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ATIONEAt t
( - 560:KilYaMOTORr4 00 ./ii
Ins Llet of Conijail* their bkeist . ittmatmi ,
savers, and EseretaiiiA
doh tionll'!gekt" * ." ' *
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TRANSEARAKEC... ... .
ORDER OP TRAMP= -
STOCK LEDOES,
STOCK LEDGER ISA.T.LNOES,
REGISTER OP CAPITAL STOCK.
-invingru) BOOK,
'EIPREE'S PETTY LEDGER, .
ACCAMPOI. SALES.
Coed tasterlale and Prlees.
MOSS Sr. CO.,
DRUGS..
CASS DRUG mum
vftaairr - 44i):tp.44
No.. 31,
Betwmes.ll%olll2 sildf.:6llooflrltir!
W. WRIOR'S.
RIICMISTS, PEIT:SIOTANP,,OD PE*
NERELL STO=LEEPERO _
elm Ind at *Tr establishment a tau assortment
f Ito ported and Domestic Drags, Popular P.
int Medicines, Paints; Coal .oii, Window Olaan,
78'0Th/don Vials, etc., at as low Pricas as gum.
Itrat-olass goods ss t a•be sold.
'INE ESSEST IAL OILS,
•
or Confectioners, In fell yartety, and of the
at quality. .. -
Cochineal Bengal. Indigo, /ladder, Pot Milli
ndbear, ttialk:Asat Alton. Oil of Vitriol. Anna..
a, Ceppetaa , ttattact of Lockwood, eta., • . -
t.- 7013_,IINSBE. USP... ~ ,
Always on nand at toyeat,net caeh prieeeiv. i.
suallicerterdir
.LIME;
....
r keeping cider sweet; a perfectly haranewnre.
ration, pet ap,.wlth fall directions for nee, In
ckagea contitaing andleaat for one barrel.
Orders by wall or city poet will meet with
ompt attention , or special quotations will be
rtitsbod when reandayd.
VVRIGHT & SIDDALL,
waoLtskrz DRUG WAREHOUSE.
1i0.'119 I[4.IIHIT Street, above non%
Icy-tp _
BIGHT SHOEMAKER & 00.,
Corner of i ratTETß and RACE Streets,
'PHILADELPHIA,
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'OII,E.BA.LE • D RUGGISTS.
)ottrARS AND DIALERS IN
.7 'l l YORIIGN AND DOMENTIO
(DOW AND PLATE GLASS.
ILAVV/AOTURERS 0/
LEAD AND LINO PAINTS, purr!.
AVITI 701 MR OSIABKATIIII
FRENCH ZINO PAINTS: •
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ire tad 4lionnunera eapplt“ at
VU Low PRIORS VOA aim.
GROCERIES.
913.1C11 & REEVES,.
WHOLINIA.LB•O ROCIRB, . . . •,.:
No. 46 North WATBR Street; 814:7-, .
.: ...
No. 461Neyth DELa WARR amlllo4
• for sale. at the.l ? osve4 Market 'Mete, a lams
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' g. ' If ICI I V E "' 7 ' '.,' .;
TOSIBcto
- : - Hroisenee papally; earefally selected for .
kAll
the
Ili trade.
Agents for the products of FITHIAN St POOTTE'B
stye Fruit Canning Factory at Bridgeton. N. J.
.ero
.CIOEREL, HERRING, •131141 D, &a.
—2,1500 bbla. Maas. Nee 1,2, and 9 klaokorel,lato
t fat tieb, assorted packagea.
bbla. Now Zastport, rortune Bay, and Halifax
zee LIAM, SOMA, and No. 1 Herring.
We new Nese fibs&
loxes Herkimer County (Meese. to.
4 1 8 and for " L. 14 l ei NORTH W i rein s gs.
- .LIIB IN
aLics.—loo BBLS.
ifigoAß.
bait bbla. Midas in Vinegar.
.0, three-gallon and keg do.
• by 110D68 & WILLIAMS.
flontb WATRR iitrost.
TER PIPE I DRAIN PIPE 1—
iionteßery Tors Colts Works—Offiae and
i onise, ma MARKET Stret.
• ,„. LIST OP PAIR PRIORS:
Ant of_ 9 feet, 21nch bore, 30 cents.
int Of 3 feet, 9 Web bore, 38 cents.
mei( 3 feet, 4 Inch bore, 48 coati,
WC f 3 rest, 6 inch horn, 80 cents.
Ant, f 9 feet, 6 inch bore, 76 cents.
os, from 2 to 16 Inch diameter.
Branches Tome, Traps, Chimney Tops, Chia.
l es, Gard& Vases, c.
Ief & cCOLLIN & RHOADS.
.44uthAm 19 / 4 1 MARKET Street.
APPLE CHEESE.-50 OASES
i oIOS BRANDS.
Ago 11414 Itnglleh Dairy Choose or Photon qualitT.
O t to b 7 RHODES & W llAsts,
1117 South WATER &met.
:BED PIGS FEET - 100 KEGS
MR.
Red Lambe Tongues, 100 kegs prl pc
d Tripe, ICO kegs prime.
ale by RHODES & WILLIAMS,
107 Strata WATER Stott.
I . E. WALJELA.VEN,
NIOSQIIITO NETTINGS
COMMISSION HOUSES.
EptzsaiD A- MITCHINSON,
73.4-6 m) PIIIIADELPIIIi,MA.DE GOODS.
FOB bM ARMY AND NAVY.
Banners Regiment at and
,Company Flags, Swords,
Sashes, Belts, Bassants, Epaulets, Hats. Caps, Can
teens, Haversacks, Camp Kits, 'Field Glasses, Spars,
and everything pertaining' to the complete outfit of Array
and Navy Officers.
A liberal discount allowed to the trade. Jeso-lm
EDWARD P, KELLY,
Hays Iwo 01 land a sempleta assortment of
THE IMPROVED PATTERN SHIRT.
WA/DIMMED TO TIT AWD ory wisr.terroi
NOS. 1 arD 8 NORTH SIXTH STREET,
MANCITACTIIRSII AND DEALER Li
GENTLEKEN'S FINE FURNISEING GOODS.
CONSTANTLY ON HARD,
_sosaßY.,_
eLov.. Bo,o44miusipigisir
• aarumra.
STATIONERS,
437 OREATINUT Street
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CIIRTAIR 'GOODS.
(SUCCESSOR TO W. H. CARRYL,)
MASOIIIC RILL,
719 CHESTNUT STREET.
WINDOW SIXAJO.ES,
CURTAINS.
112 CHESTNUT . STREET,II
()OMMISSION 'MERCHANTS,
V: ARMY GOODS.
YE - VA-NS Zir,
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MIIJITARY FURNISHERS,
418 ARCH STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
CLOIMING.
arouN KELLY;
TAMORS,
NO. 612 CHESTNUT STREET,
(JONES' EOM.)
UTZ 142 SOUTH THIRD STREET.
SPRING AND BUMMER GOODS.
mallAt
LL1aZALL . ,,...,.5:k.4 1 ..1.!1.,A
'MADE BY
troxarr C. Axtuasoiv,
EGISLIN, and FLANNEL SHIRTS and
DRAWERS, COLLARS, STOCKS, TRAVELLING
SHIRTS. TIES, WRAPPERS, &e., Re.,
07 NIB OWN BIANITPAOTITBIL
Bold et rossonstde Driest.
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WINE SHIRT MA.NUFACTORY.
.1 1 - The subterihere would invite attention to their— •
lIIF'ROVED CUT OF WIMPS, .... •
which they make a specialty in their buomeu. • .AlSet
qutantl9 receiving • . .
NOVELTIES FOR GENTLEMEN'S. WEAR: • •
3. W. SCOTT.da ''''
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GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING STORE_ c _
No. 814 CHESTNUT STEENT"—v-
Four doom below the Condoentid.-•
CABINET. FURNITURE. F
CABINET .- FUIWTITRE AND BID;
MOORS';'& CAMPION,
No. 261 80LITHZEOOND
In tonneetion with their extenelve Cabinet bUltilei4lre
tow 'manufacturing a inepellorartiele of
BILLIARD TABLES,
Ind have now on hand a fall amply; finished with...the
MOORS & CABIFJOR'S IMPROVED CIIBRIONS, • • •
.whieb, are rirononnireC.by all who hays need them to
es superior to all others. For the qna , ity and didob of
them Tables,. the mantiltiotnAire refer to their name-'
tons tronihrovitkwint the linionc.who are familiar
pa
with tbe character of tlielr . . aniaaro
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NO. 267 BROADWAY.. NEW TORN.' •
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• ; Iplyoßi,BßB Or , .
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S cYi. LADIES' . GLOVES - ,
iiinsum . HOSIERY,
MEN'S . FURNISHING -GOODS,
I.,;AOiS ;2151i .:; 45S TRIMMINGS'
-to wig& the
2 .1 ; i ;:dirTß THE WHOLESALE TRADE.
A CARD TO THE PUBLIC.
CONGRESS SPRINV.
WATER DEPOT, 98* CEDAR STREET,
NEW • YORK
RA attempt has boon mid° to deceioe.the public by'
persons offering what they call • " C0NG8.893 WATER,"
rom fountains, and at the pike of six (0) cents per glass
The toralesale price of the Ere:mind CONGRESS WA
TER, at. New Tork, being about 7,i cents per glass, the
impotition of pretending to sell at retell at lees that'',
coat, and without allowance for freight. cartage, or
breakage, .18 apparent; but their probable coarse has
been to empty one 'bottle, of genuine Congress Water
into a fountain idled with their trash, and•, thereby
christening its total contents. • • •
We have never sold CONGRESS WATER In fountains;
nor In vessels of any other deeuiipLlon than ordlniu7 :
shed glass bottles. The cork of every bottle 01 . .04
genuine Is branded. . .
And any itithout cor g ißus thos• words . and
letters on the cork a. kw. to ; cournkturstr-^.
WATER. tains or bottles.
. • • oi l iatzum & WHITS, .
- . rifirriotors of Oonerese Spring.
The folleiVfnii tetaleroon•aralmoolied by us regularly
with gennine t 4 CONOßESE+ WATER in bottles, fresh holm
the Conkinlop,Sprinel . •• • •
FRED'S BROWN, coy. Fifth and Chestnut sts.
0. Si HUBBELL, 1410 Chestnut et.
J. tO. TIfItAPIEINY & CO., 011 Spruce at.
THOS. J. HUSBAND, cur. Third and Spruce Ms.
• STEVENS & CO. Continental Hotel.
, AMBROSE SMITH, Chestnut et.
CHAS. ELLIS A CO., Market st.
WYSTII BROS.. Walnut et.
WM. BLLIS at CO., Chestnut et.
1e22- Int
Wketbsefrom roan-
T HE
EXCELSIOR".. HAMS
IRE THE BEST IN THE WORLD.
BONE GENUINE UNLESS BRANDED
J. IL M. & CO., PIIELIDL RICIELSIOR."
J. H. MICHENER do 00.,
UENERLL PROVISION DEALRRB,
CURIES OP THE OBLEBRATRD
" X ci•E s "
SIIOAR.ITOIRED
Noe. 142 and 114 North FRONT Street,
Between Arch and Raws ' etreete, Philadelphia.
The justly-celebrated " EXCELSIOR" HAMS ,krs
cared by J. H. SC' eipo. ( In a 'style peculiar to them
wenn) expressly 'tor FAMILY - USE. are of delirious
laver, free from the anfAeleant taste of eau, an d are
oronoaDred by epicures superior to =incite offered for
my26.tnthe3m
CIOLD'S :IMPROVED STEAM,
' WATER-RIAU 0 APPARATUS
for Warming and Ventilating P,utille Buildings and
- • Private Holiday es.. ,
flanaractureld b 7 the
UNION-STSAIif AND WATER-BEATING COMPANT
OF P LPRIA - .. •
• • •
JAMES P. WOOD.
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,„ • *1 SonthFOORTII Street,
aP3O4/ .7ILTIT,gIis Superintendent.
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( 61", t VriesS.
Tnx Cowen]): A Novel of Society and of the
Field in 1863. By henry Mefferd author of " Shout.
der•Straps,. "The Days of Shoddy," Iv.c. One
volume, 12mo, pp. 520. Philadelphia T. B. Peter
sow k Brothers.
Mr. Mefferd appears to have a specialty. for
writing war novels. "The Coward" is by Ihr the
best of, his productions, for it Is a romance of the
time and of the country, in which mare description
of war imminent/3, narratives of battle, and divot
altions upon military commanders are eschewed.
Near the eloSe of the story-the action shifts to the
field, and the taking of Culpeper. Is described with.
groat spirit and dash, brtt•is not out of place, for the
denoullnent may be En.id't.:it 'culminate in one of the
bold adventures there. - .Libhis forifier works,too,
Mr. alorlord had a bad pratice of stopping his nar
rativeltt an interesting point, in order to present
philosephical redactions upon something In particu
lar and `.all - other things - In 'general. .In "The
Coward this is ayelded; The story is always In
progress, Wiwi the clever sketches of character which
the • author introdeoes. do ,not retard its action.
For the first time, In' short, since ho became a.
novelist, Mr..,ildprferd,. has done jasper!, to his
own talent. The Coward. is one of the most
readable novels of the present year of grace.
Its merit Is two-fold. There is a telling, spirited,
and not improbahle tale, to which two or three
under-plots are accessory or In contrast. The main
story relates the.,l4l.unes of a certain Captain
Carlton Brand, of ‘Vpst Philadelphia. There is. a
tragic element also developed in West Philadel
phia, In which a,physicdan, a Quaker, and a young
lady are concerned ; thire Is a double set of love.
making, cideily - durlnffiu excursion to the White
Mountairis theie is disguise and mystery . ; and,
last of ill;'there Is the yery humorous representa-
Bon of a "shoddy. family, belonging to a certain
Mr. Brooks Cunningham°, The tale never flans°
many dramaAis iersonec being on hand, and the
reader WIII feel his Interest divided as he proceeds—
though the main incidents, of course, are those in
,Whicli the here's character is exhibited,
The tale commences at the time of the rebel inva
sion of Pennsylvania, In. Juno, 1863, which led to
their defeat at Gettysburg, and the action closes
some weeks after the taking of Culpeper. Aristotle
himself would have been charmed with such atten
tion to the unities. Much of the action takes place
in West Philadelphia, near the Darby, road and the
remainder- is among the White MountalnsAhe .
scenery and individuality of which hare never 'be
fore been so well described. No tourist's guide ever
spoke so truly and eloquently of these magnificent
mountains. The action, in the war itself, is brief;
but there is one incident where two rivals ride
right into the presence of. Destruction, which will
make many a reader thrill with excitement.
The characters are in groups : we have Carlton.
Brand, with his father, sister, an old Sootek atten
dant, one Elspeth Graeme ; we have magnificent
Margaret Bayley, and her quasi-religious -mother.;
there are the Vanderlyns—mother, daughter,' and
son; there
. Dr. Pomeroy, Nathan Bladesden, and
Eleanor ; we have the Brooks Cunningharne
family; - and, to fill in, there.are Captain Coles,
Halstead Rowan, and the mysterious T.," who
is placed in strong contrast with the hero,. "the
Coward,. by performing many deeds of wonderful
gallantry during his excursion In the White Moun
tains.. Nor meat the singular episode of Richard
Compton be forgotten-I-Richard, who married Miss
Kitty Hord, the schoolthistress. In truth, there are
the materials here for two or three novels.
In one chapter here, and that not a long one, we
have a'very truthful account of a voyage from Holy
head to Dublin, during a tempest ; an almost wreck,
close to Kingstown ; and a loss of life at the moment
safety appeared secured. - This narrative, though
rapid, is vivid and ibrcible, and shows how welt the
author can deal with the Terrible. There are.some
other indications Of this power ; one, at the close of
the tale, where Pomeroy is left alone with the re
mains of Eleanor Hill, the wronger with the
wronged, is pathetic as well as powerful. And as
Nathan Bladesden Is also involved here, wo must
notice the peculiar phraseology which the author
gives him. Mr. Bladesden, an educated member of
the Society of Friends, is made to say: "I have In-.
tended, as thee culls it; as well as "thee does; "as
thee is ;" " thee may be sure ;" thee remenvorrs
"thee is cowardly," and so on. Now, as the wither
has made Nathan liladesden a model character, a.
man with - a heart, he evidently could not have
intended to make him ridiculous by using such
abominably bad grammar as the above. If this be
the usuarlanguage of Friends, the sooner they are
put under en ameliorating course of instruction in
grammar the better for them. Sure we are that
neither George Fox nor William Penn, who used
thee and thou instead of the plural you, would ever
have sanctioned "thee is" and "thee does" a 9 sub
stitutes for the grammatical "thou art" and "thou.
•
It was our purpose to have concluded with a spe
(Amon of the subdued humor which Mr. Mefferd.
Introduces hero, with four or flue pages In which Mr.
Ilowen. "trots out" (the phrase and practice are
chiefly CoOnopelltan) Pas, Ctuuileghene,whe has
not tristvellSs'4lth' queitlons whieh biing. out revo.
lacionelial:laroasly exhibiting her Ignorance, but tux;
Spaoii Can only ref& to pp. 26348,
in.the VOllllllO. •
"The COward is * Well written; full of character
Ind incidents, of reality and Interest, and Li the
have.
best prosefiction that Messrs. Petersen e pub
lishecl•for many along day.
iyi~6m
.Tho Dieu Who Guardes . t; tharipowder .
Bridge: - .
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To Me Editor of The Prt:ts , f4:.., .. , '
:SIR: In your issue of thepth inst., a communi
cation appears over the: signature ' of "A Western
Nan," giving an account or the tiurning of a train
OD the Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore
•Ballread i and of the bridge' on the' Gunpowder
river, and severely cerrsurms the soldiers-who wore
guarding the bridge. it IS.Well known that thoso
Individuals, who do the least for our country are the
very 'persons who lind;:nio,t fault and slur- those
most who oiler up their • all and their lives on' the
altar of our country, and sometimes they go so far
- as to curse the .memory of those who hare fallen in
battle. With this preface, and knowing you to be
the soldiers' friend, f send'you the followingaceonnt,
hoping you-will insert it, and thus refute the slander
that hasbeen cast upon us "as One side of B. tale is
.good until the other side is toll , '
Our. °OM any contained 66 men (not 53 as report
ed), who wore recruited on Sunday, mustered in the
Slime evening, partly uniformed and armed, and for
warded:to tho river, arriving there about 634 o'clock
An . Monday morning (not the evening before as
-stated), and were tot aware of any rebels being In
the neighborhood, having been Informed we were to
.watch tor incendiaries.
Our force -was- divided, a number having been
sent to the south side or the bridge, leaving leas
than forty (40) men with us. About - 11 o'clock ate
part came in that the rebels were upon us, and lm=
mediates afterward one of our men came running
In, wounded In the head, having been shot aC by
several, but only one of the balls took effect.' We
hastily formed - i n line of lbattle near the- bridge,
awaiting an attack, When some telegraph operators
camerunn lug in, and, on NMI, questioned; informed
us the rebels '' were as thick as bees," and' hail 'cap.
Lured and 'burned a train of cars arltltignolia.
'While standing in lino, expecting every*mtiment to,
'hear the crash of arms and the whizzirig ;of balls
Which would send some or ';us - Into eternity,
..i2o/ a man Ma stood up to Ids:duty, and .soins" vo
lunteered to go out and , find-46e *strength 'of tho
enemy. The captain scnroutlealdlitenalit to Shoal
the gunboat Juniata, which. waif:lying I lithe river.
It would: not be amistrfabote gore that:the ensign
had not sent any boato ' shdrit to . iree upen signals
ettl t
or learn positionshg tkirr-aqacir, andthatnotiine
shell was throniP. t , !thrirwebels occdpied ' the
woods. :Our lineo die 'ilitr i forMed on' the rail
road near the bridge, so thadln &Sea defeat we
could. retire to -the draw of Baehr-1(1ga, fbrm there,
and shoot them as they would attempt to follow us.
.At that time we were waiting ,and watching with
arms at "ready,” so that we could pour forth a
volley that would unsaddle some, if they charged
down the railroad, when two gaily dressed officers
Came leisurely riding down the road with a flag of
truce.
BAsikyoUA, July, 1015,.
When our captain and escort went out to meet
them they demanded our unconditional surrender.
The Captain replied, "Newer 1" The flag of truce
retired. , Suddenly a train of. burning cars came
(lashing round the curve, and the Captain ordered
us to retreat to the drawbridge. We retreated to
the draw. The cars forced two of , our.men into the
river; the balance reached the draw. The mars
stopped when half Of the train had passed the draw,
and wo escaped through. the. burning-cars •to the
south end, several being badly burned to so doing.—
We afterwards came back andsaved two passen
ger care, and, with the assistance of the ensign and
some mon from the gunboat, put the fire out and
saved ono mile of the bridge. .Youreorrespondent-;
Western Man"--says "these jifly-eiyitt men
from Wilmington should be looked after by the authoni
ties who sent them there." I would inform him we
have been. Major Judd thanked us for our gallant
conduct. • Capt. Sterling was made major for gal
lantry. Your correspondent says : "The moat ridi
culous part of the affair was our company tanning
away as Soonas we know the rebels were about."
This is a base falsehood, and his oyes must-be very
good when he could see us run, Mag - nolla being two
miles distant, and hills intervening between Mtn
and us i I wish I bad eyes equal to his I
I was talking to a young man, a, passenger from
the train. whom I presume to Irteyour correspondent.
Ho Said the rebels bad only thlrty'men. I Immedi
ately confronted him with an eldorly man who had
counted 200. rebels drawn up in line while Major
Gilmore charged them to respect' private property.
He also saw ,others scattered about, and estimated
the full number at 250. • • JUSTICE.
OANIP DUPONT, July 10,1864.
CLAIMS & WHML
To the Editor of The Press
Sin: Your remarks in this morning's Issue with
regard to the mismanagement of Girard College,
were read with great. satisfaction, and we believe
the echo from hundreds of hearts will be : "It is all
true to tLe letter, but the half hos not, been told."
The system In the College has indeed thiterioratod
since tliereeignation of that noble-minded man,Prost
dent Allen, end it will be well for those having the
power to make 'alterations 'to examine into the won
derful changes made of into, and know if they are
really fur the benefit of the Institution.. Thee:reign!
jacket .rtdes, originating in the brain of a West
Pointer which are now In full Mug, are bringing
the Institution (once the pride of our city), into con
tempt, not only In the eyes of parents and scholars,
but of our citizens generally who know of them,
and who does noti It therelere will be well, beton)
this state ofu flit Its goes further, for the directors to see
to it, that they are not einsred with (ho authors °Tench
a weak and nonsensical governtueut.
We hear, and we believe it, that the boys have in
their hearing been styled "padpers." if this be to
teach them hnthility, it may teach their superiors
the sumo lesson, as It Is a fact beyond contradiction
t het each of these boys (if native horn), has an equal
right with the directors' sone of Girard College, or
any other dignitaries of the land, to till the presiden
tial chair, not of Girard College, but of the (Jolted
Stater of America, and no doubt. some of them
might rise to this dignity, If their aspirations bo not
crushed by the petty contracted system at present
the distinguishing feature of Girard Oellogo. • .
Very respectfully yours, . CY, DI,
Burnett - GAtiriow.—The work' on tho capitol
building et Ottawa, Canada, - has been suspended,
by order of the British Government, until •the ter
mination of our war.
TUESDAY, JULY 19, 1864
lAterature.
The Condition of Girard College.
PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, JULY 19, 1864.
ARMY 0 e THE POTOMAC.
The Army Inflict i vo—A Remarkable Arti.
cle from the Richmond Examiner—Life
in the Trenches.
11EADQUARTEnS ARMY or emu POTOMAC, NEAn
Perertanuo, VA., July 14,180!.
% Medal Corrosgondence of The Press.)
Tho enemy In. our front aro positively thunder
struck ! They know not what to think of our unu
sual quietude. Tho Army of the Potomac, which
for so many weeks was In continued motion, after
reaching the front of Petersburg has effectually re
mained at a standstill. They know that something
is going on, because the name of our loader augurs
activity. McClellan, with his slow-paced move
ments, is among the has beans, and since the army
has been under the command of General Grant, the
forces of the endbsy have been kept busy in endea
voring to frustrate our various plans, which, in a
measure, they only partinily - have achieved. For
the last twenty-four hours their anxiety has .known
no bounds. "What aro the Yankees doing 1"
- They cannot moan another flank movement, for
they can, never gain so good a position as the one
they now occupy. Tim rebels aro really non-plussed.
Their activity, which they are now exceedingly
, enroful should bo witnessed by us prodices no cor
responding reply from the Union forces, and our
alone° to theta Is the stillness of despair. They
have been moving large bodies of troops from their
right to their lett, with no other intention what
ever limn to see whether wo will respond .to those
demonstrations. No—the grand army lies perfectly
still, 'like a huge lion conscious of his strength,
watching the playful sporting of a miniature
mouse, which seems determined to. finally throw a
not over the monster, and so entangle and secure
Mtn. Occasionally a *ell-aimed shot from our bat
teries passes over and breaks the monotony of Our
lines, not particularly as a minister of ,destruction,
but merely to remind our misguided friends "on
the other side" that we are still alive, and that they
must conduct themselves accordingly. Eran the
Richmond Examiner indulges in the wee fooling
of wonder, and condoles with itself anOlie South
ern public, in that they have ceased looking en'
grcat battles. It says: _
r , The Southern public has long since given up the
traditional attitutie of iliataling'on tip-toe in antici
pation of a great battle. It rather plants itself
• manly on its feet, and sets. its teeth olosely, the
bettor to receive the shock . - We have proved our
prowess on too many fields to require the encourage
ment of one victory more; we. have met , witti too
many disasters to have our balance disturbed by a
single defeat; and by this time wo havo.atteined to
a sad philosophy, which embraces both victory and
defeat in the category—loss. Our loss seems always
to otitweigh the immediate positive gain; and to parody
the famous line of Filicaja, 'the South appears to
be doomed always' to lose, conquering or conquered.
Our adversaries see this clearly, and base their
calculations on ft. They design to wear
us away- piecemeal; to. reduce our armies by
by
,battle and by capture, and then to' break the
[ backbone of .the rebellion vertebra by vertebra, and
1 'street the marrow at their leisure . Of course, we
regard e this :Yanked plan as an uttr mistake—all a
false application of mathematical' principles to the
workings of organic structures. it Is not &question
of. subtraction. 'lt is a question of vitality. One
man loses' both legs and both arms, and lives ;
another dies from 'tee extraction of a tooth. Bat,
mistaken as the Yankees are In thinking that the
whole matter .reeolves itself Into two diminishing
aeries;
of witioh - the Southern series is to become in
linitesimal, yet' they are not mistaken when they
gloat over the sufferings which our losses in
battle occasion us.. These losses have been great—
have been :sufficient to glut the appetite of
any being but is. New England ghoul; and these are
the tosses which, whenever a battle is imminent, the
public anticipate even before the skirmisher: are
driven in. As we look forward to our stroggLek, We'
cannot-indulge in any feeling of exultation at the
prospect. ..We hope for victory—we may have some
reason to expect it—but we know it to be - possibto
that somebody will. be a few hours too late ; that
some point of the enemy's line will not be pressed,•
in spite of the explicit orders of the commanding
general ; that the ammunition will be exhausted
just ten ' minutes before the Federals receive .re
inforcements; that some stupid courier will' lose'
his way ; that ,some heedless aid-de-camp will
forget to dearer a message, and that the
Yankees will'. retire in .goon order, hotly
.pur
sued at a. respectful distance by oar cavalry, and
fall back on a strong position which they will make
impregnable In twenty-four hours. This has been
the history of every great victory on the Southern side,
and it may be the history of other victories.
And then the tight over, in come first as single
spies,. and then 'in full battalion, the casualties.
It is said thgt'the war has hardened us to the horrors
of death.:.
It is well that we have become thus
hardened; for otherwise nature could not bear the
anguish, and we should be too much unmanned to
carry on our great work. But we venture to say
that the that thought of the majority of people, who
have any claims to thought at all, turns to the lists
of killed and wounded. Fortune, like the chary
almsgiver in Homer, but puts the sup of joy
to..our mouths and wets_ the lips, but does not
wet- the palate. , The chalice of sorrow wo
drink to the dregs .' Georgia may 'be saved, but
will East Tennessee be regained? Will our own
fair soil ever be freed from the trampof the oppres
' • sort On one thing we may count, a fearful cats,
logue et death and suffering. No lone or can the
London Times sneer at our sanguinary bar-room
difficulties and our bloolless internecine wars. The
generals of both armies are active enough in meet
ing the demands of the loathsome advertisement,
, Wanted, by the Government, dead animals of every
sort.' It Is, on the whole, well for our cause that-the
people at large entertain such sober, we had almost
said sombre, views on the subject of war. Our army
has long entertained them. The soldiers know that
battle means mutilation, distigureMent,.pain, add
'death, and they do not rush into battle with the mad
' Mxopetnesity of Job's war-horse. But their courage
ig s bf, a farmobler, higher, purer, and more enduring .
typellian the swagger so common at the outbreak
.at hostilities,. And . ev. , s.=..of the p eo pl e w ilt
. no t be die t teisbert if. ' ~ ,....17 theinselyes fsce to
'fade-ivith the real 0 ' '', ‘A 4. tatTuggle( Liberty
A
~.,.death 1s no me .. e ke; maaet if w il t do no'
harm if tee Zook' Sleatirsin )u ifalbabng'reeable attend
tine.” ' - • . -... i- . -Y. -.•
. An "honest confession Is good for the soul," says
the old proverb, and It is truly a good sign to see the
tone of so 'notorious a shoot as, the Richmond Ex
.
. airliner lowered into a mildness and suavity that
would do credit to a meek and lowly country news
paper. The editor acowledges that we are using
the ~ "wearing" prim' le—that which. the Greeks
?
..
.
called "Diatribe.". T e caudal appendages of the
' taro Kilkennys arebath "on the wear," and the
one first ground:elf Will be the first one to say "I
. „
have no tail." •
- Humboldt•once said that the most exciting life
that one could lead would Le to cross from peak to
peak of the Alps on a corde dastigue, and keep it up
from day to day. That, indeed, would be a danger
ous mode attic, but I question whether it would be
more exciting thin that which is every day experi
enced byour gallant boys in the rille-plts. , They
take their position in the darkness of the night,
when the keen eye of the rebel cannot pierce
through the mists between the lines. The
enemy raise their heads above their works,
but they can see nothing,. can hear nothing, save
•the occasional sound of a discharged. rifle. Our
men peer over the breastwork, but' cannot see a
living thing. This is thohour for stationing men in
the trenches. Both rebels and Federals,-covered by
the thick darkness that veils them, are, for the me;
meat,' comparatively friendly—not of their own
wish, but made so.by'the Interposition of Nature.
Silently and cautiously our men move down to their
positions, each one is stationed where the judgment
of Lis commanding officer sees proper to place him,
and ho acc4rdingly at once makes himself at hoine.
The hole, perhaps, Is not large enough to comfort
ably: accommodate him. Taking-out 'hie cooking
utensils, he begins with lilk..Speon: to loosen ttie
earth, around his body, anr.thert With his stew
pan he Shovels it out, and thriis;ll'it upon the top of
his IneastWork. He works outlor Ititnself a friendly
orifidoto Screen him from any: desultory shell that
tddiliturb his neWhonie. This lie osea,.:
vales at a! declining angle of forty-live degrees;
when this :finished the officers give him his
orders, and all: are commanded to do their duty.
Every one is in his position, and now , he is loft all
alone. A thick ridge of earth, running at right
angles to the breastwork, forbids a glance at his
neighbor, but ho can talk, and be hoard with dis
tinctness. lle expects a hot day, and accord
ingly raises above his head a small sheet
of shelter-tent 'for prottiotion ; the gray dawn of
early morning has given the enemy "a eight," and
a bullet whistles near his head, reminding him that
ho must beware of exposure. Working with more
cautiousness, ho arranges his shade cover, and is
glorying in hie constructive ability, froth the exer
cise of which ho expects some littitaconlibrt, when
another bullet, with terrible preoislorip cuts the
cord which bound tho tent to its stakei-and it fitlls!
to the earth. That was a pljuigirlishot,
kno4 that ono of, those deadly Ssharpshootocif is
watching his movements from the ;cover of some
near tree. To more fully impress Ittr - nttrat — ok this
supposition, he raises his cap gentlyabove theisiork.
in a second of_time a,bullet from the same direction
"'striking It, seeds it spinning on Its axis. DO ilia
-now been ushered in, and It behooves him tolowite
' of his situation, and notexpose himself te'thelart
erring aim or tho' onerny'e rifle. The sin:RotirS
down with the most desitlly heat. Still, taf . dailitot
move; he must Ile watching his opPortuniktiibest
hq.can, to lessen the number of his country's foe.
Soon he summons up his courage, wliel4lio sun,
more than the enemy, had well nigh.,driyen rrom
Lim, and he ceps toward the opcnlnj 011.4 ride
pit. Then Cokes an event which, in, one case at
least, actually` occurred. He espies rebel cau
tiously pushing his way from tree to tie° ; ; his Move
ments betray his purpose, which is taa'Seend a tall
pine that commands a measured vI9W 0f our (toes.
• He gain's the tree, and upon the opposite side he pro
ceeds cautiously to raise himself. JIM oche roaches
a cross-bough of the pine, and is Witt to move out
upon it, the' Union boy sees his hiss . txposure, and ki
Only opportunity to take advantage, pulls his trig
ger, and the gaunt rebel falls headlong from that
limb dead upon the groundholoW. And there lays
that body until the slituleslof night give opportunity
for its removal. Toward that rbint: at dusk are
aimed a score of rifles, and 'eV, different hours
throughout the night volleys artisffirearinqts direc
tion. Poihaps the morning lightiavill; reveal the
(lead bodies of a score of r0be1e,wh0,i......al attempted
to "bring Ml' the form of their' departed comrade.
So goes the days, so the nightscef those in trenches;
a Itio full of danger and crowdetPwith incidents..
.E. R.
COLONEL TAYLOR'S AccutriT.S . Y„..P.A.LaiLix
EAST TOSUIRSSRZ.—COR)ROFTWVOT, ofEast Ten
nessee, recently delivered a Epees,' In Troy, IsLoY.,
which Is reported in the Info.. He said the people
of that section were starving for lack of men to
cultivate the fields; they have been out elf from all
commerce with the.outsitie world for throe long and
weary years; their fences wore broken down, their
cattle • driven off, their agricultural-implements
stolen or destroyed, and even the webs have been
taken out of their looms. Without clothing to their
hacks, or shoes to their feet, nod gaunt famine
stalking up and down the roads—having generously
given to the delivering army of Burnside what the
rebels had not, taken, they, are very destitute, and
must die of combined grlei and starvation, tusiess
wo who are favored wile plenty aro willing to give
a tithe of our riches to succor ind 811.Y0 them. alas
miebusetts bps been generous, and so has Philadel
. phis ; and so has Maine ; will New York hoed the
complaint of these patien but heroic sufferers, and
extend the - hand which is .to' support them while
their 25,000 - men are fighting the battles of the
Union in the Federal Armyl.
TILE REBEL PRESS.
The Lute Invasion— Southern Vlewm
Ynnkeedons ilolling Over with Excite
meat—Petersburg News—What IS
Thought of the Deslructiou of the
We tnko the following extracts from the Rich
mond and 'Petersburg papers of the lith and 16th:
The Northern papers of the oth, from which we
gave copious extracts in our Issue of yesterday, na
turally whetted up the appetite of the reading public
for laterlevrs from our lorees In Maryland. At ten
o'clock the agent of the Associated Press luckily re
ceived from the Executive Department a copy of
the Washington Chronicle of the letb., .oentaining
namissions of the compleness of ,our success so far.
As soon aa asynopsis of the news of tlie Chion'iele
was placed upon-the various bulletins of the city
papers It attracted crowds Of renders,who, not con
tent with devouring every item, line by line, pro
ceeded tot the diseuesion Of the 'probahle• eonse
ouences of our.presentsuceesses, and the future ob
jects of our invashm.
Grant anfrPeterrlitirg were regarded as of as lit
tle importance as It h poor boy at a frolic; while Wash
ington; Baltimore, General Wallace, , the loyal mili
tia of .Maryland And Pennsylvania ituddrinly loomed
up : fn pubile-,estimation as the only objects worthy
of a momenta consideration. Joe Johnston and his
retrograde movements too wero.Tor the time laid
upon the table ; rind'we doubt whether a thought of
the safety of Atlanta once crossed the Minds of the
rfage..prophets . , whO were ingeniously , planning In
imasinetiOn 'tile details of the. future camnalgn
Mess ttePplomac.' - •
And our people had aright tdhe tinned. For where
does the wit furnish; any thing that'apnresimates to
a counterpart of the present movement 1 'Silently
a.body ON:troops which the Yankees say is largo,
at. least %fa too'large for any tore they have ready
to meet hurled into Maryland, and after'hav
ing destroyed railway bridgesviaducts', coin mlesary
stores,,anti.ln fact everything they pleased, are now
threatening the 'Federal Capital and the t)ity of Bal
timore,Nilfile it conquering - Yankee general is asleep
or stUpelied'.hy Virginia pileps in front of Peters
burg,' waiting fOr,Somethlng to turn up that will
save him from the.dlsgrace ho merits. Northern pa
pers have ; boasted often that Grant fully compre
hendWahneral Lee's stratogy, and was prepared
to Cheelonate it. , We didn't think so. but now wo
know he dues.
Brig. Qon. Tyler, who wascaptured at Monocacy,
is, no doubt :the same Brigadier Tyler who figured
at the -Pattie of Manassas, in July, 1001. Ile has
since been officiating, we believe, as a provost mar
shal or; pest commandant at Baltimore. At all
events, he-10A "small potato," and it will be ob
served that'll% capture.ts meptioned nest in ;order
to that QfCcil: Seward, from which circumstance It
is.inferred.thakSeware is a more important eharac
ter—prohatily tlPason'or nephew of his Snakoship,
the YankeePm:oer,
One of Ihel3altimoie telegrams of the oth says ;
"Active artaifgenients are being made in anticipa
tion of rin.einergency which it is confidently believed
is only' barelY : possiblefnot probable. ), What is the
•"emnOrieY ""thus vagely alluded to 1 Me dare
say that)t is iliekuprising of the people of Baltimore
to put:o*n the tramirby which, they have been so
long. eppres4ed.' - lrhe " arraeget:news" may be, for
aught wti . „linow to'the contrary, the planting of can
non in the streets of the city. We pray that the de
votees ofiliberty, and independence In Baltimore
may soon have cause to thank Gal for their delive
rance trorn.4ll.4ortml foe: " Maryland, my Mary
land,".may.yet-redeem herself.
,:TB: OAT -TIRE OF MA,IITENV3IJR(
- A letter- in' the: Charlottesville Chronicle, dated
Carep'nearldartinsburg, Stith:wt., says:
Alter skirmis.hing , with the enemy at Bunker's
Bill, the clivisien of Gen._ vilth GllMOre's ea,
valry in the advagre, exitered . Martinsburg on the
evening. of. the ad met. Upto 10 o'clock of the 3d
Do Intimatie,n „I }maw re ceived by the enemy of
the advanCeof;W rin luxury, who thought the move
ment only ane,othroseby's. The enemy, some 7,000
strong, all ;100 days men, with the exception of 700
men, regular,,iamiry, retreated hurriedly from
Martinsburgsbn,the liarper's Ferry road. immense
quantities'efsimpplies fell into our hands—with
sl,ooooooweitlkel Medical stores, and an unbounded
quantity' of.4quartermaster supplies, including
100,600 bushels of corn and oats.
The menittandise was unparalleled; merchantsand
sutlers had 'uollected , their immense stores, prepara
tory to forsearlhog:them to Richmond for sale, as
they deemed,i,htadtpture of that place a fixed fain. -
Some Min - 180DM have been captured.
Our friends knevenothing of our infantry until we
,were marching Into town.
Strong Unien'element in this country. But few
Southern Wellies In the town of Martinsburg. The
citizens took. parjjoular pains to show their preju
dice and sympahy - fur the Yankee prisoners that
our troops were guarding. All the luxuries they
could procure were brought and given them. The
same spirit- was exhibited on the road front Win
chester to Martinsburg. What few Southern men
were in the country are nobly patriotic, and deserve
th %hes t COLO pitmen t.
-Weather warm, and the roads very dusty..." We
find plenty of provisions for both man land beast
along the entire route.
MOSEIVY'S FEAT - OF ARMS.
Tho dashing Oloseby made a very successful raid
on Dufileld's Depot, a station on the Baltimore. and
Ohlo Hallroad, • six miles west of Harper's Ferry.
Ile sent in a flag of truce demanding the surrender
of the place, and the Citizens came out to Inquire
upon what conditions the enemy would be allowed
to surrender....Mosehy replied, " Unconditionally,
and that very quickly." r'Whereupon the Yankee,
fOrco of eighty-two mensaurrendered.
captured tatty horsed, and gathered many spoils.
THE PAT OS; THE ALADAVA.
Late foreign journals hale their columns crowded
With the details prone of - the most, interesting naval
combats that ever og,ettw.d. It was remarkable in
many respects, and we do not wonder at the im
mense sensation which it created in Europe—a son
ration whieh has exceeded anything of the kind
which has turned up there - for a century. The Ala
bama had won a world-wide fame for her extraordi
nary adventurbs and successes. She had for more
than two yea . rs been the terror , ortho seas to the
"Yankees— ' wept Artukeeibousmerce from
'the ocean, a efforts ofthaenetuy to arrest her
glorious care uld avail. She seemed to ~ be . tr a
charmed life."' ring borne the Confederate flag
,Witi,s
triumphantly t ugh every latitude and longitude,
he at last put in UtterbOurg to`recrult his Supplies
and to put hisetfecte_in safe hands. While engaged
124 , is worli,rtbe Firtieral gunboat Kearsarge up
' offlh&lrarbor and showed a determination
;• tit - dr-Eder whenever -he came out . Captain
.. .I.forentes. sexist Eng this defiant demonstration of
l e,
his adversary tu a „challenge, accepted. It without
hesitation, the I 'itutrge having every advantage.
But inspired withttrue Southern chivalry, his high
sense of honor forbade his shirking from the conflict,
and, after an obstinate engagement, sue went down
beneath the waters with her talent flying.
Every Southern heart must glow with pride over
. the accounts givercof !this battle by the British and
French papers, and atthetittentions patd to Captain
Semmes upon his arrisil at Southampton. Ho was
received with a cordial welcome, and everything
done on the most liberal scale that could contribute
to his ctmfort and. enjoyment. Ever since rte has
been in command of -the%Alabanta he has been 'ti
great favorite with the English people, who have
never failed, whenever they had the opportunity, to'
. testify their admiration of him. If they could have
their. way be- would have a fleet of Alabamas In
sixty days with which to retrieve and maintain his
supremacy over the Yankees on the ocean. Wesee
-it stated that preparations were being actively
made to provide for him another and a superior war
steamer,-but whether hd'‘WIII be gratitied with this
new commend is extremely doubtful.
Thus has ended One of the most famous naval
fights between single vessistS that has occupied this
century. The . Yaulteetrgained the victory, but
there Is nothing in-it worth boasting about, except
that they lateitgat rill of the Alabama which played
such havoc'wjth .thiiir commerce.' She will trouble
them no more, for she repesee quietly in the dark .
dept its of the ocean; from which she can never rise.
But other eilabamas mify.iucceed her, and, under
the auspices of this rinowned,and intrepid Semmes,
resume, with &more desdrtictive energy, the career
of their great prati. x. racessorr- , ilitamortd Despatch.
,I:IKPIMSE OP PitTORSBURO.
The Ilichtreiindlrespafth ,oftliel3th, in its resume
of tbe.nepe frouiN eterebargf i tihronieles nothing of
interest:; It states"-Itstiour manure angering' terri
bly from want et.tratei.• %The. springs being:lol dry,
they aredepontlent for their supply of water upon
the Apriensittios, and ,Tarnea - rivers, fru& which it
has to bole:Wed, great distances ;In barrels; during
which prochstiAt b es Soil led as to be un-
Talatable and Un - • . *'. OP
The Lteripaidiut the" .thus ohronieleS "a cap
ture by the enemy :"
_s , , • .
On fuesdaVmorbag,:about lbw* o'clock, fifiy .
Yankees caufe ashore' at Cox's:wharf, oath() north
side of the:James river, about thirteen miles below
Richmond,' and surprised an •Outpost picket com
posed of twenty-five men of the City Battalion. Tue.
enemy succeeded in capturing fourteen of the num-.
her, including a commissloned'officer and a sergeant
In charge of the detechment. • Captain Sohn ,Kax
well, of the Confederate States navy, tees near'at
band with a wagon, containing :imam profe.sslonal
Implements, which also fell into the hands of the
enemy, but he succeeded in savinKhis horse.
Prom the gentleman who gave us theabove infor
mation-we learn that the Yankee:lieet is lyink
quietly at the lower aide of Butett,Gap._ It is emu- ,
posed of three one-turreted .and.one two-turreted:
monitors, two large side-wheel' steemera, two 'pro
pellers and one small side-wheeVithamer. Last
week ritransport landed a quantitrer suppllea on
the south side of the river, which were -taken up by •
a wagon train and conveyed toßutterfs.army. •
The Petersburg Expressgsrva Strbilaid, over the
rebel invasion, but seems toupneklef it more of a
• feint than a; dangeronsattack Ott. the - Yankee capi
tal. It thinksit beholds the success of that, feint in
a distraction • (it Grant's strength and, attention,
evidences of Which' It :cliropielop, In the fellowing
A c6Atitnikerrilix OF ()RANT'S units.
We haVe pcisitim aistinthce,'lt Says;that'prant
hes greatly contracted his''lines: 'Alter - repeated'
efforts to extend his loft thank !around to AltsaraN ,
Station, ho Mts now withdrawn into the oast of the';
plank.road,,and several Mlles nearer to City, Point:
Pruhaniy holies abandoned the idea bf eircumstal•
lating Petershurgrand Riehmontribr the present,
not being able tooornmand the 1,250,000• men which '
it vreuld - ron'utte to ell:actually accomplish, such.an
undertalting. •
GRANT. *EINTOiIdiNG *A15;t1110T01 4 1..
• A gentlemairCtilrbor from Matthews county.states
that, fer the days past, Yankee transports .in great
numbers and - for heating else have% been going up
the Obesepenkeralls4„:' ..coald not say-whether
they, were loadetLerithitroops, - hut thepresumption
is very strong Ptak theyr.fFite taking reinforeemente
to the frightened 4 X,Mptee '1111:er notr defending
Dirdyland andfPennsylvatila. • ••-,
Recent I.ons_ets tok. ,Geagrot.,./ktvislon,
k iracater's Corp*. •
(Special Correspondence of ThaPnies.l.,....
Nana OmarAzoonniu Etvitati
Subjelt od ;21.a 1144 of the casualtiw,Tmiained by
the PennsylTaala ,and.lsfew *Jersey:White'Star.Dl
- In tho recant , engagement:. In the ylolalty of
Mariettaand the Ohattahooole i 4 Dnring the
line which 'has Calked - sinceour Ist report, the
division has particfPated In setteral.brilllant engage.'
Inmate, each of.which has greatly aided In the speedy
accomplishment of tkviotorious ohm of the present
campaign :
28'ru vitrussrivANTA.
Wounded.
J Xltnefeltei, H
Edwin Eno, D .
John French, 0
William.Welss, E
George Rua, Ij
LIINICSYLVANIA.
: • Wounded. '
Toltrt,ribtuven, - E e
Frederick Fritz, E
Wm Williams, K
xiairssrmratria.
I • •
IMMM
Chas. Grant,
Wounded.
Llcut Benj P Parke,
John Mull, G
John U Shade, II
3oteph Tyaot,l3. - .
3 Leiria,
Sella J Banfinan, E
3 T Davis, B
J H Sa Mehl; B
E P Vhe4ler, D
Corp 0 W Vannolda, G
A holaron, I'
731 I'ANNMYLVANLi
Wounded.
Jn Ines Peck, it
.1 oho liotsler;
Francis 0nn,.1"
•
ti'er.gt G eo Edisto, 'k. •
Additional News r Ainerrile:
TILE SCUMS AT THE OinMl :OP 'rug Diuktrii[ 4 C..
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TIM HOUSE DI 31:IONS' 'lLi .
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[From the Louden Timm Jit 4.1 . : ---;-_,, "; -'',
Yesterday afternoon, as le h o Ton:Cnell 51,
which the House of Commons we o assemble, an
extraordinary amount of excitement prevailed in
the immediate neighborhood of tho' , House, indica.
tive of the Interest taken out of doors in the Impend-
Mg debate, and reminding one of the - gatherings In_
that quarter during, the party struggles which pre , >
ceded the passing of ' the Reform Bill. -A. great
crowd i)f]people Mid collected in Palace.yardlo see
the members enter the House, and they did not ills
parse until 'towards 9 o'clock% The arriVal of Lord
Palmerston and Mr. Disraeli MO watched with
eager curiosity. The loader of the Opposition made
his appearance towards half-past 4, In an open car
riage. lie was soon recognized by the crowd, and
received a few cheers as he passed, but faint In com.
',arisen with- those with which Lord Palmerston -
was greeted on his arrival about a quarter of an hour
after. Thu Premier who was in a close carriage,
had been recognlrod In Parliament arca, and the
cheeks which his appearance drew forth. there wore
heard In Palace-yard, and became louder as he
approached the House. - Mr. Gladstone leaned back
In his carriage, as if to avoid notice, and so passed
Into the. House almost wholly .unobserved. In the
half hour from 4R o'clock, the members arrived to'.
great numbers. As Mr. Disraeli presented himself
to speak, which he did about 4-?, , o'clock, the house
presented an extraordinary spantelo, resembling In
Its crowded state and In the prevailing excitement,
more the eve of a division alter soma great party
struggle, than the commencement of a debate.
In the body of the House every available seat was
occupied, and the members who had arrived late
crowded the side galleries, or stood in groups below
the bar. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cam
bridge, Earl Grey, Lord Llanover, Earl Powis, Lord
Houghton, and Mr. justice Shec sat 'ln the part of
the House immediately over the Clock, assigned to
distlnguiShed strangers, and in the seato below the
bar on either 2106 of the entrance, were Earl 'Rus
sell', the Foot Tennyson, the Euke or Argyle, the
Mishap of Oxford, and many other persons of note.
Both the speaker's and strangers galleries were
crowded during the night, and scores who had or
'tiers for the one or the other waited In-the adjoining
lobbies in the hope of being admitted: -
The Tiihes of hlonday says "The nrogramme
for debate Is a matter not always in ttie hsinds of
either Government or Opposition. : Any indepen
dent member may throw himself athwart the battle
field and compel , the light- to take his course. It
was the wish of her Majesty's Ministers to meet litr.
Disraell'.s resolution with a decided negative, hut
Mr. Kinglake unexpectedly occupied the ground
with a resolution which raised a new Issue. Here
were thus, therefore, two distinct questions before
the House. Mr. Kinglake was_ accordingly urged
to withdraw his amendment, In - order to leave the
Government the exclusive command of it reply to
be made to Mr. Dieraell. Mr. Kinglake would not
give way, It is needless to observe that this Is
really a question of confidence, and so understood
by both supporters and opponents of her Majesty's
Government." •
iiXTHAORDINARY ECEIIE-h7 IRISH3UN 8P,A.8.D5
On the sth inst. a vary extraordinary scene took
place before the Lords' Committee, to- whom 'had
been referred the Belfast Improvement - bill. In
1865 a suit was instituted by the attorney general
for Ireland, at the relation of Mr. John Rea, solici
tor, against certain members of the Belfast corpora
tion, for having exceeded their borrowing powers,
and the Lord Chancellor declared the defendants
responsible for the sums overborrowed, amounting
altogether to 1.183,000. Since that time several at
tempts have been made by the corporation and its
friends to obtain the Consent of their opponents, who
are all of the Liberal party, to a bill of indemnity,
but hlr. Rea and those who act with him have de
clared that., inasmuch as the corporation has hither
to been exclusively in the hands or the Tories, who
have used their Induence to disfranchise their oppo
nents, the only terms on which they will consent
to an Indemnity bill are the complete political re
organization of the town council, to be fol
lowed, as. they confidently assert it will, by
the return, of Liberal representatives for many
of the. cenititnencies In Ulster that now re
turn Conservatives. Several bills introduced Into
Parliament to legalize the excessive expenditure
have been vigorously opposed by the Liberals; and
Up"-to this time not less than 530,000 has been spent
on (Hiller bide, in a contest which.has'nosv lasted
over nine years: In 1892 the natters. in dispute
were submitted to arbitration, the Right Hon. the
Colonial Minister, who was the Chief Secretary for
Ireland, acting as umpire, and -a bill was Intro
duced during tile present session, and pasded
through the Commons. confirming the award, on
condition that a public bill should be introduced to
prevent, if possible, the further disfranchisement of
Liberal ratepayers, and to remedy the other griev
ances complained of. The public bill introduced by
Sir Hugh h Cairns being considered wholly inade
quate, no fewer than five petitions were presented
to the Rouse of Lordsagalust the Private Indemnity
bill, and referred to a committee, consisting of Earl
Grey (chairman), Lords 'Nelson, Rivers, Virrottesiey,
and Pdelville.
When the commttee met,
Mr. Brewster, Q. 0., (of the Irish bar,) objected
to the opponents being heard, on the ground that
they were parties to and were bound by the award.
Mr. Phinn, Q. 0., Mr. Forsyth, Q. C., and Mr.
Austin argued that their clients, Mr. John F. Ter
yrnson, D. L., Dr. Denvir, the Roman Catholic
Bishop, and others, had not signed the deed or MD.
mission, and that Mr. Bea, who did sign it as a re
lator in the Chancery suit, bad no power to bind
them. . • -
-Dir. McKenna, .Who appeared on behalf of tho
40,000 Bowan Catholic inhabitants of Belfast, was
heard on the same side.
Dir. Ilea claimed to be heard, but
The Chairman declined, as he was a party to the
submission.
Tho room having boon cleared the committee do.
liberated, and when the parties were again admitted
the Chairman said they` were of opinion that. the
arbitrators had heard the case fully, and that they
would not hear any objections to the award.
Mr. Rea. I must now respectfully aloha inyttglit
as relator in the Chancery suit to read my petition,
and then if your Lordships order me to retire I will
do so. I refused .£20,000 in order that I might appear
before the Lords ' Committee, and you will not be
doing me justice if you refuse to hear my petition,
It is quite possible for me to exaggerate the respect
I hare for the fire peers of. the realm who compose
this committee, and I consider it a great privilege
to have suffered for ten years to be allowed to ad
dress them. _ • •
Lord Grey. Mr. Rea, your petition is before us,
and we have looked at it. We think that is quite
sufficient.
Air. Rea. It must be read either by the clerk or
by myself. You aro bound on your oaths as peers to
enter It as read on the minutes. Witnesses must
also be produced to prove the deed of submission,
tor I do not admit I signed it.
Earl Grey. I must insist on your being silent.
Mr. Rea. And I must insist on your removing
me by force from the room. •
Earl Grey. You mutt withdraw.
Mr. Rea; - I will not withdraw voluntarily.
Earl Grey. We must wake you withdraw.
-Nr. Rea. lam a kub,ect of Her Majesty, and a
belted earl shall not tyrannise over me. It Is an
act of tyranny, for which I will hold youanswerable.
I impute no ,improper motives to you. I will only
be removed by force; but
. a formal assault will be
quite..stiflicient. I got myself dragged from the
Rouser of Coinmons because I thought the Lords'
Committee would hear me. It is illegal to remove
.me - except, by the officers of the House. I - did not
expect that Earl Grey's son would outrage the laws
Of the Codstitution, alter his father saving England
from a revolution ; and I hope Earl Nelson, for the
sakeet the rams he bears, will prevent this outrage.
The police have no more right to remove me than a
Frenchman has to drag kiln from the deck of an
English man.of•war.
Two policemen were then brought in, and caught
hold of Mr.'Rert, who then went quietly with them
out of the rata.
The Vienna Outerreichsche &Ming,' of July 3,
.Says : "The note of Herr. Von Bismark to Count
Von Golti, published in the London liforning Post,
is purely apocryphal and unquestionably au Jaren.
Um On the succession question Austria is pledged
itik no olalmant, and has entered into no engage
ments toward Russia."
Peter Stanford, D
Wounded.
Beret'Geo Oiarood,
Oorp Walter Albert, A
Wm Domini°, IL.
Missing
RtlBo B
33D I.TEW 'TERSE:T.
Wounded.
Chas Ryoraon,l
Sergt Jas Kenworthy, D
Ohas Stantley, 13
A Stanaway, H
a Devine, 1
(IND. lIATTIIPX 11, P. V.
John (}ulna, wounded.
DIVISION STAVII.
ASS't Provost Marshal Lb
Sam! :rOltver, 29th Pa
.Vo wounded. ,
3ETTUOPE.
The bill then passed through committee.
Mr. McKenna said he hoped their Lordships
would make some suggestion in their report by
which 40.000 men, Whose cause they had not heard,
would be made to keep the peace, tor he would feel
bound to .tell them that they had been.aggriered,
and were the victims of injustice., y.
FRANCE
The Opinion Nationale has received a second
warning for' an article by M. Cr'eroult,"pnblished
June 30, entitled "The Progranime of the English .
Cabinet?)
_ .
The Emperor inrited Baron Von Buest to break
fast at Fontainebleau on July 3. His Excellency
dined with M. Drouyn Do Lhuys on Sunday.
The Temps' and Patric publish a communication
from the Prussian Embassy in Paris, declaring the
diplomatic correspondence which appeared In the
Morning Post to be entirely unfounded. The com
munication also states that Count Ton Galt% had
received a note which purported to be addressed to
him by Herr , Von Bistnarit.
The Emperor presided at a Council of Ministers
at Fontainebleau, on. July 2.
A telegram from Tunis, of .Tune 2T, says : "The
Hey of Tunis has sent 4,000 soldiers against the in
surgcnt.S. According to accounts the Tunis laser
reeilon has had no connection with that of the Al
gerian tribes."
AUSTRIA..
_ .
The following telegram received by the Russian
ambassador, July 8, was forwarded to blr. - lteutees
office by his Excellency :
CARLRBAD;JuIy B.—Your'Excellenoy Is expressly
authorized to declare that the two Prussian de
spatches on the " Holy Alliance," published , by the
London Morning port, aro purely invented. No
'such document nor anything Similar exists.
. . Blemar.w.
• . THE nsrusw ,
A. telegram - from Copenhagen, or June 30, says:
"The Danes have withdrawn beyond Ellsmp•Hav,
skirmishing during the retreat.' No further pursuit
Weaned, anal thoy,reached Vollorup in good order
at: noon yesterday, whore they have since em
barked."
A telegram of July 2 says : "The loss or the Danes
In the retreat from Aleen is officially stated to
'amount to from 2,500 •to 3,000 'men, most of whom
being killedland.wountied among theta aro elxhty
'Ono ofilberS. The remiartdor of the troops and the
war materiel are now •betng• brought away from
Aleen. Very considerable contributions have been
Imposed upon,tlto inhabitants of Jutland."
A telegram from Randers, of July 3, says:
"A
"A reconeoltering force from the Bth Hussars and
the 50th Infantry Regiment drove hack a party of
Davos who hail.cioseed the Liwttord. Sixty prison
ers wore takoh, of whom thirty are wounded. The
Prussian loss wasjoconskierable."
A telegrato from Stralsund, of July 4, says :
"At 6P: yesterday, two Danish war ships—the
Fordonekiold, 34,.. and SehleSwig, I'2—approaehed
within 3,000 paOes :of tlfe 7 Wltinti of Regents, on the
peninsula ofltkittow. , fori the purpose of roconnol
terlng the coast. Two Prussian companies and a
rifled-battery occupied 13ron8ko. While tho Danes
were passing the Pnn•slap guns fired twenty shells,
seven of which perceptibly struck the littlish
vessels; The ,DllllC4' withdretv, and at. 10 I'. 211.
were seen to the ogst, of- Azcono.. ,, ..•
A despatch from Senderborg says:
"At the partial 'clearance of the battlo-fleld On
the 30th ult., four hundred•Swcidish volunteers.wcre
discovered, to whom•no.gusrttsr•was given!,
Tins YEBLING: AT COP ENII AO litf
(Correspondence of the•Lendon Th . /teal
Columnar's:kr, Wednes.day Evening, Jane 21.
/ found the utmost. agitation in the streets of Co.
rionhagen as 1 reached town, about seven o'clock
this evening: The fall of Ale has scarcely created
as painful a sensation as was produced by the tele
gram announcing the result of last night's sitting
In bott,'Houses of the Imperial Parliament, and
quoting_Lord Russell and Lord Palmerston's words.'
deoisive as to any hopes the DAM might have built
on English' ald. The Danish army hos boongiving,
even yesterday, at Als, proofs of the very Sterling
stuff it is made of; yet, it Is impossible it could
long bear up against the tileheartoning conscious•
Hess of being lett alone in so unfair a flold, There
fa , something n1)1)1111114 in the contemplation of • '
the calamities which are impending on this till
lately so happy Danish community.. The Germans'
oome upon Ms in a state of the greatest °sworn , .
tier!, and greater calamities aro anticipated for their
new conquests than oven such as befell the good but
stlifneckedJutlanders. The mutual rancor Mitivieril
the invading armies and the invaded people In that
unfortunate province, with* was hardly .kerit In
'
cheek by the, terms of akimpracticable armistioo p
t h reatens now to break:. forth .witir'redeubled'viru
' •
tones and there. is hardly any doubt as to which of
the parties be the greater sufferer in the con
test. Already we hoar that the Austro-ruzslens
71.
THREE CENTS.
are preparing to punish the Jut!antlers by the de•
struction of their growingerops—a ploce of brutality
of which modern troops can scarcely be thought
pable. Tho Jutlenders, however, associate the
of their present tormentors with that of the
hordes which laid waste their lands
',the lieutenants of Tilly and Wallenstoin,
rho thlrty•yearti war, and they expect tho
pt from KM, of July 4, says :
'l3 of Augustenburg received the address
of the'%lea committee of the Sehloswig-Holstein
associations to-day. In Lis reply, ho said that it was
to be hoped that a division of Schleswig* had been
prevented by the active, proceedings of the Gorman
Powers.' Ho also expressed a hope that the file'
put forward by the Grand Duke of Oldenburg- would
not defer the time when ho, the Duke of Augustan
burg, would be able to lead the Duchies against the
Common enemy."
13oNmw, Thursday, June 9.—The Amcor of Af
ghnnlstan has defeated one of his brothers, who has
Iced into British territory. The Ameer is now march
ing against his other brottlet.
UIIINA
A telegram from Shanghai, of May M, says :
"Chang-Chow-Foo has been taken by Major Gor
don. Tanglan has fallen."
English Ignorance of Americas) Allitlrg.
President Fairfield, of Hillsdale College, Mich!•
gen, writes iron] London to the Detroit Advertiser
concerning the feeling of the English people to
wards the United States. He says:
"1 am sorry to say it but after a month spent
in Great Britain, and eight months in travel gene
rally, In which '1 have constantly been brought
into contact and (ritually personal relations with
Englishmen, I am compelled to believe that envy
of our national success, and hostility to our na
tional growth, is the controlling, feeling of the
English people; and certainly I can count upon
the fingers of one hand all that 1 have found in
nine. months who Were In cordial sympathy with
us in suppressing a pre-slavery rebellion which
reeks to- establish an empire of which slavery
shall be the Corner-Stone. You will understand
that I have made It no kart of my buslness.partica
larly to seek out our Mends; but speak of those
whom I bate chanced to meet in hotels, cars and
elsewhere, which I think much the fairest way of
ascertaining the generill feeling. One who addresses
public audiences on tho American side of the
question will naturally gather about him those of
Lis own opinions, and will be likely very much
to misjudge as to the attitude of the great mass.
And the general Ignorance of the people, not only
of the questions at issue between the North and
the South, bat even of the simplest facts of Ameri
can geography, is most amusing. Is Maine one of
the Northern or one of the Southern States asked
a talkative Englishman theother day, whonallusion
was made to this boundary State between our coun
try and the British possessions in North Aced - Ica.
4 Ohio, I believe, is one of -the largest cities of New
'York, is it not 1' was the sagacious inquiry of an
other. 1 cannot tell you how many times I he
been salted when saying that I came from firichl
gen : Is that in North America or South Americar
Certainly more than twenty.
"Several Englishmen were speaking with each
ethers few days ago, and one of them,
in expressing
his large conception of what progress lutdbeen made
in the States, asserted, I suppose that rallroadsarc
now built as tar as mix hundred miles Into the inte
rior
"Several Americans and Englishmen met at table
a few weeks ago. The American war was the sub
ject, when one of the latter, a memberof Parliament,
said to the •Amerleans: am surprised that you
should object to a separation from the South. You
were never made to be one. Only see ! a. mere neck
of land of insignificant dimensions connecting the
two!' And he drew his tiogers into shape to indi
cate the itthrnus which connects North and South
America.. And what is still richer,
I have related
this story to several parties of Englishmen, and not
one of them has as yet detected the juke!
"Roger Asobam said, a. long time ago, 'The
schoolmaster isabroad.' If so, he has either emi
grated from England, or ho is sadly deficient in
American geography. 1 verily believe that if the
statement should be made in the Times that this
was a war between North America and South
America, not one in ten of those who read that
newspaper would detect the mistake ; and if It were
so declared to a mass meeting, embracing high and
low, those who read and those %rho do not read, not
over one in twenty would know otherwise."
MELICO.
Important Resolutions of the Officers or
the Liberal Arniy—Entire Confidence
Placed In General Orann—llis Reported
Adhesion to the Empire Apparently
False.
The subjoined important resolutions ware adopted
at a war-meeting held, on the 10th ultimo, at the'
residence of the Genemlin-Chief of the Mexican
Liberal army, at Ciudad Guzman.
Some Franco-Mexican papers haring circulated a
report that General Limpn had given in his adhesion
to the empire, after some preliminary business of
the meeting, in which the General-in-Chief showed
the actual state of the army, and the condition of
those matters for which this meeting bad been con- .
vaned, the debate was terminated by the following
resolutions being unanimously adopted :
1. The Republican army, having to the present
preserved and actually maintained the independ
ence and integrity of its country, refines now , the
vote of confidence placed in its general.in-chief,
^citizen Lopez Uraga, so that he shall continue atlta
command, and may direct its operations, and that
ho may support the cause of liberty and his coun
try. The army trusts to his ability to maintain the
honor ol the republic, and to that of those under
arms In the ranks ol the army our honor, and that
he will fulfil those solemn obligations which he owes
to his country and to society.
2. That all Ikandits who have, under all circum
stances, and especially the presentones, endangered
by the reports they have circulated the union of the
deft riders el the republic. shill be punished.
Tneee resolution, being submitted to a vote, were
unanimously approved by the generals and °dicers
present, the same who subscribe this act.. •
Residence of the general-In-chief of the Republi
can ar , at Ciudad Guzman June 10,1861.
Signed—Miguel M. Echeagaray, Ramon Iglesias,
Santiago Tapia, T. O'Horan, P. Rioseco, A. A. Gus
derrama, Felix Vega, J. Dias de Leon, L. Ornelas,
Albino Espinosa, Augustin Iglesias, and Francisco
Castillere, for the Fourth division; Jose Linares,
for the State of Queretaro. Francisco A. Ramos,
for the Colima. brigade ; Antonio Ned, Miguel Gar
cia do Aguirre, Emilio Rey. Francisco C. Arco,
Manuel Alariscal, Sera to Villalovos, Julio M.. Cer
vantes. Simon Dellgadillo, Maurlelo Cases, T. Ro
mero, Francisco Villasenor, Manuel de Lineage., DI.
Mena, Ciro Uraga, Guillermo F. de Unda, Antonio
Br. Jaurequi, Manuel Cevalloe, Mateo Reyes, Jose
G: Munoz, Marcos Villegas, Army Commissioner;
Pascual Sepulveda, Salvador Brilmega, Secretary
of the Treasury; Id. R. Afatorre, Commissioner of
Internal Revenue ; ,Francisco Hernandez Carrasco ;
Aristeo Moreno, secretary of the meeting.
A true copy. 231182E0 Monett°, Secretary.
Citiper, GUZMAN, Jane 10,18 el.
Weals from Central and South America.
New Yong, July 18.—The steamer Illinois, from
Aspinwall on the Bth, has arrived, up from qua
rantine.
A Are at Panama, on the night of the 4th of July,
burned four Mike warehouses on the main street.
The loss is estimated at over $`200,000.
It has been ascertained that the last mail. from
Panama was robbed of a few letters.
There is no special clumge In the Spanisit-Pem
vian difficulty.
Admiral Simpson, of Chili, has gone to the United
States to obtain vessels. •
The American ship .Prospero was wrecked at Co
quimbo, and six of the crew were lost.
The American bark Millollll, was also lost on the
south coast. -
The steamer Moses Taylor arrived at Panama on
the 7th.
The sloops-of-war Cyano and St. Mary's were at
Panama, and the frigate Lancaster at Callao.
LETTER PROM A COLORED SOLIMER.—The Ros
ton Liberator publishes the following letter. from a
colored soldier, dated at Morris Island,.June 26 :
" NM. L. 0-annisoN—Sir::l thought you might
ho pleased to know that your principles were
strongly represented 'lithe detachment that loaded
the one hundred-pounder Parrotgun that threw the
first three shells at Charleston City, S. 0. No. lls
a strong Abolitionist, and has' worked well among
the soldiers. This man put the loads into the gun.
No. 2 is now in favor of emancipation, though he
don't think the neer° his equal. No. 3 was an .old
qmanelpationtst years ago and always took your
paper ; and the gunner is a Republican. The other
numbers seem to go with the strongest party, but
believe in'extirpiting slavery from the land at the
present time.
"Some of the Boston papers say that Fort Sump
ter has guns which annoy the fleet and camps on
this Island. This is a mistake. It has not sent a
shot frow Its shattered walls since lastAugust,with
the exception'of a few grape and canister thrown at
the picket-boats and storming party, (ruin a 12-
pounder howitzer. It cannot reach t ort Putnam
,with this, which is the nearest point.
"The rebels have some thirty batteries on James
and Sullivan's Islands, mounting about seventy-tire
guns. From Jame they throw shot and shell at us
now and then, but not very often, as our men are by
fat the best gunners (notwithstanding they are mud
sills), and send them back with Interest. Charles
ton might bo taken without a groat loss of life at
the present time. I don't think there are mare then
one thousand men on James Island just now."
ANOTHER DESOSNDANT OF THE SHAESPEARES.
—Mr. Edward Leo, of the literary department of
the Crystal Palace, calls attention' to a claim or
descent from the Shakspeare family made some
years ago. In a letter to a London paper ho says :
"As the discussion respecting the existence of
any lineal descendant of Shakspeare has led to no
very conclusive Issue, allow me to quote In your
columns an extract from an article to the illonthly
ffidgattine of December, 1817, written by the editor,
whose appeal on behalf of another reputed branch
of the family appears not a whit less speculative
than Mr. Coleman's in the interest of George
Shajapeare, .at- present of Wolverhampton% 'lt
Is khown that the line of Shakspeare'a own body
terminated in his grand.daughter, Lady Barnard,
Of Abington, near Northampton; but Shakspeite
had a sister Joan who married William Ilarte, of
Stratford, and this branch, partly under the' name'
of Barte and partly under that of Smith, maybe ,
regarded as the last remains of the family. In,
passing lately through Tewkesbury, the editor of
the Monthly Alagaziite was led by a reputed Inscrip
tion on the tombstone of a John Harts, buried
there In 1800, which described him as the sixth de
scendant of the •poet Shakspeare, to inquire
whether there lived in that town any survivors of
the family. Alter much search he discovered - a
son ; of this Marto. who had been christened' by
the name of 'William Shakspeare, who is a joar-,
nesman chairmaker. The contour of his 'counte
nance strikingly resembled the portrait in the first
folio edition, a circumstance of itself sufficient to
excite an interest in his favor.' I will not prolong
this extract. Tho article goes on to say that that
editor's sympathy with poor /torte's dtstress induced
a gift Of a guinea, which he thankfully resolved 6 as
the tint benefit which had arisen from his being a
Shakspeare. , After eliciting from nominal Inqui
ries . many . interesting ,(hots In connection with
lierte's family, ho concludes with an urgent appeal
to the public for pecuniary assistance on his behalf.
"According _to the evidence of this article, It ap
pears that. Harte , s father held the property in
Shakepearo's two houses at Stratford; but they had
long been under mortgage, and his mother, a few
yours ago, sold them by au ction, deriving a balance,
slier paying the mortgage and expenses, of only
XBO. The family pedigree he had preserved, but
had no other relic of the great poet, save a long"
walking-stick, which had been , given to him by his
father as ono which had belonged to Shakspeare.
In answer to , inquiries, he said his, grandfather and
lather. often talked on the subject, and buoyed
themselves with hope's that the family might some
day bp,remembered ; but for his part, the name had
hitherto proved of no other use to him titan as
furnishing jokes among his companions, by whom
be was often annoyed on this account' ,
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MOUNTAIN' SOBVERT OP CALISONNIA.—Professor
T. D. Whitney, who Is making the geological survey
61 California, gives glowing deserik.tions of its
mountain scenery. High up in the sierra he dis
oovered views wonderfully grand. Ho says: "We
were camped fora fortnight at so elevation of about
ton thotgand 'cot, surrounded by hundreds of un
horned •peaki, rising from eleven to thirteen thou
sand.fees,lif.holght.,! The latter is the height of tile
Jungfrau„int !Switzerland, Mont Blanc Is about
eLxteeia theuzand loot In height.
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TILE PRESIDENCY.
letter from General Blair.
IiKADQUA.P.TERB /7Tlf Anal , COST.PI3,
NEATt .ICRVESAIV Dlorrermsr, Ga., June 30,1804.
Captain Berl dble, St. Louis:
Dian ii.ART : I beard some time ago of the action
of the Baltimore Convention in the nomination of
Mr. Lincoln and 111 r: Johnson. I think this army is
almost unanimous hr favor of Lincoln's election ;
and Governor Johnson's nomination will do good to
the cause. As to the action of the Convention la
Other matters, it has very little Significance or pub
lic importance. I was surprised, and confess disap
pointed, by lta conduct to the Union delwates from
Missouri. It is not very awry to understand how a con
vention which nominated Dlr. Lincoln by acclama
tion could be induced to exclude Mr. Lincoln's real
friends from Missouri and admit those who have
openly denounced him, and who stand on the record
as his most bitter enemies. The Radicals of Mis
souri were the prime movers of the Cleveland Con
vention and the Fremont movement, and are more
responsible than any men in America for that schism
In the Union party. That a portion of them
abandoned this movement which they were the first
to conceive, and moat active In nursing Into exist
ence, only proves that they discovered It to be a
failure, and it surprised nobody In Missouri who Is
acquainted with the history of this venal and un
principled craw to see them desert the setting for
the rising sun. Tho only military menu:acre with
which these soldiers of fortune aro acquainted Is the
desertion of the defeated for the victorious standard.
So far had these Radicals committed themselves la
favor of the Cleveland Convention, and against the
'Union party, that the candidates for the most Im
portant offices on their State ticket were either
signers to the call tar that Convention or delmoted
members to it.
lhave already said that the action of the Conven
tion In this and kindred matters. was of very tittle
public importance. The politicians In Washington
and Baltimore did not went Mr. Lincoln, and hhi
nomination was accomplished only by the public sen
timent of the nation, which had become so strong
and universal that the politicians mild not stand.
before it. But while these mon did not dare to set
aside the • nomination of Mr. Lincoln, which had
already been made by the people, yet they could.
vent their spite and malignity upon some of Mr.
Lincoln's friends, who had exposed their dirty
schemes against the President, and had aided In
defeating their intrigues and their pet candidates
by fixing - public attention upon their designs, and
by procuring the delegates to be instructed, and
making It impossible for them to cheat. I presume,
also, that many who were real friends of Mr. Lin
coin voted to admit the Radicals from Missouri on
the Idea that to bind the originators of the Fremont
movement to the nomination of Mr. Lincoln watt
the best plan to break down that concern. This
was a mistake, and gives too much importance to
Fremont and those venal camp-followers of.his In
Missouri. The honest part of the Radicals who
were for Fremont in Missouri will support him, not
withstanding, and the honest masses of the Radicals
of Missouri who were for - Lincoln would have sup
ported him, oven if the venal leaders had gone for
ward in the movement - they started fbr Fremont.
These men have not. enough character to influence
anybody. .
The course of our friendi in Missouri, in sustain
ing the President notwithstanding the petty ma
]lgn 1 ty displayed towahWthem by the Convention,
is precisely what I anticipated; and this coarse
will commend them to the friends of the Unless
everywhere.
It was their resolute opposition to the corruptions
of Fremont and Chase which brought upon them
the ban of the Republican politicians during the
past .three years. Events have already justified
their course towards the first, and it will not be
long before all will see and confess (what a vast
majority have already admitted) that their course
towards Mr. Chase has been equally justifiable.
. Your friend, FRANK P. BLAIR, Ta.
The Late Accident on the Erie Railroad—
Dreadful Loeser Life -64 Killed and 120
Wofinded.
The collision reported in Saturday's Press took
place on the main line of the Erie Railroad, a mile
and a half west of Sliohola and about twenty miles
west of Port Jervis, New York. Throughout the
whole distance between Shohole. and Port Jervis,
and for come miles further on, the railroad runs up
the Talley of the Delaware, and . is full of sharp
curves and awkward turns, along which it is often
impossible for the engine driver to see more than
fitly or sixty yards in advance. It was along this
piece of the road, about two miles from Shekels,
and when turning a point of one of the abutting
hills, making a convex curve like the letter B, that
the train of eighteen emigrant cars, with its freight
of nine hundred and fifty-eight souls, running at the
rate of twenty-five miles an hour, met a coal train of
fifty cars, with each a load of twelve tons, that came
thundering down the incline from Lackawaxen.
When the trains came in sight of each. other they
could not have been much more than one hundred
yards apart, the drivers not having time even to in
verse their engines and jump off, before death was
upon them ; the - driver of the passenger train,
named William Ingram, and his fireman, named
Tuttle being both taken o ff the engine dead. as
was th ee fireman of the coal engine, named Philo
Prentiss.
The shock was fearful. Two noble engines were
heaved upon endand smashed to pieces. The ten
der of the passenger engine was turned upon end,
the wood for fuel being thrown In front, awl bury
ing the driver and fireman before unused. The first
car of course was utterly destroyed, being jammed
Into a space less than six feet, while to .ompleto its
demolition, the tender that had been tipped on end.
fell back On its roof. It contained thirty-seven men,
some of whom were on the platform at the time of
thh% collision, and from its wreck thirty-six were
taken out dead, only one man escaping with his
life by falling between the platforms to the earth.
Three of the cars in all were totally destroyed, and.
;even or eight of them so much broken as to be en
tirely useless, and it was In these cars that the
'greatest loss of life occurred ; for when the collision
took place two Union soldiers were placed as senti
nels at each door on the platforms of each car,
which were also occupied
r lg a some4 , af the rebels be
lir ?amen thg7tanding all ' were immediately
killed
killed save one or two.
As soon as possible the survivors set to work, un
der the guidance of the captain in charge of the
body, to extricate the dying and wounded irons their
fearful position, and, in the meantime word was
sent to Shohol a apprising the authorities there of
the state of things, who immediately telegraphed for
assistance to Port Jervis, whence, in a short time,
the district. superintendent arrived at the scene of
the disaster in a relief train, with three surgeons to
attend to the lajured. The scene is described by
those who escaped as most appalling—the road.
blocked up with debris, car piled upon car in the
most indescribable confusion, the bodies of those
thrown from them covering. the road at, every step,
the flying dust and blinding smoke from the quench
ing fires, the noise of the escaping steam, and, above
all, the leaped groans and heartrending cries of the
Injured and expiring, will never be forgotten. Some
of the corpses were shockingly mutilated, heads
completely crushed, bodies transfixed, impaled on
timbers or Iron rods, or smashed between the col
liding beams, while one man was discovered dead
sitting on the top of the upturned tender, in gro
tesqUe and ghastly mockery of the scene around
him.
When the cries of the last wounded had directed.
the searchers to his place of imprisonment, and the
last corpse removed from its temporary tomb, it was
found that the victims numbered 16 Union men and.
44 rebels, dead ; while the wounded numbered about
120, some of them wounded 'mortally—indeed four
have since died, and a number.of others cannot be
expected to recover. T. T. Ridgway, Esq., ease
elate judge of Pike county, was soon on the spot,
and, after a consultation with Mr. Riddle and the
officer in command of the men, a jury was empan
neled and' an Inquest held; after which a large
trench was dug- 7 /6 feet long, 8 feet wide, and 6 feet
- deep, in which the bodies were all interred, in rough,
hastily-constructed pine boxes—one to every four
rebels and one to each Union soldier. The wounded.
were conveyed as soon as possible to Shohola, where
they received medical attendance.
A correspondent of the New York Tribune coin.
plains that this terrible slaughter was due entirely
to the want . of efficiency on the partof the managers
of the rallemul, their despatchers and telegraphic
operators. lie says :
It is asserted that the passenger train was not
"'on time," and that the engineer of the coal train
was not informed of that MM., and ran into it. Has
it then come to this, that trains can run at random.
on this road, and that the only security the passers
gels have is the knowledge that all the engineers
and conductors of the other trains then running oa
the road have ascertained that there arsine out-of
tithe or wild-cat trains on the road
There have been several serious collisions on this
road lately—all the result, it is believed, of careless
ness or recklessness ; but we hear of no investiga
tions into the causes ; It is said there will be none—
that certain ntlicers of the company will not permit
it." Why I Will their own management, or want of
management, not bear the light? Somebody must
be in melt. Who is it? Show him up.
The Erie Railway has a telegraph connected with
it, and if properly managed ought to be one of the
safest roads In the country, but it is said that many
of the operators are mere boys, often absent from
their posts, and some of them untrustworthy at all
times. Who appoints them? Is It true that the
directors have given the patronage and conduct of
this great road Into the hands of one man?
But it Is not the telegraph operators alone that
the public have a right to complain of; higher offi
cials neglect their duty. On Sunday morning the
26th ult., two extra freight trains were despatched
at the same time—one from Suffern's station and the
other from Paterson, distant about sixteen . mile ,s
over a single track. Neither knew of the other, and
of course they ran into each other. The collision
was dreadful—in short, a general smash. The en
gineer and some others jumped - off. One faithful
fellow, a brakesman, who stood at his post, was ter
ribly mangled, and died in a short time, a murdered
man. And that's the last of it, we suppo,e, ns we
hear of no inquiry, no punishment of the guilty
and reckless "despatcher,” who could have prevent
ed the accident by simply sending a telegram over
the wires, as it was his duty to do. It hsok nearly.
twenty-four hours, under Erie Railroad manage
ment, to clear the wreck of this collision fiasm the
track. In the meantime other trains arrived on each
side. One passenger train from the West was de
tained over twenty hours, and the passengers, among
whom were women and children, had to scour the
country for something to eat; Application was made
•to New York for authority for the conductors to
bring their respective trains up to the scene of the
accident on each aide, transfer the passengers, and.
let them proceed on their journey; but it was re
fined. It is said there was no one at the head office
who had authority to give the order, and thus hun
dreds of people were kept in misery ler over twenty
hours within twenty-four miles of the city M New
'York. One can scarcely credit the statement that a
great interest like the Erie Railroad could be left to
manage iteell for so long a time, and yet It seems to
be literally true.
THE STATE.
REMARKABLE OASIS Or OSSIEDIATION.—WiIIiam
Dronsfield, of Johnstown, Pa., who died a short time
since of disease of the heart, was. examined after
death, when It Was found that the entire arterial
system seas in a state of ossification. All oftbe valves
in the main arteries were entirely obliterated, and
the ascending and descending aorta' were greatly
enlarged, and the whole inner portion covered with
bone. The same tendency existed in other parts,
and the trachea and larynx wore partially ossified In
their entire length. But few cases of this kind are
on record ; and the resultof the examination showed
the Importance of this mode of removing mystery
from the cause of death.'
Tkintinra.: ACCIDENT.—On the 12th Inst., 'Wm.
Rea, Esq., of Adams township, -Butler county, Pa.,
while engaged in mowing with a machine, his team
being fractious, ran the machine against .a stump,
throwing Mr. Rea off in front of the knives. It Is
reported that his left log was taken off below the
knee ; the right .terribly mangled above the knee.
In consequence of these tharfal wounds, it was feared
that he would bleed to death before medical assist
ance could be procured.
Tax RAY CROP.—The yield of, hay this season in
Cumberland county, Pa., will be immense, and of
the very best quality. Indeed, many of ourfarmers
amine us that in no season within their memory has
, the quantity of hay been so great. Most of It has
been safely gathered, and the wheat harvest has just
commenced.--Carlisle Paper.
A Watnixo Fiskr.—'rho Conneautville Courier
is informetl9n good authority that James Decker.
of Cusses/age township, aged one hundred and jaw
years; a few days since, walked a distance of four
Miles in about three hours. The old gentlemen
.returned from his walk without the least sign of
, fatigue, and says he is able to perfunA the same teat
&gala.