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' THE SITUATION.
General Lee seems to keep his winding
way down tlie Shenandoah Valley. Whether
he has halted at Culpeporor Gordonsville,
wo cannot say; but there arc ruinorp that
he has reached the end of his race, anti is
preparing to await an attack; .'front' 'General
Aleadk in some position on the Rappahan
nock, and if possible, near his camping
ground of Fredericksburg. Of course, the
last battle, with its unfortunate end, iu the
escape of Lee, necessitates anew'campaign,-
and wc have nothing to do but to await the
: devedopment of General Meade's plan. AVe
do not anticipate much delay from the major
generivls in developing their campaigns, as
we have ho doubt that as-soon as Lee un
masks his plan of operations, wc shall be
prepared to meet him with the whole force
of the Republic. At this time the future,
operations of the army are unknown, and a
conjecture would be foolish. Wo prefer to
watch and wait. ‘
In all the recent events the War Depart
ment has justified the confidence the people
reposed in its ability. The victories of Jiffy
were something more than co-incidental,
they were co-opera tive, and the attack upon
Charleston was justly delayed until triumphs
in other parts of the great field added to the
probabilities of success. Charleston cannot
he reinforced unless the enemy abandons
oilier defensive positions of similar import
ance. At no time in the past three months
could the reduction of Sumpter and Moultrie
have been attempted so well., This is the very
hour of. victory, and ave-.have little doubt
that the siege will bo successful. General
Gilmore proved liis skill at Pulaslri. With
his James and Parrott rifled guns, at the
distance'of sixteen' hundred and seventy
yards, lie bored great holes in the avails of a
fortress pronounced impregnable.- With
as much skill and energy as he then
possessed, with • larger experience and
greater force, he now attempts a task
more difficult. But as he breached the
walls of Pulaski, we believe that he -will
make Sumpter untenable. Thus far he has
shown no anxiety, no haste ; by this time
Port Wagner is undoubtedly reduced, and
the approaches to Sumpter are in his pos
session! We have no reason to doubt that
this second attempt to capture Charleston
will succeed ; we need only say, by way of
caution, that it may fail. The first attempt
was by the navy alone: Now mightier en
gines than the monitors are upraised against
it. The engineer is irresistible.. Charleston
confesses the danger. The monitors have thus
far silently watched the progress of the army
upon Morris Island, but when their revolv-J
ing turrets turn upon the enemy their black
port-holes, it will"not be Ineffectual.ffire' that
issues from the monster, ships. Sumpter
-will have work enough; Moultrie will give
her mightier sister feeble assistance. Ad-,
miral Dahlgren will speak at the proper
time, and we have no grounds to fear that
the Charleston delenccs can resist the great
combined attack. Charleston must share
the fate oi Vicksburg and Port Hudson.
The city in which thirty years ago the de
struction of the Repiiblic was planned must
yield to the power of the Republic. Thus
it is,that “the whirligig of time brings
about its revenges.” When Charleston
fails, what is left to fall but Richmond ?
Iu the West the only disaster is the appa
rent difficulty of overtaking the__retrcating_
... «H«d movements.
of the rebel gen'eral, the war has been trans
ferred to Georgia. Suck strategy, for stra-
tegy «*“««, a. iravsftw wwuv
for military suicide. The advance of the
Army of the Cumberland is at Rome, Geor
gia; the enemy at. Atlanta;, if Rose
crans overtakes Bn Ac a another de-
cisive victory is certain. In any event
the army of .General Brags has no longer
military existence, for the only possible use
which can now be made of it is to reinforce,
with its demoralized troops, the defeated'
army of Johnston. From the Southwest
we may look for nothing less than victory
upon victory. Any important defeat of the
Federal armies is impossible. The triumphs
there have been sudden and overwhelming,
but it must be remembered that the Govern
ment has for months been working for the
great success achieved in a few days.
Tile Rebel Conscription.
Jefferson' Davis, by the authority of an
act of the rebel Congress, has called into the
military service of the Confederacy all
white-men between the ages of eighteen and
forty-five years, not legally .exempt, residing
in the Southern States. These men are or
dered to forthwith repair to the conscript
camps, on pain of punishment as deserters.
By .this proclamation the entire able-bodied
population of the rebel States is converted
into an army, and the whole South trans
formed into a camp. The terms of the or
der are. peremptory; it states that “ the
necessities of the public defence require
that every man capable . of hearing:
arms,-between the ages aforesaid, should
drrrltt ram four funrr in. hiocig>
fence of his country, and in driving haalt
the invaders now within -the limits of the
-Confederacy.' ’ The order, and the reason
for the order, are full of important sugges
tions, and of these not the least interesting
is the difference between the Federal draft
and the rebel conscription. If the - call by
our Government for a small part of the able-,
bodied population is, sufficient cause for a
riot, surely this wholesale conscription in
■ the South is reason for a counter revolution.
In the. North, every man has an equal
chance of escaping from the draft ; in the
South, aUj hut the few who are by infirmity
or other disabilities exempt, are forced into
the ranks of the army. What hardships does
the Federal draft inflict upon the people,
which can he for a moment compared with
the miseries the South must endure when this
order is enforced ? Yet the rioters in New
"I ork, with . astonishing effrontery or igno
rance, cheered Jefferson Davis. In thus
applhuding they ...condemned themselves.
Those means for recruiting an army, which
the United States uses only in the most
moderate degree, the rebel Government
employs to a terrible degree. With
far more kindness and justice -to the
people than our’State militia laws em
body, tie .national,-act exempts all poor
men who have widowed mothers, aged and
infirm parents, motherless infant Children,
fill MiiaslflßS VaUllM feS-itkAii de
pendent on their labor f 94 SlljjpUrll, TUB
provisions of this act deal with all possible
tenderness with the people. Is anything
like this evident in the provisions of the re
bel conscription, or in-this emphatic or
der of tlie rebel Government ? Every man
is at qnce swept away into the camps of the
rebellion ; not one can escape, tbe all-embra
cing summons.-; '
By thisfesrful conscription we may mea
sure the importance of our recent victories.
Ghaut, and Meade, and Banks must have,
indeed, struck mighty blows, when the mon
ster answers with this cry of pain. - Ordi
nary victories do mot have such extraordi
nary results. :: Itrs not by an army that .Tev
i'ehson Da vis hopes to resist us, but by a
people. It is only by the aid of every
man- in the slave States, who is ca
llable of bearing 1 arms, that oar trium
phant armies can possibly be driven back.
Is it, then, easy to over-estimate the value
of the capture of Vicksburg or of Port. Hud
son ? Of the bloudless triumph over the
fugitive armies of Bragg ? Can we rejoice
too much in those magnificent battles in
which the Army of the Potomac hurled
back the veteran soldiers,♦the best and
bravest soldiers of the South? When we
read in Southern journals, and in Northern
newspapers which echo Southern boasts,
that these victories are but superficial suc
cesses, which have no permanent elicct on
the war, we can answer them by the words
of the rebel leader. Would superficial suc
cesses have such profound results ? Would
.victories without -permanent effect force a
' conscription of every fighting man the enemy
can control ? - ..
.TeefEkson Davis has issued from Rich
mond a proclamation of despair. He has
confessed, in the hearing of the world, the
desperate condition of his failing cause. He
lias confessed the overwhelming might of
the United States. Not to meet the three
hundred thousand men our Government has
called to arms, does lie summon the entire
fighting population of the South, but to meet'
our armies already in the field,' the “ in
vaders--now within the limits of the Con
federacy.” What could he do were
he answered by a- similar measure ?
With but a .part; of its power, the' Govern
ment lias forced the rebellion to use
its whole strength. Army after army has
failed the rebellion ; city after city ; State
following. State, have been wrested from its
hold, and, lastly, we have- torn from it the
great river of the West. Driven, to
the last extremity, the rebellion has called
out its reserve. “ The only salvation
of the Southern Confederacy,” says the
Richmond Enquirer, “is in calling out a
leyyc-n on am, and the application of martial
law to the whole country as in a state of
siege.” If this he the only hope, and,-that
■it is the President of the Confederacy him
self confesses, then there is wo hope worthy
of the name. Per it is absolutely impossi
ble that this measure can be enforced; by
conscription the rebel Government has al
ready exhausted the South, and, though it
may order the creation of armies, it cannot
create them. Glendqswer may summon
spirits from the vasty deep, but will they
come ? -No country has ever placed its entire
fighting population in the field, and grant
ing the spirit and resolution of the rebels to
be all their fondest friend would.wish, they
cannot accomplish impossibilities. Nor will
time he granted them to achieve even the
little which might be possible had they a
few months to, organize the few men who
have tines far taken no. active part in the
war. Had Jefferson Davis announced
in plain words that the rebellion is now
concentrating all its energies for the
death struggle, he could have said lit
tle more than this proclamation reveals
to the world. The great and decisive
victory is near. As the terrible riots in
New York are now mere matters of yester
day, soon to be remembered as men remem
ber an ugly dream, so this greater riot will
meet as inglorious a fate. One cause created
the riot and the rebellion, and each was
equally an enemy to Freedom and Law ;
the Power which crushed the lesser foe is
able to subdue the greater, and the con
quest will be lasting proof of the invincibili
ty of the American Republic. .
Mr. James T. Brady, of New York,
knows more of the intricacies of law than of
the principles of Goyernment. He promises
to pay the exemption money for four good
drafted citizens who are so placed that they
cannot leave their families. This is a noble,
generous offer, which Mr. Brady is not the
man to make without fully intending to re
alize. 'Unfortunately, the concluding sen
tence of his letter is calculated to throw a.’
doubt upon the legality of the cijjiscriptiou
' itself. He promises in it to do all in his power
to have the conscription aet tested before the
judiciary as a constitutional question. We .
deny that a good citizen is justified, in a
crisis like that through which we are how
passing, in assisting to throw legal obstruc
tions-sn-;.iie_.wayj)f the national defence.
Mr. Brady, we t:mst, :
tiness of examining an act of Congress, as
he would examine a bill of indictment in a
court of law, in liopes of detecting a flaw in
it. Mr. Brady, of the li'gtits hf
i,w -profession, ' very well knows that, in
cases of riot or revolt, the common law
gives, the sheriff: of a county the.-uuquestion
ablc light to impress'- every able-bodied
*;- - *- —;i, -, it tel " calling - onf the
pessc —■ to aid him. in sup
pressing the tumult, and in maintaining
order. Wet, while Mr. Brady would stand
up against taking this ancient privilege and
power ftom an inferior officer, he would
challenge the right of the superior officer to
exercise it, even with the authority of Con
gress. In fine, what he would preserve to
the sheriff of a county he would not permit
to the President of the United States ! Sure
ly, he has not nqw to learn that extraordi
nary evils sometimes. require extraordinary
remedies. When the very existence of this
country,, as a nation,, is at stake,.are we to
waste time in discussing points of law ? '
The rebels In North Carolina seem'to
be in sore distress. The -reactionary move
ment, as it may be called, is passing beyond
the control of those who. are 'charged with
the management of the Confederate affairs.
Governor Vance, who seems to be a pecu
liar being—a kind of Mosaic Governor
talking for secession and laboring against,
it, has called a meeting of the Legislature'
to discuss some local matter, but virtually
with the idea of reopening.negotiations with
the view, of returning North Carolina to the
Union. This State has been one of Mr.
Davis’ most deplorable failures. Heart and
soul for the Union, it was whirled into se
cession by treason and crime. .We shall
gladly welcome the old North State into the
family of loyal States. ;
A few days since the Southern journals
told us that the South was a unit, and Mr.
Vallandigham tells us that every man,
woman, andchild he had met in the Sou^h
iJiuruirdo ueuiii uj iduffion uilli Uih niiiVinT
A Mobile newspaper, however, tells us that
there are “ timid men ” in the South, and
that “the timid men must not be allowed to
fetter the,wheels of the revolution.” We
prefer the Mobile editor to the Representa
tive from Ohio, and send these “timid men”
words of comfort and encouragement. Pa
tience, friends, patience a little longer. The
good time is coming, and is very near at
hand.
The New York World wishes the United
States to receive Mr. Stephens “upon
terms of equality,” and considers it “sim
ply common sense to treat the rebel govern
ment as a power. ” The United 1 States pre
fers to treat it as a weakness. - The World
thinks “the war should bn conducted upon
precisely the same basis as a war against
England or France. ” The Government be
lieves that respect is due to its foreign equals,
and is indisposed to make international war
fare oiit of. the struggle to,subdue a gigantic
riot. The TVflj'fcZ affirms -that “more flies
can be caugbt with a drop of honey than
witlTa gallon of vinegar.!’ The Govern
ment is not attemiJting to catch flies. The
World declares that “our rulers have never
missed no occasion to make the prolonga
tion of the war indefinite:;” The Goyern
,mcnt is indebted to the bad grammar of the
World for the only loyal sentiment in its
'sahinuui
TIIE JOtylftTMll Of speaking of
the conscription, says “ Some errors which
have been made are manifest. „ The draft
ought uot.lo have been commenced by tbe
United States authorities consulta
tion with the State authorities.” This is a
very proper point; hut what'will the, Journal
of Gommeree say when it learns that Gov.
Seymour was notified that there would he
a draft weeks before it was ordered ? The
blame is with the Governor, of New York,
and not with the Administration.
Jen verson Davis has ordered out every
white man under forty-five within the limits
of the Confederacy, to serve in the rebel
array. This looks like war. We wonder if
Mr. Davis intends to wait for a decision of
: the courts before lie compels the conscripts
to .take up arms’; - .
. Eitoji the far South comb signs, of alle
giance to the old flag. The. victories of
-.Grakjl; and Meade . have carried terror to
. those .who are rebels because of interest or
passion. “There have been some signs of
this white;feather fluttering, during the- few
past gloomy, days. Let us warn them that
it is base to. feel, and dangerous to he pre
mature in the utterance of, such sentiments. ”
To us these arc joyous words, Tor they tell
us that the blood of loyalty is again gushing
through the veins of the South. The city of/
Mobile, in which these words w'ere written,
was warmly attached to Douglas, and at
tachment to Douglas means loyalty- and
patriotism.-
Tiie New York 1 Yorld-, not satisfied with
the recent riots in that city, now openly
preaches revolution, and makes the follow
ing suggestions to its friends, as the way iu
which it may be accomplished :
If the federal Government directs its o flic era to
dieobey the process of the courts of New York, and
eniorces their disobedience, it simply makes war
upon the State of New Y ork. IVlud the Slate of New
iork will do in such a contingency; how il will m»cl
revolution, it is unnecessary now lo say. . Whatever it
does, whether iu the way of resistance or remon
atrance, wiil be done calmly, coolly, with the dignity
befitting the Empire State, and with the power
which its contributions of millions of treasure and
two hundred regiments to the war hat'e not im
paired.”
Now, if ever, is the golden hour of the
Republic. If we would reach peace, it must
be by a miglitv, violent, and overwhelming
blow. The,rebellion is reeling., See the
cries of despair that come from every South
ern journal.. Crush treason at home,Amite
the North in one mighty army, arid then
advance along the lines. Victory is as sure
as sunlight after the dawn. " ■
Tiie London Times, which seems to pos
sess a degree of inspiration, and has made a
number of prophecies in this war, has fa
vored liswith another. .Writing-in the early
part of July', it- says : “We may expect in a
week or two to hear of President Davis
being in Washington. ” It is only j ust to say
that its last prophecy is as remarkable as any
that have preceded it. ' ‘ •
The organ of the rioters has at last
found an excuse for’the atrocities of the
thieves, murderers, anjjjricendiariesof New
York. It seems from this ,journal that the
ruffians of that city were a -m-ost sadly
abused people, and that the radicals were to
blame.:
11 The radicals will have the goodness to uailer
stand that whatever resistance has been or may be
offered by Irish lor by any other citizens of the
United States to the ‘ acts of our rulershas been
challenged by.the haughty and defiant denial of
these fundamental principles on the part of the Ad
ministration and the party for which they speak.”
The rebels are summoning up their ener
gies for a fierce , and final struggle. This
last call of Jefferson Davis meads imme
diate, unrelenting, and despairing -war.
Friends, shall wc be laggard ? Let us place
our three hundred..-thousand men in the
field, and throw them on the. foe before the
new levy is taken into the field.
There is a moral in every public event, and a
lesson to be learned even from a riot.— World,
When we interpret this profoundly origi
nal oracle by the aid of the disloyal senti
ments which surround it, wc feel able to
announce truths j equally evident. Every
moral of the World is indeed a public event,
and a riot is to be‘learned in every one of
its lessons. * \
LETTER FROM “OCCASIONAL.”
Washington, July 21, 1863.
When Napoleon, after he had entered
Moscow, rose from a troubled sleep to look
out, with a pale face and a convulsive’s tart,
upon a burning city, he is reported to have
exclaimed : “The Scythians—they destroy
themselves !” But these people put the.
brand to their-own homes to save them
from the invader, and were justified by the
usages of war and the instincts of self
preservation; How'diflerent with a portion
of the population in New York! They,
not only fly at the throat of their own Bene
factor, their own Government, who is at
once their almoner and their defender, but
glory in their baseness, and defy the re
morseful future in which their, names will
stand perpetually first in the calendar of the
_ ctucrcix-ts«r«i.'—JllStOX’y of this
hell-broth it is well to go back a little. It
was not, as you know, a sudden rising; and
its dreadful though brief success is best ex
perienced in this, that no patriotic men
believed that the crime it has con
summated, however threatened, was ever
sincerely intended; It was so with the
Rebellion. Tl struck at a good Government'
orqvivk vthvt swvivivu iJhnvT the thoib seteni
because it was so wholly unexpected. For
with us our Union was next to our God;
and we so revered it that we did not con
ceive that, however vehement the oath to
destroy it-, no man would "dare to execute
such an oath. Hence our idolatrous faith
in our Union was the weakness over which
Rebellion prevailed ■ for a time.. The
son: who -strikes and stabs the father,
or, as “in our case, the mother, no
matter how infamous, is one of those fear
fully novel characters that history is not
stained with many such examples. But a
wretch like this, fratricide and matricide
both in one ; is an individual illustration of
lhat indescribable infamy called the Rebel
lion against the American Union. From
that source pf all evil has proceeded
ever}- manner of shame and ignominy. In
itself ihfamouS; its offspring is even worse.
Caliban was less the son of Sycorax,
bestiality and incest less the children of
slavery, than was the New York mob The
product of the Rebellion. It was hatched
arid nursedUy the-authors and apologists of
the Rebellion. The first always relied upon
the elements just concentrated into war
upon life and liberty, as certain to
help their ultimate atrocities; and. the
second have exerted themselves for many
yearsrio make this expectation good. The
ingredients that entered into this infernal
mixture were many and diverse. The
earliest was Calhounism, that found in Fer
nando Wood and others ready devotees.
Under the guise of Free Trade to please the
merchants, and hatred of Abolition and the
negro to irritate a portion of the irilSbSSSl filti
igm, mi MQTDiiiiQßisprogTßSßßfl ttaffiiraiily.
NSW York has always bccu a rendezvous for
the slave-nabobs! V It was in New York
that the hundreds of thousands so terribly
earned by the sweat, and blood, and crime,
of their own slaves, were easily and annually
expended. As a specimen of the oriental
extravagance of a class made rich and
cruel by slavery, I will mention that I
have seen within two years a single din
ner set ('not of silver} ordered for and paid
by a pious Alabama lady, who revelled
in the splendid fruits of her own plan- -
tation, that cost six thousand dollars.
Everything that, could: be bought was had
by/ these excellent people ; and of course
these streams of slave-earned gold going
outto inspire the merchants, touched those
who took their cue from those who
paid them. They returned harvests in
the r way of Democratic majorities, com
menced with Democratic Presidents and de
corated with. Democratic Congressmen; and
>the investment, which looked so expensive,
was, after ail, the profoundest economy.
Then came the newspapers catering to their
appetites all the time. Next the pulpit,
which, at least, (with such'exceptions as
proved'that the abuses I refer to only served
to make the opposition to them so extreme as
mot to be immediately effective,} became a
mere sounding board, to echo to the slave
lies once a month rained down 7 on the ne-
VfifiV VVViVHIdHHVtvVIVHi?! Svvivtf) Willi
Its Domboys and'Garlters, and imsm and
pretension, threw its tribute into the caul
dron. Commerce, withtheaffiuentyisions of
a boundless trade, and money, witli its-ten
thousand ramifications, added-thrift voices
to the chorus, until, at. last, to he for the
South was the elixir that kept life and
health among the good people of the city of
New York. Occasional.
The Rebel l.osses in Grant’s Campaign.
Cincikkati, duly 21.—The Gazette’s Yieksburg
I correspondent says, that during the campaign, of
sixty-four days, ending with the capture' of Ticks
burg, the rebels lost, in killed, wounded, and prison
ers, 43,700 men, about 71,000 stand of arms, including
50,000 Enfield rifles, ia their original packages,
which were intended for the rebel army across the
Mississippi, and 230 pieces of artillery.
; / the State Teachers? Associ a
tio>* will meet at Heading on the 4th; sth, and oth
clays ol August; -\ ’• ~■. ■
THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, WiDNESDAY. JULY 22, 1863.
Washixoton, July 21, 1863.
Eight at Charleston.
A telegram received from Portree* Monroe this
afternoon, briefly mentions that the light was re
sumed at Charleston on Friday, and that the con
test was remarkably sliArp, both sides firing in all
directions. The prospect appeared to be the ulti
mate fall of Port Wagner.
Official Despatch front Admiral Porter.
The Secretary of the Navy, to-night, received the
following: -•
'•U. S. Mississippi Squadhox, Ft.Ah.shir. Black
hawk, Off Vicksburg, July 10, 1863,
Via Cairo, July 21.
lion. Gideon Welles: Sir: Hearing that General
Johnston was fortifying Yazoo City with heavy
guns, and gathering troops there for. the purpose of
gathering supplies for his army from the Yazoo
country, and also that the remainder of the enemy’s
best transports were there, showing a possibility of
his attempting to escape, Major General Grant and
myself determined to send a naval and-military ex
pedition up there to capture them. The Biron de
Kalb, New National, Kenwood, and Signal, were
despatched, under command of Lieut. Commanding
John G. Walker, with a force of troopsj numbering
6,000 men under Major General Frank? J. Herron.
Fuelling up to the city, the Baron De Kalb engaged ‘
the batteries, which were all prepared to receive
her, and after-finding out their strength, dropped
back to notify Gen. Herron, who immediately land
ed bismen, and the army and navy made a com
bined attach on the enemy’s works. The rebels
soon fled, leaving everything in- bur possession, and
and set-fire to four of their finestateamera that ran
oiHhe Mississippi in times past.
The army pursued the enemy, and captured their
rear guard, of 260 men, and at last accounts were
taking more prisoners. Six heavy guns , and one
vessel, formerly a gunboat, fell into our hands, and
all tlio munitions of war.
Unfortunately, while the Baron .De Kalb was
moving slowly along, she ran fouli of a torpedo,
which exploded and sunk her. m There was no sign
of anything of the kind to be seen. While she was
going down, another exploded under her stem. The
water is rising fast in the Yazoo, and we can do
nothing more tlyin get the guns out of her, and then
tow her into deepwater, where she will lie undis
turbed until we are able to raise her. The officers
and men lost everything;*
I have the bmot to be, very respectfully, your
obedient servant, DAVID D. PORTER,
Acting Rear Admiral,
Commanding Mississippi Squadron.
The Naval Pursuit ol' lKorgau,'
The following whs received this evening:
U. S. Steamer Moore, Above Buffington, .
Ohio River, July 19, :18G3,-
lion. Gideon. Secretary of ike Navy: }
After chaßing : Morgan nearly 600 miles, lat last
met him on the river at this point, and engaged and
drove him back, capturing two of his pieces of artil
lery. He abandoned the rest to Gen. Judah. . The
enemy broke in confusion from the banks, and left
his wagon train, many horses and Bmall arms/in my
possession.
. Since writing the above I followed further up the
river, and met another portion ofr'MoßOAN’s force
fording about nineteen, miles above. -I shelled ,and
drove most of them back, killed several, and wound*
ed twenty-five or thirty, and captured twenty more
hprses.
I have but two men wounded, slightly. Our shell
and shrapnel created great confusion in the rebel
ranks, killing and wounding many.
LEROY FITCH, Lieut. Commander.
Surgeons Wanted.
The Government is in want of acting assistant
surgeons in the navy. Gentlemen wishing to enter
this branch of the service must be over thirty years
1 of age, must present good, testimonials as to cha
racter, etc., and willing to undergo an examination
ab t 6 physical and professional qualifications.
Naval,
No new orders have recently been issued interfe
ring with the respective duties of Admirals Farra
gut and Porter. The former was long ago as
signed to the command of . the Western: blockading
squadron, and the latter to .the command on the
Mississippi. Therefore, the rumor from New Or
leans is merely a reference to an old fact.
The rebel Petersburg Express, of_the 18th, pays &
compliment to the United States; Navy by saying,
among other things, that our ships, in fact, have
alone, in repeated instances, saved our army from
annihilation.
Commander Corbin has been ordered to the
Naval Academy as commandant of the midshipmen.
Capt. Melancthon Sarmi iB ordered to the com
mand of the iron* clad steamer Onondaga.
Lieutenant Commander C. H. Greene 1b detached
from the ordered to the command of
the Vincennes.
Appointment*
"War. M. Briggs has been appointed secretary of
Legation to Brazil.
Thc Keliels Reported Cheeked at Banker
The Inquirer. has the following.special despatch:'
Hagerstown, July. 21.— The whole rebel army is
reported as being checked at Bunker Hill by the
Union troops, who have got in their rear.
General Averill is reported as feeling the enemy
strongly on their western line of retreat for two
aayßpast. ; - • • -
It is believed that Generals Ewell and' Hood are
in strong force and Hedges-’
ville. The former is thirteen miles from- Vrilliama
port, and,t.b<vj» fcb *’*-‘ e i ,v, —~ •
' 'The rebel pickets form a front from Hcdgcsville to
the Shenandoah river, eight miles from "Harper’s
Ferry. ' '
• The whole rebel force is estimated at sixty - thou
sand men. . . r- *
THE WAR IN THE SOUTHWEST,
Ca P*“ , « » r HlllUlltll
and fifty Rebels Taken Prisoners—Gun*
boat DeKalb Blown Up by Torpedoes—
No lives Lost —A Preinaturc Attach: on
dackson-Onr Loss Three HnndredrSHcr
ihaii Besieging Johnston—Expedition Up
tlie Red River* , \
Cairo, July 20.— -From. I). F, Parker, who left
Yickßburg on the 15th, we get the following:
Yazoo City, which was held by about 800 rebels,
was captured by Gen. Herron on the 13th 3 250
prisoners were captured. ‘
The gunboat Be Kalb was blown up by torpedoes
and sunk in shallow water. She will be raised.
No liveß_were lost.. ‘ {
The rebels burned three transports lying above the
city. Some.eight or ten large steamers are still up
the Yazoo.
General Bauman has been relieved of his com
mand by General Sherman, it is said, for diso
bedience of -orders and prematurely attacking Jack
son, He made an attack on the 13th, and was re
pulsed with a loss of three hundred killed and
wounded.
General Sherman is besieging General Johnston
at Jackson, who is supposed to have thirty thou
sand men.' It is said that johnston cannot escape.
A,steamboat is loading, at Yiekshurg with rebel
sick and wounded for Mobile via New Orleans. /
A'large fleet of transports, convoyed by gunboats,
has gone up the Bed river, under General Ransom.
When he returns, he is to take command at Nat
chez.
Our forces at Milliken’s Bend and Lake Provi
dence arc reported to be suffering considerably from
sickness..
LATER NEWS FROM CHARLESTON.
Fortress Monroe, July 21.—The United 'States
gunboat Circassian,/Captain Eaton, has just ar*
rived. Captain Eaton reports that he left Charles
ton on Friday afternoon last. A battle was com
menced on Friday morning by both the land and
naval forces, and was progressing when he left. No
further particulars have been received.
MILITARV MOVEMENTS—£ALi. oir TiiE i
TWENTY-SECOND-STREET STATION
_ HOUSE.
New York, July 21.— The 12fch Rhode Island ar
rived this morning from Cincinnati, and left for
Providence at 1 o'clock. '
: The 2lth Connecticut arrived this evening from
Washington.
Patrick Murry, oharged with burning the house in
Twenty-sixth street, during the riotß, was arrested
to-day. .
During the high gale, at noon, the iwalls of the
Twenty-second-street station house fell, burying a
number of women and children. Several are sup
posed to be killed. This was the station house
burned by the mob last week.
New York, July 2l,—The Commercial says: “It
appears that the rioting on Staten Island was
caused by drunken soldiers who, after fighting
among themeelves, fired on citizens as soon as they
saw them. A number of the latter were Bhot, and
oneinßtantly killed. Two of the soldiers were fa-'
tally injured during the fight among themselves.
The officers in charge of the soldiers were sent back
to the city, and will probably be.dismissed from the
eervice. A military council of; inquiry decided the
citizens were blameless. No damage was done to
property.” '
The Post contains an entirely different story,
stating that the mob attacked three of the soldiers,
but subsequently dispersed. Twenty*four persons,
nine of whom are supposed to have been rioters,
were arrested and held as witnesses. Several of
the rioters werewounded, and one-killed. Two sol
diers were fatally stabbed.
It is hard to tell which report is correct.
horn lor several hours this morning-, which extended
Wf&fc ftHil fiflUth. The OAsfclcfcon bridge, twelve
miles below, was washed away. The Hudson river
train -which left here at 3 o'clock would have been
destroyed but for a timely signal from the residents
near that point. Thetrain brought the passengers
back to this city.
A serious break on the canal at Mount Morris Is
reported; another is reported at Speakers, and the
gates of East Plaih,; Canajoharie and Spraker's Ba
sin have been washed away.
Gale at New York.
i New York, July 21. —A gale to-daycaused many
• vessels to drag their anchors. The United States
steamer Honduras went ashore ; on the battery en
: largement, but was pulled off' by four steam-tugs.
The Fort Darling expedition Abandoned.
" New York, July 21.—A despatch from-Fortress
: Monroe says that the expedition against Fort Dar
-1 ling, on the James river, has been abandoned.
New York, July .21.—The pilot-boat W. J.
Eomer struck a sunken wreck last night, hear Bar
negat. She was got off, leaking badly, and run
• for the beach, but striking the outer bar, near
l Little Egg -Harbor, she' filled with water*. Her
• crew were saved, ,•
i ' ■'
WASHEVGTOIV.
Special Despatches: to The Press,
ARMT OP THE POTOMAC.
Hill-National Forces in TJicir Rear.
A General Battle on Friday.
Kim YORK.
The Rioting on Staten Island,
The Storm at Albany.
Sinking of "a Pilot-Boat,
THE XATE BIOTS IN-NEW' YORK.
A LETTER FROM HON. ,1. T. BRADY
,In a letter on the recent riotß, Mr. Brady lay*
down the following propositions, from which he
argues against mob rule:
First. There is no instance in the history of man
kind in which a mob or riot did not fall to win any
permanent advantage.
Second . In most mobs of any consequence the ex
hibitions of courage have been by those whom con
cealed agitations moved. The agitators themselves
have, as in the recent instances, remained in secure
retreat.
I have heard with regret of the expressions made
by men claiming to be gentlemen, having property
and influence, who have privately chuckled over the
merciless massacre of unoffending negroes.
Not one of these men would dare to expose his
precious person in any of the murderouß exploits he
praises. .
And now let me say to the men who have been or
mean to be engaged m a riot: Why should you ex
pose yourselves to all the danger, and the men who
set you on keep out of it? I tell you, my deluded
fellow-citizens, that not one of the scheming dema
gogues who urge you to the peril they never intend
to encounter—not one of them will ever consent to
act with or to lead you.
Try it ! Go to any of the men who applaud your
course, or pretend to be your friends, and you will
find that they don’t dare to fight for your opinions as
you do. ’
I detest murderers, houseburnevs, and thieves. I
regard neither with honor, but I have more respect
for the misguided man who opposes by violence a
law whioh he deems unjust and oppressive, than for
tbiemiserable sneaks who, to carry out their opinions
or to promote their views, skulk .in the rear while
they expose their foolish but courageous dupes in
the front. ' ; -
The people of New York will find out that the
way to avoid injustice is not to court or follow the
directions of political “ rings” or cliques, but to rely
upon the assistance of those who, like myself, mean
that our country shall continue to exist, and no in
justice be done to any of her citizens, ‘
*1 do not admire the provision in the conscript law
generally called the three-huhdred-dollar clause; but
I Will obey the law. I will pay this amount for any
four men of family whose courage being good are
yet so placed that they cannot ly>ye their families,
if I were richer I would do more. I will also do all
in my power to have the right to draft tested before
the judiciary as a constitutional question. But I
beg and implore the brave but misled men, who are
willing to tight for their principles, not to let them
aeU'es be‘used by political sneaks, who don’t care
how many houses are burned, ( orlives are sacrificed, if
their own schemes can be promoted consistently
-with their personal safety.
L _ JAMES T. BRADY.
ADDRESS BY, THE.RT. REV. BISHOP TIMON, OF
BUFFALO.
Dearly Beloved : In the name of the God of
charity, and through that charity which He, who
calledus to be your bishop, has given us for you;
through that charity of Christ, in us, however un
worthy, through which we would cheerfully give
our lile, if necessary, for each and every one ofyou,
we beg of you, for Christ’s sake, and for the sake of
all that you love in heaven and on earth, to abstain
from all resistance to law, from all riot, from all tu
multuous gatherings, from all violence.
In New York many misguided men, Yet very few,
we believe, of practical Catholics, have shed blood in
the late riot; and “ the voice of their brother’s blood
cried to ike Lord from the earth.” Some of the riot
ers have fallen, many more will, we fear, suffer
much, many will, perhaps," be ruined; all will find
the painful sting of a guilty conscience during the
rest of life, 1 and on their deathbed (if, indeed, rioters
who aid in murder could die otherwise than as it is
written: “He that shall kill by the sword, must be
killed by the sword,” Apoc. xiiL, 10,) they will,
either, through God's mercy sincerely repent for
their participation in the riot, or be/lost forever.
Dearly beloved, listen to the advice of a father who
. dearly loves you ; submit to law, and God will pro
tectyou. Should there be a draft, fewer will be draft
ed than would probably t>e‘killed in an unholy strug
gle against law. Andii any ofyou be drafted, we will
try to protect and aid; friends will protect and aid ;
God will protect, aid,and:bießB,in more ways than we
know or. dare name. Withdraw yourselves, then,
we beg and exhort, from all who would excite to as
sociations against the laws of the land, or to vio
lence and mob law. For God’B sake; for the sake
of your dear families ; for the Bake of your fathers
and mothers, whether still pilgrims on earth, or
mingling with “the blessed crowd of witnesses,”
who from heaven watch over your conduct on earth,
we exhort to Irnsl in God , and not to lend yourselves
to any exciter tdmob violence, which so often leads
to murder. If y the advice of your Father
in Christ, we confidently assure you that “ Whoso
ever shall follow this rale, peace shall be upon him ,
and mercy t . and upon the Israel of God.”—Gal. vi.
' We require that this letter be read in every church
oii the Sunday after its reception.
Given at St. Joseph’s Cathedral, Buffalo, on
the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, A. D.
MDCCOLXIII. f JOHN, Bishop of Buffalo.
RELIEF TO THE COLORED PEOPLE OF NEW YORK.
On Monday afternoon a large number of the mer
chants of New York held a meeting to raiße money
for those colored persons who have been driven from
their homes by the mob, and the families of those
who have been lulled.
Mr. Jonathan Sturgea presided, and spoke as fol
lows: “T have been forty-nine years a merchant in
my present location. During, this period I have
seen a noble race of merchants pass away. I can
not help calling to mind the , many acts of charity
which they performed during their lives. I hardly
need to name them 3 you all know them. You all
know how they sent relief to Southern cities when
they were desolated by fire or pestilence; how they
sent shiploads of food to the starving people of Ire
land. This laßt act of brotherly love we had the
privilege of isniiating during the past winter 3 and
as often as occasion requiies, I trust we shall be
quick to continue these acts of humanity, thus
showing.that the race of. New York merchants is
not deteriorating.
“We are now called upon to sympathize with a
different class of our fellow-men. Those who'know
the colored people of this city can testify to their
being a peaceable, industrious people, having their
own churches, Sunday schools, aod charitable socie
ties 3 and that, as a class, they seldom depend upon
charity ; they not only labor to support themselves,
but to aid those who need aid. : This is their general
character, and it ie our duty to sec that they are
protected in their lawful labors,*to save themselves
Irom becoming dependent on the charity o f the city,
Ye have not come together to devise means for
their relief because they are colored people, but be
cause they are, as a class, persecuted and in distress
at the present moment. - .
“It is not necessary for- our present; purposes to
inquire'Who the men are who have, persecuted,
robbed, and murdered them. We know they are
bad men,-who have not done as they would be done’
by. Let us not’!follow their, example; let us be
quick -to-relieve those who are now in trouble, and
should we ever find those who have persecuted the
negro in like trouble, let us be quick to relieve them'
alao, : ahd thus obey the : injunction of our Divine
Master,-‘bless those who persecute you.’”
The following donations were received for the re
lief’of the colored sufferers:
• George Griswold & Co., $250; Captain Nye, $5O;
Sturges, 33ennett. &. Co., Exchange,
SBOOJ Young, Schultz, & Co., $2OO ; Weston & Wall,
$3OO 3 S. Wiiiets, $2OO ; M. C. Monroe & Bro.y $lOO j
D. G-. Bacon, $2OO ; Win. H. Fogg, $200; R. p. Buck,
f 2o ®! S: I-- f-fj: yriBWOWj Ht H, JiMMlffltl
2joo y TT. aioO j ■>» • ]
164! Sk ermati, Hallman, s*. 00., $200: Scanlon, sihel
(]6b, fc 06., $lOO • J. D. McKenzie, sifl6; Hugii N.
Camp, $100; Skeel &.Reynolds, $lOO 3’ Noah & Svve
zey, $100; B. C. White, $lOO 5 Beebe ficßro., $200:
Ockerhausen Bros., $lOO 3 Dow, Youngs &. Co . $lOQ.‘;
Beaid & Cummings, $lOO 3 Reeve, Chase & Banks,
$100; Hugh Allen. $200: John Otendorf, $25; Booth
&c Edgar, $200; Sheffield &. Co., $5O 3 Collection in
Fourth avenue Presbyterian church, $206 85; Col
lins, Raynor & Co., $100; Richard Warren, $5O; H.
K. -Bull, $400; Danton, Smith & Oo.‘, $100; T. B.
Minturn,' $100; Slow & Ferris, $5O 3 : Wylie 6c Kne
vels, $100; Allen &. Hoag, $lOO. Total $5,131.55. '
Thurlow Weed has since added $5OO to this fund.
It was voted to request Gen. Dix to give notice to
the colored people to return to their usual employ
ments, with the assurance that they Bhall be pro
perly protected. "•
A.LETTER PROS! THCBLOW WEBD,
Albany, Saturday, July 18, 1863. .
My Dhar Sir : I concur with you in believing
that “there are apt anireg - you? JtC
avert the wrath of Heaven,” if immediate relief and
futuie protection be not extended to your u colored
citizens.” The page that records their wrongs du
ring the “ three days” of misrule in New York,
will be the blackestin its history. Thatthe wretch
es should have deliberately marked, for lapiae and
murder, a class at once the least offending and most
defenceless, is a fact and a feature in crime at which
. civilization and humanity revolt And shudder !
I thank you for.so eloquently and promptly call-,
attention to the lamentable condition of
these greatly-wronged people. - That the appeal
Will be »b promptly responded to l do not doubt.
,For the persecution of the negro there iB divided
responsibility.^"'TiTs of Irishmen to Afri
cans is unworthy of indn themseivo.? seek aod
find, in America, an asylum frotil Oppression. Yet
this hostility would not culminate in murder and
arson but for the stimulants supplied by fanatics.
Journalists persistently inflame and exaspe
rate the ignorant and lawless against the negro, are:
morally resi>onsible for these outrages. ' But what
caies "Wendell Phillips how many negroeß are mur
dered, if their blood furnishes ; material . agita
tion? ' . <
There is abundant occasion for the public abhor
rence of mob violence. But when all the circum
stances have been reviewed, the popular condemna
tion of those who, while the nation is struggling for
existence, thrust the unoffending negro forward as
a target for infuriated mobs, will become general
and emphatic. Ultra Abolitionists were hailed in ;
South Carolina as the “best friends ” of secession.'
Practically, they are the worst enemies of the
colored man. But for;the “malign influence” of
these, howling demagogues ih Congress, and with
the President, rebellion would not, in the begin-
BUI; lilts iiiiMsa snoß foimlflafila BMissiUafiiu
Bor ib 112 DroiTGii would inn Tronn naua naan
?r tj‘9 w> wumwit cnppißfli
- Presuming- that steps will be taken for the relief
of the colored people whose dwellings were robbed,
and who were driven, from their employment, I en
close my check for five hundred dollars, as a 'contri
bution to the object, relying upon you to give it the'
proper direction.
~Yery truly, yours, THURLOW WEED.
H. J. Raymond, Esq.
Tile lixemption Clause—Gov. Seymour’s
Record.
The New York Tribune says .* u Tha unthinking
multitude who, last week, ravaged this city with
pillage, conflagration, and murder, have, perhaps,
been misled by men who know that neither the draft
nor the clause in question is open to any reason
able objection. They have used the; $3OO provi- :
' Bion to inflame the poor against . the rich, not
because they -thought it unjußt, blit that they
might excite an insurrection to further their own
political--and- ambition,** Horatio Sey
mour, and Horatio have resorted .
to this pretext in the hope that they might pre
vent any reinforcements of the armies of the Union,'
; knowing that a Government without soldiers in a
time of war has no alternative but to make peace
peace, however disgraceful or however disastrous,
they care not, so long as it restored themselves and
their Southern allies .to power—peace, though it
might be by the sacrifice of the brave men who,
without waiting to be : drafted, have volunteered to
defend their country in the field. And here is proof.
.On the sth of May last, only two months and]a|half
.ago, the Legislature passed an act to amend “an act
s (which is in effect a draft for a possible contingen
cy) for the enrolment of .the militia, the organization
and discipline of the National Guard of the State
of-New York, and for the public defence,” and the
6th article of these amendments is as follows :
Sec. 6. Addot tho end of section 300 of this act as.fol
lows: Any person so drafted who may-be a member of
any religious denomination 'whatever, or from scruples
of conscience may be averse to bearing arms, shall be
excused front said draft on payment to thß clerk of the
county dv whom such, draft is maderur. sorby THREE
HUNDRED DOLLARS, to be by said county cieik paid
;to the Controller of the State* to' be applied to the pur
poses mentioned in this act. •••-.■ «v
And to this act Horatio Seymour gave his appro
val, and affixed his name as Governor of the S tate J
Tfitiijjass ft* isnsaa sstfi » Ss-ssiSthaSiMi
yf the fcSTfVS<fj Tniuite iß
aii invidious diatinetioa betweea the Q.u.alter and.
OMhollc, as that- th& kih Af the. United- Stetes
favoifl the rich at the expense of the poor. .To the;
act of the State, enrolling the citizens, with an ex
emption fee for a certain class of $3OO, he gives his,
approval; to the „ act of the United States,* enroll
ing the citizens, with an exemption fee for a certain
clasß of $3OO, he sanctions opposition by his exam
ple, addressing those who make it a pretext for in
suncotion as his “ noble-hearted friends t” ' Are
there any so blind.that they cannot see; /so deaf
that they cannot hear 1 ? ,
Colored Regiments.
Boston, July 2t.— The .soth-(colored) Regiment
embarked on board the steamer Cahawbft, ior Isew
bern, N. C M to-day. The regiment excited the great
est enthusiasm on its march through the city.
The 43d Massachusetts Regiment arrived here this
morning, and met with a hearty welcome.
Cincinnati Cliamttfi’ of Commerce.
• Oivcrh'KATi, duiv 21.— At a meeting of .the Cham-.
Tier of Commerce last night, thirty-three members
bers were expelled for not taking the oath of alle
giance.' . _ • \ v v
The Great Eastern.
• New York* July 21.—' The steamer Great Saateru
1 sailed to-day.’with 323 passengers.
MORG lIS’S HMD IS OHIO.
Tlire«f Thousand of his Men mut all his
, Artillery Taken.
(From tie •incinnati Ga/ette, 20tli } %
We stated on Saturday morning that Morgan was
then moving in the direction of JPomeroy, and was
in the neighborhood of Chester. His main force
reached Chester, five miles from Pomeroy, on Satur
day afternoon, where he was hemmed in by our
cavalry and infantry. All the roads were barrica
ded, and the militia had. turned out in force to* im
pede his passage. We had Hobson-moving on him
from the East, Judah from the South, and White
and Runkle from the North and West. The fords
were all guarded by gunboatß, artillery, and sharp
shooters.
Morgan, finding himself in close quarters, sent out
scouts to find a crossing near Buffington, as this was
the only ford left him that he could possibly ;
reach. On learning that the ford was guarded by
the gunboats, and we had » strong force of sharp
shooters on the island, Morgan broke up his band,
and they separated, each- squad to take care of itself.
One squad broke' for. the.crossing at Buffington,
followed by the battery of Bix pieces which Morgan ;
brought with him. Ab soon as the rebels approach
ed the river they were opened upon by the gunboats,
and one hundred and fifty were killed and droivned.
Our cavalry made a dash upon the force in charge •,
of the battery and captured the whole six pieces,
and killed a number of the rebels. In this skirmish i
we understand we lost six or seven killed. The
rest of this force were repulsed and driven back.
The main force now fell back toward Belpre, and
then scattered, and took to the hills in squads, in
the direction of Coolsville. Colonels Wolford and
Shackleford, of General llobßon’s command, fol
lowed and succeeded in capturing one lot of 575, and
another lot of 275, besides numerous small squads,
making in all over 1,000 prisoners. Among the
prisoners taken were Colonel Dick Morgan (brother
of John Morgan), Colonel Ward, and tColoacl
Griggsby. ;
The latest Advices at headquarters were that our
cavalry were still in pursuit,- Morgan’a force was
entirely broken up and scattered in the hills, and
that the position of our forces was such that thay
could neither cross the Ohio nor get much further
north. The prospects are good that the whole, or
nearly tlie whole, of the force will be captured,
2 A. M.—Unofficial despatches just received at
headquarters, from the operator at Athens, says that
3.000 of Morgan’s men have been captured bo far.
The operator says he obtained this information from
military men just arrived there. It is, however,
doubted at headquarters.
A despatch from Marietta, says 400 of Morgan’s
men crossed the Ohio below that place, and were.,
captured by the forces on snoxe—^ami-a
despatch is also unofficial ’
OF THU SURRENDER
OF MORGAN’S BAND.
Cincinnati, July 21.— The following has just been
received at General Burnside’s headquarters:
Headquarters op tiie U. S, Forces, in tick
Fjeld,‘Geiger’s Creek, July 20—9 P. M.
Lieutenant Colonel Richmondy A. A. G.:
We chased John Morgan and ; his command over
fifty miles to-day. After heavy skirmishing for six
or seven miles, between the 46th Ohio, of Colonel
Wolford’s brigade, which was in advance, and the
enemy, we -succeeded in bringing him. to a stand
about three o’clock this afternoon, when a fight en
sued, which lasted ah hour. The rebels then fled,
taking refuge upon a very high bluff.
I sent a flag of truce demanding the immediate
and unconditional surrender of Morgan and his com
mand. .
; The flag was received by Col. Coleman and.other
officers, who,came down andasked a personal inter
view. They asked an hour for consultation.
I granted forty minutes, in which time the com
mand, excepting Morgan, who deserted his.comniand,
.taking with him , a very small. squad, surrendered.
It was ray understanding that Morgan himself had
surrendered, and I learned that such waß the under
standing with Morgan’s officers and men.
The number of killed and wounded is inconside
rable.
The number of prisoners i 3 between one thousand
and fifteen hundred, including a large number of
colonels, majors, and line officers. I captured be
tween six hundred and seven hundred prisoners
yesterday. 1 think I will capture Morgan himself
to-morrow. SHACKELFORD,
Brigadier General'
Morgan’s artillery, and about two thousand five
hundred prisoners, including Basil Duke, are ex
pected to arrive here to-day.
Gunboat Operations i on the Lower Po-
tomac.
fFrom the WasliiDgto'n Star, Mouday. ]
The little gunboat Teaser, Ensign, Sheridan, ar
rived at the navy yard last evening, and reports that
on Saturday, about ll o’clock, the rebels brought
down three pieces of artillery, supported by cavalry,
numbering in all about one hundred, to 'Yates’
Point, and fired over thirty shots at the transport
George Peabody, which waß lying aground at Cedar
Point shoals, where she hail inn on Thursday- last.
Two of the shots struck her, but did no seriouß
damage. The gunboats Jacob Bell, Resolute,
and Teaser, and the mortar schooner Dan
Smith, went to the scene of action and opened
a #vely fire on them, the latter with thirteen-inch
shell. While the firing was progressing some forty
men were sent ashore to capture some of them, if
possible j but hardly had they- landed before the re
bels scampered off in great haste, as was evinced by
the number of spurs and other portions of their ac
coutrements left on the shore.- The rebels were pur
sued a short distance, and before they returned the
pursuing party set fire to a barn containing a large
quantity of grain belonging to the Confederate Go
vernment, which was destroyed.
’ On Satuiday morning the Yankee went up the
Rappahannock river and discovered the schooner
Cassandra at; the Union wharf, being loaded with
goods, consisting of alcohol, whisky, copperas, &s.,
which the parties having her in charge set fire to on
the approachof the gunboat, and ran off. The fire
was suppressed, and she was brought out and is
now at Piaey Point, from wfience she will be sent
to this city.
- The Yankee on the Rappahannock gained infor
mation of a Bchooner being in Cone river, which
was unloading a. cargo which was to be carried
overland to the Cassandra, to be taken to Frede
ricksburg. The Yankee came round into Cone
river in company with the Belle and Satellite, and
found the Bchooner Nanjemoy, of Baltimore, which
had been dismantled. The schooner was at once got
out, and an expedition was sent ashore, and pro
ceeded several miles into the country, capturing
nearly all the remaining cargo (some of which was
destioyed, it being impossible to get it off), and a
man named Page Edwards, who appeared; to be in
-charge'of it. The Ella yesterday brought up the
goods, together with the prisoner and the last
named Bchooner.
San Francisco.
San Francisco, July 16.—The British ship Albe
marle, from Liverpool for San Francisco, was driven
ashore near Mazatlan, onthe 2ithult. Thechief
mate and four sailors were drowned. r
There is afair trade,\and large quantities of goods
are going into the interior.’. Provisions are in light
supply. The sales of burlaps within, the week
amounted to 150,000 yards, including all in the hands
of importers. They are quoted at 18c 3 Rio coffee
30c 3 crushed sugars 14}£c ;-butter 23c; bacon iGcl :•
The damage by the caving of the Ophir mine is
not serious, and the usual amount of treasure will
probably.be taken out within a fortnight.
" .-CfTT 3 00 5 I.T. O^r
&6n, -[for Callao j ike skip Mary V vden. sailed for
Live] pool with 21.000 sacks of wheat, being the
balance of last yeai ,: a surplus crop. This year’s
crop will furnish about the same amount for export
ae last years, Newwheafcis selling at $1.55@1.GQ.
The Los Angelos Star, of the lith, says: Wea
ver’s prospecting expedition to the Gulf river tri
butaries had returned, reporting the discovery of
an immense auriferous region.
The Golden Orb , just published at Lcttison k ldaho,
says gold has been discoveied in Stevens county,
near the 40th parallel, in such quantities that a new
excitement for northern mines may be looked for
shortly.
Mexico*
San Francisco, July 20.—AdvieeB through Mexi
can sources state that Gen. Forey was actively at
tempting to recruit . Mexicans for his army without
meeting with much success. In his proclamation
he promises. the Mexicans a stable form of Govern
ment, which shall regard the obligations to foreign
—[ions not tp permit oppressive taxation or forced
loans 3 the pre/ft tP Jmve reasonable freedom, but
notjicerise; after two WfifPlngSj any newspaper com
mitting a third offence shall be suspended 3 bri
gandage shall n 0 longer be allowed 3 the courts mußt
be reorganized on an incorruptible basis; no more!
decisions. shall be sold, to the highest bidder ; the
Catholic religion will be prtectedj the banished
Bishops be recalled, and. India-ns and laborers will
no longerjbeidragged into the anny. '
The Mexican; army is broken into many detach
ments, .and are hovering about the City of Mexico.
General Ortega, who, the French say, violated his
parole after the capture of Puebla, now commands :
the Mexican troops between San Luis Potost and
the city. General Negretta has been appointed to
command the Mexican troops in the State of Puebla. *
Haying 2,0C0 cavalry, he was. operating/to destroy
communication between Mexico and Vera Cruz.
No English or French couriers had arrived from
Yera Cruz within thirty days.
Arrival oi'the Steamer Georgia*
New Yore, July 21. —The steamer Georgia, with
Liverpool dates of the 9th inst., arrived at mid
night. -
Tlie Draft at Rochester.
Rochester; July 21.—The Common Council have
voted $200,000 for the drafted men.
Ship News.
New York, .Tuly 21.—The schooner Surprise
struck on the battery enlargements during the galev
to-day.- She was towed to Governor’s Island, where
she sunk. :
aTirtdrjbtiin
BdhTiMOßfii iTuiysi .—Flour QUiRt. Wheat; sa/irce i
new while SO(?eSSR. Coni firm; white so@B6c; Penn
sylvania 72@75c. Coffee dull; Rio2s@2o'oC. Whisky
dull. ; *: :; ;
MOB LAW IN EUROPE.—The London Times,
when it shall read ub its lecture upon the untoward
events of the last , week, will conveniently forget
that modern printing machines were stealthily in
troduced into its office, because it feared the violence
of the hand-presßmeh thus to be thrown out of em
ployment. It. will not have a word to say of the
frame-breakers of Nottingham, nor of the riotß in
Bristol and . Birmingham. The Emperor of the
will not remember that he owes his throne
to the mob which pushed old Louis Philippe from
his regal stool. The Emperor of Austria will forget
the extraordinary velocity with which his predeces- ,
aor left. Vienna. ThePrußßian King will be obli
vioiiß of the mobs of the Prussian capital. But De
mocracy can no more be.charged with producing
riots than royalty ; and we wish to seize this present
moment of recovering order, to declare onr still un
shaken faith in popular institutions to declare
rather that our faith in their strength and vigor has,
been - immeasurably increased by the ordeal through
which they have jußt triumphantly passed.— N. Y,
Tribute. . : ; / -
PRIESTS DRAFTED.—The Pittsburg Chronicle
says: Several of our clergy have been lucky or un
lucky enough to have been drawn in the draft. At
the Cathedral, the three assistants. Rev. .T. Hicky,
Kiev. .Tames Holland, and Rev. Walter Burke; at
St. Philomena’s, Rev. F, iswickart, O, SS. R.: at
the Seminary, Rev. Tobin and Rev. E. Bush; at St.
Mary’s, LSwrenceville, Rev. A. Gibbs, pantor ; at.
St. Michael’s, Birmingham. Rev. Father-Vincent,
pastor: at Holy Trinity,. Pittsburg, Rev. J. M.
llierl, paßtor; at St. James’, Temperance ville; Kev.
M. Carroll, pastor;at St, Peter’s. Allegheny, Rev.
T. O’Farrell, have- been'drafted jnto the military
service of the United States. In all cases in which
the reverend gentlemen were not exempt by law,
the congregations 16 which' they were attached
promptly contributed the amount necessary to re
lieve them from the sendee, from entering on which
they were forbidden by the laws of the Church.
AN EXPLOIT AT ABINGTON, YA.—Major
Biowdi sommaaflißg ft I’ina‘ism 8f tig lfltii Ebu:
thsbj CTrnifj") v ?>« ymum rnn
,j5O pisoncre. whom hs eapti«ea aear Abington.
He repAtted io General Burnside thai
ear Jy last week, while out on, a reconnoiasanee with
his battalion, he got within the enemy’s lines, and
came near.beiDg taken prisoner with hia whole com
mand. Finding the situation Ti#‘was in, he.save.
battle, and, after a skirmish, in which he-killed
thirty of the enemy, he took the balance prisoners.
One of hia companies was armed with axes, which
the'boys, used and did good execution. Major
lirown paroled the men, but finding afterward that
the rebel officer in' command had sent off informa
tion to hiß superior officers, telling them thatif they
hurried upfchev- could capture Major Brown's force,
he immediately gathered up his prisoners again and
eompelled.them tov Soot it 75*mile3 in the following
24 h ours, bringing the whole party into camp.—Cin
eiimali €«tizelte y 20/ft. :
DESPERADOES IN MISSOURI.—A short time
since, the editor of-the Gallatin (Daviesß county)
People's' Press published the following: “ There is
great excitement and alarm felt in Worth county,
Missouri, at this time. Men are dragged from their
beds at aU houre of the night, and snot.' In some
instances these deeperadoes stand over the doomed
man, and make Mm dig his grave, then kill him and
throw him into it.. These deeds:of violence and
murder sxe said to be perpetrated by a band known
as ; RedT«eg9.’ We-call upon all good citizens to
raeeto Lt that theaes'Mwlere?* and
extermihated at once.” '
Personal#
William Charles Macready, the eminent actor,
whose death is announced in our European news,
was born in London, in 1793. At the age of seven
teen, his father becoming embarrassed in business,
he appeared on the stage first, as Romeo, in 1810. Hia
first appearance in London was at Covent Carden,
in September, 1816, when he played Orestes in Phillips’
tragedy of “The Distressed Mother.” Hazlitt, who
.witnessed this performance, pronounced Macready
“by far the best actor who had come out ia his
remembrance, with the exception, of Mr. Kean,”
Kemble and Kean were then upon the London
stage 3 but the genius of Macready soon carried him
forward until he came to rank among the very best
of English tragedians. Some of his moat successful
personations, aside from, the Shakapeari&n plays,
were Yirginius, Caius Gracchus, and William Tell
in Sheridan Knowles’ dramas; Mclantius iu “The
Bridal;” Bob Hoy, Gambler , Werner, Pierre, lUchclicu,
etc. As a delineator of Shakspearian heroes, he
attempted a wide range of characters, but was most
successful as Othello, Macbeth, Coriotanus, Hamlet, and
J.cor.les. Mr. Macready’s genius wasnot so impulsive
as earnestly studious; elaborate, and intellectual.
Many fine plays were brought out_un.der his auspi
ces, and hia efforts to elevate and the
theatre will be remembered gratefully by true
friends of the stage. In 1818 Mr. Macready made
his third And last visit to this country, during
which occurred the notorious theatrical riot atAe-v
tor Place. Oneof the best acts of his life was the
founding and endowment of a noble school in Eng
land for the education of the poor.
' JobnT. Sullivan, the retired banker, who died
lately in Washington at the 'age of 81, will be re
membered, especially among all public men. who
have sojourned in Washington in the last twenty
five years.' Mr. Sullivan was by birth an Irish
man: he came early to this country,'and engaged
in business in Philadelphia, where.he became a di
rector in the United States Bank, and distinguished
himself by the decided position he took against Mr.
Biddle’s financial policy. Among those present
his funeral: were members-of the Cabinet,- headTof
bureaus, and a large number of the eldest and best
citizens of Washington—-jrko-pait-uearers' were
jr«a fe cT,w i yne, .T6sei>h Holt, Amo» JCciidaii t -Ouion‘el “'
William W. Seaton, Colonel John. E. Graham, Major :
Thomas L. Smith, Professor Bachc, and General
Cadwallader.
Brigadier General Peter J. Osterhaus, reported
killed before Jackson, Tenet., was-a native of Prus
sia, but previous to the present rebellion was but
little known except among his more intimate
friends, although he had the reputation of having
been a good military officer in Europe. At the
breaking out of the war he was a resident of Mis
• souri, and spent day and night in drilling the hand
ful of men who formed the nucleus of that baud
who, on the memorable 10th of May, took captive
the boastful Minute Men of St. Louis. He fought
with distinction under Lyon and Sigel, and at the
great battle of Pea Badge, on March 7th; 1862, he
commanded Sigel’s .first-division. Shortly after
wards he was appointed brigadier general. In a
majority of the important battles of the South
western campaign he has borne an honorable part.
During all the contests near Vicksburg, in which he
participated, he was . noted for acts of unsurpassed
personal courage and bravery, joined-to the coolness
and sagacity of the veteran.
Commander Abner Dead, mortally wounded
while commanding the United .States steam-sloop
Monocg&hela, at the batteries above Donaldaon
ville, on the Mississippi, on the 7fch instant, was a
native or Ohio, and about forty-two years of age at
the time of hia death. He belonged to a family of
brothers distinguished for talent and professional
acquirements. He was a brother of,the late Judge
Bead, of the Ohio Supreme Bench; of Dr. Ezra
Bead, who is one of the most distinguished medical
writers and practitioners of the West; of Daniel
Read, LL. D , the well-known professor in the State
universities of Ohio and Indiana, and now of the
State University of Wisconsin, at Madison, and of
the late Amasa Bead, who died in the midst of a dis
tinguished career as a lawver, at Baton Bouge, La.
An autograph letter of Jefferson Davis, dated
West Point, January 12, 1825, and addressed to Ms
brother, Joseph E. Davis, of Natchez, has-bsen
published. He writes with contempt of Yankees :
“ The Yankee part of the corps find theiivpay en
tirely sufficient, some even more; but these are not
such as I formed an acquaintance with on my ar
rival, it having originated in the introductory let
ters I biought on with me; nor are they such asso
ciates as I would at present select. Enough of this];
as you have never been connected with them, you
cannot know how pitiful they generally are.”
Sir Euwin Landseer is sixfcy-one years old.
One-third of that number of years, the London
Athenaim reminds that eminent artist and British
public, has passed since'he received the commission
to execute the famous African lions that will some
day astonish us in Trafalgar Square. No man ha?
even yet seen the models for them, nor anything
more solid than a drawing on paper ; andrifc is re
ported that the sculptor’s visitß to the Zoological
Gardens,-where he has dissected several lions, are
incessant, and so alarming to those brutes that each
one turns tail when the growl is paßt that he has
arrived.
The Oshkosh (Wis ,)*Jsorlhii'c&tern. remarks a
curious circumstance relative to Jefferson Davis;
“We hare .been informed, on reliable authority,
that there is a child of Jefferson Davis, the Presi
dent of the Confederacy, being
educated among the Stocltbridge Indians, at their
settlement in Shawnee county. /Davia, it is well’
known, was stationed at Fort Winnebago Borne
years ago, and there formed the acquaintance of the
mother of the child, a Menomonee squaw/ 5
Dr. J. King, of Cincinnati, proposes that in
each of our Northern States a central'location he
selected for the erection of a large marble cenotaph,
consisting of halls, rooms, etc., upon the walls of
which shall be engraved the names, etc., of all tha
soldiers of the State who have fallen in the present
war, both those of native dnd foreign birth. The
particular plan of the cencrtaph in each State to be
designed by some good architect. • -
—By order of the Secretary of War, a general
court-martial is appointed to meet in Washington
for the trial of numerous important cases—both ci
vil and military. The following general officers
w* vmvfjrtTv f 'uvs'vv? uiii'
10-ftJor G-eneral 35- A- Brigadier GeaerCljS
G-. W. Morrell, J. J. Abercrombie, J.P.,Hatch, and
S. A. Meredith. Major T. Gaines, of the Twenty
second Army Corps,lb appointed judge advocate.
—Mrs. George Dee, fhe well-known authoress, has
given a thousand dollars to the New England Hos
pital for Women and Children. By a vote of the
directors the money will be invested, and the income
applied to the support of-a bed for poor patients, to
be called the Lee bed.
Gen. Halleck had urged an attack upon Lee
before Mb escape, and is credited with a Napoleonic
advice. While Lee was escaping, Gen. Meade tele
graphed to Gen, Halleck the divided opinion of Ms
council of war. The following is the substance of
Gen. Halieck’s reply : “It is.proverbial that coun
cils of war never fight. A-ttack the enemy at once,
and hold your council of war afterward. 55
—Both sons of Hon. Edward Everett (one of
whom , has just graduated, at Cambridge, England)
have been drafted in Boston. Both have made up
their minds to serve in person, instead of procuring
a substitute or paying the §3OO. Mr. Everett him
self, it is said, declares that if he is drafted he will
follow their example.
Her. Dr, Bacon, of New Haven, has in prepara
tion a life of the ifite Admiral Foote, which will be
published early in the fall. This life is to be pub
lished with the authority of the Admiral s ** family,
all of his.. papers having been put at the disposal of
Dr. Bacon for this purpoae.
—Hon. Cuthbert Bullitt, collector of the port of
New Orleans, raised in front of hisreoideace, on St.
Charles street, in that city, on the Fourth,.the iden
tical flag which was left flying during the attempt to
illuminate the city in honor of the secession, of Lou
isiana, in January, 1861.
The Louisville Democrat, referring to the rebel
General Morgan, says; “ We stated a few days ago
that John Morgan had climbed the North pole and
greased it under him. It is now generally supposed
that he has pulled the pole up after him. 55 . :
. We see it stated that after Vicksburg surren
dered one of the rebel officers, (Gen. Lee,.of South
Carolina,) in order to display his spirit, opened a
vein in his arm and wrote his parole with Mood.
The resignation of General Wadsworth has
been formally tendered, but the Government is ua
"gf ilhglo' T. nno-p-i *
ittUKPEJ? and XiYNCK LiVfl*-Two or three
days ago we gave an account of. the murder of an
. old man named Jacob Kloppinger, in Monroe coun
; ty, Illinois, on the Fourth the discovery
of his body on the folio wing Sundaj-, greatly muti
lated and disfigured, about two miles from Iris resi
dence. Two horses had been Btolenfrom him on the
first of the month, and on the 4th, failing to find
them up to that time, he declared his intention to
come to St. Louis, and £ee if they had beensedd here,
A neighbor, John Green, told 1 the deceased that
he would find his horses for' a, dollar, and they
went out together for that purpose, -and then it
was the murder was committed. The whole
country became greatly excited. Green and
two others were 1 arrested and committed to jail
:in "Waterloo. Facts were • ascertained which
determined the people to puv lynch law in force.
Accordingly, a crowd, composed mainly of Ameri-.
cans, to the number of two hundred,, swembied fci
Waterloo oh "Wednesday, organized, and made their
"demand known to the jailor. He refused to open the
jail door, and they.-proceeded at once to break it
open. They got possession of the accused persons,
took them out in a wagon, and, it is said, in a very
orderly manner, hung them. One or the prisoners,
before his death, made confession of his guilt, and
implicated some twenty-two - others, giving, their.
names and localities, and it is probable-that, if
caught,, they.will be treated in like maimer.. They
compose a regular band of home thieves, and, it is
alleged, are all discharged soldiers. In this case they
added murder to robbery, and it is no doubt a part of
their system.— St. Louis Re-jntblita-Ji, IS Ik,
. 3IOBGAN.—After all, the RT-organ raid .was a
marvel in its kind. The freebooter enters Indiana,
twenty miles below Louisville, robs and plunders in
ihe most liberal manner and without restraint,
marches without hindrance into- Ohio, makes the
average circuit of about fifteen arouad the
sixth city in point of population in the United
States, is closely pursued byafbreeof 15,000 men,
breakfasts, dines, and supß at leisure at such'points
oil his march as suits him, and passes away like a
. meteor in the direction of the east, becoming lost in
the distance.
Wehave come to the conclusion that John is a
trump. He travels in Btate,.in- a* fine carriage, in
the lieart of a country three-fourths of whose in
posed io. him .'and BOtne who pretend lo iaror hC
oaupfi; yet, so far as we are able to learn, he tosato
them all alike. He partake* of the repast fur
nished unwillingly by the former, but freelyby the
latter, having done which visits their stables, selects
their 1 best hpra.es,. and bidding them “farewell, 55
enters his carriage and goes his way. '
"We have heard it stated that one well-known
peace Democrat, with whom he supped, was lepaid
by the loss of a valuable hccae-woith several thou
sand dollars. :
HOOKER -A- personal friend’and fellow-soldier
Of Gen. Hooker writeß home: : “I give you my word
that the stories about hiedrunkenneeß are utterly
false. So far from being drunk at-Chancellorville,
the fact is that when hs-vras made insensible by the
concussion of a cannon-shot against a coiamn upon
which he was leaning,, and spirits wets* wanted for;
his use by the surgeon, not a drop. couhJ> be found afc
his quarters, and it was iong before it could be ob
tained.-’ •' -
THF MOB.—A soldier returning to his regiment,
which is under Meade, on the Potomac, said yester
day: “This mob must be pulldown 5 the conscrip
tion must be enforced. Here l ath returning foe
eighteen months to my regiment, after a spell of
sickness. My regiment ia not half full; it ought to
be filled up, and that at onoe. These men who make
a riot, would cut the throat? uf tho aoldrsia in the
field”
HUMOUS OF THE ©RAFT.—At the drawls®
for the draft in New Haven, Conn., on Saturday
last, the greatest good humor prevailed. 76? names
were drawn, including the mayor of the city, Con
gressman English, the whole Bbardof Enrolment,
seven post-office officials, nearly half the city police,
®“P lo yees from the Courier newspaper, and a
plentiful representation from the ofher local jour
nals, The lucky winners of prizes take the matter
pleasantly, mount a red ribbon in their button
holes, and afffect to look down on those who drew
blanks. A scarlet ribbon, with the word ♦’con
script” embroidered on it, is much coveted, and
the wearers are regarded'with envy. Very -few
Irishmen have been drawn, though their names
were inscribed in the wheel of fortune in the usual
proportion.
THE CITY.
[>OB ADDITIONAL OITT NEWS BSB POUBTH PASS’.)
Laying of a Corker-stone. — Tester
day afternoon the corner-stone of the stone chapel
for the First Congregational Church, was laid*, at
the corner of Frankford road and Montgomery
avenue. The exercises were opened by singing ther
hymn commencing: ..
* * Happy the'church, thou sacred blnce.
The scat of thy Creator’s grace. ,r
After which,-Rev. Mr. Cathcart made an impress
sive prayer. A. portion of Scripture was then read
by .Lev. Mr. Seigfried. The choir sung in excellent
style the anthem: f •' The earth isThe Ford’s, and the
fullness thereof.” Dr. Ritter, from the Broadway
Congregational Church, New York, delivered a few
excellent and well-pointed remarks, referring to
the early fathers of Congregationalism 1 in Con
tinental Europe, and to the rapid advancement of
Congregational principles in this country. The choir
sang u I have set watchmen upon thy walls,” &c M
after which Rev. Mr. Cathcart, pastor of the Second
Baptist Church, delivered an eloquent and patriotic
address, which entranced his hearerß ami f&rilled
the patriotic blood in every loyal heart. i£t the
close of his remarks, the choir sang the beautiful
anthem commencing “Be jovful in God,” f*c. Rev.
Mr. Seigfried was then introduced, and, in his usual
eloquent style, commanded the attention of his
hearers for a short period. At the conclusion of his
addreßß, the pastor, Rev. T>. X.. Gear, addressed the as
semblage, and, inhisquaintijjsfijiU**
manner, spoke '
... .mtl progress of fche'church.
_ jganization, and or the munificence of
certain gentlemen through whose instrumentality
the ground ha«l been purchased. <uvi the buiias**g:
commenced.' A collection wah—taken up<
curing Yrniun"rne choir sang; with delightful effect,
** I wbb- giadwhcn-they said unto me let iia go into
the house of the Xord.” The contents of the corner
stone were then read by the pastor. They consisted
of the leading religious journals in the country, and
the morning and afternoon daily papers of this city,
together with specimens of the national coin an<T
postal cur? ency, the church records and roll of honor
; of the Sabbath school. .Tames Smith, Esq., mainly
through whoeeliberality the church is being erected*
proceed?, d to lay the [corner-stone, which was done
amid the whole assemblage Binging u My Country,
s tis of Thee.” The pastor then pronounced the
benediction, and the crowd slowly dispersed.
Explanation.—ln an article in-reference
to the “City Troop, sl in our edition of Monday,
mention was made of Major Haller, U. S. A. We
have since learned from the commanding officer ot
that eomnany that injustice haabsen done to Major
Haller. He wsb a brave, distinguished officer, in the
Mexican war, and during the present rebellion has
added fresh laurels to his former fame. With a
handful of men he kept the enemy, 3,500 strong,
ÜBder Geh. Early, in check, near Gettysburg, for
three days, he being always present at'the front.
Eurlhc t comment is unnecessary.
The United States steamer Bermuda will
leave the Navy Yard, bn Saturday, for New Orleans.
She will carry letters and packages for officers an<£
men in the West Gulf Squadron, if sent on board in
time. ......
v -4-bmy Contract.—Yesterday a. contract
was awarded to H. S. TYlcComb, of Wilmington,
Delaware, to furnish 1,000 aides welting leather at
40 cents.
CITY
The lecture op Dr. Drake, tlie origt
nator and proprietor of the celebrated Plantation
Bitters, last evening, at the Academy of Music,
upon the “Progress and Increase of Disease ia..
America, 55 was the most successful lecture that has
ever taken place in this city. Long before the ap
pointed hour for the commencement of the lecture,
the vast and magnificent building was filled to its ut
most capacity, and we, seldom remember to have
Eeen the academy so literally packed with so highly
a fashionable and respectable an audience, the tiers
and boxeß presenting a scene of beauty and anima
tion that we have never seen surpassed, even on
a fashionable opera night. The Doctor wab intro
duced to the audience by Dr. Mott, and as he stepped!
forward to commence his lecture, he was met with
the most tremendous and overwhelming applause
from all parts of the house, reminding us of the
ovation given to Gen. McClellan on a former occa
sion 5 and never, in all our experience as a journalist,
have we witnessed a more welcome and heartfelt
reception. !It waß some minutes before the Doctor
was allowed to" proceed, and for two. hours he de
lighted and entertained this vast audience with one
of the most instructive and interesting lectures that
it has ever been our pleasure to listen to. * The Doc
tor is the originator and proprietor of the world
renowned Plantation Bitters, and it was thought
by many that he would take thi3 occasion to give
his Bitters a puff 3 but such was not the case, and he
only alluded to them as being a valuable tonic and
appetizer, which he was frank enough to attribute
to the Calisaya Bark which enters so largely into
their composition. He alluded briefly to the course
he had pursued in advertising, and related several
wonderful cures of Dyspepsia by the use of hi 3 Bit
ters. At the conclusion of his lecture he was waited
upon by several distinguished citizens from Brook
lyn, who earnestly solicited him to repeat hi 3 lecture
in that city.—NT F. Time?.
Tempus Fugtt.—
Old Time moves on with unvarying pace,
Bringing changes of some kind to all of our race;
He knows no fatigue, and is luckily blest
With both feet and limbs that require no rest.
In the rounds; that he makes, how wide is their
range! . -
He metes out to all some different change.
The old and the busy oft complain of his haste,
And resolve in the future no moments to waste;
While the idle and thoughtless pursue, with a will.
Some project or plan the old fellow to kill.
To those who waste moments, and treat them &a
naught, • •
He Mdsb ffism the wisdom t® BxooManfln feanaui:
ortiro tntiire nomcdb mien?., ana never ■
rr the next flay will Bring sorrow or joy to our
hearts.
His fancy oft leads Mm to pity a life,
And in his next round brings the poor devil a wire,
Expecting the twain whose blessing he has won,
To add to the census either a daughter or son.
Ih the visits he pays, it is ever his intention
To alter old habits by some important invention;
The pldJaihiosed way of sewing by one’s fingers, •
Is obsolete cow, and no more lingers ;
That “ stitch, stitch, stitch, 55 has taken it 3 flight,
A “ gusset-and band 55 being no longer the work of a
» night;
The seamstress new, which wearies not, A 3 in days
of yore,
Is tbe “Grover & Baker Machine,” to be found
at their store.
The best. and largest assortment of Sewing Ma
chines in the cUy, to he found At the Grover Sc Baker
Sewing jftachbe Emporium, No. 730 Chestnut
The Fate or the REfiEttroK. The
rebels are being rapidly driven to the wall. Like
the man in fabled iron ceU, they see the framework
of their territory “ growing small by degrees,” and
frightfully less, so that to-day nothing but the pro
spect of speedy annihilation stares them in the face.
How differently situated is Mr. W. W, Alter, the
popular Coal merchant, Ninth street, above Poplar*
who, from his constantly increasing business, is
steadily obliged T to.“ lengthen his cords, and strength
en his stakes! ,] He sells the best Coal, and gives
the most of it for the money, of any coal dealer ia
Philadelphia—a fad that is worth remembering.
Pure Wines pop. Medicinal Pur
poses.—The proprietors or the popular old grocery
house of the late C. H. Mattson, Arch and Tenth
streets, have constantly on hind for the accommo
dation of their customers a fall assortment of old
wiDes of thepurest quality, imported by themselvea
expressly for medicinal use. Their fine old Port,
Sherry, and Madeira Wines arehighly recommended
by our first physicians on account of ths&rpurity.
Now is the Tors to Birr. — Messrs. C.
Somers & Son, No/ 625 Chestnut street, under
.Tavne’s Hall, are now selling all kinds of garments
it iUk-oUILW-
atmuchbelow the uauai prices. In iriewofthe sml-
T-aneed stateof the season. TlieiratocVc is one or fcfce
largest and.finest in the city, anil the bargains which
they are now giving: their patrons are well worthy of
attention
Mr. A. Jj. VAirsissTT, tlie pioueer of fine
confectioners in this-country, is now selling great
quantities' of his delicious preparations, put up in.
handsome boxes, to persons leaving the city. Hi*
strong mint candies, and a variety of other confec
tions; we medicinal, and should be used by all. His
line of fine fresh Fruits ’is also no w very temp ting.
The Best Assortment of Fashionable
.Hatsfor men and-boysyin this city, our readers
will find at O&kford & Soars’, under the Continental
Hotel., -
_ Foe the rest-made and most eomfort
ably-fltting Shirts made m this country, go to
George Grant, No. 610 Chestnut Btreet.
Fine Military Trappings of every de
scription, suitable for army and navy officers, will
be fouDd at Charles Oakford & Sons’, under the Con
tinental Hotel. ** *
History of, the Stars and Stripes.—
The Stars and'Stripes were unfurled the first time
at Saratoga, at the surrender of Burgoyne. The
battle of Bunker Hill waß fought under a red flag* _
be a ring the motto, “dome, if you dare!” but on-Ithe
2’4th of Tuns, 1777, the Continental Congress re-'
solved, ” That the flag of the thirteen United States
be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white, and that
the union be thirteen stars, white, on a blue field,
representing a new, constellation.” January 13th,
3794, it was enacted, “That on-and after the lat of
Hay, 1795, the flag of the United States be fifteen
stripes, alternate red and white,, and that the union
be fifteen stars.” This waß tbenational flag during
the war of 1812. On the 4th of April, 1818, the flag
was again altered to thirteen stripes, and one star
for every State in the Union. In some instances
T?7mrt * itwiS# ww
'Jirst-ctass Clothing* under-the Continental*
CONSCRIPTION Y3* PROSCRIPTION. —Some
mischievous persona are trying to persuade them
selvea and others meana proscrip.
fion,.and that every. man. who has not three hundred,
dollars at his command is tabooed by the Govero
ment, and put. down as of no account. Intelligent
peopleknow better* of course, just as they know
that there is no establishment in the country where
: personß who aro ki want of really elegant, comfort
able, and economical suits can be better, aerved than
at the Brown-Stone* Clothing Hall of 'Kockhill &
• Wilson, Nob. 603 and CCS Chestnut street, above
Sixth. • '
True - Greatness. —Xenophon informs
us that the great Cyrus preferred, before all things
else, the worship of the gods, and a reverence for
good thingß. It is narrated that on one occasion lie
assembled the magi, and entreated of them in what
consisted the greatest good. History informs ua not
of their answer, though we strongly oonjeoture.it to
have been a 3uit of the graceful and elegant Cloth
icg from the fashionable .Clothing■ •Bmporinta"Of
Granville Stokes, No. 60S C&t&Vdt itreet.