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Advertisements will be inserted at the rate f o>E iH'ti tK ner square, for each insertion? ,;;K: lines -<lr less) constitute a square. Ail ?>r'ier.4 must be accompanied by the u.j,?,,t!n-n?se they will not be attended to. Letters c'litaining money uro sent at the ri?k of the w liters thereof. it u [jmo nc Ihqmnr, ~~ BY TY LER A* ALLEGRE. TlU'lUDAY MORNING, JULY 16, 1803. .MILITARY NECESSITY. When Lincoln and Seward think fit to susKnd the lotion of the ordinary laws of their eountrv tinder pretence of the exigencies of j war. thevarc guilty of foul fraud and wanton ^ . jipre-'i a. There is no exigency or necessity for cartring on their war at all. Their country i? n<>t assailed l>y an enemy; even tbo removal of the seat of war across the Poto- * uiac iy General Lee is no invasion, and create'no military necessity, because they all ^ h w thai it is simplv a nn?*c our defensive ally 'r.?in a besieged ^ ; Lin ,'.loose to discontinue i- iwutr . Pennsylvania : ';e frw from all apit is heir war, and ! >. s to ke from them o -e single one of ^ . \t . uti Iris a wanton '. it1' ho have never " r >v: y intention so i-- ' w their side is it- s and it follows j s-i' arise from it to ; <v ?.1 : *!.< iuws. U r '..ncoln and SeU cir country were c G i to- . purposes of con d very possession, -* - ' " :'* le whole coun- e . ,i n it, were put ^ -~ -i-' ij.s lust and most '1 a i u by a foreign t- i of their name U Gt. Lit:.'-In umi Seward would c: t right; men all should ?.< i if- of defence, precisely n ' ; f!a a the military power rci itnt nn'ti iry law, under II . ' hoald override all other n.at J* it; .. mm f . i pa- :d away, no man ought jfcts whatsoever, except the u r ..? duty, or traders and S iitary line-. "We mean to t( " ,>ie in all its breadth. In the the military chi?f of the coun- 11 ( iy be justified in arresting * ' - ah g hy military order all per- ^ I . iv to prevent enlistments, 0 '..-j etEcicney of the military 0 ? ?. .i? or who ftho'uid go about shout- r ing that the war is unnecessary and wicked, *' -hould make speeches or publications hos- P til1 to the conduct and continuance of the . ^ aid war: hut they would be by no means iu-iitiable in not arresting and imprisoning, Jr shooting or hanging such offenders, accoriing to the gravity of their offences. "When c ?country is actually in a state of siege, it r: :u:ht to he declared in a state of siege.? 1 I Military tribunals alone should judge all thing*; judges and lawyers should shut their books, and serve in the army, and hajjea3 P'tyiu should hang itself np to wait for peace- * fill times. 1 The Yankee government has committed, and h committing, a grevious crimn, by putting ^ i-vrif on this military footing, and ignoring the ?urt.< of justice ; but its crime consists in its 1 d' ing this without military necessity.audfortho purpose of carryiug on an unjust war of invaf'm?and in fraudulently keeping up the pre- j Hve of such necessity for party purposes. If ^ Ac war were a just war, and the nation were, ' frlccd,fighting for its existence against a grand j ?'? for its conquest, then Yallandigham and ^ ^> <1 would be traitors, or rather mutineers, barters and encouragers of desertion: and ^ ^:ht to be hanged under sentence of court* JBnial. As it is, they are patriots; and it is ^cnln and Seward who ought to be hanged ? Ie trust they one day shall be. ] wljolc matter lies in this distinction.?, ?. uln's country is not in n state of siege; juntry is. Yet Lincoln and his Cabinet c created a strong central milftary orgoni- t n, and make all civil rights bow before it j d we have not yet done that. Ilitherto, t aps, there hns been an excuse for the delay a ^ C(>nfederacy in placing itself altogether v he war looting. We have had unanimity f teal, few traitors, fewer cowards. Our tiug men have come pouring into the ranks t he army, 'or have promptly and joyfully t ded to the conscription. No Confederate ji l een so bftse as to say aloud that we ought p to defend our country when attacked; if ? have any "peace party" here which holds i t ire ought to make peace?that is, submit a ur enemies?it keeps in tbedark; and dares affront public indignation. Even the g, ferto suspend the Habeas Corpus, which has a a, till lately, vested in the President, was 0 ttely at all employed,and only for short times a 1 limited districts. Our superiority in the P *^d, too. has been so marked, that we could g ?,! -'a bear with the many defects of our army ^ : J ' ^'zation; for what can an army do more, j h y some, thali thrash the enemy f So we j, fl ^Te S?t through the time, making front as K H *e tould, to the exigencies as they arose, u jMEstill weakly hoping that perhaps Peace JB ^XTk U^?n U9 800n ^rom 8?me quarter tt ' JH ^?r of the sky. The history of the lari gi ^ongTes? proves that our legislators 01 bad little idea of the "real nature a ^ war we have to wage this 01 lTj bb? matter of arranging the ri H and laying on the taxes, they did tt MM??. ir? 'kiwmi .JIUM ON. ~f. little or nothing towards furthering the main business of the .country, its military defence* to They passed most of their time debating ex- ? emption bills, making pathetic speeches about w "the poor soldiers," (for use at future polls,) ;r and gaping after imaginary North-western II peace commissioners. If Congress had more er truly appreciated the situation, we believe of they would have acted more in accordance to with it. They would have given the Exeeu-' in tive power to suspend the Habeas Corpus acr, 1<> and to declare military law or martial law ; g; they would have repealed those vexatious restrictions upqn his power of appointing officers for merit, and of dropping them lor demerit, which at present compel him to leave the army burthened with incapable officers in every department; they would have requested * ' the President toputaiit> end to the farce of foreign consuls, and so get rid of the imagina. ry privilege which is supposed to keep foreign. ;lv born residents out of our ranks; they would j have put uu end to substitution, and declared iSc 1 the necessity of a levy cn masse. I all these points sonic change is needed '' and that immediately, 'flic people see th.'s , now, or will very shortly sec and feel it. Vo ' believe that our people only need to coniprc-je heud the true state of tho case to* make the* tin call out aloud for the more firmly gathering ap poi the reins of military authority in the hands of their Executive. Our people wish truly and really to beat back the enemy ; they feel them- [ selves able to do it, if only rightly organized and led. They feel in tiieir hearts, every man of them we trust, that if they have not an in- to vincible army now there will be nothing worth S.V' fighting for. Political privileges, civic rights |',u with all the checks and balances of the Constitution, property, lioerty. life itself, all be- m, long to their country and to the war. Life, Ye liberty and pursuit of happiness, for us. mean ('" amply the complete muster of all lighting lien on this land, and their subjection to stria- t ;ent military law. Is not this true ? l)o we bai lot all feel it deeply at last\ '< There are much more thau one hundred nj" housaud men in tho Confederacy \vlu> have *1()| lired substitutes for service. They have paid tin or them from three hundred to three tliouand dollars, aud have up to this time avoid- l d the risks of battle, aud used their time in , jrowing rich. .Now Jo these men estimate nolle value of their country's freedom, each of am hem at his three hundred or three thousand v"! lullars? When that sum has been paid, is 11 that they ever owed to their native land j f iseharged forever? Are they willing u< in" pla est just ?v much to rescue their children 111 row vassalage to the Yankee nation? Will ^ :tey not hid a little higher? II' not. we on lust have the levy en manse, and take them He il. his Then, let anybody visit the neighborhood of I j |,l(, !enA\ inder's office?it is choked with crowds ini; I cowardly wretches, culling themselves lor- *'*' igners?Hermans who were hut t<>o glad to et out from under, the tutelage of their jns| rand Dukes aud Serene Highnesses?Irish- he{; icn who long ago renounced with a matetftcon,"their allegiance t?? (?ucen Victoria: all 1,11 rushing one another in the race to show ||JK protections'' from those very Queeus a1"' the ;ne Highnesses, and from the land that p*-? leltercd them, in its utmost uecd. V> e canut tic? numbers of this class of men l the whole Confederacy, hut certainly they T'" ould make a corps d'arma.. * All the.-e points, which ar<e here (inly touched j pon?the strengthening of our military orauization: the application of martial law tj||, ) the whole country, as in a state of siege? km le absolute control of all trading, (specially 9"1.1 ading in drink) as within military lines? ie abolition of substitution, exemption, and 4] s >reign protection-?the material enlargement _ f the President's power to revise elections to f officers, and to make appointments ami get id of incompetent officers?these things form -j >o large and momentous a subject to he dis- in^r oscd of in an article. For to-day we only clia esirc to excite reflection upon them. __ _ r sev FROM CHARLESTON". I,,.]. An official despatch from Charleston, revived yesterday morning, states that all was .J [uiet. The enemy are throwing ii|> works ipon the south corner of Morris' Island. t>n(j DOWN THE RIVER. fu. Intelligence reached here last evening from '';l?etersburg that two Yankee iron-clads had j jassed City Point and entered the Appumut- haox river. What their object is remain* to he ohn levelopcd. The Appomattox i* ohstriietcd *,l|j vithin a few niiles.of its confluence with the (j , Tames; the banks ahove tlie obstructions are tin veil fortified, and the forces now there are ( iecmea sufficient to repel any attempt the 011- ^ 111 smy is able to make in the way of an clicetivc | anding. Perhaps, in a day or two wo may <;0| lave to chronicle the grounding of one or both ' ?ei >f these prying monitors.- The river is slial- 111J ow, and is only navigable Si>r such vessels fj * low because of the prevailing freshets. DUE VIRGINIA VOLUNTEER NAVY jli'l COMPANY. I The required stock for organization being ubscribed, this Company holds an election for Directors on Tuesday next, at 12 M., at the iffice of the Virginia Life Insurance Company. Co This is a cheering indication. It shows the fstimate in which our h a ling capitalists hold <; J" he scheme in point of patriotism as well as oril irofit; and as to the last there can he no ques- wh ion, for all captured goods can lie brought in lK'j is easily as purchased goods; and there are jor arious other modes of disposing of them pro- act ifohlr This is so excellent a mode of carrying on the he war, tliat we hope to see every Community hroughout the country associating their cap- Lit tal for it. Killing his soldiers docs not hurt 1 lli he enemy. lie rather rejoices at every fatal j * lonfederiite bullet, for it kills an Irishman, )utchma?, Catholic, Democrat, or other low |j? nd perhaps obnoxious person, (and more can the c obtained to light,) while he gets equivalent treams of our noblest blood, and hopes that u 11 the life-tide of our nation willjiave oozed i ut before bis strength, is gone. Such is his Cm vowed horrible wish and purpose. Meanwhile, his cherished manufactures arc -ar ourishing through the demands of war, and le efforts of our blockade-runners, and his t arling commerce is pouriDg its treasures into des is coffers. By sending these ships to sea, we" cer outid him in itis vitals, and that, without ^ j)Q >sing (Air men. . * enc And though our great armies are tbsin- our igrated, .and we be compelled to carry on a , uerrilla warfa.ro, which we are determined ^hi i if the worst conies to the worst, so.long as uat spot can be held for the Government to rest unl i, or even if it live as an itinerant, the guerlk warfare.of the ocean can be waged, and one tue ensure our Ilnal triumph. Ail ' i > # Lot all.exert themselves, then, to put ships sear* Let the government redouble its forts. The sea is our best element, because e have no commerce to bo harmed. Ever}* uo heart lias sworn enmity?like that of atmibal?undying. It lives with life? ids with independence. With oilr prospect years of war, wo must put ships to sea to tin; utmost of our ability, and while touch<r the raw a?d torturing the enemy?they sins: and we not?we can say, "Let the 11h.-l jade wince: my withersure unerring." CENTRE OF INTEREST. The 11'e centres of interest attracting atten n tbis morning arc. respectively, Lee at liars tovn, Johnston at Jackson, Bcnuiegardat iarl-aton. Taylor near.New Orleans, and oggau in Indiana. Millions of hearts are robbing in an agony of suspense as they rf.it the issue. Think of the individual truinterwoven with the rapidly shifting e/r-s in the great drama of national events foil of horror that the mere lookers on, in iri'nr removed scats iu the old world, start hast at the spectacle. PROMOTION. Major-Oenernl I'. II. llill. of North Caroa. has received from the President the apintment of Lieutcnant-General. GEN. JENKINS' BRIGADE. rokkrsro.vdexce or mcnnoNn enquirer.] Gettysburg, Pa., July 4, 180cJ. Me srs. Editors : Our last letter addressed your columns was dated llarrisburg. Pennivtinia, June By reason of detachers and details as scouts and couriers.for ; infantry, the command did not number re than live hundred effective men when it wed upou the capital of the Keystone State, t. with no infantry nearer than Carlisle I miles) we shelled their outpost, reviewed ir fortifications, and harassed them for ?:e days. Jn the evening of thcoOth nit., we marched i*k to Carlisle, where we rejoined the 14th cavalry regiment. Thouce all moved by > different roads Southward. Next day, nit 2 o'clock P. M., we heard lively ciinluiding in our advance, which proved to he opening of the great Gettysburg battle. I'iie enemy had advanced North of the vn. in great force, and #mct our infantry nurn, where they fought on about equal uiids : he was driven back with heavy loss, ... > ..vynjn'.'i lut- IMWU lUttl nigni I 1 tin? two billowing days. The enemy oc.'noi an'l fortified the heights South of Gctburg. arid our army fought them two days, their strong position, to great disadvantage, is supposed that the three days' fighting ?-ed the two contending armies about equal their losses. Jen. denkins was wounded in his "head ii-i making a recnnnoissance on the left, the nioraing of the second day of the fight, was standing, with map in hand, holdiug horse by the bridle-reins, when a shell sed over Lis head, cutting a large gash to !>onc, passing through his horse and killhitn instantly. His wound is not regardas dangerous The command of the brile then fell upon Col. Tennyson. Jef'ore daylight, on the morning of the 4th t., (Jen. Lee had withdrawn his forces from ?re the eneioj-J-; - ?r> t-7?-1? - J ujueit elevated grounds, leaving a valley ween his lines aud Gettysburg. In the \ntimo lie started a large transport train k to Virginia. If the enemy should mistake < move lor u retreat, he viil likely make a h fV>rv. ard and see his r.rr^r. W. K. FROM JACKSON, MISS. : on Sunday?licpvlse of the Yun~ :ees irith Serious Loss?General Osterhaus Killed. Iackso.v, July 12.?The conduct of Cobb's ntuckv battery, and the Washington Arcry, in the affair of this morning, are spo1 of in high ly complimentary terms by the linanding General; also Lovell's Florida gtidc. I. lie banners captured belonged to thc2Sth, 1 and odd Illinois regiments. Jen". Breckinridge sent the infirmary corps bring off the enemy's wounded. Their ptisllooters firwl on them. (Jon. 11. then cred the corps to the rear. ."lie Yankee wounded and dead are still JyIu front of our works. Their loss in the rge was fully one thousand. ,\ A. 1 l;trry Maury, of the 32d Alabama, was e roiy wounded. ^ Yankee Colonel, two Majors and a num< if officers ere captured. [second despatch.] bv.itsox. July 13.?It rained hard here last lit. and again cloudy this morning. There Is sen hut little tiring on either side". The ray have six batteries in position, which oiainly visible from the State House. Our jps arc much elated at their .success yester[tuird despatch.] i.vcksoy, July id.?Nothing of importance i trauspircd to-day. The status is unng'ed. I'ort Hudson surrendered on the I'he Yickshurg pr'simers will be .at Brani to-morrow. Supplies have been sent re for jheto. ,'ohb's battery lost nine men in the action esday. j roVKTU DESPATCH.] Iaitksox, -July 14.?iVo change inthesituai of atl'uirs since yesterday. Lieutenantiic ra! l'cmborton and stall'arrived here last ;ht. Vu officer yvlio came with them says that y met an- escort accompanying the bodv of a. Osterhaus, to YicksGurg. They stated it Gen Osterhaus was .killed hv a cannon I, on the l-tli inst. Heavy skirmishing still e i ntinucs. Several jsc*s were demolished yesli wday by the cue's chelis. I F1FT1I DESPATCH .j I.iCKsnx, July 14th, via M obile, loth.? n. Johnston sent a flag of truce to-day to it. Grant, tasking permission to bury the nkee dead in front of our wor.ks. General nut a^ked permission to send a. s?istanee, in tor that the dead might be i 'ecognized; iich was refused. The terms orig inally prosed word then agreed to. \ i' i i _ iT ii.A jut iruups iiuvc ue?ii uiigitgeu uu aiiu uitcinoon burying the dead Yankees. The exnumber is nut yet ascertained. The Yankee ufiicer in charge of the flag, adts a loss of four to fire hundred. Among ir killed and wounded, are Col. Earl, Lt.1. Long and Capt. Ilall, of the -list Illinois; nits. S. Smith and MeMasters, of the ,53d ltois, and Lieut. Abcrnathv. of the 3d Iowa. \ntongtho fficers on our side, are Major nib. of the 2'.'th Georgia, killed: Licuts. C. iiraden. of the 19th Louisiana, and T. J. st, of the 4th Florida, and li; A. James, of ' Cobb battery, wounded, fiie time specified in the truce, passed bee the burying was finished. I'ucsuny morning last, about 4 o'clock. Col. ndill, with about one hundred of his command re surprised and captured at Wise Court use, Va. The remainder of the Colonel's niv" made its escape. The enemy's force nbered some 4*25. Where were the pickets at uidGap? Is anybody to blame? The quarnnsters, commissary and ordinance stores all troyed?though not of great value. Thoofli's horses captured, but the wagon stock alt ed. The.Colonol and his army taken off by captors. Nobody killed. Seven of the my wounded?three, dangerously. Four of s slightly wounded.?[Abingdon Virginian. Atlanta Rolling Mill.?The trade for ; very valuable property, which is of great ional importance, was not consummated :il to day; and was sold to Messrs. E. Willis Jo., Charleston, and not to Messrs. John tsor & Co., as was previously announced by of our cotemporaries. Price $600,000.-?anta Commoniccrttft, 2?th ult. St * %*> iglti I rni n friday morni VIRGINIA. A writer in the Atlanta "Intelligencer" j pays the following handsome tribute to the Old Dominion. The writer is a Georgian: Recent travels through the Old Dominion have suggested some thoughts upon her exalted character and impcrishuble fume. It is difficult to view her in any point of vision, or in any aspect that does not fill a generous mind with admiration, and Hood it with ennobling reflections morally, socially, intellectually; the skill of her Generals, the courage of her soldiers, the heroism, and self-sacrificing devotion nnrl r>ndnrnni>n of her wi.inon I W'ltnt n field lor our country's historian! What a rich store house of historic and poetic literature for coming ages, whet) war's dread carnage shall have ceased, when the war steed's resounding hoof shall no longer he heard l'rom the scene of deadly strife, hut, tamed and tempered to (he arts of peace, shall draw the ploughshare made from the implements of death, o'er her now deserted and wasted fields, and turned up from her Mood-stained soil the relics of our country's heroes ! Proud old Dominiou! mother of States uud statesmen! cradle and grave of immortal heroes! where is there a spot on earth, upon which the light of civilization has shone, and where manhood is not extinet, whose people will not learn to love your unalterable devotion to freedom, reverenec your superior wisdom, and to admire your illustrious achievements? What rich treasures are added to your overflowing casket of historic jewels 1 What warmly gushing tears will the enlightened travelers of all countries and all ages pour out upon your thousand battle tields ! Tears of memory for the brave ; 'tears of grief and admiration for the gallant and tho gay who fought their last battle and sleep their last sleep there: tears of devotion to liberty, that shall water their graves, and frmn which shall spring myriads of her true sous to keep vigils at hor gates, and the tires burning upon her altars for : ges and ages to come ! Lee and Johnston. Jackson and Ewoll!? Hill and Anderson, Rhodes, Stuart, Asliby, Wise, Magrudcr, and a bust of other illustrious Virginians! when, in the annals of our history, will poesy, song, or marble, suffer their names to perish? Bethel, Mamwsns, Williamsburg, Seven Pines, Mechanicsvillc, Coal Harbor, Malvern Hill, C'cdar Run. Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville? when can the lovers of skill and genius, and of glorious gallantry, cease to study them as models? The spectacle of Virginia's separation from the old Union rises in sublimity as wc recede from it in years, ller affections were sttong for it. Her history was its history ; her heroes were its heroes: her statesmen had devoted their lives and lab >rs to it. Its triumphswcrc her pride, und its memories her treasures. She hesitated long, casting'hcr tearful eye hack to thd glorious past, and forward to the dark und gloomy future. She was to be the battle-field, her fields to be laid waste, her herds slaughtered, cities destroyed, her sons slain in battle, her fair daughters driven from the peaceful shelter of home, to become the nurses for the sick and wounded of the Confederacy. (A hundred thousand, and more, of brave men, from the Potomac to the Rio Grande, and their loved ones at home will never cease to bless them.) The birth of the nation was threatened with unspeakable agony, nevertheless, she looked the tyrant full in the face, and rose to the full height of her manhood. She seems to have said "if it be possible let this cup pass*." But freedom had not lost her charms, nor oppression its odious hate?rejecting with disdain the terms of her slavery, with open arms she embraced her Southern sisters, yea. her,.-bil<lren, ?w. , ,u. V|ioiu.v<.u>4 nur, lor wen I or woe, forever with them. Never, to this day, has she, in council of state, or on the field of strife and death, failecrto honor this pledge of affiance. *It is'painful to record a single blur to the bright picture. The building of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad through Northwestern Virginia, furnished an acquedut by which the dark waves of Abolition were diverted from their natural channel, apd caused tacin to overflow one of the fairest portions of the State. Ilencc the disloyalty of that people, and their fraternity with the murdcriTus legions who iuvadc us. But while Virginia persistently claims the integrity of her ancient boundary, she proudly disdains the villainous hosts who have thrust themselves upon her soil to break the continuity of lfer chain of brotherhood, and distract the harmony of her counsels. May she now look forward with hope to the time when this current shall be driven buck, when this aqueduct shall be cut, and the country drained?when these dark waters may recede to the black sea of corruption from which they have been poured forth! Iron Snirncii.Dixo o.v tiik Mersey.? There are now in course of construction no less than twenty-three vessels of various sizes, not including gunboats for the Emperor of China, and the frigate for tho English Government at Birkenhead. An improvement in the building of ships lias lately been introduced, and tho reports from the experimental vessels are very satisfactory indeed. We refer to the building of vessels of steel, it gives ships double the strength of iron with plates just one half the thickness, thus allowing them to carry a cargo on a considerably less .draft of wuter; it is also stronger than iron, and being.of such light substance the vessels can be built with liner lines. So satisfactory have the experiments been that a keel has been laid down to build a shin of lUUU tons for Messrs. C. S. Lemon &, Co., to trade between this port and the East Indies. The steel fleet arc the steamers Banshee and Phantom (the latter now loading nt this port for Nassau) and the schooner Domitila, now on her wuy to the Sandwich Islands. Mr. Laird has also on hand the two gmiLoats for the Emperor of China, but about whoso ultimate destination so much has been said.? They are in a very forward state, and their launch may soon bo looked for. Some of the plates used are live inch ones, and are bent to the requisite angle by hydraulic power. The vessels are beautiful specimens of naval architecture, and very strong, built in Mr. Laird's well known stylSf and will certainly add efficiently to a fleet iu either the China or Confederate waters. From these it will be seen that the trade is at present unusually brisk, and will bear favorable comparison with any other part of the Kingdom.?[Liverpool Journal of Commerce, June 3. THE ORDEAL. The neonle of the Confederate States w ill soon be cnlltd upon to undergo a severe trial?uno that will fully test the sincerity of professions heretofore made. We cannot escape tho ordeal.. The time for "trying men's souls" is not far in the future. Many, we fear, will be weighed in the balance and found wanting on that dreadful day. Many will bo the artifices and subterfuges resorted to in order to shield cowardly skulks and chicken-hearted patriots from the oditun of their comrades. Alrendy do we begin to hear inurmurings, gloomy predictions, and visionary speculations. This is a critical point with the reputation of sorae^ who have bcett wont to consider themselves in the front rank of Southern Statesmanship. Any land lubber may sail on a smooth sea; but to ride the whirlwind and conduct the old ship of State through the fury of a desolating tornado?when the Heavens are scowling aboye us, and when all around us seems the blackness of despair?requires a sound juJginent and steady nerve. Many a reputation, we fear, wi'l suffer for words spoken and actions made between this and the early frosts of autumn. It was so in the old devolution, when the cause of independence seemed hopeless, and it will be so now.. Many a poor weak minded fellow, who has been looking forward to places of honor and dis tinclion for lo these many years, will be haunted to his dying couch by words unwittingly spoken withiu the next few weeks. Let such remember in time that true greatness and nobility of soul Always rises with the occasion; and that the ordeal necessary to develop a great mind or a great nation, never fails to crash a small one.?[ColumI bus Sun. _ I Among the Confederates recently expelled ! from St. Louis is Edward William Johnston. J He is an elder brother of Gen. J. E. Johneton, and well advanced in years. NG. JULY 17, 1863. TIIE DECISION* OF T1IE ENGLISH 1 COURTS IN THE CASE OF THE ALEX-1 ANDRA. The London "Post" of a recent date contains a synopsis of the decision of the English \ Courts in the case of the Alexandra, which " vessel was seized on the suspicion that she was 11; intended for tiio Confederate service. The ! 0 "Post" says: j" Nominally, the point left for the decision of | the jury was whether the Grown or n tirin of j }' Liverpool merchants were the rightful owners | 11 ol' an unfinished ship ; but, practically, the " matter for adjudication was whether the ship- * builders of this country are precluded from 11 constructing ships which may eventually be j 0 devoted to warlike purposes against a State 1 with which wc are at present :lt peace. On the s one side exists the obligations to preserve intacc our commercial rights, and on the other ' thu.-e which make it incumbent upon us to ' prevent our ports and dock-yards being made available for the equipping and fitting out of ships or armnmcuts for the purposes of aggrcs- 0 sion against a friendly Power. Passing from 1 the purely legal cosideration of the case, it is manifest timt, on grounds of expedion- .11 cy, a maritime nation like Crcut Lritain. f possessing commercial relations with every i r quarter of the globe, is bouud faithfully and s strictly to fulfill the duties appertaining to " strict neutrality. Wo are neutrals to-day; we j v may be belligerents tomorrow; and as we do I 0 to orliors so we must expect to lie d"no by.? :1 The issue raised in the ease of the Alexandra '! was one consequently not less important in its consequences to ourselves than to those more * immediately interested in the result. We ' have established a precedent to which, when , we are at war, neutral nations may success fully appeal. It is thus that wc accept the | law as laid down by the Lord Chief Baron and as confirmed by the verdict of the jury. The j1 Judge interpreted the particular statute intended by the Legislature to prevent the equip- 0 nient of ships for the purpose of aggression 0 against a friendly Power; and the jury, up- J-', plying the principles thus enunciated to J the facts disclosed m evidence, decided, with- ' out a moment's hesitation, that the act had not been infringed. Jn this verdict we entire- " ly concur. ** . * * * America has for upwards of half* j , n century had a Foreign Kiilistmeut act Mini- 8j lar to our own, and the decisions of American Judges afford a key to its interpretations. In !' a ca'se brought on appeal before the 'Supreme ' Court of the United States, that great .jurist, Mr. Justice Story, laid it down that although by the terms of the Foreign Enlisluientact the subjects of a neutral .Suite were precluded from equipping or arming vessels for the purpose of aggression against a friendly Power. v they were not precluded from equipping amiarming them for the purpose of sale to any 8 one, belligerent or otherwise, who chose to purchase them. In other words, a neutral' ' may equip a ship-of-wnr just as he may construct a cannon, if lie intends not to use or 81 have it u.-ed against a friendly Power, but 81 merely to sell it. Adopting this ruling, the Chief Baron laid it down that a British subject " might equip a ship-of-war with a view of sell- 11 ing it to either belligerent without infringing " the provisions of the Foreign Enlistment net. v Imlccl, in the course of the triiil the learned * Judge asked the Attorney General whether such a course would not lie legal, ami as the v latter declined to reply, it may ho taken that j1 it is so. k The Chief Enron went so far asj^fneiit u,.r p the object of the protection of bel- '' otherwise the exportation of contraband' of war would equally have been pro- 1 hibited, and that consequently English shipijuilders hail as much right to sell armed ships ^ to cither belligerent as they had to sell gun- c! rowder or cannon, or other munitions of war. '' u the case, however, before the Court, it did not become necessary to apply these prinei- a pies in their fullest signification. The Chief l'aron left it to the jury whether the Alexandra was "equipped, armed, furnished or fitted our." or whether it was the intention of the lr defendants to "equip, arm, furnish or lit her w out" within?ller Majesty's dominions for pur- ii poses of aggression against the government i? of the United States. The act does not pro- a hihit the " building" of ships of any description ; and as it was shown that she was not, ti at the time of her seizure, "equipped or v armed," and there was nothing to show ihat e it was intended that she should bo so equipped s within Iler' Majesty's dominions, the defend- tl ants were entitled to a verdict. C Tiie Alabama was frequently referred to in " the course of the trial, and it may possibly il- ^ lustrate the interpretation wlwch must be put on the Foreign Enlistment act when we say, } that the Chief Baron, in summing up, pointed ' out that in her case the act was not infringed. c She was builr in an English port, but she was 'I nniiiimorl nml iiriiiml in PorLucuese waters. c ~ r -- ?-f- # O . where of course the Loghsh. Crown possessed 1 uo jurisdiction. It may be Raid that, according to this interpretation, the Foreign Knlistnient act will prove ti dead letter, if the Chief Huron's views of the object of which tlmt act was framed?namely, not to protect belligerents, hut to prevent vessels equipped for the rival Powers in neighboring clocks fighting whilst still in our harbors or in our wa'crs?is correct, it will not. If, on- the other hand, its object was the protection of the commerce of a friendly Power, it certainly seems (to say the least of it) that its provisions can be very easily evaded. However, with consequences neither judges nor juries | have anything to do. It is, at all events, a satisfaction to feci that tho Lord Chief Baron has acted in accordance with a high American authority in his interpretation of the law, and it will be impossible for the American Government to question tho soundness of his opinion without also impugning that of the greatest of their lawyers, Mr. .justice Story. |From tbc f.ondoa Times, Jane-"'.! * * * Had the Foreign Enlistment act mentioned ritics, gunpowder, or shot and shell, instead of sbips-of-war, we may be sure that the Confederates would have spnrcd no pains to intercept the consignments of Birmingham "hardware." For the purpose of watching questionable proceedings agents must he employed, and agents so employed arc neither 1 more n?>r less than spies. Work of this kind I is distasteful to very scrupulous men, and it ' follows that it will generally he carried on by 1 persons /if easv conscience and unenviable * character. In this case, perhaps, such extreme ' vigilance was hardly requisite, for there seems to have been little concealment. Xo evidence j was produced for-the defendants, because they , did not rclv 09 their ignorance, but on the j character of the transaction, ns proved by the 1 witnesses for the Crown. It was on the latter 1 that the burden of proof lay, sfnd the result 1 shows, not that our courts are disposed to fa- 1 vor illc<ral privateering, but that a law against j equipping privateers in tliis country must be 1 a dead letter so long as they can be built here J and equipped at sea or elsewhere. This result. ( which Mr. Adams' representations have heen the means of bringing out into-strong relief, j is. not altogether satisfactory, and leaves the | morality of aiding either side in a civil war exactly where it found it: but it could not have been avoided without importing into ju- 1 risprudence a new principle, which the Ameri- 1 cans, of all nations, have the most jeason to deprecate. 9IIKUED. June 30th. nt the residence of the bride's father, , by the Rev. John M. Saunders, Mr. ARCHER A. Mood)*, of Petersburg. Va.. and Miss MARY J}. LELAND. daughter of Dr. Ch.is- H. Leland, of Lancaster county, Va. DIED. Dif.d, at his residence, near Clarksviiic, Mecklenburg county, Va., on Friday evening, July 10th, 1803, after a protracted illness, Dr. Sii.as II. Harris, in the Gist year of his age. " I heard a voice from Ilejiven, saying unto me, write, from henceforth blessed are the dead who die in the Lord: even so saith the Spirit: for thev rest from their labors."? Rev. .*iv:13. fiegr* Southern Churchman please copy. * -f "fc , ? _ CHARLESTON. ATTACK OX FORT WAGNER ON SATl'RP.W. (t'rim the Courier ] Tlio assault Saturday morning on Lattery fattier, and tlio heavy bunrbarJmetu kept P on that work by the .Monitors and wooden nnboats fur several hours Saturday and iunday,.has demonstrated fully that the corny has determined to make his present lovement a decisive attack on our city. It is not known as yet with certainty what the ?ree of tin: enemy i? : but prisoners report t from fifteen to twenty thousand. Several cmonstrations have been made on James' 1 1 Si.rnnnnli r,iilr.mil .lf.ll!,!!...< ?IIUIU ?liiv* iiiv ?-.? ? .......... ...... utended us feints, to divide attention and ndeavor to clirry some weak point. If.so, iie enemy, we aje confident, will find himelf mistaken. Ahutit daylight Satur.hiv morning the ciienv made their f:v>t determined a^sanit on lattery Wagnor. tlio eontre fortification of Iorris' Island. It was in. doubt int- tided to >e a surprise. Tim assault was led by four ompanies of the Seventh Conneetient. snplorted on the right and left hy the Ninth lainc ami Seventy-sixth Pennsylvania regtii"uts, with the Third New Hampshire, Fory-eighih New York and .Sixth Connecticut, in . servo?in all. between lour and five thouand men. The front line advanced i.ruvclv |. to the hattery, our men, according to preions orders, reserving their fire until the oniny Imd g..t within musket range, when a enable lire of grape, canister and musketry netted upon the advance. Some few of the oreniost companies rushed forward only to he hot down or taken priVctmr--. The havoc in lie front line caused the others ! > waver hut >ra moment, when they retreated precipitatey in apparent confttsinu h.-tek behind the sand ills. The enemy's !< -< j.. estimated to have been t least fully live hundred. One hundred of is dead lay dtVooiiy in front of the hattery: no hundred and thirty unhurt and about ighty wounded wore taken prisoners, flic I'uiiimtnding officer oj" tlm a-saulting column, icueral Strong, is reporiM by tlm prisoners to e seriously wounded, l ite last .seen of him e bad fallen frutn his lmrse and was carried If the licld bv his men. Several other officers f the enemy ;tre reported by the prisonrr.s to e either ki!!"d or badly wounded?among tern Lieut. Col. RodmAu, Captain Theodore iurdiek, Lieut. .John Wilson. >.f the Till Collect icut. and Major -lohn W. Illeks, of the i'?th Pennsylvania. Among the officers tnisners, unhurt, tire Cant. 1'. lb Ilooglan l, Capt. *. JL Chutnbcrlain, Lieut. W. K. Phillips, ,ieut. E. C. Jordan. all of the 7th Counectiut, and Lieut li. W. Ware, '.'tli Maine. Our ?ss was r>'| rt. d t>. l-e live killed and ten rounded. The p'isoners r. ; ft tlieir ins of the preimis day about litty killed and wounded.? 'hey aNo state that Incur. 11. t: was still alive aturdav. but very rrely wounded. Lieut, ampbell, who was at (.'ant, Mitchell's battery t the time of the attack and took part in the UIPUI, \ Hit- m ? |'iii in umit1 Lieut. G. C. I ley ward, \? hu was lighting no of tin? guns, iipnu being ordered to rereat, declined, and said lie would light his un to the last. The enemy mounted his fork and carried the battery at the j oint of lie bayonet. Lieut, 11cy wood was shot lirough both hips. A shell struck the gun forked by Lieut- lt"e. and exploded, ten licecs strikitigjdj. 1 '.V'VjfytHnce of about live L'.'niVoVl yards by his men. when being hardreused by the enemy tliev were compelled to ave him, and laid him in front ol Captain litchell's tent. <.'apt. Macbeth was stunned y a shell and taken prisoner. The prisoners jport him doing well when last seen. Light uns and throe mortar* fell into the.hands ol ic enemy. These h id been placed in posinn 011 the sand hills at the lower end of the dand, and were designed to command the pproaolies from Little folly Island. OPERATIONS AT CHARLESTON". The landing in heavy force on Morris Isind, and the. commencement of extensive 'orks designed for reduction of Fort Wagner, idicate that the new Yankee General Gilmer, i commencing a determined siege, by laud nd water. The " Mcretirv" says: It appears to us to he useless to attempt i disguise from ourselves our situation. l?y rhosc fault we got into it. it is vain now to nf|uire. .The Yankees having gotten possesion of the Southern half of Morris island. Itere is hut one way to save tiic city'd 'harlestdn. and that is, the speedy and uninching u-e of the bayonet. If the light on lorris island is to he noic a light by engineerng contrivances and cannon merely, the udantuge is now witlt the enemy. With their ron-clads on the water, and their men in oeupa'ion of the land, it is likely to he a mere ucstion of time. The fall of Fort Wjaguer nds in the fall of Charleston. Fort Sumter, ike Fort Wagner, will then he assailable by and and sea, and the late of Fort Pulaski rill he that of Sumter. Genera! Gilmer, the ominander of the Department, was the man rho reduced Fort Pulaski. Charleston mu?* ic saved as Richmond was. j For six days our soldiers stormed the sucessivc batteries ?f the enemy, and saved Kichiiond. The greater parted the soldiers who n.'hioved tliese triumphs by tlie bayonet hud icvur heforc been in a charge. The Vantees here have as yet few or no formidable vorks. They have but a few thousand troop*, f our soldiers and officers here are not equal o the kind of lighting fought by the army ot. Virginia, and tried by the Yankees against lUcli strong works a* Fort Wagner and Scecslionville, thou Charleston falls. This, it aplears to us, is the only, cunrso of safety, and ve may add, too, for an- economy of I ices.? )thor means may protract the fighting to lavs and weeks, and postpone the termination if the struggle. A'<> other means, in our opinon, will save the city. We believe it :an easily be saved with promptness, and energy and d.tsh. It i* too late for engineering done. Hesitation au l delay arc fatal. VICKtsIlL'KG. The proposition of the fall of Wcksburg,"says ho Mobile "Advertiser," bcitig absolute, it is low plain that it has fallen with so least possiile harm to us. If it had hold < only twentybur hours longer. Johnston's arc.y would, with>ut any doubt. Iiavo been cut t pieces John ton was on the Dijr Mack. as on iiaturJay, light his army bivouacked with ord'-rs to move m Grant's entrenchments at tv. o'clock in ihc norning. liefore the i.our ariiv d. tlie news of L'embcrtoil's capitulation was received. Froin ivhat has since been jearned of (irant's position, it is now known that if Johnston's force had been loubled and trebled it con. i never have got through the works of Grant. 'I ho country for miles was defended by felled timber, every gorge rnd ravine a fortified work, bristling with cannon ind converted into a slaughter-pen. We are credibly informed that it took sonic ? : our paroled oiii;crs at Vicksburg til'teen hours to ride fifteen miles llirotigh the felled timber and around tiieexcava tions and cnioankmeuts made by the enemyllow long would it have taken an army to c-'irch tlirough the same works defended hy a superior force? We claim that we have Iter" fortunate in saving the gallant little army m'Johnston, as j well as the Vieksburg garrii<'xi. ,rom mriiicr loss. The latter will before Jong be exchanged trid enabled to take the fio/d again. Froin the lower Mi- "?sippi the signs, of the times are highly c -Mging. It is clear that Hanks, if left to ' '* over-cropped. Gen. Taylor has dov . -d ji wonderful energy in his late operntho and has really redeemed .the titate, totiic est of the tiver. Without strong backini'fio.n Grant, we believe the whole State and the city of New Orleans will be wrested from Banks- . ' . . 'There is hope in a1! this. Tbeic is lite in the cause yet. The Confederacy has seen darker days, and emerged iront them, ft is not dark enough to justify it to the prudence of those who are ready to subniii.. and anxious for peace and the secutity of their property-on the bas'sof submission, toithorn their hands yd. 'Tkeru have been some sighs of this white feather flittering during the few past gloomy days. Let us warn them-thftt it is base to feel, and dangerous to be premature in the utterance of, such sentiments This land has made too many sacrifice; for its freedom to falter at the last hour The timid and faithless must not be allowed to fetter ihe footsteps of the revolution. It must roll ou to triumph, although its wheels have to roll over them and their fortunes. " T,' ? ? " ? ^tmmm VOLl'MI LAREST FROM Tli^rvitp.n ctitpc uiai uu The following extracts ar{ho ^ Xorthern tiles, and will be fount*., resting: CATCHING A TARTAR. The United States steamer Erricsson, left N't. York June 27, 011 a cruise after "the pirates,1 that had, within the current week, dcstroyci forty-one vessels. She did not expect to mee anything more formidable than Taconys, armei with pieces of spars: but in this she was mis taken, as will be seen by tho following narra tive: Xothing of interest occurred until Wednesday July'. .Saw several vessels to-day; but sue cmled in boarding one only, an English brig for the very good reason that we were chased b; nothing less than a Confederate privateer-either the Florida or Southerner. Just before meridian, we boarded ni\ Englisl brig.the Boreas, lately sailed from New York who informed us that a steamer, evidently man-of-war, had boarded an English btig, ubou two hours before, that ho had spoken liimscl the previous niglit, and from the suspicious tna liieuvreiiig i f tho stranger he entertained stiotq suspicions that all was not right. We had sioani el up after boarding tho Boreas, and shurll; afterwards iro ucared the sail that ho had re ported. She was heading to tire East at the time and we did not seo that slio was a steamer umi she had hauled up her courses, when we iiumc diatelv discovered that .-he had smokestaeks ? She had an English ensign at her peak, and a soon as she had ascertained who we were, sin altered her course,' heading straight for us, bu in a short ti ne again heading to the West, as i anxious to try our speed. Meanwhile all haud were called to quarters, and everything neces sary for lighting, our ship got ready; tiio gun trained and powder and shell passed up iu i short time. However, he again hauled to tho eastward passing us on our starboard bow n:?t more thai iiu.f a mile distant from us. and we came to tin conclusion that she must in rcali'y bo lnithin; more than she pretended to be?an English nisi of war. Just as she had ranged herself well 01 our siaruuaru quarter a iug set 111, ucarty envei oping her from our sight, and. almost instanta motisly with tiio jmli of white smoke that curlei slovvly'almvo her, down cuniothc Fnglish cuiu: and the ' .Stars and Bars" floated in their place and almost iuiniudia'?|v afterwards the whizzinp shriek of a rillcd'shelt.. rucK close to our vessel making music enough for all of us,and, ricochet ing, struck the rim of our furetop, and then plunged into tlie sea ahead. This was immediately followed by two others, which struck close to us, What could wo do .' Fighting her was out of the question, our armament consisting only of one git potrader Parrot! and two I'd pounder rilled howitzers: and as soon as the fug eould clear up lie would have lain out of the extreinest point of our tiring, and the game would have been entirely in his hands, and so?nom tic Uiru' whydo I hesitate to tell it .'?we pursued the next wisest course, steered to the south and west-with a lull head of steam on, making leu knots by the log. The tog lilted in about half an hour afterwards, and the privateer was seen standing across our stein; but no sumor did she see that we had taken to lliglit than she stood tor us. But astern chase is n long chase, and, notwithstanding that through the detect of tube uue ol our boilers be came useless?detract galtioa -\nn our fortnei speed?we steadily gaitteJ upon him. At live _ P M. she distanced from us a>'OUt five or six miles when she gave up tho chase and Jienvy nr" southward. Oh UipMflon'g "chase. -But what maiiieii^ryi'jnore / We were lightly armed?a mere "tobacco box'1 alongside of the pirate? and all the officers, aye, every man (and there were no cowards amongst us, either), approved of our captain's course She had ten heavy broadside guns, sat low in the water, was painted black, and a narrow ribbon of white encircled her, n white boat hung at her stern, and two black boats were suspended from her quarters. She had extremely long raking lower masts, was bark rigged, and carried two smokestacks. We could form no idea as to who she was; but one of the men 011 hoard swore that it was not the veritable Florida (lie hud seen her before); it was h-i ghost. Oh I had we but had an armament witli w hich to cope with her iu point of strength, instead of coming empty handed into port wc should have had her in tow, I am certain SEXSATIOXAt.. flie special correspondent of the Philadelphia "Inquirer," writing under date of New York, July 9, ISG3, says: The suggestion in this morning's "Herald,V in favor of a peace meeting, without regard to party, there is tlie best reason for helinvine is sonietliino more than a newspaper idea. In point of fact, (to come at once to the marrow of tho matter.) an intorinil meeting of a number of our most eminent merchants and bankers, I am informed, was held at the Metropolitan Hotol, immediately after the receipt of the Capture of Vicksbitrg, to talk the matter over. One of these merchants is clnssed as the third wealthiest man in New York ; another is the owner of at least a dozen of the finest ships tra-' ing between this port and China; another is . bunker, with whom Mr. Secretary <" h*-- halong enjoyed the most intimate .! bus' ness relations, and the rest . sentatives of the so';d ii . ii of 1 . .. ri porium. All. or icariy ir, 'O.vli ::o' in any sot- e vo i- ' . ii . r anions the i'." : jv .a ? >; t . I't'.i !ro?i: tl'.e cn'Mm-ncon:- ..i. i r,f.r h ; AftC* - frp i. >1 rdfi'tt.e I -J-- > V . ' . . ICtO?on the "< tl , -s" Very genera . i * j- i ,.r.' ? desirableness o - cv. :.!n^ ' . ,.ia now bo done witl i. ..o ;iie restoration of peace, bu a ".a a - :.ce in tlie particular mode, where by i h jiisumination devoutly to be wished' cou - oe achieved. Unwilling, however, to adjourn without doiu] something to keep alive tho idea that had brough them together, and recognizing tho truth of tli proverb, that there is wisdom in a multitude e counsellors, the thought struck them that a grea stiictiy non-partisan meeting, to talk over th changed aspect of the war, might bo the ver thing Jiut not feeling wholly assured that th public were quite ready just yet to "second th motion," tho idea was put forward in the form c a suggestion, "to see how it would take." Th "Herald" paragraph was the product of the Metre politan Hotel Conference, and thero is reason t believe even that it was penned by one of th merchants who participated iu tho proceedings a luded to. The matter, in itself, may not bo of much im portaneo ; but, as an outward, visible sign of th thoughts that are passing through some men braips at this conjuncture, it is not without publi .interest, and as such your correspondent hn thought it worth while to place it thus on reeor along with the other "news of the day." Within the few days past a number of tr-^P1 from the interior have been sent down to i-,rn''01 Fort Hamilton, Fort Columbus and oth'- movent nieirt works in this harbor. The ner* are , most part experienced gunners '"rPe r r- ^ fn fhpir riiim tions, it is understood,- will jje ? ?'" ? ? bers from time to time, so should an enemy a any time take it into his ,ea'J t0 Pay us a visit, \vi are in a pos'tion to pi" "}>u a w*"n rcception.Tlie various forts, '18 sn'd. can easily accotnmo date from six to -jrl't thousand men. The eonscrV"0"tIlia city will be enforced, t a cerfaintv J" Monday next, the Provost Marshal Mr. Xiv<e*llt- authorizinp a statement to that efToc in tl?> eveniup papers of to-day The quota for tin t..vyand county is between thirteen .u/dfuurteer thousand.und for Brooklyn about four thousand It is whispered about, however, in circles tha: onpht to be well inform d, that the drawinp wil not be deferred till Monday, but will take plac< to-morrow, the Marshal desipnatinp Monday ir orderto abate a possible excitement among cer tain ill-disposed persons How that nwj be J cannot say, but if there is anybody anticipating 'any serious trouble from the enforcement of tin aw, I venture to say he will be disappointed. THE CUMBERLAND VALLEY. Ferlmps there is no richer, better cultivated or more prosperous npricnltural region in th whoie^Nurth than that which has recently bee overrun and plundered by the Confederate! The Cumberland Valley extends from the Sua quehanna to the Potomnc, a distance of ahou ejghty miles, with an average breadth of abou twenty miles. It comprises the counties of Cum berlnnd and Franklin in Pennsylvania, and th county of Washington in Maryland, contaitiin an aggregate population of nearly one hundre thousand souls. From two and a half to thre millions of bu.-hels of wheat are Annually pre duced in the valley, together with vast quar.titii of rye, oats, corn, hay, potatoes, and all niann< of Produce. The soil is a rich limestone, n easily affected by drouth, and admirably adar ed tor grazing, as well as grain growing, II number of horses and catilc in the valley w vary large, of which tlie Southern end has bei quire stripped by tlm i"vaders. i The ancient Indian name of this valley w the Kittatinny, unci the inouutninrcnga that fon mmmam?m?????? ?mm |j~ LX.--NUMBEK 25 the northwestern boundary from the Susqu na to Chambersburg still bears that name, the latter place this ranges ceases abruptly, at. thence to the Potomac the valley widens, .at. t . is bounded by the Tuscarora. The points between which the llebels p :u;. pally operated are Chanibersburg. Peimsylv ,x T.rul Hagerstown, Maryland. The former '' '.s fifty?two miles from llarrisburj;, in a set' J inn eru'-v and the latter twenty i > these5!?111'' ChamSetsburg. Midway betline lies:es" aiu' ^VU- mites frotu the Mar ^ ii-,- n.,.i ,V.;ty!.cHstle. in the centre of a tiiio -' ... ' "ding flour and grain depot 01 region. feun..^ t of Ureeiieastle is M" ' "rsburB Hud HBcf same distance , Waynesboro a I art j ,. , Uawca,t, . - ""r,.YaouruiK nuns a< i lie Cumberland V*"*. railroad. h,vi ; tcimuii at Harrisburg an,Kii.1?orstosvu ; through Carlisle. Chnmherso.,.,^ (.ircon' do. y and a.i the principal villages in fc!( valley. McCuiiuclsburg, the county sNj of 1 county is situated in a valley better. ' Kidgeand the Tuscarora mountain, it, wi ' called the Big Cove. That cove runs dew to14 wards Hancock in Maryland, distant -.i-v \ twenty miles. Live stock is largely raised it- r.r, 1 valley, but nearly all the horses and rattle <i>. ? been swept out of it by the Kebel invaders. ,r Gettysburg, in Adams county, the scene <!' M. late terrible battle and Union victory, is .1- i. y twenty-live m:les from Greencas'.'e, in udi:? cuot n little north of east, and is about fifteen aj southwest of Hanover, in York county. DEATH or ARCHBISHOP KENRCK. liAt.TiMOtfE, Wednesday, -July S>ti;.? 5 bishon Keuriek died suddenly this norm: j at his residence in this city, aged oti. f Francis Patrick Kendrick, Archbishop ; s Baltimore, whose death is announced a! -ve. i- was a native of Dublin, was edu-at-i s Home, came to the United States in I- t ,> . a settled in Kentucky, where in ?r wconsecrated as coadjutor lilsl . f Philadelphia, whom he succeeded in Is : ' It w < daring his episcopate in Pliilad. ; . I that t!ie auti-Catlndic riots occurred ; j his efforts to preserve the peace were , ring. . In 1851 he was transferred to the A . piscopal tsce ol Baltimore. In lb'ot' the I conferred upon him the "Primacy of IL u giving him precedence over all other h r * Catholic prelates in this country. He v -re garded as one of the most learned thefh of his creed in America, and was tli; ? 'her of ;< . i u,e number of works which jure | ...xt-books in numerous seminariv*. ?>. City Coi ncil.?1The regular meeting ? City Council, was held Monday afteriu 4 o'clock: St. Charles Hospital.?On motion of Mr. - i ? . . ii ?, KauduJpIl, the sum ol two uiuusuuu ? ? was appropriated to defray the expenses ??: :hc St. Churles Hospital, the same to he paid the order of John 1>. Harvey, the Chairman ; the Committee of Management. ' Ftte Xegroe*.?Mr. Hill, Clfttrman of the Committee on Police, to whom had 1"? n r-ferrcd a resolution instructing th.'t connm: ' to inquire into the expediency of prey y ' free negroes from c.uming to the *-ity ol i . inond, for anv n?- 1 follow'"" An Ordnance concerning free ncgroc 1st. He it ordained hy the Council th> City of Richmond, That no free negro hud he permitted to come into the City"of ,: mond* for the purpose of trading or for .ui other purpose unless he shall liret ohtui i ' ? a Justice the Peace of the coui i > which ho resides, a certificate ol hi character and lovalty, and cudors?vt | . t!; Mayor. 2d. That the police officers, night wai h ,-?i clerks of the markets shall arrest all IV i:c i grocs without such certificates. .'hi. Every free nogio violating tliisord a-.ic shall he punished with stripes. at the i'-cr 1 tion of the Mayor. 4th. This urdinanco shall take efl'cc. .. ! the 1st day of August next. On motion of Mr. Hill, an ordnan adopted, authorizing the Mayor to ar non-resident free negroes found in th r\ otherthan such as regularly sell in tie i 1 kets, and put them to work upon the b -i and other public works erected, or bcin i ed around and ahout the city. Fire lkpnrtmcnt.?Mr. Scott, from tb mittee on the Fire .Department, repo.'? i ' follows: The Committee on the Fire Dcpn :?. Iiavc liail under consideration the aor ..si i pJrt of the Chief Enjrinv.-r, ? tin i menta required hv r.rdiimn pr t. to the council. ' .'oit.mu* - .... express tijo.r ' on * .? . , > Cnsi ' I . .i i t , , . i ... . v tilts 1 'out!*'.:l 1 / | j hi e litul a!i?o under iWDddwttioii ndrj 1 ' f ' ' till! ' of ti On. . "J report the c<-. i ..iii" .ii response to one <?f It ot the department: t tuainance to amend the third sceti m . ; an ordinance to establish a Tire Br'gwh* ::i i the city of llichmond. Be it ordained by the Council of th- >'' J. llichmond, T^at the third section of !,*" oroi nance concerning the Fire Brigad- o? J amended as to read "three members si- ! stitute a quorum," ic. > The ordinance was considered nud { . IFutcr Works.?Mr. I'enoon, from : Wi j tering Committee, to whom was rco t resolution inquiring into ' the expedcr c furnishing 1,000 feet of hose to the i 'f rate States Arsenal, and of establish' 1 plug convenient to the foundry at ti a '? 0 ry workshops, reported that the ..e ^ had no hose under their contnd. and g be disebargc<i from any further cons > )t of that part of the resolution: that i .e? ' 0 instructed the Superintendent o/.tl ' it-.r Works'to lurfo a fireplug-placei n.?r tht o foundry, thoy paying the of puttr>, e down thq same. ' The report *'a:j adopted. Mr. Dcno?n> 'r,,m the sumo comm.*<..? rt " ported advc^T uP?n l',e petition ol : \ s llicks acung compensation for 30 di > c he wu'"1'sa'J'cd by an accident, whi e " .! ls jn ,io sen ice of the city as guard at tl> e j oervoir. s Monetary A ffairs.?Mr. Hill, fren :I < :n j mittce on Salaries, made a rcpor ?m. mending that the salary of Dahney . ' " 1 ' r ? City Assessor, be increased toJ?-.0(X \w . -> . that of A. ArseJJ, Jr., to >'^."50, wLi :L - laid upon the table; ttnu? ou mow .u , t Saunders, the Co""1"t(ee inst-tiu.' 1 report on the increase of such salaries ^ y may deem expedient. On trwd'on of Mr. Burr, the sum o : ? wa." appropriated lbr the benefit of tat- . ?lr/ie city, subject to the order of the ov W'a ?' I of the poor. Adjourned. > Tub Voli'nteeu Navy furore deve: oe. ,ouj ly. The achievements or Scmmcs, 1 d ^ I and others, cheer and inspire our peo} o ' i t t holders of the purse-strings, are slow ; dviaj. ' more such an opportunity to go. >**o ?L?ir, -nd [ make their trail of glory. ^ya>7 young u. - in r this city, exempt from nii'*ry service, by r - of having furnished i^Dstitutes, and frtji ttl.rr causes not unfittief <hem for service, wo anxir.t. to enter the^r'"e service, not to lie up ii. tL. I docks, U*fr'o go out upon stieh enterpu'xc- .t. have tVstinguiahed the names w*e have ailed' ,tt to. There ?r? numbers of vessetofitted f-- rl r' work, lying idly ifi ail of otu^Jnfrhors. L'tl. [' capitalist volqnteer" aitff he wilt s.; i i id a t crew- ..L_? . J. Libcy Prison Items.?Imc tliousani a::-: e two Yankees were sent t<> City Po'ii*. mi vr ? terJuv, for exchange, -'iney* went un-'i * d * t , . charge of Lieutenant Latouc.ho, v;.<- !' >- burg railroad. ? Six thousand of the Yankee* ear- <.c ot Gettysburg are between Yvtncte*^- .m> ' It- Stau'uUiii, and will be serein the be five or six day*. ^ The sevpn disloyal residents, who r -'*nt perform militia duty, tv. , ?? a< ye f'-dav trfiusJerred frotu La^i.e lbuw. jis th; Liohy. [ * / era j>zr. vyjctuf fi j * - ' - -