DAILY POST. Thf Union as it was: The Coustitntion as it is! WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 2. » *"**••« matter on every page. THBBE PATHS TO PEACE. “Wo otanot fizht always." PttSlOExr Limcolx. A§ die ®Uit*ry power of the rebels wanes, and the interest of the war is concentra ted chiefly at Richmond, Charleston Vicksburg, the thongbts of men are turn ed toward Peace, and the conditions on which it is to bo accomplished and pre served. After, such a total disruption of old laws and customs, it will be a serious work, even after it is manifest that the war is finished, to arrange the details of an accommodation. The people of the whole country are mainly divided into adherents of three several opiuions as to the way in which tho war will be or should bo ended. The first aud best opiuiou is that advo cated by the most patriotic, the safest, and far the largest part of the people. It is simply to restore the Union on its for mer basis, and to maintain tho Constitu all its strength and majesty. If, after the Government is again made whole, and tha old Union once more restored, amendments to the Oonstitutioß aud new laws to meet the new ideas and exigencies evolved by this crnel war, may be considered and adopted. 3ut the return of order is a necessary pre lude to any consideration of changes in onr organic laws. The objects and pur poses of the war, and the basis of peace, must be simplified as much as possible, it we would procure unanimity of action among a majority of the people. The ark of our national safety, containing the pre cious ark ot our national covenant, is now floating in a sea of fraternal blood— when the deluge subsides, and the venerated craft once more rests on the firm land, she can be overhauled if it be found necessary. But Bhe cannot be repaired nor remod eled until sbe is firmly landed. It is only erasy abolition pilots-that would think that the Ship of State could be thus dealt with—pilots that would rather see the old vessel sunk than that she should outride the storm. The second way to peace is by the jag ged, and thorny and tortuous abolition road. You must, according to Sumner, destroy the State Governments in the re volted States, and let tho United States Governmenthold them as territories. Then we are to proceed to confiscate tho entire property of the people of those States and emancipate their slaves. As for the white people themselves, we suppose they must be driven into the sea, or they must be come the slaves ot their own bondmen and of the possessors of their property after it has changed hands by confiscation ar d sale. Ibis path, of course, is to be clear ed by the entire subjugation of the seceded States; lor such inhuman policy could only be ordained after the utter ruin and* de struction of the whole people of the revol ted commonwealths—rebels, Union men, moderate men, and all sorts of men. Of the blood and the treasuro that such a programme would cost the North, no esti mate need be attempted. The ruinous and horrible aggregate can be imagined by ev ery one who reflects at all. But the abolition path to peace in beset with other obstacles. If we should free the slaves, we have to eradicate the feel ing (prejudice if yon choose to call it) strong in tbeheartof every white man, that the negro is not- now and never can bs his social equal. And thinking that tho negro is not his equal, how shall the white man however humble, be willing to admit the negro to free competion in labor and its poor rewards poor, even in the favored worth ? Ibis feeling, or prejudice, or what ever you may call it, exists, and will exist, and it cannot be instantly extinguished, it most be dealt with now—even before the war it over. Thi| is the abolition path to peaco. Shall we not more appropriately call it the road to U’ter ruin ? The third to terminate tho war is that pointed opt by the secessionists.. This is not so cruel as the mode last recited, but is equally inadmissible—equally ab surd and totally ont of-the question. To split the old Union in two—to take twelve, or if they can, fourteen Btars out of the «ld flag— to separate a territory which was plaialydntended by Divine Providence to be subject to, and to maintain, one gov ernment—to close the noble Mississippi as a highway for the whole nation, and com pel the people of eighteen States to pay a harrasaing tribute to a hostile power for the use of its waters to transport their prop erty to a market. These are some of the consequences which would follow the se cession method of solving the question of peace, It Beems to us that no patriot—no citizen who has not lost his reason, can hesitate wbidi of these three paths to choose, in seeking the pence which all hearts desire. To adhere to the Constitution, and to heal its wounds; to restore the old Union, and to make it more sacred in the hearts of the people by carefully seeking its defects and calmly correcting them, is the duty of every man who loves his country. To put an en’d to the nameless horrors inaugurated byrebellious secessionists, and not to per mit abolition disunionists to perpetuate the scene* of bloodshed now enacting in onr unhappy land, is equally the duty of all ■ patriots. In adhering to the Constitution as it is, and restoring the Union as it was, both Socessionism and Abolitionism are defeat ed, and-‘their power for harm’destroyed. Then let ns choose the first, the. best, the easiest, the most obrious, and the quickest : -path to pepqe£ let us go for the Union as J , it was, the Constitution as it is. The number of persons wholly out of employment in Manchester] England, is now reported at 7,837. #£., HOMBGUABD& tfe were under tho impression that the existence of Home Guards iiras the result of Northern precaution enthtfy; but by a spicy correspondence published between a committee of the citizens of Cuthbert, Georgia, and General Robert Toombs, we perceive that such an organ* ization is in full blast in that remote region of the fiery South. In feet, the different stages in the progress of the rebellion have not shown our Southern antagonists entirely devoid of management; while we have no desire to disparage their valor, we must, at the same time, acknowledge their discretion. At the beginning of hostilities, they announced their determination to abandon everything for the profession of the soldier. Business, property, and “all trivial records of pressures past’’ were to be driven from their thoughts, and their minds and arms were to be devoted exclu sively to the driving back of Yankee inva sion. They resolved, thay said, to devote themselves exclusively and unanimously to the prosecution of hostilities. Many of these rebels have indeed made good their assertions, but there is quite a large nuni* ber who did loud and extensive talking of what they would do, who now luxuriate in ■saferetreats in the interior. Theso gentle men rebels, many of whom used to frequent ly allude to their “dying in the last ditch," have, on several occasions, demonstrated the nice appreciation they entertain for disfigured physiognomies and whole skins. In these wholesome restrictions against unnecessary sacrifice, “our Southern brctli. era” seem quite as humane and observant as we are ourselves. But these are pecu liarities of Horae Guards generally, consti tuting a well established and highly popu lar custom. These reflections only give us an addi tional proof of human nature being the same everywhere, and that in every coun ty and locality there are to be found large classes of highly intelligent and patriotic people, who agree with Falstaff that “dis cretion is the better part of valor ." and who, like that prudent individual, keep their eves Sxed upon the main chance, even in limes of raging and ruffian war.— General Toombs (whom all will remem ber as having been a most fierce fire-miter representing Georgia in the Senate prior to the rebellion; not only holds a snug po sition in the rebel army, but he is engaged in the cultivation of cotton, in direct defi ance of an edict of the rebel government. This has been noticed by the " Home Guards of Cuthbert, " who express their indignation in a string of resolutions. The Atlanta, alluding to their proceedings, says: Some of our totemporarios iu South western Georgia hnvo been complaining that Gen. Toombs has planted a larger cotton crop tbun usual, while manv farm ers had planted none, and all (except a very few; had greatly reduced the number of acres usually planted by them. Tliitt evidence of patriotism on the pari of the cotton planters is one of the most encour aging signs of the times. A people who will make such sucrilicc can never be subdued. Gen. loombs, for some reason unknown to us, has declined to observe this rule, so nigh universal and it has given a good deal of dissatisfaction. The papers have noticed it and condemned it very ex tensively—it may be hastily, we can’t say : and the committee of public safetv in Cuthbert have taken the following action : Whereas, Authentic information has been received that Gen, Robert Toombs, of the C. 3. A., Col. A. P. Rood, and ! others owning large plantations on the Chattahoochee river—itilluenced, as we believe, more by avarice than patriotism, have planted unusually large crops of cot ton, thereby curtailing to that extent the provision crop necessary for the support of our suffering country. From these proceedings of the Home Guards of the extreme Southern State o f Georgia, and the conduct ol Toomb.s and others in “planting larger cotton crops than usual,” it will be seen that they have not yet definitely resolved upon that last do--pernto reßort—the last ditch ; but like hopeful men they seem to calculate upon many days of future happiness. This pres ent forethought upon the part of Toombs the Committee denominate an exhibition of “avarice rather than patriotism.” One of the resolutions passed at the meeting alluded to roads as follows: KesolveA, That Gen. Robert Toombs, Col. A. P. Rood, and all others who have followed their pernicious example, be re quested to withdraw all their available negro labor from the cultivation of their cotton crops, and place it in charge of the committee appointed to superintend the defenses of the river. The “defenses of the river” to which the Committee alludes, are intended, it is said, td protect their own property and plantations. If this be so, we can readily understand the point end significance of Toombs’ reply to the resolutions of the i Committee. He says: m ~ “Hichmond, June 11, 1862. To Messrs. Qeo. Util, A. T. Newsom and William Carter, Committee; “ (texts } Your telegram has been re ceived. I refuse a single hand. My property, so long ns I live, shall never be subject to the order of those cowardly miscreants, the Committee of Public Safe ty of Randolph county and Eufaula. You may rob me in my absence, but you can not intimidate me. (Signed,) Robert Toombs.” Synopsis of the Mexican Treaty. The following is a synopsis of the Mex ican treaty now before the Senate : The United States stipulates to loan Mexico $11,000,000 lor the term of five years. For this loan, the Mexican Government is to pledge the entire public domain, and what remains of the church property es timated at $100,000,000 in value. ’ The United States Government is to is sue its bonds for the amount of $ll 000 • 000, payable in twenty years, nnd hearing six per cent, interest. Mexico is to receive $2,000,000 of the amount loaned in fifteen days from the final ratification of the treaty. The bal ance to be paid in instalments of $500,000 per month, running eighteen months. The Mexican Government is to turn over its bonds to the Government of the United States, for the amount of $11,000,- 000, bearing six per cent, interest, and payable in five years. To cany into effect this treaty, a mixed commission to be appointed by the two Spvernments of the United States and lexico. Three commissioners are to be appoint ed, one on the part of Mexico and two on the part of the United States. The commissioners thus appointed are to sell the public domain and church prop erty sufficient to liquidate the loan, and pan the proceedroVer to an agent to be appointed by the United States Govern ment. The agent appointed by .the United States Governmeht''tb,.eeceiye .the fends* as realized, shall reside in Mexico. There is a Convention annexed to the treaty in which the Tehuantepec project is revived, but which contemplates no new commercial advantages. [From Monday'affswYork ffeiaiiir Mst TnmmKoiiTKtmim BPLEHDID STBATEGIO MOVEKEHT Desperate Fighting on both Sides. The Union Troops Success rial and Confident. 1,900 KILLED AND WOUNDED REBEL LOSSES MUCH HEAVIER, Unequalled Gallantry of onr Soldiers, A terrible battle took place before Rich mond on Thursday and Friday last, detail ed accounts of which are given below. No official reports have yet been received, a brief war bulletin from the War Depart ment announcing tho suspension of tele graphic communication with the Peninsula. “Washington-, June :toth, 12 st. —The Government has no accurate information of tho stato of affairs on the Peninsula, by reason of the interruption of the telegraph ic communication. Nothing' has been re ceived to warrant tho belief of any serious disaster.” A correspondent of tho Tribune, who, however, does not nppear to havo been aware of McClellan's whole design, gives the following account of the battle : “ Battle-Fjb;.h, Sunday, June 29, 1862. “A severe and most determined battle was fought on Thursday aud Friday, the 26th and 27th instants, which is claimed by some of our officers as a successful strategic movement, into which the enemy have unwittingly been drawn, and which will soon result in the capture of Richmond ns well ns the entire army. 1 * The attack was made by the enemy in immense force, who crossed tho Chicka hominy river, near the railroad, above Mechanicsvilio, on Thursday afiernoon, aud fought desperately, hut were unable to drive our men back a single rod from their position, notwithstanding that we had to contend, in an unequal coinbat. with nearly or quite ten to one. “ The only force engaged on that day was .McCall's division, which was located on the opposite aide oi a swampv ravine, about a mile and a half back from the Ohickahominy river. “The battle lasted from about - until 9 t-. si . when the enemy drew off, renewing the attack at the break of day, and after several hours oi hard Gghting, General McCall s Division vasordcredtu fall back. The soldiers, supposing that the order was given from a tear of being overpowered, said they could hold the ground and begged that tho order might be countermanded, which was refused, and they yielded with grettt reluctance. “Gen. McClellan was on the field dur ing the afternoon and up to a late hour at night, directing the movements, and ex pressed himself well satisfied with the re sult. “On Friday morning commenced whnt is called the ‘strategic movement,' which, it is hoped, will ho a success, although at one tiino it nearly proved fatal to a con siderable portion of the armv. ••Below 1 give the facts of the two Jays' battle, as gathered Irom personal observa tion, and from various other sources, but which, as is always the case while the bat tle is raging, or immediately after, are im perfect, ill consequence of the conflicting statements ot persons located at different points ot the- field of operations." Tlie llebeN' Attack on TkurH- Cn I nursday, about noon, tin- euemv rnado an attack upon fieneral Stoneman s forces in the vicinitv of Hanover Court House, probably for the purpose ofaccom plishing hii out flanking movement on the right, and to engage onr attention in that direction. Shortly afterward they com menced a vigorous cannonading from the works situuted on ati eminence opposite Meehanicsvillc, about one and a half miles distant; also from two batteries, one nbove ami the other below. "They were replied to by Campbell's I onimyivnnia batteries on picket duty, one on the MechauicHvillo road, and anoth er from behind earthworks at the right of a grovo.’' The Rebeln Crown (he Chirks hosniuy. . r f w o O clock p. in., the enemy’s infantry and squadrons of cavalry crossed the Chickahominy in immense force, a short distance above the Virginia Central Railroad, making a rapid advance, through lowlands and forest, towards General .Mc- Call's division, who were entrenched on a hilly woodland across a swampy ravine, about a mile in the rear of Mechanics ville.” Part ot the Pennsylvania Knelt' tails Captared. .“The First Pennsylvania Hides (Buck tails) and Campbell’s Pennsylvania batte ry were on picket duty, all of whom, ex cept one company, fell back behind the breastworks and rifle pits, where a line of battle was drawn up. Company Kof the Bucktails, who were on picket beyond the railroad, were surrounded by the enemy, and the last that was known of them they were trying to cut their way through an immensely superior force. Their late m not known, but it is presumed that the greater portion of them were taken pris oners.” A Terrible Conflict. The enemy adaanced down to the rear Of Mtthaiucsville, on a low, marshy ground,to where our forces were drawn up behind rifle-pits and earthworks, on an eminence on the Northerly side of the ra vine, when the conflict became most terri ble. The rebels, with the most determin ed courage, attempted to press forward over miry ground, but the bullets and grapeahot fell among them like hail, until, in the words of an officer, ‘they lay like flies on a bowl of sugar,’ and at dark with drew. The cannonading was kept up on both sides until about 9p. m., when the battle ceased. Our forces were covered by eathworks and suffered but slightly. The casualties as far as known are given below. “Late in the afternoon the enemy made a charge with cavalry. About one hun dred of them came rushing down and at tempted to cross the ravine, when the horses became mired. A squadron of our cavalty, seeing the position in which the placed, made a charge down ; the hill, when the cavalry abandoned their 1 horses and fled. i "Tk® infantry fight was then renewed, and, according to the statement of my in formant, Surgeon Humphrey, of the Pennsylvania Bucktail regiment, contin ued until about sevens, m., when a retreat was ordered, veiy much against the will of ii° “ e ?nsylvania boys, who begged to be alloweito defend their position, which they telt confident they could continue to hold. “The outer forces began to fall back. Porter s corps were some distance below, near what is well known here as Dr. (mines’ residence.’’ Retreat of our Right Wing. “At the break of day I turned out from my comfortable bed (the ground) after the fight of the day before, for the right wing, where were had been an incessant can* nonading for some time. “The tost that attracted my attention was the immense line of baggage and fo rage wagons, extending about four miles. Neztcame acavaicadeof ambulance wag ohi, as the eye could reads, and on the next eminence the view wmiebahred. [These had been bedeied to move before the fight commenced.— Eds. E. P.] “Next came stragglers, who never hap pen to be under fire, but can report haw-1 breadth escapee and personal adventures, I cttiuptljMid A about t*o Mildred and lefWT Neit <pnfrd6bgt!fesiclr soldiera on foot, and la*tlj anegroidrag png one foot after ariother.appofentVy “uch frightened, and a soldier by his 8 t? a “ amil ' n S him for not moving faster. A moment after we descended the hill to a ravine known as Gaines Mills, and baited for an artilllery batteir which was hurriedly crossing the bridge, and os the last of the train passed over, an order was given to destroy it. At this moment a depleted regiment 'came oveij the emi nence, and seeing the work of destruction going on, cried out, ‘stop, stop, the enemy are close upon us,' some of them at the sametirae glancing backward. “Your correspondent had started out breakfastless for Mechanicsville, hut sud denlybecame impressed with the idea that he had some business in an opposite direc tion. Returning about two miles, he came into an open space of rolling land about one and thre quarters miles in length, ex tending to Woodbury's Bridge, across the I Chickahominy, and about one and a half miles in width, perhaps one third of which is bottom land, next to the Chickahominy, and the remainderhigh rolling land, skirt ed with woods. . reviotis to reaching the open space, skirmishers were being thrown out, and their actions would lead oneiuclined tq tim idity to suspect that the enemy had crept up uncomluriably near. “Passing to the open space we saw an immense lurce; some drawn up in line of battle, and others marching and counter narching. Xheso consisted of Porter’s corps and McCall’s Pennsylvania boys, who bad yielded against thfeir will." The Second Day’s Hattie. Two hours afterward the enemy came feeling their way through the woods, and hnally a general battle ensued. The can nonading was terrific, and the musketry can only be understood by those who have heard the crash of immense trees in quick succession. Duryea s gallant Zouaves were lying upon the ground for two hours, while our batteries were shelling the woods over them. 1* inaliy, toward night, the enemy at tempted to break the centre line in front of Duryea s Zouaves, and the musketry tiring became most terrific, lasting some twenty or thirty minutes, after which there was a lull. Shortly afterward an attempt was made to break through the right, which was repulsed, and half an hour later an other attempt was made on the left, with the same result. The battle had then been raging for some four hours, without any upparent change or advantage on either side. Keinforcements of artillery and infantrv then came steadily along over the hridge, inarching through the heat and dust over the hill to the field ol battle. Theenemv then seemed to make their last desperate, determined effort, and came near forcing onr men back into the low ground hetween the hill and tho hridge, where they could have been slaughtered by tens of thousands before they could have crossed that loug, narrow bridge. VVagons, artillery, ambu lances and men were hurrying toward the bridge, and a panic was almost inevitable, when a strong guard was placed across the bridge.'* The Iriwli llrlgade Mrip lo llwir Work. “At the time when the enemy had almost reached the main hospital, one half mile Irom tin* river. Thomas Francis Meagher's Irishmen came over the hill.stripped to the bare arras and ordered to go work. They gave a yell and went to work, and the re sult was that the enemy fell back to the woods, and thus matters stood up to eleven o clock yesterday i.Sunduyj morqing. “At dark an attack waa mude along the from ol the euiiro line, and was renewed at *J a. m. in front of (lenerahijlooker. Kearney and Sumner, successfully, without material re-uit." Our "t 01. Black of PeniiKvlvari'm was killed, his head being blown otf by a'shell. When we lost Katon's hnttery we lost its valua ble commander beside, 'fen guns were ta ken from us by a sudden Hank attack, cov ered by the thick smoke which hung around the pieces and slowly drifted to leeward.” fllalemenls or a Kebel Major. "f ount de Paris took prisoner a rebel Major who belonged to Jackson’s army.— He said he had been in the valley of the Shenandoah all winter, and came here yes t(inlay with a part ol 'lackson’g unuy. The rest of it arrived this morning. The wholo ot it was here, lie said that in the attack oti our right the rebels had from sixtv to eighty thousand troops. This will i s'- plain the enormous lire under which our men were home down and swept awat .pre cisely as Homo of the regiments' were swept away at the Seven Pines.’’ InciUeutu. "Ihe Pennsylvania Reserve drove the attacking regiments of Jackson's com mand. 10-day they were overpowered bv the same troops reinforced. Syke’s regu lars culled up proved unequal to the task of stopping them, and Slocum's command had to be added to them. The Count dc Paris testifies to the remarkably good con duct of all the regiments that sustained this unequal attack on Porter. They gave way, indeed, but not one of them ran.— Iheir losses are enormous.- ‘‘.The regular Eleventh infantry is about annihilated. Nearly every officer in it is killed or wounded. The Fourteenth also suffered severely. Major Roselle, 6f the regulars, a, kinsman of General McClel lau’s, is killed. Colonel Pratt, of a New Vork regiment, is also killed, and Colonel Black and Lieut. Col. Swietzer. “Our loss in officers is very marked. Indeed, the disproportion in numbers was so extraordinary, and the obstinacy of our troops so unyielding, that onr losseH were inevitably large. The artillery in both Porter’s and Smith’s divisions piled the rebels in heaps. The fire was horribly affective. J “At Savage’s Station the wounded al ready fill the great Btreet of tents in the garden, and begin to pare the grass yard as after the Seven Pines. The same moan ing and shrieking fill the night as then, and again bear testimony against the style of warfare which submits regiments to the fire of brigades. Summing Up. This fight of to-day (Friday) cunuot, be described, save by a memorandum of the positions respectively held by the oppos ing parties at its close, and by the list of killed and wounded. On tbo rebel side however, it was characterised by the stead fast old policy for which their leaders are to be so much honored, of pouring fresh and eager troops upon our weary men and endeavoring to crush us with superior weight of fire and vastly superior exhibi tion of force. “Twice all along the front did the bloody and determined attack cling to our lines of battle and our rifle pits and re doubts. Porter thundered on them with fifty cannon; Sumner’s Hooker’s and Ay re’a guns reaped them with a very harvest. Their loss in killed and wounded was hor* rible. We but debate now if our own dead, wounded and missing equal those of the Seven Pines—or exceed theirs I In the mean time,'notwithstanding the dis proportion of numbers, the Union line it at every point about where it was in the morning, and the heroes behind it are in heart." IHATE-X D. SUUI -giffnucr atnjuit-jonx •w. KmgMnKKegi bitinlk ** ********* CBIBHIt 90 guTMI mmmwmm . mWKsssrvsChsssalistieeeivedeadtw Ml. by Jah. AWT/.kK., ConurHarkM sad Xim nest; 1 OBK ’ Ju ‘y } —The steamer City .ot Baltimore from Liverpool, and the Sco ttafrom the same port, have armed, with dates to the 21st ult. . reported that Count Persigny tailed m his mission to London, relative to me diation in American affairs. Five thousand French troops are going to Mexico immediately. ■ ~ The Chambers have unanimously voted additional credits. Humors prevail of insurrections in St. 1 eterahurg, butat the last dates all was quiet. Nearly one-third of the city had been destroyed by fire. Loss fTI ,000,000. Mr. Lindsay, m the House of Commons, postponed his motion relative to the rela tions with America, bnt called on the Gov ernroent to recognize the Sonth. Ihe Earl of Canning is dead. The New York correspondent of the limes says if England and France intend stepping in at the last moment, now is their time to urge submission on the South and magnanimity on the North, for unless neauregard and the other leaders succeed in retreating to Texas, there is not the slightest hope for their cause. Their dream of independence ha* vanished, and they siSaj*--»»■**>** The Morning HMUd gives a different view. It represents the Confederates as very stroug, but thinks it doubtful if they will risk another engagement at Rich'- inond. It is assured that the Federal loss at Fair Oaks was 13,000. '1 he Army and Navy Gazette argues that the Confederates are rapidly giving way before the steady and scientifically applied superior resources of the North. It thinks, however, that the Federal mili tary success is no guarantee for the res toration of the Union. , The Pans Constitutional regards media tion as a mere question of time. Public opinion in favor of it gains ground in France and England. It is for the Gov ernment to seize on the favorite opportu nity. In the House of Commons Mr. Lindsay was iu favor of postponing till the 11th of J uly. his motion relative to the relations with America and expressed the hope that n the meantime the Government would see the necessity for recognizing the South, and taking the matter out of the hands of a few private members, as it was perfectly clear that the Confederates were now able to assert their independence. The Rev. Dr. Fayall E. Jewett, Ameri can Missionary to Constantinople, died suddenly at a hotel in Liverpool. Fiu.vce. —Great activity prevails in Franee for sending reinforcements to Mex ico; the numberis now stated to be 12.000. Cue report says that Gen. Forey is Com mander-in-Chicf; another says Gen. Tro clmn or Miutantan. A dissolution ot the l.egislatif has been postponed. I h*» weather has been unfavorable for the crops, both in France and Eugtand. I tip Paris Bourse was flat at GBf 30c. Italy.— -Garibaldi was again at Turin, nml negotiations Vere reported as taking place. The party of action called on him to declare if he was with them or with the government, and in consequence he resign ed his Presidency of the Society. Juno tilt. — The London Observer suys thorp will bo a party move on Monday in the House of Commons rel* at;vp to the coast defenses and for a post ponement of any further appropriations this year. The Observer urges that the money has been already voted, and that a postponement now would be a most ex* pensive arrangement, as the works are al ready in the hands of sundry contiactors. Lmmroor.. Saturday Afternoon, June -L Ihe sales ot cotton to-day were I*o,♦ and prices were aiivancint* lor all •junlitios to a trifling extent. The sales to speculators uml contractors were lu.ihh hales. Breadstuff* are very linn. Provisions very dull. [T3* 1.1 * lISA VS BLOOD SEAUt'HKK. ffV. 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Alao, \ lolm cases. Flutae. Aoconfione, Ac. jel4 WHEELII & WHSOS’S Sewing Machines, NO. 27 FIFTH STREET. PITTSBURGH. PA. Awarded He Firtt fVtsu'nsi al Uu United States Fair FOR THE TEARS 1858, 1850 and 1860. UPWARDS OP 8 O , O O O MACHINES sold in the United States. none THAW BAM SOU) the FAST TEAM We offer to the pufallo WHKBLER A WIL SON’S IMPROVED SEWING MACHINE, at REDUCED PRICES, with increased confidence of its merits es the best and most naafnl Family Sewinx Machine now in oss. It does equally well on the thickest and thinnest fabrics, makes the lock-stitch impossible to unravel, alike on both aides, is simple -*"•*—-* 1 " —— ffllffr in movement, and more durable than any other ma chines. Circulars giving prices and description of machine furnished gratis on application in per honor by letter. Every Machine warranted for thrue yean. WM. EUMHER A 00. RUSSIA* PEBBLE SPECTACLES. .BaT*nm«Mkc»iiT Would gmtewlha improved? If eo t try the Busrinn hMliffi ,«TBiwm of PJI Ramil Pebbls Spectacles on only for ab at my store. Russian Pebbles inserted in old frames, if ds. SlIMi itfS J »■. MORE TROOPSjiALLED FOR! SKIRMISHING ALONG OUR LINES, York River Cleat of Vessels. W ashington, July I.—The following correspondence between the President and the Governors of the several States will explain itself: To the President .- The undersigned Governors of the States of the Union, impressed with the belief that the citizens of the States which they respectively represent are of one accord in the hearty desire that the recent suc cesses of the Federal arms may be follow ed by measures which must ensure the speedy restoration of the Union, and be lieving. that in view of the present impor tant- military movements in progress, and tho reduced ■ condition of our effective forces in the field, resulting from the usual and unavoidable casualiliesof the service, that the time has arrived for prompt anil vigorous measures to be adopted by the people. In support of the great interests committed to your charge, we respectfully request, it it meets with your entire ap proval, that you at once call upon the several States for such number of men as may be required to till up all the military organizations now in the field, and add to the arms heretofore organized such addi tional number of men as may, in your judgment, be necessaiy to garrison and hold alt the numerous cities and mili tary positions that have been captured by our army, and to speedily crush tne rebellion that still exists in several ol the Southern States, thus practically re storing to the civilized world our great and good Government. We believe that the'deciaive movement is near at hand, and to that end the people of the United States are desirous to aid promptly in fur nishing all reinforcements that you may deem needful to sustain our Government. Isbael WssHßFßxi;, Jr., Gov’r of Maine. S. Berry, (rov'r of New Hampshire. Fred’k Holbrook, Gov'r of Vermont. \V m. A. Bcoki.vohaji, Gov’r of Conn. E. 0. Morgan-, Gov'r of New York. V H^ S ' If Ou,EV > Gov’r of New Jersey.. . ' Sr ®J ,RTnf » Gov'r of Pennsylvania! nxr - 4LtJ0 ‘ :1 S Gov'r of Marvland. b- N. Pikrpo.vt, Gov’r of Virginia, r Blaib ' Gov r of Michigan. J. 1!. To.mle, Pres't Military Board of KV. A.VPREW Johnson-, Gov’r of Tennessee.' H. R. Gamble, Gov'r of Missouri. 0. I>. Morton-, Gov'r of Indiana. David Tod, Gov’r of Ohio. U . Ramsey, Gov’r of Minnesota. Richard Yates, Gov'r nf Illinois Edward Solomon, Gov’r of Wisconsin. Executive Mansion, i Washington. July Ist. I*o2. Gexti.emex —Fully concurring iu the wisdom of the views expressed !o me in so patriotic a manner hv you in the com munication on the 2*th,' 1 have decided to call into the service an additional force ol 3UO (Bio men. 1 suggest and recommend that the troops should be chiefly of infant ry. Ihe quota of your States would be blank. I trust that they may be enrolled without delay so as to bring this unnec essary and injurious civil war to a .-.peedv and satisfactory conclusion. An order fixing tne quota of the respective States will be issued by the War Department to morrow. [Signed]? ABRAHAM f.iNCOI.X I’OUTKKSS Monroe, June 30.— The York river Is being completely cleared of overy , thing movable. Steamer- and tug- are constantly arriving at Fortress Monroe, i having in tow barges, schooners. Ac. Many arrived here Inst evening and dur ' ing the night. This morning the steamer •Spaulding arrived, having eight barges and schooners in tow. She reports that one hundred and fifty barges, schooners and tow boats were at Yorktown when she left, hut all were making preparations to come down to*day. i Nearly if not all of the Government stores were removed from White House before that place was burned. The falling back of the right wing of the army was done in the most perfect order, and it is not looked upon as n disastrous movement, but as one under the circum stances well planned after the union ol Stonewall Jackson apd Johnson’s forces. e , he f r of skirmishing going along our lines, but can get no details. I have learned from Lieut. E. Walter Wait, onj of General Casey’s aides, that the burning of the White House was either an accident or the work of an incendiaty, as Gen Casey gave explicit orders for the '* “He House not to be destroyed. Reports are current to-day that Gen. McClellan has taken Richmond, but there is no good authority for the rumor, the telegraph not being at work aud there not betngany arrival From the James river, though a boat is hourly expected. Schoon- Ifrh I?.i bee i 1 arnv,n « all day loaded with cattle, horses, mules, hay and com !^®“ r -L st P r ® s : There was nothing left above West Point when the last steamci passed down last evening, but at West Point there was one hundred barges and schooners, mostly small schooners. Thlrty-Serenth Congress. Mashxnoton, July I.—Hoist:.—The House went into Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union on the tariff bill Among other amendments paper eigar.- and cigarets were made subject to the Eamt duty as is imposed on cigars; castor seed anti beans 50 cents per bushel: on all su gar above number twelve two ’ cents, not above fifteen, Dutch standard in color, 3 cents per pound: on all above number fif teen, not store-dried, or above numbei twenty, Dutch standard in color, four cent > per pound. All importers at home and abroad are required to have their advice authenticated. The bill to take effect on the Ist of August. The Senate’s amendment to the Navy Appropriation bill was acted upon. The House then adjonrned. Senate. —On motion of Mr. Willey, of Va., the bill for the admission of Western Virginia into the Union as a State was taken up, the question being on the amendment of Mr. Sumner,]that after the 4th of July, 1803, there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude other wise than punishment tor crime, whereol the party shall be duly convicted within the limits of said State. Mr. Snmner said that the bill proposed that all children born after 1803 shall be free, hot allowed the'present generation of slaves to continue as such, thus admit ting, another slave State with two Senators for a whole gmieration. He conld not con sent to the admission of a State with a Con stitution recognizing slavery for a whole generation. He quoted from the speeches of Webster against the admission of slave States. Mr. Hale, of E. H., said Webster in and perhaps wiseryears, repudiated every word of tbosespeeches. He should not vote because Webster had said one Guo* or the other, but it would seem sin for the immediate eatabUshiaent of a sys tem of prospective emancipation. As he did not make thia world ha was willing to take it as be fonnd it, and meet the ques tion practically. It was not for ns to set '<-'3 up in dogmatic wisdow against eviction of other men who may pos- IC as wise 88 we are. Ho wanted to ith the thing na n practical fact, and . would hail the advent of a slave State into the I’nion, with a clause in its Con stitution for gradual emancipation, more gladly and with greater satisfaction than theadmission of a free State outright, and why? Heeauso there is joy among the an gels over one sinner that repentetfmore than over ninety and nine that need no re pentance. . •■-■WJ . Sir. Gollainer, of V crmont. contended that when a new State was admits it must be admitted on an equality with the other States, and we could not make con ditions or terms ns to what she should do. The Constitution guaranteed' every State a Republican form of Government, and Congress _ has generally had thernroposed Constitution of a State so as to judge for itself whetherthat Constitution is Bepubli can or not; but this bill says DOthingahout this State Constitution. It provides that some counties may get together and form a Constitution and then be admitted by proclamation without Congress even seeing the proposed Constitution at all. Such a proceeding wonld be entirely at variance with all former action of the Government, and Congress had nevor delegated this power ot inspection of the Constitution to any other power at all. He did not see how a State could be admitted under this bill. Mr. Willey, of Virginia, proposed to amend the bill so as to obviate tneobjec tion of the Senator from Vermont enabling the State to bg admitted when the ratified Constitution in form with ike fundamMß; condition that children born after tßSTonrth of July shall be free. In regard to Mr. Sumner’s amendment he said that most of the slaves now remain ing in Western Virginia were old family slaves and gradual emancipation was bet ter for the interests of the State. 1 The bill in effect proposes tbe admission of' a new free State. Mr. Wade, ot Ohio, was in favor of the admission of the new State with the Amend ment proposed by the Senator from Vir ginia. Theso people of North Western \ trgtnia wero divided from the rest of the Stale topographically and socially, and there was great enmity between them: and although this new State was half slavery for a time, yet it looks all the while to ul timately being a free Stale and to the ex termination of slnvery. Mr. Fessenden, of Maine, was in favor of the admission of the hew State, but there are some things in the bill he should like to examine. He thought that before the admission of the new State we should take an irreversable position in regard to gradual emancipation. He moved that the bill be postponed for the present, and the army appropriation bill be taken up. Mr. Harris, of M ew York, called up the bil. to provide provisional governments for certain .States, which he said it was neces sary should be passed early if passed at all. ' The ai my appropriation bill was taken up. Mr. Fessenden stated that the Commit tee on Finance had struck down the ap propriations to nearly one third. The appropriations were sufficient to carry the Government to January, leaving the rest tut Gongrcss should meet again, in Decem ber. on the principle of keeping these large appropriations in the power of Con gress. and no! from any distrust of the Administration m anyway; for if there ttas any man in whose integrity, patriot ism and ability he had entire confidence, it was tho Secretary of War. In the amendment to limit the number ol rank ana file to T'»0,000, Mr. Hale offered an amendment to limit the number of Major Generals to forty, and Brigadier Generals to two hundred Mr. 1-esrenden says it was well known that there were a great many men sick and wounded, and it had been suggested bv the Military Committee that this amend ment hnd better not he adopted, and he should not press it. Mr. Crimes, of lowa, hoped this amend ment would nut be stricken out. Sir. King, of New York, said the Mili tar> Committee had thought it bestatpres ent to mane this limitation, but.he was not Hilling now to set any limitation on the number ol men. • ?L r ’ ?VL g .. fiaill Wfi ha<l I,ot 500,000 men m the held front the hest information he coma get.. farther discussion, Mr. Hale’s amendment was adopted, and the limita tion o! mO.OOO men-stricken out A message was[received from the Presi- Unm Z":'" !" 5 a voto of to •West * * f ° r bIS gal,ant ketones in the Uit motion of Mr. Grimes, the bill to equal.™ and establish the grade of officers ot the navy was taken nn. Mr. M ilkins, of Mo., offered a resolu tion that the President inform the Senate, if not incompatible with the public inter ests, whether Charles C. Fulton, one of editors of the Baltimore American newspaper, has been arrested and confined in prison, and if so, upon what charges and for what reason, and if any charag have been preferred against him. and ifsm what are these charges and by whom pre- " nd ° n Wlmt ftvidenee they *are Mr. Kennedy, of Md.. moved to add also the names of Judge Barton and-Judge Carmichael. Laid over. 8 adfourned" exee,,tivo sessi »“ the Senate BpeCi?l * BreckTnridf BVail • hero of a fa«e under Gen H»n dg ? ra ? vin * north “> faU upon Gen. Halleck s detached division. P far S n n i ;pnes. t,S ’ *" 4rkansas t fa.Hufring Riverow?nZtn C fZ"l° 1 get “P White reiver ou ing to the low water. • non ns i ns . rof u S' ,ps report that Pike with ~0110 rebels were moving from Fort Mn.th to attack Gen. Curtfs’ rea™, while STRICTLY PURE ARTICLES. Low Prices, PITTSBURGH DRUG HOUSE TORRENCE Sc McGARR. ’ CORNER FOURTH * MARKET STKBETS PITTSBURGH. SBa.—• _ . 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