km '^* f -- ?- --». U..--H .\u25a0 fitrtnwnni jjtfpmf, i1 *\u25a0< ItWAKU * mbi*l*i run*, fSaatlayaml Js£'' ) lVK.eforasak*n« ago per year; orSlO\u25a0 ?*"£ o'?H)tt» . Utrse asoatbs fa;sse ssssm S*_Ui

I l42riv sßMfWßßkxtr otxPAtca a, toasaaB ssa rasu». St WU-fnatibeaa.\u25a0 *'2r> TV «'»'»' DtWAKB ts assart everyH JSJ ao.t abaft**] io wbsertbers at St par aaasaUt.

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H Tim Lowrn Valliv. By ourB Lt<*i itdcßawrsge AUUI the lower Valley,(\u25a0 iVeneiovstill holdMartinsburgwith fourBaud aud one cavalry regiment, underB !'hccommand ofssW Mcßfynolds. TheyB aaw luupfiil uiK>n tl"' l*,u « of the Hon.B IJan *' Faulkner, in a beautiful groveOf jB ii!\ icrui fcasgali of his residence. At'B lir>t the soldiers seemed civil and well- !B birr"*"*! ~ul more re<*t,nt 'y tn*y haveB I,uir U: ":41 l""uPt>nsil 't's topillagai,|B iitt:"l'-r « and destruction. Themost eleH ! j1(1 orraunsantul trees have In-cn cut iB aW* Kvcnthitig iii the form of p?ul-JB ira rseatablo'T, fruits, and Howern haveB '" ]V vicinity of their en-B nii'Miint- Mr Fatdkiiei s line librnry jB has. seen pShajou, and the solid mason iH ? ,]i ;)r .iiiid th« bsTfS lawn in front of his jH ~,., t.iin «iov\n in several places, ad-iI ni'tting the town Stunk freely upon his]I dtrubbery and m\USa\ The cavalry from'\u25a0\u25a0 ,(,,. point their raids to the neigh-I bnrhoeds of I>arksville, (ierardstown,I ~,?! Wtuchsutsr, stizing cnltle, sheep,andII bersrs. R;> atnted that Mrs. FaulknerI has rereired notice to ivacuate her resi-I din'c i'- being the purpose of the Van-B lanCsbiCjW '.'. iino a permanciu rmsVH "*, ,j tficir sick and wounded.

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\u25a0 Tin: 1 i iv in -lamks Rivkk.?The\u25a0 fankeebasts niade theirappearance in\u25a0 I (V

,V river again yesterday. Yesterday

\u25a0 Bssroiri tons had come up aboveI larnestewn island and was shelling theI roods on both sides of the river.

MCHMONI), VA , TUESDAY MORNfiiQ, AUGUST.25, IBf>3.iilii 'VOL. XXV.

EsCWTS OF THE WH.AN EVCRV OAV SCENE PROM TBE COXSCRIr

TION FAKCK IS THE I'MITEO STATU*.? Tim Philadelphia Ledger gives oneday's scene at the Surgeon's office in thatcity, where thedrafted men and substi-tastesareexaminedbeforebeing "passed.'We makean extract:Many attempts at fraud are made. Menunlit lor service aefl themselves as suhstitutes, loolisidy supposing themselves ableto esuMMUItheir infirmities. They little know

tin-01deal through which they must passI hey entirely overlook the fact that a surgoon in five minutes eg*j overhaul them asawatchmaker overhauls a watch. There habuudnut attempt at fraud all anient*Drafted nn-n claim disqualification uu thegrouudofdisability, and men who vjant substitute money endeavor to conceal theirailmenU Both call into practice the utmostskill ol the aumeeu making the c.tfiuimation.

The futlmtitute, upon presenting hlmselllor at eeptanoe,fs takeninto aroom, wherehedferobeshimself. The Eurgeou begin* withhis teeth,and examines his whole body downto his tot*. The examination is even moresearching thau the examination ofau appli-cant for a policy of nee upon hi* lifeby* Baa insurance company's surgeon. 11tlie front-teeth arc gone,so that a man cau-not bite off a. cartridge paper, he eauuot betnasapwiar aUt-tmwßt*/ wtsaaee He may doforU trooper. Every limb is examined. Ifthe lungs are unsound, tlie temperament ap-oplectic, or the system wasting, the Govern-ment does not Want the man eitheras a voluuteer, a conscript, or a substitute.

The applicant is made to throw himscliinto various attitudes. His toes and linger.-must be practically perfect. He is made topick an a gram of corn from the groundWithout bending his kuees; to stand uponthe points of hih toes, and to show that inis perfect in his auatomy. If he stands thistest he is accepted, aud a release is given tothe man who brings him. Tbe substitutethen receives his money, and is taken intothe custody of a guard. Ho is then a UnitedStates soldier for threeyears.

At Capt. Lehman's ollice yesterday wesawsome humorous incidents. A man about -IUyears of age came limping into the otliee.He wanted exemption.

"What ails your leg?" was the first ques-tion.

'Jail back to another inorafsJefensiblcHow far those crude speculations arefounded in truth, time will reveal. * «\u25a0

Financial anet CuswnwWtni. ;, Monday, Aug. S4, 1883.Boxns ani» Stocks.?Prices have on? dergoiieno changesince therecent fine

j Hon sale. The price* then establishedand tltose fined by private Rale are asifollows:j Confederate Bonds, 15,000,000 loan,Icoupon, 187 12, last, sales; Confederatejcotton loan, 100-astdint; Bonfmbf lOoM.loan, 102alll and int.; do., short dates,{ «.«; and mL; Virginiareg'd bonds, 2uua210; North Carolina on, old issue, 440;J do. B's, 17r, and int; City of RichmondI lionds, S36and Int.; Rich, and York R.ili I!, bonds, lfiOandint.; Va. andTehn.|R. R. do, 2d mort,,, 2fJl and int.; Rich.? ami Danville R. R. do., 225; Va. CentraljR. R., Ist mort., 231 and int; do. do.,dividend bonds, 102 and int. Rich, andI YorkR. R. R Htock, 77; Va. Central R.R. do, ll'.i; Fanner's Rank, 143a150;bank of Commonwealth, 146; Bank ofRichmond, 118; Bank of Virginia, 105;Old Dominion Ins. Co., syl; In*. Co.Stateof Virginia, 51; Rich, rm'p'g amiE.xp'g Co., 1,000a1,100, (par 500;) OldDominion TradingCo., 4,050, (par 5,000;|James River aml Kanawha Co., 20.

PMaIVCE. Provision?, Ac?Apples,per bbl., $25a30. Bacon $1 80a2, withan upward tendency; supply limited.-Butter "$2 per lb." Cheese $1 25al 50per lb. Baled Hay $10 per 100 lb*;SheafOats thesame. Potatoes $5a7 perbushel. Corn $ya!l SO per bushel. CoinMeal $0 50 per bushel. Flour?Super-line $40, Extra $45, Family$5o per bbl.,very Tittle in iirst bands. Wheat?themillers arepaying the Government price,$S per bushel. The receipts are some-what mote liberal, but most of the fann-ers prefer to have their wheat ground ontoll to sellingat that price. Onions Xl2per bushel. Kggs £1 25 per dozen. Laid$1 SOnl 70 per lb. Caudles Tallow$2 70a"; Wax Tallow £3 60*4 per lb.These are wholesale. Retailprices are advanced according to theviews of dealers.

Gum kkik.s. Sugar:; have an advanc-ing tendency; we quote prime brown at£1 90*2 per lb. Molasses $13*15 pet-gallon. Ceieef4av4 25 perlb. Rice 2»aBO cts per lb. Salt 45 cts pel lb. Soap65ca$l 10, according to quality-

Tobacco is unchanged. We quote in-ferior lugs ot $13*18; good $20*25; finebright $25*30; inferior leaf $30*35; good$40*50; fine ..hipping $60*70; fine manufacturing $75*100; tine bright wrappers £200*300, with occasional sales athigher tigutes.

Ltuvoats.? Apple brandy *2<i per galIon; corn whiskey $28*30; rye whiskey$82 60; rum $25*28; French biatidy $80\u25a090 per gallon.

qijr ftRRY CORRESPONDENCE.A*n N'nKTIIEKN VIKOINIA, )

AsUJilßt U2, IS6S. \The report of Use Yankees crossing at

Waterloo is untrue. The main body oft !? enemy hulls the position along theOrange and Alexandria Railroad it has)? II let several weeks past, excepting anuuimanual change of camps. If I couldanticipate them, I could not speak withpropriety of our own designs; hut if arbange in the present situation dependson the will ol lieu. Meade, the utter ah:.j,,-, ul all indications of an advance byhint shows its prospect to be moreremoteid in erer.

Agrceabi) tv the President's proclaim'bun and the Qenera] Order from theI,'.idouailets of the Army, yesterdaywas generallyobserved as a day of Fastin?and Prayer. Kcligious exercises*utereheld in the different camps by the ArmyCtamhsna. At the headrpiartersof Gen.Knell a very appropriate discourse wasdelivered by that able divine, Rev. Dr.lacy, Chaphafn of the ooatsn, fiuan Kithterse, 6th chapter, 2d Kings uFe<tr~ .,'.- /". ting that In'with us urc moretkdn they that Be with fAewn." I willnot sttemptan outline 0/ tliegifted speak-,i discourse- powerful, eloquent and

'embellished with most beautiful imagery,and which deeply impressed a large aud-itory, principally of soldiers,who attend-ed by icgiineiits, with their lespietivoufllcers, and whose cleanly, comfortableand healthful appearance furnished aalea! ing rebuke to the croakers at home,liens. Lee, Kwell and other ditiiiguishedniinanil were pu*scnL The first named,-.\ i- -aiij, invariably attended services onsen int-asioiis at the headquartersofthei-iiiieiiteil Jackson.

It ha 1 now become a tpiestion whetherth-- enemy has not determined on achange of tactics, abandoned tin; "on toKu lunoiid" itlea, and is not preparing lotransfer the BOUI of war for the presentlithe West and South. The frecpientattenmts against Richmond have endedin disastrous failures, and the slranjreinactivit) of Meade, accoiint.iblc on noether hypothesis than the weaknessfindSjasafiectionuf his army since theI'eiuisyl-. iiiia qsmpuign, proves that he lias noreasonable ground of hoping to ac-complish what men able as himself,mil backed by powerful and as wellquipped armies, have failed to achievebefore him. Northern journals in-fant us tied In- has detached troupe?insome instances regiments of them?

10proceed to certain points in the North! a the purpose of bringing on conscripts.A tittle rcllcction is sufficient to per-mvethat this is merely a subterfuge,as such a iorce, especially in the critical

\u25a0 -ituatiini of the army, is unnecessary forsuch a purpose. The object umloiibletl-Ijf is in use these ostensible conscript'isnls to overawe the people at home,

and te ? upprpia the first manifestation ofanother popular uprising against the cn-i"i''eiuetil of the draft and other obnox-isua aaeasuresof the Quvurnanent, anoni-

j lionsef which have already been given- 1' New York ami other cities. Meade'sarsay, if tin- ahandonmemt of the designagamst I'iehmond from this direction befwrect, will probably he used eonjointlvfa thepurposes of'maintaining the will'?I the lioverumetitin theNorthern States,iinl as 1 1 impof instruction, orreservoira d win, lion 1 which the depleted ar?naa of the West and South may be reciiiited. The asseverations of tin: Yan-»*« papersto the contrary, Meade is toonee* mm'osaensiveoperations on the scalereusßStta lot the overthrow of the army"I Northern Virginia and the taking ofmehsaond; and the practical results of|he draft thus far show that it will end11 th« ie|tlenishing of the treasury byluillion, of "fcrcciibacks," but the scctir,:i;' ol tew icci nits for this army, and Ms*,v;i i"iityof these unreliable, and of the*"' t aaaterial iv the district.-, of the\u25a0Nnltll

"Why, it'a still', that air leg is. "It's beenstiffnigh on two year."

"What makes it stiff*""Why, I reckon It's the rlieiimatis, Doc-tor. That leg aint gotlip more joint iv il

than a crowbar.""Well, we'll see. Step outside there ami

we'll look at you.""Oh, you need n't give yotn. elves notroti

ble. I kin jest roll up my trousers'leg righthere."

"Wedon't do matters f hat way. Walk intothai room. We want to see th.d leg; perhaps we can cure it. We've pel 101111111 someremarkable cures lately."'Ihe man didn't want togointo the room,but saw there a guard at hand likely to enforcethe order. Bo he went in. Hestripped,exposinga very dirty hide to the sunlight.'Ihe doctor looked at the leg and formed hisown conclusions. He asked the man morequestions, and received positive answer thatthe limb was immovably stiffened, the resultof rheumatism.

?You mis-t take ether, my man. i cancure you of this stiffness," said the doctor."I reckon youhain't got noright todono-thin*of that kind," said the man. "I comehere Willi *Stiff teg. You call set- I haint litforsojerin', nohow, ami you haint got noright to pizen me neither.'"'

"We have theright to prevent sneaks andliars from evading the duty of every citizen,and weare goh»g to leaf the truth ol whatymi have been saying."

The man grew very ugly. The sponge ofether was brought and applied, but be push-ed it away. Five men were required at lastto hold bir* down, but the ether Wsaapplied,and the man at last rendered insensible Toaccompli;.ll Ibis required afull tmttleof el her.The surgeon was satisfied the man was sham-ming. About his leg there was not the leastrigidity. It was in all respects perfect.?When be came to consciousuem the man wastold thai until bis substitute was procuredhe Was considered a conscript. He was ex-ceedingly surprised thai his deception wasunmasked.

Anotherman followed him, who wished tobe a substitute, upon whose limbs were bignodules, like Bpavms upon ahorse. . lie wasan Irishman. The doctor saw at a (dance thatbe wasunsound, and dismissed turn with asharp reproof lor hi- stupidity in presentinghimself

The next war- a little man, who claimed tobe ruptured. '1 lie removal of his elothiugdis-clo: ed a truss with pads about as big teasaucer.;, large enough, to cover a first-clamrupture upou theUelgian giant. The doctorcould t-nd no sign of any rupture, but as arupture sometimes descends or recedes, theman was told to sit down for a while. Inhalf an hour, if it existed, it would be per-ceptible. The man sat down, in mark futtu-rahbits, upon a chair, trembling like a leaf.But the rupture didn't show itself. The Bur-geon said that if he couldbring a respectablemedical certificate of rupture existing, itshould have due weight. The mail left, say-ing be would get it. He appeared honest.

Out of shOttl thirty whom we thussaw ex-amined yesterday morning, more than ados-en were badlyruptured, afad which showsthat dealers in trusses do ahvelybusiness.One fellow had voluntarily relinquished hisfront teeth to escape conscription. To hisunutterable dismay he was accepted for cav-alry service. He was evidently a coward.When he found himself caught his knees-mote together, and his face paled to thewhiteness of the paper ou which thesurgeonwrote" bisfame and condition. He was insploulid health. The gums from which thesound teeth had been violently drawn hadnot yet receded into position. Very fewcolored men apply forrelease. When drawnthey go or else bring substitutes, and few ofthem do ttiis.

Till". PUOVISIONINO OF VIrKSBI l;ii.

"One who was present" writes thus tothe Atlanta IntcHiijtncer :

1 lind in the tielin 1 Dhpibh sstatementthat the editors had seen a pliuti 1from Mis-sissippi who informed them that theasser-tion inaileth.it (ieu. Pi mbcrton Was fully ableto procure provisiong kteU "baktsrdash," amithai tin- planters in 'Win rt.ll, Claiborne, andid+accnl counties, cither hid viaiu orcharged such exorbitant prim that the milltary authorities could not give if, the pricecharged being twice that allowed by theUovcrnssenL ? In justice to Ihe planters ofMississippi,and to char their names fromany imputation on their patriotism, J takeIhe liberty of requesting a small placeiv your columns, for the purpose ofstating facts that came under my personalknowledge. Among the many who otteredtheir corn forlittleprofit was Dr. P. If Cool-.Heoffered if far |3 per barrel, Covenum ntsmhoriaing the payment of 92 60,and theotter was refused. Again, l.'ol. Hanson blake,of fasoo county, had a very huge quantityol col ii oil his plantation, a few mile: fromYick: burg. lie. told Ihe Government offitials thai if they could not pay hjm for it, totake it awayfree ofcharge rather than let itfall into the hands of the enemy. Hi a otternever was complied with, although therewas corn enough on his plantation to haresupplied the garrisonof Vicksburg with pro-visions for two months, this is but a fewinstances ofmany patriotic oiler.- that neverwere accepted.

Tin Mn.iTAuv SnvsTfon of Ch.vtta-noooa.?Military men, fully acquainted witht4ie location ami surroundingsof Chattanoo-ga, base pronounced that point the 1 trottgestin the Confederate States. General Floyd,while passing through that city on his re-treat from .Middle Tennessee in 1803, is im-ported to have said that lU,UOU men couldhold the country from Bridgeport to Chat-tanooga against 80,000, Jsimilar opinionshave been expressedby the most experiencedengineers iv the army. This is at presentGen. Bragg* line of uefenee. His base issupported by the rich and grain growingStates of Alabama aud Georgia: Ihe locationis oue Of the healthiest on the Western con-tinent ; his commissaiiat is said to be ample;he has au army of veteran Soldiers and theassistance of the ablest (ieiicrals iv the Con-federacy. His advcrsaiy, in order to attackhim, tttUUt leave his base some 350miles ivh'u? rear; cross, first, a plain of l"i 0miles,made desolate by the two contending armiesin the early spring; then B succession ofblackjack ridges, producing nothing butgooseberries and persimmons; then theCumberland chain of mountains ; then Wal-ten's Ithige, an elevation encircling thewhole district ot East Tennessee, but notsutli ieiitly near Chattanooga to be used ad-vantageously by a besiegingarmy ;and then,iv the last place, a broad and deep river present* itself us a barrier. ttUoh being the"situation," we have uo fears ficiu the armyof Gen. Koseerans.

Tkagkwv in Lvni nut ku.?lhe Lynch-burg community area much shocked onThursday afternoon last, aboutsix o'clock,on learning that in a rencontre, with knives,at the Norvell House, between Mr. DexterOleyaiid Lieut. Leonardß. Lyne, C. «. Navy,the former was severely cut in the abdomen,from the effect* of which he died iv aboutfifteen minutes after. Lieut. Lyne wasakobully cut iv the breast, but at hud accountsIda wounds were mil considered dangerous.The difficulty grew out of some previousmisunderst Hiding.

Lite evidence is in favor of the beliciJust the main strength and cttorts of thensnUj will Ik- concentrated ami directedt'uaist our strongholds in tlie Southand"e.-t, and then to give the "rebellion"die r*Uf) dc quiet by a united blowgwat Kichuiond. The fall of Vicks-'"?\u25a0i' ' lollowedby an exhibition of en-*hJJ at Charleston no less desperateandP< tsi veting, to be succeededprobablyby*usttea*nt at Savannah and Mobile.?HPUmt the litterbut a moietyof (irant's

'""> will he directctl in combinationJHjh the fleet, while the remainder may?'tin ujimction with Kosccrans, with theJ ew, as ihfir avowaland oft-repeated in-tentiuns render reasonable, of securing

I'attanooga and* Kast Tennessee, and"\u25a0"?\u2666Atlanta, <Ja , the heart of the rail-rwad circulation of Uie South. ThisU'"H-, and Urn Confederacy split again,l »e rebellion is virtually crushed, as theybi I believe, and the fail of Uichmoiid'?"'y a ipit.stion of time. Meantime,JC: '» Meade, too weak to advance him-*"i and in the event of an advance by

'«\u25a0?<» Lee, has placed ins army beyond, .. Rappahannock, in a position he isi**''/ tdrengthetiing, or so us to easily

Johnson's lii.AN'D?Tin:(OMi:iii:i{.\rr. t-.'tis

oaurns tukkf.Johnson's Island, the new Yankee

prison,' not heard of till lately in theConfederate States, is thus described inthe Chicago Tribune:

This beautiful inland, which the rebels andthe Copperheads cull "Lincoln's llastile," issituated in the bo- tunof Lake Eiie, near thewest cud, ami iv full \icwof Sandusky city,Ohio.

Immediately after the commencement olflu- war tin- United States rested thirty acresof land lying southwest and fating upon thebay, at au annual coal of fan, during thecontinuance of flu- rebellion. They then enclosed fourteen acres with a board ssueefourteenfeet high, erecting within two rowsof barracks which, with other buildings, officers1 and soldiers' quarters, hospital andcommissary accommodations, cost .JiO.OOo.

By the side of the fence, four feet from thetoil a platform is erected, four feet wide,that is patrolled by sentinels continually ?

The nuoilier upou it is eighteen, whoare re-lievedevery two hours,eachsoldier peiiorm-iejr eUrht hours guard duty each twentyfourhours?with loaded guns. They watch themovementsof prisoners continually. II oneposses beyond prescribed limits be is ordered1,, "hall " it he obeys, well; it the comSBml .. disregarded the soldier tins witli dc-ii. Ideaim at the breast. The prisonerfully

BttdetstaaUßß that hej'disobcys anorder athia>W

Although bctweeu live and at* thousandrebel prisoners have been confined ou tinsisland since the commencementof the rebellion, netone hasyet escaped. The groundsprepared by the tioverumeutpossess morecomforts iv thepurity of atmosphere,openspace, large sleeping apartmeuts, aud facili-ties for bathing and cleanliness, thau anyother prisou iv the United States. So ex-tensively is this fact known in the rebelarmy that large numbers, when captured, ex-press an earnest desire "to be sent to Johu-son's Island," rather than be eontluedat anyother .place.

At the northeast aud southeast corners oftheenclosure aretwo blockhouses, each con-taining a 12-pouuder howitzer, which areconstantly loaded and manned by six meu.

fjbju. Fi:mbj kton. --A Mississippi cor-respondentof tlieAtlanta Appeal writes:

I am assured by undoubted authority thatGen. Pcniberton has notified the Presidentthat nothing but a positive command fn.iuhim will induce Gen. P to continue in commaud of the Army of Vtcksbnrg alter its or-ganization.

as *Fkom Akkansah.?A apectal telegram tothe JffiiiflstjHTffln. dated Grenada, Aug. lOift,S*ya -tO.IXJO Federal troops areconcentratingat Helena to march on Little Hock, in a lewdays, under commaud of General Davison.A getitlemau from Helena reports thedeathof Geueral Holmes. General Price, it is againstated, hasresigned, andleft the Confederateservice to take command ot the MissoiniState troops.

Confeoeuate PuidoKEK i)EAr».?CaptainWm, if. Gladding died a prisoner at PortHoyal ou theBSt* ofJam*. He was wenriuga ball aud chalu when be died. Ills bodywas placed in a metallic coffin, and will bedeliveredto his friends iv Savannah whendemanded.

when he'said "thank God," many of useaid"Amen." Tin" leiuiufcements soon eauieup, but wehad done without them, asWf in alittle while all was quiet under the clump oftrees, and the stone wall aud the tail fence,with tlieii heaps ofdead, were ouc:» uio.-o atrest; the forever.

The suns are so situated Ibat tiss/ <aB t»e di-retted to any desired point. - \u25a0The "gates upon thesouth «ids are open.!and theprisoners, in squads, permittedtosot*the lake -hore, where they c.in warn eightrods upon Ihe rock?, with tbe water notmore than five feet deep. Each in tarn oncein four days visits the lake if he chooses,andi<i>od swimmers have an opportunity totesttheir skill ivaquatic exercises, takingcare to? keep wit hin the range ofthe tntard's mm, alwayw at command, i-hould any attempt toreach tbe opjioslte fhore, three mile- dj.tanL ,

The island has agarrison of fi.nr bundledsokliers under the command of Majnr Pearson, who has hadcharge of the island since't herame a rendezvous for priso&esß. Dr.Woodhridge in I lie Surgeon, Ifr. Met tine( li-.iptuii, and E. A. Keetb, Steward.

(lenenilsArcher and Jove?. are tbe onlyrebel otfieers now ou the island holding thatftmk. General .loin ia a Viiuini.ni Ijj birtli,and wan capturedat tlie Irattie of(iesh/gi»urt>His brother ir, a merchant at Sit. !'.uil,*Aiiiai.ftota.

Colonel iitmiphiey, ettptnred af Cham-pions Station, Mississippi, own;; three plan-tations at fort Gibson, worth morethan ?:'.,-OUO.OUU. Masrv others arc men of feu-gci pro-perty.

In the ceils are nine men Confined undersentence of death. Seven of tbeil wrespieeland two dasertera. ;

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Affairs nt Charleston.The Charleston correspondentof the

Mobile Tribune, writing from that city, igivos the following account of bn excur-sion in the harbor, duriirg the bombardinent:

At «.J o'clock last night I accompanied Sub. iKijifey in litharge, in company with Capt.Koss, of the Austrian army,to make an in I-pection of the forts. We first visited Stun |ter, three and s half anilras from tee ciry, amifound ihe garrison actively employed in pro- iteetmc the walls by piling tiers of aaud bag* ,tv the iusidc, some iH) feet thick, the walls of ,Ihe fort being six feet thick, thus making anobstruction of brick and BSSaJ of ",'ti feet toresist theenemy's sho!-. 'the men seemed ivtin- best ofspirits, and from the jolly mirtliwhich prevailed, urn; would have supposedthat they were enjoying a frolic. In thecen-treof the fort was a barge mortar, whichevery now aud then threw its shell tbroiiulithe air wMrJmgover the cintmy's works onMorris Island. We were entertained at thequarters of Col. fthett, who is iv commaudof the fort, ami who expresses everyconfi-denceof its being able to stand any assaultfrom the enemy. The quartets <>f theofficersand men arevery twanfbstaide, aiul are roomyand well ventilated.

We next polledover to Cummins Point,at battery Greirg, which is I,:KX) yards fromSumter, on Morris Inland. While croasisejfrom themat, tbesbeil of Sumter wbhates ?over our heads, while occasional shells from ]the enemy;? weeks were teen to burst over IBattery W'aguer. It was a starligbt night, iami but a light wind prevailed. We BOOtl Ilanded at the beach, 1here being but littlef»urt", and walked up UWOOgM the sand to the |usheers* quarters. Here we fouud all quiet, jand procured three horses to ride down to ]Battery Wagner, which fca abosU threeoner-ten of a mile down tlie beach, being 2,500 jyards from Sumter, in an air line, and 41.< |"milesfrom tlie city. The ride alone; thesurfwas very pleasant, aud had it been luoonliirhtwould have afforded M a line sea view. We ,passed severs] water line batteries isul found ,the island strongly pickctted, beingfrequent -ly liailcd before welerrived at the tort. ,

The eiitrauee to Wagner reminds one of |the descriptions of robbeiubenm, which heread «f in bis boyhood. Kntcring a narrow ;passagefrom thenorthside,you pass through ithe centre of the Dastieasoithe work, which ,is supportedI.v immense timbers and rafters, ,covered over with earth and sand some .0 ;feet thick. The-interior of the~Work is call- |cd the bomb-proof, where the quarters of ithe men and officersare and the magazines,Ac. The garrison was all alive, batata -ban-term werepassing tv and fro, and the menwere cheerful and in good spirits We werereceived-by t'ol. GeorgeP. Harrison, of the33d Georgia, acting Brigadier, eotaniaandhagtbe forces on Mori"W Island, and were pre-seated to Captain Chichester, Chief of Artillcrv; Captain Hill, Chief of Ordnance;Lieut. 6. ML Blunt, A. A. C.,and Lit ut. WestCohen, of Col. Harrison* stall, all etlicictitami most gallant officers. From the centreof the battery weaacended a pair of steps to ithe eastbastion or sea face of the battery,over the glacis to the rampartsand parapets.From this point we watched with considera-ble interest the bursting of the BheJl fromSumter over the enemy's works. Our pick-eta were about ISO yards from the enemy's,and a drtschaaeUt was daringsentout at the :time to relieve Hum. For prudential reasonslam not |.i iinilt. il toglve your reader;, a |m ire perfect descriptionof the works. ,ft is tvery close in the bomb-proof, hut the men ;frequently sleep outside, except when heavyt helling te progreesing. Tbe enemy's adVVance line k now within .SWI yards of Wag-ner. Takmg leave of our friends WC mount-ed our horses and rode back to CumminsPoint, Wagner shortly after opeuing on theenemy. Regaining our boat we had a quietpull hick to thecii v, white we arrived at :JA. ML, this morning, the shell of Sumter, onour way, occasionally playing over as.I mentioned the fact in a previous letter

that, in the agreement for the exeesmge ofprisoners that took place alter the stormingof Battery no reference was madeto the nemo prisoners of thefidth Massachu-setts regiment, aud that imne.of them were ?Included iv the exchange. As we had by Ba-the advantage as to numbers the FederalCentral (Vodges) who conducted the ex-change on the part of the enemy, thoughfoily aware that we held a number of thenegro regimen! prisoners, made no allusionto them whatever, knowing full well thatwe didno! recognise them aa prisonersofwar, and that we had refused to do so, oreven to recognize a fiagof truce aeeompanied by a white officer commanding a negro

regiment.Last week, however, (Jen. Cilniore ad-

dreaaed a note to Gen. Besurcgen},of a mostobjectionable character, charging him withbad faith in not baring sent back the negroprisoners, and making a demand for them,threatening, at the same time, to past hnxe-cution the retaliatory procl.uii.ition of Lin-coln, of the "(Jtli July last, declaringthat bewill executea rebel soldier for every Yankee,while or black,kilh-d in violation of thetawsof war (!), and pat at bsrdjtabor on the pub-lic works a rebel for every"negro sold or de-tained iv slavery. 1 tears thai Ceil. Biattregard has made" a very dignified ami severereplyTo this most impudent demand,show-ing the want of good faith to be eutirt ly outhe part of Gen. 'Gilmore, who could notplead ignorance eitherof rVesideul Davi 'aproclamation or the act of theConfederateCongress ou this i abject. Ibe negroera will most ertainly not be given up, andthe issue is therefore directly made onthlapoint between tbetwn belligerents. Tbe r.suit is, as before stated, the war must be-come one of exterminatk/H, and hereafterthere will be no mote exchanging of pii-mi-

The (ilia i leston Mercury, of Fridaylast, say.s:

The mhuileaof these Parrott guns, whichare distant about two Utiles and five eighths

' from Sumter, are two hundred pound bulbseight inches in ammeter, anal two lest inlength,harirg flat heads ol chiliad Iron.?Shells, also of lilt: -.tine dim*lisiotl-, atethrown. Up tv Thursday uhridabonttwothousand live hundred of these miotics badStruck the work The damage inflicted lias,ofcourse, been considerable, frvrlous 4oWednesday all the tains on the south facewere disabled. The garrison are still full ofcourage _

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THE PlN'cn OF THE BATTLE AT UfUrfTS-BlUiti?BOW NEAR IT CAME ff6 -\%OX-,rgOERATE VICTOiIV.The/Baltimore American publishes an

account of "The Pinch of the Battle" atGettysburg, whichgives a historyof thatterrible assault on the centre*Ly theConfederateswhichcame sonear winningthe day. The charge of Pickett's divis-ion is well described, and the descriptionshows that if the charge had been sup-ported, theday wouldhave been ours.The writer, a Yankee soldier, who wasengaged in theliglit on the'heights, .says:

After au hour aud a half of such tiring asI have described, we could see, from wherewe stood, theem-my moving up in three linesfrom out of the woods. They would comeout, marching by flank, till they reached thedesired ground, when theywould face to thefront. Their second liic was about a hun-dred yards in the rear of the first, and on f beedge of tln- woods, across the valley, was athird line. It was asplendid Bight to seei hem. Noone-locked at their uniforms orno uniforms, their fiats, or caps, or bareheads. Everybody looked at the beautifulway in which they arrayed themselves in or-der of attack, regardless ofthe shot audshellwhich we threw into their ranks, 'the sol-diers OU OUT side'again and again praised,While they awaited the approach of the ene-my. Nor did they wait long. Whin theyapproached to within about two hundredyards, a.part of our division, I think it wasHall's brigade, opened lire, and we could si cmen fall aud others go to the rear, iriiill onthey came, crowding a little iv front, buf assteady as rocks. .1 m-t then &n officer rodeby and said tbeVermont regiaaentoo theleft was worrying the enemy lint they didUOt mind thai either; on theycame. Whenthey got wit liiu a hundred yards, more ofourregiments openedfire; bulk did not stepthem. Some region uts reserved their fire.till they got*Within fifty yards, aud then theenemy fell fast ; but StillOU they came, andwe could sec their faces ami bear their olticers. It was almost ioo much for humannature to stand; and a portion <>f the secondbrigade, wliieb Was hetiind the stone knee,began to leavecover--net because t lie enemywas upon it, but because ii seemed Impossi-ble to stay.

The tiags of the enemy, Which are sin illred affairs, with a white cross diagonal outhem, got up lo the stone wall, and somecrossed the hue of rail fence, perhaps a hun-dred oi so, led, as 1 heard, by Cen. Aisaistead.Thef were able to do this because, as f havetold you, the second brigade did notstandupto the line of tlie stone wall and railknee, s > that the dividbn wss bent backward in thecentre,aa it were, the endsoutheright and lelt standing fast; at least so itseemed, for there was a great deal of smokeami a terrific noise to confuse one':; power ofcalm observation.

This was the pinch, and the officers knewit. lien. Cibbon had just been hit, some onesaid, ami almost at the tame time Cell. Han-cock was badly wounded,aud both wereta'?cn otf thefield tothe rear. But I reeolled seeingGibbon'said try to rally the men,and do it manfully too. lie did a man.- partin steadying the line. Bo didWebb, whowas on foot in the midst of the men. rln-treaty, commaud, expostulation,i acourage-nieut, were employed. Webb was every-where. Bo was Co*. Smith,of a Pennsylva-nia raiment. Al this time the enemy werecrowding over the stone fence mar theclumps of trees, and their red Hags wen-waving,as it seemed to me,in triumphalready, though Hall was all right ami his menwere steady ou our left Presentlysoane onenear mesaid that the enemy were massingtheir men in front o! Webb, opposite theclompsof trees, and we begau to wish forHall's help, ily this time the officers hadstopped the failing back, aud were drivingstragglers to the front, thoughwe did not goforward to the stone wall, yet, but all werefacing the enemy and liting heavily?not inranks, for everyone seemedgoing it prettymuch on ftiaown hook;hotcheenully, which'wasagood sign. We had wished for Hal!,so he came as wished, and his righl marchedby the Sankto ourleftand got mixed withour men.. As the 3d brigade (Hall's) came up by theflank there was a disposition, under theheavy fire to which il waa exposed,to edgeaway from the stone wail, but the officersovercame this, and soon a compact body olmen was formed, who dciiverei a heavy andwell-directed fire upon the enemy as tlejcame over the wall and rail fence ton aids us.Just then au otlicer, 1 think it. was the samewho had gone for Hall, Gibbon* aid, cameover with some regiments from Ihe I*l brigaa* (Harrow's) on our left, and from blui itwas reported that the extreme right ol theenemy, which was opposite Mead-, wasbreaking* badly.and thai men were runningto the rear. Thiegreatly encouraged us, amiwechcetcdand went to ourwork with a will.At this time we werebehind the crest whichwas between us and the stouc wall, whichwas a little way down the hill towsrdsthevalley; ami at the wall, between fitly andsixty yardsfrom as, wen- the cm-tv), mauyof t'lieuiover the wall. We now advanced,and could see, as we did bo, thai the battlewas nieing in front ofthe thud dtvi ion.?

We delivered asteady ire from thecrest, stshort range, which cleared the wall, to whichwe then rushed, shags waving and men shoutill". Otsfeera on "bothsides were it ill" thenpistols, the color sergeant of the 73d Peonsylvauia went forward with his colors, tbelance i.f which had been sh..t in two Thesoldiers followed him with a itch; no onewanted to straggle now. Other colors werebin ue as well, the wall Was gained andcrossed, and the work of taking praaoneracommenced. Hundred* who threw UOWUtheir arms aud rushed tosrarda us were Bentto the rear. Here ami there there an B Istruggle foi Hags; but Hie battle Was endediv this part of the.fietd. Lee., great asaauHliaj faileib

Going back with someprisoners acrossthewall and over the crest, 1 >j.y; tieu. Meade,who came on tile ground with hht seat, whowas his aid. Hcttopiicd to speak fo Ceil.Gibbon's aid ilia: kell) and said, in his aheapway, "How is it going here"'" oritnuirthinatthat sounded like it. ate was told the attackWas repulsed, When he repeated, "What, isthe assault entirely repulsed?" Whcu theaid again told hiui he thought it was, hesaid, "Thank Hod," aud made a motion towave his hat, but he did not,but waved hisright baud aud hurrahed, while his sou tookoff hlB hat aud hurrahed like a gooti fellow.We meu stood and stared, and then passedou, as the Geueral gave orders iv a quick,short way, which seemed to be about HieulaeiugofVelnforeemeuts. The dead?menaud horses?were lylug thick around; there?was still somefiriug g*»lug on, aud We wereall?that is, all of us that were left?be-n-riuied with powder and dust, and manywere bleeding. tmt it was a good thing tosee ourGeneral sO cool, so much at his ease,and speaking in such a soldierly way, and

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A TeleKiaphic Itc pint of Morgan's\u25a0ujat MyrtifttTTt Ihe Northern l»p---ctutois.G. W. KHswortb, Hm iultiyoath opera

tor who traveled with Morgan s portionof his Usdo, Kentucky and Indiana cir-cuit and escaped into Virginia with thatportion of the troopswho succeeded incrossing theriver, publishes an interest-ing account ol the electro auatguetie nortiou ol the performance:

taptaili Khildolt wishing lo cup'liic thelimn from IsMVJB* die, we went up theroadthree or four aailea,tos pointsua** sevenmiles from Lebanon, Hen-, alter secretingour men iv the woods ami putting out pick-ets, neawaited the antralel Ihefndu dueat if o'clockA. .Vt.

It wis now a.'.otlt 9 o'clock; so again atbaching my iut Iruutent, 1 did not hesitate tocall l.ehuuou Jiauetiott, signing Utysell "tsJbanou. Haviug destroyed the hue atthebridge, I was confident that no luformatmui could be telegraphed to lA»uis\ ili* to bold. the train. Lebanon Junction answered, itheu *aid to him, "Good morning-, happyFourth to you." He replied, "Good motn

I arc How the d?l is tiiis i" You have tele-graphed via Hauville and Lexingtou that the

i rebel*" have burned a bridge wifbiu threei miles of your place and destroyed the tele? irraub Who is at the instrument V"I 1 replied to him: "O,that w.ts only a? Fourth of July hoax."

1 aimed to evade answering that part ol» bis Inquiry as to whowas st the tnstiwuieut,I but he again put the question,wheu 1 te-II plied, "It is me: J."

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He replied, "O. at; but thatkind of hoax- jing is too serious, aud ought to he pauisb-cd." He fnriher informed BBS that orders !had hue* received to have thetrain defamedfor further orders, iunucdutely on Us arrivalfrom Louisville. 1 told"him all right, andasked hhu to take a driuk with inc. ~ He Saidhe should like to do so, but had nothing inhis office. At this point our conversationdropped.

When be stated that be ha 1 just receiveda telegraph,via Danville and Lexington, thatHie rebels had destroyed tlie bridge; andwires nearLebanon, I was taken by surprise. .This was a ucw Hue to me?put up since we jwere last in Kentucky, My repliesto his in (quhies, however, satisfied him. Feariwr,how» ver, that be might get to reflecting onthematter, and again bother me with ques-tion*, 1 sent a lew business dispatches lo jwell known funis in Cincinnati, putport ing jto come from parties iv Lebanon. This I |could do successfully, knowing the tariffotchargeson the line. AtUo'clock I receivedHe"1 following dispatch;

"Lebanon Jinition, July 4th.?lbJßaaa*,Ay't, Ixhii.Hct . Why didyou telegraph metohold the train and report to BBS the bin tain-of a bridge and destruction off thetelegrapbby the rebels? Your operator says yourdispatch is a hoax. Explain.. ?«. m,,t>ttiyi.*»

1 gave the operator at LeUiuon Junctionthe usual "O X,'' signing S'J." li?, the big-sad of the Lebanon operator, which I hadluckily guessed at. ami which I pcrhup-would not do ugain in a Ihesaumd eana* Iwaited put-haps ten minute*, during which Imanufactured the following aid, scut if ivTefdy: '\u25a0:» ,

'Lebanon, July 4."To D. M., $»?}>'( #Two Irishmen came in

on hand-car from the first -cctioti aud re-ported it to inc. They were intoxicated, ihavesince then sent out, and the bridge theyreported burned Is sale. No tlgnsuf anyrebels in this count.' \. Knott."

Hoping this would satisfy hiut, 1 waitedfor him to report the parsing ofthe trainSouth fioOC, however, lie calledand askedvie: "What is. the name of that bookyoupromised to send vie." I told him to wait afew minutes, asTt lady was in the ottice. writ-ing a dispatch. 1 then manufactured * dis-patch, addressing it to an imaginu/y lady ivLouisville, signing a lady's name to it. Myobject was to kill time, and how anxiouslydid I crave the mouieuts to tly swiftly by, sothe train would leave the Junction before hediscovered my real character. He called meseveral times. 1 waitedas long as 1 dated,not to arouse suspicion. I sent forward thelady's message Iliad manufactured, but ittli.l not satisfy him; he again asked me thename ofthai eonfonudrd"book, f playeddrunk on him,and Basal setae harsh grordaal his suspicions, winding up with au imita-tion to him to come down on the train thatmorningand spend the day with me.

?lie: died BBS what was going on in Leba-non. 1 told him nothiug particular, but thatif he would comedown! would treat hhu tomany a mint julep. He consented,sayinghe was the night opera!or,and cwiild be backin time to go on duty. The prnmhir_nf themint juleps settled all his suspicions, and Iwas asked no more questions about tbeMm*.

Time passed oil. At 10 o'clock I nakedLebanon Junction what time the train leftthere, and was Informed that it passed atH:;>U. 1 immediately informed Capt Sheldon,who al once bad a raU nmoved, at d postedhis men mi either aide ef the Lack. I putarmy my Instrument and went to a houseabout "OU yards di.-tant to :rct st)iiicth'uig tocut.

While I was St thef tbte the train arrived,about If o'clock, and was threw* off by theminingrail, tiucba crushing 1 Balaam everheard. Five coaches, two baggage cars, andthelimine, wets considerably suit; lied up.Several passeagrsr?, who were very muchfrightened, made their escape into the Beadnearby. I arse returning front my brasJousljust in time to arrest them. A sasall man.dressed iv blue, was in the least, making J:totime through a Uaj field. 1 tailed on him tohalt, but When he did not heed 1 tried thevirtue off my repeater, when 8 few shot I con-vinced him that he had better stop. Win li 1cniue up with hiED 1 a ki\i where lie BUMfrom, and it he was iv the service. He re-plied that his name WBB Atwafer; that bewas a telegraph operator at Letamen Junc-tion, on his way toLeliaiion upon invitationof the operatorthere to visit him and spendthe day. I told him that 1 was the man who'had extended to him the invitat ion, and thathad ordered on thetrain. He aecnied greatlyrelieve.l, and even overjoyed, WbeU lie foundthat I was an operator,(for though enemies,operators are always generousto.eaeli other.)lie acknowledged the sell, and said it washi treatInstead ef mine, though I bud in-vited him to take mint juleps with me.

An operates whom i afterwardscapture*]at Bardstows Junction told ase thai the op-erators had the i'tko all over the lines. Atwater having told it himself. ,

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The uext telegraphstation 1 arrived at was0.-good, a small village on the Ohh>4tvMiss.K. it., (running from Cincinnati Joist. Louis,)52 miles west ofCincinnati. As usual, licitthe main body of our forans when withinabout Bis miles of the place,' ami wentabend taking with me I"> men. I round theoperator, one Prank Crawford, at his board-inghouse. (Prortaiona in that country areplenty, and operators like to infest and hangaround sections ami places where there isgood eating.) 1 soon brought him out tothe office, and after being at the instrumentafew-minutes I found that a special trainwith two companies of soldier.-, would ar-rive there soon. I packed up the instru-ments, aud putting the.operatoron i horse,was ready for a retreat, if necessary. Thewhistling of the iron burse soon gaveBBCWarnhag, and I took m/ departure. Thevery foolish '-web footed"' double-quickedafterus three or four miles, and il ! nrialahem>t were baudsoesciy ambushed and sentback minus tifi men.

tin arriving at Versailles lud., J found thecolumn luoving in thedirecliou of Pierce-villo, 0 station on the sameroad,seven mill -nearer Cincinnati. Here t took down tin-telegraph hues, ami with theassistance olCrawfonl I soon gave CJeu. Burusido a* ideawbsae Morgan was?not. Heswallowed thebait without hesitation,neversturpeethag theweaangea werenot genuine. 1 gate the t iu-i iliuati opciatols (Crawford) expelii nee a-a prisoner in the hnidi of the rebels for fomhour:. This was uecc-.-nyj a-> there was anoperator ou thetrain that arrived at ÜBgood,who had telegraphed bach tuCmrlnnati thait rawfontbad been carried off by tlie rebels.1 played tbe part of Crawford, representinghim BB being at hi.- OWU otfice. He aataudlistened at me, occasionally breaking out ina hearty laugh, when I would tell f.'lm-iuitatisomething directly the reverse uf the facts,and make them bciteve it.

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MtKHIAOEA Pv MOfUt?i hi-Northern Mpen announce an tima". mint between XxGov., now Senator, Bprsgne, ol Rhode Island, to Miss KateChsse, daughter efthevirtuous Salmon. Such trlfisa arenot ionsiiieied secrif iii Yankee high lib , ami ateparaded before Ihe public with the most di-gutting freedom oid fullness id detail "H ditin eiris iv tthode lateMd."saya the Loulville Assssrut, "ha\a been tiynig tv eui,h

theyoung statesman a* Usarir*.' Aautb*aiap*r announrantbu the "youuaj tevea pre-. ute.t lii irffTrir- the of her day with a ling

worth la\|BW I* uoU."1 A third prate ??! the"/.,«/,»? and bsUehlug" ativ.iitii betweenthe two "ili. tin-in.bed and bind owe 'be(loibcd.

Gen. J. C Vaughntelegraph- to hnovvdtcfrom KieltHiond, vi.del date Uf tlie Ibth.tbattheprisoswrs from Bast TsunamiI*,1*, paroledat vicksburgami elsewhere, will ramdeuvousat some poiut in Bast Truurages, instead ofDeaUßttsasaß, Ala.

All pnrlim leaving Columbus, U*., whsth-er ladies Or gentlemen, are obliged to payone dollar for passports.

FrVe thousand TeSMM have arrivedat Mor-ton, Miss.,ainee the fall of Vivksburg, andlive thousand more are coming.

ihe KxcLauge Hotel, at Danville, Va, hashi cti sold, with U7 acres of land uear there,lorfits»,oou; -

Rev. Thus. Murphy, a Catholic prie»r, of\\ dtuiugtou, N C, died on thefiUtb tew*.

Hon. Time. 11. Walts, Governor "steel of! Alabama,is Ou avisit to Moutgonicty, AU.

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I*«CAL aimgia;."'r «'veenu*v**ut« 70 clock. Airs, tM.-erft, wu> tfilHsmautmJr01 restaurant "No.;**,- £*%£*%Sth and Broad greets, wa* »bott»tin Hie btmis of her liusUhml. Tbe> liedleMtcrctl and pussed through the DrBrown was called iv aud the proper aaedteaiattention*paid the sufferer. Her roifaall?.

is considered critical. Mr. Travere was ar-retted and lodged in tbe upperstaitnri h"tiacHe says that the shooting wiw unintentional,aud caused I.v theaci ideiit.d explosion of 1pistol which he was handling.

Sutdier Sfn>t.--Ou Saturday nightlost aconrsteseenl soldier from oneof the city hospita!s was tired upou and slightly woundedwhilst robbing a garden. That he was notkilled is no faulfoffhe gardener,aa thegnu,when fired, contained onehull ami five buckshut, holding that the authoiiti* a are bet[disposed to give them any protection, the*fa*anara mem-rally nre employing armedguard* to protect theircrop*.

I Slarttirt,/, if True? We. have heanl it m?I moicd in varum* quarters that a number ofjyoung men have been badly poisoned by the 'i too free nss of new apple brand* now heine.jsold near this city. The facts, as'representedIto us, are tlt*^«-: (>n Tbureduy uieht last ai large number ol young menattendededuue-; ing party near the western suburbs, and during the evening frequently visited a grog

| sheas where they imbibed freely of new uppiebrandy. The next morning tweurysevenof th* party were veryill, douIdles*poisonedby tbedrugget U.pserV, and nines,t****** ofthem have died. An the matter U tone re-ported to the authorities ofHenrico comity,and will doubtless be investigated,. we»dc(line calling any names tilt then. In themeantime some ofHAS brandy will he ohtaint tl and analysed, to ascertain' its mostdrstrurth c property.

Robbery.?William Hinchmaii, a yoangtiau, appeared before the Mayor yesterdayoanswer the chargeof robbing P. if. Ked-onl id fifiO in moneyoa the flat hist. Mr.tedthrd te=titit'd that on the day mentionedie stepped into Jim Price* sot'ipdiotlu\ OOTth h1 reel, tieartinice, to geta plat aofspun.Viler satisfying Ids appetite he drew out hiscount book, containing his money, paidor the soup, and «rgs about te leave, whenI'm. Inn.m ran Up hchiiuPhiin and seized histins, .lief tlien other perrtons in the room?aught him by the threat aud head, chokediim to the ttoor, and, rendering him itisensiilc, robbed him. He was positive thatfind-mati was the man that firstsemed liiui, .nt eonld not tell any of the other purtie*.. .Job) Brown testified tH.it Hint liiii.ui wa »tot inJim Price's house when the robhaiynok place, but an with hhu iv thestreet.Vitneaa WSI near the door; saw it man seinoliuchmau, ami started to go in, but, being

ramed nil", did not enter tlie door. Hovatehed the robber when he cameoitt oftheM>uae; saw where be denoaated the book,mil, informing officer Adams of that Set,i?conipanit d him and recovered the book.rhe thief, be said, was a soldier, mid madeli. escape SOOU alter ihe robbery.After hearing three or lour witnesses the

flavor adj.mined tlie investigation till the!titii inst., in order to secure the presence ofither witnesses. He also i.'fused to bail th.reused iv any amount pending the c.v-tmii it ion, and committed him to prison,

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Stolen rforxe Recovered.- -On the mgbt oftbo-lh ol M-.iv avaluable horse wasstolen fromapt. Was. K. ? li'by, of Hanover county.

?'nun that time nothing was heard of tholuimal till iSaturday last, when Mr. John L.iVood: oil saw it flitched to it wagon ouiiroad street,and driven by Mr*. Ponrman.Knowing the boase well, Mr. Woodson hud{id.crt tl. Peatman arrested mid the bui-vikni in charge by police otlicer Kelley. - ?

Yesterday moridng !'? iirnian appeared beforelh* Mayorto answer the ehasge of havingthe Stolen horse in his poSSCSSion. f'eaiiuauproved that be purchased the animal offlag:[tatter, fin userly s saenrhsr ef company 1),15th Virginia infantry, and paid afair priceup him. Willi thesefacts Penman was di--bargedaad the horse tamed over to Capt.irby.

JaaMass a Wesst, Bstweeu the hour-*ot 7itnl H o'clock ysatctdsy moridngsome Bttte9XI it mint was produced at thecornerofliJtb.md Main streets by thetemporary detentionofa urddleagcd white man, who, it wan al-leged, hail forcibly taken,from a servant airtin the street a *'J0 note, which bad bucu intrustedto bet by Jier mistress. After thomoney was taken, the girl followed ftp thoa an, itiijdoriug aid, until a party of gentlelien ou iv'tii street brought him to ;\u25a0itaud still, aud matte liiiu disgorge. Hitwas then released, but should have beenIssued over to the police.

Eire.? The alarm of fire about 5 o'clockyesterday morning was caused by the p-.uti.ilburning ofthe floor of the smiths shouat-taebed to Mr. P. H. starke's plow fuctory,OU Main st net. The tin> was Caused "by de-positing hot embers iv a box, ami had doubt \u25a0les3 been gradually burning for several day-.When discovered, it was t-000 extinguished.Loss small. .

AbuoMm birr.?About I'd o'cloi k yi:«ter-day tbe roofof tbe old frame building -oitFranklin at., near Bbockoe creek, tool fin*from sparks of a chimney in the neiirbbor-hood. ami the alarm of lire was given, hotthe ftames Wert- e-.iingiii-lied before doingany damage. The alarm -anaed some of thoBremen a long run, sad brought out tu*-team engine.

Suspicion* < 'harurti\u25a0,- ? Yesterday morningthree person- -Win. t'uiniers, Jane \u25a0? Mitiilibont, and Edward t'lgaU ?"tnt beforethe Mayor, charged with being BUSpfVInUScharacters ..ml without vialbtaaaauuurfaaus-port. Uonucra i> an oldoskmder,ugabaanytwenty yen- of age, aud not much largerlliaii it fit.it' ol in. iti. lime t.nrt again bebad been in Court to answer far robbery,mii geserslly escaped punishment bs**USuof bis infantile appeaCBUCS. He aaya he i*now engaged id selling newopspers, bywhich In- supports bis brother and Stater:but tbe Mayor thinks he taken other i«nlshorter aaesus of raising the wind. Thoother two are stUQWU to the police, and brthat reason Ihe trio were locked up tUvgte*fault of bail for their good belßavior.

,\u,,tUr if Yankee*. '1here are W>W con-fined ill theConfederateprisoua of this cityt,l££! Yankees, captured in till ipjartsrs,aw.iiiin" an exchange Many of tht-se menprofess to be tired of tbe war and thepre-sent Federal Adfniui-lr.iti > i, but tb.-y ib» notthink thatpeace will "he rsahsred no lnaujsitLincoln ami the Black RepubtteaU party armiv power

/abassi'j) Some ten da] in ???a servantofMr Zmtiiier, while ou In- v. t> t» hts tiu»tea's farm on the tfcep Kun 'IuMtpUt**, WSatstopped i,v three hicu ib.-sed in SaddhnVitppurcl and robfied ot nearly two hUUSWUddollars in money, arbirh had beep BtUfi to>flic ovel eel..

CuU-Mug /**/.<« The police -were agaln af-ter the dog-yesterday morwhte, and pi. kefup t wagon load in a very short litn*. li'rtiey continue in their pje.cnt, tuck every day101 them \ttwo years Ihe decrci ,? will beginto he pewclsed.

Wuteh /.//i../ Lihiid Ciatilo. Cbarg tuilh stcilmga gold UUtch and eh.ua fromUrn. Klwards, wa beforethe Mayor rvste.-dtty, but OWiil" to the ;ilis«Ui i- lit sltncUi*tin- investigation was adjourned till-the'Jut lam-t. \u25a0 )

Receiriny S*Wc»i fVondY--George W- Mur*ray, arrested for tevcitiuT * ''tM»t UUd pant*stolen froma servant of C J llatsher, wastairuigucd for examination,but aulmport***witness bciug absent, Ibe inv-itigalteu we*cuutiuued till th' \u25a0\u25a0&« tu*« |f m . f..'>i.,,ioiy""-Tucy, *Ute tocharged with dealing a set or c**V*r*frfhaMrs rjusan It Winfrey, was couvlffsd Ststsentenced to tbe Ush.

tiUi- Bmrx?tks Mayor yeeteeday iui-puaed a One of **>OU Michael ajltf#U|Bai ft*rLepiMg bis house open at hours lUbhhfcavby tbeordhubrea of*U* city.

th.si.aow, Sch*H*,as winaUvertlsemeut, NU*W«* bee ] MfHlhcwiy's Wufi this nssrulugat *>&bWbT