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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1862.
THE WAR.
Tee burden of our news this morning is draft
ing—ooroorniDg which the entire' {Mb', le of the
Xforth are much excited. Bnliatmentahavo re
ceived an impetus wbioh i< truly wonderful under
the existing cironmetanees. In Massachusetts the
whole quota will volunteer; the State of New York
will furnish over 30,000 volunteers; the New
England States aTe alive with enthusiasm, and the
Great West is sending forth very many more of her
sons to do battle for the Union, ft is believed that
Philadelphia will furnish more than her quota of
volunteers before the 15th of August, and the: Home*
Guard organization will represent her militia for
draft. By a special ordisr of the Wiir Da.
partmeni telegraph operators are exempt from
draft, and as this rule covers the agents of the As
sociated Press, the people will still get the news in
some form, even after the drafting officers
have emptied the sanotum of the editors,
the reporter’s room, and the printing offices
of the city. A wag suggests that the
only way to muzzle the press in a free coun
try is to put the drafting law into operation.
The Government, the leaders, and the people talk
of nothing but drafting from morning till night,
and the armies of the Republic are increasing
rapidly . '
We are glad to see the subject of promotion
from the ranks attracting general attention; and
now, that we have the proihise of the War Depart
ment that the humblest merit shall meet its just re
ward, we have confidence that the army will, if
possible, be more enthusiastic, and determined for
the future than it has been in the past. It is sur
prising that the recognition' of the justioe of this
measure, grateful as it otherwise is to the entire
country, should have been so tardy. We believe
our soldiers are as confident, jas heroin, and as wil
ling to endure hardship and peril for the sake of
the Union, as they were a year ago. Every battle,
field has given testimony to this fact. Neverthe
less, we believe that this proper action of the Go
vernment will inspire them with a fresh determina
tion to end the war speedily and successfully.
Next to the premptiflgs of a patriotic impulse, there
can be no consciousness to nerve the soldier’s arm
in battle like the consciousness that the Govern
ment he is fighting to proservo has an interest in
his individual welfare, and, while a witness to his
valor, standsjready to crown it with a due reward.
It is such ft oonsoiousness as this that makes
the soiUier, . There oaa be little doubt that had
this order relative to promotions been promul
gated several months ago, the entiro six hun
dred thousand men now needed might have
been procured by voluntary enlistments alone.
The inducements to young men possessing a
spark of that American characteristic, ambition,
would have shown itself more powerful than offers
of hundreds of dollars bounty. Suoh an offset of
the order is evon now observable, though not to a
degree whioh wo might hope for. Recruiting is
brisker than it has been for many weeks, and this
in spite of the timid prophecy that, at the first in
timation of a draft, voluntary "enlistment would
cease. Promotion by merit has al ready done much
for the efficiency of our army, although it does not
exist in many of our regiments, we are sorry to
say. It has made the armioß of Europe—especially
those of Pranoe—very effective, and it will have a
most salutary effect in the present addition to our
armies. The least the Government can do for* our
soldiers is to promise and give them promotion from
the ranks fer faithful, gallant, and meritorious
conduot.
THE NEWS.
The Now London Star publishes a list of all
able-bodied oitizens in that place, between the
ages of 18 ani 45, capable of performing military
duty. The list inoludes between 709 and 800
names. The remedy is an admirable one, when
the necessity of resorting to it becomes manifest.
The loyal Methodists of the Stale of Missouri
will hold a Convention at the city of Louisiana to
day,, August 6. The railroad and packet com
panies have, entered into the spirit of the move
ment, and given free returns to delegates.
The statement that the negroes of Washington
are organizing secret associations for the purpose of
self-protection is* discredited by the Washington
Republitan, which saiys that the colored people
have hot apprehended any outbreaks, nor have
they formed any such association as is described.
It is all pure fiotion. , '
A large and spirited meeting in support of the
war, and the measures necessary to, its success, was
held at Allentown, Monmouth county, New Jersey,
on Friday. Hon. William A. Newell presided, and
speeches were made by Gen- Joel Parker, Hon.
John C. Ten Eyck, W. H. Van Nortwiok, Col. J.
R. Freese, Lieut. Coward, of the 16th Regiment,,
and Col, Garret.S.- Cannon......Soirited
w orb 'atf the meetiug was most satis
faotory.
Jeff Thompson has issued a proclamation to
the planters and citizens of Panola and De Soto
counties, Miss,, urging Mississippi to form armed
squads to prevent the foraging of 'Federal troops,’
and also to remove their cotton so that it can be
more speedily burned in ease capture is attempted.
The “ Union Democratic State Central Commit
tee ’(for California met in Sam Francisco on the 2d
of July, and, after expelling several members who
had acceded to the Secession movement, proceeded
to nominate Jonathan D. Stevenson for Superin
tendent of Publio Instruction. They adopted the
“ Sprague platform ” of Rhode Island in 1861.
The National Republican states that Mr. Fay,
late American minister to Switzerland, who is hare,
urges the Government, if it would prevent foreign
intervention and enlist the sympathies of Europe,
to proclaim emancipation
i lux American Watchman, a German newspaper
of Newark, New Jersey, was recently returned
from the Tbornville (Ohio) post- office with the post
master’s announcement that he would not deliver
the d—d Abolition , sheet. The editor wrote to
John A. Hasson, Postmaster General, who returned
the following answer: “Sib— For reply to your
letter of the 28th insb., you are hereby informed
that, upon the receipt of your letter, the postmas
ter at'Tbornville, Perry oounty, Ohio, vti ’promptly
removed from office, and another appointed in Ms
stead.”
Rear Admiral Foote left his residence, in New
Haven, Monday evening, and proceeded to Wash
ington, where he enters upon his duties as Ckief of
the Bureau of “ Equipment and Recruiting.” The
Admiral’s health is nearly restored, although he is
still obliged;to use his crutches, as the state of Ms
wound will not allow him to dispense with them
probably for several months to oome.
Tas money market presents a stagnant appear
ance j jates are 'declining, deposits are increasing,’
the demand is exceedingly light; and capitalists are:
at a loss to know what! to do with their spare-funds.
At from four. to five per cent, money oan be ob
tained in any quantity upon good security, and the
purport stems to be that lower rates must rule
during the fall; unless some important war move
ment should give a sudden impetus to trade, which,
although not. affecting the financial position, might
create a change in the calculations of the mercan
tile community, and temporarily disthrb monetary
movements. This view, however, as far as the
money market is concerned, is scaroely withtn the
range of possibilities, as it would take time to dis
tribute the large blocks of capital now lying idle.
Gen. McClellan recently telegraphed to Wash
ington that he could not get milk for sick soldiers;
that the Secessionists would not furnish it, and that
Unionmen charge Mgh prices. Gen. Halleck tele
graphed back: “If Secessionists won’t famish
milk, Seize their cows and milk them yourselves.
Have Military Board to fix the price•• at which
Unionists shall sell, and if they refuse to take that
price, seize from them also.”
We learn from Barbadoes that the Anglo-rebel
steamship Scotia, of Liverpool, put into that porton
the Bth u t. for coal, after which she sailed ostensi
bly for Nassau, N. P., but as she had
pilot on board, her real destination may be guessed:.
The Scotia is said.to have a valuable cargo of .arms.
The Scotia is upwards of 1,200 tons burden, and
commanded by Capt. Semthes, formerly of the pri
vateer Sumpter. •,
We Team that among the personssat present held
in custody at the Old Capitol prison in Washington
is the Rev. Wm. D. Broaddus, D 1)., of Fredericks
burg, Virginia, It is proper to add, in explanation
of thbrifaot, that Dr. Broaddus is arrested on no
charge “personal to himself, but, with a few other
oitizens of Virginia, is detained as a hostage for the
.safety ,of certain Union men of Fredericksburg
whom the Confederate authorities have seized and
still hold as prisoners.
From Port Royal we have the startling intelligence
that the rebel ram whioh has been building for
months at Savannah is nearly ready to come out to
•engage our war vessels.
The total number of-rebel-prisoners in cur hands
at the present time is twenty thousand five hun
dred, an aggregate whioh vastly exceeds the num
ber of our men held by the Southern authorities. ,
It has often been asserted .that the proportion oF"
tnales to females bom in time of war is consider
ably greater than during “the piping times of
peace.” This appears to be confirmed by the sta
tistics of Providence, Rhode Island, in 1881, the
number. of masei&neß bom having been 936, against
789 females—a difference of folly eighteen per
cent. - • ; ■
George C. Hersby will be executed at the guard
room of the jail in Dedham, Massachusetts, on Fri
day next. His erime is the murder of a young
woman whom holed astray; and it is snpposed that
he bad caused the death of her sister under similar;
ciroumftffflces.
There is not a loyal State in the Union in
which the most honored. Democrats have not
taken square ground against the sympathizers
with Secession, in favor of the Administration
of Mr. Lincoln, and in support of all measures
for the vigorous prosecution of the war. A
recent careful perusal of the newspapers in
these States has produced a most gratifying
confirmation of this assertion. Although in'
Pennsylvania the remains of the old Breckin
ridge party, or, rather, the leaders of those re
mains, are incurably poisoned by the virus of
treason, yet hundreds of true-hearted Demo
crats in this State are found on the side of the
country. The control of the Democratic or
ganization in Pennsylvania is jin the hands
of Mr.' Buchanan’s intimate' friends, and all
the leaders, who opposed Douglas in 1880,
whether politicians or newspaper "editors,
; with Inconsiderable exceptions/ are as aert
. monious in their hostility to the Adminiitra
tion and the war as they were in their hostility
to,the heroic Senator from Illinois. The ad
,dress of Francis W. Hughes is the chart by
which they expect to carry this organization
imo power. Their calumnies upon loyal
Democrats are unceasing. A single utter,
ance in favor of unconditional Unionism is
immediately denounced as
Democrats like Judge Shannon, of Pitts
burg ; Wm. S. Ross, of Luzerne; Benjamin
Ciumpneys, of 'Lancaster:; John Rowe,: of
Franklin; Milo M. Dijimick, of Carbon;
Daniel Dougherty, of P tdladelphia, and
G.korge W. Pearce, of Chester, who have
been honored for their personal worth, some
of them having filled high positions conferred
by the people, are traduced with the most
shameless malignity, only because they
have determined to adhere to their principles
and to oppose the mem they opposed in 1860.
Gen.-Wit. S. Ross, nominated for Surveyor
General at the great Harrisburg Union Con
vention, is assailed by the Luzeriie Union as
the » e stool-pigeon” of the Republicans, and
as a “ fishy Democrat,” who “ has acted with
the Republican party throughout the whole
session of the last Legislature.” His offence
consists simply in the fact that, perceiving the
treasonable objects of the Breckinridge lead
ers, he indignantly repudiated ail. association
with them. As specimens of the present tone
of the Breckinridge newspapers in Pennsyl
vania, we take the following extracts from
newspapers now before us. The Reading
Eagle, the German organ of the sympathizers
in Bet ks county, ot the 29th of July, says :
. “ Democrats of Berks! Wbat man with sound
reason and the most simple power-of judging who
followed np with that; deportment, can qpnoeat
from himself that there is not alone no difference
between the dominant party in the North and the„
Seoessionists of the South in their enmity against
the old Union, but that'the aotions of both must
lead to the same end, -must logically lead to tiio
overthrow of tbo Union ot our fathers.”
Here we are boldly told' that there is no dif
ference between the dominant party of the
North and the armed traitors of the South.
The Columbia Democrat, printed at Blooms
burg; Pa., and edited by a notorious sympa
thizer, copies the following article in its editor
rial columns:
“ Trampling on the Constitution. —The Sen
ate, on Monday, by a vote of 23 against 17. passed
the bill introduced some weeks since by Mr. Sum
ner,we think, to admit Western Virginia to the
rights and privileges of a sovereign State.
. “This act is in direct violation of Section 3d, Ar
ticl© Xv th of tho CoDstifcuuon. \
’* In a case so plain .no . argument is necessary to
show that every senator who voted for this Western
Virginia bill trampled his oath in the dnst.”
The notorious fact that this bill, for the orga
nization of the new State of Western Virginia,
was not introduced by Mr. Sumner, and was
opposed by every Senator that denounces the'
Administration and the war, and was support
ed by the Republicans, with a very few ex
ceptions, in response to the loyal people of
■Western Virginia, and was held to be consti
tutional by the most distinguished lawyers, is
the best answer to this infamous misrepresen
tation . The Brownsville (Fayette county)
Times, which flies the name of John L. Daw
son as the “ Democratic ” candidate for Con
gress at its mast-head, devotes itself to the
task of showing that the party in power are
acting as if the abolition of slavery was the
leading object of the war, and in all its
columns there is not a line to indicate that
the editor entertains the slightest genuine
sympathy with the country’s cause. The
Danville (Montour county) Intelligencer ,
another of the same class, revels in abuse of
the Abolitionists, and carefully avoids the
slightest allusion to the great principles in
volved in this life struggle.
The Norristown Register the editor of which
was James Buchanan’s Postmaster, pursues
precisely the same course; and ihe Westchester
' Jeffersonian, although suppressed by the pub
lic authorities after the fall of Sumpter, is now
-republished, and gloats in the most treasonable
weekly utterances. Mr. Buchanan’s own im
mediate organ,^^eJ £ anp_asler_&ifAZiiff“’ sj '-
-takes a leadingipart In this disgraceful busi
ness, and'in’its abuse of all loyal men, its mis
representation of the Administration, and its
heartless indifference to the sufferings 1 of our
gallant soldiers, unquestionably reflects his
sentiments. The York Gazette, owned and
edited by the chairman of the Breckinridge
State Committee in 1860, Wm. Henri- We).sh,
plays upon the-same key, and iu every number
proves its fidelity to the cause of Brigadier
General Breckinridge and-the ex-President
of the United States. It seems to be under
stood that the Gazelle is preparing to put in
nomination for Congress, in the York district,
at the coming election, the name of Adam J.
Glosshrenner, late the private, secretary of
Buchanan, a well-known, and! almost public
sympathizer. In Schuylkill county, where-
Mr. Hughes, the Chairman of the present
-Breckinridge State Committee, ? resides, the 1
sb-called Democratic organ is thus spoken of
by the distinguished William G. Brownlow,
in one of bis late letters:
“The Democratic Standard, a dirty Secession
sheet, of the Breckinridge school of politics, has
come out upon me iairatber a mean and abusive
way. I consider all suoh attaoks, from such
sources, as complimentary. Its editor) one T. J.
McCamant, was either turned out of an office at
Washington, or forced to resign to avoid being’re
moved, on account of his Secession proolivities. I
expect all this class of mon to make war upon me,
and really I don’t wish them to sky anything in my
favor, as it will subject me to suspicion among loyal
men.” ’. ‘"'
We need not continue this roll of infamy,
save to add that the Pittsburg Morning Pest,
conducted by James P. Barr, the Breckin
ridge_candidate for Auditor General, is amoag
the most reckless and malicious oi the set.
Bib paper is the only one that claims to have
supported Douglas in 1860, a support, the
sincerity of which can be understood when it
is known that he was one of the most unscru
pulous / advocates of the .disgraceful fusion
movements of that year, by which unsuspect
ing Douglas Democrats were induced to help
the Disunion; candidate for’ the Presidency.
These evidences prove conclusively that the
whole organization of the Bffeckiuridge De
mocracy of Pennsylvania is inspired by the
most embittered animosity to the war. One
fact, which challenges successful contradiction,
completely establishes this allegation, viz: that
there is nothsingle newspaper supporter of that
organization fin this Mate which does not avow
the disgraceful , doctrines of the , address of
Francis W. Hughes, and which does not regu .
jarly repeat the seniimenls of Yamandiqham,
Ben Wood, and that class of political agita
tors.
• The War- Office, order to draft the militia
so as to supply the 800,000 men wanted to
carry on the war to a successful completion
must give .a decided impetus to recruiting,
particularly in this' 'city. Indeed, all things
considered, there, has already been raised a
large number of volunteers here. This has
especially been the case, for single regiments,-
now being embodied. In these, to secure
their own rank, the officers have bestowed
much pain’s, exercised the personal influence
of themselves and friends, and even expended
money over and above the amounts liberally
granted by the Government, the city, and the
local subscription iund. There is little doubt
that the new regiments will be organized by
the 15th inst., the day appointed by the War
Department. We have already expressed the
opinion that now.regiments, which have yet to
bo disciplined, (which cannot bo performed
rapidly,) will be less effective, in the war,
than if their men had been distributed among
the oldiegiments, where they would be con
verted soldiers in far IeBS time than by
the holiday process of camping.
retain this 1 opinion, but freely admit that
the regiments now forming here promiso to be
as fine.a set of men as ever shouldered Brown
, Bess. The list of officers, too, including some
of experience and ability, is of itself very en
couraging,
The announcement from the War Depart
ment, respecting the future officering oi the
army, promises exceedingly well. The ser
vice will be weeded of all incompetent per
sons now holding commissions.. Means will be
usedjto -prevent the nomination to commis
sions of unworthy or incompetent persons.
Meritorious aDd distinguished services will se
cure the promotion of officers of the regular
army and of the volunteers. Ad this is as it
should be. Our institutions plainly veto the
British practice of obtaining commissions
by purchase—as if not the man, but his money,
were the reality. We shall rather assimilate
in our military system to the practice in the
Fiench army, whfre money, family, and rank
have no weight, but where merit and a certain
degree of education are certain to raise a man
above his fellows. It is fortunate, too, that,
thanks to our public schools, almost every
man in our Vast ' army is able 'to read and
write—in this respect resembling tho regular
army of Prussia and its excellent tand-wchr
or-perpetnal militia.
Between this and the 16th instant, when the:
Volunteer quota ought to be completed, there
will be a good deal of recruiting. After the'
16th, as we understand the case, the various
bounty-payments, or most of them, will cease.
'Whoever is holding back, therefore, for more
money—if such there be—will find themselves
mistaken.
It is,stated in the papers that the police in
New York bad received instructions from the
civic authorities there to arrest every officer
and soldier on furlough. The legality of such
action is questionable. As for )ts necessity,
we know not how great that may be in New
York, but it does not exist here. The furlough
men, of whatever rank, who lately were to
be seen lounging in the streets of Philadelphia,
have returned; to their active duty--with the
exception of those whose health has not yet
been restored. The loungers and the loiterers,
who only wanted a hint to take them back to
the field, will do gallant service there, their
countrymen may be certain, whenever; the
occasion gives them a chance; It is not in
the nature or in the habit of the soldiers of
America to skulk from duty or from danger.
They have already shown what' they can do,
and the Past, for them, speaks gloriously the
.pidmise of their Future
In another column of our paper to-day the
"reader-will find a highly interesting report
upon Insects and Shade Trees, which has been
prepared, for, and presented to Councils, at
thwr request, by Dr. Joseph Leidy, M. D.,
professor of Anatomy in the University of
Pennsylvania,. Dr. Leidy has evidently brought,
-his deep research and proverbial scientific
skill to bear in the -presentation of this sub
ject, and wo doubt not that his views, and the
valuable information he imparts, Will be found;
of great utility in the preservation of the
trees of our city. For some years past our
most beautifully shaded side-walks have been
made repulsive to pedestrians at certain sea
sons by annit-s of ravaging and ill-behaved in
sects, so that oi late not a few of our largest
builders, in erecting dwellings, have abandon
< d the pleasing, and we believe healthful, orna
ment ot trees in front of them. This is'making
too great a snrrenderto an insignifieantfoe. We
remember, that a few years ago the city of New
Haven came very near losing its stalely elms
from a similar cause, and no one can visit that
beautiful town of NewEbgland to-day without
feeling grateful to the genius which suggested
the effective remedy, of encircling the trees
attacked with iron tubes, open at the top, and
filled with oil.
The remedies reeommehded by our scien
tific townsman should be adopted, and espe
cially would we urge his view of planting
varieties of trees which are less; or not at all)
liable to injury from insects. Dr. Leidy re
marks truly, that “ the shade trees of our city
contribute to its beauty, its health, and appa
rent cleanliness.” : The improvement, in fact,
which thrifty, handsomely-formed trees se
cuie to rows of residences, can hardly be
overestimated. For a practical illustration of
this, let any one ride out Fifteenth street, *
past the two beautiful squares of dwellings
located respectively on the west side of that
avenue, between Master and Jefferson streets,
and Oxford street and Columbia avenue. The
former is supplied with trees in front, and the
latter—although identically the same inarchi
fectural finish, and If anything more favorably
located—is without them, and the disadvan
tage of their absence is perceptible at a glance.
It may be noticed, by the way, that, as a first
effect of Dr. Leidy’s essay, measures have
already been taken by the residents of the
above block for this want to be supplied.
For the benefit of the squirrels in our pnblic
squares, and their admirers, we may also state
that these playful little quadrupeds are en
tirely exonerated, from .blame on the. insect
question, either directly or indirectly. On the
contrary, their presence is regarded as an ad
vantage. But we will not enlarge. The re
port speaks for itself, and deserves attentive
perusal.
1 European opinion on American affairs is
worthless when it fastens on our politics, and
prejudice is apt equally to bias it, if it specu
late upon the results of our military manoeuvres
But of our military resources it is a very com
petent judge, and we have the unanimous tes
timony of many foreign visitors, wiiose names
are high npon tiie Martial roll, that no army
in the world was ever sent to the field so well
equipped as is ours in all appointments neces
sary for military - completeness and personal
comfort. These foreign critics, be it remem
bered, regarded us with no favoring eve when :
they found their aristocratic notions jarred!
and their exclusiveness completely shattered!
by observing the superior soldierly!character
istics of our men and the perfection of their drill
—rivalling in precision the laborious training
of Europe; yet they, were forced to confess
this other fact, equally palpable, that, whether
in camp or on the battle-field, our soldiers are
better provided with the requisites of safety
and of comfort than those of any trans-
Atlantic nation.
From the time of enlistment to the time of
discharge and pensioning, the soldier is never
neglected by the careful eye of the country.
■ The War Department, for his benefit, radiates,
its powers in many directions, through all sorts
of officers, boards, committees, sub-commit
tees, and authorized individuals.. Its constant
aims are the protection and the advancement
of the soldier. To secure these ends, no pains
are spared, no money no legislation
retarded. All other departments are laid under
contribution, and everything is made to con!
verge opon thia ono point. If the zealousness
-in' this regard: sometimes manifests itself too
prominently informing and maintaining an
elaborate completeness of organization, and
in thus giving rise to red-tape delays, allow
ance must be made for the complex’difficultiei
to be encountered and the various deceptions
to be guarded against. If there were no
balance-wheels of! this kind, the anarchy that
would ensue would be infinitely more destruc
tive thamthe stiffness of form is cumbersome.
When duties are so various as those incident
to the charge of an army of six hundred thou
sand men, they must he classified and brought!
under general rules. The locating of special
cases under these is generally possible ; but
where it is not, an auxiliary! power> is called •
in for this sanatory, philanthropic work! It .
is a resource possessed by .no other country on
the face. of the earth, because it is purely a re
publican institution, a ‘most potent resource,
one that exactly supplies the deficiencies and
remedies the mistakes which will occur in
operations upon aggregates as large as the
!War Department is compelled to handle: we.
mean, Sta,te agehcy. This excellent comple
ment of the Governmental functions displays
its virtues chiefly in ’hospital arrangements. ,
The;history s of, State efforts ‘in this .particular;
would-be at once a monument to the humani
ty of .the nation, and an illustration, if . not
proof, of how perfoctly accordant, the States
and the United States can become when the
sphere ol each is properly limited, and the di
rection of the energies of each is the same.
Every one remembers the many muni
ficent offers made to the Government of
-hospitals erected by the States.at their several
expense; bnt not every one knows the kind
nesses, facilities, and various practical advan
tages which accrue to the soldier from the de
votion of each State to her own men. It is
evident that cases must continually occur of
an exceptional character ; innumerable trou
blesome little accidents are liable to befall the
soldier in his journey froth the camp or battle
• Bold. to his home. These cannot) of course)
be provided for under the ordinary processes,
of Government, and it is precisely in meeting,
these lawless contingencies that State effort is ’
so valuable. It sorts, out men, classifies and'
arranges them, provides for them whatever
extra accommodations or attentions are heed-,
cd, watches over them, prepares them for.
travel,-and, finally sets them down at their
homes, with hearts grateful to the "benign care
of -Uncle Sam. Indeed, this State agency is
nothing more than a carrying out of Political
Economy’s great law—division of labor; and,
THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1862.
as a high development of this law in the ordi
nary paths of social,life evinces a high grade
of civilization, so*does the appliance
law to this special and sanatory direction’dis
play an advance in humanity and in the ameni
ties of remedial effort.
Private generosity goes still, farther to in
crease these happy effects, and it may fairly
be said that, between tbo general providence
of the Government, the circumspection of the
State, and the bounty of the individual, the
soldier is the pet child of the country from his
enlistment to, and even after, the close of his
lift—aimed; clothed, fed, nursed,’protected,
PAID. • -
Once upon a time, a wealthy countryman,
on taking leave ot bis children on his death
bed, assured them that, having, commenced
life without fortune or patronage, he had ac
quired independence, chiefly by minding-his
- own business and not meddling with the affairs
;of other people. If nations, as well as indi
viduals, would act- upon this sound principle/
;we should not? now witness the spectacle of;
England showing,-anger against the Unitod
States because the United States have adopted i
a protective tariff. Time was, nor far remote;;
, either—seeing that Peel’s repeal of the Cora
' Laws was effected no earlier than 1846—when
'England, now the champion.of Free Trade,
sturdily maintained the principle .of Frotec
tion, under Jvhich wheat, which now ranges at
from fifty to sixty shillings, sold (in 1812) at
one hundred and twenty-seven shillings per
’quarter. : This Protection greatly interfered
with otir interests, for then, as now, we could
have supplied England with gram and flour at
reasonable prices. ?We did not complain,
holding the belief that it was the right of each
nation to choose its own principle of . trade,
without having its. action questioned by an
other nation.
•• The London Times, considering our now”
tariff, an appendix to the Morrill tariff, as add-;.
iDg insult to injury, bitterly denounces it.
The harsh words are, “ she, (the United
States) is deliberately rejecting the silks/tbtr'
wines, the trinkets, and the works, of art of
France/ the fine woollens and; cottons, the'fin
ished hardware, and. the agricultural imple
ments of England, and she is to restrict her
self tor the future to her own coarse, clumsy,'
and costly substitutes.” ■ : : . ,
Here is a tempest in a teapot! This accu-;
salion really is a recognition of the prudence
of onr recent legislation upon imports./En
gaged as we are in a contest the like of which
the world has never seen, and the cost of
which is necessarily gigantic, we have thought
fit to pass measureswhich, by making us self
reliant as we are self-produclive, have a eonr
polling tendency to keep our money at home
instead of' sending it abroad. ■ That is the
head and front of our offending. It maybe
unsound policy, in tho opinion of political,
economists, but it was the policy of England
for centuries—a policy under which she rose
to greatness—a policy which she abandoned
only a few years since—a policy which, even
yet, many of her statesmen lament was ever
abandoned. 1
We; can do without “ the silks, the wines,
the trinkets, and the works of art” which France
produces;' We can produce excollentnativo
mibstiliites for “the fine woollens and cottons,
and the flniskedhardware” of England. Asfor
the agricultural: implements, they are better
here than in any other part of the world. .We
can abandon French gewgaws and British ma
nufactures without a sigh, and if the substir
tuies produced by our own labor, and ingenuity
from our own materials even were as “ coarse,
clumsy, and costly 5 ’ as The Times declares
they must be, practice would soon improve
them. We are a great people, in a great con
test for the Right, and we claim to regulate
• °ur own commerce as best suits our own.in
teresf. 'This is what England has always done, 1
'aud-ohe is.-simply impertinent'when she pre
sumes to concfetmi-uH for it. Let her look to
herself, with a debt of over $4,000,000,000,
and a population taxed beyond their means to
pay the interest-and the vast charges of sup
porting Royalty; and Aristocracy in stolen
grandeur.
The Times says that, independent of our de
mand for; luxuries from England and Franco,
here is such a demand from other countries,
s will fix.a fair priee for these articles,-andj
that it is the American consumer, and hot
the foreign importer, who will have to pay
the extra .price put on by our^,tariff.-.No;
doubt. But tlic object, we frankly avow, is to
substitute American for foreign manufactures
—and it can be done, for there is every thing, in
the United States necessary, not for more ex
istence, but also for comfort, elegance, and
luxury. Why, fhen, should foreign articles
take the place : of what native material and
native industry can produce 1 . C ertain people,
_no doubt'with mnrojrmnay thanhrains. niore
ostentation than patriotism, may still hunger
for the flesh-pots of EgyjJif may still declare'
it impossible to live jrithout.foreign-luxiivies.
Let. them pffiyjtSf such tastes, if they will in
dulge in tlnni.
It is absurd to fancy that because England
has lately abandoned Protection, the United'
States must do the same. It was claimed,
during many a long year, that Protection had
built up„ the British nation; No country in
terfered with it. Assuredly, we did not. In
return, we claim to be let alone. Our tariff is
■nothing for England to denounce. All the
scolding iffithe world cannot and will net wipe
it out of our statute-book. We have deter
mined to avail ourselves of the principle of
Protection, and have no doubt that it will
keep much money in this country which
would otherwise have been absorbed by Euro
pean manufacturers. .] o ■
The order of the President requiring 300,-'
000 men to be drafted meets with almost una-.
nimous approval. One of its very first effects
will ho found to .be - , the immediate reinforce
ment' of regiments now in the field to their full
complement and an increase in the subscrip
tions to the Citizens’ Bounty Fund. This fjiind
is to be mainly devoted to the recruits- for the
glorious regiments- now before the enemy.
General Halleck, General McClellan, and
the War Department strongly urge this.; A
recruit sent to an'old regiment becomes.a Sol
dier at once—he has confidence in his officers
and his fellow-soldiers—he is surroundedbybe
roes,:and;partakes of their inspiration as soon
as he shares their toils and dangers. Liberal
inducements are offered by the Government to
all who'volunteer for regiments in- thefield ,and
the Citizens’ Bounty. Fund Committee add
fifty-six dollars.to that amount. The folbw
ing order is the last that has issued from the
Department on this subject ; , .
, GENERAL ORDERS, No. 88.
War Depastmeht,, Adjutant Gehbsal’s Orrios,
> -■ ' Washington; July 25,1562
1. The reoruitingde tail: for: each volunteefregi--
mentin the. field will hereafterconsist-of two-com
miesioned officers from the ;regiment nad/ons non
commissioned officer or initiate from, bach.com
pany.''Paragraph 111 or “General Orders;’’ No.
105, of 1861, is amended accordingly.' -'Regimental'
Commanders will at once select the additionaVman'
herein authorized; and the order for detail will,’ as:
before, be given by the commanders of departments
or corps d’armee. • 1
2. One commissioned officer of the detail will
remain constantly at' the general recruiting depot
to receive the recruits wh'eu sent from the rendez
vous, and to: exercise Cafe and control over them *
after their arrival until they are'Ordered to their
regiments,,: . . .- . j. , . ■ j
3. Recruits for regiments now in the Judd mill
be permitted/to select any company of the regi
ment they may prefer. Should the company thus
selected bo full when they join it, they will be al
lowed to scleot another. , ,* -i -, i-
:: 4. 'AU men who desire , singly or, by squads , to
join any particular regiment or company in tho
field, are. hereby,authorized to present themselves
to any reoruiting officer, when .they will be enrolled
and forwarded at once to the general depot for the
State or districti'thefe to mustered,'aniito
receive the bounty allowed by law. In-such cases,
feniisiment: papers'and descriptive lists will be for
warded as directed in “ General Orders” No' 105,'
of 1861, from "this office.
By order of-the Secretary of War :
L. Thomas. Adjutant General.
' The exact amount of premium and bounty
for each recruit, for a regiment in the field, m
$l6O, and the pre-payment of the first month’s
pay—viz: $l3. Of this premium and bounty
ahd pre-pay, $9B are paid the moment the re
cruit is examined, mustered in, and has selected
his company. Thus it will bo seen that every
recruit will be placed.in immediate possession
of funds, ample for an ordinary family for
some considerable time.
The New York Evening Post is one of the
most, dignified, outspoken, and useful news
• papers in America. It is among the leading
• evening journals o! the country. The'circu
lation of tbo Post has increased so rapidly of
late that the proprietors, Messrs. WnnAn
Cullen Bryant & Co., have found if neces
sary to obtain one of HobJs “last-fast’? print,
iug presses, upon'which the: Post’ is now
printed. ' ;
In .reply to our correspondent “Hy” we
would state tbat : any. reentit may select-his
regiment and company upon entering the ser
vice. The_.Jaws on the subject of drafting
were printed yesterday.
LETTER FROM “ OCCASIONAL ”
Washington, ‘August 6,1802.
The draft having been ordered oy the Presi
dent of the United States,' will be followed' by
an almost immediate filling up of the recent'
call for throe hundred thousand volunteers to
serve tor three years or during the war. Many
who may bo indisposed to' await the operation
of the draft will accept the generous terms
that have been repeatedly offered by the Go
vernment and the people, so that the old regi
ments how in' tho service may. be recruit-:
ed "to their ferigibai number, and the new
regiments put into a state of preparation
and discipline. Should these results ba ae
complished promptly, ‘the drafted men
will probably be held as a great army of re
serve and occupation. These, with the new
1 levies, and our armies"how in tho field, will,
give us an effective fighting force ot more than
half a million, exclusive of the reserve. As
•usual, the Administration will be assailed by
! many who have generally; opposed the war,
and complained of its policy,’ but even they
will -be unable to answer the argument sup
’ plied by the contrast between the remorseless 1
conscription of the rebel States and the gene- •
- s rous fystem of the regular Government. With
- onr immense surplus population, and the enor
mous wealth of many of our citizens, thou
■ sands may find it more convenient and expe
dient to take advantage of the rewards that
may be. willingly paid by those who cannot
enter the army. It is not to be doubted that
this consideration has operated upon a large
and valuable class of citizens: Who: have fami
lies to support, or great civil interests to pro
tect. . The draft has this one great advantage,
that it must be effective upon -all interests
and upon every” division of society. If it
extends to the poor it extends to the
rich ; and .even" those exempted by; law
will either offer themselves to the public
service or will generously contribute to
the relief of those who are forced to go.
A mong those who will cheerfully avail them
selves of the draft, are young men of fortune
who have been kept out of the army by their
relatives and friends. In reading the details
s of the Southern conscription system, your
readers must have been impressed by the fre
quent exhibitions of ijberality by wealthy indi
viduals, but these .will be nothing in compa
rison with the expenditures of the rich men of
the loyal States; and nothing, indeed, in
comparison with the more recent contribu
tions' to .the volunteer fund in the leading
cities and towns of these States. It must
therefore result that, well as our volunteers
have been paid, ahd: munificently as many of
our-wealthiest citizens have come forward to
encourage volunteering, stern necessity will’
force hundreds of rich men who" have, for one
reason or another, held back—some, because
they /were parsimonious, and others, because
they were .disloyal—freely to open their
purses, in order shat no single drafted soldier
of the Republic may go forth without feeling
that he is liberally compensated himself, or left
bis family comfortable behind him. : We
should bear in mind that the first armies
in this great war, who have done the
hardest fighting, have been taken from the
laboring classes; have enjoyed none of the
bounties so freely proffered in these latter
days; and, above all, have never complained
ot their unparalleled privations and sufferings.
Thousands of them lie buried in unforgotten
graves; thousands more are suffering from the
diseases and wounds of climate and battle;
and, still more thousands are now facing the
confident and defiant foe, eagerly waiting for
reinforcements, and earnestly asking for the
draft. , Occasional.
FROM WASHINGTON.
“"“special Despatches to “The Press.”
Washington, August 5,1862.
Arrest of a Rebel Recruiting Officer in
Maryland.
Last night-a squad of cavalry proceeded to the
residence of Jesse Higgins, near Poolesville,
Montgomery county,-Md., and arrested him. ‘ He
was brought to (he oily at a late- hour and was at
onco sent to the Old Capitol by the Provost Mar
shal. He is charged with, holding communioatinn
with the rebels, and forwarding recruits for the
Confederate army, by sending them across the
Potomac, and thence via Front Royal to the rebel
lines.,--... i-•*■■■■ .- .
General Wadsworth gone to Harrisburg,
i General Wadsworth-, military governor of this
District, left suddenly forJHarrlshurg, by this eve
ning's train. He was accompanied by one aid.
His mission is not definitely known, but it is re
garded as of great importance, as he went at the
instance of the War Department.
Movements of Governor Curtin,
‘ The Governor returned from' Bedford Springs to
Harrisburg last evening.
_ The.-Hinmsylvanin. Soldiers’ Association.
The monthly meeting pf the. ..Pom.»jatrania- Sol
diers’ Relief Association was held,- at 1 Willards’
Had, last night, hut, owing to’ the oppressive heat
of the weather, was not Very largely attended.
President Moorhead being absent, Jasper E.
Brady was called% the chair.; The financial ro
port stated that $3,300 had been subscribed, and,
with the exception of $2OO, it-had’ been paid in.
The association were in daily receipt of large
amounts of clothing, delicacies, <fcc., from every
portion of the State. These Were distributed to the
various hospitals. - The report of the committee
sent to James rivor-to establish a storehouse there
had not been received,, though a large quantity of
Supplies had been forwarded for the relief of the
Pennsylvania sick and wounded there. Before,
adjourning a unanimous vote of thanks was passed
to Messrs. Sykes, Chadwick, & Co., for the liberal
,use of Willards’ Hall for the meeting of the asso
ciatidn. -.?■• •-
Review by the President.
.President Lincoln, aooompanled by one or two
officers,"inspected the forts on the south side of the
Potomac to-day, commencing at 'Chain Bridge and
passing down towards Alexandria.- He was enthu
siastically received by the garrisons, with tho sa
lute of twenty-one guns at each fort.
Deserted.
About-forty of the soldiers-recently pardoned
from jtbe penitentiary were yesterday , mustered
into the 19th Indiana Regiment, and were taken to
the Soldiers’ Retreat, near tho depot, from whence
they were tobe.forwarded to tho regiment to-day,
butiastiughjdhey made their escape.; To-day, a
guard of the'!Oth'New Jersey are engaged ia piok
‘ing them up, and have already arreßtod about
twenty.
General Pope’s Order -No. 11 in Fairfax
• . - County. '• •’ •
tj- Eleven arrests were made at Fairfax Court
. House on Friday last, .of parties known to be S&ocs
'slonists, three of whom were charged'with having
in,their possession horses branded «U. 8.” The,
balance were ohargod .only, with treason,and ar
rested in pursuanoe of Gen. Pope’s Order No. 11.-
The parties were all conveyed to Manassas, whore,
they will have an opportunity of proving their
■loyalty by'subscribing , to the test oath and retum
;ing to theirhoihes, or else’-be convoyed across our
lines. ' . - G .
A’Rebel Engineer in Prison
- -Last week a'man/naine'd McCitAOEEN,:was ar;
’ rested in Spottaylvauia county, Va.', : and brought 1
up‘to the:oity::and'-sentrtd; the OldhCapitol; Mc-
Cracken is an engineer in the rebel army, and, it
“is said, laid out the: plan of-Fort-Darling, on the
James, river, and suporintendedvits construction.
had obtained a furlough'for ten days, and while
visiting near’: Frederioksburg, was - * captured. Ho
.had on his person a number of letters from variou B '
prominent rebels,’among them a oharaotoristic one
from ex-Congressman Smith. ’
G ov. Morgan in' Washington:
Gov. Morgan arrived and had a
conference with the President, Secretary Stanton;'
and General llalleck on the subject, of the new
draft, if is’generally supposed.” ' i .*: x
Movements’ ol Burnside. > -
The !nidvements’ f 6f-’General BWnsidbV army
are highly important as regards-evident rebel de
signs in Virginia. ' >
■ Penusyl vania Relief Association.) .
The association for the relief of sick and wounded
Pennsylvania soldiers in hospitals in-this city and
on the Peninsula, gratefully acknowledge; the, re
ceipt' of a large, quantity of valuable stores, from
the ladies of Now Holland and vicinity, and ,also
from the ladies of Downingtown, in, your State.
The appointment of regular visiting committees for
the various hospitals insures a proper distribution
of artioles ! intended ! fdrbur soldiers. ' The siok and'
wounded in this City are ‘comparatively well-oared
for; and the operations of the association will here
after he mainly direoted to relieving .the Bufferings
of our soldiers on the Peninsula.
Army Movements.
It is certain that those whdso'duty it is to direct
from this point the warlike .movements have adopt
ed such precautionary measures as will prevent
premature disclosures. of contemplated operations,
and thus' guard against the disastrous effects from
that cause'of either published or privately commu
nicated 'statements. Th'e wisdom of this policy is
commended ; even by those whose'official positions
have 'heretofore given them soine : cl aim'tobe ad
vised’ of theobjeots and purposes'of- the. Adminis
tration. It was months ago charged;, or believed,
-.that through .rebel spies.in Washington the enemy?
’Was in constant receipt of muoh valuable knowledge
not known to the loyal public., But only a few
Government officials, whose loyalty ,is above suspi
cion, can now bo the. possessor sof informationfh'e
improper disclosure of which would prove detri
mental to the beet interests of the country.
General Burnside has, it is believed, reached his
new field of operations, and may soon, by some act
of his own, announoe his exact locality.
War Gazette—- Exemption of Telegraph
• Operators lrom Military duty.
Wah Department, August s— Ordered, That
the use of the telegraph lines being required for *
military purposes, all persons actually employed in
c*nstructihg and operating telegraph lines at the
date of the order oalling for 300,000 men; be exempt
from military duty as long as they remain in suoh
Service!. ■ ”
By order of the President, ‘ t ,
Edwin M. Stanto.v,
, Secretary of War.
Miscellaneous.
• There is authority for emphatically denying the!
truth of the statement that Secretary Seward has'
made a strong remonstrance to the French Govern
ment against the'presense in the Gulf of.'Mexico of
a formidable fleet, nor has any other such action as
is represented been taken in the premises.
Mr. Duncan, originally from South Carolina, but:'
now known as a prominent resident of Berlin, has
been appointed consul to Hanover.
W»r. A Wheeler, of New York, has been
awarded the contract for supplying the Treasury
Department with stationery.
The preliminary report of the.census, will be
printed and ready for distribution in the bourse of a
week.
The following-named officers in the volunteer ser
viee have been dismissed :
Lieutenant Charles A. Doerr, Captain Joseph J.
Bradley, Assistant Surgeon R. C. Thompson, Quar
termaster Joseph Y. Gates, Lieutenant EE. Direks,
Captain E. Hobart, of New York; Major James M.
Dewitt, Thomas J. Petto, Lieutenant Warfield,
Lieutenant Joseph E. Lodge, Lieutenant Charles
II Chandler, of Pennsylvania; Major J. H. Rich
ardson, of Michigan ; Lieutenant: Charles C. Greig,
of Vermont; Captain Charles A. Gilman, oi Maine;
and Captain Atbank, o' Kentucky.
Nationat Republican denies the truth of
the Evening Star’s paragraph, that the negroes of
'Washington are organizing secret" associations for
the purpose of protecting themselves, in anticipa
tion of riot and mob by the laboring classes of
whites. The Republican says the story is pure
fiction.
IMPORTANT FROM MEMPHIS.
The Enemy "Within Eight Miles
of the City. .
■ Memphis," Aug. 2.—The enemy is reported to be
in force-eight miles below here, under!General
Bragg.
Two regiments of infantry, somo cavalry, and
artillery have been sent out a few miles.
As our advance pickets have not returned, it is
expeoted that .they have engaged the enemy’s
pickets.
FROM GENERAL BANKS’ CORPS.
Near Little Washington, Va., Aug. I.—A ;
field officer, with an escort conveying sick from
Front Royal higher, was fired on by a small party
of guerillas, on Wednesday night, a few miles from
here, and in the immediate vicinity of a Kouse
guarded by some of our troops. The shots were
harmless.
The route between Front Royal and Winchester
has been abandoned for trains and travel, except
under strong esoort, so troublesome bad tho gueril
las become, and it appears they are now transfer
ring their deeds of “ heroism” to this side.
Gen: Geary’s scouts last night brought in three
prisoners from the mountains, who are returned
Confederate soldiers, according to their own "con
fession. The object of the scouting party -was to
examine a reported mountain pathway north -of
Thornton’s Gap, where the rebols were said to com;
municate between, Luray valley and this region,
as well as to rout any predatory bands found there.
The enterprise was successful, as stated;’"
Tho removal of Gen. Hatch from this corps to
the command of an infantry brigade causes much
regret. Our cavalry, which was conso'idated under
him, had improved in their tactics and "discipline,
and had become a most useful and important ad
junct. He is regarded ns a judicious and brave
officer of many years’ experience in the only mode
of warfare’ practicable in this mountainous region,
with guorillas for an.enemy.
•’lnpursuitnee of the President’s order, this fora-.
noon was appropriated to ceremonies in memory of
the .late ex-President Yan Buren.All the’infant
ry and artillery of the Second Corps, except those
on detached service, assembled in an extensive
field. The orders were; read,’and funera* airs
played by the .bands.. General Banks made a few
brief introductory remarks. Flags were displayed
at half-mast, and a battery of Napoleons fired the
übusl salutes. -
; The arrival of General Popo was announced
during the field exeroises, and his appearance was
anxiously watched, but he did not leave his quar
ters. Subsequently allthegeneral officers'paid their
respects to him in person, and the interview Is an
nounced as an exceedingly pleasant one.
The troops to-day hailed with joy: tho arrival
here of Gen. Tyler’s veteran brigade of Western
troops, who performed such heroic acts at the first
battle of Winchester.
Major L. D. H. Crane has been commissioned as
lieutenant colonel of the 3d Wisconsin, and Capt.
J. W. Scott promoted to be major of the same regi
’’fieht, .. ... . ,—ui...;.,;..
Died,-at "Little Washington, July 26. Amos Bil
lings, 2d Massachusetts Regiment, of Lunenburg,
Mass. '
There are no important advices from our ad
vance posts to-day.
Belle Boyd, who is said to have recently visited
Waireptpn gnder thß auspices of some of fief
Federal dupes, has at last been atrested and taken
to Winchester, preparatory to some further action.
Why she has been permitted thus long to roam at
large, well known as' she was by all to be an aroh
traitress, no one can conceive.- Not many months
ago, she was arrested in Winchester with numerous
contraband letters, and paroled to return to Frost
Royal.; This, parole, she has probably, broken on
every favorable opportunity, and is' reported to
have boasted frequently to our officers of her hold
ing communication with the enemy. This assertion
is not doubted, as several paroied prisoners have;
resided there, besides its being a favorable'point to
receive and despatch Southern mails from,’ and our
movements in that vicinity having been evidently
faithfully transmitted by somo one. - It is stated
that, on the occasion of her arreet, acolleotion of
papers and documents was found in her. possession
fully corroborating her atrocious occupation.
FROM THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
Headquarters op the Army- op the Potomac,
Tuesday, August s.—The Richmond papers of the
2d, in giving an account of th'o engagemont opposite
-the mail-boat landing,'acknowledge that one man
was six wounded. ' - t
• A large force of infantry, cavalry, and artillery,-
loft oamp last night for Malvejn Hill. No report s
has been yet received of their proceedings.
Lieut. Col. Switzer arrived yesterday with 592
men, the balance ,of our - sick and wounded from ‘
Richmond; making a total of about 4,000 received
since the army oameto James river.
About -8,000 rebol prisoners t have arriyedhere
from the North, to be oxchangod under the new
arrangement. ‘
Gen. Barry has commenced to employ contra
bands in the construction of earthworks.
From Cairo—Southern News.
Cairo, August 's,.—They'steamer, Victoria, from
Helena, Arkansas; arrived here to-day.- On' her
way to Memphis she was fired into by the guerillas
and received several cannon shot in her upper
works. No one was injured. - - ■-
The Grenada Appeal , of the 31st ultimo, has the
following despatches:
‘ Mobile, July 31.—A. despatoh from Tupelo, on
thd 30th, states that information has been received'
at headquarters that Col. Armstrong’s Cavalry has
taken Courtland, Alabama, and captured 159
prisoners and a train of cars, with a-loss'df only two
killed and eight wounded. 'Reliable Information
states thdt 15, passed through Tuseum
bia last'week. 1 ' v Their destination was Chattanooga.
Charleston, July -29.—The British steamer
Tubal Cain, with a cargo’bf generaf* merchandise,•
and a few cases of arms, 13 believod tohave-been
Captured by the Foderals. .. . .
1 ' Chattanooga, July'29. —Morgan's whole com
mand returned safely-to Tennessee; A part .have,'
arrived at Knoxville, having taken one thousand
prisoners. Humphrey “ Marshall is marching on
Northeast Kentucky. Well’s forces are marching
towards Pikeyillo. ' . ' V '. -
.. Com. Ilavis and Gcu. Curtis at Cairo.
■‘ , Cairo; Ang 5 —Com? Davis; Gen. Curtis, ’ and
a part of his Btaff, arrived-here this morning. The
object of their ,visit is not known. , ‘ ..
;■■■. y-':.. —-*r ——— . ■
From Harrisburg.
ADDITIONAL ASSISTANT SURGEONS—THE EUCKTAIL
T BRIGADE. *
Harrisburg, Aug. o.— -Under General Orders.
No. 79, an additional assistant surgeon is direoted
to bo sent to each, regiment. v With commendable
promptness, Pennsylvania lias already "supplied -
every one of her regiments with this important ad
dition to their oonuort and health. Great praise
is certainly due to Surgeon General Smith, forhis.
energetis and prompt action in thus; providing the
requisite number of surgeons, in advance, we be
lieve, of all other States. V
■ The Bucktail Brigade organization is an exceed
ingly popular one ;In this .section, and probably
throughout the State. Applications are pouring in'.
for.’authority to raise companies and,squads, end no
doubt is entertained with-regard .tojjitSj complete
61100668. . ' '
Major Roy Stone, who so'gaUantiy and ably com
manded the Bucktail Regiment in : the battles be
fore Biobmond, is superintending the recruiting
and organization of this brigade. His headquarters
are*at this plaee.
Recruiting in Massachusetts.
Boston, August s—Recruiting has received a
great impetus within the lent few days. It- seems
certain that Massachusetts will fill her quota with
out drafting. . ■
The call for 300,000 more men-is -received»with
enthusiasm,.as showing that -the - entire Govern:
inent and .nation is,to be devotod.to a speedy sup-,
pfeesioa of the rebellion. ’ w
LATER. JNfEWS FROM EUROPE.
Steamer; Arabia off Cape Race.
DBCLIKB IN COTTON AND ADVANCE
IN BREaDSTUFFS.
•4s*Sf. John, Aug 4.—The steamer Arabia, from Liver
pool, with dates to the 26tu tut., and telegraphic advices
via Qnteoetown to the 27th ult.. was boarded off Cape
Bare on Sunday attenioon, on the . way to Halifax and
Boston. '
Tbe steamer Scotia, from'New York, arrived at Queens
town on the 26th. . t f
Tho sieannir Teutonia arrived at Southampton on the
20tb..
• The question of Canadian defence was debated in the
Houce of Commons when it was generally 'contended
that no danger was to bo apprehended from the United
Staffs, Lord Palmerston suid that England had-sent all
the troopß she could, and it rested with the Canadians to
supply whatever else was requisite.
• It,is denied that Garibaldi contemplated another expe
dition. ' •
GREAT BRITAIN,
The London Timet,/ editorially, contends that lhede
feat of General McClellan his cuanged everything be-
Ifoiid dtb&te. A general rising may he anticfpated iu all
the Border States occupied by the Federate The North
erners, who are no fools, are receiving the conviction
that fucb a people as the Confederates can never be aub
jugeted .It the war is to go on, the immense levy'or-,
dertd by the President must actually .be made ; but the
men will not be forthcoming voluntarily. Volunteering
.fg making too slow-progress'tor that.
ikw.Yoik conespondent of the Times declares
that in dtven days only fifteen thousand men had come
forward to volunteer, in spite of the enormous bounty
offered. Up to the v«ry latest, society bas borne the
wartirg away of .the army with comparative equauisiity,
but the foreigt ere and rowdies are now all but exhausted,
and the Norih will find the army cannot be replaced by
momy, Bach northerner mustcome forward in his own
person, and fight in swamps or forests, or the scheme of
conquest u usf be abandoned. If the scheme of eultec
ment fails then all is over, and In a f&w ; months the.inde
pendence ofthe Booth must be acknowledged Toe Con
federates are well aware of the Northern Difficulties.
; The Times also has a special despatch, announcing
that McOtellan was to be superseded by Balteck.r
Tbe Army and Navy Gazelle of opinion that Mc-
Clellan is now in a bettor position for offensive operations
against Richmond than ever before. , '
In the Commons, on the 24th, the bill making provirion,
by mesne of rates in aid, etc.,ro meet the distress in the
manufacturing districts, was further debated and road a
second time. Some of the speakers advocated a lian
rather than increased rates.
In the Lords, 26th, the bill providing for continued
fortification works was debated,' and road a second time.
Id the Commons, the same evening, Mr. Adderly, in
directing attention to the state of defences in Canada, re
marked that the House ought not to separate until a dis
tinct statement from the Government was reached as to
w) at their intentions were oh the subject. Be wished to
know whether the Ministere considered that colony was
or was not exposed to danger ? :
Mr Mills believed that the discussion recently by the
Canadian Parliament, iu reference to the militia, did not
represent ihe feeling of the Canadian people.
Mr. DeLacey Evans did not tbiuk that there was any
Immediate, danger of an invasion of. Canada by the
Northern*Mates. Tbeyljpdho means whatever of tin-,
destaging such a project. If the 7 population of Canada
was true to' itself, it could preserve its independence
without tbe assistance of. British troops.
Mr, Roebuck said that the Canadian people had been
ij.dnced to believe that the maintenance of their inde
pendence was of great importance to England. We
ought to Show them that we do hot care a farthing about
their adherence to England. ,
6ir Cornwall Lewis thought that, looking to the posi
tion of ibe contest between the North and S omh, and the
manner in which'tbe affrirof the Trent, was treated by.
the American Government, there wa® no immediate pro
.•bability of a rupture of pacific relationa between Eaglaod'
and America. An invasion of Canada meant war with
England, apd in that event; the United Slates must look
forwaid to interference with tbe-b&ocbade attheSonrhsrn
portß.-Notbing at present second more unlikely than that
the United States should voluntarily originate war with
He admitted that ihe Canadians hid not made
ibe efforts they ought for. strengthening the militia, but
"be did not think that was any ground for sending out
i einiorrements. With regard to the future relation with
Canada, he looked forward without apprehension; or re
gret to the period when the might become an independent
/State; but be hoped'Entlaiid would not cast Canada loose .
or serd her adrift before,she \had acquired eufiicieut
BlrfDgth to assert her own independence. V
Mr Dhraeli tbeught England, in its dealings with its
colonies must trust to the spirit and good sense of the
inhabitants, and. to the character, talents, and res juVces
ofthe governors placed over them;, He protested against
the difecnssion of Canadian politics in the British Com
mons. It was more respectful to the people of Canada
that, we should assume Thai the vote of her Parliament
fepreeeiilei the opinion of. the Colony;-: He thought tint
a great blunder had been committed by Her Mbjestyte
vGovercmewt in eending 8,000 ftroops to Canada, ioas
- niuch that it dampened the ardor of the Canadians, and
led to the unfortunate state of affairs which has since
prevailed.' :
Lord Palmerston regretted that tbe strong feeling upon:
a local question in Canada had resulted in tbe refusal of
the Canadians to make one provision for their defence in
case of invasion. At tbe sane rims he did not concur
with Mr. Di«raeli,. tbat the reenUwas'prodiicfcd by the
steps which the Government took last year to reinforce
the regular troops in the Colony Looking at the state
of North Ames ica at that Time, the despatch of additional
, troopß was simp‘y an act of-: precaution, and but slinin'
lated Canada to do something for herself. Englana has
now sent all the troops she could to Canada, and it re.*ts
with tbe Canadians to make all further provision requi
site to protect the colonies from invasion.
The subject was then .
The London "Z?a% News says it will bo an unfortu
nate thing it England adds Canada, as well as the rest of
North; to hf reuenuea. The iVcios tneo strongly
denounces the course of the Times to bring about such a
mult, : '-'v
The steamer Modern Greece, which fell into the hands
of tbe American blockade squadron, while attempting to
run the: blockade, was owned by Mr, Pearson, of Hull,
ai d was insured at Lloyds’ at twenty-five guineas pre
mium. —■,
The steamer Indian Empire, late of the GMway line,
had been destroyed by fire in the Thames.> >
. - : : ‘
Admiral de la Grariere embarked oh the 23 d of July
on board of the irigate Norhsanda for Mexico.
It is represented that the Orleauist element in French
politics is in iavor of the Federate, while the Imperialists
: are for tbe Confederates. ;
Tbe Paris Bourse was quiet and steady at GSf 45c for
the Ben tea.
Tbo Paris Fatrie gives currency to the report that:
Garibaldi had resolved to disembark, with 6.Q00 volun
teers, on the Roman coast/ :In consequence of this, six
war steamers were ordered to cruise between Oivita Yeo
" chia and Teiecina; The Oourtof Moitebello has also
despatched troops from Rome to the general frontier. A
- corps of 250 Bavarians bad embarked at Oivita Yeccbia
for some point ob jhe ttoapotitaa coast.
The King of Wmrtember'g, the Grand Duko of Baden,
end the Grand Bake of Osbnrg are about to formally
recognize tbe Kingdom of Italy.
The latest despatchessay that Garibaldi is still at Pa
lermo, and that tbe rumors of an expedition under his
leadership are unfounded;
RUSSIA.
It is reported as probable that the Gracd Buke Oon-
Btantine will be namod King of Poland, instead of Vice
roy. ■ - r -•
* LONDON MONEY MARKET.
The redact! biTof the bank minimum to 2 r per cent, ex
cited some comment, and roused come slight misgivings
in commercial circles in regard to the spiritof speculation
likely to be The rate has only boon so low
once before, ia JB&2. ~
. . The Times defends ihe Bank, and says that in dealing
with money with as many other marketable-commodi
ties, it had ho ohoice hut & redaction* The yq
ceived h csasiderable impeltte froratbe reduction, Con
sols having improved per cent, since the change.
Pice weather for the eropa assisted the buoyant feeling.
There had been au average demand for money at the
Bank since the reduction. The choicest paper was ne
gotiated in open market at per cent.
The Very Latest.
[By Telegraph to Queenstown.]
Liverpool.: July 26.—The royal mailateamßhipSootia,
Captain Judkins,’ from: New. York, arrived.' here .at .9.
o’clock this morning. She touched at Queenstown yes
terday. ... ,
London-. July 26,r r lbo Times, in its editorial to day,.
says: “We must do the press of New York the. justice
to say that, as far'as we have seen, it treats the disasters
of the Federate with sufficient fairness. Though, to a
: certain extent, echoing the mendacious bulletins ot the
. Government, and tbe pompous addresses of General
McClellan, it is Btill independent .enough, and honest
enough fo let the ‘country know the whole truth. While
Falstaffiand Bobadil describe;tbeir .wonderful exploits,
" the newspaper correspondents ouickly expiaia matters in
a manner that has filled the Northern' cities with con
sternation.” d.’’..-' I " v-.
Fabis, July 26.—The Bourse is firm. Tho ItcntoS
close at 68f. 60c.
The Fortoguere harvest is spoiled, and it’is, reported
that the Portuguese ports will be open for the admission
of grain in September. - ' •••"" s ~ ” '
■ ; Loudon, July 28.—Tho British Parliament will be pro
rogued on the Sth of August.
Commercial Intelligence.
[Per steamer Arabia.) . ,
;■. Livsrpooi., July 28.—Cotton—The Brokers’ Circular
reports the sales of the week at'——hales, including
9,600 to speculators, and 9,000 to exporters., The mar
ket has been irregular and dutE,-’and-prices are of
a penny per pound lower, except for American descrip
tions, which are easier; but not quotably lower. Tho
sales yesterday; (Friday) were 3,000 bales, of which 2,000
were to speculators and exporters, 1 tbe market closing
dull at the rates of Thursday, which are as follows: -
Fair. Middling.
Orleans 19d. , .lS^d.
. Mobile... ISXd. ' • ; 18d.
Uplands.. .. lSjfd. ' ’ 17#d. 1
Tbe slock inport-is estimated at 171,000 bales, of-which
43 000 are. American. •»
’ STATE .OF TBABB.—The advices from Manchester -
are favorable.:' The market is firmer, though quiet. .■ -
Brbaostbffs The Breadstuffs market is active, and
a trills higher. ,4lMeSßrs. Bichardson, Spence, & Co.,
Wakefield, Nash, & Co., and Bigland, Athya, irOo-, re
port Flour firm,-and 6d higher, mainly on the ilne quali
ties. American Quoted 25s©28a Gd. s ,
Wheat active and 2d higher.’ Bed Western, 9s 9dffl
:11s 3d; red Southern, lisol Is 4d: white Western, 11s 6d
oils lOd : white. Southern, 11s 10aol2a 6d;:, ; Oorit active
snd 6d®ls higher; mixed, 295029 s 3d; yellowy 29$® /■
20s 6d ; white, 325c33s od.- f T/ 1 . .
, Pnovisioiie.- i 7ThLe < ‘j*m'e authorities report Provisions -
dull f Beef easier,-with more Inquiry. Pork quiet but
steady. Bacon firmer, and Sdffilß higher.; Lard tending
upward, and priceß lo2s better; sales at 42a 6d0416 6d..
Tallow buoyant, and Is 6do2s higher; sales at 48.,. .
Produce.—The Brokers’ circular reports Ashes flat at
83s for. Pots, and 35s for Pearls. Botin quiet at 22s for
common. - Spirits Turpentine duli atllOsV Sugar tend
ing upward. Coffee buoyant. Bice firmer. Linseed
still advancing. Linseed Oil active at 42a. God Oil dull
and drooping.
LONDON MABKETS.—Baring’s circular reports
Breadstuffs steady. Iron quiet but steady, Sugar firm
’and 6d higher: Coffee tending upward. Tea dull and
-drooping. Bice Btoady.. Tallow quiet at 49,*£. Spirits
Turpentine tending downwards; sales, at 106 s. Linseed
declining ; eales at 40se40s' 6d: Sperm Oil nominal,‘Chd’
Oil steady at JEI3. ' ' ’ „
Groves & Todd, of London* report Bacon. Muling
ward, and 2d,„bigber. Lard'is quiet but
Is quiet'bul'steady .'-' Flouriis. tending downward, ami the
lower qualities somewhat lower.' f!, ~j,-' - - - - j
AMKBICAN SEOUKiTIE&-^Baring‘Bafs American
securities arorather ptessed.ior sale;' and quotations .are
.difiicnit.to’giv»v''lllineiB , Centralaharea, 6Q«49,discouht;
United S{atei'fivetiy3Bo6s'; v doybonds, 66i®88; Maryland'
fives,! 70®72; Massachusetts* fives, 5 88o90; Virginia
[ fives,;4oa42
Confols closed on Friday at 93)4«93)( for monoy. The
;bullitn in the bank had increased £383,000.
[ THE LATEST, VIA QUEENSTOWN.
Liverpool, Saturday ovening, July 20.—Cotton—Bales"
, to- day of 7,000 bales,: including 2,000 to speculators and ’
importers. Tho- market closes firmer and with an upy
wardstendeney, but rates are unchanged,
Breadstnifs active aqd still increasing. Provisions
quiet and unchanged: -
London; July P. M.—Consols close at 94 / ‘£«9i.S£
for money. • ®
American securities are dull,- and without much change
since yesterday. Illinois Central shares 50){049j{ dis
count; Erie 27 ®2B. - ' •
’ Havre Jnly 24—Cotton—Sales or the week 1,500
'bales: market dull, with little inquiry, and prices weak.
New Orleans ires o'dinaire 247 fr: do bos, 238 fr- Stack
•in first hands, 39,0t0 bales. Breadstuffs are oasier.
Foreign Shipping Intelligence.
Arrived from Now York 23d/ Fairfield, at Bremer Ha
ven p24tb, Alliance* at Plymouth, W; . F.- Kchmidt, in
the English Ghannel’;/19fcli, Czarina, at Marseilles; 24tb,
"John sBright, at LiveriK)bl*, 25th, Mancheßter, ;
l ;• - i ' *** •«'*
Arrived from Baltimore, 24ih, Gl6imalvau, Dahlio.
Sailed for New York 22d, Bemedia, from Cardiff j 23d,
"William and Gavaj ditto. “ w
The Guerilla War in Missouri.
Keokuk, lowa, Aug. s.— Alexandria, Mo., five
miles belowhore, was tafeen possession of bya party
of guerillas',‘on Sunday morning. "At noon, on fcho
Bamei day, an expedition from here re-took the
town] The rebels fledj' and were pursued, with
what'reanlt has not been ascertained.
The Arabia at Halifax.
•• .New York, Aug. s,—The-steamer Arabia ar
rive Aattbis port- this afternaon. Among her pas-'
sengers are, Cassius M. Clay, Bishop Bacon, and.
others. > ,
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f c zz A,
San Fr ANqiBCOr-Aue. 4.-MJeorga B. Tingle, oF
the California-11'ttnd. pffioo, sad John W. Wilt,
banker, dit-d yesterday. '
Sylvester M urray, who was recently arrested in
Arizona for trtason‘, is nQw at Fort'Y’uoia, aw
triaitbj^og.wl.whiott.wiU. aooa eoamnn
WWTIi i » kl . 1 "•
Tbe qnestoKsjfbetlier fhja United States-Ugai
tender only at <j,
goMj. be,. piaoed.A|iPl-?pi n ® correjpoDdiog
tbat'at wblch.rt'Ss'heM’at New Xorlg engr.we, the
attention of the -b.uaiDess community a frien(U ?
suit, instituted fortnSipuEpose of deferming whether
these notes are reoeivtthlo.fjjr Stag taxes, notwith
standiiig ihe Constitution requirts gold, hus been
presented for the decision of tJiq'Sapfeaie Court
Socli a decision will BSve'anitnpdrtanttnflaenee oa
their general circulation as money, gold at the pre
sent time being our only eurfen{^>
' f A MILLION BN ROUIB FOB'NEW YORK.
U t
San Francisco, Aug. I.—The steamer Uncle
Sam,sailed for Panama to-day, with 200 passengers
and $1.080.000. in treasure for New Fork, and
$425 000 for England.
Money yesterday was at the usual rates. Ex.
change on New York, payable in currency, was at
12 per cent, discount; payable in gold 31 percent,
premium.
For iron, metals, groceries, and dry goods, the
prices are healthy and advancing. Crushed sugars
15c. Driila 230. Gunnies 23a25e Domestic liquota
are firm, averaging 50c. Hard coal $l7 per ton
Cumberland $27.
San Francisco. Aug 2. — A million and s quat
ter pounds of coffee were sold yesterday at private
terms. It is held at 25e per lb. Butter is dull.
Bleached drills, 20c.; brown drills, 25e. Crushed
sugar firm at 15c.
The ship Sagamore has been chartered for a load
of wheat to .Liverpool
coast steamer has arrived, with
$BO,OOO from Oregon and $12,000 from British Co
lumbia. ' .
New discoveries .were reported in the Cariboo
region, and also farther north.
'lhe mining-news was encouraging. Notwith
standing five hundred passengers came by the
steamer, there were five thousand miners in Pow
der river region, Oregon, most of whom were pro
specting. 1 ■'
Two hundred convicts overpowered the guard
and escaped from the Sfate penitentiary during last
week The people of the surrounding oountry pur.
sued them, hilling fifteen and wounding many more.
All were captured but nine.
Indian Depredations in Utah.
Pacific Springs, Utah, Aug. 4. —A herd of
Government mules, forty in number, were stolen
yesterday by a large body of Indians, supposed to
he of the Snake tribe. One man was killed; named
G. W. Davis. A party of forty United States ca
valry are in pursuit of the Indians.
A New Steam Kant, with Two Tnrrets, to
be Bnilt.
New York, August 5 Win. H. Webb, the well
known ship- builder, has contracted with the Govern
ment to build an Don steam ram, to be constructed
with six-inch iron, to have two revolving turrets,
each like that of the Monitor, the bow to be covered
with twelve-inch iron, and to havo a solid ram half
the length of the vessel.- The price to be paid for
her is $1,250,000.
Subscription of Post-Office Clerks,
New York, August 5 —The employees oF th»
New York Post Office have subscribed $5,000 te
aid enlistments. .'A:,
LETTER FROM NEW ’YORK?
[Correspondence of The Press.]
Hew York, August 6,1882.
Yesterday afternoon a riot took place in a tobacco
factory in Brooklyn, of which, very in
correct reports were pnbfiehed in the morning p&pera la
this city. Having inquired lor myself, X feel qualified to
state the whole story in a few words. Oh Saturday a
drunken IrishiKn and a drunken negro got into a fight,
from -which.the negro .came out victorious. The Irish
manlwaS jeoJuDnierbifuily ■ pommelled that some of his
couatrymen sjaipathized with him very bat
when it was known that their friend had been vanquish
ed by a negro the mortificauen became .too; intense
to keep mine than a day or two at the utmost.
So on • Monday, when the great body-of the colored
people were holding an emancipation celebration at
Myrtle Avenue Park, the Irish made the riotous as
sault. .The result will be that tbe Police Commissioners
will depose a number of officers for allowing the riot to
take place. If appears that they were forewarned, and
advised by Hr. Kennedy to send for any force they
thought necessary to keep the peace.
"William H. Webb, the well- known ship-builder, to
day entered into a contract with the United States Go
vernment to build an ires steam rain, to he covered wife
Bix-toch iron, to have two revolving turrets, like .the
Monitor, the bow to be covered with twelve-inch iron,
and to have a solid iron-rain projecting therefrom half
tbe length of the vessel. The contract price is .one 'tail
lion and a quarter of dollars
Theclerka in the post office in this city have con
tnbuted ihe »um of $5,000 to aid eniiatmenltf. Oat of
the *6O ea ployed in that department of thß public ser
vice here; but one refused to give aujthine.
The tudden development of patriotic feeling in this city
is amazing. The vast imraberß who want to sUy at
home in this crisis of our country’s need speaks poorly
for their appreciation of the blessings enjoyed la the hour
of prosperity.
The crowd of applicants for exemption from military
service at the office bi the county clerk is rapidly in
creasing. A large proportion of the exemption papers
presented have no physician’s certificate accompanyiog,
and are not for physical disability. Some allege com
plaints which are temporary in ihelr nature; and a great
mßjority by ho means establish even what they claim; It
may be remarked that of ifce persons ftppljiag, compara
tively few exhibit any other signs of disease than melan
cl oly countenances. The papers setting forth physical
disability of any kind constitute, however, a stand per
centage of tbe whole*
The order of the War Department, issued yesterday,
calling for militiamen in sufficient numbers to raise tod
‘Unio* armies to an aggregate, of a million of men, ab
sorbs the aitention of-tbe community. Comparatively
little else is thought of. The excitement which the first
announcement ot a draft produced is ; however, to some
extent, passing away. The necessity of the movement
is freely acknowledged by all classes.
The effect of the new order upon military operations
in this city is..not yet fully apparent. There is much
excitement among the recruiting stations; and discus
sions are frequent hut not boisterous. Recraitfng is
less active. All the Government offices are . open, as
heretofore*; the mustering of volunteers goes slowly for
ward; the State pays the bounties, as hitherto; but the
majority of the recruits are waiting.
The first excitement relative to the oath of allegiance
: is now over,, and ail the workmen now employed in the
Brooklyn navy jard are supposed to be loyal. . It is
claimed that those who refnaed or hesitated to take the
oath were either ignorant or aliens. :
'The train of cars which left New York at 10.15 Sun*
day night on the Hudson River Railroad, yesterday
morning ran over and literally cut to pieces two men,
•who lay asleep oh ‘ the track near Peekskili/ Their
• bodies were bo niauglcd that it was impossible to recog
nize them. A bottle, of whisky was found near them,
from which it is inferred that they were istoxicgtedlat
the time qf 950TnT6»ce» It is supposed that they were
empios ed in the foundry at Peekskili. r •
; The prisoners aud papers from on board the prize
steamer Memphis have been placed in charge of the
prize commissioners, but as the proceedings in prepara
tion are with closed doors, the testimony cannot be ob
tained, Drafts to the amoont of £7,500 sterling are
amoDg the papers, and fifty-five persons-—soma of dis
tinction in the service of the Emperor of .Russia—are
among the passengers, and three Charleston pilots and
several British anbjects of course among the crew.
; The current prices for the week at ail the Cattle mar
kets areas follows:.
BEEF CATTLE,
First cwt..........57 75®8 60
Ordinary quality,. 7 20©7.76
Common quality^. 6J5ff1f.25 '
Interior qua1ity........... ..... ..., 6.00®6.T5
COWS ASD CXI,TBS.
First qua1ity..............
Ordinary qua1ity..........
Common qua1ity..........
Inferior qua1i1y..;...;....
TEAL CALVES.
First quality ft/,... 5 ®s^o.
Ordinary quality..’....; 4jkos
Common qua1ity....................... 4^
Inferior quality. 3%a>i
SHEEP -4ND LAMBS. '
Prime quality. head..... $4 60®5.00
Oidinary;q"nalitr..‘.. ; 4.46®5.tK»
Cominoia; quality//* //...........;...... 3.00 a 3.T5
Inferior quality. 2.75a5.G0
Corq*fed, W 1b..*.... 4 a4tfe.
Still-fed,;,..;; o3^
• THE MARKETS.
Ashes.-—'The market is Quiet for Pote, at 553 .81: Pearls
are nominal at ®7. , . ..
Flock ahi> Mbal.—Tbe market for W’esters'&ud State
Flour opened quiet, but after the receipt j)f the steamer’s
news : prices -of the 'rlow and medium improved
6fflloc bbl. At. the close the inquiry is light; Trade
brands are in fair request. : , l
The sales are 25,700 hbla. at $4.9Qa5.2Q for stipeifine
State and-Western; ss:2Bcxs 35 for extra State; 55.40®
6.85 fcr- fancy do; 55.30»5;£0 for the low grades of
Western • extra; 5?5.60©5.60 for Bhippfng brands' 'of
round-hoop extra Ohio;- and 56.05ff13,25 for trade
brands do. ..- .
~ Canadian Flour la better; [the supply is moderateVtho
sales are 110 bbls at 55.30a4.60 for the lower grades of
extra, and 55.55 zb6 25 for trade brands.
Southern Flouris Quiet ; the low grades are firm; sales
of 950 bbla at Ss‘.3Q®s 90“ for mixed .to good, supehfino
Baltimore,. Ac/, ahd 5607 for trade brauda.
"Ey e Flour is quiet; sales 0f.500 bbls at s&>4 30. Cora
.Mealis steady 350 bbla at S3.SO for Jersey/and
$3 50 for Brs nay wit e.
"Whisky,—The market is heavy; the demand, is fair t
sales of 610 btils at29j£o>29£c for State, and 29£0300
for Ohio. - r>-
Grain,—Tho Wheat market is quite active, and is Io
2c belter; the improvement the most noticeable in prime;
the demand is mostly for export; the sales are 237,000
bushels at 51 t 12©1.19 for Chicago spring; ©1.12®1.22
for Milwaukee club; $1 22©1.25 for amber lowa i $l3O
ei.32 for red. Western; SI .35 ® 1,37 for amber Michigan;
SI C1.46 for fair to good white Michigan; and $1.50
for white Pennsylvania. . /
Oats are in limited demand, and are heavy; 4Sm¥lh(o
for Canadian and Western ; State, 48ff .
Bye is inactive and is heavy, TS@Boc; for-Westem i
82tl8oc for Canadian, and 83c-85c for State'. ' '
Corn is better nnder the steamer’s news, and is finite
active; 'sales 0f160,000 bushels at 48){«s51^cforheated,
in etore and delivered; 52etS6c for Eastern mixed, and
>seis ass7b,for shipping do;ands7o for inferior 1 Western
..yellow. ,V ’ V. -
a ,Provisions.—The Pork market is firm; the demand
|fair; sales of;64o,bbls at Elloll J~% f°r moss, and 559.62
l®9.7oforpriaie. . Beef steady; sales23obbla. J, ...
yOut Meatssroin fair demand ; sales 237 bbla and tea at
4o4J<c for Shoulders, and 6X«r(s><c for Hams.
firm, bnt not active ; gnles.of 47 b bis at 8X SP
9J<O • V- ly 7 .y .
?«jTbo following were the sales of stock at the Second
Board to-day: ;■
, 5000 CS fe’Sl.coup. ,UB%|
16000 US os >74 coup. 85 >;
25000 -do ........ 853 S
20000 • 'do 84 X
■ 16000 Trea 7 3-10 p cN,IO2)J
6000 C 8 6*l-1 rcertsSSX
2060-Illtaoie War L’n 98
J7OOO EpieS 6th.,;.-. 83*
t-7000 , do ;.;-, b10.;B3«
2000 Mich,So S F,... 09%
43500 American Sold , .114JJ
60 Phoenix ißank,;.. 101«
50 Pao MSS C 0... .11l if
ICO ST Cent B„.-e30 Bl*:
.10 do.. MX
50 do.-;-. .• »r.. adft.®*
650 do
100 d 0... bBO 91x
100 do 92
250 Erie Rai1way......34^
,13 T*l * WabPref... 37.
.Attention] is invited to an advertisement of
Adams’ Express Company, by which it Will be seen
that they will forward no more freight for the Army
of the ?otomac to Harrison’s Landing. .
The.93th~Be<hhbnt of Pennsylvania
Volunteers .have subscribed five hundred dollars to pur
chase and-present to thoir commander* Colonel Henry Xu
Cake,la Bwordi for hie gallantry in leiding his regiment
. into and through the battle of Gain os’ Mills, before Bich
mondjon June 27th, and fbrhla uniform kindness to hta
men, andsolicitude for their health and cosafort. The
Bword-wiU be manufactured in Philadelphia. This regi*
mentis still one of the strongest 7 in the army, baring
624 enlisted men present for duty, 57 sick in camp, and
-153 Pick-end wounded in Northern hospitals—making a
' total of 834.
Coup be , Soliel Yesterday after
ißoou a woman,' named' Fredericks Abelee, died at Ihs
•♦Twentieth-ward statien house, from the!eflkcts of aauu»
-stroke. &The coroner wib notified to hold art inqusßt.
w , i ~ t ■
540®50
40®45
‘ 30a35
2502 S
1150 Erie BPref..;V;i. 68*
150 do 63£
50 • d0.,..;./;.b30 63*
50 Harlem B'Pref.'. .. 35*
1150C1ev&T61'8.... 48
100 MiehOehß . 60*
250 . d 0,....;...... 60*
100 do r..... 60*
100 d 0............ 60*
•50 do 61.
800 M So AN I B.'.r. *26
150 Mich 8 & H I SS. 56*
,50 d0r...... ...... 56*
450 111 Cen B acrip.... 58
100 do. ...,b3O 58
100 Gal& Ohi 8...... 68*
200’ do. 68*
250U&815i8...... 64*
450 d 0..... 64*
•50 d0,.........b3Q 64*