q' !Y Vress.
SATURDAY, JULY 23, 1864.
The Clay and Holcombe Letter.
It is plain, from the letter which Messrs.
CLAY and 110LEOMBE addressed to Mr.
GREELEY, that they are not discouraged by
their failure to trap the Government, but,
ns experienced politicians, intend to extract
sonic good out of their defeat. In this let
ter the:world is gravely informed that the
stubbornness of the President has for
the third or fourth time prevented a
happy peace, and that the rdsponsi6llity
Of the war does not rest epon the rebels.'
In other words, they insinuate that Mr.
.CLAY and Mr. lloLcomni go : to Niagara
Fulls with peace in their pockets, they
hand the precious boon to Mr. JEWETT,
Who hands it to Mr. CREELEY, who hands
it to the President. The President gives it
heck to Mr. ClitE•Evv, Who, gives it, to Mr,
.T - EwEvr, who giveS it to Messrs. CLAY and
lloLcomn.E. Returning it : to their pock
ets, these gentlemen, as Qhristians and
good Samaritans, can hardly find words.,
to express their surprise and indignation.
What ! when Mr. C. and Mr. H, go all the
way:to. the Falls, enlist the aid of Mr. JEAy-
EVI., get MY. GREELEY aS their agent, and
offer at (Maio to put an end to the war, the
President:won't be n party to thc nice little
arrangement ! Ire has said he desired peace,
and when it is offered he refuses What
deprnvity ! what cruelty I Ala's ! the logic
is good, enough, batthe premises are false.
The filet is that. Messrs. I-.T.cMcOman and
tr,a*.-'never had 'any peace to offer,' Their
assumption .of the. right to negotiate is
proof either of unparalleled stupidity'or
knavery.
The :President's': address " Whern , ' it
may concern" Was at once the gentlest,
the , most scathing; rebuke to these
adventtirers:„ that could halt been' admi
nistered. It did not eVen acknowledge
that the.; Government was aware, of their
existence; It was addressed to those it
„
might concern, and Might therefore be as
justly Claimed by Mr. JEWETT; Mr. JoxEs,
or Mr. as by Mr. CLAY or Mr. Hor.-
ComitE, ' :It informed everybody generally;
but - 4 one specially, that the United States
Cevernnient would receive propositions for
peace coming froriithe leaders of thcrcbel
lion:
This Was a crushing blow to the
hopes of two or three men wholennte from:
Wandering in the Wilderness on their own
authority, and wanted to: do little interns-
tional negotiation with the United States.
Ho:T.6o3am and CLAY are mere followers of
the rebellion; they del not control :a
squad ,of men in the rebel army. We
doubt, indeed, if they had the least
hope that their request would be granted,
mid from the ,last „paragraph of their
letter might infer that their Object was
to give aid. and comfort, preteXt; argu,
meet, and handle for abuse, to the Copper -
head , party in the North. "If there 'is
!citizen of the Coufederate States
who' hes ,:clung to a hope: that peace was
possible -- with this Administration of the
Federal Goveratherit, it will strip „ froth
his eyes the last film Of , such delusiorf.'"
[This correspondence.] This is the use
which is to be made,of the great failure: the
Presidential canvass is to be influenced' by
the cool assertion that the present Adminis
tration prefers war to peace, and when
proof is demanded, Mr. HoLcounnwill say
"I Wanted to Make peace but they
wouldn't let me," and Mr. CLAY Will swear
to it to the last. Yet, after all, the qrtes
thou remains i If the rebel. GoVermemit is
willing to end the war by submitting to
the laws of the Federal. Union, why does
it not send some responsible iigent:tO say
so ?
111. - rh Prices.
It is painful to note the exceeding gree
which is the prevailing spirit of portions of
the market, Only by resolving to iive
more within means and to discriminate in
buying will the public be able to do its
share risorreet in iLsu _it....stsktp_..,ntrun.s
The war, taxation, tariff, &c., will not ac
count for • all the license of high prices,
which taking start from one decimal leap to
another without reason or apology. Some
thing must be charged to the cupidity:of indi
viduals, who seize upon an abnormal
condition of things to make animal
gains. With the imposition of taxes, high
prices are to be expected ; but those who
deal in goods or provisions comparatively
exempted have no excuse for imposing a
price abiurdly high. The haste of dealers
to make the public perspire before it has
lost the availability for bleeding is remarka
ble. •Many whose business is poor lay
rude hands on the occasion, and make it
pay abundantly. Certainly our dealers are
not yet suffering. Prices on many of our
commonest luxuries have been raised at the
rate of ten and fifteen • cents, and are still
.ascending the Jacob's ladder of specula
tion, with just a remote chance of coming
down. We have but brief advice to offer.
Let our dealers endeavor to make an
honest living, but not hurry upon us
an arbitrary condition of things, which
will simply involve their own misfortune.
There is plenty in the land; and the
market, for its own sake, must bear it
self prudently at a time like this. The
public can easily afford to do without many
•of the things for which they are charged
so heavily. Mr. G. A. SALA, the English
man, complains that in New York even
the bootblacks at the hotels have caught the
infection of speculation, and waiters at the
hotels aro exorbitant. Now, there arc
quite, a number of dealers who are really
of no more account than bootblacks and
waiters, and can be very readily dispensed
• with by the economic portion of the public.
The marlett, in many cases, can be readily
outsold, and this is especially the time for
enterprising men to lay the foundation of
• fortune by starting cheap enterprises. The
immodesty and extravagance of the market
can and ought to be rebuked.
TILE =CENT ALARM in the British Par
liament concerning the comparatively un
defended state of Canada was well answered
by an article in the Toronto Globe, which
is edited by the president of tilt: Canadian
Council. This paper reflects the views of
the progressists of Canada, who seem to
vaguely feel that consolidated Canada must
some day or other be separated from the
mother country for its own safety. It is
singular that hostility to the United States
and apprehensions for the safety of Canada
arc only entertained in the • British Par
liament. The Globe remarks significantly :
"We believe that if there be any ultimate
danger of invasion it arises from our con
nection with Great Britain ;" and further
says : .
cleortain it Is that Canasta had no hand in the
Trent itilair. 'Equally certain are we that tho
Alabama was not °gulped In any of her ports. We
accept the risks wo run, partly because wo are con
scious of direct benefits we derive front our connec
tion with the Northern flou ntry -partly because we
are of British lineage, and desire still a share in the
glories of the old flog.. We cannot maintain an
army nto.t any moment -to cope with that of the
United States. We cannot undertake to meet the
requirements of Yaniceephoblacs like Cecil and
Addorly ; but that which we can do, that which we,
who are mere Interested In the metier than any
other people, think necessary, we will do. Happily
Dir. Cardwell was able to boar testimony to the ex
ertions we have already made. We have organized
a force of no inconsiderable strength ; we have ialsl
the foundation for a trained militia, which, nt the
call of danger, will be ready for our defence. And
we shall continue to Improve. Slut we must de
cline, as horetoforo,•by an expenditure altogether
beyond our means, to ruin ourselves in anticipation
of a struggle which may never come."
WRLD INFORMED conservatives have always bo
!loved that the first overtures to the rebels in-arms
would be from the ultra-Abolitionists and so It has
proved. °env/ay, In England, and G4eley, on this
slde.of the ocean, are cases In point. — N. Y. World.
Wellzinformed conservatives, as repre
sented by The World, are not remarkable
for believing anything. Mr. GinP.crzy will
defend himself, if he has any defence to
make—but it is simply dishonest to say that
the first overture to the rebels came front
Abolitionists, for the Peace Party in New
York, with its "twin cherries," Messrs.
BEN and FERNANDO W6OD, have been
without occupation. Besides this, has not
an eminent portion of the party for which
The lirorld assumes to speak.heen continual
ly making overtures to the rebels ?
',Foreign Powers and the United States.
The advantage to Austria, Prussia, and
Russia, of having England and France iso
lated from the rest of Europe, and also on
scarcely friendly terms with each other, is
so obvious that we need- not pause to illus
trate it. The new tri-partite alliance,
treaty, compact, or agreement (for the
name matters not), which the Three Powers
are suspected, and even believed, to have
joined in making:at liissengen, is such a
probable result of the last nine months'
events in Europe, that its existence is ac-
Credited nil the more for its having been
strongly denied by the Count BISMAIt rc,
the Austrian Minister. That Prnssia and
Austria should unite is natural enough, but
we are somewhat surprised that the Czar,
who has shown himself the friend of pro
gress, should join them. The common ob
jects arc to maintain their present relations
with regard to Poland, and to guarantee,
each to each, the continued possession of
all territory now severally held by either
rind all of the three contracting parties.
Thus, in the ease of an outbreak in-Hun
gary or Venetia, the Emperor FRANCIS
JesEen would be sure of aid from Russia
and Prussia ; in the event of an (muts)
among his subjects, or an attack upon the
Rhine provinces, King Wrm.r.us of. Prus
sia may rely on bodily assistance from.
Russia and Austria ; and in case that the
Polish insurrection, now nearly suppressed,
should again break out, the Czar may rely
on hismeighbors, Austria and Prussia—par
ticularly as tlmse, also; have had their ter
ritory enlarged by the partition of Poland.
By such a- compact, Austria will have
her position in Italy very materially
strengthened. Every one who reads and
thinks must know that 'Venetia continues
to be held by Austria, at vast cost and
with little profit, mainly because it is a
foothold for action of offence or defence,
whenever the time -may arrive, or appear
to have arrived, for disturbing the new*
Italian organization, by restoring the'
grand dukes, taking the Bourbons back to
Naples, and surrendering to the Pope
such of the States of the Church as are
now held by VICTOR EMMANUEL: But for
the accident of the . Dano-Germanic war
having arisen, it is probable that, by this
time, the King of -Prussia would have
been a diserowned exile in England—
a second " Mr. John. Smith" steaming
across the English Channel in disguise,
even to the sacrifice of the bushy whiskers
and foxy-gray moustaches in which he
takes so much pride. At the time the war
broke out, this royal personage was on
such bad terms with his "faithful subjects"
and the patriotic lower branch of his Legis
lature, that it was• evident .the relations
between the ruler and the ruled were so
awfully attenuated that a slight touch
would snap, them in twain. War came,
with its excitements, with the butcheries
which thc Prussian King calls victory, and
this occupation of the'public mind has pre
vented the culmination of the quarrel be
tween the king and people of Prussia. - I
Now, if a tripartite treaty at Kissengen was
made, King WILLIAII mayrely on behig
,
backed up by - Austrian and Russian bayo
nets and artillery. The policy of Bassin,
hereditary since the time of PETER the
Great, is to obtain possession of the best
provinces of Turkey, and, for anything yet
known, the partition of the dominions of
"the sick man" may have been .already
agreed upon, by some secret clause in the
treaty of Kissengen. We take it for grant
ed that some such-treaty has been made.
The 3.1 . 071iing Post, the personal organ of
Lord PALRERsToN, would never have'pub
lished the correspondence between the
leading diplomatists and statesmen of
the. Three Ppwers, touching the subjects
which would naturally be discussed at the
conclave of sovereigns at Kissengert, if
PassmErtsTost and his colleagues did not be
lieve that the documents were authentic. .
With the Polish insurrection almost sup
pressed, Russia has very little need of Ma
terial assistance from Austria aud Prussia.
But it is an object with the House of Ro
manoff to extend its possessions in Europe,
from the Arctic . Regions: to the Darda
nelles; and have 'UbllSiaMlu.uplc - ---for isa
NAPOLEON I. was
at :Helena, he told BARRY O'MEAus,
who 'recorded - his conversations, that the
Czar ALEXANDER L had "all his thoughts
direeted to the conquest of Turkey," and
that 'though Erance might gain Egypt,
Syria, and the - Islands, these would have
been nothing in comparison with what
Russia would obtain. He said that the in
vasion of India by 400,000 Cossacks and
200,000 Russians was the - -purpose and po
licy of the Czar—especially its conquest
would ruin England—and that Austria
would be conciliated, When Russia be
came mistress of Constantinople, by ob
taining Servia and other adjacent pro
since's. The Treaty of Tilsit, between the
Emperors NAPOLEON and - ALEXANDER, in
July, 1807, ostensibly- established new
kingdoms and divided territories, but it
was supplemented by a secret agreement,
the object of which was virtually to
give the Empire of the East to the
Russian autocrat, and to give the French
Emperor absolute sway in all the kingdom
of the West, England excepted, against
which Power both Russia and France
united in cordial hostility. All that NAPO
LEON excepted was Romelia and Constau
tinople., for he declined allowing that great
city to
. become the Czar's, and it is •believed
that the invasion of Russia, in 1812, was
the result of rivalry for its possession. We
may be sure, remembering the frank pro
position to Sir HAMILTON SEYMOUR by the
late Czar NICHOLAS, to divide the spoils of
" the sick man," that Russia has not
abandoned her ancient policy of pressing
on, to appropriate the best part of Turkey.
Should this be attempted, - what is there to
prevent it? France and England, sepa
rated by the insulting manner in which the
British Ministry refused to entertain N,u , o-
LEON'S proposal for an European Confer
ence, arc not likely to join in another war
against Russia, nor, isolated as both arc from
the rest of Europe, are they able to do it if
they would. Europe distrusts the policy
and dreads the unknown projects of Moro-
LEON. England confesses that she will not
fight—except in some extreme case. Her
neutrality is the result of her peace-at-any
price policy.
Distracted as England and France now
are, by the singular phases of European
polity. which we have endeavored to state
and explain, it is evident that neither of
them can afford to thrust upon the United•
States a second proffer of intervention.
England would make considerable sacri
fice, we are sure, to avoid any difficulty
with us, and NAroLT.ow, tattooed by the three
sovereigns who - took sweet counsel to
gether at Kissingen, cannot afford to get
into a dispute with a distant American
Power, when the course of events may re
quire him to employ his army and navy
nearer home.
Tni election to be held in August on the
amendments to our State Constitution is an
important one to the Union party, both for
the purpose of securing the right of the
soldier to vote, and as an opportunity for
exercising its full strength in view of the
future triumph of the Union cause. Citi
zens who have not been assessed should
lose no time in making sure their full quail
.
Beaton to Tote.
Campaign Map of Virginia
From Mr. F. Leypoldt, 1323 Chestnut street, we
Lave received a military map referring to the cam
paigns of the Army of the Potomac In Virginia,
and also in parts of Maryland and Pennsylvania.
It has been compiled from the latest and most re
liable sources on record, for military and private
use, by Gustavus B. Bcchler, of this i pity. It is dis 7
tinctively colored, and wherever there has boon an en
gagement the place is specially marked and the
date of the battle given. The map is nearly a by
33. feet, and folds up very compactly, Into a flat
case. The scale is live miles to an inch. A. more
complete map has not lot published. Accompany
ing and completing it is an Atlas showing battles,
engagements, and important localities ; giving the
details, in short, of the strategical and tactical move
ments of the army since the war began. There are
sixteen of these topographical maps, chief among
Which aro a plan of Washington anti the forts, on a
scale of half inch to the mile ; of Harper's Ferry,
lto perches to the inch; of the battles of Bull Bun,
-Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Gettysburg, (the
last % of mile to an inch,) and plans of Richmond,
Fortress Monroe, Yorktown, Chancollorsville, &o.
These publications aro of very great utility, and
are got up to a singularly neat manner.
WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, July 2?,
NAPA I . CArTultiCs.
The Nary Department has reeelved Information
of the capture, olf Mosquito Inlet, of the sloop
;slush Diary, of Nassau, N. P., on the night or the
20th of :fuse. She had a cargo of nine bales of
cotton. The sloop has since sunk, being unseat
worthy. Iler cargo was saved.
Also, the capture, by the Unitotl States steamer
Ladona, of the sloop Hope, of Nassau, while at
tempting to run out of Snook), on the loth inst.
Her cargo consisted of iT bales of oottou anti 9
boxes of tobacco.
A RESIGNATION-MOVEMENTS OF OFFICERS
Colonel GIBSON, of the 2d Pennsylvania Artille
ry, has tendered his resignation, and asked to be re
instated in his old command at Fort Delaware. It
will probably be acceded to, as It is*the only moans
whereby tho present ill•feeling between tho Admin
istration and the State authorities in regard to this
regiment can be removed.
GenerfLl Trios. H. NUL LL, with his chief of staff,
Capt. Ifonacx Ilmvitv; Jr., arrived this morning.
Another Invoice of robels made- their appearance
on the avenue this morning.
TIM 72D VENN SY LTA NTA REGIMENT
The 72d Pennsylvania Regiment arrived hero this
morning, under command of . Lieutenant colonel
liminv A. COOK. They number in all 157 men,
They will ho further strengthened by a number of
convalescents belonging to the regiment stationed
here. Their time has not quite : expired, and they
will remain in the" fortifications around this city
until the Mk proximo, at which time their service
ends. They left the front on Wednesday. They re
port that the 105th Pennsylvania will arrive hero
tomorrow. The boys aro all well and In good
spirits,
UTE INTRRNAL ItETENLIE
The disbursing cancers of the United States aro,
by a circular of, the internal Revenue Bureau, re
quired to retain five per cent. on all payments for
services in civil, military, naval, or - other branches
of the Government, after the Ist of July, when ex
ceeding the rate of WO per annum.
TUE OVERLAND PACIFIC MAIL.
The Overland Pacific Mitil contract will expire on
the 30th of September. The service is still open to
those who may desire to contract for its perform
ance from the above•nientioned date to June 30th,
1368.
RELEASE Ol' REPEL DESERTERS
Fourteen rebel deserters, nearly all from Georgia
regiments, arrived hero to-day, and were released
on taking the oath of allegiance. - They COMO from
the Army of the Potomac.
TEE NEW LOAN
The circular and advertisement for the new loan
has not yet been prepared, nor arc its terms folly
matured. Secretary FII33I4NDEIf Will 30011 visit the
State of Maine.
RIDS FOR FLOUR
The Subsistence Department tins iteeopted bids to
supply five thousand barrels of No, 2 flour, at from
$12.25 to $12.65 per barrel,
110WAIID, TILE FORGEII
Great efforts ore. making here by the friend; of
JosErni liowAnn, Jr., the forger of the proclama
tion, to cifeot his release or to bring him to trial.
SYMMS TILE PIRATE
No demand has yet been made by our Govern
ment for the delivery of the pirate Fiziosus, but
the situation of affairs is such that he will probably
be surrendered. 31 not, a denia.nd will be made
upon the British Government.
NEW IOHLOITY.
CSpecial Correepaudauce of The Press.)
4 Nuur YORK, July 21, 1804,
That edifying now "Peace" romance, whose
principal characters are Horace Greeley, Presiden
tial Secretary Hay ; George N. Sanders, 0. 0. Clay
(of Alabama), Jacob Thompson (of INltEsissippi),
and J. P. Holcomb (of Virginia), whose opening
scene is at the Clifton lions°, on the Canada side of
Niagara, and whose plot is the return of the note.
rims "Southern Confederacy" to the talon in
consideration of its war-debt being paid and Its re
maining slaves "let alone" by the accommodating
United States Government—that regular annual
"Peace" iOll3 'loco, I say, is our staple of meditation
and comment to-day in all places whore in New
York her people do reflect or congregate. The Il
lustrative episode of the visit of Ror. Goi. Jacques
and Edmund Kirke (from "Among the Pines") to
Richmond, wish the pleating narrative of how they
dined II fa Franca:ern, and were officially wined in
that suddenly hospitable city, is also accepted as a
delightful bit of summer reading, and regarded ns
well devised frontispiece for the coining Chicago
Convention.
There can surely be no harm In suggesting a
further investigation of the disposition of the " Con
federacy" for peace, by the appointment of on im
mediate comndrsion to the Clifton House of Ste
phen H. Branels,Amerlea n Traveller Pratt, Colorado
Jewett, the Count Joannos, Tiremyss Jobson, and
the Chevalier WykoII; these gentlemen to confer
with the profound Sanders, and lay a report of their
sago conclusions before the country at large. And
Ethel) the precedent is established-that 'any private
personage may constitute himself a Peace Com.
missioner, either to Canada or Richmond, and
thereby be enabled to enjoy himself, either at the
Clifton House or at Richmond, alter the manner of
dignitaries on a visit, it is not unlikely that nu
merous professors of infinite " cheek ,3 will take
their recreative jaunts this season In the direction
of one place or the other.
THE "MONITOR" CONTROVERSY
Tue - mr"pap.. rar between - Oeptain nriuz3on
and tho numerous opponents of his monitor iron
clads waxes fiercer every week, and will have the
good effect of making the public tolerably familiar
with the capabilities of our navy, the extent or the
labors of the Navy Department, and the progress of
ohalybeato invention. In the several defensive
notes which the ingeniong Captain has contributed
to the journals ; he has rather weakened his cause by
inordinate extravagance of expression In relation to
the invulnerability of the monitors ; saying, for in
state°, that not all the guns of the rebels would
keep our iron•clads from steaming safely up to
Charleston, were the submarine obstructions in the
harbor once removed. Public opinion is pretty de
cisive as to the unfitness of the monitors to cope With
rough seas ; and as . it is made certain that the new
Dictator? when ready for a voyage, will have
twenty feet under water, and only about one and a
half above, there is good reason to coincide with
aforesaid public opinion.
TAR WOLET.LANITES
This •mlnor faction held a Central Committee
meeting last night at a minor hotel, and after re
peating the tiresome and absurd rigmarole about
the removal of Col. Bowman from West Point, re
solved to hold a McClellan mass meeting In Union
squaro on the 10th of August "for the purposo of
showing the Chicago Convention, and the Demo
cratic party, generally, the popularity of that much
abused soldier, and the necessity of nominating him
for the Presidency." Did you evert
TAR7Yr Rif LIST:US:NTS
The recruitine business in the city is hardly brisk
enough to give hope that New York may escape the
draft. Probably about seventy-five men are re:
ceived per day, when the number to secure us from
the wheel of fate should be at least three hundred.
These distinguished dramatic authorities are Id
private council this afternoon at the city residence
of the veteran Wallack to devise measures for
raising the prices of theatrical adinisSion fifty per
cent., and thus aiding themselves, during the
coming fall and winter season, to pay their actors
and actresses the increasing salaries not always un
justly demanded.
1=33
The steamer Atlanta, from Havre on tho 7th inst.,
has arrived. She passed an Axnerioan man-of-war
cruising oil tho Lizards.
A RRGIMENT Ittt ROUTE VOR. ROMR
The 17th Massachusetts Regiment arrived this
moi Mpg from Newborn.
TDB COLD . MARI=
Gold closed at 255 this evening.
The Dritinh Protectorate or thejootoo
Islraidm
The following despatch, published July 4th, de -
Scrlbts officially the closing scenes of the British
Protectorate in the lonian Islands :
" SIR B. STORRS TO MR. CARDWELL.
'‘ MAIMBOROVOR, AT Si,A June 2.
Sin. I have the honor to acquaint you that the
Greek troops destined for the lonian Islands arrived
in Corfu yesterday afternoon, about 5 o'clock, under
the command of Lieutenant General Plssa. They
were conveyed in one steamer, and amounted to 830
rank and hie, composed of artillery, gendarinorle,
end the Ist Regiment of Infantry.
• "A large crowd was assembled to welcome the
troops, who wore cheered loudly as they steamed
past the walls to the anchorage.
"The band played ' God Save the Queen' when
the steamer entered the port, and all passed elf
" This morning early preparations were made for
the embarkation of her Majesty's troops and for
my departure from Corfu. '1 he 9th Regiment, with
the women, children, and baggage of the regiments
composing the garrison of Corfu, had been em
barked the day before. The 2.1 battalion 4th Regi
ment went on board at 10 A. DI., and by IL o'clock
all the arrangements required to carry out. the pro
gramme agreed between the Commissioner of the
Government of his Hellenic Majesty and myself
wore completed.
"Vast crowds had assembled on the esplanade,
and lined tiu3 walls, occupying every spot whorled, a
view of the proceedings could be obtained.
" At 11.30 A. M. I entered the throne-room, which
was crowded by the high functionaries of the lonian
States, and others who had assembled to take leave
of me. I addressed a few words of farewell in Ita
lian to those present, and at ton minutes to twelve
o'clock I left the palace to embark in my barge.
The crowd assembled was immense; I never remem
ber to have seen so many persons collected together
in Corfu on any former occasion. The cheering was
deafening, and the marks of sympathy and good
will which I received were most gratifying. A great
deal of feeling was displayed by those present, and
tears ran down the checks of many who, to all ap•
pearanco, would have been considered- unlikely to
have shown emotion on such an occasion.
"1 confess to you that 1 was much overcome my
self, and, however gratifying were the demonstra
tions of sympathy , and goodwill which I received,
could not but be affected lu taking leave of those In
whom 1 took a groat Interest, and in quitting for
ever a country to whose welfare I hod devoted all
my energies for more than rive years.
On my reaching her Majesty's ship Marlborough
under the usual salutes, the British guards were re
lieved by Greek troops, the British colors lowered,
and the Greek flag run up on the forts ; salutes fol
lowed as laid down In the programme. The British
flags were marched oil and embarked with guards
of honor, under the personal superintendence of the
major general commanding the troops. At ten
minutes to 2 o'clock, all bsing on board, her Majes
ty's ships Marlborough. alocaneo, Galatea, Tamar,
linualaya, and Psycho loft the harbor of Corfu, and
proceeded to Malta, except her Majesty's ship from
which 1 am now writing, which takes me to Oataeolo,
to meet his Majesty the King of the Ilellenes, accom
panied by the Psycho. In the other Islands the
troops have all embarked, and at 12 o'clock this day
the evacuation of the Islands was completed.
Thus terminated the British protectorate of the
lonian States.
" It is impossible to look back to British rule In
these Islands, which has lusted for nearly half a
century, without being convinced that F.:ogin.nd has
dealt generously with the lonians, and faithfully
discharged the arduous and responsible duties she
accepted in 1813.
" I have thus concluded the duties of the high
(Tice which, by her Majesty's most gracious favor,
I was appointed in February, 1859, and I trust that
her Majesty's Government will approve the man
ner in which those duties have boon performed.
" I have, Sm., H. K. SToartri."
tendon Times, July 7.1
ESS:-FriILADELPEITA; SATURDAY, JULY 23, 1864:
Row.M4
Triumphant Advance of Gen. Sherman
JOHNSTON ISOLATED FROM RICHMOND.
His Communications Cut by our Cavalry,
THE REBELLION' COOPED UP IN
TWO STRONGHOLDS. .
ATLANTA, LIRE PETERSBURG,
Johnston's Escape Rendered Extremely Difflonl
GEN. SIIF,RMAN'S ARMY AND THE UNION
JOINED BY TELEGRAPH. • •
The Guerilla Wnr in Missouri and Kentucky.
EACH BAND A $M ALL ARMY
ROUT} FOR ATLANTA—AN INDIVIDUAL TN--
DTANCE OF ITfT%KL DISAFOTISM--CRARAOTER OF
TRY. OF:01101A COUNTRY.
[Special Correspondence of The Prints.]
• VINING'S STATION, Ga., .Tuly 16,1361.
You will seo by the heading of this that we are
approaching the city of Atlanta. Already, by
ascending a kill near by where X write, we can,
with the naked oyo, see this groat Southern city.
Seated on this hill, occupied as a signal station, to
your right and left you can . see the Chattahoochlo
river winding its way among these Georgian hills.
On the west side you can see our lines extending for
several miles. On the eaetbank are the rebel lines..
All along, on every elevated point, you can see the
rebel earthworks, informing us that our passage
over the river will be disputed. To our right a
little, lonely-looking mountain rises from the gene
ral level; this is Stone Mountain. It Is said by
citizens to be thirteen miles from Atlanta. Be.
tween Stone Mountain and Atlanta is a town, oak.
the railroad, called Decatur. This Is the railroad
that leads from Atlanta to Augusta. Along this .
road, between Stone Mountain and Atlanta, you'
can see the smoke of the engines.
It Is but little Northern people know of the terri
ble and grinding system of oppression that is exer•
elsed by the leaders of this rebellion over those who
are within their influence. Thousands.of men are
forced into this rebel army against their will, and
are compelled to ligkt us, while they would willingly
be with us. A few days since I wrote a letter for a
rebel soldier in our hospital. When I commenced;
said ho, " Write to my wife that I am in the hands'
of the Union army, in a Union hospital ;.I,that I fare
fire times bettor here than ever I ditlin the Conrad°.
rate hospitals. Tell her that I am wounded In the
eye by the Uniehists, but not seriously; that when
I was likely to fall into the hands of the Yankees,
after I was wounded, the Confederates put thirty
six bullet-holes through my knapsack and the clo•
thing In it—land ho showed me his drawers, with
twenty-one holes in them]—but none of them went
Into my body. Tell her also," said he, "that lam
out at lust, and I will now take the oath and fight
for the Union hereafter,where I always wanted to
fight." This man told me he was within the rebel
lines, and that his wife wanted him to ruu. their
'lines rather than be forced to go into the rebel army;
but that he was afraid to make the attempt. lie
told me, also, that he had been watching for an
opportunity to desert from the time ho was forced
into the army. 'When wounded at Kenosaw, ho
thought this was his opportunity, and hence; when
he fell,She said ho lay still, hoping that our men
would advance and pick him up ; but when he found
they were not going to advance, he determined to
advance toward them. Ills Confederate comrades,-
seeing this, tired on, him to prevent his getting
within our lines.
This Is Ma a sample of the stringency of that.
oppression which is exerolsed In the Confederate
service.
We are now over the Ohattahoochie, in the very
heart of the Southern Confederacy, and In the mid
dle of July, at that, where It was said it was impas
sible for white men to labor in the South; but we
have built earthworks and marched long miles with
out Inconvenience. But hero we are, too, almost at
the centre of Georgia—Georgia, one of the originl
United Slates. And yet, in a elg-zag march, for
over one hundred and fifty miles, nine-tenths of the',
soil of this old State has not yet been cleared or"
cultivated. What mineral resources still midi
yeloped ! What water power along these moun
tain streams arid noble rivers still unused! And
then, this is one of the States, too, that has rebelled,
one of the reasons for which was, because she was
not allowed equal privileges In the unsettled West
ern Territories. With astonishment I look upon
the dense and but seldom-broken forests of Georgia.
Everybody is astonished and disappointed. One of
the old original thirteen States, and yet Ohio, that
was unknown at tho formation of this Government,
where Is shot One of the old thirteen, and yet how
far behind Indiana, Illinois, lowa, 'Wisconsin, or
even Kansas I And she is fighting for her rights In
the unsettled Territories, and it will take her fifty
years yet to settle - up the territory she has had for
settlement for over eighty years ! Georgia had to
drive out the tribe of the celebrated John 'toss to
make room for her constantly and rapidly-spreaning
civilization I
But still the country of the Cherokee tribeis an
almost unbroken wilderness. And, then, the . smill
part of the land that is cleared out, and over which
they go through the motions of cultivation I Yon
seldom see an implement of husbandry down hero
that a Northern farmer would allow to lie around
his old lumber-shop, except as a relic, descended to
him from his great-grandfather. ,
Just think of tho little one-horse, wooden-shovel
ploughs, rooting around among the sprouts and
bushes, over the surface, with their little trod-inch
shovels ! Just think of the thickets, matted over
with grape-vines and honeysuckle-vines, all along
• the fences!! And just think, too, of the thousands of
old fields, from which the sassafras and persimmon
bushes have driven the shovel-ploughs and nogroes,
and are, now holding.unquestioned possession"! And,
oh! just think of the Immense blackberry fields, at
the sight of which these "Yankee Vandals , ' shout
out ;so often, "How are you, blackberilesl Fare
well, diarrhtpa, now !" But, thank God, slavery,
the cause of all this thriftlessness, here is now
"dean done gone," as , twere a dream.
arricist, ADVICES PROM OENERAL SHERMAN
TIII4 INTEST3CENT OF ATLANTA PHOORESSIZ/r
RAILROAD CONMUNICATIOIT OP THE lI,EIIELS 8
VERED.-.THE CITY WITHIN SHELLING DESTA_NOS
WASIIINGTON, July 22.—Official advices from
General Sherman, received this morning, cover the
operations down to last night.
The work of investing the city of Atlanta is fast
going on. There was some hard fighting yesterday,
resulting in a repuls.o of the enemy in his efforts to
dislodge our troops.
General Palmer advanced his line to a more ad
vantageous position. Our loss during the day was
General Sherman holds the railroad leading. from.
Atlanta towards Richmond, so that Johnston cannot
escape by that route to reinforce Lee. His only
means of leaving, Atlanta is-by-the two roads load
ing south to Macon, and southwest to West Point
and Mobile.
• If Johnston escapes with his army by either of
the last-named routes, he will be obliged to move
quickly.
It is considered a woll•setticd proposition in mili
tary circles that the rebels can better afford to lose
Atlanta than Johnston's army. It is not true that
Longstreet is already in command of It.
An investment of the city, with the army in it, is
equivalent to the fall of one and the capture of the
other.
Upon this reasoning it is considered that Atlanta
will be abandoned and the rebel army saved to re
inforce Lee. In such an event Virginia will be the
great final battle-field in the war of the rebellion.
MI the day before yesterday our army was en
gaged with the enemy, the enemy being driren
steadily on Into their entrenchments. Tho city is
in plain view of our troops, and our shells can
reach it.
Five miles of the railroad between Atlanta and
Decatur have been destroyed, rendering the road
useless to the rebels. •
or.murtAL 81181 MAN'S ADVANCiI.
Louisvums, July 22.—The Nashville Union, of
yesterday, says that on Monday morning Decatur,
Georgia, was occupied by our forces, thus cutting oil
all rebel communica xtth South Carolina by
way of Macon.
Deserters and stragglers have been coming . into
our lines in great numbers since we crossed the
Chattahooehle. They represent that all hope of
saving Atlanta has disappeared.
TBLEGHAI'DIC COXML - 190ATION ESTABLISHED
OVPICIL OT TUB ASSOCIATED PRESS, NEW YORK,
July 22.—Tbo "Western Union Tolograph Company
are in communication with Atlanta, Ga., to-day,
menages from that vlaco of this date having boon
transmitted over their wires.
No Metal announcement of the capture or occu
pation of Atlanta hail been received at this office up
to this hour-4 o'clock.
611/SIIMAIVE OPERATIONS—DETAILS AND RUMORS
New Yonx, July 22,—The Herald's special Nash
ville despatch says the success of Sherman's move
ments in cutting the eastern and southern commu
nication with Atlanta, leads to the belief that tho
rebels have been foiled in their attempt to escape,
and that, their operations at that place have already
been narrowed down to a siege. Two large cavalry
forces left the army some LIMO since, at different
points, and have doubtless cro this cut the Macon and
Oulumbus railroads in such a manner that if the
enemy succeeds in leaving the city to go away it
must belvith the loss of much valuable property.
JULY 22-4 P. M.—Despatches to private parties
state that Atlanta was this morning occupied by
Sherman's force, and that General Thomas has his
headquarters in that city. This statement Is credited
In Uncial circles, and we think no doubt need be en
tertained in regard to It.
Surgeon Olondini, medical director at this post, is
In receipt of despatches which state that our losses
in the battle at Decatur were light. •The engage•
ment at that place was not general.
A UNION. VIOTORY—ORNIIRAL 11000 InIYN.A.TILD NY
WASHINGTON. July 22.—h. dOPpSt9II was received
by the Government this afternoon, announoing that
the rebel General 'Johnston had been superseded by
Oen. Hood, and that a battle had taken place bo•
tween the two armies, in which Sherman defeated
the enemy.
• THIS GIJYRILLA WAR TN )1188017111..
Sr. Josern, July 21.—The guerillas turned back
from Livingston hot night, and eocnpied Oaldwell
county.- Alter being joined by another band from
THE WAR.
CLOSELY OF.SIEGED.
THE SYSTEM OF REVEL CONSCRIPTION
I=
the west, the oembined force, numbering some five
hundred men, marched on I'lattsburg, In Clinton
county, where the surrender of the garrison, con-
Siding Of two companies of militia, was demanded
In the name of the Confederate States army.
Captain Turner, commanding the party, refused
to surrender, and told his men to escape. A light
ensued, In which Turner was killed. Most of his
men who escaped have arrived hero.
General Flek , s appeal is being promptly respond
ed to, and the men are being sent into the field at
once. One thousand mon, under General Ben Loan,
will soon be hero from Andrew county.
Of their doings in Missouri, the St. Louis Demo
fiTal says :
The barbarities practiced by guerillas In Mite
send have probably no parallel In any war on re
cord. They appear to act more like fiends than
mon in human form and with human impulses.
Some of their atrocities aro most horrible to re-
Into. A few days ago a young man named Hart
was murdered in ea. Francois county under clr
cue stances of the inest revolting character. When
found, after his Capture by the bushwhackers, he
wnii suspended from a tree in such n way as to
have produced a ling,oring and excruciating death,
his bonds being tied behind his bask by hickory
thongs passed through holes bored In Ida wrists.
Other marks of aggravated torture wore found upon
his person. Another ease of extraordinary atrocity
was the killing of an old Methodist preacher, named
Morris, to Platte county, la man sixty years of age,
101060 eyes were first put out, and than he was shot.
Numerous other cases almost as bail have come
to our knowledge. The shooting of Innocent, 'm
aimed citizens Is a tiling of daily occurrence. The
victims arc nearly always radical Union men. Con
servatives aro rarely disturbed. Both Bart and
Morris were peaceable citizens, but unconditional
Union men.
TiIE OURBILLAII IN ICENTUOT.T—AIi ORDRR By
GBH. IMILBIN DO E— ATTACKS ON TRAINS AND
STRAILBOATS—A OM:BELLA% BRAVADO.
G eu. Ilurbridge, commanding the military district
of Kentucky, is determined, as the Subjoined order
evidences, to crush the system of outrage anti gene
ral plunder' inaugurated by the guerillas, bush
whackers, and 'torso-thieves In Kentucky:
IluAuciumtvsas Mariner Olr KENTUCKY,
AND sThl DIVISION MO ARMY CORPS,
LEXINIITON, Ky., Julyl6 HUH.
Gamin Onnnns No. So.—The rapidincrease
in this district of lawless bands of armed men en
gaged Ist interrupting railroad and telegraphic com
munication, plundering and murdering peaceful
Union citizens, destroying the mails, &c., calls for
the addition of stringent measures on the part of
the military authorities for their suppression.
Li Therefore, all guerillas armed prowlers byW
known, hat
ever name they may be and rebel sympa
thizers, are hereby admonished that in future stern
retaliatory measures will be adopted and strictly
enforced whenever the lives or property of peaceful
citizens arc jeopardized by the lawless acts of such
men.
)iebel sympathizers living within five miles of
any scene of outrage committed by armed men not
recognized as public enemies by the rules and
.usages of war will be liable to be arrested and
Ecnt beyond the limits of the United States, in ae
-Cordanee with Instruction from the Major General
commanding
,the Military Division of the Missis
sippi.
co much of the property of rebel sympathizers as
•ruay be'neeessary to indemnify the (lover:intent or
loyal Citizens for Imes incurred by the acts of such
lawless men will be seized and appropriated for this
purpose.
Wherever an unarmed Union citizen is murdered,
four guerillas will be selected from the prisoners •in
the bands of the military authorities and publicly
shot to death in the most convenient place near the
scene of outrage. •
ThO Louisville Journal of the 20th has the fol
lowing concerning ,the operations of the gizerillas
during one day only (last Monday) on the rivers
and railroads of Kentuckyand Tennessee:
OVEItILLAS BIWASIrND IN THE STATII.
Wo have reliable information that on Monday
Met there was a camp of rebels In the edge of
Trimble county, toward Now Castle,
of about two
hundred men, and another in Carroll county about
one hundred strong. They claim to have eight
hundred in all, and say they Intend to fight. They
visit Port Royal every day, and are bold, insolent,
and defiant. •
A guerilla, calling himself Captain Moore, en
tered Bardstown on Monday last, and thought to
terrify the citizens by an exhibition of cool bravado.
He strutted about the town with great pomposity,
and flourished his pistols in a reckless manner. He
entered one of the business houses and demanded of
the merchant the key to his Safe. lie was asked If he
.visited the town In [lto capacity of a guerilla, when
he answered, " No ;" and said that he was a legiti
mate soldier in the Confederate service. While
engaged In a parley with the merchant about the
sale 'key, a gentleman passed by armed with a pistol.
ilaoore conunar,ded him to halt and dolirer np to
LiM his arms. This the gentleman refused most
positively to do, and warned the captain to keep his
dist:tugs. The warning was not heeded ; the robber
advanced, and attempted to gain the pistol by force,
Ichen the gentleman tired, and severely wounded
the daring cutthroat. In his visit to Bardstown,
and the air of bravado with which ho walked the
streete, Moore exhibited a fearlessness and a reck
less daring worthy of a better man and a better
Cause.
TRAM 11/111BD lITO-ONS TIONDRBD 811018 STRIKE
BZIEM
The Monday night down freight-train, No. 3, over
the Nashville railroad, was bushwhacked about 11
o'clock at night, at Fountain Head, a small station
not far from alltelielsville. The party must have
numbered something like fifty men, as a rapid and
telling fire FM concentrated on the train. It is
estimated that at least one hundred shots struck the
cars. No person was injured by the firing. It ap
peared to he the aim of the scoundrels to kill the
engineer, as something like thirty shots struck the
locomotive and tender.
OGBDILLAS O 1: TEED OUNBURLAND-STBASIER ST
LOUIS CAVTIRED AND BI7R1(13D,
The Cumberland river is becoming very low, and
&wing to shallow water navigation is quite difficult,
and not unmixed with danger. The banks swarm with
guerilla bends, and the present stage of water
Featly favors their operations. They are enabled
to ford the stream at ninny points, and In the shal
low beds of water can oven ride out into the river,
and surround and board the unarmed transports.
Capt. Dines, of Kentucky guerilla tame, has been
commissioned as a colonel, and he has been active
ly engaged in recruiting a regiment on the south
ern border of the Cumberland. Ile lutenow about
two hundred men superbly mounted, and tolera
bly well armed. At two o'clock on Monday alter
noon he appeared on the banks of the river, with
his command, at Sailors' Rest, a way landing be-
tween Ciarksville and fort Imnelson, eighteen
miles from the former place. The St. Louis, Capt.
Itiebie, was pestling down the river at the time. In
attempting to pass the landing, a rapid fire was
concentrated on her by the guerillas, and the was
forced to halt and surrender. Hines ordered her to
be brought ashore and, after plundering her cabin,
set the boat on lire. The steamer was under Go
vernment charter, and was coming out Of the river
liaht. No stores were captured. The only loss was
the destruction of the boat, which burned rapidly,
and the flames could be seen for several miles. The
Mercury landed not far trout the scene of disaster,
and took on board the crew of the St. Louis.
Strange to say, she was not molested. The Arcola
was coming up the river, loaded with Government
height, and towing a barge laden with coffee. Her
'officers became much excited, and, cutting the barge
loose, allowed it to float with the current. The Ar
tois succeeded in getting her head turned down
stream, and, pressing on all steam, arrived safely at
Fort Donelson. Tho Mercury arrived at the fort a
short time after the Arcola. The barge of coffee, at
• lasi iteccunts, had not been picked up. If it should
fall into rebel hand it will prove a valuable capture
Indeed.
INORUABB OF TOORXTOWSI 0 ANC —PURSUIT OF
' THE G VERILLAS.
FonT LEATENWOHTI3, Kamas, July 22.—A de
spatch received this morning from Colonel Ford, at
Liberty, Missouri, says the people in the country
north and east of that place arc joining Thornton's
gang, which is increasing rapidly. Colonel lord
has his troops well in hand, but his force Is too SHrtli
to effect much, and reinforcements are asked for.
Arms have been sent from hero to St. Joseph and
Kansas City for arming the loyal men called out
by General Fisk.
A later despatch from Colonel Ford states that
Thornton, with 2,000 men, Is moving north, proba
bly with the intention of striking the railroad.
Piattsburg and Marlon wore In their possession last
night. Colonel Ford left Liberty at 4 P. M. to-day
In pursuit.
General Curtis has several armed boats patrolling
the Dlissouri river to prevent the robe's from cross
ing.
Pickier and Banks aro reported to have ten thou
sand men In Southwest Missouri, and to be threaten
ing Fort Scott and our southern communication.
It is believed that tiro thousand of Price's mon
nre now in Missouri. These, joined by Thornton's
guerillas and the Paw-Paws, will make a formidable
force.
Our State militia will be called out, and troops
aro now being concentrated for co-operation.
General Blunt Is hero waiting orders.
The Indians are troublesome on the Western Go.
lorado mail route.
Rumors prevail of the capture of Lamed and the
post at Walnut creak by them.
211.1:11RASILA.
13TOTAlf ATTACK ON A IV AGON TRAIN'
OKADA CITY, N. T., July 22.—Some Indians at
tacked a train last night, twenty miles above Fort
Laramie, mit loose fifty-two horses, and ran them
off. A sharp tight ensued, in which about twenty
shots were fired, and some Indians were wounded.
Most of the horses were subsequently recaptured.
The women are reported to be leaving Plum crock
for a place of greater security. It Is 'reported that
a large party of hostile Indians are about forty
miles from that Place.
BOSTON.
nos Tow, July T 2. —A tiro this morning, at the cor
ner of Causeway and Merrimac street•, destroyed
Retuning Sr. Co.'s planing and saw-mill, the Union
match factory, and Aline or four tiwellingd. The
loss is not known.
Destructive Fires'
Oawsoo, N. Y., July 22.—About one-half of the
business portion of the village of Mexico, in Oswego
county, was destroyed by lire this afternoon. The
Eire originated in the Phoenix block, consuming
Parkhurst's dry goods store and Huntingdon's drug
Store, Clinton & Eaton's stove store, and Etiliar's
hardware store, together with the , post office, bil
liard rooms, the Mexico Hotel, and Ticknor's house
and livery stable. The loss, which was well in
sured, has not yet been estimated.
CHICAGO, July 22.—The planing mill of Gage &
Soper was destroyed by fire this afternoon, the loss
amounting to 325,000. The amount of Insurance is
not known.
The Rebel reitee Propoodtiona.
BUPYALO, July =.—WO learn from the Clifton
House, Niagara, this morning, that by an oversight
an important letter of Horace Greeley's was omitted
in the published correspondence between himself
and the Peace Commissioners. It was net handod
to the agent of tho Associated Press, or it would
have appeared with the other letters.
Last Year's Riots In Illinois
Cruceoo, July 22.—Advlcoa from Coles county
report that two of the instigators and loaders In
the riots at Charlestown, last March, have been
found dead—ono of them with several bullet holes .
through hie body.
Some excitement exists In that county, and fears
were entertained of another outbreak.
Substitutes for Drafted Men.
Patio it tatarsi a, July 22.—The fonotringdospatch,
which explains itself, has just boon received by
Mayor flans, of this city •
• Wasn 1 0 ToN, July 22.
George lanes, Mayo• of Poughkeepsie!
One throo years' mnn will not count for three
twelve months' men—count them man for man.
J A Stlol B. FRY,
Provost Marshal Gonera.l..
A ParOmni{ Cowin ny.n.—A local reporter:uf the
Dayton Journal was cowhided In the streets Dr that
city by a women on Tuesday. Ho made an Item of
it In the Journal, but treats the whole thing with
levity. The cause of hia flagellation teas a state
ment able that the women was a "Ehe rebel," and
blatant in support, of thy David dynasty.
FORTRESS MONRO H.
TNE PLORIDA GITABIII3 ONR OP OUR TRANHPORTS
Morino e, Jul? 21.—The steamer Gene
ral Meige arrived hero from Newborn today, and
reports the arrival there of the steamer Dudley
Buck. The captain of the IrAdley Hoak reports
having being chased by a vessel answering the de
scription of the Florida, on the 19th instant, when
about thirty miles northeast of 11a5teras, when the
captain headed for shore. Then the suspicious
steamer changed course and made for some vessels
further elf shore.
The General Nclgs on the '201,11 passed a ship, the
main mast, with yards attached, apparently burnt
oft above the dock.
.Arrivals from City Point to-tiny report the usual
quiet in front.
Frightful Accident at Niagara Faille.
NI A uASA FALLS, July 22.—An accident occurred
on Goat Island this nfternoon, near the Biddle,
staircase. A carriage, containing the wifo of Cap
tain 'Webster and the wife of Captain Hunt, of the
Qua rterrans.tor's Department, was thrown ovor tho
precipice by the hOrscS taking fright. Fortunately
a shelf in the rock, some thirty feet down, broke
their foll,lind the ladies lodged in-the trees. One
was seriously and tho othor slightly injured.
[SECOND DirSI•ATCII.)
Tho omitted latter of Horace Greeley, previously
spoken of appears, to ho simply a letter to W. 0.
Jewett, who, fearing ho might be arrested for his
connection with the so-called Peace Commissioners,
requestet) Mr. Greeley to write him a letter, stating
what he had done In tho matter was from patriotic
mottoes, and by his (Mr. Greeley's) desire.
Extraordinary Cure.
A Girsx IVosts.ri COAXka Fivu LIZARDS YROM
A 'MAN'S correspondent of the Bali
tax (N. S.) Sun writing from Bathurst, details an
cxtraordtnary circumstance. A farmer near the
town, (which is in Gloucester county,) named .Tai.
!Unlock, was for three years and a hull confined to
his lied through extreme emaciation. Medical as
sistance was in vain, and ho lingered and lingerod,
until a . glpsy woman offered to cure him for COO.
The otter sus accepted, and a younger brother of
the invalid, named Charles, thus describes her
mode of treatment:
"We went with her to leer camp ; immediately
after entering wo had some broad and ham, Jim
and 1 both eating heartily. After dinner the glpsy
said she wished tospeak with me alone. I went into
the woods, back from the camp, when she at once
asked me if I WAS willing that Jim should be hand
cuffed and his feet bound, and to submit altogether
to her. 1 said I was riot. "nen,' mid she, it's no
use wasting words about the matter; If you don't
do so, he'll never ho cured.' I asked her to ex
plain herself • she said she would not. I at last
consented, thinking to myself there can bs nothing
wrong while I aim hero. At tea we had some
salt pork fried, and good bread. Next morning, on
waking after a very watchful night, for I never
closed my eyes, I found .1 lin tied up. lie eootned
rather put out, but the glpsy told him at once that
ehe had done so because ho was to suffer a good
deal of pain before being cured. I assented to this.
lie said he wits willing to go through with it, since
he had begun. Wo had breakfast, salt pork and
bread; I led Jim, and wo laughed at the farce as we
considered it. I had no faith at alt le her. After
breakirest 1 talked with the gipsy, twirl asked her
what the meant; told her 1 was no child, and must
either know her plans or I would unloose Jim, and
go home again. Sbo then told me that she knew
that Jim had some living reptile in him, and that the
only way to cure him was to feed him with salt food
for a day or two, anti then stop him from drinking
altogether, when the animal would come out to
seek water. She had cured others, but I must ex
pect to see him sutler awful pain and torture when
his water' was stopped, but it would only bo for
twenty-four or thirty hours. I went to Jim, told
him all, and asked him if he was willing to un
dergo it. Says he, - 'Charley, that woman has it ;
VII stand Its IVel, that day passed—salt pork and
bread, and Jim n very limited supply of. water; the
next day the same, till after dioner, when the water
was completely stopped. Now commenced the work.
Ile begged anti Eased for water ; he howled till he
was hoarse; the woman then gave him a drink of
what I considered water, but which she told ins after
was salt pork-fat melted, with water on the top; ho
drank It in a few moutbsful, and in a few minutes
snore he was worse than ever. Ito begged me to
shoot him, to drown him, to do anything with him,
only not leave him in that slate; toward evening
he become quite out of his Mind ; water and springs
was all he raved about. lie lay that way for some
time, nhnost until morning, when he got into a
high fever. 1 got alarmed, and told toe glpsy
thought it had gone tar enough ; that Jim was too
weak to stand it. She told me I could do as
I liked, but if I would leave him two hours
longer 1 would see whether she or the doctors were
right. She likewise told rqo that if loosed he would
kill himself drinking at the first water we met. I
tried her. In about an hour after, oho asked me to
drag him to the spring a few rods away from the
comp. We got him beside it. She laid his head
with Ids lips almost touching the water; she took
up a birch panikin, and commenced lifting up water
and letting It 101 l lust before his lips. Ile was all
this time quiet as if he was dead ; sometimes only he
gave a slight shiver, his mouth wide open, and his
eyelids opened anti shut; the white of the eye only
was seen. After about ten minutes, she said to me,
'Now whose right I But keep quiet.' I leaned over
and saw a large green lizard peeping out of his month;
it did not seem as if it wanted to come out, but
drew itself In again. 'lt will come out again,'says
the gipey. While she was speaking two izards
gilded out of his mouth into the water.. Tho glpsy
quietly killed one with a small stick and I killed
the other. Wo waited again for five minutes, when
three came cut, but - not together. These we killed,
although one almost escaped from the water to his
mouth ere it was completely despatched. We then
waited nearly an hour longer, but no more made
their appearance. The glpsy then said: There's
no more,' anti proceeded to pour water on Jim's
forehead. She did so twenty minutes. She then
gave hint about a spoonful of water to drink ; it
actually hissed In his mouth. She kept him confined
that day and half the nest before she let him free,
gradually increasing his allowance of water."
Such Is the story told by Mr. Charles 2:toted:,
and although I am not personally acquainted with
the gentleman, I am informed that, he is ono of the
last men in the country to tell a wilful untruth.
One fact, however, is clear—his brother has com
pletely recovered his health, and not only his health,
but his flesh, and now weighs lee pounds, his former
weight being only 73 pounds. The lizards aro of a
bottle-green color, about five Inches long, red oyes,
anti forked tongues. There is a peculiarity about
them different from the ordinary lliard tribe,
there being only two feet and sloping from thence
in a wedge into a tail. Two of them have been pre
_served in spirits and forwarded to Prof. Agassfz, of
Harvard University. One isjweserved In spirits and
is kept in Mr. Ferguson's office, and the other two
were forwarded to - Prof. Jack, who has written to a
legal gentlemen here to say that those are the only
specimens he has ever met with, with the exception
of one found in the Museum of the University of
Munich, that is called the Lacerta home blithe lac
guag,e 01 the schools; and the Munich specimen was
supposed to be the only one extant, although it is
well known to the ancients. "Tile description given
by Pythagoras," says ho, "I hove road/with your
specimens before me,
and I have yet failed to ilis
co% or in any respect the slightest difference in their
formation or color." lio thinks that Mr. Blalock
must have received them In an embryotio state by
some of those mysterious secrets that are found in
every ;Atli of science. A species, he says, corres
ponding to it, is unknown to live on land, and all
naturalists have agreed that it requires the local
action of the human stomach to produce it.
This is, he says, the only explanation that can be
oficred that Is not unphilesophlcal; his parallel is
clear and striking. He says, "the pine forest is cut
down, Its own species seldom appears upon the same
soil. but birch, poplar, and small shrubbery suc
ceed; these again in their turn being destroyed are
succeeded by the whortle, bramble, and raspberry,"
and argues that a' certain local cause found in
unison with a certain developed germ is necessary
to produce such on effect; that in this way only the
lizard was produced, contrary to tho optolon of va
rious ancient writers and common vulgar belief,
that they are received Into the system by thinking
water or some other natural cause of that descrip
tion. •He has likewise sent to the same gentleman a
series of questions to propound to the gipsy: where
the other eases occurred; were they similar in
formation to those 1 &c., &c., he having been put
in possession of all the facts when the ;pectinous
were sent him.
SEIZUBB OF TITS CIIINVIIA. ISLANDS.—The pa
pers laid before Parliament show that when Senor
Salazar y Mazarredo arrived at Lima In March he
brought credentials styling him "special commis
sioner." The Peruvian Minister objected to the
title as irregular; but Offered to receive him as a
"confidential agent Or the Cabinet of Aladrid."
Senor Salazar took offence at this, and seized
the Chincha Islands, issuing a declaration in which,
among other things, he noticed that Spain had
not recognized the independence of Peru, and that
" truce only continues de facto!" Ile also address
ed to the representatives of allied nations a long'
memorandum, containing a list of grievances—ill
treat merit of Spanish subjects, arbitrar acts against
their rights and property, and delay o 1 j ustiee. This
was met by a counter memorandum from the Peru
vian Minister, disputing these allegations, and fifty
nine Spaniards long f esident In Peru made a decla
ration that they had always been well treated by
the Government and the people. Spain, In these
papers, expressly repudiates all claim to any
part of the dominions of Peru. Admiral Pin
zon, the Spanish racer ou the station, states
that his instructions authorized Mtn to make
war on the Peruvian ports in case the mission of the
special commissioner should not come to a satisfac
tory result, giving a reasonable notice before com
mencing operations; but ho said to a deputation
of the diplomatic- body that It had appeared pro
ferable to take possession 01 the (Minolta Islands,
so that the Government. alone should be injured.
Mr. lerningham, the British Charge it' AttalreS,
pointed out that his 'occupation of the islands seri
ously allected British commerce in Peru; to this he
made a sign as ifho could not help it. He said he °eta
iied them in the way of reprisals, and was Waiting for
nstructions. Mr.J erningham collected from the ro
ruvian Minister thatit the Chinches were given back
and the Peruvian colors restored and saluted a treaty
might be entered into, the recognition of the indepen
dence of Peru and the debt to form the first articles,
disputes about the debt and other claims to bo sub
mitted to a mixed commission, and an arbiter named
for final decision. Senor Mazarredo stated that
Spain would not claim the payment of any debt of
private persons which does not possess the following
conditions, namely: Spanish origin and continuity,
and present existence of rights in Spanish subjects.
Some.warin language has found its way into the
correspondence. Admiral Pinzon is described as
"perhaps liable, like all southern races, to tits of
excitement." Senor Mazarreslo has retired from the
crane and resigned his appointment, with a view to
leave his Government more free to act.—London
7'imes, Joie 7.
INSTALLATION 01, TII1: New Artonatswor Or
Yonk.--The installation of the Most ROY.
John McCloskey, D. D., to succeed the late Arch
bishop Hughes, Is announced to take place In St.
Patrick's Cathedral on Sunday, August 21. A large
number of Bishops and other dignitaries of the
Church, Including the clergy of this and other dio
ceses, be present and partlolpato to the exorcises.
Prof. Gustav Scbmltz, the recoutly.appointed or
ganist of St. Patrick% has, it la understood, coop ,
posed music expressly for the occasion, and .it will
be performed by the host artists whose services can
bo obtained. ATe Demo and 3 übilate are to be
sung, and the Most Boy. Dr. McCloskey will de
liver Ills first archiepiscopal sermon. The ceremo
nies of Installation, comprising one of the granoost
of the rituals of the Roman Church, are of very rare
occurrence. They will, of course, be witnessed by a
crowded congregation ; but the capacity of the great
Cathedral will be entirely insufficient to accotutuo
date the multitudes who will seek admlsaion.—S.
Eveniny Post.
WILT THIS RXBXLB Anti CALLED " JORNXIHS."—
In 1861 the Federal soldlors called the rebels " Se
cash ;" in 1862, "Confeds in NO, "Graybrieks, , .
and In 1864 they call them "Johnnies." A cor
respondent gives us the following information about
the origin of the last-named soubriquet: The name
of "Johnny" originated in a quarrel between a
couple of pickets, which began by.the Federal telling
the rebel that they (the robots) depended on Eng
land to got out of this scrape, which tho rohoLdontett
emphatically, saying that they were able to scrape
themselves out. One word brought on another, until
the Federal said his opponent was no better than a
johnny Bull anyhow. The Rob swore Ito would
shoot Yank if he called hint a Johnny Bull again.
The quarrel was stopped by another picket, and
they soon cooled down ' but the Reb kept muttering.,
"I'd as soon be called a nigger as Johnny Bull."
A VERY horrible means of scouring the payment
of pension has been attotupted by a poor woman liv
ing near Oastiebar, in Ireland. Her husband, who
Was the pensioner, was taken 111, and as ho lived
uiih his wife In a remote locality, he wits not raised
for some time. Inquiries being at last made, it. was
found that ho had been dead for several weeks, hia
body being hidden, in a horrible state or decomposi
tion, by his wife, who bad hoped thereby to ooneoar
the fact of his death until alter quarter-day, when
she would have received his quarter's pension.
Vxisv PnottAittn.—“Do you suppose that you can
do the laddlord In tbe ' Lady or brawl , 11 said a
manager to a seed y actor In quest of augnsoment.
"I should think 1 might," woe t1..0 reply; "I have
done a great wavy landlordi I"
Commencement Exert:liven at Manhattan
College, New York.
Owing to the preeenre of the war news we can only
give a brief outline of the evidences of superior
training and scholarship evinced by the higher
einem In the different departments of Manhattan
College, at its recent annual commencement. This
MO none of those "exhibitions" ea common in our
time, whose chief object Is to make it display of
what has no real alletenee, but a. series of critical
and searching osarcinations, which were continued
for four successive evenings, in the spacious lecture
hall of the institution-On the presence ofa large and
intelligent audionce, among whore wonbserved some
of the most eminent sad' successful educators Ms
lunging to other colleges.
Not only were those wNo wished to propose pies-
Mae cheerfully permitted Ur do so, but It II were re
quested by the President to test the abilities of the
students by any form of examination they ti. Ought
proper. Several availed themselves of this pill
loge, and expressed their surprise and admiration
at the results.
It was difficult to decide whether the most pr 1r
clency was attained in the classic languages or in
tho sciences; for, although tho university etas.= in
the former department translated difficult passages
In varloss Latin and Greek authors with rentarka
blu faci4Sty and accuracy, those of the latter dis
played so intelligent a familiarity with the higher
mathematics, including the differential and integral
calculus, as well as geoMotry, both plane and spite-
Tient, chemistry, &c., that WON having most faith
In the superiority of the languages as a moans or
mental diecipline and culture, admitted that their
views had been considerably modified by the pro
found, yet clear and convincing, reasoning of the
mathematical students.
The classical authors In which the students ac
quitted themselves so creditably were the following:
Greek . , Plutarch, Modems, Similes, AppelMorns,
and Homer ; Latin, ',lvy, Horace, Virgil, Ovid, and
Cicero.
Among the teat questions in the mathematics pro-
posed by professors from other colleges wore the fol
lowing: I. What should he the inclination of the
roof of a building that the water might run off in
the least possible time, Sc.! 2. To determine the
conditions which Indicate that any proposed differ-'
ential Is exact. 3. To find the integral of g „ ? : ; 1 -
4. To find the test which will Indicate that a pro- -
posed different...al, containing two or more varia
bles, has an exact Integral. 5. To hod the area en
closed by three equal circles touching externally,
whose radius Is it, &c.
All capable of forming an intelligent opinion on
the subject will admit that no higher praise can bo
conferred on the students, than to state the simple
fact that they did not fail in a single one of these.
Probably none but educators can appreciate how
much of the credit thus gained Is due to Professors
Faullan and DiMhael, the learned and accomplished
gentlemen who have charge of this department. A
similar remaet would apply to several other mem
bers of the Faculty, especially to Dr. Cornelius
Leary, professor of ancient langtiages, and Mr.
Henry Harris, professor of natural sciences.
Several English essays wore read, which wouid
do no discredit to professional writers. In short, at
no college in this country of the many whose com
mencements we have attended, from time to time,
have we witnessed such convincing proofs of edu
cational thoroughness in every department as at
this lustitutiOn. Delightfully situated as it ls, on
the right bank of the Hudson, beside the village of
Alanhattanyille, :Omit eight miles from New York,
and under the presidency of ono of the ablest and
most libaral-minded educators In America, it is not
to be wondered at that Manhattan College has stu
dents of different religious denominations from all
parts of this continent.
Len isburg University.
The Commencement Exercises of Louisburg tint
yersity, Union county, were to have begun yester
day evening, with the Dediattion of the Senior Tree,
in College Campus, known to ordinary mortals as
the Grove. lhe Class of , 64, we understand, would
chiefly "assist" In this, and their programme was
to include a Salutatory, by Professor Ward;
rival address, by J. B. Hutton ; prophetical address,
by T. A. K. Geseler ; dedication, by O. A. Stone ;
Tree's reply, by R.. A. Townsend, and a poetic Vale
dictory, by J. G. Minot. These exercises would be
Interspersed with music.
This day (Saturday) would be occupied with ex
aminations.
Tomorrow the Rev. Dr. Eddy, pastor of tho
Raptlit church at 'Nineteenth and Chestnut streets,
Philadelphia, will preach the annual sermon, in
Commencement Rail, before the Society of Mural
and Religious Enquiry.
On Monday, the examinations, which are public,
of the Female Seminary will begin, during which
Essays wilt be road, with musical varieties inter
vening.. On Monday evening the Poet and Orator
of the Alumni (whose name has not reached us) will
interest his auditors. This is the regular evening
for the prize essays or the Sophomore class, but its
members have not written this year; the Senior
class of the Academy (or• Preparatory Department)
will have an exhibition that evening. The publio
examinations of the Female Seminary will be con
tinued on Tuesday.
The Commencement of the Theological Depart
ment takes place on Wednesday. That afternoon
the Commencement of the Female Seminary is to
he hold. That evening, Dr. Shelton Mackenzie, of
Philadelphia, unanimously invited, at a joint meet
ing of the Literary Societies of the University, will
deliver an Oration, expressly prepared for this oc
casion, on the Characteristics of Various Nations,
and will also recite one of his poems.
The [Commencement of the Collegiate Depart
ment will take place on Thursday, and on the eve
ning of that day the President s Levee will b.
held—a suitable finale to the whole excreted.
Tie University of Lewisburg, sixtynino miles
north of Harrisburg, was founded In 1849, to provide
superior education for the Baptists, and has been
most successful. Thomas Wattson, Esq., is chair
man of the Board of Trustees. The Rov. Dr. Justin
R. Loomis, also Professor of Metaphysics and Moral
Philosophy, is president of the University. The
her. Dr. Thomas F. Curtis, New Jersey Professor
of Languages, Professor of Theology; the Rev. Dr.
George R. Bliss, New Jersey Professor of Lan
guages, Dr. Charles S. James, Professor of Mathe
matics and Natural Philosophy, and Mr. Francis
W. Tustin, A. M., who holds the chair of Natural
Sciences, are the other members of the Faculty.
Mr. Isaac C. Wynn Is the prlncipal, and Mr. Owen
P. Eaches is assistant master of the Academy,
which is an Important adjunct, or rather portion of
the University. Wo notice, with satisfaction, that
a great many of the Alumni belong to Phila
delphia.
Public EntertatinmentX
TSB Ste CR ESTNIIT-STRBET TR IiATRS will make
a brilliant reopening on Monday evening with a
novel spectacular sensation, which, we presume, is
to be the wonder of the theatrical year. After three
months of very active preparation and at a cost of
over 96,000, Manager Grover Is about to present the
old and memorable spectacle of " Aladdin " in a
splendid new guise. This revival will afford a plea
sant and charming recreation for the summer eve
nings. Tho Chestnut-street Theatre Is the cool
est end best ventilated in the city, and now appa
ratus has been devised to give it all the airiness
and comfort desirable in summer weather. "Alad
din " promises to be a refreshment to the sight In a
score of superb and delightful scenes, abounding is
Interesting mechanical and pictorial effects, and
acted with great vivacity by a full and highly
popular company. Miss Eftic Germon and Miss
Elizabeth Price (two very favorite young ladies of
our stuge) will essay the leading parts, and Miss
Therese Wood (well known to admirers of dramatic
spectacle) will be mistress of the ballet. The new
music for the grand choruses by Mr. Chas. Koppitz,
the talented leader of the orchestra, will not fail to
prove interesting.
SANFORD'S Celina House, In Eleventh street,
near Chestnut, is about to reopen for an indenalte
season, under its old and popular manager, Mr.
Samuel S. Sanford. He will bring to his season
a repertory of great variety, and several comedians
of peculiar talent and favor. Monday night the
new company commences.
THE Orsnik CAltr Aloll.—The Now York Evening
Post says : The statements previously made In re
gard to Mr. Maretzek's campaign for the coming
season require some modification.
We have been informed by Mr. Maretzek himself
that his company will be entirely new, with the ex
ception of Signor liellini. No engagement has been
made with the South American singer Celli, but the
leading prima donna will be the Signora Carlotta
Careszi-Zucchl, now at La Scala, Milan. This
lady sang last winter at:, Romo, and ranks among
the very first of the Italian singers. In tragic parts'
she will be found equal to auy of her predecessors
here.
Another great card will be Elena Brambella, also
engaged by Maretzek, who is too widely known to
require more than the mere mention of her naiMe.
She snug last winter at Madrid.
In addition to the tenor Massimillano, negotis.-
'dons are on foot with another distinguished tenor,
whose name Is not yet made public.
Desirous of aiding native talent, Mr. Maretzek
has consented to extend his facilities of bringing
out singers to several young vocalists of this coun
try, but the refined musical public of New York will
see next season that his main reliance will be, as
hitherto, on lyric artists of wide experience—artists
who have already received the favorable verdict of
the musical capitals of Europe.
MUTING G 4 ACTORS.—A meeting of actors was
held In Now York yesterday, to agree on some plan
to increase their salaries. All they wished was that
said salaries be placed on a "specie basis " A pro
tective association was formed, with the following
objects :
kirst. A axed minimum of salary for each distinct
lino of business, from leading to utility, to be deter
mined upon by artists from each department, and
of acknowledged ability therein.
Second. A return to the old system of engaging
members ot the profession for definite lines of cha
racters, thus obviating all professional' misunder
standings, and preventing any artfsls from under
taking any more than his or her legitimate business,
end by such means keeping another professional
out of an engagement.
Third. A regular and careful systemization.of all
business matters between managers and artists, of
such a nature that, while mutually benotitling
honest honorable lessees, and those engaged by
i
them, t may be a strong and invulnerable defence
for the latter against the dishonest machinatiums of
outside speculators and dishonest traders on other
people's talents and time.
TRVATIVICIT OV SIINATILON: R. Wflaln 'weather
still hot suns nro now upon us, and vm. may expect
more or less of coup de solid, or sitastroko, to follow.
A pesson whose uncovered bend oxposod to the
lays of a vortical. sun Is not unfrequontly attacked
wilh a sort of tit, which sotnetimos boars a sem
blance to Apoplesy. hut at other times is more an
or:An:try swoon. The proper romody foams attack
of this kind, during tho primary lit, is to pour cold
t7/1 tor over the head. 'Phis Is Sha.plan pursued by
the natives of koala, who aro partiodiarly exposed
to the affection in question. It it sold that sun
stroke may be avoided by wearing a handkerchief
or cloth s naked In cold water in ono's bat whilo ox.
posed to the direct rays of the sun.
A TOIIOX Stem. South •Troy is just nt.w rigi
tated by the stories told :shout a child that tatted
at birth. It prophesied that a comet was comlog in
s. few weeks and was going to give us a terrible
drought, and that In consoqueoce of its disarrange
ment of atmospheric laws there would bo a tire.
yens famine. The war was to end next year an
cording to the Inspired baby's prophecy. There aro
numbers who have seen the talking ohibl, and insist
upon the truth a those 3tortea.—.l‘•eg Whig.
A Nuce .lourtuar. 7 , rox.tuuNnost.—We hart
rocefend the first two numbers of the Dally Tele
graph, roblishrd at Great Salt TAake City. The.
arcj little sheet', each page a foot square.. The
retegropa consequently affords its readers in the
eight pnges eight square feet of information,
eluding advertlsemcwts of financial arAt, commer
cial matters. The number or the latter are very
great, as might be supposed, when we remember
that everybody has a larae famtry and i 3 compelled
to support it. The date 0' the R7st number is the
anniversary of the Independence uf! the nation. It
is neatly printed, and quite credltatft to 'Utah.
0 HICERAL W. S. SMITE RE:SIEVED Pr EIS COIV•
3.TAIVD.—Gosern I Moldy) Snati!; accorCnng to a cor
respondent of the New York Perak!, Les been re
moved from biz command of the ISM Corps. (Ten.
Martindale ban been aßslgnud tr Um temporary
command of the corps.
Fi REA IN Tun Wooos.—These drat now seem to
be epidemic. Our local columns have already
spoken of the extensive one In tho Jersey pine
woods, In Camden county ; our telegraphic, of the
the on Long Island ; and now the Syracuse (N. Y.)
Jouinal chronicles anofter as raging near that
place. A considerablo amount of valuable timber
lies been destroyed. On Sunday the dui& dog and
outbuildings Cl a farmer' were saved onl7 , by the
most strenuous exertions, Me neighbors turninz out
and plousting up the turf houndthem to stay the
!read of the lames. The Trenton Cae'ttr, speak
ing of the fire In Jersey, says: '• The fire was occa
sioned by the locomotives on. the Camden and At
lantic Jtallroad. At one thne..the dazzles approached
so.neor Waterford as to Wheaten the destruction of
the church and the extensi.-st glassworks at that
place. A fire broke out, on Monday last, in the
vicinity of Winslow, and by great exertions on the
part of the people much valuable property belong
ing to Hon. A. K. Hay Was saved from destruction.
When once started, these fires are extlnguldled
with the greatest difficulty and labor, eipeciaky In
times like the present, when evtsy herb, brunet:, and
leaf are as dry as a sununer sun can make them."
MCPCGLATt CH 'USTI &NIT Y.—The present bishop
of Central Africa waa once a curate in a small t
village in Scotland, and on his way to church hey
bad to pass over a bridge on which several young
men were accustomed to assemble on SandAys to
play at pitch and toss. He remonstrated with
them on the impropriety of such conduct, twat
advised them to go to church ; but they refuse&
They were determined to return aril for good,
and took the opportunity of insulting him en
several occasions when on Lis way to church.
lie at last made up his mind to hoar it no longer ;
so the next time they insulted him he took of
his coat and laid it on the bridge, also his watch
and sermon, and said : "I hare shown you a deal o
Christian forbearance, and now I will give you a
specimen of muscular Christianity ; send out your
Lest man." This was no sooner done than he was
laid bn his back, and another called for ; hut they
were ?r, much dismayed at what happened to their
champion that no other could be prevailed to tome
on. The curate then kindly invited the whole party
to accompany him to church, which tier did : and
it was gratifying to know that they all became
faithful members of the church, and he was never
again annoyed by witnessing the game of pitch and
toss on that bridge.
Srrenr Snoovia;.—The effectiveness of our bat
terles Is proverbial. The rebels have a holy hor
of them. While advancing on Itesaca, when Swee
ney's division was on the right and in reserve,
Captain Arndt's Michigan battery was wheeled into
positic n.
"lio you sec that hone 1" said the captain, ad
dressing one or his gunners, and pointing to a baud
inr a mile away..
I do, captain," was the response.
" 'an you hit it I"
"Yes sir!"
The piece was leveled, the lanyard drawn, ant
the chimney of the house fell with a crash!
TUB " local column of the Richmond Examine]
furnishes the following facetious item: " For thi
first time tR our varied experience, we saw, on,
Tuesday, a barrel of flour hauled up Governor,
street In a hearse! The public stared, but the
driver drove on. When we came to recollect that
flour was lire and six hundred dollars per barrel,
and that the struggle for bread was ono of lila anC
death, we betMr appreciated the connection betweel
the hearse and the barrel of flour."
SWEDISH OATS,—The Llommirsioner of Fkgvleni
ture has recently received a very superior Lot of
black and white oats, from Stockholm, Sweden,
weighing, forty-five pounds , to the bushel, whlek will
be distributed among the farmers in quart pack
ages, upon application to the dapartmenL On'
minister at :Japan, Air. Pruyn, has forwarded
choice variety of grape vines and rare plants—t
contribution from the Tycoon. The exchange of
plants and seeds with foreign countries has done
muck to develop the resources of oar soil and cli
mate, and recent experiments reported to the Je
partment have demonstrated the adaptability of tht
North to the production of many articles which it
was heretofore supposed could only be cultivated tr
the South.
NATIONAL CRINS.—A.t the grand reviews an.
parades of the French troops two cries are inya.
riatoly heard from the ranks ; " Lona live the Erni
peror," and "Down r,ith England f ,, These cries
are heard acrois the channel, and account for the
cowardly conduct of the British Government in rr
lation to Denmark.
Gnsaw Cony.—Take two dozen ears ofgreet
corn, well cleaned from the silk, slightly cat off Cat
edge of the kernels with a sharp knife, and scrap
the remainder off. Place in a pot with two tesettp
fuls of water. When cooked out so there is danver
of burning, thin with sweet milk. When well done)
season with salt, and add butter to your taste.-
Agriculturist.
TI-30E. CITY.
ADDITIONAL CITY NBM'S BE3 FOUR= PM;
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.
inited Elates National Wagon 'Works Destroy
IMMENSE LOSS OF VALUABLE PllOPraT
The Immense wagon-works of Mr. henry Simons
situate on North Second, running south froth. Cu
beriand street, were discovered to be on fire in tio
engine-room at half past eight o'clock last evenini
The works fronted on Second street, and also Can.
berland, extending back to the North Pennsylvanh
Itailrtad track, a distance of 350 to 400 feet,. Thi
main building was five stories in height and wr
surmounted with a fine, large cupola.
Tho flames, we learn from tolerably good oath(
rity, were first discovered in the engine room. The:
Spread with fearful celerity from ono apartment
to another, and shooting upward, soon envelope(
the entire structure in sheets of flame. In half ai
hour tho roof fell in, taking with It the cupola, an
at this time the Eames shot up into the air to tku
extent of probably not less than two hundred feet
In a short time the southern and western walls fel
with tremendous crashes, and igniting the boar,:
yard on the south of the works, pile after pill
of the most valuable lumber and timber' soot
fell a prey to the devouring flames. We found it i
possible to ascertain the amount of unworked I ambe
on hand, but It may be safe to say that nearly tw
acres of piles, some of them thirty and fag fee
high, were enwrapped in a frightful blaze. Th
excitement among the people in the nehrhborito
now became alarming, and it was feared the
dwelling-houses located on the east side of Secon
street, immediately opposite the are, would fall
the general conflagration. The heat was so intens
that a row of frame buildings two hundred ya
south of the burning lumber began to smoke, and
was only by throwing carpets on the roofs and we
ting •them with pails of water that the banditti
were saved.
What may have added to the general mister.
don was the fact that the water-pipes are not plea
tl fully or generally distributed in this section of thi
city. Some of the steam fire-engines forced wate
through 2,008 to 3,000 feet of hose, and the street
therefrom were turned on the dwelling-houses
time to save them from the impending denructior
The light was so intense, steady, and long col
tinned, that tire companies from the First Fire 1M
ict ran north to the upper boundary of the Thir
District, and there halted, to be in readitess in cas
a general alarm should lie sounded. At half pas
nine o'clock, the the having been increasing for on
hour and a half, tho general alarm was sonndet
and in a Ehoit time the apparatus of the whol
department was in motion, and arrived upo,
the ground as speedily as they could, and WOT
into service at great disadvantage. The lumbt
destroyed. consisted of the best oak, ash, anl
hickory plea, boards, and timber; spruce pint'
yellow and white pine—the very best In the cony
try. Mr. Simons - had collected all this mated,
from all parts or the country, during the past mater
from
three years. It was well-seasoned material, an
the loss, at this particular time, Is certainly to
very much regretted. 4 '
The extensive works of Mr. Wilson, whore wheel
wrighting is carried on to a great extent, situate
a short distance north of the National Works, wet
in great clanger, but were saved.
A large number of army wagons, finished and a
finished, and thousands of wheels were saved frol
the general ruin.
It was stated by a number of people that the .
broke out in the tour corners of the building at ti
same time, and of course by peoplewho saw, or yr,
thought they saw the flames burst out in this wa)
the general belief was that the fire was the work
design, and by many it was attributed to secrete!
rules of the Government. This, however, is
nerally not believed. There probably has not bet
for many years such a general outpouring of peel
to witness a fire as went to See the conflagration it
night. The hills surrounding presented the a
pearnnce of n grand army drawn up In line of b
tie. The light from the fire was so great th
nearly a mile round was as light as clear da
The reflection In the heavens was seen mar
miles distant, and it Is estimated that not Is
than twenty thousand persons turned out to s.
the fire. The cars of all railway companies runnit
within six or eight squares of the fire wore crowd s )
to overflowing, even the tops being filled. Feat
were entertained by the directors that the ea
would not bear the weight, but so great was tl
anxiety to go to and return from the tire that it wt
impossible to keep the crowd off.
It is impossible to come at any approximation
the loss sustained at this tiro. We have heard est
mates ranging from $500,000 to *1,000,000 given, bt
it is useless to speculate on an uncertainty of thl
kind. The flames are still reddening the sky,ei
the fire will imt be entirely extinguished before t,
afternoon.
EI.NOTHICR DISAI3TROLS FlRE.—This morning
2 o'clock a lire broke out In the largo paper wall
House or Alex. Priestly & Co., No. 4i. North Pill
etre et.
At the time wo go to press the flames are ra
with great fury, and a largeloas Laprobabb,
The occurrence of so many fires in one night lea.
to fears that some Incendiary emimaries may be
work in our city.
L 0., B. kt
The Gt. C. of N. 3., I. 0. R. M., met at the aunt
session on Tnesday, 10th inst., in the W. of Len
Lennoppi Tribe, N 0.12, in Burlington. Thorcpo
from different parts of the State showed thu 6rd
to be in a flourishing condition. rho icdlow:
named officers were timed for one G-. S.-, W. G.
S. C. Chalice, of Salem ; W. G. S. S.. Charirs
Gordon, Camden; W. G. 3- S., .I,J. WalUer, Tr.
ton ; W. G. 0. of R., .inames A. Parsons, caul&
W. G. K. of W., OhatiO3 H. CaLBSY, FA lam ' • W.
P., George Whildsy, Trenton. hope. to 0. C. of
S. P. S. 3 . 11.1316 S A. Parsons, Camden, ;p, s.
Aloore, Burlkagt.ma ; S. Wm. I.lmehurner,
lingtOr. The. officers elect were dull installed
W. 0. P. S. Wm. Coleman.
110W.BOAT UP2)ST OYi TILE ScrrumarLi,
14A\ AND WOMAN' D'RfJwNED
John White and Clara Clark, a young MAU
young woman, more drowned• yesterday arcerni
by the uprettiag of a boat on. ibe Schuylkill ri'
Their bodice were taken to OA Rialto Roust.
afterwards removed to the 't'lfteenth•ward tali
house, and the coroner Ell am 6ned to bold an Iwo
The former matched at au lritelligence office at
and Powell streets, and U e latter In Oduby arf
botweon Twelfth and rairteenth sweets.