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j. A'RecoDnolskance to Malvern Hill.
A correspondent Of the Philadelphia Press,
under date of Harrison's Landing, July 224th,
yiye. somewhat different version Of the lat:
sllrmish to Malvern Hill, which the Richmond
papers characterized as i confederate victory:
In compliance With an order from Gen NJ
Cle2lsn, Col. Gregg ordered out one s4u adron
os the 8th Pennsylvania cavalry, with company
&, Of the 9th regulars, all under command of
Capt. 2. keenan,, ofthe Ssh Pennsylvania cav
airy They took direct northern conr6e
through the fields froln the James River road
eu tie Charles City road; thence uorth by the
turning to the left, marched through dense
wood, distance Of two and half miles, di-
rect for Malvern Hill battle field.
On arriving at the skirt of the woods, the
rebel picket5 were in view, and exhibited no
little surprise and confusion at the appear.
we're, in fact, in the rear Of their lines. Up
| On our approach they withdrew to their re-
serve, and again did the flag Of our Union
I wave in triumph over the battle field Of Nal
| yern Hill. We thoroughly reconuoitered the
| bill, which We had been led to believe was
I occupied by the rebels in force, and were
! agreeah1y surprised when ne found but ont
regiment Of cavalry and one section Of artll,
leIy, th.~h}ch they gave rs salute, but Will
no ef1ect upon our ranks as Tar as dimtnlsh
icg OF numbers was concerned, nor daunttng
the courage Of our men.
After fully complying with the orders Is
| sued, and the exchanging Of 8 few shots, OF
in other words, endeavoring to reasou viii
them by the use Of Sharpe caxbines-a fave
| rite in our army aud q source Of annoyance t,
| the enemy-wc retired il good order. Upo1
our retiring, By the way ne had gained th
battlefield, Major BeTeridge, OF tie Sth hi
nois cavalry, with one squadron from his reg
ment, gained the hill by the Turkey Islan
btidge-succeeding in capturing one rebel o
fieer, who Eas perfectly non nplnssed. 80 b
admitted that our movements were very sui
cesstn1- very mysterious.
, 1862-08-01

Gu1&Ut6 AlloQuEj
Ihaye just returned from visit t. Mime
sota-. Ny business took me to point To-.
niles into the interior from Hastings.
Through that entire distance, wherever tha
fine rolling prairies of that section have been
brought Under cultivation, the crops are
looking finely, and promise an abundant bag
vest Corn found considerably in advance
Of the came crop In Northern Illinois and
Wisconsin. OF wheat, many intelligent
farmers Expressed to me the opinion that II
the weather should prove favorable to the
proper fllirg Of the kernel, the crop would !,
in lis average yield per acre, equal sny crop
raisedEfD that region since It's settlement,
with the exception Of the very extraordinary
one Of 1850. A greater hread1h Of whea. has
been soWn this year than ever before, as the
farmers have learned that wheat Is the only
grain. that will bear transportation from the
State, at 1east from points at all distant from
. the river.
The Minnesotians are awakening to The
importance Of wool growing, and many fine
f1ocks OF sheep have been introduced into the
region visited, within the last NO years, I
learned that at Faribau1t alone, In Rice coan
ty, wool buyers had sacked this season
$4,000 pounds, and more was coming In daily:
In very few Of our States will the clip o1
wool eq nal that Of Minnesota In 1s70.
, 1862-08-01


When Msjor General Wallace was iu COM
,1and here, he took military possession Of the
Seccpd Presbyterian Church as post chapel,
for the accommodation Of the army aud Of
strsrge The church had no pastor; it had
.jected Rev. DR.. Grnndy, mainly because he
had it transferred to Dr.. Waddel, who preached
snd prayed that the Lord would "harl back
the Northern army to their corrupt families
and homes" to give them confederate and
3 reasonable gospel. One Of the elders re-
delivery Of the Keys into his possession.
Gen Grant replied, "when you retTace your
steps and put Dr. Grundy back into his OWE
pulpit, the house will be. st your. service
again" In this house on every Sabbath the
erty by some chap1ains Of those ,erg reei
ments whose holy missior. "A to restore ia
Union IN which fe'igion never yet va
, 1862-08-01
Marshal La1non ut hts old Trick

Msrshal La1non ut hts old Tricks.
Marshal Lamon, torgetfnl Of bis promise to
Gen. WadsWorth that he would not serTe
wits under the fugitive slave lay upon any
blacks from Virginia, arrested four to-day
with military protection fFom the. military
clsimed By msasef .nsf re S5es,a.ng at
vas rebel IN act, and is still . rebel At heart.
He will not be allowed to take them to his
plantation Cor. N- z. Trtbts1a-
, 1862-08-01

N7ANTED.-BcokselIers and Sta
W tonera-A gentleman who has hst eighteen
Eea1s ezp. rtsLce i ;hs wholesale na M Esta @ eso
sders himself to take the e1c.usife coutro
Il either or all OF these branches dtsres situation
H11 auiI.553t
, 1862-08-01

In the city Of Chicago the meetings will be held
at the following places, and the polls W1n be
opened at four O'Clock p. m. and kept open until
Eeyen O'Clock:
1st Ward-Qzient House.
I'd Wa1d-Bs6 State street.
Sd Ward-SheIif'e q Office in Court House
9th Ward-Afpory.
5:h Ward-1ngine house, corner Of r Washington
RId Clinton streets.
III u ard, FriIlman's, corner Of Wells and
Division streets.
Sill Na1d-North Market.
9Th Ward-Carpenter'e shop on 0ass street, be-
tween Michigan and K4nzie-
10th Ward-Chas. Lind, corner Of Twelfth and
Inion EtIeele.
It Evanston the meeting viii he In the eEenine
at eight O'clock, at the Reynolds House
and at Hyde Park st ~ O'Clock, P. m-, at the
tltpot-
The ward and toxn committees will call the
meetings to order In their respective wnrds ant
towns By authority. e. n. HOLDEN,
joseph MEDtLL,
JAcoB REIN,
Il. WHLNAwTH.
Members OF County Central Committee.
E. S. W1LLlAhE,
CAsPAR Burz,
JuL1Cs WHITE,
Conversational Committee for lst District.
fthirGo0. x}safu q. 1862
, 1862-08-01

Whereabouts Of Gen. Beauro2aFds
[From the Richmond Examiner, July al
As many idle stories have been going the
rounds Of the papers relative to Gen. Beaure-
cards whereabouts and the cause Of his ab-
seuce from the army, we think it well TO state
that be il at present with his family at Baden
Springs, South Alabama It will be reco1-
1ected that Gen. Beautegard took the field In
ter were at their darkest period. In the &C.
tive campaign which ensued, and in the per.
|: feet organization Of the immense army at Cor.
inth, be performed labors which seriously af;
fectcd his health, and rendered Reriod Of
rest and recuperation absolutely necessary.
That he might enjoy the much needed rest,
be procured relief from his command for q
few months.
we are pleased to add that the generate
health is rapidly Improving, and thai he wil]
very soon be able to return to his post With
his return to active service tbs country Will
feel renewed confidence in its fortunes.
, 1862-08-01
UyE Triht&1re.
FRIDAY AUGUST l, 1869.
Republican County Convention.
! shn p.r1h13ran ont ora ~ f1,aI~ rL,,o< -.

Republican County Convention.
. the Republican voters Of Cook Count >:
Tou are requested to meet In the towns, at gour
usual places Of holding elections, at two O'Clock
p. n, on Tuesday, aug. 1s,h, 1861, and in the
wards OF the city at the places fereina1sae men
x1oncd. at four O'Clock p. OF said day, to choose
delegates to Convention, to assemble at the su~
pe1ziso1's Room In the Court House. In the city
OF Chicago, on Wednesday, the 18fh day Of August
next, s. two O'Clock, .. NJ, tor the purpose OF
nominating Representative to the Congress Of
the United States from the 1st Congressional
District Of this State, which is now composed Of
*hc county Of Cook
al who ere in fRgoz o3 sustaining the present
Natiopal Administration. and In favor Of vigur-
Gus prosecution Of The war; for the defeat of trail
tors, and the extinction Of treason, cordially
invited to meet and act with the Republicans at
1bc times and places specified
The different wards and toEus win be entitled
IL Fnf1r
, 1862-08-01

Our dispatches from Washington and
New York intimate that if the quotas of
the several States are not filed By the 18th
Of August, the bounty will be Withdrawn
a1,d resort may be had to drafting. But
The necessity for such q course will be left
to the governors Of the States, respectively.
Fl is said that Gov. Tod of Ohio. and proba-
lily Gov. Morgan Of New York, will pro
coed to draft On that date If the regiments
are not then full
, 1862-08-01
AHsENIEEs FROM THE ARMY.

4 stringent oFder was promulsa-
ted from the War Department yester-
day, On the subject Of strassglerz
and absentees, which really looks
r7ike business. Officers and privates absent
without such valid excuse as wounds OF
disease, are required TO rejoin their regl-
snents On OF before the 18Th day Of August,
under penalty Of being dismissed from the
service, or treated as desertefs-
, 1862-08-01

TO RENT-The three new one
street Apply Is E. BlACKMAN, 70 Lasalie street.
1un Stairs ! a1tta:61t
, 1862-08-01

ST. Lor1s, July 3l.-The Iron Mountain
Railroad Company have donated $500 to each
new regiment now organizing in the State,
ard oraer.d the dismissal OF any employee
who has invoked the protection Of any foreign
government to avoid mi1itsTy duty.
join s. Phelps, the newly appointed militia
r. governor Of Arkansas, arrived last night.
leave at present, but remain to frustrate the
operations Of the rebels nnder Price and
Hindman, whose policy, In their new cam
paign in Arkansas and Missouri, is said to be
The determination Of tbs Union men and prop
eIty wherever found.
, 1862-08-01

New York, July 3l.-The new iron. s1de
whit Il steamship st. Mary, Capt. v: B. Tai:
hot, sailed yesterday for NJ" York She took
ont The bulk Of 1000 barrels in produce Of all
kinda, besides thirty cabta passengers. She
is owned By Charles Morgan, and was built for
the Berwick Bay route, while she is fitted u 2
for carrying large lots Of cattle, &C., and her
cnbin ACCOMMODATIONS are Of the best. She
will run regularly until such times IS the open
ing Of tie Trade Tor which she Was built.
, 1862-08-01

BosToN, July 50.-The military prisones at
Fort Warren will be taken south to-day to bs
exchanged for federal officers and soldiers, by
virtue Of an agreement recently made. They
will embark upon the steamer Ocean Queen,
for New Orleans, which will land them at
come point On Jsmea river. Among the pris-
Mccall. and some SIXTY OF seventy other OIL
cfn. The whole number Of rank and afe Is
AI6u1 20Q
, 1862-08-01

Pn11iDE1rH1A, July 3I-!he following
names arc anopg the Union pzisoners per the
Daniel Webster at this port: F. 2. Burnley,
Sd Michigan; Joseph Stephens, 3th Michigan
Egbert Lyons, 1st Michigan VIM. G. Wat
son, 4th Michigan; Harrison Lyons, lst Mn, ~
beiUre leaving Harrison's landing and waa
was buried tRere; gilbert B. Corey, 18th
Michigan; Warren Halham, 10th Michigan
Thos Underwood.
, 1862-08-01

There was mighty war meeting at Mil
wau]1ee yesterday, and the resolutions
adopted have the true ring. Wisconsin has
gent noble regiments TO the field, and now
1hatshc is preparing to send more she as
serts noble principles for their government
ard rujdance
, 1862-08-01

LEXINGTON, July 31--Major Bracht Of the
18th Kentucky, who wss in pursuit Of . gang
Of 127 rebels under Corbin, overlook them at
Mount Sterling, killing twelve and taking
ninety seven prisoners, including Gor5In.
elseH here, leaving nine only to escape. Major
Brscht, who lost hone Of Lis men, returned
to Lexington this morning win three prison
crs. 1t il the same bsnd 1eported to have
left Scott county under Capt. Bu0lbt,
, 1862-08-01
LATRR From NEW ORLEANS.
Slaves Emaneapated ny Gen; Butler

NEW YORK, July 3I.-The steamer Mantan-
zass IRON New Orleans 25tt has az+1yed-, Gen.
Butler had ordered that all negroes sent
by their masters to leave and join the federa1s
viii be re garded as cmancipa!ed- Masters had
.nd.avored, in many cases, to reclaim them
after use Of such expressions.
Gen. Butler, In a note to Reverdy. johnson,
says no merchandise, whether, cotton or
sugar, will in any event be seized Or confs-
Gated by the United States authorities.
7. e. Parish, agent Of the Rothehllds' Ia
New Orleans, had committed suicide,
A number Of. persons had been Arrested fol
an attempt to assassinate Thos. s. Burbank 4
Bro, among whom was Andre De1ande
bI bIother-in-1aW of Slidell and Gen. Beauregard
The price Of -four had fallen to sixteen dol
lars pef barrel. 4,
, 1862-08-01

Among the advertisements In the Peters
burg Express OF July 26, We find the following:
TEN THouBAND DoIIARs FOR SUBSTITUTES.
The subscriber is authorized to pay 600
apiece for ten substitutes, who ara non-con-
scripts, aud who are willing to 60 into the In
fantry service. He also continues to supply
lery, now stationed in the city Of Petersburg.
SAMUEL a PRosIsE.
ATTENTION, CosscRn1s. You are COM
msnded to meet me In Petersburg, on the
Ath inst. Caext Thu1xdaF}, at the Centre
warehouse, to answer rou call, at five o'clock
p. n. and receive *atther orders.
~ authority. -THos. e. HARaRAvE, -
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Colored 1.sborers for mcClellansa
Army.
a letter in the N, 7. Tribune from Harri

a letter IN the N I. tribune from HarT1-
sons Landing, says:
The steamer South America arrived here
yesterday, with about GOO cofored Laborers uu.
der the charge Of Mr.. ". B. Cook. They were
brought from Norfolk, Portsmouth, Fortress
Monroe and Newport News. At the latter
pia.ee squad Of twenty-five cavalry were sent
country and pick up every contsabsnd theT
coula md. Their arrival IN camp yesterday
created mueh amusement from their dfspls7
Of dress and the nature Of the bundles With
which every y one ne Of them was provided. There
rest being women and children bs1onein9 *
the party. We are just finding out t6st Va
. hare use for those men, and am informed
the South America returns to day for another
cnrgo.s =
, 1862-08-01
GuNbpNEs In Buckram,

The Chicago Iuaes has discovered that tha
xcbeIs have just received ten iron-clad gun
boats from England in Mobile h4rbor. Also
1hRt Gen. Bragg has been telegraphed to fur
xa1bh them with creTs Of thirty five men each
4 reliable gentleman from Dixie assures
us that they are to be armed with e1cTen-inch
cucunbeFs, and that they have been procured
expressly to blockade the Mammoth Care oI
Kentucky and deprive us Of onr annual sup
plies OF EPSON sslts.
, 1862-08-01
VOLUNTEERING In. MAINE.
i
The Quota Full and More Toos

BANGOR, Me, July sl.-Voluntsers have
been pouring in for the last three days at al
unprecedented rate The 18th regiment will
be full this week probably, the companies
from Penobscot county being full t9oveffow-
ing, and several extra companies of1erdog. The
State has raised its full quota, sud many coun-
ties have furnished surplus. ~
, 1862-08-01

MIR. Richardson Of Illinois ~ q musf~
C4ANs e;
Tie last days Of the House, IKE the last mo-
ments Of the expiring swan, ghded aWay to
the sounds of sweet music
In the first place. Mr.: Richardson OF Illinois
took several horns.
Then Nr;; Richardson of Illinois called Mr.:
Blake Of Ohio Tyre Lyre-on1y the word
wasn't spelt that way In the reports.
Thirdly, Mr.. Richardson Of Illinois was In
.strumental In making things generally IN.
And lastly, Mr., Richardson of Illinois
,laYed solo in tho key Of l. dat..~e. s-UsM
, 1862-08-01
The ExpSalt1on to the Indian FerK1E'

IEAvENwoRTH, July s1-A1vices rom the
southern expedition state that the Union
troops were falling back to Hudson's crossing
of tie Neosho. fifty miles south Of Fort Scott.
The cause Of this backw moyement ts not
stated. A detachment Of Gen. Brown's COM
-mand from Springfield. No, Vas at q point
thirty miles north Of Fort Smith on the sd
inst. The rebel Gen. Plke is said to be near
Fort Waehtta.
, 1862-08-01

TOR SALE-A FIGURING Mill. A
Il good Steam Custom MI, with three run of stone.
eighty -fye miles nom Chicago. HIS good EHn o1
BUSINESS Corn Sue Her. &c. Apply 70 HfKu EICE
& CO 2jg South fater street, Autta5r!W
, 1862-08-01

X7 AN TED--A situation in a
w Wholesale OF Retail Grocery. by young man
OF two le3rs experience H8s some kno w1edSe Of
Bookkeeping, and Is willing to make himself gene
rally useful Satisfactory references given. Address
AL H." Tribune 0thee, sui tAEl4t
, 1862-08-01

Crops In West Jersey, Ill.
4; correspondent writes rs thst the crops in
this section Of the Stats are very poor. There
are few fields that. will yield au average crop,
but:genesal1y speaking they willnot be worth
cutting. :. ~'' - -'"'' - -:
, 1862-08-01
AppoIptment of Collectors and As
sessH0re In The Pacific States.

WASHINGTON, July 3I.-The pfeaadent' has
appointed the folio wing na1ne<1coEect
nal revenue law: For Oregon collector,
Lawrence n. Coe; Assessor, Thomts Tra-
zer. For Washington EerHtor5;=4sonecto
B. 4 AGoldsboroi asstssor. 8. a. sparkg.
Califorpia-Firtt district-Gol1ectM, VIM 7.
Patch; assessor, Caleb T. Fay secqnd dis:
trict, Santa Clara and Santa Cru2co4Ities--
Collector, f. B. Murdoch; assess6rx Richard
Savage Third Observation-Disclosures t8ehn sedg
wick; assessor, Thos. Campbell Fourth disr
Sacramento and Nevada-Collector, 4. a
Delore; assessor, James 81. Avery, Fittl
district, Leiola and Yolo counties--Collector
Charles Maltby; assessor, Wm. h Ellison
The above are the first appointments OF col
lectors and asseEsors under the new law.
, 1862-08-01
Another:Verdon0 Of Foreign Mediation
IEroan the N n 1.rihune. luIY al1

EFrom the n N. Tribune, July sal
Private letters, it Is said hare been received
by members Of the foreign legations in Wash
fngton, in which 1t Ia asserted thst the opin-
ion in European diplomatic eircles; is that
Louis Napoleon goes to the Congress Of 6oV-
efe'gns, to be held at Berlin, With ths firm In
: tlement Of the American quest1ou.: He has
already been sdyised bY several princes Of Ger
many, and by MIR. Sphmesaing. the secretary
ot state, of Prussia, TINT German mauafac.
turers and merchants have memoIia1lxed the
, 1862-08-01

New YoRK, July Silt is slated that the
New York committee proposed to the presi-
debt to pay no hounties after the 18th Of Au-
filled to Immediately draft. The president
aEeented to the proposition, and gave the
committee q letter to the war department
recommending the issue Of orders to this ef-
feet, with the consent Of Gov Morgan.
be broken m, and one rendezvous formed
RECRUITS to be given the choice Of regiments.
, 1862-08-01
TAR Wa I'm ALABAMA.
The G onct11asaou Policy Exposed.

ICorr eEpondenee of the Columbus {Ohio) journal
The people through the Stase Of Alabama
are universally eeeesh. Here ard there you
may find q Mkewarnl friend Of the Union or
one OF those non-conmlttals- They nearly all
will ten you that they were strongly for the
Ehaar State went out, and then they went with
it unconditional'y, and these very men you
will find the strongest and most uncompro-
hitting aecessionists in the State.
Tie mountains skirkng the road leading
from Hun ts7ille to this place are tilled with
:habitants Of parties passing along whom they
can attack and capture with lmpunity; and
thus it is that We lave lost SO many squads OF
NTH Who have been dataehed from the maan
army. They will make q raid, kill and cap
ture our tea1nsters and straggglers, and imme-
diately retire to their {astnesses in the noun
| tains. There Is no faith to be put in the pro-
! fesslon Of any ot the inhabitants. I have
| known farmers who had large Plantations
come and plead for guard to save their pro-
! ptr;y froM being plundersd, who, after their
| request WAS complied with and the guard Sta
toned, would 60 and inform the guerrillas, 50
that they could capture and shoot them. A
I different policy must be pursued with these
1aisefeantB, Or We viii be made to pay dearly
for our "1nild policy"
Our part Of the army, and Crittenden' Il
division, Of which the 10Th 0nio forms part,
in particular, has been 6crupulously ooserV.
ant to culh1ate with these hell-houuds, gen.
tleness, kindness and charity; but The charm
is broken. No faith can be kept with them
Clenepcy has had it's day-lt has been met il
almost every instance with ruf1ian1y requi!al
This whole policy must come to an end
| they have taEen up arms for civil war, ane
those who are LETT at home are only so man]
spies to communicate to their friends tht
movements Of the Union troops they hav,
invoked war, and they should be made to fec
its horrors.
From the Louisville journal
The great destruction Of cotton, militar
stores, meana Of transportation, &C., at Flor
. ence, Ala, by the guerrillls, appearsto be es
Get dinghy discteditabla to those who permit
ted it. Heaven knows that We have militar
force enough in that region to do Whatege
, needs to be done. and everybody knows hoy
.. terribly the guerrislas swarm through it m
/ all around it. Of course it is impossible t
' | keep q strong military force ct every poin'
bus surely such force should be kept Thel
, ever there is a heavy accumulation Of publ
| property. II such property is worth p{lfn
, | up, it is quite aa well worth guardiag after
! is piled up. We shall never have the nece
sarr vigilance till some OF our men In coz
mard ore severely punished for the want Of I
scandalous neglect of duty is passed over to
| lightly.
, 1862-08-01

Pb1lnaelphfa War Fund.
PHnADE1pH1A, July S1.-Priyate sdbscrIp-
tions to the bounty fund, this morning, e1-
elusive Of railroads, Is $2Ta, ,o00.,
, 1862-08-01

NEW YoRK, July 31.-The Haald's Wash
iugton dispatch says: 1t Is stated On good
authority that when the ne#s Of the departure
ct tie three iron clad fsiga.es for the Gulf Of
Mexico, together with several wooden frigates
and 1ine-of battle ships, reached Washing gton,
Mr. Eeward wrote immediately to the French
government and made strong remonstrances
1gainst the presence In the vicinity Of tbs
United States of such formidable feet. sMr.
Seward gave as the reason for his protest Chat
the Mexican expedition being Of too little
consequence to justify the sending Of such q
tremendous armament In American wate1s,
the American government could not help
thinking that it Is destined to act against the
United States It would in consequence ask
explanation from the French government y
TEneh II .
, 1862-08-01
Garlt&e's Fllfafnoua Speech to the 1adf-
Ann Tories.

Gpee!a1 Dispatch to the Cincinnati Commercial
lhDtAEAPo11s, July 80.
Carlile said Congress spsnt nine-tenths Of
1ts time tn freeing and eleva'tug negroes, and
nne-tenths Of its propositions looked to his
liberation if that is liberation which frees a
1can from one mxster to make him the slave
OF al Carlile insisted that Giddiugs, Phil
lips and Greeley were representative Repub1i-
EaQA
B1ch, Ca11f,e said, were the men who con
tS9l1ed Gopg1sse, shaped 1egia1ation and pro-
eay, while they had tue right to sayiF. wnethar
such men shall be continued Ii power. It
was their WEI, the polIticians' war, the war
OF men labot1ug shoulder to shoulder with
Wendell Pni1lips and BarnReu Rhett. We
must put down those At the South With the
cat1tdge boz and those at the North with the
ballot box; neither respect co9sdtutltona OBJ
1igstionB znd both must 60 under. The snb-
jusptson OF extermlusttoo, Of the South was
1mpotsfale. 4 yearaso large Union element
Was there; now thete was . solid sentiment