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TARIFFS AND TAXATION.
The present Congress has been so ab
sorbed in the consideration of abolition,
confiscation and emancipation; ami in vil
lianous schemes for the humiliation of
meritorious officers and the advancement
of bungling military pretenders, that it Ims
devoted but little attention to providing
for the actual necessities of the govern
ment They are beginning to do a little,
however, in the way of taxes and tariffs :
• id, as usual, the great central State of
Pennsylvania is likely to be fooled to the
very top of her bent. One of our Sena
tors, Mr. Wilmot, who has influence with
the majority, because of his extreme views
upon slavery, permits a tax of an eighth of
a cent per bushel to be placed upon our
bituminous coal, and for this service he
receives a resolution of thanks from a
convention of the abolitionists of this
coal county. Senator Cowan has tough l
this enormous taxation, with steadfast
courage and ability, and for his services he
receives the condemnation of the infat
uated admirers of Wilmot. Tho proposed
taxes upon ale and lager lieer are outrage
ously absurd; ard our llepresentatircs,
Moorhead and McKnight, had better snatch
a little time from the consideration of the
abolition question, and endeavor to have
these proposed burdens reduced. The for
mer of these gentlemen is much indebted
to the potency of "lager” for his seat in
Congress, and he, no doubt, calculates
upon investing largely in that stimulating
and wholesome beverage during the com
ing fall campaign. Although nominally
“a temperance man'.” the General is not
so fanatical upon that subject as lie ts upon
Abolition: if it were necessary to be so in
orderto attain success, our knowledge of his
willingness to adapt himselt to circumstan
ces compols ustosaytbathewould before
mostin that reformation—or anv ot her. As
for Mr. McKnight, we h.olieve that be is a
strict tetotaler, never having applied to
“his liver hot and rebellious drinks.”
But he is not opposed to the use of light
beverages in the abstract: and has, we un
derstand, upon several exciting occasions,
countenanced a most vigorous demolition
of lager at primary meetings. We men
tion these circumstances in order to remind
our immediate representatives that pro
fessed ignorance, hereafter, of the use and
nature of lager beer, will not reconcile
their constituents to the proposed tax.
They know ail about the article, and its
great popularity among ail classes of their
constituents. It has actually become an
article of necessity; we therefore expect
our representatives to labor as iudustri*
ously for a light tax upon it as they would
to procure a contract, of snug proportions,
from the War Department.
While our representatives have thus per
mitted prospective taxation upon ale and
lager beer to he agreed upon in Congress,
they have been equally negligent of the
interests of our home manufacturers, (in
the 30th inst., Mr. Stevens, of our Slate,
and Chairman of the Committee of V/nys
and Means, reported his tariff bill to the
House. W e have received a copy of this
bill, and when we reflect that the chair
man of the committee which agreed to it
is a Pennsylvanian we arc utterly aston
ished. It is a bogus of the worst charac
ter; intended, we believe, to deceive the
people of our State. Let us particularize:
“The bill provides that, on what is
known as ordinary sizes of Bar Iron, there
shall be an increased rate of duty of three
dollars per ton, when this description of
tron exceeds fifty dollars per ton in value.
On “extra” sizes of bar iron five dollars
per ton, without regard to value.”
How this fifty dollars shall bo determin
ed the bill doesn’tstate,but it says that “bar
iron of ordinary and extraordinary sizes
shall not pay any additional duty, whet
valued “at fifty dollars per ton nr less
and that railroad iron shall not pay any
additional duty. .Nearly all the bar iron
imported into this country for years has
been valued at less than fifty dollars per
ton, nor is there likely to be, under the
' proposed bill, any valued over thatsum.—
Our iron manufacturers will soon discover
that while they are by the excise bill to
pay one dollar and a half per ton on their
products, the government fails to protect
them, from foreign competition.
There is one remarkable feature in this
proposed bill, which must have been con
sidered especially for the benefit ol the
old, gonty brandy drinkers of the country,
of whom Stevens, who reported it, may be
regarded as chairman. Upon a gallon of
imported ale, or beer of any sort, a tax of
five ceuta is levied ; while upon a gallon
of brandy, worth twelve or fifteen dollars,
twenty-five cents only are imposed. Theso
duties are to be in addition to those already
existing.
Thus it will be seen that the present
Congress, having consumed their time and
the patience of the people by unavailing
lamentations over slavery, bavo not pro
duced tax and tariff bills required by the
condition of the country. The real inter
ests of the people they have neglected :
and now, at the close ot the session, they
produce schemes for raising revenue for
the support of the (iovernment, unequal
in their burdens upon property, and in
some cases destructive of home production
and industry.
The Death of Ashby.
It is insisted upon by some journals that
Colonel Ashby was killed in the fight with
General Shields. This is positively not
so. One of the intrepid Bncktails sent
the fatal bullet through him that endedhis
• earthly career, at the battle between Fre
mont’s and Jackson’s forces. The shot
was fired, as near as can be ascertained,
by a Corporal, who was himself wounded
and died. He knew Ashby and, taking
deliberate aim killed the famons rebel.
He was almost immediately wounded but
made known the above fact to his com
rades at the moment the deed was done.
I hope wo will not have a second perplex
ing question as to who killed this modern
Tecumseh.— FMla. Inquirer.
J@f*The Gazelle felicitates itself, very
handsomely, upon the action of its late
Abolition Convention, and pays itself the
following encouraging compliment:
“To lind the doctrines we have so ear
nestly ndvoented, in regard to the war and
to slavery, so completed sectioned l.v tin
people, affords us no little satisfaction,anil
nones us to future eliort3 in a oauso which
has the sanction of our judgments, the up
probation of our consciences.-and the ai’
fection of our hearts."
The doctrines which out- neighbor has
most “earnestly advocated 11 were, first,
the celebrated proclamation of l-'renumt,
lor which that luminary was handsomely
reprimanded by the President. Tin- next
was Gen. Phelps’ order of a similar char
acter, which was not permitted lobe en
forced : the third was Sumner’s notions
about emancipation, which. Inue n-u been
heard of lot- several months: the fourth was
Hunter's order selling “ free forever" all
the slaves in Georgia, South. Carolina and
l-lorida, rvhich “Old Abe*' immediatolyde
molished, and the next great performance of
our complacent neighbor was thepuliliea
lion of all the i ribuiie'.•* nasty slanders
of Gen. McClellan, which were inlendod
to produce that onicer's removal. Th.-se
posthumous, gigantic and stupendous
achievements, with its daily twaddle about
abolition and emancipation in general, to
gether with. frequent repuidications from
Forney, denouncing patriots, like our
selves, for having sympathy with the
rebels, have been the charming themes
which have “the sanction of the f.'uzille.i
judgment, the approbation ~|’ iis con-
science, and the affection of iis heart.
If the editor can look back and seriously
reflect upon this villiannus course without
experiencing a terrible reniors.-. li.- must
permit us to sav that he ha-. like Thaddeus
Stevens, lone since, kicked ••eons.-ieuec"
to tile '’Conscience'' ~i;h ,>ur
neighbor, is like Iris om rem y : lie lives In-
parting with it. and. like m!,..,- idtiiril’t
profligate.-:, he seems to thmri-h, because
he has so much to s,-,;,.,,
iml.x-il: why >l.;’ editor lmsu't ~ -1, to
deter him from puMisim.et:i.■ li-.io.o'ohs
productions of Wendell I*l'.iliij.
therefore, lien" tie more from if
about conscience: v.r won't nut up v. i:h Vi
is HalieckKeinforeina:MeUiloian
Tile whole eomitrv li.ws 1-.—,, 0,,,
itself with the inquiry as to what ha-, !..
come ol in-iinreqnrei - army, so lately at
Corinth. The anxiety ■.• prints ohietlv .o::
of the fear I hal it mav tarn up »; Klde
tuond suddenly, increase ..till I'urther
the numerical superiority of the enemy
over the forces under General McClellan.
This anxiety would be relieved at once', it
we knew that the Tnion tinny of tie- W est
was being employed in any way to operate
u» reinforcements to McClellan, hvtultinu
a pnri in tint "eie-ra! proyv-tMme of move
ments atraiosr llichteontl. If,-. promos,.
calling attention to some tacts which ,-.i e .
gesl the strong probability, at least, that
such a movement !* hoi'.." n-i-h- hv Gen
Hailed..
Onr new-t froni tVioi,woni.i m
to indicate the hecinnin" of a comiiined
movement. between thr* ;r,uii'iv, (it-i:.
Morgan, moving South ward from Cumber
laml (lap toward Kno w ill,■ ~1;.! ,
forces titter < leu. Mitr lir-Il moving Kn.-u
-ward tmSd.the saniedestiimiinn. Among
the immediately valuable results flow in-'
from the rebel evneiinl!.in C,, r ; n i||. W(ls
the fact tliati; lelt (ion. Mitclnll eumpnru
tirely free lor .-eii-h a demoiiMr.-iiiou.—
Prior io that period Mitchell was occupied
principally in watching the right flank of
the rebel army. Freed IVom I’.e.-uireeuard':-
presetioo, and with his railroad lines of
communication and supple protected la
the occupation of Memphis and a point on
tlie=Mobilc and Ohio Itailrond, Mullock
could at once spare Men. Buell's corps to
retrace their steps and move toward Fast
Tennessee. This seems so perfectly na
tural a movement, that we incline t.’> ac
cept, the accuracy of tin- announcement
made on the faithof a private letter receiv
ed in Philadelphia, that "Gen. Bud! has
started with his whole urmv for Fast. Ten
nessee, .via Huntsville."' Here we have
the initial points of a new cumpui-n on
the parlofour nrmy of the (Vest.
When Gen. Halleclc found that P.caure
gard laid abandoned Corinth without fall
ing back upon Grand Junction, be doubt
less saw at once that the rebel leaders had
decided upon a complete change of policy,
and were determined to unite their differ
ent armies, with a view to trying the pos
sibility of forcing our extended line of
offensive operations at some weak point
or, falling m that, to be in stronger posi
tion tor defense, and for a prolongation of
the war in South Carolina and Georgia.
Except in obedience to the demands' of
some such policy, it was inconceivable that
Beauregard would have abandoned the
Mississippi river altogether, which neces
sarily involved the abandonment of Mis
souri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas and
iexas, as members of the “Southern ("on
federacy,” as well as the most valuable
parts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Ala
bama. This was quite clear to Gen. Hnl
leck, who then saw, if we mistake not,
that as Beauregard had initiated a iunction
of his army with the rebel nrmy of'the sea
hoard, tiie Union army of the West could
be employed nowhere else-so effectively
as in a ilank movement upon Richmond
through Knoxville, Fust Tennessee, and
Southwestern Virginia.
Such a movement as we have indicated
x'r 0 ', I ],' 1 ,\ )e of ’ irami -'iise service to General
McClellan, because it would serve in pan
to equalize the reinforcements to the two
armies, and thus take from the enemy one
of the great points of advantage gained by
uniting his Western torces to those already
on the Atlantic seaboard. Again, by ope
rations vigorously pushed thron-di the
mountains of East Tennessee into Virginia
the Union forces there would form the
extreme right of our extended line of ope
rations, of which Norfolk would be the ex
treme left—said line embracing the army
before Richmond, the forces in and about
Washington, and the various bodies in the
Valley of the Shenandoah. As General’
Buell’s forces advance East ward, the troops
now under Fremont and Sigel—leaving the
three months’ men and a few sailors’ bat
teries to guard Harper's Ferry—may push
on to the occupation of Lynchburg," while
Gen. Bauks operates toward Gordonsville
on the Eastern side of the Blue llidgc. [f
General McClellan takes Richmond within
a week of the present time, the combina
tion of movements suggested above will
be unnecessary, for the occupation of the
j rebel capital gives comparative quiet at
once to all the country North of the sys
tem of railroads running East and Wesl
from Richmond, and between tide-water
and the longitude of Lynehbnrgh. If. on
the other hand, Beauregard shall have had
time to reinforce Jell'. Davis’ army so as to
compel Gen. McClellan to dig his way in
to Richmond with pick and spade, then a
strong column from Buell's army, through
East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia,
becomes of every consequence, because it
is a reinforcement from Halleck’s army to
McClellan’s. We do not know what are
the plans of our military leaders, but we
think there are indications of such a move-
ment as we hnve suggested.— JS~eu’ York
Times.
SOUTHEMTNEWS.
Viiukee llittdooiMp ia Norfollb
The Raleigh Journal makes some ex
tracts, from a letter received by a gentle
man in North Carolina from a lady in
Norfolk, n portion of which, confirmatory
of previous' reports of the enemy's bru
tality, we copy:
“The Yankees force the people to
lake the oath whenever they can find an
occasion, in one instance a lady lost her
only son the day the Yankees arrived.
She had the body taken to the cemetery,
thinking that in a day or two she might
have it carried to a private buryiiig-ground
in the country. The Yankees would not
permit her to have the hotly removed un
less she took the oath.
Another time Mr. das. Southgate, father
of the teacher, came in from tne country
to 'get lb*. Tunstall to' go out and see his
wife, who was very ill. The Doctor
couldn't leave the city, but lie prescribed
some medicine which Mr. Southgate got,
and then went to obtain a pass to go back
home, lie was told no passes were grant
ed in the evening, but ho must come back
next day at leu o clock. Ue went again,
the next day, and was told by the provost
marshal that he could not obtain a pass
without raking the oath. He refused to
do this, and represented his case to them,
bur all was ot no avail—he must either
take the oath or. stay in town. He at
length consented to take i.t, obtained the
pass, and went home to find his wife a
corpse. She had ‘died during the night.
*1 lie affair of the negroes grew out of the
killing of a Yankee corporal by a person
(rum Delaware whom they had brought
with them, which incensed the Zouaves
against the poor, harmless negroes of the
place. Six of them have died of their
wounds; some were killed at once, and a
great many beaten more or less severely.
< >ue of them, a man belonging to the widow
Shields, was shot very badly in the mouth.
A valuable man belonging to’Victor Not
tingham had his skull fractured in two
places. A negro woman living on Fayette
street, was killed on the street by a bayo
net thrust. Men were <1 ragged from the
vans ami carriages they were driving and
M-verelv beaten. In almost every instance
they were the most respectable negroes in
the placi*. **
The departure ofLord Lyons
from the Itiohmond Dispatch, June 'lv
Lord L;,nns has undoubtedly gone to
l.nglaml. \\ hat was the cause of his de
parture seems not to be known, while at
:h.-,-ame time the fact of his going has
given rise to a thousand conjectures. A
N-w lurk journal says lie goes to per
sarnie hi* government not'to recognize the
independence of the eiuifeuoracy,inasmuch
as Seward and Lincoln will crush oui -the
rebellion in a few days. This Miows. at
.»:iy rnt'\ what Lincoln and Seward wisli
the Yankee people to think. We doubt,
however, whether he has gone on anv such
mission, although it is pretty certain that
he is no friend to us. If he has, however,
we think he will meet with an adversary
in the Lancashire famine abundantly able
to neutralize all the arguments he may
use. Another rumor is that he demanded
his passports before lie left Washington.—
J his we doubt, for the simple reason that
there i< no catHc of quarrel between the
anker and Lnglish governments, so far
as ‘vc km»w. It is probable lie goes for
r.-a.-on i n! a uatuic altogether private.
What Alabama haw Done
, From tin? .Solmi Reporter.]
tmlcr th<> requisition made upon her
!'*w twelve regiments, which was her full
quota, as determined bv the Confederate
government, Alabama responded by send
mu eighteen, averaging over one thousand
ne-n each, and to-day she has »jo,ouo
troops in the fitdd, that being only one
thousand ies< than her voting population,
according to the number of ballots cast in
tin- Ins: State election. In addition to the
large army already mustered into service,
tfe-n* ,uv yet remaining several regiments
of cavalry, and six or eight batullions of
infamy, beside many others which are sunn
to lie gotten up to meet the terrible exi
cencies which mnv threaten our beloved
.‘■'(■mb. Who would not be proud ofsuch
a -tate I .'
ol'a liiioii Prisouer.
1 J'.m tilt; Motilcouicry Advertisur, .limo
A number ol prisoners arrived in this
eily on Thursday night, on their wav to
1 u.-ealonsa, and while waiting here' lor
transportation, one of them, a young man
giving hi : , name us Armstrong, succeeded
in making his escape. Armstrong is de
scribed as being about live feet four or five
im bes high, thick set and beardless. He
bad on untie time he left a Yankee uniform.
Any one seeing an individual of that des
eriplion should have him promptlv ar
rested and returned to the proper author
ities.
Kokun I’rovoNt (iuards.
From the Kichiuomi .luim lii.
ihe regular provost guard connecter
I'j . 1 administration of martial law in
this city have,. on sundry occasions, been
much lowered in the estimation of the citi
zens ot Jiichrnond by parties who have
usurped their names and authority for base
purposes. J hat this is so is proved that,
though sundry charges have been brought
against partie.S'professing to be provost
guards, none ot them have been sustained
bv proof, thi; operators in each case being
pretenders. To illustrate: On Friday
night, three of the officers connected with
Captain Alexander s ollice, while opposite
the Old -Market House, were called to by
a countryman, whose wagon had been he
fciegod !>v three men. one bearing a musket.
On the countryman's appeal lor protection
the three officers advanced toward the
wagon, when one of the parties surround
ing it recognized them and took to his
iice.s. I pon interrogating the two who
stood their ground, they stated they were
part of the provost guard, and designed
to carry the man and his wagon to the
guard-house. r I heir design to rob was so
[ evident that the real officers immediately
seized hold ot both, and after a con
siderate scuffle, succeeded in dispos
sessing (me of them of his musket, when
both were borne off to Castle Godwin and
locked up. An examination revealed the
fact t hat the parties belonging to the Four
teenth l.oiiiaiutin Regiment, and left the
inference that they came to town, and,
like the lion, were prowling nbout seeking
whom they might despoil. They will be
tried by a court-martial to-day.
l ; nioii Muss Mectini;.
From the New Orleans True Delta, June 15.
The Union Association of New Orleans
last night held a mass meeting in Lyceum
11 all. A great mass of enthusiastic panic
’ i pants thronged the room, while thegaller
ies overhead were filled with fair ladies,
who, hy their presence, lent another and
softer charm to the scene. mßkand elo
ouent speeches were
Mauison Day, Charles LamoW MB T. J.
Larhart, and when some stirring- allusion
was made to our great Republic, li the
Mecca of nations/' the very walls trembled |
with the cheers of the excited throng.
After the adjournment, the Association
proceeded with a band of. music to the St.
Charles Hotel and serenaded Major Gen.
Butler and Gen. Shepley, who appeared
and made handsome responses; which
were loudly applauded hy the immense as
sembly present.
A meeting of the Association will be
held this morning, at Lyceum Hall, at 30
o’clock, to enroll new members.
The bail is in motion! Keep it moving!
Crowds Tskiigthe Oath ofAlle.
-' Eiaaee.
„ We take gryat pleasure in knowingthat
the citizens of this town, and the towns
adjacent, are seizing the opportunity to
come forward and renew their vows to j
stand by the Union. It is a high privi
lege, and we doubt nottbat it will be con- J
®^® r j e d as such.' To stand once more
n f?“T u Pon the record must be a source of
gratification to all. tVe are glad to be in
formed that rich and poor jostle each
other at the places prescribed for taking
the oath. This is as it should be: for it
proves that wealth knows and feels that
under the just rule of the. commanding
general it will be allowed no special privi
hut must stand on the same quality
tf allegiance as poverty. They do well in
this, as the commanding general will cer
tainly allow no favoritism at the altar of
the country.
The ftcayune of the 12th says a large
&tmy of laborers had for the last three
days been assembled around the City Hall,
awaiting employment by the City Council.
Gen. Butler has ordered the uncondi
tional release of Dr. Stone, an eminent
citizen of New Orleans.
1 he Picayune announces that the city is
full of the most exciting and variant ru
mors relative to military movements, and
counsels abstinence from undue excite
ment.
General McClellan.
The St. Louis Jlcpuidictin says the coun
termarches of General Shields' d ivision
from Luray to Fredericksburg, and from
Fredericksburg to Luray, from Luray f'o
Port Republic, and from Port Republic to
front Uoyal—together with those of a por
tion of General McDowell's corps from
Fredericksburg to Manassas, and from
Manassas to a point for embarkation to re
inforce McClellan—have been expensive,
tiresome and perfectly fruitless. McDow
ell’s whole force ought to have been in
front of Richmond weeks ago, and the
War Department, it seems, is only begin
ning now to see it. The blunders of .Mr.
Stanton's campaign are nil attributable,
we think, to the misadvised, if not unad
vised, cutting up of McClellan's original
command, and the erection of independent
Departments and Districts. Wit believe
that if McClellan bad been left the direc
tion. of military affairs in Virginia we
should not have had any of these provok
ing dircrsioHs. And u/mepo.v here, we
may quote the following from President
Lincoln’s message of last December:
With the retirement of General Seott
came the Executive duty of appointing in
his stead a General-in-Chief of the Armv.
It is a fortunate eireumstanoethat, neither
in coucil nor country was there, so far as
I know, any difference of opinion as !•»
the proper person to bo selected. The re
tiring chief repeatedly expressed his judg
mentill favor of General McClellan tortile
position, and in this the nation seemed to
give an unanimous concurrence.
The designation of i U-neral McClellan
is, therefore, in a eou.-idernbh- degree. tin*
select inn oi the country as well as tin* Kv
ocutive, stud hence there is hotter reason
to hope there will he given him t!:e confi
dence and cordial support thu.*» 1»v lair im
plication promised, and without which lie
cannot, with so lull etlicienev, serve the
country. It Ims been said that one had
(icneral is better than two good ones: ami
the saying is true, it taken to mean that an
army is better directed by a single mind,
though inferior, than by two superior ones
at variance ami ones purpo>,s ; and the
same is true in fill join: operations, where
in those engaged ean have none but a
common end in view, arid can differ only
as to the choice of means. Inaslo
sea, no one on board cun wish tin* si
sink, amt no: unIV. .|ueni!v a!! g..
together, heeause mn’nv will
amt no single will .an 1..- allow.•,! t.
Highly Important to Iron M.
At a moot ini; of th- l'hiindclphin I
of I rade hold on Momlavovonino. \],
liken called attention to iho .-in
omission in tin* new 'l’aritf hiil to pi
tax u|ion railroad and oortain kiln
iron, which, if not rectified, would
up the manufacture of these kinds ~|
in the country. It admits pie iron
as a raw material, while coal is t:
The speaker therefore offered a set
resolutions :which were adopted.!
lows :
'I hat, in the opinion oi
Hoard of Trade of Philadelphia, it i
duty of Congress, in revising the lari
foreign imports, to so adjust it tha
luxes imposed on articles of domesti
dustry may be met by a eorrespondin
crease of duty upon similar foreign inn
so that the domestic* loyal manufaei
i»iav not be subjected to an unfair roi
tition in his own market with the m
faeturesot foreigners, who not only «■>
the burdens of taxation, but whose
puthies have too olten been manih
against our Government and in I'avi
the rebellion.
Jt’c.solred, l'hut tin* tariff bill repnrlci
•I une 20th to the House of Representatives
I by the Committee of Ways ami Means, i
| not framed on this equitable basis—mil
j road iron, a most important branch of do
I mestie industry, being expressly exclude*
I from the increased duty which it is propos
I ed to put upon other iron, while in the cx
ei?H! bill it is taxed directly one dollar am
fifty cents per ton, and indirectly by taxe*
on coal, oil, steel. Ac., to such an extent
as to make the entire tax on that produced
at home about two dollars per ton.
I. J*c#olrrd t 'l'lmt this is an unjust discrim
! ination against an important industry, ami
that this Hoard respectfully request the
Pennsylvania delegation in Congress to use
their best endeavor* to procure an equita
ble adjustim-nt of a matter which is so in
timately connected with the prosperity not
only of this .State but of the whole coun
try.
I Jtesoh'erfj That in the third section ot
the bill, in which an increased duly of
I three dollars per ton is imposed on bar
I iron txcetding*in value Jiffy dollarj />rr
ton , the limitation of the value of the nrti*
I cle to an average price which it has not
I reached for the past fifteen years, and is
I not likely ever again to reach, defeats the
I apparent intention of the hill, and is
I equivalent to debarring one of the most
important branches of industry from all
I the advantages that are by this bill so
I freely extended to the manufacturers of
cotton and woollen goods and the various
productions of other States.
Jiesolved, That in calling the attention of
Congress totheabsolute necessityformain*
taming the present protection on iron, we
I are advocating not only the cause of Penn*
| sylyania, but of New Jersey, New Vork.
Ohio, .Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee,
Virginia, and even Alabama, all of which
abound in the raw materials of iron.
Halleck’s Impending Fate.
iFrom the Memphis Apponl.j
I Our esteemed fellow-citizen, Col. W. S.
I Statham, of the Fifth Mississippi regiment,
arrived in Granada on the 12th. un fur
lough. He speaks in confident terms of
anticipated victory, and says our army
rapidly augmenting daily. Its present sit
uation is agreeable aud healthy, with an
abundant supply of good water. lie be
lieves Halleck will be forced by circum
stances to advance, and if* lie does so. a
victory over him will be certain.
I Thk discovery of the disappearance of
‘ I one or two nebula.- in the heavens has e.\-
I cited the liveliest interest among astrono-
I mer 3. So unlooked for a phenomenon
feirly startles the hardest understanding.
Objects hitherto regarded as firm, endur-
I ing and fixed as the pillars of tne universe
I have been found as unstable as an antum •’
I nal meteor/ What great revolution in as-
is about here to be made no one
can conjecture. Theawfnl mystery only
heightens on reflection: and vague, shad
| owv forebodings of the “rottenness of the 1
pillared finnanent” crowd upon- the ima- ,
gination,— Boston Courier.
First Edition.
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Nothing - Later from Fortress Monroe,
*«•.. Ac., A-«*.
AV Asmxutox City. June 2A—Hopsh.—•
I lie Speaker, preaenteil the resolutions
passed by the Missouri Convention, in re
sponse to the joint resolution of Congress
on the subject of emancipation. The re
solution was laid on the table and ordered
io be printed.
Mr. Brown, of\a., introduced u bill for
the admission of the State of Western Vir
ginia into tlio l.'nion. Referred to the
(ommiUce on Territories.
Mr I.ovejoy, of Illinois, asked, but
hilled to obtain, the eonsent of the House
to introduce a resolution instructing the
Coniniittee on Ways and Means to report
a lull lnipossiugn tax on hank notes.
'I he House proceeded to the eonsidura
lion oi the hill providing for the ascer
tainment. and adjustment of the claims
lor losses bv the destruction of
property belonging to loyal citizens and
i he damages thereto by the troops of the
1 nitod Sutte« during the present rebel
lion.
Mr. Sedgwick, of New urged the
importance of the immediate passage of
some measure by which such elaims°mav
no properly adopted.
_ Mr. Doolittle, of Wisconsin,
.rom the Committor- on Indian Attain;,
reported back the House bill for the ap*
pomum-nt id an Indian asrent tor Colorado
i erritory.
'Hie bill was passed.
Mr. Harlan, of lowa, front tin* (lonnnit
t*;e on i'ublic Hands, reported back the
lull to increase the public revenue by the
reservation and sab* «»f town sites on the
public lands.
. Messrs. Sumner and Harris presented
pititions in favor of a bankrupt act.
Mr. fessenden. of Maine, offered a res
olution that the several departments of the
O-nvrnmont publish, in the daily papers
in \\ usliinoton. on 1 uesdav of each week,
u of contracts which shall have been
solicited or proposed through the week—
preceding which they shall state briefly
the subject-matter of the contract, the
terms and names of the proposed contrac
tors, and of all persons known to be inter
ested either directly or indirectly, and of
the persons who made the request or ree
ommended the making of such a contract.
I his provision is not to be applicable to
bu!s made m purMiance of advertisements
or piitvha-e-i made according to law. but
to apply to. the proposed modification of
existing contracts. ’Laid over.
Mr. I.:i!iu, i.l 1 mlii,i!u, gnvi- notice llml
hf sliuuM iniriMiu-v :i liil! t,. iti-iiu- nn ns;-
rii-i; I: urn! 'h-i>:trrmrij!.
M r. I nimiuiil. ut ! ilinois, from the Com
mittee on iln-Judiciary. reported back the
L’ciit-ral bankrupt act with a recommen
dation that it }»•• postponed til! next De
cember.
<»n m.cam .T Mr. Hale, of N. 11.. the
repuit tin - eotamitteo was laid ~vi*r till
to-m.-rrow
I le* 1-iIS to repeal tin*act puuishingfmmb
in making rnntruets. was taken up anddis
euss«*d till ihe expiration of the mornim
hour.
Mr. 1 nnnij'.ilt. ol iil.. Ironi tlip •! mliriai v
Committr.-. ri 1.n.-k the l.ill to pr,-.
vont tin‘iit>«-r ; utui otiiri-rs i»t ('undress and
tho ttoviTKmont I'rom t;iki am- 'consider
:Uiuii or oumjutiisal:ou lor procuring con
irants \nih tin* guviTiniu-n?. with an amend*
I In* *•<i»»u bill was taken up.
Mr. IhowninL'. of* I!I.. said: Y\Y art* now
in a nreat. stru.uyio to secure constitutional
lllf
is tin*
•ill' mi
t tllM
ll’in this struggle. tin* Const
liun i-overthrown i.y rebel or by loval
no n. or bulli oi them. the people huve
i.'leii in vain. I In* Senator irom
'•iiiiM-tl.-!, Mr. Sumner, liad brought for
ward novol views in support of this mens*
«jn*. Mich us would themselves destroy nil
uniivahd overthrow the Constitution.—
Mis i Mr. Sumner's) arguments in favor of
• •ontiseation wiredrawn from the old colo
nial laws or Kngli-di law. and cannot be
binding on us, as they are not in any way
hound bv the provisions of the Constitu-
tion. l! we have the power to pass a con
fiscation bill, that power must be derived
from the Constitution—the examples of
ancient nations give ns no authority.
\\ AsniNuTnx, June 25.— The postal con
vention between the Cnited States and
Mexico was to-day ulHcially promulgated.
1 he Provost Marshal, this morning, dis
covered and took into his possession about
ten thousand dollars worth of new ritles,
muskets, cavalry equipments, A’c., which
arp supposed to in* stolen property'. Other
military goods have recently been seized
under similar circumstances.
Loi.'isvtj.i.K, June 25. —ln the Cnited
States Court ease of Kdmund, whose mas
ter had permitted him to work on rebel
lortilicatious at. Kurt Donelson, Judge Bal
lard declared the negro free.
General Boyle, commanding the United
States forces in Kentucky, has ordered the
Provost Marshal ot this city to lit up a
house, in a proper manner, for rebel
women, who do or say anything to incite
rebellion.
Pott Tt.AXD, Me.. June 25.—The Cen
tennial Anniversary ot the introduction of
Free Masonry into this country was cele
brated here vester:lay. Lodges were pre
sent from all the New England States.—
ihe exercises were very interesting, in
cludingan address by the Kev. E. C. Holies,
flic procession was the Ttfrgest ever seen
in this city, and the concourse of specta
tors was immense. Business was generally
suspended.
New Yi.uk, Juno 25.—The steamer
I-niton will sail to-morrow lor Now Or
leans.
The money market is unchanged. Ster
lingexchange is nominally quoted at 187(5;
Hll per cent premium.
The steamer Coatzcolacos, from New
Orleans has been signalled below.-
Sax TiiAXoist o, June 24. —The steamer
Sonora, for Panama, sailed to-dav with
tin passengers and S«4<i,oooin treasury for
New York, and §230,000 for England".
Nk.’.v York, June 25.—The President of
the United States passed through this city
his morning on route to of Wash-
Baltimoue, June 25. —The Old Poinl
boat arrived this morning at the usual hour,
but brings no news of interest from Fort
ress Monroe.
Saratoga Empire Spring Water.
i|iiiniii un»rr ai,i. nectioxs of
M the country the valuable properties of this
water are well known, Indigestion or Itvspep
sin. Constipation, Nervous Debility, Loss of Ap
petite, and Common Colds disappear before ita
renovating power. Unlike most mineral water,
it has a pleasant taste, with a pungency aadEve
liness, which makes it as agreeable u soda water.
Sold wholesale and retail by. i
; je!B Corner fmitS^lJ^St&sfe.
tJTOSE WATER PIPE—SOM YARDS.
from 2 to fi inches ealiber. received and for
sale by HENRY H. COLLINS.
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Second Edition
THE VERY LATEST TELEGRAPH,
MMAiVOFiElwiAf]
MYSTERIOUS JIOVEJIEM Ol
THE ENEMY.
THEIR PICKETS DRAWN IN.
A. TERRIBLE STORM
Ooii. Scott Rumored to SniTddil
Secretory Stanton.
Gen. Banks as Assistant Secretary
Skirmishing (joing On!
A Battle Hourly Expected,
Ac.. Ac.. Ac.. Ae.
llKAiiyr.mTKits Aiimy or Viitiimai - , I
Monday June 2:!, 1H(12. t
The action of Colonel Ingalls, at White
House, in causing the arrest ot some fifty
of the prominent citizens remaining in Un
rear of our army, is having a most suluturv
iniluence on those whonre suffered to n
main. Ten arrests were made yesterihi v
in the neighborhood of New Kent Court
Douse and Charles City. The parties were
sent to Fortress Monroe.
A ride nt sunrise this morning along the
entire front of the Union lines found
everything remarkably quiet and every man
at his post, ready for any emergency that
might arise. There has been less skirmish
ing within the past 21 hours that at any
time since the battle of Fair Oaks.
The condition of the swamp lor an en
eampinent has rapidly improved within the
last few days.
Ihe movements ol the enemy to-day
have been mysterious. Their pickets at
some points have linen drawn in i'or half a
mile, while at others they remain as ii-tial.
Ihe ground vacated hytheenemv is now
liehl by our troops.
The Richmond papers of to-day contain
nothing of special interest except’ the arri
val of Hen. Price.
No mention is mini.- of the whereabouts
of Beauregard's army. •
From the movements of the enemy ia.i
night, and information received from a
contraband, a general engagement v.a
looked for this morning. The troops were
all under arms at day light, and everything
in readiness, but after a slight demonstra
tion by the rebels, in which tiiev toum!
themselves promptly met at every point,
they retired to their old position. "
A terrible storm visited this section last
night, lasting about three hours: the wind
blew a hurricane, leveling the tents and
trees in all directions.
The Richmond papers romnlain of the
large price paid for eubstitutes'in the rebel
army, many of whom immediately desert.
They mention instances where as high as
.tHT and ?20 have been paid.
Keiioi iit No.
June 2uth,
To Hon. Enwix M. Staxtux, Secretary of
War:
The enemy are making desperate resist
ance to tile advance of our picket lines.
Kenrney’s
waiflßp% inoi^K
reinforced linker's a briglK
and a couple™ guns, and I hope in a few
minutes to finish the work intended for
to-day. Our men are behaving =;.1,-iuiill 1
The enemy are fighting well also. This
is not a battle but merely an affair’of
Heiiilzelman's corps supported by Keys,
and finis far all goes well and we hold
every foot we have gained. If we succeed
in what we have undertaken it will be a
very important advantage gained. Our
loss is not large. Thus far the fighting up
to this time has been done by Hooker's
Division, which has behaved as usual—
most handsomely. On our right Porter
has silenced the enemy's batteries in his
front. GKO. I!. MeOLKI.I.AN,
Maj. Gen. Gum.
Wasiiixctox, June 25.—The followin:
was received at the \\ ar Department Iron
Redoubt No. :S, June 25 —I:,’to p. m
To lion. E. M. Staxtox, Secretary o
War:
We have advanced our pickets on the
left considerably to-day under sharp re
sistance. Our men have behaved very
handsomely. Some tiring is still con
tinued. G. B. McCI.ELEAN.
Major General Commanding.
Kkpoiht, No. :1, June 25th, 5 p. u.
lo lion. K. M. Staxtox. Secrclarv ol
i he affair is over, ami we huve gained
our point fully, with but little loss, not
withstanding strong opposition. Our men
have done all that could be desired. The
affair was partially decided by two guns
that (.'apt. Deressy brought gallantly into
action under very difficult circumstances.
The enemy was driven from his cainp in
front, ol this place. All is now quiet.
Ot:n. B. McCi.ku.ax.
Major General.
Wa.shixgtox, June 25.—The President
arrived here at ten minutes to 7 o’clock
this evening, on his return trip from New
York City and West Point. He left the
latter place at 10:10 this morning, and the
tormerat 11:10. Making the trip from
New 1 ork in seven hours and twenty
minutes, being the shortest time
over the same route between that
city and Washington on record. The Pre
sident was accompanied on the trip by
General McCollum, General Director of
Military Railroads.
Harper's Ferry, June 24.—A pontoon
bridge will arrive this afternoon on the
way to General Fremont’s army.
The greater part of the force here are
throwing up earthworks on Bolivar
flights.
The supplies are plenty.
It was rumored yesterday that the rebel
General Ewell was advancing on New
Creek, with 4,000 men. The 23d Illinois
and 87th Pennsylvania regiments were
sent there this morning. General Kelly
is fully able to receive Ewell.
Jackson is by this time checked, and
Fremont, Banks and Shields have joined
their forces to pursue him.
Memphis, June2s.—A detachment oft he
Sixth Illinois Cavalry made a descent on
a band of rebel cavalry guarding a train
near Coldwater Station on the Mississippi
and Tennessee Bailroad, captured 25 pris
oners and about 20,000 pounds of bacon in
the train. They destroyed the bridges on
the road, rendering it impassable.
The navigation of White river is now
open to Gen. Curtis’ army.
Norfolk, June 24.—General Vieleheld
a conference with the city officers here
yesterday, and finding that they would not
take the oath of allegiance, ordered that
no election for municipal officers should be
held to-day, as had been arranged tor.
This morning he issued a proclamation,
declaring thecity under martial law, and
retiring the -old city officers, whose term
have expired. General Viele ha 3 found it
necessary to adopt this course in conse
quence of the numerous petty disturbances
between Union men and secessionists.
New Toiik, June 2.T.— The steamer
Coatzaeoaloes arrived here from New Or
leans. On tile I.eih the weather was de
lightful with refreshing showers.
Seven hundred barrels of sugar were
sold at oj cents for fuiiy fair qualities.
Pour men. wiio were sentenced to bo
hanged by order of General Butler, for
robbing citizens, wc-re executed on the
lTtli.
v-S 0i ”" Furter's Mortar fleet has gone to
, leksburg. Com. Farrhgut’s fleet was
beiore that city. A portion of his fleet
had routed the enemy from Grand Gulf.
In the fight a man named W. R. Weeks
was killed on the gunboat Itasca, and four
wounded.
The Bank of America, of New Orleans,
was paving specie.
General ri hep ley had vetoed several acts
of the Common Councii, which were cal
culated to injure tho rising Union feeling.
Guerilla hands, along the Mississippi,
suctedod in annoying passing vessels.
Kuuuir says that Gen. Scott is to suc
ceed the Secretary of War with General
as Assistant Secretary, and that
K-n 1 ope will take Hanks' command in
field, while McDowell will be given some
jinn in»u fttuioin. Another version makes
General Scott Commander-in-Chief of
the army with Banks ns Secretary of War,
Brcsnlent Lincoln was accompanied as
•nr as this city ny (Inn. Scott. ~ In response
to f*hc<*rx at Jersey City ns the train
was Laving, i he I 'resident said a few words
to tho effect that his visit to West Point
was not to make or unmake Generals.
tinrvjo, .him* I'-'.. Belarus from nil
hut Lmr counties tool, tin* majority against
the Bank article, *l5OO hundred; against
Cor.grovooi.jd Apportionment, 7,500 ;
Ncuto Hropo-uion. * denying them the
right ot stifle rage—holding otiiee—adopted
1.-y al'mosi uinu-lenths: Proposition ex
cluding them from coming to the State,
adopted by nearly a two-third vote. They
consequently form jiart of the old Consti
tution. 1 h«-Mi articles were voted on sep
arately irom the Constitution,and the ma
jority again>t that instrument thus far is
about- 12. 000.
Cairo. June 2d.—The number of claims
thus far presented before the commission
has reached nearly seven hundred, repre
senting on<* hundred thousand dollars.
I'ukntox. June 25. —An extra train with
the*th Massachusetts, Captain Cook, 15f»
men ran oil' the track about three miles
lrom Trenton, precipitating five or six cars
into the canal. Several horses are said to
be killed.. So far as ascertained only one
man is missing.
“V' 1 June I'.—Gen. Carle
ton’s brigade has entered Arizona. The
advance guard under Col. West reached
Tu't-un. about the 17th ult. The rebels
previously abandoned it. the Stars
arid Stripes again fh'tt over the ruins of
Fort Breckinridge.
. k*th instant, FANNY G ,
SPc.NOI-.iC, :h\Gtr!iicr of J* *, \\\ and Anna E,
ei>»-ne»T.
Liui«*r:d tliix I Imr.-ihtj . afternoon, nt 4 o'clock,
irom Um : c- lvu.-u «»i her i*nrcnts, North Common,
Allegheny t'ity. Tl«" friends of the fanilljr are
iavifed afi,
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