The Sun. — London, England, 1864-08-11 00:00:00

AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday, 'I le North German Lloyd screw steamship An 'erica, Cap tain H. Wessels, from New York on the 30th inst., arrived off Cowes at 1 p.m. to-day, anf 3 went on to Bremen after transhipping mails, &Q., for this port. She brings 22 passengers for Southampton and Havre, and 7 , 1 for Bremen ; 50,000 dols. for England, 6,150 for Bremen, and 2,000 tons of cargo. Southerly winds and cloudy woather have prevailed throughout the voyage. On 30th ult. the America spoke the English ship Garibaldi in New York Bay; on the 3d of August, in lat. 44 58 N., long. 51 40 W., th© ship Flora 3l'Donald ; and in Ist. 45 8 N., long. 51 5 W., the schooner England's Rose. The Cincinatti Gazette publishes the subjoined account of the great battle in front of Atlanta on the 22d ult. from the pen of a young officer in General Hooker's corps : "4+ miles north of Atlanta, Georgia, July 21 " Oa yesterday occurred one of the most san guinary and brilliant conflicts which have bef a ll en this army upon the so il o f Georgia. I shall endeae your to write an account of that portion of it en gaged in by the first i ay notdvision b ofe ae tulane2eeo unacceptabl e a bcorps, and I trust the same may Tour readers. On the 19th inst. the army of the C%umberland arrived in position south of the Chatta hoochee and north of Atlanta. The 14th corps oc cupied the right wing, the 4th the left, and the 20th the centre. The line extended along the north bank of Peachtree-creek, and in a direction per pendicular to the line of rebel works bordering the Chattahoochee. The position thus adopted compelled the enemy to change his front and assum e a new line of defence. In the mean time the armies of the Tennessee and the Ohio were expected to shortly sever the Georgia Railroad near Stone Mountain, and to, march towards Atlanta in a direction threatening the right flank and rear of the rebel army. On the 20th inst. a general advance in the direction of Atlanta was begun. By 10 o'clock a.m. the 20th corps had arrived in position on the heights skirting Peach tree creek on its south bank. The Ist division joined the 14th corps on the right, the 2d division held the centre, and the 3d joined Newton's division of the 4th corps on the extreme left. A heavy picket was thrown out, and was considered a suffi cient precaution against any hostile demonstration of the enemy, since nothing was thought of but an advance against his position. The troops were per. mitted to rest quietly in the shade, and were not troubled with building the usual breastworks deemed necessary at each change of the line of battle. Temporary barricades of rails were thought a sufficient strengthening of the line for all necess sary purposes. Thus the day wore away until two o'clock p.m. Comparatively little firing had fol lowed the movements of the troops—just enough to reveal the presence and position of the enemy. The developments anxiously hoped for in the movements of M'Pherson and Scholefield seemed to be awaited as the signal for active demonstrations by the army ef the Cumberland. But the enemy, appreciating the desperate condition to which he was being rapidly brought, bethought himself to make one bold, dashing, determined effort to thwart our de signs. Accordingly, early in the afternoon a fierce, rapid fire broke out along our picket lines, which quickly grew into a volleying roll of musketry in front of Ward's and Geary's divisions. The storm coon extended along the line towards the right, where Williams's division lay grouped along the en of a rather high and densely-wooded bill. Be tween Williams's and Geary divisions lay a deep hollow, down which, washed by the timber, the enemy was now advancing in heavy masses, Gen. Williams, with that sudden inspiration which cha racterises true military genius, saw at a glance the arrangement of his troops which, according to the nature of the ground and the unexpected exi gencies of, the movement, was best adapted to meet this unlooked-for demonstration of the enemy. He hurried his brigades into position on the double quick, and though they moved with alt possible celerity, was unable to get them in their proper places before they received a terrific fire from the enemy. Robinson's brigade hastened 'along the crest of the hill, then, facing by the left marched down the slope to receive the swarming masses of the over-confident and defiant foe, The fire of the enemy was so murderous, and his advance so impetuous, that it seemed for a time as if Robin son's lice must surely yield, it was an awful mo ment. The combatants were mingled with each other, and fighting hand-to-hand. The safety of the corps, and indeed the entire army, seemed to depend upon the courage and determination of these devoted men. Should they give way the enemy would get possession of the hill, command the rear, break the centre, capture hundreds of prisoners, all our artil lery, and drive the remnant of our troops back to the creek, and perhaps to the Chattahochee. But not one inch would those intrepid veterans yield. Though their ranks were fearfully thinned, and the tangled forest became strewn with bleeding forms as with autumn leaves, yet they determinedly main tained their position and compelled the enemy to withdraw, leaving his dead and wounded mingled with the brave heroes who had fought and fallen beneath the starry folds of the flag of the Union, While Robinson's brigade was thus contending against fearful odds, Knipe's (First) brigade had formed a line of battle stretching along the crest of the hill, in continuation of Robinson's line, and forming connection with the 14th corps. Knipe had no sooner got into position than the enemy poured down upon him in an onslaught no less fierce and desperate than that made against Robinson. The awful picture of the battle as it raged at this moment no pencil can paint, no pen describe. The noonday air became dark and heavy with the pearder smoke, which hung like a gloomy canopy over the pale bloody corpses of the slain. Wounded men were borne to the rear by scores, the blood streaming from their lacerated flesh, and presenting a sight which at any other time would sicken the heart with horror. Each instant some patriotic heart, some noble form, the treasure and the light of some distant household, fell prone upon the earth, and added a new martyr to freedom, a new victim to the causeless crime of Southern traitors. The rattling roll of the musketry sounded like the con tinuo's roar of a cataract, and was joined by the thunderous chime of the deep throatedcannon, which spouted unceasing volumes of flame and iron into the faces of the foe. But, amid all this carnage and confusion, Williams's veteran heroes wavered not and the red star (the badge of the Ist division 20th corps) of the Ist division never gleamed more valiantly than it did is the hour of that dreadful conflict. Too much cannot be said in praise of men who would thus so nobly do and dare for the cause of country, God, and truth. The enemy, finding it impossible to break the line or drive it from the hills, suddenly withdrew a short distance into the woods, but the fight did not end here. Ever and anon the rebels would surge forward again to the charge, a s if goaded by some spirit of madness, or fired by a desperate resolution which would not listen to the failure. The sanguinary recklessness of Chicka mauga was repeatei, but with different results. Every effort of the enemy was foiled, every attack repulsed. Evening came on apace, and the battle subsided into the irregular firing of the pickets. The last beams of the declining sun, thoegh they gleamed on a sad and revolting spectacle, y e t seemed to set the bloody field ag a lmost un eart h ly light of 1 low with the corn e P d .. e t glorious victory, Th us term i a t thee triumph an d 4 i fifth battlee e h which the Ist divisio n has participated dnrines 4:`chi:;campaign. In each previous instance, :24 t the enemy lasi,' no ease has been th oroughly beaten, an d i n has he gained the slightest advantage of Gen. \Va. ii, ms ' s veterans. Twice at BeMICCA, once at Dallas. once at Kenesaw, and, finally, once at least in e great struggle before Atlanta, the enemy h ue b een compelled to eat the bitter fruit of defeat and disas ter by this splendid division.. Yet comparatively little has been said of its exploits in the Publi c Prints, and the credit of much that it has done h as been unfairly awarded to other commands. Its i n _ trepid and skilful leader, who has the most nnli tni:Tel. confidence of hie eutiee ceenmend, eeetns to The following accounts of the battle, including Gen. Hood's official despatch, are from the Rich. mond .Enquirer of the 25th:— " The glorious news from Northern Georgia ab. sorbed the public attention on Saturday and yes. terday. The city was lively with delightful ex. citement, and even the grim savans, who affect to see an almost interminable war, grew buoyant with hope. The fate of Sherman, and its bearing upon the result of the general campaign and the war, was liberally discussed, and it was generally ac. cepted that, should the effect of Hood's initiatory engagements be sustained and culminate in a de. eisive victory, no fears, not even doubts, need be entertained as to the result of the campaign in Vir ginia. Grant having expended the force of num. bers at his command in vain, strategic force may then be employed by him to about the same pur pose. The following is the official despatch of Gen. Hood : " Atlanta, July 22, 10.30 p.m. " ' The enemy shifted its position fronting on Peachtree Creek last night, and Stewart's and Cheatham's corps formed line of battle around the city. Hardee's corps made a night march and at tacked the enemy's extreme left today at 1 o'clock, and drove him from his works, capturing 16 pieces of artillery and five stands of colours. Cheatham attacked the enemy at 4 p.m. with a portion of his command, and drove the enemy, capturing six pieces of artillery. During the engagement we captured about 2,000 prisoners. Wheeler's cavalry routed the enemy in the neighbourhood of Decatur, cap. turing his camps. Oar loss is not fully ascertained. Major• General Walker killed ; Brigadier-Generals Smith, Gist, and Mercer wounded. Prisoners re port M'Pherson killed. Our troops fought with great gallantry. "' J. B. HOOD, General. " ' Hon. Secretary of War.' " THE PRESS DESPATCHES. "Atlanta, July 22. " About 2 o'clock this afternoon the enemy at tacked,our left under Gen. Stewart with great vigour. They were received with a galling fire from both artillery and infantry, which caused them to falter when the order was given to charge. Among their killed is General M'l'herson, who was shot through the heart; Brigadier-General Giles A. Smith and (the Yankee) General Hood; General Graham lost a leg. Our troops left their breastworks and charged with great rapidity, driving the enemy from two lines of intrenchments and inflicting great slaughter, capturing a large number of pri soners and 22 pieces of artillery. Gen. Hardee, having passed round the enemy's flank, is now in their rear, doing great execution. The fighting still continues." " July 23. "General Wheeler last evening attacked the enemy's left, in the neighbourhood of Ihcatur, and drove them back, capturing 500 waggons with supplies, and a large number of prisoners. He is still pursuing. There was very little fighting after dark yesterday. 2,000 prisoners, including 75 commissioned officers, 25 pieces of artillery, and seven stands of colours have been brought in. The losses on either side are not yet known. Ours was seve7e in officers. Comparative quiet reigns this morning. There is some little skirmishing on our left." Despatches from Washington, of the 20th tilt. say;-- "The latest official despatches from Gen. Sher man's arm; state that Le is steadily drawing his lines closer around Atlanta. He has as yet re ceived no tidings of the cavalry force sent out to cut the Macon and Columbus Railroad, which is the only means of escape to the rebel army from Atlanta. A despatch received here states that Gen. Hood has made efforts to renew the assault upon General Sherman's lines since the battle on Friday last. They were, however, feeble efforts and easily and promptly repelled, with an aggre gate loss to Sherman of only about 100 men." Latest accounts from General Grant's army are as follow : "Bermuda Hundred, July 27, via Fortress Montroe, July 28. " An important movement is in progress from this point. This morning, while our troops were cross• ing the James River to its north aide on two pontoon bridges, a rebe' force came down and attacked our men on the banks before they had time to organise. A spirited engagement took place, and the rebels were finally driven back to their intrenc'atnents. Our forces conti nue d t o arrive, and organ i sed and attacked the rebels, carrying their position and capturing four guns. These guns were marked, Captured from the Yankees at Drury's Bluff.' We also captured many prisoners. The rebels were finally driven from their position into the woods, and far beyond them, where skirmishing still con tinued, when our informant left. The gunboats were on hand and rendered valuable assistance in covering the landing of our troops. The guns cap tured are no doubt the same that were captured from Captain Bilger's battery by the rebels on the 17th of May. These guns are now at City Point." " Washington, Friday, July 20. "A letter from the army of the Potomac, dated July 28, says : " Toe arrival of some troops in the vicinity of Bermuda Hundred a day or two ago attracted the attention of th e enemy, and caused them to believe an advance on Richmond, by the way of Malvern Hill, was intended. A force, consisting of her shaw's division of Longstreet's corps, and Wilcox's division of Hill's corps, was immediately withdrawn from the vicinity of Petersburg, and sent down to check the movement. To counteract this manoeuvre of the enemy the 2d Corps was detached and sent across the James River, and at halfapast 6 o'clock yesterday morning our advance met the rebel skir mishers in an o p en f i eld opposite Jones Neck, with a battery in position at the edge of the woods, on the further side of the field. A long line of skirmishers was at once thrown out, who soon drove the rebels to their breast works, where they were kept hotly engaged, while a brigade of the Ist Division moved around on the left of the enemy's line, and getting on their flank, charged and drove them from their guns into the woods, capturing 50 or 60 prisoners, four guns aead a quantity of small arms. The enemy fell bazk on their reinforcements, who occupied strong works built there two years ago, and our troops followed, taking up positions on their front m e d flanks, and before this reaches you the entire force may be captured or eouted. The guns token were four 24-pounder Parrotts, marked May 29, 1864, near Richmond —the same which were cap tured from the Bth Corps at Drury'e Bluff May. Our less was o n ly a b ou t half-a-donen wounded, none seriously. General Grant rode to the front in tLe afternoon, in company with General Hancock, and viewed the position the enemy were in, He seemed well pleased with the morning operations. General Foster's command had quite a lively time with the enemy yesterday at this place, but his force being weak he fell back half a mile to a stronger position, which he held until the arrival of the 2d Corps. He lost 40 or 50 wounded during the dey. An attack was eypected no W arren's f ront yesterday but it was not made. Picket and artillery firing is in- have been also overlooked, both by the public and the Government, and those cheap rewards so justly due to long and faithful services seem to have been withheld from him to be bestowed upon others who were less of soldiers and more of politicians. It is well that the Republic can yet boast of men to whom the voice of duty speaks more potently than the in sinuations of public ingratitude and personal injus tice. History will for ever honour the men who have done the real work of this war; while she w ill utterly ignore the political scramblers who by wire working have obtained lofty promotion, and on very small capital have managed to obtain a sort of fire fly reputation. In the repulse of yesterday the enemy received a damaging blow, from which he cannot fully re:..over. It is almost to be hoped that he will continue to spend his strength in such crazy attempts to destroy this army. By no other means can he more su re l y b r i ng himself to that just retri• bution which is the proper reward of his crime against his country and the civilisation of the age. Let the rebel legions continue to precipitate them selves against the iron lines that press them towards the gulf ; it may ultimately give relief to their in sane hate, and bring them, by the dreadful argu ment of blood, to the conviction that they are wrong and we are right." TILE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 11, 1864. dulged in to the usual extent, and was sharper than usual in front of the 18th Carps." " City Point, Virginia, Thursday, July 28, via Washington, Friday, July 29. " All last night and this morning (Thursday) there has been very heavy firing on the other side of the Appomattox. There is a rumour is circula tion here that one of the rebel rams has sunk one of our gunboats, and that the rams contemplate an ex cursion to this place. If they do they will meet with a warm reception. Two of our monitors have gone up the river." Respecting the second Confederate raid in the Shenandoah Valley the New Fork limes says:— " Nothwithstanding the exciting rumours which still prevail in regard to the movements of the rebels on the Upper Potomac, it appears to be tolerably certain that the second movement up the Shenan doah Valley was solely for the purpose of driving back the Union forces, in order to secure for the raiders the unmolested occupation of the valley while they gathered in the rich harvest. Well-in formed persons affirm that there is, to-day, in the Shenandoah Valley breadstuffs enough to feed the whole of Lee's army for a twelvemonth; and it is obvious that a rebel force of 20,000 men could not be more advantageously employed than in gather ing, for the famishing armies in Richmond, the precious staff of life, especially as the railroad com munications of the rebel capital with the grain die. tricts of the Confederacy have been severed, or are procariously held. It is not unlikely, however, that the rebels may send cavalry parties across the river in order to distract attention from their agricultural operations in the valley. We have but little tele. graphic news from the reported new rebel raid into Maryland, for th© reason that it is peremptorily withheld by the military authorities." " Washington, Wednesday, July 27, p.m. "A gentleman who has just arrived here informs us that Harper's Ferry has been evacuated by our forces, and the rebels have their line of skirmishers out about four miles distant from that place. He cannot give me an estimate, but states that they are in large force. H© also informs me that there was more or less fighting on Sunday between Martins burgh and Williamsport, and that our forces fell back sullenly and resolutely. Passengers from Western Maryland who came down this morning report that heavy filing was heard on Monday in the direction of Martinsburgb, and yesterday firing was heard from up the river, apparently in the di rection of Williamsport." " Baltimore, Wednesday, July 27. " The American, of this morning, has the follow ing:--f There is no confirmation of the report that the rebels have re-entered Maryland by way of Shepardstown and Sharpsburgh. It is hardly pos sible that General Early will poke his nose far in this direction as ho must be aware that in doing so be will speedily encounter• some very different fight ing material from the tired and broken down columns of General Hunter. Harper's Ferry is still in our possession. There has been no attack upon that point as yet, and the rebels are believed not to have entered Maryland. A scout, who left Martins• burg at 7 o'clock last night, and crossing at Shep ardstown arrived here this morning, reports heavy skirmishing at Martinsburg, between Gen. Crook's forces and the rebels under Breckinridge on Mon day, up to 5 p.m. Our forces fell back to this side of the Potomac, from Martinsburg to William's port—but the rebels evinced no intention of crossing and refugees from Washington and other western counties were returning to their homes. It was generally supposed that the object of the rebels was to keep our forces out of the valley while they gathered in the harvest. Later reports assert that we have reoccupied Martinsburg. General Wallace has issued orders for the immediate enrolling of all the ablebodied coloured men in this city, directing that they be forthwith organised in companies and regiments and armed and equipped. They are to be drilled and furnished with arms. The officers axe to ba appointed by the mayor, and the force w;' „... constitute a part of the military defence of the city. The order warns disloyal masters and employers not to interfere with these orders. The Leagues are also engaged in perfecting their military organ isation. The order restricting the press here from publishing anything relative to rebel movements is still in force, much to the perplexity of the editors, who do not appreciate the wisdom (?) of the order. The statement in the special despatch to the Bulletin that Harper's Ferry has been evacuated is undoubtedly incorrect, as the telegraph to that point is still working. The reported occupation of Mar tinsburg is generally credited.'” " Baltimore, Friday, July 29. "We have nothing later that is authentic from the Upper Potomac. One thing is certain, and that is that the rebels have not crossed the Potomac, but had, at last advices, disappeared from the line of the river. Oar forces are understood to be vigor ously pushing the rebels south of the Potomac. General Wallace has informed the editors of news- papers in this city that information was received last night which renders it unnecessary to continue any longer the restrictions upon the publication of news, as heretofore ordered, except so far as it relates to the movements of troops in this depart ment." " Philadelphia, Friday, July 29. "The Bulletin has the following special de spatches " Baltimore, Thursday, July 28, 11 p.m. " Martinsburg is supposed to have been evacu ated by the rebels to-day. General Hunter sti commands the department of Virginia, and General Crook the troops in the field. The rebels are be lieved to be falling back, preparatory to an advance in another direction. Our forces aro moving in pursuit.' " He rrisburg, Pennsylvania, Friday, July 29. " The rebels have now posse ss i on o f some of the fords on the Potomac. They have crossed and re crossed at Falling Waters, and have again crossed, or were crossing, yesterday and last evening. They were in force, and aro said to be at least 4,000 strong. At Hancock they were also crossing, and fears are expressed that they may get to Bedfard Springs, where Governor Curtin now is." "Philadelphia, Friday, July 29- " The Bull e t tit h as rece i ve d th o f ollowing s pecial despatch from Lancaster : " Official reports state the rebels are crossing the river at Williamsport, Maryland, and the telegraph operators at Hagerstown have left.'" "The special despatch from Lancaster, announc ing that the rebels were crossing the Potomac at I Villiamsport, is without foundation in fact." " Baltimore, Friday, July 29, 10 40 p.m. " The American s special, dated Harper's Ferry, says:— " There is an invasion going forward here, but it Is not an invasion of Maryland, Harper's Ferry is once again, in its varied experience during this war, the scene of active military operations. Thus much I may say without imparting any informa tion to the enemy, for by the time this goes into print they will well know that before Maryland can be invaded again, the question to be decided is who shall be master in the valley of the Shenandoah. Without touching on contraband news by any reference to the troops which on our side are to be employed in settling this problem) their numbers, commanders, B:e., I may say that the military authorities have pushed forward their counter-movements against the schemes of the rebels with an unusual degree of vigour, sagacity, and secrecy. If the rebel force lingers anywhere near Winche s t er , a b att l e i s among th e probabili ties within the next days. If fought at all, it will be fought under circumstances that ought to, and I believe will, g i ve us success. It will sot be a fight in which a portion of our forcee are exposed to th ° whole rebel strength. There will bo no whipping us this time by detail. We shall not be obliged to fight egeiest superior numbers of the enemy, and also bad management on our part. If we are whipped, the rebels will have to show a larger force in the Shenandoah valley than has yet been developed, except by rumour, and they wiil also have to fight for what they get. It is doubtful whether any serious engagement wilt occur, unless, indeed, our move m b,els by surpnts have been sufficiently ra pid t o ta k e t h e re rise. We havf had abundant experience of the nnfruitfulnese of a cha:e of the en em y u p th e valley when they find it expedient to avoid giving battle. There is a race for Staunton or some of the gaps, in which the rebels have the advantage both of start and distance, and as they generally lead us, so lam inclined to believe it will be this time. There is one other point to be taken into consideration, and upon it may depend the whole question. The enemy may be sufficiently in need of the crops of the valley to make it an imperative necessity that they should fight for them. It is undoubtedly the fact that these crops have furnished to a very consider able extent the substance for the army at Richmond. The question as to who is the master in the valley is once more to be tested. There is nothing important from up the river. The rebels withdrew their pickets opposite Williamsport on Wednesday night, and yes terday Gen. Kelly reoccupied Martinsburg. Tele graphia communication with that point has not been re-established, nor has any train yet returned up, as the condition of the road and bridge at Opequon Creek is not known. The bridge over Back Creek, beyond Martinsburg, is reported to have been de stroyed. The train crossed the bridge into Har per's Ferry to-day for the first time since the last rebel occupation. Harper's Ferry has been burnt over again, this being the fourth or fifth time since the war began. None of the private buildings of the town have been injured. The general belief of officers engaged in the recent fight is that Colonel Mulligan was killed. He is known to have been very severely wounded, and was left on the field. An effort is in progress to learn his fate anti obtain his remains, if he is dead." The New Orleans Picayune publishes General Forrest's address to his command : "Head-quarters, Forrest's Cavalry, Tupelo, Mississippi, June 28. " Soldiers,—After along and laborious campaign the Majors General commanding deems it an appro priate occasion to address you a few words of re capitulation, acknowledgment, and congratulation. About the 15th of February last the campaign which so gloriously terminated at Tishemingo Creek was inaugurated. Majors General Sherman, with a large and well-appointed army, undertook to penetrate the central counties of Alabama and Mississippi. His object was avowedly to capture Selma and Mobile, and to desolate that productive region of country, from which the granaries of a large section of the Confederacy were supplied. Generals Smith and Grierson had their duty assigned them, and were to act a conspicuous part in the work of spolia tion and piracy. With a large cooperating cavalry force, thoroughly armed and equipped, they were to descend through Northern Mississippi, carrying fire and sword with them. On they came, like a blighting sirocco. At West Point you met them. There you threw yourselves across the rich prairies, a living bulwark to stay the desolating tide. Compared with the enemy you are but few in numbers, but every man became a hero, for all seemed impressed with the importance of the momentous struggle. You proved yourselves equal to the expectations of the country. You met the proud and exultant enemy. The result is known to the world ; you drove him howling back in igno• miny and shame, broken and demoralised. Sher man's campaign was thus brought to an abrupt conclusion, and Mississippi and Alabama were saved. The victory was a glorious one, and with heartfelt pride the general commanding acknow ledges your unexampled gallantry. This great work was accomplished by Col. Ball's brigade, commanded by Col. Bartean, CoaM'Culloch's, and Col. Forrest's brigades. But great as was this victory, it was not without alloy. The laurel is closely entwined with the cypress, and the lustre of a brilliant triumph is darkened by the blood with which it was purchased. It was here that Col. Barksdale gave up his life, a willing sacrifice upon the altar of his country. He fell in front of the battle, gallantly discharging his duty. He sleeps, but his name is imperishable. Here, too, fell the noble brother of the general com manding—Col. Jeffrey E. Forrest. Ho was a brave and chivalrous spirit, ever foremost in the right. He fell in the flower of his youth and usefulness. But his dying gaze was proudly turned upon the victo rious field which his own valour had aided in win, ning. Peace to the ashes of these gallant young heroes. Gen. Grierson, not satisfied with this test of your prowess, united with Gen. Sturgis, at the head of ono of the best appointed forces ever equipped by the Yankee nation—complete in in fantry, cavalry, artillery, and supply trains. They came forth with threats of vengeance towards you and your commander for the bloody victory at Fort Pillow—made a massacre only by dastardly Yankee reporters. Again you respond bravely to your gene ral's call. You met the enemy and defeated him. Victory was never more glorious, disaster never more crushing and signal. From a proud and de fiant foe en route to the heart of your country, with declarations, both by negro and white troops, of 'Na quarter to Forrest and his men,' he became an enemy beaten, defeated, routed, and destroyed. You drove the boasted minions of despotism in confused flight from the battlefield. 17 guns, 250 waggons, 3,ooostaud of arms, 2,000 prisoners, and killed and wounded 2,000 more, are the proud trophies which adorn your triumphant banners. The remainder are still wandering in the bushes and bottoms, for ever lost to the enemy. There was not over 3,00 of you that achieved this victory over 10,000 of the enemy. Had you never before raised an army in your country's ca use , this terrible over throw of her brutal foe wo u ld en ti t l e y ou to her deepest gratitude. Agai n , your genera l ex p re sses his pride and admiration of your gallantry and won derful achievmente. You stand before the world an unconquerable band of heroes. Whether dis mounted, and fighting shoulder to shoulder, like infantry veterans, or hurling your irresistible squa drons on the living foe, you evicca the same coura geous_ bravery. Soldiers I amid your rejoicings do not forget the gallant de a d upon t h ese fi e lds of d glory, Many a noble comrade has fallen a costly aacrifiee to his country's independence. The most you can do is to cherish their memory, and strive to make the future as glorious as they have made the past. The smoke of your burning homesteads, the screams of your insulted women, and the cries of starving children, will again nerve your strong arms with strength. Y our f at h ers o f 1776 had much to fight for, but ho w li tt l e an d un important was their cause co mpared with yours . They fought not against annihilation, but simply t o be in dependent o f a f ore i gn, yet const i tut i on al and free, uuvernment. Y ou are strugu li s g against the most odious of all tyranny fo r existence itself, for your agai ns t your own enslavement, and children— property, your h omes, your Wives against emancipaa Aon, confiscation, and subjugation, with all their attendant horrors. In conclusion, your command ing General cougrAtulates you on the brilliant pro spEcts whi c h everywhere perva d e s our cause. The independenc e o f the Confedera t e States is a fired, accomplished, immutable fact. The ray of peace is glimmering lik e b r i ght suns hine around the dark clouds. Be t rue to yourself an d your country a little longer, a n d You w ill soo n be enabled to r e tu r n to your desolat e d homes, there t o collect together once more your sh attered house h o ld gods.—By order of " Major-Gen. N. B. FORREST. " C. W. A n d erson, Acting Adju tant -General." A despat c h from St, L ou is, dated the 28th ult., gives the following art i cu l ar s of the alleged con spiracy for th e creation North-Western Con federacy : " The Demo of a crat publishes a lon g account of the conspiracy f or t h e erect i on of a North - western Con federacy r e p orted a few days since , The organisa tion' Order of A mer i can Kn i g ht s .' enga ge d i u th i s cons piracy is known as the and its real object is to embarrass the Government conduct of the war, and to overthrow the Government, if necessary, for the supremacy of the Order. Its professions and purposes are different in different States, proclaim :i6g a war policy in N3V7 York, Pennsylvania, New The robe I fw, Itatileiesinogrtihelelrmuosnedelwioans, C it is for pe:co, The Order is of Southern origin, j b e e t i::: ".' e rueaucdttehodotrho:tniretEs s.:eurina s States, while in the west ta g hn u o ds l d at e oc n ortni Circle. ds i r a 0 eemn :ander. Vallandigham P b- r r i n c i e g i h s t s s u o p f re t m h e e , of the made supres_vue commander of the S. him and and ioto between the East and the West, the rebel rebellion. Vallandigham's I tt e hi : in d se i s u ic g nh e s Cin :i en r the i a t d s Lfl i eSnwohtauwahstde:PSN'earlriecnc:dnr:tilnivehl principal,, ead s rle o lc o a:: n l:. es after l h t ii i 1 thl some f furthering hi ove I: iti nhi gr in Can 2,1 ; , , , and ' arranged for the establishmot 01 ~. "'he Order throughout the loyal States. The names of all who visited him at the Clifton-house are known to the Government, among whom were William B. Reed, of Philadelphia, Pendleton and Pugh, of Ohio, Kribben, of St. Louis, and Storey and Meyrick, of Chicago, are published. The result of this confer ence was also known to the Government about the Ist of January. Mr Vallandigham issued an address to the lodges in the loyal States, in which he calls upon the members to renew their vows. He says the time is fast approaching which will test their sincerity. He declares that the prosecution of the war is a violation of the rights of the States, and that President Lincoln is a tyrant and usurper. A meeting of the grand commanders of the different States was held in the city of New York, on the 22d day of February, for the purpose of organising an outbreak on the 10th of March, the day fixed for the draught to take place, but no definite plan was agreed upon. The names of these conspirators are also known. The Commanders had a conversation with the Supreme Commander at Windsor, Canada, early in April, for general consultation. Among those in attendance at this conference were the Grand Commander at New York, Charles L. Hunt, of St. Louis, and Lafayette Dealin, of InCtiana. The programme adopted at this meeting was that Mr Vallandigham should represent his dis trict in Ohio in the National Democratic Convention to be held in the city of Chicago. Mr Vallandig ham, in the National Democratic Convention, was to proclaim the doctrines of the Order of the American Knights —namely, pronounce the existing administration of the Government a power usurped which the people had a right to expel by force if necessary, in fact to inaugurate a rebellion in the North, in which he was to be supported by the Order. Each Grand Commander was to have fully armed and equipped a body guard at the National Convention in Chicago for the defence of Mr. Val landigham. This, it was thought, would precipi tate the people of the free States into an armed con flict, which was to be the signal for the Knights of the American Order to unite against the lawful authorities and kill or capture the civil and military authorities. The Knights were then to seize the arsenals, arms, and public property of all kinds, and proclaim the Government overthrown. There is most convincing evidence of the truthfulness of this statement. The reason of Mr. Vallandig ham's sudden return to Ohio was the fear of his being defeated as a delegate to the National Democratic Convention to be held at Chicago, and it was only by his presence in the State that his election as a delegate was secured. The numerical strength of the Knights of the American Order is over half a million ; 150,000 of this number are armed and organised. The Order in Now York is called the M'Clellan Minute Men,' numbering over 200,000 men. The Grand Commander in Missouri is Charles L. Hunt, a nephew of James H. Lucas, and for many year the Belgian Consul. The Deputy Grand Commander in this city is Charles E. Dunn. An officer in St. Louis has a long list of the names of the members of the Order, together with all the information concerning the whole scheme. The whole affair has been thoroughly brought to light, and the proof of it is in the hands of the author ties at 'Washington, and will be given to the public at the proper time." Murder and Suicide, At Reading yesterday morning it was discovered that a young married woman had deliberately drowned her three children in the Thames and then committed sufcido by drowing herself. The deceased woman was named Emma Legge, and she was the wife of James Legge, a journeyman upholsterer, and her three children were—Flora, aged five years; Louis, aged three years; and Napoleon, aged three mouths. On Monday morning, Aug. 1, she, her husband, and children arrived at Reading from Tunbridge Wells by the South-Eastern Railway, and the man took lodgings for them in the Rising Sun publichouse in the Forbury. He seems, however, to have left them there, for ho went away the same evening, and it has been ascertained that ho slept at the Spread Eagle Tavern, in another part of the town. From that time he abandoned his wife and children, she having only a small sum, besides a few articles of furniture, with which to provide the common necessaries of life. After remaining at the Rising Sun a few days she removed to a publichouse in Minster-street, where she remained until Monday in the present week. The furniture she had she disposed of on Monday for about 40s. She then paid or her lodgings and a few small bills she had incurred, leaving her with little more than half-a-crown for future maintenance. On Tuesday evening she took lodgings at the Jack of New bury, Bridge-street, and slept there that night, On Wed nesday morning she rose soon after 6 o'clock, and dressed herself and her children. A little before 7 she went to a Mr Boseley, a furniture dealer, in Horn-street, and hired a perambulator, stating that she wanted to give her children an airing, As the weather was dull and threatening rain, Mr Boseley told her he thought it was too cold to take children out at so early an hour, but as she appeared determined togo he allowed her to take the perambulator, into which she put the children and went away, She was observed to go along Caversham-road, and turn into the yard adjoining the White Hart, Caversharn, towards the towing path of the Thames. There was nothing in her conduct to excite suspicion, as it is rather a favourite place for people to take an airing. Some time aftc: wards the gardener at Mrs Monck's, on the opposite side of the river, observed a perambulator on the bank without any one in it, or even near it. Whil e he was looking to see what had become of the person in charge of it he saw something like a human body floating on the surface of the river. He thei, got into his mistress's plea sure.boat, pulled acrose the river, and within a few yards of the bank he saw the three children and a woman lying within a short distance of each other, all dead. All tho bodies were removed to an outhouse belonging to the White Hart Inn. The children were quite dead and cold. As there was, however, a slight warmth about the body of the woman, every means were used, under the direc tion of Mr. Bailey, surgeon, to restore animation, but with out avail. Mr J. J. Blandy, the Coroner for the borough, opened the inquest in the large room at the White Hart lan, Caver sham, in the afternoon. After viewing the bodies the jury heard the following evidence : Mr F. A. Bullet', surgeon, Reading, said,—About half past 9 o'clock this morning I was summoned to the White Hart Inn, Caversharn-bridge, to attend a woman and her three children, who I understood had been taken out of the water just above the bridge. I attended immediately, and found them lying in a stable adjoining the inn. Several persons were actively engaged in endeavouring to restore animation. The bodies of the children were quite cold, but as there was slight remaining warmth in the body of the mother, I requested they would continue their efforts for some time longer, in which I assisted, but without avail. Judging from the very slight warmth in the mother's body when I first saw her, and the total absence of it in the bodies of the children, I should say that they had been im mersed from half an hour to an hour before they were taken out of the water. There was no appearance of violence on the body of either child. ei William Jacobs, the gardener, then described the man ner in which he bad found the bodies. He said—On near ing the bank, and when within seven feet of it, to my great surprise I saw three children and a woman floating on the surface of the wa",er. I took the children out of the water, placed them in the boat, and called to my little boy 10 years of age, and told him to go to Piper's and tell him to come and render me some assistance, as there was some one drowned. I lifted up the woman by the head, and held her up, and shortly Piper and his man came in a punt and took her out. They were all dead when.l found them. The peram bulator was about four feet from the water's edge. The water is a dozen feet deep where the bodies were found. The baby was floating on his back ; the second seemed to be the same, and the elder one was dipping in the water with the face downwards. The woman was in the same position as the last mentioned child. They had all been immersed, and on rising were kept up by their clothes. The children were separated from each other, and the woman from all of them. They formed a kind of group floating. Their hats were off and in the water. I found a purse in the perambulator. It contained only three halfpence. There were two paper bags, in which had been broken biscuits, and at the bottom of the perambulator was another halfpenny. The two older children had been eating biscuits, and the youngest, from milk coming out of his mouth, could only a short time be fore being thrown into the river have been suckled by the mother. James King, a respectable-looking young man, living at Whittey, said the deceased Emma Legge was my sister, I saw her on Saturday morning last at half-past 10 o'clock. I saw the three children on the day mentioned, and that was the last time I saw them all alive. I did not know her husband, but I met a man in the street whom I supposed to be him, from the description given of him to me. I spoke to him, but he said he was not the man. Of my own knowledge I do not know whether she was married. She said she was, and I have reasm to believe she was stating the truth. She gave me one day last week the address of her husband's brother at Tunbridge-wells, and by her desire I wrote to him to inquire if ho had gone back there to work, but no answer was received. I was in Australia about 17 years. and re turned on the 19th of June last. Since that time I have seen my sister four or five times. She came to Reading on the let August, and her husband took lodgings for her at the Rising Sun. Her husband did not stay there with her, but went ant got a bed at the Spread Eagle. He did not return to her again. She told me sho thought her husband had gone away drinking, and that she had very little money left, She did not know what he was going to do about work, and she expected him back every hour. I asked her if I got work in Reading if she would come and live with me, and I said I would try to support her and the children. She said she would not, for she would not be under obliga tion to anyone. On one of the occasions when I saw her she talked of selling the things she had with her, and going back to Tunbridge to see if her husband was there. The Coroner—Did she state what her object or motive was in coming to Reading ? Witness—She stated that they were come to Reading to live. That her husband was an upholsterer by trade, and that he had sent goods or luggage, above 20 cwt., by rail way, and she and the four children were to follow it, as she believed, to have a home there. The Coroner—ln her conversation with you did she speak in a way that led you to suppose she was in a despond ing- state ? Witness—She appeared to me to be low spirited on ac count of her husband's absence and drinking as she sup posed. She was under tho impression that ho had gone back to Tunbridge. The Coroner said that was all the evidence he was pre pared to lay before the jury at that time, but, as it was de sirable to find the husband, an adjournment must take place. In the meantime, Inspector Peck would communicate with the police at Tunbridge-wells, and probably some informa tion would be obtained respecting him, and also other evi dence which might enable them to arrive at a verdict. The inquest ;as then adjourned until next week, SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIDIES.—The absorbing affairs of Europe, the embarrassments of the present, and the uncertain ties of the future have left us but little time of late to consider events that are passing in other quarters of the world. The civil war in America is now, however ; no longer the topic of absorbing interest that it was before the war in Denmark. The Polish insurrection has been finally trampled out, yet little is said and less thought about the wrongs of a coun try which a few months ago almost monopolised the sympathies of Europe. Under these circumstances we need no apology to our readers for recalling their attention to the local affairs of a dependency of the British Crown which as yet at any rate is enjoying the blessings of profound and uninterrupted peace. The time is rapidly approaching when the complex tion of the public buildings erected at Ottawa for the reception of the Governor-General and the two Houses of the Canadian Parliament will permit the session to be opened in that remote locality. The place was, as our readers will remember, fixed upon by an award made in the name of the Queen for the site of the future capital. Many were the murmur ings, bitter was the discontent with which this de cision was received. Quebec, Toronto, and Montreal each had their advocates and supporters, Toronto might plead that she was the capital of the wealthier the more fertile, and more progressive part of the colony; Montreal that she was situated on the con fluence of two mighty rivers, accessible to steam navigation, and on the boundaries of the Upper and Lower Provinces; Quebec could boast of her anti quity, of the unrivalled beauties of her picturesque and commanding situation, of her historical renown, and her long possession of the rank of capital. It was not likely that persons actuated by these vio lent local jealousies should readily acquiesce in any decision, but there was a large portion of the Cana• dian public who, without any decided sympathy for the three competitors for the rank of capital, were nevertheless as much displeased at the selection of Ottawa as those whose patriotism was more local or municipal. They objected to a transfer of the Canadian Parliament from civilised and thickly peopled districts, from places busy with the hum of commerce and presenting the attractions of settled and civilised society, to a small town, placed, indeed, in the neighbourhood of resounding waterfalls and splendid woods, but recently founded, inhabited by a rude and turbulent population, and remote from the habitation of almost every member of the Legis lature which it was to receive. Placed high up on a river the navigation of which is impeded by rapids, and the mighty tributaries of which have not even yet been all named and explored—with nothing be yond it, with no commerce but the lumber trade, and few inhabitants besides those whom that rude and primitive labour supports, there was. at Ottawa something wild and repulsive which those authori ties who merely contented themselves with unroll. in g the map and fixing upon the most central position they could find between East and West could scarcely conceive. Probably, also, there was another feeling, less openly avowed, and perhaps less consciously entertained, which made the selection of Ottawa unpopular. There was a time when Canada thought seriously of annexa tion to the United States, when, fretting over imaginary grievances, she believed she would find a remedy for them all in the bosom of the great Republic. But long before the breaking out of the present. civil war this feeling had cooled, if it had not entirely passed away. The United States and their institutions had lest their charms in the sight of a Canadian placed en the spot, and there• fore not to be deluded by these minding phrases which SO long had passed current among English Radicals. There was no wish to copy the American Flan of selecting the capital of a State the most insignificant and out of the way town that could be found, provided its situation was only central. They saw in the selection of Ottawa for the capital of Canada a servile imitation of the strange policy which forbids Baltimore to be the capital of Maryland, Philadelphia of Pennsylvania, New York of New York, Cincinnati of Ohio, Chicago of Illinois, or St. Louis of Missouri. They thought, not unreasonably, that the presence of good so ciety, the sessions of Courts of Justice, the assem bling of a military force,—that wealth, commerce, and industry, with all their adjuncts, were more fitting accompaniments to a Legislative capital than logs, rapids, and Red Indians. This was, we believe, the almost unanimous feeling of Canada; yet, to the honour of Canada be it spoken, this unanimous feeling did not prevail. The word of the Colony had been given, and that word, though, it must be confessed, not without many demurs and much repining, has hitherto been honourably ob served. Not withstanding the embarrassment of the Colonial finances, money has been found for the erection of suitable buildings for the Legislature, though others existed elsewhere, and the time is rapidly approaching when the Canadian Parliament will take possession of its new residence. A diffi culty has, however, been started, which, so far as we know, nobody had mentioned during the long and acrimonious controversy to which the decision of the Queen gave rise. It is asserted with con siderable snow of reason that the true basis of ope rations for the defence of Canada in case of invasion from the United States must necessarily be the eea. :rho frontier of the colony is long and low, running in the Lower Province from north to south, and in the Upper Province from east to west, along the shore of the St. Lawrence and the great Lakes. It is said, then, that it would be impossible to defend the Upper Province, a long and narrow strip of land, against the invasion of armies so numerous as those which the American Government could bring against it, now that the Northern States have become a great military Power. As we recede from the shores of the St. Lawrence there is little to tempt an invading or to shelter and support a retreating army. From this point of view all those parts of Canada which a British man-of-war cannot protect are virtually at the mercy of the United States. Among these must be reckoned the city of Ottawa, which though situated on a mighty river is hag accessible from the sea to ships of any burden on account of the rapids which obstruct the naviga tion. It is therefore argued that to place the Par liament at Ottawa would be to place the Governor and the Legislature absolutely at the mercy of the Americans, and it is earnestly prsssed upon us that, at any rate till the present danger is over, we should retain the Legislature at Quebec. There is bat one objection to this argument—that it proves too much. If no place is fit for the capital of Canada which is not accessible at all times to en English man-of-war, we fear that Canada must go without a Legislative capital altogether. Certainly, Quebec is no such capital, for its port is closed by the ice every year from the end of November to the end of April ; and the same consideration, of course, applies with still greater force tb the towns of Montreal and Toronto, which lie higher up the stream of the St. Lawrence. We have never aps proved the policy of forcing a capital into existence in defiance of man and of nature, and even though this argument against Ottawa be not conclusive, it may be allowed some weight in support of a view against which, as it seems to us, there is really so little to be said. At the same time, we hardly see how in the present state of affairs the English Government can very well take the initiative in inviting the colony to break that p;c 7 nTniseto — which they have hitherto insisted on holding it so fast. PosT.—Macaulay's New Zealander is quite as likely to find himself occupied, when the time for the fulfilment of the prophecy arrives, with an his torical inquiry at some university at the Antipodes into the number of Lord Paimerstons who governed England during the nineteenth century, as to be en gaged in sketching ecclesiastical ruins from the broken arches of the Thames. He will perhaps be in much the same doubt as to the plurality of Lord Palmerston that we are in as to the plural existence of many a mythical hero the diversity of whose deeds wo cannot a t tr ib ute to any on e man' The New Zealander will probably record that he finds this Lord Pal merston in office d ur i n g the first de cade of the century, that h o finds him Prime Minister also in th e sevent h ; h e finds him a young man in 1804, he finds him still a younger man in 1864; he finds him a friend of Fox and Pitt; he finds him again the energetic chief of a Cabinet " I taining men of the generation of Argyll, and De • ••[ Grey and Ripon, and Hartington. Nor is this all The New Zealander will not only conclude that there were two or three Lord Palmerstons in the course of the century, but that there must have been more than one at the same time, and that they must all have been very young men too. The proof of this he will adduce from the fact that this Lord Palmerston, even so late as 1864. appear s to be in various places simultaneously. One day he is stated to be in Northamptonshire, the next day he is in London ; again he is the subject of a public ovation at Bradford, the next instant he is at half-aedozeo other places, and before the distances could well bo traversed he is again Prime Minister in London. :Lord Then there are 20 speeches, all purporti n g to Lora livered within a fortnight of each other by a Palmerston;" and it is quite clear that, even if one man could have made them all, they ar e in as rasnY varieties of style, and that they aro therefore the speeches of different persons. No man could bung at once an incipient Statesman in 18 04 an d a y Prime Minister in 1864 ; nor can any man be i n twenty places and make as many sp eeches in as many styles in half the number of days. The de duction of the historical essayist in Nov Zeal at will therefore be clear that there were n ot only:eve'l ral Lord Palmerstons in England during the niII - teenth century, but that there were several simoi taneously. It will be construed to be merely an official title taken by many, and not dissimilar t that which a French journal less pardonably ternied, some ti me ago , 4. Lord Chiltern Hundred s, an ace in her Majesty's household." We are very wi l l_ to reflect that thee() is a limit to political activity Lud producing public reputation, and that the haze o t l antiquity tends to lend a oubt whether a gr ea variety of actions extending over a correspondiat, variety of time can reasonably be ascribed to a sing ! individual. For ourselves, we have a good old Cori' servative belief that there was one Hengist, one Hercules, one Zoroaster—and only one ; and 6° oil. But, nevertheless, we cannot wholly dispel our ar . prehension that it may at some distant period be d ' favourite subject for college essays in New 7.4° 31 . 813 , —" How many Palmerstons were there in the ovi n teenth century ? and could there have been leo ili a t he col!: three Palmerstons at any one time ?" It verse of Whately's " Historic Doubts;" a nd the t a o r n guments for the übiquity or plurality of Pahl'„ersthe will beat all those that have been raised le r . 1 , vagueness of Napoleon. At Bradford, certainly' Lord Palmerston has come forward in anytbi tl e is the character of a Minister to whom busineB.B.o wearisome or fatiguing. " The more the inerries,t. is, in fact, the drift of his speech from first to 18ho The first care of the hardest working Premier Wu. has ever governed England was to expose R e P o f lar fallacy concerning " the labours and ansietleseo tarryoffice." He tells at once that he believes labours and anxieties to be a sheer chimera. li.f.ct, man's testimony is to be taken on such a so c ial the the verdict of a Minister who has had an c " - . a s experience of fifty years, and whose a ctivity Al bas , absorbed all the duties of every office that b n e n do held, certainly ought to be conclusive. If Y o ; bat your duty, Lord Palmerston says in effec t ' - an d business have you to complain of labours fly anxieties ? If yon don't, then, no doubt, Y°l2 may very well be harassed. All this work and resP;oo, sibility seems mere child's play to Lord palinerS,wa It is only to be compared to roiling a s tone di° so hill. One thing, however, Lord Palmerston 61 ° Ba d to harass even him. It is, whatever ti ra w e bieh opportunity prevent him from doing." Tl iat s . . e tis" Ministers do, he tells us, is to them a source o',-)3iag faction ; they are of the nature of anvils; t iee wearies them ; nothing puts their adrainiStrt ord he machinery out of gear. Can, again, this b e vet', Palmerston of sixty years ago ? Perhaps, b ° ';`' the his lordship's character is best to be deecribed in cu . words he has himself used to shadow out tea P e nr ds liarities of the English people ; and these of seems to have caught the fancy cf the peopeord Bradford. " The English character," seY, i s „ l' s tryr Palmerston, " is marked by perseverance, ins t hat enterprise, judgment, and courage in pars ten , tb° which has been undertaken." This, he L e- a sen people of Bradford, represents especially theirough character, for they have done wonders O r „ te a perseverance and hard labour; a great and barren moor into a great and thtsi has commercial town, though in fact their progrooter but begun, and Bradford is destined to Se e gr rirad . they have con icing days. Al! this must be very pleasant to the B. the fordites ; bat, whatever may be the tulfilnient,',,as prediction, there can be no doubt that, as le s ',, a things have gone at present, Bradford encomium passed upon it. With the sBin- dace te I an' Lord Palmerston passes on to other 5111j"hs ; told ewers the Knight of Northamptonshire, w him at Towcester that he had got all the halt') e n t; ;. while his colleagues got nothing but kicks,bY ea Y l a that the merits of the Administration ,were that marked degree the collective merits of alit an d tb" fveresiiity no other Cabinet ever possessed a greater p ro p tr ee; of men of first-class intellect. Possibly this i t 3 trti ite r: but at the same time popular instincts are Ot very wide of the mark ; and when evErybodiwThCOraici bines to think that all these first - class men -„°,33 es do but little without Lord Palmerston, it bPc lh,ard to gainsay the universality of the The country is generally inclined to think t -3 ,i t to owes more to Lord Palmerston than it has ° ce p re any man since the Duke of Wellice•ton ; 0(1 77:1. inclined to think that, however partial its disc tion, its judgment is not altogether inaccurate. COUNTRY mARKETS. NE WCA STLE ON-TYNE—TvEsDAY. ited This morning grain of all kinds in somewhat ltek. supply, and prices ruled at about the same as last 'o ti fe Barley and beans were inquired for, but none on offe r ' 10d—beaus, 35s 6d. the turn dearer. f 0s Averages— Wheat, 23-48'°' 43s 4d—barley, 255 HULL—TuEsDAY. At our market to-day there was a very last wee offer ed English wheat, and farmers held firm for Bea barleyrcit which needy millers alone paid. w ere 6 ° 6 t freely at 6d reduction on former rates. web W e 1 0 yew 6d W holders refusing to accept less money. o at ready sale, were firm, at unaltered rates. per qr decline. 490 496 46 0 Od to 45 oa Wheat.... Old white per qr. ........ 4 3 0 od to : 10 od Old red New white „ ......... 418 Od t° 340 oci New red „ ....... 27s Od 2 78 01 Barley.... English malting ............ „od to _ s , k) Small raPPrj rc ° l. Grinding .................. 5 od to :,3,;L Od Saal and Oderbruck ........ 300 od to 1),,s 0d ~ Holstein and Danish ........ 23 8 Od t° 243 od Grinding .................. 22s s3cl to 13a Oats English, old ................ te ..43i a Archangel and Riga, per St.. " Wad t° 1810 Friesland and Dutch ........ o d Swedish and Danish ........ ot l to 4 , r c d 44s Beans English, old, per qr .......... 'au* 42s Od to , 20 Od New pigeon .... . ........... , 3 „„ od to 7,„ 6 d 3 Od to .5 330 Od New tick. .................. r o : 0d t o 533 6d Peas .. E F g o 7 re p i ti gn an bn ' e ' re .... ................... 320 od tc 0 o c l Grinding .......... Od to oa Tares ....Spring. ...................• od to o , Indian Corn ........................ 00 ° Ato Linseed, feeding ...................... 4 5 0 2 : O ° S i0,0 2 0 s °1:1 0 crushing Linseed cakes (Hull)8 0 o t° 0 0 0 Foreign? 6 oto 610 Rape cakes 5 6 ° t° Bones £9 . . oto £1::i 000 LNN—TUESDAY. od ora ° ' At to.day's market the supply of wheat Was 131- fre t sh an d trade steady at full y last week's currency for • sorts. 'rho attendance was small. s t 31s o '''' s Whit e wheat 42 s to 47 s / B arle y .... ....... --- IlAd .. ..... grinding...... ..29 8s s 40s to 435 / t c o , 20 Beans .... .3,1s to 38s / Oats.. .......... . Small 33A to 36s I Yeas ...... Averages .-- Wh ea ts, 44. e 1d —barley , 359 3d. .... . 7 .- - d _ s bttoeacis, MARKET HARBOROTYGII—TvEsDAY. White wheat, 418 to 488; red, 390 , to 45s per 36 stone. Malting barley at 26s to 32s per qr.; grinding, 27s to 29e per 30 st. Oats, old, 26s to 295; nevi, 203 to 24s per 30 . ; beans, 34s to 43s per qr. Births. CAREY.—On the 9th inst., at 26, Upper Seyreour - a s tree i aPosrotnman-equare, the wife of the Re v. Gaspard Crel) ° Hors.—On the 9th inst., at Tenby, South Wales, the WO ° of Captain Charles Webley Rope, Royal Navy, of a Hors.—On son. STocKs.—On the 9th inst., at Edinburgh, the wife of go' jor Stocks, of Lathrouwheel, Caithness, of a soli. ...go a WAD D INGTON.—On the 9th ins t., at Lowestoft, the I,— H. S, Waddington, Esq., of a daughter. • Marriages. CORFlELD_mgclus.—.on the B th inst., at Saint DiarY;S: Paddington, M a j or -General Frederick Brooke Corierfie a to Julia Elizabe th, eldest daughter of Mrs. We Cromwell-terrace. a t% PALEY---B O YDEN.—On the 9th inst., at Saint Oe° l '' 9, Hanover-squa re, Ca p tain R. S. Pale y , 12th LallCerth of the late Thomas Paley, Anne, only daughter of Wm. Boyden,E B •clestorr sq., t , square. Deaths. BECHER.—On the Bth inst., at Hill House, South/1 41 Notts, the Rev. J. D. Becher, M.A., aged 68. Cn l e v a ill a i . a — m On ra th g e , G E rh sg iu , s a t. g ,: ei t 7Tlh.reckingham, Lincolnshire' Etr ivEi s rti. T B A tT c ahc o e . o -- ,ma o agse n dj t g o h 7n3 e e. Piail ic° 7 s, th inst , at his residence , Douvtiarl Kilian), Folkestone, Lieui.-General Sir John Myr"— JONES.—On the 10th i n st at 77 Gloucester - stre et, SLIPPER. —On • er ° I SLIP Pala TR tahgeed9tshia.ignes'cit.,4s3l:r, Benjamin S. Slip per , • AVERS.—On the Bth inst., at Gosport, Anne a Travers, widow of Rear-Admiral Sir Eaton Stann- Travers, K.H., aged 72. ------% London: Printed and Prbitatted by WILLI AM .ANDH!' of No. 112 , Strand, Printer, at TUE SUN Ofri o = 1-\ u Uf °trawl, in the Precinct o; the Savoy, t he CCUn lliddiefiex,---Tbursdity, August 11,1884.