Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-07-18
RI, pr.occupArlos o, rlnrlsssuls.

An cfi;id dispatch from Cumbsflin,, Nd, dated tie
1lih, says:
Information has been received from General Snlli.
vahs DIVISION which has occupied Mirtnsburg. without
opposition, and restored railroad communication Win
this point Railroad aud telegraph communicatioa 70
now open between Wheeling and harrisburg General
Albion p. Howe has assumed command st harpers
Ferry, thus relieving General SgeL General Hunsers
forces are very active. The pubic must 10. BIO to i'm
patient for the development OF bis movements. His
ioices have not been, nor are they new, iGls Good
reasons are given here for tho belief that the total Of
al the rebel io.ees operating 10 Aary,ud, engaged in
tina raid, 10 thirty thousand. Ffank Gillespie, OF the
fifteenth New York cavalry, hung here yesterday
| for thootiDg Lieutenant Shaver, an eHaosr Of bis
company.
TIE lxorrENEkT IN PHILADELPHIA.
l. spp,ars thsre SINE shaking smopg the Qaakers
and others q the City Of Bot erly Love. A telegram
dated there the IL instant, 2 P. NJ, says:
There is much excitement in this city, and business
| 10 great extent 10 suspended. A. noon the ringing
OF the ate House bsl called together large meeting
OF cit ms in Independence sqaare.
Aeter prayer by the Rev. DE-. Bfsinerd, addresses
| were made By Hon Judge Knox, Hon. Wn.D d. Kelley,
Frederick FraieJ and others.
The msetin, broks up with three cheers for GIANT
and his army, and thres cheers for Captain wnflos
| and the American navy.
Recruiting ia very brisk and before \o-nighs large
number of will be ready to leave FIR Washington
and Baltimore.
The following the call for the meeting alluded to
FsIlsv eitIss The invader 10 at cur own doors -
The life of the nation AID hontr OF Penny vanis
both hag trembling in the balance. The war cry of the
armies OF The Union Is: 1--we victory or give u:
desthi" We mean that the flag which f)ated over ouI
Grade shall aoas over our grave.
LIE. every patriot, closing factories, stores ana places
Of pusnes meet in council shs day, at IL o'clock noon
at Independence Sqlars Tee ate Il 'uss bell will b
Tung. Itn never row with ths kspuolc. Men Of
Pehnsl Iuial cit OF Philadelphia We reemel
or coWsrdss
Echo would have answered, "Oowardi"l
. FINANCIAL AID COMMERCIAL.
The New York H.tald ofihe 18Th says:
The money msrk,t and tho temper of tie people arr
lust such 10 be orsly infusnced, and exuem
caution Is nscesy to guard against panic Vor i AZ
any We have yet witnessed Secretary Fesssnden is II
town, ruce his arrival in town he his co1ferre'
with Ia &c number OF our leading financial men, an
to-day q meeting was held In thu Sub-Tfessury build
lag, at which all the managers Of the old banks We
present. III. ut of the conference being that som
mttee OF ten appoialed to devise plan Of sup
plng the wants OF the GoVerGme,t with as little CTS
turbabos 70 the moIey market IS pcssible
Toe COMMITTEES Is IS tepUr. 10 morrow, ~tei we shsl
learn moe. Toe Treasury is IN tnnediaS need Of a
least sixy millions Of dollars and in tue present rim
gsut sac Of the money muks! the banks unable 4
lend tbis amount without. f:H appealing 10 the psopl
by the sac OF bonds. If Mr. Pessend II, for instAIc
determine 10 raj ioaa from the banks OF tserty
ave millions, to be pad it3 the Treasury mined ately
or say within month, panic would be- the inevitabi
consequence OF tbs excessive s.riDgency' produced
did soud PROBABLY rise nty per csu, abJye It's pf'
D sent prem um.
Speaking Of the ETC. of this riie OF gold on pre-
v.sonI ard neces.sres Of life, the HVGld says:
The rise OF gold has caused An s1ce,siVe ppsculao
on the Pr>duce Exchange, aid ha. had The effect c
raising the price ct the necessaries Of lie to an tXe
WHICH, compared with he prices eurr4nt thee year
age, Is tqlal 10 about tno iuadres per cent, Will
within Ibe last ninety days whoa. has advanced
dollar per bushsl, H,ur tam dJlars per bar
rel ami PORK fifteen dollars pr barrel.