The New York Herald Newspaper, July 7, 1864, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETE EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR OFFICE N. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NaS@AU STS. No. 187 AMUSRMENTS THIS EVENING. RIBLO'S GARDEN, Broseway. —Dvae's Morro. e MALLACK'S THEATRE. Brosdway.—Tus Wiexixa uit, OLYMPIC THEATRES, Broadway.—Bvausa Orena— Manitana. NEW BOWERY THEATRE. Bowery.—TavneRnout AnD Lig rour—HouNs AMHRICAN AcTARS—HUNGARIAN Cucer. BARNUM'S MUSEUM, Broadway.—Two Gtx, Two Dwanrs, arsinos, Waar Js }t, dass Favnine Ovi Sopp all toure bau. w Fairumat WAM, 8 TS’ MINSTRELS, Mechanios’ Hall, 472 Broad Regan Burg, Dances, Buxixsauesy, ac.— Teer Y WOOD'S MINSTREL HALL, 514 Broadway,—Brwiorian Bonus, Dancus, &0.—Dor Tt Ger Weary, PR ~ IRVING HALL, Irving piace.—Stmeeorticox. NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Brosdway.— Ovniosities axp Lxctonxs. from 9 a. M. Wil 10P. M. BOOLFY'S OPFRA te Brooklyn. —Ermioriux Somes. Dances, Ben: New York, Tha sday, July 7, 1864. THE SITUATION. No important movements bave taken place in the army in front of Petersburg since Ist reports. The Fourth of July was passed in perfect quietude save the throwing of an occasional shell into the city and a national saiute with shotted guns. Even the pickets were undemonstrative, General Runter’s forces are rapidly arriving at Harper's Ferry to support Gevera! Sigel, who still holds Maryiana Heights. It does not appear from all the reports that the Febels number more tnan from 10,000 to 15,000 men, Whose objet is mainly to pillage and plunder, Reports, however, from Grant’s army incline to the View that the whole of Ewell's corps is on the Upper Potomac, This fy not at all likely. The rebels are for- ging upon the people and robbing them of everything available, even their watches and Jewelry, There was Some akirmishing going on yesterday between our troops and the rebels across the river, apd gccasionally shot and shell were being thrown at them from the Mary Fyland Helgits, The fi-tt ofGeneral Mulligan with the advance of the rebels at Lectown is spoken of as most Bsliant, be successfully repulsing them several times, General Sigel moved towurds Shepherdstown, with his immense wagon tain in front, Not a wagon fell into the enemy's bands, and nothing was left bebind at Martinsbug except some oats, which were set on fire before he le't. Genera) Wallace is co-operating with General Sige!, and has secured entire protection of the road as far as Frederick, which is now safe, Thore is an ample force at Polut of Rocke, and also at Lower Fords, and sufficient force has bern org uized at Frederick to prevent any in- vasion of that pce, although the rebels were said to be ‘within eight miles of it last night, near South Mountain. The raiders, consisting of Bredley Jobnson’s brigade, entered agerstown yesterday evening, the Union troops, after a spirited resistance, being compoiled to withdraw to Greencastie, Pa, with which place telegraphic com- municrtion was open up to nine o'clock last night Despatches from Baltimore at midoight state that a very large force of the enemy wis on this side of the Poto- mac but po intelligible account of their numbers had daen received. Upou that point tho greatest uncertainty ex ml Govervor Curtin issued yesterday another prociama, Vion, calling in urgent languace for twelve thousand more troops to protect the State of Peonsylvania, Maryland and Washington from the invasion of a large portion of the rebel army, which be says it ts ascertained has beeu detached from K eamond for that purp se, and which is already within th» borders of Pennayivanis. tion to the call for ine militia of this State and ania,» cl) has been iasued for five thousand Meesachure ts to defend Washington, € intollige:o North Carolina of the suc ho two exp: ner Col, Clnaseen and Col. Jourdan, whieb left Newbero on the 20th of June and rated ivto the interjor of the State, with a evemy so busy as to pre nts to F tur Colonel Claaseet s Breb c er Ceneral Fou ther oft expedition under General Vods » the 2d inst , destroved the ferry at South Q) y, & cetber with fifty thousand a tres, Captain 8 to the Secretary of toe ‘Navy, cated on the 1h oof 20mm June, at Cher? of the Inte aetion between nie veese! (the Kearairge) 2 the :cbei privateer Ain € published in the Hrr«bo day. Captain Semmes sent a written challenge to Captam Wiorlow, on the 14th of June, “bagging that the Kearsarge would mot ¢ pit (from off Cherbourg), as he intended to fight ber, aud would not delay ber but a day or tw ‘Tbe action took piace tn er ence, Captain Wingiow gays the Kearsarge received rome twenty-five or thirty shots, twelve or thirteen taking effect in ber Lull. Om the 20th of June an unexploded dvad-pounder rife rhell remaimed burted in the repost of the Keansarve, avd from this missille Captain Wit Tho chips were about one by w OW anticipated sume trouble, b equal match, aceordingjto Cap aio Winelow, the Kearcarge carrying one gun lees than the Alsbuma. Three men, named Dempeey, Gwin and Macbeth were swore wounded on the Kearsorge. Dempsey, the quarter. termaster, had 22 arm ated, These were all the @xsueltiog whiten oocorred. Captain Wirsow wer told that the carnage op the Alabama was dresafal. The coolness, courege and fortitade of all the Union oMcer# and men are highly lauded by the commander of the Kearsarge, The officers aud men taken from the Alabama had been poroled ut Cherhourg, Captain Semimes remained in Regions, Ut is eald that he will goto rea in anew Ala ‘ems on the of August, It was thought that the British eloawer Paypabsnnock would be the vew priva- ‘wer, The remaining men of his old crew were kept undor pay imiral Anson, R. N., beaded a committes formed in Jondoa to perehase a new eword for Captain Semmes by ¢ Liverpool bad subscribed a 0, a eubseriptions, Merge sm for a rtmitar pary It is alleged that the yacbt.Deerhound acted asa mere tender to tho Alabam», and that but for her interference femmes, with most of his men, would have been cap. tured. Thirty even men from the ships Rockingham and Tyooon, recently destroyed by the Alabama, were ch steamer, (ed from Rourdeaux, ‘ebere slic was bullt, it wax thought, for the rebel service. EUROPEAN NEWS ‘The wtearmehip Asia, from Queenstown on the nth of Junn, ronched Halifax yeeterdny morning, on ber voyage fe Bovton, Ter news ts three days later. ‘Tho steamship Peravian, (rom Londonderry on the 24th sat Joos, ‘or Quebeo, put back the next day with ber @rrew broken, The Nows snotiee waa to leave Liverpool fended at Havre by ar The new #teamer Yeddo bad a ‘on the 27th altins, with the matie aod passcngera of the Perovtm It was arnounced in the Gpantsh Cortes, by the Quesn's ‘eters, that tne Spanish squadron tn the Pacific wonld be remforced, and that Spain would ooatinue to bod the Chincha Islands gattl it was proved that the Peruvian government had no knowledge of “the attempt to tak: the li'e 0° Senor Mazarredo, ex Spanish Minister to Peru,’ end until Peru bad punished the assassins of Jalxmbo. The Dano-German Conference ta London bad adjourned. On the 28d of Juve Earl Russell admitted that the nogo- tiations were broken of and that hostilities would likely be resumed. Denmark indignantly rejected Eng- land's plans of peace fn the Conference, but still hoped that England would lend her material aid during the con- tinuance of the war. The Austro- Prussian squadron bad already left Cuxhaven, it was sald for Bromerhaven. German troops had moved northward from Sobleswig to take up positions, Lord Palmorston's Cabinet was sald to be united on the Danish question, The very latest romors in London were of a peaceable character, and there was a general improvement in the stock market in consequence. The King of Wurtemberg ts dead. Consols are quoted by the Asia as having closed in London on the 25th of June at 90.8 903¢ for money, and 903{ a 903% on account. The Liverpool cotton market closed quiet, with prices unchanged, op the 25th of June. Breadstuffs were quiet bus firm. Provisions were firm and active, MISCELLANEOUS NEWB. The steamer Eagle, which arrived at this port from, Havana yesterday afternoon, brings our city of correspondence, giving an account of the recept to Maximilian and suite at Orizaba and Mexico, Ibis waid that they were received with dixtinction every- where on their way to the capita, Their Majesties entered the capital on the 12th ult, and not on the 10th, was expected, Before reaching the gates of the city & cortege of about five hundred citizens om horseback, and more than two hundred carriages, belonging to the principal aristocratic families of the piace, met thelr Majestion, who alighted to galute those who welcomed ‘hém. Juarez was still at Monterey. The son of Gover- vor Vidaurri was in the field, with some prospects of raising a formidable force, A revolution was prepared at Saltillo; but Gen grete arrested the leaders, aud bad a couple of them shot, The Juarist chief Tellez made an attempt om Chiquahuapan, but was repulsed. It is reported that a body of Uraga’s cavalry, two hundred strong, had been surprised and captured by the French. Santa Anna had gone to St. Thomas to realize his pro- perty, &e. By the arrival of the steamship Ocean Queen, Captaio Tinklepaugh, at this port, yesterday, from Aspinwall on the 27th ultimo, we have important aud interesting bews relative to the war between Spain and Peru, and other South and Central American affuirs, which will be found fully detailed in our correspondence from Callao and Panama, The matter of the arrest of General Dix and bis subor dinates, on a warrant issued by Judge Russel last wook , for the alleged iliegal seizure of the World and Journal of Commerce, came up before the City Judge yesterday af. ‘tervoon, After some remarks by Messrs. Cochrane, Hall, Pierrepont and Smith as to the right of the Prosident of the United States to interfere with the administration of the laws of this State, further proceedings in the caze were postponed till Saturday next. In the General Sessions yesterday Judge Russel and Recorder Hoffman rendered decisions adverse to the mo tion of Messrs. Evarts and Brady to remove the tndict- ments against United Statos Marabal Murray and hia as- sociates from the Sessions tothe United States Circuit court. A motion to quash these indictments will be made next Saturday at ten o'clock, The Grand Jury were sworn !n and briefly charged by the City Judge. ‘The oxamination of Isaac Menderson, late Navy Agent, was resumed yesterday, and adjourned over at the closo of the proceedings till to-morrow morning at tan o'clock. In the case of the people against Amor J. Williamson, late Tax Commiasioner, argument wit be heard before Jodge Daly to-morrow, The McClellan Executive Committee met last evening at the Sinclair Houge, and adopted a resolution providing for the bolding of a mass meeting at Union equare, upon a day to be subsequently fixed, to urge upon the Chicago Convention the nomination of General McCleitan for the Presidency. ‘Tbe mecting will be held under tho auspices Of the MoMelian Ceztral Executive Committee, of which Hiram Ketchom, Jr., Esq., i# chairman, ‘The radical friends of Fremoot anpounes @ ratifration meeting at the Church cf (the Puritans, Union square, on Monday evening next. Dr. Cheever and other prominent radical apenkers are expected to attend, At the meeting of the Board of fueation Inst evening an application from the school officers of the Tenth ward or $35,027, to make alterations ta schoolhoxse No. 42, was referred to acommittes, The other business which cane before the Board was of a routine and uninteresting nature. The village of Aton, destroyed by fire on risod twenty-four buildinss, The stock market continved dull yesterday; prices of the previons day wero ‘ally sustained ments were firm at former quotations. active; bet the mar futare 1 pol Arovstook county, Maine, was 224 alt, The villave com. fire but the Govern Money was trore ecome settled until the of the government is fully known. 2. not re etiil unsettled yesterday, and t9 find ut the prices of mor- imported goods were very imited, The adv ince 1: eI! loulations of destors, | and they were ag much in the dark as regarde prices cur rept us anybody else, Crtton contitued to ad Petroleum was vowinal, On Change there wre @ genorel appreciation in prices, Flour, wheat, corn and oats were all meterially higher, and provisions and whirkey were also lookicg up The Rebet Raid Down the Shenandoah Valley—Thegesperate Straits of Gene- rul Lee. The rebe! raid down the nanioah valicy, according to our latest advices, instead of being a formidable diversion by General Ewell’s en- tire corps of twenty or thirty thousand veteran soldiers of all arms, has dwindled down toa petty plundering foray by a body of five or six thousand men, We suspect, however, that this means the force at Harper's Ferry, and that, in- cluding the various other co-operating detacti- ments scattered along the Potomac, between the Point of Rocks and Hancock, the whole force engaged in this mo cau hardly be less than ten or dfteen thousand men. General Hunter, by the close reconnoissance of @ sharp engagement or two near Lynch- burg, bad discovered that he was in the pres- ence of a rebel golumn, or several converging columns, largely superior to his own. He fell back, accordingly, in a northwesterly direction, leaving the Shenandoab valiey proper open; and the enemy, instead of pursuing him across the mountains, moved down the valley, evi- dentiy for the purpose of capturing such o his detachments and depots of supplies as might fall in their way between Staunton and the Potomac river—a distence down the valley of one hundred and thirty or forty miles. The question which still remains to be set- tled is this: have the superior rebel forces that were gathering round Generali Hunter near Lynchburg descended the valley en mavse to cut off bis supplies and to cut up the Balti- more and Obio Railroad, and to make another fneursion into Maryland eud Pennsy!vania for horses, cattle, flour, shoes, d&e., end then to return up the valley with theiv plunder? or has only a smal! portion of to scare the people along the northern border of the Potomac, while a larger division has remained bebind to attend to General Hunter? Whatever may now be the real movements of the large bodies of troops detailed from Lee’s main army to arrest, in the first place, the destructive work of the Yankees on his western depots and lines of subsistence, we shall soon ascertain. As an experiment, in- tended to divert General Grant from the work before him at Petersburg and Richmond to the protection of Washington, this Shenandoah valley movement from Lee’s army bas signally failed. We are indeed strongly inclined to believe that it wiil soon be proved to be the ; ciored so as to pass boats ear! vell’s corps advanced | } liticians, | mittee, however, only proves that the fight in NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, JULY 7, 186% most hazardoas, desperate and disastrous of all the tricks of stratery that General Lee bas ever attempted. This side experiment of Ewell, in fact, is very much like that of Longstreet against Knoxville, which resulted in the speedy overthrow and rout of Bragg’s army from Chattanooga. ‘The London Conference having failed to settle matters between the Danes and the German allies, as we learn by the latest dates from Eu- rope, has adjourned, and, ag a result, the war will most likely be resumed, but with this dif- ference: England must now aid Denmark. Her honor is at stake, and the will of the people is that this be done. It is stated that the English government has ordered that thirty thousand trroops be held ready for immediate service. Be that as it may Lord Palmerston must resign or adopt at once a warlike policy, else the minis~ try will be overthrown, and a new Cabfuet formed which will adyooate and carry out the defance of Denmark. Should England do this, she would regain the prestige she has lost, She sbeuld send to German waters a powerful Reet, and, {n concert with the Danish navy, destroy the vessels of the Germans. An Eng- lish fleet should also be despatched to the Adriatic, and the people of Italy stirred up to settle at once the fate of Venetia. Then the Hungarians might be persuaded to make still another effort to throw off the yoke of the Hapsburg. In all these things England would vastly injure her German enemies, and might accomplish it all with but slight effort. Should such a course be pursued by Great Britain she might once more assume her stand among the first nations of Europe, She might, in fact, take out of the hands of Napoleon those questions of great European interest which he has usurped, and in so doing lessen his opportunities of injuring her. The people of Italy sympathize with English views, and are ever ready to admit England’s aid or pro- tection. They feel that in Napoleon they have but a lukewarm friend—one who seeks his own advancement when he proffers his aasist- ance—and they in preference lean towards England. Why, then, should not the states- men of that country take advantage of this sentiment, and resume that sway over the affairs of Europe which they once possessed. Jngland has now arrived at a crisis in ber history when she must take a bold stand or be forever lessened in the estimation of the world. Through the intrigues of Napo- leon she has lost prestige. She must now act boldly, make war to sustain her promises to Denmark, free the Italians and the Hungarians, force Napoleon to aid in freeing the unhappy Poles, and thus resume her position at the head of political affairs in Europe. It all depends upon seizing the opportunity now presented. If that is lost England must sink to the level of the second rate Powers. France will then play the role England will not have dared to undertake, and will become the great di- recting European Power. Should England adopt a bold policy, and in the Old World check the ambitious career of Napoleon, we shall soon have leisure to do the same on this side of the Atlantic. We have, or can have, hundreds of vessels such as the Kearsarge, and more formidable still, and we can raise a million of men, tried veteran troops, to chase from this continent all foreign intruders. We cannot brook that at our sido the power and prestige of Napoleon should find room to grow. This New World cannot come under the yoke of European We must have @ fair course for repwhlican tutions, which shall come ont of the present trials purified and all the more valued, Let Bagland cbeok Napoleon in Europe. We shall surely do sae same wis Tas _ DIN Panty In Broo LYN- solutions of at the meeting of the Union General Cor mittee in Brooklyn, on Tuestay night, from which it apvears that the feud in the repab liean party has brok i City of Churches, It ont ba v the in the league ud one se the f boldly de of this the ocession to ounty Committees, izxtion declarm and its le: means to mi and control it, sig’ ce of this quarrel, breakin this time, is made known in the rasolution elaring that the leaders in the Union vow ia favor of nominating se or candi- date for the Presidency than Abraham Lincoln.” lerstood that the men «llided to in the resolution as loaders now ‘old pos in the Custom Flouse, and are aod have been adherenta of Secretary Chase, the importance and significance of this contest are made appa- rent, Ivis the Cabinet quarrel exteading to the rank and file of the party, and ouly the commencement of the breaking up of the shoddy crew, which can no longer be held to- gether by even the cohesive power of public plunder. The idea of their informing the public that the pretensions and professions of the League organization are a hypocritical perversion of the facts is certainly cool, even in this hot weather. The public generally have long since looked upon them as humbugs, pretending one thing and really doing something else. It is merely a trap to catch men who are every few years taken in and done for by the manipulating po- The movement in the General Com- ne of the party has become exceedingly bitter, and, instead of decreasing as the Presidential cam- paign progresses, it is dally growing more fierce, showing, as we long since stated, that it will be impossible to harmonize the party upon Old Abe, and that: he is in danger of being disastrously defeated by the dissensions in his own party. We suspect that these resolutions were offered upon the dis- covery of a plot to tura one of the most im- portant organizations of the party over to remont, Grant, or some other rman, to defi vat Ola Abe, How pleasant it is fi brethren to dwell together in such wo! Bnirtsu Fain Pray. —While Semmes was being whipped by the Kearsarge the English yaebt Deerhound hung about the contending vessels to takeoif the beaten rebels, and thus reb the Yankees of the fruits of their well earned vic- tory. It js stated in the latest advices from Europe that the Deerhound was a mere tender or coneort of the pirate Alabama, The men she stole away should be demanded from the British government. The Bi im the Erie Canat, AunawY, Jnly 6, 1854, ‘The break In the Erie canal at Frankrort will not than next Saturday, Oro Asn m Deer Waren—Mr. Lincoln has not told any one “s little story” since the resignation of Mr. Chase. So long as it is merely a question of the defeat of an army and the loss of the lives of five or six thousand Union soldiers, he can indulge a joke with the ordinary gusto. He can even laugh at the failure of a pet scheme of his own now and then. But when events suddenly force him to see the power of @ great combination opposed to his re-election, be appreciates that he is living in serious times. Tre disgust of the whole country at the pist career of the blun- dering trifler is conrentrated in the Senate, and inspires the opposition of that body to Mr, Lincolm, ap? the presence of an opposition thus ix%pfred would naturally take the laugh outs the most inveterate joker. This oppo- ‘sition, developed through the recent change in the Cabinet, has taken it out of Mr. Lincoln. He appreciates that in times like these jokes will not tell, and he instinctively keeps quiet. It isto be hoped that his serious mood will continue, in order that the country may judge whether he is any more fit to be President when he is in earnest than at other times. The judgment of the country upon this point may determine the question of his re-election. Rerresaina tas Hor WeaTaeR—The pane- gyric published in the rebel organ in this city upon the pirate Semmes. According to the vile sheet in question, the rebel has totally eclipsed Jobn Paul Jones and the like. In contradis- tinction to former heroes, he is great because he got whipped, argues the rebel organ. NEWS FROM WASHINGTON. ‘Wasmnaton, July 6, 1864, PROPOSALS FOR GOVERNMENT DRY DOCKS, ‘The Bureau of Yards and Docks has, In accordance with the law of Congress, advertised for the reception of pro- posals for the construction of a floating dry dock for use at or near the Navy Yard at New York, and one for use at the Navy Yard at Philadelphia; to be of full and suff- cient capacity and power to receive, raise and sustalo in safety a vease! at least two hundred and thirty-five feet in Jength, forty-six feet im breadth and sixteen feet Granght, of two thousend two burdred tons displace- ment. FRESH PROVISIONS FOR THR APMY. ‘The Savitary Committee to-day sent tothe army thonsand one hundred and fifty barrels.of fresh vegeta- bles and eight thousand heads of cabbage. THE DRAFT. No offtoial action has yet been taken in the War De- partment with regard to the act recently passed for call {ng out the national forces, THE TAX ON PASSPORTS. ‘The tax on passports has been raised from three to five dollars, MR. SEWARD TO GO RAST. Secretary Seward bas accepted an invitation to visit tho coast of Maine in August, ia company with the spe. cial committee of the House, who goto examine the de- fences in that quarter, DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. A destructive fire occurred here this aftert..on on D street, near the Long Bridge. Owing to the high wiva the flames were not checked until about a dozeo build ings, mostly private residences, wore destroyed. Loss not ascertained. Return of the Tiogs. OUR NAVAL CORRESPONDENCE, Porrswourn, N. H., July 1, 1864. Her Arrival at Portsmouth, N. H.—The Yellow Fewer on Board—Death of Three Oficers and Two of the Crew— No More New Cass, fe. ‘The United States steamer Tioga, Lieutenant Com- mander McCauley commanding, arrived here on Sanday, seven days from Key Wost, baving loft that port on Sun- Jane 19. ‘he Tioga has been ordered North by Adwiral Bailey, of the East Gulf squadron, in conse- quence of the Lreakiny out of the yellow fever on hoard whilst lying in the barbor of Koy West. In consequence of the serious ilness from the fever of the surgeon, Aesistant Surzeon dren, was ordered of ber oifieara and saving Key Wost, and were at the time of ber snilin 0.0! the Fast @ ree at ibe sic a hoard afte th er, but are ow » thetr friend ying the of the United States Y. MoCantoy. ke, in charge, Frank L, © and Charles O'Neil am, OUs A. Thompson, — Somes. ebior, Tapman, G, A. Prelit Hrapyoanrann, Finer Dr Naw You 5. The ceneral officers ard commauniants of regiments of this division will assemble without failsat these herd quarters (No 5 Tryon row), on Thursday, th inet, at ten o'clock A. By order of * sear General CHAS, W SANDFORD, A. Baanrtox, Division Inspector. DEPARTURE OF THESIXTY-NINTH REGIMENT N. GO. FoR FORT RICHMOND. The Sixty-ninth regimont, N. G. 8. N. ¥., Colonel James Bagley commaniog, lett this city yesterday for Fort Richmond, where they will do garrison duty. It is un. t will be mustered in for ninety er aboot six hundred able bodied men Broadway atan early hour yoster- og remarkably woll. Inet week, and a summer soason wes inangurated on Tueecay evening, nader the management of Mr Theodore some. Mra Jobn Sefton, Misa Ione Burke. Mr, Charles Fisher, Mr, George Holland, Mr. Jobn “efton and several minor members of the regniar company have been re- tained, and Mies Avonia Jones and Mr. A.. fH. Davenport dave been aoe Pullee Intelligence. ALLEGED CONSPIRACY TO RUB AND MURDRR—ARREST OF THE CONSPIRATORS. On Friday last Captain Thorne, of the Twonty-sixth pre- cimet, was waited upon by Henry Parron, a young man liv. ing at 229 Mulberry street, who informed him that three Span- iards, named Joseph Pintailo, Severno Baptista avd Joseph Rebadon, were conspiring together for the purpe e of robe Ding, and, 1. ne Brennan, of dence Attar punderans pho ff mind Arrest the partion impiicnted im tne bree Seaniar's named apove were and yesterday afernoon (hey were v Sixnal, when Lamor ay Cyrringe cvith aed he 4 inalde the whe wert with kptve nsieroee ! J valibien ey on HY wlvie a Thorne Faron entered. Into the conspirary in order to ascnre the arrest of the golity parties, Farrop hit arcing? with froney furnished him, and on Somday @ileenoon vate for Bess Larmor ant Covering mt tate hotel In Leroy nieces eniiaiien envered the emrringe Pineniio anh Tes mend the driver ev ot with bis load, and on reaching Broadway, officers Cowan aud Brennan Hopped the coach, arrem matte ond terete eee with’ the in: thes took to police her tended vietims, On searc laded Kotte quant re the officers: c id pet teen thrown into tbo even of tne’ Ceery At the Wislon wan'te bh geatiemen when the proper time arrived, am Justion Hh gomciind the prioneer ot all positively deny thelr aul. THE REBEL RAID. Skirmishing Going On at Harper's Ferry. —_—— Oecupied by the “Rebels. rene Hunter’s Treops ¢ ig Up on the Enemy’s Rear, on, a ae The Baltimore Telegrams. Barrnwona, July 6, 1864. ‘The mall train for Sandy Hook, opposite Barper's Ferry, left this morning as usual, General Huater's forces are rapidly arriving from the ‘West, and will no doubt soon confront the rebel: The enemy still retain possession of the Virg! of Harper's Ferry, General Sigel with, his force, holds Maryland Heights. All indications thus far strengthen the conviction that the forces of the enemy do not exceed six or eight thousand men, and that it is simply a plundering expe- dition and nothing more, Batrmora, July 6, 1864. An intelligent gentleman arrived this morning (rom the vicinity of Hurper’s Ferry, and states that it is now de. finitely ascortained that the whole force of the enemy does not exceed five thousand, of whom less than one- fourth are cavalry and the balance infantry. They are concentrating 10 and around Hoerper’s Ferry, and are sending out parties to forage on people, robbing them of even their watches and money. ‘There was some skirmishing going on between our troops and the rebele across the river, and occasionally shot and shell were being thrown at them from the Ma. ryland Hexhts, ‘The fight of General Mulligan with the advance of the rebels at Leetown is spoken of as most gallant, he fuc- cessfully repulsing them several times, General Sigel moved towards Shepheardstown with his immense wagon train in (ront, the protection of which ‘was deemed of more importance than the risking of hands, and nothing was left behind at Martinsburg ex- cept some oats, which were set on fire before be lett, The impreseion when our informant left was that the rebel force will retire before to-morrrow night, as Gen, Hunter will be im their rear by that time, with ample force to overwhelm them if they remain longer. The Principal object of this raid bas proved unsuccessful, unless it be the damage they have done to the railroad and canal, the collection of conscripts and plunder of the inhabitants, They have not attempted to leave the line of the Potomac, except to rob stores at Point of Rocks, and destroying some canal boats near Hancock. What damage has been done on the railroad bas not yet been ascertained, though it ts understood that they have not retired far beyond Mar- Unsburg. ‘There 1s no truth In the statement that a rebel force hag been to Roonesborough and Hegerstown,or that a raid bas been made on the railroad wert of Cumberland. General Wallace is co-operating with General Sigel, and bas secured entire protection of the road as far as Frederick, which is now 6: There isan ample force at Point of Rocks, and also at Lower Fords, and suMojent force has been organized at Frederick to prevent any invasion of that place, Barimorn, July 6—9 P. M. Some excitement was caused at Frederick this morning by the fact that a slight skirmish had occurred between our pickets and a small squad of rebel scouts about balf way between Frederick and Point of Rocks, resulting in the rebels re Teriring to the roint, Just asthe reguier train from this city arrived {8 Frederick, a body of our cavalry came dashing into the town covered with dust, which induced many to suppose that they were rebels. A great scare ensued. The train put back to Menoosey junction, and the mistake was uot necertained ti! the cars reached there, when they re turned, but were again frightened back by another scare as foolish and groundiess as the first. © From the movemente perceptible among the enemy a Farper's Ferry to-day, !t was supposed that Hunter's forces were actively pressing them in the rear, Nothing definite could be ascerteived, but there Is every reason to beileve that unter will be heard from to some pur- pice before lone, ty possible precaution has been taken by General Wallace to guard sgvinst the possibility of any surprise movernent by the euemy in thts direction, Should they come within this department thoy will meet with an un- comfortable, reespcion, 1 it Mrs, Dixon, a0 estimable Union lady roniding st Pomt of Rocks, was killed while sitting at her own door. near Post office by a ebos fired by the Fobels oa the opposite side of the Potomac. t ou of Sharpsburg was abot for refusing to deliver up his watch to a rebel who demanded 1. The so-undro! put h 1 to the man's head and blow bis braing ovt for not ecmplying with bis demand, here aro 8 me exciting reports to-nicht as tothe presence of a very large force of rebels orp Forry, but they are not decmed reliable, Resnatches received by the oMcers of the Baltimore and Ohio Rafirord up to half-rase nine to might, say that the relels nad Bot yet mado any attack on our forces mt Ma: ylavd Hetehts, Cars ran sately as far as Sendy Hook, It fs reported that a small body of rebels are at Middio- town, about eight miles from Frederick, near South Mountain, - farnvorn, July 6—Midnight, ‘There are rumors that the enemy aro in large force on this aide of the Foromac. Some estimate them as biph as ibirty thousend strong, I give the report, but think it dowvtful. The Harrisburg Telegrams. Hannienvne, Pa., July 6, 1964, Gonoral Conch bas just received a despatch which leads us to believe thit our cavalry were forced out of Hagers- town today, The despatch is dated one o'clock this a‘ternoon, ‘The rebels have only carairy. Our troops are concentrating at Chambersburg and beyond. ‘The Governor will issue a call immediately for more troops in addition to the twelvo thousand cal'ed out Yesterday, 80 that the old troops in the department may be went to the front. The Old Pennsylvania Reserves aro flocking to the rescue, Gen, Couch is here for the present In constant com- munication with Coy, Curtin, Despatcves from Chambersburg state that a rebol force, supposed to be Bradley Johnson's brigade, entered Hagerstown this afternoon, ‘The federal force at that place, under Lieutenant Mo- Loan, aftor a spirited resistance, wore compelled to fall back on Greencastle, Pa., with which place wo still had telegrapbic communication up to nine o'clock to-night. lay a cit Proclamation of Governor Cartin. Aanniaura, Pa., July 6, 1864. ‘The {.llowing proclamation bas just besn issued by the Governor:— It in now ascertained that a large rebol force bas been detached from Richmond, and is advancing on the North. Bo large a partion of our army is at remote poiots that tt becomer necessary to raise immediat ® guftictont body to repo: them. They are already within the borlers of the Commonwealth You ha Veretolors = beeu = rendy «10 auawer tho untry. Yoo will not be lesa ready 4 when your homer asd firesides ended A profiigate horde am Guthorized by the Pres | tor twelve tho addition to those required by my buudred dij avivenia, and fen viet peal tot varia to rouse thet for the necessary effort and come promptly to swe T refer to-the general order from Invaders from her poll. tue heady) «of the feoneytvania militia, No, 60, dared July 4, published witty this proclamation, tor Hails of ee aFrangements. I do most anrnestiy require the good and loyal men of the Gommonwealth, and especially the veteran roldiars in all hor Horders, to show themselves to be worthy of her in Win emergency. Mer sons bave established for themeeives on many a bloody field a ro puation jor te martial virtures wach whey will not now forfeit, when both heir well suraee tame ‘and the of thete homes and families wt a ©. ate ELI SLIFER, Secretary of the Commonwealth. vy The Washington Telograms, Wasurnoron, July 6, 1864 Very little definite information has bean received here o-day concoraing affairs on the Upper Potemas, Refe- OR a a gees and eoouts from Loudon county report that the rebels ere under the command of Geveral Ross, numbering to il about eight thousand. Mosby is eaid to be im com mand of the cavalry,” but is probably ealy acting a prominent part under another cavairy officer ‘The impression prevailed at headquarters fo-day that the character of the raid bad been greatly exeggorated, and thet fi bed for ite object nothing more than heres Stealing and a genera! scare. Captain Hobart, formeriy of a Maine regiment, and re- Gently Chief of the Engineering Bureau of the Treasury Department, was killed in the attack on the excursten Party at Point of Rocks, Md.,on Monday last. The Seore- lary of War to-day sent for his remains. Panlo stricken boatmen at Georgetown, adjotaing this city, bring greatly exaggerated accounts of rebels crossing the Potomac, The rfver is unusually low, and fordable at almost all points, and it is not improbable that squads of rebels have crogsed in different places om orse stealing expeditions. THE LATEST NEWS. Bacrimore, July 7—1 A. M. Reports from the Upper Potomac are exceedingly wtlé and unsatisfactory. it is not positively known what the rebet strength is or who commands them. The gee- eral impression here is that Breckinridge is chief; but the probabilities are that be would not te entrusted with such an important expedition, and that the rebel force is the same that was sent against Hueter, and that it is commanded by Ewell. Ite strength te variously estimated at from five thousand to iftess thousand infantry. The latter figures are probably emafl enough. A formidable force of cavalry accompanies them. According to all acoounts received from citizens, rete gees and passengers over the railroad, the cavalry are said to be ip the vicinity of Frederick and Hagerstowm, ling horses, breaking open stores and robbing the t> habitants of all valuables in their possession. It is alo anserted in secessicn circles that twenty thew sand infantry are across the Potomac, moving on Frede rick and Hagarstown, and that a largs force is still te fob low; but this ts doubtful, Careful inquiry elicite the fact that the trains om the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ran to Potot of Rocks. Tete grapbic communication with Federick remains uniaver rupted. Call for Five Tho d Mem from Mae o jusetts to Garrison Washi: ie Boston, July 6, 1866. A callis published for five thousand Massucbusetts volunteers for garrison duty near Washingten, the aca commissioned officers and privates to receive $20 8 mowts from the State treasury while in the service. Condition of the Political Market—Ges- sip About the Cabinet, Ke. ‘The excitement over the resignation of Secretary Chase ig atill kept up among the politicians. The effect thas ¥ will have upon the Presidential campaign depends more upon the action of President Limcoln than aoy one else If he makes no further changes in his Cabinet the reeult is very plain in a political pot of view, and that ea geceral desertion by the anti-Seward and anti-Risir te- lerests from the nominees of the Baltimore Convention. In fact, it is already rumored in apparent authoritative circles that Sir. Chase will soon come out for Fremont, and that he will in this move take with him many ef his adberents and political followers, This, however, depends. no doubt, a great deal upon the course of the Prosident—whetber he retains all the old members of bie Cabinet or makes « genuine cleaning out, ‘The Seward mon are jubilant over the fact that Mr, Chase has been obliged te leave the Cabinet. They ales declare that the affuirs of the party are badly mixed ep; that it 1s impossible to tell where they are geing to drift to; “bat we are gid that Chase ts out.” Their whelg conversation seems to turn on thet point, and at the tod of every sentence it is, ‘We are giad that Chase is out of the Cabinet.” From their tone s person unaccustomed te the Dickerings of the politicians would imagine that Mr. Chase was cousidéred as bitter an opponent as Jeff. Davia himself, The animosity presented is unprecedented, The idea that such feeling and go bitter talk will not Se ies ki eytt remade ay 1 val ‘lowethor te who imagine they ce od for Li Tiasoibs ieee ye Pk find thotmbelwar ote gs Nothing in the world will bring them together except x completo remodelling of the Cad: snd more especially the appointment of new in the plice of Welles, Blair and Stanton. The fact or Mr. Fessenden, the new Secretary of the Treuaury, held back hie xcceptamce so long, Was come sidered by the politicians as evidence that be was to force tHe President to reorganize bis Cebinet, and ee advocates of the diffcrent Secretaries stood tn fear of the result. But now that he has assumed the duties of the Treasury Department, without any change, the feeling Is that the Cabinet will remain as it is. As as that conviction takes hold of the public there will ® lively time. In fact it seems to have com: already io Brooklen, The Union General Committee of Kings county met em at which the war on the radicals or Ohage irly inaugurated The proceedings indicated it in the Union League org «nization, and the {ntroduction of. resolutions denouncrog Custom Howse oifiel ls, who are charged with raining the League. Appears thet the reguiar couuty organization met ee Tuesday night, and after a short time went ime Fooret seesion, ‘and remained the ein xhont two ‘The following resolutions were preseuted, and s aptcy interestiog devate was had over them — sy nnd United Sintes, an 0% Leacue of An era, the prof aim and objecis of which are highly commendable; amd, he profession of {ta assrimed leaders tn ths BY atend in any wry to interfere #1 tical hom/netion= or couventions, and hypocritical peeverston of tate city mnd count. are concerned, itiniernat di engions. trovble ty oF this city, county and Stase ua the torannical and despot'¢ manner fm ‘lenders. peeiding in th a city, bave ome nage thie organization ore, be th At whe we love auf cnuntry. nue coverm rparty well, and whi'e love of party ds ateonyer ha woen ‘ons id manner wien. it be unserupa owe (cllew and eounty, fided ter the. ha tom pl to exorai away and control Resolved, That the centraltzation of pollth iutsrest of the Us array men Resolved, That the interest ol ni an candidate, Abvaham Ligto n, exanob shy werved iy that organ atin an long a than our present candidate, Al the rorolutions. judging from the determination ef their ndvocates, will be edopted, The parties which they nim st and allude to aro ‘officials 1 toe Cust’im Hi and are just now actively encaged in the manipulation the party for the nomiuation for Governor. Wadaworth men in 180%, and, of course, now rally for fome person in that wing of the party undor the ery, “Remember Wadsworth.’ Jt is supposed that they srw algo gecrotly at work for Fremont, Hence the “mor tal offence which toy have given to LS. ‘Be Lincoln men, and the Weed poelitictans of who have caused this onslaught, fearing ‘ibe th the — League = organization = they willl an tntivence in the = State = thet will only defeat Lincoln, but also secure the cag oy s eanditate for Governor in opposition to the Seward im. terest of the party. At the couveation which met im Syracuse in September, 1863, which nominated State ticket olectod last tall, the men alluded to in the % foregoing resolutiop, with , Of this city, were thrown off from stato tral Committee; ‘bub feoms that thoy have worked themselvesiiato power League orcamizatt ‘ktll them off there, comes: Tt te a delightful fignt, and apectinen of what will be witnessed in every Joeal! more sail in right and left, applied to the Cabinet, is tbe rank and file. A few more exposes ar rents, like that of Henderson, will show up party. ! its Bideons deformities and rascalities, fora ‘A condition of affaira as yet but little imagined by the people, Oricket Match Between New York and Massachusetts. Bostox, duly 6, 1864, The cricket mated between the New York Clob and the Massachusetts Club terminated to-day in favor of the Inter, who won the game with seven wickets to snare, The match was decidedly the best ever ployed in New Bogland, and i sure to aw terest in the game In Mossachoeet whe Little Brig Viston, LETTER FROM CAPTAIN DONOVAN—WHY THE VESSBL, APPUNG A LRAK, BIC., RTO, The following letter hag boon received by ® gentleman in this city and banded to us for pablication, It is from Captain Donovan, of the brig Vision, on route for Lon- don :— Provincetown, July 9, 1964, Tam sorry to inform you that we sprong a leak after lowing Now York. about fifty wiles from No Man's land. We aqnated away aod got in hero om Friday. We found tho towk on the gerboard stronk, about & foot Jong, not a particle of oakum being in i, Mr. MacKenzie, the bont builder here, will not allow me te pay for any repairs, and they sag it is scandalous the way ome parts of the boat are betehed. Mr, Mlackburn, the ed of himeoif, | expect to again, You <n eer my arrival bere sater the present cireumatances. Tre main, air, wi greatest respec ‘ F re resthN C. DONOVAN. snoan uly 6, 1864 ‘Tho tone at the recent fire here. Cy in now extimated ad