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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gress triumphantly, only to be repealed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
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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.
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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
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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,