Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1862-07-03

              ill MOUNT VERNON, OHIO JIIURSDAY, JULY 3. 1862. NO. 35 VOL. VIII. Vino ctTVdl. KEVf SliTTLEMENT OF TINE LAND. A REMEDY FoThARD TIMES. A Rare opportunity in the Beat Market, and Most Delightiul and Healthful Climate in the Unloj, Only Thirty Miles South o( Philadelphia, on a Railroad, being; a Rich, Heavy Soil, end a Highly Products Wheat Land, Among the Best In the Garden flute of New Jersey It eonsists of 20,000 urn of good land, divided Into farn of different iiiei to suit the purchaser from 20 aorei and npwardi and Is old at the tate of from fit to 120 per aore for the farm land Buyable one-fourth eaeh and 1 he balance b jqunr-tor-vearly inatalmenti, with legal interast, wiihln the term of four ream. THE SOIL Is. la great part, a Rich Clay Loam, inltable far 'Wheat, Grass and Potatoei also a dark and rich aaady loam, suitable for corn, aweet potatowr o-baoso, all kinds of rentable and root erepi, and the Uneat varieties of fruit, inch aa Grapes, Pears, Peaohea, Apricots, Neotarines, Blackberries, Molons and other fruits, best adapted to the Philadelphia and New York markets. In respeot to the aoil and crops there can bo no mistake, as visitors can examine both, and none are expected to buy before lo doing; and finding these statements oorrect under those circumstances, unless there statements 5 ore eorrect, there would be no nse in their being made. It in considered THE BEST FRUIT SOIL IN THE UNION. See Reports of Solon Robinson, Esq., oT the N. V. Tribune, and the well-known agriculturist, Wm farry-of Cinuaminson, New Jersey, which will be furnished Inquirers. THE MARKET. By looking over a map the reader will perceive 'that it enjoys the best -market in the Union, and ias direct communication with New York and Philadelphia twice a day, being only thirty-two 'miles from the latter. Produce In this market 'brings double the price that it does in locations 'distant from the cities. In this location it can be put into market the same morning it is 'gathered, and for what the farmer soils he gets the highest pi-ice; whilst groceries and other articles he purchases he gets at the lowest price. In the West, what he sells brings him a pittance, hut for what he buys he pays two prices. In locating here the 1 -ttlerjhas many othor advantages. He is within a i w hours by railroad, of all the greatcitiosof Now h Jgland and the Middle States. lie is near his old friends and aaaocia ions. He has school for his ohildren, divine service, and all the advantages of civilisation, and he is near a large city. THE CLIMATE Is dclightfnl: the wintors being salubrious and open, whilst the summers are no warmer than in the North. The location is upon the lino of latitude with Northern Virginia. Persons wanting a change of climate for health, would be much benefitted in Yineland. The mildness of the climate and its bracing lnfiuonco,makcs itexcollont for all pulmonary affections, dyspepsia, or general debility. Visitors will notico a difTer-eaoo in a few days. Chills and fevers ore unknown. CONVENIENCES AT HAND. Building material is plenty. Fish anil oyBtors are plentiful and cheap. Visitors must excct however to ace a new place. WHY THE PROPERTY HAS NOT BEEN SET-TIED BEFORE. This question the reader naturally asks. It is bcc.nuo it has been held in large tracts by families notdisposod to sell, and being witho it railroad facilities thoy had few inducements, The railroad has just been opened through the property this season for the first hrao. Visitors aro shown nvor the land in a carriage, froe of expense, an 'afforded time and opportunity for thorough investigation. Those who nome with a Tiow to settle, should bring money to socure their purchases, as locations are not held upon refusal. Theaafost thing in bard tlmes,whcre people havo been thrown out of employment or business, and ossoss some little means or small lncomes,is to start themselves a home. They can buy a pieoe of land at a small prico, and earn more than wagos in improving it; and when it is done It is a certain independence and no bss. A few acres in fruit treos will insure a oomfortablo living. The land is put down to hard time prioes, and all Improvements can be made at a cheaper rato than most any othor time. The whole tract with six miles front on the railroad, is being laid out with fino and spacious aven ues with a town in the oentre fivo aero lots in the town sell at from $150 to $200; two and-a-half aero ilots at from $30 to $120, and town lots 80 feet front by 1(0 feetdoep; at $100 payablo eno half cash and the balance within a year. It is only upon farms of twenty acres, or more, that four years' time is given. TO MANUFACTURERS, the town affo ds a fine opening for the shoe manufacturing business, and -othor articlos, being near Philadelphia, and the surrounding country baa a large population, which affords a good market. This settlement in the course of a several years, will be one of the most beautiful places in the country, and most agreeable for a residence. It ia intended to make it a Vine and Fruit growing country, as this culture is the most profitable and the beat adapted to the market. Every advantage and convenience for settlers will bo introduced which will insure the prosperity of the place The hard times throughout the country will be an advantage to the settlement, as it eompcls people to resort to agriculture for a living; Large numbers of people are purchasing, and peo .pie who desire the best location should visit the place at once. Improved land I? also for sale. TIMBER Land oan be bought either with or without timber. The Timber at marketvaluixtion. The Title is indisputable. Warrantee Deeds iven,elear of all incumbrance, when tho money it paid. Boarding edttVeniences at hand. Letters promptly answered, and Reports af Solon Robinson and Wml'arr' sent, together wich the V.ineland Rural. Route to the Land: Leave Walnut street wharf PaUaaepuhla at 8 o'clock, A M an 1 4 P M, unless there should be a change of hour for Vinetand.on the Glassboro and Millvllle railroad. When you gear the ears t Yineland Station, just opened, In .qtiiefar CHAS- E. LAND'S, Postmaster, Founder of the Colony, VlNiaiND P. O., Cumberland Co.. N J. P. S. There ia a change of cars at Olassboro. A Iso beware of sharper on the ears from New York and Philadelphia to Yineland, inquiring yonr business, destination, Ac 13 ly REPORT OF SOLON ROBINSON. OF TDK NEW tORK TRIBUNE, CPOH Till VINELAND SETTLEMENT pjyThe following is an extract from the report of Solon Robinson, Esq., published in the New York Tribune, ia reference to Vineland. All per-aons can road this report with interest. .Advantages of Fat tning near Home Vine-land Remarks upon Marl Soil, its great Fertility The- Cause of Fertility Amount of Crops Produced Practical Evidence. Itii certainly one of the most extensive fertile tract, in an almost level position, and suitable condition for pleaaant far mint that we know of this side of the western prairies. We found soma of the eldest farms apparently just u profitably productive aa when first cleared of forest fifty er a. hundred yeara ago. The geologist would soon discover the eausa of this continued fertility. The whole country is a marine deposit, and all through the aell we found evidences of calcareous substances, generally in the form of indurated calcareous marl, showing many distinct forma of ancient shells, of tba tertiary formation; and this marly substance ia scattered all through the soil, in a very comminuted form, and in the exact condition most easily assimilated by such plants as the farmer desires to col Urate. Marl In all its forms, has teen used to fertilise crops in England, from the time it was occupied by the Romans; and In France and Germany a marl bed Is counted en as a valuable bed of manure, that sen be dug and carted and spread over the field. How much mora valuable then it must ba, when found already mixed through the aoil where new particles will be tamed np and exposed, and trans-orm d to the owners nse every time he stirs Ue rth.e Baring tb.es satisfied our scli of tbs eanse.tbey will not be exoited with wonder at seeing indubitable evidenoe of fertility in a soil which in othor situations, having tho same general characteristics or at least appearances, is entirely unremuneratlve except as Its productiveness Is promoted by artifi cial fertilisation. A few words about the quality and value of this land for cultivation, of which we have strong proor. Our first visit was to William D. Wilson, Frank lin township, Oloacester oounty; who purchased some eight miles north of Millville, about three vearsaco. for the purpose of establishing a steam mill to work up the tiuuer into lumbar, to send off by the new railroad, as well aa firewood and coal, for which he bu ilt a branch traok a mile and a half long. He also furnished sixteen miles of the road with ties, and has no doubt made the mill proftta- I I - 1 1 L I. : . : .LI . j. oie, uiuugu ma uimu uujecb wus to open a larin, having become oonvinced that the soil was valuable for cultivation. In this he has not been disappointed, ao some of hisorops prove. For instance, last year, the aecond time of cropping, 80n bushels of potatoei os one acre, worth 00 cents a bushel in the field. This year seven acres itnout any manure produced 358 bushels of oats. In one field, the first erop was potatoes planted among the roots and vieldod 75 bushels. The potatoes were due. and wheat sowd, and yielded 10 bushels; and the stubble turned and aown to buckwheat, which yield ed H bushels; and then the ground was sown to olorer and timothy, which gave as a first erop 2 buna par num. The fertilisers applied to these crops; were first, nauoB i rum oieanugii; seoona as peunas superphosphate of lime; third 100 pounds Peruvian sm. ano; then 60 bushels of slaked lime has been spread npuu iuu oiuror since it was moweu, ana turned In tor wncai. Mr- Wilson's growing oropa. and the wheat stub. ble of the present season, all indicate his land as being productive as any part ot the state. At Mary Barrow's, an old style Jorsey woman farmer, several miles south of Mr. Wilson's, we were so parvicuianj struct wnn tne fine appearance of a field of oern, that we stopped to inquire of a hired man how it was producod. We found that the lane had been the Tear but one before in wheat, sown with olover, and this out one season, uu lust spring piowea once wuu 'one poor old nag and planted with corn. 1 es, Lut you manured high, we suppose? we said interrogatively, and got this reply-Waal, you see, we couldn't a done that, beeause we hadn't but forty one-horso loads altogether, for 28 acres, and we wanted the most on it for the truon." The truck oonsiated of beets.carrots, oabbnge, ou-sumbers, melons. Ac and averv Drnilunt.ivn tmtah of Lima Roans, grown for marketing. So we were satisfied that the soil was not infertile, even unaided by olover, which hod fed the oorn, becnuse the truck patch had not boon clnvered,and had been in cultivation long enough to obliterate all signs of the foroaf Our next visit was to the farm of Androw Sharp five miles north of Millville, from half to a mile east of tho railroad, and just about in the oontre of Vineland. Mr. Sharp oommeneed work here in December, 1858, upon 270 acres. In less than three years he has i'ot 231 acres cleared and in crops this season, all well inclosed and divided into soveral fields, with cedar rail or polo fence; has built a two story dwelling, about 38 by 40 feet, and a smaller house for farm laborors, and a stable or granary and soino othor outbuildings. Considerable part of tho land wns cleared for the plow at $9 per acre, and on some of it the first crop IIUSUJUUITUUiH, I1IUUU WUU OU DUSnCISin pOWflOr per acre. This orop may bo put in July 4th to 20th and yields 20 to 30 bushels per aero, harvested in Novombor; when the land being sowed with 150 lbs of Peruvian guano and seeded with rye, yielded 12 to 15 bushels per acre and $10 worth of straw, The rye stubble turned, oftor kn-.-hing off a large growth of oak sprout;, and dressed acain with iru- nno and seeded to wheat, gavo 15 te 18 bushels. The crop which ho was threshing while we wore tbcro promises more, of a very plump grain, and the straw is very heavy. We wont over the stubblo, and found tho olover and timethy from seod sowed last spring, on tho wheat without harrowing, looking as well as we evor saw it upon any old cultivated farm, and with a little work done in tho winter to clear off some roots and rotten stumps, and setting stakes to mark permanent ones, he will be able to cut the orop the next year with a mowing machine, and we will guaranteo two tons poracro, if ho will give the over jiius ii ituvairuus tuo V9MUJUU-. Part of the land was planted with potatoes for a first crop, which yielded 120 bushels per aero. It was then limed with 50 busho per acre, and soed- ed with wheat and clover, viuldinir an avernce of over ia dusoois per acre, ana tne clover now looks beautiful. Othor portions have been planted with corn as a first erop, which yielded 30 bushels of vcllow flint corn, ami tne aeoona orop -.orty Dushels, ana the third crop, troatod 150 (us of guano, we are sure no one would estiinote bol uw 40 bushels ner aero. Tho roadarwill rcoollcct that the writer is now speaking of land entirely new, and which oan scarcely be oonsidorcd in good arable condition, lip. Ia othor oases the corn erop of last year was fol lowed with oats this sonson, not yet thrashed, but win average pr-oaDiy u to ou nusneis. sweet potatoes, beans, melonsand in fact all garden vegetables, as well as young peach and other fruit treea planted this year show very plainly that this long leglected tract of land should remain so no longer, and there is now a strong probability that it will not; for under the auspices of Mr. Landis,ltwill be divided into small lots, with roads located to accommodate all the surveyor is now busy at this work. .and all purchasers will be required to build neat comfortable houses, and either fence their lota in uniformity, or agree to live without fence, which would be preferable, by which means a good population will be seoured, who will establish churches, schools, stores mills, meshanio shops and homes homes of American farmers, suriounded by gardens, orchards, fields and comforts ef eivil ised life. If any one, from any derangement of business, ia desirous of changing his pursuits of lifo, or who is from any cause desirous to find a new location and cheap home in the country, aud who may read and beliove what we have truly stated, be will do well to go and see for himself what may ba seen within a twohoujs' rldo out of Philadelphia. SOLON ROBINSON. JAMES BLANCIIAUD. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN MEDICINES, OILS, DYE-STUFFS, CHEMICALS, PERFUMERY, And all miscellaneous Articles usually kept in Westerr Drug Stores Also CHOICE AND PURE LIQUORS roa MEDICAL PURPOSES ONIY, PHYSICIANS PRESCRIPTIONS Carefully compounded. Recipes of til kinds carefully put up. EAST SIDE MAIN, Three Doors North of Gambler Street, JIT. VERNON, O. February IS nol7 ly D. O. MONTGOMERY, ATIORHEY AT LU7. IN BOOTH BUILDINO OYER MUSIC STORK-Mount Vernon, Ohio. Hpeoial attention given te the Collecting of l laims, ana tne purchase ana sale oi real csiaio. h ive for sale unimproved lands as follows, M0 teies ia Osaga County, Missouri, 605 acres in Warren County, Missouri, 801 acres in St. Fran- eisCeunty, Missouri, also 125 acres and one 40 ere lot in Hardin County, Ohio, and 83 acres In JrrcerCounty.Ohlo. March 1. '59, l-tf. JOB WORK Of 1U BTIMDS UlATLT IltCCTID AT THIS OF FICE SIT. VERNON REPUBLICAN THURSDAY July 3 TEoWhite HiveFExpodition. (Correspondence of the N. Y. Tribune.) National Flotilla, St. Charles, Ark., EianTT Milks dp Wditb River, Tuesday EvEMMa: June 17 ill, 1862 Another victory has crowned the Union arms; but the glory of the achievement is hidden in its horror. The laurel is o intertwined wilh tho ry, press that we receive the triumphant wreath with trembling hands and heart-wrung tears. ' At least one hundred brave fellows have perished by an accident all the more terrible because unanticipated and unforseen. THE FLOTILLA SHELLING THE WOODS, Atdaylight this morning the gunboats continued their course, and when t'ley ar rived in the vicinity of the plnc where theyeuppoBed the enemy's works to be, tbey began shelling the woods skirting the river, for the purpose of driving off any secession sharpshooters that might be hidden there knowi g from the narrowness of the stream that the treacherous and malignant fee might without dif&oulty pick off our men without exposing themselves to dans ger. DISCOVERT OF THE REBEL FORTIFICATIONS. They had shelled the woods for some 2 miles, when, in approaching a bend of the river, skirted on the south side by a bluff about sixty feet high, and extending along the shore to the distance of a mile, they were fired upon several times with the guns that seemed from their report to be twelve and twenty-pounders. ADVANCE OF THE MOUND CITV. The filing of Mound City and St, Louis had its effect upon the fortification, which slackened its fire and the former gunboat then moved on, supposing the existing danger over, and leaving tho other boat to complete the work. The Mound City had Dot proceeded more than a quarter of a mile when a heavy discharge was heard, and a huge round-shot went howling ever her deck, succeeded by a second of equal magnitude. The fortification was evidently formidable. These shots were from no 12 or 21-pounders, and the Mound City directed her attention to tho new foe with spirit acd alacrity. INTERPOSITION OF O0L. FITCU. The cannonading was going on briskly, when C pt. Kilty learned tl rough a signal (piievously arranged between the naval and and officers) from Col. Fitch, who had landed his infantry below, that the Indi-anians were about to march to the rear of the upper bat.ery and attack tho rebels in their lntrencl.mcnts. The Mound City and Si Louis, therefore, ceased their fire after a few mote shots, tearing that they might kill the brave sol diers who were pushing on stoutly toward the fortifications, while Col. Fitch encour aged them to be quick, as their surprise must be marten and immediate. HORRIBLE ACCIDENT TO THE MO USD CITY At this juncture, when everything was in suspense, and wnile the gunboats were waiting anxiously for the result of Colonel Fitch's enterprise, the dreadful accident to which X have alluded occurred. The Mcund City was lying with her stern a little to the souihern shore of the r ver, designing to turn in the siream, when a lound shot, which proved to be a forty-two winged ahot, so called from the hon flanges at its side, struck in tier post side, in the upper part of her casements between the first and second guns.-'ihe shot, which from its elevation was a plunging shot, parsed through the i.-on-lined casemates, struck and exploded the steam-drum, and lodged in the steward's pantry. The steanv-dium expiodedl YVcat a scene of hoiror! Many can imagine, but I cannot describe, ihe terrors and tortures of that dreadful hour. Steam is the most fell and fearful of foes. No tne who has seen its ravages, but shudders at their reco. lections, and prays for a l.ss cruel aeatn man 11 compels. In a moment tne burning steam was pouring out in immense volumes, shrieking like an insatiable demon claiming its own. Through every inch of space crept the vaporous dev 1, and transformed the healthiul, vigorous man into an app ling cor pie or a more appalling sufferer. Imagine one oi tbe p-unooats, a large, square, closely confined box, with no ap-perturc but the ports, filled with burning steam, having no means of escape save through those ports and two or three sky lighti, with one hundred and seventy five human creatures crowded through in the gun-rooms, and you may have some faint idea of tne terrible ana desperate situation of tl oaa brave and loyal S en. One-low but deep and awful wail of bor- rorr n tnrougn tne laiai ve$sej as tne steam filled her everywhere. It was the involun tary expression of mingled dread and re-si nation that strong natures yield lo a destinv thev cannot control, and whose justice no philosophy o n explain. There were linings oi me nauue; mere were wrihtiners of the limbs; there wtre gestures of tortrre; there were shacks of agony; mere wer peiuionings iu ueaven; there were the ulterings of exquisite des pair. How sadden and how awful a few seo onds' ohangel All hopeful, an eatnes', an exctiea men- All suffering, dead, cr dying. Tbe gun deck was covered with miserable, perishing wretches. Some of the officers who were in the cab ns rushed out franlio with pain, to fall in writhing tortures besides some poor though fortunate fellow bo had just breathed bis last. The close and burning aUnos here of the vessel was rent with cries, and prayers, and groans, end curses a Pandemonium of torture and despair. They suffered, wiilhed, and twisted like a coil of serpents over burning faggots; but many who weie less injured than others, felt even in that hour tbe Instinct of self-preservation, aid, running to (be ports, leaped out into the river, i uu w.v.ur, ui a while, relieved thorn of their pain, nd tbey struck out bravely for Ihe shore op. posna mo tort ncations or lor tne uone. toga or Lexington perhaps half a mile in the reai , ODICUS BARBARITY OF TUB REBEL8. Then I bluih to name it, anl think I am an American while the poor, scalded fellows were strugglingin the river, prompted by on involuntary instinct, w:ien their condition would have appealed to the most barbarious of barbarians, and melted the stoniest heart, our enemies, the self assarted types of courage and cbiva ry, turned the guns of the upper batteries upon the un tortunates in tbe river, and sent more than one noble spirit to its rest. Not saiisti d with this, a -letachmcnt! f sharpshooters left the seccrfd woik'lbal the Monnd City aud bt. Louis bad been engaging, and, proceeding down to the river bank, deliberately fired again and ag&UMU, the Union men. Every few moments some poor wretch would throw up his hands as a bullet struck him, and go down, leaving a crimson hue upon tne water of the wound that had let out bis painful li.e. Even m the ple. suffering faces of the swimming officers and sailors ulluZ Mound Citv misbt have been seen au exnression of amazement andhoPror when they, beheld ibis new savageness and exnaustlessma-ligni-.y ol the perfidious foe. A Malay pirate or an infuriated Co mancbe would cot do so inhuman a thing. .Nature would astert herself even iu their breast. Not so the advocates and defenders ot Slavery. Slavery blights, brutalizes and destroy the last renjuiint of justice, mercy, end magnanimity, It revenges itself n units friends, as the adder nursed in tbe bosom. It permeates with poisoii aud afll.cis with pitUy us susuming band, aud sears the conscience that views it wrhout loathing and without honor. TUB ENEMT FIRINQ INTO TUB RESCUE BOATS. Cap., iilodgo.l, uof tne ContBioga, knew at once wiiui bad happened wh n he saw the steam pouring out of ihe Muubd City, and soon aner saw many of her clliuera acd crew struggling iu tbe stream. Think io" he might Do instrumental iu saving a lew at least of ihe brave lellows, be ordered two of the cutters to Le lowered and manntd, and iu less than a minute the sail ors word pulling steadly up the river. Tne rebels in tne second lorlifjction au- covered tbe humane purpo e ol the small boats, and turned tut ir large guns upon them, the sharpshooters imitating the ex ample. The Cor.etoga cutters were twice struck, one at t..e bow and one at the 'stern,bu neither v as seriously injured, nur prevented fr.m snatching from the insatiable malignity of tbe rebels a few loyal men Most of those who were rescued have iir.ee died; thuugh, had they not been alio: in the water, they would hive recovered from their scalds. Shooting scalded, struggling, drowning men! Is this the nineteenth, century? Live we in the freest find most enlightened country in the world? Wbat a contrast, what a commentary upen tho character of the rebellion and lis Mipporttrs, wnen we rememuri iuc heroic sailors of the lienton opposite Mtm phis on the 6.h inst., who periled their lives to preserve those of the enemy that leaped into tne Mississippi trom tne sink ins Lovell! Such is rebej gralLudel bucU its retu rn for forbearance and magnanimuy in the I orr O i x remest neec I TUF REBEL FORTIFICATIONS BCRFRISED. - Bv this time, Uol. Fitch had marched in double quick to the rear of the second fortifications, an 1 was upon the rebels before tbey were a .vara of bis presence or ap proach. The Indianians aischarged their . . I .1 . 1 I. . - I ausneis HUU tueu cuieieu lue wuias wun fixed bayonets, so surprising the Seces sionists, that they had little lime for de fense and none tor escape. Men were shot down and bayoneted at their guns.and made bloody atonement for their merciless cruelty. Some of the artillerists were en doavonng to turn tneir large guns tne y bad but three, ail 4Z pounaers upon tbe attacking force, i ut could not succeed, and Capt. Fry, the commander of the hostile works (formerly Lieutenant in the U. S. Navy,) was endeavoring to swing one cf bis peices around when he receive j a musket ball through, the shoulder, and in another instant be was on the grourd ith a bayonet at bis throat, and compelled to accept capture as the sole alternative ol death. In a very brief space tbe secession colors were pulled down and the occupants of the hostile works placed hots de combat. Most of them were killed and wounded, only thirty-two or thr.e being taken p. is. oners. ..... The engagement was over, but it had been dearly v.on through the terrible accident on the Mound City; and those who rejoice at the result mourn over the untoward event that mars the gratulalions of the loyal and the brave. WABiiiwnTON. June 23. Advices hive V,nn received at the War Department to-day, dated Corinth 23J, and from MoSIellands ar my this P. M. Motbmg ot importance nas transpired in any quarter. Tbrro were in all 315 anendments to the Tax Pill, tha House having receded from 253, and tha Senate from Id of them. The remainder became a subject of compromise, as embodied in tbe joint report of tbe Committee of Con'erence, wbich was unani. mously adopted by the Senate, wbile In the House the following named gentleman voted ... ... -i iii-.;-. 11 -f til 1 . against It: Alien, oi linnoia; urowu. ui nuuue Island; Jonnson, Nogen, Norton, Pendleton, Shiel, Stiles, White, of Ohio, Wickiifle, and Wood. The bill only awajts the President's signature to become a law, and is to take effect the first of August. The Commissioner of Internal revenue is to receive a silarv of 1,000 per annum. Th. Senate in Exeoutive Session rejected tha nomination of Brig. Gen, Shields to be a Major General. Washington, I9h 20. -A dispatch received at tbe War Department this afternoon, from Qen. McClellan, statos that the affair of yesterday was perfectly successful, and that we hold the new picket lint undisturbed, and that til is very quiet on the bank of the Cbickt-homir.y,Tbe foicos under under Major Qen, Fremont, Banks and McDowell have been consolidated into ont army, called the Army of Virginia, ml Major General Pope has bean especially assigned by the President to the chief command. The forces under Fremont constitute tbe first army eorps, and are to be commanded by him. Tbe forces under Gen. Banks constitute the seconl army corps, and are to be commanded by him. The forces -under Gen. McDowell constitute the third army corps, and are to be commanded bv blm. MoCalli 't- . . . . .. , , aivision ib to jbii immeaiateiy in toe same way, while Gen.Prpe will tlso operate against the enemy at Richmond. Besides McOalls division, Gen. McClellan baa received other reinforceuu nts to tbe amount of several thousands since tbe battle of Fair Oaks. Ccisral Fremont Bell ev ed from Com mand at His Cvrn ltcqu?r?. War Department, ) Washington June 27, 1862. J Mnjor-General John C. Fremont having requested to be rolleved from the command of the First Army Corps of the army of Virginia, because as ho says, tbe position assign ed him by tho appointmont of Major-General ropo as commandcr-m-chiel of tbe army Of Virginia, is subordinate aud inferior to thott heretofore held by htm, and to romaiu in subordinate command as now assigned, would as be Bars, largely reduce bis rank and con sideration in tbo service, it is ordered tba1 Major Gjjeral John C. Fremont bo relievod from tho command. S;cond That Brig Gon. Itufus King be and he is hereby assigned to tbe command of the First Army Corps of the army of Vir ginia, in place of General Fremont, relieved by order of the President. (Signed) EDWIN M. STANTON Secretary of W ar. (KxtrantM from lute Virginia Papers.) Liberal Offor of a Marylander. "cfirnsTiTiTTB Any one want'ng a dis charged Mary Undo r as a substitute to go in.. to a cavalry company, and, willing to pay $700, may bo accommodated, if an early ap plication ba male to GEORGE BAGLY, Sheckoo Place." DESKIITERS VnCM THE E1G-TEENTH VIROIXIA REGIMENT. Colonel II. E. Withers. of tho Fighteentb Rebel) Virginia Infantry, advertises heavy rewards for tbe arrest of not loss than forty- lour deserters from his regiment, all having deserted withii a recent period. Their full names are given in tbe notice, A SUBSTITUTE OFFERED. ".A foreigner who has his exemption pa pers frcm his Consul, desires to sutslituto or the war for oight bumlnd dollars. Ad: drcbs Ciis'rat tho Dispatch office. 07" On Tuetd;y, ilie 3J inst.: a mirage uch as is seldom seen anywhere but on Lakj Supuior, appeared on the Lake. Grand Island, forty miles from Marquette, was easily discoroable, and a steamer appeared in sight beyond the Island some five hours before she reached the dock, This was not all, for the Canadian shore beyond Whitefish Point, one hundred and twenty-fivo or thirty miles distant, loomed up in full view on tbe horzin. On the Thursday following, a vessel, with all sails spread, could be seen at interva's, on tbe distant horizon, She was crossing the bay, and would disappear from sight entirely for a few moments and then come into full sight again. .Another remarkable feature ol the phenomena was, that she ihot ahead fast' er than any steamboat. A Yankee Trick inFranoe. A novol wty of smuggling is reported in tha French papers. A watchmaker of Allen con having lately offered some Swiss watches exceedingly low prices was asked how be could afford to sell them so cheap. ':Oh that Is simple enough, he replied," "I bought them of a wild boast showman who bad just oo mo irom Switzerland." ueiore teaviog Geneva he bought a quantity of watches which he concealed under the litter of hi8 lion's cage. It is hardly necessary to men. tion that tbe CustomHou8e officers at the frontier did not venture to search there (or contraband goods. New York Evening Poal A Ubw i'lNVBNTios." The following ad vertisement appears ia the Sandusky Regis ter "Ho! for Johnson's Inland Wanted im mediately, 12 or 15 men to chop 2,000 corda of wood, thinning out and underbrusbing the woods on tbe Island . Will pay 5 shillings per cord, and furnish gootl board and martial muBt at $2 per week." That's rich: chopping wood to 'martial music" Wt'lf bet our old shoes; with a pair of dirty stockings thrown in, that tbe "con tractor" is a Yankee. Ha undoubtedly read of the inspiriting effects of martial musio up on the weary soldier on the march, and In tends to try its effects on the weary wood chopper. We are certainly a progressiva peo ple lO. S. Journal. 03The despatches regarding the battle near Charleston show that it was a federal repulse, as the first reports by way of rebel papers represented, 'ihere Booms to nave been a collision of orders, and Gen. Benham it reported te be under arrest. Com. Dupont want to take Charleston with gunboats, Duties of Commissary Geo oral of Frisonora. According to a general order, tha supervision! of prisoners of war, sent by tba gener. als commanding In tbe field to post or camps prepared for their reception, is placod entire ly under Colonel William Hoffman, Third infantry, commissary general of prisoners, who is subject only to tbe orders of the War Department. All matters in relation to pria. oners, will pa.s through him. He will estab lish regulations for issuing olothing to prison, oners, and will direct the manner in which all lunds arising from the saving of ration8 at prison hospitals or otherwise, shall be ac counted for and disbursed by tha regular disbursing officers of tbe dopots in providing under existing regulations, such articles as may be absolutely necessary for tht welfare of the prisoners. . He will select positions for camps for prisoners, or prisoners' camps, and will cause plnns and estimates for neccssar ' buildings to be prepared and submitted to the quartermaster general, upon whose ap" proval tbry will bo erected by officers of the quartermaster's department. lie will if prao tioib'e i it te sovoial prijJD cimpi oaoj a month. Loyal citizens who may be found among the priEcners of war, confined on false accu. so lions, or through mistake, may lay their cases before tbe commiisary general of priss oners, who will submit them to tho adjutan1 genoral. The commissary genoral is author ized to grant paroles to prisoners on recom mendation ol the medical officers attending the prisoner in cases of extreme iPness; bu1 under ro other circumstances. A New Armor for Snips of War. A lettor from Toulon dated Saturday last statos that while tbe scientific, military and naval world are busy in the search of some means to render ships invulnerable, a manu facturer has it issiid discovered a systom whxh overthrows completoly all the ideas hitherto expressed on tbo subject, According to this inventor, all iron plates ought to be aban doneJ, and existing wooden ships of war may bo rendered serviceable. Ia place of over 'oading ships with heavy iron armor, the ne' process consists in covering '.ho outsides o' ships with a thick coat of an electromagnetic composition, which tbo invontor cills a 1 ro. pe'ling force," onacoru t of the property it possesses of deadening and paralyzing the shock otany projootile. 1 m mi i Snow in Juue Yesterday alteerncon it commenced snow ng in this city, says the Chicago Post of tho 18th, tcebly it is truo, but nevertheless real ly snowing. It was coM enough all day for overcoats and furs out dooi s, and the coa1 tires within, but the snow, though no novelty in Chicago wbon in season, was considering the time of the year when according to al standard alisnnacj, this should bo noar mid- Bummer, a novelty and curio ity. it continued extremely cold up to a luto hour las1 night. Wuo ahe Soldiers' Hbirs? Tb's question is frequently asked, and tbe following anew r wbich we find in an exchange, is Worth just as uch to those interested in i as though tbey pail a lawyer five dollars for it: Pensions are granted by tbe United State8 Government, and the sum awarded is paid to the heirs of tho deceased. If tbe pensioner was married tbe wife reoeives the money If no w fe is living, then the children. If the deceased soldier was not married; the parents receive the pension, which ceases with the life of the pireuts. If tbe nearest living relatives are brothers or sisters, dependent upon the soldier for support, the pension will be awardod to them. King Cottcn. Tho Nashville Union says: 'iTbe rebels crowned Cotton King some years ago, but the loyalists took it into their hsada that they would have a coronation o their own, as the old despot grew too exact ing. So they pummellod at Beaufort unit 1 he was a chinj. they bombarded bim at Fort Donelson until he was qan-king, they ton ifled the old lyrant at New Orleans anj Momphis so badly that he is sha king and brea iiry. ills throne is now on nrs, ana we suppose that bo will die Em 'king and crua king. OSrA Federal prisoner at Macoa Ga. writes from that place under dati 2 ult. as follows: The Confederate SUtea have 18,000,000 worth of army stores here, and in my opin ion, they manu'acture cannon and small arm8 here in considerable quantities, as there are, extensive machine sbopsand iron works here- Tbiy even have a steel pen manufactory here and I am now writing with one ol them the best tleel pen I ever handled. New York, J one 27.- It is reported tha the President bu accepted Gjn. Shield' rest ignation. It is rumored that Gjn Hunter ordered tbe negro brigade to James Island, but sever. 1 officers refused to accompany the contra bands, and tbe prrjeot was abandoned. Two Surgeons were teat home in tbo E;io" son by Hunter for refusing to act as Brigade Surgeons to the Negro regiments. 03-Tbe following paragraph is from the Nashville (Tennessee) Unicn net from a Massachusetts paper: 'Tho rebels, who wore the prime movers it the rebellion, tre tht loudest to oomplain that rlavery is being irjured by tht war-Keep your flngert from under tbt trip-ham mar, then. Tha Federal army have so lima to catch a rebel's negroes, and ought not, ii It had time." Liverpool as a Blavo X radm Port. The Liverpool Meicury. in a article wlricb we CJDT in ano'hor mlnmn the Sritish government th it the t'avt tra- aert wno nave been expelled from this city find refuge in Liverpool, and boldly pros, aecute 'heir atrooious traffic under tbe shadow of the British flag. Tbe business it rewdly done. Secret agentt in New York fit out a vesso' here with a legitimate cargo for Li vo. pool, the cargo was discharged it that port, and -then the rest is laid up for a week, while preparations are made for the voyage to Africa.' Ostenfibly the ship is up for the East Indies, tut it it known that her real det--tination is the slave-market. The old crew ' is got rid of by harsh treatment on the out ward voyage, and a motley collection of foreigners is shipped to take its place. According to thliaocount the slave-trr ders have actually established their bead-quarters in Liverpool, and tbe authorities find it difficult to trace their operations, to scciet and sure are thev. Tba Kinrlnnr! journals which have reviled Nee York aa me centre oi ids African slave-trade unhappily with more justice than falsehood will now see the difficulties under which tbe Federal officials here have labored. The sin lies at the door of the British gov-ernment if slavers fit out at T.ivernml it. cent convictions here have altered the po sition or we w x ora and cbaned thevenue--N. Y. Post. A Heavy Amount of Stolen Gov:rn- mont Property Pound. Washington, June 25. An immenatf amount of goods belonging to the Ssventy third and Twenty-seventh New York and a Pennsylvania regimont. were recoveroJ by the Pr vosl Guard, this goods consisted of two or thro o buadred ' uuAta ui cjpnngueiu r.n -s oi tno latest pat, tt-rn.Sharpe's r fl js, muskets, pistols, blan. kefs, knapsacks, haversacks, and an im-men e quantity of other articles. They were found stowed away in tbe building known as the Gymnasium Restaurant, iu Market Space, and a bu Iding on N inth street, in the same vicinity. The clothing recovered is in the am condition as it was whrn it was taken from the Commissaries' Dopar niunt. The whole amount of goods recovered i estimated at forty or fifty th.ousand dollum, and by tome at a much higher figure. The goods are suppo-ed to hivs been orifini .lly furnished to BkukeiVDlvisiou, but kow tbey were stolen in such large quantities is one of the mysteries w. iob has not yet been unveiled by the military au horities having t" e matter in charge. It appears that the goods were haulod to the latter place, some time ago. by the wagon-load, in open daylight, without exciting suspicion, persona supposing that it was a Government warehouse. Some of the goods were tnken away by thewheelbarrow-load, at night, but what disposition was made of them is not known. A most rigid investigation will be made into the whole affiir. Wouldn't Take It. A rather que sort of a genius.engaged n the building and repairing of Cover ment telegraph wires, was taken prisoner by a cuerrilla Dartv. not nntr inn. in the moutains of this State. Ho was told by bis captors that if he would swear to support the Goverment of the ConfecU erate States, they would release bm. The telegraph chap replied that he bad lived a pret'y hard life for about fifty years, and had used a great many oaths, bat h d never been able to fcupporl his own family, and he didn't think that a tingle oath would enablo him ti support the Southern Confederacy. Ho was released, and is now eugnged in his old occupation in h'cll ho hm enAercA cffii-.i'nt avrtrira- Wheeling Intelligencer. A Victory Every Sixty-six Houre. The Lrndon Saturday Review begins an article in its last number on American af. fa'rs bv the assertion that "wW th Vo " era's most nee I now iB a victory," either ujr ee or mnu. uonsulering that tbe Rs view h-d just heard of the capture of New Orleans and bad scarcely got over tbe shock i' suffered on hearing of the fall of I' aid NimberTen and the retreat from Yoiktown, this seems, to say the least, peculiar view of American affair. It will please the Satnnliv Rnviow n,t all who cump'ain that otr armies are idle. . .1 .1 r .a ..... auu urge tnai mereiore the k Dels should be recognized, to loom ihnt ci Vina thA fttaaf of February, and up to the capture of Mem- ntlit- ttin llnlnn 1 .) 1. j....- , .uv wmyu ailUllV I1BVO gHIIJ U Uliy- three victories over the Rebels. The storm ing of the enemy's works on the white river makes the fiftv. fourth. Thii ii at thft ruin of one victory in every sixty six boun for n ! .1 . . utnij iiur moniiis past. XiTAbout two weeks since, at the .11 Batullion of ihe fith O. V. C. Were out on an conn'' istne,ibout tl ir j mUt front Corinth, thy suddenly came upon a small party of Rebel oQicers, which lli -y captured.Anions the number wna Col. Jamea- Retus. an uncle of Georre W. Dimio. of this city, an officer in the ba'tallion. Tbey immediately reconnect , each other, and quickly diemoun ing, gave such ex pressions of devotion to each other as to thrill even the hardest heart. But ia a moment they separated, one to sro in pur suit of more prioners, the other to go aa a prisoner to rcrt Warren, where Ool. Dimmick, another ancle of Mr. Dimmiok. hat command. This is one of tbe many sadlv itrango incidents of tbit fratricidal w r. JEyTbe Treasury Department it recalling and buying tbe f rtt iatue Demand Notes at tha rate of half a million nor !ay. Four million of dollar worth have been de ttroyed. 'Tha whole ieane frss f 60,000, 000.