DAILY POST. The Calm u It was; The Oonatltatlon os It Is I MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 23. 49* Bending matter on every page. GENERAL ROSSEAU ON THE SLAVERY QUESTION. This meritorious officer, belonging to Gen. Halleck’s army, who is a native of Kentucky and a slaveholder besides, made a speech in Louisville on Monday evening last, which we take to be a fair expression of the sentimants and feelings of Union Southern men generally. In order to state the speaker’s position in genera!, he is for “the destruction of slavery;” ns he is for that of everything else standing in the way of success of the Union arms. — To be entirely explicit, he remarked that “if this rebellion lasted another year sla very is certain of being utterly destroyed. ’ ’ But we direct particular attention to the followiug paragraph, a portion of which, coming from a loyal slaveholder, fighting for the integrity of the Union, we deem worthy of emphasizing with italics. After announcing that the rebellion was based upon a lie, the General proceeded. Mark his words: , “There never was any cause for it. To begin and keep it up a system of wholesale lying was adopted, and is pursued indus tnously to this day. They could teach th e devil himself much he never knew before about lying. Wherever the army has aonr tthas met with this fell spirit offalselwod. We have taken none of their property ; irti have excludai their slave* from our 'tines; wAin needed we have placed guards of our soldiers around their houses to protect ondyei theypei'sist in calling us ab olitionists and negro thieves. And in spite of our disclaimers and our soldiers 1 asst • Derations to the contrary, of our words ajid our acts, they have insisted that our object is to steal and liberate their slaves. 11 And if we fail to restore the Union ‘*the everlasting nigger will be the cause of the failure. They know what they say is 5? / et } he r never cease repeating it. .Behind and before us this has been the cry of the enemies of the Government iVoic, the army of Gen. Balleck is emi nently conservative. I believe there is nei ther an abolitionist nor a secessionist init . If there is one of either faction, Ido not know of it. So orderly, so patriotic, and so conservative a body of men I believe never before assembled together. That army in ita intercourse with the secession ists has pleaded and is still pleading for peace under the old Government , offering to our Southern brethren all they ever had. and claiming nothing except in common with them • ihey want to take nothing trom any one, but desire that their South ern brethren shall enjoy all their rights unimpaired. But the negro is in the way, m spite of all that can be done or said. v The chief obstacle, it will be seen, to a restoration of the Union, is the negro question: and that is rendered insur mountable by the infernal falsehoods of the leading rebels. charging the Unionists with a desire to set their negroes free. Gen. Bosseau informs'us that in the army unde* Halleck, numbering. two hundred thousand men, there is not “one aboli tionist or secessionist;” that they are all for the Union and the Constitution as they were. They proclaim these to he their objects, and yet they are not believed ; and why? Here is ati army ol' over whelming numbers, among whose officers and men there is uot a single abolitionist, but thousands ot_ slaveholders, carrying dismay and desolation into the very heart of the rebellion, all proclaiming their anx iety to live on terms of peace and equality with those who see nothing but annihila tion before them, and yet their protesta tions are not believed. Can not the reader readily imagine the cause of this ineredul : ity? It is easily comprehended. The accursed, unceasing and malignant spirit Abolitionism is the cause. General Halleck, with the advice of General Bosseau and all the slaveholding Generals in his immense army, issued an order, in forming the people of their military divis ion that the object of the government in pursuing the war is “not to interfere with local imiitutiontfut torestorethe Union.” Bat this piece of information is no sooner proclaimed than a Fremont, instigated by Northern Abolitionists, issues another order, setting the entire slave population of Missouri freo. Fremont’s order is hailed by Abolitionism throughout the country as the right step in the right direction; tlio cry goes forth that slavery was the cause of the war, and the cause must be forcibly abolished. True, the President revoked the order of Fremont, but that did not modify the spirit of Abolitionism. Gov ernor Johnston goes as Military Governor to Tennessee; he proclaims the intentions of the government to be those announced by Gen. Halleck; but immediately another General, Phelps, issues an order, not only freeing the Blaves of Mississippi and Lou isiana, but also in denunciation of Cathol icity, the religion of two-thirds of the peo ple of the latter State. He too is repri manded by the President, but Abolition ism sustains the Abolition portion of Phelps’ order.. Hunter, in the district •nclnding South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, in which there are more slaves than whites, startles the nation with an order—prepared for him by the Emanci pation League of New York—emancipa ting over a million of the most miserable bondmen on the continent, and is sustained and applauded by the entire Abolition press of the country. The President again steps in and revokes Hunter’s order, in forming the country, this time, that he re serves, the freeing of slaves by proclama tion to himself, and intimating that the contingency might arise for the use of that extraordinary power. Jf the people of the South had not, in these acts, enough to rouse their suspi cions of our Generals’ and Governors’ Sincerity, our present Congress furnished sufficient to confirm them. At the begin annn ° war Congress, unanimously, ““nine ' ,a °’' jm t 0 be the -‘oration o ’ W : lhout interfering in the local institutions of the States Th. gr*., .tits present se,ln t “T 0 ?": this solemn declaration, and . rM ? ln ed ~ts andspeechesdemonstratedihatAbolb j t.On determination .snotth, restorationof J the Union, but the interference with local institutions, until the Southern States are reduced to the condition of conquered foreign provinces. The man now in Con gress who talks of the Union and the Con stitution is sneered at; and the Abolition press throughout the country sustain their injurious proceedings. Their motto now is “the Union as it ought to be. not us it was,” which moans a Union of their own construction. With these notorious fuels, these un disguised declarations of the Abolitionists in Congress and of the Abolition press, is it astonishing that even these honest de clarations of -General Rosseau ami bis comrades are utterly repudiated by the people to whom he alludes? Does he not see himself, that, notwithstanding bis statement, that there is not “one Aboli tionist” in the immense army to which he belongs; and that, they all, Democrats and Republicans, rushed to the service for the protection of the Government, the Aboli tionists ill Congress and out of it are de termined to make the army the instru ment of their infamous designs ? As lone as Northern Abolitionism pursues its pre sent course we shall not be surprised to see the people of the .South repudiate even General Rossean's truthful interpre tation of the feelings of the Northern people. In his candid and ingenuous statements he unconsciously lays bare the workings of Abolitionism upon the South ern mind; and all the assurances ot the General will amount to nothing, so long as it is permitted to rear its monstrous visage. Abolitionism was one of the chief causes of this rebellion, it is now trie principal one preventing the reuuion of the States. THE DEMOCRACY OF BEAVER COUNTY. 1 lie tone of the Democracy throughout the entire Commonwealth is very decided and inspiring; the resolutions’ already passed in their several Oountv Conven tions breathe a firm and patrioiic on ,i hopeful spirit. The latest demonstration of this character is that of the 1 lemuerats of Beaver County; we direct attention to the following synopsis of their pt i.-eed ings. tirst. Equal and exact justice n. all men ; the full enjoyment of speech, the press' and religion ; the preservation and support of both the National and State governments. Second. Opposition to un authorized and violent arrests and seizures of peaceable citizens: as a ground work for this position ‘‘we take Article-fill of Amendments to the Federal Constitution, and Section Sth of Article yth o! the. Co nstitution of Pennsylvania, which an- in letter and spirit alike, as follows : "The people shall be secure in their persons, houses, searches and seizures; and iliat no warrant to soar,'lt any plaoo. u, seizo any parsons or.tliin.es. .-hall be issnoil without describing thorn as nearly as may be. not without probable canso, sup ported by oath or ftttirmation.' " The legimate authority ot the General Government is abundantly sufficient for all the purposes for which it'was created: and its powers being expressly enumerated, there can be no justification for claiming anything beyond them: and every friend o! our iree institutions should alivavs !„. prepared to maintain unimpaired and in full vigor the rights and sovereignty of the Mates, and to confine the action' of the General Government strictly to the sphere of its appropriate duties. Tile Union ns it was u „d ,| IP t'„ nsl j, u . tion as it is, is a cardinal principle ot the Democratic party, but we sincerely believe that the Constitution cannot be maiiuain ed nor the Union preserved bv ihe mere exertion oi the coercive powers confided to the General Government. On the con trary we think thnt the foundations must be laid in the affections of the people: and in the fraternal attachment that the citi zensof the several States hear to one an other, as members of one political family, mutually"contributing to promote tliehan- Dtness of each other. Resolved, That the course of the Con gress now in session at Washington Citv. in legislating almost exclusively for the negro, and urging forward fantuicnl and unconstitutional schemes lor the emanci pation of the slaves, is calculated to divide and weaken public sentiment in the North to discourage the Union men of the .South ern States, and to strengthen the cause of rebellion, and merits the unqualified con demnation ot every white man and of eve ry patriot. Resolved, That the unswerving devotion ot the gallant Democracy of Greene coun ty entitles them to the highest considera tion of the Democracy of the State at large, and we cheerfully second their nom ination of W. T. H. Pauley, Esq., for a position on the State ticket at the coining October election, and instruct our dele gates to the 4th of July convention to vote lor him, and to use all honorable means to insure his success. Samuel B. Wilson, the chairman of tb( committee which reported the resolutions being called upon made, the following ob servations , He began by referring to the resolu ions which had been passed, and, address ing the venerable chairman, whose first vote was cast for Thomas Jefferson, for I president, said that it was peculiarly fit ting that he should be called upon to pro - side over a Democratic Convention, at which the resolutions referred to were so unanimously passed, since they were nearly all taken from the writings of Thomas Jefferson himself. He felt proud to know that, upon all the great questions of political policy and civil rights, the Democratic Party to-day occupies the same position and holds the saie opiu 10ns that it did when Jefferson was twice elected President of the United States.— He anticipated that some one might object to the resolutions because there Was among them no flaming declaration l 0 „. cermngthe war, and no “spread eagle” flourishes about “the stars and stripes, ” “our glorious Union,” ic., “but” said he, you, Mr. Chairman,havoone son,three grandsons, and six nephews now engaged m fighting the battles of our country, mid j when I look around me, 1 sec scarcely a delegate in this Convention who is not. represented by some near relative in the army of the Union. Examples like these speak louder than any ‘spread eagle’ resolutions to prove our devotion to our country. Democrats give their lives and send their sons to pour out their blood in of the Union, and they let others talk." He spoke of the resolution con cerning the legislation in Congress for the benefit of the negroes, and earnestlv de nounced the schemes of the abolitionists. He said, “ and when I say abolitionists, I do not wish to be misunderstood. Ido not mean the Republican party. lam far from saying that all the Republicans are I abolitionists, but when I speak of aboli tionists I- mean all who follow the teach [ ings of Snmner and Sevens and Wade and Bingham and Lovqjoy, and others whom I might name. These men, and their fol lowers I hold to be disnnionists, and no more loyal to the United States Govern ment than their co-laborers, the fire eaters of the Bonth.” The President’s Response to the Presbyterian Letter. Department of State, Washington, •lune », 18C2. —To the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Chnrcli of the United' States, holding its annual session in the city of Cincinnati:—Reverend Gentle men : —1 have had the honor of receiving your address to the President of the United States, and the proceedings of your venerable body on the subject at the exist ing insurrection, by which that address was accompanied. These papers have been submitted to the 1 resident. lam instructed to convey to you his most profound and grateful ac knowledgments for the fervent assurances ot support and sympathy. they contain, lor many years hereafter one of the great estsubjects of felicitation among good men will be the success of the Government ot the I nitcil States in preserving our loderal Union, which is the ark ot* civil and religious liberty on the continent and throughout the world. All the events of our generation which preceded this attempt at revolution, all that shall happen after it, will bn deemed unim portant in consideration of that indispen sable and invaluable achievement. The men of our generation, whose memory wili In- the longest and the most honored, will be they who thought the most earnestly prayed the most fervently, hoped the most confidently, (ought the most heroically and snllcrcd the most patiently in the sacred cause ot freedom and humanity. The re cord of the action of the Presbyterian Church seems, to the President, worthy ol its traditions and ils aspiration, as an important branch oftho church is founded by the Savior of men. Commending our yet distracted country to the interposition and guardian care ot the Rnlerand Judge of nations, the Presi dent will persevere steadily and hopefully in the great work committed to his bands, relying upon the virtue nnd intelligence of the people of the United States, and the candor and benevolence of all good men. I have the honor to be, reverend gentle men. your very obedient servant, Wiu.u.M H. Sewarh. Tho Coming Battle—Richmond. l'he road to Richmond, a city but four miles oil over the hill, can be seen for a long distance: as it goes directly from us. every rut and clod is visible until it crosses the biil-top to descend on the other side. Just to the right, a spire, standing out in bold relief against the sky, tells us that Richmond still remains at its original sta tion beside the James river, and seems to call on us on to the assault which will make us ,:s possessors. Thousands of soldiers and civilians have studied that spire. As universal curiosity exists to sec this only part ot all Richmond visible to Federal eyes. From General McClellan down to the lowest private, every one who could lifi-t romo to s€m* it. and gone away.again speculating ujmn tho time uetWarv for jhi- capture ol the city containing it. "Skouktauy Staxtox would ho after our edition,*’ says tho Boston Post, “if we stated what ‘\w know' about McClel lan's effective force. If good loyal men could learn the horrible conspiracy which still pursues McClellan, refuses him rein forcements. anti keeps his numarical strength at such nhnv figure, there would he another uprising at the North against the demagogues who are worse even than tin 1 rebels. It anything would justify ft mnren on Washington, the loval people of tlie country would ho justiGed in going tti hiaxst ami driving out the abolition con spirators, ol which Secretary Stanton is the head, and \\ ade. \\ tlson or ('handler the tail.*’ Saratoga Empire Spring Water. rpiiitoruiioi T a 1.1. nkctioxr or -■ the country the vaOmMe properties of th» water arc well known. Indigestion or Dyspep sia. C.umipHtiwii. Nervous Debility. Loss of Ap petite, ami CoiuuK'ii Colds disappear before it> renox siting power, I’niiku most mineral water?, it has a pleasant raste, with a pungency and live liness. which makes it as agreeable soda water. S«>ld wholesale and retail by ... SIMuX JOHNSTON, ■W' , Corner .SmithlioM & Fourth st<*. FINE EXUI.MII I. ISTIM, CI) X G R ESS G A ITE It S w. K. SCIIMEUTZA- t’a. No. 31 Fifth street MA .V 1111 u HOW LOST! HOU ICmORED! Juat published, in ji Sailed Envelope. Price MFVl'^ri n r t E i ?N t' : ]: l ' i^ TREAT “e°f;“nimer resort, locktiddireet -1 y on the line of the Pennsylvania Railrbid, on the summit ot the Allegheny Mountains.; S.doO feet above the level of the ocean, will bet open for guests from the 10th or June till the loth of Oc tober. Since lust season the grounds have boen greatly improved and beautified, and a'number o! Cottages have been erected fcir the accommo dation oi families, rendering Cresson one of the most romantic and attractive places in the State, the furniture has been thoroughly reiiovated. lbe seeker of pleasure, and tho sufferer from heat and disease, will find attractions hero in a finjt-dass Livery Stable. Billiard Tables. Hen-pin Alleys, Baths, etc., together with the purest air and water, and the most magnificent mountain scenery to be found in the country f °r the round trip from Philade! phia. S 7 60; from Pittsburgh, $3 OS. ior lurthcr infennation, address IMA „ n . . Gi-W.MULLIN. je2Q»dtf Cresson Springs, Cambria Co., Pa. OPEN AIR 6RAPE CULTURE. A PBACTICAI, TREATISE OX THE Garden and Vineyard Culture ofthe Vine, ASD THE HAirtFACTrSE OF DOKESTIf WISE. ||£SIGXED FOR THE ERE OF AHA. fr c* te * nra ft L li °J Lhc ? a ia the Northern and Mid dle States. Profusely illustrated with newen ffranngs from carefully executed designs, verified uv direct practice. By JOHN PHlMLauthor Essay on Open Air Grape Cultural to which was awarded the First Premium ofSameriean Institute, lo which is added a selecodn of Ex amples of Amencan Vineyard Practice and a bent free of postage, npoaneeipt of price. jelf> No. M iltfltitMeti Pittsburgh. gOLABOILWOnU COMPANY, OF PENNSYLVANIA: OFFICE ST. CL AIB STBEEI, .uar tU Bridat. «VAix proceeded to .New Point Comfort this morning, to make arrange ments for a new hospital there. This, as Wt 'e. ttS xt' |* lte Douse Point, is in hia lines. I be Nelly Baker brought down fifteen rebel prisoners captured by our emalrf scouts at different points near Richmond recently. Everything is reported quiet in the army o! the Potomac. The Daniel Webster has arrived here with surgeons and nurses from Boston. She will proceed to White House soon. Ihe steamer Herald arrived here this af ternoon, from Washington, with mnbu lances for the army of the Potomac. Corinth, June lU.— The telegraph wir.-s to the North were prostrated in the early part of the week by heavv wintls. Our army has returned’from lioouevil!,-. and now occupies a more northern pnti tion. General l’upe has gone North on furlough. The Memphis ami Charleston Railroad is in running ordar, eastward to Tuscum- Intf. and westward to Cypress creek, fifty miles from here. The Mobile and ohm road is in running order north to Jackson, lennesseo, and railroad communication >■ open with (irand Junction via Jackson I he road west from the Junction is re ported badly damaged. All the railroad telegraphs are in eon.l condition. Major General Urd and Brigadiers Sui liyun and Hamilton have arrived. I here is considerable Union sentiment in Western J ennessce, particularly in Bo 1 ivur nnd Jackson. Beauregnrd's nrtuv al last accoums wa nt Dkolona, eighty thousand strong; twee, ty thousand men, under General Kirhv Smith, are nt Chattanooga. Killeen thou' sand men. under General Price, are s' rultofi. ami General Van h tns. a small fore.; of cavalry, is at Grenada. New York. .1 unc 21. The minima- i nccl.eui arrived to-day will, 'fifty or sixiv sick and wounded from the Hew on army before Richmond ts that nothing has transpired beyond tin jjkinmsbmjr that is of daily oecurronr•<•. J hen* has been no movement of imuori ante on either side. Washington, June lit.—Major (tem-rni I oj.e. who has so greatly distinguishi-d hnnselt by his operations in the West, i* •xpeeled shortly to be in WashiM-Mon.'at the invitation of the* (jovenitnont. Thirl}.Nevrulh loitgrevs. Washington-, June •Jl.—Si:natk.—Sev eral petitions for a general bankrupt law were passed upon. Mr. firimes, of lowa, from the Naval f otmnittee. reported a bill authorizing tin hevretarv of the Navy to uee.pt the gift of League Island, on The Delaware river, as tendered by the city of Philadelphia. Mr. Collamar, of Vermont, from the Postofhee Committee, reported a hill for opening postollices in the insurrectionary districts. Passed. Mr. Wade, of Ohio, called up the House bill to establish a certain post road. The btll authorizes a bridge, with a draw of two hundred feet, to he constructed across the Ohio river at Steubenville, and to lm used as ti post road. STRICTLY PITRE ARTICLES. Low Prloca. PITTSBURGH DRUG HOUSE. TORRENCE & McGARR, CORNER FOURTH if MARKET STREETS, ITTTSIH;it(,n. 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TKKKI KX IMiOWTON. DEATH OF COli. KLfiETT. Beauregard in Mobile. REBEJjS reinforced, LATEST FROM WUITF. RIYFR . DESPATCHES ikom oat f nnneelicat state that the rebsl t'-re*- at Mobile has been largely reinforced by men imm Beauregard's army, beauregard nuns.-h was believed to be for; Mo: ! *'i hi>- Ihe towns tin* \vi*.-,t const of Florida are sad to haw been occupied by rebel troops in ;aiy«r numbers than ever before ttiir ti.iops w.-ie erecting fortifications ni*ar 1 eiiruceiii to protect It against the A ;i .juici there and the Union sentiment win being developed. ••! -o ;n t:tij Im-c. capt i;iv*i. i bo t ‘onnectieut. wbeii pacing < ‘barlos <’U. n*»t ic.-'l the dags o! horl .Sumter and • »'h* r turnhrauon.s at liiili-imlieating ,ni ‘ *’! -’Vi,I.- tun*;.nant military oitionr. ' J ! '[iiiav -!. Cui. Ktlett. uf tin’ lium li**i*f. ilm.t hrtv iltis morningfrom tli»* wnnii'i In* tvr*’iw«l tn t)i*- t-ntfHgPinpnt !.m li>ri’_.\h*tn}»liis. (mt .w.o. .1 hip* l . 1 lie 1 ullowing luHer aiviuim i.l' lii.- light with tin' join'] hatter !*.-> un U hit,- river, has. just Ih-cii received : M i:«l'm'', .hme I' l . '['he gunboat Oon "'•ii.L-a has arrived with dispatches con laiiiiog ili,. particular, id tin* engagement ai ; he reijel torlitieations below St. Charles, cigiity-iive miles from White River Cuti Oil'. un the 17th : The gunboats St. lands, .Mound City, Lexington and Conestoga, and the trans port New National, having on board the Forty-sixth Indiana, Col. Kite'll, which left here a week ago to open communication with Ccneral Curtis' army, and remove (d,st met tons from White river, ascended that stream. The gunboat Mound City, Cant. Kelty commanding, was about a mile and a half in advance. In the bend of the river, near St. Charles, two con cealed batteries opened on the Mound City. Her decks were immediately clear ed for action, and as soon as the range of the works were obtained the guns opened lire. Cant. Kelty signaled Col. Fitch to land his force a mile below the fort, which he successfully accomplished, the Lexing ton and St. Louis shelling the woods, un der cover of which Col. Filch gained the rear of the rebel position. At this junc | turn a shot came plunging from n siege gun on the bluff, and struck forward on port side of the Mound City's casements, penetrating it and passing through the steam drum, filling the vessel with escap ing vapor and scalding nearly every one on board. Twenty-three of the officers and crew, out of over a hundred and sev enty-five, escaped from injuries. A hor rible scene ensued. Manv of the 'crew, frantic .from pain, jumped overboard, and some were drowned. Boats from the Con estoga, which was coming up at the time .to support the Mound City, were sent to ! their relief, but the rebels fired on the men in the water with grape and canister I from field pieces, murdering the most of' I those attempting to escape. , j Apprised of their position at the river, i Colonel Fitch drew up a regiment and pushed forward and carried the Fort by storm at the point of the bnvonct. The rebel works consisted of two batteries, the lower one mounting six field pieces. and upper one three heavy siege guns, manned by four to six hundred men, under the command of Colonel Fry, late of the 17. S. Navy. About two hundred rebels are said to have escaped, and over one hun d red and fifty reported kil led and wounded, and thirty prisoners, among them Colonel fry, who was wounded in the Rlionlder and brought up on the Conestoga. Capt. Kelly was severely scalded about the face and hands, hut will recover. Muster Hearth, Third Master liinzie, Fourth Master Scovilie, Masters Mate 11. K. Brown. Paymaster Green, Chief Engineer John Cox, Assistant En gineers John McAtfee and Hollingsworth were killed. Pilot Charles Young was severelyscald ed and reported since dead. Surgeons J ones. Carpenter slightly. From eighty to one hundred of our sail ors, who jumped overboard, over seventy at e missing. Colonel 1-itoli reports a few men ■wound ed and none killed, and but for the unfor- tunate accident at Mound City the rebel works would have been carried without a loss on our side. She can easily lb; re- paired. lilt; Flag Uilieer has sentlo Cairo tor another. The rebels have obstructed the channel •born by sinking two large steamboats ■wjjatgunboat, believed to be the May- WiSHiKGTON, June 21.—The official accounts was received atTM&PK Department to-day: *s^r i St 'Wh ,t k River, Arkansas? June lehct schooner Mary Stewart, from Nas- Sißj while attein] t ng to run the blockade on the South Santie river, South Carolina. Hc|t|cargo consisted of three hundred and eight’ sacks ot salt, and sundry other arti cles. This schooner formerly belonged uPGovernor Williams, Aiken, S. C. The United States steamer Calhoun has cap tured? on Lake l'onchatrain, the rebel steamer \\ hitman, The same steamer has also captured the rebel schooner Vetras in the same Lake. The letters cargo consisted of two., .hundred sand twenty-eight bales of edtt o&Sf £«» $ _ from the seme steamer Calhoun, cut out the rebel gunboat Cor phms.She was found in one of thehtyous secured, moored and guarded by rebel troops. The United States ship Susquehanna, on the 11th instant, captured the rebel schooner Princeton, from Havana.: bonnd towards Matamoras. Her cargo consisted of drugs, dry goods, provisions, Ac." On the nth inst., the Bainbridge cap tured the schooner Bargany, and sent her to Ivey West for adjudication. Commodore Kelty, of the Monad City, lias captured and sent to Cairo, the Clara Ind S ‘f?noTN°F he largest > handsomest L fi nn r iC ' n teamers on White river. 1 lag Oflicer Dupont writes to the Navy Department that the rebels, through infor mation given by a negro who had been employed by our army, became aware of the absence of our troops from Hutchin son s Island, made a descent upon Mrs. March s plantation and surrounded the house, and with a ferocity characteristic at all events of that part of the Sooth, murdered, m cold blood, a large number ol contrabands who were awakened from their slumbers to fall into the hands of infuriated rebels. Fortress Moxroe, June 21,-r-We learn to -day from the Army of the Potomac that quite a skirmish took place on the 19th mst., between the 20th Indiana regiment, Kearney s Division, and the rebels, which lasted for more than an hour. The Indi ana boys stood their ground and sustained very slight loss. Lieut, Carr, Co. I, and three privates were wounded. In the af ternoon the regiment was complimented by Gen. Kearney for bravenr and disci pline. This is the regiment that was once nearly sacrificed at Chickamicomico, North Carolina, early in the operations on Unit eoast under Col. Hawkins, and which has been, until lately, attached to Gen. W 00l s Division. During yesterday the rebels endeavored to feel our entire line by shelling rigor ously, at different points, in the hope of annoying working parties, principally on l ho right and opposite Kearney's Division I heir shells generally fell short and did but little damage. ,/riie Baltimore boat brought down 25 bisters ot Mercy this morning for our hos pitals here. The steamer Baltimore has arrived here tins morning with a number of Congress men. it is cloudy to-day. The atmosphere is warm and sultry. A revenue cutter has arrived here to attend to vessels entering and leaving Norfolk. 6 'file armed barque Fernandi went to sea tins afternoon. Gen. Dix returned this morning from Point Lookout. - W .v.shixutox, .(line 21.— According to a general order the supervision of prisoners ol war sent by tiie Generals commanding in the field to posts or camps prepared for thc-ir reception, is placed entirely under Le.l. U illiam Hoffman, Third Infantry, C onmiisxary General of' prisoners, who is subject only to orders ol the War Depart ment. All matters in relation to prisoners will pass through him. He will establish reg-, illations for issuing clothing, to prisoners, and will direct the mannjKl& which, all funds arising from the saviHgVfratioiis at prison hospitals, or otherwise shall be ac counted for and disbursed hy the regular disbursing otlicers of the departments, in providing, under existing regulations, snch articles as may be absolutely necessary for the welfare of the prisoners. He will se lect positions tor camps for prisoners, or prison camps, aud will cause plans and estimates for necessary buildings to be prepared and submitted to the Qnarter uiaster General, upon whose' approval they will be erected. By otheers of Quartermasters Depart ment, he will, if practicable, visit the sev eral prison camps once a month. Loyal citizens who may be found among the prisoners of war, confined on false accu sations, or through mistakes, may lay their cases before the Commissary-fciene ral of prisoners, who will submit them to the Adjutant-General. The Commissary- General is authorized to grant paroles to prisoners on recommendation from the medical officers attending! the prison, in case of extreme illness, but under no other circumstances. The Post Office Department has con tractedw.tn Geo. W. Taylor to carry mails from Beaufort to New York and back daily. Vuthm the past week several opened ° ffiCeS ' u ' gillia have been re- Washingtox, Jane 21,-The following orders and appointments were issued by the Navy Department yesterday: Lieut. .V ,n 1T ordered to the command of the United States steamer Yankee; United States Paymaster Mellville Hanni has been ordered to take passage On thh U. S. steamer Connecticut to report himself to Commodore Porter for duty on the mortar flotilla. Samuel P. Boyer, appointed ActingAssi st a n t S u rgeon, and ordered to he bark hernandina, at Port Royal. Asa U ml? j” « "- m ’ A ’ Steithi appointed dered e .n h lp d Ass,s , tant Engineera.Md or „* red 10 fi e gpnboat Sonora at Porta mouth. Jhe Senate to-day confirmed Edward McDonnell, of N. Y.,as Brigadier General of A olunteers. Memphis, June 19.—Nothing of general interest occurred within the last’ fwenty fonr hours. Several unimportant meats were made, otherwise the city waaquiet Southern papers confirm the evacSSon of Grenada by orders of Beauregard. The order is said to have been given a week bu 9dred persons- took the oath yesterday, thirty-five of them sol diers. A Confederate mail carrier was arrested m this city yesterday; he had sev eral letters for soldiers in the rebel army. Washington-, J„ ne 21._Havmg learned that reports ot an exciting chararter were industriously circulated in Philadelphia aad . this morning, respectimr affairs m front of Richmond, your Correa* pondent called at the War DepartmenCfor information, and was assured that no ad vices had been received which indicated any change ot a character beyond the daily skirmishing growing out of reconnoiterin/ ™„T e au . nounci "g any change in™t!fe raond* P ° Bltlon of our forces before Rich- New \ork, June 2l._The force from Shermans command occupied Hollv hpnngs and distroyed several pieces of the trestle work on the Mississipm Cen tral Railroad. The machtegy forrepair mg and manufacturing afflßifci, removed from Holly Springs to Atlanta, G*., pre vious to evacuating. . J • • l , ,me J -'-~ A 9 l>« l ' ia l dispatch to the Post, dated Memphis the 19th, says a report, which is probably reliable, reach ed here to the effect that Captain Porter’s fleet is jiow on its way to Vicksburg; ’ W AsiiiNG iov, June 22. — Dispatches re ceived at the to-day War Department from the army in front of Richmond and !frote the valley of Virginia states that all is qqiet. •