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NEW YORK HERALD, atet mateo seep cneaied oe ine tree wit of tn citizens cals tn lisaeaial the Mercer House, and march- THE FOURTH — |= Serene nesta | Het . mond. the Park Barracks, w! they dis- tisk ari maa} to the apd wo therein ie mg y oe — » — 4 mont to 121 =e . ). tnterferang vs from British goveroment. orator then: ey INTENSE EXCITEMENT ABOUT THE WAR | tuesanini's nanowire | | Subesrat meatus ttn aeerevenel . tog, singing, and other annrepriat exeroisea,, They mere | tho ovotraat cates *benaee sisSiyuam of governed Pease po Dr ne ai 9 Boar: THB MILITARY PROCESSION AND BBVIEW. | Stcharites ani Correction, ‘et Fae the ‘Section aud ’ ft gee ‘thon givoy of es wee eee ment ” Tommany Hall. Gate a the lirst Provident of the United ai aa The national anniversary and festival was celebrated by the Tammany Society at the Ult Wigwam in tho Ge ree Washi *n—-when, OM the Z0Lh of April, : wont th ne Kti# fevernmet a YS. ald and connsels Ola Tammany on Sccretary Stanton. approved style of that ancieut order. The Sachems and ane ‘by the advice of Mr. Jeflersom, } other chieis wore in large attendance, and the grand hall mie a ant Coneeed Heury ume Lae atanageaengs io of meeting was crowded with other citizens ie ‘The foreign reat ioos of the cont Grand Sachem Wareruvry opened the proceedings | the second yeur of its existence claimed ont g Urwin THE COMMON COUNCIL CELEBRATION. tit th feutio frou br. Jadeeson. With, Spal Hsia and: with @ suttable address. He said is was the France delicate Opened.” ‘The French Samat 1 sain second Fourth of July since the flames’ of Hevolucion bras ont a this rise aad the Jroclamation war broke out inthe country, and within that neutrality was issued om the of April, 1793 A TWGMIPICENT PYROTRCHIC DIPLAT. | TY,Cicnr tein tnt an wey meh ror tn tat | Soveeracemeted fo a, Ree . ef 3 Ms &e. &e. of any other nation, and the people have eviticed their | make ake cormnon cause with France against Grea: Britain &e., a Considering all the circumstances surrounding the oc firm resolve to stand by and defend the Union which their fathers left them. Although the results of the more recent battles haa not been as favorable as we could end “folland. ‘the oraior thea proceeded to consider what the peuple of the United State» have achieved under this cousit in eontradistinction to the ‘@asion—the gloom, sorrow and despair the rebellion has | lave desired—the gallant young general in command of | results parent State. ile simmued cast upon many a Northera Lome—-the affliction and be- | our army being compelled to mect three times his nom- ae tna the OT hana Teavement of wives, parents, reiatives and friends, the | ber on the flelt—the demo-rats of Ameriva could console | ghousand sy? mil@S co three miiliens two hundred pat eighty-8i d co | themselves that they hay: ir duty, and that nity thousand; py of bree inilfor ighty-sixtn anniversary of our wational independence | them 'y have done their duty, and tha: these net <p or aa misfortunes were not caused by thom. They could not bat regret, however, that the disasters wers brought about by a man who, one year ago, pretended to bea demo- crat; but since be had got wtuthe War Dopartment Edwin M. Stanton had become the Gtting tool of the abolitionists, aod (he mean .yeirument of accomplishity their views. But our cause was not to be lost by the acts of @ man orset of men. The Union ‘of our States must, un- der every circumstance, be maintained, tis now only the more incumbent on every man to rally to the stund- ard of MeCic!lan, aud to the brave men wiw are tighting our batties, so that the war may be speedily ended and jqace restured t© our sullering @oumtry. (Aprlause. } Although Edwin M. Stantou Iftd shown that the worst foo is a renegade, President Lincoln had. in wost cases, done well and deserved well. (Applause.) He wished hae could say the iresideut had wiways dowe well, Has nly down upon abo'ftionism and erdsh tt to pieces, 0 one soldiers will fight unembarrassed , 2nd victory must Soon sit uyon the Wetional bunuers: the Grand Sachom’s address the na ‘wéecolovrated this year with an enthusiasm aud una- ‘Bimity searcely to be expected. The patriotic display ‘Was spontanceus und hearty. We wrissed nothing of the ld geal and genuine ardor, nothing of the unanuiry in ail ciasses in honoring the glorious anmivorsary. Young America was quite a8 ardent, patriotic, enthusiastic and Bro-crackic as tem yours ago, and patres fantilias showed no tack of sympathetic pleasure in the sports of their dourishing progeny. Few would imagine, indeed, while witnessing the boisterous mirth and jabilant de_ monstrations, that the country wasevea at that very momout coping With ongof the woat tremendous rebe!- lions evor known in the bistory of the world, and strug sling, perhaps, for its national existence. Yet such is the elasticity of our people. No trouble can long depress them, and this buoyancy of spirits and hopefulness of Reart ts one of the most wouderful claracterisizes of the American peopie, as well as one of the greatest elements of their power and stability. It is the result of nomere thoughtiessuess or absence of proper (ee! effect of an abiding taith in right and j conviction that everything w. sow. thirteen sovercagn States ww thirty four, wih» praise Lo autor the uaxt century with ove ba Ired and twenty niittions , value of pro- perty rising ance 1190 from “four hundred and eighty 2uidions of dollars to the immens» aycreg ute of sixtwcn thousand Bilipos, ziolding an anaual p.ofit to the propie of between five and six hundred miliions Of doiars, with @ commereml marine rapidiy verging to- wards six millions of semnage. Nearly fi.ty thousand ships belonging to the republic ‘are scattered ether over the ocean 0: traversing our reat inland seus, or are penctrating the great streams that flow within our Limbs Pitty thousand miles of railroad are projectet, thirty thousand competed, at a cost of over eleven bun dra miliions of dollars. ty thousand miles of telagraphic lina have buen e- t sblisiaod, utac st of tive milious of doliacs. From saventy-tive "post offices in 1790, we have in- Creuse! to 0,000 in 1560; trom 1,879 miles of post Toutes is L790, Lo 2T,0K0, ah 1860,4rom. 1,500 mies of seiccact in 1790, to 3,100 miles in 1860. ‘Thuse and othor equally wel authestioated facts buve proyed that reprewehialive Constitutional govorminent i ihe Strong: est human combination Ww resist fi agure=si0 Known to civilized states, as has been tuily de \tod in the war of the Kevobitie: ani Waat =e 3 of twenty fou dang of the 1: A by Brother Geo. W. Melaka, who o , and the ura up squarely and pleazantiy in the end, let it Le far or near. Yo describe the appearance of things in the city on Fri- @ay would ouly bo to repeat what has been done over Tadependence sotlor was foudly applauded. PeRkins was announced to recite Eliza Cook's won,” bat said Chat ke haa ory orig sion He 1! poera which was better 2 hereiors substituted it, and was loudiy anded both for the substance and beauty of the poem and Uae manner oc its delivery. Atte: some moce music, Mr. Haxry Mor-orp read an original pa trivtie poem entitied “famnary aad the Usain,” which he was exeecding!y =ev for enrortaiming The uration of Gaortes P. Daty, and was a high ‘the orator said unat it was now oxsetly the pisity of this form. uf ung a wicked comi Chat gave We now to be leidaitely Hut there aie wo fears fur the w aprincipls of ebevual juation it fittnan aids as iv the cevestial empire of fon of armed men wt soon be itt thie fied al the parayhernatia of aw nal mea of this yoy and tw do thes they are willin, if ety inch of Atueri¢aa soil ts U ti be turn trom beneaih the and over again, year after year, ia the columns of this paper. With the great pressure of war news on our space, such asketch would not only be unnecessary, but might deprive our readers of tur more interesting news pertaining to ly Temark vhat tho poople \ the admmistraiion ot. A patriocic and elegant ah TT a iatic- " rm > eras production. the pincos of public resort and amusement were cram- | {Peo iadred years ayo Laat th lirst sett: was | tin of tho cousivution, Loud appl Ceqientty med aud jammed, the buildings and shipping were pro- | ade in tho United Siaies, In the year 1od2 a small | sreeted the orator durmg the dehvery of bis oration, ot which che # ove is but an outme. Tho reusinder of Ure programma was then zone Varvugh body of French Hugy nots enterod the has ver of Port Royal. Rew occ» plod DY Car Union soldiers, and making a settioment there, ealed the couutey the Caroliaas. He then sketc hw the bistory of tne covniry for the three huudret years that have's'nee transpired and gone dowa the <treum of time, showing ihe wonderful p. ogress whachgre have made in population, weaitt and ait: ind: vee. xt he considered the cicias of South- ern men to & more disiincuisued deseent than their fellow citizens. ‘The first Huguenot settlers were inen 0! low and dissolute lives, whose chief ove :pati was that of pirates in the American suas, en;acing in piracy themsy ves and siding others in tue same neta Tieustiade. This was the cause ul théir troubies with the :paviards of Florida, wie saw them-eives being eyed upon by the settlers of South Carina. The eany Settlers of Virginia wore no better tim these, as one ex- ample'will suftice to show—the witness beiug ju every dusely decorated with fags and oiber appropriate dreas- ings, the v 8 of fireworks were as industrious as bees, the expenditure of gunpowder was something ianmonse, and, finally, that the pyrotechnic display in the evening was truly magniticent aud imposing. Apart from the natural excitement o! the day, the only extraordinary sensation that we heard of was created by ecallfor an The Society of Cincinnati Tho. New York chapter of tho Society of Cincinnati mat in the City Library, at the City Hail, on Friday yast, the Fourth of July, ex-Governor Haznilton rish in the cuair. The attendance was not as fargo as usual, owing te the absence of several uf the members at the seat of war, among whom are Gea, John Cochrane and General Morell. ‘The meeting was of a genorl and ipformal character, with the exception of the election of officers to preside ove. the destinies of way reuabie, being nouc other Luau Captain Jolin Stajih, | the seciety (or (he ensuing ollicial year. The toilowing hate is $0 inseparably interwoven with the ro- is a stot the newly ch sen oilice:s, accompanied wita story of Pocahontas, He says that a reat | an indication of the changes made:— ANTE ABOLITION MEETING, Which did not take piace, in the City Hal! Fark, about five ‘o'clock in-the evening. Soyeral placards, comtaining the call, made their appearance in the city during the morn- ing, but were soon pulled off the fences undash-boxes by interested parties. A gentleman informed our reporte? that he saw a policeman busily engaged in tearing down the placards; but whether this be positively true or not the writer saith not, failing to witness tbefact with his | part of these settlers were unruly s Hon Hamtitun Fish. ownieyes. hberties, footmen, = &o—myn ni jyhain, iM place of Ttich- 7 to ruin & commonwealth thin ek DeWiit, of Albany, ‘The ptacard alluded to read as follows. reasrenereersepeeeeseet ir PEL tt, adding trat the new settien who retires from ill Leaiih, niore than iy where else the eony LIAONISTS. arros have again met the dear of tae TO RICHMOND” Fanatics y be’ Hority of descent as Wat Gatti che contemptuous sneer agaist all Northern men a ibe ~mudsiltis of society.’ He then passed on to review the cobtost now Yoing cacried on fur the lie of Une guvern- ¥ Rev. Manesus 5. Hutton. Alexander Clinton, al. D. erse an iralale, and ARD vi Physicwa. With scorn every olher prope Pi As (uew member). Nut until tel taken and occupied will they thority of tbe goverument mentary hy the intervention of France aod Eng- and vi our affairs, it was the duty of Ube democratic party to demand that (he war shall not be carried on as @ political speculation, bul as # great naiional under- taxing. We mast be what we were or we must be nothiig, end pe therefore concluded by re:ninding the people shat the Union must and sisal! be preserved. (Ap lause., , eit Fiaax Wataripok then offered the following resointions, which were received with loud and continued i ment, and spike of (he duty of every true citizen to ‘the « named 3 fdoate the este of ki cbetry in the uctrer danger fs Une ‘olewiag Aeaienern, Tae, mgetanat te 2. 4 2 | awd ot eri. Thore was no alertative now but to go on | Sta8ding committee for the official your of 1562-— 3 cis and other mi 3 | and ute «the war to tie extent of our Abrai vin A. Lesge: 30 done alt in their ability. Nothing but miliary meaua can now liorre Cortiandt) 3 settle the question, as tj Stuart, 3 3 THE UNION, 3 Jand not for the negro. Citizeus of New York, who’ Yeudarse these seatim DOWN WITH THE ABOLITION FANATICS,” 3 Meet tn the (ity Hall Park at live py PM. 4. 3 gy order of ¢ UNION Wie \cbain Holts a, icaham (new member), aber). The delogutes (0 tie gu ral sogicty, which wil! woot ia this city in May uext, and ding at the Actor thiuse, ave as foliows:— Dr, J. Torrey, of the Assay Offies, iv place of Kichart Varick DeWiis (wav voluntarily cet a8 above siated, from active participation im the adairs of the society, reeson of il wealth), Meary di Ward and William The svciet colli werw observe, thiee in ue alternvon. MANY MEN erecnccreessenebeecnnesesest ssc beee et be eene see nn@ Our reporter waited about the Park from five o’¢lock until near seven o'clock, whew, seeing no signs of the movting coming olf, he took his departure. A platforu: for spoukers was orected in fi Washington's statue; but no speakers appeared. en were scattered wccusd plentifully as blackberries im season, as if antici- potiags disturbance, A large squad of the Metropeli- taus were drawn up im front of the Pimes bullding, anc & ‘ow prowled about the office of the grand organ of uustal format ities ced trom that piatio;m ins necess: ing @t ball past 60,000 inon, amd he Bow wauled these reso’ submitted, lo See whether tbe masses would uot stand by thow action to-day. Mwar mast come he would see it upou ustrom Aerors the wotox, and then we could The Fire Works. " pe sore No demmsiration took, place, bowever, | cv mi M1, we would apeil, {0 the courage and | aye vyryiectunie display througiout the city at night , . conversations abou vategrity vie q = ther thin. gery, nates conversations about Wie dase Uuiced Stvew ars engayed iamupyrosniug | was conducted on a Incger seale tian previously. About | TH: WAR EXCITEMENT, 4 wicked and Gifemons rebellion azains: the Intecrity Of | haif-past seven o'clock a dense crowd filled the City Hal be constitution ant the stability of the Union: and ch cortainiy was most intense, The diversity of opinions prevailing was a enrious study. You heariabo if ty behold ike lummousdisp: but they hed Fark, ea: i whereas, continued imtitutt» b us of foreign ia er A vuntion, tbe democracy of Ube city aad county of New to wait at least au hour before the first rocket burst in Huonists, covert secessionists, Uniou men, Britishers an¢ | york, while commemorating this anniversary of the | (ne sir, Cheer after cheer ‘ollowed the signal rocket, aligoris expressing their views on tho interesting subject. | bicth of our oxtinal éxisteube, wuaniinorsiy dectire—— | ting vast ccowd swayed aud Bu wine audi ‘The bulletin of a contemporary—which ¢onied its empioy ce First, That it has ever been the policy of the peopl greeted the ear in ail directions. There wore at lenst e and government of the United “tates ly refrain irom any the euswmary aunual hoiiday this year—oontaim- | jy+ oye. vim the internal confess. foreign Powers, twenty thousand people im the viciuity of the City Hall, ed some extracts from the revel aecounts of the late bat: | th liey, early inangureted by Washington, AY ieee ahi ebbitede, olga on. i prveaditien 0: wed in wisdomn, add steadily tow ied by pateiutism and svund policy, has secured the assent and become the doctrine of the whole Am: rican people. Ues before Richmond, showing (he loss of the enemy to effet not soon to be forgotten, McClellan's name have been most ueayy. This was read, conned, digested was pronousced more than onc) amongst then. aud discussed, sciehtificaily or foviisbiy, us the’ ease | seccnd, Thot i imconie: wick this wise and benef | : might be. eet policy any intervention in the domestic troubles or | Te irish Brigade, ad. a bot of extollers; the Cuited States be meditatet by any of tue European | aud the jsiors bad an orter from their “Wheredid they get ther Southern papers from? Powers, they must count tue cost of war with @ spirited | ranks, with a ball in one of hs limbs, to tel Tshould like to kuuw that, youkaow, dhe tutes! AD: | gud independent wthamilion of men, already eae 3 ‘ surd—faise—bosd!”” exciaimed an Puglishuan, wit wf! Called to the field est in Abe sott,and 4 the gasbering of,the.noble desde of 0 brigade under wink intended to bo Yery aly Ahad vinilc. cin. sucur of | sustly reeogmizing HhAl tho cariso ot republican reprevent. } Sickles. Several jucklents occurred, the recital of which alive government, as ! iMustrated ja oar institations, has beeu © niiied to their sacred keeping. Appla be ier ‘That the annonncerient of this infervoution, im a) anthoritative form, will be no less than to sow the northern section Of.this Lemisphere with tie fa! dra. gon’s tooth, which, la due (irae, will bring (orth their crop ©: armed men. ‘The rescletions were passed wmaatmonsly, ant while would occupy tuo auch space, aud we therefore proceed wt once to the fireworks, whicu consis ed uf the folowing: O°; Star of Indeperdmee: Queen of the Mist; Magie Star, wilh dive clayey; Endless Saxon Magician's Cicclo; “Ameriony anes ota, with motto “Constin- cerolt: Qua 'rile, Fatriew’ Frolty, Plighta,of Beas wien was fli concealed.” “hi, you'rea cousin to the London Tiaac , Auewered ab wdiguant person in the couwd. “Why, popors (row Lise Syuth are received every day my friend, ther “1 can’t see that,” again drvwied the Englisher, < rcheu thece are 400,000 rebels between iticauad acd com of Paradise: sbieit of Unr Union Driple Cross of + say | thoy ware being read theve wore lowd cries ‘of « Down | yatta: Monaun Hivmiiated Green Troe, Abolition, and, enthusiastic cheors or the Union. | Navat . Merrlaac, Grand Temple on, “The society soon after broke up iis commemorative | of Liberty. soemion and artiourned to the bauyreting* hall, whore, it | dhe engagement between the Moniter and Mf joyously | is to be pre ume, they fared in a xamptious manner, roused the popul, ighoat pitgh of enthastas ‘The Moattor w: it hind ai feof the hail and the Merrimae « “Cert were the ar- rangements of the pyrotechnist thasaier@eured re! hot shot mto each other with tue greatest and most huvural effect. ‘the Merrimac first opened fire ou the “Yankee cheese box,” which responded with telung effec, The repre gentation was a must beilliant ou And Was beartity Ne * wa the Hosing pipce. au. “As much the pluck of our soldiers as McClellan's Work, and more thy,” muttered a jong baired, lantern jawed personage, evidently aa abolitionist, as he siuuk away, greatly diseatisiied with som«hing not eleuiy visible. And so the conversation weut on, wandering away from the Fourth o J proper. But to reourn. TA MILITARY DISM Cooper Institute. ation of Indepeadence Lay, under the tok plice at ten in the Cooper ine The usual cele! oomtant of the Common Council, Jock in the morning of Friday last, itate "Tue numerous excursions aud ments drew large numbers from the city, and 50 we ora other outside entertain in conse. 5 ia Of peoMp Lenn at . be e istio. sumaner, abd was pr Hlad ths rare seer of apne quence of which the iarge bas men hall of the In rn wclio.ane is to be the Mit of bie kind tede General Sundior!, the Hive was iormed on Fonvveenva: | tute was only about two-thirds Giled. The platiorm Tt was a mossive | ieee, wRb large athe street, right restisg ou Brodway, at eight o'clock A s eccapiod by the mombers of the Common Coaneit colitns. It hat Lift sae Ggnres of Justian M., and at a quarter to Ripe wchek jue te MOVE on \hoir friends, to the number of avout two handred, Fon the right aud let, wiiefountatme ¢ down Broadway to the Cuy fla!l Cark, aud across t ‘Aidstgn Miscmmnd, lasroduced. bie dbnor Mayen | 26 Wate in the centre was the ligare of Gen. MeClel With hia sword lr im the act Of risthug taco we leatof battle At the bottom was the Collen ing morta: — Gpeocennee reer secereqsarre sie seri rrancermetisessteen “The Cuion Muri and Shail Bo Prese-vet.” ? fStop papel Sade aN ‘AS soon as tits was set on tire the enthn Wem orthe people KNEW No bouts, acd bho iim, Doises us. ehoer- ing greeted the ein’) At the Battory the pyr ‘Tue foliowing wero the pisces prod the Chatham ptrest entrance, in ‘be Brigadier wenera) Charies Ya OrpyKe to whe andieage, who, on tking his seat ae pre- riding offiger, #&et that the present, jie the last anniver- ary of our pation! independence, found us piangedt in tae borrors of @ Civé war. It het been brought about Hy (hose who ought by ‘oree to subvert the constitu on, Tt |. the greab principle of our government that the majority shall rule, and from «| classes in the Song— ie y Colonel Burge., Aeting Mrigad ov Gener Vicst Pog iment Uragocts®, Co.600\ Third iagiment Hussars, Captain Barke or Troop of Rigagh r Bre Fourth regiment, ifeutenst Colone! Teller Fifth repsuend, Lientane: t Colonel Dorlge e» re a i a moma MeCieiian Grays. Colonel James 2 Taber. an No’) wher the question is : tar of america, Satsicu und Satelit sitee The Mayor snd sey oral mumbers of the Common Coun | giced, «Shall a small faction subvert (he vmgtitution by | Stermehijy, ‘Yew ‘Tree, Cas anaPyramid, pgp os mets as it marched past the [6008 | acca of are?" He then announced the fullo neheaker’s band provide! the music. a ee eee, Cdn, ry lala ; wit Be Ai branksia squarc, Hamersiey aud Houstol rirests ance, parvicubitiy the eit waich turned out ORDER OF EXRNCISES. shai anteale "eet pnd, Waoriel Fiesta, uch fe anew | juste pate ones lai! Columbia es ware en are mostly | Prayer... Rev, Wm. H. ih Twenty third strect va ‘k Oneqnare, .there were pyrotechnic displays of @ Yty nice oes deacription, ‘oininibia, We Love bot the military spirit they dis om Glee C Lion Hupation of bode wih the it not te ovat. | OPP Read by fab, H1. Stoore, Ex., See, Historical Society | canes voral jy mi Or aT A tION® 4 beeteeeeee ‘ .. Band | This eemtral jocality of our city was crowded \t night sh the strestahd GUirHoOM greet Miten: Hwa. 45 HD again by young and oid, im order tu witness the bowitihi effect ACADEMY BAND pors Hon. tira Walrsdge of the. Gromartnmeyiaed, tor Unie apeciel aeotiaodn. Deserve special mention. This is a corpe of young boye Saat ae Ge Md due enevtes cecala oe ryt yom ae ME ’ Lae 7 mies eClub | war horizon had been somewhat clouded fo: he Christi rothers’ lustitet?, 'n second ——— | days previous, yet the enthusiasm and general Ane, afrebt, bid formed into an wes iation for the cultiv Band | of public fasting wore not nm ‘whit thal les of mene amd the aequirement ot iseipline. ‘They ap- | Tuo wings of the Calon Glee Club were very eppropei- tiven ee Ae ferme ic ths | peated youter@ay in bran nov ani orme of a very tasty | are to the occasion, and cli¢ited much applanee and Wiehe Vocrtn’ tava ier qraaett Chae ih | Character with brightly pallehe|_ io: trumeut ke., and | een oncorea. army, for the President and for Gesoral Met olin were the Christian Bror ‘aration of Independence | {requently given expression to. The bad nows hhich frag exewliout mwuner sev orai ‘ The thei ing words of the De p 10, tsciomat eR fter the x: ‘ listened (o with much altention, white tie tm. | Das buen, receiv wns by tiga Ad ee Ee ae dies ne ive qanner and distinct articulation of the render, | might be expeated onder the circumstances: the ‘ \ “OOF 4 eonow H. Moons, Esq., Secretary of the Historical go. | gathering of the poopie bore nearly the samo juiriimhs ap- rH CUBAN AXBTIPUTE CADETS, © aty, tendered it audibis ia every prt of the iil, pearancoas in days yore, wien the old flag Adtered A.J. A. Dodasse recived a lengthy poem enti. | through: ut cle length an’! broadih of the Lond. hor juve ie mititary arganiastion, likewise took | MYA tata Brann. Manhatten? tie deeds of 1 the procession, and eXhivited a degree of aii | the patriots of Old Manhattan were recounted iv — Accitonts and Incidents the City. and Lisciplive highly creditable to their iastractors We | od flowing terms, It avounded with many Bi bite | garah Mott, a child about four yoars old, romding at Bivvid mention, while aihidhing. $2: Mgm, Eat oa oe eine anne ae latitul aod: ported aa! | 248 Stenton street, was shot in the thigh hy ae day ‘bo veo britfiant exhibition drill before Mayor | gvace, elielto@ hearty bursts of a daring ite | youngsters who were auneing themesives with a small Opayks, in f of tho City Hall, and won goklien j sey, cad a Ne apes sion the enthusiasm of HhO } cannen, The boys were arresiad epistoms. The Ney r was highly pleased, and addressod. |. Cer "Tina Watannen, the ofaccr of the'day, wan | Feary Carsber and Chariss Hrowningathe former re- thom ina low w complimenting them oa their then intrednved to the a idiene comment: ‘of the | siding at No. 02 Sherif stroot, wid the tater at No. 91 @ipiive anu 2 eananee co ivan Gover Sree mee Se Delaney strest-wore ininre| by the explosion of their sexe op 1912 ainbocate speach - Lescol iatn tha w0.s! issn deploy, sasom biogas cloven.t be vomtapeerd BY sities vin Whe merecoeaahot. yee: bem Ape See Teere of Mem cepiaing a 118 SUNDAY, JOLY 6, 1862. Prince street, Naa Be, sromatare de. Double scull wherries, the firat prize, of $100, was won ae by Blluyfetthe Union Boat Ci; seoond oer mS, Pateiak, tll oO me by JohA Hagcom. Time 17 minutes and 6 seconds, and diod at Bellevue Hospital from the’ or " minutes qnd 33 seconds. ceived By falling upon the spikes the iron Railing ‘ -~———_ front’ 4, door. The friends of deceased say that he bration in Canada. was pushed against the ratling while he was intoxicated, ‘The inhabitants of Wentworth county, Canads ‘and are anxious that the Coroner should give the matter | ‘0ludes Hamilton and St. Catharines, bad a very inte- ry thorough investigation. Ooroner Collin has taken Testing celebration at the Falls. The procession was Of tha;caae. formed at the International Hotel, and was composed of bert Codele was stabbed in the left breast-on Friday | the Town Council, military and civic societies and tire Moesmtiraia ridin waahotanthoent Thein- | Dvigade. In the aftornood a vessel of three hundred man was taken to the New York Hospital. and ifty tons was sent ovér the Fails, and in the evening James Nady, of No. 4 Mulborry street, accidentally | the citiz v8 Ou tho American side lighted up Goat Inland shot his younger brother in tho thigh with pistol, in- with Chinese janterns, and another Vessel on fire was ficting a serious wound. sent Over the cataract. Sedonia Tatersia, an, Italian girl, about five yoars of INTERESTING FROM PORT ROYAL. ago, fell from the roof of the dwelling house No. 270 First avenue, on Friday night, and was instantly killed. Arrival of the Ocean Queen and Arago. Mary Butler, a woman about fifty years old, residing in Brooklyn, while walking onthe Battery, wag sbot in the leg by some person unknown. A jealous Chinaman, residing at No. 25 Rose street, “caught 4 sailor, named Charles Lair, im @ room with, his wie, and, becoming enraged, stabbed tho gully paramour io the leg. The injured ma/| The Final Evacuation « was taken to the hospital, while the assailant was locked up in the Tombs, James Island Andrew Douglas, a stage driver, fell from the roof of a four story building,corner of Fourth avenue and Fortieth airget, on Friday night, and was instantly killed, Wi liam C. kichardson, @ doy Aiftoom years of age, had his band blown. off by, the premature discharge of a pistol. Thomas Murphy was shot ‘io the side by & friend of ius who was practising at a mark. The injured man wos taken to the hospital, whore his wound Bro. nounged to be a most dangerous one. ANOTHER FIGHT REPORTED THERE. Royal Island, &s., &e., &e, Fires in New Yorts. ‘The United States transport Ocean Queen, Terry mas- FIRR IN CANAL STREET, ter, from Port Royal July 1, arrivea at this port on About two o’elock A. M. on Friday a'fire ocourred in | Friday. the fruit and* liquor @ioreof John Lawtcn, 299 Canal | There “was nothing of interest at Port Royal. Tho Street. Ikappears that just ag the store was being | United States troops had evacuated James Island and vinsed for the night four men entored tlio store and pur- | arrived at Port Royal. The United States transport chaved some tire Crackers, and as ‘they passed out set | Arago was to sail July 24 with the sick aad wounded, five toa pack and throw ‘it into the window amoug the | from James Island for New York fireworks, which immediately exploded and set fire to | The Ocean Queen has the foliowing passongers:—Col, the premisss. Barton, Cel. Fraver, Lieut. J. H. Blanvelt, Lieut. J. A. Alinost the entire stock was destroyed. Loss about | Kvans, Liont. W.S. Boyerly, J. C. Morris, Ul, H. Fla $1,500; manred for $2,000 in the Beckman Insurance | G. W. Osborn, 8. F. Barr, H. E, Sonos, Lieat. Nichols. Com, any.” Tao smoke and water damagod tha stock of ‘Tho United States transport Arago, Captain Gadsdon, (aney gvuds tn the store No.419 Broadway, ownod by D. | from Port Royal, arrived yesterday, at noon. She had on KeLancast-r, to the oxtent of about $1,000; insurod for | board seventy seyen wounded from James Island. 34,000 in (he American i.schange and Williamsburg City | ‘The following is the report of the Arago:— compacics. the jowelry estabiishment of J. ‘The Arago bring: passengers and mails. Her earzo Ve thompaony No4al Prowiway, Nas slightly damaged by stoke: insured for $2,090 In tue Kings Couusy aad | Cctiists of forty bales Sea Island edtton, consiguo: ty Hiram Hs fisq., Coltector of tho Port of New Yor! Mechaatcs’ tusnraree com szntes. Some slizh: damago was also done by smoke to the are eighty wounded oific ors ley ck of straw gouds on the second tor, owned by. : Soorge Kramer; insured for $2,000 wtie Astor Ins joned officers and priva'es. tance C a pie tn the afterioon, Sorgeaut Milton The building is camazed about $399; fatly insuceds 1 Michigan Volunteers, died trom FIRE IN SEVENTH AVEN(E. Abous two o'elogk A.M. a fire broke out in the liquor storaof jatrick Meitiroy, ia Seveutlt avenue, next door tothe corner of Viltyyeventh street. Uarmage to si0ek United “tates stor about $25, and to buil liug about $350; las sred'for $800. ; dining builtiag, owned by Kaas & Ward waa damaged about $100 ‘Lhe Anciout Orier of Hibeemiays, No. 12, lost their re gaat loss ab 200; insured tor $250 iu the Kutgers frgurance Company FINK IN WEST STREET. Botween five and six o’clogle’ A. 3M. a fre occurred in the ship chandler store gf Aivert Van Winkie, 209} tn sottswing is alist of thy pass ngers pes Arago — Weat struet. ‘Tha tlre yasAmong some oakum, and, itis | Mrs. Pickering, Mrs. Miller, Siiss M. L iB spiced, was causede bY'® spark of reworks gotting | an four children, Cole) Jou » Rat penta’ agers ngar, Mr. Suydam, Leatovast Spencer, Lieu: undot the door. TH dimago is principally by water, | Captain Fengar, da ge aud will amount, ta. abo it $1,090; insured for $15,000, ja Mel ion "Ooy Joel ie er, E. To.the Gep: bic dnd City insurwnce companies. ‘Ths di’ ppiogrin nage te § mage to the bétiding will be about §. sured. FIRES IN BROADWAY About four o'clock A, M..iho stoop of building $53 Droadway tok fire trom firelvorks; but it was soon ox- Uinguishod, About noon au awning in frout of 695 Broadway canght fire. It was soon oxtiiguishod. FIR¥ IN WALKER STREET. | Tae roof of butiding No. 28 Walker streot oaught fire wountis reeatved a: t 8.C.. June 2, ten mis ‘vattle of June 16, 0n James Island, atid wae northeast of Port Royal bar, pass ) Supply, steamer Ben Deford and brig Shran Peters. bound in. Saino date, passed bark Tangier, of Boston, bound North. Same dito, saw steari- ship Vanderbilt and other vessels at anchor off Stony Inlet. ‘Suly 3, at half-past five in the evening, lat, 34.30, tong. 75 53, spoke United “Stator ginboat Mohawk, from Wast iu ties for Port Royal. » All woll on board. p Lai onant Po: tor, Caean E.-D. Bates, facon, Captain Campboil, &. Cameron, Wilson, MeKenny, W. H. Atien, A. H. Adams, H. P RE. Park, W. W. /Halleck, 8. By Leach, Abbott Mori S.Smedicy, H. B. Kilery . Be BL Abbott, Kev. J. W. Horton, P. Farrell Dryer, H. -Kiun- ball, 1. H. Miller. ‘tho folowing is a list of the wounded:— SKVENTH CONNECTIC! Jo. C ¥. Bingham Kendrick, Kaw: Morrili, About half-past four o'clock from fireworks. The Names | opt het: June Wa CROCE Ta eas were soon extinguished by the iirenon, slight damage. | 1; musician G. P. Beadte D: privates E 0. K: H. Coho: Sandford, Co, H; Co. L;W. H. Cooley, Oo. das. M. Perkins, Go. HL THRO NeW HAMPSHIRE. Sergeants Chas. $. Iurant, Co. {; Ira Clongh, © Corporal Natt Burnes, Co! C; privates V. i.'C es “' David Beyant, Co, © Wiagiuny Go. Thos. ites, Co. C; vor, Co, B: J. iL. Kinsbury, 5 PM. Hatian, Co, Hj B. F. Barrows, Co. 1; Davie Piuagerala Co. iB THIRD RMODE ISLAND coh fiy tes James Sheordan, Co. 1,aud Patrick Mahone, v. FIRK IN ATTORNEY STREET. At about hal’-past teu o'cluck P.M. the roof of the building No. 172 Attorney street caught Ore from fire: works. It was soon extinguished. Damage slight. VIRK IN ST. MARK’S PLACE. Shortly before twelve o'clock oa Fr: curred at the rear of No, 12 St. Mark's fing in a cow stablo oceupied by Charles Averill, Damage about $25. No msurance. FIRE IN FIFTY-FOURTH STREET. About half-past twolve o'clock on Friday morning a fire broke out on the roof of the Ol Mansion House, at the foot of Fifty-fourth sirect, Fast river, formerly the rosi- } dence of Alderman Brovoort, but now occupied by Mrs. | parney as a boarding house. Tho furniture was damaged ‘about $100; insored in the Pucitic I.sarance Company. ‘The building #5 damaged about $1 000, insured. The ire was caused by Greworks on ine roof, FIRE IN THIRD AVENUB. Avout half-past soven o'clock P.M. a Gre was dis- covered in the clothing swre of Haws & Brother, No. 454 Thud «venue. Damage aboat $50, Insured in the Rut- gers Ingurance Company. Cause of the fire unknown at prosent. The alarm of fire in the Fifth district was caused by sume Groworks taking fire on a stand corner of Rivington and Chrystie sturcets, Asiable corner of Eleventh avenue aad Thirty-third Strect, the building No. 22 East, Broadway, an awning in front of 401 Broatway, and the building No. 79 Oliver street, were aot fire to by drewworks; but the flames were ‘v0 tinguished. FIRE IN AVENUE A. Shortly before two o'clock yasteriay morning a fire oc- curréd in a stable located at 218 avenue A, owned by G, PORTY-SIXTI NEW YORK. Private W. Weiiman, Co. B. PORTY-SEYENTH NEW YORK. Private Walter Power, co. D. SEVEN 1Y-NININ NEW YORK. Licut. Gear, Corporals B. SanJemaa M4 ie] Ag and W. L. Brown. Co. K; privates # Thom: Co. E; W. Fitzsimmons, Co. D; company ; Hy, pany; Jacob Hoppe: J.D. Sproul, fourth company. PORTY. FIFTH PRNNEVEY ANTAS Vs Privates Patrick Kennedy, Co. K, and James MeClain, 0. WIFTIGTH PENNSYLVANIA. Lientenant Lyons. SRURNIY-SESTH PENNSYTVANTA, Corporal 1. i 18 Haven, Cok. ONR HUNOREDTH PENNATLYANIA, Sorgeaut Henry H. Robins, Co. T; priv Co. B; Oha: es ethes bury Co. MINEIY-SEV NTH Lieutenant J. 1k. Wa Ce Fes MAC8LCHURETTE, Private J. Campbell! , Co. TWENTY-E:GRTH MASSACHUSETTS. rgeants K. Fitznatrick, Co. A, and Daniel Conory, Co. privates J. O'Brion, Co. I; Mf. Cuneron, Co. ©.’ Ea 6: Byrne, 0. D, and Timothy Downing, Co, D’ enaee amen. corporals Davis Sergean! M. Wait, Co. Hiide:deanat; dumoge about $100; no insurance. it Sian ©. C, H.C, Call, Co. Caused by fireworks, lor, 0b. €, Br. Wait, Co. f4; privates, ©. Corvel, PIRE 1M CLINTON. STREET. Ende H. Kimive, Gs c vA. ager Oo ¥, Thos. Wait About two o'clock yesterday morning a fire occurred at Le rem marety, So Parkill, Go. Ook 185 Utinton streot in the cellar, from what causeunkaown | 1, Henry Niciiols, Co. C, D. McKenzie, 0. FJ. CM a present, ‘The tirst ror aud collar were occupied by | Lane, Co. H, dicob Kaehler as a meat market; damage slight; #trod for $1,000 ia the Peter Cooper inanrance Company. FINE AN FRANKLIN STREET. About quarter-past two o'clock yosierday morning a fie broke out on the first flocr of building 116 Franklin stect, in the premises of Guiseppe Pisartti, used as a dwelling and sausage factory. Tam igo about $25, said & be weured. are Ta unkaown. sonsKs, OM. Magen, nore Coviy, M. M. Stow and A. Ey Cannon. Total 7 é a prune Our Hilton Head Correspoadence, Hiwron Siran, 8. C.. June 30, 1862. THK RVACEATION OF JAMS IeLAND. The fact (hut Genoral Wunter bas found it necessary to abandon James Isiand, ordering the forces of Genorais Wright and Stevens to return to Edisto and Hilton Head, tops to show that ihe attack on the Tower battery was not so ill-advised nor 69 hasty @ movement on the part of General Benham as was generally believed, It seems conyineing as to the fact that our position was untenable without that work in our possession, while, if the assanit had been successful, there te of course no doubt that the object of the expedition would have been eventually ae complished, and Charleston by this time have boen ours. ‘The evacuation was ordered on Saturday last, and the steimship Vanderbilt, with several schooners in tow, was At onoe despatched to Stone (o ap in bringing off the troops, Her draftof water, how © 80 great as to render her of little nse, as ohe «net cross the bar, and the weather outside has be 20 rough a8 to prevent ony of the smaller transports got! ‘ng Near. bet. Mean- while the evacuation of the jgis believed, will bo atvended with considerable diMfoulty The removal Leavy gnus, the withdrawal of our pickots, tho breaking up of our camps,and the embarkationfo€ the mendn the face of an enemy uot ouly elated with victory, but heavily reinforced, will aflord the revels ad vantoges of which they will not hesitate to covnury where the Union flag is pormitted to wave pre- avail thomeolves. Indeed, duriug the part four days h \aratlons ef poms Kind were made for the c#leOFA- | 116 repels nave mmeumod the aggro-si-o, and shells from tin of the glorions Fourth. Among the most. pre- their batteries (requentiy fail within our camps: ‘the minent features of the day's eajoyment we may onume- only damage was douo on Friday evening, when Thomas rate patriotic oration#, reading of ths Declaration Of | ipgisng,« private ia Company I, eveniy-ninth Iigh- Tudepénionce, military and civic processions, firemen’s kilfed, and Corporal Fredericksoa, of Com parades, Sunday sehoo! celebrations, rezatias, horse Connecticnt Volunveers, was weverely roces, balloon axcensionis, political hygeine obey wounded by a shot from the Tower batterye und steamboat ae ai Picni e~ eeon1es tee § FIRST AURIVAL OF TROOPS FROM STONO. |bakos, public dinn a “i iceonaetn ae’ book vi , The transports Ben Deford, Cosmopolitan and Doin” national salutes, and @ general fisplay @ Stars an ware, arrived from Stone this ¢venivg, having on board Stripes during the day; and In the evening fllumiuations tho Piret Masamebusetts cavalry. They are the only aud fireworks of every description from penny pinWheets | (06 nat have yet rettirnel, Y to pyrotechnic pieces costing hundreds of dollars. A narra talline ae deamaletiadeeaa The Koston Regatta. | ‘the news from Beaufort is again of ao exciting charac. Bosvox , daly 6, 1862. | ter. Génerais Brannan and Saxton are in command at At the city regatta yesterday for tour oared boats, } that point. ‘They have kept the signal at in con. chieoe miler, tbe first prize, of $126, was won by the boat | santoperation ali the aftern6on. The puryot of their Goorgs J. Brown, of New York; the second prize, « despatebes t#, that the suemy are appec rin, inetrong by Tickler, of Boston, Time 21 minutes, bbs setonds, and. force at Grabamville, Opposite Port loyal Jsiand, and are Bi minutes, 644 seconds, At the race of aix cared boats, | evidently contemplating aa atiack, Their number the fist prize, of $175, was won by the Union, rowed by variously @stimated, Ye account pulling It at jess than the Union oat Club, Time 24 minutes and 24 seconds, | two thousand and the very latest gives four thousand as ‘The seeond prize, of $75, was won by Mckay. Tine gg | wearesvthetrath. The troops, as fast as thoy arrive twinutes atid 26 seoonde, Single souli whorries, two | fromJames island, will be sont to Beanfors, a1 miles, the firet prizo, Of $75, was won by Jamos Hammitt, | Minter will lesd them in person if an atte of Pitwsburg, the second prive by TF, Doyle, Timé 16 The Navy Yara, Brookly the eighty-stxth anniversary of our matiorn! inde. Pedence was celebrated at this naval station on Friday in & most becoreing manner, Thros salates of thirty- fu guns each were fired frow ths recviving ship North Carding, and one from the sailing frigate Sabiac. All the vessels stationed here were dee wated wilit the Stars and #ripes,and at noon the Declaration of Independence was‘ead by Commander Meade ‘rom a copy of the Penn- sylvovia Gavette, printed on the 10th of July, 1776, ana editet by Benjamin Franklia. Brsinoss was ontirely” suspexted in tho yard, and our aational ensiga floated over every house, . Jersey City, ‘The aupiversary was celebrated in the usual becoming manver. An oration was delivered by Charles A. Win- field, Faq, at the Pirst Presbyterian chorch, and the Pe. clarion of Independence read by George H. Linsley, Ea. The Celebration in Other Places. In almost evory city, town ant settlement in the tee Grahamritio 1" a small yiliege on tho west bank of Whale Suge mA remand minal ens open Geen, which erapties fato Broad elvor,aud paparaten als, ©) par of (no gererd whe ex. ob *|Vpromehes ‘0 Hostilities Threatened at” Port. Roy: Inland’ from tho main land. It is probabr =2 ying learned that oar foros have burried forward wo Peery ae ra Brannan and Saxton are present warrants us it — lieving that this ;epoct is not #secdnd ‘Beaufort seare.”” BOL NR OF TUS RERALA IN THY SAVANWAL RIVER tna covered the trom rebel to tage of by the rebals to close y on Bird and Turtle dslam's. across the bows of the rebel sieamer it was unheeded by the of) the eviient vs ia charge, why kurt he reeont robet str General Terr: fae reuonair ‘have ‘blown ie rebel ear Sepa” water." ‘information thus SSrrepii et ained bas since oon nese $0 Lhe bess. the enemy s pickets ve. taken fabandined istands. - Yester = (Sunday) evening a company of moa, clad in the unmistakable er coats and snull colored breeches of the” robe! ari ppearea on Turtle Island, but ce onal Berton wo was in command of Siraisand oars ird Island pes ate oes pasty ey uses hands, aod a nienank of on picket, no less thau twenty 1 camp tiresen Sate Oe ‘OF OOLONRt, the officers orien Forty -vighth New 1 ye ee tg ta meeting” york Valimtegr Meer. bei dae ope. ate ay pn e k Loge ther tio wang out ime siricken down in own in the ie bs his eer "a is goue forever. Possessed ia am fui commarxier, he hail won our reapect and con dence; Aman ly, feelings ,-he bad. won @ Weare eeveten with “sorrow at our « reavement. @ e and a kind friend. fut whiie we feel deeply our owe: less; we wo td not forget to extend the hacd of sympathy to the Seaman Crtanc friands who mourn with us Over this dis.eusa , Andeweetnast that they, with us, anys by the knowledys that he has obol servant his country, @ Hy has pono from us, bai his bimsel™ a” ai tand a Christian aue to labor inthe cay our belayed euunt reer eaguestaess fidenty. QUARANTINE, Tt will be see by tpocaawiy special ni Chet Qnarcermasier’s chee, thet ihe q od for the governinent of ver iP ARTRIENY « Pow Koran, 3..C pe af this port with- ‘any contage oe eaid wil be taken by Uke pilots who bring it gachored ab Quy tine in Broad river muirked by a yellow ity ; Where thoy will re- ithe Pert Physician shall give them permission vesse!a at anchor \ a ight burping , OF solue other cons them in (which 3 Maain un: in the harbor will be the night at the wus place, on thoie 4 sels, on entering or, loaving, zmyst report to the Costom Hulse, now opened for basinéss. Masters of government ‘transports wilfénd a proper person to the Chied Quartermasicr’s office, ant to the You Uilice, bait an hour before suiling, for despatches and mails. Ivf unportant that these Instructions should bo faith- fuky careed out, and every person idisubeying them will bo Cylicd Wo aatuict account, Ce neal Captain United $ ates Arm’, Chi €Qhartorma seat. PREAKY CORSE TING The froqrent-storins of thunder and tghtoing in this iutioude are of a na.ure aimest tetrilie, yuring a receMt pAbsage oF the steamer Malang to pobnenten Deving fm w tow a park tad: sth pony: 3 wiridges, hor shiv inters, Your thatho never flagetatt was stracs at cor respradomt wis ort cca vs cod & buaee REALE: uh seuseoS relie® than when, ' dat, be azard (he onder given trent loose from the floating ‘migazing which had so na fmslsip Vanier. bilt was \wico struck by lighting cmsaturd:y evening, while on the way to Sion. ‘The first byigtock effec tr , splitting (ie topniact dud fvespenesr the rigging down fo tne ship, rearing oub y plate and quitg tit ough theanip’s “side, tearing * a stalgroous Lo pioves aad filly passing oul at ope te ports. Thy egcond bolt ow the, mizzoamass.** Knock ng the senses “gut of several of ihe y Pasvenyers = fling tie vewwel with smoke, but otherwise doin, Mage. Several soldiers have been kijled, but o ae ioe i Hav 6 alresdy ‘oan reported ty you. sa SIN THN GENERAL TAL 1 rod for the week cuding yeRtorsisy:— snign Voluntoors; Juno. 24,4y pinoid fever. Comp any A, Peighih, Michigan Volun- ears, Shue 2G, tetanus. E. D. Noah. private, Company F, Eighth Michigan Volum... tocr? , Juno 23, typhoid fever. W. Wile a, private, y H, Fighth Michigan Volua. x». dune 23, ¢ i, private, Co y sventy sixth Peanayly: Volunteers, Jane 24, gaushoy woand. J Motimatt, peivave, Comauny®, Sevonty-sixth Peansy!- ¥ 4 Re vhoid Cover, Pamiel A. Avnuid, private, ompany B, Third Rhode island artilory, June 24, guuchot w: valter 4. Lawrence, private, Company U, Third Rhode Island art Mer} pe 23. erushot woud. Cotnpany K, Third Rhode Island June 28, guushol wound. “pontor, F wy D, Third Frank Carvoli, orivw artillery KF. MeKee, pri vasia Volunteers, June 2b. guns Thomas Sy itiams, bi aie, Company M,Qmo Hund:edth Pennsiyivaste Wo sats #8, June 25, gui hot wound. ANOTIOER FaNT DAL JANIS ISLAND. ‘The Ocean Queen auehored C1 Stono” Inlet, where she remaived for cevertLhours on Tuesday afterncon. Dur this ime heavy firing was heard ja the dircetion of mes Teland, and a eonp le of gait’rs from the survey ing steamer Liob reported that whattle wakfa progress be- tween the rebels, who haa come out of (their introuch- inenis,and the forces st Garor ais. .Wrightand Stevens. Tt was betieved om be of t Sit, however, that the Gring was wholly trond gu Es ees “tr ows. Whe White Hiver Exp: Vtion. OUK WHITH RIVER: CORRESPC 4DYNCE Moves ov tun Wiore River, Ark., June 27, 1862. Withdrawal of the Expedition Under Colonel Fitch—: truction of the Fortifications—The Reel Genera! Hind - of Stores for Curlis’ Army— Wooden Guvboat: Sil! Able to Ascend the Rivers—Hodtility of the People on Whit® River to/he Union HE at of tie Weather, de: chargod the battery at St. Oharlesdastweek , and won sucha decisive victory after the disaster topthe gunvoat Monnd City, has been obliged to withdraw-temporarily from the ‘fiver owing to the fallof the water, which compelled) the iron-eiad ganboats to run for foar of gromnding, leaving the land forces without sifflicient pro- that it will beimpoasible for the onomy again to stand there, At Drury’s bleffs, one hundred andsevcuty niles up the river, the rebels have a vory strong iforiille wow and a consi ‘eradie lend torce. They are determined »b” stinately to cefend the river. Drary’s Pluffets conneciet Litue Roek by 4 railroad, bitt forty or @fty w les ia Jength. The rebel General Hindman is at thedatte: j lac: with fifteen thousand mon, prepared ty reimf@rce the gor risen at the Binft at four hoars’ notice. An expedition has just arrived from Memphis, consist- ‘ugof five transports. heavily laden’ witthsupplios for Conoral Curtis’ army at Batesville and Jacksonport, The iuirty-fourth regiment Tudiaue Volunteers, with two companies of the Forty-#ixth, accompenied tho expo: tion asagnard, The tosiiin was convoyed by the ¢ boat Conestoga. General Curtis is sorely in necdof these anpp!ies, hi® army being now apon half rations, and ju a@ooontry that bas been literally stripped of everything that can mints- tor to the sipportof au army. Col. Kitely who is the ranking ofieer here, ard & brave aud doteumined man, lias resolved that Ube expedition shall go through, and nooordingly preparations are now making for n start. ‘Thore will undoubiedly bo some hard Mghiing. Tho wooden gunbuats can jet go up the riverwith safoLy, andwill provabiy do 0, Ihe Cincinuati will romain at the mouth, y ‘The gunboat Mound City bas received a sew crew, but has gone above for repairs. She, with tho St. Louis, started up this morning. ‘The people along the Waite river are intensely bittor im their hostility to the Unien, and sufler 90 ppportunity: bo eacape of hauilesting it. An instance opgarred a fow days since, A rebel citiven came cut Upenthe bank of the river, not forty rods frem the Mound City, ant wk- ing a Hihcrate ain at an eiliver on the deck o that ves- w@i, liked, sionting “Now i ge o you, you damned Yan- ker uu Of a bh’ Had vo sooner fired than @ xan from the Mound tty ne Tite 1wto aterts All steniners passing along the river ave oli beohed cop closely barvwaded to wit! murs opt ap by skulking bands con fa the woods 4 shores. jouel teh has fetzedgeveral bundeo bein ofc me which answers adyaival a balls. Am on has just gone out oar et of ae Le at , Which ru on eserves peck is 1 ics to be meee tt by rex itttle sick nedm tunobg Chom, me fired. and fifty mane, 5s wih be pat upom, ihe weeatinge i ontroraa ly ot and the had: bat mal Ihe ten stand t: brave ‘e that there is #0. Mowenrai, July , 1869. Tho Jura salled from Qvebeo at ton e'miocke A.M. ,with ninety cabin aud minolyrone BHOrRES Qugvongers, emipent degree of those qualities which make a srecemBn. . ta brave commander, an ablo counsallor,. ue AML MO TORUs w thegeneral hospitet at Hiltow™ i 80, bad es Company | Thicd New™ Hampshire Vorubteors, June 26, ean hot wound. w Streeter, privat ‘ourth New Hamp. mon at Little Rock with Fifteen Thousand Men—Arrical, | ‘The expedition under Colone! Fitch, whiehwo galinatly | tection, Before leaving St. Chartes Colonel Fitch des - troyed the fortifications and heavy guns at that point, 5? 4 >

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