The press. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1857-1880, June 20, 1864, Image 2

MONDAY, - JUNE 20, 1864.
Inaccurate Foreign News.
The New York Albion, a journal well
informed on foreign subjects, says: “It
Waß announced here, a few clays since, in,
the summary of a steamer’s news from Gape
Eaco, that the Ministry had been defeated
-•in a fullllouse on the Tests Abolition (Ox
'ford) bill. The fact proves to have been
the reverse. It was the Conservatives who
sustnined the defeat.” The incorrect news,
communicated by the agency w f “The
- Associated Press,” was repeated.;' of course,
; in every newspaper which pays’for the ih
'teliigcncc thus supplied- yks yet-, that
•agency has neither explained/, acknowledg
-ed, or apologized for having been the means
Of deceiving the public. /The news of the
defeat of the Palmerston Ministry might
haye grave influence .upon this country,
politically as well as commercially, and we
should be glad to receive the assurance that
care will be taken to secure greater accu
racy in future. Errors in giving proper
names arc common, but hero is a misstate
ment'of fact. , . ;
The circumstances of the case are these:
The British Government favored a measure
for abolishing tests in the University of Ox-,
ford—that is, for, allowing all persons quali
fied by attainments and character to gradu
ate, hold fellowships, occupy professors’
chairs, and so on, without bcn'S members
of the “ Church of England, ‘ns by law
established.” A bill abolishing, the reli
gious teprtrwas introduced, not by Ministers
but with’ their sanction. On .Tune Ist, this
bill having previously been read a first time,
Mr. John George Dodson, member for
East - Sussex; and himself a very distin
guished graduate of Oxford (lie was Ist
class in classics in 1847) moved that the
House.of Commons go into Committee on
the bill. - Mr. Trefusis, member f<?r North,
Devon and only son of Lord ‘Clinton, also
.an Oxford graduate, moved that the . going
into Committee be adjourned until that day
three months—-which is the genteel Parlia
mentary way of putting an extinguisher
upon the proposition, inasmuch as ere two
of the three months haye elapsed the session
will have ended. On this motion of Mr. Tbe
fusis a lively debate arose. Mr. Leatham,
who sits for a Yorkshire borough, made one
smart point. He said'at present they might
have in the goveming/bodies of the Univer
sities Bishops who did not believe in Noah’s
Ark (this was a blow at Colenso), hut
they refused admission to Dissenters who:
did believe in Noah’s Ark, hut did not
. believe, inßisbops,/ In this discussion the.
. Tories supported the amendment that the
hill should be burked, and the . Liberals,
among whom -was Sir George Obey, the
Home Secretary;, voted for the bill going
into committee./ On a division, the "Tory
amendment was lost,' there being ,23G for,
and 236 against, it, and the. House accord
ingly wont into Committee pro forma. So-,
it was the Opposition who were beaten by
a majority of ten, and not the Ministry.
There cannot he a doubt of this. We have
the division list before us (in the Daily
Telegraph of June 3d), and find that
Bright, Oobden, Brand (the Minis
terial whipper-in), two -Peels, \Mil
/neb -Gibson, Sir Georqe . Gret, Glad
stone, Rothschild, E. Cabdwkll, the
-Solicitor General, C. P. Villiers, Min
isters : or - friends •' of the Ministry,
voted in the ' majority, while Henlet, Sir
.Stafford Nobthcote, -Lord R. Cecil,
:Sir J. Pakenham, Genera] Peel, Sir H.
■Cairns,. and other leaders of the Derby-
Disraeli party voted in the minority. The
Government carried the . question. , The
Opposition were defeated. The wise, and
accurate agent, in. Liverpool, for our As
sociated Press, committed the blunder,
through, ignorance or carelessness, of
writing over here to : tell uS|that.
merston Government had been beaten. .
The American, press,--which pays very
' largely for abstracts of foreign news, made,
up by the agent of the
Liverpool, is ccvialnlp entitled to correct
information.: If tie> agent rcannot' distin
guishblaelc from white, a defeat from, a
victory,, discharge him and place a compe
tent person in bis place. We have had oc
casion, before, now, to complain of errors
in the summary of foreign news.
The late Mr. Gerhard.
_.IWE-i>iivo to announce this morning the
“Lionti-or
Philadelphia. He died on Saturday mor
ning, at his. residence in this city, Mr.
Gerhard was a native of Philadelphia,
and at the time of his death was in the
fifty-third year .of his age. Ho. was edu
cated at the well-known school of Profes
sor Espy, and graduated at Dickinson;Col
lege, in 1828, with marked distinction.
Ho studied law under Hon. Joseph
B. Ingebsoll, and was admitted to
tlic bar in 1882. He was a very con
scientious student, and, being the architect
of his own fortune,*rose rapidly. He mar
ried the daughter of the late Hon. John
Sergeant. Ho stood high in liisprofes-;
-sion, the greatest trust being reposed in
him as a lawyer and a citizen; and, as an
■evidence of this trust during his life, he
was appointed trustee and executor in many
-private estates. . Ho was trustee of the Gas
Works for many years, and had been
a member of the City Councils. He was
one of the trustees of the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania, a member of
'the Protestant Episcopal. Academy, a
vestryman of St. James’ Church, a mem
ber of the American Philosophical Society
and the Historical Society, and also a mem
bef of the Episcopal .corporation for
widows. Hewas one of our most highly
accomplished lawyers; and a perfect master’
of the legal scien.ce. He edited “ Starkie
on Evidence,” “’Williams .on Personal
Property,” and other text-books. In ad
dition to his. erudition as a lawyer,
be possessed; an extensive general edu
cation, conversing fluently in several
foreign languages. He gave great atten
tion to the .science of political economy. In
-the early part of the war, when the State
made a draft., Mr. Gerhard was appointed
provost marshal of this city, and performed
the duties of the office without compensa
tion. Before the war broke -out Mr. Ger
hard was a Democrat of the Southern
school, lie believed in what were called
the “ rights of the South,” until the South
ern leaders committed treason in defence
of their rights. He then became one of
the boldest, unsparing, and consistent
friends of the war and tlic Administra
tion, and has never swerved from' Ms
devotion. It. was at his residence, in
the winter of 1862, that a company of
• gentlemen assembled.to consult as to what
Measures could be adopted to aid the Union
cause. There wore but a dozen persons
present, who, after discussing all methods
•of doing good, determined to found an or
ganization devoted to tta encouragement
of loyalty. This was thebeginning of the
Union League of this city, and .the com
mencement of the great . Union League
movement whicluurw extends into every
town in the coun*. Mr. Gerhard took
a prominent part in the formation. of the
League, was an officer, and" the chairman
of its Committee on Publication.
The character of Mr. Gerhard was one
ofpurity and candor. He was the type of
a Christian gentleman, consistent and con
scientious, with all the ; sympathy and ten
derness of a .woman. His anxiety about
the affairs of the nation was intense. He
literally shared in its troubles, and so
■deeply that,', being a man of exceedingly
nervous temperament, and liable to great
mental excitement, it is thought this
'was the immediate and controlling cause
of bis death. He thus became a mar
tyr to the cause to which he gave the
latter years of his life, and for which he
would gladly have died. Without being a
partisan, be was .the strenuous and unfail
ing supporter of the: Administration, and
in this faith passed away. His whole life
is one that young men might gladly study
find emulate, for it was a life of industry,
devotion, truth, and courage. He was a
Philadelphia gentleman, and liis; death
w ill be "fnourned by thousands who knew
pud loved the man.
The Great Fair.
The success of Onr Fare is so
great, that, up to Friday evdniig a sum ex
cceding $5,000 had been paid into the
bank, to the credit of its profits. The
newspaper at every other Fair has involved
■•a pecuniary loss. In connection witli this
Fair journal we have to mention a circum
stance which shows the necessity in our
post office' for “a blind clerk.” In the
Loudon office there is a clerk whoso sole
duty is to decipher difficult'addresses, and
ho is called “ the blind clerk;” probably,
like litcvx a non htcc.ndo, because ho must
be tlie reverse of blind. On the 21st April
Horace Greeley, of The Tribune, N. Y.,
wrote a note to Charles G.' Leland, en
closing him a piece of poetry, the compo
sition of the said H. G., entitled “Light in
•■•Darkness.”-. This letter, duly and legibly
addressed to h. Godfrey Leland, Esq.,
the Nmcspaper, Sanitary Fair, Philadelphia,
Penna.," duly reached this city, and,,
strange as it may scorn, though Mr. .0, G.
Leland is as well known here (his birth
place) as most men, no-letter-carrier
was able to find him. * Accordingly,
the letter was marked “ JTol called for. Jfo
truck person can be found." ’The carriers
did not bestow much time on the search,
it is certain, for the letter, which bears the
Now York post-mark of April 21, and
reached Philadelphia the same day, we
suppose, w,as advertised by our post office
.on April 23d, Mr. Leland, we suppose,
does not/examine the lists-of not-called-for
letters,-for (as 'another pogt-mark informs
us), the letter was -declared' “Dead” on
jray S?Bth, and, after-a further detention,
of a fortnight in .the dead -letter office at
Washington, duly came back into Mr.
Gbeeley’s hands on June 16th, Wei.are
not surprised at Mr. Gbeeley’s thinking
that the exercise of a little intelligence, and
care might have placed the letter in Mr,
Leland’s hands eight weeks ago, 'The ad
dress is perfectly legible. The poem, we ■
have pleasure in assuring our readers, will
yot appear in “ 0«r Da% FVre.” .
/. The lock of Washington’s hair, on: sale
at Mrs. Fallon’s. table,.in tlie Department
of Curiosities and Belies, has found a ; pur
chaser, at $2O. Of this personal relie tlie
nuihentirity.is assured; and the purchaser
: would not part with it for five times what
it cost him,
In the same department is a singular
volume, which is, destined to-be given/to
Bishop Potter. Ills the: New Testament,
small 4to. in size,,literally printed-in let
ters of gold by De la Bub, Cornish ami
. Rock, a well-known London house. It is
printed on enamelled paper, and, therefore, '
is very heavy. Only one. hundred qhcl
fifty copies were produced, and scarcely any”
for sale. It is presented to the Fair by the
Bev. Dr. Benjamin Dorr., Rector of Christ
Church, (Second, above Market' street,)
to whom it : was given by an esteemed
friend, thirty years . ago.- He now parts
with, it to help the Sanitary Commission
and as a tribute to hisson, Captain William
White Dorr, and his fellow-soldiers, who
fell in the presen t war. Mrs. E. H. Powers,
who is now in charge of this volume,
(which is in Mrs., James’s department,)
receives subscriptions for its purchase/with' l
the view of its being presented to Dr. 1
Potteb. ; ,
. - There is a subscription book: open, at the
Wheeler & Wilson . sewing-machine asjjof
to obtain one of these valuable,- aids rio
household comfort and present it to Mre.
General Meade,
On Saturday, as on all former days, the
best-attended among the special, depart
ments were the Horticultural Pavilion and
the Art Gallery. Not only is the. latter by
far the best and most complete collection of
paintings and drawings ever exhibited in
the. United States, but it is more abundant
in the number, variety, beauty, and value
of its landscapes than'any other gallery in
the. world. ': /
The Pair will continue’ open.', at present
prices until. Saturday. On,the following
Monday and Tuesday it Will be open at
twenty-five cents, and season tickets,?which.
hold good all through - this Sveek, will not
with .which Hie Fair will clofe '“”' t
. The Hew York World startles the coun
try by saying that if Gran# fails in liis
campaign it will be because ‘‘ he has been
interfered with.” Here are the specifica
tions: . ./;■ ■■ ’
, . 1. He asked that General McClellan might be
i brought back to the Army of the Potomac, Ac., Ac.
• 2, Be asked that a competent soldier should bo;
: put In comme-nu of, the important.operations on the
oiae of the James, In place of the incompe
tent Butler, Ac., &c. .
; s. He demanded Sigel’s removal, Ac., Ac.
‘ It strikes us that Mr. Marble’s “ night 1
.clerk” is-failing in his duty. If he will
make charges,why not give us something
astounding ?; Why not say at once that
General Grant will fail because he has
made an arrangement with Lkk not to
fight him ? that he has no troops because
the Government will not furnish them witli
transportation ? and that the reason But-I
ler was-driven back, from Port Darling
was because lie received orders from Mr.
Stanton to retreat whenever he saw the
enemy ? There is: nothing more easy in
the world than to insert stories of the kind,
and we are surprised that the “night
clerk” does not” show more facility of
imagination.
LETTER FROM “ OCCASIOML.”
Washington, June 17, 1854.
I ean imagine how some mighty monarch,
-covered with the emblems of hereditary
sovereignty and surrounded by throngs of
titled flatterers,-must feel as he receives
, their false and. fawning homage, and coldly
bends to; the greetings of a trained and
down-trodden popujace. I .can almost re
alize! how such a ruler would contemplate
one of those gorgeous’ displays of Euro
pean art and labor .which periodically
excite the emulation of foreign genius and
toil, and arouse the envy and admiration of
other nations. Of his courtiers and his
subjects, he could 1 say, “ these are my;
slavesand of the magnificent panorama
before and around him; he might add, to
himself, in the lofty consciousness of as
sured ascendeney, u without-me, all this
could not haze ?jcen.” Far different the
; emotions of the President of the
United States, in the person of Abraham
Lincoln, of Illinois, as he yesterday stood
in the centre of the most perfect l exhibition
of human skill and intellect this country
has ever known, the object of the vene
ration and gratitude of a patriotic but
exacting people. A plain, untitled,; and
unpretending citizen, he had a right .to . feel
proud that he had done his 'duty to such a
people, but he had a right to feel prouder
Wbfifirihe tlimigjff flashed, like anlnspira
tion, through Ms mind, a ln all that I see
in this .splendid,, manifestation slavery has
hadno part. These are the products of free
men and;free, women.''' And with honest
indignation he might have asked himself:
“.Shall this race be called the mudsills of
society—tlic inferiors of others—by those
Who seek the life of the Republic?’’ At
no time would such a question be more
appropriate. Mr. Lincoln had just been re
nominated for .'the Presidency. Mr. John
son bad just been nominated for the Vice
Presidency. The manner in which they
were presented, and the fact that they have
proved to be ,I.hc unchallenged preference
of the people, the high position occupied
by.the one, and the long and honorable ca
reer of the other, not to speak of the awful
destinies to be committed to their charge,
have not Berved to rescue these two eminent
men. -.:■■■ - :■' : - =-\- -
: ' But tlie accusation most frequently hurled
against them by the leaders of the so-called
Democratic, party, who, with very few ex
ceptions) are at this time, in earnest sym
pathy with the rebellion, is that the nomi
nation of Lincoln and Johnson- is un
worthy of popular, respect, because both in
early life earned their bread in the sweat
of their faces, and*because both, from that
day to this, have been directly and con
stantly identified with the, interests of the
great mass of the American people. At
tacks upon the workingmen and the pro
ducing classes of the free’ States are not
uncommon—arc not of modern origin—
oven among the leaders of the modern Do- -
mocracy.' Everybody recollects the insult-,
ing remarks of Senator Hammond, of South
.Carolina, on llic 4th of March, 1858, when
lie spoke of our Northern population as on
a par witli tile Southerii slaves —denomi-
nating them as “mudsills,” and using
Ibis memorable and insolent language :
“Our slaves are black, of another and in
ferior race ; yours are white, of your own
race ; you are brethren of one blood. They
are your equals in the natural embodiment
of intellect, and they feel galled by their
degradation. Our slaves do not vole.”
The candid avowal of the opinions enter
tained by the slave aristocracy, and tlie
fearless rebuke of it by that great Senator,
Mr. Broderick, who subsequently, scaled
his convictions with his heart’s Wood, con
tributed greatly to tlie overthrow of the
Democrats in the free States, in 1858, and
drove thousands into, the support of Mr.
Lincoln in 1860. When the rebellion broke
out-, and the authors of it fled from Con
gress, staggering under a load of plunder,
perjury, and unutterable, shame, their ha
tred of the working people of the free
Slates was keenly recalled; and when
they fired upon: the flag, and precipi
tated war, it was no unreasonable hope
that their aristocratic sneers and cold
hearted preparations for revolution would
unite the whole Northern people, and for
ever put an end to the politicians of the
Democratic school, who had so long and,
for all great interests, so injuriously acted
with them. But not so. Neither Utc in
gratitude nor the treason—neither the Wows
nor the Woodshed of the traitor^—-drove
from their. side these Northern sympa
thizers, The meanest-of their calumnies
—lilt? foulest of their epithets—upon the.
Northern . Unionists; .are. repeated by
these- Democratic vpkiefs, Tlie reason
is obvichis. 1 lie same counterfeit aris
tocracy, fostered and,fattened at the South
•by slavery, exists -in the North under the
name of Democracy. . It is difficult to
.say;_which is : ,tbe most odious and dis
gusting : that which is murdering our brave
men in the slave States, or that which, is’
assailing the, Government and helping the
traitors in the free States/' Andrew John
son’s portrait of the first class will answer
for both. I copy from his speech at Nash
ville, of the 10th inst ant: . • :
I have always understood that there is a sort of
exclusive aristocracy about Nashville which affects
to contemn all who are not within its little circle.
Let their opinions; I havo heard ie
said that
“Worth makes the man. aiid want of It the fellow."
.This aristocracy has been the bane of this slave
States ; nor has the North been wholly free from its
curse. It is a class which I have always forced to
respect me, for 1 have ever set it at ' defiance. The
respect of the honest, intelligent, and Industrious
oinss I have endeavored to win by .ray conduct as-a
man. One of the ohier dements of this rebellion is
the opposition of the slave aristocracy to being ruled
by.men who have risen from' the ranks of the peo
ple. - - - V.
This aristocracy hated Mr. Lincoln because he
was of humble origin, a rail-splitter in early life,'
One of them,-the private secretary of Howell Oobb,
said to me one day after a long, con versation, “ We
people of the . South will not submit to be gov
erned by a man who lias come up from the ranks of
. the common people.as, Abe Lincoln has.” He ut
tered the essentialfeeling and spirit of this Southern
, rebellion. Now, it has just occurred to“ me, if this
aristocracy is so violently opposed to being governed
by air. Lincoln, what,: in,the name ■of conscience
will it do with Lincoln and Johnson 1 [Great
laughter.] 1 reject with scorn this whole idea of
an arrogant aristocracy. I believe that man is ca
pable of .self-government, irrespective or his out
ward circumstances j and whether’ he bo a laborer,
a shoemaker, a tailor, a grocer. The question is
whether man is capable of self-government: I hold
with Jefferson that government' was made for the 1
convenience of man,-and not man for the govern
ment. - The laws and constitutions were designed as
mere instruments to promote, his: welfare. . And
hence, from this principle, I conclude that- govern
ments can and ought to be changed and amended to
conform to the , wants, the requirements, and pro
gress of the:people, and the enlightened spirit of the
age. (Loud applause.] ■
- Even while Andrew Johnson was draw
ing this picture of the slave aristocracy its
| northern allies were; ridiculing Him. as a
• ’tailor, and Mr. Lincoln as a rail-splitter!
j Hammond called the ; Northern people
| b mudsills” in 1858,' and ; the Democratic
leaders, .who now ridicule the representa
tives of these people, tamely, acquiesced.
Mow let us see who are the aristocracy,
and who, the mudsills. The inquiry, may
be. -profitable ; it is not so pleasant to the
Democratic leaders. Tht* true test of this
aristocracy, is devotion, to the institution of
slavery,-; and .the best sign of a miidsill is
opposition, to: slavery. Thus, of‘the first
class, .in the South, the aristocracy are
Jefferson Dayis,, the repudiator and per
jurer, Slidell, the -gamester . and lallovr-
.Mason, the-dullard arid’’drmik-
Pryor, the bully, Herbert, the murderer,
Maury, tiie impostor, Benjamin, the advo
cate of the Houmas swindle, Wise, the
common libeller, Iverson, the defamer of
the best men even of his own section; and
in this list we need not include the names
of those who have gone to their long , ac
count, and .who in their lives illustrated
the virtues of their caste, viz: Brooks,
Barksdale,. Garnett, and Keitt. The great
alchymist Slavery having., cleansed all
these men of every act of turpitude, even
to the dreadful crime of the rebellion, “ob
serve how if has transmuted such men as
W. B. Reed, Fernando Wood, Benjamin
. Wood, Vallaudigliam, Seymour, Long,.and.
other Democratic leaders. They are now
not only patriots, .but model aristocrats..
If there is anything they love it is slavery;
if there is anything they abhor it is a shoe
maker, and - especially a; tailor. Their
hatred of Andrew Johnson is precisely
like that, only, more virulent, entertained
for him by the men they pattern after ,in
the. rebel States. But'the. whole.gang voted
for. Jo Lane-for Tice Presiden t in, 1860. Jo
became a scholar, a gentleman, ‘and a tem
perance man, however, the moment hewas
clarified in the waters of slavery. So of Mr.
Reed, whose blood, by the same .process,
became immediately pure; so of the Woods,
who were at once made saints; and so of
Seymour, who instantly became a patriot.
The “mudsills” are as easily discovered.
President Lincoln stood in the midst of an
army of mudsills on Thursday last. That
mighty bazaar of art,, science,, and labor,
the product of the brains of the men and
women, arid of the soil, of only three
States of this Union, arid two of these
among the smallest, was the work of the
mudsills. If Abraham Lincoln had looked
about him lie would have seen such mud
sills as. Joseph Harrison, the blacksmith;
S. Y. Merrick, the machinist; R. M. Hoe,
the pressmaker; John Nagle and Thomas
* Sully, the painters; W. M. Swain, “the
printer; Horslmann, the upholsterer; Orne,
the carpetmaker; Bailey and Cald
well, workers in gold and silver ;
John Rice, the carpenter; Wilson, the silver
smith; Cornelius, Baker, and Miskey, work
ers in brass; Baldwin and Norris,; engine
builders ;' and a host of others of all trades
and arts, including men of science of every
degree; each - a “ mudsill.” Tried by the
new standard applied by the slave De
mocracy in the free States to Andrew
Johnson, they are mudsills because they
work for a living. Tried by the standard
of Hammond applied to Broderick, they
fire, mudsills . because they are necessary
to keep up the aristocracy. Tried by
both ..standards,; they’ are mudsills
because they hate slavery with a passion
ate and a religious’ fanaticism. ; But.in the
sight of God they are the men who are to
work out the problem of t freedom in.
this hemisphere.: Their sons and brothers
are doing their share on the field of battle, ;
and they are giving, or ready to give, all
that they have in life to crown those sons
and brothers with enduring victory, arid so.,
to save the Republic. Occasional.
t -
• The Lady’s.FriSkd.—The . July number of this
new magazine is out. The frontispiece, on steel, is a
good engraving of a capital subject. ; The fashions,
colored and plain, arc good-also. What professes to
be a portrait of the Empress-Eugenie is-really,*
flattered resemblance, coarsely out,, of Madame
Frezr.olin!, who was a tolerable opera singer many
years ago. The letter-press Is good—of its class.
The ‘Lady’s Friend, -however;' Is as good in this re
spect as its immediate rivals ; ■
. EsoiAbh. EjotDrials.—From J. j". Kramer, 403
[Chestnut street, wo have tho News,of lhem>rld,jl
iustroied Sews, of the World, ami London illustrated
•Sews of. June :4th. In tho last of theseijs a well
; executed portrait of General Lebj of the rebel army,
[which might pass forthe portrait of our feltow
■townsman, Colonel James Page.
I>cn4l«s at the Wiisliington Hospital*.
1 The following .-deaths or Pennsylvania, and Now
1 jersey soldiers have been reported at .the office of
Captain Jas.M. Moore, Washington:
Benjamin Blondo, G, 148th Pennsylvania ; Archer
; Stewart, A, 188 th Pennsylvania; Harvey Ohrisman.
:1. 118th Pennsylvania ; Jacob F. Keith, 0,23 t!
: Pennsylvania; D. -L. McUtskoy,’ K, 165th Pcnnsyl
i vnnia ; John H. Juks, K, llflth Pennsylvania ; John
McFadden, O, 45th Pennsylvania; Henry Smith,!,
14th Now Jersey; Irwin Amo®, A, 139 th Pennsylva
nia; Jas. A Xmvelin, 11, 88th Pennsylvania; Goo.
: Betts. A, 48th Pennsylvania; Henry! Drake, H,
188th Pennsylvania; Franklin S. Moyer, IC, 51st
Pennsylvania; Syivanus Daub, F, 61st Pennsylva
nia jJas. A. Brisco, H, 45th Pennsylvania.
THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, .MONDAY, JUNE 20. 1864.
THE WAR IS VIRGINIA.
DESPATCH FROM DEN. GRANT.
THE FLANK MOVEMENT FROM COLD HAR
BOR TO THE JAMES RIVER.
TIIE ENEMY SURPRISED AT PETERSBURG.
The Town Not Yet Talien.
VICTORY OF GENERAL SHERIDAN
AT TREVILLIAN STATION.
AN ACCOUNT OF HIS OPERATION'S
HEAYY X.QSS OP4THE ENEMY
Unsuccessful Attack on the Rebel En-
treuchmeuis at Petersburg,
Lce Supposed to iinvc Reinforced Bcnnrognril,
DESPATCH FROM CEN. SHERMAN.
RETREAT OF THE REBELS iBY NIGHT.
OHR AR MY I N PURS U I T.
, Washikotok, June 18—10 o’clock P. M.'
Major General Dix, New Yorh\
The following, despatch Trom General. Grant,
.anted wwwsunJiMH O’etocK- A, M., jit City Point,
lias been received at this BopitrtiuoStL
“Thepth Corps this morning carried* the" more
redoubts forming a pert of ipp defences of Peters
burg, capturing 450 prisoners and four guns. "
“ Onr successes are being followed up. : "
“Our forces drew out from within fifty yards of
the entrenchments at Hold Harbor, made aflank
movement of an average ofahouf fifty miles’ march,
crossing the Chickuhomlny and: James rivers—the
latter being 2,000 feet wide and B’f reel deep at the
point of crossing—and surprised the enemy’s rear
at Petersburg.: ■' . .-•
’’This was done without the loss of a. wagon or
piece of artillery, and only about ino hundred'and
fifty stragglers were, picked up bythe enemy.
,’.‘Tri covering thisTmpve Warron’a Corps and Wil
son’s cavalry Jtiad frequent skirmishes with the ene
my, each Iqsbpg from fifty to sixty killed and wound
ed, hut inflicting an canal if not greater Ipsa -upon
the enemy.'
“ Tberisth. Corps ‘{Smith's) wore .transferred from
"White House to Bermuda Hundred by water, moved
out near to Petersburg on the’night of their arrival,
and surprised, or rather captured, the very strong;
works 'of Petersburg fefore sufficient force
"could be enemy to hold them. ;
“ He waajoined the n igh t following this capture by
2d .Corps, which ip, turn "captured more of the
enemy’s redoubts farther southland this corps was
followed by the 9th, with the resrilt above stated.
“All the troops are how up except two divisions
covering the wagon trains, and they wit! bo up to
night. .
“ The: enemy, in; their endeayora to reinforce
Petersburg, abandoned their front
of Bermncla - Hundred. ; They no doubt expected
troops from the north ; side of James rlTeJ'id.take
their place before they were discovered. "Butler
took advantage of this, and moved a force at'once
upon; the railroad and plank road between Kieh
mond and. Petersburg, which.l hope to retain pos-
s.ession of.
“ Too much credit cannot bo given the trOOps and
their commanders for the energy arid fortitude dis-.
played tho last five days. Day and night has been
all the same, no delays being allowed on any ac
count,”
Later.unofficial despatches show that at eight
o’clock this morniDg the enemy still occupied
Petersburg. , ' ' •' '
Major Morton was killed in an assault yesterday.
.Nothing has been received to-day from Sherman
or Hunter. -t : . .
: Edwin M. Stanton, Sectary of ‘flTSr.
SECOND OFFICIAL GAZETTE. :
WAsmxr.TO.v, June IS, 11 o’clock P. M.
Major General IHx:
Despatches from .General Slieridan haTe just been
received. He reports a victory over' the enemy at
Trcviliian Station, on'the Virginia, Central Bail
road,;. a few miles south' of Gordonsville, where
General Lee, a few days ago, reported a rebel ric
tory. . -v. -
. The official report Is as follows: •' ; •
“ I have tho honor to report to you the arrival of
my command at this point,' and also, to "report ""Jfs
operations since-leaving New; Castle Ferry, ' l
crossed the Ebummky river on the 7th; Inst., march
ing via Aylett’s, and eneamped On'-Herring"Creek.
' “On tho morninipof the Sth, jiamrowl the march,
Tilt Polecat Station, and ene.ampecTtbre‘e
'.st the-station;"" On-"the 9th I marched throbgh
OHildsbnrg and New,.Market, encamping on
—
TO-.'in;[in’s stbre, crossing both 1 branches of the :
North Anna, and encamped' at Buck Childs’, about
three miles, north of Trovilllan Station. • c,
, “Myintention was to break the railroad at feis
station, march ■ through Mechaniesville, cut the
Gordonsville and Charlottesville Railroad hear
Lindsay’s House, and then to march on Charlottes
ville".' ;
“But on onr arrival at Back Childs’ House, I
found the enemy’s cavalry in my immediate front.
“On the morning of the 11th General- Torberi
with his division, and, Colonel Gregg’s brigade of
General Gregg’s division, attacked thß enemy, ahil
after, an obstinate contest drove him from succeV
siye lines of breastworks through an almost impas
sable forest back on Trcviliian Station,
“In the meantime General Ouster was ordered,
with his brigade, to proceed by a country road so as
to reach the station in the rear of the enemy’s ca
valry. On his arrival at; this point the enemy broke
.into a complete rout, leaving; his dead , and nearly
all of his wounded in our hands; also, twenty
officers, five hundred men, and throe hundred horses.
. ‘‘These operations occupied the whole of the day.
At night I encamped at Trcviliian Station, and on
the morning of tho 12th commenced destroying the
railroad from this point to Louisa Court House.
This was thoroughly done, the ties being burned,
and the rails rendered unserviceable. The destruc
tion of the railroad occupied until 3 o’clock of this
day. .. -
“Idirected GeneralTorbert to advance withMs"
division and General Davis’ brigade of General
Gregg’s division, In tho direction of Gordonsville,
and attack tho enemy, who had,concentrated and
been reinforced liy infantry during, the night, and
had also constructed rifle-pits at a point about five
miles from Gordonsville. a-
“The advance was made, but, as the "enemy’s
position was found too strong to assault no general*
attack was made. .el ... a,
. “On the extreme right of our lines a portion of
the reserve brigade carried;the..enemy’s works
twice, and was twice driven therefrom by infantry.
Night closed tho contost. -
. “I found, on the examination of the command*
that there was not a sufficiency of ammunition loft
to continue the engagement the next day,' Trains
of cars also came down to where we were engaged
with the"enemy.; . " )
“The reports of prisoners and "citizens were that’.
Pickett’s old division,"or a portion of it, wore com*
ing to prevent the taking of Gordonsville. ,1 there-:
fore, during the,night and next.morning, withdrew
my command over the North Anna, via Carpenter’s ■
Ford, near Miner’s Bridge. ■ :
“In addition, the. animals were, for the two en
tire days in which we were engaged, without forage.
The surrounding country afforded nothing hut graz
ing ofa very Inferior quality, and generally at such
points as were inaccessible to ns.
“ The cavalry engagement of the 12th was by
the roost brilliant one of the present campaign. :
“ The enemy’s loss was very heavy. They lost the
following-named officers’ in Bailed and wounded:
Colonel McAlister, commanding a regiment, killed.';
Brigadier General Koaser, commanding a brigade,
woimded; Colonel Aken, commanding a regiment,
wounded; Colonel Custer, commanding a regiment
wounded. "• ' •• ’
“ My loss in killed and woimded will be'about five
hundred and .seventy-five, - Of this number four
hundred and ninety wore wounded. I brought ofl'in
my ambulances throo hundred ana'seyenty-seren—
all that could bo transported. /. '
■ The remainder were, with a' number of rebel
wbunded that fell.in'to my hands, loft behind;-Sur
geons and attendants were.detailed, and remained
in charge of them. • • .’ '
“I captured and hare now with me throo hundrod
and seventy prisoners of ‘ war, including twenty
commissioned officers. Myloss in captured will not
exceed ono hundred and sixty. They were princi
pally from the 6th Michigan’Cavalry.
“ This regiment gallantly charged down the Gor
donsville road, capturing fifteen hundred horses and
about eight hundred moni' but wore ; finally sur
rounded, and had to give them up.
“"When the enemy broke they hurried between
General; Ouster’s command and Colonel Gregg’s
brigade, capturing five caissons of Pennington’s bat
tery, three of which wore, afterwards recaptured,,
leaving in their hands two caissons. - ’
A more detailed report will be made heroartor.”
Edwin M. Stanton, Soorotary of War.
THE LATEST OFFICIAL GAZETTE.
Washington, Juno 10, 0.45 P. M.
To Major General Dix, New YqtK: - . -
This evening a despatclftromClty Point, dated at;
0 o'clock this morning, reached the Department. It
reports that ohr forcos advanced yosterday to within
■about a mile in front of Petersburg, where they
:found the enemy occupying a new line of entrench-.
ments, which, after successive assaults, wo failed to
carry, but hold and have entrenched positions.
-From the forces of the enemy within the now lino
it is inferred that Beauregard has boon reinforced
from Leo’s army. No report has been received by
ithe Department concerning the oasuaittes of bur
army in its operations isince crossing the James
river, except the death of Major Morton, mentioned
yesterday. • .
. General Sherman reports”toMay thiFEho enemy
■gave way last night in thovnidat of darkness and
starm, and at daylight our pickets entered nls lino
fromright to. left; The whole army is nowin pur
suit os far ns the Chattahooohle. Ho starts at once
for Marietta. . .
'No military intelligence from any other quarter
bias been received to-day. . .
i Edwin OT. Stanton, Secretary of War.
GRANT’S ADVANCE ON PETERSBURG.
! AitwY of the Potomac, Juno 18, 8 P. M.—
' Smith’s command, which crossed tlio James river
iat Point of Kooks, on Tuesday evening, advancod
•'early ycßterday morningion the .City Point anil Pe
tersburg railroad, and found the enemy near Harrl-
REBEL ACCOUNTS.
FIIiST OFPIOIATjj&A 7. ETTE.
son’s creok nnd drove them into their fortifications
some half a iqUc beyond.
The lino of buttle was formed with Hancook’s co
lored division on the loft. A charge was made, and
the entire lino of woHcs was taken, with sixteen
guns, three hundred prisoners, autl several battle
lings. s
The position van one <?f great strength, and should
have resisted nn atta«k from a much heavier forco.
Tho colored troops are reported aa behaving ad
mirably, taking their part In tho line at the samo
time with the white troops. Our . loss In tho entire
ufliilr was not over 200, of whom some 40 wore
colored.
The 2d Corps came up In tho evening, and took
position on the left of Smith. In tho morning an
advance was made by tho 2d Corps, under Gonoral-
Birney, and the enemy were driven from another
strong position with considerable loss in killed,
wounded, and prisoners. ‘
In the afternoon.Burnsido came up and took tho
loft of Hancock, and at 0 IVM.'a combined advance
was made along the lino, and a dosperatostrugglo
ensued on the left and centre,both with artillery and
infantry, which lasted till long after dark, Birnoy’a
division gaining a breastwork In their fronts
A largo Dumber <sf prisoners were taken by this
'corps.- This morning another advance was made
along the line at daybreak, and Burnside has sent*
In about four hundred prisoners, sixteen of whom
are officers. Bloat of the prisoners are. Tennessee
ans, and from Beaurega They also took
a battle-flag. ..
General Hancock lies also captured a number of
prisoners, who arc on the way to our rear.
Our guns now command Petersburg, and can shell
the city at any time. :-
Among the wounded Is Colonel Egau, command-;
ibg Ist Brigade, 3d Division, 2d Corpse He was
Btruok by a piece of shell in tli'o back, but the wound
is not of a serious character - ' -
Col. Tannatt, of the Vat Massachusetts Heavy Ar
tillery was w« u JT.ded, and Major Hamilton, 110th
Pennsylvania, ki]le(L
Grant returned to headquarters, from
City Point, last evening, and this morning has gone
to the fronti ; "' . ' -
Our loss is said to be about 1,000 yosterday, while
that of tho enemy was equally large.
THE ATTACK ON jPETERSHUKG-.SKELES
THROWN INTO .THE CITY
HEAnQCAKTEKS A»MY OF THE POTOSIAO, JUOO
IS, S A. IVI . —Tlie; attack made yesterday morning on
the enemy's lines by Gen, Burnside wasmoro sue
.tben at first reported. ,Ho drove them* from
twolines of rifle-)'' 15 , ''lib heavy losses, taking four
gunß and tOO prisoners, an)) b°Ming the position.
During the-afternoon he again pushed
®UII further, getting within about a mile and a half
pC titpeity, and taking some more prisoners.''Shells
were thrown into the town, one of which struck ft
church. : • ,
A prisoner taken yesterday reports that Ba,COO>f
Leo's men were to have arrived on the field that
morning, and trains were running almost hourly
from Richmond, bringing troops close to Peters
burg, landing them, and hurrying bock.
Many of.tbe men brought in are from Tennessee,'
this being their first fight. In this,quarter. They ac
knowledge having been completely surprised: yes
terday morning, and say that the Army of the Po
tomac fights differently frotUhe armies of the West,
At the same time, they say wb cannot take either
Petersburg or Richmond.,
,: ’1 bey bad been accustomed to throwing up
breastworks at every change or the line, and were
busy at this work when ordered to surrender.
Our success hero was most complete, and without
very-heavy^loss. The fighting on the remainder of
the llneduring the day was rather of a desultory'
• nature, and very little change took place in the
positions of sillier party. Late in the evening our
- left was stilt further advanced, and, fighting con
tinued nearly all night.
.Colonel Mix; of New York, is reported killed;
also Colonel Kelly, commanding 2d Brigade, Ist
Division, 2d Corps. Lieutenant Colonel Baird,iaoth
New York; Captain S. O’Neil, 69th New York ; Ad
jutanh McDonald, 63d New York, and Adjutant
■ Nelsh, 39th Pennsylvania, all killed. Lieutenant
Colonel McGee, 09th New York, wounded In face.
Colonel Beaver, commandingith Brigade, Ist;Divi
sion, 2d Corps, wounded in tlie hip, and,Colonel
Crnndell, 125th New, York, in the face. Colonel
Ramsey,.4lh : Brigade, 2d Corps, hand shuttered ;
Major Butler, C9th New , York State Militia, thigh
fractured; Major Blake, Sth New York Artillery,
wounded in the head. _
This morning considerable' firing is going on, but
nothing definite has been learned in regard to it. :
The stli Corps came up last night, and reinforced
our left. -
• Reports were current yesterday that General
Butler had advanced to the Richmond and Peters
burg Railroad, and was engaged in destroying the
track, when Lee surprised him, and . drove him
back to his entrenchments with heavy loss. No
thing official has boon received at headquarters in :
regard to the matter. Troops were sent to his sup
port'yesterday afternoon.. Firing at intervals has
been heard in that direction. , . . ,
REBEL ACCOUNTS OF AFFAIRS AROUND
PETERSBURG.
Washinoton, June 19.—The Petersburg Express,
of Thursday, the 16th, says:
We learned, last evening, that the main point of
attack was on the City Point road, at a distance of
six or seven miles from town. At an early hour-the
-bpemy advanced with at least seven regiments of
.infantiy nnd one of cavalry upon some breastworks,
thTojvh up hastily during Tuesday night, at BaM
lor’s'farm ;hy , CploneJ.,FerraKeB,"6f.:"the:4th NortA
Carolina Cavalry. They were held in cheek by
Colonel .Perrqbee’s men and Graham’s Petersburg
battery for four Hours, who fought bravely, but were
finally compelled to fell back before overwhelming
-uqniiiPra. *
m^dG^ifaS^^
men with admirable effect. Our’ mffi rotifi?UTtt~
goodlorder and sustained but few casualties during
the fight. It is stated that Graham lost one gun in
consequence of the horses being disabled, but-this
is not confirmed.
The enemy demonstrated at other points alon«-
our lines, but his attacks were feeble and easily rZ
pulsed.
It is stated that our sharpshooters did admirable
fxecution, picking, the enemy, off wherever ho
showed himself, and, in some instances, atadistanco
which appeared almost incredible. It is estimated :
that effective arm of our service placed not less than
sixty Yankees;Aeri du combal along our lines yes
terday. A few prisoners were taken. Among the
number was a fellow who rode into our lines at full
speed, minus his cap. He was mounted upon a blood
ed steed, no doubt stolen from some Virginia gen
tleman in one of the recent raids, and could not
rein his ; animal up. In fact, tho . fellow . was
apoorrider, and let go the bridle: and hung on to
the pommel of, the saddle with as much tenacity as
a drowning man would to a drifting log. -Some of
the prisoners stated that they belonged to Burn
side’s corps, and asserted, also, that Biirnside the
butcher: was; at City Point with his whole corps.
We presume it is not very formidable, since it was
pressed into service on the second day of Grant’s
fearful encounter with General Lee, and has bben
engaged ever sfnee. Burnside may expeot to win.
some laurels around Petersburg; but we can assure
him in advance that he will pay dearly for them.
Our authorities are more than ever alive to tho im
portance of defending Petersburg, and should the
invaders renew their attempt this morning, as it is
probablo they will, a very. different reception will
be given them to any. which has been heretofore
extended, . .
. From Chesterfield we learn that’the enemy with
drew all their white Yankees from Beauregard’s
front in Chesterfield on Tuesday night, and substi
tuted , negro Yankees in their stead. ’ Yesterday
morning our pickets over there were surprised when
day dawned to find themselves confronted by'sol
diers of pure'Afriean descent. Be it so i If the ele
gant, refined, and- fastidious Butler desires to
achieve the reputation of a warrior-with such troops!
it is. not in. our power to prevent him, however
much we may object, but when the actual conflict
does come it will be a sad day ("or those sable sons, of
'Mars,- and their burly leader, too, if he should take
tho field.
vIiATER - DESPERATE FIGHTING - THE
/ ENEMY CHARGE AND TAKE A PORTION
OF OUR BREASTWORKS. :
•The abore account was written at 5 P. M. yester
day, when comparative quiet had prevailed along
our lines for two* hours or more, and it was the
, general impression that the fighting had ceased for
the day. . In this, however, our troops were mis
taken, for it was ascertained before , dark that tho
enemy had massed a very heavy force on our left,
; especially on the City Point and Prince George
Court House roads. At sunset the enemy" charged
our batteries commanding these roads, coming up
iiflido ; of battle six and seven columns deep.
The brunt; of tho assault; was sustained by the
2dth and 46th regiments of Wise’s brigade and Stur
; devant’s. battery, .of four guns/ Three furious as
saults were made, the enemy coming up with a yell
and making the most .determined efforts to carry,
the works. Our troops received them with a terrific
' volley, each timesending the columns back broken
•; and discomfited. The fourth assault was, made by
|'Suohpverwholming numbers that our forces found,
it impossible to resist the pressure aad wore com
polled to give way. Tho enemy" now poured: over
the works in streams, captured three of* our guns,
and turning them on our men, opened an enfilading
; fire which caused thejn to leave The
guns capturGd belonged to Sturdevant’S battery,
and we regret to hear that Captain 13. himself was
captured, and two of his lieutenants wound-
both of whom fell: into the onomy’s
• hjmds. The gallant manner in which the
battery was fought up to the last movement
isthe theme of praise on every tongue. All present
with whom we havo conversed say that Cax>tain
Sturdovant and his men stood up manfully to their
work, and the last discharge was made by the
Captain almost solitary and alono.
Thc .city was filled with rumors last night regard
ing the killed and wowided, but, as we could got’
nothing authentic regarding names, wo forbear to
give them. It is generally concedcd-thnt Captain
Sturdevant was captured, and also Major Battle, of
: the Petersburg City Battalion. - - •
r The position gained by the enemy# a most im
portant one. Our generals are fully aware of this,
and we shall undoubtedly have hotVork to-day.
Officers in the field yesterday ostimato, the num
ber of thocnoray actually scon fronting the diffe
rent posiUons of our line at from 10,000 to 12’0QG.
/D is believed that this is only the advance column,
and that Grant has neatly his entire army on this
side of the river,
' Thirty-odd transports ascended tho Tames river
yesterday with troops. i
Twenty-throe prisoners were brought in last night
• belonging ebiefiy to the 148th New York Regiment.
All concur in the statement that Bnldy Smith’s
•Army Corps (the 18th) is oh this sido‘ of the river
again, (jthor prisoners, takon yosterday morning,
state that they belong to'Burnside’s corps. ;
A FIGHT ON THE BAXTER ROAD—THE
• ENEMY REPULSED.
An officer engaged furnished us at a late hour
lo& night with"a brief account of an engagement
wlficli occurred on the Baxter road yesterday, about
i three miles from this city, ‘
f it scemß that the enemy appeared on this road, -
• near the residence of Col. Avery, about 12 b’okmk.
Tiihnediatelyjin Q-ont of Battery No. 16 %vas sta
tioned the Macon (Georgia) Light. Artillery, Oapt.
• 0.-AV; Siatcrj supported by a portion of the 34th Vir
giniaßegiment, Wise’s brigade. The enemy showed;
himself at once, driving In our pickets, and planting
abatteryin front of our works, with which he opened
a furious cannonade. Ho was promptly and gal
lantly responded to by tho Maoon Artillery.
His ilro was maintained for two hours, when
tlio enemy charged our ranks, but after ar
riving within two hundred’yards of tho fortifica
tions, was repulsed with considerable loss. Tho
artillery sent round attor round or sholl and canis
ter Into their ranks, and the work becoming too warm
for them, they broko and lied in confusion. They
were pursued by the 34th for aomo distance, who
poured several galling vollios Into tholr ranks.
Among the dead left on tlio Held was Colonel Stilt,
of New York, who.sccroed to have boon instantly
killed by a canister shot in tho. breast. About sun
down tho enemy entirely disappeared' from this
portion of our linos, and returned to the loft.
Fires were seen in ‘ various portions of tho
county <ff Prince George yesterday from the hills
surrounding Petersburg. Persons familiar with tho
country essayed to locate them. This was all guess
work, but we understood last night that tho resi
dence of Mr. Alox. Jordon, on tho City Point road,
was destroyed, and that tho dwelling of MK Win.
Bowden, on the Baxter road, was also destroyed!
The torch was applied to several ouMiousos on tho
estate of Colonel Avery, also on tlio Baxter road,
but we understand the dwelling was not burned. *
Three of Grant’s miscegcnntors, taken yesterday
rooming in Prince George’s county, wore brought
Irr Inst evening, and assigned to quarters at the
JRoek Mouso Prison, near Wells* foundry. One of
those fnvaders was a sergeant attached to Spoor’s
llth Pennsylvania Cavalry, The other two are at
tached to Company F, 14Stli Now York Regiment,
ISth Army'Corps, commftn(J»(l by Baldy Smith,
These prisoners lij,:’ three days* cooked rations In;
their hayarefloks, arid stated to the provost mar
sh.ll lUat.thhy expected to Oat one of them In Petors
ourg to-day. They will not be disappointed in tills
respect, but they will cat under very different cir
cumstances from what they expected.
Grant had as well make up his mind at once to
take tlio back track, for he will never take filch-;
nior.d, .
THE WAS !N THE SOUTHWEST,
GENERATE STUKGIS It ELI BYE D,
Memphis, June, 16. —Tho steamer Pioneer, from
Vicksburg, arrived at'this port to-day with forty
prisoners.. She was fired on at four different points,
on thcjvay up, with musketry, but no damage was
done to her. ■, Another body of severity stragglers
from General Sturgis’ expedition got in last night.
A mong them were twenty negroes. Each negro had
his gun and accoutrements, whiio most or the.white
aii of theif equipment*. . Two of
the negroes were wounded io the legs near Gun
town, but marched la, walking a distance of nearly,
a hundred miles, bringing their guns .with them,,,
Sturgis has been relieved.
CliAKbh&rOX.-
Ai'tlliery' Duel—llestrncLViki of k.Scbeb
Supply Steamer. .
New York, June 18.— The,steamer f ifffon, from
Port Royal, with dates to the 15th, has arrived.
The rebels opened fire from Sullivan’s and James
’lslands on the.Ttb, vhiohk was replied to by our
guns. No damage was sustained by us.
At night the guns of Port Putnam opened on a
rebel steamer bound from Charles ton to port Sump
ter, laden with troops and supplies.. She was dis
abled, run aground,; and at daylight demolished by
our guns. "
'Deserters are cont inually coming within our lines.
Arrest of Naval Contractors.
; Boston, June is;— Messrs. Smith Brothers,hard
ware dealers and.naval contractors, No. 102 Fede
ral street, were arrested yesterday, and sent to Port
Warren, on% charge .of defrauding the Govern
ment. k- .. • ' 7 - .
Tl»c Pittsburg San: tary Fair.
PiTTSMEG, June 19.—The Sanitary Pair tn this
city closed last night. It has been a complete suc
cess, and the profits will exceed $300,000.
WASBaNGTOW.
. . .WAsuinoton, June 19,1861.
THE APPROACHING CtOSE OF ,THE SESSION—THE
; BUSINESS ON HAND. ■ :
It is the general belief among, members of" Con
gress that the session will close in about ten days.
The tariff and Internal revenue bills are the most
Important measures pending. The Senate’s amend
ments to the former Have been referred to the Com
mittee of Ways and. Means previous to action upon
them by the House, and the disagreeing ’ amend
ments of the two branches to the latter are in the
hands.of a joint committee of conference. A few
days only will serve to dispose of these measures.
; All the general appropriation bills, with the ex
cep’ion of two of minor character, are passed, and
these provide for the coast survey,, the lighthouse
establishment, and other civil appropriations. The
bankrupt and Illinois ship canal bills, and several
others, have been postponed till next December.
The new loan bill heretofore at the in
stance of the, Secretary of the Treasury, an ab
stract of which has already been published,
will be taken up this weekend its passage pressed
through the House. The House will sit for busi
ness every night, and it is probable the Senate will
follow the example.
Tin: BRAZIL MAH, LINE.
. „.-Iji.ae.corilance with the, provisions of an aet, Of
passed, authorizing.the establish-, 1
mentof-an ocean mail steamship" 5 - between
the United States and Brazil, the Postmaster
General has advertised for proposals. Twelve round
trips are to be performed annually for a term of ten
years, commencing on or. before the Ist of Septem
ber, 1865. ' ' ■
:. Th.e.lTSareshins- offered for. tk«* •*“—'.'‘>‘>-must.be
- American, of the" first class, and.no proposal will
f be accepted unless the bidder Is also accepted by tbe
; Government of Brazil.
The Department is not-advised that any definite
action has yet been taken by Brazil in respect to the
establishment of the proposed steamship service
between the two countries. '
THE RESUMPTION OF THE DANISH: BLOCKADE.
At the instance or the Danish Minister accredited
to the Government of tbe United States, the follow
: ing amended notice is published of the possible re
siimption by Ms Government of the blockade of the
Prussian ports of the Baltic, as well as that of the
ports of the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein. '
It has been officially announced to the State De
partment that hostilities between Denmark and the
German Powers would, he resumed on the 12th of
this month, unless postponed by the proceedings of.
the Conference at London, and that in suehcaso
the blockade;of the Prussian ports of the Duchies
of Schleswig and Holstein, which has been raised
from the 12th nit., will go Into force again imme
diately after the expiration of the term fixed upon
for the duration of the suspension of arms,
Neutral ships, however, which should essay, after
the resumption of hostilities, to enter one of the
ports again blockaded, would not ho captured un
less a preliminary notice of the re-establishment of,
the blockade had been first made to them in the
ordinary way, or, if needed, by the" vessels of the
blockading squadron.
THE COMMITTEE ON THE INTERNAL REVENUE BILL.
The Senate’s committee of. conference, to act in
conjunction with that of the House on the disagree
ing amendments to the; internal revenue hill, con
sists of Senators Fessenden, Howe, and Van
"VYikkie; .and Representatives Morrill, Pen
dleton, and Hoofer, are on the part of the House.
About three hundred amendments are to;be com-.!
promised. . . ;
IMPORTANT ORDERS,
Y A general order has just been issued by the War
Department, requiring,
• First. That all sick and wounded officers absent
from: their commands, and not fit for duty ip the
field," but* able to,sit: on court martial, to immedi
ately report their names and address to the Adjutant
General of the" Army. Y
■ Second. All staff and regimental medical officers
now on leave in the Department of the East, in New
Jersey, tho eastern part of Pennsylvania, and the
eastern part of Maryland, if able to travel," will re
port to the nearest medical: director for examina
tion j and those found unfit for active service, but
ablo to do hospital duty, will be ordered to report
immediatelyat the hospital at Camp. Parole, near
. Annapolis, Hd., for such "duty as the surgoon may
require of them.
THE NEW SIX TER CENT. LOAN.
, Tho Secretary of the Treasury, has . sent letters to
all offerors bonds of .ISSI, accepting the offers at
four per cent, premium, ani «*uu aeciming
• ail ofiers at rates Tess favorable to the Government.
. Successful offerers are expected to make payment
to the officers of national banks with whom their
respectivc'g u erantee deposits of two per cent; wero
made, according to the terms of the Secretary’s
notice—that is, in full at once, or, If preferred, one
tbird on the 20th, one-third on the 25th, and the re
mainder on the 30th of June.
SUNDAY CARS.IN ’WASnrN&TON.
The street railroad cars commenced for the first
time to-day to run on Sunday. All the cars have
been densely crowded since morning.
FUNERAL OF TUB ARSENAL VICTIMS —THE PRESI
DENT AND SECRETARY OF WAR Ilf. ATTENDANCE.
The funeral of the eighteen female victims of the
late arsenal explosion took placo to-day. The pro
cession was very large and wa3 attended by the
President and. Secretary Stanton.
mTmth CONGREBB*~Jst ScssiOß,
.. SENATE. .■■■ ■/
, THE NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD.
Hr. HARLAN, of lowa, reported the Northern Pacific
Railroad hill with amendments, one of which provides
that not more than ten sectloua of laod per mile shall
be granted for that part of the line oast of the western
boundary of Minnesota until the whole line is iiuished
and in running order, and that no railroad already con
el rncted iu whole or part shall receive the benefit of the
act. The. cost of surveying, selecting, and convoying
, the lands, shell be paid by the company before.ro
. ceiviug thoir title to the lands;
SALE OF PUBLIC LANDS.
Mr. HOWB introduced a bill in relation to the reser
vations of public lands, making Unlawful for the Com
missioner of the General Land Office to fix the minimum
• price at not lets than $1.25 per acre when such reserva *
: lions are ready for sale.
THK OVLRLAND MAIL ROUTE.
Mr. COLLAMER called up the joint resolution rela
tive to the overland mail route, and it passed, as fol
low's: ••
. “That the Postmaster Geueralbe, and ho is hereby
‘authorised and empowered, in hi*, discretion, to oxteud.
:tho mail contract number ten thousand seven hundred
and seven ty-thre* (10.773) .with the present conk-actors,
or any other responsible parties commonly known as
Uhe Overland Mail Company, fi r the term of one year
Trom the first day of July next, upon the same term 3
and conditions with present existing contract, ex
cept as to schedule time, which shall not'exceed 16 days
for eight month*- in the year, and 20 days for the re
maining four months; and to accept compensation,
which shall not'exceed the sum of eight huudred and
twenty theuimud.dollars ($820,000) beyond the amount
paid for carrying printed matter by water. ”
■. The bill as amended goee.back to the House.
1 INTER-CONTINENTAL TELKORArH.
On motion of Mr. CHANDLER, of Michigan, the bill
to oncourage and facilitate telegraphic communication
between the Eastern and Western continents was taken
up. It provides that Perry McDonough Collins, of G tll
fornia, and hisassocihtes aud shall-have the
right to construct and maintain a line or lines of tele
graph from any point orroiuison the line of the Pjicific
Telegraph, constructed in pursuance of the act of Cou
grcps approved Juno 16th, 1880, northerly through any
of ihaTerritoriesof the United States to the boundaries
of British America, wlth-sncU brsueH lines as may he.,
needed to open communication with thYvarious mmiag
districts and .other settlements in said.TorrltOFies-
The section donating unappropriated lands, notox
ceedlngone quarter of a section for eachfiftooa miles of
'line constructed, .was amoudod by granting, tho use of
ieatd lands to the extent u ffnrty acres
: On motion of Mr. GIUMES, .of lowa, an amendment
was adopted that the Secretary of the Navyds antho
. rized to d« tail for the use of tho surveys and soundings
along that portion of the Pacific coa%t. both of America
and Aria, .where it U proposed, to estabUsh the saiatele-
graph line,.ono Bteamor Railing vessel, inlifadUcrotfou,
to assist id surveys and soundings, laying down huo
merged cable, and in transporting materials connected
therewith, and generally afford such assistance as may
be deemed best ca cuiated to tenure a successful promo
tion of the enterprise.
Mr. TEN EYCK, of New Jersey, moved to strike out
the third section of tho bill, as follows:
Section 3. That if within five years from the passage
°f this act the said Collins* hia associates and assignees,
shall complete and have ready for successful use a line
of telegraph from its connection with the Raid Pacific
telegraph to the mouth of the Amoor river aforesaid,
tho Secretary of State U authorized and Instructed to
contract with the partiesowuiog said lino or lines, upon
receiving suitable guarantees from them, as fn- the case
°f bids for mall contracts, for the use of the same by
rho Department of State, the Treasury, the War,
Navy, and the Interior Departments, the general
port oftiue, the legislative and judicial departments,
and the respective oliicers thereof, for aK public pur
pvseß for a period of Urn years the date of
raid contract, the United Staton to pay for such use at
the rate of fifty thousaud dollars a year, in equal Quar
terly payments; provided, that If during any of tho
fifteen years aforesaid the business done furthe United
States under said contract shall, at the ordinary rate
of charge for private messages, exceed the stun of one
hundred thousaud dollars, an account thereof, duly
authenticated, shall he presented to the Secretary of
tbeTrfasuty, who shall certify the same to Congress
forpayment. *
Sir. TEN EYCK, Jersey, said while he
Would not throw any impediment in the way of th« es
iMblishnaent of this line by refusing them the right of
way, uor for granting them. Quarter sections of Uod
every fifteen miles, norrefQMe them the aid nf th- navy,
.he would be opposed to granting the subsidy of half a
million oi dollars, when it could be constructed with
out a dollar being g? anted to them, and at a time when
the colters of the treasury are &o bare that oar poor sol
diers .cannot receive their greenbacks.
Mr. UKOWNsaid there was now a company prepar
ing »o construct a telegraphic line between the eastern
and western.continents, without asking a subsidy.
Mr, GKlMEauppoKcdcertain proviaiousof the mil as
Injurious to thb inturestsof the Government..
•The amendment of Mr. Ton Eyck was theu rejeoted by
a vote of ayes 17, nays 17, as follows!
..
Brown,
Cwriile,
Clark,
Fessend^B,
Foot,
Grimes,:
I Hale,'
Harlan,
{Hendricks,
>Juhtaon,
Lane (Indiana),
.Powell, .
NAYS. •
Chandler, {Hickfv
ConueaS, Howard,
Dixon, jHowe. \
Doolittle,.. Lane (Kansas).
Foster, Morgaiu. >
‘.^Xneroy,
Mr, WILBON, at L2O, moved to go into executive ses
sion. . •••%■.' •,
Mr. TRUMBULL, of Illinois, hoped fchebHl woaldbe'
finfshpd to-day, as it was one of national Importance.
Mr. WlLSui> said it was very important to have an
executive set-sion
Mr. McDOCGALL, of California, would snggestthat,
j/ it wuula suit the views of the Senators from Massa
chu#© ,ts ’ twenty-five per cent, of the profit*.of the
company be towards the purchase of the tfew Jer
ppi-haiiroad\.omlm,jy £ he extingaishmeut of the
Kcw'Brw and bounties CLaugjiter 3
Sir. WILSON mill 1 w . Ha astonished atthe remarks
of the Senator from Calm.? 1 ”*-- As far h « »««‘ndi
vidna.iiy concerned, if the bl*l made satisfactory
to lira iults deudls he should props’ it; hut
he believed it highly import-tnt that wW should have aa ;
executive sesi-ion for a short time to-dar. • - .„*. , ;
Mr. TRUMBULL, of Illinois, hoped we would “ad?* 1
this hilt before we parted- if.the subsidies were found
objectionable, we could hereafter repeal th*m. :
Mr. FESsEXDi IS' opposed the bill, not from any par
ticular hostility to its grand objects, but because bo
thought this an inopportune time for its'pa***ge. He
thought there had been much feeling exhibited to-day
in trying to press the measure through, an l while he
would acquit Senators from any unworthy motives l a
eadCftyi?tl u S to secure the passage of tb*bill,-he ,kuew
there had *leen £s°** i? bb 7 influences broupt to
to effect the object. . , ,
Mr. CONNEsS, of California, with much iTiliftrUh of
( feeling repelled tboimputation conveyed In th.o ian
ghage of the Senator from Maine, that the Senators- who
supported and urged the bill w%r« influenced by any
such motives.
Mr, TRUMBULL said the Senator from Maine had used
unparliamentary langtutg«.
■ Mr. FESSKiNDEJf, of Maine, said he had nbi Infringed
parliamentary rules.
Mr.; CONFESS said then at least it was in had taste.
~ Mr. FESSENDEN was understood to reply that the Se-
taster and his were different. He had refrained
from any feelfng on this matter, bat if the Senator from
Illinois (Mr. Trumbull) insisted upon a qaarrel with
him, beMinuld have it. ;
„ Mr. TRUMBULL did not desire any quarrel with the
Senator, bnt he believed hi* ianuruage on this.-as it has
been on other occasions, unparliamentary, and reflec
tive on the motives of other Senators for their consci
entious action on matters winch coi»e before this body.
In his (Mr. Trumbull’s) course he had always acted ac
cording Ms be. t judgment as a Senator, and without
fear or favor. >•.
: Mr, DOOLITTLE, of Wisconsin,-rose to a point of
order—shat debate v?ai*.not in order.
The CHAIR decided that th« debate wag not in order
to the extent it. had beru carried to, or,ln this case,after
amotion had been made to *ro into execati re session. -
Mr. HARLAN Appealed-frcni the decision, bat after
wards withdrew it. , ;
- Mr. JOHN SON moved to adjourn, .
Mr. FESSENDEN asked the Senator to withdraw It,as
it would be unjust to him to hav'u the SenatorfromdUi
noi? cot off in the midst of his lirade against him with
out allowing him 10 conclude, and he (Air. Fessenden) to
reply.-'.'. - - •. *' . •. -
Mr. JOHNSON said, without, wishing 'to do either
Senator injustice, it was the purpose of-his motion to
adjourn to stop this debate. ,
THE INDIAN APPROPRIATION Bill!
The Senate then concurred In a verbal ame adraent of
the House to the .Indian appropriation bill, which had
before been before the Senate.
The motion of Air. Johnson to adjourn, was then car
ried, and the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
POST-ROUTES.
Mr. ALLEY, of Massachusetts, from the Committee
on Post Jtoads, reported a bill establishing a large num
ber of new post routes, which was passed without being
read...'
INTERNATIONAL COINAGE, ETC.
The SPEAKER presented the petition of Charles King,
president, and Hamilton Fish, chairman of the Board
of Trustees of Columbia College, in favor of an inter
national system or coinage and weights and msasares.
THE PAY OF SOLDIERS.
Nr. SCHENCK. of Ohio, from the Committee of Con
ference on the bill increasing the pay of privates to $l6
per month, and non-commissioned officers in proportion,
made a report thereon. He explained, among other
things, that the hundred days men and all others will
receive the same rate of pay. The report was adopted.
PROPERTY DESTROYED BY THE ARMIES,
The SPEAKER announced the first business to be oa
the passage of the bill considered yesterday providing
for the appointment of Boards of Commissioners to ad-,
indicate ?ne claims for the property lost or destroyid.by
the armies of the United States. . •.
The bill was passed—yeas 69, nays 54.
THE NEW .STREET RAILWAY IN-WASHINGTON.
The House resumed the consideration.of the Senate
MIR incorporating another street railroad company in
the District of Columbia, and by a vote of SO yeas to 75
naya refused to strike out the provision that “no regu—
laiion shall be made excludksg i atry:person from the
carsbn accouut of color.’ 8 .
The bill was passed -yeas S 3, nays 45.
POSTPONEMENT.
On motion of Mr. STEVENS," the bill amendatory of
the Pacific Railroad act was postponed till Tuesday
evening. : . " ...
THE RETIREMENT OF If AVAL OFFICERS.
Mr." RICE, of Massachusetts* from the Committee on
passed, that which
efflehney of tJe.naTy, shall not b'e
:<ay.4itoer under axty-two years or age, wHohaslg.J
in service forty-five rears after he arrives at aiTtMT,
years, and. also. passed the bill providing that the corns
of commanders in the navy on the active list shall tem
porarily tmbraca; all appointed 1 to such gr*der-prior io
the commencement of the present session of Congress.
RANK OF WARRANT OFFICERS,
Mr. RICE also reported theHousebill giving assimi
lated rank to warrant officers of the nary. After five
years’ service they are to rank as ensign?, and after ten
years, aa masters. * •
BRIZE PROCEEDINGS.
«ft* *? onse regulating prize proceedings and
the distribution of prize money.,
EDUCATION OF NATAL ENGINEERS.
Also, the House bill authorizing the Secretary of the
Navy to provide for the education of- naval constructors
and steam engineers,lthe candidates to he under eighteen
years of age. ‘
Ail the above named bills were passed.
RELIEF OF AIR. ERICSSON.
_ Mr. RICE reported ajomt resolution,'authorizing the
• Secretary of the Navy to alter the contract-with Captain
bncsFon for the construction of the impregnable iron
vessels, toe Dictator aud Puritan, so that Ericsson may
be relieved of his contract for the Puritan, and the Go
vernment take it at the amount of valuation, and finish
it according to recently-demonstrated improvements;
nothing contained in this resolution is to be construed to -
affect the contract foT the Dictator. • -
Air. RICE explained the intention of the resolution,
saying ths t the Dictator is to be completed without ad
ditional cost to the Government.
. Air. WASHBURNS, of Illinois, said the glowing iri-.
bme paid to the skill and patriotism of Mr. Ericsson was
no doubt well deserved, but he did hot approve of the
proposition pending. It was well known that immense
fortunes, bad be*-h made by contractors in shoddy and
other , things, who had never offered back any of the
money to th*-Government; bat if a man alleges he has
lost money, it was asked to absolve him from his con
tract. .
Air. MCE, of Massacbustts, hoped the gentleman,
would not involve Ericsson’s contract with those of a
disreputable character. i '
fact*"* ® replied he was only illustrating a
Mr. KELLEY, of Pennsylvania, said the Naval Com
mittee had* careiuliy considered the subject, and came
to the that the necessities of the country re
oftbis kind to be done.
Mr. AYASHBUENErepIied if that was so, then-the
country was in the hands of.con tractors. .
Air. RICE said all the mouey appropriated had bebn
expended, and Ericsson had spent six or seven hundred
thousand dollars besides.
Mr. WAtHBURNE replied, the man who made the
contract was bound to take the expenditufces into con
sideration* .. >
Sir. PIKE, of Maine, explained the terms of Uie con*
tract, spoke of the Increased price of materials, and ad
vocated the resolution.
Sir. Is ELaON, of New York, would merely suggest to
tliesentleman whether it would not he best to giro the
contractors 2, CfO, OCO acres of the public lands.
Sir. ELDHIDGE, of Wiscensin, asked whether the
eentlenian would not take an instalment for the New
;*ork canals? ...
Sir. KELSON replied: if the lands were divided he
wanted his share. . . .
.Mr. JA3IES G. ALLEN, of Illinois, said if we allow
Ericsson additional pay, owing to the increased price
of materials', we ought to give additional pay to all
other contractors.
Sir. WADSWORTH, of Kentucky, spoke of thepatri
otism and skill of >Ericsson, and thought it the duty of
Cor gress to Indemnify him.
Mr. NICE, of Massachusetts, in reply to a question
asked by Sir. Washburue, of Illinois, said ftfce Com
mittee on Naval Affairs had documentary eYiqoDca.hß- -
fove them, and the dissent, an.-,
resmutron to be reported.
The joint resolution was passed—yeas 85, nays SO.
• APrOINTJfXJ.’T OP NATAL OFFICERS.
s Mr. RICE, of Massachusetts, reported a bill, which
was ordered to be printed, relative to the appointment
of admirals and the increase of line officers in ihe navy,
and the appointment of volunteer officers to tho regular
diet. -
NAVAL FORCE ON THE LAKES.
The House took up the joint resolution, reported from
the Committee on Naval Affairs, that the President be
authorized to give notice to, the Government of Great
Britain that it is the wish and intention or the Govern
ment of the United States to terminate the treaty ar
rangements of ISI7, in respect, to a naval force on the
lakes, at the end «f six months. ;
Mr. BRO *VN, of Wisconsin, said the reporting of this
resolution grew out of the proposed establishment of a
naval depot on the lakes. The Secretary of State, during
.a conversation with him, said be had no idea of any
difficulty with England would arise by the adoption of
the resolution. It was passed. . . -
THE mOPOSED NEW LONDON NAVY YARD,
Sir. BRANDEGEE, of Connfcticut, from the Naval
Committee, reported a bill authorizing a survey to be
made of the land at New London, donated by that city
for a naval depot, and for the construction of‘docking
and repair oLiron-clads and when’good title has been
driven, the Secretary of the Navy accept of the same for
those purposes.
THE MINORITY REPORT IN FAVOR OF PHILADEL-
- Mr. KELLEY, ofPennsylvania, from the minority of
the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported a substitute
forthe bill, authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to
accept of League Liana from the city of Philadelphia
for navy-yard purposes. ,
31 r. PIKE, of Maine, moved, ana the House agreed to
postpone the whole , subject till the second. Monday iu
December next—yeas 71. nays 26. A motion to recon
sider the vote was tabled—yeas 69, nays 44.
A I7KSTERH FAVY TAED.
Mr. RICE, of Massachusetts, from the Committee on
Naval Affairs, repoi ted a joint resolution authorizing
the Secretary of the Navy to appoint commissioners to
soled a rito For a navy yard or naval depot on. the West
ern waters.
; Mr. WASHBUENE, of Illinois, offered a substitute,
authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to accept a site
at Cairo for the same purposes, ponding which the
House adjourned. --
IIAIUUSBUKO.
VISIT OF CiOV. CIIRTiN TO WASIirNQTOJL
lIAUIMSI'.TJUO, Juno 19.—Governor Curtin loft
liero yestorday, on thb ono o’clock train, for Wash
ington. ;. He goes there for tho purpose of-urging
upon the Sonnto the passngo of the bill, which has
already passed the House, repaying to. the State the
•$700,000 advanced to the. United States for tho pay
ment of the troops called out in 1803*.
PffsiTirn Salk of 425 Lots Frbncii Goods,
Sun Umbrellas, Straw Goods, ice.—The atten
tion of dealers is requested to tho valuablo assort
ment of French, Swiss, German, and British Dry
Goods, embracing .426 lots, of desirable artiolos, in
black silks, dress goods, laco and silk mantles, sun
umbrellas, straw goods .Tor misses,, stock of dry
goods, &0., io., to be peremptorily sold, by oata
loguo, on four months’ orodit, oommonoing tht?
morning, at ten o’clock precisely, by John, 15.
Myers & Oh, Auctioneers, Nos. 232 and 231 Market
street. ;; .
: Larok Salk Real Estate awd Sto'oks.'To-koii
utov.—Soo Tnornas A Son’s advertiswiients and
pamphlet catalogues.
The price of roLI at the close of the market this
evening was9B#@9TX.
The steamers that sailed to-day for Europe took
out specie ns follows: The Edinburg, tOT5,000:
Bremen, 928,000, and Virginia, 9600,000. The Corsica,
for Havana, took *120,000,
The steamer Evening Star arrived this evening.
Site brings no news from New Orleans, and did not
touch at Havana on the passage.
Arrived, bark Anna Augusta, from Ardrossan
sebr Oriental, St. Jribna, Porto Rico,
A pUßious Cake.—The Chicago Times, Juno IS,
publishes the following ipiestionablo story: Mrs.
Helen M. Weed was arrested at the Northwestern
depot on Tuesday night, on complaint of her step
son. Thurlow Weed, charged with the larceny, as
bailee, of 91,500, the property of the complainant.
The husband of Mrs. Weed died intestate at Roches
ter,New York, some months since, and. In the- divi
sion of property, it is alleged that Airs. Weed brought
away fliteen hundred dollars which was the property
of her stepson.
Pairs. Weed Is represented to be a woman-of untar
nished reputation. For three months past she has
occupied the position of matron at the Deaf and
Dumb Asylum at Delayan, Wisconsin, and, at the
time other arre3t, was about taking the cars to join
the 40th Wisconsin Regiment of huridrod-day men,
to act as matron for the regiment.
The defence claim that Thurlow Weed accompa
nied his step-mother from Rochester to Wisconsin:
that no concealment was made of her departure, no
criminal Intent manifested, and that she in reality
has no money or property that does not rightly be
long, to lier. The case will be investigated at Jus
tice McDonnell's private office at four o’clock this
afternoon. •
Riddle,
Saulsbury,
Ten Bvck,
Vau Wiukla,
Wilson.
The Deap Hear the Gospel.—One of nur or*
changes says: “Pipes to *- '•r ,
ministers void's - - vwfiy’Cy tuo sound of the
the iin.'- /. w ocaf people In dilferent parts of
... , —-se_ have been Introduced Into several differ
ent Churches In Nctv York, and the deaf can hear
Ho preacher as distinctly aa though standing by his
Bide. One instance is related of a person who hears
with perfcct.oasc at a distance of eighty feet from
the pulpit. The arrangement is certainly a very
important one for those whewtswants It meets."
Ramsey,
Richardson,
Spiagnc,
Samaer. -
»* uniusoa.
Chestxbt-strbet Theatre.—“ The Seven Sis
ters,” with additional Incidents, dialogue, and scene
ry, will be played here all this week, Mr. McDo
nough repeating his rile of Mrs/Pluto, and Mrs, Jo
seph Barrett, (lato Mbs Yiola Crocker,) and Mr.
Barrett, both well known here, now added to the
regular company, win also appear in thi3 eccentric
drama, Mr. B. as Lord Dundreary, and Madame B.
as Torlarfne,'with songs.',
Arch-street Theatre.—Prank Draw concludes
~niS'i?ng and successful engagement here this week,
Miss Iltnry Jms her benefit on Wednesday. V
WALKCT-sl-Rkß-fTfiKATRE.
Of “Faust and ‘Marguerite,* originaliy'produced
.here by Mr. J. B. Roberts, will agaia be played this
Sevoning, and through the week, with Mr. Roberts
as A tcphislopheles, Mr. Tilton as Faust, Mrs. Thayer
us Martha, Mrs. A. F. Baker as Marguerite, and Mr,
;s\ Hernple as Sieltel.
[BOIt ATOmpNAk, Cl-3 IfEWS - SBE * 001 W“ PAaB.l
FIHES, ' *■-
Last evening a slight firs ocearftG** 214 Chris
tian street. - -
A fire also occurred yesterday' ,In Bread striei-
Domove trifling.
. On Saturday afternoon six threo-story dwellings,
from No. 1034 to 1044 inclusive, on Huntingdon
street, west of Thompson, Nineteenth ward, took
fire. slhe .roofs and third uorles of all the housed
.were destroyed. The houses were double, six fami
lies living in the front, and six families In tho roar.
The occupants were industrious Irish people, who
were severe sufferers in household effects. One
tCDant had oiie hundred and forty dollars in trea
sury notes which were burned. Some of tho houses' -
were insured, . None of the personal property was
insured. - -
To-do 7, at 2 is o’clock, the Athletics and Kept
stones will play a game at Twenty-fifth and Jeffer
son, In aid of the Union Volunteer Refreshment Sa
b? a very exciting and close contest.:
On .Friday, the 24th, the Athletics will play the
-Mercantile!! on the same ground, and on the 30th
the Nossaus, ofPrinceton, one of the strongest Club*
in the country. . . ..
. The Best ajtd Cheapest Sewxsq MAOHtira itr
the Would.—To persons who have tested the me
rit® of the various Sewing Machines It is unneces
sary to, state that the safest one to buy, for many
excellent reasons, is the Wheeler & Wilson, sold
at 704 Chestnut street. All, In fact, who examine
the Wheeler &■ Wilson machines In operation are
convinced of their completeness in every particular,"
and of their decided advantages over* all rival in
struments for all kinds of family use. Over five
thousand of these celebrated machines are now In
use in this city alone, in onr best families, and
among them all we have never yet been apprised of
a single disappointment, to fact, there is no possi
ble risk in buying a Wheeler & Wilson machine, as -
every one sold Is warranted to give perfect satisiae--
tjon to the. purchaser, or the money Is re La rood.
Visitors to the Great Central pair should not fail to*
call fat the Wheeler it Wilson establishment, No.
704 Chestnut street, above Seventh. The Wheeler ;
& Wilson machines have this peculiarity also, that
they are practical.and easily learned, and the* work ‘
they perform, while It is vastly more beautiful, is.l
equally as durable as the very best hand-sewing. >
. The Reasom* Wav.—-About every other person;
l we meet has something complimentary to say about
- the “Florence” Sewing Machine, sold at 630 Chest
nut street, and dll. who try It are lavish in thole-- ,
praises of this celebrated instrument. The reasons
for this are obvious. It requires but a casual inspec
tion' to convince the most skeptical that the “Flo.-
fence » has advantages over any of its rivals. It ;
.performs A. greater, varietyof work, does it more -
‘neatly and with less labor, and every machine, be- ;
; sides being warranted to give satisfaction, is supplied -
with a “ Barnum Self-Sewer ” without extra charge. •
D. BAEiom’a “ ShT-i'-SswEE,” for all Sewing Ma
chines, preserves the eyes, avoids bending, guides
doth itself, and greatly facilitates the work. No
fasting. No machine complete withouLit. Donated
to, and for sale for all Machines,* by the Inventor,
at the Saxitabv Faxes is* Philadelphia aso
Fittsbubg, and at the Florence Sewing Machine
office, 630 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, and at the
Grover &* Baker office, 18 Fifth street, Pittsburg,
Pa. Price $1.60, with--directions,: sent by‘letter,
free. D. Barnum. at the Wilcox & Gibbs’ Sewing
Machine office, 608 Broadway, N. Y. je2o-3t
■., A . Sira "Wat to Ixvest SVloxsv.—We hare
heard of;a number or persons lately -who have takeu
the precaution to invest their spare funds in a anp
piy of winter coal, from the yard of w. W. Alter
935 North Ninth street. This is wise, as they not
only get the best quality of coal, but save a-, hand
some percentage in prices.
Popclak Ebotogkaehs top. the Annexe—
Persons visiting the Fair shouldAot fail to call at
the elegant Photographic Galleries of Messrs. Wen
deroth & Taylor, Nos. 912, on, and 916 Chestnut
street, and examine their specimens, as we do not
think that there is any display equal to it in the ‘
country. Besides . numerous other celebrities, !re
eehtly taken by, Uie.finn, oT various sires for tha "
Album, we may mention Rev, A. D. W. Horns,
Pev. Dr. Wadsworth, Rev. Bishop Mcllvaine; of
Ohio; Per. Bishop Lee, of Delaware; General Ns
glee, General Owen, Her. A. Shiras, George. jy.
Stuart, Esq.-, Rev. C. O. Townsend, of Ohio, and
Others.
The Prize-Medal” Shirt, invented by Mr.
John Pi .Taggart, and sold by Hr. George Grant,
,610 Chestnut street, is, without exception, the best
in- fit, comfort, beauty, and durability.. His stock of
Gentlemen’s Furnishing Goods; of his own exclusive
manufacture and importation, is also the choicest in
the city, and his prices are moderate.
. Tee Popular Nkw “Pot Poueei ” T debar,
sold by Wood & Cary, 725 Chestnut street, is the
most becoming article ont for ladles’ heads, accord
ing to the present mode of wearing the hair. Their
sale of them is immense.
'-The President at Home.— President Lincoln
has arrived safely back in Washington, and he refers
’with much pleasure to his flying visit to Philadel"
phia. He says tho Fair was the-grandest thing in •
.its way ho ever witnessed, and that the grandest
thing in its way he ever saw was the Brown Stone
Clothing Hal! of Bockhili and Wilson; Nos. 60S and
: 605 Chestnut .street--wnore he went to
-ue measuredfor-a new suit. The President is a
gentleman of good taste and sound discretion.
■Would it not ho weit for every gentleman who
intends visiting the “Fair” first to soo that the
covering of his head is in perfect order, be it hat or
wig. Should the. hat, on examination, be found,
shabby-lpoking, unfashionable, or unseasonable, ha
is hereby, advised-to hasten to Warburton, the hat*
.ter, next door to the Post' Office, and procure for
■ himself a tasteful and a seasonable hat. Byao-doing
he wili undoubtedly make a fair appearance at tha
Fair and elsewhere.
About Tailors.— A French paper says: Tho
“ Emperor’s Tailor,” Dussantoy, (whose establish
ment Is on the Boulevard des Italicns,} stands offi
cial candidate for; the Conseil General, In the De
partment de l’Aisne. We have a tailor hero, ono
“Andy Johnson,” who stands “official” candidate
for the Vico Presidency of the United States; and',
another Tailor wo wot of, named Granville Stokes,
whose celebrated clothing establishment is at No, .
609 Chestnut street, whose 1 becoming styles and
graceful fits are'only, equalled by the moderation of
his charges.
Straw Hats.—-All the newest and best stylos at
Warburton’s, Chestnut street, next door to the Post
Office.. 1
Uncle Abe’s Last. —During, the visit of tho Pro
sident to the Sanitary' Fair, on Thursday last, whtla „
opposite the Clothing Department, there was point
led out to him the beautiful coat made for General ■
Grant .by Ghas. Stokes & Co., the eminent clothiers,
under the Continental. Uncle Abe, after ad
miring it, remarked that ho had no doubt that it was
a general grant for tho benefit of tho Fair, from the,
noble-spirited donors.
“ Mackinaw’! Straw Hats.— A superior assort*,
inent of these. Philadelphia favorite straw hats is.
now in store. A few are of rare fineness and beauty
—prices from $2 to $10. ; Warburton, hatter, Chest
nut street, next door to the Post Office.
Bilious Affections, Liver Complaint, Sick .
Headache,Dyspepsia, Ac., are speedily removed by
the use of Dr. D. Jayne’s Sanative Pills, Tho test ;
of thirty years’ use has proved them superior to all
other remedies for the cure of the various disoasos for'
Which they are recommended. In their action they
are mild and certain, ana may bo taken at any time,
without risk from exposure. Prepared.soly at No,
242Chestimt street. . je2o-2t
Seasonable Coverings for the Head—Am.
Tastes Aktioitated.— Warburton, next door to
the Post Office, exhibits alfitho styffia of all bin busi
ness coteiaporaries, as weU as a largonumber ex
clusively his own. Call and examine.
The handsomest assortmjist of Straw, Felt,
and other Hats can bo purchasod of Gharles Oakford ;
A Sons, 834 and 836 Chestnut street—Continental •
Kotol. ' ‘ . ' .
“Ounce, on Pooket” Hats, of flno foil and _.
, choice cassimeres, at Warburton’s, Chestnut Street,
next door to the Post Office,
ffEW YOKE CITY.
Nbw Yobk, June 10,
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