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CIRCULATION OYER 60,000.PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, JULY 4, 1863;PRICE TW 0 CENTS.BATTLE!nlt;rwTHE'•Mirvi *11IbHIGHLY IMPORTANT!- * *Fust Days OperationsFROMSEATtee FIGHT ON THURSDAY.►Vli©ailheavy lossjssBOTH SIDES.Generals Paul and Zook Killed.gens, sickues, barton, grahamAND WARREN WOUNDEDten. Barksdale, of Mississippi, Killed.THE RRBEI. LONGSTREET REPORTEDKILLED.General Lee Concentrating HisWhole Force.* /%if0 Cidal Despatches from Gen. Meade.TfASiiJTroTOB, July 8.—An odespatch wasreceived here this afternoon | Drum Major-GeneralIWESTMINSTERdatedead-quartkrs of tub Army of TUB Potomac, nothing about the result of the battle, but state thatJuly 2,11 o’clock, P. M.attackedthis afternoonseverest contests of the war, was repulsedpoints.We have suffered considerablykilledboth armies are fighting with great desperation. Firing was heard from daylight np to three o'clockthis afternoon at different points down the river.wounded.Among the killed are Brigadier-Generals Paul andZook, and among the wounded, Generals Sickles,Babtok, Ghaham and Warrxr, slightly.We have taken a large number of prisoners.|8*C02iD DESPATCH.)Washntavox, July 3.—A later despatch has beenreceived from Major-General Meade, dated at eighto'clock this morning, which says:FROM YORK.York, July 3, via Columbia.—The firing yesterday was near Oxford, Adams county, and not Dover, aswas supposed. . ',p -There was fighting nearly all day and late In the evening. The cannonading was resumed this morning. Onr scouts state that tbs enemy has been repulsedthree times. J: ''J 'itSJHKI.'' ..From Colombia.Columbia, Pa., July S.—Captain Roberts, of Fhriadeiphia, who was captured near Gettysburg and paroled, has arrived here. He reports that, yesterday, beyond York, a courier from General Meade to GeaeraT Couch stopped at a house to have his horse led. The women in the house were alarmed andOUR HARRISBURG LETTER.This morning the firing is more distant than it wasttThe action commenced again at early daylightupon various parts ot the hold. The enemy thus farhave made no impression upon my position.All accounts agree in placing the entire Rebelarmy in position in our front. The prisoners wehave taken report that Lobgbtrjelt’s and A. I*.Hill’s forces were much ipjnred yesterday, andyesterday.Ycsterday two eitirens of York were arrested (aour lines as spies. Their names are Faiqubk and Wilky, old residents of the place.Lieutenaut-Coktael Sirtum, of the TwentiethRegiment Pennsylvania Militia, went to Columbia today, paroled. Qis capture was unavoidable.He had gone back to try to save some regimental supplies, when he was surrounded and fit red on. Thirty-six were paroled. Among them are Lieut.-Colonel Sickles, of the Twentieth; Capt. Roberts,blew a horn to collect the neighbors, when the courier, fearing that the noise would reach the Rebels, threatened them if they did not desist. At this moment the owner of the house arrived and, drawing a pistol, killed the oour.or. His despatches were subsequently sent to Baltimore, very foolishly, instead of to Harrisburg^Captain Roberts says that numbers of people inYork and Adams counties offered a very possible assistance to the Rebels, po.nting out the property of Union eitirens and of the Government, and showing j them the reads.Special Corrt t pan dene t qf the Inqwirer.Harrisburg, July 8,1868. Everything here to now in a state of quietude. There are no Rebe »this aide of Carlisle, and I doubt If there are any this side of the enemy's main line,which stretches from Chambersburg to Gettysburg.At Carlisle and Columbia, cannonading has been distinctly heard along the whole extent of the line, indieating that the opposing armies are again in deadlv conflict. The greatest anxiety to felt to learn bow the great battle of the campaign to pro greasing, hut no definite intelligence has yet been received. Infer-tion has been received here to the effect that theBahai General La yesterday morning had the impudence to tend in a flag of truce to General Mjkade, demanding the surrender of the Army of Che Potomac.Capt. ForestHeavy and continuous artU’ery firing was heard vestcrday afternoon and last night hi the direction ofj Dover, eight miles northwest of York. iA portion of the Philadelphia City Troop left here yesterday as scouts in tlye direction of York. The rest of them are still here, doing Provost Guardduty, i - - v:fn - il , iSLiIn the meantime troops are still pouring into Harrisburg, and additional measures are being taken forthe repulse of the enemy iu the remoto contingency of any reverie of our arms in the front of Lxx.General Smith’s head-quarters are low at Carlisle.J over one hundred, are con.«J”»*Ily drilling. They have attained a wonderful efficiency in the manual of arms and are universallyfBdmiwd. Many of the old City Zouaves belong ts this oompany.Noo*.—Cannonading can be distinctly heard hersi the direction df YorkSpecial Despatch# to the biqvtrer.I Washivotob, July 3,1868.Call for District Militia.The grand local excitement in Washington to-day, even over-riding the anxiety to hear from the battlefield in Pennsylvania, has been the order calling on!the militia, which has been whispered for several days.The order was issued to-day, calling for eight regiments ot militia, besides uniformed cavalry and intantry, to appear on Monday, to be mustered into the United States service for sixty days. The militia of the district tever exceeded four regiments undei the old enrollment, so that the authorities are obliged to make a careful search to■ ~ VPP •- the requisition. Officers of the Government, including clerks in ths departments, are cot liable. No excuse will be re* ceived. One lt;-«n hardly meet a man on the streetswho has not beba notified to appear. Major-Gencral Gxorgb C. Thomas is assigned to the command.The T ouxth of July in Washington.Arran gemen*-are announced for celebrating the national holidsjy to-morrow, but they do not attractmuch attention. Besides the usual procession, national salutes will be fired at noon by Gen. Barry,Gap tain Hill, General Dxrousby, and in the do* fences south of the Potomac, and by Gen. Stouoh,of Alexandria. Gen. Hiram Walbridob, of NewYork, will deJver the oration at the Presidentialgrounds. ] jJJjjj --\4Ordered Out for Duty. 'The workmen at the Navy Yard have tor some time been organizing for mibtary service, but were never called into action. This afternoon, about four, an order was received for all to proceed immediately, without howitzers, for service in the outskirts of the city. The men have been recently drilled by Captain Foxhall I arkeh, and are considered highly efficient for service in the field.Reports coming in yesterday from the neighborhood of HocknUe speak of Rebel squads being in that vicinity. Two companies of Colonel Bakbr’Iefficient cavalry and a battalion, under Captains Bailer and Baily reconnoitred the wholo regionbeyond Rockville, but found no sign of the enemy.Clerks Drilling.Clerks in the several departments not being liableto service in the militia are being rapidly organized info independent battalions. The Clerks of the War Department Hate been already drilled several days. Much disappointmemt is expressed at the alow progress of Generals Dix and Exyxb in t heir movement Ovesa thousand paroled prisoners arrived at Annapolis, to-day, from Richmond. Among the number forty-six ladies, principally officers' wives captured si W inches ter.Among the deaths of soldiers reported, to-day, ts Solomobt Gbaff, Eighty-third Pennsylvania.Rear Admiral L. M. Goddbborough has been appointed President; and Commodore Hjocbt K Hoff Member of the Board for final examination of Mid-iship me n at the Naval Academy.MosebfN Cavalry In Fairfax County.It is stated that about one hundred of MosKBXrif Gurrillas w as last night about two miles this side oi Vienna, Fairfrx county, Va. He makes Fairtoxhtohead-quarters. A gang of Rebels now hold Aldie,in Loudon v-ounty. They have oi late been hoveringin lront of the fortifications on the other side of the-■wmmM•Major James Brady, of the FI rut Pennsylvania Artillwrr (( aIomI Cbarlis Campbell) has beenPotomac.Examination of Midshipmen.Adinira1 Goldsbobough has been appointed Prerf* dent of a Board lor the final examination of toe ei%
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