DAILY PORT.
Ih* Vadon as It was i
The Constitution as It is I
FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 20.
49* RcmUsi matter on every pace,
AN INDICATION,
The citizens of Illinois, on Tuesday,
adopted a new Constitution for that State,
by from twenty-fire to thirty thousand
majority. One clause in this new instru
ment is hard upon tho negro—excluding
him from the State, and this is reported to
have received in the city ot Chicago an al
most unanimous vote. The same feeling
of hostility to the negro is doubtless visi
ble throughout the State. Here we have
a practical illustration of the effect of ab
olition teaching. There is not, even in
New England, nor in the Western Re
serve, a more infatuated set of abolition
agitators than there is in Illinois. Trum
bull and Lovejoy, the leaders in Congresß,
are fair representatives of the feeling of
their party t and they have been, during
the present Congress, foremost in the sup
port of every measure calculated to elevate
the slave population of the South. W heth
er it is right or not, it is not necessary to
inquire j but that the two races can never
live upon the abolition idea of equality, is
becoming more manifest with every
day’s experience. The negro and the
Indian must recede, or become extinct,
when encountered by the steady, un
ceasing, exacting and unscrupulous
whites. Mr. Jefferson said that the two
races, “equally free," could not live
under the same government; one or
the other, must, give place: the peculiar
mental and physical characteristics of
each prevent equality; and, this is not
the result of prejudice or education either,
but the consequence of a conviction
of superiority, which no amount of rea
soning and eloquence can remove. But,
are these inferior people to remain in per
petual bondage, because they are not our
equajs; we hope not; and yet. at the
present moment, we do not know of any
scheme of immediate emancipation which is
calculated to improve their condition.—
To lgt loose four millions of slaves, would
be as heartless an act as the abandoning of
childhood to the charities of the world.—
But whether it be right or wrong, one
thing is manifest; the free laborers of the
North or the South either, will never per
mit negro labor to - come in competition
with theirß.
The late vote in Illinois is another over
whelming illustration of this fact. Wo may
regret-this as much as we will: we may
dwell upon its injustice nml oppression,
but when was human nature any better
than it is now; and when is it likely to im
prove ? From the commencement we have
been nothing but oppressors and cheats,
continually filching what we could from
weaker powers. We do not allude to the
American connection of the human family
but to the whole set, although there is no
doubt of our Anglo Saxon branch being the
worat. English forefathers, from the time
ofEdward the First, have been but exten
aiverobbers. They began their career of
crime by absorbing Wales, Ireland and
Scotland ; and that government has been
going on in the same bold and defiant
manner ever 9ince. We, England's de
scendants, and inheritors of her laws and
customs, are no better than she. As soon
as we were of age we began to exhibit our
blood; we fixed upon the immense terri
tory of Louisiana, belonging to France,
containing now an area of six Slates, and
Napoleon gave it to us for fifteen millions
of dollars, because he knew very well that
we would take it if he did’nt. Then we
got the Floridas for a mere song, because
Spain knew she could’nt hold them; we an
nexed Texas, which is four times as large
ae Pennsylvania; we fooled Mexico into
a war in order to make her give up
to ns the Californias, a thousand miles on
the Pacific coast; we have had our eye on
Cuba for twenty years, and have been filli
bustering around wherever an opening
offered, either in the border States of
Mexico or South America. There is no
limit to our avarice, and desire to appropri
ate to ourselves what belongs to others; and,
if the present rebellion were put down
and the Union again restored, we would
find an idea immediately started for the
absorption of both Mexico and Canada, in
order to remunerate us for the expenses
of the contest.
The stalwart native of the central por
tion of this Continent has melted away
before the intrigues and injustice of the
whites; would we be less cruel to the black
man? No, indeed, but worse.' Injustice,'
cruelty and oppression increase with na
tions as they advance in power, and the
people of the United States wouid not bo
an exception to this rule.
. The correspondent of the Wheeling
Prtn at Hanover Court Honse remarks:
To the particulars furnished by telegraph
to the Associated Press, through their cor
respondent at General McClellan’s head
quarters, I have only to add that the 9th
Massachusetts and the 62d Pennsylvania,
comprising a number of Western Pennsyl
vanians, including some from Washington
county, behaved like veterans, and aided
matenaUy in the rout of the rebel force
(under Gen. Branch, who was worsted at
Newbera by Burnside,) by a bayonet
charge. The 9th Massachusetts is an
Irish regiment, and went in with three
cheers and a Tipperary yell, charging three
quarters of a mile in unbroken line of two
ranks.
The troops of this army are, about to a
mu, terribly sick of the inevitable nigger,
and they do not hesitate to say that they
came into the army to fight for tchite men
and not for negroes. The Hunter procla
lasrion created disgust and universal dis
satisfaction, ud the President’s procla
mation counteracting orrather squelching
it was read amid great applause: Many,
both officers, in this division,
SfeUi rtf radica l Abolitionists
ovOr* tM war, are now among the truly
Wgfgy’ ” d e f* er for the restoration
Sgj
lawmakers. J
IQT-The Pittsburgh Gazelle is growing
as destitute of decency as it has been of
brains; it stops at no assertion howe>er
absurd and senseless. Yesterday, after
garbling an article of ours, it said:
‘ ‘The Bepnblian Administration, and the
Republican party in Congress, and through
the press, have always, and under all cir
cumstances, urged on the war, and advoca
ted the using of all the power of the na
tion for putting down the rebellion in the
shortest possible time, regardless of its
effects upon slavery. Any assertion to
the contrary is as false as false can he.
Our reply to this of yesterday is the fol
lowing from the same Gazette of Wednes
day, the day before:
“Slaveholders, as a rule, are disloyal,
are secessionists. Then originated the
war, they wage the war, they beep up the
war. They arc tho head and front of the
war. But for slavery there would have
been no war.
“Is it not then sheer justice that slavery
should be punished? If sluvery has waged
a war, and been defeated, should it. not
suffer the natural consequences of its
acts?"
“ Let the free States beware 1 Heal up
this breach now by protecting slavery from
the natural consequences of its crime, re
store as far as you canthe Unionasitwas,
and permit slavery to exist and go unpun
ished, and if ever a foreign wur breaks
out, these very slaveholding traitors will
be found on the side of the foe.
“The South must be purified, by the
destruction of slavery, and of a slavehold
ing aristocracy, before there can be per
manent peace, or a perfect Union.
There is but little use in endeavoring to
argue and reason with such a blinded fan
atic and fool as ho who penned tho two
articles from which we have quoted. Oa
Wednesdaythe shameless creature tells us
that restoring the Union ns it was is the
sumof all villainies; yesterday it announces
that its anxiety is for putting down the re
bellion, “regardless of its effects upon
slavery. : ’
Intervention m American A flairs
The foreign mails received by the China
contain many interesting items relating to
Amarican affairs. The latest London date
is June 7.—one week later than previous
mails. A brief telegraphic summitry of
the China's news has already be.-a pub
lished :
A ('overt Tltrenl »l' Intervention.
The London Times of the itb lias a
long article on American affairs, con
cluding with this implied threat of inter
vention :
“The fact that the cotton uf the youth
was very needftil to ns made the war more
distressing, but furnished, in our view, no
valid ground for intervention. Past inju
ries, if wo did not think fit to resent them
when the Union wns strong and united,
we thought it below our dignity to resent
in the moment of its weakness and adver
sity. Future security we preferred to look
for rather in the good feeling which our
conduct seemed to us peculiarly calculated
to produce than in availing ourselves of
the temporary weakness and heavy mis
fortun'e of a kindred people. In this point
only we confess we see some reason to
believe that wo may have been mistaken.
‘•We do not believe that, had we pushed
to the utmost the advantages circumstances
threw in our way, we could have been the
objects of more bitter hostility, not only
among the ignorant mid misguided, but
among many of tho=e whose education and
information should taught tlo-m belter.—
We may possibly live to repent our gener
osity. We may possibly live to find that
our moderation has been displayed towards
those who cannot appreciate it. It might
have been wiser to take security for our
selves instead of confiding in the fairness
and good feeling of others. Jf this fact
be established the error is stiil reparable.
The North cannot see that we have done
anything to entitle us, we do not sav to
gratitude or good will, but to abstinence
from hatred anil reviling. A change of
policy on the pari of this country would
very speedily alter their opinion and con
vince them of that which they scc-m now
unable to conceive—that they have been
treated by England as they never have
treated her, and as, if she bail thought
more of her o-.vu interest and less of their
misfortune, she never would have treated
them. - ’
Gov. Andrew Repudiated by the
Mayor of Boston.
The following letter to President Lincoln
has come to light:
Mayor’s Office, City Hall, Boston, i
May 2Hd, ISO 2. [
SIK : — I am induced to write you this
from a sense of duty, for the purpose of
repudiating, in the most emphatic manner,
the idea that the Governor of Massachu
setts is authorized to speak for the loyal
citizens of the State in proposing nuy con
ditions in regard to the question of sla
very as affecting a further requisition ay
you for volunteers.
There may, possibly, be small sections,
or towns in the commonwealth, where the
doctrine of emancipation and arming the
slaves is regarded with favor, and might
be made an excuse for non-enlistment;
but I assure your Excellency that in Bos
ton, and I believe in a large majority of
the other cities and towns in the State,
the mingling of questions in relation to
slavery with the crushing out of the pres
ent rebellion, is viewed with the strongest
feelings of disapprobation, while the ef
forts you have made to resist the interpo
lation of this discordant element, and to
restore the Union on the basis of the Con
stitution, as evinced in your appointment
of Governors Johnßon and Stanley, your
sustaining of General McClellan, and your
general conservatism in all the essential
matters pertaining to the conduct of the
war, has given hope and confidence to ev
eVy Union-loving heart in our State.
notwithstanding the opinion of the Gov
ernor, I believe that Massachusetts may be
relied upon for any call yon may make upon
her patriotism in the present emergency,
and that her citizens general!;/ have no
sympathy with those who are agitating the
question of emancipation at this time, and
1 am confident that if this subject was in
troduced in conformity with the views of
Gov. Andrew, it would produce a serious,
if not an irreparable injury to the cause of
enlistment.
I beg you, therefore, to make your re
quisition upon the State of Massachusetts
with confidence in the loyalty and devotion
of her citizens, and with the assurance
that Boston will as cheerfully respond in
the fnture as in the past to any demand of
the Government. Trusting that you will
continue to be firm and resolute in your
endeavors for the restoration and welfare
of our common country, and ignoring all
other issues which tend to prevent the ac
complishment of this great object, I have
the honor to be, sir, with great, respect,
your obedient servent,
Joseph M. Wightmas, Mayor.
His Excellency Abraham Lincoln, Presi
dent of the United States, Washing
ton, D. C.
Substitute for Cotton.
The French journals claim to have found
a substitute for cotton in a common plant,
which will produce the fibre in abundance.
It possesses, they say, all the attributes of
cotton, perhaps they can help out Eng
land dunngthe cotton dearth. The ereat
effort of France and England will be to
render themselves independent of the
United (or the divided) States of America
commercially and politically, and inter
vention in Mexico looks exclusively to this
end.
latest from the sooth.
From the Richmond Wide.
Getting Pinched fhr Food*
The citizens of Richmond, we are glad
to see, are awakened to a proper estimate
of the shameful extortion practised upon
them in various articles of food furnished
the market, while, not thirty miles around
the country, the very same articles for
which they pay down a small fortune here
daily are selling at the most moderate of
prices, and in abundance at that. It is
plain that unless the authorities move in
the matter of getting these supplies into
the city there will be want in our midst be
forejinid-summer. With the cutting off of
railroad cummunication on the east and
north by the enemy, and the monopolizing
of the roads south and west by the Con
federate government, it must be evident
to every one that the people can do noth
ing towards getting provisions to the Rich
mond market, in any abundance,especially
when the wagon roads are impassable
with mire. As the enemy draw their
lines of communications, the need will
become greater as chances of reaching the
country are lessened.
Rebel Viewsol’JlcClellaii-N<'am-
paifCii.
From the Richmond Whig, June 1-1.
The brilliant operations of Gen. Jackson
in the valley of the Shenandoah, crippling
and dispersing tho forces of Milroy and
Schenok at McDowell—of Banks at Front
Knval and Winchester—of Fremont at
Cross Keys, and Shields at Port Republic,
have had n wide reaching and important
bearing on the war. These several corps
were to have been consolidated and brought
across the Blue Ridge en route for Rich
mond. When they reached the Rappahan
nock, McDowell, with his Fredericksburg
army, was to fall into liue, and the united
columns were to be precipitated on the
devoted ».ity from the North. At the same
time, it is probable Burnside was expected
to he on baud from the South, advancing
up the South side of the James from the
direction of Suffolk, in conjunction with
the Monitor and its consorts, in tho river.
The capital being thus assailed frbm the
North and South, McClellan was to make
the grand attack from the Fast, in front.
Tho plan was a gigantic one, and, in all
probability, would have succeeded, but for
the masterly movements of Jackson, com
pletely paralyzing the Valley force, and
compelling McDowell to detach a large
portion of his army to save Banks and
Company from demolition, and their
mpitul from capture. Thus left without
co-operation amt succor, McClellan is afraid
hi strike.
fium the Richmond Examiner, Juno U.
It L. uncertain whether McClellan’s army
has lullen back to a fortified camp in the
rear of his first position or further; and
as the art and practice of making recoil
noißsance in force seems to be unknown
to military men in America, and the Con
federates have not gotten so far iu French
as to understand the. use of balloons, there
is probably little information worthy of
reliance in the possession of any person
or persons in Richmond. One thing is
manifest, that McClellan'is not attacking
the Confederate lines or operating against
the city. As he came here for these pur
pose*, and as he published to nil mankiud
the intention to “push us to the wall,’*
tin* lact that he is doing nothiug of the
sort, that he h»s drawn his pickets back,
and sicts i\< if only occupied about the
safety of his army, proves that there is a
terrible hitch or slip somewhere, and that
the plan of his campasgn has been inter
polated with an important digression.
That swift-footed Achilles, who has
routed Banks, destroyed Shields, and smit
ten Fremont, will give McDowell a long
day’s work. He may find a grave in his
way before he turns again towards Rich
mond. At any rate the design dependent
on his co operation must be abandoned,
and perhaps McClellan is not less perplex
ed than ourselves to decide which shall he
the new plan.
The Evacuation of Corinth.
From tho Richmond Whig. June 14th.
Perhaps the most embarrassed and worst
stultified man now in the war is llallcck,
since the evacuation of Corinth by Beau
regard. Carefully avoiding a battle after
the lesson of Shiloh, llallcck had, with
infinite labor and outlay, moled his sub
terranean way to tlie very precincts of
Beauregard’s fortifications, uo had plant
ed his heavy siege guns, and warily laid
his plans for cutting oft’ kis adversary’s
supplies. The Confederate forces were to
be starving while they were being shelled.
Relief was to be cut off, relief intercepted,
and nothing short of the capitulation of
the \ ictor of Manassas, with his whole
force, was_ to satisfy the ambitious and
sanguine aukee. I Jiff? scheme was com
plete, all but the tinal stroke which was to
convert it into an accomplished fact. Just
then, when ail Yankeedoodledom stood
tiptoe, looking and listeuing for the coup
dc grace, just when the triggers were to he
sprung and the trap to fall, the wily Creole
waved his magic wand, and his army was
gone n 3 if by enchantment.
Morningcume—the morning, perchance,
that was to make Halleck immortal—and
when his sentinels looked out, they saw
not even the dust of the retreating foe. A
vast army, with its countless adjuncts and
accompaniments, its artillery, ammunition,
stores, with even its sick and helpless, had
silently and safely disappeared, and the
eluded, foiled and baffled enemy could not
so much as guess whither it had gone.—
What, a predicament for an aspiring Gen
eral to be in! What a figure to cut in
history! Halleck must now renew his
Sysipheuti toils—again to be baulked of,
his hopes—or he must abandon the cam
paign against Beauregard, and submit to
the dividing up of his grand army for at*,
tempts better suited to his and their ca
pacity.
flow they Console themselves
for New Orleans.
From tho Richmond Examiner, June 14.
The Northern people exult over what
they are pleased to call the- reopening of
the Mississippi. That they virtually pos
sess the river, and can use it for purposes
of war, is unquestionable, but that the
river is open to their commerce, or of oth
er service to them than as a road for iron
clad vessels, is untrue. Until the South
ern Confederacy is destroyed, the Missis
sippi cannot again become a channel for
commerce. t\ hile a single point upon its
vast extent, on cither bank, is accessible
to hostile parties, it can convey armed
vessels only, and although they have New
Orleans and the principal strategic posi
tions above it, they have not driven the
Confederates from many hundred miles of
its shores, whence they can stop trade and
passages as completely as by the guns of
Fort Pillow or Columbus.
The fall of New Orleans and the conse
quent conquest of the Mississippi, was a
heavy blow to the Confederacy, and di
minishes its resources for supplies. But
it is far from being irretrievable. The
recovery of that river will be as easy as
its loss. Victories in the North will com
pel the L nited States to recall its troops,
even if the yellow fever does not do its
work, in the next sixty days, so effectu
ally as to leave none to recall. New ar
mies will be formed in the States which
border that river, which will retake New
Orleans. -
Threatening Descent ofthe En
emy on East Tennessee.
From the Richmond Examiner. June 14,
Augusta, June 12.—The Savannah Re
publican of this morning has a dispatch
from Chattanoogn, dated the 11th inst.,
which says : “Information has been re
ceived here of a very important character
from the borders of Kentucky. It has
been ascertained that the enemy has col
lected an army of 25 regiments, in the
vicinity of Ky., near Tennessee, 1
aad also received large ranfbrcements ofl
artillety, and are boo threatening a de
scent on East Tennessee. Nothing fur
ther has been seen of tho enemy in this
quarter.”
Tfceftlxth SMACmUas.
A member of the Sixth Palmetto regi
ment says: “Our loss is irreparable. We
entered the field of the Chickahominy with
.521 men, all told; 31 were left dead on the
field, and 180 wounded, many of whom
haxe died since, and others now lingering
in the clutches of death. Other seventeen
are missing, some of whom are lying, per
haps, unnoticed, on the densely-peopled
field of battle. Our battle-flag was riddled
by five balls, and the staff shot away by
the Pennsylvanians, and the color-bearer
mortally wounded.”
“Btonewall Jackson.”
The Richmond papers are filled with
praises of their great leader. Stonewall
Jackson, and John R. Thompson, the poet
of Richmond, contributes a neat poem to
the Examinerj entitled simply, “Ashby.”
Heavy Loss.
The Hampton Legion, of South Caroli
na, went into the battle of the Hist ultimo,
near Richmond, with 421 men, and in
charging one of Casey’s batteries retired
with a loss of 154 men killed and wounded.
The Emancipation Commission.
The commisioners, under
the act for the release of certain persons
held to service or labor in the District of
Columbia, have published u list of claims
preferred before them, showing the num
ber of claimants up to Saturday last to be
about seven hundred, and the liberated
slaves, for which they desire to be paid,
about twenty-tnree hundred. Theowners’
valuations are set down as ranging from
$5O to $1,750 for each slave. It i 3 sup
posed that there are not many more peti
tions to be filed. The following are the
latest: John McGinnis, 1 slave; Peter G.
Washington, o; Oliva C. Wootten, 1;
Alexander A. Greer, 2; Win. McKnew, 4:
Penelope Tyler, 1; Josiah Dent, adminis
trator, 1; Mary Throckmorton, 5; Charles
Lyons, 1; Newton James Cox, 1; Thomas
R. Brightwell, 5; Mary E. and Margaret
Rientzell, 2; Virginia Nichols, 2: James
H. Shrieve, 8j John Wilson, 1; Henry M.
Hannon, executor, 1; Benjamin Beall, 4:
Letiiia llorshman, 1: James Cox, 1. The
commissioners are now engaged in exam
ining claims of owners, taking testimony,
Ac., in the course of which “ outside par
ties” interest themselves to some extent,
but thero has been little op no evidence of
difficulty yet on the part of the commis
sioners in coining »t all the facts they de
tire, and disposing of cases favorably and
promptly, as far as may b** done at this
stage of proceedings.
Changes in the Navy.
The navy bill which Ims passed the
House establishes new grades in the Navv.
and assimilates the organization somewhat
to foreign service.-. The creation of more
admirals is provided for —the rank corres
ponding with that of Major Generals. The
change which naval affairs has lately un
dergone requires very different qualifica
tions in an admirnl or other officer from
those which distinguished Nclmui or Perry.
Seamen and gunnery and ?kitl in bringing
fleets into uetion are of little account ms
against iron-clad steamers ami revolving
turrets, where lighting is dom- behind in
vulnerable cannon. Instead of broadside*,
steel prows decide the conflict. Ramming
and batteries and an occasional shower of
vitriol are to supercede the old fashioned
fighting ships, yard-arm and yard-arm.
It is an unmistakable and important fact
that Jet). Davis is becoming v**rv unpopu
lar in the South. The most outspoken of
the Southern papers do not srruph- to u.-i
-every harsh language regarding him. Tie
('on/ederaty, of Atlauln. is ulunte.-d at
suggestions that the South must depose
.led’. Duvis and procure a Military De-tu
tor, and says:
“Allowing President Davis to he the
most incompetent imtn in America, lie had
better he borne with until his term expire*;
than to get rid of him. or attempt to do
so, hv. revolution or any unlawful means.
This every man of sense understands: and
no man who is a patriot and a mmi o!'.sense
will undertake or encourage such despe
rate measures ns the one alluded to. There
is no safety in it. The people will uewr
give their consent to it. If they ever tin
they are unworthy of the liberty we utv
fighting for, and could not he worsted bv
anything Lincoln and the Abolitionists
would or could inflict upon it."
Tho Pacific Railroad
Several substitutes for the House Pm-itie
Railroad bill are proposed iu the .Senate.
One is the more Xorthorn rout**, which was
surveyed by General Isaac The
other is known ns the scheme which orig
inated with a corporation chartered bv tho
State of Maine. Perhaps neither project
will he finally adopted at this session.
An Honorable Career.
lion. Thomas D’Arcy McGee, who. by
the late change of the ministry in Canada,
has become President of the Executive
Congress of the Province, came to this
country friendless and penniless, and hc
fan life as a printer in the office oi the
loston Pilot ; afterwards became editor of
the paper; returned to his native land and
became the editor of a paper called the
Dublin Nation. The disturbance of 1848
caused him to fleo to this country, where,
with John Mitchell, he started the Ameri
can Celt, an organ of Irish feelings and
sentiments. Abandoning this on account
of financial difficulties, he went to Montre
al, where he speedily attained a position
of influence with the masses.
DIED:
On the 19th inst.at noon. CAPTAIN AI. KX
SCOTI, in tho 7Vtn year of his age.
His funeral will take place on Saturday, at I
o'clock p. in., from his late residence, corner Caleb
well and Logan atreets. The frionds of tho fam
ilyore respectfully invited to attend.
Saratoga Empire Spring Water.
rrimoronorr all sectioxn or
the country tho valuable properties of this
water are well known* Indigestion or Dyspep
sia, Constipation, Nervous Debility, Loss of Ap
petite, and Common Colds disappear before its
renovating power. Unlike moat mineral waters,
it has a pleasant taste, with a pungency and live
liness, whioh makes it aa agreeable as soda water.
Sold wholesale and retail by
. „ SIMON JOHNSTON.
Corner Smithfield & Fourth sts.
Slight Cota ,
or gf<xte jEJhfctjat,
whioh might be checked
with a simple remedy,
tf neglected, often terminates seriously.
Few are aware of the importance of
stopping a or fffllgjlt
tftdd in its first stage; that whioh
in the beginning would yield to a
mild remedy, if not attended to, soon
att&cJcs the ImnffQ.
&-*auznfa GJtnrhe*
were first introduced eleven years ago.
It has been proved that they are the
best article before the public for
/frcuaha, saHe, /XfcjichitLa,
fftathma, the Booking
Cough in /tfaneum/iiinn, and
numerous affections qf the JSfitaai,
giving immediate rdief.
-PssSNe 4mstsn tt Storm
will find them effectual for clearing
and str.ngthening/ / the voice.
. said (Dealers
at box, .
first Jffitioi.
LOT SEWS 11V TELEGRAPH.
FROM FORTRESS MONROE;
SKIRMISHING GOING ON.
TWO SUTLERS CAPTURED.
SECRETARY GOING TO CALL POE
MORE TROOPS.
THE K9IAi\CIPATION COX
vi;\Tiox.
PROM MEMPHIS.
Pierre Soule and SheriiV Mazarin
Sent to Port Warren.
I‘Vuthkss Monroe, Juue la. Every
thing is Ljuiet here, mid there is no news
of any importance transacting.
'flie Elm City arrived this morninglrora
the White House, with about 150 sick sol
diers, who, with others irom here, will be
sent to Baltimore to-morrow. The White
House point bout brought, down thirty of
the guerrillas who made the assault on our
rear on Krai ay lust, making tifty-four in
all that have been cuptiirfid. Some of the
seamen an* farmers dressed in citizen’s
clothing, while the others# belong to the
Hast irgihia cavalry, and are partially
uniformed.
Six boys wore brought in yesterday by
our cavalry. They said that the rebel pick
ets on our left wing have advanced, and
they had accidentally strayed over the
line«. They nre believed to be spies,
sleeping in the «wainps during the day
and spying around among our pickets at
There is occasional skirmishing going on
along the whole line of the army of the
lVuotnac, but a general engagement is not
anticipated tor some days.
The sloop of war John Adams went
to ?eu thi * afternoon with the senior class
of the United States Naval Academy on
board.
The steamer Empire City will sail for
I’ort Koval to-morrow, with the mails,
-times and passengers.
'flic weather is very warm, and another
storm is looked for.
The roads are now in pretty good condi
tion.
Two sutlers were captured in the guer
rilla attack on Friday, one of whom had
nearly SOJ'W, in U. S. money, both notes
and specie, and the other is said to have
had SHMJtto. They had just been paid off
by their regiments, and they were coming
North to buy goods.
l*mi.Ai»Ki.nuA. June K». —The Ledger
makes the statement that Secretary Stan
ton has called upon the Governors of
States to state what additional volunteers
they can supply on short notice, supposed
to be intended to reinforce Fremont in the
Shenandoah vailev.
.lutki:-o\- Cm, June IV. --The ICman
eipatiun < ‘onventiou. after a session Of
threi- d;:y■». adjounn-d this afternoon. Jts
j*r*M-.-edi:igs were harmonious, and there
was a firm determination evinced to ener
gvio-ally p’.i.-h forward the great policy
which the Convention met to inaugurate.
A series of r.-.d :i;ions was adopted heart
ily endorsing the National Administration:
reeonimendtug the gradual emancipation
of t ne d;.vrs m tie* State, and the accept
ance of li.-- ai l tendered l>y the General
-übmitting to the people of
the S*u r •* the d. tails o‘ sueli action and
such-legislation as may be necessary to
accomplish the end in view, to be indicat
ed by them through their representatives
tothenex! G.-nera! Assembly: proposing
a thorough organization of .the State for
the fall ebw-tious: condemning Governor
Gamble's a on soldiers from oth
er Stalo, and expressing thanks to the
National Government and its officers and
soldiers ft»r their aid and protection in our
conflict with rebellion.
There was tonsiderahit* opposition to
the resolution rondoirining Gov. Gamble,
hm it wn? fin, mllv passed.
An Kxerutive (’iMmuittuf. consisting of
two uuMnbfrs from each Congressional dis
trict. was appointed.
Mmihiis, June MJ.—The Board of Al
dermen adopted a resolution asking Col.
Slack to postpone the suppression of Con
federate scrip for sixty days. Col. Slack
has not yet decided, but it is understood
that there is little prospect of a favorable
response.
I'he Avalanche says Beauregard’s arm)
is in excellent order as regards health,
morals and equipments, and that all re
ports of disorganization are false.
Washington*. June 18.— A Medical
Board was ordered to assemble at West
Point on the I‘Jth inst., to examine into
the physical qualifications of the gradua
ting class, and to continue in session un
til the Inst of July, to examine the newly j
appointed cadets.
Ilrevct Brig. Gen: Morris, Colonel of!
the Second l . S. Artillery, has been as
signed to duty as military commander of
the city of New* York and vicinity. Col.
Morris relieves General Harvey Brown,
who has been assigned to duty ag Chief of
Artillery at the Camp of Instruction at
Annapolis, Md.
It is reported that troops are constantly
arriving at Richmond. Gen. Gustavus
W. Smith i*» palsied and totnllyunfit for
milit ry duty in the rebel army.
There have been about, a thousand ap
pointments and promotions in the army
since the general orders of December last,
according to the pamphlet just issued, of
which there are: Major Generals, 17;
Brigadier Generals. Brigade Surgeons,
•58. The additional aids de camp appoin
ted by the President alone, unuer act of
August last, are as follows : Colonels, 30 :
Lieut. Colonels, none; Majors, 24; Cap
tains, 87. Three Brigadier Generals have*
resigned and tour declined. The nomina
tion of .1 B. Zerman as Brigadier Gener
al, heretofore continued by the Senate,
has been reconsidered and withdrawn.
Washington, June Mb—lt is believed
that a correspondence is now progressing
relative to a general exchange of prison
ers.
Secretary Seward has returned from his
visit to the North.
ew \okk, June 10—Pierre Soule and
Sheriff Mnzarin, of New Orleans, were sent
to Fort Warren to-dnv.
<y To Destroy Rats, ltoaehe3, Jtc.
To Destroy Mice, Moles and Ants.
To Destroy Red Bugs.
To Destroy Moths in Furs, Clothes, Ac.
To Destroy Mosquitoes and Fleas.
To Destroy Insects on Plants and Fowls,
To Destroy Insects on Animals, Ac.
To Destroy— Every form and species of Vermin
Tbo*Only Infallible Remedies known/
“Freo from Poisons,”
“Not dangerous to the Unman Family ”
“Rats do not die on the premises,” ’
“They come off ont their holes to die.”
Sold Everywhere —by
All Wholesale Dreouists in tho large cities,
anil by Druggists, Grocers. Storekeepers and Re
tailers generally, in all Oountry Towns and Vil
lagesm the Imited States.
B;, A * & CO., R. E. SELLERS
A CO., and others H helesale Agents at Pittsburgh
Country dralers can order as above. OraddrtM
direct—lor for Prices, Terms, Ae ]to f
Him R. COSTAB,
PnndpU Depot, 49% Broadway. New Tort;
1 jeft-Mtfrii )
TIE VERY LATEST TELE6RAVII.
Prize Steamer Circaaaiaa.
Washington'. June I!'.—English papers
by the late steamer assert the Circassian,
condemned for attempting to run the
blockade could not have entered our south
ern ports on account of her great draft of
water. Hut it is known to the Government
that the Circassian was not only bound to
Charleston, but the facts show that she
could easy have entered New-i-Orleans,
Mobile, Pensacola, Fla., Savannah, Ga.,
Charleston, S. C., or Wilmington, N. C.,
The vessel and cargo are valued at about
one million four hundred thousand dollars.
After paying all the expenses of the prize
court, which, it is' said, are extravagant,
one-half of the remainder goes to the Gov
ernment, and theother moity to the officers
and crew of the vessel who seized the prize.
Congress has inquired why the prize
courts of Philadelphia and New York do
not take action toward condemning some
of the rebel vessels which have been cap
tured.
Three or four thousand seamen for na
val service are immediately wanted. At
present there are only 30 available men
in all of New England. The question
is asked where are the New England fish
ermen?
Surgeon General Harmar lias within the
past five days provided a thousand beds
for the sick and wounded in the hospitals
here and in Northern cities. He has sent
Dr. Volum, one of the newly appointed
inspectors to the army of the Potomac, to
relieve Dr. Tripler. This change could
not be made until now, the medical inspec
tors having been confirmed only within
the present week. The complaints here
tofore existing will therefore at once he
remedied.
An adjourned aneeting of Pennsylva
nians was held to-night and perfected their
organization; $l3OO has already been col
lected. They intend to extend their field
of operations and will send Committees
to the army of the Potomac to attend to
the sick and wonnded there, as well as in
Washington.
Dispatches received at the War Depart
ment indicate another quiet day in front
of Richmond.
Foreign Mall Arrangements.
Washington, June 10.—The Post Office
Denartmert has concluded arrangements
with the Hamburg, Bremen and Liverpool
lines of trans atlantic steamers by which
the fastest steamers of each of those lines
are accepted for the United States mail
service throughout the year, thus securing
a fast steamer for the conveyance of mails
on each. United states sailing days, viz :
On Saturdays from New York and \\ ed
nesdays from Southampton or Liverpool.
I’his arrangement, so long desired by the
Department, will give increased efficiency
to the United States mail steamship ser
vice and prove of great advantage to the
commercial interests of this country and
of Europe.
The Post Office Department reported to
day the Post Office at Beaufort being the
first office regularly re-established since the
occupation of that place by the United
States forces.
According to a general order just pub
lished furloughs will not be given by Cap
tains of companies, or a furlough" from
such authority will not relieve a soldier
from the charge of desertion. Enlisted
men absent from their regiment without
proper authority are in fact deserters and
not only forfeit their pay and allowances
hut are subject to the penalties awarded by
law to such offenders. No plea of sickness
or other causes not sufficiently established
and no certificate of a physician in civil
life unless it he approved by some officer
acting as a military commander will here
after avail to remove the charge of deser
tion or procure arrears of pay when a sol
dier has been mastered absent from 1113
regiment without leave.
Thirty-Seventh fongress.
Washington-, June 17.— Senate. —Th H
Senate met at 11 o'clock and the Vice
President being absent, Mr. Foote, of Yt.,
was chosen President of the Senate pro
tom.
<>n motion of Mr Chandler, of Mich.,
the bill from the House to chunge the port
of entry of Brunswick, (fa., was taken up
and passed.
Mr. Saulsbury, of Dpi., moved to take
up the resolution fixing tho time of adjourn
ment, yeas 14, nays 22.
On motion of Mr. Wilson, of Mass., the
bill defining the pay and emoluments of
officers of the army was taken up.
On the question of concurring in the
amendment of the House, striking out the
section deducting ten per cent, from the
pay of officers of the Government, civil
and military, during the present rebellion,
and reducing the mileage of members fifty
per cent..,
Mr. Sherman was opposed to the Senate
concurring in the amendment. He t hought
this slight attempt at reform ought to be
persevered in.
The amendment of the House was con
curred in, by the following vote:
Y eas— Messrs-Browning, Carlisle, Clark,
Cowan, Davis, Dixon,Foot.Foster, Grimes,
Hale, Harlan, Henderson, Howard, Howe,
Kennedy, Lane of Kansas, Latham, Me-
Dougal, Morrill, Nesmith, Pomeroy, Pow
ell, Stark, Sumner, Trumbull, Wilkinson,
W ilmot, Wilson of Mass., and Wilson of
M 0.—29.
Nays —Messrs. Anthony, Chandler, Col
lamar, Doolittle, Kiag, Lane of Indiana,
Saulsbury, Sherman, Ten Evck, Wade,
W iley, and Wright.—l 2.
So the section was stricken out.
The Pacific Railroad bill being the
special order was taken up.
Mr. Collamer’s amendment providing
for the reservation of a certain amount of
bonds till the road was completed was
adopted.
Mr. Clark, of New Hampshire, moved
to strike out the provision for the Leaven
worth and Pawnee branch. Agreed to.
Yeas 22; nays 14.
Mr. Clark further moved to strike out
the provision for the Sioux City branch
roads.
After further discussion, Mr. Clerk mod
tied his amendment sous to strike out the
provision for the Omaha branch roads.—
Mr. Clark's amendment as modified strik
ing out the provision for the Omaha branch
was rejected. Yeas 16; nays 23.
Mr. Clark offered an amendment making
a point of connection of the Hannibal and
St. Joseph branch with the Kansas road
not to exceed 50 miles West of the Mis
souri river. Rejected. I
' Mr. Doolittle offered an amendment set
ting apart the proceeds of lands in altern-
I ate sections for the benefit of the propos
[ ed Northern Pacific Railrond. Lost. 1 cas
13; nays 23.
Mr. Wilson, of Massachusetts, moved
to reconsider the vote on Mr. Collamer's
amendment, pending which motion Senate
adjourned.
House. —Mr. Walton, of Virginia, from
the Committee on Printing, reported a
resolution directing the clerk to pay ont
of the contingent fund about $35,000 dol
lars to carry into effect the resolution of
May last, for the purchase of certain Con
gressional books irom Gales & Seaton the
order for the books haring been filled
by them before the rescinding resolution
was passed.
Mr. Koscoe Conkling moved to table
the resolution. Negatived by three ma
jority. .
Mr. Arnold, of Ills., from the select
Committee on the Defense of the Northern
Lakes, reported a bill establishing, at Chi
cago, a national foundry, for the manufac
ture and repair of ordnance and munitions
of war, aadappcoprittiM $309,000t0r the
TO&iSihKSjSS
■no, and appropriating $260,000
hnrpose. Referred to tie Con*
r the Whole on the State of the
tJSBon®,
The Hbbaethen proceeded to the consider
ation of,the bill relating to claims for the
lon anddestruetion of property belonging
to loyal citizens and the damage done
thereto by troops of the United States
daring the present rebellion.
Mr. Webster, of Maryland, spoke of the
importance of this measure ana the losses
sustained by the citizens of the border
States, whi 211 necessarily succeeded their
occupation by our troops, whose animals
must have forage, and whose fbrleetarhad'
to be cut down for fuel, and buildings oc
cupied as quarters, while the loyal people
do not complain, they look to the Govern
ment for speedy redress, which is their
right.
Mr. Walton, of Ohio, and others,spoke
on the question.
Adjourned.
Latent from Memphis.
M K.Mi’m.s, June 17.—One hundred end
fifty rebel officers and soldiers and about
the same number of citizens took tbe oath 1
of allegiance yesterday.
Cob Slack s reply to the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen regarding the currency
question, was issued to-day. He says those
who have been most active in getting up
this rebellion are the very individuals whose
pockets arc loaded with'Oonfederate notes,
and if sixty days'time should be given
them, it is only giving that much time*for
those who are responsible for its issue to
get. rid of it. without loss, and the worth
less trash will be found in the hands
of the unsophisticated and credulous; Be
sides, should these notes he permitted to
he used as a circulating medium where the
Sag of the United States floats as far aa
such permission could give character to
such treasonable currency, it would do*so,
and then the very basis of the rebellion-bo
made respected by contract with the Gov
ernment it seeks to destroy.
The market is becoming glutted with
merchandize which can only be sold now
for Tennessee money. Rather than do this
the owners are disposed to ship their goods
back. The greater part of the stores are
still closed, the secesh owners ofmany of
them refuse to rent to abolitionists at any
price.
I . vac nut Eon of Cumberland Gup.
Wasuikoton, June 10. —The Secretary
of War received to-day a dispatch from
General Geo. W. Morgan, dated Camp
near Cumberland Gap, June 18th, 8
o'clock, a. m. It states that his army 1
commenced its march at one o’clock that
morning to attack the enemy at Comber
land Gap, but on arrival found he had
evacuated that very important position,
his rear guard having left, only about four
hours before the arrival of our advance.—
General Morgan praises the conduct of
his division in its arduous march through
an extremely difficulty country. He says
that his cannon were dragged up the pre
cipitous sides of the Pine and Cumberland
mountains by the aid of block and tackle,
two hundred men being employed upon
the ropes of a single piece.
In bis progress considerable skirmishing
with the enemy had taken place, bnt with
out any loss on our Eide. Gen. Morgan
highly compliments Generals Spears, Bay
ard and Carters, and Colonel De.Conrsey,
brigade commanders; Captain J. T. Fos
ter, Chief of Artillery; Captain O. Joseline,
Capt. S. S. Lyon, Acting Topographical
Engineer: Mnj. Garibour, AssistantQuar-;
termaster: ('apt. G. M. Adams, Comrnis- 1
sary of Subsistence; I.icuts. D. Saunders,
(.'. S. Medary and Robert Mongomery, A.
Impeachments—An Editor and
I'iililishers Arrested for Din*
loyalty.
Lkavexwoktu, June 18. —In the Court
of Impeachments, G. S. Hillyer, Auditor,
was found guilty of high misdemeanor and
deposed from office, by a vote of 18 to 2.
The case of Governor Robinson was then
taken up._ He was declared not guilty, by
a vote ol in to '2 on the first article of im
peachment, and by a unanimous vote on
all other articles. The Court then ad
journed sine die.
The editor and publishers of the Daily
Inquirer, of this city, have been arrested
and imprisoned, by an order of Brigadier
General Blunt, on a general charge of dis
loyalty. The paper will be suspended for
the present.
fiimberliiucl Gap Taken.
NAsiiv u.i.K. dune 19.—TlieUnion learns
"t hlipcn thousand men will be raised
bn- Tennessee. .Severn! leading Unionists
are engaged in the work.
A' dispatch from General Morton to the
Governor snvs that we hold Cumberland
Gap.
Large I nion meetings were held in
Smith, Dekalb and Gill counties.
Ibe clergy of Nashville have been.re
quired to take the oath. >:
Philadelphia Market Report.
Philadelphia, Jane 19.
. Breadstufts ore very quiet, but without chouse
in prices. Hour ot maul quelity is held firmly,
but interior rides low and is much neglected:
10,001 barrelsi lair Ohio Extra Family sold at sf? 00
and low trade .-ur.ertinetin $4 37.4@4 60s small
fcfetf Krp Flour at $3 go, and Com Meal at
“4**, » “oat is rather quiet; sales of Red at
'G rr/" »nd White at $1 37: Rye advanced
, d? 1 V Lt vP„ l '“ !a ,r request and 3,000 bushels cold
st 5.1 c fur I ellow and talc for White. Oats doll at
111,.. IT, -lei; there is nut much doing; Coffee
Sii l v^idi a u n w * tU 13>i§i2lc. and Laguna at
30U® Ic Provisions are quiet; 1.500 Uercee Lap? 1
s,,lu at h*vw»W and kegs at Mggte.' WhidS-
Steady at liiVsj tor Ohio and.23M«rdrud»r^
Cincinnati Market Report.
Cincinnati, Juno W,—Tho mirkiiiiilidl'iiift
drooping. Flour; good BupafflMfaolG wt
m]< } lO. Wheat unchanged: Bad'
? :> oK'™,., 1 * Outs dull anl unsettltt and
60 ™ un d lots could not be sold at
over oOq. Kje dull, and offered at 43@44—40fctk*
ratc offcreu. bisky advanced to 21k and in
gooddcmuml. There iaagooddemandlbf laid!
siM tiereeß of country apld at 7M andlOffdaeity
,H ver >’ little offering, no
tor pork or bacon Prices nominal: groeaviM'na
changed. Gold 6k and buoyant: undertfe
ath tees trow Sew \nrk there is no alteration in
Xew York Market Report.
Nkw Tohk, June 18.
Flour unchanged: sales «»f 7.500 bbls. .Wheat
dull, sales unimportant Corn firm, salsa small
Provisions quiet Lard steady, at 7*-<aBsi Whu
ky steady at 26^26*4.
Baltimore Markets.
Baltimoe*. Juna 19
Flour dull: Ohio, fo 00@ol2 Wheat acting
red firmer Corn lieavy; 18.000 bush sold: white
•kS(i?-i>9, yellow oC*#sB Oats firmer .Whisky ad*
vaneing; sales at 27)2 Provisions dull and un<
changed Coffee quiet. Rio
STRICTLY PURE ARTICLES.
Low Prices.
PITTSBURGH DRUG HOUSir
TORRENCE &McGARR,
COR.XFIt FOURTH <f- MARKET STREETS.
PITTSItUIIGH.
SaawH, Safe* Sggffsay
PerhlDicry I>y* Ktalfe,
tliiqninil,, Spire*, m,
“ c, > Ac., Ac.
po^c?atal&m rOSt ' ription9accu “*« ,Jeom -
Pure Wines and Liquors, for medioinat usa
oDly - j*l94e
ir3»AStiO«IATE LA W „
r'®'. UAVID RITCHIE, at present one of Huff
Associate Law Judges of the Court oT Common r
Pleas for Allegheny county, will boa
oetore tho Republican County Convention tor
nomination for the place he now occupieo.
my29-tf
iYAS* STATE SENATE—E. A nimsn
STATESENATOR.** 8
fiommr coNTioLLEMnin
BAHBERT will be a candidate for this of
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