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Tlt Vrtzz. WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1864 The 'New Financial Leader. "The assertion that it is dangerous to change leaders in moments of crisis is un fdoubtedly true, and the danger seemed • especially great when the resignation of 31r. CHASE was first rumored. Here was a mau who had been the financial director. of .the country for three years, who had Iden :tified his name with its financial pOlicy, land had supplied the immense demands of the war, though often by extraordinary exertions and sacrifices. It would have seemed that his sudden abandonment of office would have shaken pubfir confidence, and disarranged the affairs of: the Govern remit. It is remarkable that, not a symp tom of panic resulted, and that the change of in this instancte has not only been without danger, but., as we shall show, actually promises to strengthen the credit of the nation. lir. CEASE'S administration has been at tended with singular success. It was in tended to meet nn anomalous condition, and was itself unprecedented in the history {lr./met - kali finances. It was distinguished !by its boldness, its originality, its soundness, and its general success. A capital answer to those who entirely condemn it is this— that it has accomplished what European financiers at the beginning of the war de clared to be impossible. It has uninter ruptedly met the increasing necessities of the Government, and enabled the people to prosecute the war without commercial convulsions or the interruption of regular business. Thanks to the wonderful re- Tie people in the Government, and to the wise administration of our finances, even our enormous debt is a burden the country bears without stooping, and the effect of the war itself upon the business of the North but a general inconvenience. :But Mr. CIIASE did not seek to establish all his plans without great opposition, not only from political opponents, but from some of the best of living financiers. In. New York and New England his policy of forcing upon the State banks the national currency has been strongly - resisted. The substitution of legal-tender treasury notes for gold was earnestly condemned at the outset. The temporary increase of duty upon iinports was also declared to be un wise. The gold bill, which;passed Con gress triumphantly, only to be repealed after It bad been tested for a few weeks, met the opposition of the entire business community of New York. These are il lustrations of the fact that, although the general system of Mr. CHASE was sustained by the people, asfil admitted to be sound, his special policies were often arrayed against great business interests, and created wide-spread dissatisfaction. Whether this 'dissatisfaction was just, or if Mr. CHASE was mistaken in these cases, it is not our 'purpose to debate. -We cite them in ex planation of the fact that whatever danger might have existed in the retirement of Mr. CHASE, the acceptance of the Treasuryship by Mr. FE.SSENDEN has removed it, and that his appointment has reassured the public .and strengthened the national credit. It is not only that Mr. FESSEEDEN is known to be a man equal to the responsi bility he has assumed, but that it is under stood he is not responsible for all the ac tions of the late Secretary, and is not coM 'flitted to his policy in. any way. We do not believe it possible for the new Secre tary• to depart from the general system which has worked so well for the pa'st three years, but we are sure that he will profit by the experience of the Previous -administration'. The experiments of Mr. CEASE, are the examples or the warnings -of - Mr. FESSENDEN ; he is perfectly free to reject or accept the plans of his prede cessor ; and as lie is a man who is in the "habit of thinking for himself, it is certain 'that he will not hesitate to abandon old -schemes which are demonstrated to be unwise, or to initiate new policies which promise to be fortunate. The repeal of the gold Lill was doubtless in accordance with his wish. He has this great advan tage, that, unlike Mr. CHASE, he' is nn bound by promises and precedents, and free to change or maintain . the Present For these reasons, as well as for his known ability, Mr. FESSENDEN'S accept -puce of the position has been received with universal satisfaction. Men of all parties 'admit the wisdom of his appointment, and predict the good results. The Democratic party is still a great, party, and would be 'greater if it could get rid of its false lead ers. Its newspapers are influential ; and - we note it .as a cheering sign that not one important Democratic journal has opposed the appointment of Mr.' FES SEEDEN. On the contrary, all the prominent Rapers have recognized its value. This is not unimportant in' re ference ton change in the Administration, in which men of all politics are equally and directly interested. There is, there fore, sound reason for anticipating the 'speedy and permanent improvement of the financial condition. Untrammelled, un committed, the new Secretary of the Trea sury entered office yesterday with the full -est confidence of the nation, with the bene fit of its three years' experience, and with the power ..to remedy and reshape the policy as his own judgment shall decide, and that of the people approve. State and 'National Defence—The Cover.. nor's Cull for Twelve Thousand Mail. Whatever the new raid upon our lines sear Martinsburg and Harper's Furry may amount to iu fact, it is another proof of the necessity of having a sufficient strinding re -serve or militia force to protect our frontier. We do not apprehend that any diversion made by the rebels (questionably said to be under command of Ewnr.r.) will be at all likely to disturb the attitude of General ()RANT. But if the new movement is strong enough to accomplish something beside the transparent appearance of a feint, it is time that we should think of our own safeguard. A good militia force might afford some imolai support to the operations of Gltiarr, 'but its chief and most reasonable utility, • .w of the past, would be to protect State Should be able, or at eirst i *M l nl c i; make an effort to defend its own border. All that we have frequently said on the sub ject of militia organization, and especially of a standing reserve force of militia, now recurs to us forcibly in view of the sudden demonstration 'Made by the rebels on our rear, particulars of which we learn by way_ of Chambersburg, Hagerstown, and Har risburg. These rumors may mean little or =thing, but they have the suspicious taint , of the old raid neighborhood, and the tra ditional scent of the coming of the dragon. We might afford to smile at these stispi dons ; but, manifestly, this is not public duty. A laid need excite no apprehension were we sure that the State is alway pre pared to defend its border to the hest of its power. How many times have we been :invaded with impunity—how often robbed with scarcely a sign of military protest ? Our deficiency has not been a want of will or material, but simply of executive mili tary organization. A standing reserve• force; organized two years ago to repel the. incursions of the rebels, would have been by the time of the last invasion an army of comparative veterans, round which the mi litia of the State might have instantly ral lied. The whole subject of militia or ganization is extremely important,' wheth er we arc called upOn to defend the nation or 'ourselves, or both at the same time. It matters not how little the harm any one raid may do 4o our State. 'lts impunity may be• its chief damage to the integrity of the Com monwealth and the spirit of the people ; • and our honor is just as much concerned as our safety. One farm destroyed by the ' rebels, without a reasapable effort on our part to guard against such an outrage, is so much to our discredit. The soil of Penn sylvania is more sacred thanithe soil of :Virginia, and we should defend our soil if nothing else. It is desecrated by the tread of a rebel. We should carry into our military defence the same scrupulous ness and vigor, which even in ordinary circumstances, we demand from our police. We need soldiers to guard our border, and not policemen ; and we require from the State something more powerful than police defence for its frontier. These arc general principles, and we might be challenged to make their.appliea tion in.the confusion of a time of war. But system is more than ever necessary at•such a time. Organization is the more important• from every assault upon it. What is re quired of the State is only an ordinary duty, and but little study of the subject is needed to reveal all the masons for the comparative success of the rebels in all their past raids into Pennsylvania. What is the use of it system liable to be broken up at any Moment ? has been a question often asked, and sometimes very bitterly answered. What is its present use ? may be asked again. It would be foolish for a rebel commander to again invade Penn sylvania; but what will• prevent a rebel general from again making a fool of hiin •self, if he should only have MORGAN'S and 'lmam:Ns' purpose of foraging and clothing, stealing horses and cattle, and robbing the banks ? We' have no right to speculate upon safety when the foe is within reach of us, and we are without arms in our hands. If our border were ROL worth robbing, and if the rebels bad no disposition to trespass, there would certainly be no utility in -de fending it. But the State should be at all times prepared. We should be proud to, know that our Governor, upon the first hint of danger to the State, has summoned all • available troop to its defence.. „W': sa---1;a 8 1,44 - tonear That twenty regiments ót nulltla are now in Harrisburg, or hastening to the border. At the best, Pennsylvania can do more than defend its own soil—it can assist its neighbor State, give the nation assur ance, and impress the rebellion that Gene ral GRANT'S campaign is protected on all sides. At least it should be ready at once to defend itself. Is the necessity ques tioned ? We may wait then till the rebel • crosses our border. Would it not surely be useful to the rebel cause in Europe, if, while GRANT is before Richmond, EWF:LL or I.3r =DEN moved at pleasure into Pennsyl vania? We have no better right to be over-confident now than we had a• year ago. We must not question the danger, but Meet it. If the border of the State is not threatened, then it may be the capital of the nation. There is occasion, we think, for another revival of the war spirit—an other general arming. Let it be what it should be, and the nation will reap a har vest. Waiving this view of the subject, militia organization has a national importance, which we have already shown in our re view of the bill lately presented.- to Con gress. The State and National authorities can, we do not doubt, with a well-under stood and vigorous system of militia, co operate more effectually in protecting the State, and in putting down the rebellion. Since writing the foregoing with such earnestness as the situation seemed to war rant, Governor CUnTIN has addressed a call to the freemen of Pennsylvania for twelve thousand troops to defend the National S Capital. As the Governor indicates, Wash ington is threatened for the purpose of dis tracting the attention of GRANT ; but we may venture to suggest that should Washing ton prove too dangerous to harass or assail, the new raid will readily revenge itself upon the nearest frontier. Already the despoiler is at work in the upper part of Virginia, and the Maryland farms are again in panic. Much damage can be done by even a small ,party of .freebooters in an unguarded coun try ; here the force seems -to be strong enough to warrant a call from Washington, and the address of the Governor. This de mand, we trust, will be met with Vigorous promptitude and enthusiasm. We are little . past the anniversary of Gettyaburg, and thousands of our young men are ready to make their usual summer adventure for the derdnee of the Statd. Twelve thousand men 'are called for, but twenty thousand will, we hope, be supplied. The extreme_ limit of service is one hundred days, but-in only twenty days of this. Lillie.. much may be done for the State and the nation, and much to solve the fate of the rebellion. The new crusade to meet the last incursion of the rebels will be as timely,.we, hope, as it will be popular. Tlie Destruction of the Alabama. The great naval duels of the frigate Con stitution, the "Old Ironsides" of two wars, are first of the, glories - of Ainerican war upon the sea. The story of the old ship, as written by COOPER, is like the romance of a knight-errant who may hae been the hero of an hundred fights. In those days of wooden walls, two hostile ships went through the regular courtesies and ceremo nies of a duel. They stripped for action, side by side poured into each other broad sides hour after hour, and fought till one of them could fight no longer. But for many. Years we have not had such a naval engage ment 'as that which on the 10th of June was fought . between the pirate Alabama and the United States steamer Kearsarge. It was in the old style of sea-fights, though the weapons were not of the olden kind. The cruise of the Kearsarge for a year has been a chase of the Florida and, the Alabama. It was partly by accident that Captain Wiicsi:Ow found one of his enemies at last, and off Cherbourg ended her career. There is something chivalrous in the bat tle. When the Kearsarge forniallyichal lenged the Alabama, the rebel vessel, as if weary of perpetually flying from armed vessels and : attacking merchantmen, de- I liberately accepted the . . , combat, and left the harbor for the opon sea, where the Kearsarge stood in waiting.. The London Timis well suggests that Captain SEMMES might have been ashamed of victories over helpless vessels, and, anxious to do‘some- • thing for the credit of the Confederate navy. Whatever may have been his rea son, let him have the &edit of accepting a' fair, stand-up fight with a United States gnnboat, and of contributing by a gallant defence to the glory the Kearsarge has achieved.: It must have been a terrible - 1 fight. In an hour and forty.minutes the 1 battle 'ended with the destruction- of - the j sunk 'riddled :witli• shell and glortously - EiTheu - kir - flig;.L.4'.' She was well fought to the last. • The Alabama has long been a terror to . American commerce, and, in the opinion of the English, SmirmEs seemed 'to have rivalled IciLsoic. But, until this battle, he had done nothing but plunder and burn helpless ;merchantmen and fly from armed Vessels. The moral effect of the victory is one of the greatest events of the war. The most successful of rebel corsairs was de stroyed in the British Channel, and SEMMES and his crew owe their lives only to the mercy of their triumphant foe, who tier. 'pitted an :EFlish yacht to savthem. Death of Governor A. U. Reeder. We regret to learn, as we. do hy tele graph, the decease of Governor ANintuw H. REEDER. His demise occurred yester day morning, at his residence, at Easton, Pa. For a number of years past the de ceased has occupied the first rank among the legal profession in his section of the State, celebrated as it is for eminent pro fessional talent. He has, likewise, been long and honorably identified with national and State politics. He was the•firstollover -nor of Kansas, after its admissidn as a Territory, by appointment from President PIERCE. Entering upon his high trust with a profound desire - ;Ea render equal and exact justice to all parties, he soon-discovered, both to his sorrow anti surprise, that justice was the very thing the slaveholding oli garchy of the South most dreaded, and were most vehemently opposed to. In order to Poise upon the inhabitants a slave constitu tion, nolens trolens, they demanded of the Governor the sacrifice of honor, truth, and conscience, and, when he resisted such a base and degrading' subserviency, they drove him.from his4eat, a refugee among the forests 'and mountains, breathing out against him "threatening and slaughter.'' It was with difficulty he escaped with his life. For a long time: an active and influ ential Democrat, and the bosom friend of JAMES BUCHANAN, when that 'revered " Old Public Functionary" lent himself and his high office to the Lecompton iniquity Go vernor It, with manly indignation, severed ancient ties and espoused the cause of truth and justice. Of late years, in consequence of enfeebled health, he has not participated actively in public affairs, although front first to last an uncompromising foe of the slaveholders' rebellion. In Governor REEDER It is not exaggerated praise to affirm that society and the bar have lost one 9f their brightest ornaments; the State one of-her most eminent citizens, and his be reaved widow and children a devoted hus band and father. A. TEIXOBAItf received by the president of the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad makes the gratifying announcement that the track of this great new road has been closed two miles west of Johnsonburg, and that Phila delphia and Erie aro at last united iu iron bands. We congratulate the public upon the accomplishment of this remarkable fact, and the prosperous future which it opens to the city and State. A SALE AT THE GRUAT ART GALLERY.—SOMO rare works, forming part of tho groat colloction for tho Sanitary Fair, aro for sale at auction today, in the Art. Gallery, on Logan Square. A water-color drawing, by Princess Mathilde, cousin to the Em peror Napoleon ; a remarkable portrait of the Em press Eugenio, by Vagnani ; and an Agnus Del, by Steinhausor, will bo among those most desirable. Probably superior to some of those In artistic in terest aro the works so generously given to tho Fair by American artists. The list is very representa live, and many exquisite gems of scenery are offered to the connoisseur. Tho Art Gallery will bo open to-day from 8 A. M. to 10 P. M., when this. suaa. 4 - exhibition .--ttj. CATTAI27 MOMAL lt. ELLIOTT, Assistant Adju tant General of the Staff of Genonti Geary, is men tioned as being severely wounded in recont.corres pondence from General Sherman's army. A letter Just received from General Geary by Colonel Elliott, of this city, states 'that Captain Elliott is safe and In active service, having been disabled only a brief time by a contusive wound received in the last battle. • Tnnouon KINDNESS of the purser of the steamer Electric Spark, we have received Now Orleans papers to the 26th. WASHINGTON. WABHINGTON' t Suly 5,1884. PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT CONSPIRACY IN KENTUCKY. SUSPENSION OP TEE HABEAS CORPUS Ey the President of the baited States of Americas. A PROCLAMATION Whereas, By a proclamation which was issued on the 15th day of April, 1561, the President of the United States announced and declared that the laws of the United States had been for some time past, and then were, opposed, and the execution thereof obstructed in certain States therein men tioned by combinations too powerfql to be sup pressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceed ings, or by the powers vested in the marshals by law ; and whereas, immediately alter the is suing or the said proclamation the land and naval forces of the United States were put into activity to suppress the said insurrection and rebellion ; and whereas, the Congress of the United States, by an act approved on the 3d day of March, ISIS, did enact that during the Enid rebellion the President of the United States, whenever in his judgment the public safety may'requre it, is autho rized to suspend the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus in any State throughout the United States, or in any part thereof; and whereas, the said insur rection and rebellion still continuos, endangering the existenee of the Constitution and Government of the United States ; and whereas, the military forces of the United States are now actively en gaged in suppressing the said insurrection and re bellion In various parts of the States where the said rebellion has been successful in obstructing the laws and public authdrities, especially in the States 01 Virginia and Georgia; and whereas, on the MIL day of September last, the President of the United States duly issued his proclamation wherein he declared that the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus !Mould be suspended throughout the United States in the cases where, by the authority of the President of the United States, military, naval, and Civil officers of the United States, or any of them, bold persons under their command or In their cus. tody either as prisoners of war, spies, or alders or abettors of the enemy, or officers, soldiers, or sea men enrolled or drafted, or mustered in, or enlisted, or belonging to the land or naval forces of the Uni ted States, or as. deserters therefrom, or otherwise amenable to military law or the rules and articles of war, or the rules or regulations prescribed for the military or naval services by authority of tho Presi dent of the United States, or for resisting a draft, or for any other offence against the military or naval service ; and whereas, many citizens of the State of Kentucky have joined the forces of the insurgents, and such insurgents have on several occasions entered the said State of Kentucky in large force, and, not without aid and comfort fur-, fished by disaffected and disloyal citizens of the United States residing therein, have not only greatly • disturbed the public peace, but have overborne the civil at; thori ties and made flagrant civil war, destroy ing property and life in various parts of that State;and wherens,it has been made known to the President of the United States by the officials commanding the natloval armies that combinations have been formed in the said State of Kentucky, with a pur-. pose of inciting a rebel force to renew the said ope rations of civil war within the said State,and there. by to embarrass the United States armies now op*. rating in the said States of Virginia and Georgia, and even to endanger their safety— Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws, do hereby de clare that in my judgment the public safety 08. pecially requires that the suspension of the privi lege of the writ of habeas corpus, so proclaimed in the said proclamation of the 15th of September, 1863, be made effectual and be duly enforced in and throughout: the said State of Kentucky, and that martial law be for the present established therein. I do, therefore, hereby require of the military offi cers In the said State, that the privileges of the writ of habeas corpus be effectually suspended within the said State,according to the aforesaid proclama tion, and that martial law be established therein, to ,take effect from the date of this proclamation, the said suspension and establishment of martial law to continue until this proclamation shall he revoked or modified, but not beyond the period when the said rebellion shall have been suppressed or come to an end. And I do hereby require and command, as well all all military officers as all civil officers and autho• titles existing or found within the said StatesOf Eentuoky, to take notice of this proclamation' nod to give full effect to the same. The martial law herein proclaimed, and the things in that reApect herein ordered, will not be deemed or taken to interfere with the holding of lawful elections, of with* the proceedings of the Clonsti tutional -Legislature of Kentucky, or with the ad ministration of justice in the courts of law existing; thereln, between citizens of the United States, in Suits or proceedings willett do not affect the military operations of the constituted authorities of the Go vernment of the United States. In testimony whereof 4 have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington, this fifth day of:July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, and of the indepen dence of the United States the eighty-ninth. Ann/Luau Ll:lcor:tr. By the President: lirtr.r.zeot H. SEWALCD, SOCre- Lary of State. ME. FESSENDEN IN OFFICE o'olock to -day, Mr. FE3I6V4DEN 9nterott • titoh his tinkles as §earotiaiy fit the Court, admintstcrou tho onth-ci-t-i;ftllettSluOir)r9nl43 Subsequently thtt - Chiefs of the several Bureaus, thirteen In number', were formally presented by ex- Secretary CHASE. At noon Mr. FESSENDeIi attended the Cabinet meeting. Ho has been called on today by n number of Se nators and RepreEentatlyes, who paid their respects to him. Mr. CHASE will probably leave Washington la the course of a woek. INTERESTING NAVAL NEWS Admiral Lxe, commanding, the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, In a despatch to the Navy Department, under date of July 1, says since July 24th, 1863, forty-two steamers have Imen captured or destroyed by the blockadors of the "squadron. Taking the average tonnage of these vessels at three hundred tons, and assuming tho capacity of an army wagon at the ton, there has been a loss inflicted on the rebel supply system equivalent to the capture and destruction of a train of 12,000 wagons. The Department •has received a communication from Admiral DAnx.nnmf, announcing the capture of the 'sloop Julia by the United States steamer Nipsic, on the 27th of-June, olf Sapelo Sound. Her cargo consisted of ninety bags of salt. A communi cation has also been received announcing the do. emotion of the English steamer lose, of London, bound from Nassau,hy the United States steamer Vinmsutta, on the shore of Folly Island, S. 0. Whon first discovered she was attempting to mope, and In doing so was run ashore. Tho crow of about twenty men made their escape by getting off in small boats. It was only after repeated efforts to get, her off, and . night coming on, that sho was fired. She bad little cargo on board, most of It, as it is thought, having boon sent ashore in small boats while lying off tho coast. . CAPTAIN WINSLOW, OF TUE KEARBAOE, fIU- COMMENDRID FOR PROMOTION The Secretary of the Navy hits recommended to the President that Captain WirisLow, of the Koar• sage, ho promoted to the grade of commodore. . The Fourth of July In New York Nnw YOICK, July s.—Some thirty tires oecurred yesterday, caused by fireworks. Five 'largo buildings, the Scotch Presbyterian Church, on Wooster street, and five dwellings on Grand street, wore destroyed, besides heavy:damage to some ton other buildings ; tho result of one tiro. The foes is abnt THE PRESS.--PIIILADELPTITA, WEDNESDAY, •TULY 6, 1864. THE SURRENDER OF PETERSBURG DE NANDED BY GEN. GRANT. REBEL ATTACK ON HARPER'S FERRY. GENERAL EARLY REPORTED IN COMMAND GENERAL SIGEL IN POSSESSION OF MARYLAND HEIGHTS. No Fighting to 10 o'clock . P. M. CEN. HUNTER MOVING EASTWARD. IlAnnisnono, July 6.—The rebels had not crossed the Potomac at four o'clock this morning, at which time the telegraph office was open, and in direct communication with General Couch; Ile Is actively engaged in making preparation's to give our visitors a warm welcome, should they repeat Molt folly of last summer. The fears or the people along the border counties have been appeased, but there is considerable alarm still existing, and , it Is not Certain whether the rebels may not be in strong foree. They are said to have 2,600 cavalry. . - Governor Curtin returned to his post yesterday morning. He did not reach Gettysburg, as lie was telegraphed to return when about Moen miles from The Pennsylvania Reserves will be called upon by the Governor to again "shoulder the musket," If the rebels continue to threaten our border: The Governor will take active steps to moot tho emergency, should ho doom that the, occasion re- The Fourth was celebrated in a quiet, rational manner, and there were no disturbances of any kind: to mar the general harmony. Oyef,a thousand horsey named through Gettys burg yesterday, owing to the scare in that section, and in other counties there was similar alarm. Ehitulsnurta, July s.—The accounts from the raiders on the Potomac are meagre and unsatisfac tory. General Sigel is reported to have been at Shep pardstown, Va.,.yesterday. Information received here from 'Washington states that 10,000 rebels missed limper's Ferry yesterday. There ere rebel stragglers on this side of the Po tomac. • There has been no news received here from Ha gerstowu since 5 A. M. yesterday, at which time the operator Is reported to have loft. These having charge of the Government corral at that place are reported to hare been surprised, and , o have aban• cloned their charge. General Couch is expected here to=day. GEN. SIGEL ENGAGED WITH THMAIDERS -AN ATTACK ON HARPEWS'YERRY BALTIMORE, July was reported and be lieved yesterday - morning that Hagerstown was in possession of the enemy, the operators at that plane having left their poets between , 0 and 10 o'clock, under an alarm, They returned, however, about, one oiclocir, and reported the town all quiet, and no enemy nearer than Falling Waters and 'Williamsport, from six to ten miles distant, oo the Potomac, where it was said yesterday that fighting was going on. The same account also says that fighting .was going on at or near Sharpsburg, the Fedora! force being commanded by General Sigel. The previous reports from Harer's Ferry had located Sigel during Sunday nightet Shappards town, to which point ho had fallen hook from Mar tinsburg, and where a junction was formed with him by Mulligan, with the force from the Leetown fight of Sunday, ten miles below. This Joint force it was thought would move to the Maryland side of the Potomac, to succor Maryland Heights if attacked. An attack was made on Hartter's Ferry about 9 or 10 o'clock yesterday morning, by a force esti mated at coma 2,000 cavalry, with more than as many infantry. Genera) Weber, however, Set about a vigorous defence, and up the latest accounts was holding his own. Nothing had been heard up tot P. M. at Harpors Ferry frotn General Sigel's or Mulligan's forces, which is accounted for, perhaps, by the Hagers town story of their being again engaged oppoilte Shcppardstown, to which point they must have been followed. After 2 o'clock P. DI. the wires wore interrupted near Harper's Ferry on the east side, and the ope rator at Point of Rocks was understood to report that a body of cavalry had crossed tho Potomac there, and had interrupted the telegraph. In the meantime, the excitement at Frederick City continuing, all the sick from the hospitals, with the provost guard of the town, were removed, the former going to Annapolis. The Government stores were also moved from Frederick, as they had already been successfully taken from Harper's Ferry. No reason was given for this movement from Fre derick, as no hostile forces were known to be within twenty miles of that. place, except a cavalry detach meta, near Point of Rocks, twelve miles elf. General E. B. Tyler remained at Monocaey In command of General Wallace's forces (that point being the extreme western limit of the department) and protecting thegreat railroad bridge aver 4he Monectfey river, three miles from Frederick, but no signs of any enemy had appeared up to last ni • ht. he true object and extent of the whole move ment is as yet a mystery, but it is known from re fugees from Illartinsburg, Winchester, and other places in Virginia, that the rebels are remorselessly and relentlessly enforcing their conscription, taking all the males between the ages ofll3 and 00 who have not left their homes. Every horse is taken ma Wes line of march, and scouting parties visit the coun try round, and all foundare stolen, whether owned. by friend or foe. Tho capture of supplies and the creating a diver; sion of reinforcements being sent tolleneral Grant, are very probably the principal rensonspir the; raid. Provisions and supplies of all kinds are no doubt very scarce in Virginia at present. and the'rebels hope to make a large haul on this side of the Poto mac, but they have evidently been disappointed thus far. Illajor General John Early commands the expe dition, which Is Composed of cavalry, infantry, and artillery. Early is reported to be Ewell's successor. General Ransom is believed to have charge of the Cavalry, and, as he is said to be StuarVS successor, the object of the enemy may be inferred to be re garded as an important one by General . Lee. The infantry force is said to be commanded by General Early in person. };well's late corps now numbers not more than 10,000 or 12,000 men. °titer reports name Brecklnridge, Imboden, Jen kins, and even Wheeler as the leaders; but. both the Southern Jenkinses were killed the present . cam; palgn. Wheeler is known to be In Tennessee or Georgia, and Breeklnrldge's presence in the valley IS very doubtful. General Wallace is very active, making every ar rangement that prudence suggests in his depart ment. BALTIMORV, July 5-1 P. M.—From the Point of Reeks We learn that the entire rebel force that visi ted that place yesterday morning did notexceed one hundred cavalrymen, supposed to be commanded by Their whole object was to rob and destrey. They took witlethem to Virginia the entire stook of goods found in the stores of Messrs. John B. DattOn,liew er, Basing, and Means & Adams. They robbed the loyal and rebel storekeepers alike, leaving nothinw but crockery ware and such articles as were not easi ly carried off. They were followed to the river by rebel citizens, who are raid to have carried their goods off into the Interior. • They retreated after committing these robberies, and the telegraph operator returned last night from the mountain, whore be had concealed himself, and sent-through several despatches announcing the extent of their plunder, and that the devil was to pay generally This morning the operator was not at his post, from which it Is to be inferred that the rebels have again returned. The telegraph is still working to Frederick, and up to noon no rebels had made their !appearance in that city. The excitement had lu a great measuro abated, and it was believed that the provost guard of that place could effectually protect the city from all rebels WI had appeared in the neighborhood of Point of - Rocks up to this morning. Generals Sigel's and Mullis an's forces reached Maryland Heights about 9 o'clock last night, and no doubt is now entertained of our forces being able to successfully resist any attack of the rebels at that post. Reinforcements are also on the way to the Heights. Gen. Max Weber, who commands the pest, has ghee notice to the people or Harper's • Ferry to lca're, as he intends opening his guns on thp town to drive out the rebels. • They are all on the Virginia side of the town, busily engaged in their work of plunder, and ma simony sending a shell over to this side: The pontoon bridge which crossed the river at the ferry has been successfully removed, and the span of the railroad bridge on the Virginia side has.been de stroyed. to prevent the enemy from orossing. On Monday,-Itloseby, who has a force of cavalry and artillery opposite the Point of Rocks, fired into a train passing that point, causing the greatest ex citement among the passengers. - . No ono was Injured except the fireman of the en gine, who was shot in the arm. The train was run back fay its Sanity Hook, anal the employees of the railroad Mummy this morning are endeavoring to bring it to thIE city. 0 • A. taiga nutill:lsr-of citizens of Frederic have ar train which - left Plane No. 4 this morning nt 7 (Yolvsk. Thera was consialttNe.eX citement.there, but no signs of rebels. . 0 . • No enemy is known to be north of the-Potomac anal cant of Sbarpsburg, unless it be that the force that Sigel was engaged with has followed him. Sigel succeeded In securing his trains, and this morning a number of the wagons passed through Frederick City. Heavy firing was heard in the direction of liar por's Ferry this morning, and it was supposed that 'Gen. Weber was shelling the town from Maryland Heights. lIEBEL ATTACK ON MARYLAND HEIGHTS. BALTINORN, July s.—The following is the latest and most authentic intelligence received up to 9 o'clock this evening from the Upper Potomac 'About 0 o'clock this evening an attack was about being made upon Maryland Heights, whereGoneral Sigel's whole force is eoncentrated and was then formed In line of battle for defence. N. Very Intl° Information or details of tito progress of the siege of liarper's Ferry and .Maryland Heigkts could be obtained, owing to there being no trains running that Jar up the road, and the tali. graph operator not being In a position to undor stand the true condition of affairs, other than the fact, that the defence was obviously successful hi view of the heights being still in Gon. SigePs pos session. Whatever damage the enemy may undertake In their present movement must be quickly Waded, or they will meet much opposition In the forces now moving upon them from the West to relieve all ap prehensions about the result. . -- Four railroad trains, loaded with Government supplies, as woll as the mail train from Harper's Ferry that was intercepted by Mosoby on its re- turn, were all worked through to Baltimore this afternoon, without the slightest loss. They were flied at, however, veryvarmly from the Virginia side opposite Point of Rooks. No.damago to tho railroad is known as yet, ez eepting about thirty feet over Pattorson's crook bridge, six miles east of Cumberland, which was to- day entirely repaired for the movements about being made over the road eastward. Three hundred Wagons, loaded with' stores, sup posed to have been captured, were gotten off safely tram Martinsburg by General Sigel,-and passed through Frederick to-day on the way to Baltimore. A special despatch to the American, from. Alfred Species, president of the Ohosapeake and Ohio Canal, dated Cntnberland, July . 6; says: " Tho rebel raid has boon very dostruotivo upon llre — Chesapeako and .Olio Canal. Wo have infor, matlon hero that the canal has been badly damage. THE WAIL THE 12E13EL RATI) LATEU ACCOUNTS and: that a qumbr r of floats hara bean buriod, and the ton na captured." DATER DES PATO FIE 3 BALTI xonu, July S—Midnight.—Later despotehes from Sandy Hook, on the Maryland side of Harper's Ferry, show that no engagement had taken place up to 10 to-night, further than picket firing. The pon toon bridges there had been taken up and two spans of the railroad bridge removed by Our troops on withdrawing from Harper's Ferry. The rebels hod set tire to the V frglnta side of the bridge, which was then burning. Our men, In attempting to extin guish the %lames, wore fired. upon by sharpshooters In the town, and compelled to desist. There Is no rebel force east of Harper's Ferry, except on the Virginia side, at Point of Hocks. The road is un obetrueted as far as Sandy Hook. Rumor, but nothing more, says that the rebel forco opposite Point of. Rocks Is under General Roes, which, if true,.would Imply the promo° there of a considerable force, but this Is doubtful. Atoll eVents, we have now at Point of Rocks a sufficient force to bold that point against any opposing force likoly to he brought against it. Nothing definite is known 0-9: to the strongtkor movements of the rebels west Or Harper's Ferry. -The largest estimate of the strength of the fume at 'Harper's Ferry is 5,000, infantry and cavalry. Up to this evening Hagerstown was not oceitpled, nor was there any rebel force there. .1 It Is known that General Hunter has reached the Parkersburg road, and Is moving rapidly eastward. PICKET-SHOOTINg STOPPED BY CON . SENT-DISTRESS IN PETERSBURG WASLIMOTON, July letter from the ArMy of the Potomac, dated yesterday, - says the pradtice of picket-shooting has been stopped by the mutual consent of the parties actually concerned ; that Is, the North Carolinians had made such an engage ment, having first secured the approbation of our pickets. Some time since an Order was.piemui. gated throughout the army, forbidding all inter course between bur pickets and those of the enemy, It seems to have had no effect upon the rebel skit.- uli.thcrs, who avail themselves of every opportunity to cultivate the acquaintance ,sr our soldiers, win) chat 'with them 'in the evening, and tight in the morning Fires are occurring, frequently inyPetershurg. They have stopped ealling,upou_thefira department to - asalst conquoringthe flames. The firemen now occupy the trenches. We are at this moment fighting the whole rebel population. • Every day a regular ration of shells is impartially distributed among the various wards of Petersburg. The right of the sth and 9th happen to have their line of battle In close proximity to the rebel works. This brings the skirmishers near each other, and the line is continually embroiled in some little skir mish. A refugee and two deserters from Richmond, who left there several days ngo, represent that there Is _great distress for food, owing to the cutting of the rebel means for obtaining supplies. TILE SURRENDER OF.PETERSBURG BE MANDEI) BY GEN. GRANT. Wnenirorrox, July .s,—Pass.ongers by the mall steamer 'Highland Light report that, on Sunday, General Grant seat a demand for the unconditional surrender of Petersburg, but the answer was not known at City Point when the Highland Light left. It was believed,if the demand was not complied williea reasonable time would be allowed for the removal or the women and children before the town was, attacked. The passengers also report that appearances Indicated lively work in the vicinity of. Petersburg., Prociannition by Covernor Curtin—A Call for 12,000 Hen for 100 Days. HABRISIIITECO S July 5, 1864. Pennsylvania, ss. In the namo and by tho authority of the Com monwealth of Pennsylvania, Andrew G. Curtin Governor of said Commonwealth, A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, the President of the United States has this day made a call upon the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for twelve thousand (12,000) militia, as volunteer infantry, to serve at Washington and its vicinity for one hundred days, unless sooner dis charged— I, Andrew G. Curtin, Governor of the said Com monwealth, do make this my proclamation, in re sponse thereto, and do hereby call on the freemen of the Pennsylvania militia to come promptly for ward, as they have heretofore done, and fill the re quisition for this important service. It is apparent that the enemies of our Government, in despera tion, era threatening us with an armed force, in the hope that the army of General Grant may be with drawn from before Richmond, and I call upon the citizens of this Commonwealth capable of bearing arms to come forward without delay, and thus aid our heroic brothers in the great army of the Re public. Given under my hand, and the great seal of the State, at Harrisburg, this sth day of July, in the year of our Lord ono thou:sand eight hen drod and sixty-four, and ot the Commonwealth the eighty-ninth. By the Governor : Eta Scrann, Secretary of the Commonwealth. FORTRESS MONROE. Forrrnrss MozinoE, July 3.—The following order has been issued : HEADQUARTERS OP THE DEPARTMENT OP VIP: OINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA, June 24, 1801. sr v.v] AL ORDKU, NO. 41 The passes and - permits of tho Lieutenant General Commanding, of Major General Butler, and Major General Mead; given by themselves respectively, or. by their order, for persons, property, vessels, and Pipplles of all kinds to pose and be passed from Washington, D. C., or Baltimore, Md., to their re spective headquarters, and to City Point, Bermuda Hundred Va., and intermediate points, and from their respective headquarters, City Point, Bermuda Hundted, Va., and intermediate points to Washing ton and Baltimore, will be respected and obeyed by all military authorities, provpst marshal; and gene rals. Any disregard to these passes or permits, or Inter ference with the subjects of them, will be an offence subjecting the guilty party to summary punish ment. By command of Lieut. Gen. Grant. Major General B. F. BUTLHR The steamer George Leary will leave here tide evening for New York, with sick and wounded from Hampton Hospital. The steamer bolas arrived hero this afternoon from City Point, and reports constant cannonading going on in the direction of Petersburg. No results have yet been ascertained. . All is working to the best advantage, DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF. NEW YORK, July s.—Late private advices from Fort Hudson show that the rebels are somewhat active in the vicinity, but avoid that, place. . They have endeavored to establish themselves on the banks of the Iblitlissippi at Tunica Bend and at Fort Adams. Genera! Williams has been placed in command of . all the colored troops in the Department of ttto Gulf, comprising thirty-five regiments, his headquarters at Port Hudson. , Generals Sickles and Reynolds lately visited Port Hudson. The troops there are in excellent health. The weather was very hot. G eneral Dick Taylor crossed the Atchafalaya river on the sth of Juno, and an engagement en sued, but no particulars or confirmation had been received. General Canby expected to visit Port Hudson by the Ist of July. The 19th Army Corps lately encamped at Bier gamin, but expected soon to move under recent Were from General Canby : but in what direction is unknown. Among the plunder recently secured by some rebel guerillas at the capture of the Pest House,• 601130 distance from Port Madsen, was a large amount of clothing intended for the flames, which had been used by the 'small•poc patients. Twelve Thonsitod New York Troops Called for. ALISATIY 3 July s.—The PreAdent Informs Gov. Seymour that, a rebel force, estimated at 16,000 to 20,000 strong, have invaded Maryland, taken Mar tinshurg and Harper's Ferry, and are desolating other points. The public safety requires a call upon the State Executives for a militia force to repel in-, canon, and ho calls upon the State of Now York for 12,000 militia, as her quota, to Servo for ono lain ;tired days. Conflagration at Saratoga. SAnATooA, July 5.—A tiro brOki) out yesterday, at 2 P. u., and destroyed the Bethstida Water cure establishment. Tho loss Is $40,000, with an in suronee of $15,000. One large boarding house and several dwelling houses and barns, shops, etc., wore burned to the ground. The total loss is $60,000. Anothor despatch says: Tho Bre began in the model) purt of tho wartor-oure establishment, which 07,11XVIY consumcel l together with throe ?mall ; - e liars ou - Dro.d.nymnlv... Keno of the hotels caught fire. Congress Hall was not injured:' Arrival , from Now• Orleans.. Naw Yonir, July s.—The steamer United Stoles, from Nevi Orleans nn the 27th ult., has 'arrived. Captain Chas. nulkley, and others, of General Banks''staff, aro passengers on hor. The steamers Mississippi, George Washington, and Yazoo, arrived out matzo 26th. A fire destroyed a hay 'warehouse, in New Or leans on the night of the 51h. The loss is $250,000. Cotton buoyant at $1.3:41.45. Sugar higher. Provisions higher. The Fouith at Lambertville, IN. J. LesinanTvrx.t.u, N. J., July 5.—A celebration of the Fourth was held at Lambertville, under the au spices of the Soldiers' Aid Society. An immense' crowd assembled and partook of the ample provi elon orgood things made by the ladles, from which the society will realize a handsome sum. Stirring addresses were delivered by Rev. A. Cf. McAuley, of Philadelphia; es-Governor Pollock, of Pennsylvania; Rev. Dr. Moffat, of Princeton, and A. C. Barber, Esq., of Lambertville, just from the army work of the Christian Commission. A col lcction was taken up for the Commission. lhe Quota of NoUlforkrilledi—Caual Break. ALBAN'S', N. Y., July 6.—Governor Seymour has ~ been officially Informed by General Fry that the State of Now York is entitled to n credit of 4,733 mon over all calls. It appears that, the State has rent more than 300,000 mon to the war. The breaking of the canal at Frankfort will be closed to.tlay. Wreck of a (lover ttttt cut Vessel Navi Yona . , 'July s.—Tholtore-ship (Jointer, (tom Boston for Now Orleans, was totally lost on the 14th of 'Juno, on LoonardPs Keys, Bahamas. Tim guns, small arms, rigging, Sco., woro saved and sont to Nassau. Commander Grey and his officers and crew were saved, including Sailing Master Edwin B. Pratt, or Boston ; Ensigns Sam son and Snow, and Paymaster Brown, who have ar rived hero. Death of Ex-Governor Reeder. EASTON, July b.—Ex4lovemor Anclw. ii. Reeder died at his residence, in this place, at an early hour this morittag, ages a short illness, EITIIO I PE. ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF BALTIMORE THE DANO -GERMAN QUESTION. nostllltles to Ileconunenoe. NEW Yonic, July s.—The Ftearnor City of Balti more, from Liverpool, with dates to the 23d ultimo, arrived at this port at half pail 0 o'clock this morning. The steamship Asia arrived oat on the 13th, the Kellar on the 2001, the Nova Scotian on the 21st, and the Etna on the 22d. CIREA.T BRITAIN. In the IBufse of Lords; Lord Derby made inqui ries as to the arrest and imprisonment In Boston for ten days of a Montreal merchant named bevy, without apparent cause. Ito wished to know If re paration had been demanded of or tendered by the American Government. Earl Russell said ho knew nothing of the case, but promised to Inquire into it. In the House of Commons Mr. Berkeley's annual motion for a vote by ballot was rejected by so ma- Jority. - Mr. Hennessey moved a resolution regretting' Irish emigration, and urging legislation to chock it. Lord Palmerston contended that:emigration to America was simply caused by the fact that the emigrant's condition was improved thereby, and consequently it could not be checked. The motion was rejected. • THE DANO•OERIHAN ISIITBSTTON. There has been no change In the Dano-German question. : : • ": - It is stated that Austria II the only belligerent that favors the proposed arbitration. It Is also stated that the cry for peace Is loud at Vienna. The London journals, except the London Star, continue their warlike time to Germany. T)te ministerial crisis at Copenhagen hits :been adjusted. SPAIN. The Spanish ministers have re.solved to avoid a war with Peru. THE T. AT CST QUEEISMTOWN, .Tu 23:--The Conference accom plished nothing. The terms of arbitration have been rejected and the Conference is regarded as a failure. It will meet nwtin on the 25th, but the preeeedings will be merely formal. - auppat.o4l thrvt hot:A.lll6.l*a recommenee an the 2sth. Commercial intellig^crice LivEitpnor,, Jtlne 22.—Tho sates of Cotton for two days were 12.000 balks. at a decline of V(454 d. The sales to speculators and exporters were 4,000 bales. The Blanchester advices are unfavorable. The market was inactive, owing to the uncertainty In re lation to Enrepean Politics.- • . Breadsta trs firmer, and all qualities bate improved to a triflingextent. . Provisions stead's , and anclanaed. The stock of Cotton in port is 66,000 bales. Flour is quoted as- having an upward t?ndencY. "Wheat firmer at,an - advance of 1@2(.1. Corn ticater 3d. advance; milec , l Corn .P.&. Bd. Punvision. —Pork firmer and unchanged; Bacon steady; Butter, no Niles; Lard quiet • tallow quiet. PRomoloa.—Ashes, .ales Small. quiet; quiet and steady. Coffee inactive. Rice quiet COMM" Rosin cot% and steady. Spirits Turpentine, 70s. Petroleum quiet and oteady t 'maned, 28 $l.. GOIs7DON. •June 22.--Illittoia central al:taros 38'35 die etrwn Erie, SE@Ni. Sarni/row., Jtine a—Breadstuffs have an upward tendency. Provisions steady, but with a downward tendency Produce quiet and steady. Le.NDOlf. 23. --Illinois Central aharea 3043.5; Erie THE NATAL BATTLE BETWEEN THE KEARSAGE AND THE ALABAMA FULL ACCOUNTS OF THE COMBAT FROM THE LONDON PAPERS. The Pirate Sunk and Part of the. Crew Captured. ESCAPE OP CAPTAIN SEhINCES ON AN ENGLISH YACHT. A *Demand to be Made on England for the Rescitud Prisoners. 150,000 Pounds In Gold Reported Sunk In the Pirate. The corespondent of the London Times, writing from Southampton June 20, giros the following ac count ARRIVAL OS THE DEERHOUND WITH CAPTAIN SIMMER AT SOUTHAMPTON. The English steam yacht Deerhound, belonging to Mr. John Lancaster, of Hind Wigan, Lancashire, arrived hero last night and landed Capt. Semmes (commander of the late Confederate stea mer Alabama), 13 officers, and 20 men, whom she rescued from drowning after the action on' Cher bourg yesterday, which resulted in the 'destruction of the world-renowned Alabama. From interviews held this morning with Mr. Lancaster, with Capt. Jones (master of the Deerhound), and with some of the Alabama's officers, and from information gleaned In other quarters, 1 am enabled to furnish you with some Interesting particulars connected with the fight between the Alabama and the Rear sage. The Deerhound Is a yacht of 190 tons and 70-horse power, and her owner is a member of the Royal Yacht Squadron at Cowes and of the Royal Mersey Yacht Club. By a somewhat singular coincidence she was built by Messrs. Laird & Son, of Birken head, and proof of tier fleetness Is furnished by the fact that she steamed homo from the scene of action yesterday at the rate of thirteen knots an hour. On arriving at Cherbourg at 10 o'clock on Saturday night, by railway from Caen, Mr. Lancaster was informed by the captain of his yacht, which was Icing in harbor awaiting his arrival, that it was reported that the Alabama and the Kearsage were going out to fight each other in the morning. air. Lancaster, whose wife, niece, and family, were also on board his yacht, at once determined to go out in the morning and see the combat. THE . PLACH OP COMBAT The Alabama left Cherbourg harbor about ton O'clock on Sunday morningrand the Kearsage . was then several miles out to seaward, with her steam up ready for action. The French plated ship-of-war COuronne followed the Alabama out of harbor. and stopped when the vessels were a league off the coast, her object being to see that there was no vio lation of the law of nations by any tight taking place within the legal distance from land. The combat took place about nine miles from Cherbourg, end as there arc some slight differences (as might naturally be expected under the circumstances) in relation to the period over which it lasted, and other matters, it may be well here to reproduce from Mr. Lancaster's letter in the Times of this morning the subjoined extract front the log kept on board the Deerhound: ' , Sunday, June 10. 9 A. 111.—Got up steam and proceeded out of Cherbourg harbor. 10.30.-01/- served the Alabama steaming out of the harbor to wards the Federal steamer Kenrsage. 11.10.—The Alabama commenced tiring with her starboard bat tery, the distance between the contending ves , elS being about ono mile. Thu Kearsage immediately replied with her. Starboard guns; a very sharp, spirited tiring was then kept up, shot sometimes being varied by shells. In manoeuvring both ves sels made seven complete circles at a distance of from a quarter to half a mile. At 12 a slight Inter mission was observed in the Alabama's firing, the Alabama making bead sail, and shaping her course for the land, distant about nine miles. At 12.30 ob served the Alabamatmbe disabled am! in a sinking state. We immediately made towards her, and on passing the Kearsage was requested to assist In saving the Alabama's crew. At 12..50, when within a distance of 200 yards, the Alabama sank. • We then lowered our two boats, and, with the assist ance of the Alabama's whale boat and dingy, suc ceeded in saving about 40 men, including Captain Semmes and 13 officers. At IP.u. we steered for Southampton! , • DURATION OP TDB ACTION-DTSTANCE BETWEEN I=! One of the officers of the Alabama names the Same hour—viz., 11.10, as the commencement of the action, and 12.40 as the period of its cessation, making its duration an hour and a half; while the time observed on board the Deerhound, which is most likely to be accurate, that vessel being free from the excitement and confusion necessarily existing on board the Alabama, limited the action to an hour, the last shot being tired at 12.10. The distance between the two contending vessels when the Alabama opened fire was estimated on board the Deerhound at about a mile, while the Alabama's officer tella me that she was a mile and a half away front the Kearsago when she fired the first shot. Be this as it may, it is certain that the Alabama commenced the firing, and as it. is knawn that her gun; were. pointed for a range of 2,ooo'yards, and that the second Shot she tired, in about half a minute after the first, - wont right Into the Koarsage, that may be taken as the real distance between the ships. the firing became general from both vessels at the dis tance of a little under a mile, and was well sustained on both sides, Mr. Lancaster's impression being that at no time during the action were they les3 than a quarter of a mile from each other. Seven corn pletc circles were made In the period over which the fight lasted. It was estimated on board the Deer hound that the Alabama fired in all about 150 rounds, some single guns, and some In broadsides of three or four, add the Koarsage about 100. the ma jority of which were 11-inch shells. The Alabama's wore princi t pally Blakeley's pivot guns. In the early part o the action the relative firing was about three irom the Alabama to one from the Kearsago, but as it progressed the lattergained the advantage, having apparently a much greater power of steam. She appeared to have an advantage over the AM- Im me of about three knots an hour, and steam was seen rushing out of her blowpipe all through the action, while the Alabama seemed to have very little steam on. Tug ALABAMA SISKIICO—Inn CTIRW SWIM POE Erin= At. length the Alabama's rudder was disabled by one of her opponent"s heavy shells, and they hoisted sails ; but it was soon reported to Captain Semmes by one of his officers thalPhts ship was With great bravery the guns were kept ported till the muzzles were actually under water, mal . the last shot from the deemed ship was fired as sfie was settling down. When her stern was completely under water Captain Semmes gave orders for the men to save themselves es best they could, and every one jumped into the sea and swam to the boats which had putoff to their rescue. Those of them who wore wounded were ordered by Captain ennlieS to be placed in the Alabama's boats and taken 'on board the Elearsage, which was as far as possible obeyed. ()AMAIN BEEVES AND OTHERS SAVED DY TUN DIIEIttiOUND Captain Sommos and those above-mentionod wore saved in the Deerhound's boats, and when it was ascertained that the water was clear of every one that had life left, and that no more help could bo rendered, the yacht. steamed away fur Cowes, and thence to this port. COMFARATIFB IYEFEIMFTIOW OF VIE TWO VESSELS: The Koarsage, It is khown, has for some time past been in hot pursuit of the Alabama, which vessel Captain Winslow was determined to follow everywhere till he overtook his cranny. Very recently she 'chased and came up with one of the vessels of the Chinese expeditionary force returning to England, and ran alongside with her guns pointed and crow nt quarters boforo she could be convinced of her mistake, for the expe ditionary vex-el was very like the celebrated Con federate cruiser. The Keening° was then described ' as likely to prove a formidable overmatch for the Alabama, having higher, steam power and rate of speed, a crow "nearly double" that under Captain Scrams, and, unlikelier sister ship the Tuscarora, carrying ton, instead of eight, very heavy 11-inch shell guns, the so-called r,columbiatis of the Ame rlonn navy. The Alabama, on the contrary, is stated to have had only two heavy rifled guns and six broadside 32-pounders. The Confederate, toe, - after her long cruise, was sorely In need of a refit.. Part of her copper it is said, was off, ankher bot tom was covered with long weeds. THF. CRAW ON THE ALABAMA—VIE EILLIZD AND EZ:II6/Z1 The crew of the Alabama comprised in all about one hundred and fifty when she loft Oherbourg. Of these ten or twelve were killed during the action, and a number were known to be drowned, the dif-. (crone° between these and tho number brought home by the Dcerhoulid being, It is hoped, saved by the boats of the Rearsage, or some 'French pilot boats, which were in the vidlnity. The French war vessel Couronne did not come out beyond three tulles. The Surgeon of the Alabama was an Englishman, and, as netting has boon heard of him since he wont below to dress the wounds of somo.of the sufferers, It is feared that he went down with the ship. The wounded men on board the Deerhound were Carefully atteutivd to until her arrlyal here, when they wore taken to the Sailors' limo, In the Canute road. Several of the men are more or less scarred, but they are all out about town to-day, and the only noticeable ease fe that of ft 171:411 who was wounded In the groin, and that but slightly. CAJIPTA I EIKKaf KS 8 LIVIITLy WOW:nil:I) IN THE NAND. Captain SODIUM, and his Orst lieutenant. Mr..T. 1(111, are staying at Kelway's Hotel, in queen's Terrace, where 'the gallant commander la molar the care of Dr. Ware, a medical gentleman of this town, Ids right hand being slightly splintered by a shell. Tine SPITtIT OF TTIR PIRATE Ongtll`. When the men came on board the Deerhound they bed nothing on but their drawers and shirts, having been stripped to light, and ono of the men, with a sailor's devotedness, insisted on seeing' his captain, who was then lying in Mr. Latvwder's cabin in a very exhausted state. as he had been entrusted by Captain Semmes with the ship's papers, and to no one else would he give them up. The men wore all very anxious about their captain, and were rejoiced to find that ho hint been saved. They appeared to be a set of first-rate fellows, and to net well twrother In perfect union under the most trying circum stances. The captain of the forecastle on board the Ala bama, a Norwegian., says that when he was in the water he was hailed by a boat from the Kearsago, "Dome hem, old man, and we'll save you ;" to which he replied, "Never mind me, can keep up half an hour yet; look after some who are nearer drowning than I am?' He then mode away for the Deerhound, thanking God that ho was under Eng lish colors. 12= Throughout the act lon the Deerhound kept about a mllgto windward of the combatants, and wasenabled to witness the whole of it. The Kearsage was burn ing Neweastlecoals, and the Alabama Welsh coals, the difference in the smoke (the north country coal yielding so much more) enabling the move ments of each ship to be distinctly traced. Mr. Lonenster is clearly of opinion that it was the Kearsage's 11-inch shells which gave her the advan tage, and that, alter what he has witnessed on this occasion, wooden ships stand no chance whatevdr against shells. Both vessels tired well Into each other's bull, and the yards and masts were not much damaged. The mainmast of the Alabama hail been struck by shot. and as the vessel was sink ing broke MT and fell Into the sea, throwing some men who were in the maintop in the water. Some tremendous gaps were visible in the hnlwarks or the Rea rstige, and It was believed that _erne of her Mints were disabled. She appeared to be tempora rily plated with Iron chains, &e. As far as could he seen, everything appeared to he well planned and ready on board the gearswe for the action. It was apparent that Captain Semmes intended to fle,ht at a long range, and the feet that the Kearseg,e did not reply till the two vessels got nearer together showed that they preferred the short range. and the,supe riot steaming power of the latter enabled this to be accomplished. It is remarkable that no attempt was made by the Kearsage to close and board the Alabama, and when the Alabama heisted sails and made as it for the shore, the Koarsage moved away In another direction, as though hor rudder or screw was damaged and out of control. Groat pluck was Shown on both Wes during the action. On board the Alabama all the hammocks were let loose, and arrangements had been made for sinking her rather than that she should be captured. ...irAs far as is known, not a relic of the Alabama is In the possession of her successful rival. When she was sinking Captain Sewn es d mimed his own sword Into the sea to prevent the possibility of its getting Into their hands, and the gunner made a hole in one of the Alabama's bqat,, and Sank her for the same reason. Before I,:dving the Deerhound Captain Semmes Pfuer . ..vd to Mr. Lancaster's son one of his officer's sr.Orda end a pistol in remembrance of the occur rence and the kind treatment ho and, 14; men had -received on board the yacht. The men stated that the best practice !Operally on board the Alabama during the action wog shoun by the gunners who had been trained on board the Excellent in Ports mouth Harbor. The spectacle presented during the combat is de scribed by those who witne.ssod it from the Deer hound ns magnificent, and thus the extraordinary career of the Alabama has come to a grand and appropriate termination. The presence of the Deerhound on the scene was providential circumstance, as in all probability the men saved by her would otherwise have been drowned, and a lamentable addition would thus have been made to the number of lives lost on the occasion. ErESEQUENT MOVEMENTS OP THE REAR AGE UN- Nothing is known here respecting the Rearsage or her subsequent movements. She was In com mand of Captain John Winslow, and had about the same number of officers and crow as the Alabama. The last official American navy list describes her as 1,081 tons. register, and carrying eight gnus, being. two guns less than the Tuscarora Mounts, to which in all other respects tho Kearsage is a sister ship. The Tnseorora will be remembered as the Federal ship-of-war that some two veers and a half ago lay at this port watching the Nashville. Several of the Alabama's officers now here were attached to the Nashville on that occasion. The Alabama's chronometers, specie, and all the bills of ransomed vessels arc saved. baring been handed over to a gentleman at Cherbourg before she left that port. ARRSTAL OP MR. MASON AT SOUTHAMPTON Dlr. Mason, the Confederate agent, Captain Bul lock, and the Bev. Mr. Trcmlott. arrived by the 4 o'clock train this afternoon from London, and pro ceeded to Kelviay's Hotel to meet Captain Semmes. Captain Semmes and all the men are now placed under the care of Mr. I. Wiblin for such medical attendance as may be required. On Sunday morntny. just as all good people were coming down to breakfast. an RWIDI Sunday morn ing's work was preparing within sight of the British Isles, if among these Isles we may include the bar ren rock upon which a million has been spent to make ft a sentry-box to watch the port of Cherbourg. From the latter port, just about 9 o'clock. there issued the Alabama, the ship that for two yerirs has :truck terror into the heart Of the most confident and almost the strongest naval Power In the world. More than a hundred times over, the very name of the Alabama, thundered through a speaking trumpet, has brought down the rival Rag as If by magic, and compelled the luckless crew to submit to the inglorious process of examination, surrender, spoliation, and Imprisonment, to see their ship plundered and sent to the bottom. In the shape of chronometers and other valuables the Alabama carried the *polies opima of a whole mercantile fleet. This time, however, it was not to order a merchanhrian to lie to while his papers were examined that this scourge of the Federal navy came out of Cherbourg. It is not in our power to say why Captain Semmes, who has gained so much glory and so ungneslionalle a reputation for courage that he could afford to be prudent, ,came out with a ship just re turned flows a long voyage and much in want of repair, to encounter a foe larger, better manned, better armed, provided, as it _turned out, with. some special contrivances for protection, and quite as likely to be as well handled as his own ship. For many months we have heard of the Kearsage as a foe worthy of the Alabama should she have the good luck to catch her; indeed, the captain of the Rear sage had assumed that if they met there could be only one possible result. Why, then, did not Captain Semmes see that this was an occasion for the exorcise of that discretion or that ingenuity which. the greatest generals have thought rather an addition to their fame I Did his prudence give way, no they say a brave man's courage , will sometimes? Was he wearkd with a warfare upon, the defenceless? Did conscience or self respect suggest that the destroyer of c hundred unarmed merchantmen had need to prone his courage and to redeem his name from piracy 7 It LI, simply said that he had been challenged, and three' he accepted the challenge, not without some fore casts of the result. As an ordinary duellist hands his watch and his pocket-book to a friend, Captain Semmes sent on shore his sixtytchronometers—the mementoes of so many ecater vontlicts—his money, and the hills of ransomed vessels. He then steamed nine miles out to sea. and entered into mortal com bat with.the enemy, first exchanging shots at a dis tance of little more than a mile—out of all dis tance our fathers would have called it ; not so now. . As it happened, and as it frequently happens , on such 'occasions, an English yacht was in the har bor, and its owner, Mr. Lancaster, thought the view of one of the most important naval engage ments likely to occur in his time was worth the risk of a stray shot. His wife, niece, and family were on board; but, no doubt they shared ' his interest in the spectacle. The fi ring began just as we Londoners had- got to, the first, lessen in the morning service. As the guns of the Alabama had been pointed for 2,000 cards; and the second shot went right through the Ice:lrene: that was Iwo beady the distance at first. and we are told the ships mere never nearer than a quarter of a mile. The Alabama fired quicker, in all about 150 rounds; the Kearsage fired about 100, chiefly 11- inch shells. One of these shells broke the Alabama's rudder, and compelled her to heist sail. By this time; however, after an hour's work, the Alabama was sinking, and could only make the best of her nay In the direction of Cherbourg. Pursuing our comparative chronology, this brings us to the be ginning of the sermon ; and it was at the very time that our congregations were listening, as well as they could, to the arguments or the eloquence of our preachers, that the very moving inci dents of death and of rescue took place off Cherbourg—the gradual sinking of the Alabama, the picking up of the drowning seamen, and the final departure of the Deerhound, with . Captain Semmes, his surviving officers, and some' of the crew. The men were all Arne to the last; they only ceased firing when the water came into the muzzles of their guns ; and as they swam for life all they cared for was that their commander should not fall into Federal hands. He reports that he owes Ills best men to the training they received onboard the Excellent. To all appearance the superiority of the Kearsage lay partly in her guns, and of course somewhat in her more numerous crow, but not lees In her snore powerful machinery, which enabled her to move quickefand mauceuvre more easily. We are becoming accustomed to scenes that only four years ago would have been thought appalling, horrible, and portentous. Think of a quiet gen tleman, with wife. niece, and family, perhaps gover ness and maid-servants, having witnessed at their ease, on Penalty morning, a fight, not between two cock ' s or two dogs, but two men-of-war, a few hours' sail from Southampton. In fact, they and the sur vivors of the ship destroyed were walking about Southampton, and shopping on Monday morning. There appears to have been a very respectable allow ance of killed, wounded„and missing, and among the latter is an English surgeon, who is supposed to hare gone to the bottom in the midst of ills bleeding patients. We .sliall know cory shortly whether the chains hung outside tho Koarsagesaced her MOD. To all appearance they did not: end but for the melan choly fact that some of the Alabama's wounded must have gone down with her. the loss will pro bably have been nearly the same on both sides. Is there not something ominous in such an en counter within our own seas! Such a contest, so brief, so Lord fought, and sn decisive, is even more terrible than the hand-to-hand tussle and, the mere game of fisticuffs that our old fleets used to indulge in with a thousand popguns on either side. True, there was damage done at- last, but some times very little damage to speak of, and a hlse ship might receive many hundred shots only to have the a tory of showing the shot-holes to the populace of Portsmouth. It is not so now. dt the distance of a mile, liner less than a quarter of a mite, a. formidable ship, the terror of American commerce, welt armed, •weit manned, well handled, is sent to the bottom in an hour. Exactly an hour elapsed from the first shot to the mommat when it hemline obvious that the vessel was sinking, when, indeed, the rudder was broken and the fires were put, out. That is the pace at which our naval engagements will be fought for the future. In this instance the pace was all the quicker because the guns had start of the ships, the guns being the new artillery, the ships wooden, excepting the chains of the Kearsage, if they constitute an .exception. The next duel in the British Channel will probably be between two vessels of the Warrior class, and he must, be n. bold MAD who pan be sure that it will last as long as a Sunday morning servidoor be less decisive than the' last Sunday's. SEIINKS I CONDUCT AT BOIITHAMDTON-ACCOU YT El= The Daily News' Southampton correspondontsa:ys "Captain Semmes is at K0%111 0 3 Hotel in South ampton, and the other officers and men aro about the town getting clothes and pecessarios ; they are taken charge of at the Sailors' Home here. Captain Semmes and Older Officer Lee went this afternoon to Emanuel's, the tailor in the High street, to make purchases. The captain's hand was bandaged, owing to a wound Ito received in action. The shop was crowded with people, endeavoring to catch a glimpse of the Confederate commander. "Messrs. Emmanuel tapped several bottles of port, and treated (heir customer, his lieutenant; and those who came to see them, with much hospitality. Captain Semmes anxiously asked what tbo people of England thought of the , South ; said slavery there existed but In namo, - and that the North and South would never again be united. Ile said, moreover, that be had endeavored to do his duty to his mum try. When lie loft the shop a crowd had oollemed round the door, who made way for, him and treated hint with much respect. Ile seemed to be laboring under mental anguish, and to feel most acutely the complete defeat be had experienced, and the death and sufferings which that defeat had caused. "Captain Semmes is a thin, wiry-built man, with a Stern and determined air. He is about fifty years of age, with a small red 'pointed face, and a board and moustache in the American style. He had on a very old naval officer's cap, and an English naval Heutenant'sjacket. Ile declined do see any strau .gers at ids hotel. Ins first lieutenant is a tine looking young man. in answer to questions, Capt., Semmes said that he left all the property he pos sessed, and upwards of left.. 'ohionometers he had taken from captured Federal merchantmen ,--- in Cherbourg, previous to going out to tight tts I:corsage. 1k says That he was completely deceived as to the Afranglk and armament 'lithe Federal ship. What he recollected of the Kcar,age was, that she was an ordinary loop-of-war. If ho had known that she was an iron -chid, and much more heavily armed then the Alabama, he would not have fought, ati It was madness to do so. He said that the fight be tween the Alabama 'and Kearsage has taught an other lesson In naval warfare, that of the useless ness of ordinary ships-of-war like the Alabama, en counterft.c an iron-clad and heavily armed ship like the hem - sage. He does not know the extent of damage he did to the enemy's Ship all he knows is that he has lost his own. "IL appears that Semmes and a number of his officers end crew escaped from the Alabama ,just as she was going down, and that Mr. Lancaster, the owner of the stenos-night Deerhound, wax desired by the commander of the Kearsage to save Ai many of tho officers and crew of the Confederate vessel as possible. Captain Semmes was In the water half an hour, and was nearly exhausted when picked up. It appears he begged Mr. Lancaster to get away as fast as possible to prevent him and those :eh') were with him from bring taken priSMlert, and the Deerhound, being is fuel yacht, was enabled to get Ott of tho roach of the Federal man-of:war. Mr. Lancaster describes the fight as a magnificent sight. lie saw holes right through the Alabama, made by the tremendous shot of the Kearsago." A second letter from the same correspnodent says: "When the battle was at an end, the Deerhound steamed over to the Kearsage, and Mr. Lancaster was asked by the officers of the Federal ship CO try and pick up the scores of the Alabama's crew and officers who were floating and swimming about. lie lowered his yacht boats, and one of them, commanded by a man named Adams, was steer ing his boat Into a group of a dozen struggling persons, when be passed a drowning man at some short distance with an officer's cap on. One of tho men in the bout cried out, That's Semmes,' and the drowning man called out, I am the captain, save me ; 1 cannot keep up any longer.' Adams went and ilraisoeil bite into the boat. Semmes then said, For Cod's sato, don't put me on board the Ile:usage, hut put me on board your yacht.' Adams promised to d.t so, and laid Semmes down in the bottom, and covered him with a sail to conceal him from the Kearsage's boats, which were evidently anxiously searching for him. When Adams had saved a boat load he took them on board the yacht, and Semmes wits at once pi seed below. As soon n 9 all that were seen in the water were picked up, Mr. Lancaster was anxious to got away. and,Legan to . steam out to sea. Ile expected that he should have been brouwht to by a shot from the Kearsage, but she was too - ffisabled, tt appears, to go after the Deerhound to overhaul her, and them Semmes escaped being made prisoner.". (By Telegraph-. THE STY.AMItit IMA.R9.IOE The Ecarsage is a thir.l-rate screw gunboat of 1,031 tons. tzhe carries eight broadside guns, ono bow pivot; and two stern boat-howitzers. The steam eltop Kearseve was built at Boston, In ISA and left for F! peclnl service about a year ago. She is a very handsome vessel, and her otll:ers have diligently watched for an opportunity to engago both the Alabama and the Florida. Hew Is n list of the officers commanding this ven ni, now to become so well marked in our naval history : Captain—John A. Winslow. Lieutenant Commander—James S. Thornton. Surgeon—John M.. Brown. Paymaster—Joshua Smith. Engineers—Chief. William A. OUSatilltil. As sistants—Second, William 11. Ideal:an ; Third, Fted. L. Miller, Sydney L. Smith, and Booty McConnell. Boatswain—James C. Walton. Acting Gunner—Franklin Graham. IXXVITIth CONGNES6-PI3ST SESSION SV.Vigt;IGTO.Y, July 4. 1864. SENATE. THE SPECIAL I\CUME•TAX RILL PASSED. The Se nate met at nine o'clock The hill from the flou,,e, ay,eseina a special tax oct incomes, was taken up. as 111 Committee of the Whole, and then reported to the Senate. The question occur ring. on its paimage, Mr. 3101tCAN, of New York, euggested that it tie over until aite7".:lmetors appoar in their NOTRIN. Mr. SHERMAN, o r exprested the hope that the bill wonlit at once P 1... Mr. CONNESS eald that it wvi the general eenaeni oti Saturday night that this hill ehould pass. Mr. SUMNEIt replied that there was no undmtand ing that the hill should leas= w!thent amendment. Mr. SHERMAN needed scarcely to remind the Senator that alb, body cannot originate tax Mr. MINER replied that the Senator could not har - t recently read the Congitation, which provides that all Mlle for Talking revenues sha!lorizinate in the House, but that the Senate may amend as iu other bill,. He desired to add a provision for a tax of whisky on hand. He was aware, as had been ancaeAted, that the Senate bad voted against doing ao, but did it follow that such a tax would be voted down now ? They had been in formed that the now Secretary of the Treasury did not desire additional means for the support of the Govern ment. Mr. SA ERMAN appealed to the Senator to SAY whether he desired to reopen a controverted question to defeat the bill, and thus prevent fall force and effect W the Enrol meat act. Any attempt to amend the hill vroald defeat it. He considered his dory would ho bestperformed by contributing of his linty and patriotism toward the parsage of the bill. Mr. StlfdtiEß said he wanted to provide additional means to meet oar oblieations and enatain the national credit. • Mr. TRUMBULL regarded the position of the Senator from Massachusetts as extraordinary Its regretted the Senator should endeavor to screen himself from the re t onsibility of defeating this bill by throwing it on the shoulders of somebody else. The Senator had persist ently voted againstltaxing whisky on hand, which he now proposed. Mr. SUMNER—I beg pardon. Mr. TRUMBULL said it ill came from the Senator who fought against the tax to now, at this time, seek to impose It. If the Senate bad had tho intlnence on a fer nier occasion of the Senator , from Massachusetts (Mr. Sumter) and-the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Chand ler), that tax would have been imposed. Mr. sUMNBR. was unwilling to be presented in It false attitude. Ile had voted for the largest tax which. seemed practicable. When a tax upon whisky' on hand was first presented, as a separate measure. he did not sec the way clear to enforce it. but he hod afterward* favored the tax. Mr. HARLAN had been Informed that the present Secretary of the Treasury 'panted only this add itionaL measure to meet the demands daring the present Lieal year. lie wee, therefore, unwilling to unsettle what had been done, and impuoe a larger tax on any Com modity now taxed The House bill, was then panned imposing a specia yeas .nays 7, u FILMS. Howe. Micas, Johnson, Lane (Sansaa), Lane (Indiana) . McDougall, Morgan, Morrill, Pomeroy, Anthony, Clark, Con ne7a, Cc wan. Doolittle. Pool, Tamer, Hale. Harlan. Barrie, EMI Docbales'', Ca rlile, Davis, yicbirdson, 'IRE FEDERAL COURTS 01? THE 2fORTHERN DISTr..ICS I=l Mr. HARRIS called up the bill to regulate these.. - inns of the Circuit and District Courts'of the Northern dis trict of New York. .He only asked a vote, and acid if amendments were to he proposei to this bill, he would abandon It. He hoped the Senator from 'lllinois wonid pot persist in killing this bill by indirection. Jr that. Senator would reduce the salary of the.) adgm in hi, own district in Illinois, he would not as.k him to favor atm. Mr. TRUMBULL said that such a reduction coald not be made under the Constitution. . air. IfLa ' , BIS knew of no con t-titutionsi objection. Mr. TRUMBULL insisted that. aside from a conwitu- Hovel objection, there were other good reasons. for not favoring such a reduction. He was confident there was more business in the Court. at Chicago, w hich was in session nearly all the year, than in. the New York die. Ohl alluded to. Mr. HARRIS urged an immediate vote. Mr.. HALE said he would like to tell, if he had time, how Judge - obtained his appointment. He would like further to show ho,w active, prominent, commit:m ot., and offeneive had 'been etforte to break down jury trials. If judicial salaries were to be Increseed,he would like to commence on 901119 other man. A PERSONAL EXPLANATION BY MR. SPP.A.GIM. Mr. SPRAGUE made a personal explanation in reply to the climes of Frank P. Blair, Jr. and denied that h e (S prague ) had reeeireA special privilege. from Secre tary ukase by which be had made or would make 6011111 two millions of dollars. RELIEF OF THE PUBLISHERS OF THE ()LORE. The bill from the Rouse for the relief of the pulblL•liere If the Globe was passed—yea. V. rulYe 8. SALARIES OF ROSPITAL MATIIONS Mr. WILSON called up the bill to Increase the ma penmtion tematron. of holpitals. Passed. uxEctrrive, siesszox At half-past eleven the Senate went into executive session, and the doors were again thrown open- at twenty minutes past twelve, when it was learned that a poetiaanement to pelf past twelve bed been made in the hoar of adjournment, In which the Reuse cut oared. The hour of half pant twelve having arrived, Mr. CLARK, the President pro tetra, said: SExtrons: The time fixed by the concurrent Totes of the two 'lenses of Congress for the wijourninent has arrived. I now, therefore, wishing you, Senators, a pleasant return to yoarhome and families. and express inethe hope that before you again return to this ctiambez the clouds that have been lowering upon our Moved country may In lifted, that the etorm may be receding, that pence may be again returning, I do declare the Se nate adjourned without day. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The House met at 10 o'clock. when Mr. Washbit . rno. of Itl:nots. veered the following reiolutiou : RESOLUTION OP STXPATRY AND TUL:f RS TO TIIR Resolved. That before the adjournment of the present seaston cf Canirres , i on this day, the eighty-eighth anal cereary of the birth of our national Independence, it to becoming and proper for the representatives of the pe•t ple to ret err to our officers. soldiers and reamen engaged in the present struggle for the suopres.vion of the rebel lion against our Government,rotr profound and heartfelt thanks for their services and our sympathy for their sufferings, and to congratulate them on their successes and their triumphs, and to express the hope of a speedy termination of the contest and their return to the pesos fnl pursuits of life. Mr. WASHBORNE, in offering this resolution. briady contrasted oar present situation with what It was on the last fourth of July. He said: Although Vicksburg capitulated one year ago to:day. yet the Miesiesippi river was edit closed, tille rebels holding Port Hudson. In Tennessee, we only held to Be.shville or Murfreeaboro', The changes which the last year had brought to us in the military situation should till the country wills hope and courage. Lee. instead of advancing into Pennsylvania, had been driven to Petersburg, and had either -to retreat to the Carolinas or to be cooped up and captured. Lieutenant General Grant, that child of victory of the Northwest, had driven Lee for sixty miles throneh his entrenchments outgeneraling him in every movement, and heating him in every battle. While the couutry was concerned at our own losses, it did not seem. to con siderthe immense losses inflicted upon the enemy. The rebels had lost in this campaign sixty thousand in killed and wounded, and sixteen thousand prisoners. Our losses did not exceed those of the enemy in killed. wounded, and prieoners. The enemy had lost twenty-six general officers in killed. wounded, and prisoners, twenty-three gene and innumerable battle-gags and standards. ..We had lost only five. guns captured, though Wilson and flantar had destroyed some fifteen or twenty small pieces to prevent them from felling Into the band, of the enemy. We have loot seventeen central officers; in killed, wounded. and prisoners. All tke railroads leading to Itichmend have been so destroyed that much time will be required to repair them. Our forces hold possession of the Petersburg and Weldon road, while Wilson. :a hie recent brilliant raid, had destroyed nearly fifty miles of the two roads—the Danville road and the Pe tersburg and Lynchburg road. Bunter had achieved immense envess in South western Virginia, in destroying railroads , cutting ca nal', capturing bargee, taking Staunton, and destroy ing the-immense depots of supplies there, and indicting irreparable damage upon tic enemy generally. Rich mond was now entirely cut off from railroad cement:d eaden and wee short of supplies, and Grant had really both Petersburg and Richmond by the throat. The spirit cf our army- was indomitable. and every man in it full of hope anti Courage. and eatirely oonl dtnt of success. The "Hero of the Mississippi . ' • (twit from his glorious auccesses on the old •• Father of Wuters," bad snatched victory from the jAWS of defeat st Chattanooga. fought a battle at Lookoet Monntaitt above the clouds, and ot"tied the-gateway to Georgia. Theheroic Sherman had advanced far into that state. ceptnred important towns and immense stores, driven. the ensmy - all the time is-fore him, till be'yeaterday titled lue despatches .from Barletta, within eighteen miles of Atlanta. the very heart and Soul of the rebel lion fu the Southwest The whole military situation bad never before looked so premising, and he believed. we 'were now rapidly approaching the triumphant and of the great struggle. With all the necessary lerielation pawed by Congress, with the certain prospect of tilling up the ratite of the army, with the patient and trusting petrictlam of the people, he believed that all loyal men would now look forward with hope and faith Thu first session of the .Thirty- eighth Congress would adjourn under favorable orbits, and on relnruiug to our seats on the first of December he hoped to we the rebellion not only crushed. but the country regenerated and disenthralted. EUUMAHIHE WIVEICTIONS. The lionse s passed the &nate bill. to tat submarine inventions. xtzroivr 01' THE COMMITTEE TO WAIT ON TUE ECIECIR Mr. STEVINS. of recosyleunia. from the . joiot com mittee to wait upon the Presi lent. rrPorted: WV - hdve periotmed that duty. lie has no further commu nication to make, Oat vars. 'God bit e% you. " CLaughter.3 TTIR ADJOVRII:NIRNT The SPEAKER then arose and said: . Centlemma of the /*nag of Represenfafiro: The hour of adjournment has arrived, and I wish yen eue and all at happy reunion with family and Meals an the charmed home circle. Thanking you fur tha kind And generous manner in which you have sustained hue in the administration of the difficult end responsible duties of the Chair. and hoping and unating. when we reassemble In these halls next Decoinber. Providence may have so crowned the endeavoss of our heroic do fenders in the field that we mny lo permitted to rejoice over the full realization of the prayer of so many mil lions of your constituents, "Gods save tho American Republic." I do now. In acterdanoo with the concur. rent resolution of both Rouses, declare the first holmium of the House of Representatives of the Thirty-eighth Collates!, of the Dulled Scams adjourned. sine cite.. Loud end. prolonged applause follotted the delivery of this address Trent Oil parts Of Ile Hour and 51t bean separa Gut, tax on Looomew. follows: Rameay, Sherman, Ten Eyck. Trumbull, Van Winkle. Wade, Wllkineon. W.lson. Willey. Rtddl. Saul.bnry,