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commenced cutting a canal around back of Vicks- endon, expecting there to meet gunboats and trans- 
burg, which will carry the bed of the river ten or ports attached to Colonel Fitch's expedition, with 
fifteen miles east of that sweet little village, thus supplies. Unfortunately Col. Fitch bad left Claren- 
ronderiugit an inland town, and destroying its im- don twenty-four hours before Gen. Curtis’ advance 
portance forever. It is a pity that some such poetic reached there, and had dropped down to St. Charles, 
justice could not be dealt out to Charleston. Gen. Finding this the case, Gen. Curtis determined to 
Grant says he is not going to make his soldiers work leave the river, the military roud to Ilelena afTord- 
the country is swarming ing some chance of obtaining supplies, of which 
his army began to stand in need. 
On the 7th of July, at Bayou DeCache, the ad- 
LIST OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS, 
The T;li> MflflhinG— A La Toiirr^tte, Jr. 
Cldpran i Wins Mill- \V 0 Hiiknk. 
TuiiPrsdls Improved Hnr»e aud Hand Power Hay a 
Presses—Ineersnll A PniurticM v. 
Ononis-ion Mert Iiants- JVaTson A Co. 
Hartnnnmni? anil MoDulcon*—Ma«on Rmtber 1 *. 
Klmini Female Collwro- Rot A. W. Cowles, Pres’t. 
looiiap ' Nursery- M L. Dunlap, 
Valuable Grist and Flotrriny Mill—M. R. Pierce. 
A Sermon lor the Times—Alex. Clark. 
Agents Wanted—J. S. Pardee. 
BPKCIAL NOTICES, 
Drain Tile Machine —A La Tonrrette. Jr., Agent. 
tills hot weather, when 
with able aud willing hands, who can bear the heat 
bo much better. 
Quite a Confession 
are frank enough to admit that the rebel lose in the 
late battles was terrible, comprising many of the 
bestaod bravest officers in the whole army; that the 
valor of our men defeated the plan of the rebels to 
precipitate a force of 200,000 men upon McClellan’s 
army and capture it entire; that our retreat across 
the Chickahominy was managed with consummate 
judgment; and that the rebel army is in danger of 
demoralization, whole divisions having turned their 
backs upon the foe. That will do for once. 
Some editor must hove given up the. ghost in Rich¬ 
mond, within a day or two. We can explain the 
above frank and truthful utterances upon no other 
hypothesis than that they form a part of some re¬ 
pentant rebel’s dying confession. 
“Father’s Chimney.’’ —A few days-since a num¬ 
ber of prisoners of war. who had been released on 
parole, passed over the P. S. ,fc P. Railroad. (Maine,) 
on their way to their homes.. Among the number 
was a blue-eyed, pale-faced boy, not more than 
seventeen, whose shoulders seemed scarcely equal 
to carrying aforty-pound knapsack. For some time 
be had been looking intently out of the car window, 
and suddenly, when the train was approaching Bid- 
delord, he jumped up and with face all aglow and 
eyes sparkling with delight, exclaimed—“Boys, 
there’6 my father's chimney.” As if by a simulta¬ 
neous inspiration, the soldiers all arose aud sang 
“Sweet Dome” with the effect that is sometimes 
produced by these simple notes and simple lines. 
More thau one bearded roan looked out of the win¬ 
dow as an excuse to conceal his tears. 
The Future of the United States.— The To¬ 
ronto Qlobt, after administering a sound rebuke to 
those who in some quarters talk so much twaddle 
about the affairs of the United States, says:—“ The 
safety of the United States is assured by the intelli¬ 
gence both of the army and the nation at large. 
Thoroughly imbued with Democratic ideas, hating 
with bitterest hatred all approach to despotism, aud 
aware ol the importance of keeping their military 
leaders under control, it appears to us as impossible 
for any general, no matter how great the victories 
he-may win, to subdue the American commonwealth 
to his will, as it is for the Duke of Cambridge to de¬ 
throne Queen Victoria and usurp her nlacc. What¬ 
ever trials may be in store for the United States, 
military despotism cannot be counted among them.” 
The Defense of Washington.— A correspond¬ 
ent of the Providence Journal enumerates the fol¬ 
lowing, as a portion of the defenses of Washington: 
—Fort Greble, 15 gunR; Fort Carroll and redoubt, 
24 gun?; Fort Snyder, £ guns; Fort Stanton, 1G 
guns; Fort Ricketts, 4 guns; Fort Good Hope, 4 
gun?; Fort Baker, 7 guns; Fort Davis, G guns; Fort 
Dupont, G guns; Fort Meigs, 10 guns; Fort Maliem, 
8.guns; Fort Lincoln. 12 guns.: Fort Thayer, 4 guns; 
Fort Saratoga, G guns; Fort Bunker Dill, 8 guns; 
Fort Stammer, 8 guns; Fort Tottou and redoubt. Id I 
gains; Fort Slocum, 10 guns; Fort Massachusetts, 10 
guns; Fort 'De Russey, 7 guns; Fort Pennsylvania, 
12 guns; Font Gaines, 4 guns; Fort Ripley, C guns; 
Fort Alexander, 7 guns.; Fort Franklin, G guns; 
Batteries Vermont, 3 guns; Martin Scott, 1 gun; 
Cameron, 2 guns. 
Glorious Old Vermont!— Vermont responds 
eloquently to the call of the President To that 
gallant Siato belongs the honor of putting the first 
Regiment in the field under the new levy. The 0th 
Regiment of Volunteers, Col. Geo. J. Stannard, has 
been filled up ami arrived in New York on the 10th 
inst. Another Regiment is in an advanced state of 
organization, and Mill be soon ready to muster into 
Berviee. Glorious old Vermont! The alacrity with 
which she answers the appeal of the Government 
puts our more lukewarm patriotism to the blush. 
Dried cherries, raspberries, currants, peaches and 
apples, in fact desiccated fruit of every description, 
•would be gladly received by the sick and wounded 
soldiers. Our people throughout the country should 
take advantage of the superabundance of fruit aud 
prepare an extra quantity of dried fruit to be sent | 
to the soldiers through the medium of the Ladies’ 
Soldiers’ Aid Societies, 
A New York Recruiting Officer thus adver¬ 
tises: “Grand Excursion by steamboat and rail¬ 
road. This ticket entitles the bearer to a passage to 
Richmond, Va. Fare, clothes and food gratis, and 
$38 given for nothing. For further particulars, 
apply, &c.” He might have added, “ A great exhi¬ 
bition of fireworks will take place at the end of the 
route.” 
The Union Sentiment in Norfolk.— The Nor¬ 
folk correspondent of the Philadelphia Press, writes 
as follows: 
“ \Y e had ample observation to assure us that the 
feeling hero is almost wholly disloyal, and our con¬ 
verse with residents, which was considerable, con¬ 
firms us iu the opinion that Norfolk ii/atmost wholly 
devoted to Jeff Davis and his minions. The people 
are more miserably duped, ignoiant of everything 
inihe North, and deep and bitter in their feelings, 
than we supposed possible. They believe iu the 
rebel Gen. Iluger's last words before leaving, ‘I'll 
be back again in two weeks.’ Conversing with one 
of the most respected citizens, and apparently well 
informed on matters in general, he said with a 
serious earnestness, ‘ Why. sir, you can’t hold this 
place; your soldiers will all be captured, and our 
Generals command the harbor here, iu less than 
two weeks.' Until our flag is flying in the rebel 
capital, Richmond, and the Confederate army pass¬ 
ing beyond the borders of Virginia, we cannot 
expect much improvement in the feelings of the 
rebels of Norfolk. Every store room is closed, each 
window and floor barred and bolted, and, with the 
exception of an occasional bakery or drug store, 
there is not a business house open in all Norfolk. 
The same Reclusion exists in 
I orders. All soldiers absent after that time will he 
confined aud returned under guard lo their regi¬ 
ments. for trial by court martial. 
By command of Maj.-Gen. Pore, 
i G. D. Ruuui.es, Adjutant-General. 
i An officer who arrived in Washington on the 
I 19th. from Fredericksburg, Va., says that, the effect 
of Maj.-Gen. Pope’s official orders upon the troops 
was wonderful. Although they had not been offi¬ 
cially proclaimed when he left that town, a knowl- 
( edge of the contents had quickly passed from officers 
to men, and all were exultant in view of the policy 
hereafter to be pursued, and which has infused uew 
vigor into our soldiers, and given them additional 
strength and courage, and increased their anxiety 
for active operations. The toast araoDg them to-day 
was, “The new orders.” 
A cavalry captain from Hatch’s command arrived 
at Warrcnton. Va.. on the 20tb, bringing five pris¬ 
oners of the 2d Virginia cavalry, captured at Mad¬ 
ison. Col. Mailer, of the Virginia militia, was also 
captured, but has not arrived. God. Ewell's tioops 
are reported to be at Gordonsville. Their number 
is not stated. 
The President's orders are received by the troops 
with enthusiasm, but the citizens have terribly long 
faces. A French gentleman had arrived from Rich¬ 
mond, who was released at the request of the 
French consul. He had been imprisoned because 
he bad refused to join the rebel army, ne kept a 
store there. He reports hard times at the rebel 
capital. 
Army of the Potomac. 
Tiie Baltimore. American has been visited by a 
friend who escaped from Richmond very recently, 
and from whom the following information was 
gained: 
The rebel troops in and around the city prior to 
the recent battles were estimated at 217,000 to 220,- 
000. Large re-enforcements from the direction of 
Petersburg had been arriving for the previous sixty 
days and nights, which wrre said to be from the 
coast, butour informant could not ascertain whether 
any portion of them were of Beauregard’s array. 
They arrived by railroad, and were marched during 
the night towards Hanover Court House. 
Beauregard had been in Richmond several weeks, 
suffering from a severe attack of fever, and was still 
at Spotswood House, confined to his room, when our 
informant left. 
Gens. McCall and Reynolds are neither of them 
wounded. Alter remaining one day at Spotswood 
House, they were taken to the officers’ prison. 
The gunboat on the plan of the Merrimac, though 
smaller, is rapidly approaching completion, though 
great difficulty is experienced in obtaining iron for 
her armament. 
Obstructions in the James river were considerably 
weakened by recent freshets. One of the sunken 
vessels had so sw ung around that the Teaser was 
able to pass through, and was soon after captured. 
Fort Darling bad been greatly strengthened. A 
whole division of the army had crossed James river 
on the pontoon bridge,to assist in its defense against 
any land force. 
The bridges destroyed by Gen. McClellan, in the 
vicinity of Hanover Court House, have not been 
reconstructed. 
The forces of Gen. Jackson have moved off it was 
thought towards Fredericksburg, and it was said he 
would again strike a blow in the valley. The Mary¬ 
land rebel brigade with him, under Generals Lowe 
and Bradley Johnson, have suffered terribly in fights 
with Fremont and Shields. Bradley Johnson's regi¬ 
ment had been cut down from seven hundred to two 
hundred effective men. 
The greatest confidence was felt in Richmond, 
among the rebels, in their ability to destroy McClel¬ 
lan's army, and those who had previously sent their 
families away were bringing them back again. 
Fuionists were, however, confident of the final cap¬ 
ture of the city. 
The cannons captured during the recent battles 
were all brought into Richmond, numbering 23 
pieces, some of them howitzers and three army rifled 
guns. They were all light pieces, and, excepting 
the howitzers and one English gun, were sent to the 
foundry to bo re-cast, the rebels having no shells to 
lit rifled cannon. Not a single siege piece had been 
captured, and much surprise was expressed that Mc¬ 
Clellan had succeeded in taking them all off. 
A dispatch says President Lincoln asked General 
McClellan, in a late visit to the army, if he desired 
to resume command ol the whole army of the United 
States, and Gen. McClellan preferred to retain com¬ 
mand of the forces now under him. 
A free colored man. escaped to our lines from 
Richmond, says that the rebel loss in killed, wound¬ 
ed and missing, iu the seven days'battle, was 32,000. 
The rebel army numbered in the neighborhood of 
225,000 to 250.000. Gen. Eweu was severely wound¬ 
ed iu one of the actions. Joe Johnson had experi¬ 
enced a relapse, and mortification of his wound had 
appeared. 
A flag of truce went up on the 18lh to Turkey 
Islaud Creek with Gen. Dix, who went to meet Gen. 
Hill for the purpose of making permanent arrange¬ 
ments for exchange of prisoners. The interview 
was highly satisfactory, but no conclusion ivas ar¬ 
rived at, A flag of truce will return on the 19th, 
when Gen. Lee will be present, 
Richmond papers of the 18th, containing the ac¬ 
count of the death of Gen. David E. Twiggs, at Au¬ 
gusta, Geo., July 15th, aru received. 
A dispatch dated the 19th says:—The health of the 
troops is gradualIv improving. The Federals who 
vance guard of the army, Comprising four companies 
of the lltli Wisconsin, and five companies of the 33d 
Illinois, encountered albrce of 1.500 rebel guerrillas, 
mostly conscripts, terming themselves mounted 
infantry, nnder General Albert Rust. A sharp 
engagement ensued, during which the 1st regiment 
of Indiana cavalry came up with four mounted 
howitzers, and after a most determined fight of an 
hour and a half, the rebels finally broke and fled, 
leaving 1J0 dead bodies on the field. The Federal 
loss was eight killed and thirty-two wounded, 
including Major Glender, severely wounded, and 
Captain Sloane, of the 11th Wisconsin, killed. A 
force of 5,000 rebels were reported to be in the imme¬ 
diate neighborhood of the battle, but did not make 
their appearance. 
On the 4th lust., the 13th Illinois regiment, while 
descending the White River in flatboats, was fired 
upon by a large force of guerrillas concealed in a 
thicket. Fortunately our men had taken the pre¬ 
caution to place barricades of cotton bales around 
the outer edge of the bulkhead, aud no one was 
seriously injured by the fire of the rebels. The 13th 
immediately returned fire, and the guerrillas were 
seen to spring from their hiding places and run 
away. It was reported that ten dead bodies were 
left on the bank. 
The army is generally in good health and fine 
spirits, although somewhat exhausted aud a trood 
deal dilapidated, in regard to clothing, from their 
loDg march. They have not suffered to any extent 
lor want of food, although but three-quarters of the 
usual rations were served out during the last twenty 
days. They did not meet any portion of General 
Hindman’s forces, who are supposed to be concen¬ 
trating at Little Rock. 
We have advices from Col. Fitch to the 10th inst. 
no was still at St. Charles on White River, and had 
planned an expedition to Cache River, hoping to 
reach Gen. Curtis, when the steamer Robert Allen 
arrived with General Grant's dispatches calling 
upon him to leave the river, and stating that 
re-enforcements would not be furnished. Jt chanced 
that Gen. Curtis was already out of his troubles in 
the interior. 
Col. Fitch had two slight engagements, the first 
one four miles from the river, on the morning of the 
Glh, against a superior force, the Federals having 
but 200; the enemy had 450. The rebel loss was 
eighty-four killed, wounded, and missing. The 
Federal loss in killed and wounded was twenty- 
two, mostly wounded. The second fight was by 
moonlight, ten miles out iu Grand Prairie, on the 
7th inst., and was little else than a disgraceful flight 
on the part of the rebels. Colonel F itch took their 
camp, camp equipage, provisions, horses, saddles. 
Ac. The engagement was within seven miles of 
Duval’s Bluftj where their firing was plainly heard. 
The rebels were shelled with a howitzer as they 
fled, and the arrival of the fugitives at Duval's Bluff 
created almost a stampede. Had Col. Fitch had 
1.000 infantry and a few cavalry, ho might have 
followed up his advantage and taken the place by 
daylight. 
General Halleck issued a special field order to his 
troops on the lGtb inst,, saying that in giving up 
the immediate command of the troops constituting 
the army of the South-west, he desires to express 
his high appreciation of the endurance, behavior, 
and soldierly conduct which they have exhibited, 
and to express to the commanders of army corps and 
their subordinates, his warmest thanks for tbeir cor¬ 
dial co-operation. He says the soldiers have nobly 
done their duty, and accomplished much towards 
crushing this wicked rebellion, and that if they con¬ 
tinue to exhibit the same vigilance, courage, and 
perseverance, it is believed they will soon bring the 
war to a close. Gen. H. has been ordered to Wash¬ 
ington. 
Indianapolis dispatches to the Executive Depart¬ 
ment, say that Henderson, Ky., and Newborn, Ind., 
have been taken by the rebels. At the latter place 
one Feberal was killed, and 25G sick soldiers taken 
prisoners, and 250 stand of arms captured. 
The steamer General Anderson, from Evansville, 
arrived at Cairo on the 19th. and passed Henderson, 
Ky., the previous day. The rebels had possession 
of the town. They say they don't intend to interfere 
with the navigation ol the river except Government 
boats, nor with private property. The number of 
rebels not ascertained. Lieut A. R, Johnson, of 
the Bridgwells Tennessee cavalry, in command, 
issued a proclamation, saying he has come to pro¬ 
tect the citizens against insults and despotism. 
They claim to be regular soldiers, not guerrillas. 
Some commissary stores belonging to Government 
were captured, and two soldiers. 
The Granada Appeal of the lGtb inst. reports that 
the rebel ram and iron clad gunboat Aikansas, 
under the command of Capt. I. N. Bryan, came 
down from tbo Yazoo River on the 15lh, and ran by 
that portion of our fleet -which lay above Vicks¬ 
burg and anchored under the battery around that 
city. The Appeal says the ram ran down several 
Federal and war vessels, and disabled several more. 
One of our vessels was blown up. The Arkansas is 
a very formidable gunboat, iron plated 2{ inches, 
with plates and rails riveted. She has a very 
large armament, and was furnished with two 
propellers, seven feet in diameter, with four flanges 
each, but was badly cut up before she reached the 
cover of the batteries at Vicksburg, losing about 
twenty men. 
A correspondent of the Leavenworth (Kansas) 
Conservative, says a recent battle in the Indian 
nation between a detachment of a Kansas regiment, 
under Col. Wier. and a f >rce of rebels, resulted in 
the capture of 125 prisoners, a large number of 
horses and ponies, about 1,500 head of cattle, SG 
loaded mulo teams, a large quantity of camp and 
garrison equipage, and 50 stand of arms. Col. 
Kitchil, in command of a regiment, nf lnvnl tnrlinns 
Tbo Richmond papers 
— The mint is preparing to issue nickel cents in large quan¬ 
tities. 
— The newly-born infant of the Queen of Spain has received 
124 mines I 
— The Americans in London met on the 4th of July to ee]. 
ebrate the day. 
— The small pox is carrying off large numbers of Indians in 
the North-West. 
— A letter received in New Haven says a fatal epidemic pre¬ 
vails at Port. Rico. 
— The youngest son of Secretary Stanton, 8 months old, died 
last Thursday night- 
— Rumors are current that Franco would back out from the 
Mexican expedition. 
— Mi - . Sauford, United States Minister to Belgium, has ar¬ 
rived in Washington. 
— Ninety-two different kinds of shinplasters are already cir¬ 
culating In New York city. 
— Gen. Butter is to occupy the residence of Gen. Twiggs, 
as his summer headquarters. 
— The distress in the manufacturing districts of England is 
reported to be on the increase. 
— It is reported that the President will soon proclaim an 
amnesty to all repentant Rebels. 
— Meetings are being held in England in favor of the medi¬ 
ation of that country in the present war. 
— The Russian Government has applied officially to that of 
Great Britain for the loan of n hangman. 
— An immense spring of coal oil of superior quality, has 
been discovered at Santa Barbara, California. 
— The London Times of the 18th of May calls the rebels the 
“ Transatlantic dregs of the English cavaliers." 
— New Orleans still remains healthy, and it is thought now 
that no epidemic will prevail there this season. 
— A cargo of prize cotton was sold at Philadelphia on the 
IGtli, at forty-six cents a pound, payable in gold. 
— Governor Tod has appealed to the people of Ohio, and if 
her quota is not raised in forty days . he will draft. 
— Wine in Burgundy is so plenty this season that only 60 
centimes—12 cents—is charged for an hour’s drinking. 
— Russian papers are reviewing a rumor that France has in¬ 
vited Russia to join her in an offer of mediation in America. 
— There are six millions of grape vines in California, and 
they will produce live millions of gallons of wine this year. 
— Hon, W. EL Merritt, of St. Catherines, one the most use¬ 
ful, large minded men Canada ever had, died on the 5th inst 
— Secretary Smith, of the Interior Department, has been 
confined to his bed by indisposition for three or four days past. 
— The interest on the Virginia State debt was not paid in 
London, the statement of “ no funds * being made to the claim¬ 
ants. 
— Col. Trigg, an unconditional Union East Tennessean, has 
been confirmed as District Judge in place of Judge Humph¬ 
reys. 
— Bishop Byrne, of Arkansas—formerly a well known Cath¬ 
olic clergyman of New York—died at Little Rock a few days 
since. 
— Fall River (Mass.) has sent six hundred volunteers already, 
and paid for bounties $18,200 39. She more than doubles her 
quota. 
— The wife of Gen. Beauregard died a few days ago, at New 
Orleans, where she had been under the protection of Gen. 
Butler. 
— The Confederate Government of Louisiana is at this timo 
located in Opelousas, where Gov. Moore has established the 
Capital. 
— Wool men estimate the clip of Ohio this year to be about 
13.000,000 pounds, being 2,000,000 pounds greater than the clip 
of last year. 
— Lewis Benedict, Esq., one of the most prominent citizens 
of Albany, and widely known in the State, died on M'onday, 
aged 77 years. 
— There was an increase of $433,249 in the tolls on the New 
York canals for the months of May and June, as compared 
With last year. 
— The New York Central Railroad Company have now in 
use several iron freight cars, and have uuder construction an 
iron passenger car. 
— Mrs. Horace May, of Akron, Ohio, was severely scalded 
by an explosion caused by putting hot fruit in a can, and seal¬ 
ing it up in tliut state. 
— Five brothers of the name of Clayton, and belonging to 
the Fifth Vermont Regiment, are reported killed during the 
late battles iu Virginia. 
— The Cooperstown Journal says that the hop vine is a lit¬ 
tle backward, but as a general tiling is doing well, and it an¬ 
ticipates an average yield. 
— Official returns show that between four and five thousand 
dogs have been killed in Chicago within a few weeks and cart¬ 
ed away by the scavengers. 
— The State Department, since the commencement of the 
present month, has levied a Government fee of three dollars 
upon eurh passport issued. 
— The Grenada Appca.1 states that the 7th Tennessee Regi¬ 
ment went into the Richmond fight 300 strong, aud came out 
Without one effective man. 
— The last trip of the Great Eastern was a paying one, and 
her shareholders are beginning to hope that she will not prove 
a business failure, after all. 
— Counterfeit fives on the Hampden Bank of North Castle 
Creek, N. Y . are afloat. They fire a photograph of the genu¬ 
ine, and are neatly executed. 
— The Sandusky Register says that the grapes on Kelley’s 
and Put in Bay Islands have began to rot, and that serious 
alarm exists in consequence. 
— A firm iu South America lias obtained permission from 
the Peruvian and Bolivian Government for the exportation of 
fifteen hundred pure alpacas. 
— Counterfeit $3 notes on the Mechanics & Traders’ Bank 
of Jersey City are circulating extensively. Also counterfeit 3s 
on the Williatnsburgh City Bank.. 
— The French army of occupation at Rome, after the reduc¬ 
tion, will nominally consist of 15,000 men, hut will not in re¬ 
ality he more than 12,000 or 13,000. 
— A vessel chartered by the British government is discharg¬ 
ing a large quantity of military stores at Montreal, including 
twenty-six thousand stand of arms. 
— A grandson of Noah Webster, the lexicographer, was kill¬ 
ed before Richmond, iu the rebel service. His mother was a 
Virginian, and a relative of Gen. Lee. 
— It is proposed in England to have the government make 
the telegraph a national institution, like the Post Office, having 
a telegraph station iri every post office. 
— A writer iu the Boston Transcript proposes that clerks in 
dry goods stores should enlist, and their places be given to 
young women now out of employment. 
— It is stated by correspondents at the London Exhibition 
that the United States will carry off more premiums in propor¬ 
tion to articles exliibited than auy other nation. 
— The ship Western Empire, from New Orleans, arrived at 
New York Wednesday afternoon. She has on freight 1,890 
hogsheads sugar, 292 bales cotton, and 105 bales of moss. 
— The 31st Massachusetts regiment, now New Orleans, 
having been visited by the paymaster, sent home by the lost 
steamer $42,000 to tbeir friends in western Massachusetts. 
Tlic Army of Virginia. 
A Winchester letter reports Gen. Geary’s 
command as advancing into the Big Fort Valley. 
His advance fell into an ambuscade near Fort Fnr- 
niss. A skirmish ensued, in which two cavalrymen 
were wounded, though not fatally. The rebels were 
driven from therocksandstonefencestheyoccupied. 
Gen. Geary occupies ibe ground gained. 
On the lGtb inst. a portion of Pope's army entered 
Gordonsville, unopposed, and duly destroyed all 
the railroad and telegraph paraphernalia at that 
point, junction of the Orange, Alexandria and Vir- 
giniaCentral Railroads. Three-fourths of the troops’ 
munitions and supplies, of every kind, for the rebel 
army at Richmond, of necessity, passed through 
Gordonsville by rail. 
The following “orders” have been issued by 
Maj.-Gen. Pope, and when carried out. as they 
undoubtedly will be under that gallant and ener¬ 
getic officer, traitors in the Valley of the Shenan¬ 
doah will Fpoedily lose all their rebel proclivities, 
and be wiser if not sadder and poorer men: 
Headquarters Army of Virginia, > 
Washington, July 18. j 
general order no. 5. 
As fjft as practicable, the troops of this command 
will subsist upon the country against which their 
operations are carried on. In all cases supplies for 
this purpose will he taken by the officers to whose 
department they properly belong, under order of 
the commaudimi officer of the troops for whose use 
they are intended. The vouchers will be given to 
owners, stating on tbeir face that they will lie pay¬ 
able at the conclusion of the war. upon sufficient 
testimony being furnished that such owners have 
been loyalists since th»* date of the vouchers. 
Whenever it is known that supplies, can be fur¬ 
nished in any district of country whore troops are 
to cpt-rato, the use of teams for carrying subsist¬ 
ence will be dispensed with as far as possible. 
Maj.-Gen. Pope. 
Col. Ruogles, Adjutant-General. 
general order no. f.. 
Hereafter, in any operations of cavalry forces in 
this command, no supply or baggage trains of any 
description will be used, except so stated in the 
order for movement Two days cooked rations 
general grpkp. no. 7. 
The people of the Valley of the Shenandoah, and 
throughout the region of operations of this army, 
living along the railroad and telegraph lines and 
routes ot travel in rear of the Untied States army, 
are notified that they will be held responsible for 
any injury done to the line or road, or for any 
attacks upon trains or struggling soldiers by guer¬ 
rilla bands in this neighborhood. No privileges or 
immunities of war can apply to lawless bands of 
individuals, not forming part of ibe organized force 
of Ibe enemy, nor wearing the garb of soldiers, 
who, seeking and obtaining safety on the pretext of 
being peaceful citizens, steal out in rear of the army, 
attack and murder straggling soldiers, molest trains 
of supplies, destroy railroads, telegraph lines, and 
bridges, and commit outrages disgraceful to civi¬ 
lized people and revolting to humanity. Evil dis¬ 
posed persons in rear of our armies.'who do not 
themselves engage directly In these lawless acts. 
In it encourage them by refusing to interfere, or to 
give any information bv which such acts can be 
prevented, or the perpetrators punished, will be 
bold as principals. 
The safety of life and property of all persons 
living in the rear of our advancing army, depend 
upon the maintenance of peace and quiet among 
themselves, and upon unmolested movements 
through their midst of all pertaining to the military 
service. They must understand dltinctly, that the 
security of travel is the only warrant ol' personal 
safety. 
It is therefore ordered, that whenever railroad, 
wagon rood, or telegraph, is destroyed, by parties 
of guerrillas, citizens living within'eight miles of 
the spot shall be turned out en masse to repair the 
damage, and shall besides pay the United States in 
money or property, to be collected by the military 
force- the full amount of the pay and subsistence of 
the force necessary to cover the programme of the 
work during the time occupied in completing it. 
If soldiers, or legitimate followers of the anny, 
lie tired upon from any house, the house shall be 
razed to the ground, and the inhabitants sent, pris¬ 
oners to these headquarters. If such an outrage 
occurs at any place distant fr om settlements people 
within five miles around shall be held accountable, 
and made to pay an indemnity sufficient for the case; 
and any persons detected in'such outrages, eit her 
during the act, or any time afterwards, shall be shot 
without waiting civil process. No such ads shall 
influence the result of this war, and they can only 
lead to heavy afflictions to the population to no pur¬ 
pose. 
the resident portion of 
the city. The blinds closed and doors locked, Nor¬ 
folk presents the appearance of a deserted town.” 
PcjMM-lnient of lire iUburisnippi. 
The ram Hornet arrived at Cairo on the ICth, 
from below, with important intelligence from Gen. 
Curtis’ army. 
The advance guard of Gen. Curtis’ army reached 
Helena, on the Mississippi, ninety miles below 
Memphis, at 9 o’clock. Saturday morning, the 12th 
inst The army left Batesville on the 2d of July, 
and marched by Jackson port and Augusta to Clar- 
