Cp sSnss. MONDAY, JUNE. 27, 1864. ffij. we oim take no notico of anonymous commu nications. "Wo do not return rojoctoil manuscripts. es~ Volunt ary correspondouco is soltoitod from all part* of the world, and espaolally from our different military find naval departments. When used, It will be paid for. The Great Campaign. One of the healthiest evidences of the stability of our cause is tho general feeling of confluence everywhere soon among the people. Tlio nation is waiting with eyes fixed upon the grand army: now slowly drawing its lines around Petersburg. ■Whatever local preference: or affection there may exist for any other commander in our army or . navy, it is certain that the heart of the country is centred in General Gkant. W c regard him among warriors as we regard Mr. Lincoln among states men. He is a plain, direct, unpretending soldier, whose strategy is simply to strike _ the hardest blows and" keep on striking them. This is really the true way of man aging a war like this. There are some who think that victories should he gained very • much as a sportsman captures rabbits in a warron, with gun and trap ; that it is a mat ter of trickery or subterfuge, that guns can he captured and fieldworks evaded by the same sort of science that enables a gambler to., deal his partner the winning cards. When mean speak: of strategy, they too often give voice to: such thoughts, and so, whenever they hear of a bloody battle, they throw up their hands and lament that the advantages of the battle had not been gained without the sacrifice of life. Now, there have been surprises in war, and decisive battles in which few of the victorious were slain, just as there arc earthquakes in na ture. These surprises may be called the phenomena, and not tho; laws of war. The greatest battles of .NAroLEOH were hard-- 'pounding, long-contested fights—battles in which the scale of victory lingered long in the balance. , The . timely ar rival of Desajx .saved ''Marengo; the untimely delay of Gnoocirv lost Water loo ; but .Marengo mhd. Waterloo were bloody, long-enduring combats. Napo leon himself reduced Avar to a simpli city that would astonish our pick-and-spade critics. “Two armies are bodies that meet and endeavor to frighten each other; a moment of panic occurs, and that moment must be turned to advantage.” To sup pose that a general like Lee, or an like the rebel" army of. the Potomac, could he overcome like a covey of partridges is to adopt the logic of a madman. * General Gbakt has adopted the policy of frue : ge nius. Ho secs the rebel army before him, and rightly judging that Richmond is in the legion s of Lee, and that when they are crushed Richmond and all that it represents will be ours, he has moved directly upon the enemy. Grant has beaten Lee in every encounter, and we have every reason to hope that he will tlefeat -him in the end. • Public opinion may Rave wayward mo- ments, and at times bo petulant and unrea sonable. “ The crowd that shouts at my triumph to-day,” said Cromwell, “would shout more hastily if I were going to be be- headed to-morrow.” At the same time public opinion is patient and 'generous. It sustained McClellan, the Cheat Unready, even when he stood bewildered and hesi tating amid his own parapets and counter scarps on the Peninsula. It believed in Fremont long after it had been proved that his capacity ended with the appoint ment of a staff which reads like the schedule of an opera troupe. It believed in Bronn when it was shown that his ineompo tcncy or want of sympathy brought Brass and his army into ■Kentucky. It is-the instinct of human nature to he confiding and hopeful, and when, as in the case of General : Grant, confidence and hope are ■well-bestowed, the people believe in him and love, him, and pray God that his : genius will take them through the pre sent time of tribulation. The more we -view this campaign, the more thoroughly wo are convinced of the justice, of our faith in Grant ; ; -and’ when we read his assurance to the President,, as reported in the newspapers, that he will take Bich inond, we do not regard it as an evidence of vanity or presumption, hut the confident calculation of a man who has examined 'the work before him,—-a master-craftsman who finds it .within his power. should like him to do., it, in our way and time. Wc should be delighted if he could do it: dramatically, and take Richmond as lie took Vicksburg, on the",-Fourth "of July. But still we care little for days and dates, or the pomp and splendor of the event, so that.it is finally accomplished. "We cherish this opinion the more earnestly because we believe that, when Richmond falls the re bellion will be at an end. The rebels scorn to desire this, for they make Richmond, as it were, the focus of their power, by draw ing afound that city all their strength and substance. It is the heart of ti'o Confede racy, and when we take it we shall have taken life itself from the body of this mon strous rebellion. Tlie End. Wc are in the last hours of the Great Fair, find before many days this: little Lo gan-sqttare city will pass away. It has had a brief, busy, .romantic life, and will live, many days in the memory of the tens of thousands who have been. its sojourners and. inhabitants. We have : had romance enough for a library of all . mariner of books, from an In ilemoriam to The JTeic/jate Gaiendar. We have had death and crime In our little world, for it seems that wo cannot make our gardens all roses •. or- our “skies all sunshine, . Shall yvei ' . end. the parallel here; or, as we think of this, closing Fair, continue the' train . of thought? How much of common every day, morning-newspaper life wc crowd. Into all our enterprises; for this great Fair has been very much like a morning newspaper. All the/world brought contri butions to its columns, The Dead; Sea and the river Jordan, Damascus and'infidel Smyrna were there. And far on. to the' ends of the earth until we looked out into the Polar seas, and Saw the ship tumbling ‘ in the pitiless iec. There was France with her looms, : and English great guns that - might have thundered in the ears of Map.l uonouoir, at Ramifies and Malplnquel. Curious -people. looked at tlie. old and strange; practical people examined with at-_ tenlivo eye the ploughs and sewing ma chines ; bright-eyed boys with harmless muskets brought the circumstance of war in their drills and dress parados; : the children laughed at: the legerdemain - of Signor Blitz ; and. respectable Indians, ciyil.ii'.ed anil-neighborly, became wild for the time. It has lived its little life, its in terest'has died away, the bazaars begin to look faded, and the pretty girls, .having .tired of flirtations and ice-cream, begin to look pale with ennui and late hours, and much importunity to buyers "and-'sellers. The Art Gallery still exists in its freshness, for the beautiful can never die. Even, that must dissolve and resolve itself back to dim parlors and closely-guarded galleries, .... where the sunshine rarely comes. Is this not barbarism ? Why not lay aside selfish-' ness, and say that this .Art Gallery shall' last forever? But wo feel that we" are speaking to men and women, who love these treasures and have paid for them in dearly canicd gold. Let us look upon them once : again, for soon it will ho too late. . . The Fair opens its doors to the poor for the remaining dayspind ail who have been , prevented by the largo price of former ad inissipn will find it within .the humblest means to see all the trctjjjfcof the great Fair, It is yet too soon tijHßp results,, but we know that we have stWfsKssed every fair held in the country, with the exception of New York, and it would not surprise us, ' when the aggregates are added up, to find lhatwehave surpassed New York. It is very certain that in hard tugging work we have excelled our neighbor. We have not had one-hundred-thonsand-dollar . subscriptions to swell the great sum. This fair has been carried on to success by constant, driving, unremunerated labor. Men have laid asido all business, and given months of time, that thousands of dollars could not buy, solely to this great work. Men and women have forsaken all cares and interests to make the enterprise worthy of the cause and the country, and their success will give these closing hours all tho joy that a husband man feels as ho stands amid his sheaves and sees around him the reward of a vast, la borious, and bountiful harvest. Philadel phia may foci proud of her Sanitary Fair, and of the magnificent results of an enter prise that came from love, and was sustained by love. The honor of this belongs to all, for so widely-spread has been this benevolence that every school girl who has worked a cushion, or given her last Christmas present to the toy baby-houses, may feel that she has given all to the cause of the . country. Now that the Fair is ending, let us think of nothing : hut the joy and delight it has given to ns. tet us think with pride of the-opportunity thatwc have had to do . our poor brothers and friends in the field an everlasting ser vice. If wc have succeeded in soothing the 1 agony of some wounded and dying brother as he lies upon the 'ficldjjf- death •and fame, wo can fed that all our efforts have been repaid more than a hundred -fold. This is the moral of the Sanitary .Fair. • ’ . ’ .The debate between Senator Ten Eyck,. of New Jersey, and Senator SAtrLSßuitY, of Dela ware, a portion o f which appears on our first page, will he read with interest. The Senator from New Jersey-never made a, more striking and effective speech during his brilliant career as a representative of the loyal sentiment of New Jersey. In his re r plv to the Senator from Delaware, lie shows •conclusively the true course .of the loyal man, particularly when compared with the course of those who give lip-service to the Union and heart-service to disunion. The whole debate exhibits power and earnest ness, and, next to our joy at the hold and manly course of tho Senator from New Jersey, is our sorrow that a gentleman as able and distinguished as the Senator from Delaware should hesitate in a time like: this to repeat those assurances of loyalty to the Administration ’which, he so proudly affirmed in the beginning of the Avar. LEI TER FROM “ OCCASIONAL.” Washington, D. C., June 25, 1864, We are in the midst of one of those in tervals of suspense to: which the American people have been accustomed since the be-, ginning of the war upon free government; ■This is the fourth year of the rebellion, and before every .one of the three last fourths ■ of July there has been precisely: that con dition of things which again agonizes the public mind. Last year, while Gen. Grant was lying before Vicksburg, and the embat tled legions of slavery were advancing into Pennsylvania, the nation for a long time : Wavered between hope and fear. And yet ; the cloud lifted, and Independence clay was CGlebratedjiwitk a gush of gratitude and joy.: Undoubtedly the enemies of the Republic ; are busy in the free States, and we should . be most uncandid todeny that those who are ; in arms against us are fighting with the desperation of men who feel that their en- 1 tire existence is at stake. For proof of the first, I have only to refer to the Satanic efforts of those who are laboring to depreci ate the national currency, to’rob labor,;to s ., paralyze.enterprise, and so lo fill the public'' mind, with contempt of, the Government it self. Let any man ask himself why gold should have lately advanced at the rate of .five per cent, daily, and why the necessa ries of life should be enhanced until the honest rich are made poor and the worthy poor beggars? Look.around you, see all the elements of physical and industrial wealth. Have they diminished ? Does the soil refuse to furnish forth its fruits? Are : the. skies ungenial? his- there any- in dication. .-of poverty; in any of the great elements of natural wealth in ..the free. States? And yet such is the zeal of the men who are . anxious to precipitate the overthrow of the Republic,:that, notwith standing every effort of the Government, national currency has steadily depreciated. We need not, in proof of the second allega tion, state: that the armed enemies of the Republic are fighting with desperation, foT we realize it every day. We must make up our minds to one of two things—either to fight, out this battle to the hitter end, cost what it may, or else to agree to a division of the Republic. We. never can be united with the slaveholders until we subjugate the rebellion. By this phrase I do not mean . subjugation -of the people who have been hurried into the war against their consent, hut- the sub jugation of the leaders, who not only ori ginated the war, hut now stimulate it for their own safety. This is the entertain ment set before us. Which of these propo sitions will the people choose ? We all mourn for those who have fallen; but we cannot stop the effusion of.blood unless we consent to our dishonor, and agree to wear the badge ofan inferior race, or win the victory by stout blows. Intelligence re ceived-to-day from the headquarters of the army induces me to believe that the confi dence heretofore reposed in General Grant will be increased by quick-coming results. He will carry out his promise to “tight <it out ou this, line if it takes all summer.” You may rest assured that the Government, is every nerve to shstain him. He will never yield, and although his ad versary may bo obstinate and determined, yet the. forces under the American General are’ now so seasoned.to. war, and so resolved upon victory, that however anxious -and solicitous we are at this moment, there is another bright 4th of July in store for us. Occasional. . ‘VYashington, June 23,1804. CIRCULAR OP THE PROVOST MARSHAL GENERAL The following circular was issued to-day by Pro vost Marshal General Fry: . ■ ‘War Department, ' Provost Marshal Gestural’s Office, , Washington, Juno 28. not fitfor tailitary duty, and not liable to draft from age or other causes, have expressed a de sire to be personally represented in the array,... In addition tb the contributions they have made in : thewayof bounties, theypropo3e to.procure, at their own expense, and presenyor enlistment recruits to represent thorn in the service. Such practical pa_ triotisin is worthy of special commendation and on! : couragement. Provost marshals and all other ccrs under this Bureau are ordered to furnish all the facilities in their power to enlist and uiusterpromptly the acceptable representative rceruit3 presented in . accordance with the design herein setforth; the narao of the person whom the recruit represents will be noted on tlie enlistment and descriptive roil of the recruit, and will be carried forward from those pa pers to the other official records which form hisraiU tary history. Suitably prepared certificates of thl3 personal representation in the seryieo .will be for warded from this office, to he filled out by the pro vost marshals to the persons who put in representa tive recruits. " Jas. B. Fry, - ' Provost Marshal General,; THE INTERNAL REVENUE RILL. The following are a few of the principal features of the internal revenue bill, as. passed by both Houses, and which waits the signature of tho Presi-' dent to become a law: In addition to the duties to -bo paid for licenses, thcro is to be paid on all spirits that may be distilled or Bold„ or distilled and- removed for consumption or sale, of first proof, on and after the first' of July next, and prior to the first day of February, IEB6, $1.50 per gallon, and on and after tho Ist of February $2; alt spirits which may bo In the possession of tho distiller, or in the public stores or bonded warehouses, on cithor the Ist of July or 'Februsiry aforesaid, duty having been paid, Bhall ho held'and treated as If distilled on those days re spectively.: Brandy distllted from grapes is to pay a tax or 25 cents per gallon. On Illuminating gas, when tho product shall bo not above,2oo,ooo cubic feet per month, the duty Is 10 coats per 1,000 cubic feet; when above 200,000 and not exceeding 500,00, 15 cents; above 500,000 and hot exceeding 6,000,000, 20 cents, and above 5000,000, 25 cents per 1,000 cubic feet. .The gonoral avorage of the monthly product for the year preceding the return required by this act is to regulate tho rate of duty Imposed. . On the hulls as launched of all ships, barks, brigs, schooners, sloops, sailboats, steamboats, canal boats,' and all other vessels or water eraft notinoludiiig en gincaor rigging hereafter built, made, constructed, or finished, a duty or 2 per centum ad valorem is imposed. On cavendish, plug, twist, and all other kinds of, manufactured tobacco,; from which tho stem has been taken out, In whole or tn part, or which is sweetened, 35 cents per pound j on smoking tobacco of different kinds, 15 and 2f, cents; on iine-eut, 85 cents; cigarettes enclosed in pajjor wrappers, valued nt not over $5 por hundred paokagos, each containing not uioro than 25 cigarettes, $1 per hun dred packages; those valuod at over §5 arc to pay tho same duties as are provided for cigars of like value; on cigarettes made wholly of tobacco, and also oh cigars known as cheroots, or short sixes, valued in each case at not over $5 por I,QGQ» $3 per 1,000;on cigars valued nt’over $5 and not over $l5, $8 per 1,000; over $l5 and not over $3O, $l5; valued at over $3O and not over 646, $25 per 1,000; at over $45 per 1,000, $4O por I,ooo* The valuation will in all cases ho by tho value of tho cigars exclu sive of tho box. • On bullion in tho lump, in the bar, or other wise, a duty of of 1 por centum ad valorem. All sales, transfer?, exchanges, transportation, and exportation of gold or silver assayed at ony. mint or by any private assayor, unless Btawpod as proscribed by general regulation, ate declared unlawful. " A duty of i-24th of one percontum each month is required to be paid upon tho average amount of tho deposits of money subject to tho payment by chock or draft with any person, bank association, or cor poration engaged in the business of banking, and a similar amount upon tho avorago capital stock In vested in such business beyond tho amount invostod • in United States bonds, and a duty of l-sth eacli month upon tho average amount of such cir culation issued, beyond the amount of 00 per cent, of tlio capital—ho average: amount of tho cir culation for . the six months preceding the first of duly next. Incomoa Jn excess over $600; not cx . ceeding $6,000, pay a duty of 6 per centum; in ex cess over $5,000, and not exceeding $10,000,7 )£ per cent.; nnd in excess over $10,000, 10 per cent. The points settled by tho committee of conference wero many, perhaps throo hundred in number, and each House concurred in tho report after a brief ox- IdftnatlonbrsQveral oftho proinloeat features only. Among the changes ■ln the Idll, as originally re ported, blooms, slabs, or loops made directly from the ore, are $3 per ton, which is the same as rail road iron. . Iron castings, used tjpr bridges or other permanent structures, and stoves and: hollow-ware and cast ings of. iron, exceeding ten pounds iu weight for each casting, $3 per ton. Cut nails, spikes, and rivets, of certain sizes, $5 per ton. CONGRESSIONAL BUSINESS, The two Houses of Congress have yet to act upon amendments to: several measures, including the fortification, tho miscellaneous, and tho tariff bills. The Committee of Ways, and Moans havo no more bills of a public character to report, the lost one being for sundry civil expenses, and upon which there has. been no legislative action. The House bill amendatory of tho Pacific Railroad act, and the loan bill, have been sent to tho Senate for.lts coa .currcnce. Tho Senate having passed an re peal the $3OO commutation clause, and the House having previously refused by a decisive vote to do so,: H is: supposed that final action on the question of the draft will bo settled by a committee of con ference./: NOMINATIONS MADE AND CONFIRMED, The Senate confirmed the nomination of Colonel Edward A. Bragg, of the 6th Wisconsin Volun teers, as. brigadier , general. Also, that of John Kelchek, of California, as Register of Land Office at Humboldt in that State. The President has nominated Major Jacob Zet lan, now in command of the barracks at Brooklyn, N. Y.,to the position of colonel commandant of the Marine Corps, made vacant by the death of Colo nel Toni* Harris. INTERVIEW BETWEEN GENv&ILMORE AND THE T?RE- Gen. Gilmore, who is now in this city awaiting orders, had an interview with President Lincoln this morning, which lasted for some time. DISINTERMENTS. By special order No. 218, from the Secretary of War, the disinterment of the bodies of soldiers and Others dying in the service of the United States, 1 in. the Uistrict of Columbia, Is prohibited until the Ist of October, ISiU. DEATHS. OF. SOLDIERS, The. following, deaths of Pennsylvanians in the hospitals-here have beea reported: , . ; Amos Hartshorns, F, 140tk Pennsylvania; George W. Zarring, B, ISStk do.; Wiliiani Faikner, L, 2d do.; J.P, Horner, A, 130th do.; Elwood Brooks, B, ISSth do.*, Freeman Scott, F, 21st:do. Cavalry;-Fer dinand Gates, H, 2d do. Artillery; F. M. Klutz; A, 81st do.; Budolph Bieter, A, lloth do.; John O’Kcere, 11, Both do.; George W. Altman, E,doth do. TREATY-WITn THR.UNITED STATES OF COLOMBIA. The treaty between this Government and that of the United States of Colombia, made in this city last February,.was ratified by the Senate to-day, in executive session. It revives the commission in the clause under the Convention with Now Grenada, of September 10, 1857. THE,l3th AJEOrr CORPS DISCONTINUED. By direction of President Lincoln, the 13th Army Corps has been temporarily discontinued. The Geno ral-commanding the Division of West Mississippi has been ordered to assigp the troops of this corps, j : RETURNING REGIMENTS. This morning the steam er Koyport arrived, bring ing up the Ist Excelsior Bcgimont, numbering 127 men. The sth Maine also arrived on the City of Al bany. Both of these regiments came out at the commencement of the war, and have been In soma very severefights.: The small number with which they return, after serving out their full term, gives . evidence that they are composed of the right metal. XXXmEtii CONGSESSHrmSX SENATE. SUNDAY TRAVEL. Hr. MORRILL, of Vermont, presented the memorial of the Rev. Dr. Sunderland ana other* against ranaiiig cars on Sunday. POSTS!ASTERS* SALARIES. Mr. .COLLAMER, of Vermont, called up the bill to: provide for the compensation of pootmaaters in lieu of commissions.. .Mr. HALE, of New Hampshire, asked if the hill in creased the par of postmasters. Mr. COLLAMER replied that it only fixed their pay on the basis of the average compensation of previous years. :■ • Hr. CONKESS, of California, explained that its effect in to make postmasters salaried officers. On examination of tlie business of the Post Office, the salaries areregulated according to the average commis sion of each, and are arranged in daises, and subject to chßßgefrom one class to another on revision once in ten years. It was not intended to increase salaries. Mr,. WILSON, of Massachusetts, asked to know if it increased the discretion of tbo Postmaster General. Ha •was opposed to any such increase of the power of secre taries. • Mr. COLLAMER did: not regard the hill as liable to such objection. •Hr. HALE objected to making a return of box rents and other emoluments, especially in small towns, and offered an. amendment, inserting the words “where the box rent shall exceed S2CO. ’ Mr DIXON, of Connecticut, objected, and said it would defeat the obiects of Ihe bill. The amendment was lost, and the bill then passed. , THE INSANE HOSPITAL. Mr, GRIMES called up the bill to provide for the im provement of:the grounds of the Government Hospital for the Insane, by an exchange.of land, which was con sidered and passed. PRIZE MONEY. Hr. POSTER reported the hill to regulate the distri bution of prize money, without amendment, end ex plained that it was a consolidation of various bills on the subject,had been carefully examined and concurred inbyiheNavy Department, and met the approval oi the judge and attorney of the District Court of Massa chusetts. SALARIES, Hr! SUMNER,-from the Committee on Foreign Rela tions, reported a bill to increase the salaries of judges and arbiters appointed under the treaty w ith G roat Bri tain for the suppression of the slave trade. THE PREVENTION OP "-SMUGGLING, - Hr. MORRILL made a report from the committee of conference on the bill to prevent smuggling, and for other purposes, which was concurred in. CIVIL EXPENSES. The bill making appropriations for certain civil ex pense? of the Government came up in the regular order of business. Messrs. COLLAMER and SUMNER made remarks on the amendment to repeal the coastwise slave trade. The amendment was lost-yeas 13, nays 20, as follows: TEAS- ' Lane (Kansas), [ Sprague, Morgan. . [Sumner, Mornli, IWafle, Pomeroy, [Wilson. ... NATS Bneknlew, Hendricks,; Cariiic, Hicka, Clark, .... Howe, Collaiuer, Johnson, Cowan, - Mcßongall, Davis, - Nesmith, . Harris, Powell, THE $4,000,000 LOAN BILL, Conness* Grimes, -Harlan, Howard* Mr, FESSENDEN obtained leaVo to report, from the Finance Committee, a bili to provide ways and moans for the support of the Government, being the four mil' lien loan bill. . It was ordered to be printed. REPORT ON THE'INTERNAL REVENUE BILL. Mr. FESSENDEN made a report, from the Committee of Conference, on the disagreeing amendments of the two Houses ou the bill to provide internal revenue to support the. Government and r*ay the interest on the public debt. He explained, ai the request tlic recommendations relative to the io comes of banks and incomes, as follows: On incomes five per .cent, on all ust exceeding $5,000; seven and a half per cent, on incomesover SSDO and -not exceeding sl,tfH); ten per cent on-all exceeding $1,000; on whisky $1.50 after July. 1864, and s2after February Ist, 1565. . On banks the tax is essentially the same as the So nale’s amendments. The other recommendations of the committee were read, but the report of the commit tee was concurred in. THE APPROPRIATION BILL, The consideiatioh of the appropriation bill was con tinued. •. ■Mr. COLLAMEK moved an amendment appropriating §IO,GCO for publishing the continuation of the work of Schoolcraft upon, the North American Indians, which was carried, ufter discussion, in which several Sena tors said they would not vote for it now as an original proposition, but they would do so as a continu&tiouof the work, ou which much time had already been ex pended. The motion was carried—yeaa 19, nays 18. Mr- WILSON offered an amendment to increase the salary of the book-keeper of the Springfield arsenal to twelve hundred dollars, and his clerks to one thousand .dollars. Mr. SHEKM AN, of Ohio, hoped It would not be agreed to, as this bill was but one for the inauguration of a general increase of salaries. The amendment was then withdrawn. Mr. ANTHONY offered an amendment to increase the salary'of the foreman of the bindery of the public printing office to eighteen hundred dollars. Mr. SHERMAN opposed it, as not appropriate to this bill. Lost. : . n Mr. SUMNER offered an amendment providing that ip the courts of the United States there shall, be no ex clusion of any witness on account of color, and road a letter from J udge Underwood,, of Virginia, testifying to tho i tnporraccc of aueh a provision. Mr. BUCKaLBW, of Penns? Ivanta, submUted an amendmentto the amendment, as follows: “or be cause he is a party to or interested, in the issue tried. *' Mr. SAULSBUftY, of Delaware, opposed, the first amendment, but favored tho second only as an amend ment to the negro proposition, but sot as a separate quvfctiou. . Mr. HOWARD, of Michigan, faid the true test in mat ters of evidence was as to tho probability of its truth. It is a cruel assumption that a mau with a black skin could ndt tell the truth, as seemed to be the belief of the Senator from Delaware. vMr. WIkKiNSuN, of Minnesota, said he would rote for the amendment of the gentleman from Pennsylvania if ye would confine its action to civil eaaos. Mr. BUCKALRW so modified H. The amendment to the amendment was agreed to. Mr. Smnner’B was then adopted-yeas 22, nays IG, as follows; YEAS. Orimoß, Morrill, Hale, Pomeroy, Harlan, Sprague,-: Howard, Sumner, Howe, . Wade, Lane (Kansas), Wilkinson, Morgan, Wright. Anthony, Brown, Chandler, Clark, Coliarnor; Coonets, : NATS. Hicks, Johnson, Nesmith, Powell, Richardson, Backalew, Carlile, ■ Cowan, Davis; Hendricks, Mr.WILKTNSONYof Minnesota,offered an amendment repealing clauses in certain laws of 1862, making appro priations respectively of one huudred thousand dollars and five hundred thousand dollars for the exportation and colonization of negroes freed bylaw, and abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia. Mr.; wiLSON said the scheme was a miserable fait* nre, and the negroes had suffered, many had died, and the remainder had'been brought back recently in a wretched condition, notwithstanding the flourish that was made with regard to the enterprise and the facts, and that a member of the Cabinet had gone to Concord, New Hampshire, to eulogize the enterprise. •• • Mr LANK, of Kansas,opposed the amendment. He already had a bill before the Senate appropriating this inouoy for colonizing blacks in Western Toxas. Sir. JOHNSON said wo needed the laborer negroes. Be did noi agree with the gentleman from Kansas. Mr. LANE, of Kansas, asked the Senator if altera Southern State had returned to its allegiance its blacks could remain in familiar intercourse With their former m &fr ei JOHNSON replied that thoeajwho worofroo In ths past had not only been allowed to remain but woro pro- Mr. UICKS, of Maryland, said ho wished to raise the THE PKESS-PHILADELPHIA:; MONDAY, JUNE 27, 1864; voice of warning to those on tlie other side of the Cham* her who were determined to ring in aud wake up the negro on every occasion. - Bonn tors talked an though the rebellion was put down. Or was it the feeling that the Democratic party was to gain ascendancy and r ostore the country to peace? He was an original Democrat, hut that he should affiliate with the present Democrat" c party, God forbid! It was a question'which would bo the greatest affliction—success of the rohelHou or the re surrection of the Democratic party, A convention of hi* State had just voted to abolish slavery—an act at which no cue was more gratified than himself. But ha Uopnd the Senators would hereafter talk of somethlug beslduu the negro. The amendment wairad opted. . Mr. HARLAN offered nu< amendment appropriating f 3,701 to pay for contributions to the agricultural report for ISfil-ranmiciug unpaid by.the Commissioner of Patents. It was adopted. .- * Mr. If ARLAN offered an amendment .milting New Mexico with Arizona in oae district, with ono Surveyor General; Idaho and Nevada with Colorado district, and Racotab with Montana. Agreed to. Tho hill hoiug reported from tho Committed of the Whole, the amendments were considered iu open Senate aud agreed to. * ... Mr, SUMNER asked a positive voto on tho amendment repealing the .provisions of the law regulating the im portation of slaves into any part of tie United States. Adopted—yeas 23, nays 14, as follows; Anthony, Brown,# Chandler, Clarke, Commas, Dixon, Doolittle, Feateudeu, Buekalew, Curlilo, Hendricks, Hicks, Johnson, The bill was tboi viz.; Messrs. Carl bury. THE UErOKT ON TUB TAX BILL—MOTION TO KKCOX- Mr, HENDRICKS moved to reconsider the vote by which the report of the conference committee on the tax hill was agreed to. The report havitSg been sent to tho Hour#, and having boon there concurred in, the motion was declared out of order undeV tho rules. COLLECTION OF TAXES. ]N JtKBItLLIQUS DISTRICTS. On motion of Air. HARRIS, tho bill relative to the col lection of taxes in Insurrectionary districts was taken ■up. EXECUTIVE SESSION. On motion of Mr. 'WILSON, the Senate went inlo ex ecutive session, and subsequently atljourned, AMENDMENT OF THE PACIFIC RAILROAD ACT. The nouso passed the hill amendatory of the Pacific Railroad act—yeas 70, nays 37. It remove* some of the restrictions in the original statute, with a view to facili tate the Construction of the road. TIIB ENROLLING OF.THE NATIONAL FORCES. , The House resumed the consideration of the House bill further regulating.aud' providing for tho enrolling and calling out of fcue National forces, aud for oiher purposes. Air. SOHENCK, of Ohio, offered a substitute for the bill, which bo explained. It dispensed with tho-com-, uralattou clause eufcirely, leaving the law id relation to substitutes as it:now stands. It provides that tho President, in his discretion, may order a draft for not more than tliree nor less than ooe.yeav. Any person volunteering or offering as a substitute for a drafted ■ man"-mustered: into the service for a term of one year, unless sooner disehargedi shall receive ’a - beauty of SKO, au& if for a term of two years a bounty of &2CG, and if lor, a term of three years a bounty of $3OO, one-half of which bounty shall bo paid to tho sol dier at the time of Uis being mastered into tho service : onc-fourtli at the expiration of one-half ofliisterm of service, and .one-fourth- at the end of the term of ser vice; aud in case of his death, when in the service, the residue of bU bounty shall be paid to his legal represen tative, and in case he is honoraoly discharged, from . wounds or sickness incurred in the service, ho shall re ceive the full bounty. Amoog other provisions, it per mits drafted men, substitutes or. volunteers, to'select the companies or corps of their respective. States into which they will go, \ : . , ; . . The-Secretary of'W'av is-required to discharge any minor who entered without the consent of his parents or guardians as a -substitute; permits soldiers to be ob- - Uined from States in rebeiiiou, to be incorporated with regiments of the loyal States procuring them. Sir. gchenck, in conclusion, said the rebellion must be put dowu. If not now, hereafter. If not in tun years, itt twenty vtars, no matter how long the war will last. II jieace should be made to-day on compro mise, every sensible man must .know it could not last sixty days. If we recognize this Southern Confederacy as & difcUnct nationality,we living ou thlssldoand they on the other, with a border from theltetomau to the Gulf of Mexico, we may expect marauding guerillas, war, murder, robbery,'and everything else Nothing but the putting down of the rebeiiiou could insure peace. He had heretofore said* and now repeated, that although the war was not prosecuted for thedestraction; of slavery, ret. such would be.the consequence. No peace couldbe made on any other terms iban that this should be a republican g> vernment throughout all the Slates. There could bo no peace but by submitting to the Constitution, and by putting'an end to slavery.- He would no more think of procuring-peaca withont this tbau he would of healing up the wounds in the body of one of ourpeor soldiers by ienving ihe ball in, than he would be for retaining slavery to fester and vitiate the 'body politic, ; " ' ; Mr. ODELL, of New York, was opposed to the repeal of tho commutation clause. The people have received that provision with favor. In his own State many citi zens bad relieved themselves from three years’.service by the payment each-of three hundred dollars, and ' ine} bad certificates to‘that effect in their pockefs,. But by the substitute of the gentlsmant'from Ohio (Mr. fiebenck) other citizens are to be deprived of a eimilar privilege. There should be no: such discrimination. . Congress should so legislate that the people may un derstand that we have a fixed principle aud purpose. ■Ho was not one whit behind that gentleman in his anxiety to fill up the army. His State was first in the war, and would be the last one out of it. * But theio was no better war than that now proposed, and he believed that by volußteoring and enUstutents, with the bounty,’weMb get allilm men we Want. It is deep in the hearts of the peoplo that the Government, In the prosecution of this war. shall be sustained, aud the Democratic party, to which he belonged, is not be hind the other in the accomplishment of this desirable purpose. We are in for the war. Whether the contest shall continue for a long or a short time, New York,aud the other Northern States,‘w ill sustain the Government in carrying- on the W&r, j.../--- . . ; Mr. GARFIELD,ofOhio, said if Congress should persist in retaining the commutation clause, our armies will not be adequately filled, ahd the rebelltoa could-not be put down during the term of tbisAdministration. He. referred to the example of England, in raising troops, IMhls was hot sufficient to'stimulate ourselves* we should take a lesson from ; wha,t our fathers did in the Revolutionary war. We done as mnob as they did to this end,'and in vuwof tho circumstances of the country. Wa.shAU"Jjot rise to the height o'f occasion ; all the representatives of the people had meet them in the way of manhood and victory, ffwa ■will not take example by England and OUf ary sires we should take ex&umU *•-u. Ttftwnsfr®* * . . -com our encimea. rte •» -o io -say* they foughs well, and they were Americans. Until we go into the war with tke|dcspe ratioii and abandonment of our foes, we shall not suc ceed. Fortune, life, everything they have plucked up by the roots, and flung into the contest. Volunteering drafting were resorted to during the Revolutionary war. We have a right to force free men into the field. He appealed to the House to strike out tlm' commutation clause, which is: a stumbling-block, in this* that it would give us an army, victory and peace. Mr. MALLORY, of Kentucky, repeated what he said on a former occasion—namely, that the policy of ro-: sorting to conscription iusteading of volunteering, was the worst that the Government could adopt. In the spring of 1862 volunteering was progressing so rapidly that the Chairman of the Sedate Committee on Military Affairs (Mr. Wilsou) said dt must stop, and it was stopped by.tho Governments.: Afthe-commencement of the war it was conducted oa the .principle that if those who engaged -in the. rebellion would lay down their arms they should enjoy tl&tr constitutional rights in tact. There was then no rjack of volunteers who ral lied io the defence-of ihe 'fiag. It was tho factious meeting of the Governors at Altoona, in 'Pennsylvania, which.operated upon the President and induced him to change the policy and substitute a new.one, which has failed, aud which fact the Republicans adroit. He re plied to Mr; Garfield," contending that the power to con script was never exercised during tho Revolutionary war or the war of 1812. Men were not thea forced to become soldiers in the army. ’ • It was reserved for this Googress to raise armies in this way. After volunteering, which progressed so rapidly* had been stopped, alt know that the effort to procure men by drafting is a failure, and now iiwasproposed to ; put the iron hand of oppression on our own people as - we do on those of the South; The day of reckoning is appioacbicg. If the people are cot interfered with they will burl the. present party from power, saying, “ Away, we never knew-you. ” And they will place in power instead those who respect the rights of the people. He contended that the policy of enlisting ne groes into the'imtitary had caused the loss often white men for every negro that was recraited. He said the attempt which had been~made.td make out the ne gro a better soldier than the white man was founded upon lying despatches, tub nufoctuTed for the . purpose, which the facts, upon investigatfoii, did not sustain. Sir. MALLORY read a letter from Governor Brain lette, showing that the despatch read in the House some time ago by Mr. Blaine, of Maine, applauding the valor of the colored troops at Frankfort, was founded in ervor; that so far from showing their bravery the ne groes fled in terror, and were confined to tberear. Mr. BLAINU3 said the gentleman would acquit him of having wilfully endeavored to deceive the House, ‘ He had merely read the despatch received here, and he would say he bad been informed that the negro troops employed in Esypt were us good as white ones. Air. MALLORY: said those troops were not negroes; and repeated that black troops never could be equal to', white soldiers. * Sir. MORRILL, of "Vermont, made a report from the > Committee of'Conference on tbo. internal Revenue bill. He explained that ihe tax remains a dollar por barrel on ale: oa Bpirits from au-1 after July to firstof Feorua.- ty, $1.50, andafter that day $2 per gallon; coal 3 per centum instead of 6por centum,and on express company receipts 3 instead of 2K per cent. The income tax is so arranged that r»H not receiving above five thousand dollars arc taxed live per centum; above five, and not: exceeding ten thousand, 7&; and over ten thousand, 10 per centum. The tank tax is I per centum on circula tion, 1 H on capital, and ir on deposits, and 2 per cent, on all circulation above ninety per cent. These were the principal points explained. The House concurred in the report. Mr. STEVENS, of Pennsylvania, in reply to Mr. W&shbttrne, said tha Committee on Ways and Means had very little business before them. Mr. WASHBERNB, of Illinois, remarked that he was informed by the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance that if we got through the amendments to tho tariff bill to-day, Congress could adjourn oaTkuraday next. ’ Richardson, Riddle, Sant&bary, Sherman, Truro Hull; Van Winkle. \ M V r of Otio, asked that the vote on the bin farther to regulate and provide for Jlie. enrolling and calling out the National forces, which had been under consideration to-day, he taken up on Monday next. J . Mr, COX, of Ohio, moved that the bill, and pending amcncmeiitsbe laid on the table. Disagreed to—yeas 56; nays 79. - - . The House refused to order the main question to be put—yeas 52, nays 7-i. The effect of this vote was to re sume the consideration of the subject. *■ Mr. DAV7.ES, of Massachusetts, replied to the part of Mr. Mallcry a remarks referrlcg io'tlmtState. Although Massachusetts had been freqneutlv brought before the House, till members were tired of it, the House would bear witness, that her members had-not brought this subject here. Ho wished to put Massachusetts right on the record. . ~Mr. MALLORY Raid he had never slatidered Massa chusetts, but had spoken only of bar Governor. .;i - Mr. DAWES referred to official figures toshow that Massachusetts his a surplus of live thousand men. Thus it would bo seen that Massachusetts is not, as liadbeen charged, behind her quota As.long as there is a Ilfo loft or a dollar to spend, she has not yet done alt her duty. Mr. COa, of Ohio, asked what proportion of these troops wire colored men enlisted in Maryland, Ohio, Canada, ami Washington. . Mr. DAWES replied that the estimate did hot include colored men rniii.-ted since the Ist of April. . Mr. Boiri’WELL, of Massachusetts, slid be: would withhold'bis yote for the repeal of the commutation clause, in deference to what he supposed to be the pub- . iictemiment. Ah to Massachusetts, she has most sub stantially met every call of the President for troops She does not desire by a rigid conscription to give of fence to her citizens or to the country, scUar fca the war" can be prosecuted vigorously, and, with a reasonable, hope of success by military means. In rooty to 3h;- MaUory, he laid he happened to knowitthat the desun to issue emancipation precedent to the meeting of the Governors at Altoona. and there fore the Governors had nothing to do with it. Mr. PENDLETON, of Ohio, asked whether ho under stood the geutieinsurto say that the proclamation was not dependent on the meeting of auy sot of mem : • Mr. BOUT WELL remarked that when he took the floor he specifically stated that he would cot be pat on the witiihsß stand. He had made the declaration, and was willing to abide by it. Tlio decree of emancipation Is eternal on ililscoutiiicnt. Kentucky, ofall the States, should have been for the Union, bnt m the. hour or trial «he bowed her knee to slavorj . She has rendered her self the suMfcctof pity of the people of this continent amlthe world. She had his sympathies. Mr. MALLORY, interrupting, said he m«t that re mark with *corn and despised it. CCries of order. 1 Mr. BOUTWELLsaid he had still hope that Ken tucky would rede-in herself. ' Mr. MALLOHY again interrupted, and;tvas loudly called tu (-rdcr. Ho said he would defend lus State even in itself. Mr. BuIITWELL remarked that.some.of the sons of Kentucky wore irno to liberty, supporting the Consti tution and the Union, and against an institution of slavery. ' Mr. FERNANDO WOOD, of New York, obtained the fio*T, but yielded it to Mr. MALLORY, who said it ill became the member (Mir. BontweH) fodenouuce tliq Institution of slavery hi full blaze of the fact that, as aDemocrat, he was the most violent pro-slavery inuu to he Tound, aud advo* cated rendering up fugitive slaves to tho3C whom he low regarded ns infamous scoundrels in the slave States. [Laughter.] But tho member had sold himself to the enewhsof slavery, and he supposed for a price. Now, however, the member got up and denounced slavery ■nsone of the direst crimes ever jjerpetrateii, and th'o>-e who own Klttvc.s as sinners and miscreants. He hud always beatd that onereuegudo was woraethan ten Turks, and this one renegade was worse than ten of the old Abolitionists. t Mr. FERNANDO WOOD aaid H amounted to very lit tle what Hjlh House should do, on the sabjoct of con scription. The whole prmciple is anti-republican and anti-American, and if lorce is resorted to, thofaada mental principle of Governnteni, namely, the assent of the people, is violated. The law'which it waspropoaed to amend is a failure. He repealed that, until some government or administration shall adopt the policy of recrußfructlon and concoßßion, and return to the prin ciples on which the government is founded, wo will go on, from one expedient to another, in a down-hill course to disruption, destruction, and disintegration. Until the olive branch Is extended we cannot have peace, and this must be reached through tho olvil, and tun the military department. He would lay down his life and all that ho held dear to restore the Union, and it was because he was in favor of Union that he was op* posed to war- Wer Ts disunion, annihilation, and destruction. Al ready there has boon expended more blood and trea sure than could ho accumulated for such a purpose for twenty five years, and tho fact that laws of this cha racter are resorted to shows tho people are against tho war. In )-1h opinion all the btates in this Onion can be once more gathered together without the firing of another gun and shedding of another, drop of blood. He then proceeded to prove bia aeserUonoy referring Saulsbury, Sherman. Trumbull. Van Winkle, Willey. YEAS. Foot, Harlan, Harris, Howard, Ilowo, Lane (Kansas), Morgan, Morrill, NAYS. Lane (Indiana), Nesmith, Powell, : Richardson* Saulsbury, ra passed by a vote 0f32 yeas to 4 nays, lile, Hendricks, Towel],, and Sauis- HOTJSE. RETORT. ON THE INTERNAL REVENUE RILL. THE NATIONAL FORCE Hitt REiu^Ht), to the unanimous address of the members of Urn Uon federi’to Congress*, in which thoysaid they wero wil ling for peace on terms consistent with honor, integrity, and thoindepondencooftho States, and compatible with the safety of their domestic Institutions. lie aloo re ferred to other Southern aiuhoritioa. In conclusion, Mr. Wood said that no party should succeed la tho Presidential election that does not meet this issue fairly, squarely, and broadly. Tho peoplo tre tired of thU bloodshed. Had hepoworbo wonld put two can didates in the field, ono tor war and the other for nego tiation and roconstiucting the Union. He would forfeit all Mfipre?cut and fnltiro prosperity and possessions if the peace candidate did not receive an ovmwhelniiog majority. In tbeso ylews ho had expressed himself in dependent of «U parlies. „ .... Mr. STROUSE, of Pennsylvania, said they had hotter adionrn this circus, winch was a disgrace. The fePEAKEIt reminded the House of»ho duty to pre serve onlor. . . JUr. KERNAN.of Now York, in replying to Mr, Woid, said ono of tho misfortunes of all civil wars, calamities, and dUusterff wa« that extrema imm to cnotrol events, giving to moderate and conservative men no share iu public affairs. Wo have extreme men on one side and tho other rdntly control ling public events. It was not wull that extreme men should have their way, because by following their course wc shall go down to ruin. We have gentiemfu who will stand up bore, like hitt colleague, under the circumstances. surround-. ingus, and fay that without another gun ( being fired wo cau have peace and union. Oh! if his colteagne could only allow theiouat reasonable chanuoof roatornig the Union aud preßervlug the Government without fur ther .bloodshed! Who did-not know that every man would i-tniggle to do what bis colleague said could he. accomplished? .. . . . , ~ , , His (Mr. Kernan’s) colleague had spoken of obtaining renco without tho firing of another gun. To what line could you withdraw your armies? What would you do with Kentucky? Would you leave her to the tender mercy of Secession lenders, as well as the other Border Stalemvlnch stnnd by the eld flag? . * . Mr.: FERNANDO WOOD said three several efforts ' have been mndo for the negotiation of an honorable 'peace, and rejected by the Administration. Mr. KEKNAN supposed the first was before Fort Sumpter was fired upon, and yet tbegeuttemau, when that was done, was one of tho strongest men for putting down the rebellion. This was when the cause was popular, and he was one.of those who raised the Mo zart regiment. . Mr. WOOD said ail ho had sought to do with that re ; giment was to protect tho capital, not to carrv on a war to subjugate the Southern States, and his eolleagne had" heretofore heard him state this fact. . .. . „ Mr. KERN AN replied that, in the years ISSI and 1562, when the popular current ran iu the direction of pro tecting tho ConstUhliou and the Union, his colleague did not raise Mb voice against it. He (Mr. Kernau) was iu the Democratic Convention in 1861, and the potui*. clans with whom hie colleague acted rd<l tho. Conve ntion passed resolutions declaring against secession, and In favor of putting down tho rebellion, protesting at the sazud lime figalnst the course of the Administration in putting in iorco martial law iu the loyal States. Tho gentleman and bis friends denounced us for embarrass ing the Ad ministration,-and they went for tho Union ticket.: CLaughterJ Tho Momt regiment was a threo years regiment, and his friend from Now York (Mr. Udell) W 8« authority for the statement... Mr. FERNANDO WOODsaidthis waauotso. ' : Mr. ODELL, of New York. The Btateaient is exactly so. [Laughter and applam-e. 3 . , •- . . Mr. ELDRIDGE. of Wisconsin, raised a point of order that the Mozart regiinont bad nothing to do with the question before the House. : The STEAKER said the question was pertinent. Mr. ODELL. The regiment whs raised by the Uaiop,. Detence Committee, of which my colleague was a mem bMr, or acting as su«:h. , , , Mr. WOOD. As Mayorof New York, I was a member of that committee, [Langhter 3 . Mr. ODELL. When T&mnmny’Hall proposed to raise a regiment of soldters, Mozart Hull, under the patronage of my colleague (Mr. Wood), wonld not bo behind, and they asked permission to rai>e oae. My colleague began the work, and said he raised tho regiment at a private expenditure of six thousand dollars. A better and braver regiment never left New York to defend the country. .Its major hfidbeen brought hither ia a dying condition. . I was sorry to bear my colleague say be raised the regi ment merely to defend the capital. It was not so. It enlisted for the war.and many of its members had fought with the soldiers from my own district. My colleague exhorted , men to go by thousands. If l bad power to send troops iDto the field. I would not,like my colleague, repudiate them. [Applause. 3 Mr. WOOD. If it is true that I raised so many men for *ueh deeds of blood, may Almighty God forgive ine for tho sin and crime. [Hisses from the Republican side. ] I repeal, the regiment was raised to defend the capital when if was menaced. As to the term of its sor . vice I had no power over it. - . , 4 Mr. KEKNAN resumed his remarks, speaking against the extremes of party, and repeating- that we .canuoi ■'havepeace except by showing that we. have power to put down armed resistance He expressed himsoLt to be opposed to repealing 'the commutation clause, and he was authorized by & number of fallow- Democrats to say ibat they will, vote men. and money to put down the war. but not in a vindictive spirit, or with a view of exterminating those in arras against us. ' ■. . No question was taken on the pandmg amendments to lh> bill, and the House adjourned. Pomeroy,. Sprague, Snmuor, Ten Eyck, Wade, Wilkinson, Wilson. Sherman, Truin hull, Van Winkla, Willey. LATEST FROIVi GEN. GRANT’S ARIBY A RAID OF WILSON’S CAVALRY. The Petersburg and Weldon Railroad Cut. BBBHSIIHE ATTACKED OX SATCKDAY. TIDE ATTACK A. 3? AXX.TJHE. THE ENEMY SUFl’Ell A HEAYI IOSS. OTDK A-RMY COaVFXXJEiVT. Gen. Hunter Safe and His Mission Eulftllea REBEL ACCOUNTS OF AN ATTACK ON HEBEI ATROCITIES IN MISSOURI, GEN. HUNTER'S MISSION EUEEILEED- •Waskixotos, •rSoe.26.—The S(or says:/We learn j ■'-•■matlon from Gen. Hunter’s'com to-foytkat -v These advices show that mand has befrS feesireti,. _ : ?t was sent, having fulfilled the missiontipoh yrhm* r .... ' v the viz., the destruction of the. Central RailrOfl-d * u *-■ vicinity of Staunton, of theGoraonsviiiean<l X»7hCii'* burg Railroad, and on an important p’oSHioirPf James River Cana!, is successfully nSoving forwai?. to a point in Western Virginia, which Gen. Hunter was ordered to make for, after haying done the work in the valley assigned him. His losses have been sniall—smaller than was anticipated when, he set out. The services his little army have rendered are of great Importance indeed, and his losses are of comparative insignificance. ! GEN. WILSON’S GAYALRY ON A RAID— DESTRUCTION OF REBEL COMMUNICA TIONS. WA&BHKvro*, June 25.—’The Star says.: A de spatch from General Grant’s headquarters, received this forenooh, states that yesterday’s Richmond pa-, pers say that amnion eavalry force, under General Wilson, after Saving up some miles of the Peters burg and Weldon Railroad track, a considerable distance below Petersburg, moved next for tho South Side Railroad, connecting Petersburg with Lynchburg, and were on Thursday last tearing that up also. ■' We take it that he was operating in the immediate vicinity of the junction or crossing of the South Side Railroad and Richmond and Dan ville Railroad, so that he may be able at the same time to tear up both roads as far as possible. •The Ist Excelsior and sth Maine regiments have arrived on their way home, their time having expired. Three Confederate officers, a colonel, major, and lieutenant, were captured yesterday morning on the Jerusalem plank road by our cavalry, with de spatches from Lee to ißeauregard, x The prisoners-were brought up on the steamer Keyport. GEN. GRANT IN A COMMANDING POSI TION—‘VICTORY ONLY A QUESTION OF Washington, Juno 25.—Gen; Grant’s army oc cupies a position or positions in Plney woods, upon the outskirts of Petersburg, which were not long since in the possession of the rebels, including all their works on the south side of the Appomattox river, constructedprevioua to the arrival of the ad vance of our army to those points. These portions entirely command the town of Petersburg and the railroad communication (through Petersburg—-the only one) between Richmond and Weldon, the town being also commanded by the enemy’s works on the north side of the river, and therefore not to be occu pied by us so long as those works remain in the hands of the rebels. Nevertheless, for all practical purposes, the com mand which, our guns hold of tho town ami tho rail road there, stops all continuous communication by rail bowcen Richmond and any points south Of Petersburg. General Butler has effectually destroy -efi at&ut three miles of the road between Peters burg jIBd, Richmond, twisting the rails so that they must bo recast or rerolled before fchey.can be again used, which they'are not doing now. So lohgasGon. Grant elects, he can hold the enemy thus by the ■ throat at Petersburg, hiA, camps being, perfectly, healthy, with good and abundant water for the use of his men, and entirely secure communication with his base of supplies at pity Point. From his pro sent.position lie can move at will towards the South, with say twenty day’s supplies, compelling Lee to follow him*' and risk heavy engagements on unforti fied ground, as he must if possible prevent the even tual total destruction of his rail communication with ■Weldon. - v On the north side of the James river HunteT and Sheridan have effected results of immense import ance in their bearing upon the balance of tho cam paign? having so effectually destroyed all Lee’s railroad communications north—the railroad ; to. Lynchburg and the Virginia Central Railroad—aa that he cannot make them again available this sea son.: They have also consumed and destroyed aU the supplies.remaining" in Virginia, in tho valley, and between the two -Annas and Washington city,: which, together with the destruction of the railroads lastahove referred to, renders it impossible for Lee to send any respectable force northward. The rebels In and around Richmond are there re stricted to the use of the Danville Road, of the de struction of a part of which, by Hunter, wo may hear at any moment, wo apprehend. That railroad is of different (broad) gauge from all other Virginia railroads, and, therefore, no machinery adapted to them can be -used upon it. Thus, any- damage it may receive in the loss of cars or locomotives willbo irreparable for months to come. ; The meaning of all this is, that Grant, by hi move south of the James,- has cut Leo’s rail com, munications in all directions except via Danville, which., as yet are incomplete mid cannot bb avail able for the receipt of supplies for his army from any considerable region of country. In achieving this important result he has placod Lee in a situation in whichho must not long hence come, out from behind his fortifications |and risk a battle on a fair field, or abandon Richmond and Petersburg, whero ho can not much longer obtain supplies. •"Wo have the authority of Assistant Secretary Dana, who arrived last night direct from General Grant’s headquarters, for stating that up to the mo-: •nient ho left there on Wednesday, our entire loss in killed, wounded, and missing,: since crossing tho James, has not been more than ton thousand, while there is little reason to doubt that the loss of the rebels there has-been proportlonabiy as great: as Ours. ■ u WHEREABOUTS OF GEN. LEE—STRENGTH OF BUTLER’S FORTIFICATIONS. Headquarters Army oy the Potomac, nbAr Petersburg, June 22.—Tho problem of the last few days, other than how to occupy Petersburg, has been to locate Loo’s army. ,l It is now pretty well ascertained that, after garrisoning Richmond and Petersburg, and holding with slender force thojline between, he has not only detachod nine brigades to’ operate against Huntor, but has guarded his atm unbroken railroads with largo numbers. Mean while ho provisions Richmond, and looks to wearing us out should ho be driven to stand a slogo. We havo to tako Petersburg, when the breaking of all his roads will follow. Aftor the first city falls, the awful wastage of the war, the effusion of so much precious blood, will cease. Then It heoomo3 a. work of time and vigilance.. Gon. Butler’s lines, from the Appomattox to.tho James, are immensely strong. The defences of THE WAR. Lynchburg. da»a.ge.to the hbbehs, Washington arc not morn carefully constructed, certainly not wore Impregnable, Intended to enable a small force to hold at bay a much larger one—for during a full month it was within power to fall upon IJuilcr with all his own army added to Beaure gard’s—will and labor have done their utmost to that end. It is but two and'three-fourths miles from ono river in the other, but tho continuous line of ditch and parapet and abattis cannot be loss than five. Conforming to ridges and ravines, eminences and depressions, according to tho rules of military engi neering, so as to meet the necessities of cross iiro» direct Arc, and Coneentratod Are, that one point shall strengthen anot her, it Is bowHdoringty sinuous and zigzag, now-scml-elrcllng, now turning abrupt ly right or left at an acute angle, and now at an ob tuse one, until, with its isthmuses, and peninsulas, and tortuous way, only an engineer can pursue it and retain any knowledge of the four cardinal points. Tho whole length is piled with sand-bags, six or eight deep, and crosswise, forming port-holes for fharpsliootcrs. Then there are outworks, complete enclosures— I think I heard one, that looked very formidable, called a redoubt—and Inner works, whose cannon, bristling through embrasures, looked towards us as we followed; the line j possibly there are rodans, and there are re-entrant spaces, with stockades running from point to point, making enclosures; aud there are great bomb-proofs, excavations covered with logs and deop-banked with earth, de signed by engineers, and smaller ones built by the men of lheir own accord for safety, “when shak.o the hills with” rebel “ thunder rivenand there are snlly-ports, so constructed that from no rebel stand-point can they be : detected; and ;there are guns, guns every where, trained upon every ap-. proaeh, some oblique artown tho line,some straight out into the woods; and bo suio there is no. road or open ground that is not swept by a score of them. These lines were originally laid ou t by Captain Farquhar, then chief engineer of this Department, but have .since been altered, improved, and vastly strengthened by Goncral Wcitzcl, who seems to have expended upon them all the devices of modern en gineering, and then suporadded those ofliis own ex haustless contrivances, resources, and energy. They are pronounced by General Barnard, and other com petent authorities, who have lately inspected them, marvels of skill and labor, impregnable against as-' aault, no matter by wlfet numbers,'and tenable against a protracted siege, in force and by regular approaches. v DETAILS OF THE REGENT AT TAOK ON THE SECOND CORDS. IIEADQUAItTERR AIDIY OE TUB POTOMAC, June 23.—The attack upon the 2d Corps, on Wednesday, near the. Weldon Railroad, did not result so disas- trously as was at first supposed. The lino was formed by Barlow’s Division being on the IcCt, Bir ney’s (General Llott in command) in the contro, anil Gibbons’on lhe r right. •. It was expected that tho Oth Corps would have connected on the left with Barlow, but it seems quite a gap was left, into which A. P. Hill’s Corps enter ed, and before our men were aware of it they receiv ed a volley from the rear, which created a panic in the ranks, and caused a rapid retreat to the woods in the rear of the 8d Division. / This left the flank of tho 3d Division unprotected, and the enemy taking; advantage of it, charged; through and fairly into the pits, ordering our men to surrender. Tho troops, however, left the trenches # and foil back rapidly, but many of them were captured, and quite a number killed and wounded. Our loss in prisoners is reported at about 1,000, while some make the figure higher. Our loss in killed and wounded is probably 1,500. At eight P. M. a charge was made by the 2d Con )? j and the line of works from which they had been .forced in the afternoon recovered ' We lost scarcely a man in the advance, as the enemy fired too; high, and the balls all passed over the heads of our men. A number of prisoners were taken. - Barlow was marching raxudly towards the rail road, Gibbon followed, and the troops moved in echelon by divisions. Capt. Crowninshield, of tho Ist Nlassachusetts Cavalry, had 700 mounted men of tlie Provisional Brigade, composed of. detachments from all regiments and commands. He fought the rebels on the plank road long after hi 3 ammunition was exhausted, holding with: determined valor a -whole brigade of rebels in check. In the meantime, the rebels had succeeded in getting between Gibbon and Barlow. They were as much surprised as our men were, but, being the first to make the discovery of the position of things, were quick to take advantageofit. There was very little hard fighting, the men being taken before being fully prepared for resistance. The horses were cut from the battery, and the guns spiked. "When the line , was reformed the rebels came, up again, hut were repulsed twice with great slaugh ter. ' •. • The Sth Corps charged the enemy, driving thep some distance,, and forming on the left of the 2d Corps.' Skirmishing was kept up all night along the line, the pickets at some points not fifty yards apdrt. At daylight this morning an advance of tho cnfri£o line was made, when it was found the enemjr.had taken a new position, some distance farther b&?k, where they had thrown up strong duriDg the night, which they still ho]d, Col.'Blaisdell, 11th Massachusetts, was killed to day by a sharpshooter whilQ yelling gKlTffll?]! line. W. H. Child, 45th _ TO .. ■ been reinstated ye#*--', who was to have • ' • * rj' • as first lieutenant, was shot; dead. ,by a rebel sharpshooter on Tuesday eve ning.-. . Major Halsey, 11th New Jersey, is missing, and is supposofto be captured. ‘ 6th Corps moved towards the railroad this morning, vl rivlngtil{i encm I before them, and during the afternoon rJ^ ortcd that tlie y were in possession of the road, and arrau^ :eaie { lts we f once made to destroy it. 'At 5 P. AT. a force ofthe enemy were seen moving towards the frouj 25 to re3istihe advance of the bth Corps. An engagement in that direction is to-night. , June 24, 5 A. M.—Nothing but picket firing took place during the evening or night, and very little is going on this morning.. . ; LATER FROM GRANT’S ARMY—AN AT TACK ON BURNSIDE—THE REBELS RE PULSED WITH LOSS, ARMY OFPoTOiTAC, JanO 25 6 A. Iff,, (Saturday.)—The only fighting that took place yesterday was an attack made by the enemy on Burnside, but whether intended as a feint to cover some more important move or an attempt to break through his lines, it was a failure. They opened with a* heavy fire of artillery, which was returned by our batteries, and the rebels mak ing a charge wore, driven back in confusion, up wards of one hundred of them being captured. This occurred about 8 A. Mu, and the artillery firing was kept up for an hour, when all became quiet at that point. ■ ' About the same time a battery opened in front of a hospital on the left of the sth Corps, which tho rebels seemed desirous of cleaning out, but they were deterred by our guns before any damage re sulted to us. ... Picket firiDg is still kept up along nearly the en tire line, and in almost hospital are a few vic tims of this species of warfare. . It is almost impossible for a change to be made in the skirmish iine_ without some loss from the enemy’s sharpshooters, and these lines have to be relieved always after darken that account. • The engagement between the Gth Corps and the enemy for the possession of the railroad on Wed nesday was quite severe, particularly in/ront of the 2d division,commanded by General Wheaton. Only a short distance of the milroad had been destroyed when the party were attacked by a heavy foree of tho enemy,under General Anderson, supported by Wil cox’s division. Capt. Beattie, of the 3d. .Yermont, was in charge of the party that reached the road, and he fell back slowly, while tbd skirmish line held the enemy in check, but a body of made a flank movement, expecting to turn the ieft flank of his lineof battle, They, however, did not penetrate far enough, al though they succeeded in taking a large number of the skirmishers prisoners, principally ofthe 4th and llth Yermont Regiments, of tho Yermont Brigade. The enemy afterwards advanced and attempted to break through the line at several points, but were met with such a heavy fire from our force's that they were driven back every time with heavy loss. ~ They finally, itt dark, gave up the effort, and re treated across the railroad embankment, where they took up an advantageous portion. Our Joss wa3 very light in killed and wounded, white that of the enemy, it is supposed, was more than double. We lost quite a number of prisoners, but the figures cannot'be correctly given. The railroad from City I’ointJ.o Petersburg is being placed in order, and an engine and ears , are already procured to put on it as soon as it is in run ning condition.- . . : Supplies arrive at the front regularly, and the troops lack nothing in thi3 respect, but they suffer some from from the scarcity of water. r ; AFFAIRS ON THURSDAY. Washington, June 25.—A iettcr from tho Army : of the Potomac, dated Juiio 23,8 P. Id., says: “We have had plenty of skirmishing all day, and the sharpshooters on both sldes. aro continually ex changing shots, and frequently picking off men who -ai-e, perhaps, nearly a thousand yards distant. « One battery of 32-pounders is trained on the re” bel batteries near Petersburg, and every morning we are treated to’a splendid artillery duel. “ The weather has been warm and oppressive, and eases of. sun-stroke are quite numerous. Every indication of rain gradually melts . away with tho morning: mists, and. by mid-day the heat is insuf ferable.” REBEL ACCOUNTS FROM HUNTER’S DE PARTMENT. AW ATTACK ON LYNCHBURG—A REBEL VICTORY CLAIMED—BOASTED SAEETY OF TUB CITY. The Lynchburg ihyntMicun. says that on the morning of Saturday, ISth instant, at daylight, the enemy, after having gained; an advantage on the previous day over General Imboden, advanced in two lines of battle’ to capture our-outer lines of entrenchments, on tho left of the Salem turnpike, at “Quaker Church,” four miles from the city. The battle-STOund was on both sides of the Salem turnpike, botweon tho Quaker Church and the toll gate, and about two miles southwest of the city. At 12 M. their left opened with artfilory on our centre, but wore repulsed and driven down, the “ Forrest” road, two and a half miles from the city, after losing five pieces. . A cavalry demonstration made on our extreme right, oh the Lexington pike, five xnilos from tho city, was easily repulsed. . It was reported here on Saturday night that 700 Yankee cavalry passed Alexander’s mill, three miles from Campbell Court House, on that evening, in the direction of South Side Railroad, for the pur pose, it Is supposed, of again cutting the road. It is said, also, that 2,000 of the enemy’s cavalry were moving on tho Ward’s Bridge road, in the direction of Danville, with tho supposed intention of tapping the Richmond and Danville road. Our friends at a distance may-rest assured that Lynchburg is as safe now as it would be were there not a Yankee within a thousand miles of the city. . . GUERILLA OUTRAGE IN MISSOURI. St. Louis, Juno 22,— 1n parts of the State the movements of guerillas are not only troublesome, but atrocious. Thecounties of Saline,Pettis, John-: son, Jackson, Lafayette, Oass, and Betts aro so. completely overrun by rebels that lafge bodies of troops are the only travellers, and human lire is not regarded with the.least sanctity. : HORRIBLE ATROCITIES. On the 10th a party of iourteon militia, forming an escort to a telegraph-repairing corps near Kings- Tillc, In Johnson county, wore captured by gueril las. Twelve were shot dead, and the other two escaped by running Into the brush. On the 12th. eight Government wagons, guarded by seventeen soldiers, were captured by forty guerillas, and all the guards but one wero killed. The wagons were burned. Three soldiers going from Independence to Kan sas City on the 12th, wero caught and hanged by bushwhackers; ant! many cases have occurred whore militiamen going only a.fcw miles from their camp have been killed. There is no pretension of mercy on the part of guerillas. They wore part of Q.nan trel’s men, who have orders to shoot, slay, and de stroy everybody and everything opposed to Jett Davis in that section of the Stato. TtAll> ON THE RAILROAD,*?. ' The bushwackors seemed to respect the railroads from motives of prudence, and for the farther rea son that the railroads bring supplies to tho interior whore they aro accessible to raids, yet they are not 0.11 scrupulous iu this respect. Last week they visit ed two sections on the Sonthwest Brunei! Itaiiroad, near Holla, and at Dillon burned two ears, loaded with. Government liny., The week before thoy visited several stations on the Iron Mountain Rail .■troad. To-day wo learn that guorilias sacked the town or Laclede on Saturday last, on tho Hannibal and St. Joßcph Eailroad. This was <;uite a bold raid, con sidering that there were only a handful of guorilias ,nr,d that a full company of soldiers wero stationed at a bridge within a mile, who might have annihi lated the rebels, yet they boldly entered the town, robbed the principal stores and the freight house in the railroad, beside the express offlje. Thus far., they have not torn up any rails orattackerl any bridge guards, but liow long this exemption will continue is beyond computation. - ■ BUKNINO TOWNS. This favorite pastime of the_ bushwhaokors has been resumed, upon a small scale, in several locali ties. The" rebels dashed Into a little place called Melh'illc, in Dado county, a few days since, and, after stealing ail they could, burnt the town. They wound up their visit by killing four citizens.' Dover, in Lafayette; Shanghac, in' Johnson; Frankford, In Saline, and three or four other small places have been blotted out by rebel incendiaries since the first of this month. SICK AND WOUNDED PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW JERSEY SOLDIERS PRo3f' SHERMAN’S ARMY AR RIVED AT NASHVILLE, ITenry LnDdermntb, C, 46 WmsiMcDtnvel; fi, 77 Thoa Wallace, E, 23 i John Dager, B. 9 I Joseph Cap. C, 77 . {Henry Seigmed. L, 7 Cav fOOCJA, JU.VB IS. j Peter Hartzel, A, 77 r 2L _ _ rKOM'CHATTJLS' WraCarnagsy, G,4l JUKI Alabama Cadnvna, A, 13 H J Jas G Marshal, H, 46 TH Greer, C,13J5 J B Stintuatt, H, 46 Alfred B Illgler, 0, 46 K Calahan, A, 29 . Wm Hancock. l>, 46 Francis Y Feuitick, B, 79 CHWSwift, G. 46 Sami Black, C, 77 : Win Lambert, D, 13 N J PetfirSroitli, B, 4 Robert Slnnuet, H, 48 . HRCittesebro, 0,46 C £Lovel!,G, 40 David Boyer, 0, 30 5 J , Henry Kinsey, G, 46 Geo D Tbompson, H, 111 Jaw Glenn, 0, 109 Jacob Stauly, C, 7S . .AUSrSRRED TO X AAHVII.LE. jßenj Lewis, F, U |Win Mason, I, 7 IJ Raymond, A, 111 KfirosToy, cuiOßniA, rg 13. Heal Crate, Capt, F, 48 . J B Getter. -Ist Lieut, B, 40 M Jacob, K, 40 H SewiUinin, G. 46 D I) Tompkins, sergt, B, 46 Edwd Richmond, Corp, G,46 ¥ k Fritz, I, 29 T Bilev, 8,33 5J Thos Waylaad, E, 335 J Emil Dow, D, 111 Leonard DiU, F, 111 : Jno 11 Sharply, G, 23 L Barkly, D 7.) ■ Peter Lynch, H, 33 5 J Caleb Jones. A, 20 J H Flynn, P, 33 NJ G H Bradley, 0. 40 jSergfc S WelLingmeycr, C,29 • LIST OF PATIENTS TO BE Tit. JC FnlJiuer, I, 46 j Cyrus- Lyjnau, C, 111 . | J S I)eveart>y, Sergt, l ,13 2* Jj PATIENTS IJT fiENKKAL lIOS jun: Jacob TibbeU, E, 46 Homy Woof, C, 46 Alex EUioy. C, 45 JasToner, J 3, :i9 S U Osgood, Capt, K, 111 JII Sharply, C, 25 . Geo Miller, A, 2? l r A Fritz, I, 20 .Tames Kelson, H, 29 Jo>,epii Winn, B, 29 Win Kami, B, 59 Wm li Kvans, E, 3S Henry Sharp, E, 111 E Handy, F, 111 Theodore Jhu>onr, -A, 2D < Christopher Bough, A, 29 J&S Hanson, 33 S J J no L McGill, .DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTHWEST. From Gen. tSlwnnan's Army—Situation of Hie Opposing Forees. The Cincinnati Commercial lias details from Gen. Sherman’s army to the I7th. They are unimportant, however, as they give the results of skirmishes for position, in which our troops were uniformly suc cessful. Folio-wing is the situation as given by the correspondent, who writes from Big Shanty, Ga.: “Joe Johnston holds steadily on his position, twenty-six miles north of Atlanta, His line is now closely circumscribed by ours. In no place arc the : hostile parallels more than a musket-shot apart. The rebel right rests oh Kinesaw Mountain, on the railroad, four miles north of Marietta-, their left on Lost Mountain,-some six miles west of Kinesaw. Between these two formidable ridges the rebels have gradually been forced back from a triangle, with the apex toward us, until their line is hut a faint crescent, their centre still being slightly advanced. Bight, left, and centre, their position is closely in vested. Out troops have shed parallel after paral lel until the country in their rear is furrowed with rifle pits and abattis, and scored with a labyrinth 0l *crhe conn try is covered with primitive forests, and in very few places are there cleared spans suffi ciently large to display the movements of a brigade. There is an abundance of scrubby undergrowth which hides everything a few yards distant from view, and when one inspects the difficulties, ltseems hardlv credible, though such is the case, that we have fully developed the enemy’s position with two days’ skirmish enterprise.” CHARLESTON. Ttlfi Efl’p! jytii'tliwOTks on John's Islam; Destroyed— -A Rebel Steamer Items ifie Bloclcade. New ’Yobs, June 26.— The steamer Arago brings Port Boyal advices to the 23d Inst, r- : - The rebel steamer Fox, with an assorted cargo, ran into Chariesion Mi the night of the 7th, and out again on the 11th. Admiral Dahlgren was at Port Koyat. The gunboats Sonoma and McDonough landed & force on John’s Island, who destroyed the rebel earthworks, and retired safely. Private John Smith, of .the list New York, Has been executed for desertion. ’ . Private 'Wallace Baker, of the 55th Massachu setts, was shot for mutinous conduct and striking his officer. FORTRESS MONROE, Arrival of am English Frigate. Fortress Monroe, June 21.—The English fri gate Phmton arrived this morning in Hampton Beads, and fired a salute, which was responded to by the water battery of the fortress. The l’hseton is from Halifax. No arrivals to-day from White House or Bermd- 1 da Hundred up to the time of closing the mails. CALIFORNIA. The Monitor Cainamche—Arrival Trout Saw Francisco, June 21.—'The ChamberofCom merce and Board of Supervisors will memoralize the Government, urging the construction of the new monitor Gamanche immediately. All her parts have been rated,but the contraetors refuse todo' the work on acoount of the depreciation of green bocks since the contract was made, eight months ago. Major Farland, commandant of marines at the navy yard, is dead. Sugars"aro dull, both raw and refined ; crushed selling atl6@iGH- At auction, to-day, one refinery sold their entire produciion of Golden Syrup, 565,000 gallons, at a decline of 100 per gallon, long ruling. The secret oftheir heavy sales o.t such a deeiino is owing to a desire to take advantage of the present high price of gold. The steamer Golden Age is three days overdue from Panama. San Francisco, June 22.— T1i0 supervisors held a_ meeting to-day, to take aetion " concerning the Camanclie. The contractors state they would put her together at the contract prico. The underwriters will pay them the damages sus tained on the wood work, furniture, sails, Ac., amounting to $60,000 in gold. The steamer Golden Age has not arrlvod, and the: Uncle Sam takes her place to-morrow. Receipts df bullion for the last ten days nearly 82,000,000. Currency excharsge, 75@S0c premium; coin bills. 'l®OK prcmimii. British ship Avon, for Hong Kong, takes oyer 8150,000 in specie. Grain market dull. Sax Francisco* June 17.—The ship Bunroth, from China, arrived here to-day, bringing four hun dred Chinese passengers.' One was found to have S2SO worth of opium concealed. jj There is muck anxiety to know the 'details of the new tariff law. American vessels are in less disfavor at Hong Kong, according to advices. Arcbbisliop Purcell and Catlidlle lili.-ip- New- Yoek, June 25.—The Now York Tribune, of to-day, contains the following: “fTe learn from a private letter, addressed to us byiArehbishop Purcell, of Cincinnati, that the Roman Catholic soldiers of our armies, who happeD to be stationed upon the territory of the dioceses of the rebel States, are no longer dependent upon-the ministration of the priests of those dioceses. Archbishop Purcell sends usa printed copy of a letter which he received from Home, dated March 14,1862, from which it appears that, our military chaplains, are authorized by the Pope to exorcise their functions any where in the Southern Confederacy with or without the know ledge of the Southern bishops.’* The Archbishop adds The Freeman’s Journal and thoJlecord ns .when they say the Pope has written to reprove me with loyalty to the North, or expressed one senti ment disparaging to the cause of the Union,” Inccmliary Vires 111 Missouri. St. Borns, June 28i—The block between: Thir teenth and Fourteenth streets and Franklin avenue and Gay streets, was burned this afternoon. The principal losers are Messrs. Cogswell fc Co., flouring mill, who lbso 830,D0S on buildings. and $15,000 to 520,000 on the stock; H. Spilbrlck, grocer, whoso loss is $lO,OOO to $20,000. The total loss is from $BO,OOO to $100,000.. The amount of insuranco is not ascertained. ■ ■ - ■. The woolen factory of Corwalt & Sons, Mexico Mo., and the flouring, saw, and carding mills at PlaUshurg, Mo., wero burned-last week. . The total loss was $lO,OOO. A considerable amount of wood was burned at'each place. Both Arcs were the work of incendiaries. Indiana Volunteers. . IxDiAXAroLis, June 20.—Govornor Morton has addressed a memorial' to Congress relative to re cruits enlisted Into the old regiments and batteries prior to IS6S, with the understanding that they wore to serve only for the unexpired term of the organi zation to which they were attached, and who are now held for the full term of three years. . . , The question has heretofore been .submitted to the War Department, but reliel could not bo granted, owing to the form of enlistment. The memorial sots forth the facts fully, and prays Congress, as a matter of justice and good faith to the soldiers, to take such action as will secure their discharge ac cording to the original understanding. General BfeClcHaii »t Bake Ceergc. Base Georob, (N. Y.>, June 26.—General McClellan, who Is travelling In this part or the country, was serenaded last nlgrUt. He appeared upon the balcony of thejiotel and mada a spoooh. A Hotel Burned.. ■ Jamaica, B. X., June 25.—The Pavilion Hotel! at Rockaway, was totally burned to-day,. EUBOPE. ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF CORK. RUMORED TISIT OF. THE CZAR 10 PARK banish AFFAIRS. He Germans Withdrawn Sonih of Bannel Nkw Yoßff, Jane 26. ~TlseKt*aiosb!pCitj-*fCorie. arrived. Sbcloft Liverpool on theTUhiaat., and Soul anrpton on tbo K-J£ii. . The latetu papers contain the following Madrid, June ll.—ln* to day's Bitting 1 of ingress Senor I'iocedo said that the diffusion of democratic idea* mm* ho prevented by all means. The sole mention c the word democracy j?j the newspapers ought tomafct them liablo to puut>b»ieat._ ITALY. Tufts, June 11.—The Stampaot ibis date nays that the statement made by the dazeU*. de Cologne that ne- Prttiatit)H3 bad recently takeu place between franco and Italy was partly inaccurate, and partly fatso. FRANCE, Paris, June 31.-—The Emperor will return to Paris os Tuesday next. Baron do Bcedberg will shortly proceed to Kissoogan to pay his respects to the Czar. The Onzdte de France, of this evening, publishes, under reserve, a rnmof that the Emperor of Russia wilt come to Paris on Monday next, under the strictest in cognito. . Pakis, .Tone 12.—The Moniteur of this evening ratys that the disiurhauces which have broken out at Sfax appear to have no connection with the insurrection,pro perly so called. It ib assertt-d that Aral> Boy,elec tod by the insurgetna. sent some cavalry to Hfax to disown, by that demon stration, allconnection with the authors of the disturb ance. Paris, June 11 —3P. M.—The Bourse has been dull and the Rentes closed at R7f,or;>c lower than yesterday* Denmark. Copekhages, Jose 11.—The Germans haveabandoi Lforgand -withdrawn Booth of Danneborg. Th q JDagobladet, of to-day. says Schleswig as a sepa rate State within the monarchy is incompatible with. Denmark's rights and honor. 3»o Danish king can lis ten to such apian. A government inclined to each & proposal would soon learn that the people will not sa crifice their national independence at any price. . AUSTRIA. Yuotwa, Jane 12.—The Qwterrisch?, Ztitimg of to-day says thcr British Cabinet vehemently opposes the line of demarcation proposed by the fienftao rowers, and even, goes bo far as to threaten warlike demonstrations. GREAT BRITAIN. Lospok, .Tune 12.—Consols, after official hours, closed, at 9Cft@9o#. ' ~, „ . , A Cabinet council was held on Saturday afternoon. MEXICO AND NEW GRENADA. Arrival of the Ariel—Acapulco Captured l>y the French—Advices from New Ore- New YoitK, June 20,— The steamer Ariel has ar rived from Aspinwail with dates to the 17th, The Trench hare captured Acapulco. The fleet entered the harbor on the 2d of June, landed forces, and drove the Mexicans from the town at the point of the bayonet. The casualties were light. The blockade of tho port has been renewed. The New Grenadian Congress adjourned after agreeing to a loan of eight millions. The total debt of the country is now fifty-six millions. Tha Government has resolved to dispose of its interest In the Panama Baiiroad, and make an arrangement with the present company, If possible, in order to have their charter-extended. The Isthmus was healthy, and the dry keeps off wonderfully, .The Ariel brings $258,000 In treasure. Bepublican Ratification Meeting. New H avbst, .Tune 25,—The Republican ratifica tion meeting last night was largely attended. Speeches were made by Governor : Buckingham, Hon. ,T, IT. .Babcock. E. S. Scranton, and others. The meeting was very enthusiastic. Iremont Ratification Meeting*. St. . Louis, Juno 28.—The Fremont ratification meeting last night was very respectable in point Of numbers, and highly enthusiastic. NEW TOBK CITY. [Special Correspondence of The Press. 1 Hew Yobs, Jnno 25,1884. THE COUBT CASES. V The motion to remove the case of Marshal Mil ray and his subordinates to the United States Cir cuit donrt was argued yesterday before Judge Bussei and Kecorder Hoffman. 3Yo decision wag rendered in the matter. The grand jury, teaching the: matter of the suppression of the “ educated* 1 World and the Journal of Commerce, made the fol lowing endorsement upon, the Information whi' had been lodged with them bytheDistrictAttor' Resolved, That the grand inquest respectfully re. »ent to the honorable Com l that, in their judgment iff inexpedient to examine into the subject referred t the communication of the Executive of the State, the charge of the Court, namely, the action of the Gei ral Government in relation to certain newspapers in r city. v . The District Attorney stated that, at thecpei of the Court, the attention of the next grand ■would b(j called by him to tho same matter, Tne Leader libel suit has been again post] this time because of Mr. dibcy’s illness. “ Count Johannes 11 protested against the delay, It would inflict an injury upon himself and fam"- hnf the Court set It down for the — •— - rtr e>yptember term. A.OTSE3TENT9. TTe hare had another week of extreme dutaess theatrical affairs. Passably good things hare £ei the boards, because the Impending- elosing-an da>' has rendered it inexpedient for managers to produce novelties, The #9RTiIJJOt farifetani when \r» shall he forced to rely upon summer managements with, their second-rate companies for amusement,.at least for the intellectual part, for the minstrel bandsnevor . cease their reiterations. They cling to ns closer ti»n “a man and a brother.” Heller, the prasSidigt : tateury lfill probably continue his diablerie th»ugh outthe heated term, possibly out of respect tohsred hot assistantMephiytophiles,who now-a-days das not feel pat out, Jas in old times) by the application of holy water. There are rumors of summers -at Wat ■ lack’s by Mr. Moes, the present treasurer of tint es tablishment ; and at Winter Garden by Mr. Hark Smith, of Wallaek’s company. As a general king these seasons have not paid very well. The oissed Public understands that the theatre is only t fur nace, despite the illusion and sweet assnraice of Indian fanning-machlnes, and that tbobalcoiyat home, or semi-dark street, is the place where Ui of the cooler biesjings accrue. Therefore has the -temptation been resisted, much.to the dlsgistof ’managers. T ■ . Stctyvesajt- AEP-IYAL OP SICK AND WOUNDED. The steamer State of Maine arrived to-day tom City Point with three hundred sick and wourded soldiers. THE CITY. [foe additional errr news see fotteth pais.J TEBRIBLE CAMMTY OS THE DELAWARE. XiOSS 03? I>IPE, ' Testerday afternoon, about half-past four o’eieit, during the heavy gale, tie yacht America c.apsled at the month of the Sehuylkill, about sixty jails ' from shore. A number of persons in vessels in ha "neighborhood saw the occurrence,'but on aecouuiof Abo severity of the storm were unable to remer any assistance. It seems that the persons l sailing the America 19. glected to take in any sail, as others did injantieba tion of the storm, and the gale coming up sudde’ly, struck the America and completely capsized btr. She carried so much ballast that she sank fmmdi ately. .. After the storm had subsided several yaats went over to where the America had gone do/n. Her flag and part of one of her sails were abovahe water, but not a sign of any who had been abard was visible. .It is reported-that there were but four' drowDd, but after continued exertion wo have been unolo to ascertain definitely who the unfortunate rar were._ Thofollawing ore knowntohavebeen abtrd at the time of the occurrence: William Eihtt, Charles Yost, Edwin Scanlan, William Peala, ~D. Watson, John Moore, Thomas Brown, John Hod, Wm. W. Watts, Henry Irvin. We have keen tT formes! that Elliott, Yost, Peale, and Moore wet drowned, but are not able to state that Tact wli certainty. Great escitement prevailed In Camden durin yesterday afternoon and evening. Any who ha friends on the ntimerous boats wero in a terribi stato of doubt. We have not heard of any otht fatality. : The Botus broke her Doom and had mainsail tom the Delaney and Oiffle fouled. TheW. H. Abbet had not arrived at a late hour, hut was believed U be safe. . BASE HALL. The great game of the season will take place on Thursdav, SOthinst.. between the Nassaus, of Prince, ton. ahd'tbo Athletics,'of this city, on the grounds oi the latter, Twenty-fifth and Jefferson. This will be the deciding game—the Athletics having wor the first, the Nassaus the second. Capt. Kleinfel der, of the Athletics, will select his nine from th< following players—Kleinrelder, Mcßride, Berken stock, Buemrene. Reach, Pratt, Malone, Smith Gaskill, Colleen, Wilkins, Wallace, Paul, McClean Iloyhurst, Bipp, etc. The Nassau is a first-clot club, and nothing but remarkably fine play wL beat'it. On Friday the Olympics-will play them, when w> may look for another brilliant contest. - On Saturday tho Nassaus will play the Eureka® of Newark. _ On the 2Sth of July the Besolutes, of Brooklyn, will visit Philadelphia for four days’ play with the Camden Club, the Athletics, the Keystones, and tiie Olympics. The Besolutes are superior players and accomplished gentlemen. ACCIDESTT- John Henry, sixty years old. fell through the ires tie work at the coal wharves. Kensington, yesterday morning, and was seriously injured about the head. He was taken to his home, on Fourtfi' street, abovo Thompson. ■ ArtCH-STHEET Theatre,— This week is an nounced'as tho last, of tho season, which will elosa with the- engagements of Cecils Bush, a lady who is well known to Philadelphia, though she has nn frequently played in our theatres, and-Miss Botta, a young lady of sixteen, who is said to have aston ished California with her comic powers. Mrs. Bush produces a new play in three acts, and-Miss Botta will appear in the operatic burlesque of “ Jenny Bind ’’ and also in a banjo solo, and a reel, said to have been originally danced by the celebrated Mrs. McGowan, whom very old Londoners still remem ber with delight. Closing Feremttory Sale oe Frisxoitll&v Goons, Straw Goons, Umbrellas, &e.—-The at- j teutfon of dealers is requested to the -valuable as- ■ eortment of Frenoli, Swiss, German, amt British drv goods, -umbrellas, straw goods, stock of dry Moads &«., embracing about 2KS lots or fancy and staple ar tides, in silks,worsteds, linens, eottous, ana woolen”, to he peremptorily sold, by catalogue, on fbur months’ credit, commcneing this morning, at IQ o’clock precisely, by John B. Myers St Co., auo tioneers,Nos. 232 and 234 Market street. Auction Notice—Sale of Boots and'Shom.— The early attention of buyers is Invited to tha largo and attractive'' Sale of 1,000 cases of boots, shoes, brogans, balmorals, gaiters, slippers, buskins, Congress gaiters, cavalry boots, Ac., to he sold by catalogue for cash, this (Monday) rooming, June 27th, by Philip Ford A Co,, auctioneers, at their store, Nos. 525 Market street and 622 Commerca street, - .
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