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A Great Opportunity Lost.
<tErom the Now York Evening Post.1

Gen. Meade appears to haTe committed q
very serious mistake in his conduct of the
great battle Of Gettysburg. lie fought his
army well on Wednesday, Thursday and Fri
day, ana it Is The more surprising, therefore,
that he should have spoiled every thing By, .
blunder ut the end, for which, we fear, he will
not scon he forgiven by part Of Ills fellow
citizens.
We would not be 50 ungrac'ous as to direct
public attention TO this misconduct Of the new
commander Of the Potomac Army were it not
that he appears to have lost one Of those gol-
Of carrying into pTactice the theories Of our
most pf ace-loying democratic friends.
It will be remembered that on Friday eyen-
irg, when our gallant army had thoroughly
beaten the rebels, Gen. Lee sent flag oftluce
to ask for suspension Of ho5tilities for two
days, 10 bury his dead, &c. Gen. Meade re-
right? 1Fas this polite? Was this generous
towards suffering southern brother? Was
not this tie great, the long looked for oppor-
tunity to offer tile celebrated olive branch to
General Lee? He bad Just been soundly fog
ged BY our brave boysi why did not General
Azde at once give him a weeks truce, on
Condition that during this week tho rebelGen.
cral would consider the subject Of peace, and
make up his mind on what terms he would
return to the Union? sWhy did not General
Meade send for Fernando Wood or one Of the
Scymours TO enter upon the attempt to con-
ciliatc the defeated rebel chief? Or why did
he not despatch q few runaway slaves, By the
fag Of truce, as token Of good will aud to
show the shareholders that even In the mo-
ment ef victory he did not forget his consli-
tutional duties? Who knows Whnt great ro-
suits nigh have been effected BY such wise
and 'tconserva'iye" course?
Instead Of that, Meade absolutely refused to
let hoetilities cease; he returned to Lee dis
agreeable message, to the effect thatIhe Union
army ment to rceapture all the prisoners Lee
had taken and he instantly made ready to
wearied rebel General Was thus obi ged, like
4'pour Joe'' In Bleak house, to stmove on"
without that opportunity for rest and consid-
eration which be naturally desired. We fear
that Meade is only asoldier, and no politician
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FROM PORT ROYAL.


NEW YORK, July 8.-By M arrival from
Port Royal, We have the Ne,e South ofJune ~.
which furnishes us the following interesting
intelligence:
We understand 1t has now been fully de-
cided that there vii be no active operations
IN the Department Of the South This gum
mer. There are not troops enough here
for General Gilmore 10 assume the of1en-
sire, while there ore many moro than
VIII bo necessary to. defend the p0,
sltions We now hold. None Of these FIJI
BE- given up for the present, but no eh1Es
will be made to extend our lines materially:
The surplus troops, aide from the army OF
Defense, WIN, it is understood. be sent to
some other Department, where active opera.
fions render iii feInforceme tents acceptable. The
denortment Of the Gulf Is most prominently
enaten Of IN this connection, but We cannot
lenrn that thls has positively been decided on
AZ tie destinations of such troops as can be
spared. Several regiments hare already been
called in from points where they were not ac-
tunI1y needed, and hare been concentrated at
ST. Helena Ialand, as q convenient rendezvous,
where they will remain until the proper time
arrives for their embarkation. With General
Gilmo1e's we'll known activity and good
judgment, no fears need be entertained as ia
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An uNEEPEcrED BLOW ATLEE,s
ARMY.

It is by no means certain that the pri-
mary object Of General Dix's occupation
of the Peninsula is a blow ut Richmond
although The residents Of the rebel capital
regarded it in thut light, and inaugurated
q panic OF no mean dimensions. General
Dix, according to the best authorities, had
not the 1cmo:cst idea Of sitting down in
siege before the bristling battlcnents Of:
Richmond and u aiting the slow process Of
investment and starving out The
alarm Of the rebels was caused
bv small force which made
8 fcintcd advance upon Richmond,
but his heaviest columns have moved in TN
entirely different direction, and will strike
a stunning blow upon Lees army, should
it succeed in crossing the Potomac. Lees
army is doomed, and it is to be hoped
none but st1agglcrs will ever return to
Richmond to tell the tale Of modification,
shame aud defeat; how the chivalry Of the
South, which crossed the Potomac with
drums beating and colors flying, and in
yadcd The old Keystone State, met the
t'mudsills Of tie North'' and were van
Quished; how the yandals, inferior in num-
bers, in open field stood face to face and
sent their lcgious flying in disorder and
diegrace.
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EEA.TTEFRS IN TEXAS.
Trade, Manufacturer, Unlonlsm, &c.

Correspondence Of the n. 7. Herald, Bth.1
Trade is not so brisk as it Was few months
ago, owing to the restrictions put upon e1-
porta,ion Of cotton By the Confederate au-
1ho1ities. Still, enough cotton is sold hero
to procure tor the rebels a1l their military
supplies. Powder, saltpetre, army. cloth,
rope, bagging, &c, &c, leave here almost
every day for the different Rio GranGe c1oss-
iDge.
tile trade with Mexico has been to Texas by
referring to the extracts inclosed. ALI the
Texas papers are freely denouneing The orders
interfering with their trade, and it seems the
feeling Of nearly al, except it be . fsw con-
tractors and spectators, who are pecuniarlly
benefited by them.
1t il 1umored here that all restrictions upon
the expectation Of cotton have been removed.
Should this be the case, VIC can soon expect
the enormous proportions it had assumed a
few months ago, and again see the streets Of
Monterey crowded by tfnin after trim, loaded
with the very articles that give life aud enlur-
snce 10 the rebellion, leaving here daily for
the Rio Grande, and from thence to find their
way to every part Of the Contederacg.
The prosecutions Of Union men in Western
Texas still continue. a friend at Pleches Ne
gras "a email town opposite Fort Duncan, on
the Rio Grande) writes NC the following: "a
few men reached here to-day from San Anto-
nIo. They report passing on tho roadside,
near that town, three men hanging-two Ger
mans and one American. At another place
on the road, ono Of this party says be saw an
American hanging. He was dnc-looking
man and well dressed"
Friends lately from San Antonio assure me
that there nre still large number Of Union
men left in Western Texas. They are relying
much upon the energies Of Gen. A. J. uamif-
ton, and hope that soon, through him, force
will be sent to their assistance.
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It is announced that By orders from the
President, the draft will be made Immediately
In Massachusetts and Rhode Island, whence
the Inference Is obvious that the conscfiption
will be enforced in all the loyal States, when
the enrolment ie Us complete Us It Is In these
two States. The number to be drawn IN
Rhode Island is 2,SS1, to which fifty per cent.
is added for exemptions; this would make the
proportion Of tho conRcripts to the whole
population OF the State females and children
included, as to 40.41, or in other words,
about one person in every l-13 will be draft-
ed. Taking this rs basis Of calculation, the
number Of men that will be called for from
the New England and Middle States (Mary-
land exceptedl Mill bo as follows:
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BREsAREkf8 AHEAD I'm TEXAS
There arc gathering signs ofinternal conf
motion in the Southern Confederacy which
forcshadow popular reyulsion Of feeling,
The old North State already leans to the
Union cause, and is preparing the way
for re-admissfon to her position among
the loyal 6tates. Louisiana has Developed
strong Union predi1cction, temporarily
c1oudcd during the engagement Of Banks
at PoH Hudson But Ticksburghas fallen,
and Port Hudson must follow, and as
sequence to the two, Louisiana will be
lid OF the guerilla bands who now have
temporary occupancy. In Texas new
trouble has arisen, which threatens to put
That State, not into the Union, but under
the Lone Star flag, but even in this light
it proves one Of the symptoms Of the rapid
dissolution Of the bogus Confederacy. The
issue, as expressed by the Texan press,
is "the consummatc folly Of our trans
Mississippi commanders The people arc
Indignant that Gen. Holmes is exercising
military authority over them, and threat
On that unless his orders are revoked, they
will. elect Governor under the pledge
that 1,c will use armed force to put down
these military usurpations. The Texan
chiyal1y are writing beneath the yoke, as
bear witness the following from the dina
mac Eatra, published at Austin: "Onc
"thing is ccrta.n-should it be endorsed
<fand continued, q State Gessrxor aeiN 1e
"cltcted upon tie issue, and as the least ef
<' tsso tri1s, sulna;.sien to userled 7'oicer, or
tsthc Lone Star flag, tAey triu choose tho lat
tstcr:' God forbid that such calamity
*tshou1d befa1l us; but we chose the path
t'of honor when We left the old Govern
<mcnt, and will discard the chains Of SER
tsyitudc, though wrapped in velvet and ex-
tended to us by the very hands that have
ethitherto defended u.s.
Texas Las long been the theatre Of infer
nal cruc1ties practiced against Northern
men. Innocent travellers have been way
lnld and robbed; preachers have been
fa1rcd and ieatllcrcd, for no other fau]t
than preaching the Gospel; women have
been Whipped and driven from the St-te
tor the reason that their bi1th-placcs hap
pcncd to be in the North; whole settle
mcnts of industrious German tarlners hare
been rlundcrcd and dispersed for their 10y
atty, and religious communities have been
visited with brutal cruelties. We are glad
TO see the cha1ice commended to their
own lips, and we trust that they will feel
the iron Lcel Of military power to the full
est extent Of its grinding capacities.
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HELENA, Ark, July 2, 1868.
Every one alive to the claims OF common
humanity, or sensitive about the honor Of the
nation must hare been anxious lest our rnl-
ere, in.the excitement Of local nattere, should
have forgotten to determine that all soldiers
regularly enlisted and mustered into the Ma
tional Army should have the benefit Of all
ueae es and rules Of civilized warfare, Th:
emission to announce to the country and the
army such determination has made it ut
times seem like cruelty to perzuade OF eyen
receive colored recruits, but at last the prob.
lem is being worked out.
For while in the carly days Of this mos.
unriglteous rebellion, what TO do with the
black runaways appeared to the country to b.
most perplexing question, but Gen. Butler
called them contrabands and the difficulty
vanished. Apractical occasion brought the
answer and determined the policy Of nation
So again practical case seems likely to inf-
tiate Inc course for the nation to take in this
matter Of quarter or no quarter to the negro
soldier and his officer.
Here ut He1era, a regiment Of colored SOL
diers hns been raised and cent to more active
fields than this, and good progress has been
made in getting up the second regiment. And
IS 1t seems probable that We shall not let the
rebels rest much longer in their swanps sud
junggles, Gen. PEentfns Is about to declare
the policy to be pursued IN THE Department.
Ever snxlous and watchf1l Of the welfare
and interests Of his meI, lie hos their attach.
mcnt and confidence, and Us We are about to
begin the campaign to end in the snbjugation
Of the rebels IN this district, he seeks to learn
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Chicago Gtlbt1ttt.
FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1853.
THE PEACE CHE~

THE PEACM Ia1s
Now that Vicksburg has fallen, and
Lees army is sure to be driven in disgrace
south Of the Potomac, if indeed his entire
force escapes destruction and capture, the
pub1ic may expect new and more pro-
tracted howl from the Copperheads for
ncacc- Indeed before Lees army had
leen fairly driven out Of Pennsylvania
mainly by the troops who nobly rushed to
her rescue from the surrounding States,
the Harrisburgh Union, the organ OF the
Democracy at the capital OF that State
urges that the olive branch OF peace be
held out to our er1ing Southern brethren.
This appeal to the generosity of the nation
looks very fine, but it is purely the sngggges-
tion Of imbecilty and ignorance, OF the
artfu1 device Of 4 downright traitor. A
thousand times over have the rebel leaders
md presses declared that they will not
listen for one moment to any terms Of
peace that do not embrace the absolute and
complete destruction Of our nation
81 unity. To this the American
people by their representatives in Con-
gross, and BY the united md untirins en-
Grey with which they have supported the
war, hare pledged their all TINT they will
ucycr submit. To offer peace to rebels in
arms would benational suicide. To con
puer peace with these Tenomous traitors IS
the only possible way to obtain it So
long as they have an army or the means to
raise one, let no sane man indulge in any
dreams Of peace. Copperheads may cry
"pcace, peace, but there is no peace" for
this nation till the rebellion is thoroughly
subdued by force ofa1ms.
If, therefore, our Generals and our peo-
pie hope for an carly pence, let them srs-
tain and urge on the army with more v1gor
tlan cycr, II Lee can be captured Or at
most, his army can be dcmoralizcd and
scattered, let all the power Of the Govern
mcnt be ut once concentrated upon Rich
mond, and let it be captured, and its mill
tary importance be destroyed at oil haz-
ards. Let Charleston be swept, as with
the bosom Of destruction, from the face Of
earth. As soon as Port Hudson can be
reduced, let the Mississippi, in all its
length, be opened to the commerce Of the
nntion- Fleets Of gunboats should patrol
it constantly below the mouth Of the
Ohio. Let Generals Rosecrans and
Grant plant the victorious Stars
and Stripes upon the Capitols at Col
rmbia, Milledgcrillc and Montgomery, and
then let Congress devise and Prcsidtnt Lin
coin proc1aim to all the people the terms on
which peace can be established, and the
=cr1ing sistcrhood Of the Confedcracy be
once more restored to the fellowship Of
the loyal States. Let it embrace freedom
10 tic slaves in all the rebclious States
pardon and amnesty to the people, and
death to JET. Davis mid his infamous con
spirators. These terms, and such rs these
based upon the capture or destruction Q
the rebcl armies, can secure permanen
pcace and prosperity to the nation, I'M
nothing else can. Until these condition
are fulfilled, let no one hope for peace, IN
no man, but an idiot or Coppcrhcad, wi
strive to deceive tie people by making
AZ, ;ce,,o
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Smash Up on the Branch Pacific Rail-
rond-LOc0n1o otfy0 and TWO Freight
Cars Wrccked-Engfueet KILLED.

Smash Up on the sranch Pacific Rail-
rond-L0comotivo and two Freight
Cars Observation-Disclosures KILLED.
" At three o'clock Monday afternoon seHi-
Gus casualty occurred on the Southwest
Branch Of the Pacific Rallroad, six and half
miles beyond Pacific City.
a single locomotive with train Of freight
and passenger cars, coming east, was ap-
preaching Calvey Station, when the track
suddenly gave way and the engine and two
freight cars we're precipated into = culyert
come twelve feet IN depth. The engineer was
fatally crushed and one Of the firemen had his
leg fractured. The locomotive and two freight
cars were broken, yet can be repaired. Tho
other cars we're unin1ared, but other employ
ees Of the road, and some passengers, received
slight wounds. "A horse IN one of the ffeieht
cars was killed.
The engineer died eoon after being cxtrieated
from the culvert. His name is Gabriel n
Harper, and he leaves wife at Pacific City.
He was 20 years Of age, had been nearly seven
years in the service Of the Pacilic Railroad
Company, four years as engineer, and Is
highly spoken Of BY the officials Of the com
pany. He was married about eight months
ngo.-NissouriR Republican, 9".
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MEMS PARAGRAPHS.

Gen. Hancock, who was wounded In the
Gettysburg fight, received musket ball and
a ten;penny nat in his leg.
Late news from England brings the re-
port that the International Financial Society,
4 company lately started on the plan OF the
French CREDIT 1lo5tIier is about to purchase
for million and q half sterling, the rights
and property Of the Hudson's Bay Company.
being at the rate of !e30O for every share
worth $500, the price to be paid On the 1=r of
July.
The unity Of the Canadas Is serious1y af.
fecteG in the matters OF localities and religion.
The French say they fear the extinction Of
their laws, language and religion. and the Irish
Catholics n1e afrafd Of their religion only.
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lion. Charles McIlrath, State Land Com
last special certificate from Tho Commis-
sioner Of the General Land Office at Washing
ton, authorizing lin to select l20, 900 acres at
any land office in the State, under the act
providing for Agricultural Colleges. In view
Of this certificate the Commissioner has nj
ready selected a considerable portion of the
land in the Southern part Of the State.
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is cxnctly what he does not want either
Lee or the public for the moment to know.
Let the people therefore be patient In a
very few days We shall haye complete
history Of the movements Of both armies,
and We hope the complete victory Of our
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III IHE HUVFE toU1C IlV oENE13Q NV1u1aH U
figures gives the number Of men to be drafted,
ard the last column the actual number wanted
for the service after allowing fifty per cent.
for exemptions.
On this basis the call will bo for about 3OO,-
Geo men for the whole North. Of courae III
lowance will be nude in the quotas Of New
York, New jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland,
WeEtern Virginia and Ohio for the militia
they have sent into the field for the present
emergency. This will reduce the number to
be drafled in those States, though not very
rnnsfder3li1v
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the safety Of any Of our positions, even with
the proposed great reduction in the number
of troops. Folly Island will be retained for
The present, and sufficient force will remain
there to render It's capture BY the rebels i'm
possible,
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Fn0aI NELENA,

The Negro ProbIcx1l-EVhat Shall bn
Done with Them In Future f-l4ct.cr
from Gen. PTcn1tsS 10 the Rebel
IKUImes-FrescNx Condition of tho
CouIrAhauds ut II cIe1tty
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ERGM VICKSEURG.

Closing Scenes OF tho Sfegc-Tho Last
Days OF the Doomed Elty-PersonaI.
Incldentk-A 3cccsh Widow Come tO
tsrIef.-Dcspondcncy, Of the Eeccsll-
Funeral Service.
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Eick%barG's Falue to Missouri.
IFrom the st. Louis Republican. Sth1

70 us Of Missouri this victory is of incalcu-
liable yalue. 1t insurcs the State against an-
other formidable invasion. It conv1uces the
"sym1s1hizers'' in our midst that it is futile
uny longer to expect "aid" from the Confed-
cur Southern border ever since the var co1n-
lacnced. threatening to march to Jefferson
City and st: Louis: Il compels the mis-
cllieyouE spirits Of the interior to PIT peace
fal face upon their disappointmcnts. It is
not to be supposed that the enemy can maiu-
tain IN army in Arkansas or Louisiana, cfter
*..e Mississippi shall have been lost to him
The disaster which Price aud his eubordiuates
have lust sustained ut Helena, probable
marks the last operation of greater dignity
tlau come inconsiderablc guerilla work,
in which the rebels noT in Arkan-
eas viii engage west Of the Missls-
eippi- Price, Holmes, MarmaduEe. <s Co.
will be compelled to make their way, if they
can, to another quarter, thus surrendering the
whole Of Arkansas We take it that the Ar
kansas River can now be opened as far IS nav
igable Whenever tho military authorities
choose TO turn their attention to that enter
prise. The same can be said of the White
and st. Francois Rivers. Little Rock viii
coon be abandoned, and our 1ag viii f?oat
over the capital. The State viii fall intn
Federal hands rs naturally as Nashville and
Columbus followed Gen. Grants capturo Of
Fort Done!son, and tie numerous rivera and
water COURSES will form 60 many barriers. ono
alter another, against any invasion Of Mis-
souri,, were 1t possible to imagine the attempt
of such thing under circumstances 20 for
1,Y1Hinr
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The invasion Of the North WAS over, the
power Of the Southern Contederacy broken.
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The enemy vas repulsed-now was the time
for action. Webb's brigade, without waiting
for orders, dashed into the flying mass, and
came back with eight hundred prisoners.
stannard's brigade Of nine months Green
Mountain boys, their nnifurms clean and new,
improved the opportunity, aud took as many
more.
The Massachusetts 18th, reduced to two
eco1e Of men, rushed into the melee, and
came back with four stand Of colors. Halls
brigade, including the 10Th and 20th Ma.sa-
chueetts, the 7th Michigan, and Pennsglya.
mia regiment, captured eleTen colors.
When the tight Was most terrific, Col. Hall,
commanding The brigade, ordered tho color
bearer Of the 18th Massachusetts to advance
upon The enemy alone. It was llkean electric
impulse; It thrilled the entire liue. Men
forgot that they W6re on tho defensive, and
without an order from commanding officer,
the line as II bent On one common purpose,
su1gcd ahead. Thousands Of bayonets flashed
in the beams Of the setting sun. Then came
wild hurrah, and the mass Of rebels melted
away over the plain.
TIE RETREAT.
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" VIZ "31VotHes9'ot0tut1
We publish below letter from cur Vlcl1s-
burg correspondent, which will be found Of
considerable interest rs giving an insight into
the last days Of Vickebu'g, and especially the
tone Of sentiment expressed by the Secession
lists Of that vicinity. At this time, while NIL
are rejoicing over the capture Of the city
which unlocks the gates Of the Mississippi,
1t will be equally pleasant to observe the
funeral preparations Of the fal1en city,
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