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THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1863.
PROCLAMATION 111' THE PRESIDENT.
A Day of Thanksgiving amt Prayer.
Washington, July 15.
3By thb President op the United States op
America :
A PROCIiAItfATION'
It hftß pleated Almighty God to hearken to the
supplications and prayers of an afflicted people, and
to vouchsafe to the Army and the Navy of.the Uni
ted States \istories on land and on the sea, so sig
nal and so Effective as to furnish reasonable grounds
for augmented confidence that the Union of these
gtates will be sustained, their Constitution pre
served, and their peace and prosperity permanently
restored.
But these victories have been accorded not with
out sacrifices of life, limb, health, and liberty, in
curred by brave, loyal, and patriotic citizens. Do
mestic afflictions in every part of the country follow
in the train of these fearful bereavements. It is
meet and light to recognize and confess the presence
of the Almighty Father, and the power of His baud
equally in these triumphs and these Borrows.
Now, therefore , be it known, That I do set apart
Thursday, the 6th day of August next, to be ob
served as a day of national thanksgiving, praise,
and praj er, and I invite the people of the United
States to assemble on that occasion in their cus
tomary places of worship, and in the formß approved
by their own conscience, and render the homage due
to the Divine.Majcety for the]wonderful things lie
has done in the nation’s behalf, and - invoke
the influence of His holy spirit to subdue
the anger which, has produced and bo long
sustained a needless and cruel rebellion j to
change the hearts of the insurgents; to guide
the counsels of the Government with Wisdom ade
quate to so gTeat a national emergency, and to visit
with tender care and consolation throughout the
length and breadth of our land all those who,
through the vicissitudes of marches, voyages, bat
tles, and sieges, have been br'oughtto suffer in mind,
body, or estate, and finally to lead the whole na
tion, through the paths of repentance and submis
sion to the Divine will, back to the perfect enjoy
ment of Union and fraternal peace.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand
and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, thiß, the 15th day
of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-fhree, and of the Independence of
the United Stales of America the eighty-eighty ■
[l. s.] ABRAHAM DINOOIiN.
Wm. H. Sewahd, Secretary of State.
The Fall of Port Hudson.
13}- tlie fall of Port Hudson the Mississippi
river is freed from the power of the rebel
lion, and by the freedom of the Mississippi
the Confederacy is cut in two parts, from
Kentucky to the Gulf. There is no longer
any doubt that the Government has achieved
that great task to which it applied the whole
strength of our armies in the Southwest.
Gen. Banks has announced the uncondi
tional surrender of Port Hudson, and
the whole nation knows this triumph
to he the blow which strikes to the
very heart of the rebellion. It would be
almost impossible'to over-estimate the value
of the recent great victories on the,Missis
sippi. The Army of Northern Virginia may
he the hold advanced right arm of the rebel
lion, but it is' paralyzed now, not only by
the blow struck by Meade, but by the
wounds the great body has received. The
real power of the South was derived from
the possession of the mighty river, and
while the river was held, no coast-blockade,
however effective, could starve it into sub
mission. From the vast territory west of
the ‘ Alississippi the rebellion was- fed,
and under the protection of Vicksburg
and Port Hudson immense' quantities of
military stores, ammunition, and arms, were
brought from Europe. This contraband
trade is now peremptorily, stopped. Rich
mond looks in vain to the West, and sees
no longer akVcoming from the sunset. An
impenetrable wall has suddenly been up
built along that vast frontier; the doors of
the prison-house are shut. The rebellion is
locked up in a land which is not'sell-sus
taining, and must rapidly fail in conse
quence of its inherent weakness. On one
side it is pressed by the whole power of .the
loyal North; on another it is threatened by
the great armies of Grant and Banks, and
elsewhere “ compassed by the inviolate
sea.” It has neither succor nor escape.
The capture of Port Hudson, and the
brilliant events which immediately preceded
it, are final victories, w-liich cannot he un
done. The advantage the rebellion has lost
it cannot possibly regain. Never again will
it possess a stronghold on the Mississippi
river, and from : New Orleans to St. Louis
the flag of the United States waves without
fear of any foe. We know the importance
of our triumph, for Jefferson Dayis in
cautiously admitted in his appeal to the peo
ple of the South, that the decisive battles of
the w-ar would he those fought for the pos
session of Vicksburg and Port Hud son. But
it needed not his assurance to inform us that
with their fall the rebellion has fallen to the
position of an insurrection merely. All the
States west of the river are virtually at the
feet of the Government, and there they
must remain. While the Confederacy
maintained its western frontier, it could
boast, at least, of its unbroken power. It
can boast no longer. The opening,of the
Mississippi is, beyond a shadow of doubt,
the ruin of the great rebellion, and history
will record the 10th of July as the day on
which the blow of death was dealt.
The Kiot in New York.
The proclamation of his Honor the Mayor
of New York leads us to suppose that the
difficulties in that city haye abated, but we
do not find the confirmation of these suppo
sitions in the news we print this morning.
The mob still continues to burn and de
stroy, and to manifest that fierce hatred of
the Government and of all men sustaining
or serving the Government that character
ized the beginning of their outrages. If
there is any change at all, it is in the in
tensity with winch they pursue and assail
the negro. These unfortunate creatures
are murdered if they appear on the, streets;
their homes are plundered; their wives and
little ones driven into the street. There are
shouts of execration heard against Massa
chusetts, and we are told that the announce
ment of : the arrival of a Boston regiment
had increased their fury in a tenfold degree.
A New York regiment had been recalled
from the Army of the Potomac, and Gov.
Seymouii has actually issued a proclama
tion that a Governor of New York should
not he ashamed to sign. By reason of
the military preparations, or it may he by
reason of the announcement that the draft
would he poslponed, or because the villains
composing the mob have succeeded in satis
fying their vengeance—it is evident that
the alarm and the danger are passing away.
We are glad that such is the case, as our
greatest anxiety is to put a stop to the effu
sion of blood. But we trust that the people
will not permit this occasion to pass with
out vindicating their own dignity and the
majesty of the law. Let the drait be re
sumed, and let it be enforced. Let the
leaders of the mob be tried speedily, and
subjected to a most exemplary punishment.
Let law and order prevail. And then let
the people set their mark upon'the men
who, by false and disloyal teachings, stimu
lated these ignorant multitudes to deeds of
anarchy and shame. The leaders’of these
assaults upon the Administration, and who
deserve to ho severely punished—we may
not reach them by the operation of the law,
hut by the scorn and reprobation of a free
and loyal nation. This they have earned,
and this they should receive. ;
The Justice and Necessity of the Draft.
That the rioters of New York were gene
rally men of the lowest and most brutal
condition, whose chief object was plunder,
their deeds sufficiently show, and yet among
them may have been a few who really be
lieved that in resisting the draft they were
resisting tyrannical and unconstitutional ac
tion of the Government. This they believed,
because, by men in whom they trusted, and
journals they thought to be truthful, they were
systematically taught that the Government
had no right to force an American citizen to
fight against his will. They had also been
persuaded that the terms by which a man
could purchase exemption were intended for
the good of the rich, and while their judg
ment was warped by false statements of the
nature of the draft, their passions were ex
cited by highly colored pictures of the mise
ries it would w-ork. These men were betrayed
by ignorance into crime, and when we con
demn them it must not be with the unquali
fied loathing with which w-e condemn the
robbers and murderers of helpless men, the
burners of orphan asylums, with whom they
•were associated. Though in the eye of
the law they are alike guilty, and have
well earned a terrible punishment which it
would he weakness to spare them, w-e
cannot moral]}- class the ignorant men who
were deceived into the belief that they were
fighting for their rights, with those who
knew they were committing the -worst out
rages upon law and order. Had' it been pos
sible for the calm voice of reason to have
reached these-misguided men, it could not
have failed to impress even had it not con
vinced them.
What reason is there to oppose-the draft?
In what does its injustice exist ? It can not
be tyrannical, because it was authorized by
the people, as all other laws are authorized,
by the action of their representatives. It is
not unjust, because all able-bodied men are
its subjects ; and the clause permitting the
purchase of exemption,-is simply a measure
to protect the poor man from the exorbitant
price which otherwise would have been de
manded for substitutes. It is not unconsti
tutional. On the contrary, it is a legal mea
sure, just, and necessary for the good of the
whole people. Its provisions have been
carefully adapted to the wishes and Interests
of the people, and every possible step taken
by the Government to' soften all the hard
ships' I which must necessarily result from
its enforcement. It waft postponed until fur
ther postponement w-as impossible. We
grant that the draft will prove a stern and
hard event to many of us ; but do we ex
pect to crush the rebellion and rebuild the
olden peace and prosperity by any'mea
sures which are not stern and hard ? The
path of war is-not a path of roses, but of
thorns. Sacrifice upon sacrifice , has been
made in the past, and these sacrifices
must be renewed again and again before
the enemy is conquered.
When volunteering ceases, the conscrip
tion must begin. But the cessation of en
listments by no means implies the decrease
of that patriotic ardor which, without the
-aid, of a draft, created onr magnificent .ar
mies. It must be remembered that these
armies have exhausted the detached element
of the population, the men who had no rea
sons to prevent them from enlisting, and
that those who remain are by a thousand
ties bound to their homes. And of these,
no one man. feels it to be his special duty to
enlist, and yet all are anxious that the war
shall he vigorously prosecuted. When this
condition is reached, the safety and honor
of the nation -imperatively demand that
chance shall select those who shall defend
the , rights and execute the will of all.
Were the draft unwelcome to the majority
of, the people, it would be undoubtedly op
posed to the spirit of the Republic; hut we
know-that it is the expression of their ear
nest desire, and that many of those who
have the greatest personal reason to fear its
enforcement will readily acquiesce in its
necessity and justice. Love implores one
man to remain; business interests fetter
another; gll of us are in some way deterred
from voluntarily becoming soldiers. Yet
soldiers we must have, and in no other way
than that of the draft can they be obtained.
The justice and necessity of a conscrip
tion being admitted, it follows that all loyal
men will look calmly upon its approach, and
in Philadelphia we are proud to think the
opposition of a brutal riot impossible. An
intelligent and patriotic people will sub
mit to trials which it has itself imposed,
and which all individual and national inte
rests necessitate. This draft is the test of
the earnestness of the North, and will spare
the people the evils of a:.prolonged and
doubtful w-ar. Humanity inspires it, and
the result w-ili justify the Government in
adopting a measure which, however harsh
it may seem to a part of the people, is pro
foundly kind to the whole. The three hun
dred,thousand men thus put into the field
will decide the fate of the rebellion; they
will-enable the Government to extract from
the victories already achieved, the one
final victory which will-annihilate armed
treason forever. Were it possible that the
American people could successfully oppose
this necessary measure, 1 they would commit
themselves to a suicidal policy, resulting in
political and social evils, of which we have
now jiut the faintest imagination.
Tiie disappointment of the gallant Army
of the Potomac in the escape of the enemy
is ’natural, and evidence of its ardor and
confidence in its own power and the ability
of its General. We do not wonder that the
troops feel as if they had been deprived of
an opportunity of obtaining another victory,
glorious as that of Gettysburg. But the impa
tience of the soldier is not the guide of the
commander, and we may judge from Gene
ral Meade's first victory that it was not
from want of energy or daring that he has
postponed his second. The disappointment
of his troops will hut make them more eager
for another advance and another triumph.
The men who instigated the fearful riots
in New York are answerable for the wanton
and useless loss of life, not only of innocent,
hut of guilty men. The military have in
every encounter defeated the mob, and our
telegraphic despatches state that the rioters
fell in heaps before the fell discharges of
musketry. These misguided men have
been betrayed into the hands of a power
which they cannot resist, and which their
secret leaders Icneio would be exerted. These
riots are the embodiment of a double crime—
the brutality of the infuriated many, and the
satanic cruelty of the heartless few.
Majob Geeekae Bastes, and the noble
army under his command, have won a fore
most place in the history of the war. The
battles, which resulted in the capture of that
almost impregnable fortress, were among
the bloodiest of the war, and the skill, bra
vely, and determination of the besiegers
deserve and receive- the gratitude of every
loyal man.
The’Draft.
To the Editor of The Tress:
Sir: Though our citizens have, through the me
dium of; various patriotic organizations, accom
plished much good, one very important matter re
mains untouched. I have not, as yet, heard of any
attempt to piovide for the families of those drafted
citizens who are too poor to pay three hundred dol
lars, or unable to procure substitutes. The families
of those who go to the army under Buch cireum
stances must endure many privations unless those
who stay at home look alter them. It ia the duty of
all to see that they are provided tor, and I would
timt the Union League, Councils, or any
organization commanding public confidence, at.once
set about raising a fund for that purpose.
I enclose my.mite, which you .will please hand
over to the managers of such fund.
' I am. sir, yours truly, * S. A. S.
Philadelphia, July 14,1863.
[Our correspondent encloses the sum of
five dollars, which we acknowledge, and
have transmitted to the Treasurer of the
Union League. ’ We think the suggestion of
“S. A. S.” an excellent one, and trust his
example may be generally followed.—Edi
tor. The Piiess.]
: Positive Sale or Dry Goods, &.C.—The atten
tion of dealers is requested to the peremptory sale
of dry goods, books, patent thread, Americangoods,
portion partially damaged with fresh water,
to Tie sold without reserve, by catalogue, part for
cash anh on Tour months 1 credit, by John B. Myers
& Co., auctioneers, Nos. 232 and 234 Market street.
Sale to commence this (Thursday) morning, at 10
o’clock precisely.
Extensive Depredations of the Pirate Flo-
New York, July 15—The ship Southern Cross
was captured on June 6th, in lat. HP 34' s, long. 34°
W, and burned. She was from Buena Vista for
New York!
The ship Bed Gauntlet, of Boston,' for Hong Kong,
waß captured on the 14th, in lat. 7° 35'N. long. 35° 40'
The pirate kept in her company, taking all she
wanted from her, and burned her on the 26th.
The ship B. F. Hoxte was captured on the 16th, in
lat. 12° N, long. 30°, The pirates took half a mil
lion worth of Bilver bars from her, and then sunk
her with thirty tons of silver ore on board. She was
from Mazatlan for Falmouth.
Kb-w York, July 16.— The brig Henrietta has
arrived with the crews of the ships B. ,F. Hoxie,
Southern Oroßß, and Red Gauntlet, burned by the
pirate Florida.
The schooner V.H.Hill, of Frovincetown, was cap
tured on the 27th ult., in lat 30° N., long. 48° 60",
and released on a bond, on condition that Bhe take
the prisoners to Bermuda, where she landed on.
July 4th, The prisoners were taken care of by the
American consul. ' ,
The captain ofthe Southern Cross was put aboard
a French bark bound to Pernambuco, and the cap
tain and officers of the Red Gauntlet and B. F. Hoxie
aboard an Italian brig bound to England. Some of
the crews joined the pirates.
AH these depredations-were committed by the
pirate Florida*
WASHINGTON.
Special Despatches to The Press.
-Washington, July 15, 18S3.
THE POSITION OF TIIE GOVERNMENT.
Tlie Draft in N»v YorK Not Suspended—
The Mission of Alex. A. Stephens—Peace
Only to he Obtained by a Vigorous Pro
secution of the Wnr.
Contrary to the published statements, the execu
tion of the draft in New York was suspended only
by the uprising of the mob. Ithaß not been ascer
tained here that anV directions have proceeded from
this city for prolonging its suspension beyond the
period when order shall lie restored, so that It oan be
prosecuted.
Eecent events strengthen the belief that the object
of Alexander H. Stephens, 'some days ago, in asking
permission to proceed to Washington, on board a
Confederate vessel of war, to deliver an official com
munication from .Teff Davis to the President of the
United States, was to entrap our Government into
an implied recognition of the assumed Southern
nationality; hence the refusal. And there is au
thority for stating that since that time no question
of peace has come before the Cabinet. This Idea,
according to those who are presumed to be con
versant with executive affairs, is precluded by the
fact that no condition of affairs has yet existed
rendering it necessary or proper to formally en
tertain a proposition of Buch aa important cha
racter. There seems,'however, to be no disagree
ment among the officers of the Cabinet that the best
way to obtain an early peace is to vigorously prose
cute the war. •
French Mediation.
The Secretary of State authorizes a correction of
the statement made in the British Parliament, that
the British Government showed to him the communi
cation made last winter by the French Government
to the British Government on the subject of media
tion in the United States. The first knowledge
which the Government of the United States had of
the French proposition was received from the French
G overnment itself.
ARMT OF THE POTOMAC.
Particulars of bee's Retreat—General Petti
srerv Killed—Meade’s Council of War—
Pennsylvania Militia in Action.
Ar.nr of the Potomac, July 14.—The first news
of the retreat of Lee and his army into Virginialwas
received at Hagerstown at four o’clock this morning,
from a citizen who lived within their lines.
Gen. Kilpatrick, commanding a cavalry division
at that point, soon had his men in the road, and
reached Williamsport at seven o’clock, where he
found 600 rebel-soldiers who had deserted.
The news reached Gen. Meade’s headquarters at
five o’clock, when Gen. Buford’s division of cavalry
was ordered to Falling Waters, where they engaged
and captured a brigade of rebels under Gen. Petti
grew, who waH killed.
The position of the rebels was naturally a strong
one, but. their works were not of much account, con
sisting principally of hurriedly-constructed rifle-pits.
After Lee had retreated across the river it was
ascertained that he commenced to move his artillery
to the rear as early as yesterday morning, which
was continued during the whole day, depending al
most- wholly upon the infantry and cavalry to keep
our army in check.
Gen. Meade held a council of war on Saturday
and Sunday-evenings, consisting of his corps com
manders, when the question of attack was freely
dißcussed. All the generals assembled were in favor
of an immediate attack except Sedgwick, Slocum,
Sykes, and French.
General Meade himself waß in favor of active
operations, but finding his corps commanders equal
ly .divided, he hesitated to give the order, and the
rebel army was allowed to make its escape.
An order was issued on Monday evening fora
movement along the whole line at 7 o’clock this
morning.
Yesterday afternoon about 2,000 of the Pennsyl
vania militia, which had arrived in the vicinity of
Hagerstown, were taken to the front and put into
action, They were immediately ordered to charge
the enemy, which was promptly done, but not with
out severe loss.
Baltimore, July 15.—The American has received
the following special despatch:
Williamsport, July 14.—1 telegraphed to you
from BooDHboro this morning that Lee was retreat
ing, and would probably escape across the river.
Our army was under, orders to move at daylight
this morning. It moved only to find no enemy in
front of it.
I followed the advance down to this place, and a
cleaner clearing out than the rebels have made
could not be imagined.
The rebels commenced their retreat yesterday
morning. Their infantry crossed principally upon
a pontoon, bridge at Falling Waters, and their
wagons and artillery at the ford at this place.
The river iB not so high as was reported.
The people of Williamsport say the rebels dreaded
an; attack yesterday,.as a part of their force was
already across the river.
Their fortifications in front of here are mere
temporary affairs, and sb their line was long, would
.easily have been carried by an assault.
We waited just one day too long. There was
some artillery ‘firing at Falling Waterß this after
noon, and it is reported that some 2,000 prisoners
have been captured.
THE COUNCIL OF WAB,
Washington, July 15.—1 t is understood that the
result of Gen. Meade’s council of war opposing his
proposed movement against Lee, was not communi
cated to the military authorities here until Monday
afternoon. Considering the facta now known of
the movement of-the enemy on the morning of that
day, a larger number of rebelß would have been
captured if an earlier, advance had been made by
our forces. . . ....• .
THE REPORTED CA.PTURE OF GENERAL
STUART.
Baltimore, July 15.
To the Agent of the Associated Press:
The statement that I telegraphed a report of the
capture of Gen. Stuart on Sunday is untrue. No
such capture has taken place, and if my name has
been appended to any such despatch it is a forgery.
L. L. CROUSE, of New York Times.
TO IN THE SOUTHWEST.
THE MISSISSIPPI OPENED,
OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. OF THE
CAPTURE OF PORT HUDSON.
CM. BANKS' GREETING TO GEN. GRANT.
"Washington, July 15.—The following despatch
has been received:
Yickseurg, MiBS., July 10—3 P. M,
To Major General H. W. Hallcck, General in Chief:
The following despatch has just been received
from General Banks:
“Before Pout Hudson, July 1t,'1883.
“General : The Mississippi is now opened.
“I have thehohorto inform you that the garrison
of Port Hudson surrendered unconditionally this
afternoon.
“We shall take formal possession at 7 o’clock in
the morning. N. P. BANKS, Major General.”
U. S. GRANT, Major General.
A Communication from Admiral Porter—
Tire near YomigsPoiut—Gallantry
of Eliot’s Marine Brigade.
'Washington,: July 15.—The Navy Department
to- day received a communication from Rear Admiral
Porter, dated the 2d inst., in which he. states that
on the 29th of June he received a communication,
from General Dennis, commanding the’ post' of
Young’s Point, informing him that our black troops
had been attacked at Goodrich’s Landing, and that
the rebels were getting the upper hand of them..
A gunboat had already been despatched to that
point, but another wab sent off without delay. Gen.
Ellet was directed to proceed with the Marine Bri
gade to the scene of action, and remain there until
everything was quiet.
The hindmost vessel of the brigade, the John
Haines, arrived there as the rebels were setting fire
to the so-called government plantations, and sup
posing her to be an ordinary transport, they opened
fire on her with field pieces. But they, were much
surprised to have the fire returned with shrapnel,
which fellamoDg them, killing and wounding anum
ber. The result was a retreat on the part of the
rebels aDd the escape of a number of negroes whom
they had imprisoned.
The gunboat Romeo also came up the river about
this time, aDd hearing the firing, hurried to the scene
of action. The commander soon discovered that the
rebels were setting fire to the plantations, and com
menced shelling them, chasing them along the river
bank for a distance of fifteen miles.
The rebels set fire to everything as they went
along, and the result was an almost total destruc
tion of houses and property along the river front in
that vicinity.
The rebels carried off about 1,200 negroes, who
were employed in working upon the Government
plantations.
General Ellet landed his forces, and in company
with a black brigade, proceeded to chase the rebels,
who were making a hasty retreat when they found
there was a force after them; it was ho part of their
system to fight; they only came to plunder and
carry off the negroes.
Gen. Ellet found the road strewn with broken
carts and furniture, which the rebels left in their
haste to get away from our forces. He pursued
them as far as Tensas river, where they had crossed,
burning the bridges and entrenching themselves for
a battle. This waß soon offered them, and our ar
tillery opened on them and put them to flight, not
withstanding it was reported they had twenty field
pieces.
Gen. Ellet, not knowing the country very well,
and having only a small force with him,deemed itpro
per not to pursue the rebels much further. He sent
200 infantry across the ; bayou and found that the
rebels had retreated to Delphi, leaving all their
plunder, comprising splendid furniture, pianos,
&c., strewn along the road. ; *
The unexpected reinforcement of the brigade and
and the gunboats saved the whole of the black
troops. It is only a temporary peace, however, for
as long as the blacks remain in such small numbers
so loDg will they be an-object of attack. . -
The party that made this attack on the so-called
Government plantations are the same that,attacked
Milliken’s Bend some short time since. They are a
half-starved, half naked set, and were in hopes of
capturing some of the transports with clothing and
provisions. They have not done so as yet, and the
necessary precautions have been taken, to prevent
their doing so at any time. t
Gen* Dix Ordered to New York.
Washington, July 16.-r Gen» Dix has been or
dered to duty in the city of New York.
Invasion of Ohio.
Cincinnati, July 16.— Morgan reached .George
town, Brown county, Ohio, at midnight. He is pretty
well hemmed in, and his chances are very slight.
Gunboats and a very large force of troops went
up the river yesterday to dispute his crossing. The
Ohio river is too high to ford.
HELP FOR DRAFTED MEN*.—The Governor
of Rhode Island has issued a proclamation recom
mending all the cities and towns to make immediate
provision for the support of the families of the men
drafted from that State.
THE PRESS—PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1863.
The Union Sentiment in North Carolina on
the Increase—The Act of Secession to be
Repealed*
Nkwrkbn (N. C.), July 12.—Hon; Bradford Brown,
State senator from Caawell county, N. 0,, has taken
upon grounds for a reconstruction of the Union.
It is as much is Admitted by the
Raleigh Standard —that a majority of the Legislature
of North Carolina and the Sovereign Convention
concur with Mr. Brown’s sentiments j but it is
thought in Raleigh that she cAnnotwith safety to
herself throw off the Confederate yoke as long as
the Confederate army hold Virginia, there ,
is a sufficient force here to sustain her in such an 4
efibrt.
Hon, John A. Gilmer, and other extensive slave
holders in this State, are flaid to be in favor of the
gradual emancipation system, which,, it is under
stood, North Carolina will be required to accept as
a chief condition of a settlement of the difficulties
between her and the Federal States.
Later intelligence from the Legislature, which is
nowin session at Raleigh, confirms the report.that
many of its members have come out for the imme*
diate repeal of the act of secession passed by the
“Sovereign Convention” of this State, and. for
the recall home, by Gov. Vance, of- the troops from
North Carolina in the Confederate States army at
once. Should Lee’s army be annihilated, or pre
vented from reaching this State, the repeal of this
act may take place at any moment. Otherwise mat
ters will remain as above stated.
It is said that while the discussion on the repeal
qf the act of Secession was going on, a distinguished
member suggested a foreign war as the method of
cementing the States together, and the sentiment
was applauded by all p&rtieß.
The following blast from the trumpet of Lieuten
ant-General Holmes (writes an army correspondent)
was among the spoils of the battle at Helena:
Headquarters District op, Arkansas,
Little Rock, June 28,1863.
Oilmens No.—: Comrades I You.have passed
the spring in preparation while our armieß were
battling in Virginia and Mississippi, Your time has
come to strike a blow in the good cause. You are
ready. Your discipline and manhood are confident
ly rtlied on.
Missourians! You are commanded by your favor
ite generals. You have wrongs to redress that
should nerve the arms of the feeblest—wrongs so
great that they are shocking to humanity. Fiends
incarnate, licensed to murder and plunder, have been:
turned loose amid your homeß. Your wives and
maidens have been insulted and violated; your old
men have been butchered or sent to filthy dungeons;
your brothers in arms have been ruthlessly murdered
in cold blood, because they loved their country and
her liberty more than they feared the hireling tools
of a despotism that seeks to rule over us. Thus led,
in the best cause men ev r er fought for, with great
wrongs to redress, and high hopes before you, I know
you will do your duty.
Arkansians ! Your State was among the first to
rush to the defence of the Confederacy, regardless of
her own fate. She has sent her sons wherever the
enemy was to be met, and on every field they have
shown the gallantry and -bravery of true patriots.
It is now your proud privilege to defend her soil
and protect the homes and dear ones your .brave
brothers have left in your charge. You, too, are led
by favorite generals, and have grievous wrongs to
redress. '
The invaders who seek to subjugate you have
been driven from Arkansas save at one point, . Your
courage, firmness and patriotism will make you suc
ceed, and win for yourselves honor and glory.
T. H. HOLMES, Lieut. General.
Gen. Prentiss, it seems, wab determined not to be
beaten either as a rhetorician or as a warrior, and
after the fight issued the following:
Headquarters District Eastern
Arkansas, Helena, July *7, 1863,
Soldiers oi'Tns Army op Eastern Arkansas:
On the anniversary of our National Independence
you net in arms the enemy, commanded by the
Confederate GenerAls Holmes, Price, Marmaduke,
Parsons, and others, and though outnumbered four
or five to ODe, you withstood their onslaught, and
seDt them back ingloriously to tell the traitors
that it is dangerous to war against , the Government
you are sworn to defend. Victory crowned our ha
tional banner on the nation’s birthday. The omen
is a happy ODe.
Soldiers : Your commanding general commendß
you for your valor, and congratulates you upon your
success. Your friends at home will dOjthesame,
and the annftls of the nation will record the battle of
Helena as one of the most noble and successful
efforts in maintaining its integrity. That you and
your comrades may be permitted to repeat such
efforts until treason shall hide its head in shame,
is the fervent prayer of your commander.
B. M. PRENTISS, Major General.
- Helena has be en reinforced, and a Btrong force iB
now sent in pursuit of the flying enemy.
General Grant and the Administration.
A late article of the Chicago Tmes is partially as
follows: .•
“ We give no credit to the Administration at Washing
tion that Vicksburg has fallen. On the contrary, had
its designs been earned out, probably the place would
never have fatten. -It-is we)l understood that when,
several weeks ago, Adjutant: General Thomas left
Washington for the region of war on the Mississippi,
he bore an order of the President superseding Geneml
Grant by the a-ppointment of General McClernand to
the command of the army in that quarter , and. that the
order teas not executed because Adjutant General Thomas
discover ed that its execution would be repugnant to the
officers and disheartening and demoralizing to the sol
diers, whose attachment to and confidence in Gene
ral .Grant-were as gieat as their dislike of General
McClernand was confirmed and ineradicable. It is
extraordinary that the Administration did not per
sist in itß purpose of supersedure, notwithstanding
the discovery by Adjutant General Thomas ab to
the prospective consequences of persistence, for it is
not the habit of the Administration to let any con
sideration of success or defeat in military operations
stand in the way oflts political operations. • Gene-,
ral Grant had not been remisß in his military’du
ties ; on the contrary, he had performed them with a
shill and energy which had not recently been known
in any other military department. But he was sup
2)ascd to be unsound on the negro.”
To this the Chronicle of Washington gives authori
tative denial:
There is not a single allegation in thiß article that
is not deliberately and knowingly, false.
In the first'place, {t when General Thomas left
Washington for the Beat of war on the Mississippi,”
he bore no order of the President superseding Gen.
Grant by the appointment of Gen. McClernand to
the command of the army iirthat quarter,^-;
In the second place,: and per Gen.-
.Thomas could have discovered no such repugnance
to the removal of Gen. Grant as is stated among the
officers and soldiers, because he bore no orders fon
Gen.. G.rant?fl removal,.;.
in the third place, if 'the superßeaure'ot'a general,
officerwaa contemplated by the Administration, it
waß more the removal of General McCHernand than
of General Grant. _
Id the fourth place, General Grant has not been
“uDsound upon the negro,” but so far the reverse,
that he has co-operated earnestly and constantly
with General Thomas in all his recommendations;
and when General Thomas returned to this city
from the army of the Mississippi, he was unbound
ed in his expressions of admiration and confidence
in that brave and intrepid officer.
These are the facta stated by. authority, and we
may add.that if better contradiction than this ample
and specific contradiction is required, the editor of
the Chicago Times is referred to Gen. Grant him*
self, who will probably give him not only a lesson in
veracity, but also a lesson in politics; and unless we
are widely mistaken, may convince* him that, how
ever much of a Democrat he may have been, or con
tinues to be, he does not belong to the class who,
like the Chicago Times,'use. the name of Democracy
as a cloak for treason.
The Conscription Excitement in New
Jersey.
[From the New York Express.]
There is great excitement in New Jersey all
along the river .bank from Jersey City to Gufcten
berg and Fort Dee. Dast night and this morning
skiffs and row boats, containing reinforcements for
themobinNew York, left the. latter place. Num
bers of men with arras also passed over on the Wee
fha when ferryboat. Threats were, made last even
ing to burn the railroad bridge over the Hackensack
river, bo as to prevent the arrival of troops from
Washington. A number of men gathered at the
foot of Deebrosßes street, intending to seize the
ferry boats, but the latter were hauled off, and did
not run again during the night. A mob of some
five hundred people assembled at the railroad cross
ing in Newark avenue about ten o’clock last even
ing.
Speeches were made by several men, to induce
them to tear up the railroad track. Chief of Police
Reilly, however, rushed boldly.into the throng, and
mounting a barrel addressed the people, advising
them to restrain from violence, and not to break the
peace. His woids were heeded by a majority of the
crowd, who soon after dispersed. Some 50 or 60
boys, however, headed by a man in a red shirt,
marched on the Long Dock ddpd*, with the intent of
destroying it. Learning, however, that the ferry
hands were ready for them, they retired.:
: . NEGROES FLUXING- FROM NEW YORK. ; . - ,
The Jersey City boats on their trips across are
crowded with negroes, fleeing from the mob. - Whole
families, with their furniture, are gathered in the
streets with no place to go. to, the station house
being already overcrowded. Some of them have
been taken in and provided with food by the inhabi
tants.
The mob at Princeton, New Jersey, have declared
that not a soldier passing through there shall come
-jto New York., The excitement is intense.
[From the. Post ]
A disturbance was apprehended in Newark last
evenjpg, threats having been made against one of
the newspaper offices of the city; but, owing to the
efforts of the ‘Mayor, all violence was prevented,
though an immense crowd of people assembled on
the principal street, near the building occupied by
the obnoxious journal. The Mayor promiaed the
crowd that he would use all.his Influence to have the
drof{postponed, and under this promise, and persuad
ed also by a speech made by General Runyon to the
effect that the State authorities would protect the.
people in their rights, the mob finally dispersed,'t
though not a few seemed disposed to proceed to vio-f
lent demonstrations.
Duting the night the military of the city occupied
their armories, fully armed and equipped for any.
emergency. A-large number of special policemen
were also enrolled...
Pan Franctsco, July 14.—The ship Martha Cobb
lins arrived from Boston, and the N. B Palmer from
Hong Kong.
Advices from Hong Kong to May 30th have been
received.
A rumor prevailed there that the ship Ring
leader, which sailed previously for San Francisco,
with a load of Chinese passengers, was lostfon Fore
mast hanks early in May. The non-arrival of the :
Ringleader at this port renders the correctness of
this rumor probable.
Shangbae dates, to May 22d, report that Major
Gordan was then at Hong Kong, with Gen. Ward’s
forces. No aggressive movements against the;
Taping s appeared to be contemplated.
The British troops at Shanghae were about to de
pajt for Japan. ;
. Bates from Nagasaki, Japan, to May 14th, report
that the Prince of Soutseinac had collected a large
force in that vicinity, and it was feared thathe would
make an attack on the foreign settlements.
, Business was suspended, and the foreign merchants
were settling their accounts, and sending their pro
perty on shipboard.
New York, July lo.—The steamer Evening Star,
from Havana on the ; llth, arrived at this port this
evening. General Forey had suspended all publi
cations in the city of Mexico, and-issued a procla
mation offering the co-operation of France to esta
blish a government in Mexico.
The rebel steamer. Alice Vivien sailed from Ha
vana for a Southern port bn the 10th instant.
New York, July 15.—The Bteamer Eagle has
arrived from Havana with dates to the . 11th. The
steamer Evening Star, from New Orleans, which
sailed for Havana the same day, is below.
The steamer America, with the California passen
gers, was to sail from Havana for New York on the
12th.
Arrival of the 56th New York Regiment.
New York, July 16.—The 66 hh New York Mili
tia Regiment arrived, from Buffalo and passed up
Broadway this evening, with a battery of; artillery
.attached to the Bth Regiment and manned by its artil
lery troop. A battery of artillery haß also arrive®
from the Carlisle barracks. j
Steamer Moses Taylor at Sau Francisci
San Francisco, July 13.— The steamer Moi
Taylor, with passengers, from New York May.
arrived here to-day.
The Battle at Helena-
GENERAL ORDERS NO. 36.
EXCITING FROM PRINCETON.
FURTHER EXCITEMENT IN NEWARK,
China and Japan*
Mexico.
Havana.
; THE DRIFT RIOTS.
"THIRD DAY OF MOB RULE IN
NEW YORK.
PARTIAL* SUSPENSION OF THE RIOT
PROCLAMATION FROM MAYOR OPDYKE,
DESPATCH FROM SECRETARY STAXTOJf.
The Riot Renewed in Fury Last Evening.
ANOTHER MASSACRE OF TIIE BLACKS.
MORE CITIZENS ROBBED AND
BEATEN TO DEATH.
rioters on housetops ano behind
BARRICADES.
TUB MOB OPPOSED BY THE MILITARY
IN FORCE.
iabge numbebs of kioteus
MIXED AND WOUNDED.
New YJork, July 15.—A negro was met on Twen
ty-third street, early Ibis morning, by a Zouave,
who advised him io return to his houße. The negro
became excited and shot the Zouave dead. A
crowd immediately seized the negro and beat him
to death, and then hung his body to a tree.
Several clothing and hat stores and private resi
dences wsre sacked last night.
The mob on Staten Island sacked the Lyceum
attached {o the Marine Hospital, taking off about
five hundred muskets, with ammunition. The same
mob hung a negro there.
T!he stages commenced running this afternoon.
The majority of the stores down town are closed.
RIOT AGAIN BREAKING OUT.
New Y(piK,.Tuly 15. —Evening.—This atternoon
the mob collected in Thirty-second street, near
where a negro was hanging. Failing to disperse, a
howitzer was trained upon. them with. canister.
The first discharge wiped out six of the rioters, and
two more Uscharges increased the numberto twenty
two, whenthe villains who were left alive ran off.
Two were killed this afternoon—one on
pier No. I, and the other on Washington street.
Harper brothers, and J. A. Gray, printers, and
others, bfvje been warned that their establishments
will be d&troyed, if their workmen are kept on
duty. j
The colored people .are fleeing the city in all di
rections! 1
Gold Ijis fallen to 127. The markets are all dull
arid nomiial.
No bußipess of importance was done to-day. The
City Councils have unanimously ordi
nance appropriating two and a half millions to ex
empt pool conscripts.
The rio| haß been recommenced on Second avenue,
and the nob are burning the buildings between
Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth streets.
It is reported that several colored persons were
killed.
A seriousriot is also raging in Third avenue, near
Thirty-fifthetreet, and is said to be of a very exten-
Bive'cbaracter. The police and military are hotly en
gaged withfche mob, the military firing on them and
occasionally using the bayonet. They have been re
inforced, aid a field piece sent them.
At 3 o’clojk this afternoon a mob entered an alley
in the rear if Twenty-eighth street and Second ave
nue, in fifteen or twenty negro families resided.
They burst open the houses and found some unfor
tunates, were badly handled. One, named Van
Cleff, was biaten to a dying Btate with a crowbar.
A lane running from. Twenty*seventh street was
also entere4 and Alfred Dudley killed by the fiends.
Cruelties oi the worst kind were practised on the
poor blacks! Their furniture was broken and their
houses set in fire. Colored women, while looking
after their poperty, were driven off by the mob and
had to run afearful gauntlet.
The Hudson River Railroad has commenced to re
lay the trade which were torn up. by the mob. They
have a gunbjat at the river to protect the road.
A crowd sirreunded the gas works at the foot of
Fourteenth ptreet, smashed the windows, and
severely be & several persons. A detachment of
troopß soon took possession of the works, which
the mob nov threaten to destroy. They also ex
preps a deteri lination to murder every person found
in them. The gas company have requested a
BpariDg use a gas to-night, owing to their limited
supply.
General Biown received intelligence that Forts
Richmond aijil Columbus would be attacked. The
General saidhe hoped they would be, as he thought
the mob would get a ,lesson if they did.
Two hundrtd of the 33th Volunteers reported for
duty to-night
Two hundred men have been sent to the Thir
teenth .wardto protect the peace there.
A terrible onslaught w&b made on the negro .dwell
ings in York etreet, last night, and amid the shrieks
and groans of mfortunate women and children the
whole block w® devoted to destruction.
A collision oeurred on Forty-fourth street this
morning, in wrich three soldiers are reported to
'have been killd.
Report Bays fiat there has been quite an importa
tion of rowdiel from Baltimore and Philadelphia,
but this is discedited by well-informed personß,
The rumor d the seizure of ordnance by the po
lice arose fromlhe fact that cannon were found by
the police Custom House warehouse, in the
Twerity-sevenh precinct. ''
• Mayor Opdjke recommends ; an immediate procla
mation of martial law, Ijut Governor Seymour op
poses it. ■•• \j, • /: ,
We have ftrne particulars of the riot in Thirty
fifth street it appears that another attack
on the Sevath-avenue Arsenal was to be
A detachmeit of two hundred and fifty infantry
and: an artjlery company, with four 13-pound
howitzers, proceeded to the corner of Thirty-fifth
and Broadway The street, from Thirty-sixth to
Thirty-eeventnatreet, was crowded with women
and children. -\
Fifteen minujs were given to the crowd to clear,
but no one stind, and at the expiration of the time
allowed the adllery loaded with canister and fired
five rounds. A/mmber of persons were hurt, but it
is not many. The street was then
cleared. } ■
A negro hfl previously been hung at the corner of
Thirty-secon street and Sixth avenue. His body
was cut dow by the troops just as life expired.
1 The militty having dispersed the mob from the
vicinity, tlj firemen checked the flames, so that
only three < four buildings were burned.
The riotel then proceeded to Thirty second street
and erectedk barricade of wagons across Thirty
third street nd Sixth avenue. Some, hundreds of
colored wor n and but none of the men,
were allow* to escape. The buildings occupied by
them were i on fire, with the intention of burning
the colored jen in them.
At the la'accounts the military arrived at the
scene, and fight probably occurred.
THE RIO PROGRESSING AT 10 O’CLOCK
EAST - IGHT —NEGROES KILLED AND
BURNEI-A GENERAL SKIRMISH.
Nbw Yo July 15—10 o’clock P. M.—Great ex
citement i vails to-night in the vicinity of the
me arsenal. The rioters are killing
negroes ar burning them, and driving back the
soldiers.
It is aai< bat the firemen interfered and got in
between th irtillery and infantry so that they could
do ne goot It is thought the arsenal will be at
tacked to ?ht, and all the infantry are ordered
to the seen )f aotion.
A fight I .taken place near the comer of Twen
ty-seventh treet and the Sixth avenge. 001.
Jordan is Dly wounded, and fifteen of his privates
.killed.
: Col. Wii
the inobv
piling the
The mo
houses ai
heard at p
The mol
and there
■\vich atre<
A large i
and can
Tribune
[From th
Mayor |
proclami
M.'
ow, of the Duryea Zouaves, opened on
i a howitzer. Five rounds were fired,
ters in heaps of dead and wounded,
ire taking possession of the tops of
brick-piles. Guns can be distinctly
ent.
ixtted a house in Albany street to-night,
s been considerable fighting in Green-
Wvd is gathered around City Hall Park,
are posted in front of the Times and
frening Posfcof yesterday.J .'
dyke has to-day issued the following
is*s .Office, New York, July 15,1863.
r v \ ; ritOOLAMATrOJr.
To Ihe Cfvtfs of New York: •
I amJppy to .announce to you that the riot,'
which ftw.o days has disgraced our city, has been
in goodeas.ure, subjected to the control of the pub
lic autaties. It would not have interrupted your
peaces* dpy but for the temporary absence of all
our'orgazed local militia.
• 'Whatpw'remains of the mob are fragments
prowlingbout for plunder; and for the purpose of
nac’CTiiJg j ege} an d saving the military and police
fronhtbeJbaußtion of continued movements, you
are Jnvit to form voluntary associations, under
comoeteneadere, to patrol and guard your various
districts. | -
"Wfth tije exceptions you are again requested to
resuhe y<r. accustomed daily avocations. This i 3
as ircessiy to your personal security as to the
peaqof tf city.
Tip varus lines of omnibuses, railways, and
telegaphibust be put in full operation immediate
ly. (deque military protection, against their fur
therpterrttion will be furnished on application to
the nlitarkutborities of the State.
Fqow-dizenß, the laws roust and shall be
obeyd; pjlic’order shall not be oroken with im
pun(iy Or first duty now is to restore the public
peacebdjreserve it unbroken, and to pursue and
punitfh ejflenders against the majesty of the laws.
: f GEORGE OPDYTCB, Mayor.
FROM SECRETARY STATTTO3T. :
ollqving despatch has been received by
)pdrke:
I 'i.j Washington, July 14,1363.,
t Georjc Opdyhe, Mayor:' ,
iepimentß are under orders to return to New
] Thejreireat of Lee ncm r becomes a rout,
|b army broken, And : much heavier lots of
led wounded thAn was supposed, will relieve
[ force for the restoration of order in New
Yorj
wits
ltilli
a laj
Yoil
Jigence has just reached here of the aus*
/commencement of General opera*
gAinat Charleston.
Ait one fort on Morris Island have been cap
.l and (that will speedily be reduced, after
Sumpter must follow. .
J -EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary War,
I \ HOW A HOUSE IS SACKED.'
Ting witnessed the proceedings of the rioters
)ireral occasions in the destruction of the house*
niff'ects oVour citizens, we describe them for the
bnt of out readers. On yesterday afternoon,
a jt 6 o’cloch, they visited the residence of a gen
tpn in Twenty* ninth streets A few stragglers
glared on tie scene, consisting mainly of women
(Two or three men then demanded and
Jed Admittance, while'their number was largely
! reseed on the outside. 'One elderly gentleman
/; A found in the house who had liberty to leave.
r/en commenced indiscriminate plunder. Thiß was
'■/Tried 09 mostly by old men,-women, and children,
fhile tbi men of “muscle” stood guard. Every
article wafcappropriated, the, carriers often bending
burdens. Women and children, hatlesa
and shceUßß, marched off having in their possession
the xnost.\6&tly fabrics, some of them broken and
unfit for
/ To this wanton destruction of private property
L l \
the neighbors and the many visitors drawn to the
spot were silent spectators. A word of remon
strance cost a life. Two gentlemen, we are in
formed, paid the penalty yesterday for expressing
their righteous indignation.
After the pillage had progressed for an hour a
number of soldier And policemen arrived and passed
through the street; but no sooner had they gone
beyond the house than the work recommenced with
increased energy. Hearing of this, the armed force
AgAin passed that way, and a number of shots were
fired and several wounded on both sides.
An hour later, in another visit, we saw the crowd
engaged in breaking the Baßhee and carrying off the
fragments of wood work. Thus, in two hours’
time, this family were “ moved ” at the good plea
sure of the mob, and a fine residence destroyed, in
broad daylight, in a populous part of the city.
scenes oir the riot.
Between Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth streets
a party of boyß and men had taken a barrel of beer
from the smouldering ruins of a liquor shop, in the
block that was burned on Monday night. Tneyhad
tapped the corpulent barrel and were helping them
selves and others to its contents. It was the fifth
barrel that had been mined from the ruins and ap
propriated in the same manner: boys and girls, men
and women, hack-dnvers and cab-men, halted to
taste, and were welcome to all they wished to drink.
Crowdß were congregated at every corner, ex
citedly, though not loudly, expressing each his de
termination to avenge the death of their friends,
and urging Borne concerted measures for organi
zation and the procurement of arms. One man
mounted ari awning, and harangued with much
volubility the crowd below, urging vengeance for
the murder, as he cftlled it, of the women and
children who had been killed. They had not fought
aright. They should go upon the house-tops, and
hurl bricks from the chimneys upon those who op
posed them. “All we want is a leader,” said he,
“and then wc will go to victory or the devil.” He
was.vehemently cheered by the crowd, and they
unanimously affirmed that he was a fit one. for a
leader. He consented to apsumc command, and,
jumping down, called upon all to follow him and
punish the aristocrats of Fifth avenue. He pro
ceeded up Twenty-second street, but the crowd were
not enthusiastic to follow, and his adherents com
prised two or three dozen boys and six or eight men.
He stopped, and his lieutenant reproached the halt
ing crowd for their want of spirit. Harangues
were made to each of the several crowds in the
vicinity, and it was finally determined to meet last
evening at 9 o’clock and determine their course of
Action.
A middle-aged Irish woman addressed a large
crowd at the .corner of Twenty-first and . Second
avenue, expressing in strong terms her contempt of
the behavior of the mob when attacked by the po
lice. After such an exhibition of cowardliness they
ought to be ashamed ever again to show their heads.
There were as many of them with carbines in their
hands aB there were of the police, she said, but in
stead of. bravely defending themselves they threw
down their weapons and with abject whines allowed
themselves to be pummelled and struck to the
ground.
Insults to the People.
[From the Post-]
The World describes the mob of infamous thieves,
murderers, and house-burners, who have been riot
ing in different parts of the city for the last forty
eight hours, as “the laboring population.” The
Berald speaks of them as “the people.” The Daily
Noes, the organ of Wood, says : “ The -people fired
on by United States soldiers.” The World sent out
into the city during Monday afternoon, after the
riot began, an article which was plainly written to
still further, inflame the passions of an ignorant
multitude, and which contained such twaddle aa
this sentence, about the conscription act:
“A measure which could not have been ventured
upon in England, even in those dark days when the
press-gang filled the English ships of war with
slaves, and dimmed the glory of England’s nobleat
naval heroes—a measure wholly repugnant to the
habitß and the prejudices of our people—was thrust
into the statute-book as one might say almost by
force. It was not only a conscription, but an act by
conscription.”
Any reader of moderate intelligence knows that
this is the baldest of fußtian; but read, as we have
heard this article was, to parties of the excited,
half-drunken rioters, Buch kind of rant and sound
ing cant Jb effective in the way it was doubtless
meant to be. A respectable journalist would be
aßhamed toTprint such stuff at any time; alaw
reppectingjournalist would never have sacrificed his
character by re- printing it while a mob was ravaging
a part of the city. Yet thiß was doneby the journal
which now charges the riot upon “ the people,” and
endeavors to persuade the country that the work
ingmen of this city, taken as a whole, are a law
defying set of miscreants, capable of the most atro
cious and also of the meanest crimes known to the
calendar. Does anybody believe this 1
A View of the Riot.
[Correspondence of The Press.]
New York, July 16,1863.
The excitement in the city culminated but shortly
after I had mailed my letter yesterday, and the me
tropolis exhibited a scene which can never be forgot
ten by those whose fortune it was to witness it. To
all intents and purposes business was suspended.
Jewelers and bankers removed their property to
places of safe-keeping, thoroughly -understanding
that one of the principal objects of the Irish Revolt
was plunder. No omnibuses or cars were to be
seen, the mob having warned the proprietors that in
case their trips were continued their stables would
be burned. The reason of this step was that the
vehicles afforded the police and soldiery great ac
commodation, enabling them to visit distant por
tions of the cify with great celerity. The police,
however, seized on many of the omnibuses, thus
thwarting in some degree the intention of the mob.
It would have been hard for a stranger to have
imagined himself in the commercial centre of the
Union, if he had so far forgotten personal risk as to
walk our Btreets yesterday. The custom house,
public stores, and banks' were closed, nearly every
restaurant, where colored waiters were employed,-
was shut, and Wall street was thronged with mer
chants and clerks, hastily enrolling themselves in
companies for public defence.' At a late hour in the
afternoon, the custom-house inspectors congregated
at the barge office, and thence making their way to
the custom house, were armed with muskets from
Governor’s Island. About midnight, two field pieces
were also brought t.o the building. A plentiful Bup
ply of 28 and 32-pound hand grenades, with 8-second
fuses, were likewise procured. Inside all the banks
armed clerks were stationed. At the ferry slip a
gunboat was stationed, broadside on. Many of the
prominent men of Wall street held a consultation
with the captain of this vessel, during the afternoon,
when it was agreed that in case the mob should in.
vade the street they were, to be instantly shelled
out, despite the’destruction of-property which
would necessarily ensue. From this, it will be Been.
that the financial centre of the city was not wholly
unprepared for an attack by the robbers and assas
sins;: j-
Throughout the morning the riot and ravage con
tinued with no abatement whatever, and many citi
zens removed their families, despairing of authorities
who weredevoted alone to blank cartridges. In many
instances, carriages containing ladies were stoned
by the drunken wretches who wandered here and
there, wlnle gentlemen whose misfortune it was to
have bathed at some periods of their lives, and -who'
wore that-insignia of oppression, a clean collar, were
made to stand and deliver in true highway style.
Much personal jewelry was thus secured by the
aggrieved laboring classes, who ;feel so keenly yet
Bprrowfully the unconstitutional aggressions of the
Administration. During the day, Governor Sey
mour addressed the mob. He called them his friends,
which was the truth, and belabored them mildly
with Democratic patriotism, entreating them to re
turn to their homes. This, however, was ineffectual}
the mob remembered only too well the advice-Which
he had proffered them in his speeches, and the'work
of arson and pillage went or. more fiercely than ever.
From his presence they rushed off to murder negroes
and women, now and then meeting with the mili
tary, who mowed them down whenever their officers
would’allow it.
It wrb a noticeable feature of the troubles yester
day, that in every instance these drunken thieves
fled from the sturdy charges of policemen. Co ward
ly by nature as they w;ere, filthy in person, they ran
like frightened sheep, only to reassemble when in
hundreds or thousands they could hunt some poorj
weary man of color, and brain him with their
bludgeons: not one of their number dared attack a'
negro singly. It is told by some, that over a hun
dred colored men were slaughtered yesterday, but
this is doubtless an exaggeration. '
. THE NEWSPAPER OFFICES.
The offices of the Tiibune, Vims i and Evening Post
were fully.prepared to resist invasion by means of
cannon, hand grenades, and fire-arms, ad libitum i'
They were repeatedly hissed by the revolters, while
the Copperhead press was greeted only by cheers.
The Tribune was the principal object of their hatred,
and during the entire day Printing-house Square
was thronged by highly intoxicated Irishmen,
who spoke volubly and* .ungrammatically upon
its political course. Here sensational scenes
were of constant- occurrence,, and .at one
time an attack seemed-imminent. A heavy fel
low offered to lead the way, and being ordered
off, struck a policeman with his bludgeon', cutting
his head badly. The companions of the wounded
man now closed in to punish the assailant, and at
the same moment, a fellow who. in height towered
high above the mob, sprang forward to aid the
assailant. . His days of blood; were, however, past;
the municipals smote him with their locusts, and at
last, with his skull utterly crushed, he dropped upon
the pavement Btone-dead. manner in which
the police fought throughout was notice
able. From tlfe events of the preceding four-and
twenty hours, during which many of their number
had been slaughtered in ways most horrible, they
had-learned a lesson ; and wherever they charged
yeiterday, thev showed no mercy.. Forming in solid
columns, they would split the mobs asunder as
with wedges, club and shoot on every side, and in
.one instance even tossed a rioter from the window
of a house in which he had planted himself. It was.
a terrible score which those brave men were can
celling, and they did it manfully.
It is probable that the greater portion of the trou
ble is now past; and although wandering bodies of
the insurgents may give some trouble to the autho
rities, the main bodies have been dispersed and
thoroughly cowed. STUYVESANT.
THE DRAFT*
BOSTON.
Boston, July 15.—Quite a disturbance, but hardly
amounting to a riot, occurred in the northern part of
the city yesterday,Afternoon.
It originated in an assault-on David Howe at a
bouse in Prince street, where Howe called to serve
a notice that a resident had been drafted.
Some loafers in the street interfered and beat
Howe severely, when he was rescued by a police
man. He was wounded, but not seriously.
In the meantime the mob rapidly gathered and a
strong police force was oalled out.
The outbreak was speedily quelled, thoiieh several
policemen were injured. Several arrests were made.
NEW HAVEN.
New Haven, July 15.--The drafting for the First
ward in this eity took place to-day, at the State
House. Two hundred and twelve men were drafted.
Among them three professors and one tutor of Yale
College and ninety students were selected. The
men took their tiekets with good humor.
AID OF THE FAMILIES OF CONSCRIPTS.
—Among the laws passed by the Massachusetts
Legislature during its last session wab the follow
ing, in aid of the families of drafted men :
AN ACT IN AID OV THB FAMILIES OF DRAFTED XEN,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted, 4*c., as follows: Section 1. Any city <
or town may>aise money, by tax or otherwise, in
aid of the families and dependants of those persons
who may be drafted and serve in the army of the
"United States, under the law passed by Congress,
entitled “An act for enrolling and calling out the
national forces, and for other purposes,” and ap
proved March the 3d, in the year one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-three, in the same manner and
umlrr the same restrictions as money is raised and
applied to the aid of families and dependants of vo
lunteers, as prescribed in chapter sixty-six of the
laws of the year one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-two, and chapter seventy-nine of,the laws of
the jear‘one thousand eight hundred and sixty
three; and the provisions ol said ohapter, in rela
tion to reinbursement, from the Commonwealth to
the towns, Bball be applicable to the aid thus furnish
ed under the provisions of this Act.
Sec. 2. This act shall take ctfeot upon Us pamge,
E UK OPE.
ARRIVAL OP THE PERSIA.
The Royal mail steamship Persia, Captain Lott,
which left Liverpool at 10.30 on the morning of the
4th, and Queenstown on the evening ol the sth inst.»
arrived at New York yesterday.
The Glasgow and the City of Limerick arrived at
Queenstown at about 3 o’clock on the afternoon of
the 3d inst.
The Africa arrived at Queenstown about 8 A. M.
on the 4th.
SPAIN AND THB RECOGNITION QUESTION.
The Times Paris correspondent writes: “Private
letters from Madrid inform me that proposals of re
cognition have been made on behalf of the Southern
States of America to the Spanish Government, and
that those proposals are made with the cognizance
and full sanction of the French Emperor. The pro
posals are at this moment under the consideration
of the Marquis of Maraflores and his colleagues, who
are, of course, aware they are approved by the Em
peror, and also aware that if Spain consents, she
will have the support of France. The Confederate
States are preparing to guarantee the independence
of Cuba, either by treaty with her, or by joining ia
the treaty with other Powers, in return for certain
not unreasonable advantages. The answer of the
Spanish Government is not yet given, though, with
France by her side, it may not be unfavorable. It is
thought at Madrid, that in any case the Emperor of
the French will not much longer postpone recogniz
ing the Confederacy—if with others, well and good—
if not, alone.”
PROCEEDINGS OP THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT.
In the House of Lords, on the 2d inst., the Duke
of Newcastle moved the second reading of the
British Columbia Boundaries bill. He gave a moat
satisfactory report of the progress of the colonies of
Vancouver’s Island and British Columbia, and
stated that the government of the two colonies would
now be separated altogether ; but it was not thought
yet time to give the latter representative institu
tions, with a population so fluctuating; but it would
have a legislative council on the model of that of
Ceylon. He also stated that arrangements were
nearly completed for a road and a telegraph through'
British America, to join the roads in British Colum
bia, which now reached practically to the Rocky
Mountains. He stated that negotiations had been,
entered into for the sale ot the interests of the Hud
son’s Bay Company to the International Financial
Association, which intended to issue 2,000,000 shares
for the establishment of another company. This
new company would stand exactly in the position of
the Hudson’s Bay Company, the Financial Associa
tion only being intermediate agents. Sir E. Head,
Mr. C. M. Lampson, and several most influential
persons were at the head of the new company.
Lord Taunton complained of the mode in which
the affairs of the Hudson’s Bay Company had been
managed, but expressed a doubt whether the transfer
about to be made would be a change for the better.
He believed the new company comprised within it
the names of gentlemen who were Americans,
either by birth or interest; and he should be sorry
to see the seat of the direction of the company,
changed from England to New York with regard to
British Columbia.
The bill was read a second time.
In the House of Commons, on the same evening,
some explanations were asked and given on Polish
affairs, and Mr. Layard stated that Government
had not received any answer from Russia, nor could
he say when an answer was likely to arrive.
THE CASE OF THE STEAMER GIBRALTAR (OR
SUMPTER.)
Lord R. Cecil asked the Home Secretary whether
he was willing to lay on the table, without reserve,
all communications with regard- to the detention of
the vessel Gibraltar, which had passed between any
officer or department of Government and the Col
lector of Customs at Liverpool 1
Sir George Grey said therewas no objection to lay
upon the table, if the noble lord would move for it,
a copy of the correspondence between the collector
of customs at Liverpool and the Board of Customs.
THE RECOGNITION QUESTION, ETC.
Sir G. Grey, in reply to Mr. Roebuck, stated that
the Government would give up Monday, the 13th,
unless any question of public importance Bhould
intervene, for the resumption of the debate on the
motion for the recognition - of the Southern States
of America. -
Mr. W. E. Forster asked the Under Secretary for
Foreign Affairs if be could inform the House
whether it was true that a propoßition'waa made
sometime ago for a joint mediation between the
Federal and Confederate States on the parts of the
English and French Governments.
Mr. Layard, after considerable interruption from
Mr. Roebuck, denied the truth of statements made
by Mr. Roebuck on the evening when he made his
motion, and said that since November last no com
m unication had been received from the French Go
vernment proposing mediation between North and
South. He also denied the truth of Mr. Roebuck’s
assertion on the authority, aB Mr. Roebuck alleged,
of the Emperor of the French, that last year Lord
Lyons committed a breach of confidence by taking
to Mr. Seward a copy of a despatch addressed to her
Majesty’s Government by the Governmentof France
relative to the affairs of America.
FUneHASE OF THE EXHIBITION RUTLT>ING.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer moved a vote of
.£105,000 for the purchase of the Exhibition Building
at Kensington, and for the purpose of commencing
certain operations in order to adapt li to the pur
poses for which it was intended.
After some discussion of a very stormy nature,
the vote was rejected by 287 to 121; majority against
Government 166. The result was received with loud
-cheerißg.
THE EXPOET OF CONTRABAND,
In the House of Commons, on the 3d, Mr. Carne
gie asked whether, in the existing state of affairs in
America, it was contrary to international law to
consign arms, ammunition or medicines to the ports
of Quebec, Nassau, 1 Matamoros, and Havana, and
whether a vessel containing such articles and bound
to any of the above ports would be liable to con
demnation by a prize court! The Solicitor General
replied in the negative, but added that the cargo
must be bona Jide destined for a neutral port.
The: Marquis of Harrington, in reply to Colonel
Cumesley, stated that the commissioners, sent; out
last year to inquire into the frontier defences of
Canada, had made their report; but, until the colo
nial Government had taken the matter into con
sideration, no steps could be adopted for carrying its
recommendation into effect.. Mr. Caird brought
under the notice of the House the supply of cotton,
and moved f#r a select committee to inquire whether
any further measures could be taken within the
legitimate functions of the Indian Government, for
increasing the supply of cotton from .that country..
He argued, do matter what mightbe the result of
the war how raging in America, it would be unrea
sonable to expect .from the Southern States any
thißglike the supply of cotton which England was
formerly in-the habit of obtaining from that part of
the world. In India, on the contrary, the field of
production was unlimited. •
Mr. Beazely seconded the motion.
Mr. Cobden ridiculed the effortß which the Go
vernment of.lndia had hitherto made to encourage
the growth of cotton. He observed that at the foot
of the Rocky Mountains, in. the western valley of
th„e Mississippi, there was exhaustless field for the
production of cotton, and a. 'soil and climate admira
bly adapted to the plan, which only required English
capital and enterprise for its development.
Sir C. Wood spoke in defence of the Government
of India.
Mr. Bright was of opinion that legislative action
was not the means by f which increased supplies
could be obtained. He recommended' the sub
division of India into different presidencies.
Tbe.motion wss finally withdrawn.
TheLondori Times sees in the latest American ad
vices proof of the report that Lee is resolutely bent
upon invading the North and carrying the war into
Federal territory, and in an editorial upon the sub
ject itsajs : The indifference, carelessness, or un
concern of the North at the calamity with which it
iB threatened, is most surprising. It argues that if
Lee wins, the cause of the; North is loBt; while if
he loses, the cause of the South iB not essentially in
jured. If Hooker’s array is defeated, Washington
occupied, and Pennsylvania overawed by. a Con
federate army, says the Times, it is difficult to see
how the demand of the South for independence can
be any longer refused.
Aletterinthe Times recounts the particulars of
the firing .upon the blockade-runner Margaret and
Jeßßie by the Federal cruiser Rhode Island, and
brands it as one of the most unjustifiable outrages
to neutral righta—the most barefaced violation of
territorial jurisdiction, coupled with the most
murderous intent that the annals of civilized war
fare has ever chronicled. The writer asserts that
the Federal vessel kept up firing within a distance
of from 500 to 1,000 yards from the beach of the
Island of Eleuthera, until she sunk the Margaret
and Jessie.
Mr. W. S. Lindsay publishes a letter in the Times
deprecating comments on the mission of himself and
Mr. Roebuck to Fans, while the debate is pending
in Parliament, and asserting that what Mr. Roe
buck has stated is quite true, and will be confirmed
by Mr. Lindsay when the debate is resumed on the
13th. Mr. Lindsay says the interview with the Em
peror was brought about by circumstances which
shall in due time be fully made known, and he
should have bad no objection to make what then
passed known to Lord Cowley when returning from
FODtainhleau, had time permitted. The Times re
marks that in such a case mere: reassertion is not
proof, and prefers the concurrent and positive testi
mony of half a dozen official persons to the remini
scences of Mr-Roebuck and Mr. Lindsay.
The Daily frcics strongly objects to the long post
ponement of Mr. Roebuck’s motion, and says the
policy of the country in a matter of so much mag
nitude as“tbe recognition of the Confederate States
ought not to be subject to doubt and uncertainty,
and it would be unworthy of the House, as well as
the Government, to delay the declaration of its in
tentions. ...
The Army and Navy Gazette shows the strength of
Washington to be beyond a coup de. main s and in
some speculations on 'Lee’s designs, confesses that
his real object.is not yet apparent. , •
The Tiroes has an editorial on the “4tb of July,”
and says “a review of the paat must render it a day
of: humiliation, and if the present policy of the
North has led her so near to ruin, in its reversal
must He the only path that can conduct her to
safety.”
The Daily News, on the same subject, thinks that
'the Americans of the North can honor the day with
iribre pride than ever in their country.
.Lord Palmerston was still unable to attend to
his Parliamentary duties owing to his attack of
gout, but he was expected to be able to . take his
place again in the House in the course of a few days.
The trials of steam fire engines were in progress at
Ihe Crystal PAlace. The result on the first two
days was decidedly unfavorable to the American
engines, but as an accident to the 15 Manhattan”
had temporarily prevented that machine from taking
pai tin the contest, it was thought that in the later
trials, in which the Manhattan would-appear, a
different reeult might be arrived at.
A Mock of warehouses on the corner of Water
street and Covert Garden, in Liverpool, had been
destroyed by fire. They were occupied by Messrs.
Duckworth &, Rathbone, and contained a large
quantity of cotton and other produce, all of which
was consumed; The loss is variously estimated at
from'*£loo,ooo to £200,000 sterling—the value of the
cotton alone being stated at £120.000.
n. Mr. Dion Boucicault. the well-known author-actor,
has been adjudicated a bankrupt..
FRANCE.
The Paris correspondent of the DaeVy News again
alludes to the prevalence of warlike rumors. The
general impression, it says, is that the eventuality
of a war with Russia forms the subject of keen di
plomatic discussion at the French Foreign Office.
The London Morning Herald talks seriously of
preparations in France for war, and says England
cannot Bide with her against Russia and Prussia.
The Emperor, if rumor has found some
sort of excuse for quarrelling with Prussia iu the
diceovery of a secret aitide in the Russo-Prussian
treaty which compromises the neutrality of King
William the Ist. Certainly, says the Herald, there
has not heen for a long time so fair an* opportunity
sfforded for overrunning and annexing of the Rhe-
Diah provinces by France.
The Morrdng Pos/, which is likely to be well in
formed on the question, remains silent bn the sub
ject,.
Gen.,Forey is appointed a Marshal of France, and
G en. Bazaine receives the Grand Cross of the Legion
of Honor. . ‘
THE POLISH QUESTION.
The Paris Pays says: “We are Already autho
rized to consider the acceptance of the propositions
of the Three Powers, by Russia, as certain. The
project of a conference, and the six points, will serve
as The basis of the arrangement.”
The Be?'liner Borsen Ziclung says the Prussian Go
vernment baa been informed hy Russia that there
ply to the note of the three Powers will, in its es
sential points, assen.t to their proposals, especially
with fefej ence to the assembly of a Congress. The
wishes of Austria will be especially regarded, while
those of Eneland, whiclf* are of a more*advanced
character, will not be conceded.
The" insurrection continues active. A Cracow tele
gram says: “ The reports of numerous engagements
havingtaken place iu Lithuania have been confirmed
by Russian accounts. The Russians sustained cou
sidei able losses in an engagement near Lewieatyn.
News received here in contradiction of the state
ment that the insurgent leader Wysocki had been
defeated, Bays that the engagement lasted eleven
horns, but the result is still unknown. The Rus
sians'have suffered severe losses, and the city of
Biody is full of wounded.”
A telegram from Breslau, of .Tuly 2, aays: “An
important engagement has taken place at Worki,
in the palatinate of Plock. Many wounded Rus
sians have been brought into the suburbs of
Warsaw.”
TURKEY.
Intelligence from Constantinople stales that the
Prince of Servia lias demanded the evacuation of
the forts upon, the Dwiaa, occupied by Turkish
troops, and the removal of the Turkish inhabitants.
The Forte has refused to comply with the demand.
The Turkish Government had announced its in
tention of granting two years’ pay and a free pas
sage home to all Polish officers and soldiers leaving
the service of the Porte. 'This measure is not in
tended to apply to Hungarian troops.
MADAGASCAR.
The Paris papers state that the ministers of the
murdered King Badamar, of Madagascar, the officers
of the palace, and the commander of the King’s
Guard, were prisoners. La France says that the
Queen of Madagascar and her ministers, the insti
gators of the revolution, are devoted to the English.
PERSIA.
The Paris Patric and the Pays assert that Herat la
sot yet taken. The chief of the Affghanß has offered
a principality to the governor of the town if he
would consent to its surrender. The governor is
said to have refused the offer. The Persian army is
said to be advancing to relieve Herat.
A private telegram from Bombay of June 8 re*
ports a better demand for cotton goods. Raw cotton
had.slightly advanced. Freights had declined 10a.
Exchange #d. lower. The' monsoon had com
menced. , r ; /
AUSTRALIA.
The steamer Great feritain, from Melbourne, May
2, had reached Liverpool with 03,728 ounces of gold.
The news is unimportant.
Commercial Intelligence.
LONDON MONEY MARKET.—The funds on the 3d
were witt out variation. Consols closed at
Jhere as a full average demand for discount at un
charged rate*.
The weekly hank returns show an increase in the bul
lion of 0.64.153.
Baring Brothers & Co. quote Bar Silver at 53 Id, Dol
lars ss2Afd, Eagles76s 2&a.
. The same authorities say: “Americanstocks are very
quiet, and we.have no change in prices to advise thin
week, nor any business except trifling transactions in
Virginia sixes (dollar bonds) at44*£.
Liverpool. .July 4, A. M.— Cotton.— The Brokers’ Cir
cular says: “The market opened on Saturday last with,
rather a better inquiry, but since that day it has been
quiet, and although upon the whole tolerably steady,
holders have found it diilicnlt to realize the fall quota
tions of Friday last. American has been rather more
wanted, hut as it has been, freely offered, buyers have
bad rather tie advantage. Brazil barely maintains
former rates, but for Egyptian full prices have been paid.
Surat of fair to good quality are without change, but it
is djflicu.lt to obtain the quotations for the common qua
lities of Surat, Bengal, ficinde or China. The week’s
sales have been 33-7*20 bales, including 3,530 to specula
tors and 7.440 to exporters. The sales yesterday (Friday)
were about 4,000 bales, including 1,500 for export and
speculation—market.dnli but steady. The authorized
quotations are:
FairOrleam. *24(1 [Middling. 215£
Fair Mobil* 23j£j Do 21
Fair Uplands..... 2J , | Do.«.< 20K
Stock ou hana-.";72.042 hales, including 49, 473 American.
At sea from India 209. GCO hales.
TRADE AT MANCHESTER. —A much more cheerful
tone prevailed yesterday, aud. producers generally were
firm. There was more doing in Yarns, and a better in
quiry for Cloth. ,
Brradstufj-'s.— Messrs. Wakefield, Nash, & Co., By
land. Aihya, & Co., and Richardson, Spenee, & Co »
report Floor dull and easier; extra State 21@225. Wheat
slow, and l©3dcental cheaper on the week; red West
ern 8s 9d.@9s id; Southern 9s 2d@9s 3d; white Western
9s.9d@lor?; Southern Tos@lGs.9d. Corn in fair demand,
at 26s 6d@27s 4SO lbs for mixed, and 29©30s for white.
Provisions.— Messrs- Gordon, Bruce. & Co , Boult,
English: & Brandon, and others, report—Beef active
and rather dearer for fine qualities. Pork unchanged,
but an improving tendency. Bacon in more demand at
low rates, but fine qualities firm. Butter steady at
4C@d)s, Lard steady at 3Gs@37* 6:i. Tallow in steady
demard. Butchers Association 42@4256d.
n Pi;oi>cr-E. —The Brokers’ Circular reports: Ashes —
Sales of Pots at 39@*29«i, and Pearls 335. Sugars qutefc
nut steady. ‘Coffee flat. Rice unaltered Bark —Sale*
ot Baltimore at 6s cwt. linseed declined 6d@<)d 3ft
quarter. Cloverseed—Old .red American 30s, and new
o7s. Jute firm' but qaiet Linseed Oil quiet at 465.
fish Oils quiet in tbe absence of arrivals. Cod at 52*.
Rosin quiet but steady. Common American in letail
295, • Spirits of Turpentine—Nothing doing in American.
Petroleum—Boult, English, & Brandon report the mar
ket very ftrm at 2s 2d for refined on the spot, and £l7
for crude. For futnre delivery, sales are made of refined
at 2s.3d©2s 4d gallon.
rumours,—Messrs. Boult, English. Brandon report
Freights dull, and lower rates taken for New York.
Passengers less plentiful,
LONDON MaßKECS.—Messrs. Baring, 8r03.» &Co.,
report: Wheat rather easier; .White American, 49@.>Ls;
Red, 4G@49s; Flour, 23@2550d. Iron quiet and un
changed; Scotch pig, Sugar unaltered. Coffee
steady. BiceduU. Spirits'of Turpentine slow; Ameri
csnheld atsSa. Petroleum in large speculative demand—
Refined advanced to 2s ld@U 2d: Crude £lB Stocks
thisdayare: Refined. 19,051-barrels';'Crnde. 3,035 bar
rels. Tea dull—common Congow, Is ld<s>ls lKd. : Tal
low dull; Y. C., 42s6*d. Spenn Oil almost nominal;
American. £SI: Cod, £5310?. Linseed Oil, sellers at 443
9d. Linseed Cakes in moderate demand at. former
prices. Groves & Todd report a better demand for Beef,
and Pork linn for fine Eastern. Lard without improve
ment. Rot in quiet but steady. ...
Hayti.
[From the Jamaica Guardian, July 2.]
By the arrival of the Plantagenet we have late
news from Hayti. The.court martial appointed to
be held at St. Marc, to try the individuals impli
cated iD the attempt at revolt on the sth May last at
Dessalines, was opened on Monday, Bth June, and
was occupied in hearing the affidavits and deposi
tions of the witnesses till the 12th. On
the 13th, the pleadingß were commenced, which last
ed for six dayß, and the verdict was given on the
morning of the 19th, at eight o’clock.
Of fifty-nine individuals accused, seventeen have
been sentenced to death, viz: Aime Legroa, Mau
rice Bucasfle, Etheagene. Yiena, Dossous Blaise,
Garcon Boie, Milnay Augustin,-Alexandre Legros,
Vigne Vigne. and Yincent Charles, Oelicour Leon
Legroß, Gaou Achille, Beaubran Uarant, Li mage
Remain, Marcelin Fils, Alexandre Jean, Louis Jean
Baptist and Zalisma Donatien. The last eight were
condemned for contumacy.
The following individuals have been sentenced to
three years’ imprisonment for refusing to make dis
closures : Galant Chevalier, Paul Ooffy, Zamor
Aine, Daniel Bonbon; Florelle St. Macary, Deeseln
Marcelin, and Eugene Laflotte. The other thirty
five accused were acquitted.' -
The decree of the court martial was, conformably
to-law, immediately executed -against eight of the
non-contumacious condemned .to death.
The execution 'of Maurice D.ucasse has been sus
pended ; the delegation of Government having pre
sented his Excellency a petition in his behalf, soli
citing hispardon, or a commutaton of sentence. The
petition is favored by Gens. Luberisse Barthelemy,
commanding the arondissement of St. Marcs. Louis
Joseph Alerte, aid*de-camp to the President of
Hayti, on mission at St. Marc ; Zurenne Guerrier,
president of the court martial, and the military ac
cuser to said court.
Addresses from all parts of the island were being
daily sent to the President of Hayti, expressing the
unbounded confidence in which the people held his
Government—for the patriotism and energy dis
played in the dissolution of the Chamber, of Repre
sentatives, »B well as in suppressing late attempts at
revolt. _ . *
The Reported Riot in Hartford.
A leading citizen of Hartford, Conn., who left
that place at half-past nine o’clocklasfc evening, in
forms us that the report that a riot was in progress
there yesterday teas false. A few soldiers were sim
ply. Bent to the armories and ars’enals as a precau
tionary measure.
The report was probably started with a view of
encouraging the mob spirit here and elsewhere.—
n. y. Post,
A Serious Accident.
Indianapolis, Ind.j July 14. —A terrible acci
dent occurred here this evening.
While the 12th. Michigan Battery were marching
through the streets, a caisson instantly
killing two or three soldiers £nd~ the driver. A boy
on the street was mortally wounded, and has since
died.
A suspicious character, supposed to be one of Mor
gan’s spies, was arrested here this evening.
Marine,
New York, J uly 15.—Arrived Reamers Edinburgh,
from Liverpool; Charles Neartel, from Yera Cruz;
barks Laconia, from Sara; Gaston, from Barba
does; schooner Hanover, from Matamoron, *
Our Army in Vicksburg.
A correspondent in Grant’s army describes at
length the entrde of the national troops into Yicks
burg. From this account we extract the following
interesting paragraphs:
HOW THE REBELS APPEARED.
' intercourse between the two armies was pro
hibited until ; the final act of surrender was con
summated. but by the courtesy of General Leggett,
.who had command of the ceremonies oh our side,
your correspondent was permitted to. pass our
pickets and get among the rebs before our army
passed in, and thus see how they endured the
liDal pangs; and he must be faithful to the truth
by paying that. the rebels seemed to lay down
their, arms very much as though they were glad to
get rid of them—very much like Christian getting
loosed from his burden. He-could not discern even
the faintest ray of that proud regret at not having
been permitted to die in the last ditch, which
Southern assumption would have led him to look
for. In fact, I noticed one company which marched
out at a quick march, and marched back at the
double-quick, kicking up their heels, and generally
enjoying the occasion as much as any of the
“ Yanks. And this was not a Tennessee, but a
Mississippi company; not a Union man among
them, but every one of them heartily tired of the
siege, and tired, I think, of the war.
PLANTING THE STARS AND STRIPES,
As soon as the ceremony of stacking arms was
over, Gen. McPherson, simply attended by his divi
sion Generals and staff, rode into the city, and took
formal possession. No demonstrations of an insult
ing character were made by the citizens, as is usually
the case when victorious armies: enter conquered
rebel towns. I have heard of but one instance of
this, kind occurring during the whole day, which I
vvill mention hereafter. Gen McPherson proceeded
to the Court House, and Col. CoolbaUgh and Lieut.
Col. StrODg, of his staff, went up, and at half past
eleven planted the Stars and Stripes on the cupola
of the building, gave three cheers, which were
heartily repeated by the officers below, and then
sang “The Battle Cry of Freedom.” All of which
was listened to'with due (outward).respßct by the
dumb crotvd of gaping aecesh who witnessed the
scene. . •
PEMRERTOX’g IDEAS OP OIHt FIGHTING.
The conference was conducted with good feeling,
and General Pemberton was rather disposed to be
agreeable to the point of facetiousnesa. He freely
criticised the manner in which, we had fought, and
made this xemaik: “Grant, vou haven*!; but one
division in your army that will fight worth ad—n,
and that is this one,” pointing to the front covering
Logan’s division. Perhaps I ought not to give this,
as it might convey an inrid’ous distinction; but X
mention it merely to show that the rebels felt the
loss of High Hill Fort, whieh was in Logan’s front,
seriously. If the men of the chivalrous and soldier
ly John E. Smith, or of the persereringandinfcrepid
Ransom, or any others, of the right or of the left,
had been placed where Logan’s men were, they
would have done just as well.
AX IRON MINE AT VICKSttHItG.
Vicksburg, or that portion of land enclosed by the
fortifications, is almost literally a bed of iron.
Pieces of mortar shells and shots of various sizes
and shapes, some in pieces, and some not, BOlid shot
of many sizes, all in conglomerate-masß, are every
where visible. .
j saw one pile of shells and solid shot of all sizes,
used by cut army, near the door of a fine residence a
little back from the river, and estimated to be three
hundred in number. The proprietor of the house
informed me that they were all gathered up in and
about his house. By this statement your readers
can form a judgment approaching correctness of the
ordeal Vicksburg has passed.
A REVEREND REBEL.—The churchmen of the
South are beggibg earnestly for a supply of prayer
books and church tracts, and permission has been
obtained from the Government, by Dr. Dix, rec
tor of Trinity Church, N. Y., to - forward them
through the lines. We would most heartily second
this religious shipment, and pray that the rebels, by
a careful and thorough reading of the same, may be
brought to an exhaustive-'repentance, and seethe
error of their ways before they "are compelled to do
so by the cannon’s mouth and the bayonet. In
cluded in the request for religious reading
was a statement that, among others, Bishop Polk
sent kind messages of his undiminished love } as of old,
to his brother churchmen of the North, Viewed as a
bishop and under his robeß, the message is entirely
appropriate. Viewed as a military chieftain, guz
2licg champagne at Columbus, while he ordered ne
gro* s at work upon the fortifications to be lashed for
their tardy digging, the message is ridiculously gra
tuitous.. Letthe reverend general doff his military
habit, cease his warfare against the brethren he so
affectionately remembers, reduce both his profanity
and his potations, and such messages will hear with
them some effect. As it now stands, he belongs to
a vejy poor class of rebel sinnera.—Cftfcggo Tnbune.
TBEEANKING OFFICER.—The Amxy and Navy
Gazette contains the whole correspondence and pro
ceedings with respect to the, claim of Major Gen.
.Butler to outrank other major generals. Among
the papers submitted are the arguments of Generals
Halleclr, McClellan, Dix, and Wool, as well as those
of General Fremont ami General Butler, hitherto
published. - •- •• /
General Halleck’s arguments are in. conformity
with the finding of the board. General McClellan
declines to make comments on General Butler’s an
guments, hut endeavors to correct his mistatementa
as to duties, fice. He adds the following para
graph: ; . -
“ By referring to the history of the present war it
will be found that prior to the date upon which
General Butler erroneously says that I was appoint
ed, I had, as major general of the regular army,
organized an army and conducted a successful cant*
paign, by which Western Virginia was restored to
the General Government, and an army of the enemy
destroyed. I had supposed that every general
officer , knew that I held a command during that
campaign.”