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COPARTNERSHIP.—THE UNDEB signed .have this day formed a limited partner ship under the name and etyie ol CHaSE, SHARPE, St TBfifflgQffi for ffis EBIEBBS fif SBBtißninf ffla IMB BE£55?D' fetreoi. ~*..**•* -U..,. i FLINT K OHISB. ' - General Partners, < CHARLES SHARPE, (EDGAR L, THOMSON, Special Paitner, J. EDGAR THOMSON. Phit,adslphia, July 11,1863. jyl4-tiUanl DISSOLUTION.—THE FIRM OF •U HENRY-BOHLEN & CO., composed of the late Brig. ■ General WILLIAM HENRY CHARLES BOHLEN and the undersigned, was dissolved on-the 22d of AU GUST, 1862, by tne death af the former. GEORGE K. ZIEGLER. Philadelphia, July Ist, 1863 pOPABTNEBSHIP.—THE UNDER- V. SIGNED haye associated themselves together under the firm of HENRY.BOHLEN A C0.,.f0r the transac tion of the same Mercantile Business carried on by the previous firm of that name. GEORGE K: ZIEGLER, 8. £. BOHLEN. Philadelphia, July Ist, 1863. jyl-lm rrHE FIRM OF YARD, GILLMORE, & A CO., ie dissolved by the death of JAMES C. GlLL more. The business will he continued by the surviving part ners, under the firm of ARI? 0 ' , ' JAMES 8. FENTON, LUCIUS P. THOMPSON. June 30. 1863. . iyi-tf “PMMET MIX, Jli ■ (LATE OF CANDBE. MIX. &C 0..) '195 MAIN STREET, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, COMMERCIAL AGBNCY . ' and GENERAL COLLECTION OFFICE. The undcrslgned\has established au Ajrencv for the collection, securing, and. adjusting claims of every de scription, and has secured the services of CHARLES KORTRkCBT, Esq.» as Attorney, in all cases requiring the services of a lawyer. • 4119'Wi " EMUBT MIX; A LMOMM -3 BALES PRINCESS z; ~ Paper Shell Almonds; 6 ceroons Lisbon Paper. Shell Almonds, for sale by ■ - - j ■ • ■■ . M A. RHODES* WILLIAMS, 101 south water stmt, Our Advance on dames Island—Siege of Se« ces9ionvlll©, <fec« (Correspondence of The Press. J On the evening of the 9th we were disembarked on this island. We had a conaiderabLe force, and were accompanied by a monitor And the Pawnee. A* we slowly sailed along between this island and John’s or Jones’lsland, the gunboats and a mortar schooner shelled the woods on this island pretty steadily; the gun of the mortar making things jump. We were landed soon after dark, but did not get all ashore till,near twelve o’clock. As soon as our regiment and the 52d P. V. were landed, they formed and marched offup the causeway towards Seceasion ville. I remained behind to get all the stragglers, and see to the removal of everything from the ves sel. The regiments advanced, perhaps a mile, in the darkness, when at a small bridge they were fired on by five scouts, who did not, however, hit any one. Company H, of our regiment, which marched as an advance guard, was but a few paces from the head of the regiment, and returned thefire. The regiment, by a bend in the road, was almost in aline facing towards company H, and seeing the flash of their pieces, and at the same time hearing the rebel bullets, whistle over their heads, took it into their heads“that company* body of" rebels firing on them, 'And many men fired their ' piecee right at the company. The firing was soon , stopped, and the men got in order; for meeting a body of the enemy so close to them, as they sup" posed, had caused a sort of panic for a moment, and they had fallen* confusedly to the rear. It only lasted for a moment, and they rallied in a moment as good ab ever. By the blessing of Providence not a soul was hit, either by the enemy or our own men. We, at th® landing, hearing the fire, supposed that the regi* ments had fallen into an ambuscade, and company B (loithP. Y.), which had been left to guard the landing, and men who had t?een left there on varl* oils pretexts, fell In promptly, and advanoed up the causeway. We soon'heard how matters stood; and there being no enemy near, we lay down for the night in the Band. The next day our brigade skir mished across the country for some miles. During the day we killed several rebel cavalrymen, and a company of the Ist South Carolina cavalry made a ; very narrow escape by plunging through the swamp where infantry could not follow. Day before yes terday we were moved forward to support our picketß. The Pawnee proceeded ahead, shelling the woods in frontof us. General Stevenson’s brigade arrived in the afternoon, and, passing; around our left took the advance for two miles. We passed the night in a field of weeds, with marshes all around us. We never suffered so much m our lives, from heat and insects (mosquitoes, gnats, and flying scor pion s), which would sting us through everything except our blanketß, and to put these around our faces would soon Buffocate us. We had nothing to eat but mouldy crackers, and nothing to drink except bad and warm water. This morning we were again relieved, and fell back to our bivouac of the day.before. The men Btacked arms and went back to the landing to get their knapsacks, which had been left there when we landed.. So here we are now, dirty, without food, and using bad water. We have jußt got a supply of rations for the men, but the officers fare badlv, as they are expected to find themselves with food. We can, ho wever, get the same as the men use, but it iB hard food forguch a climate, and with such work. We expect to get artillery to-day, and advance to attack Secession- Villein a day or two. We hear that we are getting on successfully on Morris Island, but yesterday an attack was made on Fort Wagner, which, was re pulsed after the 6th Connecticut had reached the pa rapet, on account of the cowardice of the 76th Penn sylvania, who positively refused to advance to sup port them. If thiß is true it iB shameful, and ought to call'for the dismissal of every offlcer, and the sending of the men to Tortugas, or to work on for tifications somewhere else. Tlie cannonade has not been very brisk Bihce yesterday morning. Ketrospectlon upon tlie Field of Gettysburg —The Rebel Defeat and its Evident Re sults. ‘ To the Editor of The Press: . . ■ , Sir : The smoke of battle has disappeared, the roar of artillery, and the rush of heavy columns of armed men moving up to the attack have ceased, and all is quiet along the Potomac. Pennsylvania breathes freely. Her people who dwell along the border, sleep auietly once more, undisturbed ,by visions of ' flying horsemen*of hideous Wpebt, whose mission was to plunder and destroy. Gettysburg, which, only three • Sabbaths since was a - quiet village, nestled among the hills to the eastward of South Mountain, and whose Teutonic inhabitants, stingy and apathetic, were busily engaged in their rural > pursuits, has become one vast cemetery for dead men and animals. In the village and around it, was en acted one of the. most sanguinary .tragedies on re cord., For three days and nights her streets ran with blood, and the surrounding groves and rocky glens were made hideous with the groans of wounded and dying men. Not only upon every little eminence,! but within the shady nooks and dark ravines, the iron and leaden .messengers of death found their way and fulfilled their mission. Batteries of shining brass, or sombre iron, galloped :alpng the -high ways, through : obscufe'lanes, across gar dens, into front yards bedecked with flowers, tear ing away and destroying all evidences of beauty; and and wheeling uponsome command ing position, belched forth sulphurous smoke and missile upon the advancing foe. The ans wer ing fife'bfonght back“a“ deadly storm : >of screeching shells, or shrill whistling r bulletß, which penetrated house, garden, orchard, "'outbuilding, or anything else in their way.No place of safety for man, wo man, or child, there, within the limits of the horse shoe lormed by our line of battle. Yonder goes a column of infantry, belonging to the Second Divi sion of the Twelfth Corps, marching with steady pace towards a dense growth of timber which skirts an open field occasionally a shell drops among them, or. a stray bullet marks its victim, and sub tracts one from the solid mass, -.They heed it not, ; but with steady step and firmer tread, graßp their arms more forward. • " Soon they enter fihe wood and disappear. Anon the firing before heard from the timber increases, and the scattering shots of the weary men thus re-. . lieved by.timely reinforcements are superseded by a simultaneous volley from the whole column so re cently Been to enter. The men are veterans who who have been on many a battle-field aforetime. They fight vigorously, and with a will, their first volley seeming to be a continuous one, without end or intermission. The exhausted Boldiers, thus re lieved by fresh-troops, emerge from the woods, their faceß blackened with powder, and the perspiration flowing from every pore. Some were wounded in hand, or arm, or other place, not fatal, but bravely stood tneir ground until relieved by order. ’ For six -hours they have fought thus without cessation against a brave and determined’ foe. These are the men/and thiß is the position of the’ Twelfth Corps of the Army of the Potomac. The- enemy was maßtcd in large force before this position, which was a strong one, and muat be carried by them or viotory was on tlie Bide of the Union. Every private in our ranks knew that this flank of our army must hold Its ground in order to success.; • Yonder, upon a rocky eminence of slight eleva tion, stands a battery of 10-pound Parrott gun 3, with their'miizzles pointed toward that part of timber where the rebels are located. It is so situa ted as to enfilade them, its line of fire being nearly parallel to our line of battle. Its projectiles go 'crashing through the timber, bursting over the heads of the foe, and scattering death and consternation amoDg them. v lt is Knapp’s Pennsylvania Battery; has been nearly two years in the service; has often been favorably noticed, and has usually been attach ed to the command of Gen, Geary, now chief of the 'White-star Division of the 12th Corps. One of its commissioned officers is the eldest son of General Geary, who has only two sons, but who, in the spirit of true patriotism, has.given both of them, besides himself, to die, if need be, in the defence of their country, “ Take care of my father,” -isaid Xieut. Geary to the members of his father’s staff at Chancellorville. "Well might he repeatihe injunc tion now, while the battle I have so imperfectly de scribed is raging with such fury. The General persists in remaining among -his troops, where the missiles fly thick and fast continually, and the members of his staff, faithful to their'call ing, remain constantly near, him, exoepfc when car rying his orders to different Sparta of.:the field. Fi nally the murderous strifes; ceases, the. rebels give way on all sides, darkness closes the third and last dtu of the lisht; find ratnry ii nnnt- UNDERCLOTHING, Me. mw uiliiii t&o enemy Mvo rotpoaiafl, ana gsnt b&4k tA Vli'glflU erippM, but not, fta Wfl hap£d,e tu tirely crushed, we may with propriety) apeak of the deeds of brave men, and speculate upon the future. The Army of the Potomac has beaten army, winning a glorious victory, and forcing it to retire with great Jossto the southern bank of the Poto mac. Simultaneously,with. thiß achievement comes the intelligence of other successes for the Union cause of such magnitude that we are constrained to believe an honorable'peace doeß not lie far in the fu ture. We, are enraged,-vexed, and ashamed of our Northern countrymen for their opposition to the draft. We have prayed that our division (one bri gade of which is composed entirely of New York troops) could be allowed to march into the city of New York and clear its streets of the accursed mob who have .been induced by Copperhead teachings to : commit wanton and wicked acts of resistance to the law. There is only one sentiment, one feeling here, in regard to this matter, and that is all embodied in the word fAnme. It will not be well for the; people of the free Stateß to entirely ignore the army, which, by the necessities of the nation, has come to be a mighty engine of power for strengthening and up holding the Government. . The men in the various armies of the Union now, and those who cordially co-operate wjth them in putting down the rebellion, will surely rule in this country for the next quarter of a century. Not as soldiers altogether, but as the .lawmaker* after the war is over. .The bone and sinew' • of the land, the men of intelligence and administra tive ability, are mostly in. the army, and when the tom it OVA* they mill be found to to* u*ulaUm& EAllfi df the land handed togenwf by a teiUrhooJ fanned upon the battle-field while sustaining the common country. • TUESDAY, JULY SI, 1868. DEPARTMENT OF THE SIHJTH# Nbar Sbcebsionville, Jambs Island, S. O. . July 14,1863, Nothing so, much contributes to strong and lasting PHILADELPHIA, TDESDAy, JULY 21. IBH3. friendship as mutual suffering in a righteous cause. .They will not all be .*Republicans or * all s but they will be true patriots , which is better. They who periled so much for the preservation of the Go vernment will keep it secure while they live against the machinations of those cowardly partisans who stir up Btrife for party-ends and purposes. The officer* and men of the rebel army so recently driven over the border had no respeot for the avowed sympathizers with their cauße whom they found in Maryland and Pennsylvania’, but, on the contrary, stripped them relentlessly of horses, cattle, and all else they could carry away. It is all right, and we donotmourp. Honest men always despise traitors, no matter what their stripe, or on which side they are found. There is little probability that the men about to be drafted will see much service in the field. Give us the 300,000 valiant men-called for by the Pieaident and the war will soon end. “As the morning steals upon the night, melting the dark ness,” so in the distance there breaks upon our anx ious vision a faint streak of light, a welcome har binger of the day in God’s own time, shall come back to us laden with manifold blessings to an humbled but a united and happy people. I am, sir, your obedient servant, W. Camp oir the 2d Division, 12th Army Corps, on the Potomac, July 17,1863. . : Riots in New York and their Cause. . To the Editor of The. Tress: Sir : For the last several months the Democratic papers and orators of New York, as well as in oiir city , have been doing everything in their power -to excite the minds of the people, especially the labor ing class, against the draft' or conscription law, by denouncing it “unconstitutional” “ tyrannical ” “a lavi-for the rick against the poor ;V , and one of their orators Ohauncey 'C. Burr, in a speech; two or’threeweeks Bince. io New York, said: “7 iis merely a? highwayman's call on every American citizen for $3OO or $ our life; it is by your clemency that Abe Lincoln and alljiif?satraps were not upon the gallows eighteen months agoff The old booby thought he was ' King ; Jeff Davis fas never done anything half as bad as ' Lincoln What, such doctrines have produced in New Yoilc we.have seen in the.terrible riots, blood shed, and murder ,of laßt week. And this man Burr was invited here by the Democratic Club, a few weeks since, to preach hi* treason before their ' association!, Yesterday one of'/our Democratic Sunday papers, published . insidious and dangerous article on the cqnacnp&on: .An attempt w»b made the other day in councils to.provide by law, the means-.to exempt the poor laboring man from the operations of the draft. The measure is one that should have addressed itself to all humane men. There are thousands and tens of thousands here in Philadelphia and elsewhere, who hflvelargefamili.es dependent upon their labor, to whom the operations of the conscription law will prove most onerous. ‘ EarntDg but from six to ten dollars per week, the daily needs of their households have prevented them from accumulating the hundreds necessary to secure their future services to their families should they be drafted. They must, go-go with heavy hearts, leaving the wives of their bosoms, and the children of their love to dark and desolate poverty. It is an easy thing tor the rich and comfortable to sneer as they throw down their, hundreds, at this UviDg sacrifice of honest hearts, and it is a common thing withal,* but true men cannot and will not close their earß against the hardships which the draft wil) bringupon the poor. The proposed mea sure was defeated by tbe.revolution ary action of the Republican minority, who left the Chamber with out a quorum, aDd who thereby proved that while they are eager to appropriate thousands for hand some negro quarters on Chestnut street,.they have not a throb for the anxieties and the sacrifices of poor white men.- - , The writer of that article must have known, and. didknow, that it was the writing- and preaching of just euch articles by political scoundrels in New York, lhat gave rise to the terrible Beenes of blood shed, murder, and rapine which have disgraced that . city during the last week $ the object of that article is to create in the, minds of the poor and laboring clsbb a feeling of hostility, not only against the rich, but also againßt the laws and the Government of our country; and hence the article talks about the 11 rick and comfortable sneering at the poor man who is drafted and obliged to <7O, leaving kis wife and children to dark anddesolate poverty” What should bedone with a man who deliberately and wilfully writes and publißheß Buch a malicious and treasonable arti cle at a time like this,, when the streets of our sister city are not yet dry of the blood shed from just such •causes! Instead of doing-everything in his power as a public journalist should 'dg/ to sustain the'lawa of his country, and the peace and quiet, and reputa tion of his city and State, he publishes wilful and deliberate misrepresentations of one class of his fel low-citizens, and appeals to the prejudices and pas . sions of another class in a manner calculated, as he well knows, to produce riot and opposition to a just and necessary law of his country! The writer of that article know 3% that instead of the rich and wealthy men. of Philadelphia “sneering'] at the poor/ or' “leaving the wives and children of thesoldiers to dark and desolate, poverty,” .that they have given their money, not by hun dreds aDd thousands, but by hundreds of thou sands, and millions, to the soldiers and their families 4 and I will venture to Bay that since the ment of this treasonable . rebellion the value of money, clothing, and " provisions, voluntarily fur nished to the soldiers and their families by the citi zens of Philadelphia, is over threemillions of to say nothing of toe incessant work and labor nightly and daily performed by the rich and wealthy ladies and gentlemen of Philadelphia, in our refreshment saloons and hospitals in behalf of our soldiers ; and at this very time, there is a subscription going on among the wealthy men of our city to provide for the families of such poor men as may be drafted; and yet, with all these facts before, him, and known by him, this libeller of his fellow-citizens, this rebel sympathizer, publishes such a villainous article for the; base purpose of making political capital, and inciting the passions and prejudices of one class of * our citizens against another, and against the laws of our country! I ask again, what should be done with a man who wilfully and maliciously does such things as these ? The strong hand of the law should take hold of him at once, for he is more guilty, a thou sand times more guilty, than thepoor Ignorant and misguided man whom he indiflfes to do wrong by appealing to Mb passions and prejudices! How dif ferent the course of another Sunday paper, the jjfc patek, on the same subject I. That paper, in a most able article, proves conclusively, first, the necessity for the law, and the power of Congress under/the Constitution of enacting such a law. It then proves that all the previous laws for drafting the militia in our country were far more onerous on the people than this, and infinitely more severe ; and it then shows conclusively that “no militia lawever known to the United States granted as many concessions to the necessities of families and to humanity, ,J as the present law does. I am, sir, yours, respectfully, Philadelphia, July 26,1863. M. HOLLYBUSH. To the. Editor of The Press Sir : The riot fever appears to be contagious in this section of the country. From New York/the centre of mobs, it has spread a deep-seated disaffec tion all along therline of the Hudson Biver Rail road, and its northern boundary of ebullition might be at present called Troy. Hearing in Albany, a few days ago, that there were evident signs; of discon tent among the people in'Troy, your correspondent left for that city by an early train; and watched most thoroughly the course of events. It seems that the mob there is composed of the same materiel that fs the basis of the New York rioters. But to begin with the first signs of discontent. Hearing where the drafting operation was in progress, I hurried there, and secured a good position near the ; fatal “ bandbox,” while one after another came the lucky prizes/ reminding one of the Baconian lottery es tablished on the Thermian principle of “ no blanks * There was quite a crowd in the room, but I noticed Dothihg but intelligence in fcbeir faoeg. I could see no evidence that the spectators had the cOurage of the mountebank rather than that of the mind. And the very first knowledge any one had of :a foreigner be ing preßent,.was the. heavily-mouthed epithet, “Be jabers,” At the moment this was heard there ap peared one or twovlrißhmen on the scene, with sleeves rolled up, and looking as though they had but just returned from, the butchery of innocents. The.provost marshal, ordered the room to be silent, and_to keep all order, or it would be cleared. Some one of these Erin scurfs cried out: “Noit infc; it’s a shame; poor min must go; rech stay home.” This, as near as I could hear, was,the language, The gentlemanly audience ordered the blunderer to be silent, but the growing.signs of disapproval be gan now to be seen; but the provost had hurried through one section of his ‘ district, so that for the day he closed, his wheel, and hurried afF from the gatbering mob. We all followed him, and before we could getacross the street, the entire office had been destroyed and utterly ruined, such was the extreme .violence of the rioters. Now the excitement be came.intense, and it was patent to all that the work of demolition was but in its inoipieney. >ln the hands of. any of the mob I could not detect any fire aims, but I saw several gun-barrels and many broken gun-stocks, while moat.of them were armed with paviDg stones and olub’s of all descriptions. A more ghastly-looking set of fellows I never saw. The in telligence of one of your Moyameneing “ Killers, 5 * so far sb face-depiction is concerned, is supremely in advance of that of this crowd of debauched Irish men; There seemed to be no particular leader/ but a dozen or more ruffians, armed with axes, crowded through the advance and maintained that position. ..It; was but a few momenta after the marshals office had been demolished before a crowd of about two hundred bystanders rushed down River street from the [direction of the West Troy bridge, and .J-Ukii. \U z?zts>l. r StSIU mU. MB WU teltlKSfe? iufl. thoy Dfipn in force* to hiive bagsed ths whole crowd; but I did not see but one of those gentry, who was chased for oyer three blocks, and I guess he left the city as soon as it was convenient, for one of the rioters.swore that if he was seen again he would be .jhabged. The alarm spread ,through the city like wildfire, and a general depression was no ticed when, they learned that the Mayor was absent. The Recorder,: however, took his place, and ha rangued .the mob, who listened for a few momenta, and, when be had finished, they broke out in wild cheers for McClellan. . THUS TIMES; OFPIOIf- DESTROYED., This paper haa been noted for its bravery in de fying the right of moba and in upholding the cause of the Union. It may therefore seem absurd to Bay that such a prominent sheet did- not: receive the compliments of the rioters., When they rushed down River street toward the office, every one con nected with the paper secured iiis safety by flight, and the principal editor being absent, no one waa left to dispute their: entrance. The-leaders, with axes, - burst open the door and rushed in' in s crowds. They first destroyed the presses, then took the typeß,‘with whioh many loaded their pockets, evidently with the intention of selling them 'after ward. The flies of paperfl they burned; destroyed counters, desks, and all the furniture generally found’ in an office. The leaders openly vowed that if they could have gotten the editor they would' have hung him. The mob had now incrased to over three thou sand men'. The sheriff of the county anticipated a visit to his criminal palace, and made all due haste*to fortify it.witb arms, etc., in the hands of trusty men ; but they could not .be made to[ defend the place, .and therefore the sheriff allowed 'things to take their course. > The mob formed in long lines• around the b>ifiAK;jLkd kfAw fifths untosnifiad mlfilU ffifivfid Torwwfl with oronphaririiesfiieii nna l notioea one man had a? huge cannpn ball) with which ,he, en? dcavored to.make a catapult. The doors gave way, and the officers on the inside fled in dismay, securing safety throughthebaokpassage* THE CONSCRIPTION 01',THE POOR. Tlie Riots in Troy. THE CROWD INCREASES. THEY BREAK OPEN THE JAIL,. -TOUR CORRESPONDENT IS ARRESTED. Shortly after I had arrived in Troy, I went to the American House,,where I donned a rough .exterior and an old Bloiich hat, so that I much resembled a ragged rioter. I did thiß for th© purpose of passing .through the mob unmolested; that I might learn all the incident* without any danger, so far as the riot er's were/epnoernfd. When they reached the jail. I, therefore, fell back from the crowd, having-heard that the building would be defended with firearm*. I had no sooner reached the outer line than a hand was roughly placed on mv shoulder with the words, “ Here Is one of the devi s s. Oomealong!” ... This was notobly surprising to me but laughable; •for, so far as dress was concerned, they Iftd V right 4o arrest me, as that would index my character to them at once. Requesting-the-officer mot to get ex cited, Ttold him I was merely on a tour of observa tion, and, after showing him The documents toprove -the identity of the ragged man, he released me, say ing that “it was reckless of life for me to dress so.” PRISONERS RELEASED RUT CAPTURED. The mob, after securing an entrance, broke open ; .the cell dpors and released nearly thirty prisoners, three of whom. of murder; these last : have since been arrested in Albany. Th t e crowd, infuriated beyond measure, now wished to burn the building; hut. a Copperhead politician mounted the; steps andtold .them that, tbe draft was suspended, , ‘.and wns now. no cau*e for feAr. The mob pro-., ceedrd afterwards to a negro quarter of the city, and', the ftfirightpd-negrooß fled in all directions.. I raw a j wouisn on-her knees before a wretch, who held a ! crnwbAr over ber threatening to dash onther brains,; but tbejlenwßrdly demon dare, not strike her with it, ard contented himself with kicking her in thebreast; tilltheblood streamed from her mouth and nose.' :< The eyea'of the poor creature turned up in ghastly ; horror, as'-silently she seemed to implore heto which could not be given her, for. one word of conpoJation there would have been death. When I returned I saw the woman wa* bping attend ed by some ladies, who bad boldly placed: themaelveß in the danger which threatened them.'. I did rot. know there were so many negroes in Troy: as I saw.thatday. They were fleeine in every direc-: tion.' v'White people would not house them for fear , of the,cpeer of the mob; and go, defenceless, they'" roam fa from place to '•place.' It is said that many sought protection at. the building* of the Troy Uni versity, but were refused by the students. One ne gro they beat to death, mutilating him in such a manner that nO one could identify him. Since Wed needay there has not.been seen the sign of a negro in town. THE MAYOR ARRIVES. On Thurpdaythe Mayor arrived in town, and a meeting of Councils was called. Advice was given that the Mayor swear in a body of polioemen, which was done. PRIVATE HOUSES ATTACKED. A number of private residence* were attacked, but no damage was done, sare that of window-breakings, etc. Father Hnverroan, a Catholic priest, was robbed of4iis watch and chain during his address to the crowd. INTENSE EXCITEMENT JN SCHENECTADY ; THE STUDENTS OP UNTON COLLEGE UNDER ARMS. On Monday niehtjast the student* of the junior Union College, had their annual exhibition of the Burial of Mechanics. While this was in pro gregpion, a crowd of roushs came from downtown, led-by a certain lYTcTTelley, a notorious vagabond and jailbird. This hard-fi«ted scion resolved to break up the proceedings, and. therefore, singled out an individual of the junior class, named Ralston, on whom he pitched with the utmost cowardice. The members of the class were not in calling distance, and Mr. R., knowing the character* of the assflitant, struck him repeatedly with a heavy sluDg-shot, which failed him to the earth. McKelley rallied, and clinched his opponent, and held him down. Ralston seized a slatenear at hand and cut the rowdy’s he.adin a most horrible manner. After he bad supposed his punishment sufficient, he let him go, and liis crowd of followers withdrew, feaiing that they might, all he .served the same way by rein for cements, which were arriving. Mcßelley baß aroused, it is said, the entire Irish population to vengeance, and the students have therefore prepared themselves. This is all insti gated hy the. coming draft, which will take place here next week; and the roughs knowing that the students are generally in favpr of the law, as laid down by the Government, they have resolved to clean them out first. Meetings have been held down town by the would-be rioters, and a general draft riot is expected. The negroes, advised by the senior students, leave town every night,, abd encamp somewhere in the neighboring forest. Rumors we.Te afloat tertprday that to-night would witness the opening of the ball, What the citizens of the place are doing, no one can tell: such consummate diffi dence is .not. worthy of the American name. As near as T can learn from all sources, the intention of the rioters ia to, hum down the rppro quarters, and then attack the students ; hut if- they attempt the latter, the most desperate fighting will he seen, as I have never witnessed a more anxious body of young men; who are willing to'die in defence of'the (rovemment. ; Every night at ten o’clock the doors of the college, twelve in number, are trioly barred, and watches are set. Professor Lewis is particularly disliked for.bis Abolition sentiments hvthe Irish of the village, and they have threatened him with an nihilation • it is needless to sav that the gentlemen of the college will protect Taylor Lewis as long as they have strength to do so. Thus stand matters at present. Ifianytbinsr likea serious collision occurs, I will let your readers know at once, I am, sir. yrour obedientservant, ATWOOD. Albany, July 18,1863. / The Home Guards. To the Editor of The'Press. Sir: I presume I am right in supposing that Coun cils have appropriated a sum of money for the main tenance of a small standing force (military,) for the defence of; the city/to be sworn in by It, and fur nished with arms and equipments, ready to be called out in case of invasion, riot, or any danger threat ening the city. Jf Councils have not done so, they Bliould, immediately, and bo prevent the scenes of riot and .Moodsbed that were witnessed in New ~I am, slr|, yours/truly, ;v ; ANri-RIOTER:i PHILADELPHIA, July 18, 1863. j ' The Pennsylvania Volunteers. To the Editor of The Press Sir: On behalf of the 2d Coal Company, raised for three months* service for the protection of the State, I would, through you, send greeting to all our friends “at home. 5 ? We suppose that our pro gress in part is tolerably well known. Our railroad trip to Harrisburg we must acknowledge to have been somewhat tedious—a tedium which was not much relieved by some attempting to sleep on “the soft side of a pine board.** Many small incidents occurred, however, todestroy the monotony. Many of the boys were merry ; tome tried to be, in Bpite of better feelings; some succeeded in being a little mischievous, sometimes at the expense of their com rades,: sometimes at that of others. Nearly all all along the route, the train was received on the part of the people with' the greatest possible enthu siasm, in a few fcaaes only with dead silence, pro bably because the inhabitants of the towns were asleep. In several places we were treated with great kindness. Meehanicsburg deserves especial mention. The people there appeared to vie with each other in manifesting their generosity, some literally stripping their houses of all cooked food to supply our necessities. The nameßof other villages might be mentioned in the same connection, the generosity of which stands out in perfect contrast to out reception at Harrisburg, arrived at which city, weary and worn, some of our boys were charged twenty-five cents, for a cup of poor coffee. But, never mind; we will heap coals of fire on the heads of thatpeople, by fighting for them, if necessary. Our first' encampment was at Shippensburg,, where many tasted of a soldier’s life and fare for The first time. To many it seemed to be as sport, whilst others were thinking much of home, and, contrasting the enjoyments of the civil and military life. * We have had the misfortune to lose three of onr number by death, viz : Wm. Jackson, who was killed on the. cars,- and James Leslie and Daniel Cochran, who died, in camp. Several others have been* ana still continue, on the sick lißt. We are under “marching orders,” and are content to move, and, if needs be, look the enemy in the face.- Having, almost unlimited confidence in our excellent officers, of whom we may be justly proud, I believe that it would be the expression of the whole regiment, were it put to vote, to declare, without irreverence, “ Where ye go we. will go, where ye dwell we will dwell, where ye die we will die, and there will we be buried.** May God defend the right! Yours, &c., COMPANY “K.** 2d Coal Co., P. V., Camp near Chambersburg, July 15, 1863. . • ....... i ... The Draft In the Fifteenth Ward. To the Editor of the Press, Sir: When the draft was about to commence in the Fifteenth ward on Friday last, it was announced that the quota of the ward was eleven hundred and . sixteen, which included the fifty percent.'which is required to be added by the act . under which the drawing was made. If the names published in The Press of Saturday.are correct, there have been drawn forty-three names less than the number which it was stated would be drawn. According to your list, the names of those who have been drafted is ten hun dred and seventy-three, leaving forty-three yet to be drawn to make the full quota of eleven hundred and sixteen. Now, it will be a manifest injustice to again place the names of those who have not been .drawn in'the wheel and from them draw the forty three whioh is necessary to complete the quota ; be cause by no possibility could the same names be drawn now that would have been drawn had the full number been taken at the time the draft: was made.: It willbe an injustice, also, to those who have been: drafted, because the draft has been announced as completed, and, an error-having..been discovered, the oaly fair, and impartial way left is to make an entire new drawing.; Arid I contend that no other way is legal, because the act expressly states that “the enrolling board shall,under the direction of the President, make a draft of the required number, and fifty per cent, in addition, &c.” The “required number” has been drawn, but the fifty per cent, re quires forty-three more names, in order; that the : strict letter of the law may be adhered to. In other words, the board has added forty-four per cent, to. the quota instead of fifty per cent., as the act re-; qUires; and if the board-is allowed to break one section of the act, as it would do by simply drawing ■ the forty-three names necessary to fill the quota, it* might, with the tame impunity, violate it all. I have been drafted, and I; will be compelled to bear ! the consequences of any violation of a law equitable in: allots operations. Is the board of enrolment: less subject to the law than I am? I .do not know what action the board intends pursuing, but it is' reported that no addition will be made to the names already drawn. Yours, respectfully, * A CONSCRIPT. Tim mngctlDtlou Bounty 7U Hi 4/ Mi ’ i fitTt * Mfeny pdtfeous iuppASA UiAt thfi MAtti&y VAt/ul by the New York Aldermen is for the purpose of draft-effectually ; that instead of furpishing 'men they will pay in money*, It will be jioon seen.that this is strictly, a party measure, for if one of “my friends” is drafted, he will soon get relief, but if a Republican were to apply for simi lar help, his application would be treated as a good • joke. Hemay go to the war and be killed in battle , with lice’s right, wing. The “left wing ” will be retained in New York, and may indulge in their dittleSpeccadilloes of theft, arson, murder, &c. The money reserved will do to defend *‘,our erring .brethren,” veterans of “habeas corpus,** “ law and Constitution,** particularly about election times; I am, sir, yours respectfully, VICKSBURG. Philadelphia, July 18,1863. The Crops. * f •To the Editor of The Press: Sir: The' reports from-the country concerning' the crops are unfavorable and varied. Drought and; „ long-continued rains in different parts have silenced: the exuberant feelings manifested during the month: of May. The wheat crop is generally secured about; - the 4th of July,-but owing to thc'scarclty of labor; - and wet weather it is yet remaining'in the-field, materially damaged. Should the unfavorable weather, continue another a great-deal of grain will. '•be worthless. No greater losb could befall our country. Bach sheaf of graimrepresents hours spent in ploughing*—seeding,and • cultivating. Every waving stalk isVa rod of power. It bears the cle .ments without ; which commerce must stand still. I ami, sir, yours truly, . K; ■ Marietta, Pa., July 18, 1863. . 4 THE IRON BRIGADE —Of the one thousand eight hundred and fifty men comprising the “ Iron. BilgAiUJ! whA uiAbt liitft thft ficrht at Rftttiuhuppj a oven huiidfaa bdo kuiea of WObDilf U) and four hundred more were unaccounted lor on the following day. The ’brigade is composed of the 2d, 6th, J and Wisoenstn, 19th Indiana, and the 24th Michigan* v THE RIOT IN NEW- iOBK, Additional Hbtory ami Iscldents-Charac fer of 1 he Laic Outlucftk-Tho llxe Riot* THE IRISH. 'CFrom; the Tribune. J Tbprc is a very general excitement and prejudice ■apainstithe Irißh rpsldentsof our city because of the riotous outrages of l*Bt week, which, though natural, .is tepding to gross injustice... It is true that most of the perpetrators of tlv'ee outrages were of Trisb’birth or lineage, but it is. not true that all, or nearly alhthe Irißh, nor even of the. Irish Roman Catholics; are either rioters themselves or, sympa thizers with the rioters, Od the.coiitrary, we person ally know many Irish Catholics who are as loval, as ; Jaw- abiding, and as hostile to all manner,;of riot and 'outrage, as any men on earth For example; our Sixth and Fourteenth wards, whioh are pre-eminently, predominantly ■•lrish, have not been, disgraced by a single ou’rnge,- not even -upon their colored resi dents. And from every quarter we have testimony that the industrious, sober,” intelligent Irish—;pf whom there ’am tbousands among us—indignantly declined all participation in the. crimes of Jtbe grog shop rowdieß and ruffians who' hive done their worst to disgrace, the Irißh name; Nearly all who were.eyewitnesses of the shamefuV doings of last 1 •week agree on this point. Mr. W. p. Willis, who witnessed the burning, on Monday afternoon, of the gun factory in Second avenue, thus writes in his ;Hh7ne Journal: '■ - “The tippy women and hoys (of whom the crowd was more'than half composed*, were rude, ana wholly regardless of the common wayfarer’s rights, impudent, if spoken to,' and crowding or running -ae-ftTnst us. UDlepa we escaped them bv very paiarf* taking winding of our way. The whole air,andfbe havior of this wicked and dirty plurality expressed an exulting lawleesheßß and defiance.; r ' , “ The high brick blocks and closelv-packed houses in this neighborhood seemed to be literally hives of .sickness and vice. Curiosity to look on at .the fire . raging' so Dear them, brought every inhabitant to •>the porch or window, or assembled them in ragged %nt‘» who could at .-that hntfr7~And it is wonderful 1 to cult to believe, that so much misery, and dis ease, and utter can be huddled together and hidden by high walls, unvisited and unihought. of, so near our own abodes! The lewd but pale aDd sickly young women, scarce decent ia their ragged attire, were impudent, and scattered everywhere in the crowd. But what numbers of thesepoorer classes are deformed, what numbers are made hideous byselfneglectand infirmity,and what numbers are paralytics, drunkards, imbecile, or idi otic, forlorn in their poverty-stricken abandonment „for this world I Alas! human faces look so hideous, with hope and vanity air gone! And female forms and features are made so frightful by gin, squalor, and debflftement! To walk the streets as we walked them, for those hours of conflagration and riot, was likea fearful witnessing of the day of judgment, with every wicked thing revealed, every woe and sorrow blazingly glared upon, every hidden horror of abomination laid bare, before hells expectant fire. “We have not. made the character of‘the mob’a part of our description—it has been done so fully by the daily journals. But we must add our confirma tory remark upon one peculiarity of the confessed, rioters. Therewereno decent Irish among them. Irish' they all were—every soul of them—but they were Ihe dirty, half-drunken, brutal rowdies, who are the Irproey of that fair-skinned race. They were the filthy purtules of an eruption on the Irish skin—not to he accoan+ed part of the natural complexion of the blood, but starved down and purged away like a diseased ex caps. In ordinary life, such fellows sneak about, and hide from daylight in places where they can drink, and debauch, and contrive wicked ness; but here—where this grand fire made them feel like masters, and gave them impudence for the hour—they were the pictures of saucy beggars, half drunken brutes and robbers, longing to put a clutch upoD your throat apd empty your pockets. One of our daily papers estimates this claßß of the New .York population at twenty thousand. How shall we sufficiently damn, for all history, the cringing and cowardly office-holder who—for a makeweight to his party—will“basely strive to pro pitiate such a acum of a great city V* Let us entreat the honest; sober, frugal, worthy Irish segment of our population, whether of city or country, to bear patiently the opprobrium to which the outrages committed by this vile orew may for a time expose them, .proving, bv their quiet demeanor ADd upright conduct, that they are misjudged and harshly dealt with by the indiscriminate odfrm to which they are subjected. A few days of such be -bavior will restore the equilibrium of the public mind, and restrict the opprobrium of the recent out rages to those who have really deserved it. A man’s rioht to ms OWN, Among the questions conspicuously raised by re cent proceedings in our city is that oi: the right of each man to whatever he may have fairly earned or acquired—his right to possess, control, and enjoy it, subject Always to the dictates of morality and the laws of the. land, but never, never to ruffian violence and mob dictation. For instance: A manufacturer or mechanic in large business is sitting at his desk, intent on hie own affairs, when his attention is challenged by some one he never saw/befnre, who wAlks up in his shirt* sleeves, cigar in mouth, and abruptly says, “I am here to request you to close this establish ment forthwith, and keep it closed for the remain der of the day.” “ By whose order ?” “ By order of the mob.” , “TTnder what penalty?** “Under penalty of being burnt out within two hours. 5 ? Hereupon the gentleman in shirt-sleeves takes himself off, and the business man proceeds to -turn his workmen Into the street, and close his windows and doors, feeling like a sneak, and takiag care not to catchjrhe reflection of his own face in a mirror. There were many instances of this sort during the last week. Here is a flagrant case : The agent.of one of our great gas companies i visited us oh Thursday, to ask us to be of gas for the present. He did hta errand couiteoas* Jy, jmd, we fancied, hadthe gracejto-be- ashamed- Of it. '->V v- '- '-'-. v# "n-. •" - -;j ({ But, Bir, how can we comply with, 'your*request 1 "We live by light; cannot live without it. A family may po to bed at dark, and do without gas entirely, but we must woik all -night or our paper is stopped ; our business ib mined. We need not less but more lishttbah usual, in these times, with gangs of ruf fians prowling in every dark corner, awaiting an opportunity to surmise and destroy us. Whynot let us have our full supply of gaß?’’ u Because our workmen have all left us 1” » <( What! do you employ and depend on rioters p “ No; our men are not rioter*. But we were re quired to discharge them for the day, or have our works burned down, and we had ho choice but com pliance.’* “ Was this the first day S” No ;’the third.” “And you have not yet Armed your workmen, fortified your premise?, and bidden the villains de fiance ?” \“ No; they would burn us out.” We could not help feeling that said rich and power ful gas company had failed in its duty to its de pendent customers and to the community. The case is a little different with a private indi vidual who is ordered to diechhrge his colored ser vants or workmen under peril of sack and arson; but even he has no right to rest quiet under the out lage. A man will concede very much to shield his family from measureless violence; but he should so concede barely once. The next day should find him so combined with and strengthened bvhis neighbors As to be ready to treat as he deserves the next' scoun drel who may come to bully him concerning his own personal affairs. THK’rRIMB MOVERS. : A Democratic “Dye-witness,in reply to some apologetic assertions regarding the political charac ter of the mob, writes : V . In addition to what I said before about the open sympathy between the rioters and the rebels, I will aay that, according, to my observation, the rioters were without exception pro-slavery Demo crats ; that I heard them express unbounded ad miration for “Fernandy Wud,” great confidence in the friendship of Gov. “ Saymoor,” and high respect for the World and the Daily News, and that the only men among them whom X heard speak without aw Irish brogue were a very few Germans and some half-dozen glib-tongued fellows, who were evidently of the lowest order of ward politicians. Of the last I saw none when there was any danger near. But one of them, whom I heard addressing a throng after an utter defeat by the police and a company of troops, cautioned them against attempting anything unless they were in sufficient force to accomplish it, addiDg : “This is peculiarly a people’s movement, and, unless we manage it with prudence, it may end very disastrously for us,” Though very near him, I was almost behind him, and could not get a sight of his face. His English showed that he was bom and bred in thiß country, and I therefore thought him the viler creature. When he had finished hiß harangue, his hearers, by the'mouths of one or two ringleaders, appointed ~ o’clock that night for a re petition of their attempt; but they failed, and many of them never, saw the morning. l I will add'a word about The World's assertion that the insurgents held the “Republican authorities at bay, and until put down by the Democratic power of the State,” Now, I know, because I saw, that the mob waßAhecked, and finally controlled by soldiers in the service of the United States, and by the gal lant and wisely-directed police force of the district whose Commissioners the Democratic power of the State was only a few days ;before seeking to displace. But what need of noticing' seriously the assertion of a newspaper which says, with both ef frontery and folly, “ A mob organized and moved by leaders would never have spared Republican presses and the residences of' Re publican magnates to destroy orphan asylums and negro colonies'?” By leaders? What kind of leaders? ‘Must a mob hare leaders of the Demosratic party? The last few days have led me to think so; but it is a 1 queer admission forth© World to make, .And what, private dwelling houses have been burned or attacked or threatened, except those inhabited or said to be owned bypromi- The World and the Daily News have gonejinharmed,; but wbatpress has been at tacked butftbe Republican Tribune? and what one threatened but the Republican. Times and Evening Tost? Nothing has saved the two-former from a second onset by an overwhelming , foroe, except the knowledge by the rioters that they provided them selves on Mondayjaight with weapons and missiles that would have blown all the Irishmen that could stand in Printing-House"Square to “ smithereens” in five minutes. f In one respect my week’s experience has been be neficial to me. (The World may.retort, to the Demo cratic party.) Though not a party man, I have heretoforevoted the Democratic ticket, (except at one election) taking the liberty of striking off the name of. aDy candidate whom I knew to be person ally unworthy of office. But as lam a living man, I will never again give the support of my vote to any one of that political sect which has The World for ita gospel, Horatio Seymour for its Messiah; and ■tlifl Governor. will liere : lay vertlyssFerimMo mr uou lor ns unrepßmiiiiff junnn AtT BTS VriTifEss, Tscw 1 oils, July 18, law?, - COLLOQUY AT A EUNERAL. • From the funeral of an Irish woman, killed during i thc Hot by the fire from the military, the following dialogue is reported: . • • “ Why didn't Governor Sayitioor protect the city r without callin' on the ! soul<Uers? He had a right to : do that,” •■■■*• • “It’sa dreadful : thing shootin* down peaceable citizens,” chimed,in another. “Here’s this,.poor . woman shot dead by the Siventh Rigimint without her doin’ anything wrong at all at all.” The blindest man in the world knows that no nation kin dhraft min to fight agin their own citi- : zens.,:Ye.kin onlydhraftto fight:agin foreign na tions, sure.” . . ‘ ... \ “ That’s so, begorra, Jimmy,” assented a benevo lent individual. “And thin. If it was a foreign war' there’d benonade of dhrafting, for iverybody would . volunteer thin, sure.”/ ‘‘There was five thousand nagurs out in East New •York took a white man and skinned him like a -shape,” (sheep) resumed the first speaker: “whv -don’t they print that in the papers?’ . ■ r Who’s that has becn ; sellin’ ye,-Jimmy?” in quired another, leaning over the speaker’s shoulder, and looking him: in the faoe.' “Divil a sen;” fiercely retorted the interrogated. < “Wasn’t. there ;flve thousand nagurs in East New York saizeda/whiteman and skinned him like a shape, and didn’t my own brother from Brooklyn tell me ofitthis morninM” • < “Where did the nagurs come from?” asked an in . nocent inquirer- 1 “From the city, shure” answered the principal ..speaker. . “Poor erathers, they were dhriv away, r suppose,” interposed the other, who appeared to naveread the and had some dim remembrance of the suf- V C■; 'THE KH.X.X2fS as «al. s’nnraw. .fro the Editor of the N. V. Tribune: ■ ■ Sir : The .tstemont,,** given in the Tribune, doee grow injmttoe to the memory of the deoewied, wd THREE CENTS. to permit it to paBB uncorrected would lx? f on ray .parr, who witnessed the tragic scene, criminal* The facts are these: The colonel haji "patrolled the streets rln the forenoon in the neighborhood;"Sand passed up «tpwp, with his command'toward Yorkviife, after which the infuriated' mp,b ; his dwelling on the Second avenue, between Thirty-fourth ana Thiriy.fi ft h,ptreefa. and eairiedout and destroyed "all hia furniture and house J?pM goods, and attempted to fire the building, inwhieh they did not succeed. The Colonel having resumed to headquarters in Mill* berry street, heard of the ing ofhiß house. He im* mediately returned in adarriase, which drew up at the comer of and Second avenue. ’The Colonel pot out. nud walked to bis house alone t and. finding it sacked, he went into the drug Btcre • on the nqrihweet corner of Thirty-fourth street. As he entered the atom, the mob, who; stood on the east aide of the evenue,'began to cross over toward -the drug store. whop two men advanced, one going to the door on the'avenue that the Colonel had entered, and, finding the door fast, went-arouod to the ptreft door ; +he other, with the butt of. a stolen rifle, eiraahed the corner- window, which ‘ attracted the attention of the Colonel; who 'came out of the same door he had entered, and stood on the sidewalk, with revolver in hand, without uttering a word or making any demon-. ptratipn. At. the same time themob, who were few. appeared afraid of him. The man who had entered the aide door got through the store, and iQ the rear of the Colonel, without being perceived by him, seized him from behind. when the mob closed, in ob him, striking him with the stolen rifles over the head until he s»Dk on the-sidewalk brutally murdered. Not a shot waa fired nor a atone thrown by a woman, as stated, or bv any one else till he ap peared to be dead, when the; man who first seized Mm took a large, stone, and standing with one foot on either aide of "his head, brought it. down with all his might on. his face, which seemed to satisfy the mob that the infernal work was complete. They r then gave a cheer for JefTTDavis and left. The re mainder of the account seems too horrid to relate. AN EYE-WITNESS. .‘A* JBWINCIDUWTS. ’ At the "Winter Garden, on Saturday night, during the hurjeeque on “Leah.” a .little incident occurred |tbnt created >:imrfect^pToiiß!gf s Leah.'.’ 1 iß'. in. tne-.iurt ecr. driven da the stage R. TJ. E..by a ferocious mob led by the apostate Mathew thirst-, mg for her blood. She. is protected by some friends, who cry “Back! infuriate fiends; why do you hunt this poor woman ?” They shrink back, sullen and glowering. At this point “Leah” (Dan Setchel), coolly surveyed the mob. and with a sly wink at. the audience, said: “ Why. I don’t see a riotous fane among ’em !” Snob a Btorm of cheers and bravos we have not heard for years ; it was.unparalled. The only roan who “couldn’t see it,” was Judge Me- Ounn. the digni 3d occupant of a private box; other wipe there seemed to be not a man that did not ap prehend the hit. A little girl, about peven years of age, while sit ting at an upper window in the house No.— Twenty-second street, near Second avenue, was shot in the face—th e bAll passing through under the nose, from one cheek-hone to the other. She was con veyed to "Bellevue Hospital, Shortly after her wound was drepeed, her father, who had been away at Ms work, and,on his return bad finally got trace of her, came into "the room. She gave him her little hand, notwithstanding the agony she suffered; her first words were, “Father, T was not in the streets. I was sitting at. the window.” She then assured, him that she did not suffer much pain, and inquired if he had had his tea. And yet that little girl to hardly expected to live. The firm of Taylor.& Wilson, who have a large mineral water establishment at. No. 139 Franklin street, (formerly the old “ Gonoel-Trumpet Church”) and who supplies the Army with mine.ral water, por -ler. &c.. to the amount of thousands of dollars a month, becoming frightened at the demonstrations against the colored peopled put. up a card in front, of their establishment in conspicuous capitals, “No Niggers in the rear.” The curhetoDes and fences about the citv were .covered with posters yesterday, bearing the inscrip tion in large, letters, “ Sara. Organize !” No one ap peared to know anything about the object. THE TROOPS COMPLIMENTED BY THE. SECRETARY OP war.; • , Washington, July 17,1883. Hon. Thomas 0. Adon, President- Board Metropolitan Police, York: Thp courage and gallantry of Captain Putnam, of the 12th Infantry, and the officers and soldiers of his command, fteHinst.the vilest rioters in iNew Yort,has been unofficially communicated to this Department. Suitable acknowledgement* will be made as soon as an-official report is received. In the please to communicate to him and the officer* and eoldiera who have acted under'him the thanks of this Department. Your Board will also please re port all cases of gallantrv and courage that may come to your knowledge hy officers or privates, in order that the Department may make proper ac knowledgment. . EDWIN Mr STANTON, Secretary of War. ANOTHER LETTER PROM ARCHBISHOP HUGHE3. To the Editor of (he Herald: Once more, and I trust for the last time, T beg to encroach upon your space. Mr. Greeley treats me as if I were a. head'constable, hound to guide the actions of those whom, in his arrogant style, he calls my people. In the civil sense I have no people. And it is for the civil authorities to take care of all the people. If they cannot do this they are incom petent to take care of themselves or protect, u«. And they mierbt as well give us public notice of the fact, and then go to bed. But, if I can do anything, directly or otherwise, to prevent bloodshed or the destruction of property, why should I not endeavor to do so. even without any civil commiseionV Gree ley is had enough in his hasty language; Bryant, of the Post, of to»day is worse. Both are singular in their mode of restoring peace, confidence, and a ?ense of common security to the people of this city. Here’s wbat Mr. Bryant sayß: A WORD TO PEACEABLE IRISHMEN. Archbishop Hughes has called a meetiog of what he styles “The men of. New York, who are now called in many of the papers rioters.” Thev are to meet near his house at, 2 o’clock today. We have satisfied ourselves that the call is genuine, and that the sneak to the. rioters, . though Tie decliPed to.give to tneireporter sent from this office to see him’auy/idea .ofNhe nature ofthe address he proposes to make to these persons. We hope none others than the rioters will attend the meetiog. The call is addressed to these alone ; the advice they will receive can be read .by peaceable and honest citizens in the journals, and it is highly desirable that in the present state of the city no crowd should collect anywhere. We thiDk it especially desirable that those Irish citizens who have taken no part in these riots shall stay away from this meeting. The character of the Irish has suffered greatly in the public esteem in the last few days. There is already a disposition—un just, but not unnatural under the circumstances—to confound and condemn in a body all people of Irißh birth of parentage. This, is wrong. We know of many.in&tances in which Irishmen have been warm, and efficient supporters of the law. In the First ward of this city the Irish porters and laborers have been formed intoni guardian force, and have dis persed inoipient riots, arrested a countryman of their own who was attempting to oreate a disturb snee, snd rescued one poor negro from the clutches ofthe mob. \We are assured that there are other similar instances. It is highlv important that the public should be enabled to distinguish between these two classes— the riotous, and the orderly'and industrious. The meeting called hy the Archbishop affords an excel lent occasion for drawing the line; and we hope to see the peaceable and industrious/Irish availing themselves of it. Their shepherd has summoned the wolves/let not the sheep attend also; let them stay at home, mind their usual business, and leave the wolves to be dealt with. In the meantime, the Archbishop’s call, if it is generally obeyed, will draw together a crowd of such ;miscreants, assassins, robbers, house-burners and thieves,, such a congregation of vicious and aban doned’wretches as is not often got together. . The police should be on the lookout there; they may catch many an incendiary, many a murderer, many a highway robber; and we cannot conceive that the Archbishop’s-safeguard could extend, or that he would lend his protection, to such malefactors. Of course a s tron g force ofthe military, both caval ry and artillery, will be stationed near by, ready to act promptly and with the utmost vigor. This expe riment of raising the devil is a new one. It is not easy to tell what he will do when he is raised.' . Now these two editors are beautiful specimens of peacemakers. For the present X shall not maintain ai»y controversy with-either-oKthem ; although I ihave, of my own knowledge and by documents within my reach', the evidence that they bave contri buted as much as any two editors to bring us into our present unhappy difficulties, whether national of municipal, , : Mr. Bryant’s observations are as lying as if he had gathered them from the epitaphs on all the tomb stones within a circle of one hundred miles of New York, and.it is a proverb that-nothing.lies like a tombstone. Itjs also as lying as the weak, little fictions of small poetrv with which Mr.-Brvant is not unfamiliar. The difference is, however, that the latter may sometimes tickle romantic imaginations, but can never convey a moral worth receiving to the ; human heart. Bet Mr. Greeley and Mr. Bryant as sail me as they will, I shall Dot resent their attacks until social tranquillity shall have been re-esta* in this great city. But, in the meantime, I reserve to myself the right of resenting their as saults when the proper time comes. Respectfully, your obedient servant, fJOHN, Archbishop of New York. . New Yore, July 17,1863. ■ . . REPLY OE THE EVENING POST. A Case for Charity. —We hearthat there is an extremely vulgar and Billy letter, under signa* Mne of Archbishop Hughes, published in the Ueraid of this morniDg—a fit vehicle for such a production as has been described to us—in. whieh one of the editors of this journal iB assailed in terms of such low abuse as no person of the least sense of personal dignity could posßibly use. We have not read the letter, and trusting to the character given us of its contents, do not mean to read it, and have, therefore, no answer to make, even if it were genuine, which, it seems, is a matter of doubt. Indeed, it is difficult to believe that such a letter copld possibly be written by any peraon-'on whom the Catholic Church had. bestowed even the least of its dignities. The internal evidence, as we ate in formed, shows that it was not written by a gentle man such as the person whose name is subscribed to it is understood to be, at least by education, if not by natural qualities of character.: The'prelates .of .the Catholic Ghurchfare not apt to adopt the manners and language of blackguards, and it is therefore the part of charity, and perhaps that of justice, to take for granted that the letter is spurious. AN ELOQUENT PREDICTION.-Coheluding his speech at the Harvard College Anniversary, the venerable Josiah Quincy said, alluding to" his an cestor, the Quincy.of the Revolution: “I bad intended to adduce^on thiß occasion ex tracts adapted to illustrate this principle—that sla very is to be avoided out of regard to the character of lid DflODlaimoDff vsh om it oxiatr not out ai MgnMk to urn mve-miT i nna tmt nittfiir pour time no? my mtvsm iwroits. i Trail thererorci conclude with an anticipation or his, .concluding with hla re marks on the Boston Port bill, a prophecy which it is our happiness and glory to see fulfilled. After a laudatory eulogy of the; patriots of Rome andEng lsnd, he exclaims: «Spirits and genii like these arose in Rome, and have long sin ce adorned Britain. Such also shall one day make glorious this more Western World. America hath in store her Bruti, her Cas sii,;her Hampdens and Sydneys, patriots and heroes who will form a,band of brothers; men who will have memories and feelings, courage and swords— courage that shall inflame their araent bosoms till their hands cleave to their swords, and their swords to their enemies’ hearts.’ ”• - _ THE FRIENDS OF DAVIS.—“ I will not weary the. Senate by going over the argument of coercion. My friend from Ohio (Mr. Pugh), I may say, has exhausted 'the subject. I thank him because .it came from one not identified, by his position, .with South Carolina. Tt came more effectually front him than it would have come from me, had I (asT have not) the power to present it as forcibly as he has done. Sirs, let me say, among the painful reflec tions which have crowded upon me by day and by night, none have weighed more heavily upon my heart than the reflection that our separation severs the ties which have so long hound us to our North ern friends, of whom we are glad to recognize the Senator as a type.” / , A little .further along, in this speech,.Mr. Davis that the point of pride against striking the Stars and Stripeß before the summons 2 of South' Carolina,-was -a false-pride. Hesaid:.“Cantber*, be a point against latino uroir sacred boil to- day (the sacked soil of South Caro lina) thb'flag for which our fathers died!' My.pride. . Senators, is different.” oersip. H.- North ;Oarolii;h mb. received the appointment -of lieutenant general, and has been- to the command,— the war press,; (PUBLISHED WEEKLY.) The War' Press Will besent to subscribers byf mail (per annum in advance) at.... SSI qv Three copies 11 “ 5 Five copies '* • “ gO9 Tea “ “ , J* O* ' larger Olnb# than Ten will be charged at the earn rate, $1.50 per copy. The money must always dccomyany the order , and in no instances can these terms he deviated from, a$ they afford <very little more than the cost of the paper. Postmasters are requested to act as Agents log Ths War'Press. ; To the getter-up of tha Clnb of ten or twenty, 19 extra copy of the Paper will be given. -- T*wr-»"-- Andrew Jackson on Secession* An original letter of President Jackson has been presented to the Chicago Historical Society by Ge neral Hurlbut, who remarked that it would-be found “characteristic, and with some points that fit the times.” We extraot the following: „ Nullification is expiriner. Its last dying groan is just sealed a_jepeal of the ordinance and laws passed by the South Carolina Convention,, who passed it; and hereafter nullification and .secession will Dever he heard-of. except in holding up toseora and detestation their advocates, and particularly their prime movers. The Moody bill (as the nul lies call the. late judiciary bill or enforcing bill) has put. this to rest. It spoke the united senti ments of the people from Maine to Louisiana, that nvllifi cation and secession are revolutionary,meamres, arid not political rights growing out of our Constitution or Confederacy. The natural right of man is to resist oppression when it comes. • It equally belongs fa* communities. When they hayethe physical power, they succeed ; otherwise, they will be coerced, into obedience. Our Governments,"both State and Gene ral, are Governments founded.by the people for their own prosperity and. happiness. The people »Te the sovereigns, and having formed a Federal and National Government for the transaction of all their national concerns, and the State Govern ments to regulate all their local and domestic concerns, and having pointed out by the Con stitution bow it iB to be altered and amended, it can ODly constitutionally and peacefully he so altered; any other iB revolution. The people being the sovereign head, they only have the right to change their Government. This is the heAuty and safety of our form of Government. It is unique ia 'itself, and surpasses all other systems ever contem plated. and as Jong as it is truly administered, by "the General Government keeping within the pale of its granted powers, and leaving the people and the States their reserved riehte, it will work weU 'and endure forever. It is the strongest Government Id the world, because it is made by the people for their own happiness, security, and prosperity, and rests upon the support of the people. The American Uebate In .Parliament, of Commons, on the 6hh”of July, Mr, Roebuck asked the noble lord at "the head of the Government whether he would find a day for the resumption of. the debate on the recognition of the Southern States of North America. He. honed he weuld .be able .to give him next Thursday for that purpose, or at the latest next Monday, r Cries of “Thursday.”] ' Lord ■ Palmerston said : I can assure my hen pnrable and learned friend, that we' have every desire to accommodate him. I must, however, re mind the House that this lathe 6th of July, and I suppose honorable members would not like to sit much bevoDd the eDd of this month. I have, there fore, to propose a “give-and-take” arrangement to the House—that they should allow us to bring in the bill on fortifications to-night* and to take the second reading on Thursday, and then we will give the honorable and learned gentleman Monday next for the American debate. I hope the House will consent to that. Arrangement. [Hear, hear.] Mr. Roebuck observed that the House had lately teen that the intentions of the Government in re gard to such arrangements were liable to be frus trated—(a laugh)—and therefore suggested that they should on Thursday fix the American debate as the" first order for Monday. LoTd Palmerston said be would concur with hia honorable, and learned fripnd io giving the utmost fixity to the arrangement of .which it was susceptible . [Hear, hear.] AN INTERVIEW WITH STUART.—About eight o’clock, all the prisoners, under a strong guard, were put upon a march, amid torrents of rain, darkne**, and over a road worse than anv l ever met with in Virginia, to the Williamsport- pike* and from'there to Wiliiarasonrt On arriving at the latter place I found General Stuart sitting on a rail fence. He called it headquarters The infan try was passing' at the time, and notwithstanding the rain, many of them were singing gavly. and making abrurd and witty remarks. In the distance, toward* Hagerstown, burned a long line of well*lit camp fires, these illuminating the sky for miles around ; yet little did these Unionists know that these camp fires, while they helped to deceive them, also helped to light thevefypath of the retreating rebel army. As I was for the second time conveyed into the presence of Geo. Stuart, I remarked: “ Ge neral. you ordered that I should he treated with dis tinguished consideration, and treating me with such consideration, marching me through raud aßd rain over a road almost impassable at this time for man or beast?” “Well,” replied the general, “I cannot say that it is; but what I meant by treating you with the most distinguished consideration was, that Tam going to send you to Richmond. You ought to thiDk it a "great honor to get there, seeing that so many of yonr countrymen have been trying so long and po hard to reach Richmond, and hare never as yet got there onlvas you are going— ag priponere.” After some further remarks in thla strain. I cesnmenced to complain in language more forcible than elegant. For this .the general mildly rebuked me, saying that I should not swear. 11 All great-generals swear, don’t they ?” asked I, “ I,” replied General s., “do not swear; and yeti think I am as great a military man aB there is in the coun try,” Thereupon bis A. A. G. remarked: “ The general does not drink; smoke, chew, nor swear, and besides this he is a member of the church.”—Cor respondence Herald. A BETTER FROM GEN. DEE.—The President received a letter from Gen. Dee, on Saturday, which, puts to'rest all anxieties in relation to the situation of our army in Maryland, and confirms the state ments which have been made, that our army hag been uniformlv victorious in its encounters with, the enemy in Pennsylvania. The letter states, in -effect, that the engagements at Gettysburg resulted in defeating tthe enemy completely; in killing and wounding a number far exceeding our own, and in the capture of a large number, of prisoners ; that falling b«ck of our army to Hagerstown was a pru dential move, not occasioned hy any success on the part-of the enemy, and not"through any apprehen sion of-contingencies arising which might insure hi* *urcess at that point. "The gißt of the letter, in a few words, is that the enemy wrb even more thoroughly cut ud and whip ped than he ever has been upon Southern soil, and that the occupation of Hagerstown was a move ment dictated by strategy and prudence, as essen tial to the success of the campaign. —Richmond En quirer,July 13. THE PEOPBE OF GETTYSBURG.—The Get tysburg Star indignantly denies the charges made against the hospital!tv of this town by “ lviug cor respondents” of the Herald and Time s. We have published the statement of ;the latter, but are glad to find its denial., After remarking that the state ment ofthe Evergreen Cemetery Company having put in a claim for $1,700 damages, is utterly untrue, the Star says t “ If there has been instances of in dividual meanness it Bhould be exposed, but it to wrong lhat the whole community should come un der +hese sweeping charges. We know to our personal knowledge, and the Army of the Po tomac will bear us out in the assertion, that no set of men ever met with a warmer and more libe ral reception than they did here. The wounded in the hospitals will testify to the same fact, and will remember with gratitude and tears the kindness they have received at the hands of our peoole. It must also be remembered that for weeks we were overrun with the rebel hordes, and that for several days our town wab held by the rebel array, during which time everything in the shape of provision was consumed, and many of our citizens left entire ly destitute, and without tbe.means to render any aid* ODDITIES OF THE DRAFT.—Provost Mar shal Goodrich has received orders to publish the names of all exempts, and the reasons whv. Ed ward T. Mather, son of Roland Mather, of this city, was drafted in New Haven on Monday, and in this city yesterday—will be have to pay 3600 to get clear? John, Hugh, and Thomas Riley, three bro ther* living on Sumner street, have all been drafted. .The draft took eight out ofthe Trumbull House and nine from the Allyn House, : In Calhoun’s printing of fice. every man eubjeetto draft was drafted exceot the proprietor. 'Sixteen members of the City Guard have been drafted, and the Third district remains to he beard from; The two remaining sons of Ogden Griswold, firm of Hastings & Griswold, were both, drafted yesterday. Two organists of our city churches took their tickets yesterday. Among the queer names on the list yesterdav are “Tompty Cabo” and “Antonio Slabozewaki. ” The popular soup of the conscripts, who weaT badges of red rib bon, is said to he: “We are coining, father Abraham, three hundred dollars more.”— Hartford paper . Personal* —The Budden conversion of Hon. Albert Gallatin. Brown to Unionism is regarded as one of the mar vels of a better ch aDge in the rebellion. Mr. Brown, was oned United States Senator from Mississippi, but more recently a member of the rebel Congress. This'Mississippi politician, under the old regime^' was one of the moßt violent and coarse assailers of everything Northern, and was fiercely devoted to slavery. He opposed Buchanan for being too much, of a Northern man, and came very near overthrow ing Jeff Davis in Mississippi, because the latter de fended Buchanan. It is surprising that he came and eurrendered to Grant, utterly disavowing any belief in Secession, declaring that be was always opposed to it, and finally taking the oath of allegiance. Gen. Gabriel Rene Paul, a skilful and gallant officer, who was erroneously reported killed at Get tysburg during the 'first day’s fight, i% now lying in. thAt village severely wounded. A round ball, evi dently from a hunting rifle, in the hands of a sharp shooter, penetrated the right aide of the.head, near the temple, and* passing near the brain, severed the optic nerve, and passed out through the left eye. The wound Is an ugly and dangerous one; but the physicians not only look for a recovery, but hope to restore the tight 0/ one or both eyes. - —Rev. Charles Beecher, a brother of Henry Ward Beecher, is before a mutual ecclesiastical council, in session *in Georgetown, Mass., for the purpose of considering certain'charges against the “or thodoxy?* of his doctrines.-•• Th e: complainants on whose charges Mr. Beecher ib presented, say that some of the doctrines preached by him are not in accordance with the faith once delivered to the Saints, and held generally by the churches- in New England, viz: “The doctrine of fore-existence of; the human boul— of the atonement—of the-state of souls after death, and of divine sorrow.” John Morgan, as is well known, says the Cin cinnati does not carry the arti msr is snisjna under tfif fiatvr WJi Bfwii Du&vi who !e Morgans adviser, and advises by the authority of superior abilities. . The hereditary Prince Prederick Perdinand of Denmark, heir to the Danish crown, bom Novem ber 22,1792, died suddenly, on the 29th ult-, at Co penhagen; The prince was uncle to the King of Denm ark, and great uncle to her Royal Highness j the Princees.of Wales. By this event Prince Chris tian, the father of the Princess of-Wales, becomes immediate heir totlie Danish crown. . —The London Patriot states that, since the Rev. Henry WaVd Beecher has been in England, he has expressed his intention not to undertakerimy public engagements. —r Lieut. E. L. Sproat writes to Governor Ram say that,,out of the Ist Minnesota regiment, less than one hundred men are left. Colonel Colville, together with the lieutenant colonel, major, and a majority of captains and lieutenants, are killed or wounded. ; Among the drafted men, in Portland, was Mr./' Henry'Willis, the well-known* naturalist and his torian. The Portland’Advertiser says: “We'eta imagine him in-the tops of the highest trees/taking a calm survey of tilings, and examining the birds of various plumage, and the curious bugs, which may adorn the collection in the Portland Society of Na tural History.” J * Another volume of Mendelssohn’s letters,,wiu appear next month. They were written between *1633 and 1647. - S» UUcWb ¥W« is at lastia pfeMi and will be before the public. The two YOlumot jfUl iwnMa »»« ti&httaOtedletUH,
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