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The JLateat News from the North.
There was not mnch of imjwrtance from Pcnn-sylvania
on the 24th. It was stated thai the
" ^ relxiLs had destroyed all the Baltimore and Ohio 5
Railroad bridges for seventy miles west of Har- )
pePs Ferry. " 'i
Pittsburg has made ample preparations for <
the invaders, and the people are over their scare.
The buildings left by our army in their evac"
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rebels. These ibwldings consisted of numerous
sough barracks, maed by the quartermaster's dejpartment.
A report that the rebels are blockading the
# Lover Potomac to'jxrevent navigation is believed
to be untrue.
The Surgeon General has just commenced the
?*ork of making out a complete list of all soldiers
who have died during the present war.
The list is intended to embrace ever)* death in
the regular and volunteer forces, aud to give the
flame, rank, regiment, company, cause of death,
date of death and place of death.
Gen. Grant has telegraphed to headquarters as
follows: "Everything progresses well here.
Johnson's forces are at Yazoo City, Brownsville
and Clinton. Deserters come in daily. They
:ill report rations short. We scarcely ever lose
^ a mau now. The health and condition of the
r* troops are most excellent."
_2L ?Xh-e correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette,
writing from near Vicksburg on the 18th, says, /
" it was intended to open with hot shot upon.
Tthe city on the 20th."
So great has been the progress of the organization
of the Invalid Corps in the city of New
S York that arrangements have been made to have}
^ its members do provost-guard duty. ? {
The pirate Tacony is making great havoc
V> ;imong the fishing vessels of Massachusetts.
XoC - The pirate had destroyed six schooners and three
-ships, all belonging to Gloucester. One schoons
^ -er, arrived at Chatham on|"the 23d, reports seeing
the schooner Florence off Chatham light |j
with one hundred and fifty prisoners, put aboard
bj the Tacony. On the 24th a schooner arrived
I v at Newport, R. I., which had that day spoken
^ the Western Light with a deck load of men, put
<5 on board by the Tacony. The captain reports
Nt four other vessels had preceded him to New
k, loaded with men from the destroyed fishen.
The pirate had destroyed upwards of a
m sail of vessel on the 23d and 24th, all fish- '
, .fl-mnn, which he fell in with back of Martha's
Vineyajd, taking everything of value from them, i
-ial then setting them on fire.
Gen. Joe Johnston is so much pressed for J
.men that he has issued orders granting a full/
rardon to all deserters in his department who!
urill rejoin their commands immediately.
General Franklin has tendered his services to
Governor Curtin in any capacity he might thinly
r proper to jfcee him.
Commander Spotts has been ordered to Fori
Royal to relieve Commander Alma in command!
if the steamer South Carolina; also, Com- .
mander Williamson, to take command of the
steamer Flag, at the same place.
ITann " nf Rnltimnrn Vine trnnn trv
v Dixie, entered the rebel army, and his
friends say that he has been made one of Jeff's
jfflyf-fit'-iiejais. - "
Another rebel force, nine hundred in number,
h**. crossed into Indiana, and had reached Paoli,
<Orange county. Their purpose seems to be to
attack the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad.
Vallandigham has run the blockade from Wilmington.
He is going to Nassau, thence to
Canada.
.The sixth company of the first regiment of
f. .colored volunteers, raised in and about the Dis111
trict of Columbia, was mustered into the serV^Dknce
on the 21st. It is expected that the regiivill
be full within a fortnight.
The Tribune of the 25th says, Admiral Footc
no better.
Comxkodore Foxhall A. Purker has been ordered
to the command of the screw frigate Wafauh,
of the Soufh Atlantic Blockading Squad\
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.A loyal sister of Stonewall Jackson is
in nnrronf ndtto gho TfftS I
J mir-.ui.nnir... 1U I/IUAUU V uvnw. i^iuv. ...?. .
; much depressed by lier brother's death, !
>but thought this a fate preferable to being
.'disloyal. General Lee, it has been also
~ told, has a daughter in North Carolina,
exiled from her friends on account of her
; sincere loyalty.
I,/ Hon Jno. A. Bingham, of Ohio, has
T| been appointed United States District
1 Judge for the District of Florida, tice
Judge Marvin resigned. It is doubtful if
he will accept.
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THE FREE SOUTH, SATI
ine new tuuiuiuuuvr ui iuc oumu Atlantic
Fleet#
Admiral John A. Dahlgren, the succes- .
sor of Admiral Du Pont in command of j
tie South Atlantic Fleet, has been for
some time Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance,
and has been 37 years an officer in I
the Navy. He entered the service on the :
1st of February 1826, in the regular man- ;
ner, was class-mate with Capts. Craven, J
Turner, Radford, Rowan, Drayton, and J
Sands. On the naval register for 1863, ;
he ranks 15th on the list of Captains, all 1
the Rear Admirals, Admirals, all the Com- ;
modores, and 14 Captains being above j
him. The sea service, to his credit, is
less than that of any other officer in the '
Navy, except three or four. Admiral ']
Dahlgren is a native and citizen of Penn- sylvania,
from which State he was ap- '
pointed. The invention of the somewhat
celebrated gun which bears his name, procured
for him the distinguished position
he has occupied in the Ordnance Depart- ,
ment of the service for several years. He i
is very fond of gunnery, and has made
many improvements in arming vessels-of- ,
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Fourth of July Celebration.
The officers of the Fifty-second Regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteers, assisted
by officers from all the other Regiments i
at this Post, nronose celebrating our Na
tional anniversary, in the Grove, on Beau- !
fort Green. The military and citizens of
the Island ire respectfully invited to at- :
tend and participate on the occasion.? :
The meeting will be organized at 10 o'clc ck
A. M., precisely.
PROGRAMME. ?
| The celejjBUing of the day will be opened with !
'Prayer, by the Her. Mr. Gries.
Heading Declaration of Independence.
Orations. \
Prayer and Benediction. i
The who.e to conclude with the following j
budget of F.m, to which the Militaiy generally 1
are invited to |>articipate:
Climbing greased pole?$5 to be placed on 1
top of the jjoIc, to be given to the man who '
reaches it. '
Sack nue?$5 to winner. Distance fifty yards.
I Wheel burrow race?(blindfolded)?$5*to win- <
ner; $2.5.? to second. Distance, one hundred I
yards. t
Jumping match--running and standing jump,
without veigkts,?$5 to the man who makes
the best jump both ways; $2.50 to second best.
Foot race?one hundred and fifty yards; ten
men to nuke a race; not less than five to start. |o
to winter. Time will be taken.
To conthtdc with a grand chase after a greased
m- 1
wWa tr\ l\n inunth clinico mti- *
X uv 1* IWIV< IV W iU?V?i/|A>ttAA4 fi a ?u vxvkvv ***%?sic
by the First Brigade Brass Band, nnder the 1
direction if H. M. McElwane, musical Director. !
By ordtr of the Committee of Arrangements. <
j George H. Sterling, Secretary.
Gen. layne writes from Gallatin to Gen.
Bosecrans that he has devised and put into
effect a phn of changing slave labor. Male
negroes are hirecf out at $8 and females at '
85 per rnontft?to. their former masters. '
Written contracts to this effect are entered j
into. The plan is working admirably, and
Gen. Payne says that the overseers declare
they never had so much work done nor
half so -well done defore.
This is the newest of the free labor experiments,
and apparently the happiest in .
results. Gen. Rosecrans hates slavery ;
worse tlian Gen. Banks, or Gen. Thomas,
and will see that the freedmen have fair ,
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play in his department.
The Pa>*ic is Pitssbubgh?Where the
Gold is.?The advance of the rebels has
developed one fact which has been a mystery
to the people for some time, viz:
What has become of the gold coin??
Fearing an attack, the bankers and others
r?f Pi fffthn rcr thrmcht it prudent to remove
tlieir coin, and the American Express
Company delivered in Cleveland on the
15th inst 815,000,000 in gold, and on the
succeeding day 87,000,000 more, of which
8650,000 was also in gold.
Vice President Stephens has expressed
his conviction that the confederate experiment
is a failure, and that all hopes of
its ultimate success have long since vanished.
It is also asserted that many influential
men in Georgia are in favor of a
reconstruction of the Union.
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Resignation* and Promotions.
The following are the resignations and
promotions in this department since the
last list published by us:?
RESIGNATIONS.
1st Lieut. John F. Milliken, R. Q. M.. 8th
Maine Vols.; Capt. Joseph Lorrens, Ind. Bat.;
Sew York Vols.; Capt, George W. Atherton,
LOth Connecticut Vols.; 2d Lieut Frank T.
Wentworth, 7th New Hampshire Vols.; Surg.
H. G. Stickney, 3d Rhode Island Art; Asst.
Surg. H. C. White, 8th Elaine Vols.; Capt
Chas. Gardiner, 100th New York Vols.; 2d
Lieut. Horrace W. Love, 3d Rh^de Island Vols.;
Chap. W. P. Strickland, 48th New York Vols.;
1st Lieut. S. M. Smith, 3d New Hampshire Vols.;
1st Lieut. Thos. W. Fry, 3d Rhode Island Vols;
Surgeon R E Sutton, 115th New York Vols;
1st Lieut S D Parker, 115th N Y Vols ; Chaplain
A J Lane, 62d Ohio; Capt W B McCoy,
97th Pa; Lt-Col C N Otis, 100th N Y; 1st Lieut
F Tisdale, 3d R I; 2d Lieut H A Atua, 47th
N Y; 1st Lieut W C Barney, 3d It I; 1st Lieut
Asa A Ellis, 3d It I; M M Fenuer, 8th Michigan.
PROMOTIONS.
Sergt. T. J. Robinson, (clerk at Department
FIdqr's.) to be Adjt. 4th South Carolina Vols.;
1st Sergt. Chas. Sclemer, Co. D, 1st U. S. Art.
to be Adjt 11th Maine Vols.; Sergt. Wm. Gannet,
24th Mass. Vols., to be 2d Lieut. 55th Mass.
Vols,; Corp. W. H. Lonev, 24th Mass. Vols.,
to be 2d Lieut. 55th Mass. Volsii_l?t Sergt Johu
G. Hanrc?, tStlt^T-. Y. VOTs.fto be 2d Lieut. 2d
3. C. Vols.; Sergt. G. W. Brush, 48th N Y
Vols., to be 2d Lieut. S C Vols.; Sergt. W. Lee
Apthorp, 90th N Y Vols.; to be Capt. 2d S C
Vols; Private C. II. Richmond, 100th N Y
Vols, to be 2d Lieut. 6arae Regt; 1st Sergt. G.
II. Storvits, 100th N Y Vols, to be 2d Lieut,
same Regt; Sergt. C. B. Adriance, 100th N Y
Vols, to be 2d Lieut, same Regt; 1st Sergt. Michael
Friday, 100th N Y Vols, to be 2d Lieut,
yime Rcart: Sercrt. Isaac E. Smith. 115th N Y
Vols, to be 2d Lieut, same Regt; 1st Sergt.
Nicholas DeGraff, 115th NY Vols, to be 2d
Lieut, same Regt; Sergt. Norman P. Farr, 52d
Pa. Vols, to be 2d Lieut, same Regt; Corp. Wm.
Hartley, 55th Pa. Vols, to be 1st Licnt. 2d S C
Vols; Hosp. Stew. Thomas H. Burns, 76th Pa.
Vols, to be 2d Lieut, same Regt; Sergt. Seth
Thompson, 76th Pa. Vols, to be 2d Lieut same ;
Regt; Sergt Levi M. Rogers, 85th Pa Vols, to |
be 2d Lieut same Regt; 1st Sergt Jacob Davis, j
85 th Pa Vols, to be Lieut same Regt; 1st Sergt
Thomas Cosgriff,' 07th Va Vols, to be 2d Lieut
same Regt; Corp J. R, Kneck, 176th Pa, to be
Chaplain same Regt; 1st Sergt Wm. II. Turkey,
3d N H Vols, to be 2d Lieut same Regt; Private
Silas P. Hubbard, 4th N H Vols, to be 2d
Lieut S C Vols; Sergt Albert H C Jewett, 4th
K H Vols, to be 2d Lieut same Regt; 1st Sergt
Timothy W. Challra, 4th N H Vols to be 2d |
Lieut same Regt; Private Harvey F. Wiggen, 1
ith N II Vols, to be 2d Lieut same Regt; 1st
Sergt John H Roberts, 4th N H Vols, to be 2d j
Lieut same Regt; Sergt G. W. Huckins, 4th N '
H Vols, to be 2d Lieut same Regt; 1st Sergt A !
L. Colburn, 4th N U Vols, to be 2d Lieut same
Regt; Sergt Benjamin R. Wheeler, to be 2d
Lieut same Regt; Com Sergt Albert K. Tilton,
1th N H Vols, to be 2d Lieut same Regt; Private
A. W. Grecnleaf, 7th N H Vols, to be 1st
Lieut same Regt; Corp Mahlon K Davis, 7th N j
H Vols, to be Com'y in 4th S C Vols; Sergt T.
J. Robinson, 9th Maine Vols, to be Adjt 4th S
C Vols; Private C H Barnes, 6th Conn to be
2d Lieut 2d S C Vols; 1st Sergt W W Hans20in,
3d R I Art to be 2d Lieut same Regt;
1} rMnrl- Oil P T Art fn hr> 93 T.iplll iuinf> '
nauvib MJ VUM^ VU M.W a AMV ?v W
Regt; Quartermaster Sergt James T Skiles,
}7th Fa Vols, 2d Lieut same Kegt; 1st Sergt
Michael Higgens, 3d 11 1 A, 2d Lieut same
Regt; 1st Sargt Henry M Wallick, G7th Ohio,
2d Lieut same Regt; 1st Sergt Kodney G Hathaway,
67th Ohio, 2d T P?gt*; H
James H ; fTi Olilo. 2<I I.iout Manic
Regt; Sergt lieury B Tinkham, 1st Mass Carair}',
2d Lieut 2d S C Vols; 1st Sergt Albert H
rirrell, 1st Mass Cavalry, 1st Lieut 1st S C i
Vols; Quartermaster Sergit Hezekiah B Smith,
1st Conu Light Battery, Lieut same Kegt.
The Board to examine applicants for
commands in negro regiments have passed
as competent, and recommended for appointment,
Corp. Wilson W. Brown of
the 21st Ohio the engineer who piloted
Gen. Mitchel's secret expedition into
Georgia, and who, with most of his comrades,
was captured and barbarously treated
by rebel authorities. He will probably
be commissioned Colonel of a negro
regiment.
The women of East Tennessee are full
of faith in the Union cause. Refugees
report that the matrons and even the girls
in all that section will stand true to the
last; ail tiiey as& is arras ana ammaiuuw,
and tliey will fight their own battles. It
is said that three Union women recently
killed two rebels with a pitchfork and
spade, and wounded the third.
Bobbins & Co. have received from
the north a large assortment of Bed Tape,
violin strings, paper collars, boots, shoes,
&c. Call on them.
Found.?A bunch of keys, which the
owner can have by calling at this office
and paying charges, i
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Expeditions into Louisiana and AIsm
kana.
A correspondent of the Boston Trended
gives full particulars of the late expedition
under Colonel Chickering in Western ,
Louisiana, by which immense stores and J
thousands of negros were rescued from
rebel horsemen. The results as given by 1
this correspondent are as follows: j
Six thousand negros came into our
hands, five hundred plantation wagons,
three thousand mules and hones, besides
a fabulous number of cattle. While the
Forty-first Massachusetts were stationed
at Berrie's Landing, five thousand bales
of cotton were sent from that point, besides
immense quantities of sugar and
molasses, and it is estimated that upwards
of ten thousand negrps have been sent
from Berrie's Landing to Brashear city
and Algiers. All of these negros are ex*
ceedingly eager to fight for their freedom,
ana l nave often seen the tears rolling si- *
lently down their sable cheeks when tha
examining surgeon, after inspecting them* 4
pronounced them physically worthless for
active service in the field Nothing is
more false and ridiculously absurd than (
the statements of northern, copperheads T
that the negro vvill not fight, will not labor
without the cruel lash, is of too indolent
a nature naturally to support himself*
A correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette
furnishes the following in reference
to Gen. Dodge's recent expedition into
Alabama:
Oil his return 'Gen. Dodge literally
swept the country of provisions and forage,
live stock and negros. It is estimated
that he burned 1,500,000 bushels of
corn, much of which was shelled for
transportation to the army; captured and
destroyed 500,000 pounds of bacon; cap- # \
tured 1000 head of horses and moles, and % ;
an equal number of cattle, hogs and sheep,
besides supplying the whole command <
with meat for three weeks. Be alsok 9
burned every flat-boat from Savannah iS1
Decatur, on the Tennessee, destroyed tha
railroad and telegraph between Toscumbia
and Decatur, burned five tan yards,
six flourishing mills, and, finally, afforded
the means of escape for 1500 blacks.
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Private JOSEPH PRAY, Co. P, 8th Maine Vote,
Jane 23, tvphold fever.
Private CHARLES J. WEBSTER Co. P, 8th Maine
Vols., June 10, tvphold fever.
Private EMI Li's S. H EE XT RES. Co. F, Sth Maine
Vole., Jane 25, typhoid fever.
Private HENRY SEELEY', Co. K, 115th N. Y^Vote,
June 19, chronic diarrhoea.
Private FRANCIS KIRSCH, Co. K, 115th N. Y. Vote.
?iuue ivpaora rever.
Private AZARIAH PAUL, Co. K, 115th N. Y. Vol*. .
June 20, typhoid fever. .
Sergt. John H. STROM, Co. C, 176th Penn* MOW'
tia, June IS. . ?
Corpl. WILLIS A- HART, Co. G, 6th Conn. Vofau. ?
Jane 20.
Private FAIRFIELD COOK, Conn. Light Batter*
June IS. '
Private LEVI GRAN8VERG, Co. P, 176th Porno*.
Militia, Jane 10. *
Private PALL HERRICK, Co. D, 4th N. H. Vol**
June 13, typhoid fever.
'Private A. L. BOCRROCGHS, Co. D, 4Sth N. TL. \
Vote., typhoid fever.
Private WM. AMMONS, Co. B, 97th Penn* V^
Jnne 24. di^ase of liver. v _
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Custom House Officers.
T. C. SEVERANCE, Special Agent Treasury Depsrtf \
ment, and Acting Collector of Customs.
J. T. ULEASON. Deputy Collector.
G. B. WELLMAN, Entry Clerk. . \
G. ALFRED P CRD IE, Clerk.
R. C. MORRIS, Inspector.
COLEMAN KELLEl', 44 , \ \
ARRIVED AT PORT ROYAL, & O.
Jane 24?Seeamship Fnlton, Eldridge, New York.
24 Schr. Joseph P. Ames, Turner, N. Y.
25 Schr. Henry Nntt, Barrett, Philadelphia.
25 Schr. Divigo, Cook, Philadelphia. .
rr S StMm?r fienl. Meii?t WStMMk N. Y.
27 l\S. Steamer G.C. Colling Lunt, St. Aogostiaal ,
27 r. 8. Steamer Relief, Barlow, N. Y.
27 Schr. Western Star, Crowell Philadelphia. ?
27 Sloop Jerry Aagell, Sinclan, New Bedford
27 Brig Samuel G Adam*, Peacock, Philadelphia,.
29 St Tu? Alert'Kidder, Boston.
29 Steamship Arago. Gadsden N. Y.
29 Schr. R. W. Tuli Haley, Philadelphia.
30 Schr. Tnlon, Houston, N. Y.
30 Schr. Marietta Tilton Pritzinger Philadelphia*
30 Steamer Beaufort, Ogden, N. Y.
CLEARED.
Jane 23?Schr. James W. Lawrence, Tooker. N. YL
23 Schr. Samnel H-Sharp Mavhew PMInklpMfc
23 Barque Houston, Spates. >. Y.
25 Schr. Helen Mar, Wine* Philadelphia.
25 Steamer Cosmopolitan, Crooker, N. Y.
20 Steamship Pulton, Eldridge, N. Y.
20 Schooner Louisa Brazier, Steeiman, Phfl.
o* Srhnnnor W T. Snrimra. Adams. PhD.
27 Schooner John Oliver, Swift, New BedfrwdL
27 Schooner Edwin K. Bennett, Irvine. N. T?
27 Schooner Quickstep, Car berry, N. Y.
27 Schooner Joseph P Ames, Turner, Ptifl.
22 Schooner Montrose, Mott, St Simons Ga.
22 St Tag Hippod&me, Brandow, N. Y. ,
29 Schr. Ida Delia Torre Fitchett, N. Y. ,
30 Schr. John Price, Nickerson, Philadelphia.
SAILED.
June 23 Schr. S. H Sharp. ?
24 Barqne Houston.
25 Steamer Cosmopolitan.
26 Steamship Fulton.
26 Schr. W. L. Spring
26 Schr. L. Frazier.
27 Schr. E. R. Bennett
29 St. Tug Hippodame.
30 Schr. Montroee.
July 1 Schr. J. D. Tone.
1 Schr. J. Price.
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