The talon as it was;
The Constitution as It Is!
rrim sy.vaziTTzw muuzi pito
llteadhig matter ea every page.
PRESIDENT LINCOLN AND
SENATOR SUMNER.
We have stated upon several occasions,
in noting the growing conspiracy in Con
gress, among the extreme Abolitionists, to
control the Administration, that the Presi
dent would be compelled to cut loose from
• them entirely or they would control him
to snit their disunion purposes. Every
day developes this more clearly. The last
resource of Sumner, however, to circum
vent the President, is almost incredible.
Having failed in his efforts to induce the
President to adopt a sweeping policy
of confiscation and emancipation, forbidden
- by the Constitution; after having failed to
dragoon the Administration into the policy
of reducing the Sotithern States to the
condition of conquered provinces, after
having stripped the loyal as well as rebels
of their substance, this pestilent agitator
from Massachusetts now steps forward,
the champion of the Constitution, acme
," ing the President of having assumed au
thority -not granted to him by that instru
ment. Does this Senator interpose the
Constitution to preserve loyal citizens
from unlawful arrests and imprisonments?
Not at all; quite differently. Does he
throw himself into the breach to sustain
habeas corpus ; the freedom of the press
and of the tongue? Not a bit of it ; his
new born zeal for the Constitution arises
from a desire to take froth the President
the appointment of Military Governors
for the reconquered States, because it has
turned out in the appointments already
made, men were selected whose principal
anxiety is not the freedom of four millions
of slaves but the re-union of thirty-four
sister States.
On Friday last, Mr. Sumner offered to
the Senate Ms views upon this subject ;
after a preamble condemning the Presi
dent's appointment of 'and instructions to
Mr. Stanley, he offered the following res
olution :
".Resoleed, That any each letter, assum
ing to create any person military governor
of a State, is without sanction in the Con
stitution and laws; that its effect is to sub
ordinate the civil to the military authority,
contrary to the spirit of our institutions,
and is in derogation of the powers of Con
gres-4, which, where a State government
falls into the hands of traitors, can be
the only legitimate authority, except in
martial law."
It will be seen that this resolution does
not only apply to Governor Stanley, hut
to Go-'. Johnson, of Tennessee ; in fact
the idea is to take from the President the
appointments referred to, because he has
not, so far, selected Abolitionists to fill
these important positions. From this it will
be seen that the hostility of the Sumners
to the President's policy is working to the
surface, and will control him or do every
thing that fanaticism can suggest to em
barrass his administration. This cold
conspirator, Sumner, who, when he first I
entered the Senate of the 'United States,
took the oath to support the Constitution
with a reservation; and who, ever since,
I '
has been laboring for a dissolution of the
Union, now, with a sublimity of impudence
which none but pulseless hypocrisy can
oommand, steps forward to save the Con- I
stitution from innovation by Abraham Lin
coln. This cold blooded traitor, w
efforts are alone directed slte the
negro and d , . -
d •
liftS Ile. 1111-
accursed schemes
at a hypocritical affectation for the sa
credness of the Constitution. Such an
other compound of fanaticism, treachery,
hypocrisy and poltroonery does not occu
py any public position in the country.
The people have not yet seen the depth of
his hatred against the institutions of his
country. Should he find encouragement
safficient in this last encounter with the
President, we will find him showing him
self in his true colors. He is a disunion
ist now, always was one, and the only
feeling or interest he has in this war is
the freedom of the blacks and the annihi
lation of the South. He has no love for
this Union or its Constitution; his politics
are altogether English; while talking poe
try about the sad. condition of the slave,
he votes enormous taxes to be gathered
from white labor, and. like your true Eng
lish aristocrat and tory, he is all profession
and sympathy for some impracticable and
cheap theory, while all his acts show him
to be insensible to genuine charity and
unfeeling to true philanthropy.
SENATORS COWAN AND
WADE.
It little scene occurred in the Senate of
the United States, on Friday last, which
proves old Wade of Ohio to be a ruffian as
well as coward. Wade and Sumner. and
• their set of fanatics, had just been beaten
in their attempt to expel Senator Stark,
which made them furious; when Mr. Cow
an commenced an argument against the
proposed tax on slaves. In the course of
his remarks he said that he might be
thought " dogmatic " to which old Wade
replied from his seat, "all but the matic."
This piece of ruffianism, which would not
pass for witin the lowest doggery in Wash- 1
ington, to say nothing of the Senate of the
United States; was replied to by Mr. Cow.
an, in most admirable style. Without
stooping to Wade's level in-caer to act the
blackguard, he quietly replied:
"Mr. Cowax—Whe n that Sena nettles
a little account which he has with hui
league in the other House, I presume it
will be time enough for me to pay atten
tion to that kind of remark. Till then he
=tuft excuse me. When hesaid he intend
ed to be dogmatic,
he meant that he in
tended to express his opinionfirmly, as he
bad a right to do."
Nothing could be finer than this, for the,
readerwillrememberth at the "colleague"
of Wade alluded to, is no other than Val
jandingbam, who in the Rouse of Repre
sentatives, branded Wade with "liar, scoun
drel and coward.?' , These being imprinted _
upon Wade's brow, in burning characters,
necessarily prevents Mr. Cowan or any
othergentleman from noticinghis vulgarity:
His infamy is.no less than that inflictedly
the "execution of Lyle;" and until lie
makes an effort to wash his disgrace away,
he must not expect to be dignified bitife
serious notice of the representative of a
high toned constituency like that of Penn-
sylvania. Vallandingham is Wade's Man;
and until his adjectives are noticed by
blustering Wade he must remain as he is.
in contempt and disgrace.
For the PCs:.
MILITARY.
ME, EDITOM—The IlbSerleo Of any mil
itary demonstration at the funeral of Cul.
Rippey, on Saturday last, has been the
subject of remark in several r i mirters.
Col. Rippey was the first field officer from
Pittsburgh who has fallen, and it was cer
tainly due to hit: memory to have been
buried with the honors of war. But have
we any military organization? If not,
why? 'rho Home Guards formed a most
respectable reserve corps, to arm and
equip which required a large outlay of
monec, and demanded considerable sacri
fice of time and labor on the part of its
members. A proper militarr spirit was
kept. up, and upon all proper oceasions.
when displays were necessary, our citizens
were delighted to approve the appearance
and drill of our citizen so!diers. Thi,
could have been maintained, had not a
senseless sneer at Rome Guards been
thrown out and reiterated daily by some
of the press, with the advice that they had
better go to war than parade .bout our
streets, until they were insulted ft 3 the
passed along the streets. The men wh,.
were so anxious to give the advice to turn
the Home Guards into three years'
take good care to never enlist ve:
the war themselves.
All this is wrong. There should he a
crack regiment got up and maintained in
this city. The best men we havo would
readily stop tbrward for privates, and equip
themselves, if it were understood that they
were to be masters of their own actions;
that they were not to be taunted as they
walked the streets; nor to he considered as
obliged to enlist for the war any more than
other citizens, because they wore n uniform
and gave their money, and time to keep up
an organization. Will some 01 our mill
rary men and leading citizens take hold of
this, and organize a regiment r•tiiervc4
Interesting from Colonel :.lather's
Regiment.
A Captain Diagramed in Prerenee
of Kew-I:men
From a letter to tii parents, dated the
80th ult., near New Bridge, Va., we make
tho following interesting extracts. The
writer is Jcs. S. Watt, a Corporal in Corn
' patty P of that regiment
Nem!. NEw BRIDOE,
Friday, May 30. ;
Our regiment is at present in a verr '
healthy condition. I enjoy as Eno ! health
us ever I did, and take care of it, but we
are exposed a great deal iron: neceity.
and a great deal when there is no net:es-it
ty for it.
On account. of th. ve t: : ..,-,..,„,„:.. ~,„,
by which ail the camps are surraanded.
and the unhealthy air which pervade, the
atmostphere. Gen. McClellan has ordered
each man a halt gill of whiskey, with qui
nine in it, after breakfast and alter dinner•.
as a preventative for the until and Cr•Ver,--
I have not taken any as yet, and file a.i t, e ll .
as those who drink nil they eau w e, bold i you ilin, ---- ---
the Islands near the
of. f am.afraid it will do More harm than i' 4- -4-- --'"
t'ity •
of Charleton.
good in the long run, fur it tv;11 gi t e; uung 1
men a M9te for liquor. anti when they vet 1 . ti...a Eh:, Cnsrletton Mereury. Mai z...
home they will look for an "eye-opener'• its Woduesday three of the enemy's
before breakfast. I gunhoatq shelled the pickets on Battery
On Tuesday 1, with our regiment and a ll 1 Island. six of whom, mistaking their or
of the Division not on duty. 'witnessed n I dens, took retti4c In a !multi-proof, where
, they n ere captures by a large party. Coles'
very interesting but a very soleino eerelllo
- of dis grae i ng a captain pu:diel e . aud P...oZiir f hdandS were i'Vat'uated. every-
It appears that at West Point, Ys.. C o . thin g moveable being carried o ff an d th e
I, of the 34th New York volunteers. wa- barrm:L, on the latter island burned. In
co l or emnpa „,.. „ n d the di sme , d „,r,„ r 1 the uner!,..m , i.• enemy passed through
was captain. The Colonel Wanted toss. i the u""•' 1 " I"ii"g to "I , ir" " 1 ".vo list'
sign the colors to another company, and i Le ,- .) . Island. At night one Fur
at IVil
at dress parade the captai n retuned to pa- I 3" " I !" "Ilght Ly onz‘4 ..,f the Confed•
rade his company, and even :;tn.k e d oral_ I vratc p:. lll'l3 In di ,. at't - id deaertillg to the
and told the men to refuse to take theta.— en. u :}. 1. r. ';!:d that two heavy guns
He was arrested and tried by a court mar- 1 suer,. ai,andeme..l on our
outer liar-,r ot
de - for mutiny: convicted and would have! la" 3 ,•• ibe enemy are vigilantly observ
been shot. had not Ge n . Mech.'!" ~,,„,. i ell u:ol nil their movements reported : but
muted his senetence. 1 the general opinion is Iliac halt a dozen
.
The eeremony tont; plu 43n „ „ t a ,,, i i,i d. hea;.y gun,: o n l'ole%' Island could hare
The regi,nents '..c.c.. - ;re formed in 1:1)11:aia; ,;(1 L , ';.l illt•Ill out (Jr the river. Their pres-
Divisiom, : Ent - ..1 column wa-; ek.. o ;., :!'n'e lot; .necm:otwil the removal of a
i,•re,, of t:, roil,, and the iosi of the
the Z*:tit. 5 . 0 that it made an unbroken I lara''
r
wont. They were then funned into a 10- i cr"t ,,, and stoek on several plantations.
. ~.
low square; the commanders of regiment,. t , ,i;) ,' l Y' l''''''''' . '"•l "I •
. 'tom e only' JUMPS'
brigades and divisions and' staffs Were is 1 1 ia!ol .Id.• e v e uPs i :pi wee n the enemy had
the l . eater. The F11'1 . .01:43! war: brought in I the 1.:1' . ..• of l'harie,ton, front which they
under s t heavy guard and handcuffed. Titer 1
are d p:: um vight miles as the crow !lies.
marched to the center of the square. Thel
prisoner stepped two paces to the front of
the guard; the officer commanding the
guard then came forward and told the
prisoner to take off his hat. lie then read
in a loud voice the charges. specifi ;talons
and sentence of the court martial, which
was : "That the sword be broken before
his face, that he be publicly disgraced before
the division. and serve oneyear in the Dis
trict of Coltimbiajail: and that it shall be
disgraceful for any soldier of the army of
the Potomac to associate with hint hereaf-
ter." After this was read, a sergeant came
forward and cut all the brass buttons from
his coat, and then took his sword and broke
it in half, saying, as he did so, "I hereby
declare it disgraceful for all men of the
army of the Potomac to associate with this
man hereafter," and then threw the pieces
on the ground. The prisoner was marched
off under the same guard, and we were
marched back to our camp.
Irish News
Irish newspapers, by the late steamers,
present painful details of the distress in
Ireland, which is increasing with frightful
rapidity. At first the suffering was con
fined to a few localities on the western
shores, but now it is becoming more gen
eral and wide spread, and not only the
whole west bat the greater portion of the
south and east begins to feel the press
ure.
At the last weekly meeting of the Mau
span House Belief Committee in Dublin,
subscriptions amounting to $1,290 were
received, and-an unimal number of up.
plicationa for relief were entertained. A
sum of .51,226 was donated in small
amounts, in trust, to clergymen and oth
ters, principally in the counties •of Gal
way, Cork and Mayo.
As an evidence of the increasing dis
tress in Belfast, it is stated that at the
tri
weekly distribution of relief on the 12th
of May, no less than 800 applicants
were supplied with food. On the 16th,
three days after, the applicants number.
ed 900.
A. bill has been introduced in the Eng
lish Parliment to grant a retiring allow
ance to superannuated officers of the Irish
poor law system.
Great excitement has been caused in
the county Derry, by the discovery of
gold dust near .Agliadocy, by some men
while digging a well. The "yellow" was
fonnd twelve feet below the surface.
The extent of the great social revolu
tiim that has quietly been going on in
Ireland for some time, is shown in the fact
that ti e.landed property told under the
operations of the Encumbered Estates
Acts, within-the last twelve
.years, reaches
the enormous rum of 5285,00,000 .
The most of the Catholic hierarchy ofl
Ireland have depidtell to Rome.
The conflagration In the Cork Queen's
College destroyed the entire west wing of
that splendid structure. 'The loss is esti
mated at 550.000. The laboratory, ma.
seam and library, coptainieg valuable
Auld rare ,collectiona-Waviegues, books
and nianuseiliits, were a tdtel and irre•
parable lout.
EMT
,___.n
Jett: Davis ' Residence is satemmappl
D eetreyed•—lalands near Chiseteeteia
Shelled- 410 d at Chatilliateti.-41W
Jitney Ezeentlona by the Cehresliar.-
ales, lice.
We find the subjoined Southern news in
our Northern exchanges :
JetlrDavis' Douse Destroyed.
Prom the Vicksburg Citizen. May 24d.
We learn that the vandals have come.
off their boats sad battered down and ut
terly destroyed fliiiresidence of Jeff Davis,
and also that of Joe Davis.- Their acts of
destruction in that neighborhood were
complete, leaving nothing but a bleak and'
desolate track behind them.
Since the last communication by flag of
truce yesterday morning no change has
been made in the fleet. They still main
tain their old petition, out of reach of our
guns. severalehots have been fired by the
gunboats at our mn on the shore between
Lho lower batteries e and Warrenton, but no
one has been hurt by them. One heavy
shell that did not explode lies off the War
! reutou road.
The Federal fleet in front. of Warrenton
is committing all aorta of depredrtions up
on the people along the shore. Two citi
zens of Warrenton, Mr. Walker and Mr.
Gardner, have been captured and carried
oil to their boats.
We are informed that there is an im
mense amount of sickness among the fed
eral t roops on the transports. It appears
that they have run short of medicines, and'
a p arty of them made a visit to a drug store
in V, arrenton awl sacked it of all its con
tents. One boat. is said to be tilled entire
ly with their sick.
It is the general impression that the en
emy has landed the troops from the trans
ports at some point below this city.
Maurer doubts we have had us to the
ncrtts of our defenses here are now rapid
ty disappearing, and we are assured by the
most competent and experienced military
judges that our works are of such a char
acter as to bid defiance to the enemy.
(':very day is adding to our strength.
Our scouting parties have thus fur effect
ed but very little in harrassing the enemy.
In a little skirmish on Monday they suc
ceeded in wounding five Yankees, but we
also had one of our best men seriously
wounded. So far the Yankees have had
things all their own way, having taken
,me of our cavalry prisoners, captured
several citizens of Warrenton, killed Mr.
Johnston, destroyed Jett Davis' and Joe
Davis' fiirins, and committing IleprAcia
tioi,s (hi libitum everywhere. Why is it that
our scouts C:111fUlt cut off these vandal
parties .'
Have our military- authorities taken any
menus t o put a guard Oh the river above
this city safe for our steamers to
keep plying bet w eun this and the mouth of
the lave? Thu enemy can easily, by
means of yawls and small bat s,
.send a
force aerows the swamp n te this city
to capture an unarmed , r. This
could he effected with very t trouble.
and the enemy has the mea mid the men
t o d o it. Let it not bo said'!t at they out
witted us at Vicksburg.
Th e D.. Soto Depot:building. located
immediately opposite icksb!irg, on the
Louisiana shore, was set on fief last night
and entirely consumed: No attention was
paid to :he fire, every person thinking that
the eonfl.igrathin WILs ordered by our
authorities a.; a beacon light by which
to gate:!; move:neut.. , of the : ssne111: 1 .
Ile story truer runi that the alike. , scouts
cattle tip throu:{l: he Surprised the
guard en watch, and set lire to the build
tno.. The guard escaped to the puint of
the riv,r above , , and made their Why over
to the cite thiq morning.
Anitirs at Charleston.
A letter dated on board a United States
vesseloffCitarleston, May 28th, contains the
following, obtained from "contrabands
Them is great distress among the poorer
classes, and not a little among the chival
ry in I :11;irleston. Half of the stores are
closed. and those that are open haves very
small stock of goods on hand, and no ex
travagance is indulged in by either sex.
Though business is competely paralyzed,
and great distress prevails, great bitterness
and hatred is felt of the Yankee.
The Charlestonians have not been idle.
They have submarine implements of de
struction and death planted in the chan
nel, and an infernal machine submerged
near Fort Sumpter, which is to be tired by
a telegraph which connects with the fort.
They have huge rafts and logs constnicted
for obstructing the entrance of the Yan
kee fleet. They are also constructing, or
about to do so, three iron-clad gunboats,
having the keels of two laid, and all the
timber for the crafts on the spot. They
have about fifty men employed. Unable
to construct an engine, they are going to
remove the old engine from the Lady
Davis to place in one of the new gunboats.
Tremendous efforts are.being put forth to
raise the required amount for their con
struction. Fairs, concerts, and entertain
ments are put into requisition, and men,
women, and children are busy from "morn
to dewy eve'' collecting pennies for the
cause.
There are in Fort Sumpter about five
hundred men, and there are also batteries.
all along the shore, and tugs are employed
to tow up vessels that are fortunate
enough to run the blockade. Provisions
were very high. Fat pork was 50 cents a
pound, meat 75 cents, salt 3 cents per
pound, tea seven dollars, coffee 87 cents,
sugar 80 cents, butter not to be had at
any price, -and rice $1 per peck.
The contrabands report considerable
Union feeling in the city.
Military Eineentionii by the Con.
reiterates at Co.".a
The following is from a letter dated
Corinth, May 28d, published in the Mem
phis Appeal :
Another soldier was yesterday shot for
desertion. During the previous night he
had run by our pickets, but evidently lost
his way, for on approaching the lines
again, the sentinel cried, " Halt I" "0,
I'm all right ; you needn't stop me," was
the response; I'm as good a Federal as
you are."
" What are you doing here ?" said the
•
sentinel..
(I need not mention the purport of the
revelation.)
" Well, I reckon you have got in the
wrong box, lam a Confederate picket,
and you are my prisoner."
The officer of the guard was accordingly
summoned, and the man given into custo
dy. Yesterday be was taken before Gen.
Jackson, and examined. He then frimlay_
confessed that his hash: wis not in the
cause; ' that he was an poglitdman
'and had deserted with theititiation of giv
mg intelligence of our movements to the
ST SOUTHRRN
On Thursday. tho Sth inst.. ASA CHILI/S, son
ofJoseith It. and Cornelia C. Hunter. flgt)d 2 years
and 10 months.
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•
Unsheey's Blood cures Stubborn Ulcers;
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Care moat be taken in purchasing. as
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lea Corner Smithfield and Fourth streets.
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BRnNC". Slight Cold,
cta illaugh.,,,Kaaoseness
glaPe Ohoaat,
120 OV which might be checked
with a simple remedy,
I if neg/ectcd, often, terminates seriously.
Few are aware of the importance of
stopping a Waugh. or '4sYligh.i
Xatel in. its first stags ; that which
in the begriming- would yield to a
mild remedy, if not attended to, soon
attacks the lungs.
g oa uttes4PanchiaLOPachea
were first introduced slam years ago.
It has been proved that they are the
best artinle before the public for
4 1 f1e.0 8 1 Adda, Aig icrtchiLia,
- 7-t ainft,,fo'ci.tztook, the Efacking
Cough in pan aunz fril an , and
numerous affections of the Shiiaat e
giving immediate retie.
Paine Speakers Jr Sheirer•
will find therm effectual for olecCring
and str agthening the voice.
Sold all pruggists and Pecders
in_gedioine, at P 6 coma per box.
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irzeASSOCIATE LA W JIILTDOE
V' DAVID MOM. at present one of the
Associate Law Judges of the Court of Common
Pleas for Allegheny county. will bee candidate
before the Republican County Convsntion, for
nomination for the place he now ocenPlos•
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enemy. Evidence so clear and conclusive
dispensed with the formalities of a court
martial, and the man was taken out and
On the darpreirious (Wednesday) I saw
anotl)er Buffer the lame fate—a spy named
Coon Firris t frdm Paris or Paducah, Tenn.
A more Mattel! death I nevei witnessed.
As ho rode alohg in a rude cart, seated
upon a box which was to be his future bed,
he acted as indifferently as if he were a
spectator, and not the object of the terri
ble preparations.
Wien the vehicle stopped he jumped
out lightly, and waited for the removal of
the coffin. This being done he walked
carelessly to a tree twenty feet distant, the
coffin was placed under it, his handcuff's
unlocked, and for a moment he engaged
in conversation with the officer attending.
him. Ncit a sign of trepidation was visi
ble. The keen black eye was as bold and
•unwavering as ever, and neither cheek
blanched nor muscle quivered. His inter
view terminated, the last words of which,
I was informed, were:—"l die an honest
and innocent man!" He took his seat upon
the coffin; Isis coat was buttoned across
his breast, arms pinioned from behind,
eyes bandaged, and of his own accord he
leaned hack against the tree.
Such *as the imperturbable self-posses
sion of the man, however, that even then,
shut out Irons the world for the last time,
with only an instant bridging the interval
between time and eternity, he took the
pains to make himself eumfbrtable by
moving his head front side to side on the
tree, that it might rest easily upon the
rough edges of the bark. The guard was
then ordered forward three paces, so that
but ten steps separated them from the
culprit. The officer took Isis place at the
right, and in a low tone gave the order,
"Take aim," a few seconds' pause—
" Fire!" A splash of' brains, a sudden
start• a dropping of the head to one side,
a falling of the jaw, and all was over.
The spy had paid the forfeit of his life for
his crime, and the majesty of military law
was vindicated.
Correepundeneo sof the Baltimore Sun.
The Tax Bill—Conilleting Intereats
of
the East and {feat-:H/;h Tariff—lto
Merit. on Landed and Agricultural
C oninitinities—liewenue irons the Tax
on Cotton—The Diplomatic nelaitionx
with Liberia and Hayti. &c.
WaIItINUMN. JUnt•
•
upon the tax and tariff questions, to
which the necessity for a revenue of one
or two hundred millions a year has given
rise, the Eastern and Western States are
brought into contli‘•t. The West, us an
agricultUral country, cannot pay u share
of taxes proportioned to their population.
The chief burden of taxation, no matter
what may be its form, will fall on thy• mil.
die and Eastern States. "Ilia wealth of
the West, consisting in land and agricul
tural products, cannot be subjected to
taxation without greatly ern barrassing
their people. The land tax, imposed at
the last session, is very onerous upon the
West, and some suppose that it cannot be
collected. It will hardly be paid withon;
murmuring.
The new tariff will also bear very hard
upou the West. Many doubted, indeed.
at the ~,t urnencernent of the war. whethi-r
the farmer+ of the We:t would consent to
be taxed for their ten and einfee.
The new tariff which will follow th,• t ax
bill will be much more onerou+ upon the
West.. All the rates under the existing
tariff will probably be increased lit.. lier
cent., and upon some articles the rata will
be further increased.
It is supposed that threi-fiiiirths of the
whole burthen of taxation will, however,
WI upon the Middle and Eastern States.
Manufacture 3, commerce and navigation
are all made to i iny eery heavily. Still, it
has become necessary already toimneiluite
the West by imposing halt It Ceti( a pound
duty on all cotton grown in the country.
and by a promise that the land tax shall
be relinquished atter the tir:+t year.
The rut ton tax would amount to Iwo
millions a year upon the manufacturer S ,
provided their Milli were fully supplied
And employed. The tax upon thu cotton
growers would by, it' full crop: were made,
eight or nine million+, and wimld be tan
tamount to an export duty. Hut there is
no probability that any appreciable amount
of cotton is to reach the tax gatherer for
years to corm'. 8.11 when the cotton crop
of the Amid' shall reach the quantity of
Last rear, and go to tuarket under this tax,
it will be the tromp/niers everywhere that
will pay it, and not the manufacturer. nor
the grower;.
The hill to appoint diplomatic represen.
natives for liztvti and Liberia has passed,
anSul will soon be carried into effect. rom
inertial treaties will he made with those
countries. ;tut it is still a question who.
Cher resident ministers arc to be mutually
appointed and received. This Govern
ment can receive an agent without diplo•
matic recognition. n
First BURL
TEST NEWS BY TELEGRAM
Our Western Army
FORTS PILLOW AND RANDOLPH
EVACUATED ! !
Federal Army in Peaceable
Possession of Memphis.
MUCH PROPERTY DESTRO YEU BY REBELS
SKIRMISH IN ALABAMA
lien. Ham ilemallon and futon In Texas.
Coamrif, June 7.
Ifon. H. M. gTANTON. Secretary 0
War :
Deserters from the enemy report that
' , 'orts Pillow and Randolph were evacua
ed on the 31st ult., and that Davis' flotil
a reaehedMemphisthene x t day andTound
he town nearly abandoned and many
mildings destroyed.
[Signed)
Si. Loris, June 7.—A special dispatch
to the Repeblicau dated Fort Pillow, June
rah, 11 a. m., says : The rebels evacua
ted this Fort on Tuesday night, leaving
one mortar and two guns to answer ns on
Wednesday. The work of destruction has
been coinplete, barracks, hospital, build
ings, horse sheds, forage, barns and three
commissary houses full of stores were
burned. Orem dozen heavyguns were left,
port of which were spiked, the balance
bursted and carriages burned.
A reconnoissance to Fulton, two miles
below, does not reveal the enemy there.—
Combustibles are barningatseveral points,
and it:is feared that mines are underneath the
fortifications, which are unusually strong.
Several heavy guns were easeinated by
heavy wood work thrown over them in the
form of a cover on the river bank, all of I
which were destroyed. No small arms or
camp equipage remained.
The Republican's Cairo correspondent
says : From all information I can gain
there is no doubt but that our fleet steamed 1
directly on Memphis.
Late refugees from Memphis says that I
Dr. Foulkes, of theA valancho, will be one'
of the tirst to raise the federal flag on the
approach of the federal flotilla. They say
that he has preached secession doctrine un
der protest for several months, and has been
twice in prison for his fearless deuuncia
ti.m of the Confederate authorities.
W INGroN. June 7 . - -Dispatches have
been received at the War Department.
front General Mitchell, dated at Hunts
ville. Ala...lune r;th, stating that an ex
pedition 11,m his army, under command
„i• had driven the cue.my,
I.o ininuitd,..l by Ceti. from Win
el,e,ter, through .la. , per, back to Chatta
nooga, mei utterly defeated and routed
at That point. . Baggage wagons,
antmunit ion and supplies have fallen into
our hands. and still more important results
rust •• le,i-ted this mere-
Itegnlimn and l'eannylvaalaaa
at Fortreas Monroe.
Fotatii:As Mosit,r. June ii.—Tlie roi
lowit,g w .1 ound.. arrived •• ~fight in the
steamer State - 1. ".:tine:
/'nited Slat:. I 'hasseni.,- - l.ieut. tieo.
Bern ar d, .. u . C.: cap:. 111. A. Pelmbet„ eo.
F: , ergestilt It. B. !dils.in and private V.
innl,, e.,. K ; Thoma s Knight, eo. K: S.
Murphy..les e Wood, cu. I ) F. Selnaer,
J. Felt.in, 0... A ; 31. :teal, cu. E; corp.)
rah John Esehlez, M. Trusdeli..l. liv en.
en . if : , •orporal James If iff,gd, to. 1; . ~
el'‘'N,t't t A Nl.l it fit:•llt..l..
.•zi.eiy• Third —Sergusint 1:. S. Chalmers.
corporals A. Williams and S. Hullenber
ger. ...r. K : Lieut. IV. Smith. eorporals•J.
Morris. A. C. MoOtash„larites Trent and
11. Austin. arid privates W. W. Hither, .1.
Bagley, 11. Mottatt. eii. A: corp. H. Wha
1e a, en. li: corporal S. Stout, co. A : pri
vate H. R. Gross, e,,. G.
Ninety- 1 hird S. Provesruan, private.
eo. E: sergeant .1. W. Rhodes, co. 11; cor
porals .1. 31. Allen, A. linntiewell, eo. N ;
eortioralJohn F'entz, eo. li.
1 ilty•.sceowl—A. H. Bailey, co. C; If.
Williams, P. Allis, co. 11; privates.
Eighty-Firs!---I•'. Flannigan. Geo. Roo.
ney, en. C. privates.
tine Hundred and Fourth—Jacob Wen•
deli, eo. C: John •French. co. F.
On, Iliouirtd and 7'hird—E. Shear, co.
O.
Thirty- First—Wm. C. Stewart, co. E;
corporal L. C. Elliott, co. C: F. if. Dar•
rah, co. F.
Seventy-Second--dames Flauvell, co. P.
Twenty - Third—Thomas Umsted. co. H;
.1. W. Boorland, co. K; Lieut. Adams,
aid-de-earn,) to Gen. Graham.
FOy- Third—Peter Everett, co. K; W.
Sargent, co. E; corporal Jacob Yuger, co.
Sixty-First—.l. Sterritt, co. C. P. R
Weiner. co. F, privates
Eighty-Fifth—Wu ) . Grover, co. 1, pri
Fifty- Second—Lieut. G. A. Bass, co
Foreign New..
CAVE RACE, June 7.—The steamer North
American, from Liverpool on the 29th ult.,
via Queenstown on the 28th, bound for
Quebec, passed off this point at noon to
day, and was boarded by the press yacht.
The steamships Hammonia and Nova
Scotian arrived out on the 29th.
The ship " Scourge," from Sonrahaya a
to Amsterdam, has been abandoned at se.
The crew were saved.
The Defense Commission, appointed by
the British Government to inquire into the
relative efficiency of iron-plated ships and
fortifications, have made a report, in which
they unanimously came to the conclusion
that the latter must continue to form an
essential feature in the defense of the
country.•
The London Daily News defends Gene
ral Butler's course at New Orleans.
Notice had been given, in the British
House of Commons, of a motion of inquiry
into the relations existing between Eng
land, and the United States Government,
and the Confederates.
The Grand Duke Constantine has been
appointed Viceroy of Poland.
lavvEarom.--Cotton advanced fdbales for
American. Sales of he week 47000 ;
of Friday 10,000 bales t . The mar , ket closed
buoyant. Breadstuffs have an upward ten
dency ; fl our and corn have each advanced
Ad. Provisions dull.
LONDON. — Conents for money are 951;
American secureties steady and unchanged.
The American War In Eurepe.
CAPE RAcE, June 6.—The steamer City
of Washington passed Cape Race this
evening with Liverpool dates to the 28th
ult. The steamer America arrived out on
the 25th, and the Etna on the 28th ult.
The London Morning Post learns that
in the absence of any law hearing, o n; the
case of the ship Emily St. Pierre, that tip
E nglish government will refuse to retaini
The surrender of Norfolk and the de
struction of the Merrimac is regarded ar
the retirement of the South fromithe emit
test on the water. The rule
Butter in NOYCOdeMie '
essusivelytailimisitebarsb. The Ent
Bah political mows is uniampartsat
JAN .P. BARIt,
Lieut. Lingley has just informed me
that the following men of Snap's battery
have reported here: J. Jos. Sietoro,
Joseph Robinson, Isaac Edgar and J. P.
B. Shriver is in the hospitalat Front Royal
sick. Corporal Robinson was not killed,
as reported, but is a prisoner. T. A.
News from Texas.
KANSAS CITY, June 7—The Santa Fe
mail dates to 26th ult. arrived.
The Texans had reached Messina with
five pieces of Artillery and seven wagons.
It is said that, after stopping at Fort Fill
more to recruit their exhausted energy,
they will continue their homeward•bound
march.,
General Sibley is reported to be at Fort
Bliss, far in advance of his command,
taking care of himself. Captain Cray
ton, who followed the trail of the enemy's
retreat, reports that it bears evidence
of suffering and destruction from one end
to the other. Some remains of men were
found in some places which had not been
interred, while others partially interred
had been exhumed by wolves and the flesh
devoured. The trains of wagons, ambu
lances and caissons abandoned, cascades
of mules and horses marked the line of re
treat. Great discontent prevailed among
the people in the territory, owing to the
partial disbanding of the volunteers.
Advices from Fort Craig to the 24th
ultimo, state that early on the morning of
the 23d, Capt. Tilford, who was stationed
with 35 or 40 men on the East side of the
Rio Grande, seven miles below Fort Craig.
received a summons to surrender to a band
of 200 Texans supposed to be a straggling
gperrrillakrarty of Sibley's command.
He refusedto do so and immediately gave
battle, and fought three hours. when he
retreated to Fort Craig, with a loss of
three wounded. Three of his men were
drowned while crossing the river. The
Texans' loss is not known. I' wo com
panies of Colorado Volunteers were im
mediately sent in pursuit of the Texans.
H. W. HALLECC,
Major General
Front Kentucky.
•
LOCISVILLE, June 7.—The Secretary of
War has authorised Gee. Boyle to raise a
Kentucky cavalry regiment. He has em
powered Col. Leonidas Metcalf to 'mend
to this matter.
A letter to the Democrat, from Clinton
county says Champ Ferguson's men, of
Morgans's cavalry, are murdering, robbing
and committing ravages of all kinds at Tom
' kinville Monroe county, Ky.
Yesterday Captain McCulloch, of the
Ninth Pennsylvania cavalry, with sixty
five met!, was attacked by one hundred of
Morgan s men under Captain Hamilton.
McCulloch and Hamilton were killed and
three men wounded on each side. The
rebel cavalry were driven off.
Penni,"leant& Wounded at Fort-
rens Monroe.
FORTRESS MONROE, June 7.—The strum
er B. Spaulding arrived here yesterday af
ternoon with the following wounded front
White House:
103 d Pa., F. H. Haines, Samuel Stew
art, Hinek.
.17th Pa., Corporal Martin C. Belling s.
co. B: Win. Foster.
61st Pa, Co. D, Albert (1. Graff; 170.
K, Sergeant Jacob Grubbs.
63d Pa., Co. B, Corp. Andrew Raheo.
103 d Pa., Co. F, Michael AlcNorry.
524 Pa.. Co. 0, Corporal David Phil
lips.
east Pa., Co. F. John Pricer.
521 Pa., Harry Dinerick.
981 Pa„ Co . G. John Smithenger.
104th Pa., Co. F, John Stokes.
031 Pa., S. W. Harrison, Henry Miller.
231 Pa., Co. 0, John Reese.
Gast Pa., Jos. Donohue; Co. A. John
W. Brewer.
101st Pa., Co. I. Corporal 0. W. Spiese.
52 Pa., Co. C, Henry E. King.
81st Pa., W. Blumbim.
SPA Pa., Charles Boswell.
• 23d Pa., William Blair.
10Ist I. John Fritz.
53d Pa., E. J. Henderson.
.Ast Pa., Co. B, C. Bantash.
104th Pa., John 0. Daniels.
rid Pa., Co. I, L. Scott : Co. K, G. W.
Feinstein.
01st Pa., Co. I. W. Rice ; .1. McCorts.
1041 th Pa., Co. E. Capt. F. H. Achuff.
Ist California, Lieut. F. A. Donaldson.
23d Pa., Thomas McCann.
101st Pa., Co. H, Capt A. W. Taylor.
10541 i Pa., Co. F, James O'Brien.
Latest News from Texas.
New Yost, June 7.—The Tribune of to
day says : "We learn through a private
channel in which we confide that the Union
ists of Texas will soon be heard from. We
understand that their arrangements for re•
storing their State to the Union have been
quietly matured, and that they have before
this thrown the old flag to the breeze un
der the lead of General Sam Houston.—
Though we wish the Kansas expedition,
Southwardly planned and organized last
winter had been prosecuted. We cherish
strong'hopes that the rebels of Texas will
soon turn up missing, and that old Sam
and Uncle Samwill have possession of the
State. We await tidings with lively in
terest."
IdWoe Badger's Body.
BAl.Tnioali,. June 7.—The Old Point
boat has arrived. She brings the body of
Major Badger of Philadelphia, which has
been sent on by the railroad train.
The steamer Belvidereffrom New York
for Beaufort, put into Old Point, during
Thursday night, having broken some part
of her machinery during the storm.
The steamer S. R. Spaulding has arrived
this forenoon from the Painunky river with
the wounded. She proceeded to the Ma
rine Hospital at Portsmouth where about
twenty-five of the most serious cases were
put off.
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Arrival or the Daniel Webster.
BOSTON, June 7.—The steamer Daniel
Webster arrived at this port to-day. Her
wounded are mainly from the Middle
States. The Outlast R. R. Cuyler, from
New Orleans, has also arrived.
James Trabue Released.
LonisvtLLE, Juni6.—James Trabue was
released today, on taking the oath of alle
giance and giving the required bonds.
Departure or tie liberalists.
Nrw Yon', June 7.—The Steamer Hi.
bernian sailed to-day with two hundred
and forty-three passengers.
Fire 1 Quebee.
Qcrasc, June 7.—A fire this morning
destroyed one hundred and twenty houses
in the suburbs. They were mostly wood
en structures.
CantolJune 7.—The oporator at New
Madrid telegraphs-that the steamer Platte
Valley, from Memphis direct, passed, en
route &rCairo Our forces are twundis
pined pimsession of that city._
- Correalibildukt. 1 141119M_ L . ,
Imeurams, Jane 7 . -- The•Mobtle Newa
of theltistamtainsaabiet °Aitken Bow
E wa, boatel/ins- correspond - eats within
twenty-five miles of liaeo r also-tor
o b h id i e et t th e army t h ei r w i tng
ofice.
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Till VIII' Mgt LMA:
Special dispatch to the Nat '
RECTORTOWN, Jund 8,
Editor Daily Post
lindens id' the , Cap•
or Xenoliths.-
Cstjto7, .111 e B.—The regular
PlatteliVille4the first boat throng=
liemilMs, mitred this morning.
'Oneforiwiflire in possess ion of Mem
phis. Out five sunbeam and
eighttatiWAeft Fort Wright two o'clock
Thariday morning. Finding no obstruc
tions at Fort Randolph, the flotilla pegged
on, and eight o'clock Thursday evening
the gunboats anchored two miles above
Memphis, the rams remaining a short die
tance above. A reconiroisance,Witetbsii.
made. The enemy's fleet, coawp of
the following vessels, viz : - Getter&
'Dorn, flag-ship Gen. Price, GeMAkstga
Gen. Lovell. Jeff. Thompson, Beenrigeid,
Sumter, and Little Rebel, were dismii
ered lying near Memphis. ' .
During t g
he nihtnd at daylight were out
of sight, but half an hour afterwards were
seen coming up, formed in line of bade: -
Oar gunboats had in the meantime weigh
ed anchor, and, followed by several tin*
moved slowly toward the rebel fleet, -
a shot from the Little Rebel, from a Hied
gun of long range, fell within a short dis- •
tance of the gunboat Cairo, which Wis
in
advance. The Cairo replied with a broad-
side. The engagement soon became gun.
era: at long range. Our rams had in the
meantime advanced, and the rebel ram
Beauregard being some distance in ad.;
vance, was singled out by the Federal
rams Monarch and Queen of the West,
each striving to be the first to strike ; the
rebel craft. The Monarch succeeded in
striking her amidships, almost cutting her
in two, and causing her to fill and sink
immediately in the channel directly oppo
site the city. At this juncture the Little
Rebel made a dash at the Monarch, which
by this time was in the midst of .the rebel
fleet, but by vie skillful management of --
the pilot of the latter she dropped out of
the way;and the blow intended for her
struck the rebel boat General Price, tak
ing away her wheel, and making it neces
sary for her to run ashore, where she sent
shot which unfortunately for he rebels -
struck the boat General Lovell, rendering
her unmanageble. Immediately after she
was run down by the Queen of the West.
A broadside from the Benton took effect
in the sides of the Jeff. Thompson, which
ran ashore, and was soon after in flames
and burned to the water's edge.
Four rebel gunboats having been disa
bled, the remainder of their fleet retreated
down the river pursued by otir boats, firing
as they advanced, resulting in the capture
of the Sumter, Bragg and Little Rebel,
which hnd been abandoned. by most 'of '
their crews. Capt. Montgomery, Flag
Officer, and Men, succeeded in making
their escape in the woods on the Arkansas
shore.
The federal raw Lancaster was struck
early in the engagement and slightly dhoti . -
bled. Col. Ellett, commending federal
rams, was struck in the breast by a splin
ter and stunned temporarily, but soon re
covered, and continued on deck through
out the engagement ; this was the only
castudity on our side. Our rams were
manned by sharpshooters, mostly from
Illinois, who did good execution, picking
off. the enemy's gunners at every opportu
nity. The rebel loss- killed, wounded and.
prisoners is heavy, but not yet fully ascer
tained. Our tugs are busily engaged pick
ing in crews from their disabled boats.
After the return of the gunboats from
the pursuit, Commodore Davis sent the
following note to the Mayor of the city :.
f•NiT,t) srAns FUG STEI.UER BENTON, t
haveSt reAspectfullyJune
to request that
you will surrender the City of Memphis to
the United States, which I have the honor
.to represent. I am, Mr. Mayor, with high
respect, your obedient servant,
(Signed.) C. H. DAVIS,
Flag Officer.
In reply, the Mayor said : "Four note
has been received. In reply I have only
to say, as a civil authority, I have no
means of defense, and by force of circum
stances the city is in your hands."
Immediately after a boats crew landed
and the National Flag was hoisted over the
Post Office. The party was - followed by
an excited crowd, but were-not interfered
with. The 43d and 46th Indiana regiments •
now occupy the place, Col. Fitch in com
mand. The city is quiet and-no demon
strations whatever have been made. It is
even asserted not. to be necessary to de-.
clare martial law. Five of our gunboats
now lie abreast of the city. We captured
five large steamers which were moored at
levee. The rebels burned - a new gun
hoetwhich was nearly ready tobelaunched,
The Vicksburg Whig, of the 4th inst.,
says the federals have landed six thousand
troops at Baton Rouge.
The Memphis Avalanche, of the 6th inst.,
says that the locomotives recently ran off
by the railroad employees have. been re,-
covered. The same paper says all bridges
between Memphis and Humboldt have
been destroyed.
Attacked by Rebel Cavalry. •
Lorisvii.LE rill Nasuviu, June B.
A Vnion meeting was held' at Shelby
ville yesterday. Three thousand people,,
including one hundred ladies, were pres
ent. Speeches were made by. Gov
ernor Johnson, W. H. Whin Esq. and
Colonel May. Six - hundred of Steven's
rebel cavalry attacked sixty scouts of Ler'.
tees Third Minnesota while brealkfenting
near Reading, twelve miles front Murfrees
boro, killing six and capturing all the reit
but five. The rebels afterward mur
dered several of their prisoner...—
The scouts belonged to Wyncoop'. cep
alrv.
An attack on Murfreesboro' is expected
and forces have been despatched.
The course of the Vallandinghtun clique
excites great indignation-among the Ten
nessee loyalists.
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