their employees that they would give any and all-an
opportunity (o enlist in- the service of their country, in
pntling down the unjust and wicked rebellion against.lts
benign and rightful authority, and that each and all so
volunteering should receive fifty dollars in hand, and
a guarantee of their situations on their return from the
war, should a kind Providence spare their lives; Three
valuable assistants ► responded to the proposition, no
donbt to the serious Inconvenience of themselves and
their employers, in whose'service they have been for
some years, but all feeling happier that ihey had aided
in giving a practical solution to the inquiry, “Mer
chants, wUlyon recruit’’ 1 ’
WHAT WOMAN CAN DO>
Near the village of Ansterlitz, in’ Columbia county, N.
Y., lives a young woman whose hUßband bos gone to the
war, who takes his place in the field, clears land, hoes
crops, repairs fences,; and does all the Term work as-well
as any man could. ,
■ : f '- ” WILTON, K.- H- £ .
A largo ond enthusiastic meeting was-held at Wilton,
N, B„ on the 29thnlt., and a determination expressed to
pnt that town’s qnota of troops into the field at once, A
bounty of 8160 is offered.
OVER-. THIRTY-THREE ■ THOUSAND "MEN FROM )
ILLINOIS.
A gentleman who left Springfield, Illinois, a day or two
since, sdyg that up to that time the services of three hun
dred and thirty-five ' companies dad been: tendered to
Governor'Yates, under the recent call of the President.
A CORPORATION WITH . A SOUL.
The Pittsburg, Fort' Wayne, and Chicago 'Bailway
Company have appropriated $12,300, to be expended in
various counties along the road for the payment of boun
ties to volunteers. .
TIfE.CINCINNATI WAR MEETING,.
The war meeting at Cincinnati, Ohio, on Thursday
night, was an immense affair. Business was generally
suspended after four o’clock In the afternoon. There
wasspeaking from three stands'. Several hands of music,
a display ot fireworks, and the ringing of bellB; enlivened
the occasion. ;
PRICE OF.EXEMPTION IN MISSOURI;
‘ By an order just issued from the headquarters of the
Missouri State Militia, a commutation fee of *lO, paid
either into the State er County Treasury, wiil exempt.
ihe person paying it from military duty for one year. To
fieoessioniets in St, Louis and. elsewhere; the erder is a
great relief, and they.de not disguise their joy at it.
Their dritght is. equalled only by-the. satisfaction of.that
class of Union men who are.very obstreparons for a vi
gorous prosecution-of the war, provided others do the
flghling,*whilB they.stay comfortably, at home.
THE- SHAMROCK. REGIMENT.
St, Louis papers say a commendab e spirit is being
evinced by the people there in a ready response to the
recent call of tbe President for more .volunteers. The
Shamrock Regiment, of which Colonel Bernard G. Far
rar, present provost marshal general, is to be the com-'
mander, is being rapidly filled. The patriotism of the
Irish is fairly aroused, and the Shamrock Begiment will
soon number its thousand stnrdy patriots'.
The Resignation of Capt. Hamson—Re- -
spouse- of Gen. Pope.
Washibgtox, Ang. 3, 1862.
General Pope baa sent the following reply to Captain
Herrison’s letter depying that he had deserted:
Headqcartkbs. Abxy hr YisGDrii,! '
' WAKitaiiTOS, Va., July 30,1.862.
Copt. Samvel X. Harrison, Sbtk Regi. N T. Foil. :
Your communication of Jnly 27 is received. It is not
necessary to inform you that a.commissioned officer, by
absenting himself without leave, is gnihy of desertion a 3
weir as a non- cctninisßioned officer or private, and is sub
ject to the same process of recovery, and to the suns.pun
ishment for the offence, hor do you need to be told that
neither your colonel nor any other officer except such as .
are designated by law and regulation, has any right to 1
accept your resignation, nor, under existing orders of the
V-'ar Department, to give yon any leave based on such
tendered resignation. Yen state that yon received some
.Injury,.'on' the railroad, and that the medical officers of
. your regiment advised yon to resign. This may be -true,
hut until your resignation be accepted by proper Buthorl
ty youare not Discharged from your obligations as an of
. fleer of the army. Neither your resignation, the certifi
cates of the medical officers—it there .were any—nor
any other papers bearing on Hie subject, .have ever
reached this office.
f|lt is needlees, to ; tell yon; as vou must of necessity
now it, that under these citcnmstancos yon are-a de
serter from the service of the United States - In time of •
active operations in th'e face of the enemy, it is hot pos
sible to .try an officer, for Buch offences, especially is it
not so when he is beyond the' immediate reach of the
, military authorities of..this army, and his company about
to inarch upon the enemy without a captain; it is, there
fore, my deliberate -intention toadopt-the l course: which-.
seemß most effective to prevent such-desertions.- Every
officer of this army absent'without authority wIU, be ad
: vertisedin the public papers, and disgraced before,his •
•people,if it bo possible to do so. * 1
~ No resignation of any ,officer whatever will be accepted
except upon medical certificate of the most contfinsive
or proof: of ,worthlessness. -'lt is,-therefore, to -
' be. distinctly. understood that any officer of this army,
whose resignation l bas'-bceo accepted without- medical
certificate: has proved, himself worthless and incompe
tent- Neithcr with credlt to himself, nor with any tort
:of .fair dealing toward the privatesoldier, can,any yolun,.
teer officer tender his resignation; The soldier has agreed ! .
to go inlo tho service of the United States, with therm-:.
; derstanding'that" certain persons who persuaded Him'to"
enlist shall continue to command him. If he had thought
-1 biherwise, there.ls ho doub’t'that lhTmany cases he would
have declined foyolontoer..: iTOrhnhe.has been sworn in,,
he 1 -is bound, for, the of,servio4,and thera
should-he no one exempt,-nor, so-far as I can control this ■
army, ahali he be exempt in,
: that respect,' which has- been’ imposed l bit . the private
; soldier.? . f, . f-r..,,:,, -
A large part of the 'dlssaUßfactioh justly felt by the
‘ private soMiera of the -volunteer regiments has -arisen .
from this very ’practice. Ait soon as si commissioned -
officer grows tired of ilie fatigue and hardaliip of; service;
he tenders .his resignation, and in very many cases has
found means to have it accepted;- s Aprivate soMlerihas i
no tuch means of freeing, himself from: an .obligation ■
which he imposed On himself with-the fall understanding
S that,-the officer,'who,,persuaded .him.toiyolnnteeri.was ,
; equally bound with. himself,- and 'wbuld remain, with him;;
The practice of abandoning, the private" soldierßj who,
Jhaye- volunteered at, their instance, reflects little credit "
upon officers, and will only be tolerated imthis army when .
I can no longercontrol it. 5 , ; , ~ , ( .
Kespectfnlly, yonr obedient servant,
\ • ‘ ■■■;,, JOHNcPOPE,,
- Major Qoneral Commanding.
For The Press.J
Come Lists Mr BoysV Enlist*
Hurrah f'fhoboye are moving—-the fife aud'drum speak:
war s . . ,
A Quaker's son ia captain, and numbers -up hLs score,
1 And harvest past, rightweUweknow, hc’H drill.his eighty
. ' more;: • - ■ ■ ■■■ ■■ ■■
, For it must be done, the people ear;
; It must be done, andnow’s.tbe day; i:
It-maat be dones and this the, way—.
, Come list, my boys, enlist.
The fields stand rough in stubble, the wheat , is under
• root; - ' ! ■ ■
What are you- made of, country-bo; 1 come give-yonr,-
mother proof: ■ ■ ,
Tour, comrades flght,and coward you if you, shall standi
■■‘i aloof'
: j For it must be done, the people say, 4c. -
: Up, change the rate for rifle—the companies reoruit;
Come out with arms all brawn, and.learn thereecret how
, to shoot;: o .1..,, 1....
Tour sisters, in the cider time, will gather in the frnlt;
. For it must be done, the people say, 4c>
Good tidings for .the telegraph, swift-let the message run,
.. Old Chester sends her- greeting proud along , to. Washin
g. . ton;. .. , .
,Kach farm-house pours its treasures free and. consecrates
; a son;
'....... i. .. i -For it must be done, the people say, 4c.
Hurrah! hurrah 5 old farmer,' shout from your brown*''”
tsnn’d throat; ’ • '■ S'"
• Pish for each home-found man, to-day, who wears moug.
tacheorgoatj} . , . . ..r
For every male who well might go, but stays—opetiicoat;
.. For it must be done, the people say, 4c. .
Hurrah! hurrah S old farmer's.wife, you’ll see the whole
thing done; -
The maiding wilt be weaving it—you’ll see the worsted -
' 1 spun ’ ~
The coward’s be the petticoat—but ’twill not bey oar son.
J For It mpst be done, the people Bay;
It must be done, and now’s the day.
It must b’e dono, and this the way. '
- -Come list, my .boys, enlist.
- ; “ ‘Cfiispsk Oqusty.
♦
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LETTER FROM SAftITOGI SPSfjftfSv
Bcanlleaof tlie Place—Virtue ofthe Waters—,
Number « Visifers- -Derivation of t - 8e tfanjie—
Fnstimts of the Snesti—ChArches, Hotel*;
&c., lei, -
[Correspondent of The Press.])
SABATofeA, JF. IT. r K62.'
David, the swaeb singer of Israel, whose -utter
ances have all proceeded from the pure fountain of
inspir'atidii, declared,-with ftoly joy: “ God send
etk the springs intctWo v’Bllejs’, which run among 1 '
the hills.” In-His dwout coitemplations ef the
wonders of orcation hy did not grope about, as ik"
the manner of Certain tt/mIS-Be pWloßophan among
secoxidtoy iflid siibordinats-causes, tat, bjr the sure
process” of’ induction, he ascended straightway
“through nature up to natnre’a'GCdmaking-all ’
created works to Centre in tSNgreat Supreme Ori
ginal—the Uncreated and Eternal' Ode. Pliny—'
s 6 celebrated asu, natural historian—recorded‘a'
Conception scarcely inferior in’ point of truthful
sublimity to smy contained in Hely?Writ, when he'
wrote, - “ The best friend of man-, next'to’ God,' is ’
mother eartb. Before he has- life or being’
for his material framework, so- fearfully and
wonderfully made, she furnishes thd raaterial. Oh
her broad bosom she' suffers him to Etfe-and move. •
For his sustenance she generously compounds lha \
bread committed to-' her, thirty, sixty, and eVenona
hundred fold'. Her bowels are full of riches, pro-'
fusely dispensed, in’ Ms behalf, DSes she furnish '
poisons that would do him injury, she likeWße'pro
vides the antidotes. Air, earth, sea and sky are ’
often 1 Ms enemies, but the is always his kindattd
generous benefactor, -i Ha friend at the first; shti re
mains his friend to the end—for, when aU'-othef "
friends forsake him, she receives his body, rocking
and pestilent with corruption, into ber fraternal' 1
embrace. Hiding it'in her ownbosomj'she concealS'
it from-the face of his disgusted kind, and pre
serves it, a sacred treasure; until' reviVifidd by
the trump of G'od'on the resurrection-morn:” '
Saratoga is an Indian word'of the Iroquois lam- -'
guage, the inflections oga und aga and -'
having reference only to place: „Tba precise meau- -
ing attached by .the ofcouree,
we cannot know, but, doubtless,' it had a Mgnifi--
cancy,- far the rogionlwakhcld in high estimation by'
the earliest- tribes'known to primitive traditionary
history. Immeasurably has tMs value been en
hanced by its transfer to an enlightened' age and -
■peopl(#. :If these mountain ranges, and these fertile '
-table-lands, with the wonderful medicinal waters,-
distilled in tlieir hidden laboratories by the hand of'-
God, were adapted to the delights and necessities of
our savage; predecessors,- much- more are' thqy -
adapted to our own, invested as they hare 'been-'-
by its - with -so many delightful- social -acoom*-:
paniments. The trip from New York hither,-either «■
by boat or railway, lies uninterruptedly along the
Hudson, and affords a continuation of ’mountain"
and river scenery Unsurpassed for beauty and *
grandeur, by .any in the world. West Paint,'Rhino
beck; tbe Catakili mountains, the towns- of "Had- 1
son; Poughkeepsie, and; the cities of Albany and. 5
Troy, are successively passed. By railway we
jnay.leave New York at eleven in the morning and ’
reach here in time for tea. The town, of Saratoga -
itself we regard as one among the most beautiful ■
arid attractive on wMch our/eye ever rested. - Its -
churches, , embracing. Presbyterian, Methodist,
Baptist,’ Episcopalian, and Roman Catholic; -are
large,’commodious, and elaborate in finish. Its ,
hotels are spacious and elegant. At the head of
these stands Congress -Hall, now kept in most su-
perior style by Messrs. Hathorn & McMiohael—
the latter gentleman a second cousin of our Mr.
McMichaely of the North Atherican,- ' Mtey of '
the private residences are very, handsome-, and the
number constantly increasing. The village is one
hundred and • eighty miles from New York aily,-
and- thirty-six from Albany. ' It' is beautifully
Bitu&ted,; three hundred - feet ’ above - tidewater.'
Two thousand feet above-the level of-the sea,-;
within ten miies of the village, the Zayadorosseras
mountain' raises its blue summit on the west-aod. -
north, whilst along the- eastern horison, at a dis
. tance of about twenty miles, the Green Mountains
stretch, the extreme south being girded by this :
high' ranges of the -Catskill. The town is beauti
fully shaded,- the atmosphere is dry and highly ,
1 electrified, and the society that gathers here is
among the most intelligent and refined to he met in
any place of public resort in this country. The
centre of attraction, of course, are the mineral
waters. These are sui, generis. Themselves their
only parallel, to their remedial properties the
■ civilized world bears testimony, for there is Boaroe
ly a spot on the face of the globe to which they
are not sent. Taken from bottles, however, for
purity and efficacy, they bear no comparison to
those drunk from the fountains themselves. .
It is a noteworthy fact, that I<notwithßtanding 1 < notwithBtanding the
pecuniary embarrassments caused by the war, and -
the consequent almost-total loss of Southern patron
age. at no previous season has Saratoga, been so li
berally patronized as during the present. The
hotels are all full, some of them to overflowing.
At Congress-Hall, where lam staying,.not less than
fire hundred guests sit down to table. It’ was the
; prevailing idea at the South, - that , the loss of the
patronage of its politicians and nabobs would prove
the inevitable ■ ruin of all the watering-places
North, but thus far the expectation has not been
realized. On the contrary, so vast are the resources,
and so singularly fertile and recuperative > are the
energies of our people, that they rise in-exact pro
portion-.to the magnitude and weight, of the
exigency.
The most loyal and determined . spirit, is mani
ested here by both residents and visitors. * A war-'
meeting,was held in' St.- Nicholas 'Hail, on Satur
day last, which was crowded to overflowing. “ The
Uuto'/) must and shcUi was-the-,
sentiment that gushed spontaneously from' every
. mind and heart. Thousands of dollars-are being
subscribed as an encouragement to volunteers, aid
njsM Williiot be wanting either, by-thousands, to
offer their lives, if need be, on tbe altar of their
country. The ladies, too,, are’ industriously at '
work; providing comforts: for. the sick- and suffering. -
At Congress; Hall, a “ liadies’ ’Aid ..Society’’ . has;
been organized, by the visitors,-to last during the
season. / In ’ this -organization, I am glad to: see
that the Philadelphia’ladies axe among the; most
active. They have collected -a large fund, and
meet each day,, at 11 o’clock, in the south parlor of
. Congress Hall, and make up. garments to be sup
plied to tho New York hospitals. With the relax
ation and enjoyment afforded by their visit to the
Springs, they thus oombine the discharge of nobie -
and patriotic duty. ’- H.
LETTER FROM-BALiTIMORE.
Accident on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad—.
Three Men Killed—The Boat* on the Pmtnx
ent Stopped—Seizure ofa Contraband Bod-’
Quilt— Sent to Bert McHenry—Confederate
Prisoners Sent Off—Affaire At Jiorfelk.
[Correspondence of The Press.] .
. , ; Bai.tihor*, Aug. 4,1862.
On” Wednesday fmorhinglast acollision occurred on
: the Baltimore and Ohio Bailraad, between Oakland and.
Cranberry Summit, which resulted in the instant death of
three drovers, named William; Donaldson . and John,
Horne, 'of Eminence,, Ky;; and.-Mr, Bay, of Moscow, ,
.Ohio. The collision .was between the way trains going
west and coining east. Thepartiea tilled, together
with' another party, whose name did not transpire, and
Who.wap so. badly injured that ho hope was entertained
of his recovery; were in the fourfcficar fromtke engine
whenttiecoUlsion occurred,.and in the car with them .
were some truck wheels, beneath which they were crush
ed. All of; the parties started on a Government, stock
‘train, in charge of stock,, but, stopped at Cranberry Bum-. *
mit, and permitted the train to. leave them. They subse-
QUehtlyttook.thB waF.tralu.for the purpose of OYortakiog.
.. the train to which they belonged The dead'bodies were
' returned to Wheeling, and the injured man was taken fo.
Oakland. ■
Onßatnrday morning; the. steamer, Mary. Washington,
Capt. M. L. Weems, from the.Pafuxehfriver for this
.and?the George. Weems, Oapt. Theodere Weems, heoca
fortlie Patuxent,i were', stopped .at ;Fort McHenry .by
military authority. From., the two boats about twenty--
£re persons’ were.taheh. and 'conducted to the fort All
the baggage'was Overhauled,' and: from one party oh the !
. Mars,Washington about seven hundred dollars In Con
l<derat| bonds were taken. On boarding the vessels ail;
the’passengers were asked if 1 they would take the oath of
allegiance, .and. those who expressed a willingness to do so
wire pot molested. .Those who declined,to. take the oa*h,
were taken -to the fort. Among the partu s- were ' two
, ladies, wbo'were subsedpentiy released, heveral of those
arrested were residents,of this city ...... -
Festerday,;afternoon,l&pnty Marshal- Lyon seized at
a house on' Huffman street a magnificently wrought bed- -
•Quilt, vrhichi'it. is.alleged,waspintonded as a,present for-
J eff Davis. It is made of silk, and In thecentre is a large-
Confederate flag, rath.n.white.cross in the centre of the
■ blue ground. Jn the croi'a was embroidered Jefferson.
.Davis,] PresidsiDt A ofj tha ‘ Sputhe»n . Opnfederapy.;’ On
other,portions of. the,ftagwere the name* of the Qohfede
-■ rate 1 ‘Cabinet olfieefß, ;and- of some of the principal
.‘general*;. J.t,was.takeu to; the marshal’s office, and will ,;
bhiuriied over,to Gen. Wool.-... , , • ..jJV. .
• On Saturday,, by. order .of Gen. Wool,.Rnfm Belt, of
j Baltimore -county,.waa: sent to Fort McHenry for dia
j loyalty, and., usiiig,. treasonable,; language. . jamsg-P'.
i Slrorg, of ibia.city ~was sent to the fort-ontke charge of
: haying been in 'communication wit!’ the enemies of- the-
Government of, the United States. Horace 8. Edmond
i son wad arrested on .Saturday on the .change, of having!
. arms concealed Qii his.prehdses. He-was sent to thofort
yefcterday.’ ; -‘- :; J ~
It ms itated on SaturdayithatvMr.--J---L. ,HcPhail
viMteU Ihc house of Captain., Thomas T. Haile, s in 'Balti
more-connkr.: and eiized a-lot of old flint-look mnskats. ‘
-lMr.-McE.ldid visit the house of Captain H., and found
the arms, but'did-not cause.them to. ,
’ <jii ! Satajday’ _ affernobh a party of fifty-one Confederate'
■ piisoners'ot wsae was‘sent off by steamgr to fFortrosa :
. M”orfCTtoibe. l est;hanged. ,'nHoBt«)f them were- maimed,
■ snd'Wiil not be 8* for further military service.' t
.xA'he Old'Point ? which’ arrived -on '. Saturday,
.brought MnilM was anp
pfereed, by order of Genjnal,,Title,.for .jaiMishihg. a
-
linicule. fTha'Baperiwharcommeneed by Mr. \V. W. :
.Shoid. aweUrknowi artachkof tbe Hew.Torknress, for
. tbe.purpoi'e of aSding tba Fbioh’canse iri 'Hdrrolk'; and it *
Is bbt jusffce to Mr. S. to Bay that h’e dissolved hiß con * -
■ nei tiVn with the jourual a week ago, and. since, that time'. ;
lhe sheet has been conducted by,his Former associate,in ‘
ibo btisiniss department, Mr. 0. S. Baker;* Fdr* the week •
pest, the conduct of the Union, under itshew proprietor,,
has .been yery unsailsfectory, not only to.the auihorities,,
but to the Dnion men ot Norfolk and, Portsmouth.
u) ii • ■ •' Paca.
l-; , ■) '■ - : —•
OHIO A'GO’S bgsi over rpm
tlionWid increase in Ike j>opnlation of I( Chicag:o dii ring
Ibejaet year; ' 'OYer lwo tbonennd new hirasealiiYelieen:
A.war of extermination.agaiDßt/d'gaJhaa.beea
■cfirierced in tlmtcity, anaoTerSiOOOhaTe.bee^titlwl
•liutwomoutlis. ,* ’ 4
, * • <‘ ■