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nieces other fresh troops were immediately marched wounded and prisoners in their hands, thus evinc- 
forward lo fill their places. They seemed to disre- ing a great disinclination at permitting McClellan 
bore down most bravely and determinedly on our pieces, other fresh troops were immediate.y marcneu 
E, and tWs conflict was the most severely con- forward to fill their places. They seemed to dine- 
tested of the whole; but when the bayonet was gard the lives of their men. and held them under 
brought to bear they fell back, and were pressed the hottest fire of our artillery. The cm ■ y a , 
toward Richmond fully a mile beyond our original been driven back in every tight for the last three 
J dayR . Our troops are in fine spirits, and never so 
1D AKain, for the fourth time, General Torter fell anxious to fight as now. Most of our wounded 
back to his first position, when an order was received express a desire to recover speedily so they may 
from General McClellan to continue his retrograde return to their regiments. 
movement slowly and ,n order. So *oon as it be- The army is now encamped on high rolling 
came apparent to the enemy that it was the purpose ground, on the banks of the James River, fift 
of General Porter to retire, the enemy again pushed miles from Richmond. The transports ate a nay 
forward most boldly and bravely, when their ad- unloading supplies at the wharves. 1 he Com man d- 
viince was checked by the entire reserve force, con- ing General feels confident of successfully meeting 
to obtain any inkling, however obscure, of their real 
condition since the terminaiion of the battles. 
A letter to the New York Tribune, dated Fortress 
Monroe, 5th, says: Beyond a few skirmishes, in 
which our troops gained the advantage, nothing has 
occurred in the neighborhood of Richmond since 
my last The rebel army appears to have fallen 
back toward the city, and Gen. McClellan is now in 
a position well entrenched. 
The apprehension that the rebels would stretch 
themselves down the Peninsula, and possibly at- 
sisting of the New York 5th, Lieutenani-yoionei 
Duryea, the New York 10th, Colonel Bcndix, and 
two other regiments, under command ol Colonel 
Warren, Acting-Brigadier-General, and the entire 
force of regulars under Major-General Sykes. This 
fresh force held the enemy in check while the force 
which had previously borne the brunt of the battle 
moved steadily back and in good order, carrying 
with them their wounded and dead. 
The enemy made a fierce attack on the reserve, 
but cannon were posted at various points of the 
route by which they were retiring toward the Chick- 
ahominy, which occasionally poured in shot and 
Bhell upon them, and checked their movements and 
enabled the troops to move back iti the most admira¬ 
ble manner. At one time, in this retrograde move- 
received from Beauregard and Jackson gave them a 
force double that of the army of the Potomac, and 
many of the prisoners taken during the battles 
belong to Beauregard's army. 
Advices from the army up to the night of the 4th 
inst.. have been received in Washington, and indi¬ 
cate that all is quiet and the army in excellent 
spirits: 
The following address has been issued by the 
Commanding General: 
Hkapquartebs Alt MV or the Potomac, July 4, 1862. 
Soldiers of the Army of the Potomac: — Your 
achievement's of the last ten days have illustrated 
the valor and endurance of the American soldier 
attacked by superior forces, and without hope ot 
re-enforcenients. You have succeeded in changing 
ble manner. At one time, in uus retrograue move- atlaC ) te( j i, v superior lorces, ami w itnqut nope oi 
ment the reserve i'orco charged on the enemy with re-enforcenient>. Yon have succeeded in changing 
the bayonet and drove them back nearly a mile In ^^re^de^asfhemns/b^ardou^ of military 
this charge the gallant New 1 ork l lfth and Colonel cx -] lVn ,!; you have saved all your material, all 
Bendix’s New York Tenth drew forth the plaudits y 01)r (rains, and all your guns, except a few lost in 
Bendix’s New York Tenth drew forth the plaudits your trains, and all your guns, except a few lost in 
of the arrnv bv their steadiness and bravery, in battle, taking in return guns and colors from the 
oi tne army, uy meir swwuuck ^ „_ em i n Pon ynur march you have been assailed 
which they, however, lost about a hundred at their Jav, with desperate fury, by rnen of the 
. i. . J * Mn/moL'dMf tr» lunrfA nn • . _ . .....i . _ I »•, .11«-» mmaa il »n/l 
numbers, whose bodies It was necessary to leave on 
the field. Cheers went up along onr whole lines at 
this gallant repulse, which was at three o’clock in 
the afternoon, and the enemy did not again renew 
the attack during the balance of the evening, but 
,-ame race and nation, skillfully massed and led. 
Under every disadvantage ol number, and necessa¬ 
rily of position also, you have in every conflict 
beaten back your foes with enormous slaughter. 
Your conduct ranks you among ibe celebrated 
armies of history. No one will now question that 
EU O Uhl UV ih ..... * ---- - - *—< t Ul UI'VI.’ V — • - • ^ . • , * 
turned theircoliimnn a... toward .Lo Whit* WM'X Lav’o 
Which seemed to be the haven ot all their hopes. vpac j ie( j the new base, complete in organization, and 
which seemed to be the haven ot all their hopes. 
The division of the enemy dispatched in this direc¬ 
tion was estimated at from twenty to thirty thous¬ 
and, cavalry, artillery, and infantry. They started 
down at three o'clock on Friday afternoon. 
Last of the White House,— On Saturday morn¬ 
ing the work of evacuation at the IV hite House had 
been nearly completed, and although there was still 
a number of vessels before the landing, there was an 
abundance of steamers in readiness to move off with 
them at any moment 
The following is an account of the battles fought 
in front of Richmond on Sunday, Monday, and Tues¬ 
day, being the 5th, 6th, and 7th ol‘ the engagement: 
On Sunday morning the corps of feenerals 
Sumner and Franklin were left in the works at 
Fair Oaks, with instructions to evacuate and pro¬ 
tect the baggage and supply trains on their way to 
James River. They had hardly left their position, 
and were falling back on the railroad and Williams¬ 
burg turnpike, when the rebels discovered the move¬ 
ment and immediately started in pursuit with their 
whole force. So rapidly did the rebels approach 
that our officers had barely time to place their men 
in position to receive them before they were upon 
them. The enemy advanced to the attack about 
two o’clock, and were promptly met by our men. 
The battle lasted until dark, during which the 
enemy suffered terribly, advancing in solid mass to 
within a short distance of our artillery. The effect 
of our guns upon their ranks was tearful, killing and 
wounding them by hundreds. At dark the enemy 
were repulsed, and forced to abandon their position. 
This battle took place about a mile and a half above 
Savage Station. 
While this battle was in progress other important 
events were transpiring, The railroad bridge across 
the Chickabominy was burned, and a train of twelve 
cars, under a toll head of stearn, was run overboard. 
All the Coramississary and Quartermaster’s stores 
unable to be removed were committed to the flames, 
together with a large amount of ordnance stores. 
The large house at the station and the adjoiuiog 
grounds, which were filled with our sick and 
wounded, whom it was impossible to get away, 
were left under the care of our surgeons, with all 
the necessaries at hand for their comfort. They 
unimpaired in spirit. . 
Tb*' enemy may at any lime attack you. 
We are 
Yesterday our pickets advanced four or five miles 
from the river, and saw no enemy, who seemed to 
have disappeared mysteriously. It is suggested 
that Gen. Pope will see them next. 
Gen. McClellan has advanced his lines down to 
the Chickahominy, and no fours are now entertained 
of a flank movement in that direction- By noon 
to-day Gen. McClellan expected to have his posi¬ 
tion so fortified as to be able to bid defiance to the 
enemy in any shape that he might choose to come. 
An army letter to Ihe Herald states that rebel 
prisoners say long before the evacuation of Corinth, 
troops from Beauregard’s army began to arrive at 
Richmond, and continued to arrive steadily until 
that event took place, by which time 50,000 had 
arrived; and that subsequent to the evacuation 
25,000 more arrived from Corinth; and these 75.000 
are the flower of Beauregard’B army. The whole 
number of troops at Richmond amounts to 200.000. 
I infer from what their officers say, that the eight 
forts, or earthworks, on the north and cast of Rich¬ 
mond. are not of any great strength. They rely 
mainly for the defense of the city upon Fort Dar¬ 
ling. the obstructions and batteries in the James 
River, and upon the fighting of their troops. They 
declare it an utter impossibility for the Union army 
to lake Richmond, either by land or water—by 
land; on account of the number of troops, and by 
water, on account of the defenses of James River. 
Department of tlie West. 
The Memphis Avalanche ot June 30 has an 
editorial based upon information from well-informed 
men in the South, stating that a new programme 
has been determined on by the Southern leaders, 
who, nothing absorbed by the past discomfitures, 
are preparing themselves for a tremendous efl'ort. 
They consider that the territory recently given up 
has weakened the North and correspondingly 
strengthened the South. They expect to hold 
Richmond and Virginia, but if they are forced to 
yield them, they have no idea of giving up, but will 
fight till the last; but when they can fight no longer, 
instead of surrendering and having their property 
entire fleet on the town, and continued an hour. 
The next morning at 4 o’clock, the bombardment 
was resumed, during which eight of Farragut’s ves¬ 
sels passed the batteries without serious damage. 
The city must have been damaged greatly. Con¬ 
flagrations were seen in numerous places. 
The Grenada (Miss.) Appeal of the 27th says 
every preparation that military science could sug¬ 
gest has been made at Vicksburg, and that city will 
be defended to the last. 
Gen. Schofield, commanding the Federal forces in 
Missouri, has issued an order holding the rebels and 
rebel sympathizers responsible in tbeir property, 
and if need be m their persons, for damages hereafter 
committed by guerrillas in their State. For every 
soldier or citizen killed $5,000 will be exacted, from 
$1,000 to $5 000 for every one wounded, and the full 
value for all property destroyed by guerrillas will 
be assessed and collected from the class of persons 
above mentioned residing in the vicinity ol the place 
where the acts were committed. The sums thus 
collected will be paid to the legal heirs ol the soldier 
or citizen thus killed or the person wounded, or the 
rightful owner of the property destroyed or stolen. 
This order is very stringent, and abundant machin¬ 
ery is provided to carry it into effect. 
A reconstruction of the gunboat Essex, which was 
disabled at Fort Henry last winter, is just completed. 
She made her trial trip at St. Louis on the 28th ult., 
proving a success in every respect. Her machinery 
is placed below the water line, her casemates are 
raised from 6 to 7 j feet high, and she has been thor¬ 
oughly repaired throughout. Her officers claim that 
she will be more effective and durable than any 
other boat built in the West. Her armament con¬ 
sists of three 9-inch and one 10-inch Dahlgren 
guns, shell guns, two 50-ponnder rifle Dahlgren 
guns, one large 32-pounder, and one 24-pounder 
boat howitzer. She is commanded by Captain W. 
D. Porter, and was to leave for the South immedi¬ 
ately. _ 
AFFAIRS 
WASHINGTON. 
prepared to meet them. I have personally estate water, on account ot the iletenses oi James River, 
fished your lines, Let them come, and we will 
convert their repulse into a final defeat Your Department of the West, 
Tub Memphis X has an 
we declare to our foes, who are rebels against the editorial based upon information from well-informed 
best interests of mankind, that this army snail enter mftn ; n u, e South, stating that a uew programme 
NntioSi'tottaonrtaTi p^’S \$h X »■» l**n dct.ra.ii.ed on bj.Lo Swlhem leader. 
Union, which can alone insure internal peace and who, nothing absorbed by the past discomfitures, 
external security to each State, shall be preserved, are preparing themselves for a tremendous efl'ort. 
cost what it may, in time, treasure, and blood. They consider that the territory recently given up 
U Lh has weakened the North and correspondingly 
From the telegraph this (Tuesday) morning, we B trengtheued the South. They expect to hold 
gather the following additional items: Richmond and Virginia, but if they are forced to 
Com. Wilkes has been ordered to the command of yield lliemi they have no idea ol' giving up, but will 
the flotilla in James River. figbt t jn t j, e j^. j )U t when they can fight no longer. 
The New York Tribune says, we have from our j natead 0 f surrendering and having tbeir property 
special, details of the battle of Tuesday, not hereto- con fig Ca t(,<j 5 an d themselves disfranchised, they will 
fore reported at length. mu fe e a direct proposition to France and England, 
The light was very severe, and extended all along to p ecomt . a colony or appendage. If this alterna- 
the line. We lost many officers and men. but t - ve j 8 f orc0( j U p 0Q (hem, they will strive to become 
repeatedly drove the rebels back. It was chiefly an eu bj e cte of Napoleon rather than of England. The 
artillery fight, but our men made several splendid 
and successful charges. The enemy were desper¬ 
ate, being purposely made mad with drink, and 
staggered up lo our guns only to be cut down by 
hundreds. 
In the fight of Tuesday, Morell's division suffered 
most The 12th New York, a part of Butterfield’s 
brigade, was nearly annihilated. The 44th New 
York, 83d Pennsylvania, and lGth Massachusetts, 
also suffered severely. 
General Porter's corps were engaged and did 
nobly. 
Hooker’s, or “the fighting division,” worked 
nobly. This division went to the Peninsula 11,000 
strong; now they number less than 5,000 effective 
men. The severest sufferers in the division were 
the Massachusetts 1st, 11th, and 16th. 
Sickles’ brigade also won new laurels. Coming 
in as a reserve just at the right moment, fhey drove 
the rebels back with serious slaughter. 
The Irish brigade of General Meagher w r as also 
prominent in this action, aud so was the Mozart regi¬ 
ment. 
The result, of Tuesday's fight was distinctly in 
The 1’resident, in accordance with the provisions 
of the recent act for the collection of direct taxes in 
the insurrectionary districts, within Ihe United 
States, has issued a proclamation, declaring in what 
States ami parts of States insurrection exists, namely, 
South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Louis¬ 
iana, Texas. Mississippi, Arkansas, Tenuessee, 
North Carolina and Virginia, excepting from the 
last named certain Western counties. Those States 
being now in insurrection and rebellion, and by 
reason thereof the civil authority of the United 
States is so obstructed that the provision of the act 
to provide the increase of revenue from the imports 
to pay interest on the public debts, and for other 
purposes, approved August 5th, 1861, cannot be 
possibly executed ; therefore the taxes legally 
chargeable upon real estate, under the act last afore¬ 
said, lying within States and parts of States, as 
aforesaid, together with a penalty of 50 per cent, of 
said taxes, shall be a lien upon the treaty or lots of 
same, severally charged till paid. 
The fullowwig correspondence between the Presi- 
Avalanche gives the above as almost the certain dent and the Governors of the several States will 
policy of the Confederate leaders, and as Dr. explain itself: 
Faulkes is known to be one of the best informed To the- President:—The. undersigned, Governors 
persons in the South, considerable credit may be of States of the Union, impressed with the belief 
person. (i, a i citizens oi the States which they respectively 
attached to this plan. represent, are of one accord in the hearty desire 
Dispatches from Col. Fitch, dated St Charles, that the recent successes of the Federal arms may 
Ark., which works are still held, set forth that Cur- be followed up by measures which must insure the 
\ • v „„ r"-,tinns nml speedy restoration of the Union; ami believing that 
tm division is at Batesville, on short rations and .1 ^ <jf ^ ; rtAnt rai | ita Vy movements now 
without provender for horses and mules, besides in progress, and the reduced condition of our effeot- 
suflering from sickness. Hindman is menacing him i v e forces in the field, resulting from the usual and 
with a large force, aud unless commissary and other unavoidable casualties of the service, that the time 
. . ., „ , ;n . has arrived for prompt- and vigorous measures to be 
stores can reach bun soou Ins loop. > " adopted by the people in support of the great in ten¬ 
dered incapable of duty by starvation. Regiments ^sts committed to your charge—we respectfully re- 
were called for and transports with provisions and quest, if it meets with your entire approval, that 
provender. Col. Fitch proposes to give his troops you at onc V cu " ll P on several States for such 
1,’ . . 1 * . . . _*L n urn hors ot men as may be required to till up all 
a share of active service, having in view a veiy rhe military organizations now in the field, and add 
important movement upon the enemy. to the armies heretofore organized such additional 
At Helena Ark., there is a band of guerrillas number ot men as may in your judgment be nocos- 
numbering —000, threatening peopi ani j military positions that bare been captured by 
burning and general destruction of property. In our m tniee, and to speedily crush the rebellion that 
consideration of this fact Gen. Grant has iBsued still exists in several of the Southern States, thus 
<m>*« «■*« loy U .'..Mined bjr the govern- "1.1 be“eTb« Z S 
ment, collections shall be made by seizuie ot sum- a j ve moment is near at band, and to that eiid the 
cient amount of personal property from persons in people of the United States are desirous to aid 
the immediate vicinity sympathizing with rebellion, promptly in furnishing all re-en force meats that you 
.__ may deem needful to sustain onr Government. _ 
numbered about 700, and are now In the enemy's I favor of the Union army. The rebels were defeated 
hands. The troops which had fought the battle on in every action, and rebel officers taken prisoners 
Sunday, retreated under cover of the night to White admit the loss of at least 10,000 men during the day. 
Oak Swamp Bridge, a distance of about twelve Our artillery was successfully brought to bear, 
miles, there to await the approach of the enemy. nearly all day, while the rebels did very little exe- 
The disposition of the troops on Monday', the cution with theirs. Our loss was very small when 
sixth day of the battle, was as follows: compared with that of the rebels. The fighting un 
General Smith’s division, supported by General ® ( * es was ul ' ft m0Pt desperate character. As 
Nagle’s brigade, occupied the right of the bridge, * as *' us rebel forces were cut to pieces other 
while General Sumner’s and General Franklin’s ^sh troops were marched forward to fill their 
corps occupied the left. General Heintzelman’s P^es. They appeared to disregard the lives of 
corps with General McCall’s division was out on men ' ^ ie c ' OSfl battle the Union 
the road to meet the enemy, who were approaching droops were in fine spirits, and more anxious than 
from Richmond. ever to ®£ht. 
The enemy came up boldly early in the forenoon, A skirmish took place on Thursday morning, the 
having been heavily re-enforced by the troops who 3d inst., near our left wing, which resulted in the 
had fought the battle of Friday on the opposite side defeat of the rebels. We took 1,000 rebel prisoners 
of the. Chickahominy. At about three o’clock it and three small batteries. Our cavalry then fol- 
became evident that some portion of onr lines must lowed them till they passed beyond White Oak 
give way, as the rebels were constantly throwing Swamp. 
fresh troops into action. Our troops in front of the Great difficulty exists in obtaining the list of 
bridge then fell back to within three miles and a killed in onr late battles, as comparatively few cases 
half of Turkey Island, when the fight was shortly exist where any one can tell whether the missing 
after renewed and continued with the greatest were killed, wounded, or taken prisoners, 
determination on both sides. The loss op Monday For the last two days the rebels have shown but 
was very heavy in each army. During the day all little disposition to fight, and yesterday relinquished 
the cattle and the greater portion of the trains had their grounds and batteries almost without resist- 
safely crossed Turkey Island Bridge. ance. 
The fight, was renewed early on Tnesday morn- A letter to the N. Y. Post confirms the reported 
ing by the rebels, they evidently intending to crush skirmish on Thursday, and the capture of six guns 
wanting to bo taken aboard with their cotton. The 
people everywhere are represented as suffering the 1 
greatest hardships. On an island below White 
river, 2.500 men, -who have fled from conscription, 
are united against their oppressors for protection. 
The following dispatch has been received in 
Washington: 
Corinth, July 6th. 
To Hon, E. M. Stanton :—Official reports are just 
our army. It lasted about three, hours, resulting in 
considerable loss to both sides. The enemy then 
retired, leaving the field to our troops. The rebels 
again advanced at about three o’clock in the after¬ 
noon. in considerable numbers, but retired, after 
and prisoners. Gen. McClellan had removed his 
headquarters, and the army advanced some five 
miles toward Richmond. 
The correspondent of the Philadelphia Inqxdrer 
states that Richmond papers of the 4th acknowledge 
being shelled by the gunboats and artillery for the loss of 30,000 men. though they claim a victory. 
about two hours, without coming near enough for 
musketry to become engaged. The loss of our 
army, during their seven days’ engagement, is not 
known, but 20.000 is considered to be as near an 
estimate as can at present be given in killed, 
wounded, ana missing. Many of those unaccounted 
for may have straggled away through the country, 
and may hereafter return. The loss of the enemy 
in killed must have been very heavy. Far exceeding 
that ol our army. 
The correspondent of the Press, of the same dale, 
reports McClellan pushing rapidly forward, driving 
the enemy at all points. The gunboats accompa¬ 
nied his advance, shelling the woods and scattering 
the enemy, his main forces following in support. 
The Washington Star of the Gth says a distin¬ 
guished general officer of the Potomac was in 
Washington that morning, on his way to visit his 
family, north of that city, nis opportunities for 
learning the extent of the damage received by the 
A later dispatch says:—The most terrible fighting ! enemy in the recent seven days’ battle were, from 
took place Tuesday last, and with most brilliant the nature of his position in the service, perhaps 
success. The rebels were defeated in every action, better than any otter Union officer, lie estimates 
and the rebel prisoners admit the loss of at least the loss in killed und wounded, and otherwise hors 
10.000 that day. Our artillery was most successfully 
brought to bear nearly all day, while the rebels 
have done very little execution with theirs. Our 
loss was very small compared with that of the 
better than any otter Union officer, lie estimates 
the loss in killed and wounded, and otherwise hors 
da combut, at 75,000 men—in other words, that the 
loss was quite hall of the whole ;irmy in and about 
Richmond. They refuse to receive flags of truce 
from McClellan, conveying inquiries relative to the 
rebels. As fast as the rebel forces were cut to I fate of the Union officers and soldiers believed to be 
men, was attacked by parts ot 8 regiments of rebels, 
numbering some 4.700 men, which lie defeated and 
drove back after seven hours’ fighting. 
Our loss was 41 killed, wounded and missing. 
That of the enemy must have been very great, as 
tbev left 65 dead oil the field. 
Particulars will be forwarded by mail. 
I recommend Col. Sheridan for promotion for 
gallant conduct in batt le. 
H. W. IIalleck, Maj.-Gen. Com g. 
From the Vicksburg press of the 27th ult we 
obtain the following: 
Porter's mortar fleet opened on the lower batteries 
at 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon, and ceased at 7. 
They recommenced the bombardment at 5J this 
morning. Our batteries replied with but few shot. 
Our loss was two killed and three wounded. This 
morning it is reported that the Federals are landing 
troops at 'Warrenton. We have no knowledge ol 
the truth of this report, but it corresponds with their 
previous movements. At 1 o’clock to-day 12 trans¬ 
ports carne up, and landed troops at Brown and 
Johnson’s Place on the Louisiana shore. From the 
number of transports cugaged they must have 
landed a large force. 
The ram Monarch arrived at Cairo on the 5th 
inst., bringing news to the 28th of June. The state¬ 
ment is that on Thursday Commodore Porter’s fleet 
commenced lo shell the upper battery, below the 
town, continuing all day without any result. It 
was renewed on Friday, and in the afternoon it was 
directed on the town, over which shells were pluinly 
seen to burst. This continued until 4 o’clock, when 
it ceased. During the Lombardmeut the rebel bat¬ 
teries replied freely. Their tiring was inaccurate. 
One-half hour after the cessation ot the bombard¬ 
ment, the rebel water battery opened on the mortar 
fleet, which replied until the battery ceased firing. 
I At 8 o’clock in the evening fire was opened from the 
Morton. Indiana; David Tod. Ohio: Alex. Ramsey, 
Minnesota: Richard Yates, Illinois; Edward Salo¬ 
mon, Wisconsin: .1. B. Temple, President Military 
Board, Kentucky; Burton, Delaware. 
Kxi.errivK Massiojt, Washington, July 1. 
Gents :—Fully concurring in the wisdom of the 
views expressed to me in so patriotic a manner, by 
you, in the communication of the twenty-eighth day 
of June, 1 have decided to call into service an addi¬ 
tional force of three hundred thousand men. I sug¬ 
gest ami recommend that tne forcosshould be chiefly 
of infantry. The quota of your State tvould be 
- I trust that ihey may’ be enrolled, without 
delay, so as to bring this unnecessary and injurious 
civil war to a speedy aud satisfactory conclusion. 
An order fixing the quotas of the respective States 
will be issued by the War Department to-morrow. 
Aiskaham Lincoln. 
Attorney General Bates having given his opinion 
that the acceptance by the ex-Secretary of War 
Floyd, of drafts drawn upon him by Russel, Major 
& Waddell, now held by Pearce it Bacon, are not 
legal contracts of the United States, that we are 
not legally bound lo pay any on account thereof, 
the claimants, in the memorial to Congress, propose 
to show’ that the Attorney General’s opinion con¬ 
flicts with the statutes, with judicial decisions of the 
Supreme Court, and with long practice of Govern¬ 
ment in the use of acceptances in discharge of the 
obligations of the different departments, and they 
apply for a general recognition of this usage by 
Congress. 
The Department of Agriculture goes into opera¬ 
tion immediately, with Isaac Newton, of Pennsyl¬ 
vania, as Commissioner, and R. C. McCormick, of 
New York, as Chief Clerk. 
The army appropriation bill came up in the Sen¬ 
ate. aud Mr. Hale offered an amendment to that, 
limiting the rank and file to 75ft,0CK). and limiting 
Major-Generals to 40 nnd Brigadier-Generals to 
200. The limitation of 750,000 men was stricken 
ouU Adopted. 
An amendment was adopted appropriating $2,000,- 
000 for the comfort of the sick and wounded sol¬ 
diers, and forwarding them to their homes. 
An ameudment was adopted that all aid-de-camps 
appointed since August, 1801, be referred to the 
Senate for confirmation. 
An amendment was adopted providing $5,000,000 
for the collecting, drilling, and organizing the vol¬ 
unteers. After some further debate, the bill passed. 
LIST OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 
Whitcomb's Horse Hay Rake —J. Pardee. 
Help for the Women — Richardson k Keeler. 
Reapinp and Mowing Machines —J. Rapalje. 
Battle Scenes—Henry B. Anson. 
Fort Edward Institute- Rev. Joseph E. King. 
Inventions and their Kesnlts-ll&i ris Bro.'s 
Strsved or Stolen—H Cronise 
A Beautiful Microscope —K M. Bowen. 
Flat Field Turnip Seed — J. IF Conklin. 
®I)C JTctos Ccntbenecr. 
— Garibaldi is prostrated with rheumatism. 
— Congress has passed an act prohibiting polygamy in Utah. 
— An Arkansas regiment is being raised for the Union army. 
— Mrs. Gen. Scott died at Rome, on the 10th ult, aged 72 
years. 
— Col. Ward, an American, has been created a Mandarin of 
China. 
— The Spanish Government is about to build seven iron 
frigates. 
— The streets of Hamilton, Canada, are now lighted with 
coal oil. 
— The Prince Albert Memorial Fund now amounts to 
$245,000. 
— Twenty-three iron clad vessels are now in process of con¬ 
struction. 
— New York has in the field 121 regiments, 2 battalions, 
and 1.3 batteries. 
— The quinine-yielding Chincona has at length been nat¬ 
uralized in India. 
— Uncle Sam has contracted for one hundred and fifty mil¬ 
lion Minnie rifle bullets. 
— During the year 1861, eleven million gallons of wine 
were consumed in England. 
— Forty-four pieces of artillery were in action at Fair Oaks, 
and 2,756 rounds were tired. 
— The President has approved and signed the Pacific Rail¬ 
road and National Tax bills. 
— ThO sailing navy of France consists of 122 vessels, of 
which 63 are in commission. 
— The Albany Argus says that out of 10,060 blacks in New 
Orleans, 8,000 arc mulattoes. 
— There are hospital accommodations in the city of Wash¬ 
ington for 12.000 sick soldiers. 
— A greater breadth of land has been sowed and planted in 
Maine this year lhau ever before. 
— One of the mills in Lowell, during the past week, sold 
600.000,000 yards of cotton doth. 
— Over a hundred steam propellers are now engaged in 
towing boats on American canals. 
— Mrs. Thompson, of Bristol, Conn., completed her one 
hundred and third year on Sunday week. 
_Some fifteen or twenty officers have been sent home, by 
flag officer Farragut, for habitual drunkenness. 
— Strawberries made their first appearance in the Quebec 
market on Thursday, the 26th ult. Rather late. 
— Ship building is brisk ut Windsor, N. S., but the Ameri¬ 
can war has quite destroyed the plaster business. 
— A bill for the establishment of a State Normal School haB 
passed both Houses of the California Legislature. 
— An extradition treaty, for cases of high crimes, has been 
concluded between the United States and Mexico. 
— In Illinois, hashing the crop of 1801 and planting that of 
1802 were done simultaneously in adjoining fields. 
_A plot for a negro insurrection in Oktibbeha Co., Miss., 
for June 18, was discovered in time to break it up. 
— Some of the factories in Massachusetts and Rhode Island 
whicli have been idle for a long time, are starting up. 
— The New York State loan of $800,000 has been taken at 
10?i percent premium. The bids reached $4,600,000. 
_The London (Eng.) Herald maintains that it is time for 
France and England to take action on American affairs. 
— There are thirty of the blood relations of the late Gen. 
Lvon now fighting l’or the cause iu which he lost his life. 
— In Buffalo, 2.00 inches of rain fell in June. Average 
temperature, 2° colder than June of the previous five years. 
— Senator King stated in the Senate, last week, that our 
whole effective force in the field does not exceed 300,000 men. 
— Grasshoppers have appeared in immense swarms in Colo¬ 
rado Territory, and arc devouring vegetation at a fearful rate. 
— Gen. Butler has already fined a good many rebels, in New 
Orleans, for misconduct. The General understands fine arts. 
— The Empress Eugenie contemplates a visit to Queen 
Victoria. The Emperor is to spend the summer at Vichy, 
— Telegraphic news from Bombay to the 12th ult states 
that the troubles in Afghanistan have been amicably adjusted. 
_Among the novelties on exhibition in London is a “pet¬ 
rified aborigine,” discovered in a stalactite cave in South Aus¬ 
tralia. 
_Though frequently called “ uld Stonewall.” Gen. Jack- 
son, the rebel hero of the Shenandoah valley, is only 37 years 
of age. 
— The fleet of transports and army boats lately removed 
from the Pamunkey to the James river consisted of about 700 
vessels. 
— Upward of 3,000 applications have been received from 
young women wishing to be engaged as waiters to the Loudon 
exhibition. 
— There has been a raid upon the sutlers in Gen. McDow¬ 
ell's corps, by order, to seize and destroy the liquor smuggled 
in by them. 
— The Memphis Committee report northern shipments to 
June 30th : Sugar, 926 hhds.; molasses, 8,117 bhds.; cotton, 
, 7,061 bales. 
— The Salt Company of Syracuse, New York, has advanced 
the price of salt thirteen cents per barrel, to cover the Gov¬ 
ernment tax. 
— The Treasury Note bill passed the House as amended, so 
• as to admit of the issue of $50,000,000 in notes of less value 
I than five dollars. 
‘ — The public land of Texas, for the confiscation of which 
Senator Lane, of Kansas, introduced a bill, is said to amount 
to 100 , 000,000 acres. 
— The Boston Post says the Sultan of Turkey has behaved 
more like a Christum toward us, since the war broke out, than 
any other sovereign. 
— Printing cloths to the amount of 64,000 pieces were sold 
in Providence, R. 1., last. week. The highest price paid was 
seven and a half cents. 
_The exports of breadstuff's from New York to Europe, 
> during the last week, were 533,318 bushels of grain aud 
24,479 barrels of flour. 
_It is asserted that Napoleon has resolved to give sufficient 
- re-enforcements to Mexico to force his way to the capital, 
' against all obstructions. 
3 — Denmark lias sent 200 mechanics to the London Exhibi- 
f tion. to instruct themselves in those parts of industry as yet in 
f their infancy in Denmark. 
— The sales of wheat In Milwaukee, on Thursday week, 
- amounted to 180.000 bushels. The grain was nearly all pw- 
- chased on Eastern account. 
if — A letter from on board the U. S. steamship Mississippi, 
off - New Orleans, states that a load of cotton from the upptr 
Louisiana lia«J reached that city, 
— A tire occurred at Winona, Minnesota, on the mornin^ 
’ of the 6lh inst, which destroyed four blocks of building’- 
' Loss estimated at half a million. 
— Measures are being adopted throughout France, not on!.' 
by the authorities but likewise by the chief landowners, to 
prevent the destruction of small birds. 
— The minutes of the Conference of the Methodist Episco¬ 
pal Church and other official sources, show that there art 
clergymen of that body in the loyal army. 
S — The Sandusky Register states that in about twenty years, 
® during which grapes have been cultivated on Kelley s s a 
there has never been a single failure of a crop. 
0 — One thousand patents for improvements in plows h*"® 
l- been granted since the foundation of the government, 
1- two-thirds of these have been issued since 1847. 
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