f r tss . TUESDAY, JULY, 14, 1863. THE SITUATION. The news we publish this morning,seems Ifco conclusively establish one very important Tact —that the rebel army will not cross the 'Potomac without giving or receiving battle ; will not, perhaps, because it cannot; but, however this may be, a battle near Wil liamsport is apparently unavoidable. All the known facts indicate that Lee is forced to fight this battle ; that he accepts the offer of Meade only because he is unable to refuse it. The Potomac is his enemy. We have good reason to believe that he is desti tute of means to cross the river. On the contrary, the supposition that he has volun tarily chosen his present position for the purpose of making it the ground of a greater battle than has yet been fought is •sustained by other suppositions only: that his want of ammunition has been supplied ; that he has received reinforcements; that his army is as strong as that which recently defeated it; these are but conjectures. We have much better reason to infer that he is obliged by weakness, rather than enabled by strength, to submit the fate of his army tb the chances of a decisive battle. This inference is drawn from all the pro babilities of. the situation, and is con tradicted by none of the certainties, We have, therefore, cause to rejoice that the rumors of -his escape into Virginia are ..false, for, apparently, on Maryland soil all the advantages are ours. It would be harder to extract, victory from a situation in Vir ginia. The torrent of the rain-swelled Po tomac is no unimportant ally. General Lee, however, we infer from the cautious advance of the Army of the Po tomac; does not command a demoralized force, but is still at the head of troops able, -at least, to defy attack with some hope of success. Had the reports of demoralization been true, General Meade would have ad vanced more swiftly, and by this time the rebel army would have been scattered through the mountains. A defeated and -weakened army is not incapable of resist ance, though for offence it may be im potent. When the Army of the Potomac was forced from the Chickahominy to Harrison’s Landing, it was able to repel the rebel force which presumed to follow its retreat, and General Lee may have reason to believe that the next ’battle, though it may not prevent him from disaster, may save him from destruc tion. We discredit the opinion that his re cent defeat decided the fate of ids army, though we know that it decided the fate of the invasion. It is difficult to annihilate the ■fighting power of fifty thousand veteran ■soldiers, even though their communications ■are cut off, though their ammunition is short, and though an unbridged river makes their retreat impossible. , We discourage unreasonable expectations. The people have a right to anticipate victory; they have reason to hope for a victory which'mill sur pass .all other victories of the war; but they have no cause to expect such a result as cer tairi. On Sunday the two armies were in sight of each other, and the enemy was be lieved to be entrenched from St. James’ College to Williamsport. The battle then impending may have been begun yesterday; but that it cannot long.be delayed, we know, or iff; delayed at all, will be because delay will be advantageous to General Meade. Elsewhere, the situatiou is not materially cLivnaprL. exceot possibly in South' Carolina. . for it is affirmed tmn,ir’eommnecrattack by land an' l W“- tOT i sp oll Charleston, was to ■Dc begun on the Pth instant. - j 7, The Biot in New York. f ffhis is terrible news from tlie city of New A mob of citizens have taken up •rms and made an kttack upon the provost farshal’s office of the Third Congressional {'strict. The attach' seems to have been iter the fashion of nobs, and was to pre vint the operation/f the draft. We can n|t, liov?ovcr, fait'to see that there was more than a usutl degree of preparation and discipline. Yhe outbreak could scarely have been anticipated, for there were no signs of apprehended difficulty in the New York journals of yeste day morning. Tlie Herald speaks of “ the j ood feeling that has every where marked tlie first drawings under the conscription,” while in the city department a reporter, in giving a rumor that there was ah organized' movement to resist the draft among the laborers in the Twentieth ward, states that “the feeling throughout the en tire city in relation to the draft is certainly of a very excited nature.” In the World and the IVews/articles appear calculated to stimulate resistance to the authorities, and were evidently written with that in tention. Whether under the influence of these newspapers, or of had men who op pose the Government, it is certain that a body of men, numbering five thousand, made an-assault upon the office of the provost marshal, on the Third avenue, breaking the windows'with stones and bricks, and : setting tie building on fire.-, No resistance seems to have been made,- for the whole block was in flames at eleven o’clock in the morning. Nor were they hasty or imprudent about their work. With a deliberation that re minds us of the discipline of soldiers in ac tive service, they took possession of the railroads, destroyed the telegraph wires, and would not allow the bells to ring. The trains were stopped, and passengers. pre vented from going to Boston. The soldiers were called out, and it is said that the regu lar troops from Governor’s Island were sent to the. scene. Men were pursued and «lain, -women applauding the deeds. * Of ■course,' those who suffered were among the innocent. The men who began the mob are said to be “ Railroad employees, four.drymen, and others,” in all probability a part of that large class we see in great cities who depend upon their labor for sup port, and who, by the necessity of their lard condition, have no time for instruction and improvement, and are liable to be de ceived into crime and violence. The elements that composed this mob re call Paris and the worst days of the French -revolution. The most degraded inhabi tants of the great city—the refuse popula tion of the Five Points, adventurers, thieves, the ignorant classes of tlie foreign popula tion, laboring men without labor, abandoned women, prize-fighters, traitors and sympa thizers with the South—all headed by a few adventurous politicians, combined together to create these disturbances. A venal press was not wanting. The New York World, in its issue of yesterday, contains an article on the draft calculated to arouse the worst passions of the people. After denouncing the Administration as weak and reckless, .speaking of the draft as “a measure that ■could hot be ventured on in England,” and 'Charging the. authorities with taking from New York “ largely more than its due pro portion of men,” it calls the conscription “a dangerous experiment to insult the popular will at once in the policy of their rulers and in the means by which that policy is sought to he enforced.” The News is more bitter -and virulent, while the Express shows how easy it would be to array New York against ■the United States, and thus provoke civile war. These journalists seem to have writ ten with a strange inspiration, and it is hard to resist the conclusion that they wereipaut ners to the plot the; so boldly prophesied. The rioters were aided by the 'unscrupulous politicians of New York city who have ruled that great metropolis as pirates and plun derers, growing fat and lusty on its vast revenues. By words of open defiance, such men as Fernando Wood and the leaders of the peace party have long familiarized the people of New York with this idea of forcible resistance. The thousands who applauded wildly at peace meetings and meetings against the Administration, and in sympathy with traitors like Vallandio ham, are the men now in arms against the Government. The same cries rally them. The same prejudices and hatreds animate them. They pursue an unoffending citizen with the cry of Abolitionist, and beat him almost to death. Theymurder unarmed sol diers, massacre the officers of the municipal police, and hunt the poor negroes to death with appalling ferocity. It is the old cry of “aristocrat” and “to the lantern.” We hear it, however, - from the drinkers of whisky in New York, and not from the drinkers of wine in Paris, The city of New York owes it to itself to atone , for this great shame/ The Govern ment has been kind to it—pouring the resources of the country into its vaults— nourishing and strengthening it, and making it a metropolis, commanding on the seas and mighty among the nations. This act of conscription is a necessary measure. It must be enforced to save us from plunder and devastation, to protect the property of the loyal men, and secure their safety. Every oppressive feature has been taken away from it, and the Government has so amended and charged its provisions that it is no longer a burden. New York has been asked to furnish but a small quota; and she should do it gladly. All such demonstra tions as those to which we have been accus tomed, and this particularly to which we refer this morning, will be quelled/ The Government will maintain the law at every hazard; and if armed men in New York, or elsewhere, array themselves against it, they must he punished even to destruction. We cannot stop to argue with men 1 ‘ armed with revolvers and every available style of wea pon.” They have gone beyond argument, and invite the stem and unrelenting justice that the morrow will bring. Intervention and Recognition. Wo cannot resist the conclusion that a strenuous effort is being made to force the great European Powers to recognize the re bellion as. the Southern Confederacy, and thus intervene in the war for the Union. There has evidently been a general under standing among the friends of the rebellion every where—in the North and in the South, the military and naval forces, the diplomatic agents in Europe, and their writers for the foreign press. The plan seems to have been ingeniously arranged. General Lee was to move his army into Pennsylvania about the middle of June, threatening Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington, creating a panic throughout the North, and presenting to the European world the spec tacle of the insurrectionary forces invading the loyal States. About the latter part of June, or rather about the time that the news of Lee’s invasion reached England, Mr. Roebuck’s motion in the House of Commons in favor of a recognition of the Southern Confederacy would be brought up and debated. In the mean time, we see that the writers for the English papers, in the interest of the South, have commenced to discuss intervention,, and to insist upon the recognition of the Confederacy. Mr. Spence, the Southern financial agent and the ablest of the pro slavery English writers, resumes his contri butions to the Times , in which he aTgues that the war. is to destroy Southern inde pendence, and that “ recognitionbeing com patible w T ith neutrality, ”it could not lead to war, and would be “ a true and effective measure of peace.” Mr. Slide i.i/is closet ed with the Emperor of the French, and the French journals are dwelling upon the natu ral sympathy existing between the French in Mexico and the rebels in the cotton States. Proposals are made to Spain to en ter with France into the work of recogni tion. In the meantime, Lee advances, the panic increases, and in the midst of the gloom, and anxiety, and dread, and deso lation that the invasion would be supposed to produce in the North, Mr. Stephens knocks at the door of Washington with his . . p ™P.?- t MM“a?-S§eh- arr a nge a wittr a'clegree' of care and detail and a familiarity with stage effect, which the “persistent manager of the company that had played at Stras burg and Boulogne,” as Mr. Kinglake calls Louis Napoleon, would enjoy. We ' can imagine an orator like Mr. Roebuck, or a writer like Mr. Spence, with the invasion of Pennsylvania for a theme. The House of Commons would ring with hostile cheers, and the columns of the Times would glisten with earnest and rounded sentences. The refusal to meet Mr. Stephens, who came with his olive branch by way of Fortress Monroe, while Lee carried the sword by way of Harper’s Ferry, would be regarded as an act of madness, justifying the interfe rence of other nations to save the people from the insane course of their rulers, and the South being the invader, recognition would be an act of humanity to the North, and foreign public opinion, intensified and carried away, would sustain the act. Viewed in this way, we can easily see how earnestly and elabo rately the plan for intervention has been prepared. If Lee had succeeded in hold ing Pennsylvania, our position would be difficult and embarrassing, and we might have been at the mercy of the nations. In tervention would have been a more serious matter than we may now imagine, and the cause of the Republic would have passed from war to diplomacy. Gettysburg and Vicksburg have ended these dangers. "With the swiftness of retribution, the victory of the Army of the Potomac came upon the plans of these scheming gentlemen, and all their splendid combinations—their speeches, proclamations, peace embassies, and news-, paper articles—have been blown to the winds. Mr. Bright may answer Mr. Roe buck with the news of these two victories' when the debate on recognition is again commenced, and the friends of the Republic can ask.no better argument than the pa tient, persistent, and undaunted valor that has crowned our arms with triumph. .Vicksburg and Gettysburg ! Mr. Spence may write, and Mr. Roebuck may shout, and the silent Emperor may twirl his sly mustache and smile upon Mr. Slidell— Ws corn them all. Lee huddling under the banks of the Upper Potomac, and the pa roled Pembekton plodding his solemn way from Vicksburg.to Talladega, show to what a strait the Southern cause is reduced. In the Southwest, the Confederacy is rent asunder; in the East, it is reeling and bleeding. England and Frau ce will hardly recognize these remnants of a desperate and causeless rebellion. If any danger .existed, our own good swords have destroyed it; and so long as we continue to prosecute the war with the vigor and suecess now everywhere seen, we may despise the enmity of foreign Powers, and laugh at their schemes for our overthrow. ' . Engllsh Theories of the Invasion. The unconcealed delight with which the friends of the rebellion, in England hailed the news of the invasion of Pennsylvania would have been provoking had the inva sion succeeded ; - but is simply amusing, now that it has failed. From the London Times we expected something more than its usual exultation over our national misfor tunes.; hut the extravagance and exaggera tions of its joy is really extraordinary. It is not creditable to its sagacity that it should permit its judgment to be sacrificed to its hopes, and build up terrible predictions of disaster to the North—not upon facts; but merely upon desireß. We are reminded of the late premature rejoicings in Richmond over the destruction of the-Army of the Po tomac, and the raising of the siege- of Vicks burg, when we read the editorials and the correspondence in the Times of the 39th ult. In each case the wish was father to the -thought, but so very distantly related to the trtfth that the relationship cannot be dis coyfejed. It is the old story of theory based ■ upon hypothesis, and hypothesis based upon air. The [Times very justly observes that it ias “ no information hut isolated and fright ened telegrams;” yet |upon-these frail au thorities it argues the speody establishment of the Confederacy, desolation and ruin for the North, glory and sliame, barbario tri umph and National defeat. The feverish anxiety to believe Southern successes had never more forcible illustration, The Times is resolved that its frequent predictions shall Lave seeming fulfilment, at least, and with charming confidence in its pet rebellion, en trusts to Confederate armies the embarrass ing duty of establishing its prophetical repu tation. There is something pathetic in this childlike faith. After an elaborate statement of the pro bable plans of General Lee, the theory is elaborately applied to an imaginary condi tion of American affairs. “The danger,” so the world is informed,does not consist fex ist ?) so much in the extent of the Confede rate force, as in the fact that, there ’is abso lutely no Federal force at present in The field to resist it.’" “Mark how absolute the' knave.” The Times continues: “It is ad mitted that the President can spare no troops from Washington, and the- Penn sylvanians must defend themselves;” but by whom this astonishing fact was admitted it does not condescend to say. The world is also assured that while the President is talking of negro troops, the trained soldiers of the South are surrounding him and’ the most flom-ishing cities ofthe North. We-re member reading a descriptive essay in which a-house was said to be “ entirely surrounded l on one side by a gardenand we presume , the , gentleman who wrote that essay must have secured a position on the editorial staff of the Times , with special instructions to re form the English language upon principles agreeable to Southern expectations. What flourishing city was surrounded while Mr. Lincoln was talking of negro troops, we cannot imagine. Gettysburg cannot be meant, for the Times evidently had not dreamed of that now famous city, in its prophetic soul. How fortunate for the Pre sident . that he could. not receive this im portant, in time to use it, and that he is probably ignorant to this day that “he has only a beaten army to depend' upon to save his own country from the miseries which his policy has inflicted on another.” Dr. Charles Mackay, the apostate poet, whose servility to the pro-slavery cause has proved how little he believed in his own bad verses, which, superficially, at. least, were written for the good of freedom, should, in New York, know more of America than the writers in the Times, in London, but really seems to know less. In his letters to • the Thunderer, he paints the danger of the Northern States, and the fear of the people, in hues of earthquake and eclipse, and ac tually anticipates the improbability of Mr. Lincoln’s escape from impeachment and punishment! At the opportune moment, says the author of “ A good time coming,” when Lee has decoyed Hooker to-some fitting "place, he will fall upon [him with ; overwhelming force, and either annihilate the Army of the Potomac, or oblige it to surrender. MAckay evidently had a glim mering sense of Gettysburg, and the 3d of July; for there most certainly was the fitting place, and that the opportune mo ment—only place and moment were not used exactly as the Doctor predicted. His fate should be a warning to all prophets, and the Times especially should learn that “isolated and frightened telegrams” are very slight reasons for affirming the ruin of a nation. That element of the situation which puzzled the journal most w;as the position of Lee. “Of that, ” it adds, “we know unfortunately next to nothing.” In a short time it will be aware that Lee was recently at Gettysburg. The lecture of Mr. Foksey, on “ The Duties and Obligations of the Hour,” post poned on account of the general excitement, will be delivered on next Tuesday evening, July 22d. Gape Mat,— The Columbia House, a first-class establishment at this popular watering place, will receive visitors. The season at the Cape will be unusually enjoyable this year. WASHINGTON- Special Despatch®* to “ The Press.” Washington, July 13, 1863. Draft Exempts and Substitutes. . The following circular was issued from the War Department to- ■ -- " T . .... VVAKUEPAItTMIMT, FnovosT MTARSHAT.’S Oe- EICE, July 12, 1863.—To'answer inquiries made to this office, it is announced. First. Any drafted person paying under section 13th of the enrolment act, is thereby exempt from further liability under that draft, but not from any subsequent draft. . Second. Any drafted person furnishing an accept able substitute is exempt from military service for the period for which said'substitute is mustered into -the service. . Third. A substitute once mustered into the ser vice cannot be drafted while in the service. Fourth. A drafted man cannot pay commutation money or present a substitute after he has re ported himself to the Board of Enrolment for exami nation. Fifth. Men who, on the third of Mqrch, 1863, were in the military service of the United States as sub stitutes under the draft of 1862, and whose terms of service have since expired, are not liable to the pre sent draft, but the persons for. whom they were sub stitutes are liable to draft, the same as though they had been drafted and furnißhed substitutes under the draft of last year. Sixth. In serving the notice as required by cir cular No. 42, from this office, a reasonable time to report shall in each case be granted by the Bqqrd of Earolment to men in the State service who have been or may be drafted, JAMES B. FRY, Provost Marshal General. Consuls. The President has recognized Henry Praeit as vice consul of Denmark, for the States of New York, Connecticut, and places in New Jersey nearest to New York, to reside at the city oFNew York. Also, Otto Ountz, as; consul of the Duchy, of Nassau, for the State ot Massachusetts, to reside nt Boston; and Heinrich Otto Sismund Chntz, consul for the Grand Dnchy of Oldenburg, at Boston. The Navy. A few acting-masters’ mates. are wanted for the navy. ■ The applicant must be between twenty and thirty years of age, and seen three years’ service, and forward to the Navy Department suitable testi monials. An examination will be ordered at either the Boston or New York yard. FORTRESS MONROE. Fortress Monroe, July 12,1*63.—Yesterday af ternoon At 4 o’clock, Lieutenant Sanborn, who was drilling a colored military company in front of An drew Foster's dry goods Btore on Main street, Nor folk) was shot, one ball passing in at the mputh and out behind the ear, and another ball through his body, entering the left shoulder and , coming out at the,right, from the effects of which he died in fifteen minutes* Docter Wright, of Norfolk, is charged with the murder, and had a preliminary examination last evening before the Provost Marshal, Major Bovey. . The first.witness called was Lieutenant Colonel Guyon, 14$th New. York Regiment, who testifies that Lieutenant Sanborn had drawn up his company on Main street, in. front of Andrew Foster’s store, and was in front of his men drilling them, when Doctor Wright, who was in the store, addressed some remarks to Lieutenant Sanborn, who replied if he was further interfered with in that way he would arrest him. The Doctor thereupon advanced and shot Lieut. .S. in the head. The Lieutenant then turned upon the Doctor with sword uplifted, when the Doctor fired a second time, hitting the Lieutenant first in the hand and passing through from his left to right shoulder. The Lieutenant seized the Doctor and endeavored to wrench the pistol from his hand, and while thus struggling they entered the store, a great crowd following them. They continued strug gling for several minutes, when the witness took the pistol from Dr, Wright and arrested him. Lieut. S. died in about fifteen minutes. Six other witnesses were examined, whose testi mony was in substance the same as the above. The Doctor was committed to jail. Lieut. Sanborn was recently from the Quarter master Department at Washington, and a native of Vermont. Col. Spears, lith Pennsylvania Cavalry, arrived at Fortress Monroe to* day. Cincinnati Threatened by Morgan—Mar- tial law Declared# Cincinnati, July 13. —Gen. HurnsKtehas issued an order declaring martial law in the cities of Cin cinnati, Covington, and Newport. Buotness is sus pended until further orders, and all citizens are re quired to organize in accordance with the direction of the State and municipal authorities. There is no definite information regarding Mor gan’s whereabouts, but it is supposed that he will move around the city and cross the river between here and Maysyille. The militia are concentrating at this point in obe dience to the orders of Got. Todw . LATEST. ' Cincinnati, July 13.—Morgan- left IVloore’s Hill, on the Ohio and Mississippi; Railroad, at 1 o’clock this morning, and passed over the Indianapolis and Cincinnati Railroad at a point thirty-five miles from here. He reached Harrison, in-Hamilton coun ty, Ohio, at about noon to-day. : At s>£ o’clock he was within sixteen miles of adjoining the county of Butler, and moving slowly on that place. f General Hobson, with a strong force, was five hours behind him. The damage done to the Ohio and MinlHippißall road wae three.bridgee dectroycd, a water atatlon destroyed, and aoaae of the track removed. The dv mage done to the Indianapolli and Uinolnnatl Rail road waa very little, only one of the water tanka be ing removed, , THE PRESS.—PIIIIADELPHIA7 TUESDAY, JULY 14, 1863. The Biter Bridged by the Rebels* OtrK SIECHE (GUNS *» command* op THE CROSSING. WE? THE REBELS HEOCCSRPIED’ HAGERSTOWN. MK MOSTir-K .IRMIES WlTlil# A FEW march; Ttt*- latest from General Mead^'Amyi HEADQUARTERS OFTHE AKHT OP THE F’OTOMAC, July A. IVI,~A meaaenger fro m. (tremor Curtin, arrived this morning, states that General, Couch has formed a junction with our rests northeast of Hagerstown, and that poinfris se-’ cure against*an attack by General' Lee. Healso repots that General Lee has a brfdge 'composed of’ thirteen boats'across the centre o# the-river, con tinued thence to both shores by a tiestlework oup poiting long timbers. > Our siege and Other heavy guns have been sent f Jo ' the front, and planted in the best possible positions commanding the bridges. • Capetown, Md.; July 12, via Hagerstown, July 13.—Hagerstown was occupied at about 9 o'clock ’ this morning by General Kilpatrick's cavalry, after a slight resistance. The object of the enemy in reoccupying the town for so short a space of time,' iB partially explained from the fact that they re moved from that vicinity a large amount of [rails, which it is supposed are to.be used for erecting, fortifications between that place and Williamßport. The rebels are in large force near the town on the ' Williamßport and Olear Spring roads. Keeonnois- ; sances made to-day by our cavalry forces under Colonel Wynkoop and Captain Boyd, show that the Tebels r have strong picket guards north and west of the town. The armies of Meade and Couch are within a few hours’ march of Lee’s army. Lee’s intention will probably be more fully developed to-morrow. NearHaoerstowit, July 12.— [Special despatch to the Baltimore American.]-- Early this morning it was discovered that the rebels had fallen hack from Fankstown. Areconnoißsance from our right wing was thrown out, and discovered the rebelshad with drawn their left wing toward the river,’and had formed a line of battle in a semi-circle covering Wil liamsport. r Kilpatrick’s cavalry then pushed forward and oc cupied Hagerstown. Our whole right wing was im mediately put in motion, and swept around in the line of the rebel retreat. We entered Funkstown one hour after the rebels left. They had fortified the bridge over Antietam, at Funkstown, but aban doned it without contest. Strong rifie-pits enfiladed the bridge, and embrasures for cannon.had been knocked in the stone wall above and on the hills. The rebel line of battle covers , the Williamsport pike. Longstreet holds the centre, Ewell the right, and Hill the left. The country people were not al lowed to p&bb through the rebel lines, and knew little of their strength or-movements,; " When falling back the rebels reported that they were falling back behind entrenchments. A rebel captain and lieutenant, who were captured with forty men, also report that Lee has entrenched. The growing belief is that the mass of the rebel army has crossed the river, and that we are now pressing back the rear guard. Beyond slight skirmishing, there has been no fighting to-day. The rebels have swept everything from the country around Hagers town. I Scarcely V serviceable horse is left in ten miles. The grain cropß are trampled down, and flour, corn, and hay carried off. To-morrow will probably de termine whether there is to be another battle in Maryland. The people of Hagerstown received the Union troops witii great joy, and a [display of flags. A large number of-refugees followed the army into Hagerstown. - • ‘ • I The Battle-field of Gettysburg—Aid to the Sick and Wounded; Harrisburg, July 13.— Gov. Curtin is still in the neighborhood of the late great battU of Gettysburg, where he is busily engaged in attending to the cares and wants of the wounded Pennsylvajdans. Major Sees, of bis staff, has proceeded to Gettysburg and opened an office of transportation, under the super intendence of W. Wills, Esq.., whom; he has autho rized to issue transportation from that pointto such sick and wounded'soldiers as have been properly discharged from the hospitals. In the case of corpses, Mr. Wills is also authorized to issue trans portation for one person to accompany the remains from the battle-field to the former flnce of'resi dence. Parties proceeding to the battlefield for the corpses of their friends, should applyjat the trans portation department at Harrisburg ffter the fall of Puebla gives* rise Jv specula* tton,. and no doubt to many fafee; cone&jstons; France has probably, since the ocoupartibn of Mexico; international reasons to watch with interest* the' American war. If a Frenoh army its*, to remain , at Mexico until a new and regular form of Govero i ment is organized, North and South may mean* i while make up their quarrels, and become very patriotic about France possessing so rich a' dis trict of the transatlantic continent. ' Oh- the other hand, if the American war ends in the se paration of North and South, the natural tdhj of 5 France, as long foreseen, will be the latter States. No one in all likelihood knows the Emperors- Ireal intentions about Mexico, and perhaps his* future policy may be entirely guided by events. I ! know, however, that' s majority of his Cabinet ate for withdrawing- the expedition as early as* l-possible. M 7. Dtouyn de XAuysie again for ih England and Spain,- and, % presume, making those two Pbwersrin eome' way participate in tbof a-line-of steamersbe tween Liverpool and 'Charleston, was ohrlstened by a laree assemblage of rebels and their aympathizers oh shipboard*. Tbe-healthof the-Queen of Eaglaad wsb the- first toaßt. The- second was that of the criminal in-chief of the Southern Confederacy. The Chairman said thetoast.which he proposed to inflict upon them was one-wbiehr-ho- waß-not disposed to introduee by any lengthened remarks), neither did it require any lengthened-introduction athis hands.' Most of thembeiDg-English. people-understood the sentiment of loyalty aB they of the*South understood it. They, respected and; esteemed;; and loved and venerated,' their- Sovereignand- Southerners re spected and-- esteemed, and loved! and venerated, their Chief-Magistrate [cheers]- foe qualities which, when the history of the events- which they were now passing-through came to be written impartially, would place-his- namenext to*that of Washington, and highest upon the roll of fame. [Cheers’] .He asked them'to join him-in drinking “the health of the President of the Confederate Stateß of Ame rica." FUNERAL, OF' ARCHBISHOP" KENRICK.— The funeral of the lata Most' Reverend Archbishop Franoiß Patriot Kenrich took place on Saturday morning at the Cathedrel in Baltimore, and waa one of the moat imposing ceremonies witnessed in that city since the funeral of Archbishop Eccleston. The procession, witnessed by an immense crowd, was very impressive. Arrived in the church, the whole of the oierky present ohaunted the De Profundis around the catafalque of the good prelate. The in terion o£tbe .vast Cathedral was draped in the deep est mourning, and an imposing cortege bearing lighted candles, followed the remains to the vaults below the church. The funeral sermon was preached by the aged Bishop Timon, of Buffalo, with great emotion. .Alluding.to the profound prayer of the late Archbishop, that honorable peace and Union might be restored to the country, the speaker wap deeply affected. Archbishops Hughes and Purcell, with Bishops Wood, Whelan, Dominie, Coughlin, and a large number of the clergy of the diocese, took part in the funeral exercises; Major G-en, Schenck and staff were also present throughout the service. UNION MEETING- AT MILWAUKEE.—At the Union meeting heldin this city, a few days ago, speeches were made by Gov. Solomon and Senator Doolittle. Gen. Pope, in response to a very earnest and general call, thanked the assemblage for the warm friendliness with which he was greeted. He had not come to make a speech, hut simply as one of their number to participate in.the exercises of the day in a quiet manner. “As for my own views,” said he, “ none can misunderstand my position. I know nothing and care nothing about political par ties. My only desire is to see the rebellion crushed, and I sympathize with all whose hearts are in this work. I can only appeal to you as patriots and as men, to stand by those who are already in the field, -and to support the Government, no matter . what may be your views of particular measures.” At this point, news of Gen. Meade’s victory was re* ceived amid the wildest enthusiasm'. Gen. Pope, proposed three hearty cheers.for Meade and hiagaj.- lantarmy. , ... MUSICAL PROTECTIVE UNION.—The mu sicianaof New York cisby have resolved to .form a “Union a benevolcab and protective Uniop—like to the Unions which segulate the actions of other more material trades and The title of the new association is to be'“ The Musical Mutual Protective Union,” and the rules laid down, for the guidance of members are as follows: No member Is to take an engagement under any leader or through any agent »ot also a. member of the Union. All ope?atic performances are to. be. charged for the first performance $l5 a head, and ior every sub sequent performance 3$ a head. - At all the Broadway theatres, including the Mu seum, salaries are to be fixed at $l2 a week; and at the Bowery theatres and concert saloons $lO a week, with an extra $3 for afternoon and Sundays. JPplltigal meetings with a precession, wedding par ties hbd supper parties, $5 a head.; balls at the Aca demy of Music, Irving Hall, City. Assembly Rooms, and Niblo’s Saloon, $5 50 a head ; and balls in other places $4.50 a head, while no ball is to last more than eight hours. Serenades of one hour’s duration, $3 a head, with $1 a head for each extra hour. Society and political meetings, without proces sion, $4 a head ; regimental parades, $5 a head gimental funerals, $5 a head to the cemetery, and $4 to the ferry. A discount of $1 on smaller funerals. Four per cent, to go to the leader, besides his lar pay. AN INTERESTING DOCUMENT.—A corre spondent sends usacopyof a major general’s oath of allegiance to.the United States under the articles of confederation. The original is in possession of a gentleman in Philadelphia, It is a printed blank, lied up to read as follows; I Arthur St Clair M»j‘or General do acknowledge the United States of America to be Free, Independ ent, and > Sovereign States,'and- deel&re the ; people thereof owe no allegiance or obedience to George the Third, King of Great Britain, and I renounce, refuse : and abjure any allegiance or obedience to him; and Ido swear that I will to the utmost of my power; support, maintain and defend the said United States gainst the King George the Third, his heirs and successors, and his their abettors, assist ants and adherents, and will serve the said United States in the office of Major General which I now hold with fidelity, according to the best ofimy skill and understanding. ; Art. St Clair Mat, Gun. Sworn before me, camp . Valley Forge, May 12,' 1178. * , Geo. Washington, The articles of confederation were adopted in 1777. St. Clair was a member of Congress iu 1786, and the next year was oHosen president of that body. Tbe National Constitution is dated 17th September, 1787, and’ the- first President was elected under its provision in 1789. St. Clair was appointed;Go vernor of the Northwestern Territory in 1788, and held that office till Ohio became a State in 1802. — Portland Press, THE CITY. The Thermometer. JULY 13, 1832, | JULY 13,18«3. 8 A. M..‘...3 P. u, 6A. M 12 M 3P. M. 68 86%.. .. ~, .85 76 81 80 ■WTMD. WIND. SW byW..SSW...SSW.'ESE......SE SE. The Conscription—lts Postponement ih THE Thihd District.— Public announcement having been made that the draft in the Third die trict would be yesterday moroing, at the headquarters of Captain Jacob A. Stretch, pro vost marshal of the district, No. 5U Brown street, a number of citizens collected to hear the result. Arrangements had been made to institute proceed ings immediately. The names of the enrolled, with their residences, were inscribed upon slips of paper, and these were folded and enclosed in envelopes of stout paper and the envelopes sealed. A wheel was on hand in which the packages were to be deposited, in respect to number with the enroller’s list of the Twelfth ward—the first sub-district appointed to be •drawn to-day. gA number of citizens of the Twelfth wardj repre senting all political parties, were invited to be pre sent, and supervise the draft, and, to insure greater fairness, Mr. Faist, a blind man, was to. draw the names from the wheel. Along Brown street, from Fifth to Sixth, groups of men discussed the probabilities of exemption, the. necessity of the conscription, and kindred subjects, While anxiously awaiting the result in which they were so much interested. Those present conversed freely and intelligently, N and apparently with a full appreciation of their duties as citizens and support ers of thelaw. About half past ten o’clock, Mr. John L. Shoe maker, of Ihe Twelfth ward, chief clerk of the Board of Enrolment, appeared at the front door of the building, and announced, by direction of the Board, that the draft had been postponed for the present, assigning as a reaoon therefor that the Board of Enrollers, not having been entirely satis fied with the quota of the district as it had been assigned, had determined to await instructions from Washington on the subject.. The proposed post ponement waspwing to an unexpected delay in the reception of those instructions, and was wholly una voidable on the part of the authorities directly charged with the matter. The postponement in this case proves beyond all doubt the determination of the authorities to secure justice to, our citizens. The delay will be of only a few days’ duration* ; Drowns©.— A. mail named John Glenn, aged fifty-three years, Jell into the Delaware* at Washington'street wharf, yesterday morning, and was drowned; The body was recovered and taken to the. late residence of the deceased, No. 12& Prime street;' ' *• -• v * ; Under Marching Orders.—The. third regiment raised under the auspices of the Union League received marching, orders yesterday, and the regiment will leave for Harrisburg this morning. The regiment is now encamped on Turner‘'p lane. Arrival of Wounded Rebels.—Over one hundred wounded rebel* are now receiving med ical attention at the United SVtfea rp-.lUtti XT hospital* in the 24th ward. Gtjardian's of the peon. — The regular stated meeting of the Guardians of the Poor was held yesterday afternoon, AJffitehouse, Presi dent Maris In the chair. The census of the house was reported as* follows s At present. .2.26? Same time last year. .2,412 Exhibiting a decrease of. i« ’JVhe receipts of the house were $ 177.64, * l’he out-door agent reported haying collected for support cases $398.75. Xhe' resolution adopted at the last meeting, taking away from the officer of the house of the Medical Board ttie keys of the cUnioroom, was rescinded. of five was appointed to advertise for proposals for furnishing-butcher’s meat for the nsuiDg ye.ar. Meea?B. Erety r Lowry, Haynes, Wei dfc3v anu-Taylorwere delegated for that purpose. 'The Board then-proceeded to the election of house surgeons. Drsr> Gross; Lewis r Kenderdine, and Ag* new’were elected- Thy ejection . of the’ medical' staff was then pro* ceedeS’with'. Dfs; BffCosta* Ludlow, and Tull Were a bSrak to be Ailed atthernext meet ing. Several candidWfeff for tieposthave been no l ' minuted. The election of accOtfcheravrarpoßt'jxined. The folltfwSnfc connnf7teek*we«*annosinced' by the president: Accounts.—JSeasTß. Halxes; aad Wood** Ward. Children's - Messrs; • Server, and l Hospital.—Mezszs. Insane Taylor, Whitafi; - and' [nines. Oz? Wards. —Messer, Brown, Sickinsoc? and lfepwrtment of Man-tysstures. —lSessiß. HaShesJ Dick tPon, and Lowry. Ciaszvfcation and D&?. —Messrs. Xrety, LoWry; and Farm "and-Carden.— -K£?ssrs.' Server, and 5 Ser&r, Lowry.- Erety, Wood ward, andißrown. The Boas>d then adjourned. CITIZE!*3 7 -'VOIitJNTES» building, located at the northeast corner of Broad and Prime Btaeets, Will lODg'be remem among the great charities of Phil&dfeiphia. It te ‘only by experience that the great comforts of an institution of thiß kind caa be realized. Last week, about six thousand mem arrived "at tho & 'B<imore r ddp'dt; in lots of from tbsee to nine hundred, who were imme diately provided' for in-the way of-food, lodging, aod surgical attendance. They were froax the battle of Gettysburg, gad had been sert? c?JF as-8000 as the battle was over r by the wayof iftriederick', through Baltimore, to thiaeity.. Though shtar wounds were not likely, as a general thing, to> prove fatal, yet many of them were very serious ■ and* much aggra vated by their journey. The ladies* and managers have to be up day and night to attoad to the com fortß of the soldieya, by dressing tEteir wounds preparing meals for them on their &rsrvil. - The firemen are indefatigable in romoving-the sol diers to the TJ.S. army hospitals, eVtheir own ex pense, and too much praise given them for their noble exertions. Last- wec£>,saany of the ambulance teams would give out, bufcrwera quickly supplied by fresh ones. U. S. Surgeon R. S. Ken aerdine deserves great credit for hi* energy and promptness in forwarding the nfeif, witto as little de lay as possible, to* the different hospitais. The finance committee consists of the following gentlemen, who earnestly hope the chacifcable and patriotic will keep the institution in funds*: .Tobn Williams, No. 6 Willing’s Alleys* Thos. T. Tasker, Sr, 1622 South Fifth street*. . Henry M. Watts, Broad and Federal afreets. Frank Bayle, at M. Thomas & Sons. Charles P. Perot, Broad and Ohriatiacrßtreetß. Donations of supplies can be sent toTVL. Gifford, secretary, at the hospital. Broad and Prime streets. A Proposed Transfer of Stock.— An ordinance has been prepaied by a specialcocft mit tee ol Councils to increase the value and make, produc tive the investment of the city in the stock of the North Pennsylvania Railroad Company. The ordi nance is as follows, and will be presented at the next meeting of Councils: . • Section 1. The Select and Common Councils of -Philadelohia d© ordain that .whenever it shall ap pear to the satisfaction of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, or a majority of them, that the Le high and Delawaie Water Gap Railroad* Company have executed and recorded a first mortgage for the sum of $200,000, prior to all other upon all their corporate rights, privileges, franchises, and estates, to trustees, for the benefit of holders of bonds under said mortgage, payable ia twenty years, with six per cent, interest, payable semi annually, it shall be the duty of the Commission ers of the Sinking Fund, or a majority of them, to assign and transfer to A. H. Reeder shares of the capital stock of the North Pennsylvania Rail road Company now owned by the city of Philadel phia, to be held by him in trust, to secure to the said holders of bonds under the said-mortgage the pay ment thereof and of the semi*annual interest thereon, as the same shall fall due; that heforesuch transfer shall be made, the said A. H. Reeder shall give security in the sum of $250,000, to be approved by the Select Councils, thatthe interest upon the said bonds shall be paid by-the said Lehigh and Delaware Water Gap Railroad/, Company, until their said railroad shall be completed and in running order, and that also the proceeds of the said bonds * shall be applied to the construction of the said road: and that alter the said road shall, have been comple ted, the interest of said bonds shall be paid from tin* net earniDgs of said road in preference to the sale* ties of officers; and that the said railroad shall be completed and in running order within one year. Sale of a Prize.Cargd.-— Yesterday, by order of the United States, the cargo of the prize steamer Calypso was disposed of at public auction. The cargo consisted of the -following articles :U3 bags St. Domingo coffee ; .99-barrels alcohol $ 65 ease* olive oil; 155 packages.mackerel; 10,000 poundc-iron plates; 200 gross playing- cards; 15 cases printing .paper; 200 gross Liow-’b- Windsor soap; 300 boxes ex, logwood; 7 bale* A. senna; 5,200 pounds patent thread; 16,600 yards bleached muslin; 14,400 yards bur lapsj 51 bags pepper ;6S barrels whisky; 45 barrels pale ale and stout j 7ft kitt9 salmon; 50 boxes* tin; 17 cases letter paper; 3 caeks cream tartar jjsa bar rels Epsom salts ; 173 kegs bicarbonate 6 bar rels bichromate potash; sf'o dozen cotton handker chiefs; 2,ooo,yards linen; 2,600 yards drilling, shirt ings, denims* brown Holland, shoe thread, &c. Also, by order of the Circuit Court of the United States, there were sold, 18 cases merchandise, comprising ladi» K boots* felt hats, handkerchiefs., muslins, drugs, needles, surgical instruments* ; $ cases merchandise, containing dry goods* playing cards, buttons, spectacles, &c. ... The coffee sold at cent&per-lb. Lbale bleached muslin, 100 pieces, about 2400 yards, $35&; ] do., 50pieces, about26oo yards, $420; I do., 33 pieces, about 1320 yards, s2£Q£ do., 34 pieces,, about 1 G66 yards, $315; 1 case do., 50 pieces, about 2393 yards, $2BO ; I do.', 50 pieces,, about 2400 yards* $270; 1 do., 49 pieces, about 194&yards, $325; 1 do., 4?'. pieces, about 1916 yards, $.339,. 1 box, 60 bottles & do. aromatic Bpt f ammonia} 5 do. kreosote, & do. balsam copaiba, 2. packs tooth picks, 1 dozen glass syringes, oj-i., do, cupping glasses, $6O. <4 * 1 box 100 oz. sulp. quipine* 100 oz, re. sub. iodine, 6 fts. sub. nit. bismuth, % bott., 25 fts iodide potas sium, 5 lbs. powdered cantharides, 5 lbs. extract colocynth, C, 25 os.: afilp. morphia: in & bo'k„ $520., 1 box needles, 155,000, $65. 1 box, 1 case instruments, ! do. amputating instruments, 4 doz. imp. met. bougies, 4- do, sur geons’ dp., sppnge holders, German silver handles, 2 do. do., ebony handles, s?£ do. bullet forceps, & gross French and EDglisk bougies, fi do* do. do. catheters, 12 doz. glass IM tooth picks. $9O. 39 dozen cotton handkerchiefs, &L dozen linen and cotton handkerchiefs, Ips, 7-linen and cotton hand kerchiefs ; 20 gross cotton shoe laces, 1 gross playing cards, $125. 5 dozen lawhhandkerqhiefe, 5 dozen eotfcon hand kerchiefs, 14 great gross agate shirt buttons, 6 dozen soap,.9 gross lead penails, cwood, 6 dozen playing cards, $55. A mixed and assorted lot of agate and bone but tons, cotton handkerchiefs, lead pencils, and steel spectacles, $37.50, ... Pennsylvania Horticultural Socie ty.—The regular monthly display of the Horticultu ral Society takes place thiß evening at their hall, southwest corner of Broad and Walnut. The fol lowing are the prizes offered for thefollo wing-named articles: Table design, $3; basket of cut flowers, $3; band-bouquets, pair, not over eight inches in diameter, $2; hanging basket* or vase of plants, $1; gloxinias, six plants’, six Varieties, in pots, $2; glox inias, six plants, six varieties, in pots, second best, $1; fuschias, six plants, six varieties, $2; fuschias, six plants, six varieties, second best, $l; raspber ries, one quart, $l collection of named varieties, one pint each, $2; peaches, grown under glass, twelve specimens, $1; apricots, grown in the open air, twelve specimens, $1; gooseberries, one quart, $1; currants, one quart, $1; collection of vegetables, $2. Funeral of Colonel Francis Mahler. —The funeral of Colonel Mahler, of the 75th Regi ment F. V., took place yesterday afternoon from in dependence Hall. The body was placed in the hall yesterday, and a guard of honor stationed around the coffin. The hall was visited by a number of persons who wished to pay a last sad tribute of re spect to this worthy officer; The coffin was placed upon a bier in the centre of the room, and was co vered with a large American flag. The face was not exposed to view, but a photograph of the deceased Colonel was placed upon the top of the coffin beside his sword. The deceased was in the 37th year of his age. Two companies of infantry followed the re mains to the place of interment. The Last Chance.—Col. Small’s regi ment, for three months 1 service, is nearly filled up. The company of Capt. McNeight have received their arms : and-proceeded to camp at Powellton. The whole regiment will be encamped at that place by to-morrow afternoon. Capt. Wm. E. Scherr, who commanded a company In the veteran 26th Regiment, has been elected major. The companies of Captaina Nadley, O’Donnell, and Sanderson, are rapidly recruiting. We would remind the young men of our city disposed to do something for their country, that this is the last chance for them to enter the State service. Dangerously Wounded.—Last evening, while two boys named John Anderson and Selkirk were playing with a pistol, it was accidentally dis charged, the load entering the breast of Selkirk, dangerously wounding him. He was taken to Dr. Rohr’s ofllce, Seventeenth and Chestnut streets. The boys Jived in the neighborhood of the Doctor’s office.' The wounded lad was afterwards removed to the hospital. The William Penn Guards.—At a meeting of the William Penn Guards, held on Sunday, the following resolution was unanimously adopted: That the thanks of this company are eminently due, and hereby tendered, to Mr. Josiah N. Kochersperger, president of the William Penn Hose Company,.for the uniform, kindness he has shown to ua, in assisting to recruit and organize this company, and other aots of especial favor extended 1 to us as men and soldiers. The First Presbyterian Southwark Church.— This church, through the contributions of its many friends, has been completed free of debt. The site is in German street, above 1 Second, and the work of finishing the building, inside and out, willt be pushed rapidly for ward, the front in the Norman style of architecture. It is to be rough caßt, in iml« tation of brown stone. The plastering of the main audience room is nearly completed. It has a gal lery only along the front of the-building, but as the edifice is large, about eight hundred persona can be accommodated in it. Escaped.— A sailor who■ had deserted from the United States service was arrested yester day, and taken to .the. headquarters of the Provost* Marshal of the Third district; No. 511-Brown streets During last night the prisoner tore the material of some-tents in his room in to. strips,, and by this means succeeded in letting himself down from-the third Btory into the yard,.from whence- he escaped. There was a sentry on duty in-trout of-the building, but none in the back part, and so the deserter got off;. Whereabouts of- Philadelphia. Sol piers.—From information received in this.city, we learn that the Gray Reserves are-now-with tbe= Army of the Potomac* They have been assigned to the 6th Army, Corps. .A battle unexpected to-- day, and it is probable that General- Coucht* com**- mand will take an aotive part in the engagement. On the 10th inst Philadelphia Battery was at Waynesbofljt The members were-all well; and in fine spirits* ; Hay and Straw.— week- 35G ; loads of hay aad3snfstraw were weighed an&aold.at the Farmers’ 1 Hay and Straw market, North Seventh, street. Theaupply was not to the demand*, and the advanced prices of* the previous* week were Best qpaftty timothy hay sold, at $125 and $E3© per 100,1b*: Straw seed readily at 95 cent* and s&> .. •• , - • ! Arrival of a Prize. The scLooucr Emma, captured off Iflosquita litet, Ftotida, by the United States schooner Para, arrived .at this port yesterday, in charge of Prize Waster McDonough, yhe crew of the Emma made good, their- escape by running the, schooner ashore. Her cargo conalstg of salt, liquor, and muskets. f Fatal Accident. — Mary Gaul, a little girl, aged three years, was killed at Manavunk on Sunday morning by being run over bya train, vats on the Reading Railroad.