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GODEk1G11, G. W., JULY 15, 1861.
THE WA.R.
In our last issue the Confederates were
said to be within four miles of Baltimore,
_since then we have had news of the Con-
federates fighting before IV ashington,aad,
as- a consequent, great excitement, but
Iast night's despatches say that the great
invasion was a mere raid --productive,'
' however, of great booty, /spoils_ And. even
prisoners, to _ the South. As usual, it
seems to have been well executed and the
plunder is likely to arrive safely in Rich-
, mond. We have nothing of any, imp0--
tance from Grant, further than that he
sent a force unaer General Smith.
to protect Balthnore. Nor is there
anything of much importancefrom
Sherman. - Morgan, it, is said, has
captured his old captor, Gen. Hobsen.
- The New York Herald in a sarcastie' way
-said that the Southern Navy" went
down in the Alabama. A few days at-
,
termed% we have intelligence, that the
emtederate cruisr e* Florida," capture&
six Federal ships off Cape lienry,de.atrOyed
• the ships and cargoes and -sent their crews
to Philadelphia., Total loss over a quar-
ter million, dollars. This is done under
• the very nose of the Federal navy.-
- Mayor Gunther of -New York refused to
the Military to leave New York,
pleading as an excuse that the elements
of a social' volcanic eruption is' seething
and, killing in the city, and may at any
time explode, no wonder when Gold is at
276, The unjust'endgalor of the Federal
_ administration to subjugate a brave and
- free people is thus fir rccelling onits own
eadiencl• will probably do so, more and
more, till the great catastrophe of impend-
ing ruin ciertaes and overwhelm it.
HE SEMI -WE KLY
SIGNAL
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0
can never fail to italliforth the admiration
°friskers. We landed • at Mackinac at
noon; and must say that we met with a
Warm -reception front- the inhabitants. -
The people of the -village, • who, by - the
way -represent every nationality almost,
crowded ,- latiGn . the lAarrow - -pier, ,nnd
as soon as • the boat 1 landed, rushed on
beard', not to:reeeive na with . an address
froin the Moyer and Corp ration of the
place, but evincing -aviary aident desire to
purloin _every article they einild lay hands
alien, . This peCuliety taking disposition
was hilly appreciated. :by :the 'passengers,
each .of .Niinitii Steed sentry at his state'.
- ..
toom door until the 'Arpriain had got a poi ite
.i:vitationto retire td regions: unmention-
able: After dinner we sauntered through
the place; admiring\the lazy -looking natives
- - - - - - ; - - • •
and their very elteop ,icuriosities, and then
throngli a 'blazing prinscaled the heights
to have a good look it the - Fort. - This is
alfery: old atid dilapi ated atruoture,much
better calculatedto give a splendid- _view
Of the straits' and I, lanai than to pound
. be atoini, ti; hostile fleet--•.-Aat is, in its
present condition. - ',There .are, bewail',
'several geed.brass and -lion poi on.the
ratiaparts; and there pail be no doubt that
should theAmericanGoverniiient streilgth
en the place:according to the surveys :new
beinginade, iti will be a very formidable
fortress so‘a an .44initable . defence AO the
entrance of Lake Michigan. _After, satis-
fying our curiosity in and about the Fort,_
we gathered Into two Old omnibuses....end
Were driven a few lidadie& yards further
toward the .centre ot the, island,: where
still stands grimly the squareearthen Fort
thrown up by the British in a ainglenight
during th o war of ,1812, and :from Which
the red -mated 'warriors next Morning sent
a few iron messengers into the Americen.
fort beneath, -whioh.bad _the effect tif ht.: -
clueing the latter to surrender at once. It
may be supposed that our - li:tle.party" in-
spected the place surrounded by these. his-
torical associations withinich -interest.,
Onithe -same spat. Wekreie also Shown the
remains of an lindenj., French - fort built
more than 200 years ago. .iHaving pick -
cd up a few. relics, wet . again. entered the
'buses and were driven: by A roinantic
- - - ..' . .. • - - • - - •
road! winding througli. * ' dense shrubbery
of hazel and juniper : to the: opposite side
of the island„'. where jras. . to be '809.
splendid arch hewn butof solid rock by.
the hand ot e- Nature.': PaganAD o through
.
this, the gentlemen desceiidd the preei
pice to the lovely ator to have a bath..,
- Here several.. Mitliali occurred. ' ' 0°-
. gentleman, rernarko ,l - -Ibr. his obesity,
missed his footing about half way down
anttfinished the journey over a great heap
ot stones in - a.7 moat...it:glorious Mandell,
,. •• - - -
exclaiming„iethen. he ,- . ched the bottoiii
"Isn't that beautiful! IP'. • Whether thc.
exclamation related tot ihe Slide tieto t4
. picturestieeness Of tlin Ione, 'mist forever.
-remain a niptery. Prhaps he was no •
rigged considerably o his sudden descent!
Another gent. perched himself on a 'reek
t
at the edge of the vta , ei-in4 while pulling
off -a boot tun.bled intO "the briny deep,' -
Tile poor fellow was rescued, but certaitil
cut -a very ungainly figere, as he pl oddel
up the hill' carrying.hitt Wet socksin his
hands. -After - enduring agonies . of per
i
spiration; the fat . gent eman -contrived tt
scale the heighis. linsii- "nlik.. Regaining
the wagons, the riext t leg was to find'
certain something Cal ed.....the sugar loaf,
But, alas, alas, in: • tlir spot of beauty,
" where :.-. every *._pros tpleases„'" th?
"vileness ''', Pecaligir 1 humanity has
gained An entrance. .. tir-Jehus,although
theylad lived All, 'theft Rims on . the Is-
land,.got bewildered- 14, -completely . that
they could not digeovl -the said - Sugar-
loaf. - The worthy uls _contemplated -
'charging for their, Ulna le services by the
hour, -and acted 'gettinest tb 'perfection.
In the course of -an ho, -or so,- however,
we did- find the _tong whieli is a Most
singular needle of rock-;! towering ' like a
monument more than et -hundred . feet
above the •stirrounding,pain. We ascend
by a ladder to a • kind or nieh in the aide
of the rock, tiod before leaving added- our
illustridus: names and fi date of • the -visit
to the inscriptive treami eit of the - &cc,
With soinelittle difficuty, bir....Runiball
was persuaded - to: postpone- climbing .te
the top until his _Agit:tit it- ' And now we
had pretty well Seen the elephant, but we
- had not yeti/lid. for the aniniel for when
the charioteers gat . bat to the 'audit*
. .
they Veit ebony.; Ultra round ,and asked
$7.00 each for the we, of their crazy
vehicles, ' Yet, as they did not want to be
.exorbitant, they, '-with *mendable gen-
. _ 1
erosity,coneented to reduce,t bill to $12.
The sterner spirits dein/party 4 t opened,
wide their eyes, then uttered wil u clit.
Mations,. and:finally, we rear, gave vent
blasphemous - expressidn& - Such tr. Charge
for an hour or two's- drive was rascally,
but, as we made :ea. bargain. beforehand,
We had no . other'reseuree- -than to fork
over with as good a grace as possible.' If
any ofour feeders ever go to Mackinac,we
woad tertainlY advise them to bargain for
anything *anted before, it it. used. We
all, serambled i *beard about five o'clock
sod depaiteas after Whig taken. an Offe07
AO**. farewell of the.i.friende Who, had
shown such an eeriest .dispositiento fulfil
- the .scriptural injunction withreferenoe to
. . .. .. ..... .. .. . - . . .
4444 in strangers.... .1 iPmaing through
•the straitt . we- Coasted *long the Michigan*
shore closeenourtli to form an isfe,aor the
nature of the eat, tim*, b. form-
erThe. - .,.. .
was coinPosed- ', of Oand4anhOii i.aiions
dimensions, and -the -letter- was a poor,
sorubby-Iooking pine, indicating' that the
sail - of Michigai- f‘a*Le::*- - ,Itetter. ,.,:ita the
• EXCURSION TRIP FROM QODE--;
- RICK TO CHICAGO AND BACK..
Ciiiecoo, July 11,. 2864.
On Thursdi3r the 7th inst. a party of
ladies and gentlemen of Gotlerich started
on an excursion to Chicago, and intermed
late porta, as the time tables have it. Th
trip was no advertised affair on which all
.
and sundry were expected to enter, but ?i
• iiice little " family " party as,it !were, got
up suddenly by. ourspirited friendsi. Van -
Every k 'timball, and entered into by
the invited in a most ennai-destroyinee
-manner.. Aniongst these present at -the.
'appointed hoar were J.V: Deka-, esq., T.
Mackie, esq.,.B. U. C., D. Cameron, esq.;
and lady, H. Horton- esq., and lady, Miss
Craig,4.8. Pollock, -esq., and Iady, George
Rumba, esq., and lady, Messrs. W.- 'M.
Savage, Timm, J; A. Begg, of Montreal,
* John Stewart, W. T. Cox, of the
and others. The fine, staunch propeller
Niagara, Capt. Charles McIntosh, bore
us away from, Godeiich .at noon, and after
- the excursionists had partakop of 'atibstan-
tial sailor's dinner, I adjourned on deck
to catch the passing_breeze and watch the
fast receding shore. As Lake Huron. has
been so fully described in poetry and prose,.
weneed not try any fancy pictureof the
deep,' dark bine waves, 80., and the More
-especially because , that shut _down long
before dark prevented a very wide sweep
of vision. - No fog, however-, restedonthe-
genialsoulsgathered around the hospitable
board of our good -.Niagara, Song and
. jest, pun and repartee I flow. around pro-
fusely as we. danced - Oser the glancing
waters, and a happier, jollier company it
would be impossible 'to conceive. When
it. ispossiblefor business andprofessional
men to break away for a brief time from
the trammels Of business and ita, many
caring etching cares; how mu?kbet(er it
is to strike out on it voyage of several
days duration. -through our vast inland
sena than to endure the Oust- and turmoil
_of railway trains. • To inch. as have no
more extensive, notion of the world of
waterssurrounding its than. • that derived
from geographiesa irery age such as we
have alluded to is most benefieial, apart
from mereocinsiderationis -of health and_
p• hysical enjoyment. It gives one e more
enlarged view -of those immense pathways
• over which the commerce of a large per -
tion of thecontinent-must ilia its way for
. ages to come, and as, Moment- after.' nio-
ment,the flock of whitl:winge& messengers
. of peace and civilization flit. past, he be-
comes more compretely awareof the extent
to which that commerce • has been devel-
oped_ already:
Nothing of special interest occurred On
Thursday, but early on Friday morning,
_ having posed Thunder Baylight and
Pasqua Isle„ Ave. espled. the low, eincly
Michigan shore 'coining through the lc%
- As WO got into the track , of the vesSell
from Lake- .Michigan, 'numbers of fine
'bircluela ProPe1et4te ke-y- passed is, all
evidently heavily laden with. Western *pre -
duce. so& .Bois Blanc (pronounced
Bobalo) Iiiland.-appeered ahead, and soon
after, the famous Mackinac, an, island. of
• ahoutaine miles in circumference which
. ,
. coraminide the entrance to the narrow
straits uniting Lace Michigan and Huron.
The scenery at thie spot, is of the most
charming description. The *nide, with
-. their bold headlands,-- -ana clark-,green
forests over -looking pure white -shingle
.- wet, bed by viktsr wondrously leautiftil in
itapile: green _purity might vreltforrn
eitefor *is itIPPoil $bnrying-
pIaee
Urea ail:Akin warn* and
Ea -stern side:than on th
Friday night nothing oec
mention beyond an unli
fun, to the manufaetur
one on board devoted hi
heartiness most commexi
next we shall conclude o
delightful trip and make
time lost in endeavoring
of health and spirits for f
Western. , On.
urred worthy 9f
-ited amount
of which every
energies with a
dable. - In our
r account of this
amend for the
lay up a stock
tare use;
THE RICHELIEU' DISASTER.
. .
THE CORONER'S INVESTIGATION.
-
_ After a long and careful investigation
_
the Coroner's Jury 011 th ' case. rendered
their serdict °kW ednesd y Morning last
Several important matt' were elicited
during the investigation, one of which is
the shameful character of the accommoda-
tion provided by the Grani Trunk for the
transport Of emigrants, in this instance
packingthem together infreight and cattle
cars in het summer weather; 500 people
beinc, stowed away in seven cars, with- no
r -on themes and with an insufficientinp-
ply rif water -70 people - being put in
car made to hold 35, no light provided for
night travel; it also -appeared that the
locomotive was not quite. in Order, and not
so subject to control as it should be, and
the driver said he did not knew the read,
and that proper precautions were not
either given or attended to at the, -Beloeil
bridge. The evidence on the whole, We
thipk, is not credikaNe tothe management
of the Grand Trunk; but we have no
doubt an improvement in this respect will
be the result of this investigation.' Sad it
isrliowever,that so manylirs should have
been lost and • so much misery inflicted,
before arousing the Railway. Company. to
greater vigilance and care. The•following
is the -verdict which we t4ike from the
Globe:
, -
"That L- and othercame to their
II deith in conseqnenee ofi having been
"precipitated, on the morning of the 28th
" et Jane last, with a locomotive engine
"and train Ofcars, the. property of the
"' Grand Trunk Railroad Compapy, of
" Canada, into the River Richelieu,
'-‘ through the draWbridge. ON er that river
" at or near Beloeil ;_ that it is the opinion
"of the jury that the said engine and
"train were so preciPitated1y _ the gross
15
"carelessness of William Barney; the
"driver in charge of the engine at the
" time it was SQ precipitated; that it . is
" the opinion of the jury th t the locomo-
" tive foreman at Richmond . displayed a
"want of judgment and eau 'on in patting
"a driver in charge of a t
- •
glory of that good to Him. to whom it is
justly due.. Divine Pro4dence has -called me
ti labor in, another part f his .vineyard, and
I go. for the One purpb of exercising -the
_ -
samis-miniury.0 I 11STO done- among yeti,
viz., to promote the glo of God, the good
of my fellowmen and th plaiting -and -betid-
ing up of the Church,' ich _is the church
of My birth, of_eny hapb 0,01 my judgment_
and (rimy heart, and to eat holy ministry
I have devoted my lifna my sdl. Daring
my labors anions you, I. are Witnesred vdth
edniiration your l'iatient endurance and
complaining self-denial aniidst the metre
trials of life in the bush.
• My Bretheni of the • httrch, • My faithful
friends sad fellow-citize your names will
be ever fragrant to our meinory,tend our
prayers shall daily asee to "Our .Frither
who is in heaven" on ur-behalf.
Live in peace, be of - t e 'same : mind one
towards another and the od of Peace shall
be with you 'Farewell:
I remain ever your f "thful friend;
'• W. -HE BERT-SMYTHE.
.TeeswitMr, July 5th 1
-
ain without
"ascertaining by personal. investigation,
he road and
e further of
for neglect
of tneCompany's rule t stop before
"entering the south end of he bridge has
• alio rem e n -
neglect • of
ee to report
said rate is-
oreover, the
"whether- such driver knew
" signalt ; that the -jury a
" opinion that the almost un
"had ninch to do with th
" timid accident, and that t
" th4guardians of said bri
"the repeated infraction of
"very repfehensible ; that,
"jury are of opinion that the train e'en-
"n-vfying said ethigranti-from Itichmond
" should have been provided with at least
"one additional brakestnen to the one on
"board, and that it was -the duty of the
" conductor to provide such additional
brakeeman and, lastly, the jury are of
"opinion that it would much tend Jo the
"safety ot the travelling public in Canada
"ifthe drawbridge at BeloeL be altogether
abolished."
Presentation at Tee
The fi-iends of Rev. W. if
at his residence7 in, the village
•
•
on Tuesday the 501. ante whe
address !RS ready and a presentation of a
as' made.
water.
Smythe, met'
of Teeswater,-
. _
thg followine
puree containing abouts$20 W
To the Rev.- W. 11.- Snigthei
She Pariilt of the liot. y
Water. . . ..',
REY. AND DEAR SIR)
We address yeti today on theeveof
your departure from among us with feelings
of peotound respect, and 'most tender regard,
and while we cannot find .wo 1d to_
express
. .
qui -high appreciation Of Your services as our
Pastoral adviser, the deep place -pet have
gained in .our hearts andtheOmit:ire and
happiuess we have experienc hi your conn.
pany, as a Christian Minister and a gentle-
man. Let this taken of our -affectionate - re-
gard be 'a proof of -that attachment ---which
Words fail to convey. Think not,, Deer Sir,
that we intend to flatter - you iihen we . amen
!that your.kindnestr and the dee interest :you
have manifested for ter weIfar, have gained
for yoo a place in our esteem nd affection,
thatican never be eradicated . Ifthere is
happiness in the poseeistoe ofthe respect and
'
attachment of those under you charge, rest
happy, bear Sir, for you .he e our heart's
deepest sympathy, our heart's- best wishes for
you and your family, and we can aesure you
that your memory shall live among us as tong
es We ourselves exelst, - . With' many bright
hopes and kind wishes for you welfare, we
subscribe ourselves in love, eh
Francis Shelton'Edward 3ee, . I Church
Benj. Crapper-,_Geo. McDaniel _S Wardens.,
• Minister of
rintty, Tees -
Pe
John
Thomas
George Colvi
John A. Foster
Thomas Fairbairn,
' REP
Beloved'Brethern, Gentle
Citizens.
_ I most cordially thank y
honor yen have done me- by
address, which I liad net conce
either earned or deserved, and
takn Me by surprise. It is'
ia t e same animus in Which It 11 111111411110d
by yea, sad it shall bet ever balmed in my
,merniny • and in my -Vied: 'I * beg' your
acceptance of my easnet_igra Inde for the
cordial peace, confidenceitand good -will you
twig H. School. J. P. P
B. 'Brown, J P. Alex. M
iter, D. -Reeve. Dr
tool. - •„ J
Ja
.Jo
d enu
Id Ross, .T. P:
erntyreaReeve
Becker.
ell_Pinkerton
es EisrMoore.
n tie
ber o others.
AER.(
•
Niew-Yonx, July 13. The United States
steam transport Jno. Ric from Fort Monroe,
baslarrived, - having- on board Gen.- Biddy
Smith and staff
The following vessels a 'after the Florida ;
Ticonderaga, 13 guns; ireassian; 12 guile ;
Iroquois, 9 guns; Monti, lloe9 guns; Mount
Vernon, 8 guns; Inc!, (s '0, 9 guns; Pon-
tiac, 9 gunk; I the Aseu ey, 9 guns, may
get away to -night. By t is time, no. doellt„
the Connecticut, 11 gun Qttiker. City, 11
guns, and other large ate mem, off Wilming-
ton, have also been Bent nt. •
The Herald's .correspo dent gays the ex-
citemeut in Baltimore adiosdescription.
People finding the Bunn leading from the
city blocked up -rushed fo the --Philadelphia
boat." Weinen rushed. fr ritically on- board
leaving husbands and chil a on the dock,
-
and Men hurried on the boat while their
wives and children were reaming and im.
pieties jo be taken on b rd. The prcivost
guard was utterly unable o preserve a sem
elance of order. Trutt 'bythe doeen were
abandoned On the dock. -
The activity at the na
precedent: -Very large e
au immense amount or
warded to pods- oft‘daune
hours. The abundant
Officers, soldiers and marl
yard' re, beyond
mbers of men and
merial - were "foe-.
withiri the last 48
creel -des of fillips,
es, at the- disposal
orthe navy verd, haye bete Wilde. used. .
-
The Electric Nark, ea ' treed by the-Flure
da, is e new -ship of 850 teas' veined at 8175,-
000. She is adruirab'y bdilt for a pirate, and
the pirates say they wdeldInse her for that.
On this trip her,.. speed Wes reduegd three
knots per luau r, -breryinella.er wider a- new
trim. The Florida is ve fast; runiling with
C1111 15 ithots an hour. ,Capt. Graham of
the Electric Spark, kept li ...colors -flying until
:his lady and other pas ngens were in a
panic.
. -
Phlidelphis, July 13. -The E vening Bul:
letin has the following special despatch :
Baltimore, July 12 !too a..7-TriforniatiOri re-
ceived this :morning places Gene, Crook at
Westruinister, Md, movin r south,. ;•and Gen.
Aveill it Frederick- ,
, A -fight occurred on th . railroad yesterday
near Weamitiister, in whi h the Otadederiees
were d iven off with,some loss. . I
A division rhas . move - from :the Relay
[loose to Annapolis Juliet n for the relief of
- Weshington. - , . .
A messenger who get t rough from Wash-
inglou last night says. ou - troops, with the
veterans from New Orlea s can -held the city.
lie thinks the Confedeint . will not attempt
to take it, but having destroyed the mitroad
lain endeavor to retreat outh, by way oi
Edward's Ferry. .
.; Dr. Johnson the inedi 'I:director at Fred.
eick, Arrived at military headquarters this
morninguand gives the to lowing as the re -
it -kilts ot the battle -Of the cinocacy I- Union
loss, killed and left on the field, 121 ; wound
ed and in_ hospital, 190; dinner!' taken, 400
total, 711. Confederate : oss, killed, near
3.00 :-woupded and m hospital at Frederick,
now in our possessien, 330; totel, 130. The
doctor states that the Co federates suffered
badly, in Officers, killed and wounded. .
i There are no indicationsthis • morning of
. any Confederate force large or small', being
within twenty mites of city.
f
i Baltimore, July 13. -There was a general.
eispension of busmeis this afternoon. .
The citizenseurned out largely aud repor-
ted for duty. All- the blic houses were
elated and the city was very quiet: Con-
fidence was restored, and the only anxiety
now is that the enemy ma not escape. from
the Statewithout being du y punished: -
, . .
1 Auguste, Maine, July - 3.-A destructive
fire has been raging on th line of the rail.
road between Whitneyvill and Machiasport,
damaging the road to th extent of about
44,000 and burping over 0.000 of valuable
woodland.
.1 k great fire is also rag' g in Cutler; dinar
ini meals damage. .
Nevi York, July 13.-T it telegraphic lines
re again working throng to Washington.
ust ipprexiat they are emu ied with official.
_ .
Planattini of the De
Itoreine
y in. the, Rebel
ts-
• There is a ream?, as r; ve learned to-dif,
for the apparent slowness' of the movements
ofth.'whale; .for their Isenpeetance from
Raeper's Ferry; and for their having been
seen only in . small bodies The reason is
this:. .
THE 1110110KENT EASIER PO
• ix 1863
The eircumetances atte
am very different from the
last summeir, and far mo
rebels. When Gen. Lee
ment the whole army* of,
between . him and Was
thet, there was a very
chester, and a strong fo
ton. It was, besides, int
his movements flout our, g
as he moved northward,
moved, tee; and kept ou
between the rebelermy an
was necemary for General
whole -army before he cots
capital. In the present i
nd Pillow- ence of Gen. Grant's who
built; the fait that the
hi.", regiment of Union troops
saufHarper's Ferry, by -
dash vale,; and the- der
and his retreat to the exir
o Virginia. gaverGen. Le
to stoma large.
from MA mond to*.the
ammo • but alio_ to
lcnowledgs
being in the 119
defeatthe .nson
it. .`
fo
his ire
red ths.tI
erefore it has
id by me
have uniformly showirtenie d mine dories
our residence emongyea have been .
humblerinstrunsent c f to Put I
! _
Stall live happyin 'that I live
in your*tnemi* ; het- yeti. w111. arcriba the
11 )(ADZ wow- TEAR
ding this invasion
rebel- illusion of
favorable to the
gen that move.
en. Hooker was
gton„, and besides
ng form at Win -
also at !Washing:.
ible to Conceal
nerals e and thus
General. flooket
army .corinantly
Washington.- It
Lee to defeat, our
even threaten our
tance, the prat -
army at Peters
is not a single.
wean Richaioud
y Of the Shenan
of Gen. Hunter
cia 'western limit
the opportunity,
*on of his troops
itasdrish. Valley
o so without the
It, &Rd irithoet its
r of tie ndtoiniegrotion to
vea If.they had knee*
naiteauvers *or *ommitat;
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The tato* if forte. def -:ro burg
**bop,. nptill- the •
erekbladltelnevement .Of 61aa.
• - • e;
:Lee's corpsfroni the south to the north aide wounds, burped and diacolored with powder,.
of the Appomattox river on that, day that led was .sufficiently indicative of their' origin -
Grant to telegraph to .the War Department and reparte_cl the Matter to headquarters and
that a large portion of the enemy h.eil dilate the:delinquents in future are to be put upon
peered from: his immediate:f , nti.' :There is the ekinnish line._ It is onetomary in. ordinary
-pentad of haste, therefore, i ' Lee's wave- Cases to 'Put the patient tinder chloroform;
meat 111 Order that it may be s eccessfel. The but, is a punishment to the coward, the sur.
only thing that could defeat I Getters' Lee's geons now perform the amputation of the
. .
design., so far as Washiegton is i concerned, . wounded fingers withoutany anesthetic."
would be for Gen. Grantto detach half of his ' 4
. '
srmy from. before Peteriburg; nd send it to . if you would see the " Wrinkled front ' of
the defence; of "the 'capital. That,. indeed, "grim Visaged war," visit the hospital after
would secure the safety. of Ws4hisgton. • Buta battKgo. to the _operating table and obseeve
. that very , movement . on Gee: ' Client's part . the delirium of the subject 0 the great finger
,would accomplish for General Lee thefirst of the relentless surgsonsexplores his bleeding_
and great object which he haaih vlew,namely,. Bide. ' But the poor sufferer is all etwoncions
the safety Of Richmond;. for -a - one half of for a surgeon with a towel saturated with
Gepw Grant's army leaves P tetsburg3 the ether, and folded cone shape, stands at hie
.
rest will have to follow. : ' head, -and while be _closelywatches the beat
ing of thepulse. applies the blessed neutral-
izer of pain as he deems necesseay: Some-
times the subject lies' passive under, the
severest okeration, and at ether times he im-
agines himself on the battle -field. He
curses, eaves, cannier, the enemy with Coward-
ice, and dares bim come oe, until, his -physical
energies exhausted, he smka -into A eked
tingency, it sleep and awakes to find his wound dressed, -
dee to wait and himself lyingereak and nerveless side by
which he side with Score' of others in the hospital tent.
assembled Here is an officer whose -case the surgeon
'what he is says at a glance is beyond the reach disk'''.
He was shot through the head.-,hya sharp-
stirioter ; a, entail globe of 'quivering brains
protrudes from the wonnd, and the convulsive
gasp' at Tong intervals, ehow that the poor
sufferer is feet approaching "the sleep that
knows no Waking.! And yet the surgeon
lays be may live in that condition twelvs.
hones: longer. Such eases frequently occur.
Return to the ,hotpitalia the moraing, * The
attendant* are bringing out those.. who died
during the night, - and laiing, them wrapped
in their blankets, in a shed, outside the he -Ri-
pka], preparatory to burial. Go count the
little headboards made from cracker hone,
and standing in rows over the graves of the
dead under yonder trees. Perchance the
form of some acquaintance �r eoldier fliend
*hese Warm hand you grasped brit yesterday
they rest beneath one of these unpretending
headstones.-Letterfront Petersburg.:
. ... - . • - - ,. ,
GENERAL LER -EXP. Will TER SI GE 'OF 1110111 .•
MOND PO ',BE RAISE .
' • Gerrie* Lee expects, indeed, that this will
illtinattelybodone be General Grant it is,
in fact, Jost what he wishes and desires Gen.
Grant to de: . But before he does -ear or in
order to induce hint-ta do kir or in order to
geard against any unforeseea. co
ii necessary for the rebel -comma
Until the Whole of the force.. iti
:intends to operate shaft have :bee
on the Potoinse river, - - This is
:doing now. - . -.
:_._ _ _ _.
AN IMMENSE -OOP--.0F. WHEAT
•. ' BEING TRANSPORTED TQ mos-
va.sx, , ,
. ' In my letter Of july 1; -II. s ke .of the
luxuriant Wheat -crop in, Virginia. - The
r'wheat fieldsinall the counties �f Virginia
. west of, the Blue Ridge, and . in the CuinT.
berland.Valley;which, in 'rennsylvania,
is the Continuation ,of .4e. Shenandoah
Valley in Virginia; . are Of iMmOnSe ex-
tent, and the crop, of this ye , r exceeded
all expectation- in to abunda ce and ex-,
- cellent quality Of its yield. ::,. ' Virginia
the Wheat harvest winizfori the most .part
over when this .mOVeinent n . :In
Pennsylvania the *Wet was ju t ready to.
he eut, and has been left, stand ng in the
.fields by the frightened.farmer who have
fled in terror minas the Stine anariker-
Thel;colleetion Of this .harv t,, ;audits
'transportation to Ric mood, i n by an
atmy Of thirty thonsa d Men,- ill require
much time. But it is.now i full pro -
great, and that it willbe done . uCcessfinlY_
there 'is no reason to doubt . nd it Gen._
-Idea - accomplishes by his nort ern move-
ment nothing- .more than this,: nd the im-
pressment or -five thousand 7 he Sea for; his
Cavalry„ the ' movement will pa him Well.
. Was there not sagacity ,enou at. Wash-
ington to foresee and to provi e for Sikh
i n attempt? Or was it fore ea and net
provided for because,- in order • defeat it,
• lie plan of General Merilallan for the pia-
tectkin of Washington and th. prevention:
Of raids up the Shenandoah V hey; *Mild
have had to be folloived17 :
T . , 7 ;
! When these preliMinary mo Went* are
i
accomplished, therefore and w en General'
Lee's troops are .all OS Mbled , bathe Po-
tomac, then, unless a part of 't rantisarMy
has by that time- airided at ashingten,
the rebel General will begin h- areal Move-
ment against the capital. -
1 The - evaeaatimi of Frede iickby our.
forcee'.inder Gen; Wallace was A Military
:ilecesaity. He was /Miran d .there on
all -Bidet, and if he had reniai is'' -ii there an
hour longer, his whole dem!' and would -
have had to cat theirtway . :4. rough 'en
overwhelthire, force of the cite
... .
PARTICULARS OF .;T
. • CACY_ FiGHT::
-,...The correspondent - of . th New York
• Tintes sends the ffiltowi n 0. , par iculars from -Baltimore,. on Sunday at p m :.--
?': After evecnating - Frederi It.,, . General
. ,
'Wallace 'Withdrew his forcesi ti this eide
Of the BlonocaOyatinction,-pr teetin„a: the
railroad and Baltlinore 1 Pike. - 'Ricketts'
division was posted to the left of the rail-
road, - on Buckey'ttoWn' road . Wallace's
,
remaining forces, including th' the hun-
dred -day Wen, to the right of , , p- railroad.
The fiffiong eonneencedbri! ....Yirst Bri-
gade, Ricketts' division,inati g an attack
at about nine o'clock yesterday (Saturday)
morning, on the enemy's dis taunted 'cav-
alry in their -front-,- which ' ere : driven.
back with loss, and some p 7 . nein taken..
The prisoners &ism t that Gen . Lee fit in
command. -, They - also state they had
plenty of infantry. * ict about 11 a. .nr. the
enemy succeeded in getting t • eir infantry'
up, and developed e strong lin in front -of.
, . ..,..„....
Rielcettal division ,f and imm lately: tom- -MIAS Editor7ollAt London Neuutwy _
- . •
Unwed advancing to the at ck,_ After T As tw-c. eori,e4,0-- ide•uti or your jourisH: is
fighting . for nearly an hear they were giving their version .0f. the fight betwaeu tita
driven back, and recovering . ..ti after ad,!..--: Alabama and the gear/aro, have derignet-
ranted his line: It lel'. 'state that : the ed my Metre* the -:eiscape or r.tript_Sennmee
rebel force ill.411 view of Ric We' :front; and *portion of the Crew'tif the *Aitken ship
Qiit tvieinteerlwanaaregil*Mieisentsth.afitriglie tli-°iisand' ' as the
with the affirmed that my yacht the Deerhound, tnes
"dishoriorable," and have moreover
greatest gallantry, butWere,, ' .iy. pencil ,,to ei thebarbout ef, Cheteeerg have the .ett.
dead in. the -eiiemrtv hands, ' the tawny :element, and proceeded thence on the itiorn-
in of the Ingazenient in -,'order to .asaist the
"give way, leaving our badly W undid and
having flanked .. our position o the leftlkind,neniAtabamak Prfate=it't71. tteilmiall).111"uIullirtY
Ricketti had no , artillery eice t Alexaii-;• to repudiate the imputation-attli LOP, _°•rithe
der's-battery. .' The force - On t e railroad aelitoP- - net' admit (bit when ilie Ala=
irdullectabtervlosidly4aistrison. pasbeaheaerovii!rs:ir.iuse, srotoelrit eat:odes-nap.. tiiirTini,i;.1".7.:irenit:',Eid. °F01.4,:icitliLd.:::ittule:betrietit_hwieelilevnetlie4741Cedis, ,werior;
:tsar as .T can obtisin7 fioni aitt?re tfirourc.e7 ,Jyrlie:leghe'irtvelrete4pebUcttedth,013 bleamittlythliistriot !qr.;
Will:not exceed One thOusanc; Inc • dim lois- or, in other word, that • I put myself Ander
Bing. - Our forces - destroyedi , wooden el; eeeetheee eicept wiestreei and pineal,
bridge over the Baltimore Pike On . lir retreat , yacht At ja disposal forthe enotnro 'of. *
: at Iconrovia and , Newmarket. :0 ,IY-- IC...re..W poor fellows who were strigeling to. the water
of theennwft. envitt*ere in.ntir Itra thaw for "their Urea. . The fad it that wheel ins
, infantryelureaing slowly. Their to number posed the Keeteeciete the tepee craw °eel
are reported at abOitt. ;PSIV'but some of "For Gedliaelie do whet you am to -save
their prisonera lay .there Win a 1 rge-_:force them fr and that -wis my warrant for interfer;
grouting eem.e. point on the Po* to join ing in anyway for theaktendluccour elf US
their column near Frederiek. It w replied. \enemies. It may be * guano/Z-1'1th south
:Colonel Settat4 ..6,10 1.0 4'44 ' but :t _te .r-, he,i; 'whether/ without Oat ant, I . should
:"Gufiefnthemet S' leers' IMilla '----conip' rie n'' -g - three have been
uyjagsbetifieraarcil lot nde1410174114aget, -beti°
hundred Waggons, with a large • tuber Or balmy OW11 Ophikiiiiitthit*ISER 401111113giii
*OS* Tolittlef *CI ,arrived.hete4,* tertooit,
in: Wet i : •--- .- ..= 'e
Thi‘e adhere Central Itailreadi ' repotted
to be iii great -drulget
Baltinearehae been 18 an exc.' . state to-
day. The belle have been; ringing all morn-
ing, callingtogethithe military and re'natioitiotiserz.
- Arrival of the "Aiistrilitinan.",
'SAwnit lloo,n, July 13,- 2;i5 P.
.The steamship Australasian, from
Liver-
pool on the 2nd hist., via Queenstown on
the 3rd, - has pegged this point. There
had.been no fighting in Denmark siege the
capture_ of Alsen. The itetenship Da -
musette, from Quebec, mired Out on 112e
2nd hitt. Consols closed on the evening
of the 1st inst. • at 90f for money; The
hellion :in thet_bank of England has dc -
creased £ 1 2 1,000. LivzitrooL, Satur-
day evening-Breadstuffs firm. Provi-
sions firm. 7LoN,Doigi Saturday evening. -
Consols -closed at 94 to 94 for money„
,
LATEST. '
London, July .-Console, after official
heirs yesterday, closed at 90 to 94.-
blarkets generallye:closed quiet. 1 A CAL
net Council was held yesterday, even.ng.
The meeting at Lord Salisbury's on Mon-
day .mohaing, will,it is- said,be poniposed of.
membert of Ithe House of Lords. The,
will -decide en the adorn tole adopted in
regard to the Danish question and the
"vote of censure... Jutland.has been placed
ander Prussian administration. The loss of
the Danes atJa.lsen was 2,50Crto apoo, -niciat-
ly in killed, including Br officers. Mi. New-
gate will offer another intendment to the vote
of ceusure, namely, England ,ought to
patentee the Independence oi Denmark, and
the' integrity of her possessions. The steamer
Arabia, for Liverpool to-dayr card. d out 851,
601 in specie The London Times of to day
argues from le Chines news . that affairs in
Virginia- are again unpremising.. to Gen.
Grant, but accords to him a certain admire.
Lion for suck stubborn and invincible reedit
tion 'este displays. . Liverpeolz.Jaly 1.A. M.
Mr. Dayton, the American Minister, hes been
feasting the captain, and officers of the 'Hear-
s:x.0. - •
A letter the independence Belga says
that two days :titer the defeat of the Alabama
an iron -plated .vessel, built at Bordeaux, la
there witlithe view of succeeding the Ala-
bama and avenging ter destruction. The
British government were prosecuting another
man in Liverpool. for enlisting meek, serve
on Confederate cildiers. Some explanatiens
have been given as 'to the cbneentration,..of
troops at Montreal and ,Qtiebee, and the mill -
tory authorities ‘ender consideration the
fortifications at Quebec.
The holy alliance between ituesia;Austritt
and Prussia has been consummated. - •
4
......._____
and landed there, oi- than the Mayor of South,
empoe was when they were lodging in that
City' br than the Blitiah -Government is
now that it lir known that they. are soinewlee
in Eriglapd.. .
Your other correspondent says that Cap.
tain Winslow declares that "the mason Ise
did not puttee the Deerhoued or Ere's* her
was that he 'u1d not believe al Ilea time that
any One carryiflg the flayed_ the Royal Yacht
Squadron co act mrdisbmoutWe apart
as to early off ihe prisoners whets he had
requested him to SIVE from motives of hu-
• manity:" I,was not aware thee, and Ism
not -aware now, thm the men whotn I saved
were or ever hid been his prisoners Wheth.
er any of- the -circumstances which had pre,
ceded the sinkingof the Alabama contained
them prisoners was it question thatueeer came
under. my consideration, and one which I saw
not disposed to .discues even now. I can only
say that it is new doctrine to, me that when
One alutt -sinks another in Warfare the Crew of
the snakier ship are debarred from swimming
for their lives and -.seeking refs*, wherever
they can find is and is a doctrine vrhiCh I
"Shall net accept unless backed by better 1411*-
thority than that of the master of the Ear;
sargel- • • '" Thi fact is that
if the captain and crew of the Alabama had
depended for safety altogether upon Captain,-
Winelow, not one half of them would ham
been:raved; He got quite as -mint of them
as be could` lay hold of little enough to deliver,
there from drowning. . -
• I Come now to .the more definite Charges
i.dvanced by Your correspondent% and -these •
I will semi dispose of. ' They maintain that
myyact was 1II`the harbor of Cherbourg for
the purpose . of assisting the Alabama, and
thet her movements before the action .peou
that she attended ber for the seine etleict.-
My impresuoa is that the yacht was IS Cher-
bourg tomtit my convenience and pleasure,
and I en. quite sure that when there I neither;
did, nor tatendedie -do, anything to some the '
Alabania. - We itee.Med out . on - Sandy
morning to see the engagement, and Om reso-
lution to do so was the Iseult of a featly
council whereat the question "to go out,"
or "not go out," was fluty diricuseed, and the
-decision m the affirmative was carried_ by tho
juveniles, rather against the wish of both !la
self -and wife. Had I contemplated taking
any part in the movements of the Alabama,
I do not think I should have been acemmean-
ied with my wife and. several young Children.
Another ot your correspondents declares
tbat-siuce the affait has been discovered that
-the Deer/lewd WASS consort of the Mama,
end on the night before had received many
Valuable articles for :--safekeeping front 'that
vessel.- Before the engagement iseitherInor
any of amy family had any know of or
communication with either Captain
any of her officers, or any of his crew. Af.er
the fight wmover -the -drowning nom picked
up, and the .Dedisound steaming away to .
1 Soniliamptea, some of the officers that .had
-been myed begin' to expreu,. their acknow-
ledgments for my services, and my reply to
'Ahem, Which was addressed to -all'who Mood
around, waee---"Gentlemen,- you hare WO
need to ,give me anyepecial thanks. talseuld
have done exactly the same forthe other peo-
ple if theyhad needed it." Thistmesch
would here been A needless, and bawd -sash,
surd plea of hypocrisy, if there had bees any
league or -alliance between the Aktbasui and
the Deerhound. Tam, kc., '
' JOHN LANCASTER.
Hindley Hall, Wigan, June 27, 1864.-
'. Confederate Vessels an, l'innent. .
DEPARTRE OP PRI TERN,.
• The steam vessel Yedde, Baia the taros- •
de, -which has just hoen 'constructed in the
building yard of M. Armen of Ala city (Bore
dearer) and which supposed to belemg to
the Confederate Government, left the road-
stead yesterday morning. She had made a
trial trip on Monday last, and. cascpleted bee
. iireparations on the following -dap - The.
, Yeddo meadures 682 tone, and has A crew
[entirely French] of 65 men. She is coat -
• mantled by Captain.Pater, whole a iatkelsi
Prance also, and was for a lone time menet
. of vessels deloaging to Berdestik. She is
freighted with different kinds of goods, mid
dispatched by V. Armen himself, thregh
Causse,iliip broker. The Yeddo m hosed
wr..Ainsterdam; but everything *oncoming
,her departure, and the object and aim of be.
voyage, remained profound mystery. To
t the last moment the freighters, officers and
seamen maintained an absolute SUDO* total
the puttees put loth.=
_
Shocking erne/Joe on board sit Amt-
. .
, lean Ships
(From the Landon Thoter, Juns
-On Friday, the- chief, secoid and Writ
mates of ple .Ainerican Alsip Albatross WM
charged under a warrant atthe Newport pp.
lice court, with a brutal assault on one -of t be
crew,. DIM named Peterson. Prows the
statement of the complainant and other sea-
men on bread it WOMB that the Ismail mew
duct of the ptisonere lied media ia three ef
the wseamen being lamed; another sealoso
was thrown overboard and suspended
rope for about 11311A3 IMAM wee
wounded in the leg, the wound beiag after'
wardsadive With maggoty and another had
one side ot kis lead and whiskers Awed, sad
was thus kept to be laughed at by his perste
eaten. It transpired that'll this cruelty was
perpetrated at sea, alai the time was not,
therefore, within the jurisdictieseof tits issock.
The prisoners were therefore, disob.rgsd,
bet the seamen were advised' to appy fey /*-
drat to lir. Kapp, the American! tftoed.
low
DEFENCE OF .1! EIE DE,44110111CD,
MR. LANCASTER'S LETTER OF _ EX-
PLANATION.
• ;.7
la accordance with the prod&
Governor mid -Mayor or the cite.
responded in great numbeinr, and
*tiny *tined and *quipped.
authorities hove _indeed air the
riveter horses in thecity for the
*ea -
7 bus
military
lc and
in the
An army $swssp�Ddnt - erthe_w York
!braid sky's: ithin the past w k I have
iieeaTeolik tin or tnr.lvm 'meg of.
lotion by soldiers desirous of mitt to the
ear. These cowards shoot t
through the Land,selecting ge ly the
.1104 gager Olin right ItoteAlind then ' g9
hack * ttfir krapital it lapel* lint to
lVashiegtou tits' rrcnadel. he tor.
Leone hist ireficed the recurring tummy
rtliegi cases " tbs;-'eallr!ietfr'
1
CONCEAL
the open set cannot be regarded RS 11D OM*/
atthe ,time to anybody, and *therefore en-
titled to theamistance of any panel:bp Be -
this es it May, 1 had the earnest requeat.
CaptWinalow foresee's- as Many of the mea
01,
tionwho to
de were olnento
iatireitthewthathateimraiiI.hootispotooneuldid.geliTortichooldthe
eitt i
that request WaIrmbt coupled withanystimila,
Affei j elimild lave declined theita,
Mum I should have deemed it diehononrable
-.;-that is, -`iaconsistint with fly notionii of
honour -AO yticlatamd cretrfer tie
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droyam& only to..!ang t.** -nyer ,to their,
111. logok4ig4tr lot 149-9,07 Villt **wig
and his friends, 1 bare bean educated m the
Abu* ha Engruktlini-
tPI; ape I an,
to noble evia now
to,
der
on
dirt on
lbavmek wautto incite
ist)i-draighlg"rdrouning- swithil 41164 ""rd
thisweek the
aged 21" years, _ by tin us* of
Skinner, which occured at Port Robiasoit me
the night of IL* 22 inst. The deeeiced
was an orphan, ask had hew links with
Issas Fes,, -tired Sehieece, Smog the leek
five evaX" years. _ Oa, the. lotosoli' 414 40 lit
ibm amend to he in her weal pod Intel*
:comIaiaisg oily of ;matins* talerSee_ t,
itotoinirresuinithen""derneld:errlirsalligio.,,mxtto"hkamiftstorsiesmoreinnandWaiiiiistsabsinwaii:i..:
sermisee as to her eithaely eat; ea think,
*were firmly aeiption teat wmay teUlan
thet the unfortipately girl _ asiailie.
Her fatsersraeforrianyyssre a very reppeet.-
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dointeard-ceeree, ant ere Ic.g he wee etc
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architecture.'Ben
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13halispeare, and *
who was associated
tion antes fitneifel 3
before he WM a MO
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"Drink to me eittli
Res Ince a loose
• worki. James
• of running away to
• Canoe, was apprise
shopkeeper, who, he
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his mdenteues.
pie, enacted with
Stanfield, R. A., wet
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both mistook their r
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right paths.
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way:at first, Andean
David Reber% R. A
Jodi* his present 4311
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with*. brush haw
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, Washington arsea4,,
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peril by * singule
vans lady la awns
halm this day she
to talk ; and for tee
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brewer who h• ad *OE
to) peers whealla• il
yes:* vety - revise
•milt tole come&
*He that aseirell
able alenill esp._ _Lee
hut fat labor fj
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