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6IAXEDLII4G .OPERATION DEFEATED.
-10 n 3tonday - ,lnorning of last week a 'Man,
giving_ his name as Joseph- . H. Miller, of ,the
NoWtirk AdreiOsei, and representing himself as
a Unioti:Solo;catne here in 'the Hagerstown
traipl And while the cars were ,waiting. he gave
Mr. Gilmore, the telegiaph operator, the follow
ing dispatch:
Cli.tlistatsuctao, June 20.
Denning Duer, 53; William - St. New York.
aintberland 111J10 lose Imago before night. Bulle
tin! will-chronicle startling events this P. M.
--JOSEPH R. Mitla%
.„
•
Newark Advertiser.
Viteithove dispatch !waned:upon its face tie
,he'a mere business affair,. and Mr. Gilmore laid
it aside'-'to be' forwarded. After the train left
he sent it to Philadelphia, but in a short time
the dispatches given • :below passed over the
wires from Hagerstown, and his suspicions were
at,`OneeAropsed that Mr: Miller was the agent
Of an association of stock gamblers who had re
solved upon treating a paOie in storks by re
porting Hie invasion of CuMberland Valley by
the rebels; and ho held the . .Hagerstown dis
yacht:a:4 here and stopped Mr: I:titer's dispatch
inyhiladelphia, until the military authorities
eould be consulted-about them. The dispatch-
os signed "Union Scout" and "Scout" were; he
aseertained,fill sent by Miller, and the fact that
he ova's giving information of a rebel - raid
- and passing the hey]-quarters'of :Major
Geis. Couch, the officer in.6mmand of the
I:art:neat; without communicating with him
uta4e - . it evident either'that he waspublishing
false . 'statements to - create a panic, or that he
did not want the military authoeities to know of
the rebel advance.
The dispatches sent 'from Hagerstown were
as folloWs - : •
. . IngEnsrow3i, Jane O.
TI. - 11. Craig, AsSoeiated Press, New York.
teolt for, important letter from this plane by mail
'UNION SCOLT:
The same dispatch visa directed to be sent to
, 1
R. L. Davis, Inquirer office, Philadelphia. Thei
other one was as follows: -
. I.lAunnsrows, June 20.
Mayor Wills, Trenton, New Jersey.
Last nig.ht 2,00 busholi wort, brought over below
Failing, Waters and stored two nines this side o,;
tomae—l.l,ooo more will, be stores, at same plitiffin
-alew'days, as fears exist that the quick mode of
communicating is tapped. _
Scout will —gee Curtin in person to-day as to other
matters; W inehcher has been occupied by the Con
federates. Sigel has a force of one hundred day
men, at MartiuSburg, and Couch is at Chantbersburo.
Be thr Ara! in market if you con; as yotishatiefired
news as to contract, Parker's laborers Will be want
ed to-morrow. SCOVT.,
''The same man had lent a, dispatch through
• the previous Saturday to a man in New Jersey,
stating that "tee can_ get as much grain as we
stoat:* The , dispatches": and . facts Connected
with them were submitted to Gen. Couch, and
as the representation's Of - a rebel advance in this
direction Were wholly false, ,he very properly
suppressed the dispatches, and retained them
in military custody; and by permission of the
military .authorities we give them publicity. It
is eminently proper that the people should know
how their tranquility has been threatened by
reckless_ gamblers, in ft desperate attempt to de
press the prices of a particular stock in New
York. „Had the -dispatches been published at
"P. M." on Monday in New York and Phila
delphia, as was designed, a panic would inevi
tably have followed in Cumberland Coal Stock,
and before the falsehood could have been cor
rected, the gamblers would have bought "twen
ty"' below the ruling price.
The Cumberland Coal Company works vain
able mines near pmniberland, Maryland, and
the ; stock is one of the gamblers' "fancies" on
the stock-boards—that is it is bought and sold
fictitiously, without either owning or pretending
to deliver the certificates. Men simply bet from
day4o day that it will be worth so much to
morrow or next week, and nominal sales are
q uide„ When the time expires, the parties set
tle by paying the difference—their winnings or
leases. 4. combination had evidently been made
to depress this stock, and as it would be sensi
bly effected by rebel possession of Western
Maryland 'and Cumberland Valley, it was ar
ranged doubtless that Mr. Miller should act the
part of a -Union Scout, and at the proper time
spring upon the bulletin boards of the Cities the
"startling ever:da f t—that is positive and circum
stantial accounts of a rebel invasionand then
the gamblers would go in and fleece the holdeks
of Cumberland Coal Stock while the panic
raged. It Seems pretty evident that Mr. Den
ning niter, 53 William Street, New Ycrk; and
Mayer Wills, of Trenton, were in the secret,
and 'parties to the attempted fraud; and the
Philadelphia Inquirer was to be used—we trust
by ithpositiou upon its proprietor—to spread ,
the news and aid in getting up the panic. ' Gov.
'C c uithi was to be called upon "in person!' by
the scout,_ and was doubtless to be impressed
with the positive information that 2,000 rebels
were -already in Maryland and 11,000 more
about to enter, for the purpose of invading
Pennsylvania, with thelope of inducing him to
issue a call for troops and thus add to the gene
ral; excitement: But Gov. - Curtin seems not
toluive been "taken in and done for" in that
Way; and Gen, Couch took possession of the
neatlyarranged dispatches—go the Speculation
*Cut under and the gamblers were probably
sadder
_if not wiser .men about the time they
confidently expected "Cumberland must lose
twenty l"
' ...rart of the grand plan was carried out, but
„Owing to the failure of the vital part of the
scheme, the little parts that were played were
*imply ridiculous: It was evidetitlY arranged
ihat a "feeler" was to be thrown out just before
tl4 - grand telegraphic deministration of-Mr. Mil
ler was to he made, and accordingly the
York and kuladelphis papers of Monday we: e
tiiatedtri)tAPatch purporting, to come frt ai
New 'jersey, doubtless from. Mayor
Wills—stating that the one hundred day men
at Trenton were ordered to HarriSburg, Mid that
"a small three of rebela :tient on. destruction, is
stated to have entered the Cumberland Valley.
They are reported to be`tlm advance guard of a
large detachment." The 4 . - ..),000 bushels"--to
be rendered 2;000 re . bels-,—acroie - the Potomac,
was to be posted - on the bulletin's at 12P. M.,
of that day ; .with, the promise •of 11,000 more
just coming, and ;theretipen
. Cinnberland •Coal
was to topple for the amusement and profit of ,
'the' combination - of gamblers. Relying upon
this, an article appecired in' the Philadelphia
Inquirer of the next day, purporting to be a
special dispatch from Hagerstown, as follows:
IT u;ERsTowN. Md.. MptidnyAlorningvinne 20
During last night a' rebel cavulry force of some
two thousand forded the gotomrtc (which is now
very low) some. two or three miles below Falling
Waters. The scout whet trailed them from Thor
oughfare Gap , says the retttainder, b large force, are
near 'Winchester, which place has_ been in.rebel
hands two or three days. 'No co has yet been
done to the Baltimore mid Ohio : Railroad, or to the_
telegraph. but the scout-saps that they have 'die tel- -
e,graph tapped between here and Martinsburg. and
so Gen,-Sigel does not use it,
They will destroy the i:Alltona as soon as, the re
mainder of the command' is safely this side. For
prudential reasons, the enemy ishciiping asquiotas
possible at present. The -,.. - oree is headed by Moseby,
who seems to be aiming 'only to secure a fresh Sup
ply of cavalry horse',
,The hews the invasion
just begins to be whispered , this place. Some
persons, who:became acquSinted with Moseby while
he acted as Provest 'marshal here during the Get
tysburg battle, seem tmite willing to welcome him
again. Amang others dui - greatest 'consternation
prevails.
The foregoing dispatch never passed over tlie
ieires; but was evidently; brought'out in Phila. :
delphia by some one ;wife was into the opera
tion and must have impo'sed upon the Iniuirer.
We have notes yet noticed any explanation of
it in the columns of thatpaper.
—So ended a grand scheme of a combination
of stock gamblers to produce a panic in prices
by a carefully laid plan. to astound the cities t
with details of a , destructive rebel force in our
;Valley. The stock of the Cumberland Coal
•
Company was a little 'thasettled.by it, but it did
not decline one per cent., and the gamblers had
only disappointment and expense for their pains.
BY a recent Act OfAssembly, the abatement
of 5 per cent. heretofore allowed to counties
on the amount of all State Taxes paid into the
State Treasury prior to the Ist of September:
in any year, has been repealed; and in itsstead,-
a penalty of 5 per cent. Will be added on all
State taxes that remain unpaid on 'and after
the first .of August, to be charged in the dupli : ,
Cate against each delinquent , tax payer-in ar-
rears at that date.
A FEW Philadelphians,mdmirers of the sol
dier's friend have gotten up a magnificent 61i10.
king gown, slippers, ran, etc , which is inten
ded for our patfiaictitivernor. The articles
are made of dark colored velvet, lined with
rich silk, very neatly padded, and altogether
beautiful. /be cap and slippers are, elabor
ately embyoidered with gold bullion, arranged
in artistic style.
PROM THE 21ST CAVALRY.
The 21st in Battle--‘A Brilliant Charge--
Col. Boyd Wounded—The Regiment
Complimented—Nine Killed and For
ty.nine Wounded.
CoriesDondenee of the Franklin Ropository
CAMP ONE Alfrbs rao CITICKAHOWN Y RIYEEt.
Juno, Bth. 1864.
Since I wrote ylon last, our Regiment has gone
through some exciting scenes, and has also been
marched and worked pretty hard. The night
after our arrival at the front the Rebs made a
fierce attack upon our lines, and our Regiment
was ordered to a position nears copse ofwood,
where we had to throw up breastworks and in
it'short time we had a pretty good linef works,
although the Reba tried tto stop our cork by
shelling us. Our Regiment was not attacked,
however, but we lost two men while lying
awaiting them. •,2d Lieut. R. Water was struck
upon the side of the neck with a shell and in
stantly killed,and another loan wounded, both of
Co. E. Dining the night we weramoved about
a good deal and early next morning the fight
opened with an awful roar of artillery and mus
ketry, and noiv came some hard work for the
21st: We were brought into line of battle
were" ordered to gain a position about a quarter
of a mile in, front of ourartillery and breast-
works, at the command " forward," while a
perfect storm of shell ; grape, canister and mus
ket balls flew around us e , The screaming of our
own shells combined • With the thunder of the
Rebel batteries and musketry, was enough to
make the stoutest heart 'tremble. But not a
man stopped. not one quailed, but onward we
pressed and gained all that was required of us.
There we lay and fought all day, under a terri
ble cross-fire from a Rebelbattery, and here our
brave Col. Boyd fell. Such coolness and bra
very as was shown by him that day has seldom
been witnessed. While sitting down cheering
his men and smoking his pipe, he was struck
by a ball from somd Rebel sharp-shooter, and
had to be taken off the field. I have not been
able to obtain a list of the killed and wounded,
but we have lost nine killed and forty-nine
wounded. The Robs loss must have been very
heavy, for they charged upon us once but We re
pulsed them handsomely, and they retreated
during the night and carried nearly all their
dead and wounded with tlieth but in one place
where they had a battery I saw twenty-six dead
horses. There has not been much fighting for
'three of four days. Old U. S.'is 'after some
thing which you will hear of pretty soon. Our
Regiment has been eoniplimented by the
'gtMeraloffieers in the Corps, and well may they
du so, for to send a body ofmertin such a }flute
when they have never : have, been drilled one
'hour iu infantry movements-was a cruel• test.
The men are all anxious to hear from home, as
d we hp!, not received a mail since leaving C ham
bersburg. You will hear from me whenever
auy thing of interest transpires. w:
CAA inIERSBURG,.PA., WEDNESDAY,` ItTNE '29,, 1864.
POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE.
-- 7 Sydney E. Edgarton, of Ohio, was;nomina
ted by : the President as Govern9r of the Terri
tory of Montana.
—Thos. B. Searight has received the nomi
nation of the Democrats of Fayette county for
re-election to the State Legislature.
The lastidea of the Copperhead party is to
run Electoral Tickets in each State, without
naming the candidates for President and Vice
President. This is leaving the door open for
Jeff. Davis.
—Silas Woodson has been nominated to the
Senate as Chief Justice for Idaho, in place of
Sydney Edgarton, who has been appointed
Governor of the Territory of Montana.
—The Armstrong Democrat, the old Demo
cratic organ in that county, has hoisted the tick
et of Lincoln and Johnson. It assigns as a rea
son frir this course, the necessity of the union
of all-parties for the safety of the Union.
—There will be three elections this year;
the first for or against the Constitutional
Amendments on the 2nd day of-Afloat; the
General Election on the 2nd Tuesday of Octo
ber ; and the Presidential election in Novem
ber. .
—The Chicago Tim&s, the - gieat Copperhead
newspaper of the the West, endorses Gen.
Fremont's letter of acceptance, and speaks in
flattering terms of the General. There is noth
ing in the world. like a man beibg appreciated
by bis friends.
—lndiana county has declared in favor of the
nomination,of Hon. Win. M. Stewart for Con
gress by a vote of 1415 to 540 for Hon. John
Covodo. Westmoreland has , instructed for
Covode, and Fayette i.vill'prObably instruct for
Hon. ',Smith Fuller.
—The Lawrence Journal- r a well known De
mocratic paper, published 4t, New Castle, saw
rence county, has abandoned the Democratic
party, and hoisted to the mast-head the names
of Lincoln and Johnson, the Union candidates
for President and Vice President.
—Hon. John Covode has been presented for
Congress by the Unidnists oeWestmoreland
county, and James R. McAfee and James Mc
Elroy nominated for Assembly. Westmoreland
elects thre6 members with Indiana, George E.
Smith, of the last named county, is the other
Union nominee. They shouid all be elected.•
I —The Union men Of Washington county have
nominated Hon. George V. Lawrence for Con
gress ; R. R. Reed and James Kelly for Assem
bly and E. U. Smitit.for Sheriff: Mr. Lawrence
has servedfour years in the House and six in
the Senate of this State, and is an able and ex
perienced legislator . . licasrs. Reed and Kelly
are the present efficient members. -
—Hon..Tbos. Williams has received 477 Ma
jority ovor Col. Finley, in Armstrong, for re
nomination as the Unioil candidate for Con
gress in the Tid •district. He bad previously
carried Allegheny, so that two of the three coun
ties have instructed for hint, and he will there
fore.be the candidate and will be triumphantly
re-elected. He is an able man, and has been
faithful to the great cause in Congress.
—lt, is ascertained, writes the Washington
correspondent of the Chicago Tribune, that
Fremont's letter of acceptance was submitted
to a member of the Democratic National Con
vention before being sent, and was modified at
that member's suggestion in several important
particulars. The paragraph relative to eenfia.
FAIR, PHILADELPHIA-UNION. AVENUE.
cation, for' example, , being• framed in aecor- 1 —Gen. W. B, Franklin arrived in New York
dance with his views, despite the opp . osition . l on - Sunday week; and in the - afternoon left for
of some of Pr. - einont's radical friends. BostOn. Tie comes north on Sick-leave `to re
meeting of the ' Mozart General Commit. auk his health, as he is still suffering from the
tee was hold last week at Mozart Hall, to make wound' received in the Red River expedition.
arrangement for attending the Natimial Con- —The Right Reverend Bishop M'Closkey, of
vention at Chicago. , Fernando Wood made a, Albany; his received the official announcement-
speech, ins Which he asserted that the mamma of from Rome of his .appointment to the Arch=
the democratic party were inSaVor of an fin-- episcopate of New York;' in place of the- late
'Bishop Hughes. He will soon, itis understood;
mediate cessation - of hostilities, a view of
enter 'upon the discharge of histiew duties",
reconstructing the 'Union through the medium
of peaceful negotiation. Ho contended that it —The wound received by Maj. Gen. Han
was the duty of the-Chicago Convention top_ut cock, at Gettysburg, a, year • ago, has again be
a clean peace ticket in the field, and hinted that• come troublesome, and ho has been compelled
if that course were' not pursued a peace ticket to ask to be relieved for a time. Gen. Han
would he, nominated under the auspices date cock expects to resume his command in a few
Woods and a few other radical pew ,men of weeks. In the meantime, Gen. Birney will
the Vallandigham stripe. From the tenor of have command of the Second Corps.
Mr. 'Wood's speech, which wris loudly applaud-1 •
—The President has nominated for Judge
ed by the meeting, it 'is evident that there ie Advocate-General,with rank of Brigadier, Jos.
trouble 'brewing in the democratic camp. - Holt of lientuAy, the present incumbent, and
—The Deinoeratie National. Convention has
been declared postponed by the' Belmont Com
mittee until the 29th of August ; but Col, Thos.
B. Florence claims to be•chairman of the gee
uine•Committee and ho resists the postpone
ment. He' has issued a call for a meeting of
the National Committee at Washington to-mor
mow,the-Sath, "for, the purpose of general.cOn
saltation and the deliberate consideration of
important business." He don't seem to relish
the Idicawber, system. The following is Bel- ,
mont's official notice of postponementi.:
It a meeting of the Executive Committee Of
the. National Democratic Cominittee, held at
New York on the 22d day of June, 1864, it wits
voted, that in deference to the desire of a very
large number of the leading members of the
conservative Union Democratic patty through
out the Union, the meeting of the Democratic
National Convention be postponed to Monday,
August 29,4864, at 12 o'clock, at noon, at Chi
cago. AZMUST BEIMOTA Pres e t.'
Frederick 0. Pierce, Seep.
"PELSON AU. -
• —Gen. Brooks has been assigned the com
mand of the 10th claim in place of Gen. Gil
more.
-4en. Gillmore, who has been relieved of
command, and ordered to report at Washing
ton to await further orders, has arrived there.
''''Professor Wm. 11,:Allen; late.Prehident of
Girard College, has been elected Professor in
the Agricultural College at Bellefonte, Centre
. 5 _
county, Pa.
—A rebel paper says Pout. Gen. Polk was
struck by a cannon shot and instantly killed.—
Gene. Johnson,Hardee, and Jacksim werewith
hiutwhen he fell." . _
--Hon. Isaac Slenker, Auditor General of
the State, who has
.been quite ill for some
past, is still in critical condition. We regret
to learn that doubts areentertained of his re
covery.-
j—Mrs 'Stephen A. Douglei, while the guest
of Gen Cameron, in -Harrisburg, recently, re
ceived a telegnuu announcing that her only_
brother was morta4 wounded.. She left ini
mediately for Washington. _ ,
,
—Ex-Gov. and Gem Henry A, Wise is WTI
pliv, notwithstanding a silence;unaceountable
for him, had given rise to a belief that he was
dead, It appears he had command at.:Peters•
burg when Gen: glints Made .his latO
Wise improved the - treeirsion , by,issuing a otin•
gratulatory order :as , long us COnareselonal
speech. - _
for Assistant Judge-Advocate-Generai, with the
rank of Colonel, Maj. Wm. ill'Kee Dunn of In
diana, formerly a member of Congress, and now
indge-Advocate'of the Department of _Mis
souri. •
SUMMARY OF WAR NEWS.
—ln the matter of resistance to the Enroll
ment law in Fulton County, has been de
cided by the United States Court of that dis
trict that the law is entirelyconstifutional.
—The horse stealing raid. of Gen. John Mor
gan turned out somewhat disastrously to that
valiant knight of the -roads His marauding
-gang was; defeated by Gen. Burbridge at Cyst
thiana, with the recapture of all the stolen proli
erty and the total demoralization of the inva
dors. Good-bye, John f - -
—Maj. Gen. Smith, in his general order gee.
gridulating the Bth corps; says :—" To the coloi;
ed troops comprising the division of General'
Hincks the General commanding would Calf
the attention of his command. With the vela-_
runs of the 18th corps they have stormed the
works of the enemy and carried Them, taking
guns and prisoners, and in the whole affair they
have displayed all the qualities of good "561.:
diers " ' ' .
—The editor 'of the Albany Evening4oui:
.oat, who very recently visited the army of the
Potomac, writes The strength of the army
is as great to.4lay as when it crossed the Rapi
dan. Our losSes up to the first of June, did .
not exceed 40,000. These figures are from the
official returns, and embrace everything.. Our
lasses since have not exceededlo,ooo, and more
than 60,000 fresh troops have joined Gen. Grant
since the 254 of May."
—The President returned from a brief visit
to Grant on Friday. Washington dispatch
of that 'dap sails The President speaks to
day of the condition of tirmy, matters in thp
very highest term of , confidence. He sts3ts that:
Gen. Grontfeels'as'certain of success as though
it wers atrectify au ,accomplished
,faa. 'Redid
not importune the President for more troops,'
or complain of- want of-support, bat reports'
that all goes.well." Anather dispatch of.thO
same date sayS t "There is the highest anthori4
ty far the , statement that Gen. 'Grant me.tbei
President, when ' -at his headquarters, the assn=
ranee of the certaiUty.4 his taking. Rithnwnd.
Let the eonntry trust Grant--and bad him*.
—Maj..Gen„ Stahl, of the army of ,the Shen
andoah, (Gen: Hunter's command,) togethet
- with a goittoa hiaatitlF, =Wed .at Martinot;
*
VOL.- 71.; - ;-.TllKElsica: ;061
burg, Va., .on 1 • Thuraday„-from Stanton:_ lie
brought with bini I,2ooConfederate prisonerti,i
who were taken in the fightat , that plaieigiozif)
ding, them with a detachment oick*atii,
tion of Ewin,g's battery, ond,the,2Bth Ottio_regty
invent. in the engagement at Stanton Ebel:halo*,
loss is stated at some 300itilled' and woundA,
and the Confederate' ciii ii'set,dewli
in killed'and wounded, and abeut2,po.prisoU7.,
ers, about one ball of the latter being sick 'lry
the hospitals = when taken: Gen. Stahl's wetted.
is of slight character.
FINANCIAL.
=Geld, for -6-oeenlation, bits rea'o!ieti Ne74',
Ycirk from Earope.-
-The $75,000,000 national loan bag. ; been, ;
taken atran average-of fl4i. - - •
—The Penns.iliqinin ROlroad'toinpanylk4 ,
donated $50,000 'to -the Slate orphan'
children of sailors and soldiers': . ,
, . . ,
—The steamers on the 18th for Europe took 1
out specie as follows: "Edinlinigh; $575,000;
Bremmi, $28,000; and tlie.`,Yirginia;,ssoo;oo6. I t
The Coiaica, for HaVaia, too 141.50,000: : _,
--In univver ton resolution, of the Housethe,
SureOm cif the Treasury" fur,nbdies 'a statement
of thi,publie debt of the - United States lip to:i
June 14, 1864 the totels'.'dsv,hich are; nu fel-,
lows
Debt bearing interest in coin • $&37,134.1.0b1, '
-
Debt bearing interns} in lawful money . -3') , 700.20'
Debt on whichinterest hagoeMdd' - • 370.177
-Debt bearing-no interest: •' ' :501,333.104'
Total, ' ..$1,719,595,168 ,
. -The annual' interest in, coin is $50,823,571 ;
45, in !awful money. $20,876,057. 70. Total in.
terest ' $71,699,730 15. The ten forty bonds'`
athotiat to '570,239,250; the three years thirty ,
per cent notes t05118:67:7,650; United -ta.teg
notes outstanding to $43101,330'; fraction_al -
currency outstanding ,to $21,031,948 85.• The,
remainder of the debt bearing no interest con. •
gists mainly:of unpaid 'requisitions. • •
LINCOLN'S VISIT TO GRANT.
A correspondent of the Herald, writing 'froth
the Army of 'the Potomac mi the :22nd inst.,
thus described the visit of President Lincoln to
Lieut. Ge n. Grant and the army. The en
Presidt
• , •
returned to , Washington on Wednesday even--=
ing last, •
_lt is announced that, he found Gees. -
Grant and Meade unshaken - in their 'confidence
of early possession of Virginia:
Yesterday- about - one o'eloek long, ,
gaunt, 'bony man, with a' queer admixture of:
the comical and doleful in his countenunce, - that
reminded One of a professional. undertaker
cracking a dry-joke;-undertook to - reach .4he
General's tent by scrambling through a hedge- ,
row and coming' in the back way-alone. .He
-
was stopped•bv one of the hostlers, and told td,
"keep out of here." The- individual 'in black :
replied -that he thought General Grant would
allow• him inside,• and strode ahead.. "Yoh%
damned soon 'find 'out,". was - yelled in reialy: ,
On ,reaching the guard he waa stopped with,
"No 'Sanitary folka: - allowed After..
some parleying the intruder was compelled.taP:'
give his name,-and announced • himself- to he
Abraham Lincoln, President of the. United ,
States, desiring an interview with Gen. Grant.
The - guard saluted and allovved him to pass,
Gen. Grafit recognized him as he stepped un- •
der the large " fly" in front of his tent, rose and..
shook hands with -him cordially. and , then in- ,
troduced him to such-.members-ofthe staffaC
were present and anacqriainted. It was-ascer
tained thatthe President: had just -arrived -ort
the City of-Baltimore, and was seconipanied by..
his 'sow " Tad," • Assistant- Secretary, .of the
Navy -Poi,. Mr. Chadwick, proprietor of -
lard's' Hotel, and a marinc•'.giard. The cow, -
versation soon took a wide free-and-easy range
until dinner was• announced. -The President
was only seated; ate. mush' as other mortals,:
managed to ring in three -favorite jokes during:
the meal, under the plea of illustrating the.top- :
ice discussed; and kept . every, one ea the got •
sine for others till the party rose. , •
• He was very naturelly desirous orridingto
the front, se,-at fouro'clocki horses were , brought :I
up,-.the President mounted on Gen.:Gra:2or
thoroughbred Ciucinnatus, the General, .gas
Egypt; "Tad" on the General's block, pony
Jeff. Davis, and, - accompanied :by .a large pro?../
.portion of the staff-and escort, the.party..rode
the headquarters-of Gen.;Wright,,commandinw,
the Sixth corps, where Gen.. Meade and eta*
'met them. The - location cominands. asizoodtii
view of - Petersburg as can,yet be obtaintilfroni:
,our lines. Maps were brought out atul cxamin.s
ed, the position of the _army explained, itafu-,
titre operations 'discussed,: the_ steeples: andk
spiret of the city observed-as Well as the dtlit,
and stroke would Jallorly dational •Mrs , were , .
played by the band; the; enemy's work orktbet
opposite side of the Appomattox inspected. atoll
after -a stag of an- hour and .a half the potty
started on its return •to headqiiartein'. Omaha
way -oat'many persons 'recognized the Presi
eent's physiognomy._ -The , newa, soon stireadb
and on the return ride the roads weralinedizi
many places with weather beaten veterans, dra
m
ions to catch a glimps of Old Abe., One cavalry
private recognized limikithe road. 's Mr: tie
coin shook_him by the handlike an old, familiar
acquaintance, to the' infinate Of the
bystanders. , s ,
' Perhaps, the feitere 'Of the'ride
Wait the• passing et, wbrigaile of ne.groes: ..The
troopsyerV• longing by :the rondsidn, but
ed to know.by instinct, whnwas approaelfitig.—
They came rushing,lnd:•iilmOst to* the hors*
feet,. by hundreds; screiimin'g;yeliiitg,ehdnting.,
" Hurrah for the Liberator !" " Hurrah for. the
President!",and.. were :perfectly wild ex
citement and 'delight. It, was a spcintanbOus -
outburst of genuine love and affection for the
man they look upey as their "deliverer .fteni
bondage,'! and their ' htiztiihs werii - per.
fectly deafening. The President ,uncovered as
be rode , through their ranks, and bowed - on :
every hand, to his sableadmirers.. The covet,.
cade arrived at headquarter about nitie o'clock,
took, tee, and chatted a Short tithe, when the
visitors departed to 'their staternotea on thee,
steamboat. This morning &visit' to Hermtelh;
. 11tiodired and Gen: Butler is determined on, oirat:
late in the evening the President and his frieW
will leave for Washington. ' 1 . 0 tatted to say iii,
the proper place: that Assistant Seeretary of
War Dana accompanied the' Presidentmid-per,
ty to Petersburg and:bank. - - •
Tar. Richmond Wiiihyloonteniektint the
scarcity of prorisionsin•the rebel( Capital, pro-7
poses tri paper the Irish and Gera •women,. •
whO' are zoning from OW 19- Plaeo whey ,
charity io &Tensed. •=.jest eai2oga.ln *sofa of
the year ran fronr ono - aptrkt4ree to another,t* -
Tie New York Poxt 1i -that they be ea
ehantod, for an equal smatter, of rebel stamen,
who are now' crown thsz•boarding bowies ot7
New York, andinreak" tkoms!tod of WkOnt mar:
knoyan to the polies
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