THE PRE^ }
TOBLUHID DAILY (SUNDAYS BXOKPTID),
' BY JOHN W. FORNEY.
10*. BTo. 11l SOUTH FOURTH STSBBT.
'TIUC DAILY PRESS,
Fifteen Gents Per Wees* ,payable tothe carrier. •
Hailed to Subscribers oat of the City at Sbvbn Dollars
Per Anncth, Three Dollars and Fifty Cents foe Sis'
Months. One Dollar and Sevrnty-fivis-Cswts for
Three Months . invariably in advance for the time er-
Aered,-.
AST* Advertisements Inserted at the usual rates. Uz
dines constitute a square.
THK TRI-WEEKLY PRESS,
Mailed to subscribers out of the City at Four Dollars
jpBR-Annum. in advance.
WATCHES AKD JEWELRY.
QLARK'S,
6053 CHESTNUT STREET^
IS THE CHEAPEST PLACE IN THE (JITY-TO BUY
GOLD or PLATED JEWELRY, S'tiVER-PLATED
Wk BE, PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS, POCKET-BOOKS,,
’TRAVELLING BAGS,; &c. !
Call and examine oar Stock before purchasing else
where. « :
- The following 1* a partial list of goods which we are
from 20 tolOO per cent, less than, at any other es*
l&ablishmeut in'tha citv *.
ICE PITCHERS.
SYRUP PITCHERS. .
CREAM PITCHERS.
SUGAR BOWLB.
BUTTER COOLERS.
. GOBLETS.
CUPS.
CASTORS.
WAITERS.
CAKE BASKETS.
;CARD BASKETS. '
SALT BTANDS.
. TOBACCO BOXES.
‘ NAPKIN RINGS.
. . PRUIT KNIVES.
'.TABLE SPOONS.
DESSERT SPOONS.
TEA SPOONS.
SUGAR SPOONS.
■SALT SPOONS.
and TEA PORKS.
•BUTTER KNIVES. <
•OYSTER LADLES. .
•GRAVY LADLES.
SETS IN GREAT VARIETY.
’BRACELETS. , .
©REABTPINR. _ ;
<CHATALAINE CHAINS.
♦GUARD CHAINS.
MEDALLIONS.
■CHARMS.
- “TBIMBLES.
. SINGS.
■GOLD PENS.
GOLD PENCILS. .
(GOLD TOOTHPICKS.
GENTS* PINS, beautiful style*.
:GBRTb“OBAINe. “ •- “...
- SLEEVE BUTTONS. " "
STUDS.
.. . ARMLETS/
NECK CHAINS.
POCKET-BOOKS. -
TRAVELLING BAGS,
- i. ALBUMS. . v
CIGAR GASES.
CARD CASKS,' &o. „ . A .
■Ceil early and examine the largest and cheapest stock
* Sfooodalatta “ lt7 b. W. CLARK’S.
603 CHES rSTUT STREET.
A’WATOOS,
“®JUBT RECEIVED PER STEAMBK EUROPE.
; gold watches,
LADIES' SIZES, OF NEW STYLES.
MLVR& ANGRKB AND GYLINDRES.
OILT AJTORES AMD CYLINDERS.
PLATED ANCBBB AMD GYLINDBE&
lot 8&l» »l Low to tie Trade, br
D. T. PRATT,
607 OHESTKPT STREET.
A FINE WATCH REPAIRING
MS attondedto, by the most experienced workmen.
And eTsry wfcUoWArrenfced for one year.
M J - O- FULLER.
Importer and ln \
FINE WATCHES AND JEWELRY,
ffo. TU* CHESTNUT Street,
(op-stalrs, opposite Has on to Temple.)
Has now open a -
LIEGE AND COMPLETE BTOCK,
EMBRACING
■m HOWARD ft CO.'S FINE AMERICAN WATHEB,
*OOX.B CHAINS. GOLD SPECTACLES, THIMBLES,
' '' AND ..
FINEJEWELBY OF EVERT DESCRIPTION.
my27-tan22 .
G. BTTS9ELL, FINE AMERICAS
riH Imported WATCHES, Fine Jewelry, Silver
and Plated Ware, &c.
je27
J C. FULL.EB’B
FINE GOLD FENS,
THE BEST PEN IN USE,
FOR SALE IM ALL SIZES, myffi-Sm
J?INE GILT COMBS
IST EVERY VARIETY.
IMITATIONS OF PEARL AND CORAL.
J. CL FULLER!
JTo. 713 CHESTNUT Street.
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ryULCANTTE BINGS.
A foil assortment, all sizes and styles.
J. O- FULLER,
No. TO CHESTNUT Street. myS2-Sa
MUSICAL BIOXES.
TN SHELL AND BOSEWOOD OASES,
playln* from 1 to 12 tones,; choice Opeira landJLmeri
oan Melodic vass. -*-imoTHßsnmpo«ers,—,
,ap4 . 334 CHEBTKtJT Street, bftl<vw v T<mTth.
WOOD AKD WitLOW WARE.
-J7RY & SMITH,
i- WHOLESALE OTALEKS HJ
w°c>r>
•' Nearly opposite the Merchants’ Hotel,
. : : PHILADELPHIA,
Where they hare just opened with, a large and entire new
.stock of goods in their Hue, consisting, in part, of _
Brooms, Oil Cloths. Gigs,
Buckets, Floorcloths, Toy Wagons and
Tuba, Window Shades, Carte,
* 'Churns. Curtain Fixtures, Hobby Horses,
Baskets, Mats,; Velocopedes, -
Brushes, Clocks, Fly Nets,
Wash Boards, Bird Cages. Wrapping Paper,
•Clothes Pina, Moves, Paper Bags,
Measures, Tie Tarn, Blacking,
Cordage, • Wick, ' ■ _ [Matches,
■ ice,, &c., Ac.*
‘an assortment of REFRIGERATORS,
!RS, and PROVISION SAFES, all of
; the lowest market prices. je4-lm*
We also keap'
WATER COOLEI
Which we offer at
CLOTHES WRINGERS.
CLOTHES WRINGERS 1 CLOTHES
V/, WRINGERS M'' , . •
The undersigned hare been appointed sole agents for
the sale of the “ EMPIRE CLOTHES WRINGER, ” the
latest improved, cheapest, and most durable wringer
made; warren ted in all cases. An examination will con
vince any person of tbeir superiority over all others,
price $5 ana $6. Persons living at a distance can .have
them forwarded by Express or otherwise, by remitting
the price of the else they want. . , - . ,
49" A liberal discount made to Agents and those who
purchase to sell again. _ •_ - . TrT , T _
FRY <fc SMITH#
SI NORTH FOURTH STREET,
Philadelphia,
SEWING MACHINES.
gINGER & CO.’S
“LETTER A”
FAMILY SEWING MACHINE,
With all the new improvements-Hemmer, Braider,
Binder. Feller, Tucker, Gorder, Gatherer, &o.,isthe
CHEAPEST AND BEST
of all machines for
TAMILI SEWING
AND
LIGHT MANUFACTURING PURPOSES.
Send for a pamphlet and a copy of ,# Singer & Co..’a
€Uuetfce. M . "■ .
I. M. SINGER & CO.,
1«15.3m Ko, 810 CHESTNUT Street, Philadelphia;
JgEWINO MACHINES.
. THE " BLOAT ’ ’ MACHINE,
WITH GLASS FBBSBBB FOOT,
NEW STYLE HBMMBS, BBAIDS*.
lid other rateable Improvements.
ALSO,
THE TAGGART & FARR MACHINES.
Ateur-VM CHESTNUT Street mM-tf
GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS.
JJOS. 1 AND 3 N. SIXTH STREET,
PHDIAJ>Exn-tiIA.
JOIN C. ARBI SOI,
(roaaaaLT i. Bass koobb.)
XKPOBTU AND DEALER IJT
SJENTLEMEN’B FURNISHING GOODS,
aXANUTAOTUBEB
OF THE IMPBOYED
WHAPPBBa.
COLLARS,
BAT IB? ACTION GUARANTIED. my22-toc4
fTIMK SHIRT MANUFACTORY.
The tuWrlber Wald invite attention to hli
IHPBOYED. COT OF SHIRTS,
Wbl«h be tubes a spacliiltjiln Mu baaineu. *]«>, toe.
eUntlTreceiving,
jrOVSLTIES POE GESTLEMEW’B W-EAE.
J. w. SCOTT.
aWfTLMEN’S PUEKIBHINO STOBI, '
Wo. 814 CHBBTNTJT STREET,
Eonr doors below the. Continental.
jURAIN FIFE,—S TONE W ARE
U DRAIN PIPE from 2 to 12*ineh boro.
3-inoh'boroe. 2fi cents per yard
s.. . do.i ................. do do.
d do**« •••*••* ••••*•4O do do*?
-• .»•••••••*•••*• '\x* *• 60 do do.
-B do »*»«»*#«i»*i‘****»«» ••••••••• .80 do ■do
iSvery variety ofconnectioni, bends, traps, and hoppers.
*We are now prepared to famish Pipe in any quantity,
And on liberal terms to dealers and those purchasing la
CSIMHBT TOPa .
Vitrified Terra Cotta Chlmhey Tope, plain and oma
gnental designs, warranted to stand the action of soal
or ß^s£st s ; v
A great variety of Ornamental Garden Vases In Terra
•Cotta, classical designs, all sixes, and warranted to
atand the weather. Also, Fancy Flower Pots, Hanging
Baskets, and Garden Statuary. - . ■
Philadelphia Terra Cotta Works.
Office and Wardrooms 1010 CHESTNUT Street.
>mhA-wftn tf 8. A. HARRISON,
T AKE SUPERIOR INGOT COPPER,
Ai from, the Amygdaloid Mine, la store and for sale in
anantitfea to suit, at ..r'JSJfix 1 !?? '
i - tun* - #l5 ARCH Street,
G. BUSSEItIi.
33 Horth SIXTH Streetr
33 North SIXTH Streot.
PATTERN SHIRT.
UNDERCLOTHING. *«•
VOL. 6:-NO. 285.
* COMMISSION HOUSES.
gHI P LEY, HAZARD, A
IHU TO HINSONJ
No. US CHESTNUT STREET.
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
FOB THE SALE OP
rEILADB LPH I A- MAD B 60 0D 8 .
BihSl-em
JOHN T. BAILEY <* CO.
BAGS AND BAGGING
07 EVERT DESCRIPTION*
NO. 113 NORTH FRONT STREET,
wool. BAGS FOR SALE. ■
CLOTHTJfQ.
JOHN KELLY, JR.,
T A XBOK,
MAS BEHOVED FROM 1023 CHESTNUT STBEETI
EDWARD P. KELLY’S,
14JJ South THIRD Street,’
Where he presents to former patrons and thepnblle
the ad vantages of a BTOCK OF GOODS, equal if not. su
perior, to any in the city—the skill and taste of ? h.imself
and EDWARD T. KELLY, the two best Tailore% the
sity—at prices much lower than any other ftrst-elass e»U
bllshment of the city. . apl-tf
Fine Clothing,
Spring and Summer.
WANAMRER & BROWN
S. K. cor. Oth A Market.'
Medium and Common
GRADES,
Cut and Mndi tn
[Faihlonahle S^yle
SOLD AT LOW PRICES.
'DLACK CASS. PANTS, $5.50,
L> At 704 MARKET Street
BLACK GASS. PANTS, $5.50, At7M MARKET Street
BLACK CASS. PANTS,-$5.60. At 704 MARKET Street
BLACK CASS. PANTS, $5.60, At 704 MARKET Street.
BLACK CABS. PANTS. $5 50, .At7o4 MARKET Street
GRIGG * YAN GUNTEN’S, No. 704 MARKET Street
GRIGG & VAN GUNTEN’S, -N0.704 MARKET Street
GRIGG & VAN GUNTEN’S, No.7(tt MARKET Street
GRIGG & VAN GUNTEN’S,' No.7O4MARKET Street
GRIGG & VAN GUNTEN’S, N 0.704 MARKET Street.
mh22-6m
MIMTARY GOODS.
I’. SNODGRASS’
ARMY AND NAYI
CLOTH JE3I OLXS 33 a
3* South SECOND, and 33 STRAWBERRY Streets.
FRESH AND FULL STOCK,
OF ALL SHADES AND GRADES,
Adapted to every position in tha
NAVYAN D A R M Y.
The trade and citizens can have their want a faithfully
f supplied at my storo,
No. 34 SOUTH SECOND STREET.
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1776. • 1863.
FLA 'G S!!!
SILK ~FL4GS!!
BUNTING FLAGS!
BURGEES.
PESMTS.
♦ UNION JACKS.
STREAMERS:
: /
B U N T I N Gr I
RED, WHITE, AND BLUE.
EVANS & HASS ALL;
MILITARY FURNISHERS.
JelS-lm No. 418 ARCH STREET. PhUadelplila.
CARPETS AND OIL-CLOTHS.
QIL CLOTHS AND
WINDOW BQADES.
CARRIAGE, TABLE, STAIR, AND FLOOR
, OIL CLOTHS,
IN COTTON AND LINEN FABRICS,
QUALITY AND STYLE UNSURPASSED*
WINDOW SHADES,
COMPRISING EVERY VARIETY OF NEW AND ORI
GINAL DESIGNS. PLAIN and ORNAMENTAL.
These foods will he sold to Dealers and Manufacturers
stpriceimticTibeknothe present price of stock.
THOMAS POTTER,
HAITCrFAOTUHER OF Oil. CLOTHS AND
WINDOW SHADES,
BBS ARCH Street, Philadelphia, and
«• CEDAR and 99 LIBERTY Streets, New York.
myl2'2m
0 0 L .
20,000 pounds light selected Ohio Fleece.
Full Blood.
WOOLEN YARNS.
30,000 pounds, 20 to 30 outs, fine,
Well-known makes.
COTTON YARN*
SO, COO pounds Nos. 6 to 20’s,
in Warp, Bundle and Cop.
If. B. All numbers and descriptions procured at once
on orders.
ALEX. WHILLDIN & SONS,
jel9-fra&wtf
T H E
"EXCELSIOR” HAMS
THE BEST IN THE WORLD.
NONE GENUINE UNLESS BRANDED
“J. H. M. £ CO. PHIIADA. EXCELSIOR.”
J. 11. mCHENER & CO.,
GENERAL, PROVISION DEALERS,
AKD
CURERS OF THE CELEBRATED
“EXCELSIOR”
gUGAB-CURED HAMS. ' t
Nos. 143 and 144 North FRONT Street,
Between Arch and Race streets, Philadelphia. '
The justly-celebrated “ EXCELSIOR ” HAMS are cnred
by. J. H. M. & Co. (in a Btyle peculiar to themselves) ex
pressly for FAMILY USE, are of delicious flavor, free
from the unpleasant taste of salt, and are pronounced by
epicures superior to any now offered for sale. ’
ap6-mw&ftjy6
gAZARD’S -BOOKSTORE,
T 34 CHESTNUT STREET,
' Between Seventh and Eighth street*.
Ail Books nenallr to be had in,
FIRST-CLASS BOOKSTORE, '
Will always he fonnd on onr shelves
AT THE" LOWEST PRICES.
fcfi-tt
A MERICAN R.O OPING SLATES,
■C*- FULLY EQUAL TO THE BEST WELSH SLATES.
.. , . , T. THOMAS.
, ,je2B-4m* BIT WALNUT Strtet.
of first-class makes,
18 Worth FRONT Street.
BETA 111 DRY GOODS,
JOHN H. STOKES, 702 ARCH St.,
W OFFERS :
Black and White Plaid Marseilles.
Black and Whit;© and Brown and White Linen Check.
French Nankinetts—plaid and plain.'
Nankin—nice quality. ;
Linen Stripes, dark ground, good.
Merino Cassimeres—excellent quality.
.Plain. Mixed, and Plaid Cassimeres.
Bilk Mixed Cloths and Cassimeres.
, Ladies’ Cloaking Cloths. :
Double-width Plaid Flannels for Shirting. je27 .
MESS GOODS AT REDUCED
J- 7 PRICES.—H. STEEL & SON. '
'No -713 and 7X5 North TENTHfitreec. : -
are now closing out the balance of their stock of ;
Foil deCneTTes,'all Wool Delaines. Poplins,
Challies, Delaines, -Mozambique#, Taffete d’Etes,
French;La wus, ; French. English, and American Chintzes,
Bareges, Silk Tissues, Silk Grenadines, ,
Fancy Silks; and all kinds of ' ;
Summer Dress Goods, at extremely low prices.;
SUMMER SHAWLS AT REDUCED PRICES.
‘ BARGAINS IN BLiCK SILKS. •
CHOICE STYLES PACIFIC LAWNS at 18Xc.
Lot 2 yards square Table Cloths, Snow.,Drop and
aask, all Linen, at $1:60. * •; ‘ ' ;jeß
1024- CHESTNUT STREET.
E. M. NEEDLES
OFFERS FOR SALE,
At prices generally below present cost of impor
> • . ■ Station,
WHITE GOODS, all descriptions.
EMBROIDERIES, do do
LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS, do
VEILS, &c„ io.
And respectfully invites an Inspection of his
■ stock.
. XO3A CHESTNUT-SfEBET.
WHITE LINEN ’DTJCKS.
T * Brown and. White Linen Drills.
•'i; Fancy Drill and other Summer Wear.
Aloaca and other thin Coatings.
'<•- Silk mixtures; Drap d’Ete.
, 'Light fine fancy CaßSimereß. '
DIESS GOODS.
Desirable fabrics at old prices.
Black Dress Goods at nearly old prices.
8-4 Wide Black Barege for Shawl 3.
' - COOPER & CONiBD.
Je2s-tf 8. E. comer NINTH ana MARKET StrwH
T>ARGAINS FROM AUCTION.
One lot of Black and White Plaids at 25 cents, worth
87X“*a decided bargain. -
- One lot of large-figure• Grenadines at 45 cents, worth
6214 cents.
. One lot of Lawns, feet colors, 184 f.
One lot of Bleached Muslins at 18#.
One lot of Gineham Lawns at worth 44. •
OPEN THl** MORNING, at - '
JOHN H. STOKS3’, *
je6 TO» AECH Btreet,
■UDWIN HALL & CO., 26 SOUTH SE-
COND Street, would call the attention of the Ladies
to their Block of »
Superior Black Silks.
Wide Mantle Silks.
Black Corded Silks*
• Black Gros de Rhine. *
Black Silks, from $1 to $4.
N. B.— Merchants in want of Black Silks are invited
to examine our stock and prices. jel3-tf
TABLE DAMASKS.
A Power-Loom Damasks and Diapers.
Fringed Towels, 16, 20, 25, 31, 4c.
Good Napkins, Doylies and Diapers.
SHEETINGS. '
Heavy 9-4, 30-4. and 11*4 Bleached Sheetings.
Shirting and Pillow Muslins. v -
Fine stock of. Flannels. .
/ COOPER & CONRAD.
S. E. corner NINTH and MARKET.
JJ U N T E R ’ S
NEW STORE.
3T NORTH EIGHTH STREET.
The ladle are respectfully invited to examine their
well-selected stock of
• - MANTLES AND CLOAKS,
Consisting of ' '
Lace Shawls at S2.GO;
' Lace Mantles from $3.60 to $25;
Silk-Sacques from $8 to $10;
Silk Circulars from's6 to $2O;
. Cloth Circulars from $5 to $l5.
Also, Plain and Striped .POPLINS, manufactured of
me hest.materlals, in the most stylish manner, and will
he sole cheaper than
CAN BE POUND ELSEWHERE.
N. B.—Daily receiving the most fashionable Dress
Goods, at Cjed-lm] 3f NOBTH EIGHTH STBBET.
"MOSQUITO- NETTINGS, ■
ATX Three yards •widest*
Seven yards in a piece.
Blue and. White. •
Price $1756 a piece.
Also, Blue Tarletons,
And Bobbinets, in colors, „
Por Coverings. _ _
SHABPLESS BROTHERS,
Are Selling Out __
THEIB LARGE STOCK
Of SUMMER DRESS GOODS;
At REDUCED PRICES;
. Preparatory to Receiving
THEIR PALL IMPORTATIONS.
je29 • CHESTNUT and EIGHTH Streets.
REDUCTION
IN PRICES OF
RICH PARIS MANTILLAS,.
ALSO, OP 1 ■■
LIGHT ZEPHYR CLOJH CLOAKS,
SUITABLE FOB THE WHOLE SUMMER.
J. W. PROCTOR <fc OO.i
je6-lm If No. sao CHESTNUT STREET,
DRUGS,
JJOB BBT SHOEMAKER & CO.,
Northeast Corner FOURTH and RACE Streets, \
PHILADELPHIA,
WHOLES ALE DRUGGISTS,
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS,
MASUFACTtTRBRS OF
WHITE LEAD AND ZINC PAINTS, PUTTY, So,
. AGEXTS FOR THE CELEBRATED
FRENCH ZINC PAINTS.'
Dealer And consumers supplied at
VERT LOW PRICES FOR CASH.
PAINTINGS; ENGRAVINGS, dec.
JAMES 8. EARLE & SON,
IMPOBTBBB AND MANUFACTURERS Of
LOOKING GLASSES.
DEL PAINTINGS,
ENGRAVINGS,
PORTRAIT,
PICTURE, and
" PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES,
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS:
SZTENSIVB - LOOKING; GLASS WAREROOMS AND
GALLERY OF PAINTINGS.
l»l-tf 810 CHESTNUT Btre«t, Philadelphia.
GAS FIXTURES, dec.
527 ARCH STREET.
O. A. VANKIRK <ft COJ
■AnnuoTnanne or
CHANDELIERS
AND OTHER
GAB FIXTUREB.
Al«o, French Broni, Figure, and Ornament,, Porcelain
md Hie, Shades, and a, variety of
FANCY GOODS,
Wholesale and betail.
nuMtill avJ MranlM roodt 1 4«18-ly
FURNITURE, Ac.
fJARINET FURNITURE AND BIL
LIARD TABLES. : N ■ -
MOORE 4 CAMPION,
JTo. *6l South SECOND Street*
in connection with their extensive Cabinet business, ir«
tow manufacturing a superior article of ' *
BILLIARD TABLES,
tld have new oh hand a full supply, finished with the
• MOORE & CAMPION’S IMPROVED CUSHIONS,
which are pronounced by all who have used them to he
mperlor to all others.
For the quality and finish of these Tables, them&nu
hcturert refer to their numerous patrons throughout the
Union* who are familiar with the character of their
work. • • , «nh9>om *
TBB PHILADELPHIA LOCAL
A EXPRESS COMPANY,
- Office, No 36-SOUTH FIFTH STREET,
RUN TWO DAILY LINES TO
_ ATLANTIC CITY AND LONG BRANCH. ,
PachaKep, baggage 7 and freight of every description
called for, and forwarded at reasonable ratea ;
Pagsage checked through. fix>m your residence, to At :
l&ntic City and Long Branch. . - jy2-6t*
TO FAMILIES RESIDING IN THE
-A- RURAL DISTRICTS
We are, prepared, a, heretofore, to supply Families at ■
their Country Residences-with . x -
EVERY DESCRIPTION OF
FINE GROCERIES. TEAS, &C.
ALBERT C. ROBERTB,
my2l-tf CORNER ELEVENTH AND VINE STB,
ROfi GOLDTHORP & CO.,
"wv* ‘ Manufacturers of U^t/«
. Tassels, Cord#, Frinaeß,- CuTtains, and Farnlttuw
Gimps, Curtain Loops, Centre Tassels. - ■
Pictare.aud Photograph Tassels, Blind Trimmings
Military and . Dress Trimmings, Ribbons, Neck Ties,
•tcj» etc., , No. 635 MARKET Street.
mvfrfiTO • • . Philadelphia
TTNION STEAM AND WATER.
; V HEATING COMPANYOF PHILADELPHIA.
GOLD’S PATENT STEAM AND HOT-WATER HEATER.
THOMPSON’S LONDON KITCHENER, and all other
Improved COOKING APPARATUS.
Boilers and Water Backs, Parlor and other Grates,
Registers and Ventilators, Backs and Jambs, and all
things connected with the above branoh ottrasiness.
■ —.JAMES P. WOOD, 1
No. 41 South FOURTH Street.
B. M. FELTWELL. Superintendent. , apau-lv.
PARD AND FANCY JOB PRINTING,
At BUTGWALT * B. FOURTH U
PHILADELPHIA,. I IiIKAY. JULY 3, 1863.
FRIDAY, JULY 3, 1863.
THE INVASION.
THE BATTLE AT CARLISLE.
OCCUPASTON OF THE TOWN BY GENERAL
I ■ *
SMITH’S FORCES.
Ccii. Ice Demands its Surrender.
PROMPT REFUSAL OF GENERAL,
SMITH.
THE TOWN BOMBARBEH.
Hahrisburg, July 2.—Yesterday morning .the
last of the rebel infantry moved through Carlisle.
Our forces, under General W. F. Smith, slowly but
steadily advanced, driving in their outposts.
SkinrfSshiDg took place along the whole line, with
detached portions of the rebel cavalry and artillery,
generally resulting in their being driven back.
The cannonading could be distinctly heard in Har
risburg at intervals during the, day, and the city waß
in a. great Btate of excitement. Our forces, the
cavalry being in advanoe, entered Carlisle at 9 A.
M., the infantry at 3P. M., and continued to come
in up to s p. M.
- -Between six and seven a large column of dust an.'
nounced the approach of the enemy on the road
. leading to York, in the rear of Carlisle. *
Soon after a flag of truce appeared, and a de
mand was sent in for an unconditional surrender by
Gen, W. F. HjJLce, Geh. Smith promptly refused
to entertain it, and the enemy, having placed their
guns (a battery of six pieces ) in position to the left
of the barracks, commenced to shell the town. Gen.
Smith replied from his guns, which were mounted
, in the main street, near the centre of the to wn.
During the shelling a detachment of the enemy
made a detour around the railroad and fired the bar
racks. The gas-works were also Bet on fire, the
sparks from which are said to have burned several
lumber*,yards, one private dwelling," and several
barns. • The shelling continued from seven until after
ten-in the evening. J
Some of the citizens are known to be injured. The
court-house was damaged, and several shells fell
upon the college building and grounds.. \
, Our loss is stated at ten wounded; the enemy’s is
not known. After the bombardment ceased, Gene
ral Lee sent in another flag of truce, notifying the
women and children to leave the town by ten o’clock
.thiß morning.
■' A telegraph operator, who left the town this
morning a,t half;past seven, states that the excite
-mentof the citizens during the bombardment was
very great, and that they were leaving on foot this
morning, in every direction.
.".-The enemy fell back on the York road, after send
ing in the flag of truce, and their pickets were seen
this morning in the rear of the town.
Up to noon, there has been no intelligence of. the
renewal of the attack upon the town, but every
confidence is had, in General. Smith’s ability, not
only to hold the place, but unless the enemy rapidly
retires his flanks and rear will be obstructed, and
his forces probably captured.
The citizens in the vicinity give Lee’s force at
3,000 cavalry and one battery of six guns,- light
twelve-pounders.
The city is shrouded in gloom at the reported
death of General Reynolds.
THE REMAINS OF MAJOR GENERAL
REYNOLDS.
A private despatch, received in this city to-day
from Captain Joseph G. Rosengarten, says: -
Relax, Northern Central Railroad, July 2.—1 am
here with the remains of General Reynolds ; two of
his staff officers are with me. I will telegraph from
Baltimore the time wemay.be expected in Phila
delphia. , :
THE OCCUPATION OF CARLISLE.
I have just had a conversation with one of the
professors of Dickinson College, Carlisle, who left •
. that town at 12 M:, to-day, walking by the railroad,
and avoiding their pickets. He has related many
interesting facts concerning the rebel occupation, a
few of which I give you. A Georgia brigade, consist
ing of the 4th, 6th, 2tetj and 44th Georgia regiments',
under command of Gen. Dole,, occupied the town.'
They claim to be the original “ Stonewall 1 ? brigade.
Gen. Rhode’s division was encamped near the bar
racks, and Johnston’s beyond sight, ■
Gen. Iverson, of Georgia, who formerly was.sta
tioned at Carlisle barracks as recruiting officer,
seemed delighted at reocoupylog his old quarters.
Ewell’s headquarters were established at the bar
racks. Many of the officers, and also privates in the
Maryland Guard and Maryland Battery
duates of Dickinson College, among whom were
Major Pendleton, Ass’t Adjutant General of Gen.
Ewell, and Major Allen, of the Topographical,Engi
neer Corps. ’ JThey express themselves as glad-Wsei??
-their old' ioMa maier, and said that they would be
sorry to see it destroyed. The geological report, and
the large geological map of the State were, taken
out ofthe library for’the use of the engineers, a
receipt for which they gaye.
About one hundred of our troops who' were taken
near Gettysburg were brought to Carlisle on Mon
day, and drawn up in tke public square, where they
were relieved of their boots immediately. The
rebel soldiers were not permitted to be in the streets
after a certain hour or the evening ; this order was
strictly enforced. The : rebel officers frequently re
ferred to their respect for private property as'an evi
dence that, notwithstanding the etrong provocation,
they knew how to carry on war in a humane, Chris
tian manner. This is all very well,-but it remains
to be seen how the valley will look when they take
their final leave for Dixie.
Amongother topics of conversation, the merits
of the Union generals were discussed. Major Pen
dleton spoke in the most sneering, contemptuous
tones of McClellan, and rehearsed a travestie k of a
MotherJjooseBtdry,commehcing—
.“ There was a man in Yankee town,
And he was wondrous wise:
He jumped into Chickahominy swamp,
And there told monstrous lies,” &c.
Colonel Lumpkin, of the 44th Georgia,-on the
contrary, thought that McClellan was the best gene
ral the North had produced, but remarked that they
were'xery well satisfied with Stanton and Halleck,
and all the generals, and hoped that Lincoln would
be re-elected President. This badinage was all taken
in good part. . • . .
General EwellconfUcated all the drugs he could
•find, and wanted .pocket-cases of surgical instru
ments. The keeping them, he issued
an order commanding all the doctors to assemble at
10 A. M. on the succeeding day and deliver up their
pocket-caseß, which they accordingly did.— Cor. Bul
letin, V -
MARYLAND.
EVACUATION OF MARYLAND HEIGHTS.
, - Baltimore, July 2.— lt was stated in the Sun of
yesterday that highly important information would
be made public during the day in regard to Western
Maryland and Maryland Heights. We alluded to
the evacuation of the latter -place by the Federal
troops. This was successfully accomplished on
Monday night and Tuesday,\tbe : troops all being
away from there before 12 o’clock on Tuesday night.
All the Government property incidental to a large
encampment was removed, .together with all the.
guns v (with the exception of a few of the largerones,
which were destroyed), ammunition, &c, The forti
fications were all destroyed. A gentleman who
witnessed the dismantling of the latter states that
the wreck was very thorough.
The wooden portions ofthe Harpqr's Ferry rail?
road bridge were removed both from the Maryland
side and the Potomac aide, leaving the iron spans,
lately constructed,-andforming the centreof this im
: portant bridge, intact. This was done to prevent the
Confederates from blowing up the iron structure,
which it will,noW; be impossible for them to accom
plish, and also to prevenVtbem from using thebridge
to cross the Potomac in that vicinity.
WESTMINSTER.
At Westminster, and ,other portions of Oarroll
county, a large force of troops are passing and re
pasßing, and we learn from the military authorities
last night that Westminster was now held by a con
siderable force of Federal troops. There have been
several ..skirmishes in the neighborhood, with un
important results.
Baltimore, July 2. —The American this afternoon
publishes the follo wing:
Headquakters oi* tiie Middle Department.
Until further orders, the.citizena of Baltimore city
and county are prohibited-from .keeping arms in
theirhouses,unless enrolled in volunteer companies
for the ‘defence of their homes. The dwellings of
citizens are now being visited by the provost mar
shal and the police for arms, in accordance with thiß
order. "We learn from a gentleman who was at
Westminster, and a prisoner in the hands of the
rebels during their sojourn in that town, thafrsGen;
Stuart, with his cavalry force, reached there at
/about five o’clock in the afternoon, and didriot leave
until daylight the next morning. 1
The rebel party who had a fight with the Delaware
ccavalry was Stuart’s advance guard, and numbered
about three hundred. The rebels lost in that fight,
two lieuten ants killed aid fully a dozen wounded;
one of the wounded was an officer, who was shot by
a citizen, who took part in the fight, and is reported
to have since died.
Colonel Mulford, commander of the rebel advance*
guard, admitted to the citizens that the charge of the
Ist Delaware Cavalry was most brave and dashing,
but he thought it very rash in view of the disparity
of numbers. They admitted that their loss in killed
and wounded was greater than ours. Our loss- was
two privates killed, six wounded, and twenty-eight
taken prieoners. The rebels also captured Lieut.
Bowman, Provost Marshal of Westminster, with
ten of his men. - -• • r
The rebel citizens of Westminster are charged
with having given information as to Union*cltizens,
though, in the levy of ptock, all were treated alike.
The.town was completely gutted. The Government'
commissary lost heavily, and Metrsell & Ordorff suf
fered to the amount of about $7OO in flour and feed.
They stole all horses along the roads they travelled, -
&b well as those in the towD, but were-in-too much
of a hurry to scour roads. The officers
visited the.houses of rebel sympathizers, and Gene
ral Stuart took tea at the house of .Tohn (J, Frieze,
cashier of the Westminster Bank, where he was re
ceived with all the honors.
CORRESPONDENCE SOUTH.
The following general order was issued yester
day : + .t ■
Headquart’s Middle Dep’t, Sth Army Corps,
Baltimore, Md., July Ist, 1863.
General Orders No. 41.—During the past six
months great numbers of letters have been inter-'
cepted on their way to and from persona within the
enemy’s lines in the States in rebellion.
This clandestine and contraband correspondence
must altogether-cease. -Many of the letters that
have thus come into, the possession oi .the military
authoiity are only of a family or personal charac
ter, but many more of .them contain information as
to military or public'authority.
Hereafter the writer of any such intercepted let-
living, with in this department, will be arrested
and sent beyond the lines, ( whcre the intercourse.
with his or her correspondent may be in person.'
The communication of the.parties can be conducted
without resort to this .uncertain medium of secret
mails.. Many places and persons in this city and
elsewhere are known as the depositories of such:
illicit letters. •
Hereafter such facilities for transmlsßion will be
taken up in all cases by the* immediate arrest and
punishment of the parties affording them. By com
mand of , Major-General SCHENCK.-
■W; H. CnEBERBOTJGii, A. A. General.
THE /REBELS IN YORK.
The last of the rebel troops, under Early, left
York' yesterday morning at 6 o’clock, in so gieat a
hurry that all their pioketa were not recalled, They
did not stay long enough to get the whole of the levy
they had made upon the citizens,,. Of the amount
demanded they in money, $28,610; and the
following articles, to wit: -
2,500 lbs sugar ; 32,000 lbs beef; 1,200 lbs salt; 2,000
pairs boots and shoes; 1,000 hats; 1,000 socks; 165
bbls fiour, and.3oo’gals molasses. .*
To raise the requisite number of boots and shoes,
the committee had to take those which were at the
shoemakers for repair. • ■ '
All reliable accounts agree that the conduct of the
Copperheads of York was disgraceful in the extreme;
and the fact that this was the only town that such a
levy was made, shows how the rebels appreciate
such “friends.” ?-Two scoutß, disguised as rebels,
.sent out by a portion of our forces, met certain citi
zens and the location and strength of-the
various bxHlke'gufvrds. The supposed “ Confede
rates >’ met with, a friendly reception and got all and
more informatioin than they asked for!* Of course
such men will hereafter.as the cow
boys and tdries of the Revolution are notv remem
bered; :
The falsehood) of Early’s hypocritical order, re
garding,rebel humanity,'is illustrated by the forced
contributions above enumerated, and-by well au
thenticated cases of outrage committed by rebel sol
diers “outside.of the town. Even the officers admit
ted that it would not be safe for them to bring their
troopH promiscuously into the town, as they had
men who could dot be restrained from such outrage;
and yet the Copperheads of York point to this ad
.dresa ofthe rebel General Early as evidence of the
superiority of the rebel to the Union troops, the
latter of whom were treated shamefullyand charged
exorbitant prices for everything they stood in
need of. j
The rebels wefe minutely posted as to the num
bers and position of our forces, at WrlghtsviUe and
other points. The officer who posted the pickets on
Sunday night wss recognized by a citizen of York,
sb a stranger wifch whom he had drank at a’bar in
that town two-weeks.ago! This shows how we per
mit the rebels td gather information of our military
movements.^— Lancaster. Express , July 1. .
_ INSIDE THE REBEL LINES. .
A correspondent of the Herald risked a journey
towards Gettysburg, on Friday last, and was cap
tured by the rebels. He records his observations
within the rebel'lines: ..
V J-A OENISRAL EARLT.
: This gentleman w»b a tall and well-looking! per
sonage, very gentlemanly and dignified in hisde
meonor. He sported a full beard and»was dressed in
the rebel uniform, with the star of a major general
decorating his .and a capacious, brown felt
hat, looped up ay the right side, resting,easily upon
Jiis head.-" When.! first saw.him he was in the act
of giving to a copy; of General Lee's order,
setting forth the;terms upon which private property,
would be taken., I approached him, and opened the
conversation. "V
“I belong to-[Cumberland valley, General,” said
I, “and desire to pass to my home;”
. Gen. Eaily. i: have no time to attend you just
now ; but if iti's.proper for you.to go, there will be
do ohstructions'qffered to your departure..
This speech was uttered in a very sharp and deci
sive manner, tout still without being tinged with
anything like discourtesy*
1 immediately,bowed myself out of the great man’s
presence, and,>ihingling.with the mass of soldiers,
discovered that xhey were a part of Ewell’B corps,
and composed- principally of Georgia and Louisiana
regiments. Among the latter were the remnant of
the Louisiana' Tigers And a few Welsh and Irish
regiments from Few Orleans. I also learned that
their force consisted of four brigades, and from ac
tual countiDgif? found that the entire body which
passed in and around Gettysburg, to Hanover, and
which is in. York to-day. did not exceed four thou
sand five hundred infantry, two hundred and fifty
cavalry, and twenty-two pieces of light artillery. I
am quite positive no other troops went to York.
Two of these were encamped about a mile
from. Gettysburg. on the pikeleading out to Little
town, and the two others were stationed in the rear 1
of- Gettysburg;
THRBK» WILD REBEL IRISHMEN.
Thinking that I could not proceed through the
rebels while they were advancing, I turned into the
first tavern, and waited about an hour and a half,
when the three rebels whom the countryman had
seen made, their appearance, and proved. to be
three Irishmen; stragglers from Gen. Early’s force,
who had succeeded in getting their canteens full of
whisky, and hadj evidently -been, indulging in their
national proclivities,- I had a conversation with
these three rebel'soldiers, regarding them as a'fair
type of the lower order of the rebel soldiery, and
wishing to ascertain the sentiments of that class.
.Their expressions were about the same as those
which I liad often heard from’the lips of the rebel
officers, and only differed in the brogue in which
they were clothed.
“ What the diyil are ye fighting us for? You may
bate ue now,’ but; you’ll niver put us down. By my
eowl, we’ll fight till the last man ov us is kilt, and
thin, be jaberß, the women will take a hand at it.
• You may fight lis for>ll eternity, and thin we wont
be whipped afther all!”
. Such is . a specimen of the language and senti
ments of these misguided people. They said that
. they had ibeen with Stonewall Jackson in all his
campaigns, and: had never been whipped yet, and
what was more, the Yankees could never raise men
enough to do it. -- * -
GENERAL EARLY NO FAVORITE. . .
; General Early seemed to be .no great, favorite
■with these rebels. They said the army disliked him
greatly, and that. they , knew several fellows who
would shoot him4(Early)just as quick as they would
“ a damned Yaiikee,” if they only got a proper op
portunity. About General Ewell, on the other
hand, they spoke in the most favorable terms.
"When 1 ventured to inquire of them where their
aimy was going, .one 01 them replied:
“ I dont know where the army .is going, and 1
don’t.caie a d—n.- Old Eec is the boy to lead us into
a scrape.or out of one, and we don’t care a d—n.”
- As I before stated;*-! regarded this conversation as
important only as showing the feeling,of the lower
' order of the rebel army, and as indicating how tho
roughly the officers have succeeded in imbuing their
men.with their own-ultra sentiments.
TH|:-JREU EE AL-IN-CH tBP.
Arriving at*Stpuffertown, : I was informed that
Gen, -Robert'Lfee^tbe rebel General-in-Chief, was
i epcampeti.lnptbe :w.OOda-just,abead, t oniy;half, a mile
' • Jrom Chambersburg; Having some curiosity to see
this arch rebel, I inquired of one of the'soldiers
where I could see Geri, Lee. He pointed out to me -
a tall, fine-looking officer, sitting in front of a spaci
ous tent,with one leg crossed over the other, and his
head slightly depressed, with his eyes .evidently/
vacantly bent on the ground. He appeared to he in
deep thought, and seemingly did not notice what
was occurring around him. I could not help think
ing, while gazing upon this distinguished rebel, that
his was the head of a man of more than ordinary
ability. Perhaps even then he was maturing the
details of some grand campaign by which he hoped
to outgeneral our Union commanders.
However, I did not have much time just then to
pursue the peculiar train of thought which was
upon me, and fearing that I would be noticed, I re
luctantly withdrew and proceeded in the direction
of Chamberßburg. On arriving at this place I found
that the rebel army had been passing through there
for two or three days, and that their rear, consisting
of Gen. RickeWs Virginia troops and Gen. Hood’s
Texans, were just then going by.'
"AW AT DOWN SOUTH IN DIXIE.”
Nearly.every regiment that I saw, arid thoae that
had paßeed, were accompanied either by a brass
band or a fife-and*drum corps.' The: bands were
playing, with much spirit, such popular Confederate
Airs' as “Away: Down South in Dixie,” “Bonnie
Blue Flag,” “ Massa’s in the Cold, Cold Ground,”
and other well-known airs.
Among the Texans I noticed one with a lasso,
who. exhibited his skill by. throwing it over a rebel
officer sitting on horseback, by way of a joke. He
also'caught a Union dog with the lasso, as a punish*
meat for barking on the approach of the rebels.
THE WHOLE REBEL FORCE NOT’ FIFTY THOUSAND.
From persons who had counted them, and in
whose judgment I had great confidence, I learned
that the whole force that had passed through Green
castle, and Chambersburg, including teamsters and
officers, infantry, cavalry, and artillery, did not ex
ceed thirty-four thousand. That about two thou*
sand still lay outside Greencastle that had not been
counted, making in all thirty-Bix thousand men.
This, with the force under Early at York, would
mAke the whole, rebel force north of Hagerstown
not more than forty thousand five hundred. Accom
panying this army were one hundred and sixty-two
pieces of artillery, forty of which were the heaviest
kind of Parrott guns, sixty of Which were heavy
« brass cannon, and the rest consisting of Napoleons,
for throwing shell, and a thin-mouthed rifled cannon,
which I had never seen before. These, with the
cannon with Early’s force, make the rebel artillery
amount to one hundred and eighty-four pieces.
The whole force of cavalry and mounted infantry
• did not exceed 1,500. Only about one-third of these
were regular cavalrymen, armed, with carbines, sa*
bres, and revolvers. The remainder were armed
with sabres and Eofield rifles; without bayonets.
I learned that Gen. Ewell, with his whole force,
except that portion which was under Early at YorK,
occupied the extreme front; that Longstreet and
D. H. Hill were within supporting distance of
Ewell up near Shippenßburg and Carlisle. Gen. A.
P. Hill’s corps.amounts toabout sixteen thousand.
This would leave a force of eighteen to twenty
thousand in the Cumberland Valley, Chambers
burg to. Harrisburg, at the present writing.
A citizen from near Carlisle informed me that a
very large portion of this force had taken the Wal
nut Bottom road, east of the Cumberland Valley
Railroad,, indicating an advance towards Gettys
burg by the Carlisle and Gettysburg pike;
CONTRABANDS <DABTURED AND RESCUED.
In and around Chambersburg the rebels captured
Borne fifty negroeß, most of whom were contrabands,
, and had sent them on the road to Dixie under a
suitable escort. But the brave citizens of Greeii
castle turned out, capturedthe Tebel guard, and sent
the darkeys on their way rejoicing.
RETALIATION BY GENERAL JENKINS.
This audacious act' coming.to-the ears of General
Jenkins, he immediately ordered the citizens of
Greencastle to/-pay, damages to the tune of fifty
thousand dollars, under the penalty .of having their
town burned to aßhes before sundown. The amount
of the damages was subsequently reduced to one
half, but even this the Greehcastlers.would not pay,
and their town- still stands, notwithstanding the
threats of Jenkins the mighty.. All 'of her Btorcs,
however, have been thoroughly plundered.
REBEL ,RUMOR OP GRANT’S DEFEAT BY JOHNSTON.
On Saturday morning Gen. Longatreet read at the
head of-hiß corps a despatch purporting- to have
come from Richmond, to the effect that Gen. John
ston had attacked Grant in the rear of Vicksburg,
and after killing ten thousand Yankees, utterly
routed the rest, ami was then-in pursuit of the
fugitives, not one hundred of whom could poßsibly
escape. ?The rebel army, were highly elated at this,
and felt more,,confident than ever that they could
capture Harrisburg. -■« .
AT GETTYSBURG.- ..
-.General Early took one hundred and twenty-six
prisoners at Gettysburg. These prisoners were
taken to Carlisle, and placed under guard, in the
market house. :Here they were kept twelve hours,
wben they were.paroled : the nature ofthe parole
required them to remain .twenty-four hours in toivn
—from 6 o’clock last evening. They fulfilled their
parole, and Btarted towards Harrisburg this morn-,
"ing. \ when these prisoners were conveyed, from
Gettysburg they had to p»bh through Shlppensburg.
At that place their shoes were "stripped from them,
and they were marched,barefoot'to Carlisle. .At the
latter place Ihe townspeople furnished them with
shoes to go to Harrisburg.
' The following speak's for itself. It was addressed
tothetroopß: * j
GENERALf ORDERS No. 73.
Headquarters Arse: of Northern
Chambersbefrg, Pa., June 27,.1563.
The commanding general has observed with
roaiked.-satisfaction; the conduct of the troops on
the max ch, and confidently Anticipates results com-:
men surate with the higi spirit they have manifested.
: No tro/ops could have displayed greater fortitude or
better' performed the - Arduous marches of the past
/teh.daya.: Their conduct in other respects has,with
few exceptions, been in keeping with their character
as soldiers, and entitles them to approbation and
■ prftiee. . . . : ~ ■ .1 . .
■ There have |: however, been instances of forgetful-*
ness, on the part of Borne, that .they have in keeping-:
the yet unßullied reputation of thfe army, and that
the OutiCß exacted of usby civilization and Christi
anity are not less obligatory iivthe country of the
■ CDf my than in pur own. -
The commanding general considers that no greater
: disgrace could befall the army,'and through it our
whole people, than the perpetration .of the barba
rous outrages upon the innocent and defenceless, and
the wanton destruction of private property, that
have marked'the course l of the. enemy in our own
country. Such proceedings not only disgrace .the
< pcipetrators and aircoiineoted with them, but are
subversive of fne discipline and efficiency of the
army, and destructive of the endaof our present
t movement; It mußji be remembered that we make'
war onlynpon-armed men, and that we oannot take 1 ;
vengeance for the our people have. auffereA
without lowering ourselves in the eyes of all whose
abhorrence has been excited by the atrocities of our
enemy, and offending against Him to whom ven
geance belongeth, without whose favor and support
our efforts must all prove in vain.
The commanding general, therefore, earnestly ex
horts the troops -to.-abstain with most scrupulous
care from unnecessary or wanton injury to private
property; and he enjoins upon all officers to arrest
andbring to summary punishment all who shall in
any way offend against the orders on this subject.
R. E. LEE, General.
The following is a copy of a certificate for goods
taken at^Carlisle:
; Carlisle, Pa., June 28,1863.
This ia to certify that I have this day received of
Mr. John Noble, for the use of this division, ninety
bushels of corn, at eighty-five cents per bushel.
JOHN A. ROGERS, Major
And Chief Quartermaster 2d:Division.
When the rebels came into town-here they made
an immediate requisition for twenty*five thousand
pounds of bacon, one hundred sacks of salt, fifteen
hundred barrels of flour, twenty-five barrels of
potatoes; twenty-five barrels of molasses, five
thousand pounds of coffee, five thousand pounds of
sugar, twenty-five thousand poundß of dried fruit,
and for various other articles in small quantities.
Their design seemed to be to completely rid the
town of these articles. They also made another re
quisition for three hundred ounces of quinine,
ninety pounds of chloroform, fifty pounds of gum
opium, &c. They took all the drugs and medicines
they wanted, also surgical instruments.
A curious incident occurred last night. At twelve
o’clock a guard was sent to search the Manor House
for something to eat-for General Jenkins.' The
searchers found a part of a cold turkey in the cellar,
and this was set before the General.
When the rebels were in town they kept a female
spy at the Mansion House. She was a pretty, but
impudent piece of rebel calico.
FROM COLUMBIA.
Colombia, July I.—A gentleman who came up
yesterday informs that the hill opposite Mc-
Call’s Ferry was black with swarms of rebel troopß.
who were part of Longstreet’s corps d’armee, "which,
he says, has a long pontoon train, and will, no doubt,
attempt to make a crossing to-day. This news seems
almost incredible, now that Generals Ewell and
Early have retreated down the valley ; but, as it iB
vouched for and believed here, I send it on to you.
Our forces at the point, under command,of Major
Stevens, are wholly inadequate to prevent a crosu
. ing, but the river is very deep and rapid at the ferry,
the current running at the rate of twelve miles an
hour. It .will be next to impossible, under these cir
cumstances, to "lay a pontoon bridge over it. Our
difficulty is, that there is no way of reinforcing
Major Stevens immediately, as the troops would
have to walk from Lancaster to the ferry, a distance
of twenty-eight miles. >' ■
LIBERIA.
The Election of’President.
By the regular West African mail steamer to
Liverpool intelligence from Liberia has been re
ceived at the Colonization office to the middle of
May. It is gratifying to notice-the rapid progress
of the Republic in agriculture and commerce, and
in the intereßtß of education, civilization, and
Christianity. - President Benson had returned to
Monrovia, from a vißit to the various settlements
on and near the St. Paul’s river. The Liberia
JfcrflW sayß that he was highly pleased in witnessing
the rapid improvements and progress in industrial
pursuits; and that the “President computes that
-there have been two miilion bricks made within the
last four monthß in the district of the St. Paul’s river
alone.” Governor Blackall, of Sierra Leone, had
spent several days at Monrovia, for the purpose of
effecting a settlement of the boundary, line between
that colony and the Republic. The Liberians claim
the Sheban as their northern terminus, which, it is
asserted, the British home-Government Acknow
ledged, some time since, after examination. No sa
tisfactory arrangement waß reached. A prepara
tory department has been added to Liberia College,
and Rev. Eli W. Stokes placed in charge. The election
for President and Vice President, which was held, as
required by the Constitution, on the first Tuesday
in May, resulted in the success of Hon. Daniel
Bashiel Warner and Rev. James M. Priest to these
respective offices.; Their terms do not commence
until the first of January next.
The life, character, abilities, and services of the
President .elect are such as to command the re
spect of. all men. ; He .was born on Hookstown road,
Baltimore, Maryland, April 19th, 1815, and was sent
to school until he learned to spell in words of four
syllables, in the old Thomas Dilworth spelling-book.
His father obtained his freedom just one year before
Daniel was bom, and removed, with all his family,
to the then feeble settlement of Monrovia, arriving
there by the brig Os wego, May 24,1823. Daniel was
promptly put to a’ school, conducted, among others,
by George R. McGill and Rev, John Rexeyj helped
bis father at shingle-drawing, and made several
trips, for trading purposes, along the Liberian sea
board. Such was Lott Cary’s estimate of his ca
pacity and ripe judgment that he appointed him one
of the three commissioners to the native chiefs of
Digby. /
In 1838 Mr. Warner was quartermaster to the
troops despatched under Col. J. J.- Roberts to Little
Bassa. In the following year he was BaUing-master
of the Government schooner Euphrates, and assist
ed in the demolition of a notorious slave factory
hear the same place. In 1640 he was appointed
captain of ; the Government vessel Campbell, which
he resigned to'accept the position of Collector of
Customs of the Liberian Commonwealth, and to
engage in a general commission business, which he
has since prosecuted Vith success and spotless in-'
tegrity.
/ Mr. Warner has devoted much of his time and
talents to his country, and the promotion of the beßt
interests of his race. Elected a Representative in
1847, he was chosen Speaker to the House of the first
Legislature of the Republic. Since then he' has
been Mayor of the City of Monrovia, and twice
Secretary of State—lB4B-60, and 1855-58. In 1859
and 1861, he was elected Vice President, and is now
elevated to the highest office within the gift of his
appreciating countrymen.
Mr. Warner is of unadulterated African blood, of
good personal appearance, sagacious, patient, indus
trious, and honcßt and high-minded in all hiß deal
ings. lie is a man of self-reliance and fixed pur
poses, and of rare native genius. He has honorably
served in the navy and militia of Liberia, success
fully engaged in trade and commerce, acceptably
filled offices of high responsibility, writes goodprose
and poetry, has been an active local preacher in the
Methodist Church for upwards of twenty years,
and, though he never saw a vessel constructed, he
planned his own ship yard, and built Bomeof the
largest craft navigating the waters of Western
Africa. Mr. Warner has not been out of Liberia
since his arrival, in 1823, and his case illustrates the
capacity of the race when placed in circumstances
favorable to tteir development, and proves Liberia
to be the only country where the black man’s powers
and faculties have free scope and opportunity.
ARMY OF TBE POTOMAC.
The Ariny«
Army of tbe Potomac, June 29.—A party of
Col. Sharp’s gallant scouts, only nine in number,
headed by Sergeant M. W. Kline, dashed: into
Hagerstown this morning, in the very rear of the
enemy, and captured ten prisoners and a large rebel
mail, which was on its way from the South to Lee’s
army. .
Middlkburg, Carroll county, Md., June 30.— The
presumption here is that the public are having a
nice little excitement over the doings of the rebel
cavalry in the rear: of Washington. As that point
is not exactly in my department, I cannot give you
the particulars about the rampaging rebels down in
that vicinity. We heard last evening that the rebel
cavalry moving toward Annapolis had struck and
destroyed the Washington branch of the Baltimore
and Ohio. Railroad at Laurel Factory, sixteen miles
north of Washington. Where they went to from
that point we have not fully learned, but an impres
sion prevails that they , steered for Elicott’s Mills,
on the main line, only ten miles distant by pike from
Baltimore, and about fitteen miles by .railroad; :
Tuesday, June 30,10 A. M.—The Western Mary
land Railroad is also stopped, and the Army of the
Potomac is without either railroad or telegraphic
communication with Washington or any other
point. .
If it will assure the' public at all, I can say that
the Army of the Potomac is in good position, full of
spirit, and nerving itself for the great work before
it. A feeling based upon what it 'can', do, pervades
the army—that the timelias now come for<a change
of the score from defeat to viotory.—Cor. Times.
HOOKER’S REMOVAL.
Frederick, Md.—The cause of the removal, as
near as I can learn, is this: General Hooker visited
Harper’s Ferry, removed the troops, and, to fulfill
his plan, ordered General French to leave the posi
tion_with his command, and march with the other
troops, desiring to use all the available force for the
purpose of dealiDg heavy >and effective blows at the
enemy. These instructions reaching the ears of
Major General Halleck, he instructed General
French not to notice any order from General Hook
er. Thereupon General Hooker said: “IfTam to
command the army I mean to - command it. The
people hold me responsible for the success of the.
mpvement, and I cannot and will not allow any
body to interfere by instructing my subordinate offi
cers to- disobey my commands.” In view of the
facts, he asked *o be relieved. This was accordingly
done, and Major General Meade appointed. Curi
ously enough, one of the first orders issued by Gene
ral Meade was Tor the troops at Harper’s Ferry to
inarch and join their forces' to the Army of the Po
tomac Tt ibune, >
ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND,
Stanley’s Dasli Into SlAeHbyvllle—Brilliant
Raid of Colonel YViider.
The Bulletin has the following special despatch:
Cincinnati. July 2.— General. Stanley’s cavalry
dash into Shelby ville was one of the moßt brilliant
passages of the war. Our forces advanced on the
Shelbyville pike, driving the rebels from Gay’s
Gap and riding down fifty.ofthem.'
Colonel Minty’s brigade then followed them up
and drove them into the fortifications at Shelby
ville. Mitchell’s whole division then , charged
through and- pushed rapidly into the town/ The
rebels, took a position in the public square, with
aifillery, and a charge was then made by the 9th
Und 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry Into the teeth'of the:
guns, which were eaptured.
At the same time the 4th Regulars and 3d Indiana
galloped into their flank, near the upper bridge of
Duck river. The enemy was totally routed and
driven into the river, where 100 of them were
drowned. The rebel General Wheeler escaped on
foot. ' . . . - , '
Sixty or seventy officers and 700 prisoners were
taken. Our loss was 6 killed and 30 or 40 wounded.
Lie uteuant Rhodes, of the 7th Pennsylvania, was
killed. .V.
A despatch dated*Manchester, June 30th, says :/
Col. Wilder’s- cavalry expedition' to the rear of
Bragg’s aimy, at Tullahoma, has just returned.
With mounted infAntiy he wentto Hillsboro, thence
to Dccli&rd, and swam the Elk river and crossed his
howitzers on a raft, making fifty miles on the same
day.
Be tore up the track :and burned a ddpot full of.
stoicß and destroyed the tre&tlework. 'At daylight
in the morning he started up.to the Southern Uni
versity, where he divided his forces. One portion
was sent to strike the railroad at Tawtalon, while
Wilder went to strike at Anderson.
He found Buckner’s whole division on the train
of cars going up from Knoxville 'to Tullahoma, and
fell back, tearing up the railroad from Cowan to
«Tracy City.
The rebelß, meanwhile, having sent ! a powerful
force to entrap him, he struck through the mountain
• and jeturned to Manchester.
He took ;aiul number of prisoners and
captured a lot of mules. The damage done to the
; railroad is very' serious.- ‘The expedition made 126
(miles in two days and a half.
THREE GENTS.
EUROPE .
Mr. Mason’s Sophistry Exposed.
The London Morning Star of the 19th has an arti
cle upon the Conway and Mason correspondence. 1
After tracing the correspondence down to the.call
for credentials by Mr. Mason, and the promise to
Bend for them by Mr. Conway, the Star proceeds:
But in the newspapers next morning Mr. Mason
found exactly what he The letter from Mr.
TV. Lloyd Garrison, read by Mr. Bright, was evi
dence enough that Mr. Conway had a general autho
rity to represent the Abolitionists. Instantly he
dloses the trap. In what his admirers will regard as
a crushing rejoinder, he scornfully rejects all over
tures of from the Northern Govern
ment or any,class of Northern citizens, and with in
solent candor informs his correspondent that he de
sired only to know who were responsible for his
mission, and who would confirm the treaty he pro
posed to make. Contrary to the custom of gentle
men in this country, he .anticipated Mr. Conway in
making public, the correspondence, and threatens
that it shall “find its way to the country a class of
its citizens you claim to represent." But in all this
Mr. Mason is evidently unconscious of, or uncon
cerned at, the possibility that honest, simple-minded
Mr. Conway may have been baiting a trap for him—
and that the threatened penalty of exposure to
obloquy at home may he rery Complacently suffered
by one whose real object was to draw from Mr.
Mason a refusal, expressed or implied, to stop the
horrors of war by an act in which the United States
have ho more interest than humanity at large.
"Whether or not that was Mr. Conway's object,
it is the effect of Mr. Mason's letter, and, as such, it
should be prized by the English friends of Union
and emancipation. It is the fashion here to deny
that the war is being prosecuted by the North for
the abolition of slavery, and to assert that the South
would use its independence to confer freedom upon
its bondsmen. To the English public, therefore, it
may be useful to have a distinct proof that, to men
of considerable influence in the North, emanciDa
tion would be a sure ground of peace, and that the
Confederate representative spurns the idea of pur
chasing political independence by relinquishing pro
perty in human beings. This humanitarian aspect
of the American conflict is that which commands
the largest share of attention.in Europe. Strong as ;
are the sympathies of all true Liberals, in this coun
try and on the Continent, with the Union, yet
* stronger! because both wider and deeper, are 1 the
feelings excited by a contest for the personal liberty
of four, millions of men and women. .
■ In tjie face of Mr. Conway's offer and Mr. Ma
son's reply, it is impossible to pretend that the
South cares for independence except as a means of
perpetuating slavery. Mr/ Conway may be dis
claimed. He may have no such authority as that
whichbe assumes. He mayhave allowed hiß personal
feelings to influence and mislead his ideas of public
duty and responsibility. Seeing that he is a Virginian ;
net a Northerner—that he has many relatives and
friends engaged in the deadly struggle—that the
war inflicts continual wounds on his own heart—
and that there is nothing he loves above Peace, ex
cept Freedom—and that the freedom of others—it is
quite possible that he should have conceived him
' self authorized to make, as a serious proposition/'
that which otherwise could be understood only as a
polemical trick. But, whatever the mistake on his
part, there can benoneas to Mr. Mason. It iaper
haps well for Mr. Conway and his friends that that
noble specimen of the Southern mind has suffered
himself to betaken in his own craftiness. It would
b ave been easy for so subtle and evidently unscru
pulous a personage to temporize with the offer,
and, by a few vague expressions, of de
sire to be rid of slavery, seriously to re
tard the still rising sympathies of Englishmen
with the cause of the North. But he. has over
reached; himself in the cold-blooded pride of his
plutocracy of color. He has declared that the
South will make no terms with the powers that
.insist on freedom as the condition of peace. He
throws back the enemies of slavery irretrievably
upon the forces of the Union. It can n'o more
be denied that the triumph of the North is in
dispensable to the liberation of the slave. In the
nature ofthingßit mustbeso. Mr. Conway and nis
friends must be under a great delusion if they hon
estly suppose that the South can decree emancipa
tion. Uncompensated freedom to the Blave would
be ruin to the slaveholder: and whence is to come
compensation but from the Federal treasury 1 From
the . moment that the planters became rebels, the
cause of the negro became hopeful.: As the rebellion
became obstinate, freedom became safe. Mr. Con
way need not now ask the South to consent to
emancipation. It has been proclaimed bythe Presi
dent of the Republic—and, to give effect to the
proclamation, loyal citizens have but to unite in un
faltering support of the President. The day has
- passed for the restoration of the Union with slavery.
The day cannever come for the Union to be sacrificed
that slavery may be abolished.
POLITICAL CONCERT OF ENGLAND AND
FRANCE. . -
Lord Palmeraton, at a dinner given to her Majes
ty’s ministers by the Lord Mayor of London, on
made the following remarks:
. Inhuman affairs there are difficulties which ap
pear greater at a distance than when they are
boldly faced, and when we approach nearer to meet
them. t For many years it waß supposed that if any
event, political or physical, should deprive this
country of that staple of its industry, cotton, ruin,
bankruptcy, desolation would be the inevitable con
sequence. That difficulty haß come. That calamity
has fallen upon us. We have survived it; and, al
though 1 do not mean to deny that in parts of the
country, and with regard to large portions of our
manufacturing and commercial industry, it has been
accompanied by great and severe distress,-yet,
taking the nation at large, we are*happy to find
that our general industry and commerce have not
Buffered, that our commerce has sustained scarcely
any diminution, and'that in spite of that calamity
the revenue of the country has been in a prosper
ous and healthy condition, enabling the Govern
ment to propose important and great reductions of
taxation.... [Cheers.] With.the remark that all this
prosperity depended on the. continuance of peace,
the noble lord said that though questions of grave .
character were pending, he trusted they were sus
ceptible of friendly, satisfactory, and peaceful solu
tion. [Cheers.] This country may boast that its
relations with all the other nations of Europe, and I
will aay, too, of America, in spite of little outpour
ings of sentiment not bo friendly—[cheers]—we
may boast that our relations with the other na
tions of the world are friendly, and there are two
Powers upon whose friendship and understanding, or
upon whose differences and enmities, mainly depend
the questions of peace or of disturbance in Europe—!
I mean England and France. [Cheers.] I amhappy to
say that on all those great questions upon which the
ieeues of peace and war depend, whether in the far
West or in the distant East, there exists between
the Governments of England and France the
moat frank and honorable concert. [Loud cheers.]
interests of theße two important coun
trieqpmußt be identical, and the Governments
of both are sufficiently enlightened to know that
those interests lie in the same direction. And
if any pledge were required of the friendly
disposition which animates the Empetor of the
French, I would point to my honorable' and <lis
' tinguished friend on my left, Baron Gros, the French
ambassador—[cheers]—a man who. haß had much
intercourse in many parts of the world with British
diplomatists, and whose intercourse haß invariably
been of the nioßt friendly character, honorable to his
country,-and courteous and friendly to its allies.
[Loud cheers.]. 1 hold, my lords and gentlemen,
that the presence of Baron Gros, aB representing the
Emperor of-the French in London, is a pledge of the
sincerity of the alliance between the two countries.
[Cheers.] I trust that there are no clouds on the
horizon which may not.vanish and melt away into
thin air ; and whatever questions may still be pend
ing—and I don’t disguise that there are questions of
great importance pending—l hope negotiations, con
ducted upon the, principles of justice and of right,
may lead those questions to. a.happy solution, and,
that nothing may ocour to retard that progress of.
, civilization, of industry, of art, and of intelligence,
which, I trust, the nations of the earth are destined
uninterruptedly to follow.- [Cheers.] My Lord
Mayor, I again beg to return you, on behalf of my
self and my colleagues, ourmost sincere and heart
felt acknowledgments. [Loud cheers.]
THE HEIR OF. FRANCE.
[From the London Globe. ]
. The Prince Imperial, says a letter from Paris, is
-now seven years old, not very well grown, or what
would’be called a fine boy for his age, buthealthy,
and with an interesting countenance and very geniU
manners. On the occasion of his birthday, the other
day, he attended the theatre with the Emperor and
Empress, and after the performance walked about
among his little brother soldiers in the pit, distribut
ing barley-sugar, and followed by his . two small
aias-de-camp, all in uniform. He is very affection
ate, and fond of paying little attentions toward
those with whom he is allowed to associate, sending
them bouquets of his own gathering, and letters of
his own composition on their jours-de-fele with great
regularity. His institutrice from his infancy is anEng
lishwoman. recommended originally by the Queen,
and formerly in the household of the Duchess of Ar
gyll. To those who believe that the Empress’ ultra
montane tendencies are very strong, and bear much
weight in the councilsof state, it may be surprising to
hear that this lady, Miss Shaw, is a Btriet Protestant,
whose attendance at. her own church is entirely
sanctioned by the Empress, and who is permitted bo
far to influence her pupil as to induce him to pass
his Sundays altogether in English fashion. Several
times the little fellow has been known to ssy that
he would not allow people to work on Sunday, as
they do in France. Since his Beventh birth-day, a
tutor haß been appointed for him—a yonng man, M.
Mounier, chosen, apparently, solely for his good
moral qualities. The little prince, however, still
spends the larger portion of his time with his go
verness, to whom he is greatly attached, and to
whom his parents allow almost entire authority
over him. Another lady attached to the court having
induced him to disobey her on one occasion, the re
currence of such an accident was provided against
for the future by the lady being .no more invited. to_
attend ou-tkc-yriuce.—Tne-tfoiperors lonudesa for
bis child appears to be extreme, and the little fellow
seems never so. happy as when standing by-his
father’s knees, while he points out to him whatever
may be likely to amuse the boy’s imagination.
"THE ORLEANS FAMILY.
On the occasion of the recent marriage of the
Duke de Chartres with the ' Princess
d’Orleans it was determined by the inhabitants of
Esher, England, to present Queen Marie Amelie
with ah address ; and accordingly on Saturday, June
*13,-just after the; departure from Claremont of her
Majesty Queen Victoria, the deputation.appointed
by the inhabitants arrived at the mansion.
Queen Marie Amelia received the deputation in
the drawing room, surrounded by many of the mem
bers of the Orleans family, when the following ad
dress was read:
To her Majesty the Queen Amelie:
May it please your Majesty—The inhabitants, of
all ranks, in the villageof Esher, desire to express to
you and your royal house, their humble and sincere
congratulations on the. occasion of the marriage of
their royal highnesses the Duke de Chartres ana the
Princess FrancoiseW Orleans, and their anxiouß
hopes that the event may .prove a blessing to the
royal pair and a constant source of happiness and
delight to your Majesty and every member of your
-family, particularly their royal highnesses the
Prince and Princess de Joinville. They gladly seize'
thiß opportunity of .addressing you, that they may
add their heartfelt and grateful thanks, not only for
the open k handof charity, oh all occasions, to the poor
and suffering,'.but for the unvarying kindness and
; attentive courtesy to' every member of the village,
high and low, shown by all your royal family, and r
they affectionately pray that it may please the. God.
of us all, rich and poor, to have your Majesty and
jour family ever in His holy keeping.
Signed: on behalf of all .the inhabitants of the
village of Esher, in theedunty of Surrey.
WE GEO. BRETT, Chairman.
The Queen, in a clear voice, but tremulous with
: emotion, thanked deputation, and said that, :
among all her misfortunes, she felt a great consola- ,
• tioh at this expression of feeling on the part.of her
neighbors, and that the remembrance of that day
‘would never be effaced from her memory. , . .
REPLY OF PRINCE GORTSCHAICOFF, TO
' • ' SECRETARY SEWARD. ’
»'■ : s T . PbtjsrSbubo, iune.i (M-ay 22), 1863. •
Sir: I have not failed to place, before the Empe
ror, my august master, the despatch thjat you com- ‘
municated: to.me, by order of your Government,
and which contains the reply of Mr. Seward to- Mr.
Payton relative to the communication recently
made by the French Government to. the Federal
Government on the subject of events in Poland.
His Majesty the Emperor has a lively apprecia
tion of the sentiments of confidence that the Go
vernment of theXJnited States possesses in hia views
and intentions for the general welfaTOrf>f bia empire.
. This confidence our august master believes he has-,
merited, and it is necessary to him in order that he
may complete what he has begun; If is to his Ma
jesty a cause of sincere satisfaction to see that his;
. persevering efforts to with order and with
out disturbance, every;'part ofhis empiro. in the path
i of peaceful piogresa, have been impartially appre-
the war pres.
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NAPOLEON’S LETTER TO GirN. FOREY.
Subjoined is Napoleon's letter to General Forey
in full, the telegraph having furnished only a por -
tion of it:
Palace of Fointaiwbleatj, June 12,1853.
Generai, : The news of the capture of Puebla
reached me the day" before yesterday by way of
New York. This event has filled ine withjoy.
I know how much is due chiefs and the
soldiers for the foresight and energy exercised by
them to obtain that important result. , Express in
my name to the army my great satisfaction. Tell it
how much I appreciate its perseverance and its
courage while on an expedition so distant, where it
had to contend against the climate, the difficulties
of the place, and against an enemy so much the
more obstinate as it was mistaken with regard to my
intentions. ;
I bitterly>deplore the probable loss of so many
brave men ; but I have the consolatory thought that
it has not been useless for the interests and honor
of France and for civilization.
. Our aim, as you know, is not to impose on the
Mexicans a government against their will, nor to
make ou.r success serve to the triumph of any party
whatever. I desire that Mexico may be bom to a
new life, and that shortly, regenerated by a govern
ment founded upon the national will, the principles
of order and progress and respect for international
law, she may, by establishing friendly relations with
France, acknowledge that it is to France that she
owes her peace and prosperity.
I await the official reports to give to the army
and its chiefs their merited recompense.
For the present, General, receive my earnest* and
sincere congratulations, - NAPOLEON.
GENERAL FORE Y 3 S REPORT.
Puebla, May 18.— Monsieur' le Marechal: Puebla
is in our power. The combat of San Lorenzo hav
ing dispersed the corps (Parm.ee of Comonfort, who
attempted to force our line of investment and to re
victual Puebla, the garrison, which had long Buffered
from famine which had driven off all that remained
of the inhabitants, was at our mercy.
On the other hand, the trench having been opened
before Fort Tectimehuacan, and our batteries, armed
with thirty pieces of divers calibres, having opened
their fireon the 16th against that fort and completely
destroyed itß armament in two hourß, the situation
of the fortress, against which two vigorous attack*
were directed; waß exceedingly critical.
In this state of affairs General Ortega made over
tures to me that I ; might grant him a capitulation.
But bis pretensions amounting to nothing.less than
permitting his departure from the fortress with the
honors of war. with arms, baggage, and field artil
lery, and liberty to march for Mexico, I rejected
such strange propositions; and I declared that he
might depart with the honors of war, but that the
army must defile before thgFrench army,'depositing
its arms and remaining prisoners of war, promising
that he would be treated with all the respect usual
among civilized nations for a garrison which had so
bravely done Itß duty.
These propositions were not accepted by General
Ortega, who, during the night of the 16th-17th f
declared his army dissolved, caused them to break
their armß, spike the cannon, blow up the powder
magazines, and then sent to announce to me that
the garrison had finished its defence, and that he
placed himself at my discretion. -
Scarcely had the day dawned when 12,000 men, the
greater part without uniforms, arms, or equipment,
the whole of the latter having been broken and
thrown into the streets, constituted themselves pri
soners, and the officers, to the number of 1,000 to
1,200, of whom twenty-Bix were general, and more
than 200 superior officers, caused me to be informed
that they were assembled at the palace of govern
ment, awaiting my orders.
All the materiel of war remains in our possession.
It only appears to have_.been partly spoiled, and
even that portion incomplete] y.
I hasten to send this dispatch to your excellency,
with orders at Vera Cruz to expedite it by a swift
vessel to the Havana, from whence it will reach
Europe, via New York, before the English packet,
which leaves Vera Cruz on the Ist of June, by which
you will receive a detailed report of our situation.
The army is overwhelmed with joy, and is about
to mareh in a few days upon Mexico.
The General of Division, FOREY.
COURT FASHIONS BY EUGENIE.
TheJEmpreas. Eugenie (says a Paris letter) has
made some curious sumptuary edicts this season,
ore of which is that, with the exception of the
lingerie, every visible article of ladies’ clothing
must be of the Bame color as her gown. For in
stance, a lady wearing a yellow dress, must wear
also, yellow bootß, yellow gloves, yellow trimmings
on her hat or bonnet, a yellow cloak and a yellow
parasol. Those wearing yellow or lilac, or blue, or
green,_or pink, must form into distinct groups or
regiments, so as to constitute a striking coup d'ceil ,
and no lady must wear the same uniform twice
whilst staying atthe chateau.
BISTORT IN LONDON.
[From the.Losdon Post, June 16.3 .
After an absence of several years upon the confci
nenVMadame Rietori has returned to London to
fulfil a brief engagement at her Majesty’s Theatre.
She made her first appearance yesterday evening,
and was received with fayor by a brilliant and nu
merous audience. The character she sustained'was
the ; one, in which; she is .best known to the Engliah
public—that of Medea—which she still performswith.
remarkable skill and spirit.. Her acting haßloßt
nothing of original grace,* vigor, and refinement. It
is still instinct with poetic feeling, and with passion
not.the less genuine for not being too clamorously
expressed. A great merit: in Mad ameßis tori is
that she does not fall into the vulgar error of
overdoing: the part she seeks to impersonate.
Applause so gained is not worth the having,
and in repudiating it and adopting a system
which, without being too tame, gives truthful and
spirited expression to the author’s text, Madame
Ristori has pursued a course which is worthy of all
praise. Another quality of Madame Ristori’s act
ing which deserves especial notice is its brilliant
variety. In this respect the Italians, as a race, are
more richly gifted than the English. Their gestures
are more varied and more expressive than those of
our own people. Our native actors have not {in
frequently one, and only one, set of gestures where
with to express one class of emotions. This prac
tice iB strictly in accordance with the rule laid down
by the admirable artist who assured Oliver Gold
smith that, though he had attitudes in abundance,”
he “in general kept hiß arms folded upon the pit of
his stomach,'which was the way at Drury Lane,
and had always a fine effect.” Madame Ristori’*
actiDg is fraught with the most tender sentiment.
Most tragic is the tone in which, while revealing the
Btory of her life to Creusa, Bhe contrasts her own
sad fate with the happy de&tiny she believes to be in
store for her rival. The despair with which she re
jects'all thought of comfort is impressively por
trayed ; and so, too, is her bitter anguish on being
told to think of her children.
With these and other utterances notlesß pathetic,
the passages in which she gives' fierce expression to
;her remorseless vows of vengeance are strikingly
contrasted. The famous passage in which she likens
her stealthy and ferocious onslaught upon her foe*
to the spring of the leopardess upon her prey, is &
fine illustration of the art of suiting the action to
the word,and as much maybe said of the scene in
which she clutches the daggerand describes the de
light she would feel in planting it in the heart of her
rival. ;
But MadameEistori’s impersonation of this cele
brated character must be too vividly remembered by
all who have once seen it to require a very detailed
notice on the present occasion. It will suffice to say
that the performance ’was sustained throughout
with unabated spirit, and that it repeatedly evoked
the enthusiastic applause of the audience. Creusa
waß played by Mile. Glech, Orpheus by Signor Ciotti,
and, Jason by Signor Glech; but in no instance did
..these artists evince much skill, or rise above the
of respectable mediocrity.
Mr, Mason and Mr, Conway*
To the Editor of. the A r . Y. Tribune:
Sir : By the last arrival from England, it appears
that Mr. Mason, envoy of the Confederate States,
had sent to The London Times acorrespondence be
tween the Rev. Moncure D. Conway'and himself—
Mr. C. informing Mr. M. that “he is authorized, on
behalf of the Anti-Blavery people of America, who
have sent him to England, to propose thatif the
Confederate States will immediately commence the
work of negro emancipation, the Anti-slavery lead
ers of the Northern States will at once oppose the
prosecution of the war, and. since they hold the
balance of power, will cause the war to cease, by the
immediate withdrawal oi every kihd of supplies
from it.” It ib further added that, Mr. Mason very
properly asked Mr. Conway to produce his creden
tials.‘.Mr. Conway replied that he would write to
America for. them! in closing-the correspondence.
Mr. Mason remarks that “it will, perhaps, interest
Abolitionists to learn that they have a delegate here
prepared, in their name, to enter into a compromise
on the question of slavery.”
This correspondence is of so extraordinary and
grave a character, that I beg permission to state, in
-Ute^ritoTie^.in-Jbfihalf
whom I am idem tinea, that utey nave not been guilty
of such folly and presumption as to authorize any
such proposition to be made to Mr. Mason; nor will
they forward any "endorsement of it to Mr. Conway,
who is in England upon his own responsibility alone,
representing the Anti-slavery cause no further than'
does every other eloquent and devoted friend of
freedom who:desires to see the rebellion speedily
suppressed, and slavery aB speedily abolished.
There are at least three weighty reasons why the
Abolitionists coaid not make any overture of this
nature to the Confederate traitors, especially through
the infamous author of the fugitive-slave law.
The first is, that no reliance can be placed upon
the word of those who stand before the world black
with perfidy and treason, and in the most dreadful
sense as hostes humani generis., Having -long since
proved themselves capable of uttering any falsehood,
however stupendous, practising any deception, how
ever detestable., and breaking any pledge, however
solemnly made, it would be pie height of infatua
tion to suppose them morally capable of'carrying
out any stipulation -for the emancipation of their
wretched bondmen. '
The second reason is, that as they commenced and
are carrying on the'war OKpressly and avowedly to
.obtainwider scope and stronger safeguards for their
cherished slave system—and desire their independ
ence upon no other ground—to approach them with
an overture for immediate emancipation as the
method of terminating the struggle and securing
their recognition as an independent Confederacy, 1b
to be lacking in self-respect,-and to justify them in
resenting it as an Insult and a mockery.
The third reason is that the Federal Government
has already decreed, “ forever,” the liberation of
all the slaves in the Confederate States, and stands
solemnly pledged to enforce that decree in suppress
ing the rebellion. therefore, not only an act of'
supererogation, but an imputation upon the Govern
ment to solicit the traitors to do that, as a means of
tiiumph and to screen themselves from punishment,
which has been wisely :and constitutionally done by
President Lincoln.to save the Republic!
Yours, for Universal Freedom, and therefore no
compromise with the Confederate States.
WE LLOYD GARRISON.
Boston, June 30,.1363.
The Siege of Vicksburg. ' .
Cincinnati, July 2.—Oh the 25th ol June, Mc-
Pherson’s corps made an assault on the reDel works
at Vicksburg. The whole army waß in line of bat-,
tie and thecannonading was heavy.
At 4 o'clock a mine was sprung. During the hot
est of the firing in front of Logan a wide opening ia
the embankment was made, through which the Lead
Mine Regiment of Colonel Maltby rushed and plant
ed a flag. *
Lieutenant Colonel Milenchton Smith and Major
Fisk were killed. .
Six Illinois and one lowa regiment assiatedm the.
assault. General Leggett ol Ohio was in immedi
ate command, and is reported slightly wounded^ ;
Ab soon.as an entrance was effected the fighting
was confined ?to •hand grenades, whioh - were used
with terrible effect on the rebels.*.;• . - l •
General McPherson estimates their loss at 500;
ours was not over ioo. Vehold the fort. . ;
There is no n£ws of importance*