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The ICe,w Conspiracy.
The enemies of the country evidently feel
that unless they succeed now in their oppo
sition to the Government, success will
speedily be beyond their power. By the
force of arms and our many victories we
have' so wounded and tortured the rebel
lion, that in all its length and breadth we
hear nothing hut cries of pain and despair.
A careful perusal of the Southern journals
shows that the rebellion has been beaten in
a fair martial combat ; that it has outlived
its resources ; that the Southern people are
weary of the •war ; that some of the rebel
communities are so restive under the rule
of JEFFERSON DAVis, that they content.;
plate a rebellion against his authority, and
that the conscription refuses to yield the
number of men it was hoped would be ob
tained. There are now but two armies in
the South—the army of BRAGG and that of
LEE. In an elaborate article published yes
terday, and - written hy one of our special
correspondents who has been at the West
since the war began, it was shown,that
BRAGC Was virtually, demoralized, and that
nothing remained but the battle of Chatta
nooga to end the War, and deliver East Ten.
nessee. With the exception of the pending
assault upon Fort Wagner, there is now no
active fighting in any part of the military
situation, and the war is little more than a
guerilla campaign. The Southern States see
this, and their leaders are exhausting every
means to give new life to the rebel cause.
Their agents in England are buying arms
and ammunition and ships-of-war, and we
are told that the blockade is being constant
ly broken by - adventurous mariners from
Nassau and the Atlantic islands. __Every
argument that eau affect Southern interest,
and every appeal that can move Southern
pride, is being used to stimulate the Southern
people. It is evident, however, that all
these efforts have been without success ;
that success has departed from the Southern
banners, and that nothing more remains but
an exhamted and bleeding Confederacy.
It is evident, furthermore, that if the ene
mies of the country deSire to see-,treason
triumph, they must now make its cause their
own, and strike a blow against' the Govern
ment.
Therefore, when we say that General Lau
has no better friend and no ally more trust
worthy, than such a man as Governor SEY
MOUR, we merely express the feeling with
which every man regards the conduct of
Governor SEYMOUR and those who follow
his leadership They have shown, since
the beginning of this war, that their sympa
thies were with the Southern rebellion.
They have given it such support as a divided
North and a hesitating public sentiment
would produce. In the case of the New
York riots, they ventured the experiment of
mob force .qgainst civil power, and failed,
after bringing death to many -innocent and
helpless creatures, and desolation to many
humble but happy homes. They now feel
that something more desperate must be
done ; that their forces must be massed, and
organized, and disciplined, and a grand
effort made to weaken the power of the
Federal Government against the rebellion,
by making a demonstration against it from
the North. They must do this at once, or
it can never be• done at all. The rebellion
is so needy and forlorn, so sorely pressed by
the armies of the Republic, and so much in
want of any assistance, whether it be guns,
or powder, or sympathy, that the aid must
be given now or never. In a few months,
or a few weeks, it may be, any aid will be
too late ; for the strength of the Government
has overcome the rebellion so sorely that it
cannot much longer survive. Now or never,
then, must the enemies of the Government
unite their powers. Nor can we suppose
that they have overlooked or fail to appre
ciate the great necessity. The enemies of
the Government were never more active
than now. In Pennsylvania and Ohio, they
have placed their most able and audacious
men at the head of their political organiza
tion, and they make the overthrow of the
Government a platform and a watchword.
Therefore,, all men who love the Republic,
and desire to strengthen its hands against
the enemies of the cause, must be active and
vigilant. The conflict is raging, the crisis is
at hand. Let it find us up and doing, and
not idle and unfaithful sentinel& Let us not
trust to the noise of geese to awaken us to
the peril of Rome.
British Pro-Slavery Policy
In the " Speech from the Throne," read
in the House of Lords on the 28th ultimo,
when the British Parliament was virtually
adjourned for six months, the following pas
sage occupies a prominent position:
"Tier Majesty has gladly given her consent to an
act for carrying into effect the additional treaty Con
cluded with the President of the United States, for
the more effectual suppression of the slave trade,
and her Majesty trusts that the honorable co-opera.
tion of the Government of the United States will
materially assist her Majesty in
the endeavors which
Creel Britain has long been engaged "inmaking to put an
end to the perpetration of that most disgraceful crime,".
It is true that Great Britain was long in
the van of the great struggle against the
damning crime of Slavery; that in 1834, to
put an end in her own dominions to the
horrible traffic in human flesh and blood,
she gave $100,000,000, to be divided as pur
chase money of negroes then liberated by
law in her West Indian colonies ; that she
has since employed, at considerable expense,
a considerable naval force on the coast of
Africa, "to put an end to the perpetration
of that most disgraceful crime," the stealing
and buying, and shipment, for sale and
hopeless slavery, of thousands of colored
people, and that a loud cry has been raised
on many occasions against that crime, not
only by , eloquent divines in the pulpit and
on the platform, but also by legislators in
Parliament, by judges and counsel in courts
of law, and especially by women of all
ranks in the social circle. •
This, however, is a thing of the Past.
British antipathy to slavery. cannot be truly
said to exist any longer. Even so lately as
ten years ago, half a million of the women
of England, headed by the Duchess of
Sutherland, then a power in society, from
her position, .rank, wealth, and pure charac
ter, presented _an address to Airs. STOWE,
author of " Untie Tom-s Cabin," in which
they warmly honored, and gratefully thank
ed her for the revelations concerning Slavery
in the l tnited States, and. earnestly prayed
with her that it would speedily please the
Almighty to wipe from this country that
foul blot of servile humiliation. That, prayer
was not made in vain. Slavery has been
indicted; tried, condemned, and sentenced
to annihilation in this land. Do the Eng
lish anti-slavery ladies who sent the Ad
dress to Mf s. STOWE, in 1853, now again
address her, with gratulations on the suc
cess of the humane issue which she had
largely helped to bring to trial ? Not they.
They are as silent as the stringless harp
that hung on Tara's halls. What they
prayed for, what their friends and country
men thundered in favor of, in the senate,
in the pulpit. in the law-court, in the hust
ings, at public festivals, on the platform of
.saintly Exeter Ball—that has beengranted,
by the mercy and justice of God;, but
England not only does not express joy,
'but sympathizes with the traffickers in hu
man flesh and blood, and does not sympa
thize with those who resist their vile preten
sions.' Therefore, if the above-quoted sentence,
from the , Queen's speech is intended to
convey the idea that England, now and dal,'
is engaged in an earnest effort "to put an end
to the perpetuation of that most disgraceful
crime," the slave trade, words of falsehood
have. been been put into. Queen VICTORIAqi
mouth by her Ministers.. England not onlY
does not aid us, who are battling for the com
mon interests of hurnanitY, but she is not
even neutral, as she promised to,be. If that
promised and'boasted neettrality,:were not a
cheat, a mockery, and a delasion,,the day
after the verdict of a jury in the case of the
Alexandra had'pronounced the Foreign En-
listment Act to be utterly inefficient in prac
tice, a Queen's message would have asked
Parliament to pass a law which would reach
parties building and fitting out vessels to be
pirtxticall3r employed, under the Confederate
flag, for the capture and destruction of
United States ships and cargoes. But Lord
llussELL, when applied to by some Liverpool
merchants on the - subject, insolently replied
that he saw no reason why the Foreign En
listment Act should be altered or amendeth
Its inefficiency had teen proven in a court
of law, and, Oterefore—sitch is RUSSELL
logic !—there was no occasion to make it
efficient. -
We repeat, England, whatever the
Queen's speech may say, is now aiding and
abetting that very Slavery in the South
which Vie TORIA has been made, for the sake
of effect, to denounce to her Parliament as
a "most disgraceful crime." Her neutrality
is a transparent cheat and, even were it as
real as it is false, it is a sin against Freedom
to stand unmoved when the horrible crime
of Elavery is assailed by, physical, as well as
moral, force., If Lord RUSSELL were to see
the red hand of murder raised to destroy a
fellow-ereature, would he stand by, with his
hands in his pockets, calmly "neutral " be
tween Crime and Suffering ? What he• is
doing is just as wicked and base as his in
activity would be in the case v we have
imagined. LOrd RUSSELL' s hatred of
Slavery—" that most disgraceful crime "
is much on a par with Mr. LA inn's detesta
tion of it. A recent correspondence men
tions that when LAIRD'S agent wanted the
United States Government to give them a
contract for building war-ships at Birken
head, he affirmed that " Mr. LAIRD was
anxious to do something to give Slavery a
death-blow." His building the Alabama
and the Florida for Slaveholders shows the
sincerity of his anxiety.
Civil War in Greece.
Anarchy, in the case of the Kingdom of
Greece, has been the natural- recoil from
despotism. Opportunity has been given to
discord in the delayed interim between the
deposition of Omno and the instalment of
the new King GEORGE ; and the Greeks,
who, for a while, had exhibited the most
orderly and public-spirited satisfaction in
being relieved from their tyrant, at last grew
extremely restless for want of a king.
Without a strong authority or much present
disposition or ability for self-government,
the outbreak of the factions in Greece has
been natural enough. So shameful and
provoking had this ahort civil war be
come, that the Ministers of France, Ens
sia, and England, the three protecting
Powers, were compelled to address a com
mon note to the provisional government, in
which they ask for a truce of two days
between the factions, and proclaim, with
some contempt, their unanimous conviction
that "the horrors of this fratricidal war,
which their endeavors have now inter
rupted, have their justification not even
in those misconceived patriotic feelings
whiell have often armed the members
of one and the same nation against each
o ther. Here there exists only criminal am
bition, whose deep misery nothing conceals . ,
and which quarrels for a brief authority,
with the danger of precipitating the entire
nation into an abyss in which its fortunes
may he engulphed." Concluding the note,
the foreign ministers "renew to the Presi
dent of the Assembly the notification that
if - within the forty-eight hours of truce the
hostilities commence anew, they will with
draw to their ships, will invite their country
men thither, and will break off all connec
tion with a country where so miserable a
use has been made of valor, and from which
true patriotism seems forever banished."
Remarkably unanimous as had been the
support given to the provisional govern
ment after the dethronement of Orrto, it
appears that the recent trouble arose from a
plot, in which the Bavarian consul was im
plicated, to bring about his restoration. 11l
feeling was engendered between the citizens
and soldiers ; the latter indulged in lawless
ness, of which the former were continually
complainine. One outrage, committed by a
band of brutal soldiers,'awakened the espe
cial indignation of the community, - as well as
the complaint of the French and English
ambassadors, Messrs. BOMB and. SCARLET.
A list of instances of violence committed
against 'French subjects was sent to the Na
tional Assembly, and the British minister
declared that, " Whatever the cause may be,
I cannot, as representative of her Majesty,
countenance by my presence such outrages
and crimes. Wherefore I beg you, sir, to
communicate without delay the contents of
this document to the National Assembly and
to inform it that 'I am resolved to leave the
capital if an end be not placed to such a con
ditionof affairs by immediate and vigorouS*
measures." These protests led to some
good results, and for a few months compara
tive quiet prevailed, until a stormy and abu
sive debate arose in the Assembly over the
subject of compensation for the injuries of
certain French citizens, members boldly de
nouncing the ministry as having abandoned
its trusts. Though, in the end, the minis
try was sustained, troubles did not cease.
The election of Mr. Conomnus, as Minister
of War, was a measure unpopular to the
soldiers, and seems to have reinduced law
lessness. Bands of soldiers became ban
ditti, and one company of ten robbers made
flieir appearance in the suburbs, and were
captured. They proved to be a part of a
division of one LEONTSAEOS, somewhat no
torious in the last revolution. They were
allowed, strangely enough, to retain
their arms while on their way into
the city, and succeeded by stratagem in gain
ing the interior of the monastery of the
Asomate, which they refused to surrender,
except to LEortmsAxos. Thus matters stood
when the Minister of War Invited that offi
cer to see him, and then placed him under
arrest. LEONTSAEOS was popular with the
soldiery, and a general tumult commenced.
A couple of the ministers, whose curiosity
had led them too far, were seized and con
fined. The city divided into two factions
of the soldiery and citizens ; an attack was
made by the adherents of L.Ea - Nrs..-ixos
upon the troops which held the pa
lace ; LEONTSAEOS was exchanged for
the two captured ministers ; and the
President of the Cabinet, together with
ConomEus and another member of the
ministry, - resigned.. A proclamation was
issued Imploring the citizens to return to
their homes ; the soldiers were withdrawn
to their barracks, and order was apparently
restored Unfortunately, the ex-minister,
CORGI:0113B, rode through the streets with
a noisy escort of horsemen and infantry;
and while near the National Bank, in the
street of lEolus, was ordered by a sentinel
to halt, and, on refusing to obey, was fired
upon. From this incident commenced a
battle in the streets of Athens, which lasted
till sundown. Numbers were killed and
wounded, and great damage done to private
and national property.
At this point, the indignant protest of the
foreign ministers seems to have had effect.
The two parties in the National Assembly,
after a long deliberation, agreed upon the
election of a new Cabinet, under the presi
dency of Mr. RuPus, and the restoration of
order. Athens was quietly awaiting the
advent of the new King, GEORGE the First,
Mince of Denmark. The short civil war,
plywing out of the mismanagement of au
tbority, and the unscrupulous ambition of a
number of leaders in the National Assem
bly, was confined entirely;to Athens. It is
creditable to the Greeks that in all the other
departments order was supreme.
FIVE YEARS Aoo.the popular pro-slavery
argument was tersely expressed in the sub
lime, question, " Would you like your daugh
ter to marry a low, degraded negro ?" Now,
the disloyalistslave this ecpially intelligent
appeal, "Do you want to see the negro made
superior to the white man ?" Gentlemen
who doubt that any human being outside of
a,lunatic asylum, or the Herald office; is ca
pable of asking this question, should read
the Address of the Democratic State. Com
mittee.- -
THE OPPONENTS of the draft object to it
because it will diyide the North. We think
it has already done so. All the loyal men
uphold it, and all disloyal men denounce it.
The goats might make similar objections to
the judgment day.
A Warn in*
While we deeply regret that any sister
State should be cursed with a disloyal Go
vernor, we should be unwise did we not
profit by the misfortunes of New York.
Philadelphia is warned of the evils of re
sistance to the law by the riots of New York
city; Pennsylvania is -warned of the evils
of an unfaithful Governor by the condition
of New York State. Loyal as she is, pow
erful and great, New York is forced to op•
pose the Government by the action of Ho
lum° SEYMOUR. The Tones truly says :
"It Is A good• thing that Gov. Seymour's power
stops short at our State limits. The only important
matter to be regretted is the dishonor our Govern.
or's conduct is bringing upon the State. It is, in
deed, humiliating that New York, - which has borne
so proud a part through all the dark days of the
struggle, whose treasures have always broil the rea
diest, and whose sword among the very foremost in
the service of the old flag, should at the very
eleventh hour fall out aline and lie down muttering
and grumbling. It is a spectacle that ought to make
the cheek of every son of the State to tingle with
shame. It is impossible "to excuse it. New York
has been Joked to do simply what every other loyal
State has been asked to do. While they comply
promptly and cheerfully, she quarrels and bolts.
This is not because the mr3ority of our people are of
a different heart from them of other States. They
are as true as any. It all comet from the fact that
we have a Governor who thinks more of political
ends than of public duties, and who would sooner
see diegrace to his State than harm to his, party. In
our folly we made the Governor, and there is no al
ternative but to take the consequences."
Shall we not profit by this example ? Or
shall Pennsylvania elect a Govelmor whose
principles are those of SEYMOUR, only to
lament, as New Yoi•k laments, her folly,
and remain for three years unable to prevent
its dishonorable results ?
IF TUE NATIONAL UNION PARTY was
weak enough to seek any compromise be
tween loyalty and disloyalty, it would ut
terly fail. And one great reason for its fail
ure would be that the Democratic party, by
its extreme devotion to the cause of dis
union, has made the slightest compromise
impossible. In its platform there is no
weakness for the good, but in its resolu
tions, addresses, and nominations, is ex
pressed pure, unqualified hatred to the Go
vernment, and unrelenting hostility to all
its patriotic measures. Thus, not only our
own loyalty, but the unconquerable disloy
alty - of our enemies, secures from disgrace.
TIIE SPARTAN TIAXIM, that it is not the
theft that is dishonorable, but the failure to
conceal it, should be considered by disloyal
journalists`; for upon this principle they
deserve punishment, not for their sophistry,
but for their blundering attempts to hide it.
One of the Richmond papers, published in
New York, affirms that the feebleness of the
rebellion makes a Northern conscription un
necessary, forgetting that it has for months
insisted that the Government should end the
war as speedily as possible. Geographers
assure us that the World is round ;,this must
be the reason why it never squarely wets
the question.
From the White Mountains.
Worreopomience of The Press.
Tir-Tor Hous - u,
Mouxur WAsiuiruTox, August 6,1863
Here, on the highest peak in the Union, the day
appointed for national thanksgiving to God for the
victories of our arrnies, and for the progress of
emancipation, has been well observed. Parties of
tourists arrived during the morning from the Glen
and the Alpine Houses in stages over the noble
mountain road, and, at noon, a long caravan of la
dies, gentlemen, and children, mounted on horses,
toiled up the dome of the monarch of mountains,
after their tortuous windings through the wild
bridle path from the Crawford House, up and over
Mount Clinton, Mount Pleasant, Mount Franklin,
Mount Monroe, and last of all Mount Washington.
Just as the whole assembly were about to separate
and descend on eithey side, the amiable wife of the
President, accompanied by her son and a few friends,
arrived from the Glen. Immediately, by an im
pulse, a spontaneity truly American, the two hun
dred and more men, women, and ehildred on the
summit, formed in mass meeting.... The: Rev. Dr.
Vinton, of New York, addressed them'in eloquent
terms, alluding felicitously to the day, the victories,
and presence of the distinguished lady guest. Whilst
he spoke the stare and stripes were raised on the
flag-stall; to stream before the mountain blast.
Hearty cheers were given for our victories, for Pre
sident Lincoln, and for his wife, and emphatically for
emancipation, by special call. The Rev. Dr. con
cluded by a fervent prayer. He was followed by
Rev. Dr. Vermilye, of New York. The whole as."
sembly then grouped around Mrs. Lincoln and the
distinguished-divines, in order to enable the photo
graphei of the mountain to get a sketch of Thanks
giving on the summit of Mount Washington,
Mrs. Lincoln and all the other tourists soon left.
Your cortespondent and a few others, who had come
in the saddle from the Crawford side of the moan
tain, trusting to chance for seats in the-coaches to
the Glen, finding they have trusted a trifle too
much to chance, and unable to find seats, are
"making, a night of it , " on the summit.
One meets fellow-townsmen and observes familiar
names at all the stopping places in this grand region.
Some of " our people" are sojeurning for the sum
mer at Centre Harbor, at the head of Lake Win.ni
pc- sau-kce "Winnipieeogee," ,as the school
geographers had it a few years since. One finds
here, too, that Saco has lost its whining, long-drawn
out nasal pronunciation of Say•co, and found its
original Indian sonorous'sound, Satt , ko.
All that we ever heard of the cleanness of Yankee
road-side inns is more than realized, and such at
tendants !—invariably tidy, blooming, dimpled,
bright, intelligent girls. ' The world cannot produce
their equals. Think of it—one of them bakes
"cookies" in the morning, sells them at two cents
each in the afternoon to travellers when the stages
stop for change of horses, and fills up the interval of
time with reading the last number of the Atlantic,
practising on her Chickering, or painting in oil from
nature. In every cottage one invarably finds books,
periodicals, and papers in profusion, and if one
ever doubted that New England was the brain of
the nation, a fortnight's ramble among the rural
people of this section will convince one of the fact
And yet, strange to say, that most venomous of all
creeping things, the Copperhead, is tolerated in this
region. Nay, in some places, even here in these sub
lime mountains, they actually flourish.
Our shrewd friend, George Lauman, of Berko
county, who has so carefully studied these creatures
in that district, and enriched our political nomen
clature by the graphic name of Copperhead, should
come here and see the New Hampshire species.
George says these venomous things go blind in Au
gust, and the late accounts from Kentucky prove
George to. be a savant.
What did the Convention do at Pittsburg yester
day? To•morrow, when your correspondent reaches
a telegraphic centre, he hopes to learn that our
great-hearted, earnest,' energetic, faithful Governor
has been renominated. With Curtin, "'the sol
dier's friend," to bear our standard, we must triumph
by thirty thousand majority.
'Tis 12, naidnight. The moon is up. ,, W.
Any TERMS.—In a notice of the late William
Muheady, the painter, a critic, who professes to
have seen many of his pictures, says they are ',dig
linguished for solidity of color and force of hand
ling. , ' We should be obliged to any correspondent
of The Press who will infoim us of the meaning of
these terms. Csuld any one form the slightest idea
of the character or merit of Mulready's pictures
%m such a descriptionl In the ignorant art•criti
eisni of the day we have a pervading slang which is
all Greek to the reading public, and utterly incom
prehensible to the artist.
wasxxxN .- cra•ow.
Special Despatches to The Press.
WASELNGTON, AUgUSt 12, 1863
The Draft.
The board of enrolment during the three days it
has been in session to hear exemptions, under the
draft, has disposed of about a .hundred and ninety
cases, of which upward of sixty persona have been
accepted by substitutes, a few in person, and several
have paid'tbeir commutation money. The remain
der were discharged for disability, erroneous enrol
ment, and other causes. The probortionate number
from the entire draft cannot, however, be estimated
from these facts, as those who believe themselves
entitled to exemption are among the first to engage
the attention of the board.
The Report of Gen. Grant.
The report of the operatiOna of the Army of the
Tennessee, from the day on which Major General
GRANT assumed the immediate command of the ex,
pedition against Vicksburg, to the surrender of that
place, is published in the official Gazelle. He says it
is a striking feature, so far as his observation goes,
of the present volunteer army of the United States,
that there is nothing which men are called upon to
do, mechanical or professional, that accomplished
adepts cannot be found for the duty required in almost
every regiment. He cannot close his report without
an expression of thankfulness for hit good fortune
in being placed in co-operation with an officer of the
navy, who accorded to every move that seemed for
the interest and success of our army his hearty and
energetic support. "Admiral PORTER," he adds,
"and the very efficient officers under him, have ever
shown the greatest readiness in their co-operation—
no matter what was-to be done or what risk to be
taken, either by their men or their vessels. With.
out this prompt and cordial support, my movements
wouldhave been, much embarrassed, if not wholly
defeated."
Mosebyls Cavalry.
Last night MosEnv's guerillas captured twelve
sutlers' wagons a short distance beyond the &coo
tink, south of Mount Vernon. A detachment of
Union' troops is in pursuit.
Naval.
Commander Blunnev, detached from special duty
at the Navy Department, has been ordered to the
steamer Wateree.
An Altercation
,Between United States
Officers.
MBItIPEIS, August 12.—During the solution of the
court martial at Corinth, today, an altercation oc
curred between Cot, Corwyn, of the 10th Missouri
Cavalry, and Lieutenant Colonel Bowen Of the
same regiment. Corwyn is reported to have struck
Bowen, when the latter drew a pistol and shot the
former in three places, - killing him instantly. The
affair occasioned" great excitement" among the
troops, but no further trouble was apprehended.
General Dodge is quite sick.
Politics in Maryland.
EALTraroun, August I.2.—fion, T. W. Crisfield has
been renominated for Congress by the Union men of
the First District of Meryl and,
THE PRESS.-PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1863
Gen. Meade in Reply to Gen. Lee.
GENERAL KILPATRICK'S ENGAGEMENT AT FALL
Ne'neniwo.rorr, August 'th.—The following de.
.spatch has been received at the headquarters of the
army:
HEADQUARTBILS OF THE ARMY. OF Tau POTOMAC,
August 9, 1863.
MOJ - 01. ((Mere H. W. Ifalleek, General in. Chief:
GENERAL : My attention has been called to what
purports to be an official despatch of General IL E.
Lee, Commander of the Confederate Army, to Ge
neral S. Cooper, Adjutant and Inspector General,
denying the accuracy of my telegram to you of July
12th, announcing the result of the cavalry affair at
Falling. Waters.
I have delayed taking any notice of General Lee , s
report until the return of Brigadier General Kilpa
trick, absent on leave, who commanded the cavalry,
engaged on the occasion referred to, and on whose
report from the field my telegram was based.
I now enclose the official report of Brigadier Ge
neral Kilpatrick, made after his attention bad been
called to Gen. Lee's report. You will see that he
reiterates and confirms all that my despatch averred,
and proves most conclusively that Gen. Lee has
been deceived
,by his' subordinates, or he would
never, in the face of the facts now alleged, have
made the assertions his report contains.
It appears that I was in error in stating that the
body or Gen. Pettigrew was left in our hands, al
though I would not communicate that fact until an
officer from the field reported to me that he had seen
the body.
It is now ascertained from the Richmond papers
that General Pettigrew, though mortally wounded
in the affair, was taken to Winchester, where he
subsiquently died. The three battle flags captured
on this occasion and sent to Washington belonged
to the 45th, 47th, and 55th Virginia Regiments or in
fantry. General Lee will surely acknowledge that
these were not left in the hands of "strazglers
asleep in barns." Respectfully yours,
_ _ _
_
HEADQUARTERS 3D DIVISION Cavar.ny Coat's,
WA.R.RENTON DITNOTION, VA., August 7,1863.
To Col. A. T. Alexander, Chief of Staff, Cavalry Corps:
Go.r.o.stnr., : In compliance with a letter just re
ceived from the headquarters of the cavalry corps of
the Army of the Potomac, directing me to give the
facts connected with my fight at Palling Waters, I
have the honor to state that at three o'clock, on'the
morning of the 14th ultimo, I learned that the
enemy's pickets were retiring in my front.
Having been pteviously ordered to attack at '7 A.
1YE.,1 was ready to move at once. At daylight I had
reached the crest of hills occupied by the enemy an
hour before, and at a few moments before 6 o'clock
Gen. Cluster drove the rear-guard of the enemy into
the river at Williamsport.
Learning-from citizens that a portion of the ene•
my had retreated in the direction of Falling Water;
I at once moved rapidly for that point, and came Up
with the rear-guard of the enemy at 7.30 A. Pd., at a
point two miles distant from Palling Waters.
We pressed on, driving the enemy before us, cap
turing many prisoners and one gum When within
a mile and a half from Failing Waters the enemy
Was found in large force, drawn up in line of battle
on the crest of a hill, commanding the road on - which
I was advancing. Hie left was protected by earth
works, and his right extended to the woods far on
my left.
The enemy was, when first seen, in two, lines of
battle, with arms stacked. Within less than one
thousand yards of this large force a second piece of
artillery, with its support, consisting of infantry,
was captured while attempting to get into position.
Thegun was taken to the rear.
A portion of the
.6th Michigan Cavalry, seeing
only that portion of the enemy behind the earth
works, charged. This charge, led by Major Weber,
was the most - gallant ever made. At a trot he
pressed up the hill, received the fire from the whole
line, and the next moment rode through and over
the earthworks, passed to the right, sabreing the
rebels along the entire fine, and returned with a loss
of thirty killed, W . ounded;and missing, including the
gallant Major Weber killed.
I directed Gen. Custer to send forward oneregi
.
ment as skirmishers. They were repulsed before
support could be sent them, and driven back, closely
followed by the rebels, until checked by the lat Mi
chigan and a squadron of the'Bth New York.
The 2d Brigade having come up, it was quickly
thrown into position, and after a fight of two hours
and thirty minutes, we routed the enemy at all
points, and drove him toward the river
When within a short distance of the bridge Gen.
BufOrd , s command came up and took the advance.
We lost 29 killed, 36 wounded, and 40 missing.
We found upon the field 125 dead rebels, and
brought away afterwards 50 wounded. 'A large
number of the enemy's wounded were left upon the
field in charge of their own surgeons.
We captured two guns, three battle-fiags, and up
wards of fiftedn hundred prisoners.
To Gen. Custer and his brigade ; Lieut.'Penning
ton and his battery, , and one squa , ron of the Bth
New York Cavalry, of Gen. Buford's comma n d, all
praise is due.
WASHINGTON, August M.—lnformation 134 been
received here to-day from the Army of the Potomac
saying that Brigadier General Gouverneur K. War
ren, chief of the Topographical Engineers, has been
promoted major general. This appointment ld gene
rally.conceded by all to be justly due to this (Betio
guished and accomplished officer.
A new rebel camp was discovered on Piny Moun
tain, near Culpeper, on Sunday. It is 'believed that
the rebels came from the south side of the. Rapidan.
Wm. T. Howell, of Philadelphia, for a long time
chief clerk to the chief quartermaster of the Army
of the Potomac, has been rewarded for his ability
and fidelity by the appointment of captain of the
same department.
Brigadier Gen. Patrick, Provost Marshal Gene
ral, has obtained a short leave of absence, to attend
to private business, it being the fast time since his
entry into the volunteer service that he has been
absent from his arduous duties.- Deputy Provost
Marshal Sharpe acts in his stead.
No movements of a general character have trani
pired for some time. The weather is intensely hot ;
the earth dry and parched, spa man and beast are
glad to seek the cooling Brollies.
FORTRESS MOZ.IIOII, August 11.—The United
States gunboat Western World, Captain Grezory,
arrived here this moining from Morehead City,
N. C., with the prize steamer Kate in tow. The
Kate is an English-built steamer, and wasrecently
captured while attempting, to run the blOckade from'
Wilmington.
The Cherrystone boat arrived at. Fortress. Monroe
at two o'clock this afternoon, with two prisoners,
the father and son, charged with the shooting of
two United States sentinels at Cherrystone, last
Saturday. The old inhabitants at Fortress Monroe
say that yesterday was the warmest day experi
enced here since 1836. A soldier died from sunstroke,
in the fortress.
FORTRESS MONICO2, Aug. 11.—The U. S. revenue
transport steamer Flora, W. A. Booth, commander,
arrived last evening from off Charleston. She re
port s having left Port Royal on Friday, the 7th, and
passed close by Charleston at 11 o'clock on that eve
ning, at which time she heard heavy and rapid firing.
The bombarding was between Fort Sumpter and
Morris Island. The sky was brilliantly illuminated
by the shell. •
On the Bth, while off Cape Lookout, she was
boarded by the blockading gunboat James Adger.
On the 9th she put out her Ares, to repair her
boilers, detaining her on the passage ten hours.
Bowniv, June 9.-Nana Sahib has been captured,
in the Temple of Ajmere, by Captain Brodgan, of
the 28th Infantry, on infoymation supplied by Bom
bay police.
According to the official report of Major David
son, no doubt whatever exists of the prisoneils
identity.
The papers found upon Nana Sahib 'show plans Of
an extensive conspiracy, and of his having large
sums of money at his command. Five thousand
Bengal Sepoys are rumored to be at Saloomba,
under Tantia Topee. The man hanged in that
name, four years ago, is now supposed not to have
been that leader. The country is everywhere quiet
Herat has been taken by, the Affghane, but Doat
Mahomed is reported dead.
BOSTON, August 12.—Count Joannes has been in.
dieted by the Grand • Jury as a common nuisance.
Be plead not guilty, and was held in $l,OOO bail for
trial.
NEW YORK, August 12.—Admiral Farragut will
leave tomorrow for Washington, at the invitation
of the Secretary of the Navy. A rumor says that
he will be placed in command of a new fleet destined
for the reduction of a certain Southern stronghold.
Attempt to Blow Up the Croton Aqueduct.
Naw Yoax, August 12.—Some miscreants are re.
ported to have been detected in an attempt to blow
up the Croton Aqueduct at Tairytown, on Monday
night. They broke into the powder-magazine and
stole a heg of powder, which was ,found with them
near the aqueduct.
The evidence being insufficient, the men were re
leased after a hearing.:
Nnw Yonx, August 12.—The public sale of foreign
wool passed off quietly to•day, and without any
spirit. The prices showed a heavy falling off, the
Cape being the only description sold at rates at all
satisfactory to the owners. Many lots were with
drawn. Cape was quoted at 27%03334 ; California,
163R@32,54,; Mertiza, 1635i'@21.; Mestercra, 13,4V16;
Santa Fe, 26@36; Salomiea, 16M@20 ; Danski, 27x@
36X, cash.
BosTax, August 12.—The schooner Maine Law,
from New Orleans, reports that on the t&th inst.,
in lat. 38, long, 73, she saw a vessel of about 400
tons, bottom up. She appeared to have been burnt.
HALIFAX, August 12.—Tbe steamer Alpha, from
St. Thomas on the 3d, and Bermuda on the so', ar:
rived here last night. She brought a large number
of passengers but no news.
NEW Warr, August 12.—The steamer Glasgow
arrived at this port, from Liverpool, this morning.
Her advises haye been anticipated.
BALTlsroau, August 12.—Flour very dull. Wheat
firm; red $1.38@1. , 13. Corn quiet; white 8 cents,
Wanks. steady.
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
INC WATERS.
A DESPATCH FROM GENERAL MEADE
GEORGE G. MEADE,
Major General Commanding
GENERAL RTLP ATRICTC'S REPORT
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
1. KILPATRICK,
Wig. Gen. Vols., Commanding the Division
AFFAIRS IN TEL& 'ARMY
From Forlress Monroe.
The Attack on Charleston.
Capture of Nana Sahib.
Count Joannes in Difficulty.
Movements or Admiral Farragut.
Foreign Wool Sale at New York.
A Burnt Vessel.
From Bermuda.
Arrival of the Steamer"Glaagow.
Markets by 'Telegraph.
ARMY OF '7IIE FRONTIER.
The Battle of Money springs—Private Let
ter from Major General Bixant—Compli
imenkt to the Colored Troops,
General Blunt, commanding the Frontier district,
headquarters at Fort Blunt, in the Cherokee nation,
hat written home a private letter, in which he de
scribes the recent battle at Honey Springs. The
letter was published in the Leavenworth Conserva
tive. Gen. Blunt concludes his account of the bat
tle as follows :
Their lose killed upon the field, which we burled,
was one hundred and fifty, and fifteen or twenty
have sinee died of their wounds. Parties who have
come in with a flag of truce say their wounded is
between three and four hundred, and they all
acknowledge that they were badly thrashed. They
had no knowledge that I was in the country until
they learned it in the fight. Some of the rebel °fil
ms, when taken prisoners, asked who was in com
mand, and when told, replied " that they thought
that either Blunt or the devil was there." I have
about fifty prisoners, all Texans, among them
several commissioned officers. They are much sur
prised at the treatment they receive,'as they all ex
pected to be murdered if taken prisoners. Cooper
sent me a very warm letter of thanks for the care
I had taken of his wounded and the burial of his
dead. They continually overshot my men, which ex
plains the comparatively small loss of our stile. 0 lie
Texas regiment went in with three hundred men and
came out with only sixty. This, regiment was op
posed to the lit Colored, and the negroes were too
much for them ; and let me say here that I never saw
such fighting done as was done by the negro regi
ment at the battle of Honey. Springs. They fought
like veterans, with a coolness and valor that is unsur
passed. They preserved their line perfect through
out the whole engaeement, and although in the
hottest of the fight. they never once faltered. /Poo
much praise cannot he awarded them for their
gallantry. The question that negroes will fight is
settled ; besides, they make better soldiers in every
respect than any troops I have ever had under
my command. Among the trophies,l have one
- piece of artillery, two hundred stand o arms, mostly
English Enfield rifles ' and a stand of rebel colors.
But I did not intend to scribble at this length. I
commenced to tell you how I got along, being sick
as I was, and have got entirely off the track. The
excitement kept me up until after the battle, when
my powers of endurance gave way, and 'I had to
comedown in the bottom of an ambulance, from
which I issued my orders until I got back here on
the 19th, then I was confined to my bed for several
days, I had been, when the battle closed, lofty
hours in the saddle, with a burning fever all the
time—had eaten nothing for several days, and drank
gallons of dirty warm water. But such is a soldier's
life, and if they don't like it they, shoull not go to
I know not what I am to do in future. I hays
given up all idea of getting troops, and. shall make
no more applications. The weather is very warm
here. now, and much sickness prevails. I shalt do
everything : I can to preserve their health by scatter
ing them around where they can get good water.
My cavalry are on the south side of the Arkansas.
I cannot raise over three thousand effective men for
a fight. Unleas Cooper gets additional force, I
can maintain my line to the Aritar.sas river ;-but if
Price and Holmes, with what they had left after the
Helena fight, should swing this way, it will put me
to my trumps. However, the "old man" will do
the best he can. It is better after all, and under all
the circumstances, thane.being a police officer in
Kansas. Yours, truly, JAS. G. BLUNT.
ARMY OF TUE CUMBERIMII,
Condition of the Forces.
The Cincinnati Gazelle of A.tigust 11th, says: We
bad the pleasure of meeting, last evening, Colonel
Moore, of the 69th Ohio ' and Major Grovesnor, of
the 18th Ohio. They left Dechert, Tennessee, on
Friday evening, and bring the latest advises from
General liosecrans , • headquarters. The health of
the army was extraordinarily good. The weather
was mere comfortable than it is here. The railroad
was running to Bridgeport, and supplies were there
fore regular and abundant. Movements were in pre
paration which indicate important work as close at
hand in that department. What the plan is, of course,
is not made public; but that there is a very exten
sive plan which is to be speedily executed, we are
permitted to know. For the rest, people can very
well afford to wait.
Advices as to Bragg's army, deemed reliable,
placed his'available force at 28,000. His headquar
ters were at Chattanooga.
Six'privates and an officer havebeen detailed from
each of the Ohio regiments to receive and conduct
conscripts from this State to the Army of the Cum
lihrland. Colonel Moore and Major Grovesner-are
among the officers now in Ohio for that purpose.
The late order of the War Department providing
for the re•enlistment of veteran volunteers is very
popular with the soldiers, and the plan will. be en.
tirely successful in the Army of the Cumberland.
The Ohio soldiers are solid against Vallandigham.
So unpopular is he that a ticket bearing his name
could not be circulated in the camps.
Col. Moore, who was promoted from the lieute
nant colohelcy of the 17th Ohio, to the command of
the 69th, is a Democrat, but not of the• copperhead
stamp. lie is as true as steel to the cause of his
country.
The report Telegraphed from Nashville that Gen.
Turchin had been relieved from his command, con
veyed an erroneous impression. Gen. Turchin, at
his own request, was transferred to the command of
the 3d Brigade, in the 4th Divieion, and his com
mand is now composed of the 11th, 36th, 89th, and
92d Ohio, and 18th Kentucky Regiments.
The rumors of Gen. Boseerans having gone to
Washington were mere bosh. He has not been ab
sent an hour from his department.
DESTITUTION AMONG MISSISSIPPI PLANTERS
A 'Vicksburg letter, dated the 2d instant, to the
St Louis Democrat, says: •
"General Ord's corps has gone to Natchez to re
lieve General Ransom, who returns to Vicksburg.
General McPherson has been seriously unwell, but Is
recoveiing. General Banks visited Vicksburg on
the ISt instant. and had a consultation with General
Grant.
"A very important movement is on foot in 'Mis
sissippi. looking to the bringing of that State back
into the Union. Some of the best and mo . st influential
citizens are in the moventent.
"Mr. Montague. of Lake Providence, a native of
Louisiana, and'a Union man of the strongestkind,
but who enjoys the confidence of many of the philt
ers who are on the fence, asserts that the Union
feeling is growing wonderfully in the State; and
this is but one of a dozen different sources from
which comes intelligence of the existence of this
feeling. It has its origin in the general impression
that is obtaining ground that the Confederacy is ex
hausted. Geu. Grant himself believei this revul•
sion of feeling in favor of the Union to be very ex
tensive.
"There is great destitution among the planters for
twenty, thirty, and - forty miles around Vicksburg;
and demands upon the commissary of Grant's army
to furnish them subsistence is more than can be met
with justice to our own forces. The families of
many wealthy persons are literally in a starving
condition."
A Speed by .Gen. Osterhaus.
This gallant German Missourian was warmly re
ceived by his fellow-citizens of St. Louis on-his re
turn home from Vicksburg. He addressed a large
gathering of the German people in a speech, of which
the following is a translation:
I am no speech-maker. I never learned to makes,
speech, and I can assure you that I feel now more
like trembling than when I stood - before the batte
ries of Vicksburg. It cheers me to meet with such
a reception here, but I cannot set it down on my
account; I must place it to the account of the-army
that fought, bled, and conquered before Vicksburg.
[Cheers.] Generals would be very euperfluous
beings., if the brave men wha'fight the battles and
willinglylay down their lives for their country did
not-exist. [Cheers.] Gentlemen, I accept this de
monstration in the name of my brave and gallant
division. There are very few Germans in it ; but
that is -no matter. I assure you they have fought
for- the-good cause -as bravely as ever Germans
could have done—in the mountains of Western. Vi
rginia, down the Mississippi, and on many a gory
field in the neighborhood of Vicksburg.
We need no Prussian red tape lieutenants here in
this country—no armies as Europe has them! We
need an army of citizens—men who love their coun
try, men whose highest ambition is, after the war
is over, to be again free American citizens. [Cheers - ].
The name of the State of Missouri is an honored
name. The soldiers of Missouri havecovered:them,
selves with' glory ; there is not a single historical
name of a battle of which Missouri has the slightest
reason to be ashamed. And at home the citizens of
Missouri have won no lesser honor. She has, been
the first of the slave States to take the proud posi
tion in the van of the friends of freedom I No less
honor is done to citizens \ who protect the army
against the fire in the rear—against the insidious
enemies who wish to stab in the back the brave men
who fight the battles of , their country. [Cheers.]
No less honor is due them than to the soldiers them
selves and I hope the day will come when I can
doff this uniform and can be once more a simple citi
zen of the State of Missouri and the regenerated Re
public of the United States of. America. [Loud ap
plause.]
General Shepley's Speech.
[From tbe Ea.siern Arens, Portland,]
The New City Hall was crowded to repletion last
evening to hear General Shepley. He spoke for
two hours, and although the evening was very warm
he held his eaudience and their undivided attention
to the elope. We can attempt no report of his
apeech—only indicate the scope of his remarks.
The first part of his speech was a condensed history
of military operations since the rebellion began,
and the.progress our arms have made.
He then looked at the prospects of the rebellion
from the financial stand.point, and argued that,
with Federal currency depreciated only about 27.
per, cent., compared with the gold standard, while
Confederate currency was depreciated from 1,000
to 1,200 per, cent, we had the real judgment of the
world upon the comparative, etrength of the rebel
lion and the Union. He referred to the two inte
rests of the Southern States rendered valueless by
rebellion, with the source of supplies from Texas
and from our neutral British neighbors, via the Rio
Grande *through Texas, cut off, - as indicating the
weakness of the eo• called Confederacy in resources,
while the war had'actually increased the prosperity,
wealth y and resources of the loyal States From its
awarming numbers, too, the men lost in the war
were hardly missed; These facts pointed to but one
end of the struggle—the triumph of the Union and
the complete overthrow of weed rebellion.
-But the crushing of armed rebellion was but one
step gained. There remained another and even
more delicate and difficult one to accomplish—that
of reetcaing the States to the• resumption of all
their functions in the Union, without which all the
sacrifices in conquering armed rebellion would well
nigh have been made in vain. He then proceeded
to show that this could not be done by negotiation
with the rebel leaders, the scpcalled Confederate
Government. This rebellion had its origin thirty
years `ago; with. Calhoun as ita leader. It wee the
tariff - then, slavery now. It would have culmi
nated then in armed rebellion but for Jackson ; and
oh, for a Jackson now. [Great applause.] These
leaders would not negotiate for a_restoration of the
Union, but'only for a separation. Neither could it
le done with the rebel State governments, and for
similar reasons: They were controlled by a part of
the saute leaders, having the same ambitious projects
for a Southern Confederacy, and would only treat
for, a separation.
Neither could Congress arrange the matter, nor a
peace conference, of which we haye had one speci
men ; nor a convention of the rebel and loyal States,
of whose pacific powers we have had some experi
ence at Charleston (unfortunate allusion, we
thought) and at Baltimore. None of these modes
could succeed. -
' The true way to secure their return was indicated
by the philosoply of the case and the method of re
hellion. The States were taken out one at a time--
so they must come back. The masses must be Übe.
rated from the tyranny of the Confederate leaders,
and then allowed to reorganize State governments in
accordance with the Constitution and laws, and
everything should be done to encourage and wel.
come their return. 'They should be .treated, not
only with clemency, but magnanimity. If the Union
men of a rebel State, in reorganizing, should adopt
immediate or prospective'emancipation,' he should
rejoice at it. Thia, some might say, made him an Abe
litioniat. But what was an Abolitionist, in the origi
nal sense of the term ? It was one who attempted
by outside interference to destroy slavery in a State.
He Wished the people of a State to do it themselves,
and he submitted that those who would interpose'
outside interference to' prevent it, occupied more
nearly the position of the original Abolitionists.
He then retell ed to the application of the Plan
ters' ComMittee for the . return of the State of
Louisiana to the Union, and . commiserated the
Ignorance that had been displayed on the subject.
He quoted from the President's reply to show that
the. President did not refuse; but only deferred an
swering their request. They did- not represent
more than some twenty plantera. He spoke of the
committee with respect, and deprecated the efforts
Which had been made to disparage them.
There were differences of opinion among loyal
men in Louisiana. The planters naturally wanted
the old State Constitution of d 52, because it gave
them numerous advantages, while °there wanted
a new Constitution. He had received yesterday re
solutions adopted by a Union association, which, on
re quest, were read. They thanked the President for
refusing the request of the planters.
Mr. S. gave assurance that Louisiana would be
brought back into the Union, that Union sentiment
Would be developed, a State Government organized,
am. her relations fully restored, though he could not
intimate whether it would be in accordance with the
request of the planters or the Union associations ; it
wee a question which he might officially have to de-
cide. He closed with a confident prediction that the
Union would be restored with all the causes of re
bellion removed, and the country be more united,
prosperous, and happy than ever before. The speech
was frequently interrupted by applause, and, at the
close, three hearty cheers were given for General
Shepley.
CALIFORNIA.
Apprehended Outbreak of Secessionluta.
SAN FRANCISCO, Augnat - 11.—The State Is full of
rumors of a contemplated rising of the Secession
istr, and conrequently there is an uneasy feeling in
the public mind.
On the 6th an affray occurred at Visalia, a small
town in Till are county, between the Secessionists
and the soldiers stationed there. One of the latter
was billed and several of the former wounded.
Thirty. six shots were exchanged. The adjoining,
counties in the southern part of the State contain
numerous Secessionists, At Visalia great excite
ment prevailed. Some of the Union citizens have
organized as a Home Guard, and others pursued the
parties who Bred at the soldiers,
The house of a man who shot a soldier was !turned
on the night of the 7th, and this act exasperated
both the Unionists and Secessionists, each accusing
the other of the deed.
General Wright, the military commander of San
Francisco, telegraphed that all the spare arms
among the soldiers of. Visalia should be distributed
among the- cavalry from Owens' Burr to. Visalia.
To day rumors are current of a Secession outbreak
in Santa Clara and Salano counties. Both counties
contain a large Secession element. The reports are
discredited, but their circulation creates alarm.
General Wright telegraphed some days since to
Washington for .the Government to immediately
begin the new defences of San Francisco, costing
about a million, but 'has received no reply. Last
night the supervisors voted a guarantee for the city
to repay any person who would advance $20,000 to
enable the general to instantly commence the pro
per fortifications.
The ship Denbo sailed for Hong Kong on the Bth
with $395,000 in treasure, together with , a cargo of
wheat, &c., Valued at $370,000. The ship Helen
Nicholson cleared on the 6th for Shanghae, and is
now waiting Tor a crew, with $125,000 in silver bars,
and a cargo of lumber and flour.
From Cairo.
CAIRO, August I2.—The loth Massachusetts Regi
ment, Lieutenant Colonel Colby, in command, ar
rived-here to•day. from Port..-Hudson,-one route for
Boston. About sixty of them are sick, but nearly
all are able to proceed on their journey. Eighteen
deaths occurred on the passage, as follows: H. H.
White, )3enj. Rikant, Augustus Sheppard, James
Thomas, L. W. Mitchell, A. C. Pinkhams, N. C.
Alger, W. F. Gill, a., E Harrub, Charles F. Shaw
T. W. Keith, Albert L. Smith, C. C. French, W. H.
Fetrain. W. A. Washburn, F. Higlats, H. L. Wart,
Wm. Eddy.
A part of the above•named have been buried at
the mouth of the White river, a part at, Helena, and
the remainder at Memphis.
The steamer North America arrived here today,
from New Orleans.
The War with the Indians.
auratioo, August 12.—A special despatch from St.
Paul, Minnesota, says :
" Dr. lioyt, of the Idaho gold mines, reports that
in a battle between the passengers of the steamers
Shreveport and Robert Campbell and the Indians, a
hundred miles below Fort Union, on the Missouri
river, twenty eight` Indians were killed and a num
ber wounded. Three of the whites were also killed,
d two wounded. The boats, which were on a
sandbar, had two howitzers, and were barricaded
with bundles of buffalo robes.
"Dr. Royt reports that all the Indians oa this side
of ihe Rooky Mountains are hostile, and he believes
that the expedition of Captain Fiske will prove a
failure."
A letter from Sibley's expedition, dated James
river, July 21st, esys: "A battle is expected with
the Indians within two days. It seems to be the
design of the Indians to leaire the prairie, and draw
our forces into the hilly country of lYlissouri, and
there give them battle."
Gen. Sibley's Indian Expedition—Death of
Little Crow.
[Correspondence St: Paul Prees.]
Oarsr OLIN, July 21.—The Press of J - tilyloth con
tains a spirited account of the killing of an Indian
near Hutchinson, McLeod county, in the courae of
which occurs the following paragraph :
"The body was brought in about 3 or 4 o'clock in
the afternoon, and formed the centre of attraction
for an hour or two. klany instantly recognized the
body. He was well known in Hutchinson. He is a
large man, perhaps 45 or 50 years of age. Both his
alms are withered and deformed by evident break
ing and permanent diaplaceisent of the bones—the
palpable result of rough handling at some time past.
In this. as well as in stature, he bears considerable
resemblance to Little Crow, who is also well known
here; but this Indian is l3ghter•complexioned than
Little Crow."
This paragraph immediately arrested the marked
attention of General Sibley, who at once stated that
the description in the PrPas answered perfectly to
that of Little Crow, with whom- he had long been
acquainted. Major Brown and Captain :Forbes, for
many years familiar as brothers with Littre Crow,
concurred entirely in the General's opinion, that the
Indian killed by Mr. Lamnson was, in all proba
bility, the veritable "Petit Corbeau." None of
them, and none of the half-breeds or Indian scouts
in camp whom they Consulted, knew or had heard of
any other Sioux but Little Crow having this pecu
liarity of "withered arms, and a permanent dis
placement of the bones." The age of the Indian
killed tallies exactly with that of Little Crow, and
it is considered as a strongly corroborative circum
stance that the citizens of Plutchinson, who knew
Little Crow,
should have detected the resemblance
to that chief.
In addition to this, all accounts received from vari
oils sources concur in stating that Little Crow left
Devil's Lske some time - ago for• Yellow Itledicine,
with a few followers. It is thus almost impossible
to resist the conclusion ithat Little Crow was the
Indian killed.
Who Shall Crumble?
Under this head a Western paper presents the fol
lowing catechism:
Question. How much does a substitute cost at the
South
--Ammer.. :From. $1,600 to $2,000,
Q. Whyl
A. Because the Confederate Government dtd not
designate a 'moderate amount, the payment of which
should exempt any person drafted. - -
Q. How much, at present, would a man drafted
at the North have to pay for a subetitutel
A. About $6OO or $7OO.
Ilow do you know this 7
A. From the fact that the Government now offers
$052 bounty, and still fails, to procure sufficient
at sol
diers, that rate.
Q: How much does a Arafted man have to pay our
Government instead of procuring a substitute?
A. $3OO.
Q. How much does a drafted man gain by this ar
rangement?
A. g3OO or $.OO.
Q. Who is the loser in this business?
A. The Government.
Q. Who makes up the loss to the Government?
A. The taa.payers—the rich people.
Q. Who, then, should grumble?
A. Not the poor people.
OFFICIAL RECEPTION 01' REAR ADMIRAL FAR•
RA GUT.—Pear Admiral Farragut was officially re
ceived yesterday, at the Brooklyn navy yard.
About 10 o'clock in the forenoon, he arrived off the
yard, accompanied by Commodore Palmer, of the
Hartford, and other officers. In the absence of Ad
miral-Paulding, Commodore Radford, commandant
of the New York naval station, proceeded to wel
come the hero of the Mississippi, and soon after
wards the chief officers of the post, Capt. Perciial
Drayton, Capt. Warden, of the Montauk, and Lieut.
Commander Fillersowne, joined him. The distin
guished visitor waft most cordially greeted and con
gratulated on his brilliant career in the Mississippi.
He replied to the warin eulogies of the officers very
modestly. He was glad the people of the loyal
States appreciated the difficult nature of , the work
performs d by the East Gulf and Mississippi Squad
ron, and spoke favorably of the gallant seamen and
manses attached to the different vessels, whose
bravery and perseverance enabled their adhere to
undertake, hopefully, the moat arduous enterprises.
Baying exdabged salutatory-good wishes, the party
visited the iron-clad 'Lehigh, the receiving ship.
North Carolina, and the Lyceum, the Admiral fre
quently expressing his pleasure at once more meet
ing with New York officers.—N. Y. Times, _l*. 12.
TRIAL OP A MORGAN Gum.—The case of the
- United States vs. Peter Hartinger was concluded
by the deoision of Judge Carey, of. Xenia at the
United States District Court room, last night. The
substance of the affidavit Wart that the defendant,
on or about the 17th day. of July, 1863, in the county
of Jackson, in the Southern district of Ohio, he not
being in the military or naval service of the United
States, gave aid and comfort to the enemies of the
United States ; said enemies being rebels in arms,
under th e command of John Morgan, a rebel general
of the so called Confederate States.
The judge reviewed the evidence, and stated that
it was plain that the defendant did wilfully and un
lawfully give aid and comfort to the rebels under
John Morgan.
The prisoner is a poor farmer of Jackson county.
He is a low-browed, swarthy customer, and was at
tended by hie 'sister in the courtroom. One of the
witnesses testified that before the raid Hartinger
had been wishing for Morgan's appearance, and ex
pleased his determination to guide him through his
part of the State. When the guerillas appeared, he
made good bis promise, and was hand in-glove with
the horse thieves for several days.—Cincinnati Com.
snercial August 11. '
A TiNiON LEAGUE rx VICKSBURG.—ReCeIkt cop
respondence from Vicksburg discloses the fact of
the existence there of a -stroag-Trzoor. , -
which is now finding rapid development under the
protection of the Federal flag. One writer says
that several of the city and county carers last
elected are unequivocal Union men, and as such
have been known, marked, and persecuted by the
rebels. One of the most prominent of them is Judge
Houghton, the judge of the. Probate Court. And
11L. Steele, Mr. Mygatt, and others, have stood by
their Union principles throughout. -
These men, it is added, are no half-way loyalists,
but earnest, thorough- patriots, whose very suffer.
Inge have but intensiflid their loyalty. At last ac
counts they were about organizing a Union league,
and proposed to- hold a series of public Union meet.
ings, for the purpose of enlightening the people at
large upon the vital issues of the day. '"A corres
pondent of the Chicago Tribune says, in reference to
the opinions of these men :
"I have particularly noted among the Union men
of Vicksburg an absence of any squeamishness on
the subject or slavery. 'Let every trace of it be
swept away ; that will clear the way for the only
peace that we can have that will be lasting'—these
were the words of one of their number to me yes
terday, and they were approved by the whole party
present."
GITED.ILLAS IN MISSOURI.—GeneraI E. B. Brown,
commanding in Central Missouri, vouches for the
following atrocity lately committed by, rebel gue
rillas " About two weeks ago, a band of bush
wackers, led by one Matt Smith, entered the town
of. Florence at daylight in the morning, and soon
collected all the inhabitants of the town, numbering
sixty or seventy, into the street. The object of this
man ceuvre was to prevent word being sent to Ver
sailles, where a military force is stationed. They
then proceeded to rob and plunder at will. Being
intoxicated by the whisky they found, they picked
out all the male residents over eighteen years of age,
and required them to take the oath of allegiance to
the Southern Confederacy. Nine consented. and
five declined. The latter were immediately sho t
where they' stood, in spite of the screams and en
treaties of the women and children."
Ax INFERENCE TO 7311 DAA.WN.—Some of the op
poeition Journals who support. Dlr. Vatlandighars,
and call him a." patriot sage ' " profess to desire the
preservation of the Union. Is Mfr. Vallandigham,.
then, a Union maul He does not say , so; but here
is what he does first say : In the place, he asserts
his belief that "there is not a man, woman, or child
in the seceded States in favor of a return to the
Union." Aid next he writes " I need not repeat
my oft-declexed conviction, which time has always
vindicated, that the South cannot be conquered by
force of are s."
That is to say: willingly they will not return, ac
cording to-NI r. - Vallandigham, and we cannot force
therm - What is the inferencel—Posf.
General Tuttle, of Grant's army, has gone to
his home, in lowa, on a brief furlough: Before the
rebellion General Tuttle was a Democrat, but now
stands with General Logan on an unconditional war
platform. He was solicited last apriag to run on
the Democratic ticket for Governor of lowa, but
declined,
The polish Question.
Pants, July 30.—La France, of this evening, as
serts that the difference upon the Polish question
hitherto existing between Lord Palmerston and
Earl Russell has terminated, and that both are now
completely agreed to support energetically the com
mon action of the three Powers.
La France says that communications to this ef
fect have been made to the Cabinets of Paris and
`Vienna. .
Penis,` July 31.—La France of this evening pub
lishes an article upon the negotiations with regard
to the Polish question, which says :
" Discussions are now in progress whether each
of the despatches shall contain an identical para
graph at the conclusion, or whether an identical note
shall lie drawn up to he presented simultaneously
with the reply of each Power to Prince Gortscha
kofils note."
La. France further believes itself able to state that
the attitude of Austria had dissipated the illusions
entertained at St. Petersburg, produced by erroneous
information. This circumstance, La France thinks,
gives room td hope that the Cabinet of St. Peters
burg will modify its policy.
TURTN, July 31.—Tbe Slampa. of this evening,
publishes a 16.sumf: of the draft of the French note
to Russia, which has been submitted to the British
and Austrian Governments. .
The French Government regrets the uneatiefac
troy character of the reply Of Russia, and repels the
insinuation that the Polish insurrection has sprung
from tbe revolutionary propaganda said to have its
centre at Paris. It then sets forth that Russia had
previously declared her acceptance of a discussion
confined to the treaties of Vienna.
The three Powers, in proposing an armistice, have
only followed the example of Russia, who, in 185 e,
approved of the conduct of Austria in making the
disarmament of Piedmont a condition precedent to
the acceptance of the project for a congress.
It repeats the demands made by the notes of the
18th June, and concludes as follows : The three
Powers do not yet consider their identical -note as
an ultimatum, but are not disposed to enter upon
theoretical discussions. They expect a deflate FP
ply, and one that addresses itself exclusively to the
question. •
The Stamra learns that Austria will adhere to this
draft with some (PlalifiCAllollB.
PAR is, August 1. fa France of this evening says
it has received intelligence from London of the ira-
Postant facts that the negotiations of the three
Powers for a common reply to Russia are upon the
point of arriving at a successful termination. It is
extremely probable that a note will be adopted,
stating in the plainest manner the agreement of
the three Powers. not only in the community of
their views, but in the analogy of their expressions.
La France also publishes an article under the title
of the compromise or isolation on which the writer
observes that he does not despair of Russia moving
conciliatory. Should she, however, he otherwise
disposed, the consequence would be a general war,
placing in question all the interests of Europe which
have received the consecration of treaties at various
times. In case of . Russia's refusal, one can foresee
a situation without peril at the most might he an
ticipated as a kind of hlockade destined to eff'ect the
Isolation of Russia, with a view to bringing about
ulterior concessions.
Destructive Fire in New York.
[From the New York Times of yesterday ]
.Officers Boyle and Johnson, of the Sixth precinct,
discovered a fire, about 10 o'clock last night, issuing
from the third story of building No. 257 Canal street,
owned by Messrs. Nehlig, Decker, & Co., and occu
pied by them as a furniture and bedding warehouse.
The building and contents were entirely destroyed.
Their loss on stock is estimated at $25.000, and, on
the building at $12,000 E insured for $43.000 in the St.
Marl'a, St. Nicholas. Bowery, Hamilton, Brooklyn,
Williamsburg City, Relief, and Liverpool and Lon
don Insurances. Building No. 255 isoccurried by the
same firm, the stock contained therein being badly
damaged by Water. The 'flames spread to the upper
portion of building. No. 257. occupied in the upper
part by Messrs. Cove], Weston & Schlichring, wood
moulders. The lower portion of the building is occu
pied by Hutchings & Wickersham, ornamental iron
workers. Their damage is not ascertained. The
building is owned by Mr. Lyons, gunsmith; on
Broadway, and is damaged about $2,000. Up to the
time of going to press the fire had ant been extin
guished. Adjoining building. No. 259, is the Dev
lin building, in which are stored $3OO 000 worth
of Government property. This building was
saved only by the untiring exertions of the
firemen. Officer Dwyer, of the Sixteenth pre
cinct. ' and Mr.- Jacob Starreck, of (Patrol In
surance, No. 2, were very severely injured by the
dummy 'from the third story falling upon them. Hr.
Starreek had his ribs crushed in, and was injured
near the spine. Both parties were taken to the hos
pital. A member of Engine Company No. 29, was
knocked down and run over by Engine No. 34, in
Greene street, near Prince. The machine passed
over his breast, breaking his collar hone and inflict
ing other injuries. He was taken to Dr. Turner's, on
the corner of Prince and Spring streets, by Aaaiatant
Fire-Marshal Baker and other firemen, and after
wards to the station house.
A REBICL POET.—WilliataGilalOre Sims writes all
" Ode " entitled, "Our City by the Sea." The open
ing stanza is this
Our City by the Sea,
.As the Rebel City known,
With a soul and spirit free.
As waves that make her zone,
Stands in wait
For the Fate,
Froin the angry arm of Hate;
But she nothing fears the terror of his blow;
She bath garrisoned her walls,
And for every eon that falls
She will spread a thousand palls
For the foe
Spreading a "thousand pans for the foe for every
son that falls," puts on in mind of the earlier days
of the rebellion, when one rebel was to whip five
Northern men.
NEW CHEST\IIT•STREET THEATRE.—The Marti
netti and Marzetti troupe, which for the last three
nights has been performing at this establishment,
has achieved a success. On Monday evening the
theatrewas crowded, and on the succeeding evenings
the audiences have not dwindled down. The pres
tige attached to the name of the Ravels, with whom
some of the members of this troupe were once asso
aiated,ll one of the reasons for this success; the
merit of the individual performers is another. Ma
rietta Zan fretta is very agile and graceful on the
tight-rope; the Martinetti brothers are equally so
in the pyramid scene. Madame Marzetti dances
with taste and delicacy. To-night a change of pro
gramme will take place. "The Belle of Madrid"
will be substituted for "La Syiphide," and the
tightrope and pyramid performances retained. As
a graceful and diverting entertainment, the per
formances will continue to be popular.
LARGE POSITIVE SALE OP DRS Goons.—The
early and particular attention of purchasers is re.
quested to the valuable and desirable assortment of
British, French, Getman, and American dry goods,
embracing about 625 packages and lots of staple and
fa *y articles in woolens, worsteds, cottons, linens,
andNks, to be peremptorily sold by catalogue on
four months' credit and part for cash, commencing
this morning (Thursday), at 10 o'clock, to be con
tinued nearly all day without intermission, by John
B. Myers & Co., auctioneers, Nos. 232 and2S4 Market
street.
AUCTION NOTICE—LARGE SALE OF 'BOOTS AND
SHOES.—We would call the attention of buyers to
tbelarge and atiractive sale of fifteen hundred cases
boots, shoes, brogans, &c., to be sold this morning,
by catalogue, at 10 o'clock precisely, by. Philip Ford
& Co., auctioneers, at their store, Nos. 525 Market
and 522 Commerce streets. -
The Wherznonraeter.
AUGUST 12, 1882. I AUGUST 12, 1883.
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1111TADOCIt'S LECTURE.—The lecture
of James E. Murdoch, this evening, prondass to be
a magnificent effort. The best illustration of the
beauty and eloquence of this fine orator's lecture
be found in the following extract, made from a
report of the lecture when delivered at Pittsburg:
The lecturer reviewed, in appropriate terms,
the rise and fall of Napoleon the Great, and re
ferred to the accession to power of the present
Emperor' of France, whose time for- fall had not
yet come, but was not far remote. Passing from
the characters of rulers, he referred at length
to the establishment of the two republics oq
this continent, from the landing of Columbus on
our Southern borders, and the subsequent esta
blishment of colonies by different nationalities, until
the landing of the Puritans. And here Mr. Mur
doch, first iiisclaiming any particular feeling on the
subject, paid a high eulogium on the character and
putpdaes of the Puritans, which; he said, some, per
sons persisted in misinterpreting. He did not look
upon the Puritans as fanatics in any sense of the
term—they were austere but just, stoical' but sensi
tive and reasonaDle. He argued that it was from
the Puritans the Northern people took their pecu
liar character, while the Southern fraternity were
representatives of the Cavaliers. He depicted in
eloquent terms the career of the Stuarts of England,
more particularly that of Charles the First, his
downfall, the accession of Cromwell, and the esta
blishment of - the Commonwealth; and of civil- and
religious liberty. The lecturer quoted from Car
lysle of the character of Cromwell, and paid a glow
ing -tribute to that austere but just ruler. From the
fall of the second Charles dated the regeneration of
Great Britain, and that country now ranked among
the foremost nations of the earth. The English peo
ple may be, and he believed were, our friends in our
trouble, but the leaders were not.
The lecturer, after reviewing at length the course
of England's rulers towards our country, and-asserting that a remedy would be found at the proper
time, referred to the present condition of Mexico,
where an Austrian prince was to reign in the halls
of the Montezumas. This design of. Napoleon was
part of the programme adopted by the European
rulers towards accomplishing certain designs upon
our country, and every loyal citizen of the United
Stittes owed it to his God and his country to rally
now to the support of the Government in putting
down the internal strife here, and then- sharpen
tus --vux llandce - oratur urive. --- crie
in
vader from our borders. Was this great coun
try—the last refuge of liberty—to be broken into
fragments Forbid it, humanity ; forbid it, Almighty
God. Action is what
is wanted, and unanimity of
feeling in support of the Government. If discord
prevails, and we ate divided into separate petty
provinces, as sure as fate the European vultures
would pounce upon us and swallow up the entire
country. Whatever grievances may be felt under
the present Administration, this was not the time
for their redress. It now was the bounden duty of
every citizen who desired the perpetuity of the Go
vernment, to give the President alt the aid in his
power, and after the suppression of the rebellion, at
the proper time and place, all fancied injuries would
be redressed.
_ .
In the lecturer's opinion, the destiny of this coun
try was yet to be a brilliant one. England's pros
perity was the golden sheaf. America's was yet in
the green, and although the frost had blighted its
tops, the toots were vital, and the gladdening rays of
the bright sun of a permanent peace would yet re
move the blight, and, cause to be brought forth fruit
sweet for the harvest. The lecturer closed with an
eloquent appeal to the loyal and true hearts of the
country to sustain the President and the country
in this our hour`of tribulation. We have not the
time to give even a synopsis of Mr. Murdoch's elo
quent lecture.> Sumac it to say that it was clothed
in chaste and ornate language, and illustrated with
selections from the poets—Shalmpeare, Byron, Long
-fellow, Buchanan Read, and others. The reading of
the lecture was in Mr. Murdoch's beat style, and
gave'an additional charm to the really-pleasing en
tertainment. If there be an objection to the lec
ture, it Is its great length, Mr. Murdoch having
co n sumed some two. hours in its reading; but then
the beauty of its diction, and inimitable manner of
its rendering, amply compensate for the time con
sumed. •
DRAFTED. MEN LEAVING Fi2PR TICE AVEMY.
—A large squad of men, consisting of conscripts or
their substitutes, from this city, leave to-day for
Fortress Monroe. A guard of fifty men, from the
10th New Jersey Volunteers, now on duty here, has
been detailed to accompany them. Two companies
from the 10th, we understand, have also been de
tailed for patrol duty in the City. This regiment
having been on this kind of special service for some
sixteen months in Washington city, have become
eyperts at apprehending deserters, detecting Govern
ment property, Sc,
IST COLORED - REOirtiENT.--The ISt CO
lored Regiment, tinder command of Colonel Tilgh
man, will start this morning from Poplar. street
wharf, and embark on board the steamers Cambria
and Star of the South. The regiment, it is ex
pected, will reach` Poplar-street wharf about nine
o'clock. They will come in the train on the North
Pennsylvania Railroad as tar as Master street,
wlien the line of march will be taken up from
there to Poplar street wharf. The complement of
officers is not quite complete. The destination of
the steamers is not known publicly , with any cer
tainty. The regiment will make its own report at
the proper time, wherever it may go,
FIRE AT THE PENNSYLVANIA. DEPOT—
DEnTnueziou or A QUANTITY . OH. COAL OIL AND
SEvanazeArta.—At half past three yesterday morn
ing, a fire broke out in a truck stationed on one of
the Pennsylvania railroad tracks in West Philadel
phia, and laden with coal oil. The locality was half
way between the roundhouse and the office of the
superintendent. Four trucks, with their contents,
(227 bands crude coal oil, iota arrived from Pitts
burg,) were completely consumed. The oil was in
tended for shipmentfrom this port. One lot was con
signed to Messrs. J. M. Ellis & Son, and another por
tion to Allen & Eneedles. Two box cars, one con
taining bone shavings, consigned to Baugh & Son,
on Delaware avenue, and the other, containing flax
seed, consigned to a New York house, were also de
stroyed: These six cars all belonged to the Penn
sylvania Railroad CoMpany. Two coal cars, laden
with bituminous coal, were also burned, and six or
eight others were somewhat damaged. The most
of these cars belonged to the Penn Gas Coal Com
pany. Firemen were soon at hand. These, with
the police, the railroad employees, and soldiers from
a neighboring camp, effectually prevented the
spreading of the flames. These cars were run both
up and down the track out of danger. Some of
them had already taken fire before they could be re,
moved, hut were only slightly damaged. It was
only through the moat strenuous exertions of those
upon the ground that an amount of property valued
at probably a million of dollars was not destroyed.
The tracks at this point were badly warped, and will
require relaying. The total Ines by the fire is esti
mated at $lO.OOO. It is thought thereto no insuranze
upon the property. An immense light and intense
heat were generated bt. the conflasration. The 11 antes,
the smoke, the wild eon furion of the scene, made up a
memorable sight. The Bre appears to have origins- -
ted somewhat as follows: A train arrived early on
Tuesday evening, and was run upon track No. 3. A
portion of this train consisted of coal oil trucks. A.
few minutes before the fire broke out another train
arrived, and was cut into sections near the round
house. One of the sections, contprising five cars, in
charge of a brakeman, came down on No. 3 track.
The forward brake gave way, and the man in charge
lost the control of the cars. The latter ran with
great force against the ears which were standing
upon the track. The violent collision caused one of
the barrels of coal oil upon the last train to burst,
and the oil to run out. Two of theernployees of the
railroad company got upon the top of the car, and
turned this barrel over. As they did so the vapor
arising from the barrel came in contact with the
lantern used by the men, and an explosion followed.
The whole car was in a few seconds in a blaze. The
men were fortunate enough to escape with a few
scorches, which, under the circumstances, may be
considered slight.
SRPERNiIIORS AFROMTED.—Mayor Henry
yesterday morning' made the following appointments
of supervisors. He could not select any better per
sons from the material furnished him. The newly
appointed will be sworn into office to-morrowmorning.
First ward—Denry Hoover, Snit district, and John
Shay, second.
Second ward—Thomas Roach.
Third and Fourth wards—Miles Burk.
Fifth and Sixth wards—John Brunette, Jr.
Seventh and Eighth wards—Bernard Mullen.
Ninth and Tenth wards—John A. Daly.
Eleventh and Twelfth wards—Josiah Wood.
Thirteenth and Fourteenth wards—Andrew Alex
ander.
Fifteenth ward—Edward McCaffrey.
Siifteenth and Seventeenth wards—John Quinn.
Eighteenth ward—William Albertson.
Nineteenth warll—James McAdams.
Twentieth ward—First district, John Dashley;
second, Charles Lannon.
Twenty-first ward—First district, Francis D.
Mower; second, Michael Riter.
Twentpsecond ward—First district, Benjamin
Al
len; second. George Shingle.
Twenty-third ward—First district, Rudolph Book
ris ; second. E. T. Swope ; third, Christian Snyder.
Twenty-fourth ward—First district, William M.
Leech ; second, James Jones ; third, John L. Culla.
A PUFF OF WIND.-4 puff of wind during
the heated term was gratefully received, because it
was, under the circumstances, something fresh. A
puff of wind in Provost Marshal Lehman's office, on
Tuesday afternoon and yesterday morning., was
equally refreshing. A young man named William
F. Nickels was drafted. He made hie appearance at
the provost office, in answer to a notice .that had
been served upon- him, and was asked whether he
desired to go, furnish a substitute, or commute. lie
replied, neither. Provost Marshal Lehman then
said he would have to enlist him; to which the
youth replied, he might do as he pleased, as he had
brought suit against the Board of Enrolment, and
Intended to teat the constitutionality of the conscrip
tion act, and that he was ready to go to the barracks.
He was sent there. It was not long before he de
sired another interview with the provost marshal.
A suit of military clothing, just about the size of the
conscript, had a wonderful effect. The unwilling
candidate for military honors, his father, and a law
yer, made their appearance at the office, and ten
dered the three hundred dollars commutation money.
This was refused by Provost Marshal Lehman. as
he had no legal authority to receive the same. The
party were referred to Mr. „Teener Harding, but his
office was then closed. The conscript was let off on
parole, that he would return at eight o'clock yester
day morning. Hs did not return, but we understand
that the commutation fee was paid. Thus the affai
closed.
MORE DEATHS FROM HEAT.—Coroner
Conrad was called yesterday to hold a number of in
quests on persona who had died from heat.
An unknown woman died suddenly at 1235 South
Front street.
A woman, name not known, died from the heat in
Spring Garden street, above Twenty-third.
Margaret Moran died suddenly at the corner of
Shippen and Guilford streets.
Samna Young. belonging to East Trenton, State of
Maine, was sunetruck on hoard the steamer Richard
at.Cheetnuf. - -strent wharf.
. . . .. •
James Haney was el/ElB truck at; Pine and Twenty-
Efth streets, and died in a short time.
There were two more deaths from sunstroke in dif
ferent parts of the city.
SURRENDERED TO TILE CIVIL AirrIIORT-
TjEs.--Charles Ridley,.the sentinel alleged to have
shot Wm. Fox, wbo .loitered about the camps and
taunted the sentinel with undue remarks, after
haying been repeatedly told to so away, was yester
day surrendered to the eherifrof illontsomery - corm
ty. The prisoner was locked up in the jail at Nor
ristown. A. bill will be rent as soon as possible to
the Grand Jury, and an early day will be fixed for
the trial. The colonel in command of the camp at
Brat refused to surrender the sentinel to the civil
authorities until he received instructions from
Washington. Those instructions came yesterday.
The surrender was made under an act of Congress,
providing that a soldier in the service of the United
States charged with Capital crime shall :be handed
over to the custody of the civil authorities for trial.
MILITARY ENCAMPMENTS.—There are
three encampments on Islington lane, opposite the
Odd Fellows' Cemetery. These camps are respec
tively•called Stanton, Dana, and Caduralader. The
first named is under the command of Major Joseph
Hess, and consists of the 19th Cavalry, mustering
about 590 men. It is stated that Several companies
will be added in a feni dayt.
Camp Dana is under the command of Lieut. Col.
Gideon Clark. of the 1 1 eth Regiment P. V. It con-
Mats of 400. convalescents, and 140 privates.
Camp Oadwal"der consists of 225 privates and non
commissioned officers of veteran regiments, who are
present to accompany the drafted men to the Limy
of the Potomac..-They are under the command of
Lieut. Col. James Gwyn, of the 118th, Old Corn
Exchange Regiment.
THE 6 f CONITNG MAE. '-Sour as Quaker
town, Bucks county, fa concerned, Hon. W. D. Kel
ley, in a recent speech, was prophetic. This was ex
emplified on Tuesday afternoon. Sixteen persons
were drafted from that place—fifteen of them claimed
exemption on the ground they were subjects of a
foreign power, or physically disabled. The sixteenth
man was colored, and though slightly disabled, he
said he would not enter that plea as an excuse. A.
uniform was placed upon him, a purse was made up
for him among the crowd present, and he now goes,
forth to bare his arms, Othello like , to do the "State
some service." This black man has already left
Quakertown ; the glory of the place has departed.
FATAI, ACCIDENT. -- A . soldier named
Spanningabem, of the 179th Regiment P. V;, while
looking out of a car window on the Reading Rail
road, was struck by a passing car and instantly
killed. His body was taken to the hospital, Twenty
second and Wood streets,
FIRE MARSIL - AVS OFFICE.-7The Commit
tee on City Property has decided on appropriating*
to the use of Fire Marshal Blackburn the room in
the second story of the City Hall, now used by the
Commissioner of Market Houses.
INITIATORY SERMON.—Rey. Dr. Goodrich,
of New York, haVing accepted the call to the Dago
rate of the church in Eighth street, above Noble,
Will deliver his introductory sermon next Sunday
morning, at 10M o'clock.
SLIGHT FrßE.—The roof of the hotel of
Charles ThorOpson, on Washington avenue, above
Swanson, was slightly damaged by fire yesterday
afternoon.
THE SALE OF FITS-TWENTIES.—The
subreription agent reports the wile of $500,000 is
11yr-twenties on Wednesday. Deliveries of bonds
are being made to .Tuly 24th.
DItOWNED.—A lad named Wm. IleMetta
min, aged 13 years, was drowned in a brick-pond at
Sixteenth street, near Federal, yesterday afterbnon.
THE ATTENTION of members of Comway
G, 32d Regiment Infantryi:P. M., invited te au
advertisement in today's paper.
LEGAL I'TELLIG-EN-CIB-
Court of Oyer and Terminer and Quarter
Sessions—Judge Ludlow.
AN ADJOITF.NNEXT FOR WANT OF BUSINESS
The Court met yesterday morning. and jurors were
in attendance. It was expected that jury trills
would be proceeded with, but the number of bills
returned by the Grand Jury was only-twenty-six,
and of these but seven were returned true, the others
being ignored. Two cases were disposed of ; one by
a plea of guilty, the other by conviction, viz:
Mary Hamilton, a young girl, was arraigned and
pleaded guilty to the charge of the isteenv is
- ,-ood-Junn - mecum vas bleu and
.convicted Of the larceny of a quantity, of jewelry.
No other cases being ready, Judge Ludlow. dis
charged the jury until Wednesday next, saying that
he hoped by that time the business of the term could
be regularly prcideeded with. -
A number of habeas corpus cases of enlisted mi
nors were then heard, and the boys discharged.
One of the boys, though not yet 17 years of age,
has been in the service for a year, and was badly
wounded by a shell at Gettysburg.
The Court then adjourned, Judge Ludlow first
sen t enc i ng pansy Hamilton to six months, and John
hiedox to nine months' imprisonment in the county
prison.
The Court will be in session on Tuesday morning
n ext, to hear habeas corpus cases.
THE POLICE.
[Before Mr. Alderman White.)
Stabbing Case.
A man named George Powry was arraigned, yes
terday, on the charge of committing an assault and
battery upon Alexander Haber, with intent to kill.
The points , developed at the hearing are, that the de
fendant is father-in-law of the prosecutor, and ad
dicted to the use of ardent spirits. He has been
stopping at the residence of Mr. Haber, No. 604
Powell ;street,- for some time past. On Tuesday
night, when - Mr. 11. canoe home, the father-M.law,
without any provocation, made an attack upon him
with a knife, cutting clean through his clothing, and
just grazing the skin, to the extent of several inches
across his stomach. Powry was arrested in conse
quence, and after the hearing, was ordered to enter
bail in the sum 01 $6OO to answer at court.
How a Bottle of Wine Inns Obtained.
A man, giving the name of D. B. .Tones, was ar
raigned before Police Magistrate White, yesterday,
on the charge of misdemeanor in obtaining a bottle
of wine, and then refusing to pay for it. It seems
that late on Tuesday night he entered the. Port
Royal saloon, kept by Mr. LawrenCe, on Fourth
street, below Chestnut.
On making his appearance in the saloon, he took
"airs" upon himself, flourished .a cane, walked up
and down, complained of the excessive heat, and
asked the price of a bottle of wine. The proprietor,
Mr. Lawrence, replied—afferent prices, sir ; twb,
three, four dollars.
" Ah, let me see," said he; " giv e me a bottle of
your best," at the same time drawing himself up to
a table.
Tbe bottle of wine-ewes produced, and drank.
The customer pronounced it good. After a few nti-
Butes, he was about to start away, whereupon the
proprietor reminded him that he had not paid for it.
"Oh," replied Jones, "you may go---, I have no
money to pay for
Mr. Lawrence called Officer Elliott to' his. as
sistance, and Jones was at once taken into custody.
He was ordered to find bail in the sum of $6OO, to
answer at court the oharge of misdemeanor.
Scarce
The market for police item& wee very dull plater
day. Not a single case at the Central Slat/Oz to
awakea the oftioere from their darlreaum