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FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1804.
FORNEY'S WAR PRESS,
Prig Trot WER.X. IMMO JuLT 0, 1884.
ENORAVINO,—The 18th Army Corps storming a
fort on the right of the rebel line, before Petersburg,
June 16. •
11. POETRY,—The Promise—On an OW Mutt
111. ZENOBIA TEMPLE (Part I. continued). BY Nfra ,
Lillie Deverenx Umsted—How numb some " well. in
lOrmed"'EngliehMen know about America.
IV. EDITORIALS.—The Black 3lngl In Destiny—State
and Natlonnl Defence—Tito Governor's Call for Twelve
'Thou/and Men—The Problem of.the Situation—The Re
• Mannikin of Secretary Chase—The Destruction of the
Alabama—Death of GOV. A. IL Reeder—The Repeal of.
• the Gold Bill—The Fourth of July—The Demand for
Taxation—" Anybody but Lincoln"—British Politics—
Foreign Sniff teems—Death of William Smith O'Brien
'The Call to Arms,
V. LETTERS FROM "OCCASIONAL."
YI LITERA IZY.—Sncressfnl Philadelphia Merchants
—National Quarterly Review.
VIL POLITICAL — The Letter of the Committee of
'the Baltimore Convention to the President, announcing
his Nomination, and his Letterer Accaphinee—The Sons
o f —Repudiation of Fretnout and Cochrane by
Übe Germans of Plalladelpitia—Onicial Contradiction of
the Enlistment of Forolguera—Auother Leaf for JOlllO3
Buchanan's Book—Conspiracy in Rentucky—Procla.
nation of the President.
Viii, WAR NEWS.—Destruction of the Alabama by
the ICeartarge—Fittl Accounts of the Action—The Rebel
Invasion—Calls by the Governor for Two Levies:ll4oo
men each—Special Correspondonee. from the Army of
the Potomac—lncidents, etc.
IX. GENERAL NEWS.—The Accident on the Quebec
Eallroad—Fires at Saratoga and Soringfield—Advieas
from Europe, idexice, and South America—A Day of
lintoiltalion end Prayer.
X. CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY.
XI. CITY INTELLIGENCE. —More about the Cen
tral Fair—The Fourth in Philadelphia—A Storm in the
Twenty-fourth Ward.
XII. CRESS DEPARTMENT.—Lessona — Chess in
Philadelphia. England, anti the Provinces. •
Xlll. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. Letter
front Secretary Chase ou Increased Taxation, etc.
XIV. MISCELLANEOUS.—ROW Slavery Debauches
its Victims—Sketch of Secretary Fessenden—Communt
cations, etc. •
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THE INVASION.
It is inventive that the people of Penn
sylvania- should at once answer the call of
their Governor. Last year their apathy,
or, at the best, their incredulity, would
have left Baltimore and Philadelphia at
the mercy of the enemy, had it not been
for the forced marches of the Army of the
Potomac. That army is, now unable to
help us. It' is upon our own energy and
courage that we must depend, and if by
these we are not defended, we -deserve the
disaster. The_call to
i arms ought to elec
trify every heart. It s said that through
mit the State men arc enlisting in large
numbers, and if they are placed rapidly in
the field we shall not fear. The old and
false superstition that militia cannot fight
veteran troops should not discourage us ;
instances in this war are numerous of raw
regiments who have gone gloriously into
battle. The men of the Kearsarge had
never engaged an enemy till they sunk the
Alabama. Twenty-four thousand resolved
Pennsylvanians, with the veteran regi
ments now in the field, can, at the least,
successfully oppdse the enemy for a few
days, and in that time an army from all
parts of the country will be concentrated
on the border. T.o those who can go, we
say, "go at mice "—not a day should be
lotit. •
It is stated by Harrisburg despatches that
the rebel invasion is made by two 'corps,
under EWELL and LONGSTREET, the entire
force being . under the command of •LEE.
We neither disbelieve nor believe this re
port. If it be true, Lee must be convinced
that Richmond cannot be trlen—or that it
will be. ": - Upon the various reports of the
strength of the invaders, and their objects,
we Deed not comment; it is enough that a
large force has been withdrawn from . tho
defence of Richmond, and that if we meet
it properly GRKET must speedily and over
whelmingly conquer. •
The Tour of Maximilian.
We have, at length, accounts Of the im
perial jouruey from Vera Crni to the City
of Mexieo—the kriovement toward that-cere
monious. catastroplicwhich formally places
the yoke upon, the neck .of . a
. reriublican
people, and seal the doom and disgrace of
a bellied; struggling, hut, it must be con
fessed,. we fear, degenerate nation. The
expedition of the mild filibuster who has
arrived to assume the golden, responsibility.
of -Montezuma might very 'appropriately
'be termed a panoramic tour; for it Beanie
that for a greater part of the route the impe
rial party had very little else to do thanto ob
serve the scenery, which was sublime, and
:not expressly gotten up, We suppoie t imthet.
magnitletrit republican, Nature, as a pageant
for the-00-coraing, of, a :Frenchfashioned,
'Austrian-born, and Mexican-adapting piece
of majesty. At a place called La Soledad, the
Emperor was the recipient of costly atten
tions from the...family of MArttscAm, the
cummandriiit of Vera Cruz in Compliment .
to whom Ills soi-disant Majesty at once'
changed the name of the. place . Villa
Mariscal, instead of La Sole*. It still
goes by its old name, however, =twill
for a generation to come, perhaps but had
it been possible for his Majesty to have.
caused fountains to gush forth on his way,
by the magic of authority, or to have made
any respectable number of Mexicans sensi
bly aware that their life-long friend and
deliverer had . come, Max - Dumas would
have done it, assuredly, from the enthusi
asm of his heart. We should not be aston
ished if his Majesty should tell the Mexi
cans 'that their happiness had been the
object and ambition of his career • and the
dream of his early cradle ;• and the Mexi
cans, especially of. the Court, may affect td
believe him.
Nothing of importance seems to have oc
curred in the imperial. tour till' MAXIM
MAN bad arrived at. Orizaba, ; Which Wel
comed him with usual and appropriate
solemnities. Factories, churches, and a
prison were visited; the Emperor making
all the moral capital necessary to his ad
vantage before taking hold of the purse of.
Mexico. An improvised ball was the only
festivity of • his sojourn.. Here the pro
gramme was curious, the Emperor -so
called dancing with Senora Aimowrz, and
the Empress with Gen. Anto - krE—treason
linking hands with usurpation in a dance
of despotism, an Idea which we commend
to the dancing masters of Paris. An illu
mination, made up principally of French
pyrotechny, cloSed the programme at Ori
zaba ; but. at Puebla their Majesties en
joyed a greater celebration, for that town
contains more people and its French gar
risonls larger. Everything there had been
arranged: Committees came out to salute
them ; various guns were discharged from.
the forts ; and a carnival of breakfasts, din
ners, receptions, preientations, balls, - par
ties, and fireworks' filled a period of holi
days, the whole - casting a splendid reflec
tion upon the ingenuity of the French.
At Mexico, we have the last scene but
one in the comfortless pageant—all but the
coronation and blessing of the unwelcome
stranger. There were, of course, more
French -soldiers in the capital city than
at Puebla, •and consequently there was a
greater degree of rejoicing. We must
admit, also, that there are more Mexicans
attached to .MAxnkruami in the city of the
Montezuma than anywhere 'else. By ten
o'clock on the morning of the 11th ult.
there passed through the streets an aria-•
toeratie procession of five ;hundred hoise
men and two hundred chaises, all eager to
make homage to tilt: new regime of counts
and marquises, and 'Knights of Guadahipe.
'The royal party were eagerly watdhed for ;.
dust was at length seen upon the road ;
then the cannons and church-bells were set
; and. the Emperor Max entered the
city. On the following: day he made his
Tegular State entrance, niftier arches of
triumph, all the balconies and roofs being
covered - with people.. Bouquets, verses,
mass, and Te Deum were not wanting, to
gether with false and obsequious speeches,
assuring " his Majesty," what he could
not well assure himself, that " from the.
shore of Vera Cruz to the gates of this city,
all the people receive their sovereign with
acclamations." To, this MAXIMILIAN ha
bitually replied by saluting them with "the
effusion of one who loyes . you, and hail
identified his fate with yours," while
"enthusiastic shouts followed his words
end WC eyes Of august copsor
swam -with tears." This was neat and
much to the purpose. The ladies of
Mexico , were not outdone by their
husbands, who doubtless prepared the ad
dress on political economy with which they
saluted their sovereign mother. • They
were not guilty, we arc Informed, of the
negligence which disconcerted their fair
sovereign at Vera Cruz. "Political econo
my, madam," so runs the address, " will
speak in a thousand different shapes of the
fortunate. change which is taking place, and
excites so lively and deep an interest in
Europe and America." The Emperor will, •
no doubt, turn his immediate attention to
political economy, and that one virtue ne
cessary among kings, of making money out
of his subjects. Not yet out of his accu
mulated debt, but in a fair way of making
a fortune, this suggestion comes to him in
royal shape. •
Richard Swiveller, with a dignity hono
rable to his unfortunate condition, is re
corded to have leaned himself against a
lamp-post and.wailed that he was cheated
by a deluding dwarf. Quilp„ passing
along, asks with a droll iMpinlence, " Let
me be a father to you." The cruel but far
cical situation of Mexico resembles in senti
ment that which we borrow from the . world's
treasury ofhumor ; and •NApoLEox's kind
ness, MAxmmtri's fatherhood, and Mexi
co's inebriety, is very much like Quilp's
and Swiveller ' s. To this mercy must we
leave Mexico. We cannot justly prospect
good for its future from the infamy of the
present, but let us trust • that it will yet be
strong enough to vindicate itself. •
While the great American nation is en
gaged with the cruel fact of civil war,
still building up, however, the edifice of
liberty, the pageant of:a king on his way
to a throne based on the ruins of a neighbor
republic cannot but touch us bitterly.
Scientific 'Discovery.
The announcement that a new science
has been discovered should certainly attract
the attention of all scholars and professors,
and that .the science in question compre
hends, unifies, idealizes, and surpasses all
other
. spiences, in a kind of microcosm of
universal knowledge, showing the one plan
and - chief science in creation, must add to
the last degree to- the wonder of the
discovery. This Unitary Law, the vision
ary instinct of philosophers, Mr. ED
WARD B. FRELAND, of New York,
claims to have been at last sought
out by Mr. S. P. As-DREws, author
of "Discoveries in Chinese," a member
of various scientific academies and associa
tions, and the writer of several very inge
nious articles in late numbers of the Conti
nental Monthly, upon the Analogy of Lan
guage to other science. Inn note to the Edi
tor of THE Pnnss, we are told that his ideas
halo met with encouragement froth lead
ing journalists and thinkers of New York ;
and that public attention awakened to the
subject will assist materially in the introduc
tion of the new philosophy. This diScovery
its author very proPerly names Unicersology,
or the Science of the Universe, if it com
prehends, or suggestively' embodies, all
that is claimed. It is the' science of the
universe as a whole, and of the correlation
of its parts and principles—anew and exact
science, that of Universal Analogy-.-the
fountain-head of the organism of Material'
thought, from which are distributed all the
sciences, and which will furnish a genuine.
and legitimate method of deduction as a
guide for all future scientific discoVeriei in
all departments whatsoever. What COMTE
and AGASSIZ have hinted, (" for," says the
latter, "the time has come when scientific
truth must cease to . be the property of the
few ; when it: must 'be woven into the
common life Of the world. We have reached
the point where the results of science touch .
the very problem of existence,") Mr. AN
, DREWS claims to have discovered. Profes
sor PIERCE suggests analogy in , reference
to the arrangement of the leaves of a plant
on its aiis, or the spines of a shell, and of
the planets round the sun . ; and the analogic
law of these relations is, according to the
theory of ANDREWS, a fact Accomplished.
The test of analysis which Universology
applies to all science -is fundamental, mi
nute, and general, and the science itself is,
in brief, that of the Laws of Order and
Harmony.. Taking what Aunssiz says .of
.classification, that " rightly understood,.it
means simply the creative plan of God as .
'expressed inorganic forms," Mr. FREELAND
believes that Universology is the complete
.interpretation of the purposes of. the Deity
in creation. These are startling:words,
.but-mi7. - irrottia.ms :
"Certain fUndamental laws are ibund to exist
and -to have presided over the production of har
mony, In exery sphere of the universe. In the
sphere of mathematics, they take that form which
the nature of that science demands ; in that of as
tronomy, they are wrought out in conformity with
the conditions imposed upon them by the nature of
the substance or • material in which they are embo
died ; sdmewhat in the same manner as the same
architectural plan is modified, according as It is
embodied in wood, in brick, in iron, or to stone..
In chemistry, in the mineral, the vegetable, . the
animal kingdoms, in the science of mind, and. else
where, universally, these same fundamental laws
reappear like an echo, modified in their manifesta
tion merely by the nature of each individual case,
but constituting, when revealed by the discovery of
their identity, the basis of the new science of Uni
versology."
• Through the, portals of this science (Mr.
FEEELAND believes), we are about entering
upon "the most tremendous revolution in
Science, thivernme:rit, Theology, Politeial"
Economy,-Art, arid PraCtieal Life, which
the world has ever witnessed"—a declara..
Con seemingly vannting, which sounds as
if the philosopher .was appalled at the
mountain he •has discovered, , lint which
other philosophers have seen. The chief
hint to. Mr. ANDREWe science has been
taken from Prof. WBEWELL-S " History of ..
the Inductiv4. Sciences"--the discussion of
the philosophical speculationp of Prrne
oonAs concerning numbers:
14 It has been observed by a distinguished modern
scholar (ThirlwalPs List. Cr. 11, 142) that the place
which Pythagoras ascribed to hie numbers Is Intelli
gible only by supposing that he confounded, first, a
numerical unit with a geometrical point, and then
this with a material atom. • • • • • .•
"The Pythagorian lore of numerical speculations
/night have been combined with the doctrine of atoms,
and the combination might have led to results well
worth notice. But, so far as we are aware, no such
Combination was attempted in the ancient schools of
philosophy, and perhaps we, of the present day, are
only just beginning to perceive, through the disclosures
of chemistry and crystallography,• the importance of
such a line of inquiry."
-•
The prospectus of the new science is suf
ficiently learned, intelligent and remarkable
to command attention for what it an
nounces. Never was so much:claimed for
any discovery, but if it could prove to be a
genuine Universology, too much could not
be- claimed for it. • Its plan. is only very
vaguely , intelligible, this far, and many.,
will, of course, doubt its full possibility:..
Should kr. Armurws have to write a score
of hooka for its elucidation and unfolding,
wherein will it acid to the simplificatien of
knowledge? All disCoveries have been
pariial, and have only.added piece by piece
to the sum of knowledge. The Universal
mind of SUAKISPEAItE has not represented
everything in the universe of thought and
object; and it would he astounding beyond
coropariso,n• could Mr. ANDREWS now step
in and reveal us the unified and en
larged. principles of all things l But dis
covery always wears an aspect of astonish
ment and daring, sometimes confounded
with madness. We cannot predict that
Mr. ArinnEws will be something more than
a scientific SHATtIirgARB, but if he touches
new ground in philosophy, and brings a
higher, broader, and simpler development
of discovery, with a hint of the hest of the
many secrets of creation, he will, perhaps,
have laidtlio foundation of a valuable sys
tem, and his revelation will be welcome to
all scientific men.
Oun sick and wounded soldiers at Wash
ington, Baltimore, Louisville, and Nash
ville, as our Governor learns through the
State agents, have been suffering eXtrenie .
privations, incident to the crowded and
poorly provided..state of war. This . in
formation thoroughly justifies the appeal of
the. State Executive, - which we, publish in
another column. Money, - articles of appa
rel and comfort, pure wines and - liquors,
fruits, vegetables, jellies; fruit butter, onions,
are among the things needed for the sani
tary - welfare of the sick and wounded.
Our people have contributed greatly to the
cause• of the soldier, but not half so much
as the soldier has contributed to the cause
of the country;. There is a constant appeal
made in his behalf,•which should not be
heard in vain. .13* the special appeal
which tho e l Oyernoi:inakes for of own
brave should he answered with more than
usual promptness and liberality.
Tnosu who readthe news to.day cAnnot
have too earnest a feeling of the necessity
of again protecting the State from the
strong invading force which las • entered
into Maryland. There is urgent need for ,
every man patriotic and bravo enough to
strike away the petty bonds that keep him
at home, and go:forward to the defence of
his home and his State. It is impossible
to say that the enemy is not already in
force upon our border. We have but a
day or two days' • time, perhaps, to make
front against him. Our citizens must act
quickly, earnestly and universally. All
should be eager to preserve the honor of
the State, and secure victory to the nation.
THE assistant whom BLONDIN was wont
to carry on his back across the Niagara was
a Milanese, who, breaking down in his
affairs, resolved to commit suicide. 131.0 -
DM got him to be his assistant in his peril
otis feat by the folloWing logic.:
"If we aro drowned, very good ; you are drowned
according to your intention ; if you arrive safe on
the other side, the fortuno of both of us is made."
. .
The terrible feat was accomplished, and
the two friends have since been inseparable
companions.
This is the argument which Cleveland
addresses to Chicago. But though General
FRV:mOiiT may be able to carry the. great
weight of Mr. COcIIRANn, it- is impossible
Buil he should also sustain McCLELLAN and
VALLANDMITAm.
IT IS NOT the business of a citizen to
speculate upon the probabilities of the in
vasion ;• whether it is aimed at Baltimore
or Pennsylvania ; if the rebels are twenty
or forty thousand strong. It is his duty to
oppose it. "•• .
Political Notes.
The true cause Of Mr. Chase's resignation from
the Treasury is stated as follows by the Now York
Tribune, whose editorial character for truth gives
importance to its testimony. The Tribune denies
that Mr. Chase resigned because of a difference with
the President regarding appointmentsln New York.
"At his, urgent solicitation, Mr. Cisco (whom Mr.
Chase found In the office) has most reluctantly held
over until now, always anxious to retire, and at last
determined Co bold on no longer. He was rally re
solved to leave on the Ist. inst. Mr. Chase there
upon cast about for a successor. There wore-men
enough eager for the place ; there were some who
were fit for it; but, men at once fit for ft, and willing
to 'take It, were scarce. (The salary Is $.6,000 per
annum; the sureties must become bound for
e 400,000, and justify in double the amount ; the mo
ney to be handled often exceeds ten millions per
day.) Mr. Chase urged it successively on three
eminent Republicans, not one of whom would look
'at It. Then he proposed his; assistant, Mr. Maunsel
B. Field, who had been Mr. 0113CAPSdeputy for years,
and was thoroughly conversant with the duties of
the office. •
This name was not acceptable to the Pr,esiderit—
or rather, to leading politicians whose wishes the
President felt bound to remird. Three names wore
presented by those politicians—names of good and
true men—yet none of them seemed to Mr: Chase
precisely what the place demanded. He thereupon
solicited of the President a personal conference
wherein to compare notes and adjust the matter—
which was not accorded. Mr. Chase thereupon felt
that his usefulness as a member of the Cabinet was
fatally impaired—that ho no longer enjoyed that
perfect and unreseryed confidence of his superior
which was essential to the efficient. and successful
clischargo - of his important and onerous duties; so he
asked to bo relieved from further service, and his re.
quest was promptly complied with. Such rife, in
substance and spirit, the reasons for Mr. Chase's
withdrawal at this Juncture from the publie service.
We trust that, in the heads of his eminently able
and thoroughly upright successor, the vast national
interest's' centring in the Treasury Department are
as safe as they could bo had Mr. Chase remained
.their guardian.),
- Hon. Schuyler Colfaxlas been nnanimoully re
nominated by the Union men of his district in Indi
ana. This will be the seventh time he has 'been a
Candidate. His constituents have good warrrant
for this marked and steadfast confidence in him.
Few men in the public service have achieved higher
success, or more thoroughly earned distinction and
public confidence than he. "He has," says the
Times, "brilliant talents, a quick, keen, and just
judgment, flied fidelity of principle and of purpose,
and untiring industry in the performance of public
duties. As Speaker, 'he has won universal approba
tion, and increased his already general and .docided
popularity."
Mr. Ifeinyen, editor of the Boston Pioneer, a
German paper, gives an account of a iecent confe..
relics between General Fremont, Wendell Phillips.
and himself, upon politlearmatters. General Fre
mont was especially earnest as to the necessity of
combining all the elements of oppositionln order to
defeat Lincoln, and of these elements - he said :
"The Democratic . party furnishes the largest con
tingent." The substance of General Frothed's
declarations, as given by Mr. Heinzen, Is : He Is op
posed to Lincoln ; he is in favor of negro franchise;
he is opposed to Lincoln ; he is in favor of qualified
confiscation, more or less, as the Democracy will
consent ; he is opposed to Lincoln ; he is In favor of
a union of all who are opposed to Lincoln ; he is op
posed to Lincoln. Negro suffrage is the only plank
in this comprehensive platform which thci Demo
crats have not already accepted; and it will be easy
to make arrangements by which the " Radical De
inocracy" will go for it and the Hunker Democracy
against it, while both vote for the same man.
Among the names to be presented to the notice
of the Chicago Convention for the Presidency and
Tice Presidency, are McClellan, Pierce, 'Guthrie,
•Vallandigham, Bayard, Btookton, the two Soy
nours, Judges Black, Nelson, Woodward, and per
haps Millard Fillmore. Why not add Ex-Eresident
seines Buchanan, Fits John Porter, and . Fernando
WoodilGordon Bennett, Colorado Jewett, George
Francis Train, and our 'local Mrs. Nickleby, that
jaunty political bobtail, young Mr. Ingersoll 1
In the list of delegates to the Chicago Conven
tion, from this State, we find those sainted names—
videlieft : Ex-Senator Bigler, of industrial stupidity,
James Buchanan's chief block-support in Pennsyl-
vania ; Francis Hughes, who offered our StaEo to
the . South; .Generalissimo Wm. M. Reilly,. that
magnificent specimen of Fourth - 4yard valor . and
mentality;. a
George Sanderson, late editor of dull
and starving paper in Lartmulter, and the blatant
Carrigan, a rank notoriety in former years. There
are numerous otherogentlemen in the list who, for
their own good, will doubtless never he known. The
whole furnishes an "array of talent" In all moods,
"from grave to gay, from lively to severe." .
THE KEARSAROS AND ALAIJAHA.—As the truth
conies more to light, thereat relative strength of the
two vessels which made the famous battle off . Choi
bourg gives still more credit to the valor and skill
with which the loyal ship Koanarge was conducted.
Instead of having an armament much heavier than
that of the 'Alabama, the Kearsarge was, if any
thing, Inferior to its opponent in this respect. As
regards size, the Alabama was of 1,200 tons, English,
and the Kearsarge 1038, American. For armament,
the Alabania carried one Blakeiey rifled 100-pounder,
one 88-pound pivot-gun (considered the best in the
English service), and six 32-pound broadside guns.
The Kearearge, had two 11-inch Ilahlgretia; four 32-
poynders, and one 30-pounder—a gun less than her
rival. The Alabama was a British-built vessel,
worked by English gunners, and adeolded and glo
rious victory was gained for American ordnance
and skill over British boasting. That the Alabama
was to all Intent and effect an English vessel, can
not be doubted upon reading the following from
Lord Derby's organ, the London Herald, which does
not hesitate to give a British apology for British
defeat :
4, The Rearsarge was terribly injured In 'the fight,
many large gaps In her side attesting' the accurate
atm of the gunners, some of whom were instructed on
board her Majesty's ship Excellent. Many of the
crew of the Alabama must have been killed and
drowned. It is much to be feared that the young
English surgeon in charge of the crew was engaged
in his humane duties in the Cabin when the ship
Fettled clown. Wo cannot but feel grieved at the
loss of the brave ship, which was almost as much
English as Confederate, In whose defence we may
recognize the bulldog courage of our Countrymen
as well ns the chivalrous impetuosity of. her South
ern commander. The nowe of this combat will, we
fear, carry mourning into more than one English
home: But in the end of-the gallant ship—which
was English too—there is, after all, little to regret,
much of which to be proud."
D. is not likely that Semmes will find his new
Alabama in a French port, should he be unable to
obtain it from England. An order has been given
by the Erench Government.to prevent the sailing
from Bordeaux of the• forinldable war steamers,
Yeddo and Ozukka,andtbefournal Le Galen= adds
that they have bean sold to the Xing of Denmark
and the Republic of Peru. - Iriconnection with the
French vlele of the naval battle, it is told by the
Paris papers that the' great duel was made the
special feature of attraction in the programme of a
special exeureion train from Paris to Cherbourg.
Telescopes were let out at princely rates, and all .
the heights and fortifications around wore crowded
with Frenchmen watching the progress of the
battle.
COMMENCEMENT AT EDEN HALL.—TLe
.usual:
Commencement exercises of the Academy of the
Sacred Heart, Eden Hall, at Torresdale, Pa., took
place yesterday afternoon at the institution. There
were present the parents of the pupils • and' a num
ber of invited guests. Right Rev. Bishop Wood and
many olergymen were likewise in attendance. The •
programme of exercises for the occasion included
declamation In French and English, musks, French
dramatic recitations, distribution of premiums, and
addresses. Altogether they wore of the most pleas
ing character, evincing a degree
. of culture and
taste highly creditable to scholar and teacher. This
institutions one of a. series of twelve or thirteefi on
this continent under the special superintendence of
the Order of the Sacred Heart, whose centre Is at
Conflon, near Paris. Tho order was instituted
during the French Revolution, and Its object was to
counteract, by careful training of the female mind,
the infidelity and atheism of that stormy period.
This religious body has flourished heyond all prece
dent. The Sisters devote their time and energies
almost exclusively to education, and are not divert_
ed, as other Sisters of Charity, by attendance in
hospitals and other labor of the merely manual kind.
The ladies are eminently noted for refinement and,
culture, and their success as teachers has been 0001.
mensurato with their merit. The Eden Hall Aca
demy has been about nineteen years in existence.
- The present number of pupils Is nearly eighty. It
Is located on the most delightful part of the Dela
ware shore,"and the ground attached to the school
covers ninety acres. The buildings are built with'
all necessary, accommodations, and there is also at
trshed a beautiful little brown-stone chapel. Tho
graduates, of this-institution are among the .best
educated and most refined Butkus of our community.
Madame Tucker Is, the Mother Superior, and is as
fisted by a vorT4rge corps of accomplished UMW'
THE PRESS.-PHILADELPHIA; FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1864.
WASIMDIGVI'ON.
WA 11 1 NOTON, July T, 1864.
A PAST DAY APPOINTED DT THE PRESIDENT
The President has, In accordance with the joint
resolution of Congress, Issued a proclamation ap
pointing the first Thursday in August next, as a
day of humiliation and prayer by the people of the
United States. Among other things, to confess
and repent of their manifold sins, and to Imploro
the compassion and forgiveness of the Almighty;
that if consistent with his will, the existing rebel
lion may be speedily supprouled, and tho supremacy
of the Conetitutton and tho laws of the United
States be established throughout all the States;
that the rebels may lay down their arms and speedi
ly return to their . allegiance, that they may not be
eo utterly destroyed; and that the effusion of blood
may be stayed, and that unity and fraternity may
be restored and peaae established throughout our
borders. •
lIONOTIMILE CERTIFICATES.
The certificates to be Issued to persons, ladles or
fientlemen, who furnish representative recruits,
under tho recent plan announced by the Provost
Marshal General, are being sent to the provost
marshals. They are handsomely executed, and will
hereafter be a source of pride to all who p 0330911
them.
ltEcnutTixo IN REBEL STATES.
It is paid by members of Congress that regulations
aro to bo adopted by which no State shall have an
undue or prior advantage over another In recruiting
in rebel States, as authorized by the act further to
provide far calling out tho national forces, arullhat
the State agentrwill "all have anequal start upon
that business.
SALE OF GEN. LEE'S PROPERTY
Gen. LEE'S personal property, which has boon
condemned by the United States District Court, is
to be sold at Alexandria, on the 10th inst. Somo of
the household goods are of an . . olegantlloseriptlon,
and the sale 3% ill include a number of rare and valu
able articlea.
APPROPRIATIONS BY CONGRESS
It Is roughly calculated that Congress during the
recent session approprfatbd over 31;doo,000,000,
chiding the bounties to now troops to be paid from
the special ineome tax.
CONTRACT FOR STATIONERY.
The contract for supplying stationery to the Into
rior Department, Pension, Land, Indian, and, Con
fine Dureaui; for the'ensuing year, has been awarded
to.Pnimpre 591.9)twie, of thl city,
•
The • follo4ing wounded Pennsylvania
,and New
Jersey officers have reported. te' - Dr. 41:utisill for
-treatment: Captain William Tice B, 17th Penn
sylvania Cavalry; Lieutenant L;fayetto Culver,
Bth Now Jersey; Captain William Bower, 0, 137th
Pennsylvania ; Captain William IL Curling, G,
187th Pennsylvania:
GENERA'. GRANT'S ARMY.
NOTHING STIRRENG BEFORE PETERSBURG,
Our Army Suffering from, the Continued 'Mouth.
INTERESTINGi. FACTS AND DETAILS.
461a1 Correspondence of "kire:PrOita.]
li*ADQUAIITERS A.IIXY OP THU POTOICAO, VA.,
July 2,
Hotter weather thaiithat under which at the pre.
tent time the Army of the.Paorruio la laboring can
not well be imagined. The men - suffer for the want
of water; the springs that 'have hitherto yielded
their precious glassy fluids are now drawn oft; and
the vast army lies sweltering beneath the Influence,
of a Virginia sun. Oattle die by the road side, on
the march to the corrals 'where they are to be
kept , for use. Horses, goaded to madness by the
spur of the hastening horsemen, droop and
die. Plants that have encouraged the march of
the gallant men .comprising the sinewy :strength
of Gen.Orant's foreerhave wilted and died. The
flowers that have hung so sWwedift by the wayside,
in the garden, by the bedside of the dying soldier,
have wasted their sweetness, and their perfume is
lost to those who are so anxious to inhale 'lt. Oh !
bow we pray for rain—give us rain. Hoary guards
are stationed around the of all farmhouses ;
the famishing and weary soldier need not expect to
find any look of compassion in that guard while
Frith stern compulsion ho performs the duties of his
office,"but at times grows nearly heart-sick as he de
nies the prealons boon of water to his fellow, It is
not the old song of the "Ancient :definer," who
cried:
" Water, water everywhere.
And all the boards did shrink;
-Water, water everywhere,
Icor Itil) drop to drioe. "
It is rather the Inspiratlonsof Tennyson:
"Ye eller, ye adariantintfiacts,
Break forth from eileateges'aleep.
And give as pure eeleitialnprlnga.."
CLOTON3 NOT NO Raw.
A few days since a heavy cloud,' burdened with
precious water, passed over far to the west of Peters
burg, and its course was, watChed.with_o.n eagerness
allied almost to worship. Divination!' were of no use;
the sayings of bed-ridden games, with which they
were wont to imprecate the "melting spirit of the
air,". were powerless, and the great black air-god
moved off as if to still further exasperate the almost
famished soul. Farmers with whom I have Con
versed say that this is the "driest season therhave
experienced for thirty.feers. I do not see why
the scientific theory so 'Man. advanced byAntellik
gent men does not more folly. develomitself.
IIEAVY FIXING NOT !SWAYS ENDriia IN RAIN.
If it be-true that" Leavy firing of:guns, whether
they be artillery or musketry, has the effect of pro.
clueing a supembundanee'of,Moisture in the atmos
phire, eventually culminating in a rain -storm, Ido
not see why such a theory be not proven to a demon - .
stration. Alorigbur lines the past few days, and in
truth I may say weeks, there lutVden an al mast ince&
sant roar 'of deafening artillery. It has, in many
instances, shaken the ground for miles around, and
yet the heivens are just as blue above, and the light
fleecy eland lets float as phantom-like, as though man
was not waging a deadly strife against his fellow
man.
BuritiF the week that is now about closing, over
two hundred and fifty deserters have come into our
lines. They tell the same worn-out story of dis
affection that has ever been tho ready canard with •
which they have sought to deceive us. There is,•
however, no doubt but that a - portion of their stories
bear at least a semblance of truth. Ono deserter •
with whom I had conversation represented himself
as having been on a visit toßeauregard's army from
Lee's left, which be says is.oppeting-Baldy Smith;
and the leftof Bitier's army. While on this visit as a
deipatoh agent to 13eauregatd, he was so imprudent
as to allow himself to be captured by one of Burn-.
side's pickets. He says that the naval operations
qt' the rebels on James river 'are perfectly futile, so
far as any permanent or successful attack could bo
made against us. At Howlett's they have large
and very heavy batteries, whiCh are of no use to
them for offensive operations. On his way to PtY•
tersburg he was surprised to find that we could so
easily throw our shells into the very heart ofthat
whip the rebels, in return, are not able to effect any
casualty upon our lines. He sayedimt the Makeup
guns, so efficiently handled by our , forces, have driven
all the inhabitants from the northeastern part of
the city. One of the shots struck the office of the
Petersburg Express and • killed a man who was at
the time sitting there. It will be remembered that
this paper has become singularly notorious as being
one of the most vile and rampant lolls editorials in
relation to the ?forth and the cause in which it is en-
gaged. Its artielesare extensively copied in all the
Southern papers. Less than forty-eighthours since I
had the privilege of seeing a copy of it, and a more
confused mass of balderdash it has seldom been
mine to witness. I copy a section of one of its lead
ing articles for the benefit of your readers. It is
headed •
• .
gi During the week that. 'sinew elosing,litio- ,
had
authority from our commanding general to .visit the
lines in front or our city: While there se eckol ,
batch of Yankee mudsilts'brought in, and their ap
pearance confirmed the general impression ao Drell
understood throughout the South, that the pluck: of
the enemy, which we have been so willing to accord to
them since the first engagement Of the WildeixAS,
is fast dying out.. Prom ono of them we wore picky
In getting a copy of tho New York Herald of the
27th ictstaht, which informs its readers, in glowing
terms, that the cause of the Union is all right, and
that Grant will shortly be In Petersburg, the key to
Richmond.. Now, nothing is more patent to the minds
of thinking men that this is all written with a view to
corrupt the Yankee mind. General Grant, if the
Yankees only knew it, is nearly a used-up man ;at
least It Is a good sigh that he is not. altogether in
good trim with his men, who are deserting him by
thousands. The Richmond Railroad for the last
ta r o clays has been severely taxed to carry all these
marauders' to the So gbos on our cause,
guided by the God of gods, to, who'm be all praise''
What does the editor think about oar cause now ?
One of those Blakeley shellebursting in his corrupt
sanctum, seems Indeed to ho a voice from on high, to
warn him that the day of vengeance is at hand.
I will endeavor, at the earliest opportunity, to send
you the latest copies of the Richmond and Peters
burg papers, if indeed the press at the latter place
will continuo as an Institution a few days longer.
THE'PROAPEOT
is charming for an early occupation of Petersburg.
It must be so. Every day of delay in our present
position will only increase the difficulty eventually
to be overcome.- The grand charges made by our .
forces during the last few days have resulted in one
advantage at least, and that is to show -that the
rebels are In great force in our front. It would be
impolitic, in the face of this terrible oppoSitiOn, to
forward our army through these vast columns of the
enemy. It would be mere slaughter, a crime that
would.not bo countenanced by the gain that would
accrue to us. ;What then will be the plan 1 There
is no definite opinion that eau be given in the
Premises. Surmises may be made, but their contra
dictions by the development would only :stultify
the authority. Taking a glance at the position of
affairs as they now are, we find that the army in
vests Petersburg from a point opposite on
the James river, ten miles above the present post.
lion of General Butler, to a small stream called
.Huguenot creek, on tho Seines river, bearing west
from Richmond. Wo hold the Danville road 111
, force, and pickets extend to the aforementioned
creek. Hy pleasureoseekers of the North, who
have made the State of Virginia a place of
resort during - the summer months. preceding
the times of war, It will be recollected that:
a celebrated mineral spring is situated a few
miles northeast of Huguenot creek. Many a Union
soldier has doubtless are this slaked his third at this
Southern spring. In-the eyes of Southern chivalry,
its waters will have suffered a taint from the that of
a " Yankee " having polluted the surroundings. I
have not learned whether auy of the F, F. V.'s wore
stopping at the springs on the occasion of the visit
of our forces. Mot likely it was deserted, as is
every place of oven moderate respectability near the
actual seat of war.
It is possible that General Grant, by a
swift detour, may. hasten his army to a -point
near or opposite Farrarls Island, and thus got be:
twooroLee and Richmond. It would not tako a very
large forte to keep Up at bay before Petersburg,
while, IC the movement referred to could be made
with the celerity with widen Grunt le accustomed
WOUNDED OFFICERS
DESERTERS
'' YANKSE LIES
to perform his operations, Lee would be outgene
railed, end the grand problem of the spring cam
paign at once solved. There Is another oourso that
could be pursued, which would he equally success
ful, and which; of the two, would, perhaps, receive
the greater notice front military men. If our army
Could ho moval along to the point lately occu
pied by our left, and cross the • Appomattox
at some point near Bridge, take the
." Clover 11111" road, and marching two [corps
toward Swift creek by that road, while another
strong portion of the army, taking the railroad
running to Chesterfield Court House, atrikoa the
Richmond and Petersburg Railroad, cutting it in
twain, and dividing the forces of the enemy, holds
them in their position, the other fermi taking the
Clover 11111 road, could march directly on Rioh
mond. Ono of those two plans must be adopted,
because there can ho no other manner of entangling
the rebels, and calling their attention from their ca.
pital while the grand ton-strike for the Union cause
is being mado.
MATTIS OP HOLDTPRB
The following Is a correct list of at the Pennsyl
vania soldiers that died In the hospitals at City
Point up to July 2:
H. C. Arnold, D, 91; G. Eckfolt,o, 91 ; L. Peophy,
91 ; D. M. Resler, 5 ; C. Conrad, G, 114 ; H. Reich,
G, 107; Lt. Greenfield, 1; W. Dyer, 0, 117; .7.
Hurd, D, 51 ; H. Plough, 0, 165 ; W. J. Marks, F,
155; Emerson, I, 57; H. Noble, IC 1 410; G. A.
Jacobs, 0.83; E. Milroy, 83 ; 3. Heron, A, 63; P.
Derkholder, C, 57; C. MeOallin, 12; J. T. Freeman,
0, 61 ; 3. Rush, 0, 01 ; M. C. Baker, A, 51; W.
Homer, K, 155 ; Hnothothern, G, 187 ; D. Flinn,
B, 115.
Tho following .is a partial list of the wounded at
the 2d Division. (2d Oorps) Hospital: 3. D. Bastian,
D, 184 ; N. Grover, E, 161; J. Leonard, A, pm ; •H.
Smith, G; ;W. 13olaunIng, H, CO ;W. F. Dugan,
11, C 9; G. Merrlan, B, 99; G. Mullen, E, 71 Penna.
I will send nnmos of wounded In my letters daily.
FIRING HEARD AT PETERSBURG
WAVIINOTON, July 7.—Tho' mall-steamer Key
port arrived bore this morning, at 0 o'clook, from
City Point.
•At 10 o'clock yesterday morning, the hour at
which the Keyport loft City Point, heavy firing was
heard there from the direction of Potorabnrg, hut it
was not known at Clty Point whether or not It was
anything more than an artillery duel.
The hospitals at City Point have been cleared of
nearly all the sick and wounded, and many mem
bers of the Christian and Sanitary Commissioni are
on their way home.
NOTHING NEW FROINI. GEN. GRANT
FORTRESS MONROE, July 6.—The steamer Key
port arrived at s ti o'clock, from Bermuda Hundred,
and reports nothing new from the front. No battle
yet. .
A SKIRMISH BETWEEN UNION SAILORS
AND REBEL SOLDIERS.
'WASHINGTON, July 7.--The naval mall boat
Leslie has arrived here from the Lower Potomac..
A. few days since, Captains Streeter and Hooker,'
with a small force of seamen, had a skirmish with
a number, of rebels on the shores of tho Rappa
hannock. They captured . a rebel captain, a lieute
nant, and one private. Tho rebels captured four of
our seamen. They afterwards wanted to exchange
prisoners, but as our party outranked theirs a bar
gain could not be effected. . •
Onr Sick and Wounded Soldfera—An Ap
peal front Vow. Curtin. •
• EXECUTIVE OFIAIIIIER,
HARRISBURG, July 2,1261.
To the Men and Wanted of Pennsylvania:
Supplies foryour wounded in the various hospi
tals outside lithe State, in addition to those fur
nished by other agencies, are again required. Your
voluntary earerhas provided well for those within
the State. '
At and near Washington, Baltimore, Louisville,
Nashville, and elsewhere, wounded volunteers from
Pennsylvania are sufferitig from privations.
The regular agents of the i State at Washington
and Nashville , as well as special agents whom I
have sent to points, concur in representing the
sufferings of our brave mon from those privations to
be most severe and heart-rending. I forbear to go
into details.
For substantial and effective relief they must re
ly, now as heretofore, upon your unostentatious zeal
and proniptnesa.
The supplies most needed for their immediate use
are
Shirts, 'drawers, socks, and handkerehiefli.
Wines, spirituous.Uquors.
Domestic wines, such as currant, elderberry, &c.
'Canned fruits and vegetables.
Jellies, jams, and preserves.
Apple butter, peach, add quince butter.
. Onions, tobacco, finger-stalls, arm-slings.
Bed-rings, and eueh otheiartieles as you have been
in the habit of furnishing.
Some money to purchase fresh, perishable fruits
and other articles which cannot be furnished in kind.
Money should be forwarded direct to Col. Francis
p i Tordon, agent of Pennsylvania, No. 481' Eleventh
street, Washington, D. C., or Col. James Chamber
lin, agent of Pennsylvania, Nashville, Tenn.
Supplies in kind may be sent direct to Colonel
Jordan or Colonel Chamberlin, or to this place,
whence they will be immediately forwarded.
To secure abundant supplies, it has never been,
`necessary to do more than let:you know that they
were needed.
' It is not necessary to do more now. I call on you
with the certainty that the appeal will be promptly
answered.
When anyconslderable amount of stores shall be .
contributed from Mamie neighborhood, I will (sub
ject to the regulations of the U. S) send persons
from the neighborhood with the stores, so that they
. may have the gratification of themselves distribu•
tin - them among our wounded friends and br - others.
- A. G. CURTIN.
• TITS WAR IN GEORGIA.
Betrent of the Rebels over the Chatta•
boodaie 'fiver.
, NEw Yoax, July 7.—A special despatch to the
Herald, dated at Nashville to-day, says there'has
been no fighting, since June 27, except skirmishing
on the extreme right during the movement to the
Chattahooelde river.
The flank movement which resulted In the evacua
tion of Xenesaw Mountain was begun on the evening
after the failure 'of the assault of the 27th. The
enemy began the evacuation on the aotti of June.
Johnston is [supposed to have crossed the. Chatta
hooebie, and Is endeavoring to occupy the hill
on the south side of the river opposite the mouth
of Nickejack creek and Vetlerfs creek, but returns
from the front on the 4th report that the opinion
there prevailed that they wore too late in effect
ing the crossing at the points named.
Sherman has several good roads, converging at
Atlanta, which Is not over . 12. or 15 miles from the
river. We have no positive assurance of the pas-
Sage of the Chattaboochle by either army. Proba
bly the first that will be heard positively of this will
ho from Gen. - Shermpi himself'.
Advices from Illeniphis.and New Orleans.
Osrao ' July 7.=The steamers Empress and Le
viathan,from New Orleans - on•the 30th ultimo, and
the City of Alton, from Memphis on July oth, have
arrived here. The steamers from New Orleans re
port all quiet along the river. .
A moderate amount of cotton was offering in New
Orleans, holders; asking 165 for middling, but no
sales were made on the 30th. On the 29th, 200 bales
sold at 6145(11.46X for good ordinary, and 131 for
ordinary. Nothing doing In groceries. All kinds
of produce active, and holders are asking higher
rates. Flour 99e:0 . 50. The Memphis cotton market
is dull, and prices nominal.
The Case of General Dix.
Armany, July 7.--In the ease of General Dix,
Governor Sesroonr instructs the District Attorney
to enforce the.laws of the State, Irrespective of the
alleged order of the President to General Dix to re
sist the process of the court.
The Governor jetsordered the militia force of the
State to be increased to 75,000 mon by drift, pursu
ant to a law for organizing the National Guard.
The enrolment for this draft is completed.
•
'Military Movement
BANGOR, Me., July V.—Company A of tho State
Guard left for Fort McCleary yesterday. Amongst
the privates is Tice President Hamlin.
NEW TOR% 'CITY.
- 'NM lIONEY4SRDER:SYSTEX.
C. F. 11t Donald has been appointed superin
tendent of
,themew money-ordei system of the.. Post
Office Department, and 13. F. Wilkins to his panel
-1 pal clerkship.
AN UNPORTIJNATN IiIt3IINATION TO A DAY'S
ENJOYNENT.—The Petersburg correspondent of the
Washington Chronicle, in speaking of the celebra
tion of the Fourth ln camp, thus pleasantly details
how a pleasure party Caine to grief :
Early in the morning . I passed a carriage with
four soldiers Inside. The vehicle was of pure Vir
ginian construction, the harness of domestic !TIMM..
tacture, with homespun horse-collar, made of plaited
straw. Of the horse I can say nothing favorable,
end will avoid mentioning the poor quadruped.
The occupants of the carriage were happy. From
the wheels rose a cloud of dust ; from the mouths of
the soldiers issued streams of smoke that would
have astonished a council of Men Amsterdamers,
and bewildered Stuyvesant, the hard-headed, hard
smoking Governor of ' Manhattan. While they
rode, all united In singing how
. " Independence *day had come," ,tc.
Toward night, one of the party returned upon the
solitarY horse. Ile was quite ehopfallon. In com
pany with a- fow boon companions, he had made a_
tour into. the interior of the country. It was the
Fourth of July, and they Ivor° determined to have
some enjoyment. After travelling several miles,
and exhausting all their united stock of negro 'mole
dies and national airs, they baited to gather black
berries. Six shadowy beings, with gray homespun
clothing, and shot-guns, and butcher-knives, and
powderrhorn acemenaniusents, sprang from the cop
pice and • '!gobbled” the •unsuspecting pleasure
seekers. .lloreafter t this day will possess greater
Interest to them than ever; but they will take
greater precautions when celebrating it.
• A Brava BIND AND A BRAN-a Grat.-oaptain
'John •J. Bowen, A: 4. M. at Bermuda Hundred,
Va., In a letter to his father, in Boston, notices a
couplo-of incidents which may interest our readers.
Ho states, on tho authority of Surgeon Mandeville,
of Boston, that on the ida'inst., while he was ope
rating under a shade treo, a oat bird came Into a
tree not ten feet from a battery in Cull play, and
continued to sing during the engagement, notwith
standing that the cannon wore being loaded and
, Bred as rapidly as possibly.
One day last week a girl, in thb disguise of 8'
drummer boy, was found in the army. Sho looke d .
like a lad of 15, and was a girl of 18. Her sex was
, :discovered by accident. She wore a neat suit of
,soldier clothes, and made a ,pretty boy. She was
'reserved in conversation, very smart, refused to tell
who she was, or where she came from. ' Sho said she
was in the battle of Gettysburg, and was Wounded,
which led to the betrayal of her sox. She was turn
ed out of tho army, in a quiet way after she re
covered. She was this time Sent on the boat to
Fortress Monroe to be dismissed. She says they
:may do what they please with her, but she will
never wear women's clothes again.
AN ANBROTYTE aaou Tug - WiLDER7SM3B BAT.
ambrotypo WILS picked up from tho
.1.1110 of a dead Pennsylvania soldier, on. the battle.
field in the Wildernesit, and has been brought to
this city. It contains the likeness of a lady, at whose
side is seated a little girl, wearing a black seek • on
.the lap of the woman Is seated a ohild clothed in
white. The dress of the woman is of barred goods,
and she had on a large breastpin and a collar. The
picture will be left at this (dace for one week, for
examination by persons who may think they are its
owners. It would be highly priced by the family of
the deceased soldier/ as it WRS probabiy that of la
.wits and °Unm
ar—Harrisburg Teiegnyh.
New and Important Developments.
EWELL AND LONGSTREET ADVANCING
THEIR FORCES 30,000 STRONG.
GEL LEE IN CHIEF COMMAND.
BEAUREGARD LEFT TO DEFEND PETERSBURG
OPAROT NOT PLUNDER ALONE BUT BAL
TIMORE AND WASHINGTON.
The Enemy Destroying and Plundering
Nuyv Roux, July 7,1891
THE REBEL INVASION.
Along the Maryland Border.
GOVERNMENT AND RAILROAD PROPERTY AT
HARPER'S FERRY BURNED.
SKIRMISHING NEAR. MARYLAND HEIGHTS,
Reported Battle at Frederick.
TIZI7 .Drruitt-sr
. .
Excitement in :Abe Cilliterland trailer.
CONDITION OP AFFAIRS ON THE MARY
LAND BORDER.
lePeels.] Despatch to The Prem.]
FREDY.RICX, Mn., via Baltimore, July T.—Last
evening In Frederick was .ono of solicitude. The
rebels were known to be within a few miles , distance,
and en attack might bo expected at any moment.
An Ohio cavalry regimest patrolled the streets of
the city and the country sugounding the whole
night. At an early liour this morning, a battery of
two guns supported by cavalry was taken down four
miles out of town, and an engagement commenced
between our forces and those of the rebels. The
latter had a battery of several guns, belonging to
the 17th Virginia, and their force exceeded ours in
strength considerably. The rival batteries wore
upon two hills, facing one another, and for an hour
the music between the two was quite spirited. Our
forces being outnumbered, wore cbrupelled to slowly .
retire. The wounded of our forces were carried to
a farm-house in the vicinity, where their sufferings
wore promptly attended to.
The . telegraph between Frederick and Baltimore
has been taken up with Government business to
day, and could not accept, or indeed forward press
despatches. The operators had everything packed
up, ready to leave, when the train left for Baltimore
at 2 o'clock. Several correspondents of the Phila
delphia and New York papers returned to Baltimore
this evening, owing to their Inability to forward
their despatches. -
An attack is expected upon Frederick this eve
ning. General Wallace Is at Monocacy Junction,
and has a force there of considerable strength. His
force was subjected toe scare this noon by his having
no pickets out, and the return of a party of scouts,
who were mistaken for the enemy.
It is thought in Frederick that the designs upon
that place are only feints to cover more important
movements. An attack could have been made on
Frederick with much more ;probability of success,
on any night this week, beginning with Sunday
last. The 3d Maryland arrived this afternoon, and
proceeded direct to the front. Another regiment
was en route to this locality. Sigel's wagon train,
which was at Mount Airy, was reported, as the
train was passing through that place, as getting
ready to return. There was no communication be
tween Hagerstown and Frederick. The exciting
reports from that place are not believed. The ene
my are in no such strength as reported at Harris
burg. Their first appearance indicated that their
strength was about one , hundred and fifty
men. They have since been joined by bri
gade under the command of General Jones, whose
• force consists of Virginia and Georgia Wiens:There
was no alarm manifested when the train left, the
citizens baring been satisfied that the rebels have
other designs than upon their city. It Is thought
probable that the enemy have a large force some
where In the vicinity, and this tardiness of occupa
tion Indicates such , a probability.
A livery-stable keeper in •Middletown was shot
dead for refusing to deliver up his horses, accompa
nied with some remarks not very complimentary to
rebel ears.
The cavalry in this section are utile; the com
mand of Col. Higgins, of the 22d P. V. Thisy sadly
needdiselpline;and it is a subject of regrot that the
gallant fighter and spirited cavalry man, Col. W.
11. Boyd, of the 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry, is lying
wounded, and is unable to take the field. The peo
ple ,Sf this section state..that, under his dashing
command the rebels would have soon been astir-
Pated. A request that he should be detailed was
.in preparation here when lt was ditcovored that he
was wounded and lying helpless In Chamt•ersburg.
It is presumed that Washington may be attacked
by the rebels la the rear of these' raiders.
All kinds of wild rumors were afloat last evening
and this morning, 'many of them originating In
circles whichshould have known better than to in
dulge in such amusement.
A. FIGHT. IN THE STRETS OF HAGERSTOW7st
WASHINOTON, July 7.—The Star says: We have
information direct from Hagerstown to the effect
that on Tuesday afternoon, at three o'clock, a rebel
squad consisting of fifteen cavalrymen, commanded
by Lieutenlat Shurer, formerly of Martinsburg,
Va., entered that place.
This force appeared to be a-reconnoitring party,
and they had only been in the town a few minutes
when a detachment of regular cavalry from Carlisle,
Pa., commanded by Lieutenant McLean, dashed
into the place.
A brief fight immediately ensued In the streets of
Hagerstown, which resultedln the rebels being driv
en out of the town with a loss of a lieutenant and
two.pricates taken prisoners.
about half an hour after this fight the rebels again
entered the town, their forces consisting of cavalry
and mounted infantry. •
Lieutenant Colonel McLean, of the Union caval
ry, finding his force too small to cope with the large
number of rebels, slOwly fell back to the Pennsyl
vania lino, carrying with him hie prisoners..
The rebels,after entering the town, set to work
to destroy the telegraph line, but had made no
demonstration against the railroad when our in
formant left.
They also plundered many of the stores, but seem
to have adopted a different plan from the one they
pursued last summer, as they now make no dis
tinction between the rkbel ,sympathizers and
Unionists.
Many of the rebel citizens of the town, perhaps
anticipating this treatment, ran their horses into
Pennsylvania.
REPORTS FROM. BALTIMORE OONCERN
ING THE RAIDRAILROAD PROPERTY
DESTROYED. .
BALTIMORE, July 7-11.0 A. ill.—The city is fall
of rumors this morning of an exciting character in
regard to the inrasion.
.After a careful inquiry, with a desire to silt out
the truth as far its possible, with a view to avoid
acting the part•of an alarmist on the one hand by
overstating, or encouraging a false security by Un
derrating the state of facts, I send you the following,
which is believed to be correct:
The most reliable intelligence Item Maryland
Heights and the region beyond, this morning, war-.
rants the belief that the rebel force now on this
side of the Potomac, and on the line of the river on
the Virginia side, Is larger than at first supposed.
It is believed that the force is not flir Short of 30,000.
Advices from Sandy Hook, down to 10 o'clock this
morning, say that an officer from General Sigel's
headquarters, Maryland Heights, reports some
skirmishing going on back of the Heights, but the
number of the enemy there is small.
With the aid of the glass and signal corps, the
eneiny.Can be observed towards Sharpsburg, driving
off cattle, horses, Sm., and plundering the farmersin
the valley. No large force, however, is visible.
Advices from Greencastle, Pa., this morning, say
that the rebels occupy Hagerstown thls morning,
but in what force is not known.
The train from Frederick is just In, and reports
that Colonel Coles' Maryland cavalry had a skir
mish with a Email rebel force—a scouting party
fourmiles west of Fredorlok, about two o'clock yes
terday afternoon.
• It was ascertained, subsequently, that the force
was quite small.
The rebel oilleers dined at noon at Hogan's Mount
House.
Later In the day two places of Alexander's Mary
land battery, and a detachment of the Sth Illinois
Cavalry, and Colonel Sede's Maryland cavalry,
went in pursuit of the robots, and . during last night
drove a force of one hundred and sixty rebels through
Middletown.. .
Whilst in Middletown, yesterday, the rebels made
good use of their time by plundering the citizens of
their horses and Other property.
Joshua Cormick, a stable keeper, was called upon
to deliver hts horses. Re refused, and was shot.
lie is repOrted dead.
Active movements of troops are going on, which
it is not proper for prudential reasons to particu
larize.
The railroad Is still undisturbed as far as Sandy
Hook, opposite the town.
At last advicos it was believed there was only a
small force of guerillas on the Virginia shore, oppo
site Point of Iloeks.
ONE O'OLOCK A. &.—The rebels at the ferry have
destroyed all the railroad property there, including
the telegraph and ticket office. So far they have
used•no artillery against our force.
ASTOUNDING STATEMENTS OF REBEL
:>'PBISONERS--GEN• LEE AT THE HEAD
.‘ I OE . -THE INVADERS—BALTIbIORE AIMED
HARlttißuna, July 7.—The headquarters of Gon.
Couch were removed froth Ohatribersburg to this
city to-day, with the view of facilitating the organi
zation of the militia recently called out by the
Governor.
• Headquarters. here are still in comMunicatlen
with Greencastle, but It Is almost impossible to got
anything but vague and unsatisfactory reports Of
the rebel movements beyond that point.
It Is evident, however, that a oonsklorable fbrco of
rebels have concentrated at and around Hagers
town.
A despatch received at noon to-day states that
two rebel regiments- 7 on'e of Infantry and the other
of cavalry—were bivouacking last night on the road
near Middleburg, about three miles this side of the
State lino, and that their picketswere seek, by Fede
ral scouts two miles south of Greenmail°. '
Rebel prisoners captured In the skirmish at
Hagerstown, day before yesterday, etato that the
present raid is not only to procure horses, but the
crops and provisions ; that It Is headed by General
Lee, and Is composed of Longetreot's and Ewelps
corps, and that boeido the invasion of Pennsylvania
and other Northern States, an object aimed at is
tho .capture' of Baltimore and the destruction of
Washington.
While Leo Is thus operating against Washington
City, lienuregard has been loft In command at Pe
tersburg, where he hes a sufficient force, so our
rebel informants state and believe', to hold Grant
In check and prevent him from advancing on Rich
mond.
The excitement In the Cumberland Valley is re
prisented as intense.
The merchants in Chambersburm Shlpptlisburir,
and Carlisle, have their goods and valuables ready
to ship at a moment's notice.
The valuable machinery in the buildings of the
railroad company at Chamberaburg has been re
moved, and every precaution taken to prevent any
thing valuable from falling into the hands of the
reticle.
The live stock of the farmers In Franklin, Adams,
Fulton, and Cumberland counties has all been ro.
moved, most of It going through this city Outward,
so that If the object of the rebels Is to secure plan
der In that quarter, they will bo much disappointed.
Every train from the valley is crowded with. refu
gee colored people.
A 'despatch received at 0.30 P.. M., from Green
castle, states that the rebel force has evacuated Ha,
gcrstown, retiring on the road towards Frederick
City. This would seem to indicate a precautionary
Movement on their part to prevent being surprised
by Bunter's command. Previous to the rebels re
tiring from Hagerstown they levied a contribution
of 1,500 outfits and $20,000, which was paid under
threats of burning the town. •
EXCITEMENT IN BALTIMORE-THE MILT_
TART . TURNIiNG OUT
Bar:II:von; July Y.—The excitement here In re
gard to the rebel Invasion is mildly increasing.
Ilefugee.s are arriving init.:emits, and ordinary bu
siness Is suspended, excepting that which Is stimu
lated by military necessity.. Placards are now posted
in various parts of the city, calling the Baltimore
City Guards and the Union Leagues to be in readi
ness to-night for the defence of the city, for
guarding railroads, and for other purposes,
ADVANOE OF THE REBELS TO FREDE-
RICK CITY
BAUTIMODE, July 7-9.45 P. M.—There can no
longer ho any doubt that General Lee has sent a
considerable portion of his army in this direction.
Tho American has received the following special
despatch:
FREDERICK, July 7.—About ten o'clock this
morning Colonel Glendenning, of the Bth Illinois
Cavalry, with three hundred men and two guns of
Alexander's Baltimore Battery, made a reconnols
concc to Middletown, about five miles from Frede
rick, where they met the enemy in strong force—
infantry, cavalry, and artillery. - After a sharp
light our forces wore repulsed, and toll back , on
Frederick, the enemy slowly pursuing. A large
number of stragglers are arriving at Monocacy,
and are cent at once to the front by. Gen. Wallace.
The enemy are reported to be in full force on the
Hagerstown turnpike. .
Fay.nrincx, July 7—Evening.—The enemy is
now one mile from town, on the Hagerstown pike.
All the sick and Government stgrea have been re
moved, and reinforcements are arriving.
THE REBELS . fl LOUDOUN COUNTY, VA.
BALTIMORE, July 7-10.20 P.lll.—Reliable reports
from Loudoun county, Va., say there has been no
rebel force In the vicinity save Moseby, with about
250 or 340 men. About half of this force crossed the
river and committed the depredations at the Point
of Rocks on Monday. They made another attempt
to cross on Tuesday; but were deterred by the ap
pearance of 'some of our cavalry. They have fallen
back, but guard the roads leading to the river, to
prevent the loyal citizens from communicating with
the Maryland shore. • •
REBEL WORK AT SANDY ROOK, MARY-
BALTISIORS, July ;—Midnight.—Despatches from .
Sandy Hook, tonight, say the rebels are again
burning property at that place. The bridge over
the Shenandoah is also in dames, tho•light being vi
sible for miles around.
DEFEAT OF THE REBELS AT FREDERICK
BALTIMORE, July 7—Midnight. —Gen. Wallace
has met with a success at Frederick City, and has
repulsed the rebels thus fir lu all their efforts to
drive us from the town.
CHAMBERSBURG UNDER MARTIAL LAW
CBAMBERSDORG, July 7-1-1 2 . 111.—In the affair
yesterday, at Hagerstown, a lieutenant, said to be
named Torrence, of the 14th Pennsylvania Cavalry,
and nineteen of his men were captured.
The telegraph is still working to .Greencastle.
Chambersburg is under martial law, unde'r com
mand of Captain Hancock. Defences were erected
last night in the streets here, and troops and citi
zens are so.posted with - artillery and small arms as
to give the rebels a. reception. The exact force of
the rebels cannot be properly estimated, but it is
believed they will not come down the Cumberland
Valley, but go to Frederick in foree. The stores
here are all closed and the contents removed. Also
the rolling stock of the railroads, except cars for re
fugees at the last moment.
The quartermaiter at IfagerstOwn arrived 'safely
at Carlisle this morning, with several hundred head
of horses. The farmers along the valley have sent
off their stock, and the roads are lined with negroes,
An order was issued to-day preventing ttUrfinging
of bells until the enemy approach.
Gen. Couch is energetically at work, and, with a
Proper response, there can be no danger of the Inva
sion of the State to any great extent.
Cmsarentasnono, July 7-2 P. DI.—A man from
Hagerstown, who has just arrived at Greencastle,
says that McCausland's commend, formerly Jen
kins', fifteen hundred strong, composed of cavalry
and Intantry, and one battery of artillery, entered
Hagerstown yesterday. "
They left at 11 o'Clock by the Frederick turnpike,
whither the main body have all gone. Small parties
of them returned to Hagerstown this morning. ,
A requisition was made on the people for fifteen
hundred outfits and $20,000, under threats of tam
ing the town- _ •
Cuswnensnuno, July 7.--Ilseoratown-Is again
clear of rebels, and there is carriage communication
with the town from dila point. The entire body of
rebels moved towards Frederick from there. Great
rejoicing here.
LATER FRODI FREDERICK CITY'.
BALTDIOII.Es July 8-1 A. M. —There ha a 'been
some ni,Thting at Frederick this afternoon. The re
bels threw several shells into the town, one falling
near Bradley Johnson's old residence, and another
near the court house.
THE BATTLE AT FREDERICK CITY
BAI:TIMOIty, July 8, 2 A. Al.—The following par
ticulars of the fight at Frederick City are gathered
at headquarters from information received there to
night:
This afternoon .the rebel advance made an effort
to gain the bridge over the IVlonocacy.
General Wallace, with only a small portion of his
three, moved out to cheek them, and formed his line
about a mile out of the town.
Shortly after four o'clock fighting commenced, and
lasted with more or loss severity till eight o'clock,
when the rebels, aft or being three dines repulsed,
finally refired, leaving us In possession of the
•
ground..
During the nation several shells fell Into the city,
but did no do meg° of moment. The citizens viewed
the fight from the house tops and from- the out
skirts.
General Wallace Is confldent.of holding the 'atty.
We have no estimate of - the number of killed and
wounded.
Reinforcements are rapidly pushing forward, and
there is every reason to believe that this movement
of the enemy will result only in disappointment
and disaster to the rebel cause. ' •
INDICATIONS OF A. CONCENTRATION OF
THE REBELS AT FREDERICK-THEIR D-
VANCE CONTESTED
Hsitarsnorto, July 7-10 P. M.—The movements
to-day indicate a concentration of the rebelS in the
direction of Frederick City. Heavy cannonading
was heard from the Cumberland Valley to-day, and
it is supposed that Wallace is there in force contest,
ing the advance of the enemy.
A detachment of our forces left Greencastle at 5
o'clock this afternoon, for Hagerstown, and the pre
sumption is they have arrived there, although no
positive information to that effect has been received
here, owing to the prevalence of a thunder storm,
which temporarily interrupts telegraphic communi
cation. /
A telegraph operator accompanied the force, who
will at once repair the lines if injured, and resume
telegraphic communication with that point.
Through information received froin scouts In
Adams, York, Franklin, and Fulton counties, it Is
now believed hero that not a solitary armed rebel Is
within the borders of Pennsylvania.
Postmaster General Blair, accompanied by his
venerable father, arrived here yesterday, on a brief
visit to the Hon. Simon Cameron. They left to-day,
accompanied by General Cameron, Postmasters
Bergner, of Harrisburg, and Fry, of York, and Hon.
James Duffy, of Marietta, for a fishing excursion on
'the Sineinahoning creek.
The calls for troops made by the Governor are
likely to be responded to with great alacrity. The
news on this subject, from all parts of the State, is
most encouraging. Farmers, mechanics, and pro
fesslonal men, all sec the Importance of preventing
this last desperate effort of the rebels to destroy the
Government, and are determined to unite in arms
to frustrate it at whatever sacrifice of time and
money or personal case.
Special Despatch to the Press.)
He ronannno, July 7.-001cers of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad telegraph here privately that
the invading force, either in Maryland or in full
march for that State, Is not less than thirty thou
mad.' They have ascertained this fact from their
own private agents, as they say. The enemy, con
sisting of fifteen hundred Infantry, artillery, and
cavalry, chiefly the latter, loft Hagerstown this
morning on the' old National rem}, in the direction
of Boonsbore, en rouse for Frederick 04, as they
declared. They marched just at daylight.. Rumor
prevails that a force of several thousand aro en
camped just south of Middleburg, between Green
castle and Hagerstown. This Is. not generally be.
Roved.. There is a force levyhjg contributions at
Hagerstown, partly rmboden's, partly the old force
of Jenkins, which led Lee's advance into Pennsyl
vania last year, before the battle of Gettysburg. I
have reliable information that there are no rebels
this side of Hagerstown.
The Excitement in Chambersburg.
The Chambersburg Repository of the 6th speaks
rather slightingly of the rebel raid that has evoked so
much comment and excitement over the North. It
sets down the raid, and the skedaddling from the
border, as huge and extremely-good jokes, asserting
that the parties Who hint crossed the Potomac, wore
merely horse-stealing scouting parties fow in num
ber, and easily beaten back by the citizens them
selves, provided they could muster sufficient cou
rage. It employed a large corps of reporters on the
ad to gather up everything reliable. On comparing
the results of their labors early in the wee small
hours of the 4th, positive information was found that
the rebels had crossed the Potomac at not loss than
twenty-four places the previous afternoon, in
cohimnr from four to ton thousand strong, tenethat
Lhe mein body had not yet reached thb river. It
was evident, therefore, that not loss than a million
rebels were about to ante; Pennsylvania. The
rebels bad, according to this same "positive Infer-
Enation," maintained .a line of battle all of Sunday
Tome twenty miles long, on the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, and the , extent of their artillery may be
Imagined when they tired not less than Mean guns
every Second. Some of them distinctly heard In
Cliambersburg could not have been less than lifteeix
hundred pounders.
To these astounding reports from its corps of
"specials" were added others quite as wonderful
from the telegraphic operator at lagerstoww.
This functionary engaged himself in telegraphing
the arrival of clouds of rebel warriors one moment,
then changing his base to stronger and safer posi
tions, then retiring to contradict his "previous
telegrams." As might he expected, the news flew
like wild-Are. General Couch, who had received a
despatch from Sigel, stating that he would not
be able to hold his own; advised the eitirens to
take care of their stock. This, with the me
mory of three raids still fresh, they hastened to do.
There was a perfect stampede from the localities
south of Chambersburg, as well as Irnin the
borough Itself. During the whole of the Fourth. •
certainly not lem than 1,000 horses passed along
the Harriaburg turnpike to Shlppensburg and
points adjacent, and many more were sent to
the northwestern portions of the county. On
the whole, It was a day of unusual stir. The
roads were dark with sable refugees, and
swarming with horses and other stock moving
North, es directed by the General commanding.
Every man who came, from the southern section of
the county brought his own story of fabulous num
bers of rebels just about to enter his particular set
tlement, and some had actually seen the rebel forces
In theArteighberhood. They were reported again
as crossing at Hancock, at North Mountain Station,
at:Williamsport, at Sheppardetown, at Falling Wa
ters, at Clean:piing. at all the dams, and at every
other point where it was possible for a man to get
across the river ; and had the reporters of the Repo
sitory applied nny common system of arithmetic to
their statements, the rebel army could not have
been made less than a millien—jost as it was coin
puteil the day before. But the uniform ex
travagance of all the rumors, and the positive
and persistent adherence to them by their authors,
at last became farcical, and they were discussed on
the corners as practical jukes of the day. By noon
general confidence was restored, as It became mani
fest that if a raid upon Chambersburg had been in
tended it would have been clearly developed be
fore that tJme, and the remainder of the day was
devc ted to jolly discussion of the terrors of lava-
Eton, and merry peals at the ludicrous inchients
with which It Chequers human history. General
tranquillity prevailed thereafter, with the exception
of a little variation introduced into the programme
on Monday night by the operator at Hagerstown,
Supported by a courageous lieutenant of the "speak
milt de sword ".persuasion. The operator finding
that the rebels were moving on his works again.
about 5 P. M., he skedaddled, and did not return as
usual to inform Gen. Couch that he was misinform-
ed. Be took his Instrument to Greencastle, and
from there gave the account of the ad vanclng rebels.
The lieutenant reached Clhambersburg In the course
of the night, and reported the number of rebels that
bad entered Hagerstown; the exact time of their en
try, and knew pretty much all about the rebel force
this side of the Potomac, which embraced certainly
Early's and Breckinridge's commands. Hagers
town being cut off by the departure of the operator,
rumor had fair play, and a general stampede of
homes and.willing attendants took place about 10
P. N. Just while the officer was dandling his
strategy In eluding the large force of rebels In Ha
gerstown and beyond, a despatch was received from
a gentleman, who had gone to Hagerstown in a
band-car, stating that all wasquiet—that there had
been no rebels there, and that none were on this
side of the Potomac. The efficient reportorial corps
Immediately had a consultation, and unanimously
resolved to recommend the lieutenant for promo
tion.
'When night came all was quiet. The farmers
and their horses returned in a steady stream to
their humps ; the panic was over. The golden fields,
says the Repository, are ready far the reaper, and
protected as the border now is, the rich harvest of
the Cumberland Valley can be gathered without
fear of interruption.
A REBEL . . OFFICER'S OPINION OF NORTAARS
Tuoors.—A few weeks since, an officer attached to
the Engineer Bureau, who at one time-served in the
British army, was inQuebec. Canada, visitingsonie
of his former companions In - the British army, and
one day. In a reading-room, an English officer asked
him if it was true that the Northern troops would . --
run. Before our officer could reply, a person at the
opposite end of the room arose and exclaimed,
" Whoever says Northern Soldiers will run Ise Har.' o
The Englishman was immediately on his feet, and
'running towards the man exclaimed, '• Who are
you, sir 1" To which be replied, "I have been a, .
major in the Confederate service, but was discharged
on accountof wounds received, and whatever is said
against the courage Of the Northern troops is falai-
lied by my own experience."
Foreign Miscellany.
—The young King of Greece, in a late Interview
with Admiral Kanaris, to whom he presented his
portrait set In diamonds, was in return kissed three
times by Mrs. Admiral Ranaris. Thereupon his
youthful Majesty shed a profusion of tears.
The Masonic body of Paris was Informed at Its
last meeting that the Emperor restored to It the
traditional right Of electing Its Grand Master. This
announcement was received With enthusiastic ap
plause, and Marshal Magnan, who. held his nomi
nation by imperial decree, was unanimously re
elected by th'e delegates of all the lodges present.
—The consumption of ardent spirits In France Is
onethe increase, a sign that the manufacturing
classes are suffering. The best brandy, known In
the trade under the name of Cognac, comes from
the Cbarentes ; the next in repute is Armagnac',
from the Department Of the Gera - next come Mar
maude and Montpelier. Spirits distilled from wine
come chiefly from Languedoc, in the Herault.
Among the recent aspirants for honors la
chemistry bee 'been a well-known Paris butcher,
who last week won the prize, and was to be, crowned.
with a laurel wreath in presence of the admiring
multitude. When his turn came, a Date was heawl
in the room, and it was declared that an unsuccess
ful candidate had blown his brains out. Inquiry
was going to be made, when the. butcher rose and
said, "Calm yourselves, ladies and gentlemen. It
was l; I sighed with delight. lam strong; lam a
butcher."
—The Aigle des Cevennes says that the worst an
ticipations pt the breeders of silkworms in that dis
trict have been realized. The crop of silk is de
cidedly worse than that of last year. Some few
growers have been fortunate, bnt,taken altogether
the result has been disastrous.
-- The . Emperor Napoleon has ordered the re.
served portion of the park at Fontainebleau to be
thrown open to the public, and walked about for
some time among the crowd, leading the Prince Im
perial by the hand.
—lt is asserted in the London Army and Zfavy
Gazille that the sailing vessels in the British navy
will never be sent to sea again there being two hun
dred and forty steamers in commission,i manned by
45,000 men.
—Two worth of diamonds were imported
into the United StateS the last year. So says a
foreign writer who has been readin&on the subject.
—ln the districts of China ravaged by the civil
war, the surviving population feed on the emaciated
bodies of the dead for the want of other food.
The old Scottish pint held as much as two Eng
lish quarts.. This explains much that we have
heard about "bees in the bonnet."
The London bakers get fourteen cents for an
ordinary loaf of broad.
A Piscatorial -
The Journal of- Commerce publishes the following
interesting letter of the late Rev. Dr. Bethune:
The .subjoined letter, appropriate to the present
season, when many of our readers are beginning to
think of a_little recreation in the country, has been
kindly furnished to UE for publication. When men
of marked ability-and high character condescend to
forget the weightier duties of life, to indulge in ne
cessnry relaxation, it is always pleasant to hear them
talk or read their familiar letters. To us, the allu
sion of the distinguished 'Kilter, to a departed friend,
is touching in the- extreme; and the view he took of
his own editorship of Walton cannot but be read
with interest by literary men. Dr. Bethune's edi
tion of Walton is_ a wonder of learning and appre
ciation :
PHILADELPHIA, March 30, 1547
My Dear Sir : I thank you for your kind note, but
am truly sorry that you cannot give a paper, not to
but to Die Walton. The truth is, lam very
modest as an angler, but have exerted myself to the
utmost in the literary illustration of our father's de
lightful book; as I wrote Mr. Duychinck, it is im
possible to make a fishing book, especially an Ame
rican book, of Walton. Permit 1/I0 also to say, that
though I am far from being ashamed of the gentle
art Ido not wish to have my name formally assts.
.ciated with the book, as it will not appear on the
title page, and whatever comments are made on the
American edition (particularly as to my part of it)
I, should like them confined to the literary charac
ter. You will understand my reasons for this. My
library is very good, piscatorially the best In the
country ; and my notes have been accumulating for
years.
I wish very much to get a few papers for the sp•
pendix on several distinct branches 6angling; Sal
mon Fishing in this country Is one; Striped Bass Fish.
ing another; Blue fish Fishing deserves a paper, short,
but to the point ; any hints upon flies would be ac
ceptable. Islow, cannot you, my good brother of the
Rod, do something on ono or other of these points/
I thank you for your kindness in sending me the
sheets of your own book, and have no doubt, from
the peep I took into them at dinner, to the great
damage of the mutton, that I shall be delighted with.'
them.
A copy of the sermons you wore so kind as to speak
of, is sent with my compliments. Permit me to in
stance that on "The Gospel preached to the Poor,"
as an attempt to illustrate the republican system
evangelically. If I had by me a copy of the " Fruit
of the Spirit," 1 would make bold to send it with the •
other, as my better work, but my copies are all gone.
I cannot meet you at Lake George. The friend
who was always my companion there, the man whom
I loved best, and as whom I can never love man
again, is sleeping in sacred rest till the illustrious
morning breaks. lie is associated with every nook
and island' of Lake G eorge, and I can fish there no
more.
I was among the thousand islands of the St. Law...
ranee last summer. When you visit that river, go •
by all means to Alexandria Bay, and enjoy two days
of fishing—one for pickerel with the spawn. 00UtOy
can. toll you what it is ; and the fisherman there
(though a sadly profane slog, at the best) will supply
you ; only take with you. a couple of strong, thick
trolling hand lines. For the .bass, another day will;'
hardly suffice. Use fur them a fly on the ordinary
size lake bass hook, with scarlet cloth, wings, and
body, fastening on 31 bit of forked pickerel's tongue,
by passing through the hook until it will hang
lightly from the bend. Play it among the rapid cur
rents, around the points of the Island; with thirty to
forty yards of silk line out from a twelve-foot stiff
rod, and you will say that your trout fishing will
hardly excel it. You are no doubt aware that in
August the bass are close to shore on rocky bottom,
but such advice to you is ~ l ike coal to NeiveaStle."
I give It as new to myself last summer. There is
also, a good treating ground at the head of Salmon*
River,Richfield, Oswego count about thirty miles
from Rome, on the road to Ogdensburg. If the
stream be well up it is worth a v
My - pen has run on in this quiet midnight until it
threatens to make you weary, so thanking you, only
add, as I heard an old preacher once bring up an
incorrigibly old sermon of his by saying, finally, and
to Conclude, I will say no more.
• Very sincerely yours,
Geo. W. Berffurre.
CRAB. LA7t3tAlf, Esq., New York.
THE DISMISSAL 01P M. RIIICAIC—On the 12th nit.
the imperial decree nominating M. Ronan an assis
tant curator of thelmperial Library, was cancelled,
and be was also deprived of his functions as profes
sor in the College of France. But the other profes
sors, the majority of whom sympathize with him,
took an Indirect method of nisi:lag a demonstration
against his dismissal. They nominated to the new
chair of "comparative grammar," the creation of
which formed part of the arrangement connected
with M. lienan , s removal from the Hebrew chair,
AI. Adolphe Begnicr, a well-known Orleanist.
The Detail; has . an article from IN T. Labeulaye on.
the dismissal of Bonen. This measure is treated as
one of the most illegal ever put in force by the Go
vernment. All the guaranties whiek the law give*
tbc professors of the Yrench.University against the
arbitrary exercise of power have been In this in
stance set aside.. These guaranties are not very
great, but such as they are M. Laboulayo thinks
hey should be respected and defended.
\VALNIIT•STREICT THHATRE.—TO•nIght will be
the farewell benefit of Kir. J. B. Roberts, and the
last night but one of the season. The bill is excel
lent. The seaspn at this theatro has boon success
ion, mu) it Neill end creditably and brilliantly.
THE
IVOR ADDITIO*AL CITY NEWS MB HOVRTII PAGE.)
CorsNEE-STorz DaD.—Tho• comer-stone
of the Arch-street M. E.Ohnreh was laid, yesterday
quite a large atttendance of members of the Ohttrch
generally, and also quite a number of reverend trees'
flemen 'who officiated in the proceedings. Rev.
Bishop Jones, Nev. A. Rittenhouse. Rev. I. P.
Durbin Rev. Bishop Scott, Rev. R. J. Camp, Rev.
Bishop Simpson, and Rev. Joseph Oaatle,condueted„
the ceremonies in the order named: The tuldreaset
of the Rev. Bishop Simpson and Rev. Al.r.Durbiu
were interesting, appropriate, and entertaining. On '
account of the unfavorable state of the weather, the
exercises were. hold to. the hell aorttoakt eellaef
Broad ant! Arqb., ' • "
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