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THE GEORGIA WEEKLY TELEGRAPH
, £hsP Rev. A. J. Ryan, a Catholic priest of
Knoxville. Tennessee, an Irishman by
birth, is said to be the author of the touching
poem, “TheConquered Wanner.”’
Z3T Mnj. Richard Onne; formerly of At
lanta, is about to establish • weekly pnuor at
Brunswick, to be culled the “Brunswick
Courier."
Fran rrno and Pratino.—The subjoined
dispatches were forwarded by Marehal Benc-
dek to the Emperor Francis Joseph during
the action at Skalitz:
“ Eight in the morning: The action is com
mencing. Pray to God!
Noon: The battalions arc wavering. Pray
to God!
Four in the afternoon: The Prussians arc
beaten. Return thanks to God!"
Rky. Father O’Neill.—With reference
to the severe illness of this reverend gentle
man, to which we referred on yesterday, we
clip the following from the Columbus Sun of
Wednesday morning lost :
“ Wo were pleased to learn from the atten
dant physician, yesterday, that Rev. Father
O’Neill, whose illness we noticed yesterday
morning, is improving, and that he bids fair
to lie restored in a short time. This, we feel
sure, will be gratifying intelligence to his
many friends.”
Gettiso Timid.—It will be seen that the
House of Representatives have voted down,
by a large majority, the only reasonable meas
ure they have hail before them the present
session—the increase of the salary of mem
bers from $!!,000 $9,000. They took fright at
the people—who will stand millions to be
given away to lazy negroes—and resolved to
add nothing more to the pile of political
sins already heaped up. As the decree has
already gone forth against them, they might
as well have saved the additional $3,000.
UNION MEETING IN CHARLESTO
The citizens of Charleston held a public
meeting at Hibernian Hall Tuesday nigbt, to
deliberate on matters appertaining to tlic Na
tional Union Convention at Philadelphia.
The leading men of the citv, and some who
THE SOUTH AT PHILADELPHIA.
We copy this morning two articles upon
the Philadelphia Convention, from leading <
papers of New York. One is from the Times,
which discusses the question ns to what class !
of citizens at the South will be entitled to ad
mission. It is a subject upon which that
journal has been greatly exercised of late, as wcre t . ormcrl - v most Prominent in the cause of
it seems to consider itself the great regulator j «c^ion were present and active part.ct-
c n r_ 4uu u Mmnlv l )ant5 - Hon. P. C. Gaillard was chosen Pres
of the Convention. In this it lias amply ; _. ^
made a mistake, as have all others who have , ldcn J’ “ di f the lon S llst of Vice-Presidents
travelled beyond the great objects of the *• find such ^ "'m. Porter. Charles
Convention, which arc dear to the heart of' U»cbctb, James Simons, Henry Gourdin, W
every patriot, and essayed to declare that a ; Pringle, Theodore VI agner. Col. T. Z. Sim
certain class of delegates should be cxlcuded I ,nons > Dr - I. M. Robertson,
from the body whether thev approve and arc | The blowing preamble and resolutions,
willing to fight for these objects or not. It reported by Hon. Thos. Y. Simmons, as Chair-
° . . . ... • man of tlie Business Committee, were unani
appears to go on the principle that there is a mously adopted :
disfranchised class of American citizens, who i
are entitled to be heard neither in the gov- preamble and resolutions.
eminent nor in the consultations of the peo- The people ot every State an/ Territory
pie. Now, this is a relic of redkaUwn |
and disunion still clinging to
of conservative Republicans, and the sooner ! the heritage of each, and the only security
they get rid of it, the better. They will* have j for right and liberty. In this Convention the
to lop it off sooncror later, or go back and P. e ?P^ of South Carolina are invited to par-
1 . , . ,. , ’ *» , , ticipate. It is to vindicate the Statcship of
wallow in the mire winch they profess to have I every Commonwealth, and to establish their
left. There can be no union of tbc people of; title to representstiom that it assembles. It
this country with a disfranchised and ex- is, by organized action, to overthrow a mere
ccpted class, and for the simple reason that if sectional majority who seek to usurp the
* , ’ , ... , , , Government, and, for the purpose of party,
offenses have been committed, our whole peo- to subvert the chartered liberties olthe Stato
pie are sharers in the guilt, and no honorable of this Confederacy.
Southerner will consent to hold political im- When the appeal to arms was withdrawn
munities that arc denied to his neighbor who ^ wa f ,10 P? d peace would ensuo—that with
the close of war, would have terminated all
is as good as himself. It is only the belief I ^tempts to transfer its passions and preju-
that Mr. Davis is still held m prison for wise | dices from the field to the halls of legislation
mcre for stating that some of the most elegant la
dies of our leading cities will pass this sum-
Tiie Cholera on Tybeb.—From the Sa
vannali News & Herald of Thursday we ex
tract as follows:
It is stated that since the arrival of the
troops on the Island about fifty have died of
cholera, while some fifteen or twenty more
are supposed to have perished in the marsh
in attempting to escape to the mainland.—
Two or three soldiers who succeeded in
reaching the city were promptly arrested as
deserters, and sent back by the military au
thorities.
Considering that there were only some four
hundred and seventy troops landed from tlic
San Salvador, the mortality amongst them
has certainly been very great.
Wo also learn, from a letter in thesame pa
per, that two men, John Hart, and Patrick
Dresden, who were at work on Tybce light
house and made their escape to the interior,
were taken down with cholera in Bulloch
county. The latter died, and the former was,
at last accounts, convalescing.
Another Dcniel.
It Is with pleasure that we insert the fol
lowing letter from Dr. Slaughter, of Randolph
county, in refutation of certain grievous
charges alleged against him in a written ap
plication purporting to have been made by
General Tillson to the War Department, and
which, no doubt, is a forgery:
Cutiibert, )
Randolph Co.. Go., July 2C, 1866. f
Dear Sir: Will you do me the kindness to
publish the following reply to a letter pur
porting to bo from Gen’l. Tillson.
I sec in the Telegraph, of the 24th inst., a
charge against a Dr. Slaughter, of this coun
ty, of frightfully mangling two negro women,
aud politic purposes, and will soon be ad
mitted to liberty, that lias reconciled the
Southern people to go into friendly council
with the people at whose^beliests lie is held a
captive.
The Times, however, lias greatly softened
down from its original stringency on the
question of Southern representation at Phila
delphia. It is now, as will bo seen, willing
to give the right hand of fellowship to all
Southern meu, irrespective of tlicir past his
tory, whose political sins have been blotted
out by an Executive pardon. If any test at
all is to be required beyond sympathy in the
great objects of the Convention, perhaps this
is the most liberal that could be expected by
tlie South. Indeed, wc arc not prepared to
say that as a sensible, practical people, we
should offer serious objection if it be insisted
on by any considerable portion of the friends
of tbe Convention as politic or essential to
harmony. In point of fact, it amounts to a
virtual abandonment of all tests, for if con
It was justly expected that when, in good
faith, the sword was returned to the scabbard
that unity would ensue and tranquility be
obtained.
The Commonwealths of the South frankly
accepted the results of the conflict. They,
without disguise, embraced the decision of
events. They laid by tlijir arms, repealed
their Ordinances of Secession, acknowledged
their adhesion to the Government of the
United States, elected their Senators and Re
presentatives to its Congress in conformity
with the Constitution, and as States, partici
pated, with the assent of its various depart
ments, in one of tbe highest vocations of State-
ship, that of amendment to the fundamental
law.
They accepted, therefore, the same position,
and were entitled to the same rights and
privileges that were accorded to every other
Commonwealth of the United States.
Unfortunately for the cause of real freedom
a party, composed of members from one of
the sections, then controlled the Congress
and possessed the power.
These refused to abide by tbc results of the
war, and to accept the decision of events.—
They proclaimed a platform of pains and
ceded it is evident that, as the President penalties, and of disfranchisement for the
for non-performance ot an allotted task,
cannot use too strong language in replying to
this charge. I feel it my duty to defend it.
pronounce tho author of it a base, infamous
liar, which fact can be established by neigh
hors, and if some of those subordinate officers
of the Bureau were removed from the State
we should have no trouble with tlic freed’
men, lor they encourage the freedmen to re
port every frivolous circumstance, that they
may engorge their pockets, and it is almost
invariably taken out the negroes’ pocket. If
this is doubted, I can prove it by their own
witnesses—their black friends. Asahumanc
and kind master, I can bring many witnesses
to prove, where I have lived in this-and other
counties. • Yours, respectfully,
Tiios. Iv. Slaughter
Savannah and Memphis Railroad.
Messrs. Editors : Tlie Savannah and'
Memphis Railroad is exciting much in
terest in the Northwest and Southeast, and
is a toad which will be of great advantage to
your city. By it Macon will be 123 miles
nearer the navigable waters of the Mississip
pi Valley at Tuscuiahia, which is only 347
miles by Opelika and Columbus from Macon;
which by Atlanta, Chattanooga and Nash
ville to-Johnsonvillo is 470 miles. This route
then, will lessen the Greightson all Northwest
ern produco one fourth, and will lessen
freights as much going Northwest. It will
shorten tlie route from Memphis to Macon
and Savannah, 30 miles. This road will open
to Macon, copper, iron, marble, lime and
slate, with 180 miles; and 200 miles will con
nect her with coal, and perhaps petroleum,
at the Coosa river. There is now 127 miles
to Opelika, runing, and 15 miles more is gra
ded. Tlic S. «fc M. R. R. will be about 220
miles in length. The first 100 miles is a fino
farming country, with some minerals ; the
last 120 miles abound with finest iron, coal,
and perhaps petroleum, in the world. To
capitalists it will bo a paying investment. It
being tho nearest possible route between the
navigable waters of the great West and the
Atlantic, and h&viug four roads and a fine
navigable stream near, and at each terminus,
it must command more commercial freights
and travel than any other road. Add to this
the immense coal, petroleum, and other min
erals, and it is fair to conclude that it will do
double the business of any other road, and
therefore must make a very paying invest-
most. Junius.
wants the undivided support of the South,
every delegate would find his pardon duly
executed and awaiting his arrival in Phila.
delphia. Some, however, (and they have our
sympathy) have a peculiar repugnance to this
thing of pardon. They regard it as contain
ing an implication of guilt, guilt too of which
there has been no legal conviction, and they
are unwilling to concede the truth of the charge
by cither applying for or accepting a pardor.
For j the sake of these, and as tbe whole
thing is repulsive and uncalled for by any
public necessity, it is safest and best to reject
all tests, and admit every delegate who honest
ly subscribes to the great objects for which the
Convention is called.
These objects may be stated in a very lew
words. It is simply designed to sustain the
President's plan of reconstruction, and a Fed
eral in opposition to a consolidated govern
ment. This is tlie whole case briefly stated,
and there should, and probably will, be no
discrimination between the friends of those
measures. Among honorable men, there
can be no better test of loyalty to tbe Consti
tution than their willingness to go into a na
tional convention, ns equals and friends, with
the men whom they so recently fought in the
field. And again: there is every disposition
among the Southern people to be prudent
and conservative in tbe selection of dele
gates. If we mistake not, no extreme or vi
olent men will be sent to the Convention,
and if one should get there who is opposed to
the Union and would make war upon it, it
'will be because his constituents did not un
derstand his sentiments and opinions. We
send those whom be believe to be men of
moderation and conservatism; it is but fair
to admit them as such and then judge of
them by their fruits.
The Herald, in the article copied, takes a
most liberal view of tbe constitution of the
Convention. t regards it as one great mats
meeting, where everybody who desires may
attend, and vote on all questions to be raised.
We are very much inclined to tbc opinion
that it will so turn out, and if the popular
heart of the country can be aroused to a full
appreciation of tbc dangers that beset us
as a nation, and of their great duty to them
selves and their children of patting down the
spirit of radical revolution, it will have ac
complished a great work of deliverance and
liberty.
Don’t Bk Alarmed.—We caution our city
and country friends uot to be alarmed about
the reports of tho prevalence of tho Cholera
in this city as an opidomic. The list of mor
taiity is large, it is true; hut not immoder
ately so, when tho extraordinary weather of
the past few weeks is taken into considera
tion. The heated term or terms—for there
have been more than one this season—may.
now he regarded as past, and an abatemement
in thodeath record will, no doubt, immedi
ately ensue. Our advice is:—Keep the per
son clean, cool and comfortable, and the mind
placid. Do not indulge in unripe fruits or
wilted vegetables. Partake sparingly or re
ject altogether deleterious drinks, which are
iiurtful at all times. Be careful of your diet.
Above all, do uot let n Cholera panic seize
you, >r it is almost as bad ns the scourge it-
aolt. By following this advice there need lie
hiit lit:’.: npproben ion ol the prevalence of
any f- ited or wide-spread epidemic in this
city this season.—N. T. Uerntd, 2ird imt.
Personal.
Mr. P. T. Barnum is troubled with Con
gressional aspirations.
Mr. Washburn, of Illinois, continues ill,
and visitors arc excluded.
The son of Ristori has been named captain
for his gallant conduct at tlie battle of Cus-
tozza.
Detective Baker, a Washington despatch
says, is “dangerously ill.”
Ilony Isaac Allen, late Attorney-General of
Iowa, has been taken to an insane asylum for
treatment.
General Prim, who lias been staying at
Vichy, has been ordered to leave France.
Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton is about to be
come Lord Lytton, of Knebworth.
Colonel Gus. Henry, General Joe Johnston’s
Inspector-General, is* cultivating n large plan
tation near Laconia Landing, Arkansas.
The London Times believes that Colonel
Edwards, M. P., for Beverly, - and Mr. Wm.
Williams, of Tregullow, will be raised to the
dignity of baronets.
“General” Neal Dow has gone to Ireland
for his health, and writes that lie is “picking
up.” He did a deal of that in Pensacola.
Judge W. K. Turner, of the Nashville bar,
was stricken with paralysis last week. Ilis
condition is regarded as precarious.
General Beauregard was offered by the
Ilospodar of Moldo-Wallochia, the post of
commander-in-chief of the Roumanian army,
an honor which he declined.
Fulton Superior Court.—The argument
in the case of the negro boy who caused the
death of young Hammond, was closed about
12 o’clock yesterday, when the jury retired,
and after about two hours’ deliberation, re
turned with a verdict of “guilty.” The pri
soner was then sentenced to be hanged on the
14th of September next. It was currently
rumored at tbe time of the unfortunate occur
ence by which yonng Hammond lost his life,
that the mother had assisted in the murder
by holding the deceased while her son stab
bed him with a knife. The evidence in the
case did not establish that fact, but on- the
contrary it appeared that the mother was en
deavoring to stop the difficulty. She was re
turned to jail, but will probably be released
without trial.—At. Intel., 27th
Fifteen thousand negroes have died of the
cholert i n Gaudaloupc. and the sugar crop
will probably he short for want of hands to
gather it.
citizens of these States. They sought to set
aside every clause of tho Constitution which
came to conflict with their schemes of mis
rule. They endeavored, as measures of ven
geance, to disfranchise those whose ancestors
framed this Government for the liberties of
themselves and their descendants. In viola
tion of the plainest principles of justice, they
have, by their own votca, excluded these
States of the South from all participation in
the Government. They have denied to them
any voice in their laws, or in the practical
control of their internal peace and well-being.
They have had eleven of these States as sub
jugated territory, liable tq all the burthens,
but without capacity for any of the rights to
government.
They have made the animosities of war the
basis of legislation in a time of peace. They
have impaired the rights, the dignity and the
equality of the States, including the right of
representation in Congress and the exclusive
right of each State to control its domestic
concerns. They have 'passed laws without
their consent, vitally affecting their interest
and in disregard of the Constitution of the
country. They have refused to restore these
Commonwealths to their practical relations
as States. They have refused to maintain
the Constitution. They have refused to rec
ognize a condition of peace.
They have erected the dogmas of a party-
in the place of the Constitution, and them
selves, the Representatives of only a portion
of the States, into the common Congress, and
govern and rule in the name of the whole.
They have waged a bitter war upon the
President, and have even threatened him
with impeachment, because he lias, in accord
ance with bis sworn oath of office, endeavor
ed to preserve, protect and defend the Con
stitution of the United State, and the rights
of representation and liberty thereby guaran
teed to every Commonwealth and people.
They have enacted unjust laws, and under
the false and delusive plea of further guaran
tees, have placed upon the Statute Book dis
organizing and unconstitutional measures,
and have, by a mere party majority, ignored
the wise vetoes of the Executive,* and thus
proclaimed their will superior to the most
solemn constitutional sanctions. They have
thus erected a despotism in the place of a Re
public, and an oligarchy in the stead of the
representatives of the people.
In these violations of the Constitution, and
in this denial to these States ot existence or
right, they still persist agairst the earnest re
monstrances of the Chief Magistrate and the
manifest welfare of the whole country.
The conviction, therefore, has been forced
upon the patriotic mind everywhere, that un
dcr Radical rule there is no security for lib
erty and estate, and that eleven of the States
arc* held in a condition of dependence, and
without any hope at their hands of repose or
redress, and without any prospect that tlie
Government will be administered in accord
ance with the Constitution of our fathers.
To remain idle, is to deliver over the coun
try to their sway* To be silent and inactive
wiicn the voice of conservatism and the ac
tion of our sister Commonwealths calls , for
united effort, is to lie unmindful of our high
est interest and duty. In this public crisis
and hour of peril, it has, therefore, become
necessary that there should be a convocation
of the people by delegates from all the States
and from the whole country.’ The party now
in power must bo overthrown. The Consti
tution must be preserved. The organic lib
erties must be maintained.
The Convention will be an nssemblv ot tho
friends of restoration and peace.
It is important, therefore, that the people
of this Election District shonld meet in con
ference and appoint their delegates to the
State Convention to meet in Columbia, in or
dcr that they may lie represented in this
great and patriotic Convention of the whole
country. The security of their rights, the
maintenance of their liberties, and the pres
ervation of the Government, according to the
principles of the Constitution, all alike impel
to this course. Therefore,
Resolved, That the Radical party have ar
rayed themselves against the Constitution
and the interests of Republican liberty, by
their hostility to tlie President and liis meas
ures for restoring peace and concord, by their
holding these States as mere subjugated ter
ritory, having neither law or rights, but de
pendent alone for either liberty or self-gov
ernment upon the will of those representa
tives who now accidently wield the majority
in Congress; by their plans of exclusion
from suffrage and office of citizens who
have sincerely accepted events; by tlieir
rigid enforcement of political oaths
at war with the civilization of the present
and condemned by the history of the past,
and by tlieir attempts to establish the social
and political equality of variant races, which
must end in anarchy and misrule.
Resolved, That we heartily approve of the
wise and statesmanlike vetoes of the Presi
dent in support of the Constitution and tho
laws, and of his able and earnest efforts in
behalf of the restoration of every State to
equal title and privilege.
Resolved, That wo approve of the proposed
call for the people, by tlieir delegates, from
every State and Territory to meet in Conven
tion, and there devise measures, by which the
integrity of the’ Constitution may be main.
tained, and the inestimable right of each
State to representation may be recognized and
enforced.
Resolved, That with this view, we cordial
ly approve of the suggestions of Ilis Excel
lency the Governor, that a State Convention
should be held in the city of Columbia for
the purpose of selecting delegates to the Gen
eral Convention of the people.
THE WAR IN BOHEMIA.
(continued.)
From the Military Correspondent ot tlie London
Time*.
DRUNKENNESS AMONG WOMEN.
Astonishing Charges Against the New York La
dies—Dress-makers Supplying Their Customers
With Brandy—Wine Kept in Dry Goods Stores
for Fashionable Females.
Tlie Round Table of last week has an arti
cle on the revival of intemperance, which has
lately taken place, and asserts that the rav
ages of the vice are particularly noticeable
among women. It says
Drinking is again becoming fashionable,
and the ladies are responsible for the retro
gression. Two weeks ago we had occasion
to notice the prevalence of drinking among
ladies at our watering places; but it is not
alone at tbe watering places that the ladies
thus indulge. At their own homes, at the
stores, and at those public nuisances called
ladies’ restaurants they are accustomed to
drink liquors. The sight of a tipsy or intox
icated woman is not uncommon at the sea
sides, and it is by no means extraordinary up
on Broadway. We have tlie best authority
mer not at Saratoga or Newport, as usual, but
at an asylum for inebriates. And we assert
upon the same authority that the vice of fash
ionable drinking is now more prevalent
among the ladies than among the gentlemen
of this country.
In support of these statements, instances
of tlie most distressing character have been
brought to notice. Some women trace their
degradation to a natural appetite for spirits,
ancl others to a habit formed during a long
illness, when tlicy were ordered to drink
liquors as a tonic. Once developed, the
taste seems less controllable in women than
in men. The ladies drink in secret. They
liavc private bottles hidden about the house,
in spite of the vigilance of doctors, nurses,
husbands and fathers. Certain dressmakers
make it t point to furnish their customers
with drink, and some of the most fashionable
7liaisons des modes are, in fact, fashionable
drinking-houses. In some stores, bottles of
wine are also kept on hand for lady shoppers,
and in others, the merchants allow their boys
to be sent to the nearest house, when the la
dies desire it At tho so-called ladies’ res
taurants, all sorts of fancy drinks are as free
ly ordered by, and supplied to women as
creams and ices used to be, and anybody who
will take the trouble to visit one of these re
sorts, may see well-dressed, fashionable la
dies enter unattended, and call for liquors at
all hours ot the day.
These are startling facts; but there are tbo-
ers still more surprising and equally true.—
Our fashionable female drinkers do not care
so much for wines, and claret punches, and
sherry coblers. They can obtain such bever-
at dinner or at evening parties, and
when left to themselves they prefer stronger
spirits. Whisky and brandy are the favorite
drinks with these ladies. It may be txqe that
a woman is very far gone upon the doWnward
road when she can order and drink such stim
ulants in a public saloon; but still hundreds
of women in our best society do this every,
day. Some ' of the saloons which they fre
quent do not hare the stronger liquors upon
the bill of fare, but a neat little sign, which
reads, “ If you do not see what you want ask
for it,” gives the hint to the initiated.
In dress makers’ bills the significant item
“small trimmings” often covers up the expense
of liquors which the lady lias ordered through
tlie modiste who panders to her vitiated taste.
At the watering places a bribe to the waiter
procures a secret supply of liquor, which, by
the connivance of the landlord, is charged as
“extra luncheons.” Thus the poor infatuated
women find no difficulty in obtaining the
means of intoxication, and often the man of
business, engrossed with his cares and
thoughtlessly unsuspicious of the serpent that
has crept into his Eden, discovers to his hor
ror that liis wife or daughter has become a
confirmed drunkard, and that all his efforts
to reform her ore utterly useless.
If wc could unroot the houses of this and
other cities we would exhibit to the reader
instances of female intoxication that make
angels weep. Mothers or families are break
ing the hearts of tlieir husbands and daugh
ters by this vice. Girls of eighteen, the
daughters of our most respectable merchants,
have been seen grossly intoxicated on Broad
way stages and upon the public streets. Ma
ny a home, apparently most elegant and
attractive, is rendered a perfect pandemoni
um by one af the lady inmates through this
weakness. The belles at fashionable water
ing places, this summer, who sit upon piazzas
late at night, and think it very amusing to
be made “funny” by drinking with gentlemen,
little know the fate that is in store for them.
The painted courtezans, who flaunt in low
groggeries, and nerve themselves for their
foul vocation by glasses of gin, are hardly so
much to be pitied as these respectable ladies,
who secretly indulge the same craving for
stimulants, but who are unable to conceal the
effect of their indulgences.
Chronology of the German War.
The following calendar ot events, publish
ed in the Memorial Diplomatique, shows with
what rapidity great military results are
achieved in the present day:—
June 14.—Federal execution decreed by
the Germanic Diet.
June 16.—Entry of the Prussians into
Lcipsic, Giessen, and Cassel. Occupation of
Lobau.
June 17.—Entry of the Prussian General
Vogel into the Hanoverian capital.
June 18.—Occupation ot Marienthal, Os
tritz and Laubau, in Bohemia, by two Prus
sian regiments, and occupation ot Bcrnstadt
by Prussian cavalry. Occupation of Dresden
by the Prussians.
June 19.—Evacuation of Fort Wilhelm by
the Hanoverian troops. Prince William of
Hnnau made prisoner. Cavalry encounter
between the Austrians and Prussians upon the
Rumburg road
June 22.—Nixdorf occupied by seven
thousand Prussians.
June 23.—Occupatior of Rumburg by tlic
Prussians.
June 24.—Armistice between the Hanover
ian and Prussian troops.
June 35.—Action near Jungbunzlau be
tween the Austrians and the Prussians. The
Prussian troops occupied Reichenberg, Trau-
tenau and Aicba (Bohemia.)
June 26.—Engagement near Turnau.
June 27.—The army of the Crown Prince of
Prussia fought the battle of Nacliod. En
gagement at Oswiecim. Fight between the
Prussians and Hanoverians near Langensalza.
General Stcinnictz throws back the Austrian
corps tVarmce (Ramming) upon Josephstadt.
Engagement of the same corps with the Sixth
and Eight Austrian corps under the Archduke
Leopold.
June 28.—Action near Trautenau. The
troops of Prince Frederick Charles engaged
near Munchengratz.
June 29.—The Hanoverian army surren
dered at discretion. Capture of Gitschin by
the Prussian army.
June 30.—Actions at Kort, near Turnau,
and at Chwalkowitz. between Kalitz and
Konigshot. An Austrian army corps under
General Clam-Gallas compelled to retire upon
Koniggratz.
July 1.—Action at Gitschin.
July 2.—Arrival of King William at Gits
chin. * Junction of the Crown Prince's army
with that of Prince Frederick Charles.
July 3.—The battle of Sadowa.
Headquarters First Prussian Army, (
Schloss of Sichrow, June 27. J
The railway and high road which lead
down the valley of the Iser from Turnau to
Munchengratz run for a distance of about five
miles from the former town on the north side
of the river, but on reaching the village of
Podoll cross to the south bank by two bridg
es, which are about two hundred yards dis
tant from each other, that of the railway be
ing on the right, and that by which the road
crosses on the left of a person looking toward
Munchengratz. The railway bridge is con
structed of iron; that which carries the road
across the stream is made of wood, and lies
on a level with the causeway, which is raised
on an embankment about ten feet above the
flat meadows lying alongside it. The Iser is
at Podoll near upon one hundred yards wide,
and runs with a deep but fast stream between
steep banks, which only rise about four feet
aboye tlie level of the water. By the side of
the road and on the banks of the stream grow
large willow trees, planted at equal distances
from each other, and about ten yards apart.
Three roads lead from the plateau of Sichrow
to the high-road that runs down the valley of
the Iser. That on the east a country road
which leaves the plateau near tho Schloss and
Sichrow, and joins the highway near the
village of Swierzin, almost an equal distance
between Turnau and Podoll; in the centre the
chaussec from Libenau strikes into tlic high
road half-way between Swierzin and Turnau,
and tbe road from Gentschowitz on the west
joins it close to this town
Yesterday evening,Prince Frederick Charles
threw a light pontoon bridge over the river,
a little below the broken bridge of Turnau,
and occupied the town with a small force,
without opposition. Horn’s division march
ed at the same time by the country road on
the east, occupied the village of Swierzin,
and pushed its advance guard *toward Po
doll. The troops dirteted on this point, con
sisted of two companies of the 4th Jager
battalion, the second and fusileer battalions
of tbe tliirty-flrat regiment, and one battal
ion of tho Seventy-first. The Jagers, who
were leading, got to within three-quarters of
a mile of Podoll Bridge, before they came in
to collision with the Austrian out-posts, but
here ithey found the enemy, and a sharp ac
tion ensued, for the Austrians had six battal
ions in the village, and meant to hold the
place, and cover the passage of the river. ■
It was about 8 o’clock, and the dusk of the
evening was rapidly closing in, when the Ja-
S ers first felt their enemy. On the right-
and side of the road, about half a mile
before the bridge, stands the first house of
the village. It is a large, square farm-liouse,
with windows without glass, but with heavy
gratings. The Austrians had occupied it in
force, and their out-lying pickets, as they re
tired before t thc advancing Prussians, form
ed a line across the road beside it. As soon
as the Jagers came within sight the
garrison of the farm-house, and the formecl-
up pickets opened a bitter fire upon them.
From the grated windows, and from
the line of soldiers in the road, there
came one rapid volley, which told severely
on the Prussian riflemen, but these went
quiekly to work amd had fired about three
times before the Austrians, armed only with
muzzle-loading rifles, were able to reply.—
Then tho noise of musketry rose high, occa
sionally swelling into a heavy roar, but some
times falling off so that the car could distin
guish the separate reports. But this did not
last. Major Yon Lagen, commanding the
Second Battalion of tbe Thirty-first, which
was following the Jagers, on the first sound
of tho firing nad put his troops into double-
quick time, and was soon up to reinforce the
riflemen. It was now nearly dark, and the
flashes of the rifles, the reports of the shots,
and the shouts of the combatants were almost
the only indications of the positions of the
troops; yet it could be seen that the rapid
fire of the needle-gun was telling on the Aus
trian line in the road, and the advancing
cheers of the Prussians showed that thfcy
were gaining ground. Then while the ex
change of shots was still proceeding rapidly
between the window-gratings of the farm
house and the Prussian firing parties who
had extended into a corn-field on the right of
the highway, there was a sudden pause in the
firing on the road, for the Jagers, supported
by the Thirty-first, had made a dash and were
bearing the Austrians back beyond the farm
house to where the cottages of the village
closed on each side of the road, and where
the defenders had hastily thrown some hewn
down willow trees as a barricade across the
Then the tumult of the fight increased.—
Darkness had completely closed in, and the
moon had not yet risen; the Prussians pressed
up to the barricade, the Austrians stoutly
stood their ground behind it, and, three paces
distant, assailants and defenders poured their
fire into each other’s breasts. Little could be
seen, though the flashes of the discharges cast
a fitful light over the surging masses; but in
the pauses of the firing the voices of the offi
cers were heard encouraging tlieir men, and
half-stifled shrieks or gurgling cries told that
the bullets were truly aimed. This was too
severe to endure. The Prussians firing much
more quickly, and in the narrow street, where
neither side could show their whole strength,
not feeling the inferiority of numbers, suc
ceeded in tearing away the barricade, and
slowly pressed their adversaries back along
the village street. Yet tlie Austrians fought
bravely, and their plans for tbe defense of the
houses, had been skillfully though hastily
made; from every window muskets flashed
out fire, and sent bullets into the thick ranks
of the advancing Prussians, while on each
balcony, behind a wooden barricade, Jagers
crouched to take their deadly aim; but in
the street the soldiers, huddled together and
encumbered with clumsy ramrods, were una
ble to load with ease, and could return no
adequate fire to that of the Prussians, while
these, from the advantage of a better arm,
poured their quick volleys into an almost de
fenceless crowd.
As the battle in the street was pushed inch
by inch towards the Iser, the Austrians, in
every house which the foremost ranks ot the
Prussians passed, were cut off from their re
treat, and were sooner or later made prison
ers, for thc)houses of the village do not join
on to each other, but are detached by spaces
of a few yards, and there is no communica
tion from one house to the other except by
the open street. The whole of the Prussian
force was now up, and extending between tlie
houses which tlic first combatants had pass
ed by, cut off the escape of their garrisons,
and exchanged shots with the defenders.
With shrieks and shouts, amid the crashing
of broken windows, the heavy sounds of fall
ing beams, and the perpetual rattle of the
firearms, the battle was heavily pressed down
to the narrow street, and about 11:30 the
moon came up clear and full to show the
Austrian rearmost ranks turning viciously to
bar the Prussians from the bridge. The
moonlight, reflected in the stream, told the
assailants that they were near tlie object of
their labor, and showed tbe Austrians that
now or never the enemy must be hurled back.
Both sides threw out skirmishers along the
river bank,and the moon gave them light to di
rect their aim across the stream; while on the
first plank of the bridge the Austrians turned
at bay, and the Prussians pausing some short
paces from them, the combatants gazed at
each other for a few moments. Then they
began a fiercer fight than ever. The discharges
were more frequent, and in the narrower way
the bullets told with more severe effect.—
Herr Von Drygalski, leading the Fusileer bat
talion of the Thirty-first, a Lieut. Colonel of
only two days's standin
that, galled by their hard fortune, charged
with the baj'onet, but that the Prussians also
took kindly to the steel and this charge caused
no change in the fortune of the fight. Cer
tain it is that the defenders were ultimately
obliged to retire across the bridge.
While this combat was proceeding slowly
along the street another tight was carried on
upon the railway almost with an equal pro
gress, and also with an almost similar result.
A party of the Austrians fell back from tlic
point where shots were first exchanged, and
where the railway crosses the road along the
line. They were pushed by some Prussian de
tachments, but neither side was here in strong
force, and the pincipal fighting was done upon
tlie road; but here, too, the needle-gun showed
its advantage over the old-fashioned weapons
of the Austrians, for the latter fell in the
proportion of six to one Prussian. The rail
way bridge was not broken, but the lines
were torn up by the retiring troops,_and the
From
The
Jm tlie York Times,
SO, "sh a m k hp Conve ntio„_^ v ,
Should be Admitted > h °
. °, ne of r. ur & > mh trn correspondent, .
ing from Georgia,state, fairlvaml -T * n: -
ly the feeling of the pcnnl,. in rer
Convention, and tlieir general method St
soning upon the subject, nu expos
the case, as it is seen in the South?? • **
tention. The popular opinion lie de-cA 81-
as overwhelmingly in favor of the
means of reconciling the sections'
the moveine-.'
hastening the rest oration of'dA Union” 3 ’re
view appears to he shared by men wlm i. '
prominent in the rebellion as well » r
those who enlisted in it under the nn--
oi local opinion; the desire of all clas, f .-T
ing, as a rule, to accept in good faith the^'
sequences of the war, and to dischaAA
f,A tiC TTl e I? lvi Sf.. U i ,0n * hem « citizen-'
line is not now passable by trains. The Prus
sians pushed over both bridges after the re
treating Austrians; the latter threw a strong
detachment into a large unfinished. house,
which stands by the chamee about a quarter
of a mile beyond the bridge, and again made
a stand, but not of long duration; they had
lost many killed, wounded and prisoners;
many of their officers were dead or taken;
but they stood till they coukl gather in all
the stragglers who had escaped from the
houses of the village, and harassed by the
pursuing Prussians, drew off sullenly by the
main road to Munchengratz. Thus termina
ted a contest, which, fought upon both sides
with the greatest vigor and determination,
yet resulted in a clear victory for the Prus
sians, for, when the last dropping shots ceased,
about 4 o’clock this morning, there were no
Austrian soldiers within three miles of Podoll
bridge, except th" wounded and the taken.—
There was no artillery engaged on cither side;
it was purely an infantry action, and the
Prussians derived in it great advantage from
the superiority of tlieir arms over that of their
opponent^, not only in the rapidity, but in
the direction of their fire, for a man with an
arm on the nipple of which he has to place a
cap naturally raises the muzzle in the air,
and in the hurry and excitement of action
often forgets to lower it, and only sends his
bullet over tlie heads of the opposite ranks,
while the soldier armed with a breach-load
ing musket keeps his muzzle down, and, if in
haste he fires it off without raising the butt to
his shoulder, his shot still takes effect, though
often low, and a proof of this is that very ma
ny of the Austrian prisoners are wounded in
the legs.
The road to Podoll was this morning
crowded with hospital wagons and ambu
lance cars bringing in the wounded; every
cottage in the way was converted into atem-
orary hospital, ancl the little village of
wierzin was entirely filled with stricken men.
The sick-bearers, one oftliemost useful corps
which any army possesses, were at work from
the very beginning of the action. As the
combatants passed on, these noble-minded
men, regardless of the bullets and careless of
personal danger, removed with equal hand
both friend and enemy who were left writhing
on the road, and carried them carefully to the
rear,where tlie medical officers seemed to make
no distinction in their care for both Austrian
and Prussian. Not only was it those whose
special duty is the care of the wounded who
alone were doing their best to ease the suffer
ings of those who had suffered in tho combat
soldiers not on duty might be seen carrying
water for prisoners of botli sides alike, and
gladly affording any comfort which it was in
their power to give to those who overnight
had been firing against their own hearts!—
Nor is this wonderful, for after the flash of the
battle is over, and the din of the musketry
has died away, the men of this army cannot
forget that one common language links them
to their adversaries, and that, after all, it is
probably German blood which, flowing from
an Austrian, trickles over the white livery of
the House ot Hapsburg.
In the village the utmost disorder gave evi
dence of the severity of the contest. Austri
an knapsacks, shakos, clothes, and arms were
scattered about in wild confusion. Dead
horses lay in the ditches by the roadside.—
White coats and cloaks, which had been
thrown off in the hurry of the fight, lay scat
tered along tbe road; the trees which had
formed tlie Austrian barricade were still on
the side of the street, and held many a bul
let. The cottages had been ransacked of tlieir
furniture^ and tlieir beams and roof-trees had
been torn down to form defences for the
doors ancl windows, while along the street
and upon the banks of the river lay objects
which in the distance look like bundles of
untidy uniform, but which on nearer approach
are seen to be the bodies of slain soldiers.—
Sometimes they lie in groups of twos or
threes, twisted together as if they had grip
ped one another in their mortal agony, and
sometimes single figures lie on their’backs,
staging with livid countenance and half-closed
hazy eyes straight up against the hot morning
sun. The dark-blue uniform with red facings
of Prussia and the white with light-blue of
Austria lie side by side, but the numbers of
the latter much preponderate, and on one
part of the railway three Prussian corpses op
posite nineteen Austrian form a grisly trophy
of the superiority of the needle-gun.
Close on five hundred unwounded Aus
trian prisioners have this morning been
marched up to Headquarters, and the Aus
trian loss in killed and wounded is very con
siderable. The Prussians have lost two offi
cers dead, and seven or eight wounded.—
The medical officers have officially reported
that the proportion of wounded Austrians to
wounded Prussians is five to one. Thus has
the needle-gun told both on the ba'.tle-field,
and in the hospital.
To-day Headquarters have halted here.—
There has been no skirmishing; the Aus
trians appear to be in full retreat, for while I
write white smoke curling up from beyond
some fir woods beside the Iser, tells that the
bridge of Nohclnitz, about five miles below
Podoll, which they have set on fire to ob
struct pursut, is burning steadily.
the United States. But the
arises, How may the South'comply w!’w 5
conditions implied in the forma nt t*
Is the World Graving Larger ?
The theory that the world is constantly in
creasing in size by accretion is not a new one
by any means, although it is a strange one.—
At the first glance it seems plausible in char
acter, although it is ably disputed by men of
scienco. It is almost dangerous to refer to the
subject without provoking discussion: still,
we are induced to reproduce an article from
the Scientific American, signed W. H. B.:
Is there not reason to think that this world
is daily increasing in size? Is there not an
action taking place on its surface analagous
to that which occurs in a plastic cell when
placed in circumstances favorable for its de
velopment? To illustrate this thought: We
plant a little acorn weighing n few grains in
the ground. In the course of time, it becomes
the laige oak, weighing thousands of pounds,
and spreading its branches far and wide in
every direction. This oak gets its weight and
bulk principally from the air wc breathe,
and remains upon the earth thousands of
years, perhaps, and undergoes a great many
changes before it is finally restored to the at
mosphere, even if this event ever does take
dace. So animals derive their weight and
julk partly from the air they breathe into
their lungs, and partly from the vegetable
productions which they devour. When ani
mals die, their bodies, it is true, arc partly
decomposed into gas, and restored to the at -
mosphere, but they are principally seized
upon and appropriated by growing vegeta
bles, which, in their turn, are devoured by
other animals. It seems to me that the earth,
through the agency ot its animal and vegeta
ble productions, must be daily increasing at
the expense of the atmosphere by which it is
rnplied in the terms ol the
The fact that the invitation is addressed
clusively to loyal men suggests the inm,;
How cau the South accept the test S* 1 '
that all but an inconsiderable portion of?
people were in one form or another volant?
nly or involuntarily, concerned in the?','
The difficulty thus experienced is not co?
plained of as harsh or unjust It is re .
nized as in some degree a necessity, if the J
liberations of the Convention are to influ e -
the Northern mind. Ancl, to escape from?
the suggestion is offered that instead of so?
ing delegates to the Convention, the Stav
lately in rebellion shall content themself
with endorsing the movement by a series of
public meetings, which shall be at once?
overture of friendly feelings and a pledge
concurrent action.
Wc apprehend, however, that the adon.
tion of this course by the Southern Stata
would in a great measure render the mov*.
ment nugatoiy, and frustrate the objects of
its promoters—for the purpose is, by co^].
tation, to establish the bases ot joint actioa
by the conservatives of the two sections, p
only Northern delegates assemble, the com.
try will sec but one side of the pictureanj
hear but one side of the story. Wc shall
know no more after the meeting than
we know now, unless it be a more ei-
act estimate of the relative strength of the
moderate element in the Northern States-
There will be no opportunity of exchange
ideas, debating concessions, rstabliahingcon.
cert of effort, and s o building up a National
Union Party, equal in strength, capacity and
purposes to* the altered circumstances of the
country. Its failure to send delegates will
be attributed to wrong motives; its Northern
friends will be weakened, and its enemies
will use the fact as evidence of continued dis
loyalty. It will suffer, moreover, by the loss
of the first opportunity since the war of sta
tins' i* 3 case > n ' ts own way, vindicatingitseli
from the aspersions now heaped upon it, af
firming its honest acceptance of the issue of
the conflict, and proving its fitness to be in-
trusted with power and privileges at present
withheld. By the character, the temper, the
tactics, the alliances of the Southern dels-
gates in the Convention tho South will be
judged; and its absence will be construed in
to a confession of inability to endure the 0;-
deal.
Still the difficulty adverted to by ourcor-
respondent remains, and how shall tkat be
met ? It is admitted that if the Congressional
test oath be inforccd at Philadelphia, the
roll of 3outhem delegates will be pared don
to an extent that will materially interfere
with the expression of Southern opinion-
and an expectation that the test enacted b;
Congress will be applied at the Conventioc
evidently prevails in Georgia. There hat
however, been no formal intimation of any
intention to adopt this test, nor does then
seem to be the same necessity for it which
has existed at Washington. Certainly the
Randall-Doolittle call does not indicate such
an intention. It invites delegates “who sus
tain the Administration in maintaining us
broken the Union of the States;” and tbs
propositions enunciated effectually cxclui
all who cling to the heresy which was at tht
bottom of the war. But there is nothing h
the call which warrants the conclusion tht:
its authors either contemplate or desire ti j
result that would be inevitable if a too rigi:
test were applied.
Two suggestions have been offered as»f
plicable to the difficulty under which r 1
South labors. One is that the delegates fr
that section shall be required to state tl
they have not voluntarily bprnc arms aga:
the National Government The other con
through our Georgia correspondence, and I
effect is, that in the case of delegates wk
have participated in, or sympathized win
the rebellion, the President’s pardon shall I
held to remove the disqualification,
former would unquestionably open the
to many able and influential men, to whfl
tlie test oath would be an insuperable ob»
cle. The other would imply some title to
cognition, though perhaps more open tl
the other to captious objection.
What may be the course of the Convent:::
in the premises can be but imagined in «
vance of its assembling. Wc think, howers
it may be safely assumed that the same libs
ality and moderation, the same catbolici:.'j
and constitutionalism which pervade the?
dress of tlie Washington Committee, w
guide the councils of the promoters of tb
Convention. As against the North th'l
should be clear and decided. From this*
tion they can know none but loyal Fni
men—men, whether Republicans or DenM
crats, who were loyal during tlie war; W
those who, having been then disloyal, won:
now creep in under a pretence of Unionist
But toward the bearing may well be dife
cnt. The difficulty there is with a pwp
not with individuals, and the interpretitit-
of conduct must be regulated by a diftfc
standard. Perhaps either of the suggest®*
we have noticed will equitably meet the®-
cumstances of the case as it exists in ®
South; and we think that neither can w ’
objected to by one section or the other.
The point meanwhile to be attained at*
development ot a wise, conservative spit 1 ’-I
the Southern constituencies. It were W*
that they should make no elections thant»
they should send delegates tainted with t*
records, and lacking the temper and d----
tion suited to the occasion. But tbe I
ceeding devoutly to be wished, is the cWf
of delegates qualified by their antec^^l
their character, their prudence, their moc-j I
tion, to speak and act with effect in 1
pertaining to a restored Union.
I The Hottest Weather for a Ceni^ I
—The following statement from Yale C
will be read with interest:
This afternoon, at 3 P. M., my thci
ter, suspended in the shade upon
side of tlie New Haven Hotel, indicate!
3-4 degrees, being the highest tempw®]
known to have been obtained in New*®,
since 1778, a period of 89 years. The h>™
temperature recorded before the present-
son was 102 degrees, viz: June 24th,
Previous to th K the thermometer had vj
twice observed at 101 degrees, viz: in '
and there have been three other cases * .
the thermometer has risen to lOO degre^-
in 1781, 1800 and 1843, making in all ^
known instances in which a thermometer
ly exposed in the shade, has risen to
grees and upward.
Tlie period just passed lias been
markable for the long continuance of * -
heat, as for its intensity. Within a
eleven days the thermometer has n**
times to 95 degrees and upwards. .
there has been only one other ms-
which the thermometer has risen up
height, five times during the same
viz, : 1845; and these cases are spread
During the sa® L 'i
The Year of Jubilee.—An old and es
teemed friend of ours, formerly one of the
largest planters in North Mississippi, inform-1
ed us yesterday that one of liis former ser-
T went down with surrounded. In other words, the plants ancl
two bullets in his head, aud a Captain at his | animals of the earth are all the time appro- ! interval ot 36 clays. „ a
side was shot in both legs; many men fell, priating to themselves the elements of the at- : there have been been but two otia't
and the gray horse of a Prussian neld-otiicer. 1 mosphere, and forming out of them new com- 1 which the thermometer lias risen - ^
with * Lnll in hi* Itonrt fell hesvilv m/ainst Hounds, which remain unon the earth an al- I as many as four times during tae
horse of a Prussian neld- _ _
itli a ball in his heart, fell heavily against! pounds, which remain upon the earth an al- j f
the wall, kicking amici tlie ranks, but be was j most indefinite length of time before thev are • mer, viz: in 17
vant? S’ 1 his wife, TfecT davs“sffice, be-1 soon quieted forever, and at that moment men | decomposed and restored to the atmosphere.
sought him to allow him to come back home, regarded but little such wounds as could be ———
“Home" Slid the nlanter “you don't belon" i lntnctctl by an iron-sliod hoof, even in the ng- General Santa Anna has entered an ,
Ltoofata. Tlie Austrians stoo.l "Mlant-1 action against the firm of A. ISniz -t Co,, of I
it is mass e if you sez so,” replied Sam, “fur j and made an attempt to set hre to the \ New \ ork, for alleged refusal to give up | nephew ot th
I’s tired ob bein mixed wid dese bad fotcli-1 ^ri^
ed up white folks.”—Jte&pkis Appeal ugain told upon
780 aud 1798.
e.
Yale College, July 17, lSOtl.
auu nnao an auempi* to me iuc iuir, hd iiucgcu ktjmi ^ uupucD m im a
Igc, but the difference oftheir armament' $13,000, placed in tlieir custody, temporarily I July 11. He :
in told upon them here, and it is said by the complainant. the battle-fields o
The Raleigh (X. C.) Prr>S r ;'' . :
King of Prussia arri'“;,,
11 a tour of ird' u
ie South.