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~~ 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.
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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 *
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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.
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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
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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.
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