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SATURDAY, JULY 11, 1863,
What iias been Gained by the Recent
Battles.
Perhaps it is rather premature to speculate
upon the results anticipated to flow from
the impending battle upon the Potomac, but
in the absence of facts we can only indulge
in surmises; and the fighting that has
already taken place, although not as decisive
as it was at first regarded, is still of a
character to permit an inference as to the
issue of the present campaign. Because, in
the late engagement, Lee’s entire army was
not captured or cut to pieces, there is a dis
position in some quarters to underrate its
importance,and to look upon it as altogether
indecisive; and such is especially the
opinion expressed of it among the disloyal,
■who less than a fortnight ago predicted the
fall ol "Washington and Philadelphia ; and
among many of the nervous and timid class
of the community who saw no hope in the
future of escape from these disasters,
Independent of any consequences that may
liereafter follow, we think the late battle
■established the following important facts:
firstly, that the Army of the Pptomac, in
point of spirit, if not of numbers, has never
been in a better condition ; secondly, that in
Gen. Meade ilhas at length a leader worthy
of it, and competent to wield and direct its
strength with telling effect upon the enemy;
thirdly, that it has once more saved Mary
land and Pennsylvania from permanent rebel
occupation, and the capital of the na
tion from destruction; fourthly, that at a
single blow it has shorn the rebel army of
at least one-third of its former strength, and
visited upon Lee the most crushing defeat
he has ever sustained; fifthly, that by com
pelling General Lee to assume the defensive,
and driving him to the brink of a swollen
river, into which a great portion of his
forces may be precipitated in case of defeat,
it has demonstrated his desperate condition,
and shown conclusively that one more vic
tory may not only result in his complete
overthrow, hut in the fall of the rebellion, of
which his. army, crippled though it he, is
now the main support.
"With such results as these before our eyes,
we cannot look upon the battle of Gettys
burg as an indecisive action. We do not
think anything more could have been accom
plished, with the means at our command.
More has been done than we dared to anti
cipate a few weeks ago ; and the campaign,
even though it should cease with the two
armies in their present attitude towards each
other, would still present a hopeful and en
couraging aspect for the Northern people ;
and even though “the situation” has been
transferred to Maryland soil, there is more
than compensation, in the fact that the con
trol of it has,at the same time, been trans
ferred to the Army of the Potomac. But
the battle of Gettysburg was merely pre
liminary to the final triumph, which we
hope soonto record. The two armies are
almost in contact —the struggle is close at
band. It. would seem to be to our advan
tage to attack the enemy immediately, be
fore he can fully brace himself to meet the
shock; hut it is possible that there may
he. greater" advantage in a temporary
delay. ■lt is hardly possible that there
can be a grain of .truth in the report
that Lee is to be reinforced by Beatjre
gaEd ; but it is quite possible that General
Meade is to be reinforced, or is to have the
co- operation of the Pennsylvania or other
detached forces, in which case it may he
his policy to postpone the battle until as
sured that all the elements of success are in
bis keeping. Whether it shall take place
this week, or this month, however ; whe
ther the Army of the Potomac shall be rein
forced or not; whether Lee . shall succeed
in escaping into Virginia with the remnant
of his once proud army or not, will matter
very little in the end. If he is able to re
fuse the wager of battle in Maryland, which
does not now seem probable, lie wfibbe
forced to accept it in Virginia. There may
he postponement, hut the results will he
the same; the discomfiture of the rebel
army and the overturning of the rebel Go
vernment. And these results, if not accom
plished, have at least been foreshadowed by
the hat-tile of Gettysburg. ~
Ktbel Reports of National Defeats.
Baron Munchausen related many wonder
ful things. He told how he loaded a shot
gun with cherry-stones, wounded a deer in
the forehead, and the next year met the
animal with a cherry-tree growing out of its
forehead,-the branches of which were filled
with ripe fruit. Many other marvellous
events are asserted in his veracious auto
biography, hut he never claimed the battle
of Gettysburg as a rebel victory, estimated
the national army at one hundred and se
venty-five thousand men, or declared that
the enemy there captured forty thousand of
our men. Had he lived long enough, no
doubt he might have said all this, but unfor
tunately for the completeness of his book, he
died before this master-stroke was possible.
It was reserved by fate for the Richmond
Enquire)' of the eighth instant.; That paper
has eclipsed the Baron entirely, and actually,
by contrast, given him a reputation for vera
city. All truth and goodness is compara
tive : compared with Judas Iscariot, Be
nedict Ann old was a good man ; compared
with Benedict Arnold, Mr. Fernando
"Wood is really not so very disloyal, and
compared with Wood,. Mr. Vall andi cm am
is not entitled to our perfect horror. Gray
by the side of white seems black, but in con
trast With black, it is not so very gray after
all. Upon this principle Munchausen might
lay his hand upon his heart and say, “ Upon
the honor of a soldier, gentlemen, I never
told a lie in my life,” after reading this
strong invention of the enemy at Richmond.
“Our loss,” says the Enquirer, “is esti
mated at ten thousand. The enemy lost forty
thousand in prisoners alone.” We detest
thiß timidity in falsehood. A good, round,
solid, substantial lie is entitled, to a certain
sesthetical respect, but it is with contempt
that we look upon a half-way, halting speci
«*men of untruth. If the Richmond papers
must romance, why should they not go to
the utmost limit of the impossible? We
admire the courage and audacity of a
thorough falsehood, and would, for in
stance, have a certain Tespect for the gi
gantic impertinence of the man who could
deliberately affirm that the Peace Party is
actuated by the noblest of patriotic mo
tives—that the New York World is de
voted to the dissemination of principles
of , public virtue—that the Herald is
anxious to do some service to the cause
of ‘Christianity, or that Mr. William B.
lilyED is willing to support his legitimate
Government, and to pray for . the suppres
sion; of the rebellion. We should admire
)he Enquirer' much more had it declared
thai the forces under General Meade num-
Jbered tiirw hundred thousand men; that he
had six tlioUSal pieces. of artillery, and
-that Lee captured this immense force,
-With the exception of a su- la gged
-drummers. This would have Dd. en some
thing worthy of consideration ; but ■ Only
forty thousand men ! We candidly-ask the
Enquirer if it is not ashamed of itself..
'There would have been no risk in saying s
-■eighty thousand, for the credulity which
■‘Will accept the falsehood really, uttered is
CSpshle of the digestion of any fiction which
imagination is able to create.
But, perhaps, we are unj U3tly accusing
the rebel journal; it may intend to emulate
‘he strategy of Sir John FalstafF, when
i narrated his warlike deeds '; these forty
nisand prisoners may be merely the two
v in buckram, who shall ere long be mul
'd into eleven! None but an inexpcri
inventor would exhaust his mendacity
•e, and the Enquirer has probably a
re falsehoods in reserve, which Will,-
oper time, corroborate' and sustain
When the news of Lee’s defeat
mrg -reaches Richmond we.shall
with a ,statement like this:
ccess for. the Southern arms !
riven hack to Massachusetts !,
instant, General Lee, with
sand men, met the immense
under the Yankee Mea.de,
„ Ith terrible slaughter. The
><<s\
op
enemy was pursued to Boston. After ac
complishing all he had intended, General
Lee, witli that promptness for which he is
famous, immediately recrossed the Ppto
mac, and is now on his exultant march to
Richmond. This great victory, over an ig
nominious and triumphant foe, will send a
thrill of joy throughout the noble and chi
valrous South. We also hear that Vicks
burg has been evacuated with tremen
dous success. Never did our cause look
brighter.”
The study of falsehood is like the dissec
tion of a cancer, at once interesting and
disagreeable ; hut the attention we have
given to Southern journals has informed
us that the weakness of the rebellion is al
ways in exact proportion to the exultation
of its newspaper organs. From this, well
authenticated fact we may justly infer that
the enemy was never in such a pitiable con
dition as at present.
French Ministerial Changes.
A change in the French Ministry is a
verj T important thing, seeing that Napo
leon may be said to.hold in his hands the
issues of peace or war in Europe, and that,
even in this continent, a great deal depends
upon his fiat. A change of some moment
has just taken place. Count
and Count De Perstgny have been dis
missed, and their places filled by M. Bil-
LAULT.and M. Broudet. The change has
been made, it is announced, ("in an im
perial memorandum not very clearly word-
in order to make the Ministry directly
responsible to the French people instead, as
before, to the Emperor alone. Under this
arrangement, “ the Minister of State is re
leased from all administrative functions fM.
Bill Atilt, vice Count Walewski,) and the
Minister who presides over the Council of
State, (now M. Rouiier,) are" henceforth,
in conjunction with the members of that
council, entrusted with the explanation and
defence of the questions brought before the
Senate and Corps Legislatif.” It should be
noticed here that the successors of Walew
ski and De Persigny are not new men. M.
Billault, also a Senator, previously was a '
Minister without a portfolio, and M. Brou
det had formerly been in office. *
The French Ministry consisted of thirteen
members, of whom several had no port
folios : as, in the Peel Cabinet, the Duke of
Wellington, had seats without offices, and,
as in the first Palmerston Cabinet, the Mar
quis of Lansdowne and Lord John Rus
sell also were members, with place or pay.
The present acting members of Napoleon’s
Ministry are as follows:
M. Billault, vice Walewski..Minister of State.
M. Baroche Minister of Justice.
M. Broudet, vice Peaigny.... Minister of the Interior.
M, Buruy Minister of Education.
HL. Behic .Minister of Agriculture,
Commerce, and Public
Works.
. Minister President of
the Council of State. ,
President of the Corps
Legislatif.
.Minister of Finance.
.War Minister.
Count de Chasseloup-Eau*
M. Kouher.
M. d© Moray,
M. Achelle Fould
Marshal Kandon.
bat. Minister of Marine and
the Colonies.
M. Drouyn de l’Huys..... ..Minister of Foreign Af-
Count Flortan Alexander Joseph Co
lonna Walewski, born in 1810, is'believed
to be an illegitimate son of Napoleon 1.,
and the Polish Countess Walewski, the
only woman who showed affection or sym
pathy for him on his abdication, in 1814,
•when, regardless of appearances, she has
tened to visit him at Fontainebleau, whither,
he had retired, and where she found him
almost deserted by the crowds whom he
had raised to wealth, rank and dignity.
Educated at Geneva, young Walewski
showed great precocity of intelligence and
spirit, and, before he was twenty, was sent
on a mission to London, to endeavor to in
terest statesmen there in favor of Poland.
.The French Revolution of 1830 broke out
soon after his return, and the Duke of Or
leans, whose friendship he had acquired,
gave him a captain’s commission in a hussar
regiment, but, wearied of the inaction and
monotony of garrison duty, he soon re
signed. The only thing that had relieved
the tedium of this life was his being sent on
a special mission to Add-el-Kader, at-Mas
lard, a fact not mentioned in the memoir in
Yapereau’s great biographical work. Lay
ing down the sword, he took up the pen, wrote
some political pamphlets; assisted -in found
ing the Parisian journal Le Messager, wrote
a couple of plays, and assisted Alexander
Dumas in the novel ‘ ‘ Mademoiselle de
Belle Isle.” In 1840, his career was again
changed. M. Thiers, then newly in office,
showed his gratitude to Le. Messager by
placing Walewski, one of its editors, in his
own bureau, and sent him on a special mis
sion to Egypt and Turkey. Under Guizot’s .
ministry, he had various diplomatic employ
ments, and was sent as minister to Buenos
Ayres. Returning to France in 1848, after
the Revolution but before the elections of
1850, he attached himself to the fortunes of
Louis Napoleon, and thereby secured his
own. In January 1849 he was sent as am
bassador to Florence, and subsequently to
Naples and Madrid.- In 1851, he went, as
ambassador to London, but was. recalled in
1855 to become Foreign Minister of France,
in the place of M, Drouyn de l’Huys. In
this capacity he took an active part in the
proceedings before and after the Crimean
War, and signed the treaty of April, 1856,
as President of the Congress of Paris. He
differed with the Emperor on Italian policy
in 1860, when he resigned and was succeed
ed by M. Thouvenel, who, not long ago,
was displaced by M. Drouyn de l’Huys.
It must be owned that Walewski fell, soft
ly—for he was retained in the Cabinet as
chief Minister of State.
Count Jean-Gilbert-Victor-Fialin de
Per sign y, son of a French officer, who fell
in the battle of Salamanca, was born in
January, 1808. At the age of twenty, young
De Persigny was quartermaster in a Hus
sar regiment.; A royalist at first, his opi
nions gradually became more democratic.
After the Revolution of July, he went to'.
Paris in quest of employment, and obtained
employment on the journal Let Temps, and
believed in St. Simohism. r About this time
he abandoned the plain name of Fialin, and
assumed the title of Viscount de Persignt,
Which ("he saidj had long belonged to his
family, who had not cared to use it. About
1834, he became converted to Napoleon
ism, and vindicated it in a Journal
which he established for that special
purpose. He attached himself to the
ambition of Louis Napoleon, was the
chief instigator of the Strasburg attempt, es
caped arrest on its failure, and fdind safety
in England, where fin 1837) he published
an account of the whole affair. In 1840 he
was a party in the Boulogne attempt, was
arrested, tried, sentenced to twenty years’
captivity, but released by Louis Philippe,
on a report that his health was failing.
During his imprisonment he wrote a book
on the utility of the Pyramids of Egypt, his
idea being that they were erected with the
sole purpose of protecting the valley, of the
Nile against the invasion of the sable in
habitants of the Desert! In 1848, when
Louis Napoleon became President, he
gave office and emolument to De Peb-
signy, who earned out, if he did not. plan,
the coup (Petal of December, 1851. - Imme
diately after, he succeeded 11. de Moeny as
Minister of the Interior, in which capacity
he signed the famous decree confiscating
the Orleans property, but resigned in 1854,
and soon after went as ambassador to Eng
land, where he remaineduntil 1858, when
he was succeeded by Marshal Pelissiek. He
returned to England in a short time, and
finally quitted it to become Napoleon's
Prime Minister. In 1852 he married the
Prince de Moskawa’s only daughter ("Mar
shal Key’s grandchild J, when Napoleon
conferred the title of Count upon him, and
presented the lady with a dowry of §100,006:
He is one of the boldest, firmest, and most ,
astute statesmen in Europe.
Such are the two ministers whom Napo
leon has removed from his Ministry. Of
those who remain, M. Bill Ault is a prac
tical man, experienced in politics, master of
the details of agriculture and commerce’and
anxious for the liberty of the press. He'is
fifty-eight years old. M. Baboche, Minis
ter ;of Justice, has .been JJtaeign ’ Minister,
and is a good lawyer. His'age issixty-one.
M. Bboudet, who succeeds DkPebsig
iNY, is an illustrious obscure. MM. Dubby l
: and Behic are also new and little known
‘mem M. Kouueb is a lawyer, chiefly
known as a etrong adherent of Napoleon.
M. AchilLe Fould, formerly a banker, is
the best financial minister in Europe, Mar
shal Randon is a mere soldier. Count
de Chasbeloup-Laubat is a red-tapist.
Drouyn de l’Huys, Foreign Minister, is a
man of experience and tact, said to be averse
to Napoleon’s favorite policy of meddling
in the affairs of other nations/
The Duke De Mo.rny, President for
speaker) of the Corps Legislatif, now 03
years old, is said to be the illegitimate son
of Hortense, Lours Napoleon’s mother.
He possesses more, of Napoleon’s confi
dence than any other person, and had a
leading part in the coup d'etat of Decem
ber,lBsl. Engaged in commerce, agricul
ture, and manufactures/previous to 1848,
he is a shrewd man of business. He was
French Ambassador to Moscow, at the
Coronation of the present Czar, and there
married a young, beautiful, and enormously
wealthy Russian lady. He was lately
created Duke, and has a voice potential in
the Cabinet.
Such is the present French Ministry. We
are completely in the dark as to Napo
leon’s real motive in withdrawing Count
Walewski, f except for his ultra pro-Polish/
proclivities,) but De Persigny’s dismissal
is evidently an Imperial concession to pub
lic opinion, not only in France, but
throughout Europe, which was much in
censed at the- bare faced flagrancy of his
recent interference in the Elections.
LETTER FROM “OCCASIONAL.”
Washington, July 10, 1863,
Who shall count the advantages secured
to Society and to Government, to Liberty
and to Law, to the individual and the com
munity, by the achievements of Meade,
Grant, and Rosecrans, and their heroic cap
tains and followers ? He would, indeed, be
a rare magician who could estimate and
set them forth in exact detail. A good
way to -realize these benefits is to con
sult our own hearts, from which, at the
sound of practical victory, we felt a moun
tain’s weight of sorrow removed; and this
exquisite sense of personal relief extended
from one to many, till the whole mass was
filled with the one joyful spirit. Under this in
fluence every interest rallied and rose. From
the pulpit to the hoard of brokers, and from
the hoard of brokers to the lowest depths
of society, there was the quickening pre
sence of a new hope ; the sterling promise
of an abundant harvest. To count such
events by dollars would be sublime absur
dity, but it cannot be extravagant when we
know what was threatened, and what has
been saved, and add to these the cer-
tain contingent of a foreign enemy in
tervening in our troubles, that thousands of
millions would not be too high or too wide
a mark to indicate the mere money value
of these same grand events. With vic
tory, however, come ne w complications;
and among these none are more exciting
than the shape assumed by the disloyal
element in the free States. The adherents of
this organization have suddenly become the
apostles of peace. Indeed, they have always
been peaceful, so far as their careful retire
ment from the risks of the war was con
cerned; but they depended for success
upon the triumph, not of the Union, but
of the Disunion arms, and in that
sense have been the exponents of aggres-.
sive war. Now they are the clamo
rous claimants for reconciliation. They
have dropped the old excuse that peace
must come because the Government
cannot subdue the rebels, and because eight
millions of people Tan never be conquered.
. Their patent present argument is that we
must offer peace as the strong and success
ful power; and that it would be magnani
mous to propose it! No doubt, as Alexan
der H. Stephens and Robert Ould, the so
called commissioners of the traitors at Rich
mond, were steaming up and down the James
river, a few days ago, waiting an answer to
the insolent appeal of Jefferson Davis to
Abraham Lincoln—no doubt these fitting re
: presentatives of audacious treason relied
upon this very “ magnanimity” as a great
. point in their favor. Had their "cartel"
been necoived, I haye reason to think it
would not have been very acceptable
to our Government, though it would
have j been eagerly welcomed by the
men who look for peace on any terms.
What renders these simultaneous move
ments of the rebels and the sympathizers
with the rebels more reckless and impudent,
is the fact that there is a standing offer open
to the insurgents which they can accept at any
time, and which they could have accepted
, at any time since they lifted the assassin's
hand against the Eepublic. That offer is un
conditional submission to the authority they
have defied, and an unconditional surrender
of all their forces. I know they expect, a
better bargain; but if they cojjld not force
such a bargain when they were winning
victories, they will hot surely look for it
when they see defeat all around them, and
inevitable destruction in the dark and very
near future. They fight for immediate
separation; we, the Unionists, for unity,
solid and perpetual. One or the other of
these ideas must prevail, cost what the con
test may..
And just as the unity of the free States
has been kept intact and solid, the disinte
gration of the seceded South has been effected
by'the Union armies. It i* this eloquent
contrast that terrifies the traitor le iders;
and it is this, I believe, which prompted"
the attempt of Davis to negotiate with
the President on the 4th of July.
He desires to save what he can of
his slave empire before all is lost. What
is the spectacle before him? Missouri
has decreed that slavery shall die at the
end of seven years. Kentucky is held
in the double grasp of local loyalty and the
Union forces. Tennessee is reorganizing,
under the bold auspicesof Andrew Johnson,
on the distinct ground that the ordinance
of secession was a gross usurpation, and, of
course, that those who concocted it are
traitors to the laws and can never, be re
stored to citizenship. But the worst sign
of thetimes to Davis, is the severance and
approaching conquest of nearly the whole..
of the : cotton or gulf region. Suppose
Arkansas and Florida, under the ope-
ration of the Union feeling of the
new population thrown into them, should
apply for readmission into the Union,
having framed new Constitution, without
slavery, and elect Senators and Representa
tives to the next Congress ? This would, in
deed, be a sad comment on the boast
ed unanimity of the Southern people
in favor of the rebellion. Louisiana, cut
off from the decaying trunk of treason,
Texas cannot long be held in chains. North
Carolina is more than half ripe for revolt
against the Confederacy. It is • easy to
see, after the fall of Port Hudson, how
difficult it will he for Davis to hold
sway over what will then be left of his
dominions. No peace can ever restore
rebel supremacy in the South, in the face of
the rapid movements of our armies and na-"
vies, and against the organizations referred
to, which are uprooting the old forms and
pouring new blood into the dccrepid car
casses that once acknowledged, under force,
the rule of the conspirators. The true road
to lasting peace is plain.. If ever made, it
must be, not at the sacrifice of what has
been gained by the Union army, nor yet by
the remission to tyranny and slavery of the
people of the South ; but in the sense and
'on the condition. of: preserving ‘ and protect
ing both. Have the Northern peace
agitators ever reflected, that, there .are.
now two powers in the seceded sec
tions —that of the weakening, and af
frighted traitors, and that of the recupera-
ted people, who; backed ■ by the puissant
military divisions of the Government, have
sworn-never to go back to the fatal oppres
sion of their former slave-masters ? We
must choose between these two powers;
and any adjustment that" leaves ■ the terri
tory in possession of the situation, would
only be a new provocation to bloodshed.
Events are . marching with, resistless. and
gigantic tread ; and it will' not be long,
1 think, before the plotters in the North
and the conspirators in the South will
discover that the only power that earn
Imako peace ■ in ■ the South, is,. that com
■posed of the ■ men ! who have suffered
•rind-bled for their'hostility to Secession,
THE PKESS.-FHILADELPHIA. SATURDAY, JULY 11, 1863.
and the new element that has been liberated
from bondage, and that other which consti
tutes the armed emigration that came first to
smite the territory and then to remain as
part.owners of their forfeited possessions.
Special Despatched to ** The Preii,”
There are no advices of a Battle today on the
Upper Potomac, and probably there is cstae.
In the fight on Wednesday night, when Generals
Pluabanton’s and Kilpatrick's cavalry engaged
Fitzhuoh liitis near Funkstown, they* drewe the
enemy, and captured 600 prisoners.
The Draft Commenced'*-
The draft is progressing in all the NeW'Ecrgiand
States, and in Pennsylvania and New York;. As
the enrolment is complete in each of the*vaTious
districts, a certain proportion of men is designated.
It iB certain that the entire number to be called l cat
in all of the States has not been designated.
The New Postal law*
The Postmaster General, in his instructions’ to
postmasters under the new post-office law, reduced
the extreme weight allowable topackages of seeds;
outtings, roots, and scions, sent free, from the former
limit of thirty-two ounces to twelve ounces. This 1
rule promising to work great inconvenience and ob
struction. cutting off even the smallest package* of
wheat hitherto distributed, an order has been issued
by the Postmaster General re-establishing the limit’
of thirty-two ounces.
Retaliation* \
The Richmond Dispatch, of July 7. Bays: “In
Libby Prison, yesterday, by order of General Win
der, the captains among the Yankee prisoners drew
lots for two to be shot, in retaliation for the .shoots
ing of Captains "William F. Gordin and T. J. Mc-
by General Burnside, at Sandusky, Oh*o,
on the 16th of May last. The prisoners were as
sembled in a room, at twelve o’clock, by Captain
Turner, the commandant of the prison, and after
being formed in a hollow square, around a table,
were informed of the order of General Winder. A
slip of paper, with the name of each man written in
it, and carefully folded up, was deposited on the
table, and Captain Turner informed the men that
they might select who they pleased to draw the
names, and the first two names drawn were to indi
cate those to be shot. The lots were drawn by Rev.
Mr. Brown, amid a silence almost death-like.
Those drawn were Captain Henry Washington
Sawyer, of the Ist New Jersey Cavftlry, .and
second, that of Captain John Flinn, of the 5Ut
Indiana. The day of their execution has not yet
been fixed.
The Alexandria Secessionists*
Somehundreda of Alexandria Secessionists, of both
sexes, embarked on a steamboat at that city yester
day, to be sent South; but, atthe hour fixedffjsr
starting, the order was suspended. There was much
jubilation in consequence among them and their
friends. About one hundred and thirty oi those
who had previously received notice secured permis
sion to remain by giving the required security or
taking the oath of allegiance.
Admiral Wilkes.
Rear Admiral Wilkes is among the recent arrivals
in this city. -
Cincinnati, July 10.—It is reported that ; the
rebel forces are operating on the river, between this
city-and Louisville, with the intention of capturing
paesing.boats.
Officers Captured at Vicksburg,
Cincinnati, July iO—The Gazette's Vicksburg
correspondent says that among the officers captured
are: One lieutenant general, four major generals,
and between fifteen and twenty brigadier generals.
The garrison comprised twenty thousand men.
Fortress Monroe, July 9. —Flag-of-truce boat
New York arrived at eight o’clock last evening from
City Point, with fourteen hundred and twenty pri
soners of war in charge of Major Mulfbrd, and pro
ceeded to Annapolis early this morning.
Msj'or General Dix and Btaff arrived at Fortress
Monroe last evening, and report that tkeexpedition
has -been a perfect success. Gen. Getty's division
passed over the Pamunky river, near the White
House,' following near the river to the South Anna
branch, where they destroyed the Central railroad
bridges, and not being able to reach the bridge of the
Fredericksburg road, they tore up and destroyed
about six miles of its track, and having effectually
destroyed all direct communication between Rich
mond and Gen. Lee’s army, they returned yesterday
morniDg to White House, and our troops have
evacuated that place before this time.
Gen. Dix’s forces have removed all available
property from the White House, including an en
gine, several oars, and from five to six miles of the
York and Richmond Railroad iron. Gen. Dix re
moved from White House, in conformity with or
ders he received from Washington, D. C.
The Invasion of Kentucky and Indiana*
Louisville, July-10.—Martial law was declared
here to-day. The last adviceß from headquarters
place the rebels between Corydon and New Albany,
Ind„ about fifteen miles from the latter place, with
our troops under Hobson, in close pursuit. •'*■••
New York, July 10.—The steamer George Wash
ington has arrived from New Orleans, with dates to
the 4th inst. Among the passengers is Captain Ai
des, of the navy. 1
The siege of Port Hudson was continued, but
nothing further is known. ■ ■
Major Fowler, of the 166th New York, died re
cently in New Orleans.
Orders had been issued by Gen. Shepley, for the
formation of a brigade of Louisiana volunteers,* for
the term of sixty days, for special service in defence of
New Orleans, ; Gen. Shepley would take the com
mand himself No private boats are allowed to go.
up the river, unless with a permit from General
Emory. No public assemblages are allowed in the
city, except for public worship. All the dubß and
gambling houses have been closed, and the bar
rooms, coffee-houses, and stores are closed at
9P.M.
New York, July 10.—The steamer Corsica, from
Havana on the 4th, and Nassau on the 6th, arrived
at this port to-day.
The news from Havana is un important.
Several insurrections have broken out in Vene
zuela, in opposition to the treaty of peace recently
signed. One of the Government war steamers had
gone over to the insurrectionists.
The Spanish steamer Isabel 11. had sailed from
Havana for Nassau.
The steamers Alice, Racoon, Kate, Antonica, Eli
zabeth, Ella and Annie, and Beauregard, had arrived
at Nassau from Charleston, and the Banshee, Lizzie
and Fannie from Wilmington, N. O.
San Francisco, July 9.—Arrived, steamer St.
Louisj from Panama; ship Chapin, from Boston.,
Sailed, ship N&pier, for Liverpool, with 33,000 sacks
of wlieat,
The ttt&rketfl are quiet and prices unsettled, on
account of the fluctuations and uncertainty of the
future value of gold and the ratesi of exchange.
Butter received per to-day's Bteamer is held at 30
cents. There is an increased inquiry for wool to
BhipEaßt.
Advices from the, city of Mexico, via Acapulco, to
"the 10th ult. have been received. '
Juarez arrived at San Luis Potosi on the 7th, and
established the seat of Government there. The late
garrison of the city of Mexico, numbering nineteen
thousand, are distributed at the most important
points west of that city,
A 'portion of the French army entered the city
of Mexico on the Bth.
It was believed that Forey had sent a communica
tion urging Juarez to accept terms of peace.
Celebration of Victories in St. Louis.
§T» LOUIS, July 10,—A: gfauil demonstration U
in preparation for to-morrow night, in honor of the
recent victories v in "the East and West. All the
places of business will be closed at noon, and gene
ral rejoicing will be the order of the day. Thou
sands of flags will bethrown to the breeze, and the
city promises to be bathed in a hood of light in the
evening;
The Radical Emancipationists of St. Louis.
St. Louis, July It).—At a meeting of the Radical:
Emancipationists, held in this city to-day, the fol-'
lowing resolutions were adopted:
Resolved, That we hold that the people of Mis
souri, as citizens of a State occupying a place in
this republican Government, are entitled to the
principles of popular sovereignty, and the right to
choose our own rulers; that in considering the acts
of the latp Convention as a body, we exempt from
our condemnation a few men who labored to Becure
to the people their constitutional rights and the
benefits of speedy emancipation; that in ,our
judgment the condition of .Missouri demands
relief, which can only be effected by emancipa
tion not years hence, but now, and we, there
fore, declare ourselves in favor of the plan of eman
cipation which will be most speedy in its operation.
That we recognize as in the authority of. the Legis
lature the power to call Conventions fresh from the
people; which Convention can take appropriate
means for,obtaining redress from the impositions:
Sractised by the old Convention, and relieve us of
ie burdens entailed upon us by the institution of
slavery. We, therefore, call upon the Legislature
to order an election for members to a new Conven
tion at as early a day as practicable, and hereby
instruct our. Senators and Representatives from
this county to give their votes and influence to that
measure. v
Solved, That a committee of seven be appointed
by the president to fix upon the time, place, &c.,
for holding a State Convention to carry out the
views of this meeting.
Boston, July 10— The draft begins here tomor
row. In the 16th Congressional District, Warren,
Essex, and Clinton counties,itoame off last Tuesday.
It will be made throughout the State as fast as the
preparations are complete. '
Every daily newspaper establishment bad one or
more of it. member, drawn. Among others drafted
are Milton Andros, United States District Attorney;
Charles F. Blake, Provost Marshal General ; Sydney
Bartlett, Jr.; "Win. Mitchell, armorer of the A. and
H. Artillery.
B»stok, July 10.— The drafted men of Massachu
setts, some 28,000 in number, will rendezvous, it is
reported, at Springfield, under the command of Gen.
Denvers, who is recovering from the vrounds re
ceived at OhancelloryiUc. .
Military Affairs 111 Trento*!.
. Tkentow, July 10.— Oapt. : Joseph A Yard left
this evening with a company of 64 men for Tlarris
buig. This is the fourth comp'any Trenton has con
tributed since the raid into Pennsylvania.
Ai«l from Boston .to the Christian Com-
Bostok, July. lo.— GeorperH. Steorf, Chairman U.
'S, C. C., Philadelphia: The voluntary offerings
amount to twenty-six thousand; shall go on to
morrow. Keep us informed of all important mat
ter, G. DEMOND.
San Pkaxcibco, Jute wings of the
Democratic party are holding a State Convention at
Sacramento, endeavoring to make a platform upon
which they can unite.. .. ,
Fo£ at Cape Racse.
. cave BAOli, July ».-The. weather is very cold,
' with a thick Tog, rendering it imposaihle toe steamers
• to call here for despatch©*.
Occasion Air.
WASHIIVOTON.
Washington', July 10, 1863.
Army of the IFotbiffae.
Rebels on the Ohio*
Fortress Monroe*
New . Orleans*
Havana*
California and. Mexico*
The Draft in Boston.
The Draft in Massachusetts.
mission.
California Politics.
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
A GREAT BATTLE IMPENDING.
STUART FOILED BT GREGG.
HOOKER TO COMMAND OW THE PE
NIN'SUEA.
ABSURD REBEL REPORTS OF THE
BATTLE Or GETTYSBURG.
THgfft WOUNDBO AT WINCHESTER ON
THE 7TH INST.
WAWjfTNUTON, July the iast'accountsTrom
the framfthe two armies* were not over ten mtles
apart. XJee T ffarmystretches from Hagerstown to
Williainffport, and General Meade waa moving from
BooDHbcroV on two roadig towards Lee. Our ad
vance wasfsix nsiles beyond I Booneboro.
It is thGUghtrprobable that 4 General l?ooker will'
be apsiizned tb the commanffaf the Peninsula force;
BooNSEORO.' Ju’ly 9—[Special to the York'
Times], —Thar-rebels were drawn* up in line of battle
this morniDgr st:Benevola, mllea from Boonabo
io, extending flience to the Pot&mac, near
ville. Our forces are so disposed that a collision
may occur at any moment.
Washington, July 9 —From letters recently re
ceived here it appears on Friday last it Was ascer
tained by GenerainVTeade that Stuart'was preparing
;fo make one of hfs'caatomary raids on our rear, to'
cut off our trains and prevent communication with
Westminster, Baltimore, and Washington. G ? eu.
Gregg, with his cavaify division, was ordered to ad
vance from our extreme right and intercept him;
Taking two brigades and a battery, he proceeded to
accomplish his Emission, and met Stuart abouttwo
miles from our lineß, already on the way to execute
his design. Gregg charged on the rebels;-'and was at*
. first repulsed f but rallied,'charged again,- and routed"
Stuart’s force, who left their dead and wounded on
the ground in their hasty retreat. Among the killed
were two rebel majors. Olir loss was frotb’3o to 40’
killed, and 110 wounded. Artillery was used on
both Bides.
Another letter from headquarters sayß General*
Meade’s movements are very energetic,' and he may
decide to cross the river in- puTßuit of -the rebels,
'’should they esoape from this Bide.
The rebels have sent over the river 7 wagons with
5 plunder, horses, cattle, Ac.
It is represented that some Union prisoner* have 7
been placed in charge of Gen. Tmboden, and sent up
the river to cross, probably at Hancock.
Early on the morning of the 6th instant, two gen- .
tlemen from Pleasant valley, near Harper’s • Ferry,
arrived at Frederick, reporting that the rebels bad
been busily employed in carrying over the river the
grain and other articles left there ■ in the hasty eva
cuation of that point a few day s Ago. Afterwards
they visited the farm-houses in Pleasant valley, to
procure horses and search the premises of citizens;
but on learning that a body of our troops were ap
proaching they hastily decamped.*
Two rebel spies were lately arrested, but their
execution has been delayed in consequence of one
(a negro) having promised to make important dis
closures. A third is now in one of our
strict surveillance.
The wheat fields in Frederick and the adjoining
counties are yielding an abundant harvest.
There is great rejoicing among* the farmers in
consequence of the rebels having been foiledin their
plans to harvest the crops on “ Confederate” ac
count.-
Baltimore, July 10.— I The Richmond Enquirer, of
July Bth, received here, haß the folio wing account
of the battle of Gettysburg, showing that they are
wonderfully in the dark down in Dixie:
il Our loss is estimated at 10.000 at the- battle of
Gettysburg. Between 3,000 and 4.000 of our wound
ed arrived at Winchester, July 7th;
“Generals Armißtead, Barksdale, Garnett, and
Kemper are killed.
“Generals Seales, Pender, Jones, Heth, Ander
son. Hampton, and Hood are wounded:
“The Yankee, army is estimated at one hundred'
and seventy-five thousand.
“The fighting of the four days is regarded as the
severest of the war, and the slaughter unprecedent
ed. The enemy are said to have fought well;
“ We captured 40,000 prisoners."
Baltimore, July 10. —About 3,500 prisoners
have arrived fn the last few hours by£the Northern
Central Railroad.
LEE’S HEADQUARTERS STILL AT HA
GERSTOWN—TWO OF THE BEBEL FERRY
BOATS CARRIED OFF—MOST OF THEIR
WOUNDED CARRIED- OVER 1 THE
LEE'S TRAINS AT WILLIAMSPORT;
Chambersburg, July 10.—Advices received to
day from Williamsport show that the rebels have
loßt two out of their three ferry boats bythe-late
f high water. Very little of their transportation has
reached the Virginia 'shores though most- of their
wounded have been taken, over.
Reports '■from Gen. Smith’B advance state-that
there is no material change- in the pbsition.oE Lee's
troops from yesterday. It is not believed* that Lee
will attempt to defend the line of Antietam creek,
but that he has concentrated his army near Ha
gerstown, where he will, without doubt, await an
attack..
Stragglers and deserters from the rebel army con
tinue to arrive in large numbers. Lee's headquar
ters are still at Hagerstown.
VICKSBURG.
INCIDENTS OF THE SURRENDER.
A Vicksburg letter, describing the meeting of
Generals Grant and Pemberton; on the day before
our occupation of the rebel Btrong-hold, says:
“Thousands of soldiefa looked upon the strange
scene. Two men who bad been lieutenants in the
same regiments in Mexico now met as foes,
with all the world looking upon them; the one
his country's glory, the other bis country’s shame.
When they had approached within a few
feet there was a halt and silence. Colonel Mont
gomery spoke: ‘General Grant, General Pern-,
berton.f They 'shook; hands politely, but Pem
berton was evidently mortified. He said: ‘I was at
Monterey andßuena Vista. .-.We had terms and con
ditions there.' -General Grant here took him aside,
and they sat down on the gr&BB and talked more
than an hohr. Grant smoked all the time; Pem
berton played with,the grass, and pulled leaves. - It
was finally agreed to parole them, allowing the offi
cers each his horse. It was a politic thing. The
dread of going North and fear of harsh treatment
had deterred them from capitulating Hooner.
“Our men treat the rebels with kindness, giving
them coffee,' which some haveindt.tasted for a year.
The city is muoh dilapidated, and many houses- are
injured. The Vicksburg paper of July 2d admits
the eating of mule meat, and the ’ pilfering of sol
diers.
“In.private houses there seems to be much suffer
ing from sickness and our missiles.
“The river batteries at Vicksburg are composed of
thirty-six guns of the Blakely, Whitworth and
Brooks pattern. All these fell into our hands."
Cairo, July B'—The number of prisoners taken
by General Grant at Vicksburg was 21,000, about
one half of whom are said to be either sick or
wounded. It is reported by newspaper correspond
ents who have arrived here to-day that all the
prisoners were paroled. This, in some respects,
would seem improbable. Paroles may have been
extended to Bick and wounded soldiers only. The
reason assigned, however, for this transaction, is
that be has no men to spare to guard prisoners, and
no transports to send them Noi\th; his men are to be
used on better missions than guarding prisoners.
He will use his success.to the best advantage. .
Grant will not rest on his laurels. Look out for
. more interesting news from that quarter soon.
There were four divisions of rebel troops in Vicks
burg, commanded by the following named officers:
Major General C. L. Stevens, of Virginia; Major
General Forney, of Alabama; Major General M.
Im. Smith, formerly of New York, but late of
Florida, and Brigadier General Bowen, of Mis
souri.,
THE REBEL PRIVATEERS.
The Steamer Ericsson Chased by the Pirate
Florida.
New York, July 10.—The steamer Ericsson, ar
rived last night, reports haying been chased on the
Bth by a rebel privateer steamer, supposed to be the
Florida or Southerner. The Ericsson's armament
consists of only one2o-pounder and two 60-pounders.
Boston, July io.—ln consequence of the report
about the steamer Ericsson having been chased by a
privateer, the commodore of the navy yard will
despatch the United States steamers Shenandoah,
Montgomery, and Cambridge to search after the sus
pected vessels. They wiilleave this afternoon.
PIRATES AGAIN AMONG' THE FISHERMEN.
Boston, July io.—Captain Thompson, of the
British schooner Agnes Ross, arrived here this morn
ing, from Westport, N. S., on the 28th, and reports
that on the 27th the American schooner Arkansas,
of Venal Haven, Me., Captain Webster, arrived at
Westport. The captain stated that a rebel bark
rigged steamer of six hundred ton 8 was cruising in.
the Seal Island fishing-grounds, and the Arkansas
was compelled to run into port to escape capture.
A-large ship, loaded with seals, and reported to
belong to Kennebunk, Me., was also seen burnt to
the waters edge, she being at the time in tow of the
fishermen on Grant Manau bank.
The ship was found abandoned, and nothing was
known of her crew nor the circumstances of her de
struction, but it was supposed she was burnt by the
pirate which was seen by the Arkansas.
The captafaTof the Agnes Ross also states that,
on the 29th ult., when thirty- five miles west of Weat
port, he beard heavy firing in a southeasterly direc
tion, which continued for two hours. '
Woods’ Hole, July 10 —The fishing schooner Ci
tizen arrived to-day. She reports a bark-rigged
steamer, yesterday, s eighty miles southeast of Guy
Head, had burned a brig, and then a Provincetown
fißhing schooneri The crew of the fisherman escaped
in their boats to a fleet of mackerel - fishermen.. A
Dumber of fishing schooners are coming into Tar
paulin Cove, to-day, to escape the pirates.
The Pirate Florida.
Boston, .Tuiy 10.—The pirate Florida was. seen
yesterday, 80 miles southeast of Guy Head, burning
a brig and a fishing schooner.
The Government has purchased the steamers
Fahkee, Augusta Dmsmore, Mary Sanford* and
United States.
Communication Cut.
As so much anxiety is manifested to hear
further from Gen. Grant, with reference to- the
fall of Vicksbuig, we wiir state that telegraphic
cormvumicationbetweeri him and’the Government
has been interfered with by the cunnmg of the wires
between Cairo'and Memphiß by the 1 rebel guerillas.
Washington Star. - . _
•No Recognition of the South.
It will be seen by; the following speech of Bari
Russel), in answer to a question of Lord Ctanrl
oarde, that .no- proposal for Southern recognition
has been from the Emperor Napoleon:
I will first answer the question of my noble friend
whether any report of proceedings of the prize courts
of the United States, especially with reference to
the case of .the Dolphin, has been received at the.
Foreign Office.. In answer to that question I have
to state that what appears to be an'authentic report /
of the judgment in the case of the Dolphin was re
ceived at the Foreign Office last, evening. I should
think it right, certainly, that all these cases Bhould
be watched, I find the doctrines relied’upon in’that
judgment are those laid : down by Sir W. Grant and
Lord Stowell. Whether these doctrinefl.are sightly
applied to the circumstahceßbf this particular- case
is another question,;and one upon7Which I offer no
opinion.-, I : shall .not re>ehteri upon. a diEcassion
w.hich we had upon a former , eveaing, bot I still
think that the opinions held upon international law;
by my not»le friend are nothin accordance with the
high authorities upon, the Butdect. Aatothe second
question, Whether jiriy communication has been;
made to the Government of this country by the .
Government of the;Emperor.of the Trench,proposing*'
‘or suggesting a recognition of the Southern States, I have:'
to snyjhot no suchcommyriication basToeen received.
Upon the general subject 6f reeogmixon, 1 not thi/kk
the circumstances are wvcft/cJterca since miy noble fri,*nd-
Lord Stratheden brought forward his motion in, this
House, and I entertain the same opinions' which I
then expressed. - »/■•••
Sailing pt .tliie. Canada; >
i Halifax, Julyl<>-—Thesteamer Canada, outward
I bound, sailed at iO o'olook this moruiag.
Twenty-ninth Pennsylvania Regiment.
. OFFICIAL LIST OF THB CASUALTI 1S&.
We are indebted to Lieut.-001. Zuliok for the fol
• lowing list. In soring a creclr, 001. Zultcfe re
ceived come painful Cruise, tn consequence of fii*
hone etnmbling and faßisg upon him, but he will
shortly, we hope, be in tlnraeld.
Llrt of casualties in the'29th Eeglment, Pennsyl
vania Volunteer. (001. Was. Kickordc, JTr.), in the
late battle near Gettysburg, Pa.:
Azllcrf.—.-Sergt.Major CharlevH. Letforff? Lieut.
John J. Mcffeever. Co. A j I.tfnit. EdwAfcT J. Har
vey, 00. K ;■ Private. Casper It. Warner, Thomas
Acton, 00. B; Ist Sergt. Anthony E. Thomas, Co.
H : Sergt Edward H. Sommerkaelp. Cn. ICorpo
ral William Louder, 00. I; Privates James 1 mor
row, Emanuel McLaughlin, John Watson, Go. If
Sergt. Jacob Lower. Co. K; Private. John Applc--
gate, Eobert Lookhart. Kobert S. Hews. Co; K.
WoiPidrd. —Privates ifevid Hanna, blatiiew T>or
mer, Jacob Mnrfbtd; William J. Kowhh, William'
W. Shivers, Edmnnd'G. gteever, Charles Grume t;
00. A; Sergeant Ebur T 1 Mercer, Co. B'yCorpOfal'
Oliver K. Wood, Co. .B'f Privates Thomas Addle
ton, Jftme& Casner; Join* Cavanaugh, Francis PV :
Gallagher, Joseph levin, Cowries Tuttle, Francis B
"Wonderly, CSo. B ; P/ivrttes’ James Com merton, Jo
seph Miller, Co. C; Privates' James Martin, Ste
phen Conway* John Taylor, (Jo J) ; Private Geo.
Bichmonrt, Col E j Private* Thomas Willits, NicHo-*
Ibs Kiofrider, David Oampb*U , 1 William Hopnlie,
yilliam Bedd,. Co. F PriVfrfces John Griffith,'
John Mcliaugbjih. OeOrgeTThoErpsoo, Co. G ; <76r
pora2 James B. P'ftbian, 06.'it ;• Privates Williom :
H. Leonard. .William H. GroaßOiip: 00. R; Sergeant
John B. Picketts. Co. I ; P. Robte,
Co. I ; Privates Nathaniel'T.’ Cluyd. Enos Smith;
Bobert Ooovy. Joh’lr ToohW; Co: Tz Privates Rich-*
ard Brooks. Richartf'O’Neaq George* I#opey, Joseph
Eppright, Co. K. ;
Oapt., Gatn*e E. Johnson*, Co. B ; Cor
poral jAiuesP. Lewiiy Co. George W.
Baker, James Martin.*- Micha*i : McGowan. Patrick
McGowan, Francis ’Wylie, Co. R ; PHvAte Hugh
McCJißter, Co. H; Private Eewia Ho wri l , Go*. D.
Samuel Tod<l (nojoretfservanirofli'ifeut. 001. S. M.
Zuliek); wounded Beverly in the-arm* with a niece
of shell.
Archixishor Khnriuk, of BXltlmorey will be
buried to-day. Bishopc» Wood, of Phlitafelphia;
O’Cpnor, of Pittsburg; Tanon, of and the
Archbishop of New York, it is*Baid; will be>present.
-Nearly all the clergy of didoese* of Balti
more* will be present. ThV Pontifical Mass or
requiem will be celebrated Ify the Bishop of Wheel
ing.
ThK' New Chestnut Street Tltkatrw.—The
audiences which have attended* the New Chestnut
Street Theatre during the present week tb* witness
the “Peepo’ Day,” have, uniformly been lArge, and
although of course we canaot'expect this play to
meetr with anything like, the oame success** whioh
greeted it in liohdon, there is no doubt that* it will
have oneof the largest u runs” of-any piece ever
produced in this city. Of its many merits* and few
defects we have already spoken'-at* length j and
generally have expressed burseifres-gratified: with
the judicious .and effective character oF the cast.
We bhuuld have observed in a previous notice, how
ever, that the. Barney O'Toole of Mr.* Seymour is a
touching, ludicrous and inimitable personation—
realization would be a more appropriate word—and
moves the audience alternately laUghter 'and to
tears.
BTfewENTO Mori. — We find in the- list of
« killed” in the battle of Thursday, Jiily 2; 1863, at
Gettysburg, the name of First Weiit*r Edward J.
Harvey, Co. K, 29th Pennsylvania Volunteers.
Tlie deceased entered the service as a private, and
by his merits Alone attained the position he held at.
the time of his death. Of a noble and generous na-
his loss will be keenly felt by his-no •‘nerous
friends, and the record of his gallant actions on the
battle-field will not soon he forerotteu.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL*
THE MONEY MARKET
Philadelphia, Idly 10,1863.
There was considerable demand for gold'+o-day from
outride partifs, which had the effect of running up the
price somewhat. The highest point reached to-day was
173 against 131% last evening The impending straggle
on the Potomac is inducing many to bay on*-a possibility
of defeat, and a consequent rise : in the'price. The
formidable arrangements,being made for th.e securing of
victory for our force* ought at least 10 induce confl.den.3a,
for no doubt the Government feel* as : -we*-do, that the
struggle will be fearful and most decisive.
Money is extremely easy, and good‘borrowers are
generally supplied at 6 per cent., although six is the
ruling figure. . Government securities were considerably
.depressed to-day, fears of the escape and contradictory,
reports of the means of the rebels to cross--the river ope
rating adversely.
SubFcriptions to the new national five-twenty loan at
the office of Jay Cooke, Esq.., are again going f»rward
vigorously to-day, upto4P. M. between six and seven
hundred thousand being converted.
The tone of the Stock market /was irregular and
feverish to-day. but prices werewithout material
..change; sixes 1831 sold at 105%; the -same was bid for
seven-thirties. State fives were steady at par; City
sixes were steady at yesterday’s quotations; 110 was
bid for Pennsylvania Railroad lstmortgages,2d do sold at
108; Wilmington Rbilroad convertibles sold at 140; Lon?
Island sixes sold at par; Chester-VaU'ey sevens at 41;
112 for the tens; in Reading sixes nothing was done;
Susquehanpa Canal sixes sold at ss%.; Schuylkill Navi
gation sixes 1882 at 84, an advance of'Sr 109 was bid for
Lehigh Navigation sixes.
Reading shares fluctuated between 51£ and 52%, closing
at 52; Norristown sold at 59; Catawissa preferred at2l%;
the common sold at 7%; Little Schuwlkill at 49; Pennsyl
vania at 63; Philadelphia; and- Brie was steady at 24&;
15% was bid for North Pennsylvania Railroad; 36for
Long Island; 35 for Elmira. Passenger railways con
tinue very dull; Race and Vine sold at 11, being the only
transaction. Lehigh Navigation, sold at 67%; 43 bid for
the scrip.,Susquehanna Canal sold at 122±; 12% was bid
for Schuylkill Navigation, common; 24% for the prefer
red. Delaware Mutual Insurance sold at 33. 122% bid for
Philadelphia Bank; 55% for- Farmers’ and Mechanics’.
The market closed steady;;s2B,ooo in bonds and 1,800
shares changing hands.
Drexel & Co. quote Government securities, die., at
follows: ._ .
United States Bonds,lfiSl...
Certificates of Indebtedness.-.
United States 7*S=-10 Notes....
Qnarterm asters’Vouchers.
Orders for Certificates e t Indebtedness H d.
Gold m%m33
Demand Notes i..--.1:52^^1:13
Certificates.of Indebtedness.new. .......••4... 99 © 99K
Jay Cooke-it Co. aaote Government securities, &c., as
follows*.
United States Sixes, 1881
United Stated 7 S-IO Notes - • -
Certificates of Indebtedness
- “ New
Quartermasters’ Touchers.
Demand Notes
Sales fi-20s yesterday, $664,700.
The inspections of floor and meal in Philadelphia da*
ring the week ending July 9, 1863, were as follows:
Barrels of Superfine . 4,741
Do. Middlings S
Do. Com Meal.. GOO
Do. .Condemned 7
The Bankers ’ Magazine for Jaly contains an elaborate
article, showing, from reliable data, the gold and silver
production of every country in 186 S, compared with
1846, or before and since California gold was made
known. The general'results. are as follows
_ .. 1846.
„ . 1563.
California * $70,000,000
Other portions of the United StateBsl,3oQ,COO 30,000,000
Briti sh Columbia ;.. 6,000,000
Mexico 18.600,000 25,000, COO
South, America 13,000,000 13,000,000
Total, North and South' America $32,800,000 $l4l, 000,000
Ru55ia.......... * .$18,000,000 $22,000,000
Other parts of Europe 6.600,000 6,800,000
Asia and Africa.........;.... 4,800,000 J 5,775,000
Australia
New Zealand and British Colonies
All other countries...*.
Totals, 1846 and 1863 .862,000,000 $2l
The statements of the banks of the three ]
cities of the Union for the last week compare
previous one and the corresponding time of IS
lows: . \
If. T„ July 3. 174,303.260 lolsatfe
Boston, “ 6. 73,648,918 31,509,263
Pliila., ‘ ! ,6. 35.9.56.811 28.400,644
Total 283,788,918 218,570.702 50,419.178 16,ft55,784
Last week..... 286,354,170 221,48 ■,103 50,314,73-2 15.611.616
Last year 246,440,647 178,738,178 45,269,563 20,963,8^
The statement of the Boston hanks for the last week
compares with the previous week and for the correspond
ing week of 3862 as follows:
June 29. 1563. July 6.1863. July 7,1862.
Loans $73,421*084 73,648,918 64,590,268
5pecie......... 7,65\587 . 7,744.827 7.934,037
Deposits' 31,477,596 31,509,263 26.568.862
Circulation... 7,040,624 7,473,800 6,943,827
The New York Evening Post of to; day says:
The stock market opened with considerable animation.
-Government securities were more active, Border State
bonds irregular, railroad bonds steady, and railroad
shares strong.
„ Before the,flrst session gold -was selling at 132X@132X:
Erie at 86; Beading at mX\ Harlem at 1060104, and-
Michigan Southern at 80X@80X. :.
The non-arrival of the expected good news from the
army had a somewhat depressing- influence, and at the
close of business the market was less firm. Hudson
Kiver, Barlem, and Prairie duChien being lhe strong
est on the list.
The followingtahle shows the principal movements of
the market as compared with the latest quotations of
yesterday evening; '
Fn. Th.
U. S. B§, 1881, re* ~~ *~.1C4 104
U.S.«s, 1881, e0a.~.~..106 105
U. S. seven-thirties.... IC6X 106 X
U.S. 1 yearCertif gold..looX ICOX
0.8. lyr. Cert, eurr'ncy 95% 08X
American g01d...132X 131 X %
Tennessee 65............ 64X 63 IX
Missouri6s. 60X ' 70
Pacific Mai1...*...187 184 3
N.Y. Central*™.™*.llBX USX %
9SX 94 % %
briepreferred—lo2 102 X
HudsonKlver. ’ 175
Harlem .102 X 301 IX
Harlem preferred...—HO 95 5
Beading .......101# 104 - •- X
Mich. Central...lo9 108 X X
Mich. Southern'—..... 79 . 79X .. X
Mich. So. guar ....115 114J4 .. X
Illinois Centra1.........1C6 106% .. X
Pittsburg 86X -86 X
Galena 92X 92X - •• %
Toledo 109 108 1
Bock 151 and...... 94X 94X X
Fort Wayne 6?X 66X X
Canton ....27X, -27 X
Cumberland.......... 2i 20X X
Prairie du Chien 5S 66 2 ■ '
tihic. and H. Westerh.. 29 “ 2SX X
Fltllada. Stock Bich
[Reported by S. E. Slaymahbi
SoooSu6<iCanal*6s..b3o.-54: i
SOuO . d0..~ 2dys. 63
2000 do ........ 63* I
; 60 Phil a & Erie R... 24&
7 do 25
1000 U S6s 1881.105*
6000 PenDa6s C &P.... 100
100 Pace & Yineß-.-. 11
BETWEEN
2000PaR5dmtg....'....108. I:
2500 Wilm’nK6s 140
SECOND
60 Norristown R...... 59
10. d 0...... 69
60Reading K'......... 61%
660- do slOwn. 52
400 do 62
5 do ....52 v
CLOSiJIGPBI
Bid. Asked.
ETS 69*81.........105* IOoX
CT 6 7-30 Notes... .105* 106*
American Gold. .132* 135
Phlla6sint off.-104* Ito*
Do new ini off.
A11ec068R...... •* ■
PennaSs I£o
Beading R.*.;*' 52
Do 6s 89 43. •• . .
Do bds '7o*-106
DotdB’B6conv.lo6 ...
Poonaß dw off- 63 63*
j>o 15tm66.110 112
Do aim 6s. .108 109
Little Scbnyl R.. 48* 49*
Morris CPI consol 70 .. .
-Do prfd 135 ..
Do - 65.*76
Do ; 3d mtg.. .. •..
Busq Canal 12 15
Do 6a....... 52 £ 65
Bchuyl Nay . 12* 13*
Do prfd..... 24 24*
Do. 65’82.... S3* 84*
Elmiraß. 35-
Do pifdV.... 60
Do 7s ’73.... .. 110
Do 10s -
L Island Rea-dv 36 39
Do; bds
Phila Ger & Nor
Lehigh. Yal B
Weekly Review of the Phila* Markets,
. JtTJ.Y 10. ISG3.
There lias been a more cheerful feeling in the business
circles during the past week, but trade revives slowly;"
a*d the markets continue very quiet. BreidstnlFs have
been Very inactive, and prices favor the buyers.. In Coal,
there Is very little doing, but prices are hishei?. Cotton
In Provisions there is very little doing, anrf.n'o material
change to notice in prices. Naval Stores contfatah scarce
and vety high. Coal Oil is not so firm, and prices are
rather lower. Rice continues scarce. Salt is steady.
Seeds are scarce: there. 5s veTy little doing, and prices
remain the same as last quoted. Wool—The nfaf
ketis'firrii'rhuf theroisveryliitledoing. The Dry Goods
tradscloeec? Unsettled and very dull; buyers are holding
off audlnot deposed to operate,- owing to-the decline in
the prise of dtrtlfon and the faS in gold and foreign ex>
obanne 1 . __
• BREA&STUFFfr are very dullaad price* farther lower,
owing neWs from abroad atra- lhe ’decline in gold.
There is Very' little export d-maud for Floursales com
prise ahou-?6,f00 bbls Ohio extra aud extra family at $6
for the former and #.©o 75 for the latter. The retailers
and bakers st& Vny.'nsrin a small waypoly at.%> 70@?.87
for SBioiG_for extras; <J6.’so@7 for extra
family, and 37 zhl for fancy Brands, acgprdiog
to quality, an'.T therecr-tfpfs increasing; Eye Fro tit- ier
dull at W. 75 yshbl. <Jora Meal is scarce; Brandywine
is quoted at $4 2a and Pezraoylvania at s■?'s bbl, without
riiilch demand. ,
GIfiSTJN. —'Therms a Very ftttfle demand fist Wheat. arnd !
ribe offerings continue .ver?' light; sales Teach, .about
lftsJi at 50 for .got>d and prime Weatern;
njfd Pjpaujpyjvauia reds," and While at
wtitfsh. Eye is selling .as Wen fed at $1 hush for
irennsytenia. fu* very .little cojnfog'for'-
\?h rd‘ a*3d the demand .is limiihd; about IC/bOO bush
prime.yer*Li£rw sold at 36@;87c,'afloat and in stefe. Oats
are firmf about 20.00 iT v bhS)i havV been disposed' of at
from 7f)(s>-‘?3c’. weight; fo-day vr'c quote at th.6'lowest r
figure, jsripy and Malt are neglected.„
.provisions.—There ?s lees firmness in the market.
Mess Pork fain limited request;.email lots are selling at
for" ole’., and $14.25@14 53 chi, cash. for. aew.’ .
City-packed Beefis selling at from $136915,. and*
•country at' bbt*:. .Bacon—There is a fair do-"
’ men d torPHaas; tsales ofsaQ tierces are reported?- at '■
ftir piaij, and up to 13c-for fancy can
vassed. Sides a-je nominal a3ffj£c/ShbuSJers are bettfer,
selling 2t- s£j(Sf3c lb, c&sb. Green Meats—There
is not rdn'ch dofng, except Pickled Hams, which* ;
are selliifg'frtery at f)@10 cents; salt do 8 cents 1 ;
Bides-at sjf-centS\ and Shouldteteat'4&®s9£ cents f> ]H>-
Lard is firmly held, but the receipts and sates con--
tinne light. 400 bbJS and tierces &a w e.b<»en disposed of at'
30&@10Kc, and kegs at from fb. mostly
ca&h. Givaae js worth 8c . Butter—The demand is li
mited: sales of 300 pkes Ohio at v *ls#l7c. sad choice
Upw Yo-Jr at Gheesefe scarce, andsells at
lf> Eggs are selling at % dozen.
ME3 ALS.—There is ver* little drdiagin Pig Iron, but
bold-'rp are rather'firmer We quote Anthracite at $3O
for fh'e three numbers 330 tons Rcotcb Pig
Hold on tprms kept private; a lot of oM Rails sold at $45;
Dew Rails are iiS'deinaDd at full rates. Lead —There is
very little Pig here, and.we hear of no* sales. Copoer—
Small p.ilep of yellow metal are reported at 30c, 8 mos.
BARK- continues,dun: pmall.sales of Ist No. 1 Quer
citron av? reported - ’ at' ton. lancers' Bark is sall
inv at ccrd for Chestnut and Danish Oak. ..
CA NDJTES. —-Sperm are witbont change? in price or de-
Candles are dull. Western Adamantine
ficll at 20@2yc. foe latter rate for full weight.
COAL.-The market is at a standstill, and prices are'
UTipetr'Ad. nod rrmnh higher by retail, as most of the
operators iSsry* eniisWß.
LUTTL'N. —'J'h** market is very dwll, aisd prices have
declined lb; small pales of middlings are re
ported at 6fc@6sc, closing dull at 58@G0c ?? lb, cash, for
middling**, • ■•••»•
COFFEE.—There is little-or nothing dovnsr; the market
continues very’dnll'; about IfiO. bags Rio scfd at 28@31c,
and Laguayra~at ca*-h and four mnetbs.
. FEATHERS—’Good -Western are firmly held; small
sales are making at 48@-iflc fij, cash;
FISH.—The t receipts ofnew* Mackerel are light, and
mostly going into store fnrbigher prices. There is more
demand from this country since the rebels have been
driven from the Prate. Small sales of old Fish from
store *t $"2 sf@l3 , 'S'bbl for bay Is, $lG@2O foi shore do;
slo.so@*l 50 for 2s; s£7?for medium, and 50 for large
3«. Codtbliare scarce, and sell slowly at 36 25. Her
ring range from to* $3.50 bbl, with bat few
ofi^rnig.
FRTTIT. —Orn nges and Lemons are scarce,'and range*
from $1 to in quality. 5,000 doz Bahama
Pine Apples sohl Raisins are scarce, and
held firmly at former quotations. The receipt of Green
FrnU is increasing, and Barries sell freely. Small sales
of Dried Apples lb. For Dried Poaches there
isro demand, and prices are nominal.
GINSRNG,—There- is very little here. The last sale
was at POc for crude; eask
GUANO. —The d eciuiid ts limited and prices unchanged.
HEMP is quiet, there being very little stock here, out
of tb* bands *»f the manufacturers.
HOPS are in limited requett. and prices rather droop
ing. Pmall sales, at 17@22c. lb for first &ort Eastern
and Western.
BAY is selling.at:Bs@Ssc the 100 pounds, and rather
BC»rce
• LUMBER coutinnAß in steady at formft rates.
Salpp of yellow nap Boards at #20^822, and white pine do.
at‘*2l@»23. Laths raose from $1.50 to 1.75. as to lots.
MOT-APSES is quiet and the sales are confined to small
•lot# of Cuba at from STto 46c., the latter for Muscovado,
ont'nie.
OILS-—There is no alteration in fish or laWl OU. with
limited sales of both Linseed is quoted at SL2O I? gallon.
Petroleum—there'is very little doinc. Small sales are
makinff at 2813129 c. for crude; 43©.50c. for refined in bond,
; ami gallnn'for free, according to quality.
PLASTER continues dull; the last cargo sale of soft
Was *4 ton.
RICE —The stock isi-light, and it is held firmly at 8K
SALT.—The only'arrival since onr 1 ast notice is 900
sacks of fine, which has been sold on private terms.
SEEDS.—'The market is bare of Clover seed, and it is
worth $5.60@5.75: sale of Timothy was at $2.25.
Flaxseed commands-<t?.25@2 .
SPIRITS.—Brandy ar«d Gin continue dull, and oricfn
about the seme. New England Rum is selling at
Whisky is held firmlv; small sales of Penn
sylvania. a-"d Ohio bbls at 47@48c, hhds at 47c, and
drudse at 46e^'£flllon.
SUGAR —The market 1s dull and.unsettled, and the
sales limited to a few small lots, mostly Cuba, at 10>»@
llVo. rnsb and 4 months.
TALLOW is unsettled and dull; sales of City at 11c,
3Dd Country at ffi.
TEAS.—The sales are limited, but without change in
price*
TOBACCO is extremely dull, jtrd the sales of both
Leaf ar*A Manufastored are very light.
WTNES are he’d-firmly, but with small sales.
WOOL—There has been very little ‘ doing, and the
new clip is mostly in tbe bands of the growers. Manu
facturers purchase cantionBly,ahd prices range at7B®Boc.
•holders asking the latter rate for fleece, and 81@32c
for tub. - ' ' ;
. A Fjn-k ’ Business Improvement. — Tlie
numerous -patrons of the popular dining saloon of
Mr. J. W. Price, southwest corner of Fourth and
Chestnut* streets, will be glad to learn that he has
just completed an extension to Ms .establishment
which renders it by far the most extensive and ele
gantly-arranged restaurant in Philadelphia; This
fine improvement consists of an addition, in room,
of at least fifty per cent, more space, carrying it the
distance of one building farther westward. In ad
dition to the enlarged facilities obtained by this fine
extension, the comfort secured -by it to the entire
establishment in light and ventilation, is a most
cepita! feature. Indeed, so thorough and complete
have these , desirable features • been anticipated by-
Mr. Price, that we doubt if for- light, air, and the
very luxuriance of comfort, bis*present quarters are
equalled in this city. The> new apartment is fur
nished in excellent taste, and* the effect produced*by
the entire arrangement is decidedly pleasing amt at
tractive. We need hardly add that this’exteasion
has not been made without its having
eary by the large and constantly-increasing-patron
age of Mr. Price, whose industry, enterprise, and
superior attention to tfe© wants of Mb guostis, have
made Mb name the synonym of a model caterer
among all who appreciate good living. But we need
say no more, as o\if readers will have.an opportu
nity to-day, and every day hereafter, of testing its
merits for themselves.
.iga
.ili o@l«
....100#@101i£
*.UG%§IO7
i mHd.
lO5 ©lO6
ic6tfe*iura£
loo£®H»*
9&%(f 99>£
...... 98&@ 99
...
J32fc©l33>4
75,000,000
12,000,000
6i000,000
ill, 575,000
principal
) with the
862 as fol-
Specie. Circul*n.
38,313.606 6.020.406
7,744,827 7,473,800
4,360,745 2,564,558
Adv. Dec.
aajtge Sales, July 10*
JR, Philadelphia Exchange. 1
BOARD.
2500 Wiimß6B» 140
2Cityßank.. 47*
s6Coabt SusC , lScp2ds- o 0
- 9 Del Mutual 1n5.... 33
1000 Schl Nav 6s’S2 2dys S 4 .
S2Pennaß. cash. 63
.SOCatawissa R...~... 7*
BOARDS
11000 Bueq Canal 6s. £»£
SOCataßPref 22 V.
BOARD.
.200 do------—'lo
- Cliea Val 7a • . 41
100 Sam Canal.. ..~s3o. 12X
2Little Schuylß.... 49
7Leli Nav syffn. 57)4
1000 L Isl’tl K 6a.... 100
[CBS.—STEADY.
Bid Asked.
S Penna R 15)4 16
Do 65.. 92)4 93
Do ,10s 112 116 -
Catawissa R Con 7)4 7)4
Do wfd..v.. 225 f W<
Beaver Mead a.. .. 71
Minehill R ..
Harrisburg R... ..
Wilmington 11
bebigb Nav. 65.. .. -.
Do shares .. 67 57)4
Do. ecjlp.-.... 43 44
Cam & AnbTR... 170
Phila & Si'jo-&’s.-l<>4
; Sun &Exis 7s ~..
Delaware-Diy..
Do hda v.
Spruco'Streetß.. .. 16*
25 ;
Race-sire*tß.... 11
Teuth-streetS... 40 . 45
i ThAiteenth-st‘B. 33 37 ’
W Phila R
i Do bonds
• Green-street R.. ..
Do bonds... ..
Chestnut.stß.... .. 7S'
Second-street R; 75 . 79
Do b0nd5...,.. ..
Fifth-street R.... ..
Do --bonds...•
Girard College R •. 29*
Sftventeenth-sfc'R ,
has declined and closes VSry* dull. In Coffee, Sugar,
and Molasses, there is little or nothing doing. Hemp and
Hides are without change. Fis& and Fruit are steady
in price, hut there is rery little doin'#V The Iron market
Continues very dull, and wo hear of n& eales Worthy of
notice,
CITY ITrsaCS.
Fine Summer Confections.—Messrs.
E. G. Whitman & Co., No. 318 Chestnut street, next
door to Adams & Co.’s Express, have now ready
their choioa Summer Confections, embracing, be
sides a great variety of the moat luxuriant articles
in their line, a number of delicious preparations that
are highly popular for their medicinal properties.
These gentlemen use only the purest materials
in manufacturing,and havedeservedly the reputation
of making the most elegant confections that are
made in this country, which they sell at prices no
higher than are usually charged for goods much
inferior in quality. They are enabled to do this from
their being the most extensive operators in this de
partment of our trade and manufactures.
The Impending Battle, soon to be
fought on the banks of the Potomac, it is thought
by many, will be the most sanguinary of the war.
Should it result in the total rout and annihilation of
the rebel army and the capture of General Lee, as
we hope it may, the rebellion will be as good as
squelsbed, business will resume its accustomedchan
nels, and W.W. Alter, the well-known coal mer
chant, Ninth street, above Poplar, will go on as
heretofore, selling the best Coal to his'numerous pa
trons, at the lowest prices. w-r ‘
I’KHSONS LEAVING THE CITY, Should not
fail to carry with them a supply of Mr. A. E. Yah
eant’s delicious confections (Ninth and Chestnut
streets.( In addition to his superb stock of fine
Confections, he has now ready strong mint candies,
tonic preparations, and a variety of palatable medi
cinal edibles that will be found beneficial to all who
use them. His Confections are put up in handsome
boxes free of charge. f
Bakgains in Fashionable Summer
Clothing, —Messrs. C. Somers & Son, No. 625
Chestnut street, under Jayne’s Hall,-are now giving
our citizens and strangers visiting the city, real bar
gains in fashionable Summer Garments. Their
stock is one of the largest and most complete in Phila
delphia, made up in the very best style, and being
late in the season, they are selling at a considerable
per eentage lower than-the usual prices,
A Fine Stock of Military Goods—
For Army and Navy officers, will be found at Oak
ford & Sons, under the Continental Hotel,
Fine Groceries for the Country.—■
Messrs. Davis St Richards (successors to the late C.
H. Mattson), dealers in fine Family Groceries, Arch
and Tenth streets, are now daily sending large
quantities of goods to the country—
summer-resort proprietors, and private citizens who,
have removed to the country for the summer. All
goods bought at this house «e carefully packed and
delivered at any of the depots, free of charge.
Messes. Charles Oakford & Sons,
under the Continental Hotel, are now selling a beau
tiful line of Children’s Straw Hats, at lesß than their
'coat of manufacture and k^attation.
For tiie and most elegantly
fitting Shirt of the age, go to the Gentlemen’s Fur
nishing Establishment of Mri George Grant, No.
610 Chestnut Btreet.
The Conscription.—Orders have come
from'Washington for an immediate draft,'and the
“first class,” consisting of all batchelors under,
forty-five, and married men under thirty-five, is con
siderably exercised in relation thereto. Let all who
are drafted to go respond cheerfully to the call of
the country for.their services,, and bear in mind that
this course will best tend to the closing up of the
war, by intimidating the rebels with the evidence of
unanimity; and let those who are drafted to stay at
home consult comfort, good taste, and economy by
procuring their summer suits at the Brown-Stone
Clothing Hall of Rockhill & Wilson, Nos. 603 and
606 Chestnut street, above Sixth..• +'
■As Ou) Saw Eeset,
“ Come wife,” said Will, u now you devote
Just half a minute to mend this coat,
Which I have chanced to rend.”
“ ’Tis ten o’clock,” said his drowsy mate,
“ I know,” said Will, “it is rather late,
Bui it's never too laleto mend.”
Now we’ll just hint to you, good folks,
The coat in point was not from Stokea,
Beneath the Continental.
His malce or garments never tear,
And to make wives work his coats were
Never instrumental.
Aphortsm. — The law rains men and
fashion women.
It’s a- bad thing to grumble—the wheel isn’t oiled
till it creaks. . , ; . ‘
A miller is but a human version of the turn-spit
dog that toiled eyery day to roast meat for persona
eating.
There is a fitness in all things K except cheap olothes.
jSpeabing of clothes, reminds.us of the beautiful
and extensive lot of summergarmentaon hand at the
Mammoth Emporium of Granville Stokes, No. .60S)
Chestnut street, and which are warranted in fit,
fabric, and fashion.
Take Notice.— A magnificent 7-octave
• Pittco for sale at a great sacrifice; superbly ,finished
case, carved legs, grand action, Sec. j made by one of
the best, makers in this country. ;Coet $6OO. Will
be sold for lesß than half cost, as the fAmily are de
clining housekeeping. Xo be seen at residence, N<j,
1418 Lombard street, f^V/t\OC«a fibove Broad.
jylOSt* - v --.
SECOND EDITION.
FIVE O'CIiSOK. A. M.
FROM THE FRONT.
LEE'S AERIE BERIMED lE,
VICKSBURG.
27,069 FBIBONERS PAROLED.
4.CFOO’ rfOW-COMBATANm
102 Field 1 Pieces and 30 Sisgre €nns»
50,eejO STA3JD OF ARM's
S 7 Statnci Of Co'lors.
5,830 MEN SN THE HOSPITALS.
@SIY 150 FIT FC® lift TV-
THE 3EBEL INFaSIOS Of ODllilti
lunrsrtant fro3* Tennessee,;
3EMOKS6IZATION OF SBAGG’fcP ABMT.
Tfc'S Rebel^Eatrenching’' Ground Hagers—'
' July 10 to the New
at G?eenoastle. Gfeaeral Coucfc i» here. A battle
is'looked for at'any moment. It i3»t2£ought that we
have like completely hemmed in.
Gsisnoastlzp July 10— New York
Hcralcji—T- havc~ been inside of lines to
Hagerstown. TEe* rebel trains-arc’’nearly all at
Williaoeport. The rebels failed to ciees the Poto-
mac, haring tried twice-with. loss of lifte*.
. Fifty rebels endeavored to swim theirlsroseß acrow r
above Gl2ar Spring. Some of -them were drowned,
a few reaching the-oppoaite shore. *
The robel lines-extend from Hagerstown to St*
Paul’s the National- pike, west of Ha*
gerstown. -They occupy oil the heights around H*-
geratown, and are throwing up earthworks
•The rebels threaten-tb press into the works all the -
Copperheads, and 1 are* stealing all the horaea-from ■
the Marylanders;-
Jenkins was wounded in the- head by a* piece of-
Ewell’s and Earlyhs eorpa are encamped c& a high
hill, near Hagerstown.
The lebelsdestroyadthe bridge over tbe AnSietam,
and are in position on the other side.
Straggling-.- rebels are robbing- everybody, near
Greencastle#-
The wounded are suffering awfully, and dying fast. *
I could not got down to Williamsport, no cmliana -
being allowed there under any pretence.
A London despatch says that the rebePprisonera
state that Leo has abandoned the idea of crossing : -
the Potomac;- ,
It is stated that a reserve force on the other aide .
of the Potomac aTe furnished with pontoons.
July 10-.—[Special to the New York
Herald-p-Lee-ia concentrated at Hagerstown, with ,
both flank* strongly defended..
Gen. Meade’s forces are more advanced, circum-.
scribingathfr rebel lines.
Skirmishing has occurred between the advance
guards)
General SJgel is organizing the troops at Reading.
There were many reports of a battle to-day, but
they. lack, confirmation. A gre atstruggle is sure
to-morrow. .'
THE REBEL POSITION.
Headquarters Aaarr op the Potomac,
July 10-6 P; M,.
[Special to.the New Yeek Tribune.]— A. deserter
reports that Gen. Lee baa a single bridge across the
Potomac, near Williamsport, and has succeeded in
getting ammunition and.supplies, although he could
not move his army over-with safety or expedition.
He reportß Lee fortified, and with his artillery
placed ready to gras battle whenever w’e att&qk*
He thinks Lee haa about 50,000 effective*m§n left-
The rebel army had not heard of the-fall of Vicks-,
burg, and it was almost impossible t&.iaake the de
serter believe itto ; be true.
At ten o’clock this morning the.enemy held the,
right of Hagerstown, and our forces,, the-left. At
2 20 a very heavy cannonading tw*». opened on the
rebels, wMo-h. continued about aaj hour, resulting in,
driving theta.'from the woods.
Rebel Roberts ot* the Battle at Gettysburg*
[From tbe Richmond Whig, July 0.1
Martinsburg, Ya,, July &—.At 6P, M> Saturn
day, General Lee had changed- his front, and occu
pied the ground he drove the enemy from.on the Ist
and 2d. HU whole army Uin and.
the master of the situftfcfon. We, have captured
-12,QC0 of the enemy. Gsnerals Fentfar and-. Rickett
are wounded. Colonel Avery, of North Carolina*
Is killed, and Colonel* Bennett and Parker wounded..
Ewell’s wagons are recaptured.
MartiksburGj. July 6,—Reports to-day all con
eur that there w»3 a heavy fight yesterday, in which
we defeated the enemy and : drove him. three miles*
A vast number of prisoners are reported-taken, by
Gen. Lee. The prisoners refuse tabe.p&roled, and
are on the way to Richmond by this-place. Thie
has been the bloodiest battle of the war. Our loss
is very great, the enemy’s immense.
The Occupation of Vicksburg-
Vicksburg, July 4.— Vicksburg surrendered this
morning, after a siege of forty-seven days, termU
nating in negotiation lasting twenty-four hours.
■ Generals Grant and Pemberton had an interview
yesterday afternoon', and the last noteof Pemberton*
accepting the proffered terms of Gen. Grant, did
not reach here till 9 o’clock to-day. General Mck
Pherson received the formal surrender.
The terms allow the officers and men to be paroled
here, the former to retain their side arms and horses
and personal property. They are to be escorted be
yond our lines and furnished with three days’ pro
visions. General Logan’s division marched into the
city at ll o’clock, and at noon, Lieutenant Colonel
Strong hoißted the stars and stripes over the Court
House.
Col. Wilson is provost marshal, and Gen. Logan,
commander of the post. We have taken about
27,000 prisoners, besides about 4,000 non-comba
tants, 102 field pieces, 30 siege guns, 50,000 stand of
arms, ammunition, locomotives, cars, a few stores,
and 57 stand of colors.
Among the prisoners aTe Lieutenant General
Pemberton, Major Generals S. Stevenson, Smith,
Forney, and Bowen j fourteen brigadier generals,
and 130 colonels. There are 5,600 men in the hospi
tals, half of whom are wounded. Only 150 of the
garrison are reported fit for duty.
The Btock of provisions was almost exhausted and
for four days numbers had been eating mule
flesh. Of ammunition for the heavy guns they
had a fair supply, but for* the field-gunsand mus
ketry they were short. Eight capßtoa man were
allowed. They had an excess of sugar, molasses,
and rice, and these were all the supplies they had #
except a little unground corn.
The capitulation waß caused by destitution and
prostration, hastened perhaps by the expectation
that our forces would storm the place to-day.
It is admitted by all that the rebels made a gal
lant defence, and the terms were understood to be
concessions of General Grant to their bravery, as
well as a measure of great public economy.
Yickßburg is much damaged by shells, and hardly
a house has escaped. Our soldiers treated their
late enemy with great friendship, both sides feeling
great relief from the hardships and sufferings of the
siege.
Fifty steamers are at the landing. The Fourth of
July has never been celebrated so strictly or so
earnestly.
Geneial Pemberton denies the authorship of the
speech attributed to him about holding out till the
last dog was eaten.
THE WAB -nr INDIANA.
Salem Captured by tiie Rebels--500 Pri-
soners Taken.
Pndianapoi/is, July io.— The rebels captured
Salem, Indiana, this morning, burned the ddpot of
the Louisville and Chicago railroad, and took 600
guards prisoners. No particulars of a fight received.
A prisoner, who reached Seymour this evening,
says Morgan’s forces are 7,000 Btrong, with six;
pieces of artillery. Morgan left Salem this after*
noon, movingto the eastward, it is supposed, for the.
purpose of striking the Indianapolis and Louisville
railroad afyienna and Seymour.
Gen. Hobson with 4,500 cavalry, was at noon, to
day, in close pursuit, being but fifteen miles in the.
rear. When last heardfrom the rebels
ton. * The Home Guards were retarding the progress
of the rebels by felling trees and buahwacking.
Governor Morton haß issued'* a general order
suspending All business until further-orders.
General Carrington has assumed' command of the
Indiana militia, and has assigned^large portion of
the companies reported to regiments and brigades*
At least fifty thousand men have reported, fee
duty by to-morrow morning...•/.
FROM TENNESSEE.
Demoralization. o£ Bragg’s Army—The
Campaign Virtually Ended.
Nashville,' Jiily ro.—Citizens oi Franklin and
> Spring Hill. report that the oouhtry north of the
Tennessee rivfcr Is filled with deserters from Bragg’s
army. They are [moßtly Tennesseans, and number
from 10,000, io 15,000. They refused to leave the
; State..
General Roseorans’ armyretains his position,
the lineof the Elk river. The . campaign is
virtually ended.
The Army of the Cumberland now holds Win
chester and Shelbyville.
The river is full of water, with eight feet on
shoals.
The Louisville train arrived on time.