Flats, and captured one Captain and nineteen 
men. Col. Gavin, with a force of 1,000 infantry, 
marched out from Sontnan’s, on the Indianapolis 
and Cincinnati Railroad, and met a portion of 
Morgan’s forces two and one-half miles from 
that place. A skirmish ensued, and we lost one 
man killed. 
A telegram on the 12th, sajB that Morgan’s 
raid to-night reached to within seven miles of tho 
Ohio line. Some bridges on the Ohio and Mis¬ 
sissippi Railroad between Cochran and North 
Yernon were destroyed to-day. 
boats have been at work for forty-two days with¬ 
out intermission, throwing shell into all parts of 
the city, reaching the wor ks in the rear of Vicks¬ 
burg and in front of our troops, a distance of 
three miles. Three heavy guns placed on scows 
—a tt-inch, 10-inch and a 100-pound rifle—in po¬ 
sition a mile from the town, commanded all the 
water batteries. They have kept up an accurate 
and incessant Gre for fourteen davs. dointr all the 
vine on tne z7th, demanding its surrender. Of 
course it was refused. The rebels then demanded 
the removal of the women and children. At 
half-past one on the morning of the 28tb, the 
rebels made a vigorous attack in force. The 
battle lasted till daylight, three hours, whpn 
they were repulsed with heavy loss. Our loss 
was six killed and fourteen wounded, including 
among the latter two officers. Our gunboats 
participated. Up to Monday our forces bad 
buried G4 dead rebels, and were busy bnrying 
more. It is estimated that 100 dead rebels were 
leit on the field, and the entire rebel loss was 
600. We took 120 prisoners, including n mm. 
Hatoh kerS an< * ^ ea ' ers in Goveramei 
■Anction Ssln of South Downs.—Sa] 
Cancers Coreri^Tlat,rock .V Tnhin. 
Cli'fe sSfirpo Journal—Wm. H. Ch 
Cider P«bs Swp" s-L. M. Arnold. 
lo Millers.—Jamee West- 
Speolul Notice 
Success upon Merit -J>. B. DeLam 
®l)£ Ncros (Konhenser 
The rebels also 
approached the Indianapolis and Cincinnati 
Railroad, near Suntnan’s, where they were met 
by a regiment of militia and driven back. Tbip, 
perhaps, was only a small body. The main force 
appears to be making for Aurora and Lawrence- 
burg. 
Governor Morton has called upon the militia 
to muster to the number of 50,000 for the defense 
of the State. The call Is being promptly re¬ 
sponded to, and but little time will elapse ere 
Jeff. Davis’ minions will be more anxious to 
seek their own polluted soil than they were to 
invade the loyal State of Indiana. 
Mississippi.— The Missouri Democrat of the 
8th says;—By the arrival of the steamer Maguire 
with Lieut. Dunn, of Gen. Sullivan’s staff, from 
Vicksburg, wo have been able lo gather the fol¬ 
lowing particulars of the closing scenes of the 
The only Chinaman in the war was killed at Gett« 
burg. ' 
Three more English blockade runners have been 
captured. 
— The area of the new State of West Virginia is 23,000 
square miles. 
— A brigade of black cavalry, on black horses, is talked 
about in Washington. 
— The draft having been made in Rhode Island, all re¬ 
cruiting offices are closed. 
— Two million dollars has been subscribed in California 
to the Pacific railroad stock. 
— The leading hotels in New York and Boston have 
raised their terms to JO per day. 
The Washington militia have been dismissed—there 
being no immediate use for them. 
— Rebel prisoners say that their army call the battle of 
Gettysburg “ Lee s Slaughter Pen "> 
Some 160 disloyal families were shipped South from 
Alexandria Va , on Thursdar week. 
— The expenses of a student at Cambridge or Oxford, 
Eng., are not less than $1,000 a year. 
— The total subscriptions in the U. S. to the Atlantic 
our iu, me young Duos peep l 
Flowers die, but still their 6eed shall bloom 
Prom death the q nick young life will leap, 
When spring shall come and touch the tomb, 
The splendid shiver of brave blood 
la thrilling through our country now, 
And she who to old times withstood 
The tyrant, lift* again her brow. 
God’s precious charge we sternly keep 
Unto the final victory; 
With freedom we will Mro, or sleep 
With our great dead who set us free, 
Ood forget us when we forget 
To keep the old flag dying yet. 
ROCHESTER, N. Y., JULY 18,1863. 
Movements in the West and South-West 
Arkansas.—B etween 8.000 and 10,000 rebels 
under Holmes, Price and Marmaduke, made an 
attack on Helena on the morning of 4th. They 
advanced In three columns, but the roughness of 
the ground was such as to prevent the rebels 
siege of Vicksburg: 
The first flag of trace for some time was July 
1st, asking for an escort for two Englishmen, 
who had been wounded, which was granted by 
our General. Johnson was reported only twenty 
miles off. and ready for battle. 
On the fid, another Hag came into our lines, 
accompanied by two Confederate officers, one of 
whom was M aj.- Gen. Ho wen. The messengers 
were blindfolded. They awaited the return of 
Gen. Smith, who took the dispatches from Pem¬ 
berton to Grant. Their eyes were unbanduged 
rsed freely with 
ot troops under Generals Dennis and Mower, 
have kept at bay a large force of rebels over 
twelve thousand strong, accompanied by a large 
quantity a of artillery ; und though offered battle 
several Limes und engaged, they fled ; and satis- 
mlSSuS* 5 '“wilUllgMf disciplined and 
The rapture of Vicksburg leaves us a large 
army and our naval forces free to ac t all along 
the nver, and I hope soon to add to my depart- 
nenl the vessels which have been temporarily 
lost to the service, viz., the Indianola and Cin¬ 
cinnati, The effect of ibis blow will be felt, far 
up the. tributaries of the Mississippi. The timid 
i ■e 0,1 f b v nl W,U ^ke heart, und the wick- 
ed Will, I hope, cease to trouble us. for fear of 
the punishment which will sooner or later over¬ 
take them. 
There has been a large expenditure of ammu¬ 
nition during the siege. The mort o < have fired 
seven thousand mortar shells, and ’lie gunboats 
lour thousand and five hundred. Four thousand 
five hundred shots have been fired from naval 
guns on shore, and we have supplied over six 
thousand to the different army corps. 
I have the honor to remain? very respectfully. 
from bringing up their artillery, and they at¬ 
tempted to carry the works by assault. The 
center works were charged in the direction of 
Fort Curtis, and they took three lines of rifle 
pits. The flank uttack was not so successful, 
which subjected the center to an enfilading fire, 
which swept them down in great numbers. They 
were soon surrounded and captured. One whole 
brigade, or what was loft of it, numbering 840 . 
fell into our Lands; 710 of them arrived at Cairo 
on the morning of the 7th, and among them Col. 
Lewis of the 7th Miss., Col. Johnson and Col. 
Bell. General Prentiss was aware of a contem¬ 
plated attack, and was prepared. He had about 
4,000 men, and was also assisted by the gunboat 
Tyler. Prisoners say the attack will be renewed. 
The battle commenced at 4 o’clock and continued 
til! 10 A. M. The rebel loss was severe. Fed- 
aner an nour, and they convej 
Union officers. One of them said that iron 
enough has been thrown into the city io stock an 
Immense foundry, and to build monuments for 
all those who had fallen. When Smith returned, 
the messengers were again blindfolded and con¬ 
ducted to a safe point from which they could 
enter their own lines. Great curiosity was mani¬ 
fested by officers and soldiers to learn the con¬ 
tents of Pemberton’s dispatches, which was 
finally gratified. 
The rebel General wished a cessation of hos¬ 
tilities. that there might not be an unnecessary 
effusion of blood, during which time Commis¬ 
sioners were to be appointed to agree on terms 
foi a surrender. He also intimated that he could 
hold the city for an indefinite period. Grant re¬ 
plied briefly, saying Pemberton had if in Lis power 
at any moment to stop bloodshed; that Commis¬ 
sioners were unnecessary, as the only stipula¬ 
tions he could accept were an unconditional 
surrender. Gen. Grant concluded with a tribute 
to the bravery and endurance of the rebel garri¬ 
son, and said that if they surrendered they should 
all be treated with the courtesy due prisoners of 
war. The rebel messengers had not been gone 
long when Pemberton sent again, asking lor a 
personal interview with the commanding Gen¬ 
eral, which was promptly granted, and at three 
I’. M.. the conference took place about midway 
between the contending armies. 
The Amy in Virginia. 
Since our last issue the public have watched 
with great anxiety the military operations in this 
Department The late buttle in Pennsylvania, 
it was hoped, had so far broken up Lee’s army 
that he would be unable to collect a sufficient 
number of them together to warrant him in again 
facing the victorious Army of the Potomac. But 
you corner a company of thieving rats, and they 
will light, to the death, a greatly superior oppo¬ 
nent; whereas, if you give them a hole to slip out 
of danger, they wlil skedaddle with wonderful 
agility, even with the loss of plunder. General 
Meade, it would appear, has cornered the rebel 
thieves, and they, making a virtue of necessity, 
(being trouble to slip away from the Federal 
Army,) are determined to show fight until, per¬ 
chance, the waters of the Potomac assuage suffi¬ 
ciently to allow them to hie away from the hosts 
hovering about them in the rear, and on the 
right and left. The rebel army, at last accounts, 
is reported to number some 50,000 men, and are 
comtined to a territory of six miles by nine be¬ 
tween Hagerstown, Md., and the Potomac, Daily 
skirmishing lias been reported for some time 
past, with quite damaging results to the rebels. 
— Aim nm Ayc-iiarujjtrui is du sy sending out the neces- 
*&ry papers and instructions for a draft under the recent 
enrollment. 
— Daniel D. Warner, formerly a negro barber of Balti¬ 
more, where he was bora in 1816, has been elected Presi 
dent of Liberia. 
— It is estimated that before the next Congress assem- 
hies, 150 to 200 national banks will be organized in the 
Northern Staton. 
— The receipts at the Boston Custom House during the 
first half of the present year were $2,974,071, or $96,417 
less than last year. 
— The number of emigrants arrived in New York du¬ 
ring tbo last six months is 69.7S3, nearly all young and 
healthy Irish people. 
— Nice thousand dogs are annually registered in St. 
Louis. The registry for the present year has reached al¬ 
ready seven thousand. 
— The colonics of Great Britain cover not less thao 
3,350.000 square miles, and to govern them costs the Brit¬ 
ish nation $5 per mile. 
lu Pickaway, O., $500 have been raised by subscrip¬ 
tion. to send loyal county papers to the soldiers in the 
army from that county. 
— Hon. Andrews Woods, formerly Judge of the Supe¬ 
rior Court iu N. H., died at his residence in Bath on the 
20th ult, aged 00 years. 
— The obsequies of Rear Admiral Foote, at New Haven 
was the finest pageant ever made in Ct. The procession 
was over two miles long. 
— Solomon Sturgis, of Chicago, who made $1,000,000 
profit the first year of the war, has been sent to the Insane 
Retreat at Hartford, Conn. 
— The validity of the pending draft 
oi l tic Louisiana people desire to amend their 
Mate (Constitution, and contemplate holding a 
Convention for that object. This fact alone? as 
it seema to me, is a sufficient reason why the 
General Government should not give the com¬ 
mittee the authority you seek to act under the 
existing j-tato Con&tiGutkm. J may add that 
while 1 do not perceive how such a committal 
could facilitate our military operations in Louis¬ 
iana, 1 really apprehend it might be so used as 
as to embarrass them. As to an election to be 
held next November, there is abundant time 
without any order or proclamation iroui me just 
now. I he people of Louisiana shall not lack an 
opportunity tor a fair election for both Federal 
and Mate Officers bv want of anything in mv 
power to give therm Your obedient servant 
A. Lincoln. 
General Wadsworth has been promoted to the 
command of the First Army Corps, lately co: 
manded by the lamented Reynolds, and Genet 
Sykes to the Fifth Corps, lately Gen. Meade’s. 
Vice-President Hamlin and Senators Fesse 
den and -Morrill have arrived at Washington l 
is questioned on 
the grouud that tbo enrollment was not completed before 
July 1, as the law requires. 
— A young woman was recently arraigned at Cam¬ 
bridge, Mass., on ii charge of stealing plants and shrubs 
from dower gardens in the city 
The rebels confess that the splendid grain fields in 
the Cumberland valley have been very powerful in in¬ 
ducing their Pennsylvania visit. 
The Chattanooga Rebel of a late date says that Sam. 
Houston threatens to take up arms against the Confederacy 
unless he is Treated more civilly. 
— There are 150 persons in New Fork who are known 
to have made fortunes, varying from $100,000 to $1,500,- 
006, during the past eighteen mouths. 
— Gen. Grant, in one Of his letters from Vicksburg, re¬ 
marked that he had “ 18,000 prisoners in front of him who 
are temporarily boarding themselves." 
-The liner, mills, of Fall River, Mass., stopped last 
week Nine of the eleven cotton mills and all three print 
works in that city are also standing idle. 
— The Bermuda Gazette states that out of twenty eight 
steamers which have tried, four only have success full' ran 
the blockade, and one runi: four times. 
— An English journal states that 72,000,000 pounds of 
steel springs were devoted to the manufacture of hoop- 
skirts in France and England alone in 1S62. 
— Divers have already succeeded in securing $ 40,000 
worth of goods, and raised one box containing $32."GO in 
specie from the wreck of the Anglo Saxon. 
The Democratic State Convention held at Springfield, 
Ill., last week, raised a fund of $47,00U for the benefit of 
marched into the city, the bands playing national 
aiis, and the Mars and Stripes soon waved over 
the garrisons und public buildings. Immediately 
after formal possession had been taken of the 
city, Col. Markland entered and look charge of 
the post-office, and commenced making arrange¬ 
ments to establish postal communication with 
the rest of the world. 
There were 108 field pieces, 30 siege guns, and 
50,000 stand of arms taken, with many other 
trophies of great value to the country. 
Among the officers captured, were one Lieut - 
General, (Pemberton,)four Major-Generals, and 
between fifteen and twenty Brigadier-Generals. 
The following has been received at the Naval 
Department : 
Mi88rasin'i Squamio.y, Flag Ship Black ) 
Hawk, Vicksburg. July 4tli. is«e 
Riot in New Tore City. — \\ T e are pained 
to iearn. just as we are going to press, (Tuesday 
P. M.,) that a serious riot is in progress in New 
\ ark city. The draft commenced in the Oth dis¬ 
trict on last Saturday, which was conducted 
through the day without any violence being 
manifested; but on Monday the spirit of demons 
seems to have taken possession of hundreds of 
men, and is culminating to a fearful extent. 
Huiuiuigs have been burned, and several people 
killed and wouuded. Among the buildings de¬ 
stroyed are the Conscription Headquarters. theSe- 
cond Avenue -Arsenal, and the Colored Orphan 
Asylum. The Tribune office was entered by the 
infuriated mob, and gutted, the contents being 
entirely destroyed. As yet we know but few 
the sick and wounded soldiers of that 8tate. 
The Union State Convention of Tennessee, held at 
Nashville, July 1st, was largely attended. Steps were ta¬ 
ken for the election of a provisional governor. 
— Admiral Foote's last intelligent words were:—“I 
thank God for all his goodness; to me—for all His loving 
kindness to me. I thank Him for his benefits.’’ 
In New Jersey, the officers making np the lists of 
those liable to draft are taking the names of all negroes 
between the ages named in the Enrollment Act. 
The degree of Master of Arts has been conferred on 
six Hindoo graduates of the Calcutta University. They are 
the first natives of India that have attained to this honor. 
