Evening Star Newspaper, July 6, 1864, Page 2

a HIGHLY IMPORTANT NEWS. being made upon Maryland Heights, where s e THE EVENING STAR. —— Gen. Sigel'’s whole ferce was concentrated and —$_$_—____————___| Fres she veliey ie Vie of formed in Line of battle tor defense. i 2 f . re ] 5 arylani—Fighting © misport y ery little itformation ot details of the pro- : ‘ q a AE SOM Reiter net Exepetesets and Shepherdstown — Harper's Ferry rent the siege ocr Ferry and Mary- A ae t [SS — 4 advance. All qualities Of provisions firm with an upward tendency. Lonpow, June 25, P. M.—Consols closed to. day at 9a904 for money. Ballion in bank in- creased £15,000. Lonpon, June 26.—Favorable peace rumors yesterday caused @ general improvement in Evacyated—Retreat of Rebels from the d Heights conid be ined, owing to there WASHINGTON CITY: Pe ef Rocks— Defeat of Rebels at | being no trains running thatfar up the road, —a—aaaeaeaeaeaaaeaaeaasS— a anch—Fight Goi at Mary. d the telegra} not being in a posi- 2 O'CLOOK P. : fra FR. the stock market, and consols closed at an ad- WEDNESDAY ...20-0000<- JULY 6 100k Tand Heights. . oe Ton fucaied Wie time condition of ——————————— 3 5 O'CLOCK P,'m. vance of % per cent. ieaiaa Ge Other than the fact that thedefense was obvie | . ee asta It was reported and believed on Monda: i i LATER OF THE REBEL RAD. | paar i TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. morning (the 4th) that Hagerstown was in| Suny sucgesefnl, in view of the pec stg a Saseis. dona REPORTS FROM UP RIVER. Sr. Laurn July Sec Upqaras of 900 rebel ee posession of the enemy, the operators at that | Jt may not be improper tostatp that whatevs | pispatch from Geverner Curtin—Reported | Boatmen Report the Enemy to be Crossing | prisoners arrived nere by the steamer Giadia- FURTHER OF THE REBEL RAID. place having left their posts between 9 and 10 | er damage the enemy may undertake in their Cressing of the Rebels at Different Points at Various Points—Scary Rumors, tor yesterday, in charge of & battalion of Mer- A Fight at Hogerstown—Repulse of the | o'clock, abruptly, under an alarm. They re- | present movement must be quickly effected, or on the Potomac—Uur Cavalry at Point ei |. Gonsiderable excitement was créAted in ‘ TSaemy. reporiad: peeled ‘alt cto aaa oe etany phere ye eee nee oe relte all RUCKESMAlEd Mwy LESS Bight Georgetown this morning by the statements ————— q 'Y | ing upon them from the West as to relieve all preugnt in by the boatmen comlag down the ritt’s Horse Veterans, which left for Rock Isl- &nd last night. Officers trom Duvall’s Bluff, Arkansas, on the 30th, say tnat Shelby has not returned to Clarendon, but it was thought that he would doeo. Marmaduke is still south of the Ar- kansas river, ten miles below Naooleon, con- sisting of his own brigade, Dockery’s and Ua- bel's—nbout six hundred men, and six or eight Diggers oF ertliery. ere is NO rebel artillery between the Ar- kansas and White rj 3 panies of guerrillas vers, and only three com ‘he spprehensions of q are much diminished. ae Phoned There is but one brigade of rebels on the Sa- binerriver. The design of the rebalsis evidently to cut Steel’s and the White river commanica- tion, which, however, would be very difficult, [Dispatch to the Phila. Inquirer] | nearer than Falling Waters and Williamsport, hension about results. A Harrisburg dispatch from Goy. Curtin to; HargissunG, July 5.—A force of 250 rebe] | from six to ten miles distant on the Potomac, “Hour “railroad traias loaded with Govern- Col ai peachy ie oe hefe at ‘balf-pnst’| canal; ‘who report the rebels crossing the Po- tomac..at-nearly. every fordable point from cavalry attacked our forces at Hagerstown, | Dyes udbelry paiagen Monday afternoon that ment supplies, as well as the’ mail train from twelve, says: B Lieut. McLane commanding, at about3o'clock | "if mo acai atan cage that fighting was eeannercenad by Moses Dy Plopdeyaad «Our latest information is that rebel cavalry | Harper's Ferry down to Muddy Branch, this this afternoon. | going on ator near Sharpsbarg—the Federal | a1; worked throngh from Harper's Ferry to| are plundering bétween Hagerstown and | side of Senec8, and less than twenty miles The enemy was handsomely repulsed, losing | forces being commanded by Gen. Sigel. Pre- | Baltimore successfully yesterday afternoon | Sharpsburg, and that heavy firing is heard in | from Georgetown. @ Lieutenant and two privates now in our pos- | vious reports from Harper's Ferry had located | without the slightest Joss. They were fired at the dire dist ef Harper's Ferryii 11 FAS Th@ pante-stricken boatmen estimate the session, and having a #umber wounded. Lieu- | eB. Sigel, during Sunday night, at Sbepherds- | howeyer, very epiritedly trom the Virginia. eure’ sig = rebel force yeriously from twenty to forty e | town, to which point he had fallen back from | side, opposite Point of Rocks. «We had information, not official, last night, ‘al: a ats t 4 tenant Stan wood, with & small force of cavalry’ | Martinsburg, and where a junction was formed In addition to the movement of troops from | that 20,000 were crossing at Point, of Rotks, yd ne siron es < iho pide amegtdes and chased the Rebels some six miles. | with him by Mulligan, with the force from the | the West, heavy reinforcements were yester- | ang, officially, that & force was crossing there, | ail one xORe erie ey aaa’ fagitiyes (This, we take it, is @ scary Harrisburg re- | Leetown Ment af Sunday, ten miles below. | aay cent up the road from this side. General d had shelled our cavAiry dway fast eve- seckink io make the best possible excuse for port. Wedoubtit any rebel force whatever | This joint free it was thought, would move | wajiace was at the Relay House superintend- | 224 ba 2 their own skedaddling. The river is unusual- has appeared in the vicinity of Hagerstown.— eat gina ae the Potomac, to succor | ing and cirectane their movement, ming: % ly low, and is fordable at almostall points,and Passengers who arrived here last night by «Our cavalry drove in the revel ‘pickets at ED. STAB.} An attack was made upon Harper's Ferr. f it is pot improbable that squads of rebels have | nt should it be done Duvall’s Bi . | about 9 or 10 o'clock on Monday Aes by ball Seer ee alGe ieee ora Boonsboro’. * ta | creme ee Why a Loe De ee seeling Rock have three montha provisions. o? tue THE REBEL KAID & force estimated at some 2,000 cavalry. with | no arrivals from Cumberland or any other point « They seem to be crossing, or attempting , Peditio tee in this tebel a yis | The White riveris patroled by iron-ciads, : = acl more than a8 many infantry. Gen. Weber, cross, at various points, and the people are | Harrisburg, we cannot see in this lemon- | supported by land forces. ss Proclamation by Governor Curtin—A Call | however, set about & Vigorous defense, and up | “¢et % Hreerstown. : a are | 8tration anything more than a movement for for 12.000 Men for 100 Days. | tothe lalest accounts was holding hisown, The Latest. somewhat alarmed, and many rumors are | Dinnder by an inconsiderable force of the en- FROM SOUTH AMERICA. New York, July 6—The steamer Ocean Queen, from Aspinwal onthe 29th ult, bas arrived with $170,000 in treasure. Panama dates of the 27th state that Chili is taking steps to fortify Valparaiso and pur- chase war steamers, &c. A Spanish gunboat visited Gallao under a flag of truce on the 3d to treat with Pera in order that in the event of a scarcity of provi- sions on board the Spanish squadron hostili- ties should be suspended long enongh to obtain them without a resort to compnision. Peru refused to hold further commnanicstion with the Spanish. The frigates Lancaster and St. Mary's were at Callao. A revolt has broken oat in Santa Martha, HARrISBURG, July 5, 1861.—Pennsyleama, ss | though with a small force compared to that of | ¥0 BATTLE YET—ESTIMATE OF THE REBEL | afloat. A. G. Curtin.—In the name and by the author- | the enemy. I ata HUNTER COMING BasT- «It is impossible for us at this point with all ity of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Nothing had been heard up to 2 p. m. at Har- Later dispatches from Sandy Hook, ‘on the | the means at our command to ascertain the Andrew G. Uurtin, Governor of said Vom. ee Wee Lie Maryland side of Harper's Ferry, show that no | real purpose of the rebels and the force. monwealth. A PROCLAMATION, | conus Shephertawn tor ‘which point eee Tast erent further than lietet fring. The pore As Gs Opertn, Whereas the President of the United States | must have been followed. toon bridge there had been taken up, and two i f the railroad bridge removed by our ; 7 has this day mage @ call upon the Common. | _ After20o’clock in the afternoon the wires were | SPane of the ta i F wealth of Pennsylvania for twelye thousand | interrnpted near Harper's Ferry, on the east | {Toops on withdrawing from Harper's Ferry. ‘ (12,000) militia, as volunteer intantry, to serve | Side, and the operator’ at Point of Rocks was | The rebels had set fire to the Virginia side of Oe + : hit emy. Hunter 4nd Sigel (now in conjunction) aided by other forces sent trom this quarter, ought to be able now to turn the table upon the rebels, and put them on the defensive. It is certain that the rebels did not expect that Hunter would 50 soon Appear on the field of action, and supposed they: would have nobody to con- front them bat Sigel. Since writing the above another report has been bronght into Georgetown to the effect that during thé hight Fg rybels (ct Valry) some 7,000 strong, forded the Potomac at Muddy Branch, forcing the detachment of 2d Massachusetts cavalry ensrting the ford to fall back to the Chain Bridge, at which point they arrived this morning, bringing down allthe canal boats between Muddy Branch and the Chain Bridge. ‘idge, which was then burning: our men, at Washington and its vieinity, for one hun- | Understood to report that a body of cavalry | the bridge, Gred days, unless sooner discharged. had ctossed the Potomac there, and interrupt- | Teq'vpog byrsharpehooiere in town aud cous I, Andrew G. Curtin, Governor of the said | ed the telegraph Ned fo amet. Commonwealth, do make this my proclama- In the meantime the excitement at Frederick | P® - O'CLOCK P. M. i i There is no rebel force east of Harper’s Fer- 3 tion in responee thereto, and do hereby cail on | continuing, all the sick from the hospitals, with , except on the Virginia side at Point of The road is unobstructed as far as ‘ the freemen of the Petnsylvania militia to | the provost guard of the town, were removed, ‘ocks. come promptly forward, as they nave hereto- | the former going to Annapolis. The Govern- : i Sandy Hook. Rumor, but nothing more, says IMPORTANT FROM HARPER'S ‘We give the story for whatit may be worth, | and the Governor of Magdalena has been ar- oeae Hons é he ‘s ocavent ear gen anchor had Somaya AN astuotee fon, that the force of rebels opposite Point of Rooks ERREECYS being . confident, nawatars that) whatever | rested. i . 4 6 | Harper's F No reason is his | 18 under command of Gen. Ross, which, if +s i Ropidly | grains of ttuth there may be init thatitis quite | The schooner Gen. Harney, which ran away mies of our Government, in desperation, are rper’s Ferry. No reasoa is given for tl true, would imply the presence there ofacon- | Hunter's Troops Arriving there Rapidly tain that rumor of the sortabove mentioned | from San Francisco two years ago with a cargo ppb aati Go Sie es { ware Enowa mae Be wire postile forces | siderable force, bat this is doubtfal. At all:| te Reinforce Sigel The Enemy believed always magnifies. numbers at Teast’ twenty of quicksilver, has been captured at one of the wikirewe tuseseaee Lieto bt { ince caeaptie eatery grt pare the events we have now at Pointof Rocks 4 suffi- at be potmere them sice euencoeeenes fold. Should it turn out that the rebels have Gali sa Islands. Her captain was murdered Upon the citizens of this Common wealth, ca. | Point of Rocks, twelve miles off cient force to hold that point against any op- Rnepes | 2s sees ate made any crossing at Muddy Branch, we are | by bis crew. pable of beaing arms, to come forward with. | Gen. EB Tyler remained at Monocacy, in | PRO OFS mitd ic known ae towne strength | BALTIMORE, July 6.—The mall train for | confident that the raiding party numbers less NEW YORK STOCK MARKET. facthe Gat arciget tae Lessee | being the Gta saecee forces that Point | oy movements of the rebels west of Harper's | Sandy Hook, opposite Harper's Ferry, left this | Burd! = eo aears (By the People's Line—Omce S11 Ninth street.) ieee, under a hand aad te great seal of | partment, and protecting the great railroad | Ferry. The largest estimated strength of the | morning as usual. a Bw YorRK, July 6.—U. 5S. 1881, coupon 6's, FROM FRANCE. 105; U. S. 5.20’s, 104%; Certificates of Indebt- the State, at Harrisburg, this 5th day of July, | bridge over the Monocacy river, three miles | STce at Harper's Ferry is 4,000, infantry and | Hunter's forces are rapidly arriving from 1064 U. 5. in the year of our Lord one thousand eight | from Frederick, but no sign of the enemy ap- | C@v@lry. Up to last evening Hagerstown was | the west, and will no doubt soon confront the ;.Gold, 24953; N. Y. Ventral, 1354: The Pirate Semmes te be provided with a % not occupied, nor was there any rebel force “4 Erie, 115%; Hudson River, 135%; Harlem, 230; wealth eighty Mathew? and Of the Common- | PEATEs Mest and extent Of the whole moye. | Heat there. it is known that Gen. Hunter has | rebels. t . : Niessen Dele te Seer Reading, 1304: Michigan Central, (3=; Michi- B the Govecsae 3 Eur Su ment are &s yet a mystery. reached the Parkersburg road, and is movmg The enemy still retain possession of the Vir- The Secretary of the Navy has received the n Southern, 91 ; Lilinois Central, 132; Cleve. - Secretary of the Comimoaereatih The accounts also vary as to the officers in | T@pidly eastward. ginia side of the river at Harper's Ferry. Si- | following despatch : and and Pittsburg, 112% ; Cleveland and Toledo, * command. Major Gen. Ransom is believedto | Damage tothe Skane peake and Obie Canal: gel, with his force, holds Maryland Heights, New York, July 6, 164.—Hon. Gideon Welles, JU Chibago and sock aang, Ef Rha tlle ers alry, s i ti ia Pints. . i » 68; PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT | be Siuarts succeseae The anledtat thesia Goat hig geonbeceuet: fald/has | All indications thus far strengthen the con- | Secretary of the Navy—Sir. The Asia arrived Wayne and Chicago, 110%; Alton and Terra OF THE UNITE D STATES, may be inferred to be regarded as an import-| been very destructive upon the Chesapeake | viction that the forces of the enemy do notex- | at Halifax this morning. Haute, 62; Ohicago and Northwestern, —; Suspension of the Writ ef Habeas Corpus sat gas by Gen. Lee. and Ohio Canal. We have information here | ceed six or eight thousand men, and that it The Paris Pairie states ag follows: “Semmes | Quicksilver, 77 \- and Proclamation of Martial Law in| , Tie infantry forceis said to be commanded | that the canal has been badly damaged, and | j, simply a plundering expedition. Nothing | has announced that on the 15th of Angust he —— Kentucky. by Gen. Early, who is reported to be Ewell’s | thata number of boats have been burned and | | will embark on the new Alabama, which will A Call for pak LS ha said de to Defend " S r 2, - The following important proclamation has samnentaet toast pt meer gt oll seer emt theirteams captured. = ALFRED SPATES. HAREEIGS BREED Ee then be completed. Seamien of the old Alaba- Boeran,: July. Aah pis i published for been issued by the President : men. Other reports name Breckinridge, Im- | FROM THE ARMY OF THE PoTomac, | FRO™ A es eee ok ERS: | ma will continue to receive pay and form part | . ("Massachusetts volunteers) for garrison By the President of the United States of America, | boden, Jenkins, and even Wheeler, as the Heavy Cannonading at Petersburg. Great Panic there in fear of Rebel inva. Rumoy points to the steamerRappahannock, | duty near Washington. Non-commissioned A PROCLAMATION. leaders; but both Southern Jenkinses were Fortress Monnos, July 3.—The steamer eat Tene People pete Bente thee the on Batish ‘war vessel which stole away | Officers and privates are to receive $20 a month Whereas by a proclamation which was is- | killed in the present yan pas Wheeler is | Iolas, from City Point, has arrived. She re- r 5 i from the State treasury, while in service. sued on the 15th day of April, 1561, the Pres- | known to -be in Tennessee or Georgia, and | ports constant cannonading going on in the di- | Hurt. Tom Eb eaten lt a neeee ey, to be the Juipepebyn ident of the United States announced and de- | Breckinridge’s presence m the Valley is very | rection of Petersburg this morning. All was We have the following information from ar E. 8. Sanrorp. clared, that the laws of the United States had | doubtful. te i thought to be working to the best advantage. parties who lett Hagerstown at 7 o'clock on eee 2 LOCAL NEWS. een for sometime past and then were op- ater Accounts. ing. | Oo BY CAPT. WINS= ae posed, and the execucian thereof obstructed S Monday morning. At that time none of the | OFFICIAL REPORT BY CAPT INS: — LOW OF THE DESTRUCTION OF THE ALABAMA. Semmes Challenges him te Fight—The shajlenge Accepted—Gallant Conduct of DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.—About three o'clock this afternoon, flames were seen issuing trom the stable Attached to the dwelling of Mr. E. Weyzer, on D street south, between 134 and At10 o'clock on Monday night the operator — Ne a ; = certain States therein mentioned, by combina- | Teturped to Point of Rocks, and the telegraph AU epee nA OE cee a Tebels were on this side of the Potomac, but tions too powerful to be suppressed by the | communication was renewed to that point. VENING, July 8th, atso'clock. By ord: they had a picket Hne extending from opposite ordinary course of judicial proceedings or by | The rebel cavalry had returned to the south at . _P. HICKBY, President. { Williamsport to within a short distance of the the powers vested in the marshais by law; | Side ot the Potomac, after destroying many | JOS. V. MURPHY. Rec. Sec. jy Point of Rocks, on the south side of the Poto- = z B d Officers of the Kearsage— | and 14th streets, near the Long Bridge, which and things in and around the Point ot Rocks. The REV, J.SELUA MARTIN willlvcture at the | mac. They occasionally show themselves in| | the Crew an y iz ge, whic: ‘Whereas immediately after tne ‘ssning of the | telegraph between the Ferry and the Point of isth ctract Presbyterian Churcheon MON. | considerable mumbers, copecially in the yicin- pee Cacmnge: Grom: she Die pam s Dread’ spread quickly tothe house of Mr. Weyzer, aid proclamation the jand and naval forces of | Rocks, which was also destroyed, would bein | DAY EVENING. July 11. Subiect—English opin- | ity of the Pointof Rocks.. Thé river is very seit ¢ which was soon destroyed, as was also the the United States were put into activity to | Working order again to-day. Nothing was | ion and feeling in reference to the present w low, and fordable at different places, suppress the said insurrection and rebellion; | received om Monday night from the Ferry or | _3¥ 6-5t On Sunday night a squad of fifteen rebel and from General Sigel. NOTICE, JOURNEYMEN PLASTERERS. | cavalrymen crossed to the Maryland side and Whereas the Congress of the United States, | Ata late hour on Monday night a dispatch The regular monthly meeting of the Asko- | stole a number of horses, and then returned. : by an act approved on the 3d day of March, | was received from General Kelly, at Cumber- | Clafion will be held at pomecrance eke ¥ street, During Sunday night, and before daylight 1963, did enact hat during the said rebellion series via Mead in hen por tease Giembgr wil BS presents as the aleotiog Of one Monday morning, they sppeared to ee moving the President of the United States, whenever | rebels were 8! ing forces stationed at ight. down the river in the direction of Frederick, in bis judgment the public safety may require | South Branch Bridge, an important railroad corey Sar of SIaeeon: Sialbayy P. J, PEIRCE, Sec. for the purpose, it is thought, of destroying the it, is authorized to suspend the privilege of the | station about sixteen miles west of Cumber- JOHN R. GILL, Pres, dy 6-20" important railroad bridge over the Monocacy. writ of habeas corpus in any case throughout | land. He was making atl the defense he could; emer ks OF THE METROPOLIS, Wasuina- | They seem to have abandoned the fntention, if i The Navy Department has received the fol- lowing official report from Capt. Winslow, of the Kearsage : U.S. STEAMER KEARSAGB, Cherbourg, France, June 19, 1364,—Sir: I have the honor to inform the Department that the day subsequent to the arrival of the Kearsage off this port, on the begging ‘thet the Kearsage would ‘or depare Delle teagan te nent ber, and would act de? house of Mrs. Farrell, adjoining. A row of five frames, belonging to Mr. John Gibson, occupied seat att ae Wn. Stew- art, M. Cromp, Robt. King, W. Talbert, and —— Wallingsford, soon followed, and as we go to press the frame on the corner of 14th street, the lower part of which is occupied as a store by Mr. Arbuckle, is in flames, as also two new houses below D street. The adjoining property is im great danger, and the utmost efforts will hardly save it. the United States, or in any part thereof; and | the enemy were in large force. It was thonght TON. Sth July, 1364_—At an election for ten | they entertained it, but had they attempted it Whereas the said insurrection and rebellion | that the enemy intended to burn the bridge, rectors of this Bank, held on the 4th instant, the | they would have met with a warm reception, From the scarcity of water the firemen, some atill continues, endangering the existence of | (which is a three-span bridge, forty feet high,} folloning gentlemen were chosen to serve for the | as Thera are two strong forts erected on the pe ech bathe Secge the Alabama left the - whan SEE Cat 7 an the Gxoenas were sate the Constitution and Government of the United | 80 4s to prevent General Hunter's forces from | Seong gpa} heights near the bridge, which will be able to t ot Uherbourg this morning at about 9.30 | 12 Setting in service. The fire is thought to States; and reaching the scene of operations from the Grokar FARERR, THO DADRA, sweep all approaches to it. ones "At 10. want. re ie pee ho d her, ue have originated from some children setting oft Whereas the military forces of the United | Kanawha. f EWI8 JOHNSO: FITZHUGH CO / The news of the appearance of the rebels } ing towards us. Fearing the question of juris. | "° CT@¢Kers in the stable. A YLB, States are now actively engaged in suppress- | General Max Weber was compelled to give | J. F THOMAS FBRAN, caused no hittle excitement at Frederick, All B. BLAK ing the said insurrection and rebellion in va- | Up Harper's Ferry and fall back to the Mary- | WILLIAM ORME, Pico: WIRAL Arise, we sleamed to sed wntit Ss J.M. ROBE! 8 the Government erty and the sick ai AFFAIRS INGEORGETOWN.—The water in the rious parts of the States where the said rebel- | land Heights, on the north side of the river. | _Jy 6-2aw2w MOSES RELLY, Cxrbier, | ‘26 Governme ihalopinieretthat ao eae fistance of six or seven miles was attained | canal is yery low, and the arrivals of freigtited lion has been snccesstul in obstructing the | His force was not large enongh to cope with THE BEST AND CHEAPEST PLACE IN | at once removed toa place of safety. a daditp and pe Biase) steaming for the | 008'8 are few consequently. The reports of the ; jaws and public authorities, especially in the | the enemy. the city to buy your Shirts, Hats and Un- The excitement at Hagerstown on Sunday pit ‘As we approached her witht ‘about | ®PPearance of the rebels on the line of the | Staves of Virginia and Georgia; and Generals Sigel and Mulligan reached Mary- | der Clothing is at LEWIS’, 342 7th street. near nightand Monday morning was intense. The | 4! 5 pproac igs canal have induced the boats at Georgetown 4 Whereas on the 5th day of September last | land Hights about 9p. m. on Monday night | Northern Market. Sy 6-3t* merchants were busily engaged in sending 1 DAISE ne Ove ued Drews SeOAv ae iaatnd ne they are numerous) to delay their depar- / the President of the United States duly issued | from Sharpsburg, where they had fought all NATIONAL LODGE NO. 12-4. ¥.& A.M. | their goods into the Interior of Pennsylvania, } the acios sroiated naa sive steamers | ture up river. his proclamation, wherein he declared tnat | day on Monday. This large reinforcement A called communication of this Lodge will | over the Hagerstown and Chambersbarg rail- yeaa pp abaapacmuccts coe tel ‘east waits The receipts of coal since our last were :—By the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus | doubtless ensures the safety of the position of | be held at Masonic Hall, corner D and 9th streets, id, which was still in running order. In | Xing 8 circle round and round, at a alstance | tne Central Co. 319 16-1'0 tons; Balt. & Ham should be-suspended throughout the United | Gen. Weber, oppesite Harper’s Ferry. Mi MEY ae Syening. rhe tte Sosa at Th O'clk, commequance of the severe tame heretotore of apont pe peated verte trom Gaienk 540.96; Cumberland, 963.69; American, 1,252.95. States in the cases where, by the authority of | | The enemy oceupy Harper's Ferry in force, | irithren are cordinlly invited to beprowent, | sustained by the Merchants of the town, ana | «thick sine dora ia ope rey name | Consélidation, 32990; Borden, #53,91; Midland, the President of the United States, military, | 8nd was shelling Sigel’s forces on Monday | By orderof the W.M.- - MBRTZ, in anticipation of the possibility ot amother | arerwards, and carrying many persons with | 11% Hieston & Co., 2014. The Peter Heimer naval and civil officers of the United States, | Bight across the river. The firing yesterday | jy 5-21" Secretary. | raid, they have but small stocks of goods on | f . Eda apr icy, arrived, with wood to E. B. Barrett: the John or any of them, held persons under their com. | Morning at Maryland Hights show that it is GERMAN RELIEF ASSOCIATION FOR | hand, and were the rebels to visit Hagerstown | Tragora: t satistacti ‘ure bert; potatoes, hay, dc, tomarket. ; mand, or im their custody, either as prisoners | holding still, and Gen. Sigel has warned the Nema WOUNDED SOLDIERS.—The | with the expectation of getting any amount | to the Departeaene that every gee aand ming | _ The last departures were on Saturday, nam- Ui of war, spiés, or as aiders or abettors of the | citizens of Harper’s Ferry that he would shell | Quart. tion will be held | of supplies, they would be greatly disap- bering fifteen, all light. t the town at noon to drive the enemy ont. WEDNESDAY: thosth net cat Sacelaak . }, OF seamen enrolled je town at noon rive the enemy out. on . the inst.,at8 o'clock p. m., fe or draited Gr trcatered os tulleted in or belong. | _Itis not known whathas become of the force | at the German Hall. on lith street, between F and | Pointed G streets, to elect officers for th i rte The cashiers of the Hagerstown and Wash- ing tothe land or naval force of the United ae uate pate ata EL NEB and to receive the reports regarding the transac. | ington County Banks have removed the effects States, or as Geserters therefrom, or otherwise 'y tions of the Association. P of their banks to Harrisburg for safety. ' amenabie to military law or the rules and arti- | menso widely thatitis difficult to tell their | invited to attend. ersons ingerented are did their duty, exhibiting a degree of coolness and fortitude which gave promise at the out- set of certain victory. I have the honor to be, most respectfully, your obedient servant, ee State Ov THR THERMOMBTER.—At Frank- lin & Co,’s, opticians, No. 244 Pennsylvania avenue, the thermometer stood to-day at 1 b i. The millers of Washington county, of whom = ? o’clock, 86 In the shade, and 112 in the sun. cles of war,or the rules or regulations prescribed |. numbers. JeB-2t* Corresponding Secretary. | there are a large number, are also sending their Hon. GipEon Wasue: erator, Caras, } tor the military or naval services by authority It is now said positively that Ransom is their == NOTICE.—The Commissioners of the Paid | flour out of harm’s way. : i 3 P)RAWERS, HALP HOSE, GLOVES, SUSPEN. of the President of the United States, or for | chiet cavalry officer, andghat Early is in com- 3 Fire tment having located the differ- | ‘The telegraph wire between Hagerstown and + resisting a draft, or for any other offenseagainst | Mand of their infantry. ent Engine Fela are now prepared to receive | Frederick bance been cut, and if it has ceased the military or nayal service; and The rebel force on the south side of the Po- | applications for membership in the Department, to work, (as reported,) it is oecasioned by thé Whereas many citizens of the State of Ken- | tomac, opposite the Potnt ot Rocks and up to | until Wedn+sday, July 6th. Applications can be skedaddling of the operator at the former tacky have joined the forces of the insurgents, | the Ferry, can be seen from the opposite shore, | Male to either of the Commissioners, . U.S.S. KBAR8aGR, Cherbourg, France, Jane 20, 1564._Six: I enclose herewith the Surgeon's report of the casualties on board this vessel in the late action with the Alabama. ders, and Handkerchiefs, Stocka, Scarfs, aud Neckties ofevery description, in great variety and very low prices, can be had at a 3! y 6-3t* LEWLS' 3427th st. Ist. and Mass. ay. ; 4 E. C, ECKLOFF, Secretary. place. Although we received some 25 or 30 shots, 12 VERY FINE AND GOOD-PITTING ARTI- ts have, on several occa. | but they had made no further demonstration | _4¥2t ry, gh Ww INE ne nee ad the aia State of Kentucky in| at last accounts. BANK OF THE METROPOLIS, Wasninc- SF The Maryland Constitutional Convention | OF 12 taking effect in the hull, by the mercy of large force, and not without aid and comfort The railroad is clear from this city to the TON, 27 June, 186i —The Board of Directors | js to reassemble to-day. God we have been spared the loss of life, turnished by disaffected and disloyal citizens | river opposite Ferry. ave this day declared a dividend of three per cent. whereas in the case of the Alabama the car- ‘ore, and everything in the line of Gents’ Fur- mishing Goods, at the lowest cash prices. jy6-3t* of the United States residing therein, have Sconts and citizen refugees report the forces for the pasy sie months, payable on or after the Sth nage, I learn, was dreadful, i : : R. TRABERT., late of the fi f Shafer & T i — ——s = + Fret en Sey as tril muberiiad aed | chestars ai 18.000 infantry and 4000 savaiey, | 222 -arae MOSES KELLY. Cashier. | TVA bert, having iakn the place of Mr: Richards, | conage belng the same, ‘The Alabama carry: | [SPORTANT 70 LADIES!—Ladion and Fant: veo o j i v ; 7 No. 2 , av., betw 9 oth ? ry 8 wha f uotry 4 mace flagrant civil war, destroying pro- | while other well-informed persons only esti- RAILROAD. COMB OR ETON wali infor higfriendsand customers that he ing one hundred pound rifle, with one heavy | or watering places, can be Popglied with moat i perty and life in yarious parts of that State; | mate the force altogether at from §,000 to | Jone 24. 1834.—The annual meeting of the Stock. | now ready to do all kind of Shoemaking at the | 6°-pounder,and six broadside 32-pounders,and | every article for the outfit of Infants, Girls’ and 22,000. holders of thi for th i lowest cash prices. jy 6-3t* the Kearsage carrying four broadside 32.pound- | Boys’ Suits, aa well as Ladies’ Uv.dergarments. ; "Whereas it has been made known to the | A despatch from Camberland, via Wheeling | Directors fer the eet pee eatian of seven Xd, O/MoGUIRE & 00. Auctiaaears ere, two Il-inch, and one 2:-pounder rifle, one | Embroideries. Laces, with » general stock of Dry President of the United States by the officers | and Pittsburg, says that Gen. Kelley has suc- | WEDNESDAY, the |3th of July, 1854, at the office B gos ‘a ® gun less than the Alabama. eons ge Meade made Saits, &c., will be re- Ord ceived and promptly executed The only shot which 1 fear will give us any commanding the national armies that combi- | cessfully defended the Baltimore and Ohio | 9! the Co Pay. corner of isth street and New | HOUSE AND LOT ON NORTH & STREET BE- trouble 1s ona hundred potind eis wrhiati on nations have been formed in the said State of | Failroad bridges at Patterson’s Creek and at | York syenue. The polls will be opened at 12o’elock | “TWEEN 19TH AND 20TH STREKTS WEST, the ral veloc m. y s y, = . M. MEYENBERG, ky, with urpose of inciting rebel north and south branches of the Potomac. i Pet % . On MONDAY AFTERNOON, July I8th, at 614 | tered our stern post and remains at present un- (Late 3. & W. Meyenberg,) aoreento Tenew the said operauonsot ciel war | where block-houses and iron-clad caissons | 41'9, FABNESTOES BotiEDEON, prerisent ovelock, on the premises. by virtue of a decree of exploded. f° Market Space, under Avenue House, the Orphans’ Court, dated June 2ist, 1854, confirmed by the Supreme Court, July 5th, 1864, I shall sell, part of Lot No. 2, in Square No, 122, fronting about bet. 6th and 7th sts. “YMAN’S PATENT 4 within the said State and thereby to embarrass Fe eth eenace see anges vas sake a — the United States armies now operating in the Ns Hs QGOPARTNERSHIP HERETOFO x. said States of Virginia and Georgia, aad even | been driven back effectually, being but atew | I’ RETOFORE EX t would seem almost invidious. to particu. larize the conduct of any one man or officer in tee re ~ oe isting under the name of Sh T )feet on north E street, between 19th and which all bad done their duty with a fortitude tELF SEALING FRUIT JAR. to endanger their safety: cavalry of am independent er local command. | this day dissolved by murual. consents Met phates | streets. and ganna Lack oF et iee ieee ettR Yond cooltiess Which Gatoct "be (co Miehis We verticnlarty fovtte the stlention of haar ia. ‘Now therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, Presi- will hereafter attend to the settlement of all'ac: | er with the improvements consisting ofa two story | Praised; but Peel itdue to myexecutive officer | tending to put up fruit to examine LYMAN'S dent of the United States, by virtue of the vay ehe Very Latest. conntedue y the late firm. Frame Dwelling House, (No. 214,) containing four | Lt. Commander Thornton, who superintended Hfruction, they are more easily Wenlattor ex sole authority vested in me by the Constitutionand | | At six o'clock last evening an attack was | . July 2, 18s. SHON" | FgomA ee | the working of the battery, to particularly | Sian eny bow nu. . laws, do hereby declare that in my judgment | #bout being made upon Maryland Heights, ROPOSALS FOR WOOD. pete ip mention him for an example of coolness and |’ Samples of berries and fruit put up in these Jars thi blic safety especially requires that the | Where General Sigel’s whole force was con- = nar peasion ot the peitilnge of i writ of habeas gentrnted and formed in line of battle for de- Chief Quartermasters: fen by Depot. orpu " he sai jepse. ; ashington, July 5, 1834. "$ or mae ent or Septeatbat. 1S0, ree aoe Very little information of the details of the reer s rppanals for the gelivery, at this Seoos, tual, and be duly enforced in and throughout | Progress of the siege of reryiand Heights Seasive at thie oficeunthl MONDAY Sore ie the ead State of Rentucky, and that martial | could be obtained, owing to there being no | at 12 0’clock m. bs July 25, 1854, Jaw be for the present established therein. trains running that far up the road, and the | @hewvod to be hard, sound and merchantable 1 do, therefore, hereby requireof the military | telegraph operator not being in a position to | Oak Weod. four (4) feet long, and split to the or- Officers in the said State, that the privileges of | Understand the true condition of affairs, other Opary size of cord wood Cost of conveyance to he paid by the purchaser, 1. F. NORRIS, Guardian. . Sy 6-4 3.0, McoGUIBE & OO., Aucts, ROPOSALS FOR BUILDING ¥LOATI P s DRY Docks. bal encouragement ot the men while fighting, which contribated much towards the success ote action, fest eae A ery respec our obedient servan' ny Teepe 53K WINSLOW, Captain. Hon. Grpkon WELLEs, Sec’y of the Navy. last year can be seen at our store i directions accompany each Jar, for putting up all kinds of fruit, berries. &e..&c ‘ C.W. BOTSLER & 80N, Housefarnishing Store jy66t 318 Penn. av., bétween Sth and loth. OK!! LOOK!!! ‘All that desire to eupply themselves with DR¥- Navy DeparTMent, 3 Bureau of Yards and Docks, July 1, 1868. Beparatasealed Proposals endorsed Proposalsfor Build ied b U.S. S. KzarsaGe, Cherburg, France, June ing Floating Dry Docks,” accom 19, 1864 —Sir:—I report the following casual- ma I me int cent. } Full yard wide, 3s cents. Extra heavy, 40 cents. English Grepadine, Mozambiaue: 4 all other : ; ating Dry | comps y 3 bef ther rise, will do well to calt od to be delivered at such points near the |’ plans and apecifications in full detail, will, be re- t this morning with | GOODS before another rise, wi meu tic ‘writ of habeas corpus be effectually suspended | than the fact that Maryland Heights was still | »7B¢ wood to be d ‘i 8 Be . 1 - | ties from the engagemen: morning w: ’ within the said State according to the aforesaid | in Gen. Sigel’s possession. mharvenin this dty.an the Depot Quacternastes | CtIsiy tort tor Shc nee sctio ere ee eae any | the Alabama John Wy. Dempssy quater ican +} $* JULIUS BYCEL'S. roclamation; and that martial law be estab-| — Four rai} ns, lpaded with govern- | shall direet, corded in ranks four (4)feot high; de | dock forusaat or near the Navy Yard, New Fork, + Ber, componnd fracture of right arm; Sm: | Bleached Gotton yet ata reduced price of Fisbed therein, to tale effect from the date of ment suppiics, os well se thé mail train trom | livery. net being red complete until so | and one for use atthe Navy Yard, Philadelphia; | Putated. 5 oe roclamats The said suspension and Ferry, that went up on Monday, measured and inspected. etebishment of tskcdah daw to Ocgtines wows [-aed Was intercepted by Moseby on {ts return, ““dostnapector will be desigaated: on the part of this proclamation shall be revoked or modi- | Were all worked through from Harper's Ferry the Government to inspect and measure the wood, said docks to be of fall and sufficient capacity and | _ William Gowin, ordinary seaman,compound fracture of left thigh and leg; seriously receive. raise and sustain in safety a reads wounded. | anel of at least 239 feet in length 46 feet in bi and 16 feet dpatt, of 2,2 1 tone i facessen | nd zh as doea not conform to the above speci y : fied, but not beyond the period when the said | 0 Baltimore successfally yesterday afternoon, | SP suc] e a pec A i L 3 James Macheth, ordinary seaman,cempound | Drews Géodsiata reduced price: Febellion shall have teen suppressed oF come Frithont the slightest lous,” They were dred at | “two thousand dve sindred (2200) ededa to bo | clit Seer ie phe rede seer onions Zpu.and | tracture of left leg: ceriously wounded. Extra, heayy Orath, 18 cents, and Black Silks, j SARS nereoy reaaire and command, as | OBponie tue Point of Rocka s VVeANES | axiveeal os Ge Sloeqtne nt ay of Oetibe | Eat dean tg Sected, thoy ay Ma fone gr |. Very PPPECHRLY YoaTaBEonry's |. | ganaes, ibess, kaw tn propotion. | weir sit miltary balers tnd allelvit oticere | No damare to, the railroad has yet been | {2° delivered ‘on oF before {he Ist day of Novem. seperate en rr mu Thtate the. ories or IE uae tain Inp. A, Winslow, commanding US| “Woo. vanrwey oF FANCY GOUDS ' ithoritiee existing i ‘itni e | Teported, . ¥ e doy i the ti whi hey; ATEARC. 2 Said tate of Kentucky to take notes of this | Patterson's reek bridge, six miles east of PROPOSALS, ee eiWetndy forure. tS ern Sener will engage have 1 Bi _ Si patents or patented articles, if any. ed in the construction of these docks are to be in- cluded in the proposals, ? iy 6-lawin ¥ J. GC. McGUIBE & CO., Auctioneers, RUSTEE'S SALB RB pw G ROT AND TOT OW NORA H NRT TERS Silk Mits, 6 centa. . Hen: Hea aUtched Handkerchiefs, 25cents. ing Hoop Skirts, $1. Al n Shirt Bosoms. 2 cen’ Ft aands other articles af the samo rate. near lis nolieltea, veal is Role SOLIDS SYCEL, oo, AML Baventh atrest, iy 6-eolw’ between G and H streeta, prociamati n, 10 gtve full etfect to the same | Cumberland, which was done on Monday piled eiasCalee the FE pam aed Toy oti Lae and the mariial law herein procisimed; and eare last, and yesterday entirely re- dress of the bidder. ; thn int respec Tein ordered wil x roposal ‘om loyal past { woe py aie es taleee to interfere with the No news of a public nature was received | sidered. f : holding of Iawful elections or with the pro- After six o'clock last evening from points this | each prot is e ceedings of the constitational legisiau im of | #ide of Harper's Ferry, and the result of the | | Proposals must be addressed'to Brigadier Gen- Kentucky, or with theadministration of justice fox at Maryland Heights was not known.— | eralD. H. RUCKER, Ohlef Quartermaster, Depot [ oh ODR SNGLISH FRIENDS. Our good br ey John Bull, is busy with apologies for* defeat, of the rebel pirate, Semmes; says the Alabama was overmatched in.gons, tonnage, speed, and force in men, all of iL, not be con: lan oath of allegiance must accompany sition. ai q "i which is untroe, as, also, their allegation that ] in the courts of ae sting tMerein between jaltimore. Sun, 6th. cd ga for woot ne me plataly Weer bata pape ci ah a tie Kearnsep was eee on ber sur ST af ici dpkg apa it ira n of the Unite ates, in suits i i ‘The bidder wil] be required to hi By virtue of a deed 6f trust f: Wm. H. Clam- hed n - a Pa: ceedings which do not affect the military Spec | Gur Monday aiteraoon, stoet 4 o'clock, ax\| Propeniton gif a guiranty ehened by two vet on: | pitt and wite, dated @he twenty-third diy of Sup. fee, and. was cimp'y, sm jerdinarr woodes, CONTINUATION OF Pa WNRORORRRS’ SALE Fatious or the constitutional authorities of the | the reguiat mail train was epproaching. the | tiie persons, thatin cana hin bid be accepted, he | fember. ciglifcam hundred and Ofty-eightyand duly, oop of war of Yankee, baild, but “wate | aocy will se coutinued on THURSDAY, Teh | ernment of the United States. ES ie pame, wi recorded in &i eNO cH sal ay r “* . aD t-etlmopy whereof I have hereunto set eae Scale, TUL Aee ceo ee Rot ot cai ooameee 44 deilves th eerie, ae anda one 5e Cire Rae ier Has Ml i Bogiish aiig yares Ce aed See oe * . cum WML. WAGE & 00. Auct:. my kand and caused the seal of the United! me suspicions oft Of the train, Mr..| posed in conformity with the terme o ein catee ene on vk! ace $8 pat {expressly for speed and sharp fizhting qualt Y GREEN & WILLIAMS, Auctioneers, Staus to be affixed. Darby, ot this city, were aroused that some- | tis-ment; and in case the said bidder sbould failto | NOON. July as ora nt lot i per, apd we <eect ae ipaghnge era io fs atslgits ecgar Ea iassand | tive im, Seng, eee, carenned ce | Raerinhere daar al Sidra He | Cake scala een EEA EAN ns oe Aone rh nonE Ran Hed ABD so the wWaependense Of the Uaited States tne | Speed, Of the, train, moving, very eaatioasly: | LITT let teoponsibie: bidder, oF the persan to | See eente aie, soa, ae . STREETS. 8: AT AUOTION. intn. ABRAHAM LINCOLN Bad! he Bag ere BeOf Rocks, | whom the may be awarded... | punibered.two hundred dfs ta On TUESD. es $..at 64 o'clock p. aden: | RRR Nhe tiabaaes of pete fama | act rman ete estes mete | Sate ork ee pessemey Et een eaermemces ms isial certificate of 2 4 o-+tor’ ri ie House. co! mix Ww. H, Sswagp, Secretary of State. Bt bis engine bephed ty of Lag ALL id lane brazen District Oourt, orof the Uained Bn par ace tee stron! nod ing rs € oe fe Sanare ae, A goodchancet.ra Sale Neeel bec some thirty or ty 1a Dem! . en eer rney. a gin By | 1 ol f = invel eBt. * i to th t of 4 T j & WILLIAMS, A COMPARE STE, OEEIORES, QFUNON OF | loreeuely waste eleages we aremme | gaunt ee ase a cmt cle | acer decrement ees pom Asean an BE cer rs jarantors will be required of the successful bid- nee Borth ninety-two feet, (92 feet.) thence weat _ ‘ has arrived is. Cc. TIRE & CO,, Auctionger: A few weelte since, an Officer attached to the | night. ; ecoupon signing the contract. xteen fect dightinches, (1s fect 3 inches,) thence | | HALIFAX, July 6—Tne Asia TAS, C/McGCUIBE & CO,, i who at one timeserved inthe |, T5¢ Wildest excitement and confasion en- ORM OF GUARANTEE, south ninety-two feet, (92 feet.) to the place of | from Queenstewn on the 26th. ’ bare§y, who at sued @hong the passengers, a large namber of! we the un beginning, improved by a-well-bailt wick house | Great anxipty is manifested for the minis. jw AND Briueh army pas in Quebec; Oanads, visiting | ‘whom were Indies_many leaping from tue pada: | with all tee modern improvements, terial annoupoement of the result ofthe Oon- | i some of Bis c-wpanions ie Be care and taking refuge woods and moun. | and severally iy This property les just east of the Demenou bulla icy ‘on the Dano. 4 July pth *% Len omer b “it ip toe0 mas the tured ‘ir open nae sangre deat ren eat Host desitable recigeumer seria’ olka AM oy, ier erate : ‘Bquare No Sao teontice Toots Rorthern troops would rna. |Before our officer | his surprise at the ‘the : as 4 3 151% west. between L, ate, Could reply, 8 peFs0n at the oppcsiteead of the | be forced the engine ret “ap ‘eras: On¢-balf of Pho urchgse menos Ta cash; 1d charged with being kg io pn alley i Teom Arcee PWaoever says | cuccesatadly WrosRht wi Ca ieee Cee fhe ree eet tat eR Citta "ot the’ pirate Alaba- apr. ve Borthers sold! odd lige.”? per'e Ferry. ‘ =P ae werat etree Semmes is to have pnetiness y Epgiiechman edimtely on his feet, aad | YT: te eta'ed thatafterthe: pall enceneded ‘All con including révenué stash pa] atthio ust. c hrecms, are yous os et “ wane a) robbitg inewtoree te Potato Rocks bord said tis forma ot onto not bo. complied’ wi baggage lat tte twee tet by Faceast yee are you, sir 7” repliba, visited of, BPATIE all the citiaraty ee Eee ths Trtcee toarenioe sat fies Aiemaliy diverena wt SEF ntege< © Mts inciniartranepired as to the | 2 isk and other G i . Sno: D opi ehaON Trusteo, f 32.0; Ma ABB & OD.. Ancis.. Upon. Ic 4¢ stated Bhat orders fi service, bat bel etine, and apne te | ard pocket books of Ril posarecig tacce na troop Ueman who itt Frederie telook at | bidaa Berson, hy pote an { joe A pa duietin that aciehnorsend.. He Fepor-s that iS Rot nebo! nalding, ESSHS | RADY acter ee Oe be Ptr the raiders in | side. Ah rs cuiieallis an At6 o'ptock last evening an attack was about MEE EMPIRE: fy dea 5 tae cee Date quatr-dooasan © Goktog te wee So wast F ere firmer, with o slight