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—The newepaper world of Paris has lost one of
its most inoffensive inhabitants. He was peculiar
in 'several respects. He was a Jew, and he was
poor; he was a German, and he wrote nothing but
French; his body was short and, obese; his mind
was light and sparkling. He was born in Bavaria.
Ills father was the' singing-master of the Jewish
synagogue in Paris, and destined the lad -to the
paternal career, but the boy shied and leaped into
ink, which is like criminal blood—indelible. Jules -
Levy began to write amusing paragraphs in the
Figaro of 1827, and' he wrote his last page—still an
amusing paragraphin the Journal Ainusant just pre
vious to hie death. He wrote six-and.thirty years,
(what volumes his letter-pre-11s would formwere it as
sembled in octavo form !). and so utterlyimpersonal
werehis writings that he did not let a Phrase fall from
his pen during this long period of time which wpunded
a human being. He warisometimes bantered on his
frivolity. Bah P! he would reply, 'Hs it worth
while opining ink on serious , matters'? Hilliness
wastes enough already !" tie was pressed onoe.or
twice to . write a,emk,:and it was suggested that an
unvarnished memoir of[ the men and things he had
seen during the shc• and• thirty yearshe had lived in
theheart of, Peril . would prOve and entertaining
work. "No !" said I will write no book, no
play—not so much as a pamphlet. I am a news
paper writer, and "a newspaper writer I mean to be
till the last day of mylife." He Waiabsolutely
ferent to everything but a good joke ; in dne, he was
an agreeable.,trider—no 'mere. As he was quite
popular with many people of the world of news
papers and theatres, there were many writers, au
thors, and.actors. at his modest funeral.
—Mrs, Elizabeth Sanford (formerly Mrs . . Streator)
reached her 100th birthday on the 28th ult., - at Wind
ham, -Portage county, Ohio. She was born at Mon
son, Mass., and has resided - for 'several years with
her son, John Streator, a lad of 77. Mrs. S. has re
tained to a remarkable degree both her physical and
mental powers. Her husband fought in the war of
the Revolution ; she heard the cannon of the Brit
ish at Bunker Hill ; and when, in 1777, gunpowder
bad failed our troops, she, with other patriotic wo
men, dug the soil from under old buildings, dissolved
and boiled it, to form saltpetre. Her sons were in
'the war of 1812, and she again heard British guns at
Platteburg, and her grandsons] and several of her
greabgrandsons are now in the service of their
country. The old lady has knit socks for-the sol
diers of three wars ; and hopes to live to see her
country for the third time victorious over the elle
mies of liberty, united and peaceful. So says the
Cleveland Herald.
While Prince Alfred has joined the naval ser
vice, it is the intention of the' Queen that Prince
Arthur shall alopt the military profession. He will
receive a commission in the army as soon as he has
completed the usual studies, and attained the ne.
emery age. During his sojourn at Blackheath, the
young prince seas taken two or three times a week
to Woolwich; to have all the benefit of that great
practical military school. From his 'earliest - child
hood, Prince Arthur manifested A - Very great predi
lection for the army, and the selection of the Duke
of Wellington as his godfather by the Queen and
Prince Consort seems to have- been a most happy
i y25-12t
Thd success. met by the celebrated singer, Ma=
dame de Lagrange,'at . Madrid,•is nothing to the ova
tions she laiiii — receiVecl in other towns, especially
Alicante aid valence., in these. two,towns,•during
two, representations only, she had no less than five
thougand four hundred bouquets thrown to her;
`and; according to, the custom of the country, more
than a himdred pigeons were sent on the stage to
her. But this is Aiot all; without inentioninethe
1, serenades "Young Spain". -nightly gave her, under
ii i er,veirkdows, an enthusiast bought the:_ glass she
,
drank out of paying two hundred and forty.franes
PATTERN BEIM.
UNDRIZOLOTEINCt.
: G. IGISSILL.
ate North SIXTH Street
THURBDA.Y, AUGUST 6, 1863
PERSONAL.
The famous John Merryman, of Baltimore
county, Maryland : who took a leading part in the
violent opposition made by Secession - mnipatlaizers
in Maryland to the passage of the national ltroops
from the East .to Washington city, .just atter' the
war commenced, has been presented by the Grand -
Jury of the United States District Court in Beni•
more, for treason. He gave bail on Friday of last
week, in the sum of $40,000, to answer the charge
at the next November term of the court,
ThEk..rapattins of HO'n.jOhn Crittenden were
borne tetiMWautfful cemetery:at Frankfort, over-'
looking 'the ifentuck3r river, with distinguished
civil and military honors.: General J. T. Boyle Was ;
chief marshal of the procession, and among the pall
bearers were Ron. James Guthrie and General
Peter Dudley.
When President Benson, of Liberia, was in
London, a Yankee, sojourning there, thought, he
would sink dignity for . once and ask a colored Man ,
to dine with him. So said, so done ; but'Beneon paw
litely declined, on thd_sufficient excuee_that he was
already engaged to dine. that evening with the
'Queen:. Mr.- Jelin Y. Mason was as .exolusive
Virginian, aristocrat and slavehelder as need he;
' yet, when minister to France, he conformed to the
eticpiette of his position, and treated the minister
from Hayti, black as the ace of spades, with perfect
LITERARY.
In the " Victoria Magaiine," an English peri
odical, published and edited by Miss Emily Faithful!,
and. composed (typographicallY) by female printers,
Thomas:Mr. Adolphus Trollope, BOIL °Mgrs. Frances
Trollope, the novelist, and brother of Anthony Trol
lope, also a popular author, is now publishing a serial
tale called "-Lindisfarn Masa.) ,
A second volume of .Mendelssohn's Letters,
written from 1833 to 1847, will soon be published in
Paris. An English translation, by Lady Wallace,
will simultaneously appear In London and
Sir Charles Lyell, whose new work on "The
Antiquity of Man" has already run through two
editions iii 'London and Philadelphia, has just re.
'ceived from the . Academy of Sciences in. Berlin,
through the official intervention of the King, the
honor of Chevalier of the Order of Merit id Science
and Art. - The number of foreign knights of this
_order is limited to thirty ; and among Englishmen,
previously eleeted, are Sir Charles Lyell, Sir John
Herschel, Professor Farraday, Professor Owen, Sir
David Brewster, Sir Henry Rawlinson, and General
Sabine, president of the Royal Society.
—Kinglake , s , " Invasion of the Crimea" is now
in a fourth edition, and it is announced that in this
"some fresh notes will be found," including docu
mentary proofs of controverted statements, but not
a word of the text has been withdrawn, .and not a
word has been added to it.
—Lamartine is about publishing his autobi
ography. .
The poetical writings of Robert Browning, here
tofore in seven, are now republishing in London in
three volunies. The first appeared in May, and con
tained Lyrics, Romances, Men and Women. The
second, issued in July, contains tragedies and other
plays. The third will be published in SepteMber.
- _
—lt is said that tbe Rev. Charles Ringsley has in
--
the press a volume of ifermonsin reply to the Bishop
of Natal's eciTmentary on the Pentateuch.
Rontledge, of London, is publishing a shilling
edition of Cooper's novels and roinanees..
The letters which passed between Goethe and
the Grand Duke Carl, of Saxe Weimar, his patron,
are now in the- press, edited by Court Councillor
Dr. Vogel, who knew both Writers. We learn that
the two volumes will contain about Mx hundred
letters, and among them a great number that have
not only never been published, but the perusal of
which has never been permitted beyond the family
of the Grand Duke. They will embrace the letters
of the Grand-Duke on the Campaign in the Pala
tinate, Goethe's letters to his patron from Italy,
and will, no doubt, form one of the most interesting
of the collection of letters connected with Goethe
that have yet been published.
--Blackwood & Son, of Edinburgh, announce the
narrative of the recent ,discovery of the source of
the Nile. It will probably have a greater. sale than
even Dr. Livingstone'm book. It will be drilled
"An Account of Travels and Discoveries in Eastern ,
and Central Africa," by Captain Speke and Captain
Grant' and will be published in a few weeks.
. --, T helVesiern Advocate says that during the re
cent Morgan excitement in Cincinnati; and the
reign of martial law, Col. Gra7nville Moodyopera
ted as cofnmandant of the Fourth militia district, '
_Hamilton county. The headquarters were Finley
Chapel, Clinton street. Under him were , four colo
nels. The total of infantry enrolled was 6,040 men.
M. Phillips, Esq., of the Methodist Book Concern,
figured as captain and chief of Col. Moody's staff,
and executed hie duties With the sober exactness of
a veteran. - Colonel Moody went so far as to say of
him that if there were to be any more calls for the
militia, the Concern must lose Phillips, as he was
worth twenty men, any day, for straight-forward,
intnitive, effective work.
—Mr. Ohurch's new picture, "The Icebergs,"
painted from studies made in the Northern seas in
"the summer of 1859, is attracting hosts of admirer's
in London 3 so we learn from late English papers.
Colonel Grierson, the hero of the ride from
Tennessee to New Orleans, is at VicksbUrg. He
will probably participate in Grant's new campaign.
—Among the arrivals at the Grand Hotel, P i ties,
are Mr. Jones, of the New:York Times, and-Rev.
Henry Ward Beecher, of Brooklyn. Mr. Everts, of
New York, is also-there on a visit from London.
Count de Sponeck, the Danish Minister of
State; who is to accompany the young King George
into Greece, will probably pay a visit to England
as well as to France. _
John G. Saxe, the poet, is at Union Hall, Sara
toga Springs.
following is new reminiscence of the
great -song-writer : Moore is much younger look-,
ing than I expected to find him. I don't know his -
age, and if >I did I might not be disposed to name it
here. I have mever seen an engraved likeness, of
him, or any other representation that would have en
abled me (Bs in the case of Wellington , or Brougham)
to pick him out of a crowd at first sight. -He is a
Mali- BiZed, dapper, bandy person, a smiling, I would
- airdost say a laughing, expression of countenance,
with a funny eye, and an Irish nose, (a alileslan
turn•up), rather a retreating forehead, and but for a
peculiarly prominent line from the brow above the
temple, and running back to the hair, on this part of
his head, 'the dome of thought and palace of •• the
mind,' one would be at a loss to trace phrenological
indications which mark him as ,the, first lyric poet
of the age ; but there he sat cutting muffins, crack
ing.jokes, and sipping, tea, chatting and laughing,
and apparently totally unconscious that his tin
. gent had scratched on paper lines and sentiments
which had;, been. read and sung, and, Will continue
to be iung in all quArtersi
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1863.
world, so long as language and sentiment, and
thought, and feeling, and music, contribute to human
happiness and social enjoyment. As I eat next him,
I looked at him, I listenetV to him, I watched the
very twinkling of his eye, the very tone of his voice,
and the motion of hie writing fingers. And I some-
times lound myself perplexed and confused in the
mingled feeling of doubt and surprise that from this
little budget of unassuming humanity flowed that
stream of beautiful conception, thought, and feeling,
which finds its way to all hearts, in all climes, from
the Canadian Boat Song.' orrthe St. Lawrence to
the Vale of Cashmere.' "
—Captain Grunow, a beau of Sheridan's time, and
who knew George the Fourth when Prince of Wales,
and was wont to hob-nob with Brominell and the.
rest of the splendid sealliwrigs of that era, in
ina :vo-
_
lue of "Reeolleetions and Anecdotes;" just out in
London, gives Hie folloWing recollection of Mali
bran ('nee Gaicia
Dlalibran was:not regularly handsome, but I al
ways thought her, in her 'young days, remarkably
attractive. As she grew older het features became
coarser, and, a certain bold,- hard look settled on her
fabe. Her head was well formed ; her mouth, though.
wide, was prettily shaped, and adorned with very
good teeth, and her small figure was grateful.
Her voice was splendid,"full Of passion and pathos.
Who that 'ever heard her in Desdernona could forget
that cry of struggling agony, " Se 11. padre m'abban
demi," or the sorrowful wail of the blighted heart
in the romance "Assiido al pie (Pun Banger She
identified herself so thoroughly;with the. part she'
acted.that it required some courage to face her in
the last scene. She died hard, and fought to, the
last; and Othello had to make a kind of steeple
chase' after her, and sutler many kicka and cuffs
before be could, as an Irish friend of , mine re
marked, ; '"bring her_to rason by taking her life." 1
And this of George IV as a snuff-taker :
George IV alivaysearried a snuff box ; but it ap
peared to me as if his Majesty took snuff for
fashion's saki. He would take the box in his left
hand, and opening it with his right thumb and fore
finger, introduced them "into :this reservoir of
snuff, and, with a .ponsequentiiil - air,. convey .the
same to the nose, but never suffered any to enter;
indeed, thorie who were well acquainted with 'his
Majesty frequently' told me, he took .snulf for effect,
but never liked it, end allowed all of it to escape
from his finger and thumb before, it reached the
We append a few more of these personal reminis
cences: . .
Twisleton. Fiennes was a very eccentric man, and
the greatest epicure of his day. Ills dinners •were
worthy of the days of Vitellius or Heliogabalus.
Every country, every sea, were searched to find
Some new delicacy for our British Sybarite. I re.
member, at one of his breakfasts, an omelet being
served, which was composed entirely of. golden
pheasant's eggs ! He had every strong constitution,
and would drink absynthe and curacoa in quantities
which were perfectly awful to behold. These stimu
lants producedino effect upon his brain, but his health:,
gradually gave way under the excesses of, all kinds.
in which he indulged.
He was a kind, liberal, and good-natufed man,
but a very odd fellow. I never shall forget the este
nishment of a servant I had recommended to him.
On entering his service, John made.his appearance
as Fiennes was going out to, dinner, and asked his
new master if he had any orders. He received the
following answer: "Place two bottles of sherry by:
my bedside', and call me the day after to-morrow."
Hoby, the boot-maker, was apt to take rather an
insolent tone with his customers. He was, how
ever, tolerated as a sort of privileged person, and
his impertinence Was not only overlooked, but was
considered as rather a good .joke. He;was a pom
nous fellow, with _a considerable vein of sarcastic.
humor.
I remember Horace'Chnrchill (afterward killedin
India with the.rank of melon general), who was then
an ensign in the Guards, -- entering Hoby's shop in a
great passion, saying thathia boota were..ao ill made
that, he should never employ Hoby:for the future.
Hoby, putting on a .pathetic cast of countenance,
called to his shop-man : - ' -
" Sohn, close the shutters. It is all over with us.
I must shut, up shop ; Ensign Churchill withdtaws
,
his custom from me."
Churchill's fury can be better- imagined thin de
scribed., •
The• well-known Tom Raikes, whose lettera and
memoirs have been lately published, and who was
a. tall, large man, very much marked with , the
small:Pbx, having one day written an anonymous
letter to D'Orsay, containing some piece of imperti
nence or other, had closed it with a wafer,; and
stamped it with something resembling the top of a
thimble, The Count soon discovered who was 'the
writer, and in a room full of company thus addressed
him: "Ha! ha! my good Raikes, the next time
you write an anonymous letter, you must not seal it
with your nose-!"-
THE CASE OF CASIESFETENCE DISATEROVED 13Y
THE SECRETARY OF WAR--THE COURT CENSURED
AND DISSOLVED .
In the base of Hazel B. "Cashel, a Wealthy citizen
of Maryland, tried by court-martial for furniihing
intelligence to the enemy, the following important
decision 'and opinion has been given" by the Secre
tars , : of:War. •The court was composed of Major
General B. 9.. Hitchcock, president; Srigadier.G-en.
Wforrell, Brigadier Gen...T. J. Abercrombie;'
. ,
Brigadier Gen. 3. P. Hatch, Brigadier Gen. S. A.
Meredith. The finding and sentence of the, court
was RS follows :
.1110 . 1001.11 t havingmaturely considered the evidence
adduced, finds the accused, Hazel B. Oashel,,s, citi
zen of the State of Maryland, as follows
Of the first specification, guilty. - • -
'' Of the second specification, guilty. .
Of the charge, guilty. • -
The court finds, that althoughlthe accused aniatver
ed certain-questions put by rebels . which; in a strict
literal sense; conveyed. Intelligence-Up:At 'enemy, it
has not appeared in evidence that the Worn:tattoo
NM volunteered, nor does the court perceive that
such intelligence was given with that criminal de
sign which the law contemplates...as the animusof a
breach of the 's7th . artiele :of war ; and .the court,
therefore, affixes no - penalty to the offence beyond.
an admonition that in future he will be more on his
guard in answering inquiries addressed to him.by an
enemy; and it is further directed that the finding
and judgment of the court in this case be published
in three of the papers published in the city of Wash
ington.
Upon this linffing . .and sentence the Secretary of
War expresses his *pinion thus :
. WAR DEPARTMENT, July 29, 1863.
The „findings of- the court upon the charge and
specifications are approved. The sentence, as it is
termed, is diaapproved. The charge and specifica
tions of which the accused was found guilty neces
sarily imputed criminality under the 57th article of
war,„and the, declaration of the court that it has not,
appeared' in evidence that tee information was
volunteered, nor does the court perceive .that such
intelligence_ was given with that criminal design
which the law contemplates as the anthills of a
breach of the 57th article of wan, was unwarranted
by the law and the testimony.
It appeals from the evidence in the record that the
accused had at pasture on his farm in Montgomery
county, Maryland, some five hundred head of cattle,
which, with some five hundred others,' all the' pro-',
petty of the United States, were driven away on
the morning of 28th June, for their protection from`
the rebel cavalry;_then approaching. •
The rebels, riding up soon thereafter , ' demanded,
inihe presence of. several persons, including witness
Thomas Babbitt, and the accused, in what direction
the cattle had gone. Babbitt, practising a 'rim
which :war justifies, pointed them in a direction
opposite the true one.
One of them returned,- howeVer, in a 'feiv minutes
froth" the-pursuit, and repeated the demand, when
. the accused unhesitatingly indicated to him the road
which the cattle had taken, and, in addition, stated
•• their number; and that they were withoutany guard
except the herdsmen ordinarily attending them, a
statement which could have had but one object.
The information thus communicated was most im
portant to the enemy, and it was given voluntarily,
without threat or persuasion, or the exercise of any
undue influence whatever. When to' this prompt
and complete disclosure made to the enemy is added
the disloyal reputation, and -sympathies of the ac
cused, as proved by the evidence, no doubt can be
entertained as to the animus of his conduct.
It sufficiently appears that the accused was ex
pecting the arrival of the rebels, and, in referring to
their coming, said there verb two persons in Rock-
Ville, naming the United .States provost marshal
and postmaater, who - ought-,to be, and he guessed
they would be, captured.
His guilt, under the 67th article of war, was fully
established by the testimony, and that guilt was ag
gravated by the trust which was so shamefully aid
disloyally betrayed. Yet the judgment of the court
was that there was present in - the action of the ac
cused no such' criminal design as the law contem
plates as; a breach of the Sith article orwar,'and
therefore the court contents itself with admonishing
him.that in the future he shall be more on his guard
in answering inquiries addressed to him by`,:anene
my and this is the penalty provided for an offenc e which, under the articles of war, is punishable with
death.
For such action by a military court, in the pre
.sence of such flagrant crime, there is believed to be
no -precedent. The court also directs <that their
judgment shall be published in three of 'the newspa
pets of the city of Washington.
This publication will riot be sanctioned, since it
would be'in effect a declaration to all disloyal Men
that they may at will communicate intelligence-.to
the public enemy without fear of any other penalty
than the gentle suggestion of a court-martial that
they. should be on their guard when doing so.
Although the accused has been relieved of, all re-
I. aponsibility under the 57th article of war, he is still
liable to be prosecuted under the 2d section of 'the
act to suppress insurrection, &c., approved July 17,
1862, for giving aid and comfort to the rebellion, and
that the prosecution for 'this offence' may be pro
ceeded with, he will be handed over to the civil au-
It is ordered that this court be at once , dissolved,'
and that another court.martial be organized for, the
trial of the cases now pending._
It is further ordered that this review be published
'in The Army and Navy Gazette, as as expression of
the strong disapproval with- which the action-of
this court is regarded by this Department.
EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
The general court martial, of which •• Major
General B. A. Hitchcock, United States Volunteers,
is president, is hereby dissolved.
By order of the Secretary of War. -
E. D. TOWNSEND,. -
Assistant Adjutant General.
From the Dumferline Courier, Scotland:l
Since the day John Arthur Roebuck appeared in
Parliament as.the attorney of .the Canadian rebels,
until the day on which he made his bow as envoy of
his Majesty the French Emperor, the career of the
member for Sheffield has been a strangely Chequered
one. It cannot be said that during recent years
Roebuck's reputation :has risen.:.:.lndeed % so far
from rising, it has latterly suffered 'rather dis
astrous eclipse, The restless spirit orthe -man
is ill at ease amidst .the uneventfilbs'ineidePts
of our home politics. Beyond- all things else,
_Roebuck leVes, to be ,' conspicuous.., It would
never do for • the world to forget the ,dear
little man ! The idea that by any possibility it ociuld
get on without him would. positively be his death.
In aiming at notoriety, there is little that he has left
untried. Nearly every artifice by which a sensation
could be created has been exhausted. - ; , .,The poor fel
lowlias'even at lebeliconsented tobe'the apologist
of principles that through life he has - scorned; Roe
buck, the mouthpiece -of the Emperor of Austria,
and exerting his acrid eloquence against liungarian
rights, was a spectacle perplexing as sad. The world
wondered whether, after all, this "sea green incor
ruptible.' had sold his virtue.
Such as still thought his integrity unsullied sor
row:a over the vanity that perverted so ~much real
talent.' - Unfortunately,;every one seemed alive to
the degradation of the people's tribune except him
self. So far from being alive thereto, ,he- appeared
to glory in his shame. • From the day he enter
ed the antechamber of Francis Joseph,to the pre
sent hour, he has never missed an opportunity
of pouring contempt on the liberties •of those nu
-fortunate enough to be .Austrian subjects. Our
sympathies with Hungary are keen and strong as on
the day her revolution startled Europe. Never
theless, we are aware something can'be said in be
half of Austria. A public ' man might defend the
absolutism• of Francis Joseph who would yet hest—
tate to become the apologist of the slaveooracy of
Jefferson Davis. -Beyond even that deep however,
there is a lower deep; to which Roebuck hali Mink.
-Be has not'^ only become the apologist of a Con;
federacy based upon a negation of human rights as
impious as it is ostentatious,he has stooped to make
himself the primed mouthpiece of.the,m.onash.uf
Fano in the'ikitlikirmilguttent,
Court. Martial.
Mr. Roebuck.
CHARLESTON.
~„
Operations of Thursday Last—Condittou of
the Iron- clads and Batteries—Prospects of
the Siege.. Worrespbridenceof the Baltimore American.]
PORT ROYAL, July 3f.—l learn from Charleston
Bar that the operations of the siege progressed yes
terday very favorably, both by land and sea. The
same routine of bombardment of. Fort Wagner from
both the monitors and the siege battery of General
GilmOre:was kept up through the day and late into '
the night, and floe progress was' reported to have
been made on shore during the day. •
'I find that,.althouga there' is considerable confi
dence entertained as to the ultimate reault of the
undertaking, no very . rapid., progress is- looked
for: Like all sieges, it, is a work of time, and it has'
been undertaken by General Gilmore and Admiral
Dahlgren with' no, anticipation Of progressing with
any great rapidity.. The defences of Charleattin, by
both land -and sea; were greatly strengthened 'since
the first attack under .Admiral Dupont,_ which did.
nothing :• but demonstrate- their. weak points, and
enable them to strengthen them... All the works on
the lotier end of - Morris Island, which have been
taken 'by Gen. Gilmore,-were not then erected, and
thkparapet guns of Sumpter were not regarded by
the enemy as of any great , value. The guns of ; 'the
Keokuk were also then in our possession.
- Wagner responds and will continue to respond
with an- occasional gun. Sumpter about once in
ten - minutes thrown a heavy rifle-shot at the im
penetrable armor,of our iron-clads, or hurli a shell
in"the direetion of the land-battery, - and occasion
ally there is a report coming from the direction of
James Island, • shoWing that -General Gilmore is
keeping close watch and ward over any flanking
that may be attempted by the enemy., tie is also
i
assisted n this work- by some °Lille Mealier gun
boats, and all was progressing well - t direction
IN
at - last accounts. i -. : ',O-• •..
As to the fall of-Sumpter goon- after -.t g'lall. of .
Napier no one seems to have the least doubt. Fort
Wagner, which was passed by in silence - by Adtnirai.
Dupont, -is undoubtedly the key of Charleston, as
evinced by the indomitable defence , made by the
enemy, with such terrible does. There probably
never was:a fortifitnitian besieged with such fright
ful sacrifice of life to. the besiegers as hakbeen the
case at Fort Wagner; and drork:.the preparatienti
making, there. is no , doubt that bloodier times are.
yet in store for them. ~ ~ , , . -
• The results of the; siege so far as our iron-clads '
are concerned, ate einphatioallY satisfactory.' The
Irprieldes , walls of solid:iron have proved Itnpene
trable„though she does not go, into swill close range
as tbe .. moniterieurlitill she has 'ohl3i so far re
ceived numerous scars of war; which have beautified
lather than 'disfigured her' appearance or leasened
her efficiency. The pivots of her port-stoppers work
emootblyouid- her maulers have been drilled.to a
state of efficiency that is truly admirable.
The monitors go in and come out, and the fight ,
daily progresses with the report "nobody Was hurt,"'
so far as the iron-elads are - concerned.
Of * course there are a few casualties in the ehore.
batteriea, but very few in view of the magnitude of
the undertaking, , orthe punishment of the enemy.
The improvements on - the other iron -clads, sug
gested by the fate of the`Atlanta, are represented by
deserters as progressing. =They were giving her an
interior lining of boiler iron; to catch the splinters
and bolts, and may possibly come out; Anticipating
easy work in Port Royal harbor. The Atlanta is a
larger and more powerful boat than this new mon
ster, though it was the opinion of these-men that
her armor is stronger. Should she come she will
find her old consort, the Atlanta, ready to encounter
her in a fair fight, as she is fully manned, and ready
fOrwork at a moment's notice.
With regard to iron-clads generally, these deserters
represent the, people as having got entirely out of
conceit of them, and their whole enthusiasm' is now
expended on sand banks. They even urge that the
• guns be taken out of them, and placed in earth forts,
especially as all idea of aggressive warfare on their
part is regarded'as over. - . - .
. THE SITUATION OFR CHARLESTON.
[From the Charletton iffercary, July 28.
The situation of affairs in our neighborhood re
mained without material change yesterday. There
was but little tiring. Occasionally, during the day,
our batteries threw a few shells at the enemy's pri 7
sition on Morris Island, but no reply was elicited,
either from the Yankee fleet or land batteries. The
enemy le evidently vigorously at work with the
spades; On the beach, immediately in . front of Bat
tery. Wagner, the Yankees have constructed a small
seratcircular work, containing (as far as can be
ascertained by observation) only one mortar. - But
few men appeared to be working on this new bat
tery.
The enemy's fleet off the harbor was increased
Yesterday by the arrival of several transports. The
*whole number - of vessels in sight last evening was
twenty-seven. Among these were six monitors, and
the Ironaides. There were, besides, some: Meaty
five vessels, mostly transports; in Stono This would
seem to portend warm work on James Island.
The general opinion seems.to be that we shall pro
bably have our hardest trial some time this week.
, '-:-AN ACCIDENT ow THE wAnAw•r.
BOsTow,.August s.—Aletter•to the Traveler, from
the vicinity of-Charleston, contains some informa
.
tion of interest at the present time. - We quote :
"Since leaving Charleston harbor I• learn that a
number of the officera , al' 'UM iron-clads have been
obliged to retireirt, censeverice of the exhausting
character of their.dutiea on board, and theMplaces
are supplied by others. •• ' — '-z , -- s , • .
"There has been -another- serious accident on
board,-the iron-clad Nahant They were condensing
wateWand_ as the water had,been rather brackish
much-pains was taken* reinedy , the evil. The offi
cerof thedeck requeateff the captain-cif:hie. hold to
bring him a little to try. As the tank was ufacreiir
ed,the steamand boiling waterrushed out, scalding
seven of - the mon terribly, income instances causing
-the skin to peel off'. They were skilfully attended
to byDr. ,Stedman, and are all on hoard of the 'Ver
mont, at Port RoYal.and likely to recover.
"-During the - recent attack upon Fort Wagner the
Milani had two shots . penetrate her deeks, while
the stern of the vessel was opened three inches by
shiats from the fort." - , ..
STATES IN REBELLION.
TILEAdILITAIir 131711W01.1.
n,era the Richmond Examiner, :Anglin 1.
The military -situation has no longer that degree`
of interest which.it Possessed during :the past three
months. Lee harcompleted his retreat, and holds -
his old lines of the Rapidan and Rappahannock in
security. Meade'a army .is in front, but not proba
bly near enough to render a battle imminent. .The
general public, in which we count ourselves, do not
anticipate immediate or extensive action in that
quarter.. Both armies bevelled their fill of fighting,.
lately, and will probably do little or nothing during
thebeated month of Augint:
It' is feared that Meade's inaction is due to the-
delay required by a concentration of the chief ar
mies of the East and West; that Grant, with all
the force to be spared from the garrisons of Vicks
burg and Port Hudson, will be transferred to Vir
ginia ; and that the next battle will be fought by a
combination of the Army of the Potomac and that
of the Mississippi Valley. This supposition ap
pears to be, ill-supported by any known facts save
the oftrecurring report that Grant has wholly
-withdrawn from the interior of the State of Missis
sippi, and that he is shipping large portions of his
men up - the river. But it is far moraprobable that
these troops have gone home on the furlough pro
mised them ae the chief reward of their late arduous
campaign, than that they have commenced the jour- -
ney to Virginia.
Western , troops are averse to fighting the battles
of the East. They came in large numbers to the
battles before Richmond, and were beaten and
slaughtered evert - more completely than the true
Yankees, who are, despite the vulgar idea to the
contrary, far better troops than the brutal horde of
the Northwest. Since then, a resolution to mind its
own affairs has settled in the heart of the North
west.- They will fight for the Mississippi, but not
the James. Grant himself has refused the com
mand ofihe Army of the Potomac, And his troops
will decline the honors of the Chickahominy. All
the force of the Northwest will be necessary in the
.autiimrCto hold their later conquest of the Missis—
sippi Vicksburg and Port - - Hudson - were
powerful:against the navigation - of the Hver, but
are worthlees to defend it.
For these and other reasons, it is thought improba
ble that Grant and hie Vicksburg host will ever be
seen on the banks of the James. But if- mistaken,
we shall have .nothing to regret. Lee would be
compelled perhaps to fall back onthe extensive for
tifications of Richmond. But this place cannot be
invested.; and if 'its thirty miles of batteries are
manned by the Army of Northern-Virginia, it can
never be taken.,' While the armies of . Grant and
Meade would be shattered by assault, and wasted by
disease, the Confederate generals of the South
would have an opportunity to recover Tennessee
and the Mississippi, which they could not allow to
pave unnoticed.
Meanwhile, Bragg and Rosecrans have sunk into
a summer siesta. Middle Tennessee and West Ten
nessee are alike under the hoof of the invader. The
people have taken the oath of allegiance almost
unanimously, and are reported to be worse treated
since they did anthem before. They have been rob
bed of ,everything that is capable of-being-robbed.
from men; have no protection ," and scarcely - any
hope ; are fixed in their miserable homes, sulky and
bitter. The land lies without cultivation. What is
the use of drawing produce from it for their Yankee
masters to seize, even before it is garneredi The
negroen are gone, and the cattle with them. Bragg
has-abandoned a considerable tract of country, but
he has at last gained a line which'. seems to be im
pregnable. Rosecrans will hesitate long before he
concludes to stretch away from his base to ward Chat
tanooga, and knows too much _of that position to
fancy it another Murfreesboro: '
Mobile is not threatened, and is not likely to be
so, during-the three sickly months which havernew
begun: Charleston is always threatened, now more
than ever; but holds on gloriously well. Charles
ton is safe. =lt has lately lbeen represented as a Ca
peau. Not only the citizens of both' sexes and all
ages, but the troops, from the generals to the pri
vates and the drummer.boy, are said to have been
steeped in luxury procured by smuggling and block
ade running. The 'corruption is "reported to have
extended to all classes, and it was supposed that
every noble sentiment and gallant intention had,died
before the lucre of gain. Happily the recent events
do not confirm These gloomy views - of Charleston.
The fire on the altar is not burned out; the'palmetto
tree'le round tit heart, and its roots still hold firmly.
We need never fear an ignominious surrender at
Charleston ; and while its inhabitants and its army
are determined to make use of their means of defence
1 o,the last, 'it will be the block on which As many
Yankee heads will be laid low as there are stones in
its walls. If it could be securely invested by sea and
land, Charleston would fall at IheAPpointed tithe ;'
but it cannot be so' invested while Richmond stands.
The United States has not an army Of one hundred
thousand men to employ on its circumvallation ; and
if it had, that army would be cut into two and de
stroyed by an attack- from. the interior. Before
Charleston . can be- invested, Richmond. must fall,-
Eastern Virginia be conquered, and the army that
accomplished. these feats might, without doubt,
pierce North and South. Carolina, lay siege to
Charleston, and take it. But before: such events
happen, there will yet
Many &knight to earth be borne.
And many a banner rent and torn.
It lo a far cry to Loohow ; it is a farther cry to Rioh
mond.
difEXTELA. SESSION OP 'TEO3 LEGISLATURE.
From the liiebniend Whig, Jri
Attention, is directed to the proceedings of a pub
lic meeting held last week in Halifax county, by
which the Governor is requested to call the Legisla
ture together for the rampage of providing more ef
fectual means of local defence, especially against the
raids of .the enemy. Experience has shown that
the only- reliable protection against marauding
parties and forays must come from the thorough
military organization and drilling of the people,
which can only be effected under the compulsory au
thority law. . • .
.
By means a force, may be raised and disci-.
plined sufficient to meet at all times and anywhere
all irregular warfare, and this without calling the
people from their necessary occupations for any
period of . time seriously, inconvenient or - injurious.
Men enough betweenthe ages of sixteen and sixty,
not subject to conscription, can be raised to'render.a
'successful raid "impossible—but this cannot be done
without slaw as obligatory in its requirements as
the conscription laW itself. The time has come when
it is nece.ssary to,.put our ,whole population on a
military footing. We therefore fully aPprove the
movement initiated-by the patriotic people of Hali
fax, and trust; that it may commend itself to the
favorable consideration of,the Governor. ,- •
,THE DEATH OF "1"/CNCEY.
[Erom the Richmond Examiner, July 30,2 • -
The'Clonfeilerate Senate'hai lost its most brilliant
ornament. William L. Yancey is dead, and has not
leftbis ,peer ins parliamentary oratory. %The style
and manner of Mr. Yancey was so l far superior to
ttic /owe, gaudy, and extravagant rhetorio which, is
common throughout Ainerica r that those who list
ened for the first time to the hautboy tones of his
delightful' voice, and considered the elegant prod- -
Ilion of his diction, the perfect order, of his argu
ment, the ease of thought and expression with which
he analyzed eyery subject, and .assembled its facts
and principles into elaborate discourse, were tilled -
with as much surprise as admiration:
It was so different from the loMi eloquence of the
hustings, and So devoid of that exaggeration which
infests every species of composition in this countryi
that the hearer could, with , difficulty, believe the
sPealier to have been bred in the American school,
or, that he,whoso smoothly uttered the polished sea-
- ,
tenses was one of the most fluent and ready of
American debaters. No man- was better qualified
to address a innallassembly of , grave and cultivated
men, such an a Senate - - Neither Clby, nor Webster,
nor even Calhoun, though his superiors in power of
thought, possessed his taste, his facility, orcharming
elocution. , The Confederate Congress contains no
successor to him, and it will, perhaps, be long before
we shall see his like on'the continent.
IVlr.. , :iranaey was identified With the Southern
Revolution, and the birth of.. the Confederany. It
appears to have been the policy of- that Executive
with-which' the gear L .Regmblio was unfortunately
and hastily aftlicterr4by Cie Convention at Mont
gomery,to driveim
froits-side the heart and brain
of the South ; but -no slights, no -refusal' of confi
dence, or supercilious indifference could chill his
ardor in the cause, or dim his faith in its Ultimate
success. The, death of : melt and disinterested men,
whose names are thimbyfionymous with Secession,
before they', have ieeletied . the reward of their labors,
and in the middle of trobbles, is depressing: ,
WAR A NATIONAL BLESSING
(From the Richmond *big, Jnly 30.]
Bishop'Elllot, in, his Savannah , sermon, regards
the war as a national blessing, and holds that its
precious fruits, though dearly bought, are well
worth the price. lEte.is unquestionably for peace.
"But this yearninglforVeace;" - he" says, "has no
smack of submission:teat, ?That has not entered
into the thoughts of anybody. ,It is really nothing
more than a natural Wish that a useless strife should
cease • an earnest desire that • a struggle should be
endedwhich'oan end but in one way. When the
peace which in longed for is embodied in words, it
invariably includes the ideas of entire independence
and complete'qlationality—indeperulince from all
the bonds; whether, political, commercial or social,
which have hitherto hindered our development—na
tiohality, with eur whole-territory preserved to Us,
'and with no. entangling ;alliance, binding us for the
future. This is the whole scope and
,meaning, and
is very distinct from any such fainting of the spirit
as would precede , submission. It is rather the token
`.of a restless energy, which pants to enter untram
-inelled upon that new career of freedom which it is
Working out for itself, and Which seems to rise be
fore it in brightness and grandeur, and to beckon it
onward tO glory and happiness.
THE"IMPENDING BATTLE.
[Pi OM the Richmond Examiner, Jaly 30.1
Passengers by the Central train hrought nothing
new concerning the past, present, future, and pros
pective condition of affairs in Gen. Lee's army of
Northern Virginia; that would internist our readers,
and not at the same: time be contraband news of
General.Meade!s army, or several corps of it, has
appeared in Fauquier, and a refugee from that sec.
tion, describing their appearance, says'" they
coveredthe whole face of the earth in that' region,
spread out like an enormous ringworm. ,, The two
armies were approximating gradually and surely,
and 'it was the opinion of several oft3cers, who pre-
tended to know, that a great _pitched battle was in.
evitable a week or fortnight. hence, at the farthest.
Our army, or at least a portion of it, imagine they
have a black spot, received at Gettysburg, to wipe/
out, and rank and file are spoiling for an oppor
tunity.
The shock will be terrific when it comes, but on
anything like equal ground Meade and his horde
will be driven to the Potomac, and
ler
then—
ORDERS FROM a, PAY ORLEANS.—One of our hea
viest iron Manufacturers received yesterday a letter
from a merchant of New Orleans, brought up by the
steamer-Imperial, ordering thirty stoves to, be sent
to him by the first boat. This is one of the symp,
toms of there-opening of the _vast trade formerly
carried on-between this city and New Orleans. As
the latter city is pretty nearly deatitute of the very
produce and fabrics that we are able to supply,. and
at the same time is supplied with the very Southern
produce that we desire
,to buy, we may expect a
thriving and prosperous trade-to spring up at once.
—St. Louis Republican.
SUBSTITUTES IN VIE ARMY
Mom the Richmond Whig, July 31.1 ,
During the last session of Congress, an eftbrt was
made by the Military Committee in the Senate to
secure the passage of a bill requiring all persons who
had put into the army substitutes, who had deserted,
to take their places. The bill did not pass, but we
have no doubt it will be again introduced at the
next session, and, under the urgency of the plea that
"something must be done," the opposition to its
passage may be overruled. ,
A•vniter in the Atlanta Appeal; referring to the
reduction of our military,strength, says :
We have lost many men in battle, and by wounds,
disease, and death. But we still have the necessary
number of arms bearing men in- the country, but
they are not in the army. How did those who have
been imand are not in, and who are not disabled; get
out"{- = 'This is the rub that will grate hardly upon
those who are bound by every duty to serve-their
country, but who are not willing to do so. The im
mense number of easy places that have been made ,
out of reach of gunshot is nne mode; the immense
number of men who - have Others Goverament .eon
tract, or a finger in one, fa another mode. Another
still is said ‘ to be the favoritisin of conscript officers.
Another atill-is aaidlo t hethe infidelity of army sur
geons in granting " false certificates Of disability. But
the great fruitful source of this mischief is the sub
stitute law, by which, I am informed, upon autho
rity. that I am not certain is correct, but which I
have no reason, to doubt, the army has discharged
Generally, laborers hate been taken in of old men
who would from choice or necessity be -- . engaged
producing somethirigl or of idle vagabonds,=whode
bert the army the first opportunity they get: 'Those
tvEo remain and do, not desert, are generally, from
age and other causes, not of much value as soldiers.
The army thus- swap off..a set of sound, active men,
for a set of brokeit-downTivorthlesslelloWs, who do
not much good. The field is deprived of many labo
rers whose services are and.will be in great demand
at home, while the - men who are discharged fronythera
army thus, having the parttrolof means, seldom turn'e
to work, but often to Vesting, to make back the moo-
ney their substitute cosphem. Thus the'country is
cursed with a speculator, - the - field — deprived of a la
horer, and the armyof n soldier, all- resulting from
a mostwoful blunder in - Congress• allowing men of
means to buy their exemptio as - from the . duty of
fending the country , against invasion.
Noit, my proposition—startling as it may seem=
is, that the Government is entitled to the services
of ;these men now, upon the same priaciple that it
was at the beginning, to wit : Ex necessitate ref. The
saltation from utter ruin of the whole country de
pends upon it. The Government will perish hope
lessly- and speedilydf these men are not put back
into the army. -The Government ought to keep the
good faith implied in the contract of discharge and
substitution as long only ea it can be done con-'
sistently with its self-preservation and the preser—
vation of the whole country from devastation and
ruin. This it _has already done.
A correspondent of the same paper, with the army
in Tennessee, writes : ,
Among the despatches received yesterday, the one
-regarded in many circles as by far the most import
ant, is the one giving the points of the circular issued
from the Bureau of Conscription, announcing the
-future rules as to substitutes. The importance of the
rule, and its probable practical results, may be de
termined by the publication of a fact communicated
to me by an officer of high rank, yesterday, that
- there were in our army now more than 130,000 sub
stitutes. My understanding of the rule is, that all of
these substitutes under 45 take their own place in
the. ranks, as well as those who have substitutes
there. Say , that one-half of the present substitute
force is under 45, the' effect of the rule will be; by
sending those who have substituted them with them
into the army,-to .give us an addition to the army
equal to one-half the present substitute force—say
between 60,000 and '70,000 men, and largely to be in
creased by enrolment of those whose services as
substitutes have been lost to' the Government from
causes other than the casualties of war.
No doubt this rule will give rise to much com
plaint, and be viewed as a great hardship, and the
Government will be charged with acting in bad faith
by those who have` put 'in substitutes-Without
discussing the legal aspect of the question, a discus-
Mon more germain to times Of peape than war, and
putting the rule upon the high ground of moral and
political necessity, I am bound to justify' it. - This is
no time, when the enemy is pressing us upon every
point;and threateningto take everything which we
posses:3,4or a man to value himself and all that be
has, not to speak of - his honor, and the honor of his
wife and children, at the paltry sum let it be of $5OO
or $ 5,000, which he has paid for a substitute, proba
blyincapable of service from age or infirmity, and
has died, or morally indisposed to do his duty, and,
has therefore straggled or deserted.
THE UNION 'EXPEDITION TO WELDON. -
EFrom , the Richmond-Enenirer, July' 29.
We have advices, up to - Wednesday night from
Weldon: The - enemy then were twelve miles dis
tant, and weresaid to be retreating. The brigades
of Generals Ransom and Jenkins - had united, and
no fears were entertained of the - Yankee advance.
General Ransom's rencontre with the enemy was
most rialutary ‘ and he fell back simply to draw the
enemy within his grasp. Our troops at Weldon
outnumber the Yankees. We believe their repulse
is final.
Passengers Who' arrived last light from the South
report that the Yankee raiders have posititelyre
treated, taking a course, as was supposed, in the di
re:oi°' of Murfreesboro. Whether they have fallen
babk only , to obtain reinforcements, or have aban
doned all idea of destroying communication with
the South by railroad, was not known. Our forces
did not pursue. •
So far, the raiders have done but little injury be
yond frightening the women and children, and steal
ing a few negroes. The railroad is yet uninjured,
• and the trains are running with their accustomed
regularity. The loss on either side has nen very
small, ours being not more than two killed and some
eight wounded, while the enemy's loss is supposed
to be some bitten killed and a dozen or two wounded.
It is stated that, in addition to the force which
moved out from Suffolk, a large number of
Yankees landed at Murfreesboro, North' Carolina,
on Sunday night last, where they - proceeded to rob
the citizens, and collect all the negroes they could
lay their hands upon. '
Garyaburg and -vicinity was filled, on Tuesday,
with fleeing ; citizens from Murfreesboro North Ca.
reline, Jackson, North Carolina, and other places
situated in the route of the invaders. As many
came on horseback, in buggies; carriages, wagons,
' &c., it afforded an excellent opportunity for General
Ransom to supply himself with horses. He pressed
all the animals, put mounted infantry on them„ . and
was thus enabled to send a large force in pursuit of
the raiders. -
- THETETEREBURG .AND WELDON• ROAD CLEAR.
CFrOM. the Petersburg Express. .
So far, the road between this city and Weldon has
not been reached at, any point by tne Vandals, and
the trains are running; , regularly through as usual.
The Government has',amPle force to protect the road,
and intends to do so.
Draft Reststance in Fayette County.
[From the Pittsburg Chronicle of August 4th. 3
Sheriff Cope, " 'deputy provost marshal for Fayette
county, brought to "the city last evening seventeen
conscripts, who have ever since the draft last fall
refused to report themselves .for duty, and who
resisted the officers by force of arms, wherever the
law was attempted to be enforced. - Mr. Cope in
formed us that these men are from Springfield, Salt.
lick, and Bullskin townships, and, as we noticed at
the time of the draft, had built a felt in Saltlick
township, called the " Mud Fort," or " Fort Adams,"
in whiclithey took refuge, and persistently defied the
authorities to take them. On Saturday last, Sheriff-
Cope started for the districts above named, with a
force of some forty Men, and succeeded in surprising, :
and capturing the larger part of the conscripts. Some
of them. were armed with' rifles and revolvers, and
only surrendered because of the superior force sent
against them. One •fellow, -named Fritts, who was
one of the prirdemovers in instigating others to re
sist the draft; (he himself not being drafted,) was
also brought along with the party. Ile acknowledged
having taken an active part in counselling resistance
tone law, and said he did so "because the Genii"
of; Liberty said it, the law, was - unconstitutional."
He also claimed to be the President of the Southern
Confederacy of Saltliek, Springfield, and - Pallskin
townships. Fritts was handed over to Provost Mar,.
shal Wright, and will, ere long, doubtlgas, be taught,
a lesson which he will not BOOR forget. Sheriff Cope
_also brought down deserters, who' will be for
warded to their regiments to.day. As this is the first
instance where the law has been miforeed in the
Copperhead region of Fayette, and as the misguided
`linen who oppose the draft must - now see the foolish
ness of their resisting the, lawful authorities, lt'is to
be hoped thitin , the futurethey,will, reilounee their
tielloon, and live ai bOactillei lawlbiang damp,
THREE CENTS
THE PRIVATEERS AT BERMUDA.
Berintsdnithe' r ,preat Centre of Slocicades
RtuoiiierssiiideOPition of the Pirate Florida
11 lotscrilFi.,C=Georges.
TRH FLORIDA.
fFreim the Bernmda Royal Gazette, July 21.]
Most of our readers are aware that for some day.
'Past thefts-famed Confederate cruiser Florida has
formed a'prominmstifind interesting object in the
waters of nt. Georges harbor. Indeed, this port is
at present alractstirsclusively in possession of yes
uels ,Ci*B.Peted . ;.iivitir the South—the fleet of flue
steameras:exelusive of the Florida, which now ocs
cupyAt being all either regular blockade-runners or
preparing for that trade. ..
The Florida dropped anchor in Five Fathom Hole
on Thursday last, and steamed into the harbor the
following morning. She is, we understand, in want
of coal, and needs some:repairs to , her machinery.
In the destitution of the port in the matter of 'fuel,
and in the almost hourly expectation of supplies
from England, an extension of the regulation pe
riod of stay has been granted.
The Florida is a fine vessel, very long for her size,
bark rigged and very lightly sparred. She is evi
dently very fast. She carries - an armament of eight
guns—six broad-side and two pivot. Our readers
will bear in mind that the object of the Confederate
cruisers for the present is rather to cripple the com
merce than encounter the cruisers of the Northern
States. The Federal navy is still numerically so.
vastly superior that the risk is too great, and must
continue to be so until the Confederate navy can
show a closer parity. The skill and daring - of the
commanders of such vessels as the Florida are
rather exhibited, therefore, in dashing raids into un
suspecting waters and rapid avoidance of danger
than in ban d-toband conflicts. As an instance of
the former it may be mentioned that Captain Maffit
was within fifty miles of New York just before his
arrival here. The officers of the Florida are all gen
tlemen formerly belonging to the United Statestaavy,
and consequently regularly trained and bred to-their
profession. The crew are, in very large proportion,
Irisff—a circumstance which may well account for
some extra uproarious demonstrations in the quiet
town of St. Georges. Captain Maffit speaks highly
of them as seamen.
A.considerable interchange of civilities has taken
place between the officers afloat and ashore. The
Florida saluted the forts and batteries. and the
salute was returned from the heights. On Friday
evening, Colonel Munro and the officers of the 39th
entertained Captain Mart and his officers at the
Mess, and the hospitalities of the Florida have been
liberally dispensed to the numerous officers and
others who have visited her. We learn she has an
immense quantity of silver on board, and among
other 4, spoils" a large collection of chronometers.
To the Editor of the Royal Gazette:
Sln : That glorious little steamer, the Florida,
has made her appearance In these waters anclothe
salute she tired on her entering the harbor of St.
Georges was returned by
,the forts. I happened to
be in St. Georges when this event took place, and
heard many parties remark that- the saluting the
Confederate flag was implicit recognition of the in
dependence of the South. , I think—although I
' would like to consider the matter in that light—that
it is a mere act of courtesy shown by the authorities
of the Islands to a power acknowledged as a belli
gerent—a courtesy which they were willing to pay
to the gallant representatives of that power, Cap
tain Mafilt and his brave crew, who were received,
I hear, with the utmost cordiality, as well by the
natives of these islands as by the garrison,: both
being anxious to evince their sympathy for courage
and patriotism.
I do not, it is true, consider as a recognition by
England of the independence of the South the sa
luting of her flag by the forts in Bermuda, bat
nearly equal to a recognition is the gratifying news
received from Europe, via New York, which ought
not to be subiect to any coming through such
A channel as the New York papers.
It is stated there that England and France are in
perfect accord in regard to the great international
questions. Now, the Emperor Napoleon, after he
bad received' the good news of the success of.his
arms in. Mexico, invited Mr. Slidell to a breakfast
tetod-lefe, and they remained together until the
opening of the Council of Ministers.
This looks like an early recognition. Let us hope
for it, because the South has long deserved it, for the
struggle in America has proved to be something
more than a rebellion of the South, for it him shown
the determination and power of those brave men,
who are- fighting, not - for any mercenary purpose,
not • ffir a bounty of a few dollars, but are fighting
- for and sacrificing their homes, heir health and
their wealth, to that great principle of nationality,
the defence of their independence. That independ,
ence they have acquired de facto, and they now want
but the :mere Sormality of being acknowledged by
the great Powers of Europe to spring up as a great
nation in the Western Continent, as a powerful and
faithful ally for them in peace or in war in times to
come.
'DiSTirRBANCES AT ST. GEO&GES
From the same paper 3
The fracas mentioned in our last impression has
proved unhappily only the prelude to a whole series
Of kindred disturbances during the past week, and,
which ended in the almost entire suspension of one
Considerable branch of the trade of St. Georges for
some hours. To dispose Heat of all of the affair al
ready alluded to, we may add to our former account
that•the judicial investigation has' ended in the com
mittal of two men to take their trial at the next
assizes, a third being allmitted to bail for the 'same'
purpose.. All, three, we understand, belong to the
Robert E. Lee. ,The charge is merely the commie-
lion of a: breach of . the peace, whereby the soldier
was wounded ;.but we understand that it will be in
the power of the Attorney General, if he sees fit, to
prefer the heavier "charge.' Everything, however,
seems so far to indicate a chance shot—we have seen
the bullet, a conical one. It was not even aimed in
the direction of the wounded man, but has struck a
wall heavily, glanced and reversed itself, penetrating , '
flat, or plunged first and carrying with it on its IlAt
surface a portion of the man's canvas frock.Argr...;
Subsequently to the disposal of this caertliere .
Were several complaints of robbery eltfriog thei,weele i . : ,
one in particular, in which a seaman alleged that he
had been robbed of-upwards of £6o`in dollars by a
comrade; but, as he admitted he:Was so drunk as to
render identification an nn...,, ~,,.trjwne, nha n3n s e .p___
of course, to the ground. • -'''' ~- - ' r
„Then there were complaints -by . timid lodgieg
keepers of the constant presence and use of firearms
h , theiilodgers. One old lady related, with much
.i." . , - . - ibr, how every` on f her six lodgers owned a
'revolver, loaded it eire . ght by way of a bed fel
%
low, and discharged th els in the morning.
Another 'complained of ali 'abit one of her lodgers
had contracted of occasionally-using her portly per
son for a target, and was ready to stvearto two shots
at least actually fired at her. Whatever may have
beenthe amount of real ground for apprehension in
such cases as these, certain it is that Friday and Sa
. turday furnished at leafit some scenes of a very aeri
one and alarming kind, not so much in the shape of
assaults on the-inhabitants, as in that of reckless
, , -
quarreling. ' -,.. -
On both these days the ranks ; of the rioters were
swelled by parties of liberty . men froM the. Florida.
Scenes of utter lawlessness in and around every li
quor store were the speedy result. These stores
were, of course, all full ; men might be seen stripped
and fighting, some "knifed" in a ghastly fashioa
about the head and face—eyes gouged out, jawbones
broken, heads scalped, and floors sloppy with blood.
In this way matters were proceeding during great
part of Friday afternoon and night and of Saturday
afternoon. ( On the latter day, however, the police
magistrate went round, accompanied by a file of the
guard; clolted all the liquor stores, made a number of
arrests, and ordered the remainder of the rioters on
boerd their ships. Risf orders being seconded by a
' gun from the Florida, 'the streets were at length
cleared and peaceable, and St. Georges passed a
comparatively quiet night, and felt considerably bet
ter on Sunday morning.
Such is a general" outline of the events of the_
week, events - which call for grave conside
ration. Much that has happened has clearly
arisen from the too prevalent American habit of
going armed. Tack, ashore, is always excited,
noisy, and sometimes quarrelsome, and the "Jacks"
belonging be the - steamers engaged in running the
blockade seem—perhaps from the very nature of
the trade in which they are employed—of a more
daring and' reckless cast than "Sacks" in general—
in fact selected rather for seamanship and courage
than for steadiness or sobriety—and when such men
are inthe heat of a liquor store discussion, and every
heave of the cheat laboring with wrath, rum, and
eagerness, brings the ribs in suggestive contact with
the butt of a revolver, or the handle of a bowie knife, it does not require any very great accession
of stimulus to make the one or the other spring into
. ugly prominence. It should be clearly impressed on
all these 'men, in the first instance somehow, by
printed notices seat on board every wade', for in
stance, that the practice of carrying arms in the
streets is illegal by British law. _
And , next there seems a growing doubt whether
the present staff of police' is, adequate to grapple
With the exigencies of the case. That a regular
trade with the South is now established at St.
Georges, on a permanent footing, we hold to be be
yond a doubt, and the harbor is likely, therefore,
henceforth to be seldom without the presence of
three or four at a time of the, vessels engaged in the
trade. This will require increased vigilance, nape
-
Melly when, as sometimes will be the case, there are
also some half dozen vessels in the harbor as well
flying the Stars and Stripes. Already, we under
stand that the labors of the police staff—magistrate
-and constables—are doubled, and there seems a
growing' feeling that some increase of force is very
much called for.
The Draft, in New York.
The last dodge of the rebel sympathizers in our
city is to complain of the draft as unequal, in that a
larger number are required from the Democratic'
(city) than the Republican (rural) districts. The as.
eumption is that different rules are applied in these
cases ; but such Is , not the fast. A careful enrolment
is made of all the males within the prescribed ages,
and of these one-fifth are drafted, with fifty per cent.
added to meet the contingency,of exemptions for
disability. There is no shadow of partiality or die•
But large cities, and especially growing cities con
tain an unusual proportion of ryoung men. The.
youth of our own country and Western Europe hie
to New York in quest of employment as clerks, me
chanics, laborers, &a., while our old men retire into -
the country to spend the evening of their days in
quiet and seclusion. Hence the enrolment would in
any case seem to bear hardly upon us.
But further : It is notorious that this city and
Brooklyn have not to-day - anything like their proportion'
of men now in the field. A good many have gone, but
mainly for short terms ; while an extraordinary pro
portion of those who enlisted here, for three years
have deserted. The regiments recruited for three
years, service in 'our city—those composing the Ea.
celsior Brigade, the Mozart, Scott's Nine Hundred,
etc.=were largely filled from the interior. We do
know that men came here in large numbers from
the interior in 1861 on purpose to enlist. . We ,do not
believe there are this day ten thousaiut rank arid file in
the national service from our city and Brooklyn together.
It is notorious that our quotas of the heavy call of
last summer were not half made up, while the Re
publican rural districts. very generally filled the re
quisitions upon them. Hence, the recent enrol
ment shows a paucity of available force in St. Law
rence, Chautauqua, Onondaga, etc., while our city
swarms with vigorous young men. Had we sent
the number required of us last year we should
not be requires- to send so many now.—. New York
Tribune.
NBA ENGLAND AND ICENTIMBV.—In a letter to
Hon. R. 0. Winthrop, of Boston, the well-known
divine and patriot, Robert J. Breckharidge, writes
' , lt may be the will of God that the most dread
ful changes await our country. If the veryr worst
conies,-I look that true and regulated liberty will
perish last in New England. In =past years I have
spoken freely in disapprobation of much 'that has .
been felt as an 611 influence "from New England, as
it appeared to me. But I neva doubted—and now
less than , ever—teat the roots of whatever 'produces
freedom, equality, and high civilization, are more
deeply set in New England than in any equal popu
lation on the faceof the earth. As for Kentucky; I-
will not trust myself to speak. I heard General ,
Burnside say that he considered the loyal people of
Kentucky the most decided and disinterested hehad.
anywhere seen; and that embraces two-thirds of:her
entire population. It is a people held by its enemies
to be boastful ; but they will do, always, more than
they ever say they will do.
GOOD Essovra or rns ~
correspondent,
in reply to the question "Can the mob have done
any goody' replies :
"Certainly. Every element is positive and nevi.'
tive. It may be positivelfbad,'and yet negatively
gocd. You may remember the poor drunkard, who'
said he was preaching temperance : Yaw preaching
temperance °what uo you moan V Oh ! lam a
practical illustration. , So, New York—which is so'
great in many things—so rlike Tyre, a queen of. the
.seas, and, like. Babylon, magnificent -in • itsw.ealth
and its vanities — has been serving the rest of the
"country'aa a practical illush•alian; and right glad
mpat Beaton, and Philadelphia, and Oineinnati,
Afore been."
THE W A.ll rowns,B".'
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THE INDIAN TERRITORY.
Gen. Blunt's Victory at Honey Sprtnge.
FORT BLUNT, CHOCTAW NATION, fuly 22—Write'
tang at this date, a correspondent of the Missouri .
Democrat describes the' battle of Honey Springs,
fought on the 17th, between Blunt and Cooper :
The enemy was about SIX thousand strong, with
four pieces of artillery. Our whole force was not
more than three thousand live hundred strong. iinp
kin,' battery commenced ,the work upon our side, .
and the firing soon became general upon both sides.
The id Colorado and the let Kansas (colored) Regi
ments were brought np to face the deadly fire of the '
20th and 29th Texas. And here was the hottest part
of the battle. The 2d Colorado, led by their cool and
daring lieutenant colonel, pressed into the thickest,
of the tight, regardless of the deadly havoc, which
increased with every step. This regiment lost more
in killed than any other.
But fn this connection I cannot forbear-noticing -
the conduct of both the officers and men of the let
Kansas, colored. This regiment, under their fight
ing colonel, came up nobly to the work. They ad
winced to within about forty paces of the enemy :
who then opened upon them a terrible fire of buck
shot. This volley mostly passed over their heads,
and their brave colonel was felled from his hiirse by
three different shot ,, just after he had given the com
mand to lire. and while he V 71115 in the act of com
mending a " charge bayonet," 'NOW the hottest part
of the work commenced ; the blacks fought with a
courage rarely equaled. The whole of our forces
pressed upon the enemy, who was finally compelled
to retire in great disorder. Onr batteries had by
this time completely siren ceetheir guns, and our
whole force pressed on in close pursuit.
The rebels made another stand- in a corn-field,
about half a mile distant, but were goon driven from
this position by the Indians, who always kept up
close to their rear. After some severe fighting here
for a few moments they again fled in the greatest
confusion, and only kept hack a small party to cover
the retreat of their main body, which was now fairly
begun. We bad no cavalry fit to pursue.
Before falling back they burned thousands of dol
lars' worth of commissary stores to prevent theta
from falling into our hands. The Rd gun was fired
at just fifteen minutes before two o'clock.
The rebel loss in killed, wounded, and prisoners
cannot fall short of three hundred men. Our loss is
about fifty, killed and wounded. We captured about
four hundred stands of arms, one-twelve - pound -
howitzer, and a small quantity of provisions. Our ,
forces, without exception, behaved gallantly, and
we must give the rebels credit for the desperate
courage they exhibited.
This is an important victory—not a bloody one;
but 'a victory of a permanent and significant charac
ter. This is the first event of our army south of the
Arkansas. Ever since the beginning ot the war, the
rebels have made Honey Springs an, important re
uniting depot, and it had. grown to ice fine of the
afro upholds of the Southern Confederacy. It is the
first time it has been disturbed, and now it is com
pletely destroyed.
Gen. flair's Return Home.
Gen. Frank P. Blair, distinguished in the Vicksburg
campaign, returned to hie home in St. Louis, a few
days ago, and received an ovation. Replying to a '
speech of welcome, Gen. Blair said :
He felt truly happy to be so enthusiastically wel
comed by his friends. He had often been among ,
friends in other places; but never had he received
such enthusiastic welcome as from his friends in St.
Louis. He understood that this reception was as
much due to-what had been accomplished by the
Army of the Tennessee, (which he thought should
be called the Army of thelVlississippi,) as to his own "
efforts. 'He thought -that the' victory gained .by the
Gradual Einancipationists in Missouri, was almost
as great as that gained in the Valley of the Missis
sippi. He was always in favor of emancipation—
always with a due regard for the vested interests of
the rights and dignity of free labor in Missouri. He
would give freedom tolhe slave, but would not at
the same time proscribe and persecute the slave- .
bolder. He thought that seven years was short
time enough for the slaves to be- liberated in, even
if their welfare was to be consulted exclusively. As
Mr. McPherson had said, he had advocated these
doctrines fifteen years ago, when they were not
merely unpopular, but perilous. He had come home
for a short visit, and would return again soon.
AA' AFFECTING INCIDENT
At this juncture Dlr. Ned Stephens, the old hero
who was wounded at Vicksburg, and for some time
reported dead, met the General's eye in the crowd,
- and a spontaneous compliment to the devoted patri
otism of " Old Ned" by the speaker awakened feel
ings of profound emotion in the hearts of all pre-,
sent. It was the first time they had met since Ste
- phens had fallen on the field in the first attack on
Vicksburg. The meeting was cordial ; first a grasp
and shake of the hand, when eye met eye, and the
meeting culminated in a cordial "hug." It was
truly an affecting scene to see these brother soldiers
embrace each other, and the joy of such a meeting
can only be appreciated by those who meet under
like circumstances.
The Hamburg IPtrhibition.
The following is the list of prizes awarded to
Americans up to date of the-Ifith • .
Gold Medal—To McCormick for. the beat reaping
machine, the only prize of the kind awarded to this
branch of industry.
Money Pries.—To George GaMpbell, of Vermont,
two first and one second-class prizes for sheep--value
125 Prussian thalers.
Silver Medals.—Thompson & Avery, for beat horse
power ; Seymour, Morgan &.Co., for reaper._
Bronze ikleilals.--SolonP! Hubbell, for best broad
cast sower ; John W. Free, of - Indiana, for best fan
ning and separating mill.'
James A. Saxton, for Biting mowing machine. •
• L. P. Rose, of Michigan, for case of best finished
•.agricultnral implements—the finest -exhibited.
E. C. Taintor, of- Massachusettsclor planing and
morticing machine.
• George Carapbell, of Vermont, for Willard's root
Whitmore, 13elcher & Co., of Nenn - T. •
Borba mat of agiicultural implements.
John Vanderbilt of. for the same.
Fos heat harrOW.
Hall, 'Spear & Co., for est plough.
Other prizes may yet be awarded, as- some-Ameri
can exhibitors ere , so late that their contributions
have not yet been examined._ ' •
Rion Mixiwrnas 3x New Yons —A. New York
correspondent of• the Boston Post, in the course of a •
gosaipping letter:to, that journal, touches on the ,
s u bject-of " rich ministers" in Gotham. At the
bead: of the list the writer places, as Of course,
Archbishop Hughes, whose private property (he
says) amounts, to the snug little sum of a round
million dollars. He is the millionaire minister par -
Excatence. In-the - Lutheran Church there is a Rev.
Geitenhahaer; who is. reckoned worth •
$050,1X0, and whose secular .hours are for the most
part Occupied in forging "the silken chain that •
binds .two willing hearts." Thousands of couples
matrimonially inclined have, - by ids aid, reached the
consummation devoutly wished. His residence, in
Fourteenth street, is literally besieged by the crowds .
who desire to exchange the truelover's
knot for
that Gordian knot which nothing but death can
cut. Among the Dutch Reformed clergymen, Rev.
A. R.Yan Nest ranks as the richest. This gentleman
has one or two hundred thousand dollars now, and
"has a goodly heritage" in prospect of half a million
more when his wealthy father reaches the shining
shore. Rev. Dr. Hardenbergh, of the same denomi
nation. is estimated worth a hundred thousand dol
lars. The Presbyterians, perhaps, have more rich
ministers than any other denomination. At the
head of the list—the Nestor of the Church in this
city—stands Dr. Spring, clan= venerabile ,omen--
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who is easily worth a hundred thousand dollars,
and whose young and interesting bride is set down
as having three hundred thousand. dollars more.
Rev. Dr. Adams no one thinks or estimating at less
than one hundred thousand dollars. Rev. Dr. Potts
and Rev. Dr. Phillips each are worth fifty thousand,
and several others of the Presbyterian clergy are
equally able to keep the wolf from the door. Bishop
Janes, of the Methodist Church, possesses treasures
on earth to the value of one hundred thousand dol
lars, and co does:Rev. James Floy, the best politi
cian in that denomination. Rev. Dr. Hafrany is
worth about thirty thousand dollars. Among the
Baptists, Rev. Doctors Dowling and Sommers are
set down at thirty thousand apiece, and' Rev. S. A.
Corey at about twentythousan'ddellars. Rev. Mr.
Beecher and 'Doctor R. S. Storrs, of Brooklyn, own
fine-residences,- and are called worth twenty-five or
thirty thousand each.
SUMMER HAUNTS OF OUR AUTHORS AND ARTISTS.
—Longfellow is in his " House by the Sea,i , drink
ing in the delicious breezes, and listening to the
murmuring of waves at Nabant. Prof. Agassiz is in
his own retreat on the opposite side of the same lit
tle peninsula, and he and Longfellow often meet.
Neither is idle, and it is fortunate for both that no
convenient steamer runs from Boston since the war,
bringing its cargo of admirers to break in upon deep
studies of nature. Nahant was the favorite resort
of Prescott, and there, too, Motley loved to spend
the weeks when the dog star - rages. Allueroft has
hie campage at Newport, where, surrounded by his
books. he can enjoy, as well as at his residence in
New York, the quiet study of history within sound
of tierce breakers. Whittier's .little cottage nestles
amid 'wipes and elms in Amesbury, Mass. A few
minutes walk brings him to the summit of hills,
whence, in different directions, he can view the
White and Green Mountains, the lordly Merrimac,
and the broad sweep.of ocean. Fields, "the Ame
rican liloxon,” as Charles Lanman felicitously terms
him, has been spending a few weeks in the White
;Hills," but is now back again to the " Old Corner) ,
Lanman himself has been fishifig and writing in the
region of the Glen and Alpine' House. Church is
at his home on the banks of the Hudson. His
"Chimborazo" (not Cotopaxi) is about completed,
and will add new laurels to him upon whom the
Lyndon Art Journal said " the mantle of Turner had
fallen." Gifford, brave and noble fellow, has been
doing service -in his third campaign,with the New
York. 'lth. Minerva never - loses when Gifford pays
attention to Mars. Bierstadt is with Fitz Hugh
Ludlow in the heart of the Rocky Mountains.
Bradford, our beat marine painter after James
Hamilton, the illustrator of Kane, is on the coast of
Labrador. Welby, a Danish marine painter of great
merit, and brother to the artists° well known on the
Continent, is among the islandkithat stud the shores
of Maine. Welby is an inti .4"te friend of Hans
Christian Anderson, and was well acquainted with
the great Thorwaldsen. Heade goes to Brazil to
paint scenery and huniming birds, and takes to the
Brazilian Emperor some of Harley's exquisite
thingi,l.--Anzerican Publishing Circular.
JOSB . S . IE d. 'WARE, ESQ., who has been the editor
Of the Daily Chronicle since its commencement, has
accepted the position of private secretary to Adju
tant General Thomas, who line just left Washington
en a tour to the West to organize negro regiments.
While we sincerely iegret to lose the services of Mr.
Ware from the Chrorricle, - we are glad to see him ap
pointed tan place for which heis so well qualified
by his:experience, his talents, hie convictions, and
his sense of duty. Since Mr. Ware has been con
nected with the.Chronicte, he has adopted hie course
of unhesitating and unquestioning support of the
Government as a matter of.duty. He believes that
in this emergency loyalty consists in absolute and
unequivocal allegiance to the Administration, and
he has always advocated with earnestness and zeal
the cause of, human liberty, and the truth that "all
men are created free and equal." We wish Mr. Ware
well in his new position. He leaves many ivgarm
friends behind him in Washington, who wilrbe al
ways happy to hear of his success in his neiv field
of operations.—Waskinglon Chronicle. •
[From the Evening Post]•
- To dohn Dorgan,
After reading his " Studies,'" Vol.. 1.
Thou bast unrolled before my gazing eye
A strange bewitching land, with shadows deep,
And sunny glancing lights, that rise and.die ;
Their magic beauty made me laugh and weep,
Deep longing swelled my sympathizing breast ;. -
I would have:floated with thee on the sea,
When, with triumphant glee; the billow's crest
' Thy vessel'cut, a conqueror to be..'
Yes I there it lies, that island fair and bright,,
Pdet-discoverer, long in dreams thine own,
Now given to the world. Oh, - what a sight i•
And on the steepest rook, as on a throne, ,
Psee thee watching, wrapt in blissful pain,
Asir, a mantle,.pondering o'er a thought,
A riddle odd and old, laurel or chain '
Which of the two is for Colombo wrought' .
NEGRO REGIBIENTS.—Gert. Foster has issued
an order directing the enlistment of a coloredyegt
went within the - limits of-the late department of
`Virginia, General Dix's. General Foster has also
authorized General Wild, . commanding colored
troops in North Carolina, "to - take possession of
Unoccupied and trriowned land: on Roanoke Island,
'for the purpose of distributing the same to the fami.
lies of nro ioldlers - and other contrejmnde tA Um
le/Y/Se eg U.l9 WM MOON".