The Sun (New York) Newspaper, June 28, 1862, Page 1

feaywhereia the aity oF vicinity. CULATION 66.000 Copies. Sone Scie Fe Pe r ‘6 year— ioae, Siicetarear’” Aircon all \etersto Moses 6. BEACH, Proprietor of Tas 8c, Corner Fulton and Nassau ste, E NEW YORK SUN. URDAY MORNING, JUNE 28, 1868. 1862. LATEST NEWS ‘ELEGRAPH TO THR NEW YORK SUN TTER WITH THE SWEET. EVERSE AT JAMES ISLA ral Loss, Killed, ‘Wounded and : Missing, About 700. RY DESPERATE "FIGHTING. Indiana Regiment Used Up. DEATH OF COL. PERRY. ™ ery of the 79th Highlanders TTING FROM A REBEL PARAPET. EW STYLE OF WARFARE vel Gunner Lifted by his Hair. ENEMY THROWING JUNK BOTTLES 5 N, BENHAM UNDER A CLOUD 1 Deta Is F'rom our Correspondent ; ’ Recent Military Change. ho Engagement at James Island. United States transport Ericsson, Cap- ywher, from Tortugos 16th inst, Key Wost 7 { Port Royal 24d,arrived here yesterday, She ,, s large mail from all the above places, and & t hundred and elghty-one passengersamony t ueral Benham and staff, She has als + \gment on James Island, 8. C. : Ky Weat four companies of th N.Y, pe + danded them at Poft:Roya!, Mao tp Te! at ur companies 1990, 8. artillery, regu 4 Taited Btates troo iH sattack on the batteries at James Island on braing of June 16th, at 4 o'clock, and were Me led after four hours hard fighting, with the F663 men killed, wounded 1 missing, TI gan Sth had two hundred and ff . pil. ‘The New York 70th sutfer ‘ 4 were obliged to re » 48th Regime 015, of aponlegs San Ja. ) was ot Key West ‘unts of the fight at James Island, athern papers, are correct, Bi , the list of wounded officers and men \ © the New York th (no other New are upon the lists furuished us) -from Isiand, per En t OPE Koski, _— Pr W. Roberts: vert, Private Wier, Private Charies » Private D, MoParlaud, DETAILS OF TILE ENGAGEMENT, n Dunbar, Company D, 3 New Hampshire 4 has furnished the following interesting f the engagement: General Stevens's bri- coed the engagement ou Monday morning, “thy @t dofclovk, with the Sth Michigan, 70th ky Tth Connecticut, and Ysth Massachu- Phe latter opered at a distance of five hun- is, under ® most murderous fire from the ' at the same time they were being shelled t Johnston, a rebel fortification. Bull ah; * 4 si wbeadily to within @ few {cet of the breast- erage Portion of General Stevens's bri- 4.9 4 ty dp allied to fall back, owing to the ter- : 3 she fort aud from the ritle pita of the > 7 Seneral Stevens called for reinforcements, Vy tat the men were unable to maintalu their under this excessive firing, General rdered the Sd New Hampshire and 6d \ Jand to the rear of the fort, when the men von the sharpshooters aud two masked at 1 the rear, ts time the 8d New Hampshire had ad . » that they were between the fort and the ateries, Two South Carolina regiments tod in the rear of tho masked batteries, a about 150 yards, Or ~ Awithstanding this critical posi 7 mpshire regimeut i ved it nn hour 2 minutes, having sustained @ loss of about ry of 003 men, The regi weed the } \ their rifles, Th eb » wo the use of their weapous, that the ; gked off as fastas they appeared to | * aps, The Rhode Island Sd made # cl > South Carolina regiments,th ¥y Hampshire regiment an opportunity & ‘themselves from their perilous position, vented them from heang surroutiledt, selene wee % was given to retreat, " te HO fr hy m opened « mur. ny creat loss, ‘The ‘ain a temporary this many of engagement mnilton's a great which deep . come ~ w® Prisoners, some of which were taken in murdering our wounded. Rhode Island i charged and ® number of them were decoyed into the woods by the rebela crying out “This way Rhode Island 8" The consequence Wasa number of our men Corporal was shot by a rebel who advanced upwt | has in this engages elon other regiment on the field, having lost abou killed, wounded and missing shire $d Jost about 108 killed, wounded and miss In one instance the re aasaaninated. A and drove his bayonet into him afer discharging his Piece; efter this, the inhuman wretch beat the cor- poral's brains out with the butt of his muaket, The | where the earthworks approached the sea, there brute was imimediately captured, The Michigan Sth probably lost more than auy 203 The New Hamp- ing, ‘The 28th Massachusetts lost about eighty, the Rhode Island 34 about the aamne, The T9th N, Y.S. M., lost about ove hun Irad men killed,wound- ed and miming, ‘The Connecticut Tth about 40, sud the Connecticut 6th one killed and two wound, ed. Gen. Bentaimwho commanded the division,brd three brigades of four regiments ench in the eng ment, Among the trophies borue from the bloody field, were two guns captured by the Michigan 8th and two by the 79th New York regiment, The enery's force was about fourteen thousand, Their love ix unknown, but owing to the accurate firing and determined perseverance of our troopat it must | Our lows ta supposed to be between seven audeight hundred, ‘The Federal gunboats wore unable to partic!pate in the engage ment, owing to their great distance from the battle. ground. Wappoo cteek is completely obstructed, So that our g@uboats cannot pase through it, If this could be done, Charleston could be attacked a flank, ‘The Pawnee and Ellen wore in the Stono river during the engageinent, Stono river has been Ascended as farne the entrance of Wappoo creek. Fort Johuston is ona polut of the island nearly op- posite Fort Sumter, ‘The battle ground is near th centre of the 4, and almost completely. rounded by marshy ground and pits, Captain Dunbar states that he was on picket duty at an early hour on the morning of the engagement, aud was y ontered to full hack to bia reg’ ' wre for battle, This was the first tack, After ve hed fh Dunbar been great, n back ty t their original camp, Capt. rier poket grotnd—the enemy not } proper to pw Tn the engagement 1 awur was fatally wounded, und Hwa Licuts, Rost and Kobinson were alightly wounded The above officers are of the Th Terry, ofthe Tth Con ment, received @ nt, © the ind in. the mont, vob Ww cast, General Benham well mupposed be was carry- ing out General Hunter's wishes and orders, and he cannot be blained for resulta which oveurred from causes he could neither foresee nor prevent, 1. shrubs. By this a number of the Seventy. atthe ___NEW_YORK, _ SATURDAY, JUNE Order Relieving General Fremont from Command. War Department, Washington, June 27, 18 —Major General John C, Fremont having been quested to be relieved from the command of the FACTS, INCIDENTR, @O., POM VARIOUS FOURCES, Among the exploits of the Seventy-ninth, which at covered itself with sigual + Was that of # detachment nusler Colonel Mor- Fish and Lieutenant Robertson, ‘The rebel battery was near the sea shore, and at the extreme righty ashe saya, the position asigned him by the ep was an unguarded spot partially concealed by low { Pointment of Major General Pope as Commander. men managed to tne parapets directly in « line with une, and commanding them. Here they kept the rebels ta their. rifle-pitm by &r- ing with unerring aim at ali who came to man the Por about forty minutes enemy's guns Of course all inferior to those heretofore held by him, and to re- main in the suborti: command now assigned, would, 68 he says, largely reduce bie rank and consideration in the service,-It is ordered that command ; Second, that Brigadier General Rufus King be, and he t# hereby assigned to the com- maint of the first army corps of the army of Virgl- hia, In place of Gen, Fremont relieved, By order of the Prosktent, Epwin M, Sarton, Booretary of War. Everything Quiet Along the Lincs. Washington, June 27.-~As far as heart from today atthe War Department, all was quiet in every direction, From the Shenandoah Valley. quiet, and amor x rifte-pity was Lieutenant Robertson, in eleven engagements during the war, including Bull Kun, but this was hia firet hurt, His wound, Colone) Morrison was He bas ty leg, i# not serious, slightly wounded in the temple, tg the nents engaged in the bat- Isiaud were the 25th Massachusetts New York. — They are all German ved in this city, under the title of The Michigan Sth fought usetta ales did well, writiag from Hilton Head, un “Last night the Ben De- wounded is James on Hiny and Serurday bring Intelligence that the enemy had not any force in this valley lower than Luray, Contrabands and Union citizens agree that Ewell and probably Jackson, had sent Bouth for reinforcement, Per contra others state that he had crossed the Blue Ridge, but could not assert whe ther he was to move up or down, eat, and hope poor slow's distress could keep you @ moment coo board the vessel, Four men lying h oth each lost an arm, the “righty va “eb tt ‘teh, “whey we nestly reciting they several ‘atariencee on the to Washington, and thence to 8perryville, was learned that a company of rebel cavalry had gone North with the avowed intention ofstriking the Le may have anoth huapital ie crowded, and all who gould be moved to nutel qiarterss were Rent off to, make he w Jed M wi foe I te aa tue ty Roan aks the mountatna toward Luray, er wae struck by the bottom half o Gena, Fremont and Banks hada conference Pee a Middletown on Friday. The former's headquarters: were at Strasburg on Saturday, It is understood that the trains on the Mannesas n sath Will not proceed further up than White Pisins wnt the why out from Titehooek, the Tth Connecticut, He ia a lose to bie Lesser redatthe hip, and wi Atputate ity’ that bi UL hw ound leave u is strong aud Fou tomet try it 1 the operations: ‘This brave tau of the battertes before Pulas vulshed himself Ly his cool. Capt. \e Vie 3 leg wan it wus Use- t wurvive the sbintte town of Front Royal and the mirrounding valley are alinost depopulated, except by defence- Jean women and children, and the ripening grain stitut 6 ath had comtuand of ki, and be there dis It is not considered serious, howe ver GENRH AL DENIAM after his ar ray morning, proce ith wtreet, au eftere . ( where his Indy Vby Gen, Hunter repulse, of the suppor sorders, The ob- ry out these or, d that aa soon ‘glen of Gen. Seven te for Bouthp s. He waren Lof the as soon as he be tion that Benhain Benhar more ne all the fac Hunter will b It is stated by Erricnsous that General Ben 9 com. mence the attack ¥ wly to our troopa, but tt nm he heard of the defeat, eral Benham had no right + . ceived further orders, ' the mubordinate officer battle, gave orders which nm sion among the troops, and « (Spe lence af th Pour Rovat, 8. As an eyo wiknens @f the doings the Stono and of the battle on Jame m the 10th, Imay be able to give some correct knowledge of the i mont was originally intenled to be a co. of troops and u dash at Fort Johuson and ton on the 4d or $d of June, when the reb — .ve was probably less than three regiments, But our transportation having been diverted from us quartermaster mismanagement, only « part of th forces $eached there ou the 8d; the rest not being “encamped until the th, By that time the rebels bad gathered probably 8 or 10 regiments, aud had begun a dort and tine of earthworks to oppose our advance, Gen. Huu. commanding the Department, Gen, Beuhem vision, and Generals Bright and Stevens and Col. Williams, the different bodies of tropa, were all present, There was a slight skirmish on the Sd, another on the 4th, in which we captured fo» guna, By the Oth the fort of the rebels! unted, which commanded our camps, W shells into the Stono River, where boats were, andit was found nocesaa pandon our position, A le aa omered for the 1th for noon of the 10th the e w force, and were rey may 100 to 200, « killed a dozen wounded ug sated by this fy, to pory, 3¢ the reconno\ aan: meantime to erect 2 battery fucing the rebel fort in this On the 12th, Ssoersl Hunt ons Jehhous pe also ordering pre treuched camp, defended, Stono on the west, and in coat, ‘The earthwork or which was shelling our carnpe we ston or Fort Jobusor work, which it was indispens and hold, both that our camp Hat the gunboats might get position of any importance, Produce any impression, and necessary to Gen. Benham tha reduced by wsault, as origins and Gen. Hunter, He therefo of the reconnoisance on # large mu the morning of the 16th, he learned that the whole rebel for two battalions of 400 men e mounted and as many unmou was directed to advance With #ix Fegiments, with guns ped, aud to make @ rush on the Wright aud Col, Wilains, wit were to be ready to support big fortunately the attack was an bi day, Bomeof the regimenta runs and were obliged to halt: f the enemy. ‘The Sth Michigan and the 19 ere) rushed up to the work,s tonnted the parapet, but the ment did not come up; and, af the place for nearly balf wu hot drawn, A si vebiy fort, at that junction would have was halt an hour during which from It, General Stevens called snd w Brigade was ordered by G 0 to his support ; but somoho ing to the right, where he was, loft and opposite eide of the Fort they could not reach It by reas: march, Here the Sd N, H, an galloatly, and lost many men of the enemy in the woods, still 4 No one was cousclous of th Junt, but deeming any further ey needless, the tvope were withdy der, bringing off the dead and w was about 100 killed, 40 woun The enemy's loas, nearly os from contrabands @od otherwi great, ‘The result 748 unfortug our troops were métly raw an fort of work, ‘The plan was an efcellent one were all sanguine of Miecess, 6 Generals Stevens aud Wright obj nottrue, The failury Was one of of war which will co in epite o le regimen Crops must evidently be lost for want of har. ondent : + The fitars te of ai! confidence ye) Send waitourt sanitary reasona, what we d by # cuunboat or two, and. en the slaughter of June 16 will from Port Royal by the arrival tor Hunter ontered ls newly organ ot Toland, to join tit the eral of the officers refured with the negroes, and that, the negroes was of the We are w have g when the t mem shots are alleged to Bave been fatal. bave to go there iu comp. ter Sherefore, the project of wend Hous: abondoued, 1 {song Ericason, sent home by General Hunter fo to to act as Brigade Surgeons to the negro regims which je ‘Two companies of the Michigan Sth took one of bse | between the Latteries at the point of the bayonet, and held it Jorty minutes, when, from want of reluforcemente 7 were obliged to retreat, | The enemy's threw junk boltien ol old nails, and Places Of efialny Which, at close rs, dealt death aud destruc- ‘on ever: In one of the e hand-to-hand contests, @ lieutenant of a New York regiment, who waa taken prisoner “t Bull Run, and but lately exchanged, reached er into one of the batteries, and {selaing © gunner the hair of the bead, dragged him Monty ‘® con- vy rt “Modore Budfoe tay Weak be can. take br with Hin good Yrantoate, he will x 4 or and the other fortifications without ‘¢ than two, Temeluing shell the cht ya J om Captain Elmondorf, “of fd Pfeil New York Tain addressed ot, gives the following Hat of preg dy stg —EEE our troops on James Islaud : / ‘The War Westward. Regiments Killed, Wounded, Mist ic - cI eee wll Ing. | Chicago, June 27. A special dispatch to the ih New York, g Jovanat, from Quincy, says that the en par- oth ties, which have been forming all winker in North 7th Connecticut, Eastern Mimourt, are now prepared to move in an effective shap?, bein well armed, and having o numberof sall catia, ‘They number about 700, untrue, U.' 8. Sloop-of ‘Wm, Bmith, fi jorfolk 24th, and Fortreas Mon- roe, arrived nega yesterday morning. On the sree og@n placed under Martial Law ‘Viel tn autietpation of a din. turbance arising from the election to be held, but id with Portsmouth, if Monticello, killing 8, “th Gen, Svevens inmued an order com- eg (ita wosreile oes troops =the Becoud Division’ Loic thetr pee} tained, Memphis, June %,—The Little Rock Drwocnat that there are in Arkansas from 10,000 to geral troop me 7. The the vifify of Balesville, @ Federale have cromd the ere retreating towards Missouri, 4 fadjrond from Cofambu y operation, and the prove Ueatine Iwan mtuphy "to be impossible by the ite 7 the order of thuuke t wille, Ewough rolling stock haf t@ com? ehtce operations with, 4! persons have re persion of this place, cmon appear cheerful will returu to St. Louia very soon, c@ wu stuff left here yesterday, Gen, MeClernand is still at Jack- ved, and will be escorted up White ‘matrong guard, and Aldermen Robinson, Legare the oath of allegiance, rd hang back, visited Moultrie County, Miss, Hg fake command et Vicksburg on 10th, Gen, Schuyler Hamilton has resigned on account of ill health, and will be suceeeded by Gen. Rosen- crane. * It ia reported that there are 28,000 troops at Vicksburg, under Bragg and Pillow. free § > ‘The Grenada AveRal. saya that Vicksburgh will Be tre ane tly tii ad be held at all suerifices, aud that all non-combat. aed to bombardment if the | anus have been sent away, a sone Talans retain? | The Vicksburg Crrizen saya that the rebel ad fact thatthe reb.| force at Tupello hus been greatly increased, asi er : ‘The Crriwx publishes @ letter from the Lieu- ty part df their fe and tenant commanding the gunboat Merona, to aan! ape calling tn ll evallable | 1. maushories of Rodney, warning them if the Federal transports are fired upon from the Wine cep forbene wops—two thousand men— at James Island, Be- enafely resumed the federal _very large additions, owing to Approach, over a ridge radia y,, hole gun and ry large force th ¢ of the capital, YER WHICH THR UNION TROOPS batteries erected ator near that point, the same Wn RAD OMAR METON, punisliment will be visited upon thet town, whig t Ney V4 the city of Grand Gulf received, to which Gen, ty whieh cover the bAuks of | Lovell replied that Lis batteries are located at one ie auda, owing to the sick. | the best points, and that he shall fire when he mati uivinture, wud v pleases, Pega ea und "vee Micon ia | Tet now etated that Gen, Rosencrana takes come ¥ ridges of the | mand of Gen, Pope's commmnd, intead of Gene Mauilton's divies Items from Washington. Washington, June tister Corwin, entions, ae tole windings by the A inom will reven! ut ous eh our rec ude Congressional Proceedings. inanoes wud wd "They fut tue XXXVIIth CONGRESS--Senate, ‘ memwioms ; Wiskington, Ju —On motion of Mr, Petraen tie rinses Powell, (Ky. the Vill to prevent members of | death wuldenly stciking the ren OFS OF, tie hi " io fala bashers tia ite aking any consideration for pr Wring arery ito theme ine | OM UF Pe strut the Goveruinens Was taben up f 1 the ‘ont ¢ . we he ® asin ie Terie on |The Confiscation bill was then taken up. After further discussion, aljourned Houwe of Reprenentutives. sins of Cel .Ellets 28 Aret army corps of the army of Virginia because, | vided for, the duty a! Major General John C. Fremont be relieved from | 80d that be be brought hit ‘One reconuoisance proceeded by way of Milford | ADRLAIDE Here it | 19 at Antwery Washington June $%.—Information from the Velley, received from other than offi- lead to the belief that Jackson's troops force returned from the point at which he ts repairing damages and preparing | tone o the wheat aud rye crop of the Valley, ted to be good. «The reports that aro occupying the country Strasburg in any force are ‘ here may, however, be rebel pickets at oT heretofore temporarily occupied by our 4) Fiori, Pirect. Seminole, Commander which was prohibited by General V. All was quiet in and about the viciuities of Norfulk and | on p A part of this gang attacked a small party of State | crass crops, Aeoty, over @ larze ¢ of amounting ,to 6,000 or The laters Ky., to the olty in or two there will amunieatio 8 Corinth, aud from ken the oath of alle- That point witt be gar, (surrounds ng, and it is reported that 1862 independe nt of feriga Productions in the event of war. Mr. 8h the artic’ as ata low pr With thi provias, Mr. Mallory's amendment waa adopted, rd kay amendments were the fol! daudelion root and all other ar fee, not otharw ive pros be fone canta per pound The toiuage duty in w take effect on the Ist of 4 ary wext, Other amendmenta were also made, All the de- harger (Ohio) offered aa a provi can be obtained of aa good quality and in Ghief of the army of Virginia, is rubordinate and | debatable sections of the bill were acted upon, leav- only the two laat ones for future consideration, when the Committee rose, Mr, Bingham, from the Judiciary Committee, Teported « resolution, which wae eo ordering: the arrest of Michael C, Murphy, of New York. r to answer to the House for tte contempt, he having refused to obey the subpana for his appearance before the Judi clary Committes, in the case of Hon, Benjamin Wood, Adjourn , June 27. rac there were ebween three and four thounand spects The weather wae beautitul, and the track, countering the Inte heavy rains it The first race was a single das forty for the $800 ae won by Dr, A, third and te agram. Pope, Swigart and Peselane PR kina remarked, “ Jong that I began was afraid of the job you hadin hand.” = SUN. oe ONE CENT “You haven't been to fee me for 80 to think you were @ coward and The Mar- shal replied that he had mot had time to call on him, and acknowledged that although he would perform hie duty, it was @ very disagreeable one, Hawkins duty, pleasant or sined, * Every man must do his unpleasant." Mr, Button, War- den of the Prison, aud Dr. Hodgman visited him during the evening, and found him as collected and even cheerful a warmest manner « Murtay he owed much gratit tion of his iniafortunes, yer, Wo thanked them in the for their uniform kinduess and pathy, remarking that to them and to Marshal je for their allevia- Until 11 o'clock, Hawking wrote steadily, preparing an elaborate communica- tion for the Prem, vindicating hie race from their genoral condermnation by the white race, compar- ing thetr condition now with that in the early days ofthe Republic, when ride by side with our fore fathers they fought for the cause of liberty, and, at considerable length, giving an autobiography of Himself aud hia statement of the crime, and the canses leading to it, for which he was to muffor, Niehed In the Sux, These facts hi already been pub- And Hawkins’ statement simply fn that he was tortured to madneas, almost by the cont ed cruelty of the Captain, who on a previous voyage murdered two of hia crew, and cast thelr Dodles overboard, Mo dona not distinctly may that the Captain waa killed by him, but “the next morn> 1, Ang 7 Mae three ace, will be NEWS ITE} Joun C. Bueckesnnt for treason by the Grand in has been indicted iry of Fayette co, Ky. the American contralto, where her anecent has been equal to rin and Madrid, eston Mercury flying into the iu. that achieve emall bodies of rebel cavalry, and drove them into | wool tra: Ae was never 0 prices ranging from 30@: Iris ru ra Txaac Newton aud Mer tered by t Government, aud. be withdrawn from t) Hudson river in a few days, tax takos effect on the Tet of income tax provided for in it itty the Ist of Mays or the year Company, n Baldwin of preferring th wafter having tried both. 9 nitor; Dahlgren, Lands be made F on that is read in thousands of in some cases by femalen te attested by ST officers | aro Swedes. and soldiers of Gen, Williams division, Several of Barwon & Wenern, extensive music dea- ishors, were arrested y the Provost Marshal, and ry prison, and the establishment for selling weces muate, McCieccan has issued an order to pro- of bodies on the battle fleld, health of the Louis, b comedy rath plied with hot coffee ried apples, potatoes to be served morning, Ra- men my A nd pickles are also article forming annexation to the United States, It nays that Creat Britain shows perfect indiffer: ee to the nett! ond it a none of the mercial or gov righ ect | aud, on the other hand, American inf ‘Levery kind ‘are operating upon it Ata prelim meeting in St. Lou the nin a in Ireland, & Committee was appointed Septal te te petiole le of Bt Louis, and to call o pol Tneeting on the eked tresa were read, whieh he Lathes fore our readers, and the manifested by men of all parties and Lotbnallilce, Tux Chicago Tareune says: Last Monday while the prisoners at Cainp Douglnes were all « tender oly y search, wae made for arm ammunition Which resulted in tie uiscover n° cart-load of amall arms of all descript: ount of powder, caps, Lime Mad then ‘pst vels, pick-axes, hatehets, + which they lind stowed away, certainly ltrs Hel intentions, Ineianp, which might be one of the most onperous in the a ic for years past hae Been decaying tn Producti is now declining 861 was @ decrease a tr ah of § 15,701 acres of grain crops re wan alto a decrenae over t Preceding year of 3008 horaes, 135,316 cattle, and 00 pig, Ge # A. Corry, Unite! States Attor- ney for Eastern Pennsylvania, reports that nin twen-twentieth of the prizes brought into Philadel- phia bave been or will aud snd thelr proceeds dlatributed aa prize mousy in light, mined [Seat res paylay ah jant sailors doveral hundred thousand doliars, Tite, importance of the naval and commercial station lately acquired by England, knows as the Iniand of Lagos on the west coast of Africa. since asion of the new treaty with the United States for the @appression of the slave trade, hus n made apparent, [tia fnsignificant in alze, but hus rapidly risew into importance during the lust son bn8re, It fe the port of Albeokuts und the ing district, where cultivation aud come mefve are beth steadily extending, and itis also in the imm. vicinity of the territory of the King of mey, who IX wt the pregent time the most powerful patron of the lave trade, Tur Richmond Examiven makes the follow ish brothers ment inte th A the 60th Erin re. fight masasy and then ran vay to Washingt: ning that ‘the South- ners had won their independence,’ Recovering his fright, Col, Meagher was made Brig » and rained « brigade of his countrymen to saghter Southerners, end led them on to the Chickahomiuy to fall there himself, Tur guard at the Norfolk ferry recently rals- ‘an American flag, being tired of seeing #0 many little secerh ones borne past them, lndiew reported the fact to Gen. Viele, whe, tent word to Lieutenant-Colone] Hopki: Fi ware, that the flag of Cer Unio Gaottha osttelaees to the feelings of the rebels, fured, nud threatened to throw wp his comm v and report the matter at Wi ington, Viele gave in at this and Lieu one! Hopkingoo hus placed a tag ove in the vicinity of the ferry, ned to procure ® 10 wungway | ug the rebel w one] Hopkinson i ‘lip, thus ver the em- ler thut of loyalty. ry lntest advices from Beaufort, N.C are that Governor Stanly wae becoming dally more popular with ple, He had recently return. ed several fugitive slaves to their masters, who had taken the onth of allegiance, Gen, Burnside was preparing for an advance ito the interior, and only awaiting the arrival of reinforcements to do no ‘The Fires Reyunent of North Carolina Union troops sshingtony and nnother reciment were Deing rapidly organized, Washington wus atrong. ly fortified, "Our troops now holds batteries on the Neuse River, and our gunboats puss up and down daily, without any apprehension from the rebels inthe vieiuity of the shor 5 Union feeling was rapidly spreading the North Carolivian LOCAL NE Ws NEW YORK AND THE VICINITY, ution of Hawkins, alty was inilicted upon Wm, He #terday, for the the slip Lamergien The interest excited Ez The death po Hawking, at the of Captain W. WM Adan murder on th wr Just Sioong the conmnun ty by the rather unusual event of an execution, seemed much inferior to that at tending the executions of Stevens, Hicks and Gore Jon, Few gathered about the door of the City Prisoty aud those present seemed rather attracted by the conspicnous uniforms of the Marines on | mused, than boy th of the event about to | transpire within The prisouer throughs outtho nightexhibited the @ame self possession, even stoiciam, whieh hag marked his conduct since his coudemuation to death, In the ning, io ade dition to the regular night keepers, an additional force of keepers Finlay, Roe, Cunningham, and 27.—"he The House went into Committee of the Vhole BT ‘on the tariff bit vet, are ying Mr, Mallory tisy ) ofored as ap amendment rat flags 0 the lly aro all bemp or pre para fr . tale I be lerreg with military be orbanc +} of this proposition, both as Protection to our ywu protege wad to router Ws verued plétsuutl with im for some time. Haw- e Maher, were deyailed to guard the primmer, whose fell was now om the lower floor, aud who was pers mitted to walle the corrider at will, U. 8, Marshal Murray visited Hawkins in the eveuing, and coms at dl tng the Captain was found mu After completing the prisoner left the Rev. I. hia writin cell, and HL. Garnett, who was present then returned to his cell, in company with bis spiritual adviser, and wpout some time in prayer, — While in Jecta, indulging at times in p laughing naturally, and without any effort tempt at display, with the mteady Dy any mental ni by nervous putt one o' to hin sister, A having on ev Father, pores of argumer prayer with the hopeful ed that wother in called to see him during him aa cheerful as ever, been better, he better account, and to death for erie, William ner, m “he consolation, and toad of us pr a wont edgewayn continued with his «piritual advisers, minutes before Murray, tn comy son, entered the of his tly of sev wa has him meat the noow arma were piniot his bead. F puty, aecomponiod by his apiritual wdvisers, Rev, Messrs, Garnett and Camp, aud followed by a bor of doputiog Hawkins waiked with » firm and easy stop to the gallows, where be was seated in an arm chair, He wan dress” ed in a sailor's sult of blue, and the jac et end white navy shirt thrown open, ex- posed his broad brow, on which Iny the fatal No fear was visible in his eyes or lips, no twitching of the hands, as they lay uneasin ly on the arms of bin chair, and when he rose to speak his voice was more firm and even than any man of sensibility present could have assum He listened calmly to the reading of the | death warrant by Marshal Murray, spectfully throughout, without oR. nervo trace of emotion, almost every Hen Dut his mind was clear, and a certain sort of cons nection was pre which he apo position in whic times his words pressing his rw he had been bre kindness to bit and th He then went on on Baile almost in te port powsibi th Joan veneol, Atm Aingrace upon the Kt forving to the Judge for themae he would may he Court, if fy witnesses were againat him, 1 would be elted for bis coudemnat would believe, Hy hi to any one, either @xecute the law, or the President, he thought, had with Bis situation, in taking no notice of hi Tt might, had he pardoned him, have bee for the country, fo Washingt ‘k, he retived to A little after four, rose tramp of the marines, f¢ roomed shaken anda little nervous agitation was Perceptible, Lustantly, howeve: jng as before and made the martial musi which had parsed, his theme, quot vinitited him and conversed with him on re- ‘igioun mubjecta, ‘They differed, and Hawking with tulud as collected and voice as steady an the Rev, uupported his opinions by argument and adduced texts fram tho scriptures muited to his pur- np knelt in ino steady voice, prayed for mercy and panton for bim- self for blessings on those in prison, the keepera who had beep eo kind to him, his relatives and friends, and for the governtment and ite gallaut defondors of the army and navy. He also offered up ardent supplications tn behalf of the oppressed ‘and enslaved, that they might go free, His demean, or throughout was thatof a converted Mah, & Christian, repentant for his alna, and he expressed bimself grateful in heart to God for having given him time to repeut and not cut him off in the mlidig gf @ gourse of evil, and mivet his aalnt- missioner Draper @ forenoon, and fuitpd At this interview Haw. Kins expressed bis regret that he had not properly employed the advantages of edu him in youth, as he believed that had his education turned his talents to be at this time condemned To use the words of everything uty pt. Dowling, were ported on the outaid prison, while inside, the marines before mentioned wore stationed about the gallows, aud in the pass: Hing through th an they hay their cases, Tn c be very hard to get a good. ) he maid be w waantries, and He smoked almost ase of an old amoker, unat easiness, and betraying no feeling nyt, or biting of his cigar, At near nt, slept moundly, and at A wrote « lensth telght the first time his he rallied, we: mt, The Rev, Mr. condemned man, who he Would heaven, might hi Subsequently, the Rev, J W. and Rev, J. C, Jacobs visited the pris of the Rev, ventle- J prepared, in no need of spiritual he preached ® #ermon to us, in- we could not get in sw exercises he then until a few 8. Marshal ing to bi In religi oue o'clock, when U, pany with Deputy Marshal Th room to inform him that th arrived, In the 1 been prepa mm had polive privon and yard to it re U non the rope around the cul prit’s neck, jerking him up some four fect from the asked if he was ready affirmative, and rising from + his ed on de. © Wan put around his ne wd, wd the black cap pla Marsal and hia and thei her rambling, ence with I will aay g ved througho st was, how. bh the reporters were He began were inaudible, ude ty all the ht in ec atact, for their \ apathy the: ty speak of the cruelties practised | » by masters of American veasels, the ty of a sailor ever obtaining jus masters, ether here or at t money euough to prosecute naequence of this, it has got t t in an Amer jonfi captains have thus brought | ir whips und their country aa we im with which he liad been vid not say whether ho had | tted it, but would leave ull t ves. His word, at any rate, was | worth nothing if be should say he was innocent, If was guilty, eith there or in no hie word would be sufficient on, but plea of innocence none he #aid,no spite or ma rs whose duty it was to ‘The President, and in accordance ase, works President Lincoln, said he, is the the off acted wisely, only President the United States has ever had since 4, and Lis responsibility, and the fered In his berth,” st about 11 o'clock, an hour engaged in conversation Inthe corridor with the keepers He letter yok, Hawkins was re- Rev, Father Durany ion offered hour u described —w simple by which the weight ofa great mass of etraying the faintest when asked if he bad anything to aay, proceeded to apeak to th of bout 859 personsywho were gat He was evidently unused to public speaking, 0 made his remarks audience about him, The tone in vfficers with whom A WEEKLY EDITION oa New Yor Svx, iamei every Tuesday, one we the mail, Two ORNTSRAGH, $1 par 108, Ledag thebeats ADVANCE. One copy, 1 year, . Theta, | Three copier, 1 $1173 Do, wt nth, $1.00 | Five copies Ey ‘Apecimen copies, gratia. BD nt of 20 per cent, from single rate, on each BH Postage within York oonts @ year out of the Sta _ Address M. 8, BEAC work he bes in heed, te even greater than Wale ington's, Then again recurring to himeelf, be aid he waa fit and prepared to die, better, probe bly, than he would be ten of twenty yeart hereafe ter, were he to live, and be thanked God thet be had given him time to repent and seek salvation. Ee conclusion, he exhorted bis hearers to strive to mes® him in another world, where parting shall be no more “where the wicked cease from troubling and the weary are at rest.” An oppressive silence of @ minute followed the close of bis remarke, Every> one felt that he whore lips so soon would close t= death, had spoken t n from his beart, yHe had used no deception, and forgetting the pain end shame of his death, looked happily forward to @ glorious immortality, Standing beneath the repo he aeemned unconscious of ite presence or ite sa, Marabal Murray and he whispered together « few moments, and then the Rey, Mr. Garnet offered wp an earnest p for strength and merciful fore gtveness for the doomed man. When he closed, Hawkins himaelf prayed. Now bia voice was calm ait had before been, but fuller and more earnest, and with » touching faith he uttered the divine words commencing, “Our Father who art in bea vou." Then he prayed also for the rulers of the land, for the army and navy, that peace might be restored to this distracted country, that the hearts of oppressers might be touched, aad that they would let the enslaved go free, and te conclusion for his relatives and friends, Touched by the Chriatian fortitude of the man, Marshal Mare ray stepped forward and pressed his hand, Rew Menara, Garnett, Camp, Deputy Marshal Thompeam over five. te, only thirtene conte. and other gentlemen, algo shook hands with him during all of which he looked cheerful—even smiled inanawer to the expressions of aympathy whiel were uttered to him, ‘Then again all were made te retire from about him, Mr. Tanses stepped forward, arranged the noose around his neck by fastening to the open ring on the rope above, and pulled the black eap down over bis face. The hush of pity and aympathy for the brave fellow who ao calmly awaited his fate, nyt all alone and thus pre pared for death, wae suddenly broken by « dull stroke within the yrreat bow beside the gallows the Marshal had given the signal, and almost simultee sly with the flaghing of bis aword, the blow re= poved from his cell to ow | sounded, and the be poor Hawking was jerked room ia the main boly of the A} up above the earth, ‘The nose had no® tng. Hore smpany with the Rev, HLH. | been properly arr ; and the convulsive Gornett, Mr. Car eral otherg, he | heavings of the body wld that he was dying continned conversing quite pleasantly. Soon atter | of — stranwulatic Tnstend having senge he entered, the guard of fifty-two marines, under y deatroyed by @ dislocation of the aaud of Capt, Haywood, arrived from the Na ful man writhed in the agonies of vy Yard, and were marched into the prison | the comparative king to death, yard. prisoner had borne with equanimity | He was raised f 7PM, and twe the ominous sound of the barnmers on the gallows | minutes afterward bis tost violent struggle tools during the process of its,erection just outside higcell, | place. With it, life seemed to go out, althougts had remarked that he kuew what thet found meant | some convulsive motions of the Limbs followed. A® Isation at the wriats had ly stopped beating a After reventeen minutes suspem Kimbark, Wood, McLeod and Aches non, who were present, pronounced him dead, aad at the end of twenty-uine minutes he was let dows slowly on @ canvas stretcher and carried into @ large room of the prison, Here an Inquent was held and a verdict rendered by the jury in accordanee with the facts, In compliance with his own reqnest {0 Is understood that the body will be conveyed to hin frienda tu Rhode Island for interment, althoug the report was circulated that he would be burie® in the Citizens Union Cemetery, Accinesta.—A boy named John J. McFass lane, five years of age, was struck by « Hudsen River R.R. car yesterday afternoon, end seriously injured. He was taken to the City Hospital, & deaf and dumb man named Geo, W, Barker, was also struck by @ car on the same road, at 156m street, run over, and very dangerously injured, He was taken to the Deaf apt Dumb Aaylumn, by officer Mant of the with Precinct, A nox containing €20,000 in gold tae from F. 8, B, & Co., of No. 24 Exchange place, wae lont from a cart last evening, but subsequently recovered, Tuene witt nx Music in the Central Park, this afternoon, if the weather Is fine, Tye Coorers ov tux Crry or New Yous met last evetting for the purpose of hearing the ree port of the yentletien appointed to wait on the bes Coopers, In relation t an increase of wages. The following firma were reported as willing to give the amount asked for, and one—Mr, Jamon Fitzpatriels waa willing to give $260, or as much as there would dot Messra, W. F, Palmer, Young ® Ben: Btrang d& Bogart, Edward Lacey, Benj. F erbeck & Heenan, David Shields, Wilson & Shannon, Wim, Spencer, Talmam & Shaw, Jolin Darrah, James McElrath, Moore & Navara, Jaines Fitzpatrick, John Keppel, McGulm wade Te J. & G. Moore, Francis Jelleckea, Wolnh Hugh Roddy, Waydel & Cog Andrew J. Donahue, Edw'd W. Tapp, Robertsom & Co,, Shortland & Co., (willing to give $ if othere do), Black de Bottuer, Flynn & Guichard, Menatow & Donahue (willing to pay #2 50 if others woulayy Bensell & Co, The following were ugwilling to give the advance: Martin d& Co., the Tobacco Ime spection, the Rice Mills, Martin Duane, McLaughe lin de Wiley (willing to pay outsiders, but not regue Jnr employes). ‘The cooperage eof Mr, John Reed was not represented, wud Moasr, McCumskey & Dred, 4 O'Donnell & McMahon hed tol, Mr. Patrick Moran, wae reported as paying more than the demand @@ mt. On motion of Mr, O'learn, it wae red that one attending the meeting wuld go to work in the place of any inan who lef (Continued on Fourth Page.) the end of eight 7 — Too Late for Classification, New Style Brandreth’s Pii “NEW STYLE" OF BRANDRETH'S PILLS, LITERALLY “NEW DRESS," PRANDRETH'S PILLS are now put up withe printed direct! around itis @ band of paper upon which is printed, “Benjamin Brandrethte Pills" about sixty-five repetitions, in Red Ink ; the whole secured by two dies the same as on the bam and which haye never been successfully imitated, Wue NEW sryLe, iv fold at No. 4 UNION SQUARE, and at the VRINCIPAL OFFICE, 294 CANAL 8T. BRANDRETH HO! Some Drug Stores have an imitation of the New Btyle, Let the public be on its GUARD AGAINST THEM Brn uy KR OWANTE D—APPL Yar2 W nt bet, LL and 12 « 200 ALE CHEAP A SMALLUROC ERY Ujuor atore, dott a good cnah buskneang an ry reason given by applying on the preme Delancey at, New Yo jeus 2 193 NTED— SMART) ACTIVE BOY W APPLY ub the pl Bcestablishtment, IL Pulton #t,90§ fet Bstit Hk WANTED IMM 2 months it Rotment, “as Fer ty a f Ass OPERATOR Mens 4 roams one week ub 1 7M: i ot, “rd doen | WANiED MAN TO DRIVE HORSE and 1m garde xth ave, WANTED—A you NG GIRL TO ine iron, 26 Myre ay, Brooklyn: wages $&, SLLA FRAME SAREE WANTED wa preferred, In 25 Greenwich o& DE: GUERE—On June o Buttevant, y v | ‘ | UM K i, aged BD ys ectfally invived to stent the funeral, us (Saturday) noon, 2b inst, at 12 o'vloek, trot th > ints af 12 oflocky trom the Ciky Hospital, & » Cale HAYES—On June 27th; Bara, only daughter @ a Willem and & Hay nionths aud 10 da: vem aged 9 yearn, § et ‘ular Felatives of the family uly ing attend the Pres from 606 rags, ‘Web inst, at 2 o'clock, we MAHONEY—o1 26th, Mary Mahon of Juha Mabey. ipa her wn er relatives and friends are reapec tonttend the funeral tis’ day Catan) Gree COUOE By \ ae