of railroad track and a dépôt.-THE following notice was published by the rebel Bureau of Conscription at Richmond:

"To answer numerous inquiries, and to correct errors not uncommon, the following notice is published to all concerned:

"1. Under the recent call of the President, extending the conscript age, all substitutions have ceased to be valid if the substitute be less than forty-five years old, and is not otherwise exempt by law.

"2. Membership, whether as officer or private, of local organization for home defence or special service, confers no claim to exemption from confederate service; neither does service in the militia, unless in the case of officers actually in Commission who have duly qualified.

"3. Hereafter any one furnishing a substitute will become liable in his own person whenever the services of the substitute are lost to the government from any cause other than the casualties of war.

"4. Applications for exemption, on any ground whatever, must first be addressed to the local enrolling officer, who, if he has not power to act, or is in doubt, will refer them to higher authority, with report of the facts. All such addressed direct to higher authority will necessarily and invariably be referred back for local examination and report; and the applicants will thus have uselessly lost time and prolonged suspense." -THE public debt of the United States, at this date, amounted to $1,097,274,403.

the North, in the river boats, and even upon locomotives. It cannot well be replaced by any other fuel. The bituminous coal which is found near Pittsburgh would not answer the purpose, even if it would bear the cost of transportation. Our troops already hold the railroads and canals leading from the Cumberland coal-fields. All that is needed is to seize the anthracite fields, destroy the roads and the machinery of the pits, set fire to the mines, and leave them. Northern industry will thus be paralyzed at a single blow.

"These views may have induced General Lee to move upon Harrisburgh. We doubt whether he would fire the mines, but the destruction of the Mauch Chunk Railroad and pit implements would be as legitimate as blowing up tunnels and aqueducts or burning bridges. Of one thing we may be sure, that whatever is best to be done will be done by General Lee, and if he thinks fit to destroy the Pennsylvania mines they will certainly be destroyed. Should he leave them untouched, it will be for the best of reasons. But it is impossible not to indulge the hope that he will avail himself of the tremendous power which the possession of the coal-fields, even temporarily, would confer."

-A SKIRMISH occurred near Bottom's Bridge, Va., in which Sergeant Barnett, of company C, Fifth Pennsylvania cavalry, was killed. There were no other casualties. The Fifth Pennsylvania captured twenty-five prisoners. THE United States steamer Maumee was launched at Brooklyn, N. Y.

--GENERAL NEAL Dow was captured by a party of rebel scouts at a private residence near Clinton, La., and sent to Richmond, Va.—TÈë rebel blockade-runner Britannia was captured by the National gunboat Santiago de Cuba.--AT Baltimore, Md., the following order was issued by the General Commanding :

July 2.-The Richmond Whig of this date contained the following: "If it be true that the confederate forces occupy Harrisburgh, the attention of the commanding general will no doubt be directed to the coal-fields, which lie within forty or fifty miles of that city. His first aim will be to cut all the railroad connections, and thus put a stop to the transportation of fuel. His next will be to destroy the most costly and not easily replaced machinery of the pits. Whether he would stop at this is questionable. He might set fire to the pits, withdraw the forces sent out on this special duty, and leave the heart of Pennsylvania on fire, never to be quenched until a river is turned into the pits, or the vast -GENERAL WILLIAM JACKSON, with one thousupply of coal is reduced to ashes. The anthra- sand seven hundred men, and two pieces of artilcite coal is found in large quantities in no other |lery, attacked the Union troops at Beverly, Va., part of the world but Pennsylvania. Enormous but was repulsed and routed with some loss. The quantities are used in the United States navy, rebels expected to make an easy prize of the the countless workshops and manufactories of garrison, which contained the Tenth Virginia

"Until further orders, the citizens of Baltimore city and county are prohibited from keeping arms in their houses unless enrolled in Volunteer companies for the defence of their homes." The dwellings of citizens were visited by the Provost-Marshal and the police, for arms, in accordance with this order.

infantry, Captain Ewing's battery, and one com- resist your arms indefinitely, in order to stop the pany of cavalry, under the command of Colonel further effusion of blood, I propose that you apHarris, of the Tenth Virginia, who was ordered point three commissioners, to meet three whom by General Averill to hold the place until he I shall select, to arrange such terms as may best could reach him with reenforcements, which he accomplish the result." did; but before their arrival, the rebels were repulsed and the Nationals were in pursuit.-THE battle of Gettysburgh was resumed at early daylight this morning.—(Docs. 20 and 118.)

-THE rebel Impressment Commissioners of the several States, met in convention at Atlanta, Ga., to-day. Virginia, North-Carolina, and Florida were not represented, and the other States only partially. Consequently the Convention adjourned to the twenty-seventh instant for a full attendance.

—A PICKED force of infantry, artillery, and cavalry, under General Foster in person, left Newbern, N. C., on an expedition inland.—THE battle of Cabin Creek, Indian Territory, ended on this day. (Doc. 30.)

July 3.—The following "commendable appeal" to the foreign residents of Richmond, Va., appeared in the Enquirer, published in that city, to-day:

To British Subjects:

FELLOW-COUNTRYMEN: If you desire to protect your homes, and the homes of your friends, from the touch of the ruthless invader; if you believe, as we do, in the justice of the Southern cause, and desire its success; if you have interests here to defend, then it is manifestly your duty, as brave and chivalrous men, to take up arms at this crisis. The history of our past precludes the possibility of our being cowards; but let us here, and now, in this righteous struggle for constitutional law and liberty, add another laurel to our ancestral history.

Those of you who are willing to offer yourselves, for either temporary or permanent duty, should report at once to the undersigned: Sydney H. Davis, Lieutenant H. B. M., Sixteenth regiment, Arlington House. F. L. Buxton, Lieutenant Royal Berks volunteers, Mrs. Duval's, corner Fourteenth and Ross streets.

-AT Vicksburgh, Miss., at eight o'clock this morning, flags of truce appeared before A. J. Smith's front, when the rebels, Major-General Bowen and Colonel Montgomery, were led blindfolded into the Union lines. They bore a communication from General Pemberton, of the following purport:

General Grant replied in these words:

"The appointment of commissioners is unnecessary. While I should be glad to stop any unnecessary effusion of blood, the only terms which I can entertain are those of unconditiona surrender. At the same time, myself and men, and officers of this army, are ready to testify to the distinguished gallantry with which the defence of Vicksburgh has been conducted."

At eleven o'clock the messengers returned. This afternoon General Grant met General Pem

berton between the lines, and after an hour's consultation settled the surrender of the place. -(Docs. 25, 36, and 146.)

-THE National Guards, Colonel Wright commanding, composed of the most substantial citizens of Newbern, N. C., received their arms and equipments and entered upon duty at the garrison of that place.

-MAJOR-GENERAL FRENCH sent a force toward Williamsport, Md., which was successful in capturing and destroying the pontoon train of the rebels. The guard, consisting of a lieutenant and only thirteen men, were taken.—General French's Despatch.

-THE following orders were issued at NewOrleans, La., by Brigadier-General Emory: "Hereafter no public assemblages, except for public worship under a regular, commissioned priest, will be allowed in this city for any purpose or on any pretence whatever, by white or black, without the written consent of the Commander of the defences of New-Orleans; and no more than three persons will be allowed to assemble or congregate together upon the streets of the city. Whenever more than that number are found together by the patrol, they shall be ordered to disperse, and failing to do so, the of fenders shall be placed in arrest.

"All bar-rooms, coffee-houses, stores, and shops of every description, will be closed at nine o'clock P.M.

"All club-rooms and gambling-houses are hereby closed until further orders.

"No citizens or other persons, except the police and officers in the United States service, or soldiers on duty or with passes, are to be al"Although I feel confident of my ability to lowed in the streets after nine o'clock P.M.”—

THE United States transport boat Zephyr was fired into, at a point six miles below Donaldsonville, La, and two men were wounded.—A FIGHT occurred at Fairfield, Pa., between the Sixth United States cavalry, under Major Samuel H. Starr, and two brigades of rebel cavalry, under Generals Robinson and Jones.- Philadelphia Enquirer.

-THE battle of Gettysburgh was concluded this day. Repulsed at every point, General Lee withdrew in the night, leaving General Meade master of the field.-(Docs. 20 and 118.)

-SUFFOLK, Va., was evacuated by the Union troops. A CIRCULAR letter was issued from the Treasury Department by Secretary Chase, regulating the disposition of abandoned, captured and confiscable property in the rebel districts.

Elk River, Tenn., was thrown forward toward Dechard and Cowan, after reoccupying Winchester. This day he sent his cavalry force, under Colonel Watkins of the Sixth Kentucky, toward the mountains. Near University Place, they encountered the rebel cavalry, killed and wounded forty, routed and drove them three miles up the side of the mountain, and returned with the loss of twelve men. The rebels' flight was so precipitate, that they threw away every thing which could at all impede them, and their course could be traced for miles by their cast-off equipments and accoutrements.

-CAPTAIN TURNER, the Commandant at the Libby Prison, at Richmond, Va., received the following order:

"HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF HENRICO, "July 4, 1863.

among the Federal Captains now in his possession, two of that number for execution.

"JOHN H. WINDER,

} July 4.-The rebel gunboat Torpedo, formerly "SPECIAL ORDER, No. 160.-Captain T. N. the Dragon, came down the James River, Vir- Turner, commanding confederate States prison, ginia, having on board Alexander H. Stephens, is hereby commanded to select, by lot, from Vice-President of the rebel government. By flag of truce it was reported that Stephens was the bearer of a letter from Jefferson Davis to President Lincoln, and he requested permission to go to Washington in the Torpedo, to present the letter to President Lincoln in person. This request was declined by the President and Cabinet, but before their determination could be communicated, the Torpedo had left its moorings and proceeded up the James River, without waiting for an answer.-(Docs. 23 and 34.)

-VICKSBURGH, Miss., was surrendered to the National forces under the command of MajorGeneral Grant.-(Docs. 25, 36, 94, and 141.)

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-ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, announces to the country, that the news from the army of the Potomac to ten P.M. of the third, is such as to cover the army with the highest honor and promise a great success to the cause of the Union, and to claim the condolence of all for the many gallant fallen, and that for this he especially desires, on this day, that He whose will, not ours, should ever be done, be

everywhere remembered with the profoundest gratitude."

-THE battle of Helena, Ark., was fought this day, by the National troops under the command of Major-General B. M. Prentiss, and the rebels under Generals Marmaduke, Price, and Holmes.(Docs. 24 and 111.)

"Major-General Commanding." Captain Turner at once proceeded to carry out the order, and caused all the captains, seventyfive in number, to be assembled in the large room on the first floor. The order commanding the selection of two of them for execution was then read aloud in their presence, by the Captain, and the seventy-five names deposited in a box placed upon a table. Captain Turner inquired if they would designate any particular person to draw from the box, and explained that the two first names drawn would be the parties selected. There was a deep silence for some named Rev. Mr. Brown, Chaplain of the Fifth moments, when one of the captains spoke and Maryland (Yankee) regiment, as their choice. Mr. Brown here stepped forward, from three chaplains in the room, and, evincing considerable emotion, drew the first name from the box, written upon a piece of paper.

Without glancing at the card, he handed it to

Captain Turner, who read out: "Henry Washington Sawyer, Captain First New-Jersey cavalry." Then it was a singular coïncidence struck every one present, for Sawyer was the party who named Mr. Brown for the unpleasant duty he was then discharging. Great drops of sweat beaded Sawyer's brow, as he stepped out from -GENERAL SHERIDAN's division of Rosecrans's the ranks. The next name was drawn and read army, in pursuit of General Bragg, crossing the out, as before, "John Flinn, Fifty-first Indiana re