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WHOLE NO. 9450. NEW YORK, SUNDAY, JULY 27, 1862. PRICE THREE CENTS.
IHTERESTUG FROM REBEIDOBL
Hm Riebm?ad Papers Cenplaioiog
tf Frequent Desertions*
EXTORTION THE BTJLE IN DIXIE.
General Magruder Assumes a
New Command.
MORBAN'S RAIDS IN TENNESSEE,
&c., See.. &c.
Trtiu?mlouii ll|irliiuu at the North.
the Rilvigh KxpreOS,]
(KrouilUel
Wbeut'vor there id a prodigious show for elTect to be
n rile ol Yankee enthusiasm upon any groat occasion, it
always begins with a "monster public meeting" in the
olty oi' Now York, which sidl cherishes the Billy nlm
that si.o c. nstitutes the wb< le vitality anil strength or an
exploded and deluncl I'uion. In days of old, arc the
secession ot' the South consigned this American Sodom
to the desolation which is rupidly spiea liug over her,
she wuscoulinuaily.at *vory crisis of iho country, pa
radi.ig her ostentatious fussiuess and self-importance bo
foro the country and the world, just as if Cooper lusii
tute, I'ark and City llall preambles ana resolutions, set
tied the matter In Question. This egregious vanity aud
amaxlng arrogance never manifested itself in a more
superlative degree than it did on lite lHth of September,
1840, during the memorable Presidential canvasser that
year. The Uumn was very truly believed tbeu to be in
the woel imminent danger,au l the "Merchant Princes"
were thrown into si>asms of alarm at the prospect of a
withdrawal of the South from its stifling embrace.
Great was the tribulation in Uotliani under the ominous
tndical loos of such u calamity as it was do mod up there.
? "monster meeting" was,of courts, goilcu up, it being
considered an infallible proveutivs of ull evils threaten
ing the SMi mal body politic. The wrher of this article
was ens of the vast crowd with which the Cooper Insti
tute was jammed the night it came olf, and he really was
Impressed with the idea that it was u grand affair, a. d
must seltte the kabh of Seward and Lhicoiu. He was
then s warm Union mau. and entered cordially into the
demonslrsiiau. But the sequel proved that this hugs as
sembly of Gothamilut was a woise than empty farco.
It haul the eilect of vastly increasing 1 Jocolu'n majority
Instead of defeating him, as it was designed and expected
to das As soon as we saw the result of the cli-ctl owe
same to the conclusion that New York monster meeting.-,
would ruiuauy caue which they espoused, and from that
day to this our opinion lias remained unchanged.
Lincoln wants 300400 more men, and it is consido ed a
li'e and death bi'siuess with him gettiug or not getting
them. The |ieoplu, worn down by the disasters, lo.-s.-s
and troubles of the war, are very slew uud reluctant ia
giving themselves up to Southern malaria ami guu|iow
der, which have alroaily swept into the gruve hundreds
ef thousands of their countrymeu. Tliey do not rush
forward to tha cry of "to arms !" wilh the a'acrlty and
eathusiasm ihey did twelve mouths ago, when they
thought their capital was in danger. In fact, Lincoln
and his loyal journals in New York see that enlistments
do not promise to be very rapid or ardent, and that some
very rousing process must be resorted to for quickening
them. And what so potent for the accomplishment of the
anxiously desired objest as the old hum bog of a "monster
meeting" in the Cooper Institute? It is the eashsl thing
in till) world to collect together at a short call in that
bloated city, whose streets are now thronged with an
idle and excitable multitude comprising ull classes of
people, many thousands ground speakers' stands, to
listen to the oratorical clap-trap of the most unprincipled
demagogues ih it cau ho found in the whole world. Ac
eording>y the mc tii.g was Invoked and heid,andthi
Northern jouiiiuis ateslulled with us pompous and c u
ceiled proceedings. I: tlie result is to bo estimated by
the past expe h um of such gathei lags, it will Le uu ex
liuginshcr l<> :iiu emisiinenls it was designed to hurry
tip. If they we.e tardy and scarce before, they will bo
ten times ui rs so now, for \i hen did a New York "mmi
ster meeting'' ever fail to advance the opposite Interests
to that of which it assumed to be the guard
diaid And yet one or those G o. er Institute
outbreaks of enthusiasm, so called, is Hkiuuuu)
to us as a " grand ui rising" if the uulvirsal
North. It is nothing of the kind. It is. in the present
case, simply a --grand upiitdug" of Wall street and
Broadway, prompted not by any love of Linen n, but the
fsar ho has got them under, that unless they s.ppot
htm in all his exigencies they are hopele. sly and forever
I -done. It is their dread of the terrib.e thunder clap
that wakes them so subservient to him amidst tb" rant
tarings of the c tiling slot m. Ho is their pilot, and tlie/
therefore obey him with is tr aud trembling. He has
grabbed so much money out of the Wall st ect bigs
that unless the mllli aalrc gnibkrs of that sw.udlh.g
thoroughfare eotitin e to snuil out and shout out for the
war, they will lose every dollar that has lieen wrenched
from thorn, and heuco the late monster meeting. They
will lose it as it la. But they are chlsell.-d Into the hope
that by being more freely bled they may ultimately r?
??h. we AM
predict that there will be another-'up
rising at the North" before many mouths very different
from any that has yet taken place.
Tb? Frsasency of Oeaerltom frssa ths
Hebcl Hanks.
(From the Rlchiaond Kxauiuier, July 32.]
There are a number a' people in the South who are do
tamed from active participation in the war by tlie Con
ines of age or family. These people may do a most valu
able service to the government and make au important
eenlrtbutton to ibe war by assist tug in the apprehension
of dees, tors and stragglers from the army; by giving In
formation to the authorities of the places of refuse of
tbesa creatures; by setting tbeir laces against them and
by doing all that Is possibi# to drive back, to their pouts
ef <ti ty. those who have skulked from tteui and are roam
iug the country in tbo dirty ami dut raceful unit, ruis of
soldiers. There should bo no resting plnco for the feci of
these creatui cm. Every mau and woman m the country
Is abis ts do somoUiiug in pursuing, soauiiug mud driving
back to the ranks those who have dueerted their c lo.s
and their comrades and turned thoir backs upon their
country '? serv or.
let all ages and sexes in ths country assist the govern
stent in reclaiming deserters and stragglers aud in main
taining the integrity of our army. Wo trust this exhor
tation will not be lost upon th.- country. Dtiertvru are
reducing our army, defying ili dimpline, corru/jling it.
gpirit and Morale and eeruiuilg endangering the fortune* of
oar ouw ?.
Desertioss from the army are already numerous, und
ths country must do what it ciui to repair the evil. The
fact Is, however, that we should have hnard but little of
this military crimo aud public disgrace to cur ai ms if
the guverutuent luid had the nerve and the cousciem'a to
execute the death penalty in its armies. The men who
are responsible lor lire shuineful aud alarming Ire.pieucy
of desertions in our armies are Jeflerson 1'uvis, i.eorge
W. Randolph, and Robert E. Lee. The crime of deser
tion ts puuiahabie with death; it Is so by tlie articles c.-f
war, the practice of civilized nation*, and tne precepts
of intelligent humanity It is no time for a mawkish
teubsraess to irilie with the Ucsuuioe of a whole nation.
The sentimental suspension o the penalty ol death In
eur army it wit only a mistaken Ininuiuity, il encourages
crime, sacrifices to childish emotion the ctliciency of our
tro.pe.Uie saiety ol our country, the successor our
cause, ami is a terribio cruelly lor wlucii our govern
moot stands responsible in the eyes ol Uod and mm.
An lustunoo huely occurred where, in tace ol the ene
my, and In daily exiiectstion ol a greit battle on the
Richmond lines, n deserter who Itad been apprehended in
ths wry act ol enteiing the enemy's lints and
sentenced to dunth by a court martial, was respited Hue i
<1.(Went limes. The consnquencc of tuts weak ludul
genua waa a new crop of deserters; the hesitation of the
authorities to exs ule the law was the signal for now
violations of it. and to-day the country Is idled with de
aei tars, stragglers aud absentees from the ui my, who
laogh at the terrors of courts marliul. ami ihe , ci,alius
of having their psy stopped and being advertisi d In the
newspapers for crimen which, by law, custom and usees
mty. deserve death. The government has toyed with
sentiuMut enough In this matter. I he country is engaged
in a death struggls; If we are subjugated there is uo
l*r.vliel ts Ibe borrors of our Isle since the millions stro
citi'wof Attila and his narbarians. In such a cootost the
government must be serious, aud not weigh the scutI
ma ns of prca. hers and humniulariaus in petucoais
against the safety of the country. Ibe letter o. the law
and the doctrines of enlarged and enlightened mercy,
winch require that discipline and eillcieiicy should be
maintained in our army at tlie price of death to deserters.
Kv tort (on lets In Hebeldom.
lKrom ths Riebm nd Examiner. July 'Ji.|
In the itsvelotuncuts of the war we are wagu g there is
one lasting stigma on lis moral character \>e rrlor to
the almost universal rage In the *<oiilti of tbo vile lusts
of uvnrlc and axtortlon, In which unlive .Soutin rn mar
ch-uts have outdone Yaiit.nen aud Jews, and have not
otny dolped themselves, but tnilictod a bm mug disgrace
upon the net lop, pr, siituled a noble war to th- must in
turnout pdrpnevs, and id.ckuned their country in tbo eyes
t>i tbs world.
I'ftrwuk Semlh dink* urfU IV Itut nf tnforiiim. Tlie
sxtunt to which it prevails In this city Is enormous and
uuMifmi. trade is reitocad to a devilish art to make
uvtieynutm tlie distresses of humanity, and, that hy
p-crisymay ba nd.leil to other diabolical accomplish
n ants, the oxph tiouani of Riolimond take the upiwr seats
in e'lurch.telk patriotism and give into ths rontributitn
bo.es smalt pinclitngs from enormous gain*; dandy
p reach-fw end hospital matrons taking these tlithy gilts
tf tbc pitim'srers ?' sec lot y as tokens of the liberality
end (uM'thm -f iho donors.
rhc lengths to which I'xtorikm has gone In this com
fm.iiliy aie slntisi incredible. A aingln lustnnce niuy
eai vc as an Illustration, 'through the active and enlarged
? xettions of ilw governincnt cl -thlng bureau intbisciiy,
t .n true Is have been nude wi?h a number of mills in the
Si itfi hy which It l as bo n n rood Hist they shall furnish
supplies for the army at stipulated pricts. .Some days
ago an ofl'rcr purchased at this hurca i for bis use a piece
o. rf.dli at two dollars and sixty cents a yard. This, the
g<?? a incut 11 ? n, was largely roinuseratlve to tlie
man ,uctu.a- ; It paid h.m s co of arable profit, sad he
Wan avtiefied to oblSin that without grasping lor the ut
t.o iu,.s' g jhim of avai icc and extortion, lho price of tlio
a siyjs ? | cloth, manufactured st our doors in Rich
mo. . inquired at store* on Main street; the reply
ir**. sixtvep and aiginecu d-.lUis a yard,
Mahone'a Brigade.
The following General Order *u read at drees parade
oa the 16th inst.?
GENERAL ORDER?NO. 24.
Hbauji ahtbr*, 8si.ixl> Banians, >
Hrusa's Division. July IS, 1862. J
1. The Brigadier General commanding the shore brig
ade takes pleasure in communicating tothi officers and
men of the command the ae ompanying letter from Ma
jor General Magruder, acknowledging, in pleaslnsr and
complimentary terms, their service in the late 1 > of
Malvern Hill.
2. The source from which the compliment cornea nrl
its connection with ? ne of the severest actions ot
war, attache* to It peculiar merit, and will serve, it is
hoped. as a stimulant to gallantry aud good aold<erly
bearing in the future conduct of the brigade. By com
mand of Brigadier General MAI10NE.
R. C. Taylor, Major and A. D. C.
Richmond, July 6,1862.
BmnAD iot General MArtovn, Commanding Brigade:?
t.KNKKAi?Having bcon called to the oominnnd of a
distnnt department. wh mo my immedlato presence is re
quired, I tnay not have time "to rec ivc your report. and
hi'do justice to your gallantry and that of the bravo bri
gade under your command I beg that you will aeoopt
the assurance of my high sense of your military skill and
intiepidiiy, und of the gallantry and devotion ol' the
tro<u s nf your brigudo, who, with iho Irooiw of Brigadier
General ffr ght's brigade, occupied and slept <>u the tldd
of b ittle won from the euemy. 1 hog leave .through you,
to uckuou lodge their scrv oes aud return them uiy warm
est Uiauks. e ? a e e *
J. Bamkukao Mauri'dbb.
Deserters from tl?e Boderml Army.
[From the Htcnmuud Dispatch, July 22. j
The Rockingham (Vh .) Hotter says a numb r of deser
ters from the ranks ami withiu the Hues oi the enemy
have arrived at General Robertson's headquarters in the
lust few weeks. Most of them were Vi ginians, who had
been "forced" to voWiniesr in the federal army. Others
are the straight out Yauks. The fU.ij f says:?In one
ease we saw a captain who hwl concluded to quit Liucolu
and a bad enwa and ceme "down Mouth to Dtste." Ho
w is a ine looking fellow, wsU dressed, and scented to be
a man or intelligence. He was not only tired of lighting
agaiuat the people of the South, but stated that he agreed
wi b us In principle, and would rslher occupy our plat
form than the one be had just abandoned.
Erom the Richmond Inquirer, July 22.]
r of deserters from ihe ranks and within the
lines of the cacmy have been helped by our scouts snd
pickets to reich Geuersl Robertson's headquarters, near
Harrisonburg, during the litst few days. Seine of these
de criers were privates in the Yankee army, whilst others
held pneitious of rank aud distinction.
(From the Rockingham (Vs.) Register, July 18.]
PusertKiue from the federal army, siuce its attempted
occupation of the valley of Virginia, have beeu quite
uiunurous. Wo have soon us many as eleven in a squad
making their way from the thraldom and tyranny of the
Yankee aruiy to the Confederate lines. We sawanum
her of this kind a few days ugo. They were all, or nearly
all. Virgin) ins, a id had b.-en ''forced to volunteer" in tho
federal army. Thoy were originally residents of counties
iu w inch the Yaukee army had secured a temporary foot
hold, and were told that unless they "voiuntoered" to
tight under the federal standard thoy would be taken pri
soners, their pro|torty destroyed aud they sent Into con
lii e iu-nt. Under such influences they were lu iuccd, the*
say, to enter the federal service. Oi course, such could
n d be expected to endurothe service into which they
wore dragged, and the tirst good opportunity they gut
they wore off lor the lutid of "Dixie." Those we saw con
currcd in stating that if others of their companions iu
amis knew that they would bo' received kindly in the
Confederate Hnes, thai whole companies aud regiments
would dese t. they repre-ent the federal service as too
intolerable to be borue. ospeci illy as U obliges many who
really love the i-outh, und luve friends and kinsmen in
the southern confederacy, to lift their bands ngaiust their
beet friends. He must bo a very base Virginian indeed
who can now continue iu th ? Inderal service, after the
developments which have been made by the abolition
faction, who liavo tirought Unur onco huiqiy aud pwicoiul
country to' the verge of bankruptcy and ruin.
The Yankee* auil the Negroes*
[Fiuni tlio Richmond liis;hilcii. July 18.J
It upiieurs from statements iu tlio Northern newspa
pers ttint McClehan proposss to oiup.oy t e.roos to pe: -
form the hu.d luhor ?n nis lortitlcatii.ua. witli a view t >
save his tmopg fr.m the per la ol auustioke. Tuts is the
sort cf freedom the deluus.t slaves enjoy wbou they get
into the clutches of tlio abolitionists, liiey are worked
t-> (ha b, in order to-avo ilio lives of a proportionate
u imher or iniseiublu Yank.rs, not one-hall' of whom can
lay as much claim to leHpcvtabiliiy as ilio blackest coin
He'd negro in Virginia. We hope our authorities, in no
f tiatlug lor an exchange ol' prison.-rs, will molco lbu In
vaders account for at lean a |a>rtiou ol' the "conlia
buids" thoy have stolen, though in m.Uiiny uji their rela
tive value it itvmlda} pear tlial one ti'gjer teat equal to Into
l'ankea.
Ei'tarned to Their Master*.
[From the Ktclinioud Knqulior, July 22.]
Two more runaway negroes?one belong! .g to Geo. ?.
W. I/iwis, of Rockingham county, and tho other to Col.
M. U. Harm mi, ol' flautiton?having become disgusted
w ilh, und tired or, association and companionship with
ths Yankees, hare voluntarily returned to tbeir homes.
The News from Middle Tennessee*
[From the Kuoxvliio Register, July lb.J
The new a we lay before our readers this morning from
Middle Teiinessoe is of the most gratifying character to
the .Southern men of this section, not only Irom the ex
lent of the victory achieved by Colonel Forrest, the brl
soncuscaptured and the a ton a uken and destroyed, but
also Irom (1m indication It aflt.rd* that our Puces at
Chattanooga are iu a state ol activity, ua<l have a spirit
aroused that gives ns reasonable g o nd to hop* shortly
for the cxpulsiou of the invaders from the State. There
is reason to bolleve that this daring ex|ioditlon of lor
rest's will ha rujlowed up by other movements, which
will rapidly break the power of the insolent d*.<po.ism
urn or which the Mate s now groaning.
luelluud Mitcntl will jerliaps be furtmial* If (hoy can
make a "strategic'' movement towards their gunboats
even itair hs successful as that recently taado by Ik.
young Napoleuu from bci'or* Kichinuml.
From our northern border we learn that the federals
are 0X|i?ctIng large rciurorcemuuls from Kentucky at
Cumberland iiap. In the meuntinio, in that rcgiuu, they
are skulking out or sight of our foices. and only
snowing themselves irom day to day under
lings of truce. What the ostensible purpose of the.-c tiigs
of truce interviews is, docs not lianspirc; b it we doubt
not their real purpossja to gala surreptitious information
of the strength and uf-p sition of our forces, as well as to
goiii Mine lor the coming up of their reinforcements. We
trust ihut i urnrmy in l'awel * Valley will exhibit soruo
oi' the enie:prise so lecintly shown by Forresi and Mor
gan, and, by prompt and rapid action, clean the invading
Hessians and lories out of our mountains, before their ox
pec led aid iu men and supplies can r*acli them. We le no
that th ru Is a straggling force of seme 5.000 between
Clintun und llig Cro k<lap. Their ease ought tube a i i|.'
ed to at once. Wo presume these are the same who sur
prised Mr Lin'a cavalry at Wallace'* Cro-s Roads. The
insult or thai raid, by the way, was not so serious to tin
as represented by the flrst coiri rs who came in?the
OmfVlerutc bes being only one killed and lour or Dve
wounded, while the six or eight who were sup|s>sed to
iiave been captured by the euciuy have since come in
sate and so,.ml.
When shall wo hear that Ike watch word of our army
lieyoud the Clinch is 'On u> Kentucky."
Major Jorila*.
This federal office. . caplnre<l by ( ol. Morgan, at Temp
kiasville, Ky., was, we learn, sent < IT yesterday morning
to Madison, lis.. under gu trd. A good deal of t-xclteiuml
aguiiial nun in llilsciiy was caused by Ibechargo that he
was the officer who ordered llie Utiles or Sparta to co k
bre-ikfasl lor hit iroo|w, aud said if it was uot done he
wis.Id torn his men loose uihhi them to do as Ihey pleased.
Wound* it u i that he den *?i slig (lie language aiiributsd
to hiin.ai.d says thai lie told the cltisens of Sparta that
his ineii were very hungry and must have s imcthing to
nat,nnd. if not turnislied. he would have to turn tliem
loose to help themselves, ami would not, in that cue, he
responsible for their conduct; nod he emphatically denies
the construction placed on his language, to the effect that
he would turn tliein looge to outrage tho women. I'ueai
bly he tnay not have inlended so heiuous a crime, but
the evidence of his guilt Is such, wo think, as to require
Investigation by the War l>spartni. nt. in order I hat, If
found guilty, he may receive punishment commnnsurato
with tho diabolical character of Ins crime. Whatever
other duty may go uu|ierf.irnied let llie virtue of our
women he protected from llrndlah outrage and threats of
vlo enee nr even the slightest Intimation of It. If Ituller
or any of his Imitators ever, by the fortunes of war, fall
into our builds. gh o them the gibbet without dolay, as a
warulng lo ail similar beasts
Morgan at Tompklnsvlllr.
The Knoxvllhi Hiffi-ter suys the regiment surprised and
rrraited at Tompkhtsville was the sennth INmnsylvania
rev m ail. tw s h udred and sevenl meu, commanded by
MS|<>r I hos. Jordan. The result of Hie victory was. that
i ho whole camp and storos fell Into our hamls, cons sling
cf l-nis On* h imlred head of stork hors a and mules;
eight wagons and harness, one hundred carbines and ri
lies; a fine lot of side arms and n largo quantity < f ammu
nition^ line lot of provisions, clothing, Jtc.
Front Nashville.
Ths Knoxville he .infer stales that Amly Johnson has re
signed his Mllitaiy Governorship ami returned to IVash
li.gion. lie has been succeeded by IVm. R. Campbell, w ho
indicates already a disposition to sur|>nss even Andy in
hi-iles|xitlc rule. Its h is summoned ail tb* merchants of
Nashvllls to go forward aurl lako tho oath of allegiance,
an act of tyranny which Andy had omitted.
General Dee's l'lstols Presented to the
Gnei ilia Morgan.
[From the Richmond Dispatch, July x2 ]
The ho'slsr pistols <il the lamented (Jan. Iiarnard E.
Bee, one of the heroes of Min .s<n?, have been presented
l>y his wPlow to the Confederate Stales; and Opt. rhllds,
of the Urdnsuco Depai tine lit, present* d them to Coluusi
Johu II. Kurgan, a chieftain, worthy to woar them.
Mlscellaneons Demi.
Ths Richmond papers contain numsrous notices of de
serters and advortisc.iirnts of "substitutes" wanted.
The IMtpntch suys that ths well prisoners at Bells Tale
ars delayed froi .eliiniing N rth by request of General
McClsllan?he d*su ug pi be furnished with s list sf
them.
A Mr. Edward A. I'chard announced a new work, "The
FlfstYearof tho War. ?' It is published In Richmond
James A. Ifiavur,.? private lu (ho Twentieth Georgia
regiment, was arraigned on the 21st in Richmond, far
(he murder of Edward Dunn, a private of artillery.
A Hov Henry T. Gee. who professes to have escaped
from Batoo Rouge, informs the Richmond OirpcUch that
Geo Williams bad issued an order against negro stealing,
a:rd Com. Ferragut had declared, that he would not tola*
rata U; but the citizens did not put much faith in this,
particularly as the latter officer took off three hundred
fugitive slaves with his fleet whan it sailed from Vicks
burg. 'I he people in the country are preparing to move
bark from the banks of the river, in accordance with
' <n Horn's recommendation, and in thre> months
a banks cf the Mississippi, from Baton Rouge to New
Urleans, will be tennntless.
Tli ? Richmond Ditpatk, alluding to Hon. Kdward Eve
rett s eftoits m behail of tho Uni< u, calls hi n a "polished
0 nven, who luui servod both God and mammon, who
has been proucher, politician, sycophant, c nsorvstivn,
fanatic hy turns, and any and everything where thrift
might follow after."
[From I he Richmond Enquirer, July 22.]
Ijnk or Tklchrai'H.?The R- ckingh m t< it' r states
that a line of telegraph, ct nuecting Harrisonburg ami
Staunton, is now in cms-' of coi'Sti uction. It is a "mili
tary necessity," of which (ion. Roltertson is disposed to
uvail himself, 'this will place us In iustuiilaue us cou
n cllm with < ur stale aud Confederate capital. Major
Hannan lias charge of the construction of the liuo.
Moxt'imvT to Tim Gai.i sst Asitsv.?'I he " Mason Ran
ge! s. ' a Maryland ootii|NUiy. lately wi der command of
the lamented Asbliy, have subsi ribod over three hundred
and 11: ty d liars, to erect a mcnumeut to the memory of
that gallant hero.
fFrom tho Richmond Dispatch, July 22 ]
Skizcrkk.?Governtn lit oillcors, last week, soized a
large umount of sugar aud some 600 barrels or flour and
sugar which were stored in Charlotte, N. C. Thirty cents
1 sr pound was allowed for the sugar. The sugar and
ilour both were taken for thu soldiers.
Mipitahy Arroijrrnijrr.?t'oiouol JohnR. Jones,of Har
risonburg, Va., hus been apiminted Brigadier General,
and assigned to tne command of a brigade under Jackson.
I From ilia MdMHod Examiner, July 22 J
Tin Vn T my ok M. XA.-tt.ts.?Yesterday was the anni
ver-ai y ot the haiti anil victory of Manassas. We bavo
beard o. sever.il | air o ic and Impromptu observances of
the day that n ntc illusion to the Yankees aud hope aud
Inspiration to thu folded rosy. In this vicinity the cele
bration, U it was tint spontaneous and d|>en, we are sure
was more liearlielt, and the graves of a thousand heroes
ware watered, ami their flowers reireshed, by the manly
tribute o. Use scattered heroes of that ever memorable
light.
Pbisoxers ox the Islakd ?Bel'.e Islo now contains up
wards of 4,700 Yankoe prisoners or war, who are shel
tered from the sun by excollent touts, and supplied with
all the games of pastime and sport that their inclinations
suggest. Upwards of five hundred more will go over to
day. A few prisoners arrived yesterday. About 1.000
wounded remain at tha Libby prison, lu tho care or the
federal surgeons.
A Iikskktbr Shot.?B. F. Frank, a solilior, was shot
yesterday by thu guard while attempting to desert. The
shooting took place on Main street, near Tenth. Frank
was halted, and on attempting to flee was shot in tha
Instep, the ball disabling him. We did not team bis re
giment. He was oonfluud in Castla Godwin. His wound
is not dangerous.
STATE OF THE CHOPS.
Grain In Abundance?Prospects off Corn
Cheering.
There is now no doubt that wc shall be able again to
supply the European markets with all the grain that will
be needed to make up thu deficiency iu the crops of foreign
nations.
The wheat and rye in this country have neany all been
harvested, and, besides being of a superb quality, liuvc
turned out in thu aggregate more abundant than ever.
fiats has not yet fully ripeued in the more northerly
sections;but sufficient is known to warrant the belief thai
llie crop will be nearly an average one.
Hay Is mostly all cut and ourcd, and hardly a complaint
from any quarter h is reachod us in regard to it.
Corn is not yet out of harm's way; but the prospect it as
never bettor fur an abundant yield.
We glvo below tbo sub'tunco nf a number or item*,con
cerning tbe various kinds of crops, wbicli we Hod in tlic
country papers:
U Central Mew York wheat, barley, rye, oats and
cl ver are rcpies nted as being good; but grass will
hardly reach the average yield, All kinds of fruit pro
miso well, and the farmers have much to be grate
fid for.
In New Jersey tho wheat harvest is finished, and
throughout tbo State the y icM is very satisfactory. Oats
is ub >ut ready for lite machines, and in most sections
is in excellent condition, reaches will be as plenty as
blackberries.
In Pennsylvania the wheat crop is enormous, and it Is
?aid If the corn and other crops turnout as present ap
pearance* premise tho farmers will be troubled lor barn
room.
Maryland has nothing to complain of, the wheat crop
being about a fair average. In tbe majority of the coun
ties it is above tbo average, but in some instances below
Ibe grain is generally mature and uninjured. The oats
crop has been injured by the red bug. The corn crop is
recovering from the elfeet of cold, wet weather, and now
promises well.
In Western Virginia tbe wheat is all harveatod and is
very heavy. Oats on low ground was a little injured by
tbe rust; but on high ground tho crop is good. The grass
was remarkably heavy. Corn and potatoes are im
proving rapidly.
As far as we know of rebel Virginia, tbo crops aro
also good. In Frederick, Clarko, .leHbrson and Rocking
ham countlee the yield is very heavy. Secession journals
s. y that enough grain has been raised in the valley or
Virginia to feed the rebel army a year, in some
counties ouly a portion of the wheat was harvested
owing to a scarcity of humls.
Tbe news from ? rttlo is cheering, the harvest thus far
has produced tbe largest reward for tbo labors or the
farmers, and the coru prospect was never mote batter
ing. Tbe bottom lands aro exceed.ng their former pro
ductiveness and giving promise of a tremeudous yield,
and ihcre iwems nothing iu tho way to check the reallxa
liou if the largest hopes.
Iu Iowa the fall wheat has been harvested, and pro
duces well; but in many sections of the State spring
wheal has alm-sl entirely failed. Other crops are good,
aud no tears are entertained.
In Minnesota the wheat crop will yisld much larger
tlnn iu lhdO, and at least one-third more land was (own
than lust year. Rye, hurley, oats aud coru also promise
a lurge yield.
Tho wheat crop in Illinois is uncommonly heavy, au 1
is secured beyoud any coutlngvncy, and the breadth of
land rea ed is fur greater tbaa In any former year. Oats
bos b?.on somewhat damaged by drouglit, and tbe crop
may rail botow tbe avoroge. Everything else locks woll,
and with seasonable w< alhor in August tho corn will be
abuudaul.
In Missouri, particularly the northern part, where
bushwhacking aud Jay hawking have not disturbel
to any great extent the peaceful inhabitants, lbs
farmers have been richly rewarded, and their prospect is
furthermore cheering. It is said the Slate will send to
market this year fourfold her usual amount of tobacco.
Kentucky aud Isuueeeoe have been so much troubled
by guerilla raids that we can form no estimate of tbo
productions ef those two Slates. An unusual quantity <f
laud has been appropriated this year to the culture of
tobacco in Kentucky, and cotton raising In tb- se portions
of Tenuseece where it could be gono into without fear of
disturbance has been the employment of the plauters, to
the txoliislon of all other crops.
We learn from Mississippi that the negroes are carry
ing on plantation work as faithfully under tbe oontroi of
the mistress m though the master was present; and as
but littlo cotton has been planted the breadth of other
cro|M is correspondingly Urge.
From the othor sections?f "Dixies land'' we have no
reliable lufoi minion, hut presume that what is Mid of
Mb-Hiseippi may be appiic.ble to all other purls of the
Sooth.
Arrival of Wonmlrd I'nlon Soldiers at
Philadelphia.
ruiLinsLi'uu, July 20,1*102.
The steamer S. R. Ppanhllng ha* arrived here from
Fortress Monroe, with 240 wounded from Richmond.
Their names have already been published.
The following died on the passage:?CharlesPchultx,
Company 0, Seventh Mow York, and Joseph Buckley,
Twentieth Massachusetts.
The released prisoners, while In Richmond, were all
well treated by the ofllcera and men of the rebel army.
Tbe troops from Mississippi and tteorgia were specially
kind In their treatment ot the prisoners
United States Treasury notes were eagerly taken by the
rebels. Baltimore n?i?-* were also taken by theui, but
were looked up>n with distrust.
FitmvJi, or St. OaaaiCL's Cst-m.s, Tmwrr-?kvisTU
Strot.?? grand festival and picnic is to corns sff to
morrow at Jones' Wood, in aid of the schools attached to
St. Gabriel's Roman Catholic uhurcli, Thlity-seventh
street, near Second avenue. It is gotten up hv the mem
btri or tits oongrefMM. yd from all appearances bids
fair to be ons of the best festivals of the season.
IMPORTANT FROM WASHINGTON.
Enforcement of the Sixth Section of
the Confiscation Act*
THE PROCLAMATION OF THE PRESIDENT.
A Warning to Ail Persons In
Rebellion Against the
Government.
The Sixty Bays Notice to Traitors
Promulgated.
HONORS TO EX-PRESIDENT YIN BIREN,
fcftj k(ii as*
A Proclamation.
BY TUB YKESIDKNT OP TIIB UNITED STATES OP
AMERICA.
In pursuance of the sixth section of the act of
Congress entitled "An act to suppress insurrec
tion, to punish treason and rebellion, to seize and
confiscate the property of rebels, and for other
purposes," approved July 17. 1862, aud which
act, and the joint resolution explanatory
thereof, are herewith published, I, Abraham
Lincoln, President of the United States,
do hereby proclaim to and warn all persons
within the contemplation of said sixth sec
tion to cease participating in, aiding, counte
nancing, or abetting the existing rebellion, or any
rebellion, against the government of the United
States, and to return to their proper allegiance
to the United States, on pain of the forfeitures and
seizures as within and by said sixth section pro
vided.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
baud and caused the seal of the United States to
be aftixed.
Done at the City of Washington, this 2.5th
day of July, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred aud sixty-two,
[L. S.] aud of the Independence of the United
States the eighty-seventh.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
By the President?William H. Seward, Secre'
tary of State.
Tlte Sixtli Section.
Annexed is tUu aixt.li moUou of the Con (local ion act re
ferred to by i!io Prosl.lont in the above proclamation
S<'. 6 t wl be U fur>her enacted. That if any person
within nnv rt.ito or Torritory of the United States, ott.or
than lii 69 named as aforeF.Vd, after the passage of thia
ect, boipg engaged in nrnieJ rebellion against tho gov
ernment of the United States, or aiding or abetting such
rebellion, shall uot, within sixty days after public warn
ing uiul i>roclamation duly giveu and made by tho Pre
sidant of tho United States, cease to aid, rountenanc ? and
abet such rebellion, and return to his allegianca to the
United States, all tho osteto and property, moneys,
stacks and credits of such )arson shall be liable to
seisure es aforesaid, ana It shall be tho duty of tho Pre
sident to sckte and use litem ae aforesaid, or the proceeds
thereof. And all sales, transfers or convcyanoos of any
such property after the expiration of tbe said sixty days
from the date of such warning aad proclamation shall
be null and void; and it a ball be a sufficient bar to any
?nit brought by such per eon for the possession or th*
use of such properly, or aay of It, to allege and prov*
that be is one of tbe persons described in this section.
Nine mad Twelve Months' Men.
Was Dki'aktskmt, Washiniiton, \
Adji'tawt Gkxehal'x limn, July 25, 1862 J
Capt. W. R. 1.4MB, Muster lug Officer, llarrtsburg, Pa.
The call by Governor Curtin for nine end twelve months
men was niude without previous consultation or direc
tion of tho President or War Department, and, ha. ing
boon made, 11 was doomed by the President and by the
Department better to accept such troops aa were offered
under that call. But it is proper to bo noticed that tbe
law docs not allow any bounty to the nine months' mcu>
except the twenty-five dollars paid at tbe time of being
imattorcd into service. Tho rem.lining seventy live dot.
Inrs is only payable to those who enlist tor three years
or during the war. I.. THOMAS. Adjutant General.
Tuoe. M. Vixi e.vt, Assistant Adjutant General.
National Tribute of Respect to the Me
mory of Martin Vast Baren.
Wasuisutob, July 2u. 1802.
. The President, with deep regret, announces to the
people of the United States the dece ise, at Kinderbock,
N. Y., on (he 24th Inst , U ins honored predecessor.
Martin Van Biiren.
This event will invasion mourning in the nation for the
less of a citizen and a public servant whose memory will
lie gralefuity cherished. Alilionjh it itusoecurre<l at a
lime when his country is ailheted with division and civil
war. tli? grief of his patriotic I rieuds will tneasurably be
itsuuged hy the const lousnrrs th't, while suffering with
cLwiiso. and seeing his end appri aching, ins prayers were
lor the restoration of the autliortty of the govermneut
of w hich lie bad I teen the head, nnd for pe:.et and good
will among his te low cltixci t.
As a ma. k ot' r<>|s<el lor bis memory it Is ordnred that
tbe executive mansion and tlie several executive ue;iarl
meats, oxcepting those rf tho War and Navy, be Imme
diately placed in mourning, and all business bo sus
pointed during to-morrow.
It is further ordered thst the War and Navy Depart
ments cause euitablo military and naval honors to he
paid on this ia-casi'U to tbe memory of the illustrious
dead. AfiKAItAM US* QLN.
GENERAL ORDERS?NO. NO.
Was Pkp.irtsk\?t. AejiTAsr t rwrszi 's flmri, 1
WASII1SOTOV, July 25, 1802. f
1. The following order of the President of tbe United
States cummtin cntcs iutoriuath.no the death of ex-Pre
sldunl Martin Van Ruren ?
W.tsinxnwv, July 25,1802.
Tho Prerldent, with d"ep regret, annoiiuis s to the ;>eo
pie of the United Nbit.s iho dioeae* at Klndsrhook, New
Vork, on tlie 24th last., of his Itoiiorod predecessor, Mar
tin .in Huron.
In is event will ecca?bm nvtrnb.g In the nat.on for tlie
loss of a citizen mid a pnlill servant those memory will
ha gratefully cherished. Altle ugh It has orcurred at a
time when tils country Is atTlh ted with division and civil
war, the grief "f his patriot o irieads will nioisiirahly he
assuaged by tlie ctn-elousiiess that while sufibi ing with
disea?e and soelnz his end a.iproni liluv, his prnyers were
for the ns'toratl. n of the a rh.ifdy ot the governmont of
whlrii he had t?sn tlie haul, and for pence and goist will
nni" g his to low cl'h ens.
As a ma- k f res. set tor hi* m. mory it is ordered that
Ihe executive mansion t d the Fcveral executive deport
nienii, excel ting thoHi of MM War and the Navy, be tm
mediately pla< ed in mouruiiig, and all liuninm-s be sua
ponded during to morrow.
It Is further ordered that lb* War nnd N'avy Ueps'-t
ments cause suitable military and naval honms to b > paid
ou ties ooras ou to tho memory of tlio illiiidrtoo* lead.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
2. On the day after tbe receipt of ihs order tho
troops will be paru led at ten o'ohek In the morning
ami tbe order read to tlietn. tho national (lag
will be display ? I at lia'f-staff. At tbn dawn of day
thirteen g ins will bo flrcd, nnd afterwards, at
intervale o' thirty minutes, between rising and setting
aim, a si i"'? gnu; and at ilie close of the day a national
saint, o. thirty-four gun. The officers ui the army will
wear cr ipe on the left arm and on their swords nud the
colors uf the several regiments will bo put in moiirtiing
for the period of si* months.
By order of Ihe tier re tar y of War.
L. tHOMAS, Adjutant General.
ntCAMTNtBXT ovStats, Wt*Bixur??x. July 26, 1802.
Pnfsnsnt to the order of the President, this I opart,
ment will be rlose<) tomorrow, ih" 2?kh instant, as a
murk of respect to tbe memory of ex P evident Van Hureu.
WILLIAM II 8KWARD.
GENERAL NFAVN.
Wasmhouob, July 20,1S02.
TUB rOSITiOH OP SKCKKTAKV VKWAIIP.
A rtellr.Uien of the position of Mofetary coward, evt
dyntiy sutUvriUtus, Is published th? luomlrg, from
which, in Um '"r'r <* t>M arttoto, It apiwars h* la
contact, aa ha hitherto haa b??n, ta remain where ha ta
aa long aa thia cauaalaaa and ialquituua war continues,
aad ?o h>ng aa tba chosen Chief Mag istrata of the country
raqulraa It, even though hta advlca should be overruled,
which happens very rarely, aad then In cases which his
own Judgment, better informed, approv es.
At the same time he would not, if he coukl, for any
reason prolong hia stay in the place he now holds-no
hour beyond the time when the President shall think it
wise to relieve him; and when he shall retire from it It
will be with the determination he haa more than once
heretofore expressed, under no circura lances whatever
to be a placeholder in the service of his country, even
alih'uigh, as he most confidently expects, it shall emerge
in lis full strength and greatness from its present hoe'
tilMiee.
He hopes that no one of his fellow citizens thinks so un
kindly of him aa to suppose that be would be content to
exercise power in a fraction of it If it should consent to
be divided.
THH CALL OF GOVERNOR CURT1N FOR VOLUNTEERS.
it is olticially published that the call of Governor Curtin
for mue and twelve months mon was made without pre
vious consultation with, or direction of, the President or
War Peparlmeut, and, having been made, it was deemed
by the President and War Department better to accept
such troops as ware offersJ under that call; but it is pro
per to notice that tbe law does not ullow any bounty to
the nine months men, except tbe $25 iiaid at the time of
being mustered into service; the remaining$75 is payable
only to those who enlist for three years or during lbs
war.
ARMY RESIGNATIONS.
The resignation of t'aputu A. H. Dreneman, of tbe
Eighteenth, and Second Lieutenant Howard Boeder, of
tbe First infantry, have been accepted by the President,
to take effoct July 22.
ASSIGNMENT OP MUSICAL INSPECTORS.
The following assignments have been made of medical
oflicers:?Medical Inspectors Perley and Coolidge to duty
in the Surgeon General's office and in the military district
oi Washington; Medical Inspectors Cuylor, Kesney, Ly
man and Allsn to report in person to the Assistant Surgeon
General at St. Louia for duty in tha Department of the
Mississippi; Medical Inspector Maseey and Assistant
Surgeon Parry to report to General McC'lellaa in the Army
of the Potouiuc.
THE KZCnAKOE OF PRISONERS.
The official document necessary to consummate tbe ro.
cently arranged agreement for a general exchange of
priscners has been forwarded to General Dix.
NUMERICAL DESIGNATION OF TI1E CORPS OF THE
ARMT.
The designation in General Orders No. 125, from the
headquarters of the Army of the Potomac, of the forces
commanded by Brigadier Generals Porter and Franklin,
as tbe Fifth and Sixth Army Corps, is confirmed by the
War Department. The forces under MivJor General Dix
will constitute lbs Seventh, those under Major General
Wool tbo Eighth, and those under Major General Burn
side (belonging to the Dcpaitmcut of North Carolina),
the Ninth Army Cor|is.
THE SUBSISTENCE OF RKCRUIT8.
In organizing new regiments of volunteers tbe subsis
tence of the recruits, prior to thscompletion of the organi
zation, will be chargeable against the appropriation ';For
collecting,organizing and drilling volunteers." After tbe
organization of the regiment is completed, and they have
been inspected by tho mustering officer for tho State,
subsistence will be provided by tbe Subsistence Depart
ment.
THE REPORTS OP THE CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDING!"
It bat boon usual in yours post ror the p|iorlcrs of the
Ctmgrt'umal Qiobr. lo be employed tlioreon four weeks
after tho close of tlio session, in bringing up <le
bites; but this ye<r the full record Is already made,
though the debates, to., on many days have
run from twenty live to forty columns.
The I' Tig pendancy of the Tax and Tat iff bills lo committee
enabled Coagres* to get oil' more than the usual number
of buncombe speeches, and to do a great deal of business
of minor importance. The continual spinning out of the
session to suit the radical faction In their uifort to usurp
all the tower of (be government resulted In so careful a
manner of closing up business that reports of committees
of confsrence have boen acted upon understanding^.
Wherever it has been found that orrurs had occurred
during the session supplementary acts have been passed.
TDK KAVT.
Acting Assistant Paymaster Wm. C. Cook was ordered
on tho 7tb inst. to the United States steamer Penguin.
TUB WASHINGTON AND POTOMAC AQUEDUCT.
The Secretary of the Interior has appointed William R.
Hutton, Esq., Chief Engineer of the Washington and Po
tomac aqueduct, and the completion of this graat work
may be looked forward to ?itli confidence. The conductor,
of eight feet diameter, is finished, except at a few points
between deep euta. The distributing reservoir, Ave
miles from this city. Is to be completed, as is tbe super
structure of the span of the Cabin John creek. The dam
at lite great fails of tbe Potomac remains to be built.
Secretary Smith has ordered that the name of Jefferson
Pavis, Secretary of State, shall be chiseled out of tho
corner stone of the Cabin John crock span, which is now
the largest in the world. This immense work, together
with that of lha Capitol extension, was upon
the hands of Captain Meigs, now General, at
the same time. Be'ore these works were put under hie
clutrge corrupt actions stained their history, and tbe
Jobbers are now busy In seeking appninlmeuts from the
President and Hecrot. ,y of the Interior wberoliy the old
system of plundering may be restored, General Meigs
vigorously adopted the plan of paying fair prio -s lo me
chanics and artisans, and In his purchases he Invited
proposals only from those engaged in the uia. lacture or
sale of articles that were desired. This idea is now
pretty generally acted upon by our departments.
EFFECT OF THE ADJOURNMENT OK CONOKZSS.
The adjournment of Congress lias airuady bad a per
ceptible cff. i t ii|ion every bench of trade. Rooms that
formerly rented at exhorhitant rates have deterru nled
any per cent in value. Hotels that formerly domaiiued
two dollars per day for meals aks o now accept of one
dollar per day. Indeed tho town has grown in a au. a
great deal more stupid, and will probnbly couliuuc so for
six months to come. The troops of General l'o|<e will
s hid leave lh? neighborhood of the city, and then thora
will be a general exodus of sudors and dealers iu small
wares. Tlte elty will ba as of old during recess?the
abode of a very slow and respectable people, who cool
lhe:na<'lvoe during tho hot weather by tho delightful
remembrance that tliey are of gentle blood. Tbe torts
have all a sleepy In.>k, na they sun themselve s on the
ad,act .it hilltops, aud It will require Stonewall Jtcksuu
with half a hundred thousand men at his hseis to w.uo
up the Washlngto.dans to a consciousness of the.r ln>.
iwrtance. A majority or tlis Congressmen have g no to
their homes, many of tho department clerks have svacu
alisi, and the Capitol is now ellant and sombre.
WARLIKE INVENTIONS.
Advantage has bjeu taken of tho recuse of Congress,
by the thousand and one inventors of new projectiles,
crdnanue auil other appurtenances of warfare, to press
tlieir peculiar contrivances upon the l atent and War
departments. Horns of these inventions are really won
derful. Among otl.ois there Is a lover Held gun, six bar
relled, that will Are aovoral hundred b.ilie per minute
with the greatest precision. This was Invented by a
Vermont farmer, who had no familUilty with A rear tns,
and hud never ston a battery. Pre*blunt l.mcoln wit
nessed tho test of thw gun on Friday, and was greatly de
lighted wiih its precision and rapidity. A new musket
prcjectile, of eteul, concave at both ends, ami capable
of cutting through an Inch metallic plate at four
hundred yards, l? another lnrontt"D that has attracted
tome regard. The Navy Yard Is packed with Models op
new battet les, some of which are intended to run by
hand, like a Are envine. Those w mid be apt machines
for tho Fire Zouaves.
THE CnAKOSS AGAINST TltS PIHSfRR'NG AGENT OF
the post office dkfahihmnt.
A dis|>osttl?n having been mauirested, In the Post
Office Ileiutriment, to smother lite charges made against j
Mr. Hell, the late disbursing sgent of the Oepartmsnt, an
Investigation is shout to be demanded. If the eharr-s I
are unjust it ia duo to Mr. Hall that the fact sh< ulu ,
publicly proved. It they are > i.?Uinel, no oiilcer In tl?? !
Department should t?*ri lotpato In tho concealment of the i
fact. The a (fair has obtained much notoriety, aud |
iiOthlug but an Investigation will clear the olJli:ere of tho
Lepartmcut from puoltc censure.
GENERAL LANK. OF KAN-iA'.
11 is s ml.itake that General Jim I*ne. u. Kai sis, taut ?
beet, authorized to raise nu army, to bee ndu< to I "oa I
his own principle* and to hi* own way." Gen. Lane hM
?Imply been authorized to act a* recruiting oScer in
TBS TREABCRY EXTENSION.
Isaiah Roger*, the architect of many of the flaeat puhlfd
building* in New York, New Orlean* and Cincimiatl, ha*
been appointed supervising architect of the Treasury
extension, in the place of A. B. Young, wbeae removal
was recommended by the Committee en Expenditures on
1'ublic Building8.
A BUREAU OP EDUCATION.
An elTort is about to be made to procure the Institution
of a bureau or education in the Department of the Inte
rior. This movement waa initiated *ome time age, by
Rev. Mr. McJilton, for many year* School Commissioner
in Baltimore. It finds favor wtth the administration,
and will probably tie recommended In- the report of thn
Secretary of the Interior.
FINDING OF THE COURT MARTIAL AT FORT COLUMBUS.
The finding of a general court martial recently convened
at I'ort Columbus having been submitted to the Secretary
of War, the lollowing ts his ordor -thereon:?
I.ientenant W. K. Miller, Seventh infantry, I* round
guilty of neglect and vi lalion of duly deserving the no
rious censure of the department.
ENFORCEMENT OF THE CONFISCATION ACT.
The original manuscript of the Executive in regard to
tho ordar fur the seizure and use of property in the rebel
Statea, Ac., does not include North Carolina.
EMPLOYMENT OF CONTRABANDS.
The female portion ol the contrabands recently re.
moved from Capitol Hill to tha lata oamp of the Ms.
Clellan Dragoons, near the suburbs of the city, are to bn
made uaoful in tha capacity of washerwoman In tha hos
pitals.
APPOINTMENTS UNDER THE SLAVE TRADE TRBATT.
Alouzo C. Upham, of Leroy, N. H., has been appointed
Judge, to reside at Cape Town, under the Seward-LyenB
treaty for the aupprosslon of tha slave trade.
VEGETABLES FOR THR SOLDIERS.
Arrangements have been mado by tbe Commissary Da.
partmcnt to furnish tho Army of the Potomac with a full
supply of vegetables, such as beets, carrots, pulsions,
onions and tomatoes, from the markets of Philadelphia,
Now York .and Baltimora. Thasa, together with fresh
bread, will contribute greatly to tha health of tha aoU
diar*. The bakeries are rapidly programing, and wll
toon be in operation.
ATROCITIES OF THE REBELS.
Tho following Is an axtrnct from a letter found In thn
Post OiUce at Jacksonville, N. C., upon tha occupation aC
that plaue by tha United States forces. It establishes
beyond all doubt tha truth of tba statements heretofore
made as to tha atrucilias committed by tha rebels on thn
dead bodies of our soldiers?
Camp Pickens. Manassas Jrxtmox, Dec. 2,1801.
My 1>*ar Siktsr?I have seen more since 1 hare been
in tnis war tliau 1 ever expected to see in my lire. I went
on thebattlo tleld one day, where tho i;i?,t buttle was
fopght, and 1 saw more than I ever expected Pa see or
ever want to sou again.
1 paw soldiers of one Georgia regiment grabble up Yan
kees that had been buried, and I saw them pull off their
heads and scrape off the meat and hair ? >fT their heads,
and lake the skull bone with them to .send home for their
folks to sue; and there were a groat many bodies of
horses lying over the Holds, which caused a terrible
scent. Your dear brother, HYMAN CATON.
I'tract your letter, "Hyman Caton. Company 1, Fourth
regiment, North Carolina tftnt* troops, Manapsas Junc
tion, Va
. NEWS FROM GEN. POPE'S ARMY.
Five Cants He-ward OffV-retl for an Ah.
aconded Captain.
Hk.uxh artkiis, Army or Viroinia, ?
WasiunuTon, July 26,1862. J
Captain Samuel L. Harrison, of tho Ninety-Oftb regi
ment New York Volunteers, Is reported by bis Command
lug General as having deserted his company ou the 2list
of thus mouth and gone to Now Vork. A reward of Uvo
cents is hereby offered for hie apprehension. By order o?
Mtjor Goucral POPS
Grown: P. Reunites, Chief of Staff.
Effect of Gen. Hatch's Recent Expedi
tion.
I.rrna WA?mx<rro!?, Va., July 20,1802.
Yeeterdey four guerillas tired upou ami wounded two
men, two and a half miles from town, and killed one
horse. Tho men were Gen. Wl Warns' orderlies. Thor
had been eating dinner at a farmhouse, where tho pro
prietor urged them to remain longer, rapt. Williams, of
the Michigan cavalry, commanding Gen. Williams'
escort, went out and brought in eight Virginians from the
neighborhood, one of whom was a soldier, and the evi
dence showed that be was one of the parly who tired on
the orderliea.
Wilhiu the past three day* Gen. Hatch has crossed
Swift Run Gap to McUaughoy's town, tbonce down the
valley to Luray, which is occupied by our forces. It#
met no enemy in foroe, and brought m scvoral prisoners.
Stonewall Jackson is represented is being still iu the
vicinity of Gordonsville, apparently awaiting our ad
vance.
General Ranks' corps is eligibly encamped in a well'
watered and fertile location. Tho whole army Is auz
iously awaiting orders for a forward movement. They
are In tho best of spirits.
Tho poople of fuliiepper, Orange and Madison ro'?
thunderstruck at the recent sudden appearance of (no
Union forces under General Hatch. Tncy are represented
as being heartily sick of the war. They may well be,for
the proejicci of starvation stares them in the face. Their
stock has been driven off by the rebels, the wheal crop
is almost annihilated by rust and worm,and the com,
scarcely above the ground, has no chance of rlpo.nug be'
fore the autumn frosts.
There have been almost incessant rains in this section
for several days, ruling the mountain streams to a great
height, retarding trains u some cases, aud rendering
travel more circuitoua.
THE WAR IN THE SOUTHWEST.
The Bombardmcnt of Vlckebtsi g?Th?
Ham Arkansas Repairing?Guerilla*
Along the Mississippi, dr., Ac.
Cairo, III.. July 2$, ItJdC
The summer Wilson,from Vicksburg, arrived lost uight.
When In Princeton bend, eighty mi Ins above Vick-biirg,
she wis fired into from the Mississippi sidn by scveial
six plunders aud s so >re or two of musknts, aud was
hit about sixty times, mostly by musket balls. <*o
shell burst directly under the boilor. No on# was hnrt,
Mkuciiis, July 23.1862.
The news from Vicksburg is uutmportaul. Tue bora
b.irdmetit was renewed from the tipper Sent. The eboht
reply occasionally. The Arkansas at last advices wag
still under the protection of the rebel baiterlee, under
going repairs.
Two hundred and forty persons took tho uoth yeter
day, and one hundred and twenty received permits to go
South.
Kchsl forays at I'lnrrnre, Ala., and
Along the Tennessee Hirer.
Cairo, July 26, 1M2.
The steamer Rvsnsvlile, from the Tunnessee river,
brings the news of a rebel raid at Florence, Ale., on
Tuesday last. They eutcrod the city and burned all the
warehouses used lor our commissary sad quarterm/ater
stores, and all the cotton in the vlclntty.
They also seized the United States steamer Golonna.
uml lor oonvoylng army supplMs over the shoo's. They
to?k all the money belonging to the boat and passengers,
and then burned hi r.
The property destroyed Is reported to be or great
value.
A small detachment of Ceueral Xltcbel's army was
captured.
The rebels then proceeded down the Teesosgde river tr
Chickasaw, Waterloo and the vicinity of Kgetport, and
burned all tho warehouses which coutsh'Sil cotton.
An?il?er baud of forty ratio's attacked ? w*go? train
noar I'l .tshurg Landing, ami'Uptured sixty wag Otis cou;
veylng commissary and iptn: lei mister stores.
Coroner's Istfdmi.
pin. rsi.M l.vrwnmu*'"*.?A yctng wemsn. r.ims>r
i atherlne \Varson, was Slriw k by an unknown in.ru about
a week since, end died at lie rsmdr.ses, No. 3 . on gross
.'?:<? ?. 11; Ffltlty night t? t Cor<nct Wll lay ontwrnl i! i
in ? est ei i aura in the iieighWhvodoR su#p:cr?L of h?v
?it iruck the Hi. es I. At the ? -.aisi wth*> ii?rb.'?tos
vies etirtidd taowivs-t lut-i. ?nd. in* i was c?.fdl-> < >? .i*
r'i'irre< A is>?t UK! t?n> ? V'tiiiuntiO'i ?iu r?a on* u
n i liPtfi, wl?c o ii|i,ie*t? c?! I mil ;h?.- <l?a*M*ed taaii die '
i ? i'? .'ffe. < iv mssrstcwi .t vsi-die m imttiiii
iv.i iniufi e ? ? ?