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MONDAY, JULY 20, 1863.
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Thc Conscription.
Wliy should men take, up arms and com
mit murder and arson because of the con
scription ? We all know that it is a neces
sary act, and that it was adopted as the last
measure of self-preservation. In a time of
war the necessity Lot hew armies invariably
surpasses the supply. In the first gusli of
martial feeling the people become soldiers
by enthusiasm. They are charmed by the
fife and the drum, the fascination of a new
life, the danger to the country, and the
feeling of pride which, all patriots pos
sess. The monotony of combat and sor
row for the dead, and extraordinary
taxes, and the yearning for peace, which is
after the healthy feeling of civilized com-'
munities, combine to take away the enthu
siasm and appeal to the reason. This is a
more tedious and uncertain process. Men
do not reason rapidly nor, as armies. Men
have families and homes, and interests,
children and real "estate, and, in looking
upon public affairs, they arrive more rapid
ly at the conclusion that everybody else
should go than that they should go them
selves. They see and know that battles should
be fougbt, but duty and love wrestle a weary
time together before they believe they
should go forth and fight them. So that
in any war, no matter how popular, and
just, and necessary, the time will come, if it
is prolonged, when the State must make
military service the first duty of every citi
zen. It is a high tribute to the loyalty of
the people of America, that although an ag
ricultural and business people, and with
large interests at home, and, when compared
with older countries, sparsely populated, that
they have sustained the war with so much
heartiness and good will. It was not so in
the South. Conscription was among the
first measures of the Southern rebel leaders.
They elevated treason into a cause, and took
away the people from their homes to make
war in its defence.
The Republic has merely resorted to con
scription now, so to swell its armies that
they may throw themselves upon f thc South
and overwhelm it at once. It is an act of
kindness and humanity. We have reduced
the rebellion into a small and narrow com
pass—we have demoralized its forces
and thrown dismay and suspicion upon its
leaders. In this way we have conquered
submission in the hearts of the Southern
people and acquiescence on the part of those
enemies in England who have made recog
nition their dream and hope. We. have, in
other words, compelled the cause of the
rebellion to abandon its position. It is fall
ing back and only requires a general advance
along the whole line to utterly destroy it. It
is possible that we have men enough in Ten
nessee fand Mississippi and Virginia to meet
and conquer any rebel army that may he in
existence—hut it is also possible that stem
and bold exertions, a further enforcement
of the conscription, and a general system oi
plunder and robbery, may succeed in giving
new strength to the rebellion. Every hour
that we give them is only another opportu
nity. And as the leaders of this insurrection
are men in apprehension—who have forfeit-
■wist to be rudely hanged—they will from
the instinct of despairing pride and self
preservation, use these opportunities to give
new strength to their cause. In throwing
ourselves upon recent victories, and asking
the armies of Grant and Meade to con
tinue in their work and crush the rebellion
without aid from home, we merely invite
disaster to ourselves, and give the leaders of
the South time to inflict such disaster. A
conscription is merely telling the |people
that the rebellion is so nearly crushed
and the end of the war so close at'hand,
that a general and unanimous effort will
overwhelm the whole scheme in immediate
discomfiture. ; A conscription is a defensive
measure. Onr armies have been weakened,
and it may be that other invasions will be
attempted. All who have seen the effects
of the invasion of General Lee—all who
have read of the devastation that was spread
through the lower Pennsylvania counties—
all who remember that many days have not
passed since the shells of the enemy were
falling into the peaceful and terror-stricken
town of Carlisle—will see the dangers one
victory has saved us from, and the' neces
sity of a conscription to save us from such
dangers in the future.
When men speak of the hardships and
tyranny of the conscription, they should
think of the greater hardship and tyranny
that it will save them from. Is there any
man, not a traitor or a coward, who would
hesitate to take up arms if the sound of the
enemy’s artillery were heard in his own
home? Remember, friends, that on the fourth
day of July such a sound carried terror into
many hundreds of happy Pennsylvania
homes, and that before the fourth day of
next July, if we hesitate and palter, and per
mit tliekebels to regain strength, we may have
a Gettysburg on the banks of the Schuyl
kill, while Philadelphia may be another
Carlisle. Every appeal that can be made to
the honor of man to defend his flag, his
country, his fireside, the lives of himself and
his children-—every plea and inducement
that eloquence can make may be offered in
behalf of the conscription. It is the most
sublime sacrifice a country can ask its sons
to make—and in the present time it can
hardly deserve the name of a sacrifice, for
if proper energy and wisdom are shown in
the management of our military affairs, the
rebellion will be over and the conscripts at
home again before the rustling corn is ripe
and yellow. .
King Mob.
Chief among the tyrants whose sway has
desolated nations, assuredly the most pitiless
and most exacting is King Mob. The
scenes which New York, last
week, may be adduced in evidence of this.
Notwithstanding the vigilance and loyalty
and courage of the municipal authorities
and of the military, New York, which boasts
itself to be “ the metropolis” of this vast em
pire, was a prey to rioters, robbers, incen
diaries, and murderers during three days.
Archbishop Hughes, we suspect, is the only
person wl o dOubts the .character Of these
awful scenes and of the base participators in
them. /When he told the “men, not gen
tlemen”’ (Wif gentle conduct were a fault 1/
that they “were called rioters,” his delicate
diction might have been taken to imply a
doubt whether they were justly so desig
nated. They were more than mere rioters
—they were also assassins, thieves, and
traitors, and miserable dupes and tools to
boot.
It is not difficult to excite the populace.
Audacious oratory, which insinuates much
more than it expresses, has great power over
the masses. It speaks mildly enough, at
first —it merely breaks ground, in a sugges
tive manner, and, when reported,''exhibits
little of the real poison it communicates. Its
sentencesbecomethetext, fasinNew York,_)
upon which such journals as the World and
the Herald,'the Express and the Daily Yaws,
expatiate at length and with frequency.
Soon it becomes bolder and uses language
more audacious. The disaffected newspa
pers follow in that wake, and are less timid
in their utterances. Crafty ringleaders
find their way into the homes and haunts of
the populace, wickedly pouring evil counsel
into the minds of these deluded persons,
sometimes giving them money, generally
promising that, when rioting occurs, they
shall be permitted to enrich themselves by
plunder, and satiate their passions by bru
tality. At last, when the pear is ripe, a pre
text for action is readily found :
“ Some watchword for the fight
Must vindicate the wrong or warp the right;
Keliglon—freedom—vengeanoe—what you will,
A- word’* enough to raise mankind to km;
Some factious phrase, by cuunlng caught and spread,
That guilt may reign, and wolves and worms be
fed.”
In the midst of the first day’s riot, when
it was considered necessary to give a fillip
to the excitement of the mob, apparently
satisfied for the moment, there was a call for
a speech, and forthwith an orator was
found, in the person of “ Mr. 'Andrews, ot
Virginia,” but now of Fort Lafayette—a
ruffian who ought not to he suffered to cheat
the. gallows. This fellow told the dupes
■who listened and applauded, that they had
acted nobly. This was after they had plun
dered houses, and then burnt them down,
committed numerous murders, destroyed
the Orphans’ Asylum and dispersed the
children, torn up the railway tracks, and
generally broken almost every law in the de
calogue. This , in the orator’s eyes, was act
ing nobly ; and he then pressed them to or
ganize, to keep together, to appoint leaders,
“and crush .this damned Abolition, draft
into the dust;” and then he swore, “by
Heaven, if you don’t find any one to lead
you, I -will do it myself!” Yet, two or
three days later, w r lien this self-instituted
generalissimo was “ wanted " by the police,
lie was found, trembling and pallid, hidden
aw r ay in a woman’s attic, seeking safety in
concealment.
In fact, the persons who urge the popu
lace into crime, usually take care of them
selves. They make the bullets for others
to fire. If Yallandigham had talked the
people of Ohio into revolt against the
Executive, the Constitution, and the Go
vernment of the United States, we may be
sure that he would have managed not to he
on hand when the violence was being done,
when personal danger was to he appre
hended. A time will come when the lead
ers in the New York riots will be called to
account and punished by the laws which
they have violated—hut the real instigators,
the traitorous spcechmakers and writers,
will probably escape. This is almost inva
riably the case, hut the people do not ex
perience that it is so, until too late.
To get up a popular excitement against
the law and its action is by no means diffi
cult. But thoughtful men, who may have
the power, will pause ere they exercise it—
will hesitate before, like Frankenstein,
“they create a Monster which, erelong, will
destroy all that is nearest and dearest to
them. Thus, the cry “resist the draft,”
placed New York in the hands of a brutal
mob for three days, and fto borrow an ex
ample from liisiory, ) a few ill-advised words
spoken by that fanatic fool, Lord George
Gordon, to the Protestant Association,
caused the “No Popery” Riots of 1780,
during which London was a victim to the
mob for four days, and the injury done to
property exceeded $2,500,000, at the lowest
estimate. Let the populace ouce be started
into a riot, no matter what the pretext, and
havoc, robbery, arson, and murder are al
most inevitable. The first popular tumult
of any importance in Paris, in 1789, was
that got up for the destruction of the Bas
tile—even that was stained with massacre —
and created all the succeeding excesses
which disgraced the French Revolution.
Once call up the foul fiend of Riot, and no
power can lay it, without a- sacrifice of
blood.
Eor our own part, after what has fust oc
curred in New York,—to be strongly con
trasted with the loyalty and gqod conduct of
Philadelphia at the corresponding period,—
we are not disposed to acknowledge the me
tropolitan supremacy of that city. Two
years ago Fernando Wood seriously sug
gested that it should be proclaimed a free
city, (like Hamburg and a few smaller places
in Germany, _) evidently hoping that the new
civic [republic would place him at its head.
We have no faith in Mr. Wood’s power of
..A a AI;1 vm-nf' Ypw York.iiU.
sorts of political corruption and pecuniary
plundering gave notoriety to his administra
tion. Now, in a more private sphere, yet
with a certain prestige as Member of Con
gress, to say nothing of his influence over a
large-number of the population, what steps
did lie take to suppress the riots ? He said
nothing, lie did nothing. He would play
the part of Mibabeau, hut nature intended
him tobe only a Roukst-terre. He assisted
to enthrone and crown King Mob, and is
helpless in the hands of the tyrant he in
voked.
Our eloquent townsman, Daniel
Dougherty, Esq.,'will deliver an address
to-day at Schenectady, New'York, which
will be repeated before the Marshall Col •
lege, of Lancaster, next week. This ad
dress is one of the very best of Mr. Dough
erty’s efforts. It is a brief but masterly
analysis of the causes of the war, a rapid
rehearsal of its principal events, and an
earnest and glowing appeal to the young
men of the country. It is little to say that
Mr. Dougiieety never wrote a disloyal
line, for it is not negative support that he
has given to the Government. On the con
trary, he has spoken as a true man should
speak, and has given all his rare powers of
thought and expression to the cause in which
his whole soul is interested. His action in
this war has been honorable to himself
and valuable to the country, and entitles
him not to an idle compliment, but to a sin
cere and hearty acknowledgment.
Mr. J. W. Kornev will deliver his lec
ture on the “ Obligations and Duties of the
Hour” to-morrow evening, at the Musical
Fund Hall.
WASHINGTON.
Special Despatches to The Press.
Washington, July 19, 1863,
Army of the Potomac.
A letter from the headquarters of the Army of the
Potomac eaya a few shots were .heard on Friday
afternoon in the direction of . YeataVa or Gregorys.
Gap,' ariaing, it ia believed, from amall partiea of
rehela reconnoitring those places, and being dis
persed by our cavalry and light batteries.
Several paymasters have arrived,' and the officers
and men attached to General Meade’s headquarters
are receiving their pay to July 1.
No definite information can be obtained of Lee’s
present or intended movements.
About seven hundred prisoners arrived at head
quarters on Thursday night, and more have been
forwarded by other routes.
A non*oommisßioned officer, who arrived in Wash
ington to-day, says that on Thursday, General
Gregg crossed at Palling Waters, and was cut off at
Shepherdstown, for six hours, from, communication
with our army. He finally relieved himself, accord
ing to the same authority, by a gallant charge upon
the rebels, capturing a large number of prisoners,
three stand of colors, and four pieces of artillery.
The Whereabouts of Lee*
There is nothing definitely known in relation to
Lee’s army. The impression is that he is making
his way to Culpeper and Gordonsville with all pos
sible Bpeed.
New York, July 19.— A special despatch from
headquarters Army of the Potomac says that Lee’s
army is supposed to be between Martinsburg and
Winchester.
A private of the new division of the 3d Army
Corps has been ordered to be hung for brutal vio
lence to Miss Carroll, a granddaughter of Charles
Carroll of Carrollton. :
A despatch from Shippensburg, Pa,, says that the
firing heard on Friday forenoon was supposed to be
an attack by General Buford at Clear Spring, where
he was to cross the Potomac.
A Serious Cavalry Skirmish,
A detachment of the 7th Michigan Cavalry, com
prising about three companies, returned on Friday
evening from scouting service on the Alexandria
Railroad.
' They encountered a large body of the enemy, sup
posed to be a portion of Stuart’s Cavalry, at a
point on the railroad, and routed them, with a loss
on our side of twenty-two men.
The fight, while it lasted, was a desperate one.
They represent our cavalry to be at Culpeper
Court House.
The Rebel Army,
The main body of the rebel army is reported to be
at Winchester, and moving rapidly down the Val-.
ley towards Culpeper, where it will be joined by
reinforcements from Richmond. The most of
Bragg’s army is said to have arrived there, and
also some troops from Mobile and Eastern Tennes
see. The rebels are believed to be strengthening
their works around Richmond, mounting them with
guns brought from the sea-eoast fortifications.
Over 1,000 rebel prisoners arrived here to-day
from the Army of the: Potomac. Twenty-eight
officers are included among the number.
PRISONERS PROM THE REEEL9,
The number of rebel officers, ranking from lieu
tenant generals down to ensigns, now in our hands,
is estimated by the authorities here at over 5,000,
Retaliation will be a daugerous game to play at.
Following is a nearly correct statement of the
number of rebel prisoners known to be in our hands.
It is below, rather than above, the actual mark: :
On hand at Memphis. 4 000
. At Fort Delaware.. 5,000
; Captured by Gen. Grant . .31,300
Captured by Gen. Sherman. ; 2,000
Captured by Gen. Banks .13,000
Captured by Gen. Prentiss 2,000
Captured by Gen. Rosecrana 5,000
Captured by Gen. Meade. 21,000
T0ta1....
The rebel prisoners captured, some days sinoe, at
Falling Waters, were brought here to-day and com
mitted to the Old Capitol Prison;; They were dirty
and ragged, and numbers of them barefooted. Taken
as a body, they were in a more deplorable-looking
condition than any that have been brought in during
the campaign.
The Potomac flotilla continues to send up pri
soners, taken in attempts to run the blockade.
Yesterday, the tug Lillie brought up Leslie J.
Handy and R. C. Everbon, who were taken before
the provost marshal this morning, and committed to
the Old Capitol Prison.
Handy is said to be a clerk in the Confederate
Commissary Department. He and Everbon had
with them, crossing from Maryland to Virginia,
three trunks, containing bonnets, &c.; $412 in Con
federate notes, $l9O in specie, and a sight draft on
Baltimore for $5OO.
The goods were plaaed in the custody of the Prize
Commissioners. ; :
Defeat oi Rebel Cavalry at Jackson, Tenn*
Major General Hurlburt telegraphs from Mem
phis, July 17th, to the War Department, as fol
lows : • • —-
The enemy’s cavalry was sharply punished at
Jackson, Tennessee, ; by Colonel Hatch, 'on the
13th. Their loss was seven hundred killed, wound
ed, and prisoners. Four hundred conscripts werere
leased and two hundred and fifty horses taken, with
more than that number of arms.
Despatches from Admirals Porter and Far
ragut.
: The Navy Department has received a communica
tion from Rear Admirat Porter, dated the Othinßt.,
in which he states that having reoeived information
from various sources on the 21st ult., that the rebel
General Price was .moving from Arkansas
toward the Mississippi, he made the proper
disposition to. meet the rebels at suoh points
as he knew to be available, sending a force
to Helena.. The Bragg, Tyler, and Hastings
were the vessels detailed. The object of the expedi
tion was to prevent the rebels from their design of
moving upon some point on the river, outfclng off our
transports and relieving Vicksburg. They attacked
the outposts of our troops on the 4th instant, with
their whole force, and as these works were slight,
succeeded in getting posessionof a small fort and
four small guns. The troops undor Gen. Prentiss
behaved, most nobly in the engagement, and at the
writing of Admiral Porter’s report, Price was re*
treating towards Alexandria.
Rear Admiral Farragut, in a report to the Navy
Department, dated the 10th inst,, states: I have the
honor to inform the Department that while at Port
Hudson, on the morning of the 7th inst., I received
a note from Commander Palmer, of the Hartford,
stating that the gunboat Price had arrived from
Vicksburg, with a bearer of despatches to Gen.
Banks, announcing the surrender of Vicksburg,
with 27,000 prisoners, 128 field picees and heavy
guns. Oh receiving the intelligence, Gen. Banks
proposed to me to join in firing a salute of 100 guns
as a li feu dejoi-e.”
Being called down the river by a knowledge of the.
fact that the Texans were erecting batteries on the
river, to cut off General Banks’ supplies, I pro
ceeded to Donaldsonville. At Baton Rouge I
found an army transport with a bearer of despatches
to General Emory, commanding the defences of
New Orleans, announcing to him the fall of Vicks
burg. I sent two boats to convoy her, but on my
way up I met the Monongahela ' and New Lon
don, which vessels had just had a fight with a bat
tery, and, sad to say, Commander Read was mor
tally wounded. Well might it be said of him that
“the country could have spared a better mail.” I'-
know nothing of him prejudicial as a man, but I do
know that no navy can boast a better officer, and I
deem him a great loss both to the navy and to MS'"
country. Captain Jenkins was also on board the
Monongahela, on his way up to take command of
the Richmond. He was wounded by the same shot.
The United Stateß gunboat Itaßoa recently cap
lured.the sohooner Miriam, with 170 bales of oot
ton; .
Important Notices to Drafted Men*
War Department,
Provost Marshal General’s Office,
Washington, July 17, 1863.
Circular No. 47:—1. Drafted men become sol
diers in the service of the United States by the fact
of tbeir names having been drawn in the draft. The
notification served upon them by the provost mar
shal is merely ah announcement of the fact, and an
order for them to report for duty at a designated
time and place.
2. The following opinion of the Hon. William
Whitino, Solicitor of the War Department, is pub
lished for the information of all concerned:
When a person has been drafted, in pursuance
of the enrolment act of March 3, 1863, notice of such
draft.must.be served within ten days thereafter by a
written or printed notice, to be served oh him per
sonally, or by leaviDg a copy at his last place of re
sidence, requiring him to appear at a designated
rendezvous to report for duty. Any person failing
to report for duty, after a notice left at his lastplace
of residence, or served on him personally, without
furnishing a substitute or paying $3OO, is pronounced
by law to be a deserter. He may be arrested and
held for trial by court martial and sentenced to
death.: *
If a perron, after heinp-drafted and before relief v.
niß-iiviiuefUeserre, the notice mays fluDe served by
leaving it at his last place of residence; and if he
does not appear in accordance with the notice, or
furnish a substitute, or pay the $3OO, he will be by
law a deserter, and must be treated accordingly.
There is no way or manner in which a person once
enrolled can escape hia public duties, and then and
after, whether present er absent, whether he changes
his residence or absconds, the rights of the United
States against him are secured, and it is only by the
performance of his duty to the country that he will
escape liabilities to be treated as a criminal. '
Will, WHITING, .
Solicitor of the W ar Department.
James B. Ert, Provost Marshal General.
War Department,
Provost Marshal General's Opfioe,
Washington, July 18,1863.
Circular No. 49.—1. Hereafter, a reward of $lO
will hr paid for the apprehension and delivery of a
deserter, and paragraph 21, page 6, of regulations for
the government of the Bureau of the Provost
Marshal General of the United States, as well as
paragraph 2 of Circular NO. 23, from the Provost
Marshal General’s office, are amended accordingly.
2. Paragraph 23, page 7, same Regulations, is
amended so as to read as follows: “ The members of
the guard may be allowed for the time actually and
necessarily employed on the trip a per diem of not
more than $1.50 besides their actual expenses, pro
vided they accomplish the duty assigned them.”
JAMES B. FRY,
Provost Marshal General.
Wap. Department,
Provost Marshal General’s Opeioe,
Washington, D. C., July 18,1863..
Circular No. 51.—-The fourth paragraph of the
Circular No. 14, issued from this office July 12,1563,
is hereby modified, so as to correspond with the fol
lowing opinion of Hon. Wm. Whitig, Solicitor
of the War Department, which will hereafter govern'
in all caEes in which it is applicable:
Opinion. —A person drafted into the military ser
vice of the United States under the provisions of the
act of March 3, 1863, chapter 76, “ for enrolling and
calling out the national forces, and for other pur
poses,” claiming exemption from the draft by reason
of any disability, as provided in the said'act, has the
right to have the question of his disability submit
ted and passed upon by the Board of Enrolment,
whose decision thereon is final.
If the Board shall have decided that the claimant
is liable to serve, he has the right after such decision
Against him, to pay his commutation money or to
furnish his; substitute within such extended times as
may be fixed by the order of the Board of Enrol
ment for his appearance for duty.
WILLIAM WHITING,
Solicitor of the War Department.
James B. Fry, Provost Marshal General.
Mr. 'Whiting, Solicitor of the War Department,
says that the draft in New York is delayed only
while the mob is being quelled, and that the enrol
ment act will he enforced without fear or favor ia
every loyal State.
: Mr. Whiting leaves Washington to-night for
New York and Boston.
The enrolment of names for the draft in this city
will be completed here on Monday. Twenty thou
sand of the first class, and seven thousand of the
second class, were enrolled. Excepting in very few
instances have the enrolling officers met with any
trouble, and in no case has any personal violence
been attempted. It is thought that only two regi
ments will he called from this District.
Medals of Honor.
The Secretary of the Navy has awarded medals of
honor to the following persons in the navy for dis
tinguished services: i
George Bell, William Thompson, John Williams,
Matthew Arthur, John Mackie, Matthew McClel
land, Joseph E. Vantine, John Rush, John Hick
man, Robert Anderson, Peter Howard, Andrew
Bririn, P. R. Yaugbn, Samuel Woods, Henry Thiel
berg, Robert B. Wood, Robert Jourdan, Thomas W.
Hamilton, Frank Bois, Thomas Jenkinß, Martin
McHugh, Thomas E. Corcoran, Henry Dow, John
Wcon, Christopher Brennen, and Edward Ringold.
General Orders.
War Dep’t.,:Adjutant General’s Office, ;
Washington, Wednesday, July 15,1863.
General Orders, Do. 217.—8 y direction of the
President, the Departments of Virginia and North
Carolina are united into one, and Major General
J. G. Foster is assigned to the command.
By order of the Secretary of War.
Ei D.: TOWNSEND,
Assistant Adjutant General.
Shocking Murder*
An ice-cream vendor, named Guiseppe Guidi, for
merly a member of the Garibaldi Guard, a native of
Parma, was brutally murdered on Capitol Hill, on
Friday night., His body was found on the pavement,
near a tenement house occupied by a number of
Italian families. Seven men and three women were
arrested, but on examination before the coroner no
evidence could be found against them. They were,
however, detained as witnesses. No clue to the
murderer has been obtained.
The Navy.'
The United States gunboat Itasco, on.the 21st ult.,
off the coast of Texas,’captured the schooner Sea
drift, from Havana.
The United States steamer Fort Henry captured,
on. the 20th off Crystal river, Florida, the
schooner Frolic."
The United States steamer Tioga captured, on the
29th ult., the schooner Julia with a cargo of. cotton
and rosin.
Acting Assistant Paymaster Horace M. Harn
man hftß been detached from the mortar flotilla and
is awaiting orders.
Texas and Mexico*
The New Orleans Era , received here this evening,
states that" the rebel conscription is going on at
Brownsville, and almost everybody ib compelled to
join the lanks, It is said that the conscripts arc to
do guard duty in sickly localities, and the veteran
volunteers are to be.sent to healthy points.
The Mexicans claim that hunger, and hot the
French, defeated them at Puebla. The Mexicans
express a flerce : determination to continue the fight.
Mexican 1 refugees continue to arrive at Matamo
roß. It is claimed that five thousand have arrived
there during the past five months.
A Mere Rumor*
There is doubtless no authority for the following
statement, or for any other to the effect that the
victor of Gettysburg will be relieved from com
mand:
; New .York, July 18.— The Washington corre
spondent of the New York Express says General
Grant will relieve Gen. Meade in command of the
Army of the Potomac.
THE TEESS-PHILADELPHIA.
THE ATTACK OS COARLEK
Ceil. Foster’s Progress on James Island-All
the Forts Taken up to Seccssionville.
The Storming and Siege of Fort Wagner
A PENNSYLVANIA REGIMENT FALTERING.
Fort Sumpter Bombarded for Three
Days by the Monitors.
Breaches Made in the Walls—the YVee
liawkenShot Through her Smokestack,
TWO-THIRDS OF MORRIS ISLAND
OCCUPIED.
Boston, July 18.—The correspondent of the Bot*
ton Herald gives .the following nccounb of the second
day’s fighting on Morris Island: 1
On the morning of the 11th of July the 6th Con
necticut and 9th Maine made a furious attack upon
the Cummings’ Point battery. They got possession
of it and hoisted the American: flag. At daylight
Fort Sumpter opened, when a Pennsylvania regi
ment cowardly deserted them, refusing to stand by
their comrades.
[Thifl is a Yankee story, which wc take the liberty
of discrediting.]
The other regiments held the battery until they
were badly cut up. They then abandoned it, and
the rebels again took possession.
« These two regiments have shown themselves he
roes in this campaign.
At 10 o’clock one of the monitors proceeded t®
attaok the Cummings’ Point battery, and at 3 o’olock
three wooden gunboats opened on the battery at
long range, and threw their 200-pound shot directly
into the works.
Fort Sumpter has been throwing Bhell into Morris
Island without doing any damage to our side.
The cannonading ceased at 4 o’clock P. M.
The monitors had been supplied drith fresh crews
from the different ships.
Theiron-clad Montauk has just arrived.from Port
Royal, and Lieutenant Boomer, of the Housatonic,
will take command of her. She is over the bar,
proceeding with the gunboats and fourteen vessels,
in front of Morris Island and Fort Sumpter.
We Bhall recommence the attack to-morrow
morning, when we will be Bure of silencing the
Cummings’ Point battery and Fort Johnson.
Everything is working well—the ball is opened in
earnest.
The Memphis has just brought in a rebel side
wheeler loaded with cotton, which was captured
while trying to run out of Bull’s Bay last night.
Our troops will have their battery done in two, days
more, and then they can shell'Forfc Sumpter.]
New Yoke, July 18.—The advices per the Fulton
state as the result of Gen. Gilmore’s operations up
to the morning of the 14th, that he has possession of
all the batteries on Morris Island save Fort Wagner.
It is reported that our iron-clads had made a breach
on the south wall of . Fort Sumpter.
On the 13th, 113 wounded rebels were brought into
Folly Island. Many of them stated that they were
forced into the rebel service, and intend*to take the
oath of allegiance.
They are Germans, and will be sent North.
The other advices per the Fulton are merely cor
roborative of the Boston Herat’s account.
New York, July 18.—The Bteamer Fulton from
Port Royal, with dates to the 15th, has arrived.
General Gilmore has commenced mining Fort
Wagner, and the siege was progressing favorably.
General Foster had advanced along James Island,
and taken all the fortifications up to Secessionville.
The steamer Emilie, from Newbern, has arrived
with dates to the 16th. Among her passengers are
the family of Major General Foster.
New York, July 18.—The following particulars
have been received by the steamer Fulton:
General Gilmore, intending for some time to land
his force on the southern front of Morris Island,
sent for several nights a working party from Folly
Island to that point, for the purpose of erecting a
battery behind a cluster of thick foliage. This was
effected by the brave soldiers, by landing at dusk,
and working through the night, and retiring the
next morning at daybreak, r
Concealed by the thick wood, the rebels never
knew of the existence of that battery until at a
quarter before four, on the morning of the 7th Inst.,
when they were awakened by the shells of the Fede
ral flying into their camp.
The rebels, thus surprised, ran to their rendez
vous in their shirts, and there dressed.
The shelling waß kept until midday, when General
drove
the rebels back. ; ■ . . - -—~
The monitors, at this time, also opened fire on the
enemy, and, thus attacked from two sides, the rebels
retreated, and gave our forces possession of two
thirds of Morris Island.
The monitors, on the same afternoon, commenced
an attack on Fort Sumpter, and kept it up for three
days. At times the effect of .their, heavy fire was
visible. Large breaches had been made in the walls
of the fort, and nearly every shot from the fleet sent
up clouds of dust and sand from the shattered walls
of the fortress.
. On the 12th instant, General Gilmore ordered the
storming of Fort Wagner by the7fch Connecticut, 9fch
Maine, and 47th and 46th New York Volunteers,
and the two first named regiments had actually
reached the top of the parapet, when a murderous
Are from the enemy drove them back. The 76th
Pennsylvania, which were to support the assailing
party, did not come up in time, and our troops had
to withdraw. v
The cause of the failure of the 76 th Penn?
sylvania is ascribed to the fact that Colonel Straw
bridge and the lieutenants colonel were in the hospi
tal sick, and as the major was shot in both legs early
in the day, the command devolved upon a captain in
whom the men had no confidence, and thus faltered
"at the time they were wanted. .
The 47th and 48th New York Regiments, and the
7th Connecticut and 9th Maine, were cut up shock
ingly, loßing probably three hundred men in the at
tack.
The hostilities then ceased, and General Gilmore
entrenched himßelf near the fort.
The fleet, however, lcept up their fire against Fort
Sumpter.
The followingnamed “monitors,” besides the New
Ironsides and several wooden vessels, were engaged:
Tonnage.. Go us.
N* v Ironsides, Gaut. Thomas Turnsv 3,436 13
Montauk. Capt John 8. Worden ... 844 3
Wpehawken, Cant. John Rodgers.... 594 2
Nabanfc. Capt- John D0wne5........; SSI : 2
Katskil], Capt- G: W kodgßra 534 2
Fatfipsco, Capt. Daniel Amman 834 . ..'2 ,
Nantucket, Capt. McN.Fairfax •* 891 2
The armament of the New Ironsides is sixteen
11*inch guns and two 200-pound rifled Parrott gutis.
All of the monitor clasß have each an 11-inch and a
15-inch gun.
The 11-inch guns thrown solid shot weighing-180
pounds ; the 15*inch guns a solid shot weighing 476
pounds. The total weight of metal which can be
thrown at a single discharge sums up:,.
25 11-inch guns 4.500 pounds.
7 15-inch guns .. 3,6*2
2 2CO-ponnders...>.. 400 M .
34 guns*.*-.* ...:5,232 “
The frigate Wabash left Port Royal on the 13th
for the scene of action, but the Weehawkcn re
turned at the same time to Port Royal,, with three
shots through her smolce-atack,- ahd other trifling
injuries. .
It is believed in military circles that the oity of
Charleston will not be taken for sometime, but that
it is not impregnable to a strong combined effort of
both branches of the sendee. '
On the loth, when the Fulton left Port Royal, no
news of the evacuation of Charleston or the fall of
Sumpter had reached that point, nor did the Fulton
on her passage north see the signs of any conflagra
tion in the heavens when off Charleston bar.
On the morning of the 14th Port Royal was
alarmed by the report that the iron ram Palmetto
State was in sight, she having evaded the blockading
fleet off Charleston. Captain Lamb, of the Quar
termaster’s Department, immediately, directed all
steamers to fire up, while the Yermont (frigate) ran
out her guns, and the prize ship Fingal was also
cleared for action; but the report turned out false,
no vessel like the rebel ram having hove in sight.
The rebel iron-clads.are reported to be all anchored
in the rear of Fort Sumpter, so as to protect the.city
in case the fort be taken.
The steamboat Cosmopolitan arrived at Port Royal
on the 14th, with 113 rebel prisoners and a number
of our own wounded in the fight on Morris Island.
General Terry had possessed himself of James
Island up to Secessionville, where he fortified hiß
position. A day or two before the Fulton left,
General Terry> on reconnitriog, came near being
taken prisoner by the rebels, who were lying in wait
for him.
The mortality in Port Royal and adjacent posts
is said to be quite large, the malarious fever of the
country killing about nine men a day.
It was stated at Port Royal that the rebels in
tended attacking our force at the same time we at
tacked them.
Further from Charleston—Our bosses oil
Morris Island.
New York, July 19.—Tull details of the opera
tions on Morris Island have been received.
During the operations a rebel steamer attempted;
to land reinforcements on Morris Island., She was
driven off, and destroyed by our gunboats, the troops
barely escaping.
It is reported, also, that a rebel gunboat, ventu
ring too near our vessels, was captured. :
Our losses in thfe capture of the Morris Island
batteries, and the attempt on Fort Wagner, foot up
as follows: 7th Connecticut,lo9, ’a large number of
whom are missing; 3d New Hampshire, 8 killed and,'
21 wounded; 76th Pennsylvania, 149 killed, wounded,,
-and missing; 7th New Hampshire,s wounded; Gth
Connecticut, l killed and 11 wqunded; 48th New
York, 4 killed and 23 wounded; 62d Ohio, 1
wounded; 9th Maine, 3 killed, 35 wounded, and 20
missing.- . . y
Hebei Reports from Charleston.
Fortress Monroe* July 19.—The Richmond En
quirer of the 18th contains the following:
“Charleston, July 16 —To General S. Cooper:
We attacked part of the enemy’s forces on James
Island this morning, and drove them to the protec
tion of their gunboats in the Stono, with Bmall
loss .on both sides. The enemy is massing their
troops on Morris ißland, evidently for another at
tack on Battery Wagner tonight or to-morrow.
Three monitors and the mortar *boats kept up an al
most constant fire all day on that work, with little
damage to it, and little casualties.
“There has been heavy skirmishing at Jackson,
Miss., but nothing important.”
A Hebei Battery, on the Potomac.
New York, July 19. —A Washington despatch
says that on Saturday the rebels fired on the steamer
George Peabody, with field pieces, from Matthias
Point, on the Potomac. Gunboats were sent down
for her protection. • ■. ■
New York, July 19.— The steamer Guide has ar
rived from Newbern. ' Colonel Barr, Lieutenant
Colonel Chambers, and Major Atwood are among
the passengers.
by General Gilmore.
Newbern, North Carolina.
NDAY, JULY 20, 1863.
IRTRESS MONROE.
| Parting Osiers of Gen. DLx—Gen. Foster At
j rived-G«i Fltzlmgli Lee and Captain
! Winder be Held in Retaliation for Cap*
taliis Sajyer and Flynn.
! Fortrbs Monrob, July 17.—The following
order has bin issued :
Headquarlsrs Department or Virginia,
i Seventh Army Corps,
| 1 Fortress Monroe, July 16, 1863.
In pursuace of instructions from the War De
partment, til undersigned, preparatory to assum
ing commaA of the Eastern Department, relin
quishes the emmand of this Department to Major
General J. SFoster, United States Volunteers.
Until the srival of Major General Foster at these
Brigadier General George W. Getty,
United Stass Volunteers, will perform the duties
of departmet commander. JOHN A. DIX,
♦ Major General Commanding.
. Yesterday afternoon the rebel Gen. W. Fitz Hugh
i'Xee and Ofttain Winder were removed from the
McClellan Hapital to Fortress Monroe, and placed
in a oasemat under a guard, and notice sent to the
rebel Govenment that if they execute Captains
Sawyer andiFlynh, whom they now hold in close
confinement under sentence in Richmond, Dee
and Winder villi be executed in retaliation.
July 18.—Najor General Foster and staff arrived
• here this mooing.
Capture ol Three Hundred of Morgan’s
I -Gang. ■ >
■WHEELING! July 19.—Governor Boreman re
ceived the fiUowing this evening, from Parkers-'
burg:
“ Three iundred of Morgan’s men were captured
near Buffington to-day, and among them Col. Dick
Morgan, there is no doubt that the whole of Mor
gan’s forcevill be captured.”
'EUROPE.
Arrtal of the steamer Halisa.
New July is.—The steamer Hanaa has
arrived frein Bremen, via Southampton, with dates
to the Bthlsst. • ' ' . ,
The ateiner City of New Yorlc arrived out on
the 7th inis).
: GREAT BRITAIN.
Earl RuiEell stated in the House of Lords that
he would make o'statement on the 7th inßtant, re
garding Poland./
In the Houte of Commons Mr. Roebuck ap
pealed to Lord f almeraton to fix Thursday or Mon
day for the reßiuaption of the debate on the recogni
tion of the Southern Confederacy. Lord Palmerston
fixed on Mondsy. • „
Lord Palmeriton said that the Government en
tered into no engagements binding them to go to
war on accbunlof Poland, if a war should arise on
the subject between France and Russia. Six hun
dred and fifty taoußand pounds had been voted by
Parliament for defences. " . ..1, .
The steamer Gibraltar, late Sumter, has left Liver
pool for Nassau, freighted with monster guns, to
look out for United States merchantmen.
There was a good demand for discount at the Bank
—Bhort loans oriExchange 2>a@3. Consols firm at
92?.<@92>.< for money. •. 4
J FRANCE.
The trade, and crops are flourishing. Rentes
closed at 6Sf, 60c.
! | POLAND.
The: National Govermneßt had agreed a con
ference of Powtrß on the Polish question, oil con
dition of a conclusion of an armistice, and the ad
mittance into tie conference of its representative.
'RUSSIA..
The Russian G-ovcrnment awaits the result of the
debate in the [English Parliament, on the lOfch, on
Mr. Hennesseys motion on the Polish question, in.
order to shapelts answer according to the attitude
of the British Cabinet.
The insureents have defeated the Russians in
Yolhynia. OjMiiinslci has cut to pieces a detach
ment of Russians. Rochebrun, the French com
mander of the insurgents, has appeared with six
hundred well-armed men' on. the Russian side of
Pruth. .
Numerous detachments of Poles are near Ollcutz.
Wielopolskthas resigned.
i ITALY,
Recruiting in Sicfcy has been very successful. The
English squadron atMeaßina has been recalled to
the Piiceus.
GREECE.
The recent outbreak was caused by the arrest of
Lieut. Leotzenko.
The Bank of Athens was attacked by insurgents,
and fifty persons killed and wounded. The building
was subsequently occupied by marines from the Eng
lish. French, and Russian ships-of-war.
The English, French, and Russian Legations had
addreesed identical notes to the National Assembly,
declariDgtbat if order is not re-established the con
suls would leave. The disturbances, however, con
tinue.
CIRCASSIA.
Insurrection in Oagbestan is spreading:. The Cir
cassians bad taken Seakatal, a fortified village j two
generals and 920 soldiers were killed.
Arrival of the City of I-ondou.
New York, July 19.—The steamship City of
London has arrived from Liverpool, with dates to
the Btb, via Ctueenstown to the 9fch inst.
The steamer Olympus arrived out oh the 7th, and
the steamer Georgia sailed on the 7th inst. for New
York.
Her advices areiroainly anticipated,
A powerful iron-plated *ram, 1,900 tons, has been,
launched from Laird’s vard, ostensibly for the Empe
ror of evidently for the rebels. She is
to have -revolving turrets.
were actually commenced;
tumult was put down by an armed force, and liffcy
four persons arrested. _
STATE OF BUSINESS AT CHARLESTON.
. TjOndow, Thursday, July’ 9—Evening.—The
Times* City Article says: A commercial circular just
received from a respectable firm at .Charleston,' gives
a general report cPthe state of business in that city
•'down.to’the.-. 3d tift. It states that large Arrivals
of foreign goods continue to take place, so that the
market, notwithstanding the blockade, was, for
the time, overstocked. With regard to. cotton,
it * makes the important announcement that
many speculators were eager sellers in order to
avoid the Confederate States war tax which has re
cently become a law. levying an impost of S percent,
ad valorem to be paid on all cotton that shall be
held after the present month of July by every one
who. .is not a producer. It is added this tax, how
ever. once-paid it is expected that cotton prices will
further advance, and some, well-informed parties
look for fifty cents as a minimum. Several of-the
individual States, it is said, laid a tax on cotton
since the let of'May last, placing it on a footing
with all oilier property or merchandise. The value
of the hypothecated cotton given as security for.the
Confederate loan is of course increased precisely to
the extent to which these measures have been
adopted,
THE CORN MARKETS.
The tendency, of the Corn markets yesterday in
various parts of the country, was more decidedly
downward, in coDßequence of the fineness of the
weather, and the report concerning the grain pros
pects in most parts of Europe.
MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.
The Times'' city article says: With the commence
ment of the payment of the dividends .the English
'funds were yesterday firm .at .an advance of but
in all other departments there was. complete ab
sence of life, and the shares of the financial com
pany have experienced a alight decline, while those
of the Hudson Bay at one moment almost touched
a discount. In the Stock Exchange short loans
.were offered at 2 per cent. At t.he Bank there was
scarcely any demand for discount. Greek bonds ex
•perienced a rise, but the foreign market generally
was aeain laneuid at an average further decline of
about K-
The Daily News 1 city article says the stock markets
yesterday were generally firm, but there was an en
tire absence of animation, in consequence of the
approach of the holiday season. The dullness' of
the Paris Bourse is chiefly "attributable to state
ments, made apparently on good authority, that the
answer from the Ru*sian Government is not likely
to be of so favorable a character as the French
journals have been instructed to represent.
AMERICAN AFFAIRS.
- Demakd for Peace, — The New York corre
spondent of the Times, writing on June the26fch,
says there has been a greaKrevulsion of sentiment
among air classes. The object nf General Lee, in
his advance in Maryland and Pennsylvania, is ad
mitted by nearly every one. except a few philoso
phical opiniomsts and Government contractors, to
be nothing jess than the capture of Washington.
Mr. Lincoln and his Cabinet, as well as General
Hooker, share this opinion. There la a very
widespread and earnest wish that Lee may
be successful.. The belief-that the present Ad
ministration is incompetent to conduct the
war, that it cannot, conquer the South, that the
South will indubitably achieve its independence,
and that it, is better for all parties that it should do
so without further bloodshed, spread rapidly from
the lower grades of the working classes upwards,
until it has pervaded the whole mass of society ex
cept the. contractors, the preachers, and the newspa
per' editors; it is openly expressed in the ferry
boats and f the omnibus; it is discussed in hotels
lobbeys andreading-rooms ; it 1s the Btaple topic of
conversations, and appears to he so deeply-rooted,
and so.universally diffused, as to have hushed the
. trumpeters of war. And welded the conflicting pas
sions. interests, arid convictions of a great people
into the homogenitv of one weary, disgustedfhnd all
but indignant prayer'for peace. -In every partof the
country the war'm ania seems to have subsided;
New England, which spoke of 900,000 volunteers
which , she would Bend-to support'the policy of
emancipation, ha* not sent a man to the relief of
Pennsylvania. The, Northwest organizes all their
youDgvmen in secret societies to .resist compulsory'
aid to a war . which the common sense of the ma
jority haeloisg since ceased to approve. Such is
the situation while Lee is thundering at the gates
of the capital, and the, people rather approve than
condemn the . Confederate chief, and'wish that he
were President, instead of Mr. Lincoln to settle a
difficulty which is out of Mr. Lincoln’s reach even
to Appreciate. Tn fact, the Federal Government
Eeemfl to he tumbling into perdition.
The Times, in a leader, remarks that the Southern
States produce the best generals, the best statesmen,
the best .public functionaries of all kinds in the
Union, and are fully proved to be the nearest ap
proach to a governing class. It adraitß this, while
stating that it is to Southern statesmen England
owes the numerous insults she has received from
America.
The Star says: “That this is.the crisis there can
haTdly be a doubt. Now or never we may. say one
side or the other must conquer. Thegreat Republic
will perish or prevail according to the measure of
the force it -roav put forth at this, crisis of-the
struggle with the treason that would make slave
power supreme in the law and on the soil of, a free
people,”
LATEST, VIA. QUEENSTOWN.
•Liverpool, July 9—Cotton is quiet and un
changed. Sales for two days 11,000 bales, including
5.600 to speculators and exporters.
Breadstuffs.are fiat and tending to a decline. The
weather is favorable for the crons.
Provisions are quiet and steady.
London, July 9.—Consolß for money, 92%@92X*
The Supposed Pirate.
Portland. Me., July 19 —The mayor has re*
ceivfd the following from Cape Elizabeth: “The
steamer Cambridge.. Spicer, just arrived off this
port from a cruise off the New Jersey coast, reports
that heavy fogs continued for eight days. Two
officers who landed and forwarded despatches for
Washington, report having fallen in with a large
steamer off Cape Cod. two nights since, which mys
teriously refused to give information; When the
Cambridge heat to quarters she quickly made off in
the fog. and was lost sight of. The Cambridge is
now (6 P. MiVstanding out to sea. The firing heard
on Friday off this port waß undoubtedly a thunder
shower at sea.”
The Bark Oak Ashore.
r Boston, July 19.— The bark Oak, from Philadel
phia for this port, is ashore at Scituate. A steamer
has gone to her assistance.
Departure of the Steamer New York.
New York, July 18.— The steamer New York
sailed to-day with 130 passengers and $600,000 in
specie. •
Fire on Oil Creek.
Oil City. Julv 18.— A large fire is raging up Oil
cfeek to*day. Van Slyck’s well, and five or six
others, with about Bix thousand barrels oF oil, are
destroyed. The Cornwall refinery, on Hasson’s
fiats, about a mile from town, was also destroyed
to-day. .' ' ' —
The Price of Gold.
New York, July 18.—Gobi opened this morning
at 125 X, and at this hour (IX P- M.,) it has fallen
to 123 - ■ ■
Ship Mews.
New York, July 19.— Arrived, ship Cynosure,
from.Livetpool; hark American Eagle, from Paler
mo; bark Mustang, from Port Royal; bark Goethe,
fromOporto. • , TT . .
Arrived—hark Providence, from Havana; bark
Julia, from Cardenas ; brig Waverly, from Oienfue
gosbrig San Spiridlon, from Alioaute; brig Mary
Ann! from Bio Grande; brig Sweabratte, from St,
Thomas*
NORTH CAROLINA.
Progress of the (Jnlon Sentiment*
Fortress Monroe, July 18.—General Foster ar
rived here at 11 o’clock to-day.
The town of Williamsfcon, on the Roanoke, was
bombarded by four of our. gunboats, under Captain
Flueser, on Monday night. Thebridge across Gard
ner’s creek waß destroyed, and the rebels, who had
recently become quite bold, were driven entirely
from the river many miles-back.
The Wilmington Journal, an original Secession
sheet, v in apoaking of the assembling of the North
Carolina Legislature, bn the call of Gov. Vance,
ostensibly to consider the question of the rebel cur
rency, charges that other and more important ob
jects occasion the called session, and bitterly de
nounces the reconstructionista, with the intention
to use the Legislature as a means of accomplishing
their purpose.
The Raleigh Stale Journal alleges the disco
very of a secret organization, whose purposes, are
most infamous and treasonable, and which, doubt
less, has ramifications throughput the State, and
says that developments may swiftly be made which
will startle the most apathetio.
The recent arrest and detention of Mrs. Chas. 11.
Footer and daughter, by the Georgia Cavalry, while
seeking to join her hußhand within our lines, iB
universally denounced by the people of this State aB
a gross and unwarrantable outrage, who are now
under the iron rule of Georgia, Carolina, and Vir
ginia. •
, Newbern, July 17.—The Department of Vir
ginia, by a recent order from the Secretary of War,
has been annexed to the Department of North Caro
lina, Major General J. G. Foster commanding, who
leaves to day for Fortress Monroe, to organize the
command. Ii the Government will furnish him
with a respectable force, which it has thus far been
unable to do, important lasting results will at once
be realized ; for a more active, persevering, and able
leader is not to be found. .
For the past few days, much activity has been ex
hibited in this department, and results of a beneficial
character will soon be realized. r
The Raleigh Standard is in favor of the reconstruc
tion of the Union, and thinks it probable that terms
of a reconstruction between the North and South
will be the adoption of a gradual emancipation, sys
tem by all the rebellious S bates, which North Caro-
lina, in common with the other slave States, will
accept, if the United States Government insists
upon the same as the only terms that can be granted,
notwithstanding the life of the institution is not in
the least, impaired by this war, as is generally be
lieved at the. North. Nothing but a great standing
army between masters aDd slaves could impair the
institution, over which is thrown the shield of State
and municipal laws, together with the inherent will
of the Southern people. Hence, these are the cheap
est the Government can offer, and the best the South
can accept. ' .
Gen. Hickman is in command here during Gen.
Foster’s absence.
New York, July 19. —Newbern letters report the
capture of the outer picket guard of the 82d New
York, garrisoning Fort Anderson, by a party of
guerillas. This occurred three mile 3 from New
bern, across the river. Our gunboats Bhelled Wil
liamston, scattering the rebels there. .
Two deserters from Beauregard’s forces, en route
for Virginia, had reached Newbern.
The blockade running steamer Kate was driven
ashore and destroyed, near Wilmington, by our
gunboats.
The Raleigh State Journal admits the existence in
the State of secret Union-societies.
NEW ORLEANS, j
New York, July 19.—The steamer Thomas A.
Scott, from New Orleans, with dates to the 12th
inst., has arrived. She brings 300 discharged and
furloughed soldiers.
The United States steam frigate Hartford, and
gunboat Albatross, from above Port Hudson, had
reached New Orleans.
None of the captured rebels had been paroled by
Gen. Banks to the late3t accounts. Ot the garrison,
4,000 were in line when the garrison surrendered,
besides 600 wounded and 1,000 side. The wounds
were mainly in the head, from the bullets of our
sharpshooters.
Our batteries had destroyed an immense amount
of stores. A good supply of* ammunition fell into
our han de.
A great Union meeting and torchlight procession
was held at New Orleans on the night of thellth
inst. A large number of residences were illuminated.
IVEW YORK.
Quirt, in tlio City—Arrival, of General Dlx-
Thc Exemption Fund Bill.
New York, July 18—midnight.—All iB quietness
to-night.
The New York regiments sent from thiß State to
repel the invasion of Pennsylvania are arriving ra-
-mdhtt—ajvLftre heartilyjweLiomed home,_
Ine Btn ItegMt»r'riegimeuv—ui-cne~
Bth Regular Artillery, arrived here this morning from"
the Army of the Potomac,
The troops from the forts and the navy’yard have
been returned to their original localities.
Three regiments of militia .are expected to arrive
here this evening. General Dix is among the recent
arrivals. Generalß "Wool, Dix, Canby, and Gover
nor Seymour were in consultation at headquarters
this afternoon.
The Aldermen and Common Council have resolved
unanimously to pass the bill to pay the exemption
fee, by raising a fund of two and a half millions of
dollars, over the Mayor’s veto, if he should veto it.
Markets by Telegraph.
Baltimore, July 18.— Flour very dull; Ohio ex
tra s6.6ft Wheatsame. Corn dull ; white sl.Bl@
1.82. .Whisky'firm. Yery , little business doing
generally.
Four llays Spent on the JJattle-lields of
Gettysburg,
\BY REV. E. W.'HUTTER.
Reported.for The Press.]
On yesterday (Sabbath) evening, in St. Matthew’s
Lutheran Church, New; Btreet. in the presence of a
very large And appreciative audience, the pastor,
Rev. E.W. Hotter, delivered an interesting account
.of what he had witnessed during four days’ service
on the battle-fields of Gettysburg and vicinity. The
speaker said it was not his purpose to preach a ser
mon, (hence he would take ho text,) but rather to
make a statement, with such inculcations and de
ductions as would serve to render the subject profit
able, and stimulate the audience to works of bene
volence and duty. He said that in company with
seven others he had reached Gettysburg, in the way
sinners get to heaven, through much tribulation,”
the party having first gone to Harrisburg with fifty
two boxes’of stores for the sick and wounded, with
all of which they had been obliged to return to Phi
ladelphia, and from hence to Gettysburg via Balti
more and the Hanover junction. From the latter
place, ladies and all had been obliged to travel
nearly all night in burthen-cars, with bags of Go
vernment oats serving them as seats. We will fur
nish the rest of the Rev. gentleman’s address, for
the sake of convenience, under appropriate heads.
. WHO OIJGHT TO VISIT GETTYSBURG—AXD WHO HOT.
The speaker and hia.party had taken with them,
and distributed, in among the wounded, an
immense, quantity of clothing, refreshments, and
edibles. To do this they were opportunely enabled
by the great success of table No. 14 of the floral fair
recently held at Concert Hall, of which two thousand
do/farswere appropriated to this object. No one of
proper seDßibilitieß would go there merely to gratify
a morbid curiosity. Thi3 exhibits a most-vitiated
and depraved taste. All such are worse than use
less. They ar,frmere cumberers of the ground, and
constitute an army of consumers. And these sight
seers, too, are the greatest croakers conceivable.
They are the first to complain of inadequate accom
modations, to curse the Government and the citi
zens, when they have no business to be there at all.
Unless, therefore, the object be to seek after loved
ones, cr, in imitation of the Master, “go about,
doing good,” this class of visitors had better all re
main at home .
THE HORRORS OF THE BATTLE-FIELD.
.The Rev. speaker said he had no desire unne
cessarily to excite the sensibilities of his audience
by any attempt to present a graphic delineation of
.the horrible scenes he had witnessed. This would
be an unprofitable employment. 'To be realized,-
however, in the remotest degree, these horrors must
be seen. Hearing of them only at a distance, or
reading of them in the newspapers, men accustom
themselves to regard war as little more than a
splendid game, a proclamation, two contending
armies, a battle, a defeat, and a victory. Rut the.,
case is altered when war is brought to our doors.
Then to exaggerate its horrors, there can exist
no temptation. To the reality of the frightful scenes
in and around Gettysburg no paint of fiction or
depth of coloring could approach. The sight had
sent a pang of shuddering through his frame. A
fortnight ago the sun had shone on no lovelier spot
than Gettysburg, especially dear to every Lutheran
heart, because the seat or her own ancient and re
vered institutions. Nowits fruitfulness and happi
ness are, for the present, gone ! Through those
! streets, and over those fertile fields, two ravaging
: armies have passed, confronting each other not to
draw closer the bond of brotherhood, hut to re
nounce it, and hew each other down with murder
ous, weapons. Ob, what, a scene those hospital
tents furnish ! Thousands of stalwart men welter
ing in blood, their bodies mangled, their limbs shat
tered, and from many almost every vestige of the
human form and countenance departed! Hu
manity shudders at the scene, and Pity draws over
. it a veil;
THE CONFIDENCE (VP* THE REPELS—AND THE I3C-
rORTANCEOF THE UNION VICTORY.
It is the concurrent testimony of all the people of
Gettysburg, that when the rebel army first entered
the town, they were confident and defiant beyond
measure. Gen. Early was heard more than once in
the streets to exclaim : “ Wait a day or two And we
will show you what rebels can do. We have a small
job on hand that will take us only a few hours to
attend toy viz: to despatch the remnant of Joe
Hooker’s broken-down army. That. done, then hur
rAh hoys !: Then Baltimore is ours! Washington
is our’s ! Harrisburg and Lancaster fall into our
bands, and Philadelphia becomes our head
quarters! Then we will make the Quaker’s
howl! Then Philadelphia herself pays our
share of the expense of the war, and in case of
failure, we shall fire the four corners, and reduce it
to aßhes!” Such was the general tone
of the rebels. Said the redoubtable Barksdale: “We
never have been whipped, and never can nor will
be.” And no one who was an eye-witness to their
imperious insolence can for a moment doubt that,
bad they been successful, Philadelphia this day wovXd
' exist only in name , and Ichabod would be written on the
very doorposts of the nation! Under God,'we owe our
salvation to the brave Army of the Potomac! For
thesenoble men, then, how is It possible, in bur ef
forts to relieve .their.suffering, to transcend the
bounds of moderation 1 It was that brave army,
with their accomplished General, that made a dash
•in the reckoning, and taught the insolent braggarts
that “there’s many a slip ’twixt the cup and the
lip.” '
THE DESI'ERATK CHARACTER OF THE STRUGGL'D.
It is doubtful whether Thermopylae or Marathon
elicited nobler deeds of daring than did the battle of
G ettysburg. To both sides it was patent that it was
for life or deAth. Had the fight continued where it
was begun, on Seminary Hill, it would have inevi
tably resulted in the success of the rebelß, for two
reasons: First, the advantage to them of (position;
and secondly, the Seminary, filled with our wound
ed, being between the forces. Before our side could
dislodge the enemy we would have had to slay our
own noble wounded* But by a most dexterous and
soldierly movement, Gen. Meade, by an apparent
wavering and retirement of his army, transferred
the main battle to Cemetery Hill, on the other side
of the town, where the moßt extensive and formida
ble breastworks had been thrown up. And here
the Bhot and shell fell thick and fast as hail. Here
the forest trees are swept as'by a storm. The re
bels fought with the desperation of fiends, but they
were confronted by our brave legions, who mowed
them down as the scythe levels the grass.
HOWTOIOH soldiers hear their sufferings,
If war has its horrors, it also has its nobler and
better developments. Having mingled freely among
the wounded, passed from tent to tent, proffering
them refreshments, and conversing with them, the
speaker was much impressed with the heroic forti
tude of these brave men. From the Union soldiers,
not a murmur of discontent did he. hear—not a re
gret from any one that he had gone to the war. All
are soothed and sustained by an unfaltering confi
dence in God, and in the righteousness of their
cause.
THE REBELS NOT NEAR SO COMPOSED.
The speaker said he had been forcibly struck with
the difference in this respect between the Union and
rebel soldiers. The latter exhibited much more dis
tress, and express themselves heartily sick of the
war. Some there are, it is true, who even in the
most abject misery are bold and defiant, but the mass
are greatly subdued, and confess that their cause is
hopeless. This is especially the case with the men
from North Carolina. The speaker had spent much
timein carrying supplies to the rebels, and in every in
stance did the North Carolina men express their at
tachment to the old Union, and declare that they
were compelled, at the point of the bayonet, to take
up a'rms against it. They even charge. that, in
many instances, they have been shot by their own men.
In one tent we saw ten North Carolinians badly
wounded. We gave them to eat and drink, and
said, “It affords me pleasure to wait on the men of
North Carolina, for I believe skc, at no distant day,
will return to the Union.” “ God grant it /” shouted
one. “Amen / Amen!” shouted all the rest. '
RECIPROCAL KINDNESS OF THE WOUNDED.
This is most remarkable. . The speaker.had never
known a class of men among whom there existed
fewer rivalries or jealousies. Indeed, he had not dis
covered any. They seem “in honor to prefei- one
another.” Again and again, when approached with
refreshments, they would say: “I thank yon, good
friend. If you have enough and to spare, I will ac
cept it with gratitude "; but if you lack, take it to
others, for there are many much needier than my
self.” Their gratitude for benefits received is also
very marked.
THE MORAL AND RELIGIOUS CONTRAST OF TUB
TWO ARMIES.
It would be a slander to assert that there are 'no
moral men, or religious, among the rebels. The
contrary is the fact. The .pietißtn of many borders
rather on fanaticism. They religiously believe they
are right, but are not the less mistaken. So do
Jews, Turks, and Manommedans believe that
they are right—and yet, if they should take up
arms against our holy Christianity, their
sincerity would prove no shield to them. Force
would have to be repelled by force. They are, never
theless, the blind dupeß of wicked and selfish men,
and engaged in doing the Devil’s own worst work.
But it is equally a slander, to assert that the rebels,
aa such, have a deeper flow of piety, and more of it,
than our own brave and good men. And as to gene
ral intelligence, therebels are vastly, vastly inferior.
The mass of them, on general topics, are lamentably
igneo'ani —the “poor white trash of the South,” as
the aristocratic cotton-lords term them—and this
very ignorance is one secret of the bucccbs of the
leaders in instigating them to rebellion. They read
no newspapers, and the truth is habitually concealed
from them. I met a good-looking young Georgian
who had been in the army two years, and who, when
I Bpoketo him of New Orleans, Nashville, Memphis,
and other places being in our possession, said, “ I do
not believe a word of it—they are all Yankee lies. n>
AN AFFECTING SCENE,
Some of the Bceneß witnessed on and near the
battle-ground, are singularly solemn and impressive.
We will relate (me: In passing among the tent a, we
came to a yoUDg man from Eastern Virginia, not
over nineteen years old. We offered him food and
drinlts. “ Oh,” said he, in a hollow, sepulchral tone:
»* It is nothing that I need for my body. I am shot
through the lungs. The doctor has just been here,
and sayß mortification has Bet in, and that I cannot
live many hours. Can you do nothing for my poor
soul? Oh, thatlhsd a hope of heaven—but my heart
is so hard, and I cannot feel that Jesus hiß forgiven
my sins. Oh, Jesus! Jesus ! help me,” We pointed
the dying youth to the Lamb of God, knelt at his
Bide on the damp earth, and offered a; prayer. The
lauies of our party came and sang, 11 Alas,-and did
my Saviour bleed,” with the'chorus, “Oh, Lord,
remember me.” Then the young rebel folded his
.hands on his breast and prayed fervently. We could
to see him breathe his last, for hundreds
of others were flying
claim on our attention, too.
DEATH OF CAPTAIN. GRIFFITH.
An affecting scene, too, was the death of this brave
man, of Baxter’s Zouaves, of our own city. He
was’ mortally wounded, and carried to a private
residence in the town. HißcommaadiQggeneral,the
brave Howard, came to his aide. They loved each
other as brothers. When the General saw his fa
vorite captain sinking into the arms of death he fell
on his neck, kissed him, and burst into a flood of
tears. [Recovering his self-possession, the Christian
General read to the dying captain a part of the 14th
chapter of John’s Gospel, and then offered a fervent
and impressive prayer. In a few moments the spirit
of the brave captain had fled, when the General
again burst into tears, wringing his handß, and ex
claiming, “Oh, that I had died instead of he. He
was such a brave and a true man.”
AN AFFECTING FUNERAL.
We witnessed, in an open field, within sight of
hospital tents containing 2,500 woundeg, the burial
of eight Union soldiers. They were laid Bide by side
in a trench, their blankets serving as coffins, and
several hundred spectators surrounding the place
of interment. Oh, how grave the words of the
chaplain; how affecting his earnest and eloquent
prayer; how indescribably solemn the scene !
THE COUNTRY AROUND A VAST GRAVE-YARD.
Hundreds of accessions has the Gettysburg Cecae
tery received within these memorable days. In one
place we counted over one hundred graves of New
York volunteers, the names of the brave men all in
scribed on simple head-boards. In close proximity
\\q fifty- six rebels in one trench, and not far oft forty
two more, without a solitary name inscribed. The
spot itself is designated by a board nailed against
the tree, with the inscription that, here lie so many
rebels. Several soldiers are buried within arm’s
length of Ur. Krauth’s rear' door. The Seminary
grounds and Dr. Schmucker’s garden contain a
number, and thus it is all through the country,
within a circuit of eight or ten miles. It is a vast
burial ground.
SAVED A REBEL SOLDIER DROWNING.
On last Sabbath afternoon we were at the hospital
tents of the army corps No. 2, when a violent
thunder-gust prevailed. The rain fell in torrents.
We were in comfortable quarters in the tent of the
Christian Commission when we recollected that
Borne fifty or sixty rebels were lying at the foot of a
hill close by. Prompted by motives of humanity,
we went to look after them. Oh, what a scene!
There they lay in the drenching rain, in all their
filth and wounds, without cover or shelter. “Oh,
my God!” exclaimed one, “won’t you gentlemen
hold your umbrella over me, J am drowning ?” A
stream of water was rushing into Mb mouth. We
shielded him with our umbrella until • ourselves
drenched to the skin, when we elevated his head
on a pillow made of a cast-off army coat, and were
compelled to leave him. -
UNFOUNDED COMPLAINTS,
Most, if not all, of the complaints made against
the Government and citizens are unfounded. They
do all in their power to relieve the sufferers as fast
as possible, and no community has done more thaii
the people of Gettysburg. But, when it is borne in
mind that they.themselves were “eaten.out” by
the rebels, their- horses stolen, their stores robbed,
and the place literally stripped of its means, every
allowance ought to be made. We have observed it
as an Almoet invariable rule, that the loudest croak
ers against the Government and citizens are those
who do not themselves fwm a finger to Telievethe
sufferers. They come as mere selfish sight-seers,
and if not rolled from place to place on plush seats,
indulge in bitter invective. Who sent forthem?
CONCLUDING THOUGHTS.
At the cloße of his varied and interesting state
ment, attentively listened to throughout, Rev. Hat
ter . remarked that the thoughts uppermost in Ms
mind, since his return from Gettysburg, have been
the following:
I. The gigantic and heaven-daring wickedness of
the 'Southern demagogues and politicians, by whom,
and by whom atone t this cruel and desolating war
haß bc;en inaugurated. On their heads, in the sight
of God and man, rest the guilt and responsibility
of every drop of blood that has been shed, North and
South. Gigantic crime! Horrible iniquity! To
characterize it, as it deserves, defies the descriptive
energies of language., .
11, The infinitely augmented value of the Union
and institutions, founded and formed by our fathers.
By the duty we owe to ourselves, our posterity, to
God and mankind, let us, on ten thousand holy.al
tars, Bwear renewed fealty to them, intermitting no
sacrifice, until the hydra-headed rebellion shall have
been effectually and forever “ crushed out.”
. 111. The deep and abiding'debt of gratitude we
owe to our brave and gallant Army and Navy. The
memory of the fallen let us cherish In our heart of
hearts, as martyr-heroes, who have sacrificed their
lives in defence of as holy and good a cause as has
ever appealed to the. love of men. The living,
especially if they, be maimed and wounded,
together with their dependent families, let iis
nourish, protect, and care for, as one of the ho
liest treasures ever committed by God and His
Christ to the prayers, the sympathies, and the
“substantial aid” of the church, of society, and of
every humane and philanthropic citizen. Now,
more than ever, let us open our hearts in a kind and
generous flow of sympathy to the wants of suffering
humanity. Let us be kind to all men that claim our
kindness ; but let us be.especially and unceasingly kind
to our brave and noble soldiers f
The National Finances. — Jay Cooke,
the subscription agent, reports the sale of $973,000
five-twenties on Saturday. Deliveries of bonds
are being made to June 28th. The formation
of national banks in various parts of the Union is
creating an active demand for Government loans,
while the recent military successes Tender the fur
ther issue of permanent loans extremely doubtful,
and those already issued desirable not only for in
vestment, but for bankingpurposes.
We are requested to statftliat the Sum
mit House Hospital, near Darby, is much in want of
thin wrappers, lemon, wines, jelließ, &o. We feel
assured that the fact need only be stated to secure a
bountiful supply of these and other articles needed
at a hospital. They can be sent out by the City Ex
press. - ••
Special Meeting.— A special meeting of
the Common Council iB called for this afternoon, to
talte action upon thebill providing for the oleanaing
of the streets of the city. The call has in it the
clause “ and for other purposes.”
The City Troop.— The City Troop will
meet this morning at 9 o’olook, on the lot adjoining
the Academy of Mnsio, for review. It is expected
jthat Brigadier General Whipple will be present.
Militabv Funebaxs.— At four o’clock
yesterday afternoon the funeral of the late Joshua
8. Garsed, of the 23d Regiment P. y., took place at
Roxborough. The deceased was a member of the
Eoxborough Lyceum, and also a graduate of the
Central High School. He fell in the battle at Get
tysburg; was a young gentleman of much promise,
and universally esteemed. His remains were buried
in the Leverington Cemetery.
The funeral of A. F. Dupont took place yesterday
afternoon, and .was attended by the members of
Weccacoe Steam*Engine Company. The deceased
waß a brave soldier, and belonged to Baxter’s Fire
Zouaves.
The funeral of Charles T. Nonnamaker, of the
26th Regiment, P. V., who fell in action while gal
lantly defending his native State from rebel inva
sion, on July the 2d, took place yesterday afternoon.
His remains in the Odd Fellows’ Ceme
tery.
The funeral of Daniel W. Willingmeyer, who was
killed on July 2d, at the battle of Gettysburg, while
bravely defending the flag of the Union, also took
place yesterday afternoon. The remains of this
hero now reßt in the Odd Fellows’ Cemetery. He
was a member of the.26tfr Regiment, P. V.
The remains of John H. Beck, who was killed in
the battle of Gettysburg, were interred yesterday
afternoon in the Odd Fellows’ Cemetery. He was a
member of the 26th Regiment Pennsylvania Volun
teers. The members of the Fairmount Fire Com
pany and of the Star of America Lodge of Odd Fel
lows attended the funeral.
The funeral of Georgc-B. Fox, killed at Gettys
burg on July 2d, to-* k place yesterday afternoon. He
was a brave, noble hearted man, and a member of
the 56th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers. His
remains were buried in the ground of St. Michael’s
Church.
The funeralof Edward Hayde,ofthe 69th Regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteers, took place yesterday af
ternoon. This hero fell in battle on July the 3d. He
wbs buried in St. Mary’s Cemetery.
"We eaw moet of these funerals. As they passed
by, like a solemn pageant, we could not help think
ing of the men who, though sworn to support the
Constitution of the United Statefl, were plotting
treaßon to.overthrow it. We beheld the weeping
families of the deceased—the sorrowing friends aa
they stood around the biers—and could readily
attribute all to the perjury committed by the men
who struck the blow, and thus inaugurated the re
bellion. The departed spirits of the brave who have
fallen in the defence of law; order, humanity, jus
tice, will meet the cowering .souls of the treason
plotters, their Northern aiders and abettors, in a
Bpbere from which the father of all rebels was
hurled into perdition. •
The Wo ceded in the Field.—Mrs.
Mary A. Brady, Mrs. M. A. Dobbins, and Mrs. K.
G-. Chase, of this city, still continue their voluntary
efforts to ameliorate the condition of the wounded
on the late battle-field, having their tent and stove
at the Second Division of the Third Corps Hospital,
Tniicß._from Gettysburg, where they are
engaged in their gfSTXnvoair-i»i»»To-i><yfcH~dfl.y anti
night. The recent wet weather causes great need or
flannel shirts, drawers, and other clothing, as well
as suitable delicacies of every description, and dona
tion b of ’which are respectfully solicited to be sent
to the office of Edward Brady, Attorney at Law,
No. 135 South Fifth or to St/Mathiaa’ Church,
Nineteenth and North Btreetß, as Mr. Brady haß ar
ranged to forward on by the Government trains any
stores for the above ladies from time to time.
The Tenth New Jersey.—This regiment
is now fully eD camped in the beautiful Jefferson
Square, in the Second ward. It has been in the ser
vice of the country nearly two years, and has one
more year to serve. The warlike scene was novel
to the people in the southern part of the city, and
yesterday thousands paid a visit to the square, and
had a view of the whole affair through the railing.
The soldiers have, so far, acted with becomingdigni
ty—are healthy looking, and seemed to be gratified
to find themselves the “most observed of all ob
servers.”
The Draft.—The drawing of tlie names
for the Twelfth, Twentieth, and Twenty-fifth wards
will take place to-day; the first named at 5U Brown
street, commencing at eight o’clock this morning;
the second, at Broad and Spring Garden, com
mencing at six o’clock, and the third, at Odd Fel
lows’Hall, Franklord.
Expected.— The Independent Company
under the command of Captain Wm. B. Mann, are
expected to arrive this morning. They will have
with them the Jefferson Cornet Band. A number
of .the employees of the Mint, and a number of the
Cooper Shop Refreshment Committee, belong to
this company.
THE "PD'L'IOB.
Scarcity.
In regard to the police market, its condition may
he set down in the little word dull. At the Central
Station on Saturday, the detectives generally re
ported everytMng quiet, the “ coast clear,” &c. f &c.
There was cot a case called to the attention of the
committing magistrate. This seems to augur well
for the character of the city. Within the past two
or three weeks a number of the most desperate and
daring thieves have been locked up for trial, and,
therefore, our citizens are enjoying an immunity
from burglarious operations.
- One man, for stealing a hat from a store on Mar
ket street, and a woman, charged with abstracting
the sum of forty dollars from the pocket of an un
suspecting" man—both too trivial for especial no
tice—were the only cases of theft brought to the no
tice or the magißtracy of Philadelphia.
LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.
District Court in.Banc-,Tndges Sharswoodj
Stroud, and Hare*
The court was in session on Saturday, and en
engaged with the current and general motion lists.
A number of sheriff’s deeda.were aIBO acknowledged.
Court of Oyer nnrl Terminer and Quarter
Sessions—Judge Allison.
A number of habeas corpus cases were heard on
Saturday, but none of them were of any special in
terest. , .. -w«.l*r>Jjeforft.tfa.e court-
FINANCIAL AND ‘COMMERCIAL.
THE MONEY MARKET.
Philadelphia, July 18, 1563.
The downward movement in gold continues, and
the figure stands at 123 at the close, after a gradual
decline during the day. This, pt course, is the Im
mediate result of the recent victories, and it may be
continued by the promise of others nearly as im
portant. Charleston, Mobile, and Richmond are
yet to thrown their depressing influence into the
scale of the gold market, and if these are speedily
acquired, it would appear that gold would sink to
110 or 115, when, by a strong effbrt of the Govern
ment and the banks, a resumption of specie pay
ments might be effected, to the great credit of our
country and its institutions at home, and the as
tonishment and discomfiture of nations abroad.
The steady decline gold has experienced in the force
of terrible and widely-extended riots in our princi
pal money mart shows that the shrewder operators
are thoroughly aware that tMs Government is fully
able aDd equally determined to uphold the suprema
cy of the laws, and that however successful plun
derers may be for a time, their reign will be short.
Business men, therefore, pursued the even tenor of
their way, satisfied, that Secession proclivities are
to be more severely dealt with than they were in
New York.
Government securities continue without change,
and money is easier than ever, large amounts seek
ing temporary investment at 4 per cent.
The stock market was very active this morning,
and the demand for the more speculative stocks was
extensive.. Reading was in demand at 65X<S)o5J£;
Pennsylvania at 64X;. Philadelphia and Erie at
24>£; Camden and Amboy sold at 165; Beaver
Meadow at 70; Philadelphia and Erie sixes at 105;
Pittsburg, Port Wayne and Chicago Ist mortgages
103>£; North Pennsylvania tens at 114 ; Camden
and Amboy sixes 1870 at 104; Reading sixes 18T0
atlOS; 18S6 ! s atll2; State fives rose K, selling at
100>£; City sixes new at 10S; sixes 1831 sold at
105K* There was but one session of the Board, and
business, therefore, was-limited to half a days’ opesgv
tions. The market closed strong.
Drexel St Go. anote:
United States Bonda.lBBl—... 105 (JMO6
United States Certificates of Indebtedness——lCOKS&lOOX
United Statee 7S-10 Notes... ..—lo6K<®lo7
Quartermasters’ Vouchers *.. —.. —* 2f die.
Orders for Certificates oflndebtedness——
G01d.................-;.-..-►—*••l23 ®m
Demand Notes—.. .———*l23 ®124
New Certificates of Indebtedness. 99 @ 99J£
The Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Com
pany have made a dividend of $1.50 per share, paya
ble on demand, free of tax.
The following abstract of company reports shows
the coal tonnage for the week and season, as com
pared with corresponding time last year:
La-c l
Companies. FTeeV . Reason Season IncV f Dec'e
Readingß ? 56.3 m- '.733.73 1,180.31' 559,1*20
Schuy’i Nav. —• 3*4.7*2: 400.63*. 15,959
• Lehigh Nay—* 21. SST 265,85'. 231.90* -S6.S3** .......
Lehigh VaL-- ,18.271 706.07 t 351.92 T 324,271
Del. “& Lack... 21,262 -fiW.fS* 533.331 76.449 .....
Del. & Hud.... 79,74* 290.926 m,IS7 189,775 ......
Pcnna. Coal-- *24.02* 207,3:41 114.334 9:4,0=17 ......
Shamokin 110.059 100.260 9,703.—.
Broad Ton 4.314 157.1f0 169,634 3.534
Lyken'sYal.... - 1,5h5 42.203 71075 15,87*2
Tievorton 444 30 579 30,625 ...... 45
4.494 m 3.316,713
ota of the 1
inion for tl
ne and the
The statemen
cities of the Ui
the previous oi
as follows:
Loans. ’Deposit?. Specis. lircul’n.
N. Y.. July 11 175,029,765 150.570.77’ 35,056.5 V .1.922.000
Boston, “ 13. 73,185,67:- 30.577.50’:? 7,774.091 7.503,412
Phila., “13. 54566.&12 23,701,813 4,360,000 2,597,729
T0ta1....... 2S.VW.V2SS 219.055.i136 50.7P1.5W 15.935.171
Last weak m7BS,K» 218.570.702 50,419.178:16.033.761
Last year...... 246,750,553 173,406,491 45,6J6,354:21.163.€00
The statement of the Boston hanks for the last
week compare with the previous week and for the
corresponding week of 1562 as follows:
.Tnly 6. 1363. July 13.1563. Julv 14.1362.
.§73,543,91S ~ 73,486,675 65.6U,920
: 7.144 527 7,774.991 7.978,205
. 31,509,263 30.277,502 26.684.830
. 7,473 500 7,503,442 7.091,234
Loans
Specie
Deposits * •»
Circulation
The New York Evening Post of to-day says:
The stock exchange has been tolerably active this
morning. Prices are. firm, except in the leading
fancies—Hudson River, Pacific Mall, and Harlem.
There is little disposition to sell, and the general
opinion is that as a consequence of the successes of
the national arms the market next week will show
a considerable advance. -
The loan market is easy. The money lenders are
no longer so scrupulous in the selection of collaterals,
and show decidedly less aversion to the Western
railroad shares than prevailed last week. The
amount of capital seeking temporary safe employ*
ment is increasing, and; as business paper ia scarce,
more money is offered to the first-class brokers than
they are .able to use. The rate at which most of
the transactions are reported this ro&rning i 3 six
cent. (
Gold, on a report of the capture of Charleston,
went down to 122#. The price recovered almost
immediately, and as we go to press stands at 123?£
The appended table exhibits the chief move
ments of the market compared with the latest
prices of Friday evening:
Sat. FrL Adv. D**.
U. 3.65, ISSl.reff—™.lo4«£ 104 K >5
tJ.B.Ss,ISSI, con—..iosi£ .105 A
IT. S. seven-thirties.... IC6X A
U.B. lyearCeriif gold—lCO# 100 X
U- S. 1 vr. Cert. currency CP
American gold.—.. —.i23£ l-gf*
Tennessee Ss 641 f
Missouri os. ... «... 70X >3
Pacific Mail *'*■♦* .230 218
N.Y. Central.**. 3j». • 2|o
Erie
Erie preferred—
Hudson River— ***’}■{£* H?
Harlem. .—.llO. 114 •
Harlem 196
Beading I®s6 -
Mich. Central-.——.——llo>£ I’o - -*
Mich. Southern . —.. .. 8l)$ S!?£
Kich.'So. guar..........112 113
Illinois Central scrip . .1093!* 111
Cleveland&Pittshurg... 93 94
Galena 97J£ 9?
Cleveland&roledo< ..—ll4?£ 114 X ••
Chicago & Bock Island. S 9& 99K A
Fort Wayne.... 71 71A
Canton..- 23 29
Prairie dn. Gbien-...... 6O. 4
Chic. aidN. Western.. S4K 33K 2
PJillHrtii. Stocfc Kxct
CEeportedbyS.
60PMla&ErieR HK
-100 do ■»>•'
100 do. »3»
50 d 0.........
lOPenna P.
39 ; do 5}H
5000 Penna ss, C & P. -1002*
6000 1 do C &P.lOOJ*
7CooLehiah 6b :...109
IGOO U S Five Tear Opt-lOIK
IOOSuBO. Cana1.....-1)5 12X
ICO I d 0... V...b512*
850 1 do. ....b6 12#
400 do. .......«.tb3o 12’*
! 1253.2±3'95.4i0
principal
i are with
le of 1363
the three p
r eek comps
Hiding tiny
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correspoi
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i 54
a «
haage Sales; July IS.
fa, Philadelphia Bxchanse. 1
BOARD.
100 Susq Canal,.... .1)60 13
;000 City 6s Aew 108
1000 do 1034*
UOO d 0..... 10tg.1034*
500 U S 631331 1051%
1000 Reading 6s 1870....106
2000 do 1536 ~112
29Beaver Meadow... 70
200 Cam 3c Am 6a ’7O. • >lO4
1000 N Penna 10s .......114
4 Cam 3c AmR .165
: 40 Morris - Canal ,7lstf
2500 Pitts F W 3c Ch 1m.1033%
5000 Philada & Erie 6a lOe
200 Green Mountain*•• yk