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People's State Convention
The people of Pennsylvania. who desire cor
diallfteunite in sustaining the National Ad•
ministration In its patriotic efforts to suppress
a sectional and unholy rebellion against the
unity. of the Republic, and who desire to sup
port, by every power of the Government, ono
hundred thousand heroic brethren in arms,
bravingLdiscaseLand- the-perils of-the-field-to
preserve the Union of our fathers, are request
ed to select the number of Delegates equal to
the Legislative Representation of the State,
at suoh times and in such manner as will best
respond to the spirit.of this call, to meet in
State Convention, at Harrisburg, on Thursday,
the 17th day of July next, at 11 o'clock on
said day, to nominate candidates for the office
of Auditor General, and to take 'such meas
ures as may be deemed necessary to strength
en to the Government in this season of com
mon peril to a common country.
A. K. McCLURE,
Chairman of People's State Cutumi4e.
GEO. W. lIAMMERSLY,
JOHN M. SULLIVAN, Secretaries.
KW-19e print today a call for a People's
State Convention at llarisburg on the 17th
of June next. It was prepared and adopted
at a meeting of the People's Central Commit
tee, in Philadelphia, on Thursday afternoon,
and invitee the loyal citizens of the State to
assemble in their respective Counties and se
led delegates to a State Convention to nomi
nate a State Ticket. Every loyal man who is
willing to sustain the National Administration
in the vigorous prosecution of the war, is in
eluded in the call-thus opening the way for
- an overwhelming rally of the pdtriotic masses.
Hence,-.4n.4pportunity-is-Thresent ed-to-nt e
one grand united, vigorous effort. " with no
other banner than the glorious flag of the
stars and stripes, under which the armies of
the 1.7,ni0n are marching on to victory over the
rebel foo, in order that by this harmonious
action at home we may strengthen the hands
of the Government while our brethren are
crushing out their enemies in the South." , -
We feel that we hazard nothing in promising
a hearty response from Cumberland county.
M,,We neglected to notice, Inst - wee - k,tlie
pardon, by Gov. Curtin of ihe defenibints iu
the late "secession case," from .Mechanics
burg. In thus extending the executive clem
ency tn.these gentlemen, Gov. Curtin will
be sustained by the approbation of every
honest patriot in the State. There never wits,
we believe a case, which was so clearly en
titled to this remedy.
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Tn WAR NEWS.—We devote a large por
tion of our paper to day in chronicling the
late mast glorious warnews. This audaeious
and unholy rebellion is about played out,
and a large virtion of.,the Southern people
will heartily rejoice at its termination. - Tin v
have found it to be a loosing game, and they
now curse and condemn the nmbitions lead
erii'who deceived and betrayed th - cm. %Vial - 8A
at every point our gallant forces are victori
ous, demoralization, deleuts.and consequent
desertions, seem to be list thinning the
ranks of the traitors. Four hninlred Ger
mans, in a body, lately deserted to General
Halleck's army. Every true patriot should
thank God and take- fresh courage.
In this contest, the rebels have found to
their sorrow . 'that Northern courage and
patriotism are more than a match for South•
ern bluster and bragadocia.
, 'Kir The editor of the Volunteer says ho
"has 'lei in hie power, and that ho will punish
us according to his pleasure." In so much
..that ajttry of Cumberland County has decided.
that exemplary damagek should be awarded
to the plaintiff who feels himself aggrieved
because his neighbors, and loyal citizens every
where, feel and speak their intense disgust at,
and utter abhorrence of, his sympathy and'
leaning towards the rebels in arms against
our govOrtiment—he is right We have on
several occasions, spoken what we believe to
be the sentiments and feelings of our entire
community on this subject ; and this—citizens
of Cumberland County, is what that paper
means when it says. it has us in its power.
How many of our readers are equally culpa
ble. On ;reflection, we feel that as far as the
Volunteer is concerned, we can well afford to
refer this matterto the intelligent judgment
of Mir loyal ,people, not fearing that their
verdict will encourage the paltry dodge of seek
lug refuge4\rom a mean act behind such a piti
fulshelter. But the Volunteer speaks of " pun•
ishment." We ure not informed_ whether it
means castigation of the fistic order—the real
knock down,. out.-and•thrust, McGowan arti
cle; or whither, it will demolish us with one fall
blow,of its ,Junius-like sarcasm: In either )
gasp; however, are ready„ for its onset, and
beseech it to come on. Don't delay the " mill"
atiether.week ; and we promise—if only to keep
up:the interest of the performance—that if we
don't give our ;readers some of the moat ele
gant'and chaste '! stereoscopic" views of that
bear garden—animals and all—we will write
'oursel'ves doWn defeated. Again we say
" Lay on lidacdud
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.A.blsnria NG mvoy.—lye have-plaeed at
'theliead of thia'oolutria; ihe,card of Messrs.
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Y. an'Our - autberize4 agents •to rOcelie sub
scription- and„ advertising patronage for the
ItinericaN This . Arm, is-among the 'few
,adver•
tiei? g ,agenpies in our experience ,entitled. to
.00nfrienoeY 1 / l inety per centmf- the trash in
thi? Cities We 'MVO found to ;our detriment to
bininewiadling es tablish Diable...The Messrs :
keetingill , Bs - C - 0.,.a.re exception:, , IV - o , knew
t.hem`te'belkeif?etly reliable; that, any: busi•
nesiveatiu?!.6(l' theit; hands -will be , earefully
altd- iweßerly'l4??? - ,..:-Arnerisan. ' r •
.'We eardlally : ienondn• - the 'above
.•% that c
all'_ :.nominations
places in the stink henedo - rth he eirlotly-oen 7
fined tO;olll9etlr'flght Ing-Torthi conntry, and
lio.'giveti . lo;E a rawatd- far
- 13ravetkitattet.'''s or slice ma ea of mak
,S(ini-Lbe Inadei 41.4 of gallant ncildn 'aid •Orti)
•tainttja tb r a,,flelck Ls *. pirtaiiilyTAkego o d•
idea. Tho noun* %teeds 'no;uitire - 13roiiditietat
tirg 4lfr Ot l o ,lt : 4tl)o - 4 S k '
for
of tliatillatit,nervitieltt" officerir
field, by their gallantly, 17in clietlection. ,
CAVALIERS ~9.151 D PURITANS,,
A Southern Writer asserts that the preseht
war ib neither for the'perpetuation . aboli
•tion of slO , ery, but is to decide which of the
two parties, Cavaliers or. Puritans, ehallltere•
oiler sway the power and control the-desti
.,
nie'S of America. •
It has always been a favorite bonit of the
Southern politicians, particularly those of
Virginia and South Carolina, that whilst
they were descended from the English cave
Hers of the , times of the James' and the
Charles', (meaning thereby the nobility and
gentry) the people of the North were descen
dents of the Roundheads, or Puritans. They
assert that while the Southern people enter
lain a chivalrous sense of honor, those of
the North are nothing but pedagogues and
-peddlers i whose-rule of -conduct is- governed--
by the almighty dollar, and who, when insult
ed, dare not resent the indignity.
In the early settlement of Virginia, a few
of the aristocratic families of Englaild, for
instance, the • Berltleys, Lees, Madisons,
Washingtons, Jeffersons and Marshals, emi
grated to that colony, taking with them large
numbers of their stupid, ignorant and uned•
ucated peasantry. Virginia also, was to a
great extent, a penal colony, and before the
introduction of negro slavery, the English
convicts who were transported thither, were
sold to the highest bidder for a term of years.
Upon serving out their term of service, the
population being sperce and land plenty
and cheap, many of the convicts, as well ea'
the peasantry, became planters, and in the
course of time were accounted wealthy and
prosperous colonits. The convicts. being
generally single men, procured their wives
from oTtain localities in London, for whom
so much tobocco was given, according to the
youth and beauty of the lady. From such
pore and immaculate stock are many of the
present jirst families of the "Old Dominion"
-descended..A-Itliough.possessed of eonsid
erable iierdth and local influence, there first
families, with some exceptions, retain the
uncouth manners, the seine want of educe
tioe, refinement and general inteligence, as
did their Engl is h progenitors two centuries
ago. And those are the men who call them
selves•the "chivalry," a-d roast their pure
blood and direct descent from the hard.drink
fog, profane and swaggering cavaliers of old
England.
The•aboVe remitrkS apply tsi h forme
to South Carolina. True, the history of the
settlement of the latter State is somewhat
relieved by the emigration thither of a better
and purer stock than the, English refugees--
we mean the French Ilugenots—large num
bers of whom, after the revocation of the
edict of Nantz, settled in that colony.
Let us now briefly advert to the early
settlement of the Northern and Middle
Sta es
New England was peopled by the stern
and conscientious Puritans, at whom the
chiva/ry so much delight to sneer.—
They were of the middle class of British
subjects, with a slight infusion of English
gentry. They were possessed of considera
ble means, but to escape the unrelenting
religious persecution of the government, and
in order that they might worship God accor
ding to the dictates of their own conscience,
they left the comforts of home, crossed the
broad Atlantic, and on an almost b trren and
inhospitable shore, established a "church
without a Bishop, and a State without" a
king." The, were men of iron mould, fear
ing Goa and luiting ecelessiastical and king.
ly tyranny, and would make no compromise
with corruption or sin, They loved lillerty
civil and religiouq, and to secure that bless
ing to themselves and their pOterity, they
voluntarily exiled tilemselves from their na
tive land. They held the same doctrines
and advocated the same principles as did
ilampden, Sidney, Vane, Cromwell and
Ireton, men who overturned the English
throne, abolished kingly and priestly privi
leges, established an almost Democratic
Commonwealth, and secured for the British
people the liberty they now enjoy. The
people of New England, at the present day,
are noted for their love of rational liberty,
their enterprise and their exertions in behalf
of the oppressed of every nation.
New York was settled originally by the
Dutch, an holiest, frugal, nad industrious
people. Afterwards, large 'numbers of Eng
lish settlers arrived in the colony, none of
,whom, however, were convicts
The Eastern portion of Pennsylvania, was,
uncler the auspices of that great and good
man, WILLIAM PENN, colonized by English
Friends, who, like the people of New ling.
land, fled from religious persecution, from
pains and penalties, at home. By their
industry, thrift and frugality, they soon ac
quired wealth, and at the present time their
descendants ure among the most respected
citizens in the State.. After the settlement
by Penn, large numbers of Germans from
the Palatinate, and Irish Presbyterians from
the North of Ireland, emigrated to the colo.
ny, bringing with them stout hearts and
willing hands. The Germans, for the most
part, settled in the eastern and middle coup
ties, while itifiajorifi Of' the Irish took pea".
session of the western portion of the olony.
In the course of years, these German and
Irish emigrants, and their immediate descent
made the wilderness to blossom as the rose;
fertile fields soon took the place of swamp's
and water. Colleges, school houses, church
es, and other public institutions were erected,
and everywhere, within its limits, the people
were contented, prosperous and happy. -,
The true reason of the prosperity of the
Northern and Middle States over .Virginia
and the South generally, is the indomitable
ettergy,_untiring industry-and -public spirit-of
the people, and in their exertions to promote
•the interestvot education, morals and reli
gion. Whilst for a century, a .great portion
of Abe South has been, at a stand-stilly the
Northern, Middle and Western States have
prospered beyond all parallel, and have
cretisentightily both in resources and
population.
GovanNen Tx/viten lies issued a proclama
tion " earnestly Invoking" . the people of that
pert of Virginia from which the. rebel , armies
.have been expelled by Banks amt Fremont. " to
faint guerilla companies, and strike where ieset
6;cpected, once more,, for ? the'sitite, that. gave
them birth." .the loial citizens who
•have suffered long enough from rebel violet:Me,
earnestly invoke Gen. Fremont to bang every
:giforille:•hee - titi* - I(itTaiid - lie, waits - for
ordure; from„Washington: But 'lnnen k did
'not wait for - orderst - - Ile gave notioe,that
lq~uldyliitraly'hang -all ; - guerillas,whpfell into
4isiikaotis F Jtod - ki.day •1 1 ,liseouri is free of
11/e6O baeda - :of , higbwriit robber's' and murder
; Werluipe 'see Our Genghis in'Virginia •
ao Prompt' to•Airetbot,loyal residents igaiest
-slolettom • •
CONGRESS
On Friday last. in the United States Sen
ate, the bill making an additional appropria
tion of 80,000,000, for the pay of volunteers,
was passed. In the course of debate'
Wilson states the force at preSeat in. the field
title about five hundred and tw:enty-five thou
sand mon. Tho bill limititing the number of
Major and Brigadier Generals was passed.—
The bill establishing an Agricultural Depart
ment was passed. The bill to establish Beau
fort S. C , as a port of entry, and the bill re
lating to jurors itrthe sevtral Courts of the Dis
trict of Columbia were passed. Tho bill pro
viding for the education of colored children
in the District, repealing the laws of Mary
land as applicable to negroes in the District of
Columbia was lost for want of a quorum
voting on it. The vote stood ayes 26, nays (3.
— Tli Hit - use of Represennlives on Friday,
adopted a resolution of inquiry in relation to
the recent killing of two. citizens of Virginia
by two soldiers of the army. The bill provi
ding a tern porary government for Arizona was
passed. Ono provision of the bill prohibits
slavery in all Territories of the United States.
Mr. Lovejoy's bill to render slavery sectional
and to secure freedom to all persons within
-the exclusive jurisdiction .6f the United States
was discussed but the House adjourned with
out coining to a vote on it. On motion of Mr.
Lovejoy, the House unanimously adopted res
olutions expressing a feeling of profound
gratitude to Almighty God for the triumphs
of the supremacy of the Constitution rind the
inte g rity of the Union, recognising the impor
tance of the recent victories achieved by the
Army of the 4 Potcmac, and tendering the
thanks of the House to" Major General Mc-
Clellan " for the display of those high military
qualities which secure important results with
but little sacrifice of human life." Mr. Love
joy's bill rendering slavery sectional and free
dom notional, by abolishing slavery in all
places over which the United States shall have
exclusive jurisdiction, and, pending a potion
to re-commit, the House adjourned.
The United States Senate on Monday
passed Mr. Doolittle's bill providing for the
collection of taxes in t'ae insurrectionary
districts: During a debate on the motion
fixing a time of adjournment, Mr. 'Wilson
called Mr. Davis, of Kentucky, to order for
uttering treas arable sentiments. Alter some
explanation the point of order was withdrawn
and the motion laiml ou the table. The
House, bill to faci.kitate the discharge of
Biers I,buring under physical disabilities was
passed.
In the House of Representatives Monday,
Mr. Wickliffe, of Kentucky, submitted a
series of resolutions defining the powers of
the Government for the suppression of in
surrection. Mr. Lovejoy's bill to render
slavery sectional and frec,dom national was
taken up. Mr Lovejoy withdrew the origi
nal bill and submitted a substitute Which
simply declares that slavery is prohibited in
all the Territories of the United States now
existing or herea'ter acquired in any way.
The bill thus midi was passed—yeas 81),
nays 50. The bill making appropriation fur
the payment, of bounty to the legal heirs of
volunteers was passed.
kt--Z—The Rev. THOMAS V. Mooses, to whom
allusion is made below, is a native of New•
vine, in this county, and was educated at
Dickinson College, at the expla.se of the PredbY
terian church. He was for some years pastor
of the 2nd Presbyterian church, in this bor
ough, and although esteemed and ablo man
and good preacher, his aristocratic opinions
and repulsive manners rendered him unpopu
lar with his congregation and our citizens
generally. The reason of the Rev. gentle
'trtafi's recreancY can be accounted for by the
fact that he married a wealthy Suet hern wo
omn. The late THOMAS It. BENTON once said
that the meanest and most despicable men in
the South were those Northerners who mar
ried rich Southern women with nt;gyers!"
The ' following extract we clip from that
able and patriotic religious paper, the Phila
delphia Presbyterian.
ItEcasatcr —Tne Rev. Dr. T. V. Moore, of
Richmond, Virginia, has signalized himself
by the vituperative language he has applied
to the North. We are sorry to say ho is by
birth a Pennsylvanian, and by profession a
Presbyterian minister. When he received a
call to the Richmond church he hesitated to
accept it, and as wo have been told, on ac
count of his abhorrence of slavery. lie has
now got over such qualms, and, to show the
genuineness of his conversion, he stands forth
prominent in abusing the North. in setting
defiance to the obligat ion of oaths, in denouno
log his once friends, and upholding a foul re
bellion. His last freak is a philological one.
He has subjected the name of Davis to ety
mological analysis, and finds its meaning to
be " God with us ;" also that of Lincoln, and
discovers that it means " on the verge of a
precipice." Sage doctor
ftEsr Only last Congressional Election, John
Hughes, Esquire, was the Demooratio candi
date for Congress in the Schuykill. and North
umberland district. The other day, when
Geo. Burnside took up a deserted Rebel's
house, he found that it was the recent abode
of John Hughes, Esq., late the Breckinridge
nominee for Congress, in Pottsville ? Pa., now
a Rebel fugitive from Newborn, N. C !
Among the letters found in Virginia was
one from a man claiming an office because he
was lately a Democratic candidate for Aseem
bly, from Allegheny Co., Ra.
These would have been sweet " Union" men
f they had been elected!
IMPOILTANT TO SOLDIERS.—AII soldiers en
listed for the present war in the United States
service for three. years, are entitled, beside
their regulnr pay, to $lOO bounty. In ease
they are discharged for disabilities or wounds
received while in the service, they aro ontk4
tied to a pension according to the dishfillity.'
In case of the death of the soldier thiough,
disease contracted or wounds received while
in service, his widoW is entitled to receive
$lOO bounty, besides hrrearages of pay and
pension, 'during her lifetime and widewboOd.
If deceased soldier leaves no Widow,' the ohil-,
dren are' en to the sante benefits:llS the'
widow; except whern . the Ohild or ohilclieit
may be over the age of 10 yehrs... If no %Yid
ow'or children, the. bounty and pny , will de
scend to their heirs as folltiwe to the
Father; Second to 'the Mother Third to the
Brothers and Sisters; and then, to the uext.ttf
6J Dogs are sub,leetlO: taxation , by tho
tax bill now ,hotoi.O Congresn'., The result
will be the , elevation ef lhe dog standard..
,The .Spartans. worn. accustomed all
theirbbildren exceptlhosbhich were healthi
and Well , formed,, and deg,• fanciers : will now
drown "Abe whole of the %litter unl' tl
ill'itan,uoo 6 4 l !Y
men. 1 1 7lien?,degs 13ecetnii an 'expensive` and.
troubleenme - , - 14.1niry,.: peoples tylfl bb;.usorn
faelidionS reelieoling lb!? quality. ef.the'breed,'
ilnd the inlrinsio value of.tho animal.' ,Anfor
the seedy ,imigli-ooated4Utter-Prowlin - etaieb
Which .wetnoticesometimes itteciti e
their rn' t ot;:cWill•, hapvilY - •.beCOmo ..iirdifeky 'ex -
•
lieut. .
WAR - ~NEWS
The - intelligence fronil'ortresS Monroe ; re
-caved Viit:iCheriiiqinie POW's' o'oi:rapid oc
eurretica of hapOrtarit °Veins connection
'with the ;Onward .movement to Richmond.—
Theijames..riveris at lest taken - possession pf,
by ouribavaliiforces,' and thea;ear of the: Roth
els refreat.teditelimend in danger ef being Put
off. Unless the river is permanently obstruct
ed, a feat hard' to accomplish. the gunboats
will doubt ess overcome all other impedimehts
and totally cut off the water cotninunioation
of the Rebel army with Richmond. Ills even
possible that may reach Richmond itself, and
thus deprive theltebels of their base of oper
ations.- A Rebel tug ran ever to Newport
News and surrendered to Gen. Mansfield
She had been sent on a mission to Tannery
Point, bui the crew, with two eitzens on board,
seized the-opportunity to escape. The Moni
tor, the Naugatuck, and several other gun
boats, had gone over to Sewell's Point and
Alut_Rebole-svere—altiantbaning-thtir--batteries
•
there. The lituoTor Norfolk has come.
The adVices from General McClellan's army
confirm the retreat of the Rebels behind the
line of the Chickabominy river. This river
rises in Hanover county, a short distance in
front of Riehumed, and runs obliquely Into
the James river. 'ln the vicinity of Richmond
it is quite a small stream. The position
into which the Rebels have been pushed seems
to have been, just that desired by Gen. MoClell
an. He has followed their retreat up rapidly
on the left, driving them before him. On the
right., by way of York river, he is throwing a
force in a position to flank their approach to
Richmond, end by the James river our gun
boats will probably get completely in their
rear. The position is desperate, and can on•
ly be relieved by what they are not likely to
gain—a great victory.
Captain 'Dim - Morns Bailey. hearer of de
spatches from Commodore Farragut, arrived
at. Fortress Monroe on Friday last, and front
their telegraphs to the Navy Department in
telligence Of the final and complete success of
our fleet on the lower Mississippi The river
is in complete - Possession- of the United Slates
and front its mouth to Baton Rouge, and prob
ably to Memphis, Forts Jackson and St. Phil
lip, and Livingston and Pike on Lake Puncher
train, with all the batteries above and below
New Orleans, have been captured and all the
gunboats, steam rains and floating batteries
destroyed. The Rebels burnt up cotton and
- whipping veined - nr - from elp,hr - 05 - re n mliti ens
of dollars. Our loss in accomplishing these
great results was less titan two hundred killed
and wounded. The Rebel loss exceeeiled one
thousand besides several hundred prisoners.
A despatch from the headquarters of the
Mountain Departm , mt in Western Virginia
shows that important movements are being
made ly our forces in that direction. The
advance of our forces under General Cox
have occupied Odes Court House, Giles
county, Va., a point only about twenty miles
from the Virgi , is and East Tennessee Rail
road. The Rebels fled as our forces ad-
Vail Ce (I: Milroy,'at some point enot
named, was, at the last nil vices, dng,aged in
a fight, and Gen. Shenck's brigade advan
cing. This advance is on the direct route
to East Tentritte.
Concerning,the Movements of Beauregar.l
but little is known. He it thought ti be
gradually falling back to Grand Junction,
tbhile he holds.his troops in line oh utile
ready fur an attack. The latest despatch
reports ei. engagement yet.
A despatch'irom Gen. Banks' column re
pirts that a skirmish occured near Staunton
on WLdriesday, between Gen Milroy's lel
vance and die Rebels, in which the latter
were repulsed anti-retreated This indicates
that the forces of Gen. Banks and General
]'tomcat areboth advancing towards S a ii
ton, A portion of (fen. Banks' column
drove in the Rebel pickets oa the MI sale
of llte.Shermarloah, but.had finally to retreat
to 11VOid maltose:lde
The intercepted cipher de patch a r Bean
regard to Jeff, al,vis should iinve read I ii,tt
the former had 86 6.110 e inert, tas'ead
of 36,000.
A letter' from n national piiisorier confined
at Salisbury, N. C., dated April It;, states
that there 'tta' then at that place lourti-en
hundred - pruners; and thatlien attired
there were e.4tl with Gen, entiSs in it
few days.
The transport Iffentuef.i.,llaze arrived at
New York on Wedttesday'fisfim k Newhern iii
Saturday and INtierti;tinlet MondaPast.
The. most iincalkalit-litt:-.3, by thiS nrrical- is
the annoincement.thatiThe Rebel steamer
Nashville after her'failure tii run the block•
ads, proceeded to Wilmington, N. C., and
succeeded in gettin - ' ,- . in there with a cargo
of arms and ammunition l'or the Rebels,
which she took on board at Nassau, N.. P.,
Fort Co.:well, which commands the harbor
at Wilmington, is 'said to have a garrison of
about 400 men, and to have a very strong
armament. Fort Macon is at Present gar
risoned by ,two artillery com panies. The
ditning,e clone to the fort is not us severe as
anticipated. The walls, though somewhat
battered, are still strong. The main cause
of the surrender was the rapidity and free
dom or our fire, which rendered the fort
untenable except within the casemates,which
in a short time became too hot for safety.
Gen. Burnside has advanced his force, and
at last accounts' he was at Badger's creek
about ten tnilwabove Newborn.
Gen. McClellan's army on Sunday evening
was at Cumberland. and no fresh movements
had been made during the day, McClellan be
ing desirous not only of observing the day
but also of giving his troops rest. The Reb
els are all, except their scouting parties, ye
yond the Chicknlinminy river. Their rear
guard was fifteen miles this side of Richmond.
Our gunboats have gone up the Patnunkey
river, a brava of the York, to a point known
as the White: House.
The Richmond Dispatch of Thursday of last
week gives the Rebel account of the battle of
Williamsburg. They claim a great victory,
but say nothing of their subsequent retreat
and desertion of their sick, wounded and dead,
Among the list of onsualities they give Gen.
Earlys, South, Carolina,. mortally wounded,
Gen. Anderson, killed ; Colonels Mott and
Ward, killed; and Colonels Corse, Kemper
and Garland, Wourplail,.•the latter severely.—
Two of their. regiments are spoken of as bad
ly out up. Oen Magruder was quite sink at
Westover on ,t lie James river.
President - l . incolm Secretary Stanton ' and
Secretary - Chase returned to Washingtob on
Monday from their brief and eucces'ful carn•
paign at Fortress Monroe. The influence of
the President's visit has been of the most hap
py kind.
The bark ,Texana. from Port Royal at New
York, brought 1.943 bales of cotton.
From General Fremont's Department we are
informed that General Milroy, on Wednesday
of ins( week; was confronted by forces said
to'be.tliose of brkson. Johnston and
After it qiiqui:i;lo6,ol,l.with a portion of deck
'son's army,fho. elfeel'ed t jiaction with Gen
SMienclr ,who by] made a forced inarch of
thirty-fourmiles in: 'one day, to join 'him.—
Tho ennmY 'then .- rippreridliecrin three divis
ions, with a large.foree, iippearing at various
poiuts, on 1111:3-111ountairts.) General-Milroy de
tached four regiments; in attempting
to prevent the plaolng .of a Rebel battery,
brolighten ins engagement., ' Our lois was five
killed and seventy. wounded. - „The'Rebelii lost
severely, and were not able to piaci - 1411dr bat
. teryin - poSitien: :.,Qencral Schenck; by orders
from headukarters, , then.,withdrew his whole
force baolt.i upon OM reinforcements which
General Friniont was bringing'forward.' 'Ar
moldsburg and Spencer, 'twe towns near Par
kereburg, have-been occupied by an organ
ized guerillmlitand numbering about four, hen
.dreilwhe were threatening the Grafton Rail
Rutflater - deepatehem istate tliiit Major
hryvinghein reinfareed, lied - defeatiAl
the ',guerillali; Who' have:. been rovngiog;thie
country .about -Spencer,, anit-. ho expected
,t`o
. .
The 'Rebels made a dertionstr'ation,on Geri
oral MoDowelFs,Tiosition in advance of Fred
erinktiburg'on "Mori day, 1114', hilt retired'after
losing a Lieutenaat and ten' -meta, -who 'were
_ottplutni.:/41Mir cavalry. `
;United • , StatoS SentileTifOnfirMeil — tlte," .
nomination iof litiniel,p,.Sialtles as Brigadier
General of Volunteers.": • . '
This'inbining Mdy er sent his' Seer etary
Of t p-olice t'o' hen uti), ithepay,ihat
would call . the City Council together , .: at 10
nu ancrfor," . That t 1 o
peneral'l3t4ipiitiod.inn4 tlint.ll9.ltud•resuctcd r .
die:duties. oh Wv ol'Ace, us ; I:viityor.-aiiCNionlir
endow/or tOteciperder tliteleity, rind' pre
vent the destruction of property.
I sent him by hie Secretary the letter . No; 1
(copy inclosed.) I also sent him a letter de
manding the surrender of the city, in conform
ity with the demand' made by tee yesterday
through Capt. Bailey; copy No. 2. This
morning, at 6 a. m., I sent Capt. Morris,
whose ship commanded the Mint, to take pos
session of it and hoist .the American flog
thereon, which NllB done, and the people
cheered it. . _
At 10 o'clock I sent on shore again, and or' ,
dered Lieut. Kortz of the Navy and Brown of
the marines, with a marine guard, to hoist
the flag on the Custom-House, but the excite
ment of the crowd was so great, that the May
or and Councilmen thought it would produce
a conflict and great loss of life. At, 11, a sig
nal was Made to the fleet for divine service,
under a general order, copy No. 3
April 26, in the afternoon, having been in,
formed that there were two forts eight. miles
above the city,-at a place called Carrolton, I
determined to take a look at them and demo].
accordinglyMe_ ran -u p r but- to r
surprise we found the gun carriages all en
fire, and upon examination found the guns all
spiked. It was most formidable work for
Foote to encounter on his way down—a long
line of defenses extending back from the river
to Lake Pontchartrain, both ahnve and below
the city, on which were 29 and 30 guns each.
Immediately on my getting above the forts,
I sent Capt. Boggs, who is now deprived of a
command, by the sinking of his ship, which
he had so nobly defended, down to Capt. Por
ter, through the bayou at Quarantine, direct
ing into to demand the surrender of the forts.
His demand was at first refused, but the sol.
diers told their officers that we were in their
rear, and that they would not ho sacrificed.
So, this morning. 20th. the gallant, Bailey
brought-us the intelligence. in he Cayuga,
Capt. Harrison, chat the forts had surrendered,
the ram blown up, and that the American flag
floats over both forts.
I have sent dewn for Gen. Butler's troops
to come up and occupy this city, and will soon
be off for Mobile Depend open it we will
keep the stampede up.
1 send Capt. Bailey home as beltrer of dis
patches. Ile has done his work nobly, and
that while suffering under an infirmity which
required attention and repose.
I am, very truly and respectfully, your
obedient servant,
D G. FARB AGUT,
Flag-Officer Western Gulf Blockading Squad
ron - -
- To O. V. Fox, esq., Asst. Seey. of Navy.
• [Here follows the et ter from Flag Officer
Farragut dated alth April, 1862,10 the May
or of-New-Orleans. which has already been
published, demanding the surrender of the
City of New Orleans.]
UNITED ST,TES Ohio Strip ii%IVITOtIII AT 151110111
ore lire ( • Ire or New oats‘ss, pril 18112. )
To Ili.r Honor the Mayor of Neu' Orleans.
Your Honor will please give directions that
no flag but that of the United States will he
permitted to tly in the pre..enee of this Fleet.,
so long an it has the power to prevent it ; and
as all displays of that kind may he the cause
of bloodshed, I -have to request that you will
give this communication as wide a circulation
as possible.
I have the honor to be wry respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
D FARR AO UT,
Flag Officer Weslern Gulf Blockading
Squadron,
U. S. Fl.Ar,Fnrp TIViTFOItn, or? THE CITY Or
N April
GENIiItAL Guest: lite Yeti o'clock this morn
ing is the hour appointed for all the officers
an I crews of the tlee . t, to returit thanks to Al
mighty God fur his great goothiess and mercy
in permitting us to pails Ills events of the last
two days, with re lit tie Io S of life and blood.
At that hour the elioridi pennant will be
kind On every v --set nt the ticiit and their
crew- R . 5011 1 1.1,1, will in niniliati,in and
prayer Wake Mu it ncln u lwledgeniOnt I bort)
It 1 , 1 thy - Great llti , periser of all human
event S.
I) G F 1111.‘ 0 CT, Flag Officer,
IV co ern Gulf Block:01ft
GLORIOUS NEWS. '`-%
SURRENDER 0/" NO RFO NC.
Ni: f.dk is ours, and with its fall comes also
thy news of the destruction of the famous bug
bear Merrimac. The Rebels succeeded in ef
fecting tlio\de,truction of the Gosport Nary;
Yard and of in,irly all the ves4els lying t here '
Oar troops did not occupy Norfolk in force
Oil SA( urday right, and none "at :all, were in
Portsmouth or Gosport. During the night
the Rebel incendiaries were busy
,and weal t
from place to place with pitch pine torchis,
filing buildings and shippingunnlan harm-non
conflagration ensued They also attempted
to Wow op the dry dock but only partially
succeeded.
Tlie following is the official despatch of
Gen. Wool.
FoarrtEss MoNnoE, May 12.
Hon. R. if. Skuuon Serrrtary (.* War :
01 the tith of May, Friday afternoon, I or
ganized a force to march against Norfolk.—
On Saturday morning. 10th of May, the troops
were landed, uadu• the direction of — Colonel
Grano, at 0e an view, and commenced the
march toward Norfolk.
Generals Mansfield and Weber proceeded on
the direct route' by way of Tanners' creek
bridge, but finding it on fire they returned to
the cross road, where I joined them and took
the direction of the column. I arrived by the
old road and entered the entrenchments in
front of the city at twenty minutes befqe five
o'clock P M. I immediatey proceedeetow
aids Norfolk, accompanied' the Iron Sec
-rotary Chase,. and met the Mayor and a Select
Committee of the Common Council of Norfolk
at the limits of the city, when they surreu.
dered the city, agreeably to the terns set
forth in the resolution of the Common Council,
presented by the Mayor, Win. W. Lamb, which
were accepted by me, so far as related to the
civil rights of the citizen.% A copy of the res.
olutions have been already furnished. I im
mediately took possession of the city and up
pointed Brigadier General Egbert L Viele
Military Governor of Norfolk, with directions
to see that the citizens were protected in all
their civil rights. Soon after 1 took possess•
ion of Gosport and Portsmouth.
The taking of Norfolk caused the destruc•
Lion of the Mert intim, which was blown up by
the Rebels about five o'clock on the morning
of the Ilth of May, which NV:l$ anon after cont.
ronnieated to you and the President of the
United States.
On the 11 th I visited the Navy Yard, and
found all the workshops, storehouses and oth
er building 4 in ruins, having been set on lire
by the Rebels, who at the same time partially
blow up Ow dry dock.
I also visited Craneylag‘i, where I found
thirty nine guns of large calibre, most of
which were spiked. Also a large number of
shot and shells, with about 6,000 pounds of
powder, all of which, with the buildings, were
in good order ae far as I have been able to as
certain. • We have taken about two hundred
cannon, including those at Sowell's Point bat
series, with a largo number of shot and shells,
ns well as many other articles of value sta
tioned at-the. Navy Yard and Craney
Sowell's Point and othet; places.
(Signed) JOHN E. WOOL,
Major General Commanding.
THE CAPTURE OF NEW
ORLEANS.
We give the letter of Flag Ofb.cor. D. G.
Farragut, as the most succint, and connected
nal ative of the operations of the heel, which
culminated in the capture of- the crescent
city:
Flag; °Moor DAVID d. FARRAGUT, Comda., U. R. Squadron,
U. :5. FLAG &nr Iltnronn, '
OYF THE CITY OF NOW.OIfLEANS, April 25, ^ 1802. f
.
DEAD Sin In the excitement ef•the lust
'few days you must not be Orprised- if I
Maim undone many things which I ought to
do,, and one of which was to write you on the
ocdasiori of My taking this city. Ilitt,thank
God, it has been done. and in what I ono
.eekre aha theme style. r had ,tivn Union
men on board wan iind One/ forcodlnto tho
Pentederate service at Fort Jackson as
laboicra•— 4
..--"Ph . op , it) tor teed tee that'tliere' tt• o' two forts
near the:oity, , acid approached the
locality I,tried 'connentrato_tho• vessels,
but'ive - secin th'iii - Weltenst-talco voling
tire for , two trifle's. —So"we dil not mince the
lin:leper,.
,-,-deahed ;dittotly : :Mier
' porreitted : ne to : approach ,wtitin a raile i and
a.qutirter., befOrd they - opencd o' ,its., • papt.
Ste
Lierrtcon,.:ntliititt advance, and feetiitiod moat
the first,' firo, bet ,although the 'shooting
was lOod,' - ihey did' nck - ,oo,ttafige liis , , little
vessel. . ' " -
The Criyuga then fell.ba9k and_ t4.Efigt-
ford took herplace. We had only two guns
which I had placed on the topgallant fore.
castle, that could bear on them, until' we
got • within half a •mile. We then steered
off, and gave them such a fire "as they
never dreamed of in their philosophy "
The Pensacola ran up after 14. while, and
.took the•starboard battery off our hands; and
inn few minutes the Brooklyn ranged up
and took a chance at my friends on the left
bank, but they were silenced in, I should say,
twenty minutes or half an hour, but I can
not keep a note of time on such occasions
I only know that half of the vessels did
not get a chance at them. The river was
too narrow Ibr more than two or three vessels
to act with advantage, but all were so aux
ions, that my greatest tear was that we would
fire into each other, and Capt. Wainright
and myself were hallooing ourselves hoarse
at the men not to fire into our ships.
This last affair was what I call one of
ortlie profession—a dash and
a victory But the passing of the Forts
Jackson and St. Philip was one of the most
awful sights I ever saw. The smoke was so
dense that it was only now and then you
could 'see anything but the flash of the can.
non and the fire ships or rafts, one o*whieh
was pushed down "upon us (the Hartford) by
the ram Manassas, and in my effort to avoid
it, ran the ship on shore, and then the fire
ship was,, pushed alongside, and in a moment
the ship was one blaze all along the port
side, half way up the main and mizzen tops,
but thanks to the good organiZaion of the
fire department by Lieut. Thornton, the
flames were extinguished, and at the same
time we backed off and got clear of the raft
but all this time we were pouring the shells
into the torts, and they into us. and every now
and then a Rebel steamer would get under
our .fire and receive ,•our salutation of a
broadside.
At I ngth the fire slackened, the smoke
cleared off, and we saw, to our surprise, we
were above the forts, and here and there a
Rebel gunboat on fire, as we came up with
them, trying to make their escape. They
were tired is o and riddled, so that they ran
them on shore, and all who could made titer
escape to the shore.
I am told, 1 do not know how truly, that
Gen- Lovell had gone down that evening to
make , an-- attack--w t 11-4-hirteem- gunboats-,
large ram of 18 guns, and the Manacolia. The
Manassas and the Mississippi made a set at
each other at lull speed, and when they were
within 30-or 40 yards the ram dodged the
Mississippi and run on ,pure, when the la:
ter poured h r broadside into her, knocking
away her smoke stack, and then stint on
board of her, but she was deserted and
riddled, and after a while rho drifted down
the stream lull of water. She wits ihe last
of the seven we destroyed, but the large rain
was still at hurt dack•iin ; but they say here
that sire wassent down before dirt wai ready,
and that she will have to surreuder.with the
forts, which I hope a ill, I e u,-dav or to
morrow. I will give them my attention as
soon as I can settle the alhors of the city.
dernandu,l the surrender of the city yes
terday of the Ma3or, thr. ugh Capt. Bailey
as the second in command. Ills reply was
that the city was under martial law, and he
would consult Con. Lovell. Llis lordship
said he would surrender nothing. but at the
same time he woo d retire and leave the
M iyor unembarrass d.
THE LATEST FROM GEN. HAL
LECK.
I?ecunaolleeiny Slarmish near Farininylon
Engagement Between (jen era! Braug's
Dtvisa.to and General ['muss' Cunt •
mum! The R, Gels Repulse+ .
W il, Cent S'uniAter.
PIT NBURf;, Tenne see, May 11 The
following do , pat , h - tins jest 13 •eli rec•olacd
frow Geo.
N EAR FARmiNGTos, May 9, P. M.
The enmity, twenty thousatidstrong, drove
in a pickets beyond Farmington and ad
vanced against the brigade occupting the
further side of the ,creek in front of my
cant p. Thu brigade held on for jive hours
mail 11[1(11114 hem heavily pressed in trout mid
on the dans, and that 1 could not sustain
them without passitig the creek with my
whole force which was contrary to your or.
tiers, and would have drawn on a general
engagement, I withdrew to this a de in or
der. 4 '
The conduct of our troops was excellent
and 1110 withdrawal made by them very
reluctantly. The eueins made a demoristra
Lion to cross, bat - bandoned the ritavemont.
Onr loss was ..c, j 4t.siderable thoug.h - I. can.
not yet tell howti-gireat; the i t nerny being
'such exposed suffered very severely. One
of his batteries- being completely disabled,
and his infantry line drive back several
ten -s. My command are eager for an nd
Vance.
(Signed) Jounr POPE, Major Gen
THE NAVAL VICTORY ON THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
A FEARFUL STRUGGLE
The Rebel Gunboat Mallory Goes
Down with Alt on Board.
FEDERAL FLOTILLA VICTORIOUS.
CAIRO, May 12 —The following are the
particulars of the brilliant naval victory, near
Fort Wright, on Saturday.
Early on Saturday morniffl,r, eight Rebel
gunboats came around the point shove the
tort, and boldly advanced towards our flotilla.
The Cincinntuti, which was stationed at the
point where the Rebels came up on Priday,_
did not attract their attention until the fleet
had passed above her, hut as soon as she wan
seen alshnultaneous attack of the whole fleet
of gunboats was made upon her, but with
little effect, os the'enemy's guns were poorly
aimed.
The einein,atti meantime land hauled into
the stream where an iron clad ram, supposed
to be the Mallory, advanced in the face of
continued broadsides from the former -until
within forty yards. Being the faster sailer
the Rebel boat succeeded in running betweeti
the Cincinnatti and tire right hank, when
men appeared upon her decks preparing to
board the Uincinnatti, with"gra peels thrown
out, which design was frustrated by throwing
hot water from the steam batteries of the
Cincinnati i.
In the meantime the rest of our gunhpats
had arrived at the scene
~of the action and
engaged the Rebel fleet.
The Mallory. undaunted by the failure of
her attempts to board - the Cineinuatti, crowd•
ed on a full head of steam, and °ante towards
the Cineinnatti, evidently intending to run
her down, Capt. Sleuthltt, who was in coin.
mand, waited until the Rebel monster was
within twenty yards, When lie fired a broad ,
side into tier from his Parrott guns, which did
fearful execution The two boats we're so
close together by this time that it was impbs•
Bible for the gunners of the Cinoinnatti to
swab mit their guns, and it was only ,by
bringing the stern batteries to boar on her
again that the Mallory was compelled to haul
MY. Capt. Stemblo shut her pilot. with his
revolver, and wits hiliaself wounded by a
pistol shot fired by the Pilot's Mato of the
MallorY.
While this fierbe engagethent between the
Mallory and the Cincimmtti was in .progress
our shbts from our other,vessels had exploded .
the boiler - on one of the Rebel gunboats .arid
set fire to another, burning her to the water's
edge.
•The nit at the same time was very heavy;
and under cover or the dense stiletto which
hung over Um riv6r . the Rebel fleet retired
but was pursued until they 'gained Shelter
limier the guns of , Fort Wright.. When . . the
smnhe'eleared away a iireathitle from the flag
ship ;Benton' Ives 4mit.'nftor,, theM
.allory and
'shortly after she was seen to careen and went
,down with all on board. - •
. . .
None of Our boats were . injured except the
Cinoinnatti and the damage to her is ,so Blight
that it. Can • be repaired in 24 -hours. ' rein'
•rtielifoir tier were.. wounded; including'. Elio
Master's Mato. No . other onsunlties arecnieti :
tioned. - . , • -- '
CAI'VURE SUFFOLK. -
YOLLTREfiS MONttOE,:MAY J.%
To •Hon.:Edivia M. I.stant on, ..S•cy. of.
"Wn EfAvn - S urrozW,, , E. was Aayonlast;nyen
ing by Major Midgo;_. 411 •
Major GOn. M'clSllikn'e troops 0.46 1
berlawl. J 0111.7 E, Wool,; . .ltojor 9on. .
News From Southern Paper s ,
THE NEWS FROMRICIINIOND
FULL,Y SIGNIFICANT."
Cheo MNATTI, blay 13.—The following
Southern news have been receiv . ed: The
Memphis Ati/anche of the othsayliT "The
telegraphic news from Richmond Is painfully
significant. M'Clellan seems to have been
preparing the same fate for Richmond that
Butler and Porter got up for ittiv Orleans.
The Congressional stampede from Richmond
had a very depressing effect, and it was be
lieved that it foreshadowed the early e7acua
tion of Virginia. The policy of evacuating
this city is played out. We havo but precious
little more territory that we can spare.
Tho Avalanche of the same day sayb of
affairs at New Orleans, that Mayor Monroe
and all the aldermen have been arrested on
refusing to take the oath of allegiance, and
sent to prison. Groat distreee_preaaiisin the
cit - Y. Food of all kinds is extremely scarce,
and flour-is not to be - had itt any price,
There is more of the federal forces yet to
landed and the river is full of federal
gunboats mortar vessels and transports,
The Memphis Argus says that the Confect
crate loss at Shiloah was 7,000 killed and'
wounded.
The same paper says, in an article on gun
boats : Thus far it must be confessed that our
attempts with gunboats on the river havo
been disgusting fizzles. The people know it.
and so does the Government.
The Memphie Avalanche says that 8.3 i per
cent of Bishop Police army wore killed and
wounded at Shiloh.
The Avalanche of the 7th says we have ad
vice 4 from New Orleans up to Saturday, at
a m Gen Butler had taken the St Charles
Hotel for his Head Quarters. The Evans
House in Poydras street has been converted
into a hospital The Jackson railroad depot
was talien possession of on Saturday,
The Feleral Picketsliave been extended ne
far as the crossing of the Jefferson and Jack
son railroads. Four gunboats and one trans
port started for Baton Rogue on Saturday
morning and seven federal regiments had
been. landed at. New Orleans.
All the newspapers at Now Orleans are still•
published, though a federal censor has been
placed over every office to . exannne all matters
and to exclude whatever may prove inimical
to the Federal cause.-
Q pro Tftiriratqr — Tlit
to all the offices altd refused—When-the guard
came to the Delta office and were refused,
they took possession, and sent for northern.
printers, who worked it off in the edition.
IMPORTANT NEWS
PORTER'S MORTAR 'LEFT OFF FORT
MORG I N
AN ATTACK ON MOBILE HOURLY EXPECTED
New YORK May 13.
,Intelligence has_been- received-that Commo
dore Porter's mortar fleet was off Fort Mor
gan at the entrance of Mobile h arbor, on
Thursday, and that nu attack was hourly ex
pected on the city.
Our gunboats were reconnoitering the Sa
vanna river all the morning of the same day.
[Tile city of Mobile is a port of - entry of
the State of Alabama, and capital of Mobiles
county. It is situated on the west bank of
the Mobile river, immediately above its en
trance into the hay of Savannah, and 1,033
miles from Washington city. It is by far the
most consilerable town or the State both in
population and commerce, and next to New-
Orleans, is the greatest cotton market in the Uni
ted States. , Population in 1840, 15 072 ; and
in 1850,.20,515. 'l'he site is a level, sandy
plain, sufficiently elevated fur the purpose of
convenient drainage, being about fifteen feet
higher than the bay. The streets- are wide
and mostly run north and south, and east and
west. It is not compactly built, excepting the
portion occupied by the commercial, bosses.
Ou by south and west sides of the town there
are dry, sandy, pine bills, which afford !Tree
ttble anti healthy retreats during the hot. sea.-
son. Their situation affords film saes for de
fends, and the rebels have no doubt thorough
ly fortified( berm
Mobile is the seat of Spring Hill College,
founded by the Catholics, having a library of
7000 volumes. It also contains an institution
for the blind, a city hospital, a U. S. marine
hospital, two orphan asylums, a theatre, two
or three, banks and six newspapers. There
ere churches of six denominations and several'
academies. The entrance of the hay is de
fended by Fort Morgan, formerly P.)11 Brower,
and mere is a light house in the same vicinity.
Mobile has an advantage, - us position for trade,
being the natural outlet of the greatest cotton
region in the South. Previous to the rebell
ion, steam boats plied regularly between Mo
bile and Montgomery and Tuscaloosa An
other line kept up a daily communication with.
New Orleans vie, Lakes Borgne and Ponohar
train. A. railr , tod about 450 miles long was
in course of construction from the city to the
mouth of the Ohio river, connecting with the
Central railroad of Illinois The exports 'of
cotton at Mobile for the year ending Septem
ber lot 1852, amounted to 549,499 bales. In:
1851, 6,816,024 feet of lumber were also
shipped from this port.. The tonnage of the
port, lane 80,1802, amounted to an'aggregate
of 7,412 registered, and 21,120 enrolled and
licensed The capture of this city, in a mili
tary point of view, is scarcely less important
than that of New Orleans.
WIIT HUNDRED AND EICHITY.YIVE
Ef.EASED PRISONERS ON THEIR
WAY NORTH
NINETY REBEL. PRISONERS REFUSE TO GO IL
TO RICHMOND
FORTILESI NIONROE, MilV 18.
Eght hundred and eight,y•five prisoners re
leased from Richmond on parole leave 10-day
on the steamer William Kent. Ninety con
federate prisoners who were to be returned to
Richmond, positively refused, although ear
nestly urged and threatened by their officers,
and took the oath of allegiance,
Burning of Troy
A fearful disaster has befallen the City of
Troy, one or Ole most enterprising and ener
getic of our State's inland centers of Trade
and Manufactures. Troy is intimately con
nected by Canal and Railroad with Western
Vermont, North-Eenstern New.Yerk; and a,
small see ion of North Western. Massachu
setts, and her commerce is probably less
affected by political or financial convulsions
than that of any other city in our State,
tier population in 1850 was 28,785, and in
1860 38,235, placing her ' twenty-fourth in
rank of cities in the Union.
Great fires are quite common in our wood.
built American. cities, yet it de, ms to us that
Troy . has bad an undue proportion of them,
It our memory. serves us, this is the fourth
sweeping conflagration to which sho has
been subjected within our rsmembrafice.
Doubtless,this is by far the largest positively,
though perhaps 'no larger relatively than ova
of itspredecessors The blinting out of
existence Two or Three Millions' worth of
proporty in a day must have reduced bun.
dreds from affluence to a narrow competence,
and many more from independent poverty,
to utter destitution. We trust,4 may-not be
found or deemed impossible tchupply some
aid to the homeless and foodless by contri,
tuitions from other cities• and towns: should
such be-required.- The season -is favorable
to the homeless,:though the distractions of
the times and the threatened. calls. upon
public libera'ity do: not justify Impel; of a
large contribution. '
Some. may infer .that Troy MO exposed
herself to such di•nsters, narrow streets
or some other - malformation, but this - would
be erroneous. Saturday was a very windy
day, and a fire which obtained a start on
that day would have - rpviiged 41a) 0 P; any'
city in the Y Tribune.
GENEItAL Assu,inita. --The - General Assem
bly .
of the Presbyterian -church (0. S ))in the
United, States, commenced its' annual meeting
in the ElrstoPresliyieriati church, :Cofumbue,
.Ohio,-on-Thursday, the 16th of.iNley; (yester
day:), ft was opened with a - sermon by the
Rev. , Jeint G. Ibuncus,'D. D., Moderator of
the last Assembly.
It expected 'that_there will - ban full at
tendance:of Delegates from the '-loyal States,
ae busineee of. the utmost, imperfanoe io.to bo
trat,lsaoteo.
„'Among other thingS, resolt,teions,
'footing in t vew th ninon of all the diff.orpnt.
Presbyterian orgaelzationa in t he county, w
. 4otibtleas bo.offered aad- noted upon. '