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THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 19.
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DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CON-
VENTION
The proceedings of the Convention,
held yesterday, in the Court House, will
be found in the local department of our
paper. The attendance, simply to elect
delegates to a State Convention, (consider
ing the awful condition of the roads, and
the torrents of rain commencing the even
ing before and continuing all of yester
day) was nnprecedentedly large. From
all parts of the county the intelligence is
cheering. The people are deliberately
considering the condition of the country,
and are rapidly coming to the conclusion
that the party in power are unfit and un
able, with their narrow prejudices, to
govern a country of the magnitude of the
United States.
AN INSIDE VIEW
The late Col. Benton, in receiving, in
the name of Congress, the sword worn by
Gen. Jackson in the battle of New Or
leans, gave what he called an inside view
of the manner in which the General re
ceived his commission from the, govern
ment.• This address of Benton's is very
interesting, showing, as it does, that great
things are sometimes the result of unknown
agencies. The country is aware of the
great-achievements of Oen. Jackson, but
very few are aware of the contingency,
which so unexpectedly arose, giving him
an opportunity to achieve them.
In the present conflict of our govern
ment with rebellion, the eyes of our people
are upon the President, the War Depart
ment and onr leading Generals : we have
indeed, no idea of the thousands of com
prehensive suggestions given to those dis
tinguished persons by men of modesty,
who would shrink even from receiving
their country's gratitude. Men who do
not occupy exalted positions in the coun
try are not expected to be able to direct
its destinies. What a lamentable blunder?
With these few observations we direct the
renders attention to the following extract
of a speech delivered by Hon. Thomas
Williams, in the House of Representatives,
at Harrisburg, last winter, and see how
much the country is indebted to that gen
tleman from his opportune suggestions to
the War Department. The speech is pub
lished in yesterday's Gazette. After a
proper compliment to Mr. Stanton, Mr.
Williams proceeded and said :
I hurried to Washington for the purpose
of seeing him. I portrayed in language
as strong as I could utter the calamitous
condition of the country. I insisted that
we were losing caste amongst the nations
—that the very unmolested presence of a
rebel army beyond the Potomac and in
view of our very capital, was a standing
menace which was worse than a dozen de
feats—that no government could safely
stop to
.inquire whether it was strong
enough to put down a rebellion—that it
were better for us to lose a battle, or even
an army, than to endure this reproach
and humiliation—that we could not afford
to stand thus throughout the winter, and
that our armies crust move, and the Re
public at once fight its_way hack to the
high position which it had lost, without
regard either to rough weather or hesita
ting Generals.. His answer was : I real
ize fully the force of all you say. I agree
with you that the army must move. If my
coons* can avail, it must and shall move
—and it did -move—and now behold !
The telegraphic wires flash upon us from
dhy to day almost with the rapidity of
minute guns the announcement of victo
ries on victories, so multiplied and mul
tiplYing, that even memory fails to re
hearse the catalogue.
It is but proper to remark that this
speech of Mr. Williams has, until within a
-few days, been entirely overlooked, and,
even now, it is published not with the con
sent or knowledge of its talented author,
but simply to oblige an admiring corres
pondent who introduces it with some high
ly complimentary observations. Doesn't
this speech strongly prove the force of our
previous observations? Here we have it
demonstrated as clearly as proofs of holy
writ, tbat our fellow citizen's hurried visit
to Washington; his portrayal of the calam
itous condition of our country, and his em
phatic they "must move" and they did,
absolutely saved us from impending ruin.
Like a thousand matters of mighty import,
this important incident would have been
lost in oblivion had not the Gazette fur
nished it for publication. All the success
es of the war would have been divided be
tween the Administration and our Gen
erals, while the name of the saviour of our
government would never have descended
- - - • •
to a gratefulposterity. But happily, how
ever, this is not the case, and no one re
joices in it more than we do ourselves
The, question here naturally suggests it
self, why is this intelligent giant ; this sa
gacions genius, and profound jurist, per
mitted to - waste his precious time among
the thick-headed bush-whackers of the
Pennsylvania Legislature ? Why is this
eagle, whose pinions at a single flap,
cleaves the fiercest storm, suffered to
match upon dunghills with barn-yard
fowls! Why is he not kept in Washington,
constantly, where the President and Gen
eral Stanton could avail themselves of his
quick conceptions, combinations and con
clusions? We have in Congress from this
State, men who do not claim to do any
thing beyond boring for contracts, while
Mr. Williams itpermitted to fritter away
his precious winless" : in Harrisburg, in un-
availing eontroversies about the monopo
lising investments of the Supreme Judges.
What are the Judge - s, the tonnage tax, and
the exactions of bond holders, compared
to the life of our nation ? It the Repub
licans of this district have any apprecia
tion of Mr. Williams, they should not
pause in sending him to Congress.
ILTIIID IN a PRIZE Pionr.—Andy Love
and Nike Fasin quarrelled at St. Louis on
S un d a y jog, and agreed to fight it out se
cordingtethe rules of the prize ring. They
fought thirty-five rounds, when Love fell
exhanetid and died in a few hours.
ofrForney, who up nnt<l 't. 111 :1 . day
~gtgommli - joined the cc:R . o4ly
4r91• was that most abjectitady
and 9rafferife4lhifles to him now as follows:
"atolls have sadly proved4oo(fl3reel
inridge had been elected, foitritimitleOxid
have found thefree States without a coun
try save that which was controlled by the
institution of slavery. The rebellion of
1861-'6 .is the voice of the devil proclaim.
ing that, in the event of the election of
Breckinridge in 1860, TOUR YEARS MORE
WOIILD HAVE POUND US A SLAVE MONARCHY!
All the: italics, small caps and exclal
mations in this paragraph, are Forney's
own. Emphatic, however, as they arc,
they do not inform us bow that "slave
monarchy" was to have been established.
Was the constitutton to be destroyed, the
rights of the States crushed out, and an
empire proclaimed? and, if so, how was it
all be done? Was New Englatutto be
compelled to establish slavery, or be
treated as rebels if they did not ? If For
ney was in the seerefs of the conspirators,
he ought to give ns the modus operanda of
their intended "monarchy."
What a wretch this fellow Forney is ?
From the loudest and most blatent pro
slavery tool in the entire North, Ile - has,
in two or three years, become the most in
famous and reckless of Abolitionists, tor
turing his inflamed brain to produce such
nonsense as the above paragraph.
The Gazette, after swallowing this dose
of arsenic, produces the following :
" And yet such traitors as Vallanding
ham, and such Democratic paper as the
Pittsburgh Pott, are laboring to bring
about the resurrection of a party to restore
the rule of men and principles in sym
pathy and harmony with the Brecliinridyc
rebels.
The Post is laboring to bring about the
triumph of principles which will restore
the 'Union, punish Breckinridge, and ex
pel such lying scoundrels as Forney from
the public service; and the Gazette stating
the contrary, simply tells a most infittnons
and unmitigated falsehood.
Democratic Resolutions
The following sensible and patriotic
resolutions were unanimously adopted I.y
the Democracy or Ohio towusb;p
National Democracy will endors,• them:
Resolved. That the Denton-rati.• party
has always recognized the Supreme Au
thority of the Government, and has always
performed the co-relative duty of obeying
it. In times of foreign war and doinestic
violence, it regards this duty as most sa
cred and, therefore, has during our politi •
cal existence always been on Nee side
the country.
Resolved, That the otter, twelve mouths
ago, to forego party nominations. while it
met: the approval of a large number of Re
publicans, only developed the partizan and
extreme views of the ultra leaders of that
political organization, and has demonstra
ted the necessity of the Democratic party
of Allegheny county erecting a platform
out of the timbers of the Constitutmmupo n
which all patriotic and good men San
stand.
Resolved, That we yield a willing obe
dience and support to the Government in
its efforts to bring thls monstrous rebellion
to a close by prosecuting the war with
vigor to that end. To preserve the life of
the nation is the ardent wish of every
democrat, and while that life is threatened,
all other objects are forgotten. Restora•
tion Is our watchword ! Restore the Con
stitution, restore the laws, re , 4 ore p,ave •
and then will prosperity and happines, he
,restored throughout the laud.
Resolved, That this Government
now only be re-established in its rightful
authority, by banishing from the Councils
of the Nation all bigots, propogandists and
reformers, whose mission it is to destroy
good governments and establish bad ones.
Resolved, That a period of civil war is
not a time to remodel a form of govern
ment. Restoration first, and if desirable,
modification afterwards.
Rego/red, That the leaders of the rebel
lion in the South and the leaven of the Re
publican party of the North are alike op
posed to the Constitution of 1:87, and that
the Democratic party is the only great po
litical organization which recognizes the
full obligations to the government ender
which we live and the Constitution which
we are endeavoring to extend over the
rebellious States.
Resolved, That mabadruinistration of
the finances of the nation, and the wicked
plundering of the Treasury, is fast bring
ing the people to poverty, and will, if not
checked, ruin the people of the present
generation.
Resolved, That we coudeuin the paper
scheme of the Secretary of the Treasury as
opposed to the teachings of the founders
and the pillars of the Democratic party,
and of the experience of all commercial
nations. An irredeemable currency of
solecism in commerce. It is a mere expe
dient of insolvency submitted to in certain
cases rather than justified.
Resolved, That the self-sacrificing to
their country, and the noble heroism of
our volunteer soldiers, is the pride, as it
is the sure guarantee, of the ultimate safe
ty of the nation.
A BRIEF DEFINITION.
Hon. Andrew Johnson, Governor of
Tennessee, in a speech at Columbia, in
that State, on the 2d inst., gave his audi
ence the following brief definition of a dig
unionist :
"An Abolitionist is a Disunionist. A
Disunionist is a Secessionist. A Seces
sionist is a Disunionist. A Disunionist is
an Abolitionist. Therefore a Secessionist
is an Abolitionist. There is not a particle
of difference between them. Here is the
nation tossed and rent almost in twain by
these unprincipled and ambitious office
hunters. Now there is a great middle class
who lie between these extremes, who must
come up and save the Union. The mass
of the Southern people are for the Union.
The great mass of the Republicans are op
posed to the Abolitionists. The body of
the people everywhere will prove true to
the Union. All this slavery talk is a mere
pretext, whose flimsiness is transparent.''
Black vs. White Labor.
The Dayton Empire says that many of
the Republican nabobs of. that place are
discharging white men and women from
their employ, and hiring in their , places
the recently arrived "contrabands,' whose
services they get at very low prices—as
low as eight cents per day in some instances.
We learn that in the lower part of Bucks
county, in our own State, the Abolition
ists are doing the same thing. We could
name a dozen leading Abolition families
in that county, who have disbharged their
white "help," and employed runaway
slaves, because they can get them much
cheaper than white laborers. We have
already published the fact that, in Frank
lin and West Chester counties,. white
people are thus being crowded from their
places by the freed negroes from the Dis
trict of Columbia and•the runaway slaves
now swarming into Pennsylvania from the
South, and we doubt not there are many
other counties in this State in which these
crearitrabands" are crowding white men and
wo out of places and out of work. A
little &will reveal to the laboring white
men of Zemin and other free States
that thi s • of black laborers threatens
to deprive th of their breed and butter.
If the eettemege in Congress succeed in
z
th
1 , 7 sir peostleeme, white men 11ixiiissed
to ooligrato
sad such Stems as pro to Illinois
luibit mimes from
coming within their borders. —Philadel
phia Awning Mama.
The Thirty-Piret Pei, tia at
Pair Oaks,. ~, 4:,-,
We have always believed in rer4ernigi
. _..
"honor to whom honor is due"And.lhero:
fore cheerftilly-give place.to the followi ng
card from Colonel D. H. Williams, ofthe
Thirty-firstPennaylvania, to)pluce his regi
ment "right on the record:" •
Its A laott.t RTERS 31ST PENN'A VOLUNTEERS t
CAMP FAIR OAKS. VA, June 11. )
EEITOR POST : The Freiheit's Freund,
a German paper published in Pittsburgh,
contains a statement in its issue of the
7th of.fune, purporting to come from Lieu
tenant Gould of the 61st (Col. Rippey's)
regiment, in which this regiment (the 31st)
is one of some regiments on their left
"which ran" leaving them in tke fight. -
This regiment was as long under fire in the
battle of May 31st as any regiment in the
army of the Potomac; it was not at any
time on the left of Col. Rippey's regiment
daring the engagement. This regiment
was one of those regiments that did not
run at any period of the engagement.—
Side by side with Col. John Cochrane's
Ist United States Chasseurs, we withstood
the most fierce assaults of the enemy's
choicest troops for two hours—for four
hours afterward we were engaged in taking
care of the enemy's wounded.
We have it from prisoners, that Magru
der commanded the troops opposed to us
in person, who made a most desperate at
tempt to capture what is said to have been
formerly Magruder's, now Itickett's bat
tery. but, after two hours of fierce attack,
withdrew his men, with the remark that.
"all hell could not stand that fire.'' mean
ing ours. It was this battery we defended,
and ourme.n slept on the field where they
fought, and were ready to tight again in the
morning.
Newspapers may be justifiable in picking
up news from all quarters, but they
should be careful about publishing any
thing which might injure others, unless
first sure that it is correct and deserved.
Your paper of Saturday, June 7th, is in
camp, and contains no notice whatever of ,
the action of our regiment.
Enclosed you will find an extract from
the New York Herald of.fune sth, which
contains a tolerably fair notice of our posi•
tion and share in the fight. it was not the
first "17.11ey that settled that
.fight,r . but the
first, almig with the thirty-nine which fol
lowed, no doubt had its desired effect. We
can afford to wait for justice from the offi
cial reports. when they shall be made pub
lic: meanwhile a due regard to the merits
of brave men, and the fair fame of our
Pennsylvania troops demand that the im
ymtation upon the lllst, by Lieut. (lould,
should not go uncontradieted.
• I). If. %% I I.I.IAMS,
Col, ::I,t jst2d t PenMa Volunteers.
The following extracts from the Her
ald's correspondence show the position of
the regiment during the battle and the part
it. took in the engagement:
When the enemy finally forced our posi
tion on the Nine Mile road, the greater
part of Casey's division fell back in the
direction of the Williamsburg road : but
the General himself, with a smaller body,
being near to Fair Oak station, fell back
across the railroad, and was thus cut off
front the army. As soon as this was ascer
tained he prepared to make the best of it.
He examined his position carefully, sent
Men to beat tip all the roads, and espec
ially along the New Bridge road, to see if
Sumner might not lie near. The force
with con 't was tbut.il to consist of fitit
regiim•nts.--the First New York Chasseurs.
Col. Cochrane:The 62,1 New York i Ander
son imiare:), Colonel Riker; the 7th Nfas
suchusetts, Colonel Russell, and the llst
Pennsylvania, Col. Williams, and Brady's
battery of four pieces. His position was
in a large open tieid, in an angle between
the railroad and a road that runs from the
Fair Oak station Northward towards New
Bridge. tto the West was a dense wood,
front which the enemy might emerge at.
any moment, and on the South was the
railroad and A fringe of wood through
which they could Cross fl.r a flank attack.
Whether he had any road for retreat the
I /eneral did not yet know, so he formed
two lines of battle—one toward the rail
road, with a section of lirady's battery.
supported by the Massachusetts Seventh
another towards the wood to the West,
with the other section of the battery sup
ported by the Anderson Zouaves. with
the 71st Pennsylvania and the First Chas
scum formed close in the edge of the wood,
under cover of a rail fence.
Lieut. Edwards, who had ridden down
the New Bridge road, came back with
word that Sedgwick's division was only
two miles away. Couch knew that he
could hold his ground till they came, so he
was saved the misfortune of defeat. They
hurried off' and eame up at half-past five
o'clock, General Sumner with them. No
change was made in Couch's dispositions,
save in the comparative strength with
which either line was held. The First
Minnesota ' Colom:1 Sally, was fi m n
led o
the right of the Chassenrs, and Itickett's
battery of Napoleon's to the left of the
Thirty-first. All the rest of the division
was formed on the line towards the rail
road.
As soon as the line of the envy's ad
vance was known, Rickett's opened
and threw grape and cani to the
wood with great effect. It' as not
idle either. One wounded N • arolina
regiment, taken from the fild the next
day, says that his regiment Piraly; went a
5
dozen yards beyond the spot where he fell
until it broke. It could not Ike rallied.
But the line kept on till it was in\ the edge ,
of the wood and within ten paces of
where the Thirty-first Pennsylvania, the
First Chasseurs and the First Minnesota
lay on their faces, between the rebels and
the battery. The rebels could not iee them,
and as they came to the edge of the wood
they delivered one volley at the Anderson
Zouavea in the field farther out. That
volley killed Col. Riker, and the Zouaves
broke and ran. Yet they only ran twenty
yards, when they were rallied.
No sooner had the rebels, by that vol
ley, emptied their guns, than the three
regiments that had been lying down arose
to their feet and poured a volley in at al
most no distance at all. That volley set
tled that fight. Through the wood in
front of that line the rebels lay dead and
wounded in heaps. Brigadier General A.
C. Davis was found dead there, and Brig
adier General Pettigrew, wounded and
his horse killed, was there taken prisoner.
When the rebel line advanced in the wood,
Gorman's brigade, from the line of battle
on the railroad, was thrown forward on
the right flank of the rebel line to turn it ;
but when the musketry broke that line,
and the rebels fell into confusion, the bri
gade pressed forward, and so cut off and
drove in a large number of prisoners.
_ _
Who is Colonel Cluseret ?
Col. Cluseret, of the conduct. of whose
brigade, in the battle of Cross Keys, Gen
eral Fremont speyks in complimentary
terms, is a French officer of eighteen years
service. He was with Garibaldi in two
separate campaigns, and bore a letter from
him to General McClellan. He was com
mended to Senator Sumner by the French
historian Henri Marpin, and has proved
himself a gallant soldier.
Dictator Roses Sentenced
A letter from Buenos Ayers says :
After a tedious trial, which has progress.
ed for ten years. General Don Juan Man
uel Routs, once the dictator in the Argen.
tine Confederation, has been condemned
to death, and his property to confiscation.
He was not present in any of his trial,
nor will in reali h at all. No one
is willing to purchase • lett:, property, as
all believe that in time his heirs will be re
possessed °fall that he now claims. Re
it in sedation ' and it is said that he is
closing an arbitrary and bloody eareerwith
devotion to literature.
PROM • /
- Pr" •the
a... 4
Ad.:XS-
t w lintWhetraviaEr Fi 4P
Cam*P -
uaan_d " was the
fall of the great Crescent City, the effect'
of the event hereabouts has been most sal
utary. It has taught our people not to re
pose too blind a confidence in the defenses
which our military :men style impregnable;
and it has spurred up our entire porittla.
tion, Civilians and soldiery, to redoubled
and untiring efforts in order to place be
yond hazard the security of this noble city,
which, in addition to its intrinsic impor
tance. possesses a political and revolution
ary prestige, all its own, which has won
for it the title of "The Cradle of the Re
bellion.- The city is stripping for the
terrible wrestle in which, sooner or later,
if the war lasts, it must (wage. Gradu
ally, but steadily, the non-combatant por
tion of the population is seeking refuge in
the back country of this Stateand Georgia,
Every train that leaves our depot fur the
interior is gorged with refbgee familicsand
their furniture and effects. The up-coun
try towns are already filled with women and
children from Charleston and the sea
board generally; and, if the exodus con
tinues at the present rate for a few weeks
longer, the city will be literally reduced
to its fighting population. Already one
cannot walk in the streets without noticing
the change that the last month has wrought.
King street, thegreut retail thoroughfare,
erst the scene of multitudinous crinoline,
busy shopping and continuous promenade,
is now dull and comparatively deserted.
The Battery trottoir, the pride of Charles
ten, and usually the favorite resort of
those who care to enjoy a walk, with the
fresh sea breeze blowing in their faces, is
now paced only by the sentinels in home
spun; White Garden, the Paradise of nur
ses and romping children, on baby airing
days, has become a regimental camp
ground; and, in common with our Champ
de Mars, the "Citadel Green," is now
whitened by day with the tents, and light
ed up by night with the camp tires of our
troops.
So frequent, of late, have been the dc•
sertions of knowing "contrabauds" to the
enemy, that I run no risk of revealing to
the Yankees what they do not know, when
I say that Charleston is belted round on
every side with powerful fortifications,
covering its land approaches. The har
bor entrance is guarded on either side by
the tremeudons batteries of Fort Sumpter
and Moultrie, about a mile apart; and
there is good reason to doubt whether
even a fleet of Monitors could ever run
the gauntlet ago terrible a cross fire with
out being disabled. But even supposing
that seviral iron-clads should succeed in
gaining the interior of our harbor, there
would still be no necessity for the surren
der either of the forts or of the city. The
cornier tire well garrisoned, well provis
ioned, and will, I think, in any event,
make a defence that will do credit to the
cause. As for - the city, the Governor
and Supreme Executive Council of
SouthCe.rolina have, on behalf of the
State, notified the Confederate command
ers that they would prefer to see Charles
ton razed to the ground and its assailants
beaten oft' than to see it, as it stands, sur
rendered or evacuated on any terms what
ever. Thus the Confederate government
has the solemn sanction of the State to
defend her commercial metropolis "at all
hazards and to the last extremity," and
great indeed will he the public chagrin and
disappointment if, for any reason what
ever, the government should fail to avail
itself of this sanction. We all f•el that
nest to the i•apital Charleston is by far
the most important position now held by
the Confederacy, and, regardless of all con
siderations o f money, pains, blood and the
' strategy ,if the back track, we want a
deperate, st arid successful defence.
There is no lack of devotion on th e p av t
of the great mass of the people; but there
is, 1 fear, a lack of a muster mind to or
y,anize and dispose to the best advantage
the men and material we have a waila-
He for the purposes of defence--one to
Whom all could look with that confidence
and reliance which, as between soldiers
and their commander, is the frerunner
of victory. Yet, when the day of battle
approaches, it may happen that those
wh o se military merits are now least recog
nized among the people will prove them
selves the worthiest to command. I trust
that it may be so. " Georgetown
was some months ago defended by batter
ies; but these have since been removed by
order of Gen. Pemberton, who, since
Gen. Lee left, holds the supreme com
mand over the Georgia and South ('aro•
lina coast. Gen. R. S. Ripley, who has
hitherto held the immediate command
over Charleston anti the military district
of which the city is the centre, has been
transferred to Virginia, where he will he
assigned to an active command in the field.
His successor here will be Gen. Hugh
W. 'Mercer. This officer was educated at
West Point, but left the - United States
Army in 1835, his rank at that tine• being
First Lieutenant of artillery.
Boston Boot and Shoe Market.
The Shoe and Leather Reporter says
"There is no change to report in the boot
and shoe market. Our manufacturers are
turning their attention to the approaching
fall, sale and speculating upon the pros
pects of a more extended trade than they
have enjoyed for the past year. Letters
from Southern dealers are generally rather
circumspect, and it is clear thai a majority
of them are, waiting for a full settlement
of difficulties before committing them
selves. In the meantime, some goods
have been sent on speculation to different
points, but the total amount of these is a
mere trifle. There is a fair demand from
the home trade, and also from-New York
and the West, and the shipments are rea
sonably large for the season."
Saratoga Empire Spring Water.
THIROUGIKOUT ALL SECTIONS OF
the country the valuable properties of this
water are well known, Indigestion or Dyspep
sia, Constipation, Nervous Debility, Loas of Ag•
petite, and Common Colds disappear before its
renovating power. Unlike most mineral waters,
it has a pleasant taste, with a pungency and live
liness, which makes it as agreeable as soda water.
Sold wholesale and retail by
jolt SIMON JOHNSTON.
Corner Smithfield k Fourth eta.
IL„ - -IATE LA W J
LANDRITCHIE, at present one of the
Associate Law Judges of the Court of Common
Pleas for Allegheny county, will be a candidate
before the Republican County Convention, for
nomination for the place ho now occupies.
my2V-tf
STATE SENATE—E. D. GAZZARL
the.) , is a candidate for the nomination for
STATE SENATOR.
grIOCNTY CONTR OL L E R — ILENRY
NI LA WBERT will na t ionndidate for this of
fice, aublect to nomibY the Republican
County Convention,
jell-d&wt23d
JOHN
M. KIIIMPATXIIIII will be a candi
date for nomination to the above office, before the
next nominating Republican County Conven
don. apledevrte
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FROM NEW ORLEANS
ARRIVAL OF PIERRE SOULE
IN NEW YORK.
HEAVY STORM AT OiNOINNAT
Fortress Monroe Items
NEW Imo:, June 18.--The steamer
Ocean Queen, from New Orleans, with
dates to the 11th inst., has arrived.
Paymaster A. D. Weld, of Boston, died
on hoard on the 11th, and was buried on
West Bank, three miles above the head of
the. Passes.
Among the passengers are Mrs. Gen.
Butler, and a number of discharged sol
diers and refugees. Pierre Smile is also
on board a prisoner.
The Picayune of the 11th denies the
report telegraphed to a Boston paper from
Washington that the yellow fever had made
its appearance in New Orleans. Such
was not the fact up to the 11th inst.
Eighteen hundred families were supplied
with provisions on the 10th.
Oen. Shipley had vetoed the resolution
of the Assistant Board of Alderman, an
nulling the contracts for cleaning the
streets, also a resolution annulling the
lease ofcertain markets.
The story in the Journal of Commerce
that Col. Moody was hung in front of his
store, is denied, he being unmolested and
alive.
The Bank of America has resumed spe
cie payment. The city. was pretty - quiet.
The ships Wild Cat from Matanzas,
South from Calcutta, knobs from Liver
pool, Nitengale from Key West, and Hav
elock from Boston, were below New Or
leans on the 10th. The gunboat Calhoun,
has also arrived. The schooner J. J.
Pasland, had cleared for Boston with a
cargo of sugar and molasses. The ship
South has 1.100 tons of gunny cloth and
200 bales of gunny bags.
CINCINNATI, June 18.—About 3 o'clock
yesterday afternoon, during a heavy storm
here, the lightning struck the manufactory
connected with the extensive liquor ware
house of Fletcher, Hobart k Co. Pas
sing through the roof it struck one of the
stills, causing its instantaneous explosion
—the burning fluid spread in every direc
tion, and the workmen barelyeseaped with
their lives. The building was speedily
consumed, the walls falling and crushing
several frame houses beneath, killing a
woman. By this time the warehouse of
the same firm on Front street was completely
enveloped in flames and was. entirely de
stroyed, consuming one thousand barrels
of whisky, two hundred barrels linseed oil,
t wo hundred barrels lard oil, twenty barrels
coal oil, besides alcohol and other stock.
Fletcher, Hobart & Co's. loss is about
$60,000. Insurance about $38,000. Loss
on frame buildings crushed and partially
burned. $1.500; large store front occupied
by George N. Hard & Co., adjoining burnt
warehouse, damaged to the amount of
several thousand dollars.
LAT/Al.—Three o'clock this morning the
walls of Hard & Co's. store were so dam
aged by the tire of yesterday that they fell
in—tho contents of the store taking fire.
among which was eight hundred barrels of
whisky and a large amount of baled hemp
were all destroyed by fire and water. This
loss reaches perhaps $40,000. Insurance
not ascertained.
FORTRESS MONROE, June 17.—The gov
ernment steam derrick Dingo arrived here
this morning, and will proceed shortly to
raise the vessels recently sunk here.
The Fernandina arrived yesterday from
Wilmington, N. C.. and reports all quiet
on that coast.
The John Adams arrived from Newport
this morning with the senior class of the
Naval Academy on hoard. The. middies
are to see a little actual warfare, it is said,
before returning.
Th. , steamer Metamora arrived from
l'ity Point last night. She brought no pas
sengers, papers 'or news.
The telegraph line from Suffolk to Ports
mouth has just been completed, and is now
in good working order. The weather is
cool and unseasonable.
WAstitsuroN, June 18.—The large num
ber of officers absent from their regiments,
without sutlicipnt cause, is regarded as so
serious an evil as to demand immediate
correction, and accordingly orders have
been issued for that purpose.
PHILADELPHIA, June 18.—The City
Councils yesterday held a special meeting
for the purpose of considering the expedi
ency of purchasing League Island for pre
sentation to the Federal Government as
the site for a Navy Yard. In the Select
Councils a message on the subject was re
ceived from Mayor Henry. A resolution
was passed accepting the offer of the pro-
prietors of League Island for the con
veyance of the same to the United States
for the location of a Navy Yard. The
price is $310,000.
An ordinance was passed providing for
the donation by the Mayor on behalf of the
city of League Island to the Government,
providing it shall be accepted by the Uni
ted States as a Navy Yard, and appointing
a joint committee to act with the Mayor in
carrying out the ordinance.
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Peeramer; Dye Stuns. Eas.nastard,
Chemicals. lipiees,
Ares &,e” &e.
Sar Physicians Prescriptions accurately com
pounded at all hours.
Pure Wines and Liq u ors, for medic inal use
only.Jon-tc
EL - DEMOCIIIATIC STATE COSTES
TION—In accordance with a resolution
of the Democratic State Executive COMOnetie,
THIC DIMOCIMIT OP PINNSTLYANIA will meet in
STATE CONVENTION. at HARRISBURG. on
FRIDAY, the eth day of July. 11M4 pt 10
&. it. to nominate candidates AUDITOR GEN
ERAL AND SURVEYOR GENERAL. and to
adopt such measures as may be deemed neeemary
for the welfare of the Democratic party and the
country. WILLIAM H. WELSH.
Chairman of the Democratic State Ni. Com.
To Destroy—Rats. Roaches. am
To lkstroy—....ilioe. Moles and Ants.
To Destroy—Bed Bum
To Destroy—Moths in Fun. Clothes, de,
To Destroy---Mosquitoes and Fleas.
To Destroy--Inseets on Plants and Fowls.
Tb Destroy—lnsects on Animals. &c.
To Deetroy--Every form and species of Vermin
The 'Only Intsilltikesk ntenseldies known.,
"Free from Poisons."
"Not dangerous to the Human Family."
"Rats do not disco the premise,"
"They come o ff out their'' to die."
g o ld Everywhere—by
All WHOLESALE DRUMS= in the large nth..
a n d by Dninisty, Gramm Storekeepers ant RlD
tailers generally, in all Country Towns and Vil
lages in the United States.
B. A. FARM:STOCK k CO, R. E. SELLERS
& Co., and others Wholesale Agents st Minima
Country drains can order as stocky.. °cadres
direct—for for Moen; Tenon de ty
cams.
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JACKSON REINFORCED•
yammosT IN AN EXPOS
' ED CONDITION.
The Corin.thArmy tome sent
to the Shenandoah.'
MOUNT JACKSON, June 16.—Reliable in
formation has been received at headquar
ters that Jackson has been reinforced a sec
ond time by 12,000 men. Gen. Fremont is
in a very exposed condition and in, danger
of being overwhelmed by a vastly superior
force. No reinforcements are on the way
to him. It is believed that much of the
Corinth army is about to be sent to hold
the Shenandoah Valley with its immense
supplies of wheat until after harvest time.
NEW YORK, June 18.—The steamer
China arrived at this port to-day at noon.
A summary of her advices have already
been published, having been received via
Cape Race.
BALTIMORE, June 18.—The statement
that the government hospitals at Hampton
and Mill Creek are to be abandoned is in
correct.
Death of Gen. Win. It. Palmer.
WASHINGTON, June 18.—Gen. Wm. lt.
Palmer, of the Topographical Engineers,
who was brought hither yesterday, sick
with typhoid fecec, died to-day. The
Senate in Executive Session confirmed
the following appointments : A. Cameron
Hunt, of Colorado, Marshal for that Ter
ritory ; Alvin Flanders, of California,
Register of Land Office at Humboldt ;
It. C. Morgan of N. Y., and R. L. Gard
ner, of Ohio, Assistant Quarter Masters
of Volunteers.
From Washington.
WASHINGTON, June 18.—All property
captured by the army or seized by any
Provost Marshal, or taken up astray. or
taken from soldiers marching in an
enemy's country, is required to be turned
over to the chief of the - staff of the De
partment to which such property would
appertain on duty with the troops to he
accounted for by.them as captured proper
ty and used for the public service, unless
claimed by the owners or ordered by the
Commanding officers to be returned. -
Released Union Prisoners Paid
off and Discharged.
NEW YORE, June 18.—The released
Union prisoners, who have been for a fort
night past on Governor's Island, were paid
off and mustered out of service to-day.—
Many of them have gone to their homes,
while some have remained in town, the
prey of the villainous sharpers who are so
plenty in this city. Quite a number are at
the New England rooms who will leave
foi home to-morrow. They are from all
sections of the North, West and East.
The Pennsylvania committee have ar
ranged with Col. Howe to have all the sick
and wounded soldiers of that State,
arriv
ing here, taken to the New England rooms
which has always heretofore been done,
the New Englanders never yet refusing
their hospitality or attentive care to any
loyal sick or wounded soldiers.
Arrival orMore Prisoners.
NEW Youg., June M.—Among the pris
oners by the Ocean Queen, is Sheriff Ma
zoni, of New Orleans.
Gen. Williams' Brigade is up the Missis
sissippi river.
The 31st Massachusetts, 10th Connecti
cut and 12th Maine are now at New Or=
leans.
The health of the soldiers is good
Thirty-Seventb Congress.
WASHINGTON CITY, Juno 18.—HORSE.
The House passed the Senate joint reso•
lution fore the encouragement of enlist
ments in the regular army and volunteer
forces. It repeals so much of the filth
section of August last as abolishes premi
ums for bringing recruits to the rendez•
vous, and, provides that hereafter a pre
mium of two dollars shall be paid any
citizen, non-commissioned officer or sol
dier for every recruit to the regular army,
and every soldier enlisting in the regular
army or the volunteer force for three'
years or during the war may receive the
first months pay in advance.
The House resumed the consideration of
the bill to free from servitude the slaves of
certain rebels engaged in or abetting the
existing rebellion against the government
of the United States. -
Some time was spent in the discussion
of points of order.
A vote was nearly reached on the pas
sage of the bill, when the time arrived for
taking up the special order, namely,
authorizing the issue of additional Treasury
Notes.
Mr. Stevens, of Pa., with the view of at
.once disposing of the confiscation measure
moved that the special order be postponed
one hour. Agreed to. Yeas 78; nays 60.
The way was now apparently clear for the
confiscation bill, but Mr. Richardson, af
ter remarking that the morning hour had
transpired, moved to proceed to the busi
ness on the Speaker's table.
Mr. Phelp's of Missouri, demand
ed the yeas and nays, which being
taken, resulted, 43 against 88. The ques
tion having been decided in the negative.
The Confiscation bill was read. The bill
was then passed; yeas 82, nays 44.
The House resumed the consideration of
the bill authorizing additional Treasury
notes. Messrs. Wickliffe, Pomeroy and
Pike opposed it. House adjourned.
•
P SOT/alt.—air. Sherman, of Ohio. pre
sented the p ttition of the citizees of Ohio,
for the '
o can large al enlargement of the Erielnd
Osweg
Mr. Grimes of lowa, offered a resolu
tion declarin,g4hat in the opinion of the
Senate it is the right and duty of the gov
ernment to call all the loyal persons within
the rebellious States to its armed defense
against the traitors who are seeking its
overthrow. Laid over.
Mr. Saulsbury, of Del., offered , a joint
resolution adjourning Congress on the 30th
day of June. - Laid over.
Mr. Hale, of N. H., introduced a bill
relative to further enlistments in the army.
The bill provides that when it is necessary
to make further enlistments the President
is authorized, by proclamation, to call on
all persons without distinction ofrace, color
or condition. It further provides that ev
ery slave enlisted under such proclamation
shall be ever thereafter fiee, and entitle
bbn to all the privileges, bounty, &c., like
other soldiers. Referred to the Military
Committee.
Mr. Powell, of Ky., introduced a bill
to prohibit members of Congress and offi
cers of the Government of the U. S. ta
king a consideration for procuring co il .
tracts from the Government. Referred.
Mr. Chandler, of Mich. called ) up th e
resolution to prevent the ' further issue ef
legal tender treasury notes and anthori- '
zing the issue of a hundred million of ten
day certificates, bearing five per.eent in
terest. He spoke at some length e d vece .
ting the passage of the resolution and
showing the daeger of issuing an overplus
of Treasury Notes. • '
Mr. Fast,.. of Ketithoosht it was
not well to ajili Atips . tatit k meas.
'Mc indent,
daillitkii - " Orthilhai ti fy t i o
coesidsieurehk erem proposition as&
by his. Re isotedthat the resolution be
misereitoSb•Comaktee on Elosno,—
so referred. " -
of N. IL, introduced s bill far
tho Court of the District of
leferred to the Committee on
Railroad bill was taken
sendments were corgid
and several ineffectual at.
tempts to amend it the Senate adjourned.
Successful Recanattil .
M r .isinsavox, June 18.—A
eeived at the IVar I)(4wirent` emtg
ternoon, from Geriera — Neff
that Colonel Averilliisdi .
ssf..
a scout to the Mattabony lief WA ,
band of guerrillas, but they were
MI(0
have left the previous day. He de stroyed
the bridge, took a number of pnsonsra,
besides' a_number of wagons. pad)
loaded with supplies for - Hichincind. — lle
destroyed a large amount of rebel grain
and captured =several impsvtent
Colonel Gregg had made& recoil
to Charles City Court House, and remit-se
ed some , mules, which , were, driven
Colonel Stewart in the'. Pantakey *WS
Genera: McClellan compliments Colonels
Averill and Gregg !Or the handsome
manner in which the expedition was eon -
dnet4-41.
.From. Winchester.
WiNcncsTra"lnne 15.--Adirces
Front Doyal this evening, report every
thing quiet there and no signs of the ene
my in that neighborhood. Nearly all
of Gcn. Shields' men had found their way
there. A few stragglers of the brigade : ,
which was forced back from Port Repib
lie, had found their way into Gen. Fre
mont's lines at Mount Jackson. The
temporary excitement among the citizens
caused by the appearance of a few rebel
guerrillas near Castleman's or Snicker's
Ferry, has subsided. The only effect it
produced at our head quarteril *mi t *
strengthen our pickets along the line of
the Shenandoah. Officers from Gen.
Fremont's camp this wonting,. repack
some heavy firing in the Linty
opposite Mt. Jackson last night. They
express the opinion dug Jackson's meow,
noisance has overtaken the rear guard of
Gen. Shields' command. Gen:" "Ike
mom's front rested at Mt. Jabitscia, his
line extending from the Massanmen to
foot of North Mountain, south of Mill
Creek.
Irrival of the Columbia.
NEW Vous., June 18.—The steamer
Columbia has arrived from Havana with
dates to the 14th inst., and .Vera 01111 Z
dOes to the 11.
Accounts from Vera erns ...state .
Gen. D'Onay, with 800 men, had- }hat
with provisions for the French encamp
meat.
Caraccas dates to the 22d ult.. state that
the rebels attacked the town of Petare,
but were finally beaten off by the garrison
after committing horrible atrocieties.
Considerable sickness prevailed among
the shipping in the harbor of Havana.
The rains continue there.
. .
Tiu rebel steamer Gen. Rusk, had ar
rived from Galveston with 500 bales of
cotton.
Order of Provost Maireiluill.
,
Sr: Loris ' June 18,—The Provost Ma
rshal General of Missouri issued an Oder,
instructing the Provost Marshal of *city
to cause all persons in the city suspected
of disloyalty or sympathy tO take AO Oath
ofallegiencg to the United State and Pro
visional Government, and all per -
known to be disloyal shall be requiretto'
give bonds for their observance of the Oath: : :
The Marshal also directs the arrest of idts
persons guilty of disloyal conduct,'-wheth
er such consists of acts or knowledge:,
Emancipation Convent**.
ErE ERSI IS CITY, June 16.--,The
cipation Convention met to-day. > One
hundred and ninety-four delegates rep,
resented twenty five counties. Oar pres,
ent Judge Reowells of Cole County, waa
reported permanent President ,by the
Convention, on organization. Nine Vice
Presidents and three Secretaries werstap
pointed. A committee on platform was
appointed, with B. Gratz Brown buShair
man. The Convention adjourned tomcat
to-morrow.
LOVIAVii.t.u. June 18.--James B. Alai
ander, of Kentucky, a Lieutenant in the
regular army. fell -this morning from hi.
room in the third story of the Lonitrilla-
Hotel and was killed almoit inataatlY.
Alexander had been a post commissary at
Bardstown, and was here en route to
Washington.
The Armies all Quiet.
WAstuswrox, June 18.----No disiOatehea
from Corinth have been received atthe
War Department to-day.
All is quiet in the Valley of the Shenan
doah as tar as heard from, and also in the
army of the Potomac.
Election for a New Constitution
CHICAGO, June IR.—The majority for
the new Constitution in this city is 908.
The returns from the State are very mea
gre and is not enough to indicate the
re
sult.
From Nebraska.
OMAHA, N. T., June 16.—The overhuid
emigrant escort sent out by the . Goirotep
meat left this morning for the 'West. Enii;
gFation is larger than ever before. Some
six, thousand teams crossed the river at
this point alobe.
•
Market Retail*
.
Nair Iroar4Asse IL ; '
Cotton firm,l4oo bales Wh e atol 5111 k. Plow
firm. 14.500 barrels sold. etlit,
e
bushels sold: _Chicago spring $1 CO.
Club, $1 00@1 01, Red Western, $1 ' Hr.
Corn firm. 41.000 bushels sold at 51 ...
Beef steads at B@loe. Pork firm. / Alins
sold at 540 ell 00. Lard st . - I Weak,
steady. sugar firm. Muscavado 6 lava
hie° 7€.80. Coffee firm, Rio 1934® e.
quiet.
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