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press,
-.n D*P* «C»DIW EXOEPTHD,)
m V. »««■
uj Mitmi FOURTH STREET.
-he PRESS,
1 OUSTS P SB WKBK PW® ble *° thS> C9rr,eF '
~ b ‘ wri bera not of the Oity at Six Dollars
p OOB DOLLARS rOR KIOHT MOXIHB,
t» ton Six Hoxths— Invariably In *4-
lUI ,L time t>'de,6d
r‘ „ TRI-WEEKLY PRESS,
, * gtibicrtbers out of the <*» »* Ta»,B Dot,,
luadsanoo. .
a ,i KM***
educational.
institute fob
1630 Arch street. Bar. Oharle*
Vrißolpet. The et.htli year wilt begin
A M*' 1 ' P 4B(lrees Post-office Box 1839.
b >w?
, MigsTLVANIA MILITARY
ut West Ohesler, (for boarders only),
i aoA ?!,ylm bfl opened on'TfItJBSDAY, Sep
"fliid '* **,?<?* £ fl Jcs capacious buildings are ar
,lLw*bwt order for the comfortable aum>
'of^ o, T "Xt. g one hundred and fifty oadets.
it'ir.B ,ud . competent and experienced teachers wffl
A cl,r[ ” ,nvklt'd att utlon to the educational depart
ure ftcl !i "imt ornate *beir Instruction thorough and
incut. z „ department of stadias .embraces the fol
erscti'* • . Primary, Commercial, and Scientific,
w ® B °f Military, the moral training of oadetg
ndlcsta 10 *jS,« attended to. For circulars, apply to
HI t„. atmuj No 62fl flllPstnut street, or at the
Jnfl’.w ®jlr n'oiiilhent l *! Hotel, Philadelphia, or to
iook c"’“ do ( r ,F, THFO. HYdTT, President P..M. A.
Sid
t( t lAGB-GHEEN seminar?.—
V,. lrt BOARDING SCHOOL, near MEDIA,
I , i. Thorongh comae In Mathematics, Olm
rt*BU»l! |T "i' R t «rtloß. So Book-keeping and Civil Bn-
V »*’ la.br “ xewlses in Military Tactics. :
6 P" p ”f k
?„|Hou,ptr quarter, 8.00
Fof X HKRVBY BABTOW, A. M„
VILLAGE UREEN, Perm's.
fSiIIOL"BOARDING school
H f pr (tlvla will open its Fall aeasion on Second day,
James Mott, Philadelphia; Anne
908 Franklin street, Philadelphia; C. N,
* SOl Norih Seventh street, Philadelphia: Henry
New Jersey; David J Grlacom,
S'si *" New Jersey. For ciroulara, apply to BUTH
41JSA PJSIBII®* Principal, Bristol, Fa. jy23.2m*
■sHTW IN TH BOP TAPP AN’S
ft's BnanlioK and Day School for Yoons Ladles, No,
-ft ppKOOh Street, will reopen on WEDNESDAY,
grfflb. m»-m
seminary for
TOf'KQ LADIES, located on the Bristol Turn-
D from Philadelphia and 2 from Tacony, The
'term of the scholastic year beglnethe firet -MON
BATIn September; second term the Ist day of Feb
'‘T’ircnlar, containing terms, references, *O., can be
•’hlt-fia* Principals.
SUMMER RESORTS.
QEA BATHING-,
n BBIOAHrtHB HOOSB,
I!HIQMSTINHI BEACH, N. J.
Sow open for tho houboo. tho Bathing, Flailing,SGun-
OJM, and yachting being very superior.
Boats will await guests at the Inlst on arrival of trains.
Board per week, 88, P. 0. Address, AttantoOity^
Proprietor.
Jyt.fmwStn
gpFHOIJSE, ATLANTIC CITY.
0 —Pomfnrlsbls Room, cnn now be bad at this wetl
.„r i Bm i conveniently -located home, as there are a num
ier or departnree daily. . -
>nM»t* H. 8. BBBBON. Proprietor,
mTB-V.THING. — A FAVORITE
O home, ■ -
THE “ WHITE HOUSE,”
'iIiSStOHOSLTTd Avenue, ATLANTIC OITY, N. J.
ijl; t papular house is open. Its situation is quite near
u „ ch ; has good rooms, all opening upen.the ocean,
,jtd iiirulshcd with spring mattresses. Its reputation is
Jtli established as a fir at-class home. Plentiful table.
attention given to guests, and terms moderate.
k 1 WM WHITEHOOSB, Proprietor.
%T No Bar at (he “ Whitetionae.” aus-lm
Central house, Atlantic
V CITY, New Jemnr
M, LAWtiOtt, Proprietor,
Tho above new house i< now open for Boarders. Booms
•siwil to any on the beach, well .ventilated, high oetlinge,
.to Servants attentive and poltie. Approximate to the
Jatblrg grounds. . , aub-lm*
QEA BATHING.
O OOSAN HOUSE, OAPB ISLAND, N. J.,
fa bow open for tbe reception of ti si tort.
•Je26.Bw* ISBAHL LAMING, Proprietor.
SEA BAT HING
AT
LONS SB AN Oil, MONMOUTH 00., Tf. J.
MBTBOPI toil AN HOTEL,
NOW OPEN.
Aildrew J. H. A I. W. OOOPKB,
jylO-lm* Proprietors.
OTAR HOTEL,
O (Nearly opposite the United States Hotel,)
ATLANTIC CITY, N. 3.
SAMUEL ADAMS, Proprietor.
Dinner,, eO oents.
.Also, Carriages to Hire.
Boarders aecommodated on the most reasonable
Mems. 3e20-8m
COLUMBIA HOUSE. _.
U ATLANTHt oiTxc
SITUATED OK KENTUCKY AYBNUB,
Opposite the Surf House.
ffiT Tftrms to suit ttie times ' _ • , .
rar w spy ABP pqyiiß, Proprietor.
QEA-BID® HOUSE, ATLANTIC
U OITT ’gY p AVID 80ATTBBG00D. •
A NSW PBIYATB BOABDINQ HOUSE, beautlful
il ri tasted at the foot of Pennsylvania Avenue,
how open lor visitors for the season. jeau-gm
MANSION HOUSE,
iVI ATLANTIO CITY, . ■
B. LH», Proprietor.
This House hating been thoroughly renovated and en
itried, is n#w open for permanent and transient boarders*
She iIiNSION HOUSE is convenient to depot* churches,
red jeat office, The bathing grounds are onsorpaßßed
t« the Island. The Bar it condnoted by Mr, J3JIIEL a oT
Philadelphia, who will keep superior wines, Uauora, and
choice hranda of cigatß. ]e2o-am
Eagle hotel, Atlantic
01TY. Is now open, with a ■ .
iAbqb addition op, booms. n _
Board «I per week, bathing dresses included. jo2o-2m
fIOTTAGE RETRSAT, ATLANTIC
OITY, is now open end ready tor Boarders. A few
choice Btotna can be obtained by applying soon. The
Proprietor furnishes his tslble with fresh milk from his
now,, and fresh vegetables from hi« farm. - ’
Also, about four hundred desirable Cottage and Hotel
Lots for sale by M. MoOLBES,
je2o-2m : ■ Proprietor.
fs ITTHE ALHAMBRA.” ATLANTIC
A 01TT," H. J., aapleudld new tome, southwest
W?n« of ATLAHTIO And tt ASS AOHTJSKTTS Avenaes,
wiil Iciopim for visitors on arid after Juno 28th. The rooms
find tablo of i< The Alhambra” are unsurpassed by any
so the Island. There is a spacious loe Cream and Be-
Iftßbmenl Saloon attached to the hooee. Terms moderate.
o. duboib & b. j. youno,
Proprietors*
MLOE’B HOTEL, ATLANTIC
■Lf CITY, H. J—At the terminus of the railroad, on
the left, beymd the depot Tide Hones 'lf now open for
Hoarder* and Transient Visitors,' and offers aooommoda
iicuj ajpal to any Hotel in Atlantic City. Charges mo
derate. Children and servants half price.
Partioa shontd keep their seats until His caw ar
rive Infront ol the hotel. je2o-2tn
fIHESTEE COUNTY HOUSE.—This
O prirsts Boarding House, corner of YOBK and
PACIFIC Avenue, Atlantic Citv, convenient to the
beach, with a beautiful view of the Ocean, is now open
lor the season. The accommodations are eunal to any
othorjonthoMand. Prices moderate.
je2o-2m J. KEIM, Proprietor.
QEA BATHING.—“The Clarendon,”
attTWM? 1 * House.) VIBGINIA AVENUE,
* * uA R iiu jg now open lor w»v-—^-Ammodatlon
|>f Boarders. Thla House is situated immediately cm «s. k
Seßch f and from every room affords a flue view of the
m. [je2o-2m] • JAMES JBHKINS, tt. D.
QEA BATHING.—UNITED STATES
W HOTEL, LOSS BRANOH, N. J., is now open,
(toted only fifty yards from the seashore, central of the
Blue; house fronting the ocean 500 feet; two hours
from Sew York. Bteemer leaves Murray street twice
fisily, OA. M, end 4 P, M.; thence by theja. and D. B.
Eailtoad, Address B, A. BHOEMAKEB.
Communication from Philadelphia is by the Camden
tod Amboy Bailro&d, by the 8 A. M. and 3 P. M-trains.
jol9-2m*
SUMMER BOARDING. —BROAD
tO top MOUNTAIN HOUdE.—A romantio spot for a
don NEB RESIDENCE on one of the Mountain Topi i
tsf Pennsylvania, reached dally by the Pennsylvania,,
Central, and the Broad Top Mountain Bailroad from
Huntingdon. The House 1b one of the finest In the In
terior of the State, handsomely famished, with all the re
nc!sites for comfort and convenience—pnre air, deli
cious spring water, romantic scenery, and everything to
restore and Invigorate health. : Telegraph station and a
Sail; mall, so that daily communication may be bad with
Philadelphia, " -
The Penneylvanla Bailroad will fumleh excursion
61 chets through the season. Persons leaving Philadel
phia In the morning can take tea at the Mountain Souu
the same evening. '• ' ir
Thesnbecrlberhas kindly been allowed to raw to the
following gentlemen, residents of Philadelphia, who have
been patrons of the fifotmfafit House.* •
Wm, Onmmlngs, Ekj., . David P. Moots,. Eeq.,
Sami. Oastner, Baa., Thos. CarstAlrs, Bsq[.,
Bon. Henry D. Moore, Lewis T. Wetteon, Esq.,
John McOanles, Esq., G. Albert Lewis, Esq.,
John Hartman, Esq., Blohard D. Wood, Esq.
TIMS MODHiTi. lor further Information, address
,„ JOSEPH MOBBISON, Proprietor,
util. Ptoad-Top City, Huntingdon oonnty, Pa
;
The well-eamed reputation of
FAIRBANKS’ SOARES
Has induced the makers of Imperfect balasoes to oßtt
«MB M “FAIRBANKS’ SCALES,” and pnrohuMen
Save thereby, In many Instances, been subjected to fraud
“hd Imposition, FAIRBANKS’SCALES are manufao
by the original Inventors, E. AT. FAIB
wAHKS & 00. j And are adapted to every branch of tin
hodnsis, where a correct and durable Scales hi required.
FAIRBANKS & EWING,
o«iw«rit| Agfafi;
*«0-tl MASONIC HALL, Tl* CHESTNUT 8T
iflAUTlON.—Owing to the popularity
jSf, ®ad complete success which our PATENT SELF.
CLOTHES-WBINGBB has met with,
?ther Parties are endeavoring to sell their Inferior ma
£™>> by adopting our name of » SELF-ADJUSTING”
® B A to deceive the pubilo.
therefore, give notice that onr name wiUhe plainly
rfP’b'd on each Machine manofactored and sold hy ns,
5r. n „^®s». o thers are genuine. Any one usfag t our trade-.
“5™ will be dealt with according to law.
aw h ' B - SNOW, comer of FIFTH and CHESTNUT
™wl*, Philadelphia, is our BOLE AGENT for Penn
sMhau HALEY, MOBSE. * BOYDBN.
DRAIN PlPE.—Stone Ware Drain
vara. from 3 to 12-lnch bore. 3-Inch bore, 250 per
usSlrpehbore,Boo per yard; 4-lnoh bore, 400 per
1 » ch bore, 600 per yard; 6-inoh bore, 650 per
' J s ' , My variety, of connections, bends, traps, and
hssmhv J*? “« “ 01 ». wopwad to famish pipe fa any
ehaui«! a ? d on Übsral terms to dealers and those pnr
omfJS.lf** onantlttes.
Cottu rtJ aBNT „ AI ' OHIHMEV TOPS.-Vitrlfied Terra
plain and ornamental designs, war
da? cllm»^ 8,0 action ot °° al SM or the weather fa
—A great variety of ornament*
tad ol T iottl sizes,
_ shrad the weather.
Boom, cliy » Teri » Oo‘‘» Worke, Offloe and War.
. jelj’tf 10W CHESTNUT Street,
8 . 0. A. HABBIBON.
VOL. 6.-NO. 7.
RETAIL DRY GOODS.
»JHE NEW TRAIL SKIRT.
Just received another lot of these hoautifnl
j SFBING SKIRTS,
-BOTH MEDIUM AND EXTRA LENGTH.
ALSO, A GENERAL ASSORTMENT FOB MIKES.
SHEPPARD, YAH HARLINGEN, * ABBISON,
aus-18t 1008 CHESTNUT Street.
TuINENSj WHITB GOODS, HOBIE
jLJ BY, EMBROIDERIES —The subscrihors, iu ad
dition tb the. Bonne Furnishing and OnrtainDepaftments
of the Dry Good. Business, give special attention to and
have always od band a fresh etocfc of the bed; Sheeting
Linens. White Goods, Hosiery, and Embroideries, to
which the attention of buyerß ie rospsctfntlT requested,
SHEPPARD, VAN HARBINGER & ARRISON,
außlBt ' 1008 CHESTNUT Street
rpHE LAST CHANCE FOR BAR-
X GAINS. .. \ - ■
FURTHER REDUCTION IB PRICES.
We are determined to closeout the balance of onr Sum
mer Stock before the first of September. In order to do
so we will offer «ur entire stock of
FANCY SILKS.
DESIRABLE DRESS GOODS,
LAuB MANTLES AND POTNTES,
SILK GOATS AND SAOQUE3,
At lower prices than those of an; other Retail House
in the city.
OCR BLACK BILKS
can't be matched ir, prices and qualities, as they were all
bought before the last rise, and we are able to sell them
at onr ~
i • OLD LOW prices;
One lot cheapest Black Figured Silks ever offered.
Also, a good assortment of
1 DOMESTIC GOODS.
H STEEL A SON,
au4-tf No. 718 North TENTH Ht, above Coates.
BARGAINS IN DRY GOODS.
The following lots will be sold at a great sacrifice
to close them out—viz:
Two lets Black Silk and Wool Ohalliea at lSJkc, worth
BTXc. ■ *
Tire piece* Barege Anglfe at 4c, worth 100.
Fire pieces plain Barege at 12X0.
Also, a large lot of Shetland Shawls, at verp low prices,
Splendid for travelling or at watering places.
At JOHN H. STOKES’,
702 ABOH Street.
Tweeds and c&ssiMEaes.
1,600 yards heavy Gasaimeres Just opened.
A150,.1,000 yards all wool Tweeds, 62 to 76 cents,
Summer and Fall Gasslmeres, a fall stock.
Men’sand Boys* wear, our stock is complete.
DOMESTIO&
Bleaobed and Brown Shirtings.
Bleach'd and Brown Sheetings.
Cotton Flannels, Domet, all wool, and Saojue do.
Cotton Goods, at lowest market rales.
HONEY-COMB QUILTS.
Marseilles and Lancaster Quilts.,
Bathing Flannels, Mosquito Nets.
Linen Table Damasks and Napkins.
Cheap lots of 4 4 heavy Irish Linens.
OLOBING OOT.
Silk Mantles, Thin Dusters, Lace Goods.
Boys’Summer Clothing.
Thin Drees Goods, Black Tamartines.
Cballies, Mohairs, Mozambiquea, Sc.
COOPER & CONABD,
S. E. corner NINTH and MARKET «ts.
CUMMER STOCK.
O During July »nn Angnst we will sell Summer Drees
Goods, such as Lawns, Organdies, Bareges, and their
fabries, at very low prices t, clear the stock.
The assortments are still fair, and the goods of this
season’s purchase.
SHARPLESS BROTHERS,
CHESTNUT and EIGHTH Streets.
1 O.a i OHE SHI P T STBUT
E. M. NEEDLES
Invites the special attention of Ladles whe In
tend spending the summer out of town to a very
largo assortment of MADE-DP GOODS just re
ceived, In
SLEEVES, SETS, HANDKEBOHIRF3,
. de., in evoy variety of material.
Also, a largo assortment of MUSLINS, snitablt
for GARIBALDIS, Ac.,. together with every va
riety of WHITS GOODS, LINENS, LAOWS,
EMBROIDERIES, HANDKEBOH’FS, VEILS,
fto
a, Just opened per latest arrivals from Europe
a an Invoice of very beautiful and entirely new
L, styles
* PUFFED FRENCH OAMBRIo, for
° GARIBALDI’S, MODE GRENADINE VEILS,
« «nd SWISS COLLARETTE RUFFLING for
t. trimming thin Dresses, etc—a now and very de.
6 eiratle article. Also, an invoioe of
- PURE WHITE FRENCH PLAID
ORGANDIES.
mt OB IST WTt V STUB V. V.
COPARTNERSHIPS.
fl IXI Ji '' UXVi/ni>«™. ,
X SOBS to CHAFFBEB, BTOIJT, A 00., hare THIS
DAT formed a copartnership, under the firm of STOUT
& ATKINSON, for the purpose of conducting tho
Wholesale Dry Goods business, and have taken the store,
No. 623 MABKET Street.
3. W. BTOUT,
If. T. ATKINBOU.
Philadelphia, July 21,1852. jy22-lm#
THE COPARTNERSHIP heretofore
existing between the undersigned, under the firm of
A. T. LAN® A 00., waft this day dissolved by ita own
limitation. The buntneea will be settled by either of the
undersigned, at Ns. 419 MABK.ET Street,
AtfES. T. L\NIS,
• WSI. F. HANSELL,
B. f. HANSEIit.,- ■
B. HANSBLIi.
PHii.ADßi.pniA, Jnly 1, 1862. . jyl-tuth2m
THE COPAETNEKBHIP heretofore
existing nuder the flna of g
OO.i Is this da? dissolved.
PETER SIEGEB,
JACOB BIEGEI,
WM. S. BATED,
JOHN WISEST.
JON> 30. __ J7l-0W
■\TOTICE OP LIMITED PABTNEK-
Xl SHIP.—The subscribers hereby give notice that
they have entered into a limited partnership, agreeably
to the provisions of the several laws of the Gommon
vreaith of Pennsylvania relating to limited partnerships.
That'the nameof the Arm nnder whiohsaid partner,
ship is to be conducted is BIRGER, WIEST, & EB
■VTN. • ;
That the’general nature of the bnsiness Intended to be
tran Baoted is the Importing and Jobbing of Dry Goods.
That the nameß of the General and Speoial Partners,
all of whom reside in the city of Phiiadeiohia, are
JACOB RIEGER, General Partner, residing at 527
North Sixth street; JOHN WIEST, General Partner,
residing at 322 New street: D. B. ERVIN, General
Partner', residing at 1516 Girard avenue; HENBV S.
FISTEB, General Partner, residing at 418 North Third
Street: JOSIAH BTEGER, General Partner, residing
at North Third street; PETER BIEGEB, Speoial
Partner, residing at 717 North Eighth street; WM. 8.
BAIRD, Speoial Partner, reading at the Continental
Hotels
That the aggregate amount of the capital contributed
by the Speoial Partners to the common stock is One
Hundred Thousand Dollars, of which Fifty Thousand
Dollarß in cash has been so contributed by Peter Sieger,
Special Partner, and Fifty Thousand Dollars in oashhas
been so contributed by Wm. S. Baird, Special Partner.
That the said partnership is to commence on the first
day of July, A. D. 1862, and is to terminate on the first
• da? of January, 1866. 7
■ JACOB RIEGER, )
JOHN WIEST, .
D7B. EBVIN, } General Partners.
HENBY 8. FIBTEB,
JOSIAH RIEGER, j
jm,
; -HOTELS.
p OWE RS» HOT Eli,
HOB. IT and 19 PABK BOW,
(orrosim tbx asio* aonsi,)
NSW TOBK.
TUBUS $1.60 FIB DAT.
This popular Hotel haa lately been thorough!/ reno*
rated and refurnished, and now poeeeeaea all thereon!
iltea of a -
TIBBT-OLABS HOTEL.
The pajronage of Philadelphians and the travelling
pttblio, desiring .the beet accomodation* and moderate
charges, is respectfully solicited.
Jo2-3m H. L. POWEBB, Proprietor.
TRYING- HOUSE,
1 SEW YORK,
BBOADWAY AND TWELFTHBTBEET,
: jntTBANOa OX TWShFTH STREET,
• Conducted on the
• B UEOri A N PIiA N .
This bouse is now open for the accommodation of
Tamiliet andtrantient Ouettt.
- GEO. W. HUNT, )
Late of the Brevoort Home, > Proprietors.
OHAS. W. NABH, )
jyl7*thetnfim
A CARD.—THE UNDERSIGNED,
late of the QIBAED HOUSE, Philadelphia, hare
leased, for a term of years, WILLABD’S HOTEL, In
Washington.' They take this occasion to return totbeir
aid friende and onstomers many thanks for past favors,
snd beg to asanre them that they win be most happy id
tee them in their new anarters. ~
BYKEB, CHADWICK, & 00.
Wabwhoto*, July 16.1861. ; au2ft-ly
CABINET PURNITUIIE.
fUABJNET FURNITURE AND BIL
\J LIABD TABLES.
MOORE & CAMPION,
No. 261 South SECOND Street,
In connection with their, ext. naive Cabinet Business, are
now manufacturing a superior article of
BILLIARD TABLES,
And have now on hand a full snpply, finished with the
MOOBE A CAMPION’S IMPBOTED CUSHIONS,
which are, pronounced by all who have need them to be
superior to all others. ' >“ _., ..
- For the finality and finish of these Tables the manu-~
facturers refer to their huibere us patrons throughout
the Union, who are familiar with the character of their
work. , ■ • ; . fe26.6tn ;
COAL— THE UND ER SI GN E D
beg leave to inform their friends and the pnbiio
that they have removed their LEHIGH COAL DEPOT
from NOBLE-stbbET WBABF, on the Delaware, to
their Yard, northwest comer of EIGHTH and WILLO W
Streets, .where they intend to keep the beat finality of
LEHIGH COAL, from the moet approved mines, at the
lowest prices. Your patronage Is respectfully solicited.
■ JOS. WALTON & QO.,
Officer ll2 gonth SECOND Street.
Yard, EIGHTH and WILLOW. mhl-tf
STATIONERY & FANCY GOODS.
Martin * quayles
JjKL btationbbt, tot, and fanot goods
isroßivii
Ho. 1086 WALNUT BTBEIT,
Aurnnw.
Jell-tplT
pCREBN GJNGUSB.- 35 bbls. choioo
vj GIKGEE, received directffom Onba. and for sale
BHODES 4-WIBIiIA.MS,
IQ7 South WATEK Street.
D. B. BBYIH,
H. 8. FIST3SB,
JOBIAH BIEGEL,
COAL.
ill Irns.
■
FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1862.
Hew Publications
American Annual for 1861.
The want of a good Annual Register has long been
felt inthis country. There has been no lack of
materials, nor of talent to work them up into book
shape, but men of genius hare disdained to do any
thing so useful. There are high precedents, how
ever* In 1768, the great Edmund Burke suggested
such a work to Dodsley, and actually did most of
the workon it for several years. Later still, when
a similar work was eommenoed, in Edinburgh, it
was successively edited by Walter Scott, Robert
Southey, and John Gibson Lockhart. Messre. Ap
pleton, the New Fork publishers, have taken heart
and broken ground in a new line by publishing
“ The American Annual Cyclopaedia and Register
of Important Events of the year 1861,” a handsome
volume of 780 pages, royal Bvq., in which conotse
ness and ready reference are obtained by the con
tents being alphabetically arranged, with a copious
Index. The work resembles the “Novr Ame
rican Cyclopaedia” in form, size, and type, and
will, in fact, form an annual supplement to that
valuable series, while it can also stand ou its own
distinctive merits, which are great. Its records
are not limited to the events of this country, but
embrace the leading events of the whole world in
the past year—political, civil, military, and social,
affairs; public documents; biography, statistics,l
commerce, finance, literature, science, -agriculture,'
and mechanical, so as, indeed, to the title
of “Annual Cyclopaadia.” Concerning the events
of the war and the general, and particular history
of the country it is full and lucid, and is also a re- .
liable reportory of public doouments, Scienoe and
agriculture are also fully elucidated, as well as me
chanical and inventive soience. The geographical
/explorations and literary progress of tho year are
also worthy of especial notiae, and besides general
finance and statistics of the United States and of
rebels, we have particulars of the history and con
dition of all the States, brought down to the close/
of the year. There is also an ample and interest
ing obituary for 1861, including eminent foreigners
as well as Americans. Future volumes will be
issued early In March, and to subscribers only, at
$3 in cloth. The late John- McFarlan,33 South;
Sixth, was; agent for this and tlm Cyclopaedia in this
city, and we presume that his successor there wiil
receive subscriptions and supply the work.
Dr. AbelS Sevens has completed his “ History of
Methodism,” by the issue of a third volume, which
covers the. time and events from the death of John
Wesley, in 1791, to the Centenary Jubilee o*
Methodism, in 1839. A more impartial book on
Buch a subject was never writ, and the author
merits the highest praise for the labor employed to
collect and investigate particulars, and the'evident
pains taken to avoid diffuseness. On some points
wo may differ from him—such as when he eulogizes
that very worldly and arbitrary man, the late
Jabez Bunting—but he has evidently written with
a thorough .desire to tell the truth. The biographi
cal sketobes of eminent Methodists, in the present
volume, are interesting, and so are the sketches of
the foreign progress of Methodism—particularly the
chapter oh Ireland. There is, also, a good index.
Of American Methodism the history is yet to bo
told, .and Dr. Stevens promises it in another volume.
The work is published by Carlton A Porter, New
York, and sold hyPerkehpine A Higgins,in this
•city. ‘
‘ —'Victor Hugo’s best romance—better far than’
“ Les Miserables,” which Is terribly spun oat with
episodes—is “ Notre-Dame de Paris,” commonly
known as The Hunchback of Notre-Dame. Of this
a. new translation has just been published by Dick
& Fitzgerald, New York, which we can safely re
oommend for its spirit and fidelity. The story itself
is iui generis. Nbne has ever resembled it in plot,
characters; and construction. None but a man of
genius and great' imagination could have written
;it. ■ "/
—George H. Moore, librarian of the New York
Historical Society,has written a pamphlet (2t pages
WnfM nntra w R» r l T
volution, ” in which are given numerous instances
of the negro fighting by the side of the white man,
before and after the Declaration of Independence,
and with express approbation of Washington, John
liawrens, Alexander Hamilton, and others. We
can’ help him to an additional example. In Captain
Anpesty’s Travels, 11. 499, is the following; It is
recorded that while he was a prisoner at Frederiak
town,' a strong body of Continentalß, under Lafay
ette, and another of the Pennsylvania lino, under
Wayne, passed through, “and appeared to be
mostly Scotch and Irish, with a great number of
Mads.” ‘
; —Count Agenor de Gasparin’s “ Uprising of a
Great People,” which we noticed at length on its
appearance last year, was able and earnest, showing
unusual acquaintance with American history, great
knowledge of tbo American character. He has
now followed it up with “ America before Europe,”
'translated, from advance sheets, by Mary 1. Booth
and published by Charles Scribner, New York. It
discusses the main events of the war with consider
able shrewdness, but the Count, a Frenchman, per
petually indicates bis own idea of his own ability
in predicting what has happened, as, in the time of
Elisabeth, certain English settlers in Ireland were
denounced for being “ Hiberniores quarn Hibernia,”
(more Irish than the Irish themselveß), so Count do
Gasparin is most dogmatically a greater Unionist
than the Unionists themselves!* Dike all sensible
men, he foresees the preservation of the Union. ,• .f.
The new volnme'of the Parlor and Cottage
library, published by D. and J. Sadlier, New
Terk, is “ The lost Son,” translated from the
French by a highly accomplished lady, Mrs. J.
Sadlier, who has written many Irish tales of great
merit. The story commences in the latter part of
the reign of louis XV., proceeds through the Re
volution, and closes, after the Day of Austerlits,
with the death of the hero, who is mourned by Na
poleon himself. Messrs. Sadlier have also pub
lished, translated.from the Latin, with a prelimi
nary essay on Private Revelations, by the Rev. Dr.
•Nelligan, the “ Revelations of St. Bridget, or the
life and Passion of our lord, and the life of his
Blessed Mother.” This is mainly intended for
Catholic readers. • "
Carleton, successor to ltudd & Carlo ton, New
York, bas just published a handsome rolutne enti
tled “ Oriental Harems and Scenery,” by the well
known Frineess Bejgiojoso, who distinguished her
self by her patriotism in the Italian wars of 1848,
-wu.haniehed by Austrian tyranny, and retired to •
Asia Minor, where she became celebrated as a
writer. The' results of three years’ residence in
the East are committed to this volume. No foreign
female was ever admitted into such close intimaoy
with the interior life of the Asiatics as this
Princess, and her book will revive pleasant reool
lections of, as indeed it thoroughly illustrates, the
Arabian Nights.
—Mr. k Yan Nostrand, New York; competes with
our own j.. 8, Lippineott, in the production of val
uable books illustrative of the art of war. The
latest is Lieut. B. Barret’s “Gunnery Instructions
Simplified,” teaohing how to work ordnance of
every calibre and description, onboard ship. Sold
here by J. B. Lippincott &C. - . .
—The same publisher has brought out (pp. 449,
octavo), a new edition of the “ Naval Textßook,
; and Dictionary,for the use of the Midshipmen of the
D.* S. Navy, by B. J." Totten, Commander, U. S.
Navy. ” This really consists of two distinct works,
and we have not yet seen any book of the sort half so
full, accurate, or clear. Sold here by T. B. Peter
son & Brothers.
—Dr. Lawrence Turnbull’s “ Hints and Observa
tions on Military’Hygiehne: (with the jbest means
of treating the Medical and Surgical Diseases of the
Army,” originally contributed to the Medtcal and
Surgical Reporter— have been republished in hook
form, and may be useful to the profession now em-
ployed in the'military service,
. —An Oration, on ‘‘Our Union,and its Defend
ers,” delivered at Burlington, on the 4th July, by
J. ; Howard Pugh, M. D., has been printed, by
King & Baird,. for the benefit of the Ladies’Aid
Society of Burlington. It is patriotic, eloquent, and.
sensible..
“The Dental Cosmos,”, a monthly reeOrd of
Dental Science, published in this city, has just en
tered into its fourth volume, and must bo of con
siderable value to the profession. It appears
monthly, aud its editors are Drs. J. D. White,
Oeorge J. Ziegler, and J. H. MoQuillen. The
last named gentleman, by the way, writes bad
English when he uses the words “to belittle my
self.” The word we have italicized belongs to the
, illegitimate genus of whiob illy, hop (for a dance;)
and donate are examples.
—The sixth number of “ The Book of Days,” by
•W. and R- Chambers, has been issued by J. B.
Lippincott & Co. It. covers the time from March
2d to 17th, and is very full on St Patrick—whom,
however, it claims as a Scot. It mentions the cu
rious statement'by Pliny,that -.serpents are never
seen upon trefoil or shamrock, whioh also prevails
against'snakes and scorpions.
A Pertinent Inquiry.
Lancaster, August 6, 1862.
To the Editor of The Press; , : „
' Sir : The Government commands that, after »'
certain date, all disloyal persona, who will not take
the oath of allegiance, will be escorted beyond our
lines Would not such a course be the same as re
cruiting men for the rebel service ? As ail such
would be forced into their ranks, (judging from
their conscript laws.) We would, thus be aiding
and abetting this accursed rebellion. - Much sooner
put them into close confinement, until they come to
their senses.
Very respectfully,
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY,
Letter from Ephrata Springs.
[Correspondence of The Press.)
Bpheata Mountain Springs,
August 6,1862,
The depletion of population at the North by the
war is certainly not yet a- perceptible fact, if we
may judge from the overflow of visitors at this and,'
I believe, nearly ail the first-class summer resorts
throughout the country. The season here eommenoed
early, and for several weeks the influx of applicants
for accommodations was as embarrassing to “ our
host”- as it became mortifying to the disappointed,
who were in many cases obliged to leave for less
popular quarters. The season, however, has
touched , its meridian, though it will wane but
slowly, i apprehend, for some days to come; still,
Mr. Newcomer, the capable and highly-popular
proprietor of the 'house, is how able to accommo
date the whole family of new corners aud treat;
them in handsome style. This celebrated resort,’
reared like a mountain of Lebanon upon the broad,
ferlilebosom of rich old Lancaster, has been steadily
growing in favor with the health and-pleasnre
seeking public for some years, and it is not predict-/
ing too much of its future to say that, upon the com
pletion of the railroad from Beading to Columbia,
(now rapidly in progress,) it will rank with the most
popular resorts in these, as Train says, “ moreqrleas
United States.” The air at this point throughout the
y are is as pure and invigorating as it is be,
the water most excellent, the scenery varied, pictu
resque, and beautiful, the oountry arbund abounds
in pleasant/rides, and the house is kept by a well
known Philadelphian, who “ knows-how to keep a
hotel.” ' - - • '. *
■ The company, up to this point, with the excep
tion of a'slight -sprinkling of Secessionists, (who
• like the “ dead-fly in the ointment,” now cause
more or less “ stink” 'everywhere,):has been Al,
and between the usual watering-place concomitants,
and the extra pastimes peculiar toHphrata, afforded 4
by the points of historic interest in this immediate
vicinity, time has really flown so swiftly by that
the season is hurrying along much too rapidly for
those who have come to remain until its close..
A goed joke illustratingthe revivifying qualities 1
of Epbrata was unwittingly perpetrated a few 'days
ago in this wise: Mr.Nowuomer sent an order to
Philadelphia for a number of gold fish for the
fountain in 'rontof the main-house. The fish in
due time arrived safely at Ephrata Springs, having
been conveyed hither from your oity in a large
bucket, filled . with water. By . some oversight,
however, these aquatic little visitors were left in
their bucket prison over night, and the next morn
ing, to the ehagria of the landlord, and the sorrow
of sympathizers generally, the fish, in the horrible
vernacular of a wag, had “gone dead.” Theyhad
exhausted the oxygen from the water-during the 1
night and suffocated. They were evidently dead,
and every one exclaimed, “ What a pity I” The
servant to whose neglect this piscescide was attri-:
huted, in order to atone for his guilt, threw the
dead fish among the living in the basin of the foun
tain. Some hours later, the children playing in
the vicinity, discovered that the gold fish were all
“ alive and kicking.” The effect of this intelli
gence among the boarders was the best substitute
for a' war bulletin that day* and all bands agreed
that the event-was a capitaboard for the life-giving
character of .Ephrata air and water. •
• Speaking of Secessionists, I must tell you that
certain members of that contemptible genus a short
time since attempted to take down the flag. Of
course, the hoarders were indignant, but finding'
that the colored waiters on the premises had de
termined to vindicate the only l flag of their hope,
they repaired to the proprietor in a body; threaten
ing summary vengeance upon the misoreant who
had insulted the “ stars and stripes,” and declared
they would leave in a body if" the flag was not im
mediately restored to its accustomed place. You
must not understand from thisj however, that there
was any respectable division of sentiment respect
ing this matter. ■ On the other hand, the ebony pa
triots were universally sustained by landlord and
hoarders, and by the ladies- especially, though
the rebel sympathizer, finding himself suspected,
did what in the West would be claasically termed
“ skedaddling in the most approved stylo.”
The great meeting held in Lancaster, thirteen
miles from here, on last Saturday, which was large
ly attended by boarders from the Springs, and the
-nrnncaaiTura nf whlph wnyp nuAWiwiftM **W -
a wholesome effeot7~ln fact, the only price of a
Secessionist’s safety hepe to day is found in holding.;;
his peace, and suppressing his hatred for the Eifiom'
and thoße who aie laboring to maintain it. G.
' ' The Store and Stripes*
To the hditor of the Press: ;
• Sir : In the year 1849, Mr. &. Teakle 'Wallis," of
Baltimore, published a' volume travels-:called
“ Glimpses :of Spain.” - In this book Mr. Wallis
speaks as followo of the American flag. In 1861
Mr. Willis was one of the Secessionist members of
the Legislature of Maryland- Be had outlived his
attachment to the flag of his country.
Of tho 2nd of-May, 1847, he thus writeß: “We
soon found, however, tbat Puerto Beal had* finery,
enough of its own. Every street of any note was
rustling with banners. They were flaunting from
terraces and balconies, and swinging all across the
ways from ropes hung in the air. All the nation?
of the earth were represented, and many below it
or above it but certainly not on it had streagters
glancing in the sun. From the top of one large
house the flags of the United States, Frafioe, and
Great Britain were fluttering together. I was
alarmed for a moment when 1 first caught sight of
tho spangled banner—a vision, usnally,
“ Welcome as the hand :
Of brother in a foreign land.”
Theyhad managed, unfortunately, to mate it look a
little ragged, and had actually extinguishod one of
the stars with a big patch. Who knows, thought
I, but that during the short half year I have been
from home, some bright particular star, after long
promising, has shot, right chivalrously from its
sphere, at last? Another look, however, soon
satisfied me that: the rent had been produced by
the gnawing of Tats and no dissolution of tho
Union; so I made my salute, with all my heart, to
the Btars and Btripes that were left. ; If, at that
distance from us, . the good people had actually
taken our orators at their word, and supposed the
Confederacy at aneml, as it so often is in speeches,
I should have bad no cause to wonder ; so I made
up my mind, for the future, to be under no ap
prehension, -if I should see the whole galaxy at
axes and sevens, either in rhetorio or bunting.”
Cam Island, N. J., August 7,1862.
To the Editor of The Press:
Bis: A friend writes from Cape May: “For soma
days past the flag over Congress Hall (Miller's) has w
beenfljing. Upon inauiry, I learn that the proprieto
had been waited on by some of the Secession sojourne*
at the house, hailing from Baltimore, and informed the
they would not«stay in the honse if the stars and strips
were'kept waving over it. 1 In deference to their aenj
bilities, the flag was struck.” Can this story posaibly/e .
true! ’ L_ —i
August 2,1882.
Oar attention fa ca*. -0 the above article
your issue of yesterday. We unhesitatinglyie
notmce the article and the report as a base,wi(ul,
and malicious lie, and put in circulation foi lo
other purpose than to injure our business. I
Miller & West, /
Congress Hal!, Cape May, Kevr Jersey
The Montgomery County Bounty Fn;
Totffa Editor of The Press: ‘f [.
'TSh: The pressure of public opinion, as demon
strated through our county mootings, has prfrbd
too great for our commissioners, and resum'd in'
two out of the three commissioners giving l ' their
assent to the lean propositions.presented if them
by our citizens for a volunteer" bounty funi.j As
a consequence,, recruiting officers are netting
with great success all over the : county; andithr in
dications are unmistakable, that,Afpntgomery aun
ty will do her whole duty notwitfistandinj the
tardy actions of her commissioners. The raople
of the 'county realize the, crisis, and will ret be 1
found wanting in patriotism.; 1 W.. PjC.
Squirrels versus /Birds'
To the Editor of ?Tfie Press i , ~ 1
Sib : In an able article communicated to Conn
oils on ‘‘ Insects upon Shade Trees,” the
mates a blunder, ns I think, in first saying that
“ birds are most important agents in preventing an
undue increase of insect life,” at the same time
advising the introduction of water basins in our
public squares to induoe their stay, and then he :
Bays, ‘‘ The squirreln have teen accused *f indi
rectly favoring the inorease if insects by driving
away the birds. This is'a mijtake, as the oanker
wormswere just asbad upon Che lindens before the
introduction of the squirrels ; into the squares, as
they are now upon the maples.”
Now, it is well known that' the birds have disap
peared since the introduction of squirrels, tind that
the latter' are very destruitive to the nests.of the
birds, and as 1 they can ge&jas much water now as
ever before, I think it is sljown that it Is the pre
sence of the squirrels, and not the absenoe of water,
that has driven them awajd i■, %.
The author’s remedies are all good, hut I think
the most effectual one would be to exterminate the
squirrels, and introduce jas many insectivorous
birds as possible in the piblic squares, from whence
they would find their pay all over the city, of
wherever there were worms to feed upon.; • (
When birds were undisturbed, it was very. ooa
mon to see them fiyinj among the trees that lire
our.streets, and I am sure the song and iwitter .'of
theibirds is more pleading than the hark lad ronp
of the squirrel. j _ I
Very respectfully yjmrs, “
K&W/
- - • . *i 7
TothehditorofTkiPress: , 1 / •
Sra : la there an#p!ace 5n this city tflits vi
cinity* where wafers are made ? - There Azas for
merly a very good nanufactory of-them p Walnut
street, above Second; but the ercetion’ojthe large;
stone building at tire corner of Second Street in
jured the works so irach that it was difontinucd. S
The wafers need among us, at present, are mostly J
from England. In'the present,atate ofiteeUng in
England towards this country, it wouldle well for
eYery loyal,citizen of the United:Statesto come to
a non-importation resolution, as far as tjat oountry
is concerned, and to purchase nothinjmade there
whioh can be procured at borne. ,If Jhere is no
wafer manufactory among us, let one b set up at
once. It will be the means of givin®read toour
own citizens instead of feeding our repers.
Yerjrespeotfullyi your obedient sopsV ©•
TlmoH.
An Explanation
IOYABT Tj
ibove article/in
JUST "8, 1862.
IN TENNESSEE.
The Rebels /Foifce iri'thp? Western Part ot
the State-ieir/Plan orOperationa—Mem.-
phisin Bair—Wo Communication Between
•fGraht an<nncll—Rebel Concentration at
Ch&ttanooj
THE REBELS { FORCE IN WEST TENNESSEE—AM-.
. - BITIOCS . PhANS.
[From the Chip Times, sth ]
UiiMj'ma, Tj, Aug. I.—The events of which my
despatches anotterß have warned yon during the last
few weeks, haysken place. The rebels have taken
possession of Item Tenneßsee. in strong force, and.
can at any tirrat off Geoeral Grant’s railroad commu
nications witkiß Forth. The nl .vrrurmt will give
them poeaessKf the Mobile and Ohioßailroad above
Jackson,.whiifimilat. uccupaiion of Grand Junction
and other poiniivides General MoOlernand from Oo
rinlh.' BolivanhepbintOf rendezvous for our divided
-force, and no At tSrtore this reaches you a battle will
have been fouibeie, or, at least, one will be impend
ing. i’:.;- 1 j '
The. rebels H. made a strategic move by which they
have collected A-fJ force of men in Western Tennessee,
This has been Why sending troops up in small de
tachments Tifejot is to cut us oiT from the North,
and they will pilbiy succeed, so,'far as railroad cbm
munication is Aerped. The' remainder af their pro
gramme is to tafossessioh of Foit Pillow, and, if pos
sible, of Fort Arison, and, then they will have,our
army isolated, aat the mercy of the hordes of cen
seripte ;who : haA6ured into the Southern army until
their numbers, fed; even their own hopes. By their
own accounts,.!] have one hundred and twenty thou
sand, men. to do 1 with. This may be probable, since
the abandonmeit the siege of Yiokßburg releases about
twenty-five tbopd
They capture
of cotton, at
Brownsville a.
Grand Junction three hundred bales
■aoge a large quantity of t.torea, at
jaf cotton and $20,000 in cash, and at
paymaster, with variously estimated
■' Probably amillion dollars’ worth of
Humboldt an.aij
amounts ofmonj
baa falldito their hands. The troops to whom
these'riiariiideralnlig' are' commanded by Gen. Prioe.
To his f xperienj band alone wonll Gen. Bragg entrust
the taik of cuttlohr army off. from the North When
tbiß is accompli#; Bragg will advance with hie main
Simj’.snd altackj-ant, while, at the same time, Memphis
will be tbrealenßY a powerful force from twoditoctions
These facta mayjireliedripon, as they arederivedfrom
reliable rebel sOpeB i : which have furnished evidence for
weeks, of what n.ilready transpired. There can be no
goodj-earon forjs: secret and clandestine movement of
rebel troops, wnhaajußt oulminated in the above out
hrenlj, except; tit in 'north of Memphis and'Jackson,
and cnt off onr pmmnicftiion, and in no .way can the
object bo'so efftkally carried to completion as by taking
possession of thkississippi and Tennessee rivers. ,
It is not atffmprobabie that Arkansas will have to
be |d'Curtiß join with the forces here, in
order to save thjity and its garrison.-? When we are out
off entirely ficitheNbrth,our,forcesmnstbeconcen
trated and placejn a defensive position.; The enemy is
strong enough tissumo the aggressive, and has already
commenced opejtions. The conscription has trans
foirntd every ;m in three; States—Mississippi,_Ark»n
eas,’anii XouislSrrinto a soldier. None are exempt who
choose to go, id hone are allowed to’ remain at nome
who are tmdor trty-five. H f
PROM ‘GEN. r EITH’S BIVISION—REBELS COSCKN
,, '.l ■ TRA'ttG'IN WEST TENNESSEE.
[Correepondoncoi the Cincinnati Gazette ]
TcLi.iiroirA, tan., Joly 25.—Thisis the headquartera
of Gen- W: S. Siithiwbo has command of the forces'at
present employe unguarding this spart ot tiie railroad
from Nashville (Stevenson. General Smith has a fine
body of troops: itbis portion of Tenncsseeis tn a state of
great commotio]Numerous guerilla companies orbands
have‘been fonin, and are doing much to disturb the
peace and do-tretho property of Union citizens, as welt
as to harass Ibeffederai army.. ■ "
; Besides the pitilent guerillas, it iaquite evident that a
latgp forceVf oirfederates have passed up from Georgia
into last Tennfeee,' and from thence by way of Loudon
—a village shot twenty-five miles below Knoxville, on
the TehnAfee Sver—have found a passage into West
Tennessee, (snej are now menacing several important
points. ThSr dstign'seems to be to destroy the Nash
vllle and Obfttaadoga railroad, and also the Tennessee
and'Alabsmi read, so that we shall be unable to get our
eit er by -way of Stevenson or Athens, and thus
compel Bool's attny to retreat.
5 The sixthiivision, General Wood, has been in rapid
motion for tie las) ten days, scouring the country be
tween (he tdo raihoeds running from Nashville this way,
for the purnee of finding the forces that attacked Mur
: freesboro’, tod tW roving guerillas, but thus far without
finding them Tip division marched eighty-seven miles
in three days, an£'althoughthe weather was exceed
ingly warm,(without injury to the men.
: It is suppibed that a force of some seven thousand re
bels are tW at McMinnville, about thirty miles from
this place, nirtheast, Midi! some well-laid plans do not
fail, these rebels will be bagged.
yACgaOWr imsi-I. THEBATESBD.
JACKSON,;Tenn, Ang, 3, (via Cairo, Aug. 4.)r-The ca
valry force’which has been in pursuit of the rebel Jack
eon’s forces' returned this morning- They report in all
their fightsand travels a loss of three killed and eight
missing, probably wounded or prisoners. Jackson is now
south of tie Hatchie river, and is being pursued by ca
valry from Bolivar.
I intimated in a recent letter that 'Bichmond was the
point of: concentration. I find, however, that opinions
which are worth more than mine make the army of Bneit
the immediate object of rebel attention.
The rebel forces concentrated south of the llneß of this
army are said to be in motion in the direction of {Stephen
son and Chattanooga, aßd the cavalry forces which have
recently been making demonstrations in Western Ten
nessee and Kentucky are behaved now to be making for
the rear of the movement If this is a true conjecture,
the army of General Buell may find some active work.
. There is nowjjp .direct overland Bne of communica
tion "between'’Hie.’army of Genera! Grant and that of
■’firidgaKSliell. .The army of General Sherman, as they
armies, afthfmFff~fflr-ifrnr-«w**>ia.rail» and dastroTed the
no ccmrrmnic«Hon except by way of Cairo—tfie "lmb'"bt
Sherman’SiCoromunieation: being the Mississippi river,
that of Grant’s the Mobile and Ohio KaiErosd, and tbat
of Buell’s the Tennessee river. This state of affairs
ought uot to, and I believe will not, long continue.
FROM MURFREESBORO r — CONFIRMATION OF BCBIA’S
' ~ • ’■ .
: of the Oinciefiati Times,
'ivilh Gonerai Ndfvyn’s division, at- Murfreesboro’,"Wroto
■as follows on the Ist hist.; ■ (
Tbe lateßt adviceß from Ghattanooga ere that the rebels
- are concentrating-in very large force there, and from the
news from Battle Creek, Stephenson, and other. points
along the, Chattanooga and Memphis Bailroad. I am
forced to believe that the report is not withant founda
tion ; however, I believe General Bnell can hold his own'
—at all events, it is expected he will.
The weather js hot:: Ti» tharmometeria
. 99 in the’shade to-day, hot enough even for an Irishman.
: General Nelson has recovered a. large amount of the
fire-arms captured by the reßels during their raid on
Murfreesboro’.:"
. % BSfPhOTMBNT OF NBURO-BS. "
HBADftUAUTEBS SzOOSU DIVISION DIBT. OF JAOKSOS,
Bolivar, ffenn., July 21,186(1.
. General Order, No.: 6.—ln order to maintain peace
Aad quiet, and protect persons and propertyfrom moles
tation or injury in this disiriot, it will be neceesary to
j occupy this place with a small force until the close of our
national dlflicultieß. And in order that our troops may
' easily protect titemseives against the, guerilla bands io
festing the country, it is necessary .to erect fortifications.
I do, therefore, hereby call upon all owners of ’slaves
’ living willuc tell miles of this-post to forward at ones to
-ilese headanarters at least three-fourths of their male
Bhveß,froin the ages of sixteen to forty-five years, to
sid in Said work. A blanket or quilt will-be furnished
ly the owner, Jf possible, to every two slaves forwarded.
' Ballons, cooking utensils, and working implements
l will he furnished by the quartermaster. It is hoped that
there will he no delay in at once responding to this call.
And it is confidenfly believed that the patriotic citizens
of Hardeman county will gladly: co-operate with our
troops in pntling a stop to the destructionbflife and pro-
Iperty which is disgracing Our country and race. By
’order of Brig. Gen. L. F, BOSS.
F. A. Dallam, A. A : G.
Thl WAR IN MISSOURI.
Rebels Concentrating in the North of the
j State—Porter and Poindexter being Rein
i forced—Tbe Attack on Westport—Otrages
/ in Carrollton—Rebels Routed in Chariton.
[From the Missouri Democrat, August 4.J
WARM WORK AHEAD
' Reliable information has reached the city that Porter
crossed the North Missouri Railroad on Wednesday, and
was at Florida, Monroe county, on Thursday; that he
broke up bis i»mß, -andi, crossed tho .Hannibal and St.
Joseph Ballroad<*gcing up into the northern counties,
Guitar’s forces in pursuit. Colonel Guitar is ill, in Mexi
co, but his forces were under the command of the ilen
tenahtcolonel.' .
: Poindexter iias between six and seyen hundred men
with him, as wss reported, and was, on Saturday, march
ing on Glasgow; where there W6re about two hundred
troops.' A company of seventy-fire was within four miles
;of Senick on Saturday morning. -
The guerillas are gathering, and joining Porter in the
easVand Poindexter in the west. Squads and email par
ties were moving to join them. They profess to be re
crnltiDg for the Confederate army. Evidently there is a
large and rapid-concentration of rebel forces in northern
Missouri. ' ! ! -■
",
[From the Miigouri Telegraph, August Ist.]
The mail-ba’tk on the.line from this place to Mexico
was taken pos&Bsion of by the rebel Porter and his men
on Saturday iait. near the Auxvasse bridge, nine miles
north of 4his place. Henry- Shootman, the driver, was
taken prisoner by the.rebels, and kept by them until
Monday night, after the battle- Colonel Porter said tbe
'Korns and hsiocwet* “contraband,” so he appropriated
ttem., ,The bfllsk .broke -down ..shortly after Porter got
ipossejsion of leftitat or near. Brown’s Spring.
'The horses artj'Btill in his'bands. When the mail bag
was taken into camp, Cobb, without authority from
Porter,cutit openand.destroyed its contents .When
Coibntl Porter learned of Cobb’s conduct,'he was quite
anyfy atki spok*’of .driving Cobb out of his camp. But
We bed hia anger soon subsided,and that he did not drive
' Oobb from big camp, for he was stilt with him at thetlme
of the late batde at Moore’s Mill.
I’ THK ATTACK OH WESTPORT.
[Sti Joseph (Mo.) Journal, August 2 ]
Cn Wedneajayovening last a party of guerilla bnslt
,whickers, led'by the notorious, desperadoes, Up Hays
and Dick Yoakor, entered the town of Westport, Jack
«an/couhty,onhorsebaok, tore down the - American flag,
jloatingover the residence, of Dr. Bogg, sijflt a Gorman
(soldiKe belonging to tbe’Kansas Ist, - who had just left his
'reg%&)t onjfnriougS, and left for parts irakhowivclosely
pursued byasqu&dof State miliiia. It is supposed the
loldiefJsmortpUy wounded. V-, >
, •, ’ O.CTRAGBS AT CARROLLTON.
A letter' to the Bt. Louis Usmoerat, dated Carrollton,
July3o, says:. . . ' . " ?
‘ yesterday a party of rebels, about 80 or 85 strong,
headed by Oapt. John Merriok, late of Price’s army, en
tered tie town of Carrollton, about 12 , o’clock, halted in
the street, whilst Merrick and others dismounted, and
entered thbpriuting office, (Carroilton Democrat,} taking
with them a sledge, and broke tbe press into pieces, and
scattered the, type and material to the four winds, after
which they mounted their horses, and marched south, in
the direction of the Sugar Tree Bottom, where there is a.
force, concentrating, fromall accounts, several hundred
strong. Some of thir party] in leaving, stated that they
were goiDg to Eichmond to report. This party baa been
■robbing Union men of their guns and horses,, and other
thingg'lhat jnipht suit them, though in passing through
Carrollton they interrupted nothing but tlfe printing press,
as Ilesrn. - . •
; On Sunday evening last, four soldiers of- Captain Da
vid’s company, of Bicbmond, were sent to this county to
put up some bills, notifying the citizens of this county to
report themselves at Bichmond for, military purposes,.
according to the late call of General Schofield. As they
'.wore riding near; a cornfield, lit the. vicinity of Judge
Dobins’, some onp shot from the field, wounding two of
lhe soldiers, oue'ieriouily, and has since resulted In his
death,' and one slightly, with a shot in the fleshy part of
the arm. The other two soldiers.retreated back to Jalge
Dobins’, and while they were. there a party of six or
seven rebels came to Judge ■ Ddbihs* and captured the
two, since which they have not been? heard of. Doubt
less,they have been murdered. Judge Dobin furnished
a horse and buggy to bring the wounded soldiers to his
; house, where ho gave'-them as good treatment as he
could.’. The wounded soldiers died at JudgeDobins’. ;
•TJBRIWAS ROTITZn IS CHARITON COUNTY.
A letter to the sattla.flaper,-dated Lacllde, Linn oonnty,
says:-.'’ . . ■ . ■ ■ -
Lieutenant Colonel Alex. M. Woolfclk, of this post,
with three hundred men, attacked a company of eighty
guerillas some twelve or fifteen miles northeast'of Keyts
ville, Chariton county, near the bend of Chariton river,
on the 30th of July, about bight P. M., and routed them
elegantly, killing eight, and wounding fifteen or twenty,
without,the losi of a man, killed or wounded, on our
Side.-; ’ . ' ;
A large rebej . force crossed the Missouri river at
Moberly’s Landing, above; Brunswick, on the evening of
i tbe Slet July, at wbioh place they captured a steamboat.
,Tbis forco will cross the railroad over one. thousand
jttyopg. The rebel'Porter crogsed the railroad, going
'
north, on the 31st July, with from 1,200 to 1,500 men,
Hq superintends over2,ooo" armed and desperate men,
north of the .Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad to-day,
and is daily recruiting, which, in a lew days, will in
crease to a formidable array, to say nothing of the plun
derings and murders to be perpetrated by such an un
dieeiplined and lawless force.
FROM THE ATLANTIC SQUADRON,
Reconnoissancc up the-Ogeechee—The Paul
, Jones Engaged—Attack on Fort James.
United States Gunboat Paht. Jonbs,
, Off Savannah Hakbor, July 29.
On the 27th we had orders of a business-like character,
and all bands, went to work cleariog decks for action,
none of us knowing exactly what was to be done, but
highly anxious to get to work at whatever was the design
of our commander. It soon leaked out that we were to go
on a reconnoitring expedition up the Ogeechee river,
and feel the batteries which the rebels had erected there.
We started.accordingly, entering Sapoio; Bound, thence
proceeding into St Oatharine’s Sound, and thence up the
Ogeechee river, which wo entered at thirty-five minutes
after nine A. M.v Wo kept one course steadily up the
Ogeechee until we arrived hear Fort James, a rebel work
on James Point, nineteen miles southwesterly from Sa
vannah. The vesselß formed in line for the work
on bend in the following order: Fifßt, the Paul
Joneg, Captain 'Charles' Stedman, who had command
of , ibe'expedition; next they Unadilla,' followed by
the Enron ; and the Hadgie. Having attained our
positions, wo opened on the fort shortly alter ten o’clock
A. M., with our rifle guns. About half an hour after
wards wo commenced using shell, add gave the rebels
a teste of .what we could do with our nine-inch and
eleven-inch guns. The fort in the meantime reiurned
onr fire, and I mnst say they made excellent line shots.
Many of their mißßilescame within twenty yards of our
: Bbip, otters thirty, and a great number went clear ovor
us. We prevented them from getting our exact raDgei
however, by the skillful manner in.which onr vesaels
were handled. Had they succeeded in this important par
ticular they doubtless would have done us groat damago.
The fort is a low earthwork, built on a point in the
channel.oftJhe lower Ogeechee. Abreast of the work the
river is ohlylseventy yardß wide, bo that it required great
skill in our officers to avoid the shot which were at one
time rained en us by the rebels. The guns of the fort are
trained so as to command the channel for three mileg;
below, so that the approaches to it are by no means safe.
We found also that obstructions, had been piaoed just be
low sufiicieht tp prevent the immediate passage of vessels.
Had we stopped to remove these, a general engagement
wdnid have been brought on, which weald have been
contrary to' tbe orders we received at starting, onr only
object bring at that time to "try the strength of the work.
We ebelled it_for two hours,-(firing ninety shells in all,)
and inflicting serious damage, while on onr side we re
ceived none. The crew of our vessel, although many of
ihein for the .first time under fire, behaved like veterans.
Having accomplished ail we desired, we returned to onr
anchorage: This reconnoitring movement is, I anticipate,
merely preliminary to. some important one that is about
to take place. What it is to be time will toll.
OUR ADMIRALS.
The Bill for Admirals ia our Navy—Re
tired List—Active List—Historical and
Biographical:
It is generally known that at the late session of Con
gress an act was pasted reorganizing the Navy of the
United States, and directing that it shall be divided into
nine grades, taking rank according to the date of their
s commissions in each grade as Mows;
1, rear admirals; 2 commodores; 3, captains; 4, com
manders; 5, Hentenant commanders; 6, lieutenants; T,
masters; 8, ensigns; 9, midshipmen.
And furlher, that the relative rank between officers of
the navy and the army shall be as follows, lineal rank
only to be ccßßideied:
‘ ‘ Bear admirals with major-generals, commodores with
brigadier; generals, captains with colonels, lieutenant
commanders with majors, lieutenants with captains, mas
ters with first lieutenants, ensigns with second lieute
nants.’’ ,
Tinner this law the President, a few days ago, made
several appointments. The following were commissioned
as tear admirals on the retired list:
THE RETIRED LIST.
Names. Nativity. App’d from. Entered.
Chas. Stewart I’enm Penn. 1798
Geo. C. Bead:. .Ireland. Penn. 1804
Wm. B. Sbnbrick..... .S .C. B. 0. 1806
Joseph 5mith..,..,....Ma55. Mass. 1899
Gee. W. Btorer N. H. Maine. 1809
Francis H. Gregory.... Conn. Conn. ISO®
S. H.. Btringham.. N. Y. .N. Y. 1899 ...
Hiram : Patdding...,...N. Y. N. Y. 1811
B. A. F. Lavalletle Ya. Penn. 1812
- THE ACTIVE LIST.
David C. Farragut T.nn- _ Tenn. 1810
L- M. Goldaborough...Dis- Col. Dis. Col. 1812
Baml. F. Dup0nt...,.,.N. J. Del. 1815
AndrewH. F00te......C0nn. Conn. 1812
HATTERS OF HISTORICAL INTEREST
When William Branford Shubrick left port as com
mandant of the Paraguay expedition he adopted the then
novel practice of hoisting the admiral's ensign, “ the
wide flag at the fore.” Commodore Trench Forrest, one
of the disloyal officers, and rebel commander at the Nor-’"
folk navy yard, had prt vionsly proclaimed himself an
admiral on the coast of Brazil, and had his visiting cards
printed with that title. He, too, flew his wide flag at
the fore. These are the only modern instances of Ameri
can officers claiming tbat rank. Until abont six months
ago, captain was the highest grade known to the service
for nearly a century, and the confusion arising on for
eign stations from the number of guns to which a com
mander-in-chief of squadrons was entitled became a mat
ter of serious embarrassment
j In American captain, as first in naval rank, of course
expected the same salute as the highest admiral in the,
English or French navy. This was frequently denied,
and several drol» wera-tbA-jsonEeqftence. Tho last <ll ffi
pnede, refuted at first to firifmore tban , ’eleven
Captain Salter, of the Savannah. To obviate the diificul- :
ties which se. often arose, the rank of “ flag officer,” ■
which is njw superseded by that of admiral, was
created.. ..
• As early as the year 1775, Congress authorized the'
creation of two battalions of marines, to be commanded
-by one colonel] two lieutenant colonels, two majors, and
other:Officers,>a h us.uoi in regiments of the regular army,.
Exactly twelve months after this act was approved, the
confusion of authority among the newly constituted naval
officers called for a law to define and designate the rank,
powers, and privileges conferred on each official. Hence,
in that most memorable of ail : years,:l776, a resolution ‘
was unanimously adopted, the reproduction of which is a
sufficient reply to journals which have been of late deny
ing that there was ever a naval law empowering any
officer to assume a higher title than that of captain. Hera
* is th© record t
On the 16th day of November,l77.6, in the Congress of
the United States, it was.
Resolved, That the rank of naval officers be to the
rank of officers in the land service :
Admiral as a General.
Vice Admiral. ..si; a Lieut. Geuorai.
Bear Admiral...as a .Major General.
CommcdorOi....as —Brigadier General.
’ And so on down to the grade of lieutenant, who was to
rank with the captataß in the army. On July 17,1862;
eigty. six years afterward, the Congress and Senate ofthe
United States passed the law above referred to, creating
the title of rear admiral. i
THB FIRST ADMIRAL. S-AMJTED-.
The commander of the Brooklyn navy yard, Admiral
Hiram Paulding; has linked himself with American na
val history. For him-was fired thefirstfull admiral sa
lute given to a representative since the good old time of
’76. Yeßterday he visited the French frigate, now lying
in the harbor, and was most cordially received by his
French cotemporary. &a his arrival, he was shown to
chief-officer’s quarters, and- subsequently inspected the
ship’s: battery.The-commandant's’official barge also
bote the American admiral’s wide flag at the fore. When
Admiral PauldiDg:ii«d concluded his visit, the stars and
stripes were sent to the foremast top of the Frenchman, '
and immediately the famous salute, which will be re
corded whenthereiano Hiram. Paulding among oar ad
mirals was fired with remarkable precision. Every ear
at the navy yard was ail attention tothe number of gnus, -
“ one,” two, down to “ fifteen,” were counted by dozens
of persons. Whop the last gun- went off, the erv, ‘‘Hur
rah forthe navy , there’s an admiral in it at last!” was
re-echoed fretn mouth to mouth. The Cobb dock then
belched forth the return salute, and while all the “ act
ing ’’■aimirsla were probably wondering which of them'
shonid get the first “fifteen,” a retired admiral ob*
iained it.
IBTBBHATMHfAi ETIQUETTE.
The appointment of rear admirals in the American
nary will put an end; to a vexations dispute respecting a
point of naval etiquette that has been mooted for years
between the English, French, and , American naval com'-:
menders. It is customary when war vesaeie meet at Bea
for salutes to be .fired corresponding to the rank of the
respective commanders. Thus, a captain receives eleven
guns and an admiral fifteen'gnus. Heretofore, captain
being the highest known rank In the American navy,
eleven guns were all that foreign war vessels would ac
cord to our commanders. Trivial as thiß matter may
seem,lt baa caused much bad blood,-and has been the
occasion of freauent remonstrances from our Govern
ment', which held that as captain or commander was-the
highest rank in onr navy it should be respected as much
as the highest rank in all other navies. But this was
never allowed.
Letter from Hon.-'Leslie Coombs
[From the Cincinnati Commercial.]
Ke'B. Com. X Win thank yotf.to insert the following
correspondence in your paper. Nd'oKom cLoubtt my loyalty.
I BavechKentucky in 1860 against Buchanan and hia in
famouß den of thieves' at Washington, aided by Breck
inridge and friends,' and the dtate authorities i* Ken
tucky. There is not a man of my name, as far aa I know,
or have heard, in the rebel ranks. My father,fought un
tier' Washington, and I have shed my own.biood in the
'battle-fields of my country. X claim, therefore, to have
my children treated with common decency and humanity
—eijisciattymydaughters,
-Bespcctfully yours.
To Lt. Millward, Provost Marshai of LtxinsUm:
, Lexington, Angnst 4th, 1882.
Sju 1 1 learned from a newspaper last? Saturday mor
ning that my daughter, Mrs. KLitchel, who, with her two
little girls, has resided In my house ever since the death
ot her husband, some years since, had been arrested in
Cincinnati, while on a journey «o attend to .some p-ivate
bnsinsss of much importance to her; her person and
trunk examined by Btrangerß, when she was without any.
male protector, and nothing found but her wearing ap
parel-and private papers.'
I immediately wrote,to a friend in Cincinnati to ascer
tain the cause of such treatment, and by whose au
thority it was done. lam informed that it was in pur
suance of a telegraphic despatch from this city. Now.
my object iB to ascertain if you gave such an order, and
if so, upon what charges and upon whose information,
ms well as to he informed of the reason for suhj'eoting her
to the terror and humiliation "of an arrest in a? public
hotel, in an adjoining State, where she,was only remain
ing for a night—entirely alone—instead of at home, in
my house, where she coutd always be found, if she had
ctmmltted any offence against the Government. I will
thank yon for an early answer,
Respectfully,
Provost Marshal's Office,
IiBXiKGTOHi Ky., August 4,1862*.
Gmtral L;Ooombs: . '
Sir : Hot havibg assumed the duties of provostmarshal
at the time your daughter was arrested, I was not, there
fore, officially instrumental in haying the arrest made*
I Bays the honor to be",*very'respectfully, your obedi
entservant, , W. H. MIIiLWAKIb,
. liieut. and Ptovost Marshal.
A FOBEIGN VItSSEX, AX OHIOAGO,-On Satur
day last the second vessel from a foreign port,; arrived at
Chicago.l She was a Norwegian brig, and. the first vessel
: carrying passengers from across theocean.that has visited
that city. As she entered theharbor isitow. of a tug, a
salute of thirteen guns was fired; and. the thousands of,
spectators who lined every available spot, on the ' shore
cheered; vociferously. The pasßeiigcracrowded her deck,
and the flags of all nations were flyiuafrom mast-Load to,
deck.* As she came to her dock, which.was covered with
people, her,passengers peered .over the- bulwarks, seem
ingly speechless with astonishment. The name of the
vestel is the gleipner. She is commanded by CaptOKoga,
; and isabont 80S tons burden. She had on board 15ft
Norwegian passcDgera,who had, emigrated to the West.
The Sleipher waß built in Bergen, Norway, and sailed
from that port direct for Chicago ten weeks ago.. Her
itimeto Quebec was Bix weeks. The trip has been : made
in gpod.time, and. during, the. transit very r little severe
weather was encountered.. The Norwegians of Chicago
have prepared a splendid set of colors, whioh are to be
presented to the captain of the Sleipaer.
HON- SOHDTKEK COLFAX BK-NOMNATED
SOB COHGKSSS.— At the Onion Congressional Con
vention , held at Plymouth, Indiana, last Thursday, -
Hon. Schuyler. Oolfax was re-nominated to represent the
Btate in Congress, without a dissenting vote.
WYNKOOF’S OATAIiKY—A. Nashville correspond
ent Rnya: lt IE la reported,' with how much truth I ant
enable to Bay, that an entire company of Colonel Wye
hoop’s cavalry was captured by: the rebel oavalry re
cently, about ftftcoiuaUej (feta tMspl#W> on the heba
ttoa wad.”
'f&e Engagement on James River.
AenPJR' DFERMIDffS Off THE HIPPI
- EXPECTED.
THE TA3JKEH RAID ON ROCKIHOH&M.
The NotftH- C3ai»ola>ssa Election*
The Coming- Contest Befcw® Richmond.
engagement car- jambs- rives—heavy cAff-
[From the Bichmond Dispatch) 2d.]i
Shortly alter 12 o’clock on Thursday night, tbo citizens
of Bichmond were startled by heavy and- continuous re
ports of cannon, proceeding from the direction of City
Point. The reports were very rapid, and those who oc
cupied eligible positions eonid distinctly see the- hash of
the sons. This was kept ui> for nearly two hours,,during
which period it is estimated'ihat'there-wero no less than
fire hundred discharges. From-information'received
yesterday morning, it appears that our artillery, inclu
ding a number of . heavy siege' guns, .which-had'heen
placed in position at aud below Coggin’a POlut, on
Thursday, opened a fierce cannonade during-the night
upon the Federal fleet and McClellan’s camp-on' the op
posite side of ibe river,
Coggin’s Point is in Prince George comity, abontfOrty
miles from Bichmond by the river route, hnt less than
thirty in a direct line. Observations-made on- Wednes
day revealed about one hundred and-fifty FederaPVesselh
at Harrison’s Landing, nearly opposite,• ves
sels of every description, among them some very flue
steamers. On the same day. - four large transports)
crowded with troops, came up the river- The .fleet was
lying quietly at" anchor, and ho unusual' movement- was
notlced in the vicinity. ■ " -
The enemy was evidently taken by surprise, and-alkthe
lights- of the fleethwere immediately extinguished,' but
this did not.prevent orir gunneis from preserving their
■range, which they had taken care to obtain-with seen*
racy while daylight gave them an opportunity. A feeble,,
rerponse was made: by the gunboats,' bat’ firing- at- ran
dom, and comparatively ignorant'of our position, they
inflicted little damage. The fleet, on the-contrary, is
- supposed to have suffered heavily. A great crashing was
heard' intbe river, and it is conjectured tbat colliaiona
oceurred among the vessels in their haste to get'beyohd
the reach of danger. At daylight yesterdayinomingrihe
entire fleet had disappeared, and great commotion was
visible- in McOlellun’s camp. The only casualties re
ported on our side were caused by an accident to one of
; the ghiss, by which one man was killed and Six-were
wounded—two of the number, belonging to Page’s-bats,
tery, badly.
A member of Dabney’s Artillery, who participated in
the engagement, arrived in this city last evening, with
the remains of Wm. P. Dalton, of the same battery, who
was killed by~a shell. 5 His account of the affair agrees
mainly with the foregoing statement, though he says that
the enemy’s fire was very heavy, but, owing to the-dark--
nesß of the night, not well directed. The scene on the
opening of the cannonade is described as magnificent!
The long line of Federal vessels drawn up near the snore
opposite, with their glimmering lights, reminded the be
holder of an illumination for some festive occasion. Our
informant could tell very little of went occurred after
ward, except in regard to the part sustained by the bat
tery to which he belongs. . ,
<• Long Tom” fired fitteen round's, tome of which they
felt confident took effect upon the enemy’s fleet. The
crashing of timber was hoard distinctly amid the roar of
camion, jet the darkness of the night rendered it im
possible to mate observations. Tho casualties in Dab
ney's company were three: W. P. Dalton, killed; Tho
mas Fargubarand Patrick Graham, wounded. In Page's
battery H. Thacker and John Brooks, of Hanover, were
severely Injured by the premature explosion of a gun,
and fonr others eligstly wounded. If any further casu
alties occurred along our line, they have not yet been re
ported. The orders were, as we are informed, to Are a cer
tain nomber of rounds attboenemy, and when this was so
complished our force auietly withdrew, and the engage
ment terminated.
THE FEDERAL FLEET- IS JAMBS OTSS.
[From the Examiner, Ang. 2.]
The Petersburg Expreis learns from gentlemen who
made observations from Ooggin’s Point on Wednesday
that the Federal fleet then comprised one hundred and!
fifty vessels, among which the names of the Vanderbilt,
Eudamora, and ten other large steamers were legible by
the aid of a telescope. 'During Wednesday four large
. transports, loaded with troops, came .up the river. The
number of tents at Berkeley seemed less than on the week
before. This may have been owing to a removal to the
forests back of Berkeley. Persons In the neighborhood
think MeOlellan’s force has been reduced, but are not
positive on that point. A balloon, yclept “The Intre
pid,” -containing two persons, made an ascension, and
hovered two honrs over McClellan's camp.
lumns, in the recent attack of the aniilery upon the ship
ping and encampments of the enemy, our cannao were
planted at and below Ooggin’s Point. Coggin’a Point is
the name of the plantation of Mr Edmund' Ruffin, Jr It
is situated on the south side of the James river, in the
county of Prisee George, and is directly opposite Berkely.
Just here the river is considerably over a mite wide, but
a mile or two below narrows to a width oi lobs than three
quarters of a mile. In the absence of positive informs
tion, we are disposed to think oar guns were postei along
the river bank to the Burry line, and-perhapß even be
yond.'.; >: '
f From the Bichmond Dispatch, 2d']>
w*a.., ef jaffiritannJhe Banpahannock, the
delayed. -For several daya past thVTinc-fiiy'EaVS'Seeu'
making such disrosition of his forces as to induce the
belief that eh advance is early contemplated. Passen
gers by the Central train last evening- represent that the-,
main army of Pope has moved up- from- Ghlpeper into
Madison, and that a considerable infantry force had been
{-advanced in a Bouthwesteriyjdireotion-as far as-Stnarts
ivilie, in Srteno county. This point is-on the road lead
ing into the Valley, through Sw-ift Bun Gap,land only a
tJew miles from the foot of the Bine Bidge. .
” The depredations committed, by Pope’s, army in- Cul
peper are wilhont parallel, eveh-ih-thlß war of unheapd
of atrocities. The infamous drtfen 06 the Yankee com
mandant of that department-has been pnt into practical
operation, and, as a result, large numbers of horses, cat
tle, sheep, hogs, &c., have been stolen f.-om-ibeu' rightfol.
owners, and the stock of wheat, corn, and-other necessa
ries of life, constituting the sustenance of the people, have -
been appropriated to the use of-the invaders. In some
instances families have been.ieft- upon the verge of starva
tion.--
Acts of the most infamous character enacied-upon the
negro women of the county are reported,.in the presence
.of white ladies, and in some instances deeds- of violence
have been perpetrated upon respectable ladies them
selves. Citizens are arrested'daily and sent to Washing,
ton, there to be incarcerated among others, the.Bevt
John Cole, an aged minister oft the Epiaoopal Chnreh,
was arrested on Sunday last, andilaken from, his pulpit,,
for praying for the Confederacy; Tney stale from- Oapt
John Taylor, an officer in-the Confederate army, twenty
eight negroes, burnt his house and ail th<T outbuildings,
carried off his stock and everything else of value, and
desolated his entire farm—one of the finest -in the
county.
FROM ODLI'BBBR;
[From the Examiner, august 2=] :
Several gentlemen, direot; from; Culpeper county,
reached this city yesterday evening by the Central cars.
The Yankee isle in the county is- severe- beyond prece
dent in this war. .- The most abominable ontrages.are be
ing perpetrated on the tamales, white-arid- black. Every
man of prominence who has come in their way hSB been
arrested and sent off to Washington, their personal goods
Stolen or destroyed, their-' Block butchered, atidi their
lands laid waste. Allthacitizena-who halve- the means
have fled or are preparing to fly.
Ills thought the enemy has concentrated tiisVoices at
Germania Mills, on the Bapidan, some eight or ten miles
west of Frederickebnrg, and about twenty miles distant
from 0. ange Court-House: From this point the V ankees
say they will advance upon Orange Court- House, and
thence to Gordonaville. . ’ - ; ,
From the Lynchburg Rijmblioan we learn that the
Yankees have boasted that they will take Gordons vilioby
this Saturday night without firing a gun. ,;
-* The Republican has also learned, upon good-authority,
that a general engagement between our forces and .the
enemy was expected to take place yesterday, . -
[from the Examiner, 2d inst.],
• We have heretofore mentioned that on Thursday and
Friday last week, there was considerable excitement in
Staunton on account of the unpleasant proximity of the
enemy, who was reported to be only some twenty miles
distant;- though at that writing we were usable to say in
what direction he wasauppoted to be. Thia auestioahas
been solved by the Bookingham.fleoftfer of yesterday,
from this paper we learn that on Thursday, the 24th
nit., , a Yankee cavalry, force of twelve, hundred men,
coming from Macison county, and entoriogthe menhfain
at what is known as Turkey Bidge, in Greene county,
dashed into Bockingbam .through the Swift Ban Gap.
They aireated a number of citizens In the vicinity of
Conrad’s store, all of whom, they subsequently released,
except Mr. Meredith Knighting.
They burnt Mr. Khlghting’s house and took him along
with them aB a prisoner, y the- cause of the peculiarly:
hareh treatment of' this gentleman is said to have been
owing to the fact that some time since a Yankee soldier
was shot and killed. near, his house. The Yankees made
but a short stay at Conrad’s store, and then passed
into Pike county,-.where .’another..body of their''forces' is
said ,to he stationed;. • • v -
A part of oar. cavalry force, under command of Colonel
Barman, was sent in pursuit of ths Yankees, but failed
to come up with.them... This, unexpected raid threw, the
pountry aroncd Conrad’s store",into great excitement,
and many citizens left',, driving off their horgesj cattle,
and .hogs. ...
KOBISt dAB6iINA'GPBiaKAPb.RIAI. CONTEST. ,
[Frbm the Bfchmond, Bxamiuer, August 2.)
IESIiIE COOMBS,
i The election of Governor of North Carolina seems to
agitate the minds of the troops from that State in the
rebel aimy. The rival candidates are Colonel Vance and
Johnston. , The B'whmaailHzamintr of the 4th instant
says that the Bth North Carolina Volunteers held an
election, and polled, a unanimous vote for Vance, hud
i another regiment gave all bnt ten votes to 'Yance. The
ftamieff, therefore, assumes that these figures are in
dicative of the ballot that will be cast by the State on the
Vth,the day of the gubernatorial election. .
, Mr. Osgood, ah escaped Unionist just arrived from
Bichmond, says common home-made pants sell for $22
per pair in that city j a box of matches, such as can be
bought in New York city for one cent, ttaoro brings fifty
cents; a,drink of mean whisky costs fifty cents; shoes,
$2O per pair. There is no specie there whatever in com
mon use. Mr. Osgood knows of bnt one broker in Kich
mond; be has all the specie there is, and sells it at $2 25
in Confederate money for *1 in gold or silver. ’ Quinine,
a most necessary article in that section, sellß for $l5 per
ounce. All they are able to procure of this article is
smuggled Into the city,from Baltimore. The ignorance,
of the rebel soldiery Is surprising. One-eighth ef them
actually believe that President Lincoln is a negro, and
will not be convinced to the contrary. There were ru
mors in the city that General Joe Johnston was dead.
Tho avenses to his house are. blockaded, and no yehiole-.
of:any kind is allowed to pass by it. The negro boy who.
attends at the General’s house, told iff. Osgood that hft,
had not seen that dignitary for nearly five weeks, jand ,
that when he last taw him he was surrounded by doctor?,,
who commanded perfeot silence to be kept in the hccee
and. vicinity, , , to- i:i -, ,y ; ,yy. ;
: The rebel officers entertain a high opinion of MuptM-
Isn’s generalship. Mr.,Osgood has heard them repeatedly ;
say that his recent change of base is one of the Qpatest,
military feats'of the age; and they acknowledge Shat so
masterly was the,manner in which he bronght ii,about,
their plbds wer e completely frustrated, and
victory barren of any favorable results. The* m crest
fallen and downhearted, having supposed thatnkfcOlellaa,
and bis army wore entirely within: their grasp,' and that
they would either annihilate them or cyjJkel them, all
prisoners. ....... . , ■, - f . ’
; r The Petersburg Express of the 2d sts&Athat th» vote
in the 24th and 28th North Carolina Rtgjphents Trots, up
aa follows: y : .
IEStiIE COOMBS,
TWO CENTS.
LATE SOUTHERN NEWS.
NONADEi
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS,
coggih’s po-ibt.
As will be seen, by reference to one telegraphic co-
FROM THE RAPFA-HiAsMtoeKs
YANKEE RAID. ON ROCKINGHAM,
BIGHKOMP. PRICES—ITEMS.
. ’ . ... .'' Vance.’ Johnston.
24th North Carolina Volunteers. w . .341 36
2Gl.h North Carolina V01unteer8,i,....',420 f
Total.,, , ~,^4
Majority for Vance..
Colonel Vance is said.fe bo the conservative candidate,
wMleiJobnston is a fi,re-eater of the Bhett and Barnwell
’school. It is apparent that Governor Clark, the present
-incumbent, does toot suit the tastes of Jeff Davis & Co.,
inasmuch bb be dared to call upon the North Carolina
"trcops to return home when General Bnrnsido took pos
sersion of Hie shores of the old State. ' This flagrant act
of hostility toward King Jeff could not bo tolerated, and
ihe cfl\,nder must be (politically) deoapltated : hence the
-ntnr.',nations of Vance and Johnston, both of whom are
t jppcst d to ba warmly attsohed to the rebel came. Next
• Tt wedsy is the day set apart for ’ the enactment of the
THE WAR PRESS,
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Larger Olnbs will be charged at the same rate—thus:
20 copies will cost $2!; 60 copies will cost $6O, and 100
copies $l2O, '
For a Olnb of Twenty-one or over, we win send an
Extra Copy to the getter-np of the Club. -
K7* Postmasters are requested to act as Agents tot
The Wax Presb.
Advertisements' inserted at the usual rates Six
linos constitute a square.
- Sul election farce, and it is bnt fair to assume that the
Itat.’trill go but one way, and that is at the oictatlon of
the powers in Bichmond.
THE HOUB OF DECISION AT HAND.
[From th* Dispatch,2d]
We are on the eve of great events. The hour of dd»
cielon has b.ven placed by Providence in onr own hands.
In that Providence wo cherish an abiding faith and an
unfaltering triist- But We den not believe that the Pro*
vidence of God conflicts w»h' the fees agency of man. It
woikß for and ,vieh u» In temporal *s well as spirituai
things; but in omyas in the other, wemsfit Use the means
vouehßsfed, and thcopportunPics afforded, and work out
onr own salvation. -The hand ef Qod h»i enabled'ns fly
smite back the enemy St-oih Iho GMCkahoniiny ; Bnt this?
was only the beginning's!’the wor3K If we dtf’not follow'
It up—if ws do not heaylflaw npea- we psrailfc
our enemy again to'raf# and
shall the summer be past, tS'e harvest ended, auii thc day'
ol onr salvation delayed, ifaot-foreVer'sme'.'-
We rejokc to believe that Car Governrsent fully appre
ciates this momentous truth. -Sow is the'lima to st-ike
how, whilst car banners are flashing in the-light of vie--
tory j whilst every Southern attord mirrozr this" brigh
Sums of glory aud 1 Bope; whitsPthe'accnrsedffde' is pt'e-"
parfog once meve-ibr a final spriaS, «o.w-:ia the timiSfor'
a Blow that shaft erneh- this by anMtekded'deepotism fori -
ever, and send an* electric thrill el'-’deliverance and jdy'
item one endto tSrr biker of this MraffslingivaEuiit, and ?
gtorions country.
Soldiers of the Set!® f. Napoleon toM Ms 'warriors iii ’
Egypt that from the mnsmit of the pyramids forty een- ’
tiries looked ooWD.npmi them. WitfcdMtoe i laD£osge<>F f
rhetorical exaggeratSoff, wa can say to'.you- that ftotU"-
ten thoaeand anxions-itonies the eyes of Ssothers, Bisterd,"
Wives, and children aroiSokfag Upon you—too Sung upon
you, ibeSi- brave and'botoved—looking upon ydu as tfieir r
enly help and hope, save tHa-J God in wSfcte bandeani"
the issues of battles. ahd r tirwbose Almighty throne ariMp’
day and night those prayereof faith which‘ ( he has pro- 1 *
mised to answer and to iffess Inspired by-»uih : reflec
tions, let oar gallant soi stof the South onc»more’give"
their glorious- banners to tii breeze, and let’the resolve -
of every hear* be “ victory or'deaih. ” .
. Tho whole South looks- off ? the world looSt on; the
fate cf fuiure generations trembles in the balance, Nev- -
er did such calamities visit' e- civilised aiid Christina
people as those which now threaten every Cdutherd
I home, and whicS can only he averted by the power of
1 Heaven and yomr own strong ararfl The resnlt'we can
not doubt. Now let there bo no-delay ; not an honr’a ‘
procrastination; it. roaj be new or never.
FRGM FOBT- DEDAWARE.
[jfrom the Examiner, 2d,]
Jos. Qex, who anSyed in this cityfrom Fort Delawara,' •
on Tuesday, was captured while on a'seontin the vicinity >
of-Front Bo) al, on the 18lh day of'May,- after having :•
bis horse sbot nnder him, and was-senff from there to'the ’
9id in Washington city.. Here he romain
ed until the 4th day oF July, when ho-was - transferred to ••
Fort Dilaware, from whence be- escap'd about a week
after. In hie.escape, he was accompanied by Mr. J. A.
Toole, of the' 9th Virginia Cavalry.; The first point’ s
nsached by them after, making landy was Georgetown,
Delaware. They passed'through" several towns in '
the same State, hut catettnusly refraiued ifrom making
ki own their situations.- When they arrived in Kent ■
county, Maryland, they disclosed the fact that they were
refugees from Fort Delaware, and found' plefaty of friends
and sympathizers. , . -
Mr. Coxssyß that on the night of'tho'3d bf'Jtßy th'n 1
Secesßienieta of Middletown), Delaware, hoisted a 06b- -
fl-derate flag on a pole which had: been erected' by that
Unionists, and that early on tlfe morningof tbo dthth* '
«. Stare and Bars” were saluted with forty rounds'by the
supporter* of the Abolition Government. When they l
disco vend ilieir mistake they were so enraged that they
immediately hauled down the Mg and tore it into sbrsds, -
and vig< rously applied themselves ro waehlng-thff-'pole
with soap and wrier, to cleanse it ifom the polluting ef
fects of the Confederate banner. He says that there
were about four thousand prisoners at Fort'Deiawarx
when he lift, and that they were- very uncomfortably
. situated, with scarcely food enough to sustain life.
MISCBI.IiAWBOFS>
The prisoners captured by JB&jor B&Hfeyy in hit hril-
iant "cavalry dash on Sbmerßville,-the county seat ofKi
oholas, on Friday last* arrived in Lynchburg on There- ■
cay night. They number sixty- four privates and four ”
oommiSHoned officers, among them Ideutenant-Qolonei ?
Starr,.the commandant of the place at thetim© of its cap
tnro. Dr. Bißcker is not among the*^number, having: <*
bten detains! at the Salt Sulphar Springs) the authori
ties not bavif whether he shall be treated as a •
spy or a ; prisoner. of war.
We have already- announced that Gov/Letcher hasleft -
this city for Wytheville, whither hegoos, we learn, to see *
in person the condition of things with reference to the
troops *f the State line, authorized to'bs raised under
Gen, Floyd, an(f render whatasiistauce he may. l We are
happy to learn that’it is his intention to demand from the ’
Confederate Government the Virginia traitors and the
violators 06 Virginiadaws who have fallen into its hands.
These men have no light to be treated as prisoners of
war; they are eliminate against Virginia- who mast be
handed over to oar own authorities, to be dealt with ac*'
cording to our own laws— Richmond * jyispaichi' August '■
2d: ...
The repairs necessary to mate the City-POint Bailroad 1
hi a passable condition being still incomplete, the sick
and wonnrcd Yankees, lodged at the Confederate States
Military Pi ieon, corner of Secor-d and Cary streets; yet
remain in their old position. They will I 'be' despatched 1
homeward in a very few days. .
The great number *f sick and wounded' 1 contained in
the tobacco warehouses and other domicilea- in the city,
create great apprehensions in the minds of' the -residents
of an impending epidemic. Gangrene and'lockjaw stalk <
abroad amcngithe unfortunate wonDdod of: both armies,
and the scarcity of medical shill does not 1
tend in the least'toimpreve the condition-of the sick Bind 1
wounded. Provisions are scarce, and the green produntg
of the country are monopolized by the army, to theex
elusion of the patient and enduring civilians and
•onradrs in the rebel capital.
Jb : ■ :
Fiogms of Eeomitiag.
THB BBOYIBENCE WAR MEETING.
Gov. Sprague, in hia speech, said :
•‘lt is no playfni businoss on which we have assem
aJbaJnnlm before us are serious to yon, and to
promotion of onr country's good. Since tho
the war it has been my doty and pleasnre to devote all;
my'energies to represent.yon. ;It is for yon- to say- whe
ther I have discharged the duty promptly and effectively
or not, . .I" have endeavored only to perform a simply
doty.; And-1 come here, upon the call of this committee, -
to say that my interest has been Unflagging in the causa
which is uppermost in tte heart of every Americameiti.
zen. It is yoaj fellou^citizens—not those--who occupy
high pieces—it is the humble citizen, who works by the- -
sweat of his Brow for his daily pittance—-it is for -him,.
and him alons, that these interests and no other art -
to be represented on this occasion. Yonronited -spirit -
and feeling are needed to protect yourselves-from enemies .
abroad-with arms in'their hands, as well as from thoeo
at-home. It is jour duty to go, and tho3e who do not go
do not do their doty ”
. V 'ME* HAKTfORD ARSEKAD.i.
f The State Arsenal at Hartford, Connecticut,, baa-boon
remodelled end thoroughly repa red, and is now. nnder -
the management of Brigaoier General-Aiken, the qnar
tf-i masier general of the State. He snpplies-the seven .
new regiments now forming with clothing, guns, and-’
ammunition; The arsenal has been vastly improved,
having been divided into separate departments,for shoes,
olothing, oamp equipage, and monitions of war. Every- .
thing haß to Be strictly accounted for, and every man
must obey the rules ■ Over one hundred tons of clothing j
»ro daily expected to: arrive, together with - equipments- <
for the new regiments.
»ASSACHtJSBTTS AND CONNECTICUT;
Msssaobnaettsis very active recruiting. Three thou- -
sand six hundred are in a camp, and sixteen thousand *
have been, enlisted in tno State. In Oonnec-ficnt four •
thonsand-are enlisted. From Camp Cameron, Massachn- -
setts, Gri Friday, one hundred and fifty men were sent to
fill up the old regiments.
SARIBALM AND YOLUHT-BKBHra. =
•; The following brief but spirited addrosß to Garibaldi,,
we learn from a Genoa paper, is being widelv circulated,
and b»B already received alarge nnmber of signatures^
“ G KUK kaj.: You do not require, vain talk, nor written
protests, bnt armed men—no notes, but Bwords to be.cast
into the balance of diplomacy; and we, convincedof the,
truth of yonr words, declare to you that we araready to
respond to your call.”
At the present moment, the spirit manifested in this
terse and soldierly declaration of the-Italian patriots of-:
fers to every American citizen an ox ample and anlncem
live to do his duty.
AN; APPEAL TO BE -HBSDBD.i.
A( the war meeting recently held at Brockport,-H.-T.,
the Hon. Sanford E Church took dhe stand, and while.
expostulating wljh the yonng men present for »ot coming,
up to volnnteer, concluded hla appeal—in evident die-,
paragement of their patriotism—with the following butt:
“Why, upon my soul, I believe I could raise more men .
from the ladies now in the house !”•
IDMBOISc
The Galena Advertiser says : -
t We were told the other day of a matron of Jo Daviess,.
Who is the mother of eighteen chiidren. She. had. one
son, an officer ia the army, when two more of them front
the harvest field presented themselves 'before her for
leave to enlist. She told them quietly to go, and that she
had three more sons to send if the country needed them.
Such mothers give birth .to none but heroes. .
THE CHICAGO AND .HOBEBWBST-EEH -HAIhEOAD.v
Engineer Bently. of ithe Chicago and Northwestern.,
road, hae been commissioned to raise a company, and will,
confine bis enlistments, to:the employees of the road.
The railway company! have.generously given $5,600aa.
bounty money, to aidin filling Capt. B.ls company.
DOCTORS’ CBaSPPipATBaOE.iHp AYAIL
We are reanested bythe surgeon general to state << that,
doctors’ certificates of disability” will be ‘of no earthly,
avail, except for‘mere State-service.. Undec the .order -
,rom the War Department; everybody,, .within certain
ages, without reference to his physical condition, will ba,
subject to draft. 4 3ft ;Bfter they, have been dratted, they
are fomad to be disabled., they wilhbe exempted, r, People,,
therefore, who ran, to.tbeir physicians to get certificates,
of pbysicarunfitness.to “ shoulder .arms,” waste their -
time and breath iaraln. —Albany EveningJonrnal.!
CINCINNATI.
Tbe subscripHens to the bounty fund godk nobly on. It.
will reach , f>2o6tBoo .this, week. Bnt many of our, mer
chants and welKtiv do hurinesa men are not satisfied with,,
this. They are- offering extra bounties independent.,
HEW .HAIiYSHIP.B .
The Mancaqsitr'Americes* says: “Since,thgissuing;
pf the older to enroll the names of those liable to perform,
military duty, we,learn that many of the cowardly sneaks.
in tome of ikatowns ftf our neighborhood have resarted '
to all torta-of triokß to avoid the,chanpe.of .being drafted-i
for the* atisg,. There nover before were Eoinany sick and i
debilitated pepple .amqug the.adult male population as.
now. V/g-under stand that the physicians in Deerfleldi
have granted,seventy-sive certificates to .young .man in
lhat toco excusing them from enrollment.' What is most,
sitgulew in thisaffaiiais thatohlpSßeeh pf this number,
are -BeaplilicaDS. sa: the Hunkertown ofWHmqt we.
learn that seyen young men, the sons of .Democrat,.left,
on Suarflay last fciGanada.”
NEW., JE3SSYv
• The Newark 4svert'ser says :
i-31pcr,uiting has .received a slight impetus to-.dsy. In,
view of a speedy draft and the,cessation of bounties that
w 3) (hereafter assue. Many who have been .waiting for
blgber’ bohvtiesjirenow oonnng forwawi to sechra.whut.
they, can whila-the opportunity, is offcrad. The eabjoct
.d drafting is attractingjpnchiattenlica, and is dlscrissed,
■by knots, o?yme,n on every corner. Thelgeiieral expres-
Ision is one of satisfantien, and the opinion is.freely ex-,
pretted that it, shonlihave been dKae.long.sinca, and the,
men be-already in. lihe field, where their services ara
•fneeded.’*- ... ;.
, The Portland .JSnurti ser' of Tuesday has thejfollowing
encouraging payagraphr
, “Do you l&sr.the piproch Calling ?’ The voluntoora
ara conning i& a mighty host. A ux>rs stalwart body,of
men we do desire to look npon than passed through
o nr streetaio-day, from tii© towns hTaplesj,
Canton and one other inland piece, numbering 140 injail,
with ien additional from (his city. Over 800 are in camp
to-day. The regiment will be filled up in seaaon'lo make
the Governor’s statement good.:
BBCRUITING in CLEVELAND.
Since the order of Secretary Stanton to draft 300,060
men, recruiting in the city has, brightened. The recruit
ing (dices, of which there are between fifteen and twenty
in tbis city, 5 have been doing a pretty lively business this
morning. ,; Captain Shields enlisted a dozen, and will
probably he full next week. The other recruiting officers
: nre doing well, and many of them feiel greatly enoout aged.
Enlistments for the regular service have bean and still are
'unite dull. —Cleveland Herald .
Hew Regiment to be Raised, j
:To the Editor of The Press: _ .
Sir : In addition to the regiments already in the
'field, a new one is to be raised,’under the special
■protection of the ladies of Philadelphia, oalied the
.Stay-at-home or Wont-go to be oomposea
'of those young men whose weak nerves and cling
! ing dispositions unfit them for active duty. The
uniform is to be a brown veil; arms—sun umbrella.
Contributions may be left at any of the newspaper
offioes, and will bo gratefully received toward*
equipping the above regiment. ,
! Very respectfully your obedient servant,
AliAdt.