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WS.
MONDAY, JULY 22, 1861.
Forever float that standard sheet!
Where breathes thetas but falls Were is?
With Freedom's soil beneath fur test.
And Freedom's banner streaming e'er nal
Wa continued to receive, up till an early
hour this morning, bulletins from the battle
field. near Manassas Junction. It Is evident
that the contest has been a terrible one, apd
that great loss on both sides bas occurred.
But, step by step,
.our brave troops forced
their way onward, and compelled the enemy
to retire. If dauntless valor and o herole deter
snination. can enable them to drive finiung
corn from his stronghold they will, doubtless,
be fully triumphant.
The Military Movements.
The Military movements now progressing
are of such a momentous and deeply exciting
character that the profoundest depths of the
American Mart are stirred, and the issue of
the terrine contest which is impending is
awaited with intense anxiety , by thirty mil
lions of people. It is evident that the
moment has arrived _when, for the that
time, the main bodies of the two armies
are to encounter each , other, and when
the great battle of the campaign is to be
'fought. We have an abiding confidence in
the final result of. the struggle, but as our
forces de. not appear to. enjoy any special ad
vantages over theit antagonists; though they
have assumed 'the attitude of assailants, no
higher reef , could be given of -their saperior
discipline , and - valor than their triumph
in the attack they .have commence& It
Is supposed that General Bssuniatinn has
under his command as many men as
General MoDewitra,, 'mid.. perhaps more.
Be occupiee, too, a position which was spe
cially selected on account of its great natural
strengti; and which ho has been busily en
gaged for a long period in fortifying, until,
according to the statement of a correspondent
of the NeW Orleans Picayune, he has erected
*tit line ef forts some two miles in extent,
alg-sag in forni, with angles, sellouts, bastions,
caaemates, and everything that properly be
longs to werks of this kind."
One of his strongest outposts, however, was
located at Ball's Run; and, after a sharp
struggle, our troops are reported to have cap
tared %and to have pressed forward upon
Manassas Junction, where, from present indi
odious, the enemy will make a desperate
stand.
Gen. Jonsson, alarmed by the rapidadvance
of Gen. fdeDowst.n, and fearful of having hiti
communications cut off, hastily retired from
Winchester and joined Gen. BEA.IIREGARD
before his retreat could be intercepted. The
forces of the latter have thus secured an im
portant reinforcement; but : Gen.
~PATTERSON'S
division can now advance in the same direction
tad Gen. WeDevicin's division will thus soon
be as much strengthened as that of his antago
nist.
Various explanations are given of Genera,
P.maasott's order to_ fall back upon Charles
town. A correspondent of the Herald, writing
from that point on tho 17th, says that it
w►as "doubtless based upon the idea that
to continue overland transportation from
Hagerstown by way of Williamsport and
Xartinsburg towards Winchester, a dis
tance of forty-one miles, would require too
'wavy a force to guard the route. By seizing
upon this goint General Perrsasos obtains
possession of the Winchester and Potomac
Railroad from this point to Harper's Ferry,
and, however limited its capacity may be
for transportation, it will save the wear and
tear and delay attendant on the slow move
ments of a couple of hundred wagons. Be
sides, all necessary supplies can be brought
by the Baltimore and Ohio road from Balti
more to Sandy Hook, one mile from the ferr:y.
By taking this materiel of war one mile up the
Chesapeake and Ohio canal, they can be taken
across the breast of the Government dam, or,
Indeed, most of them can be boated, or cross
scows, to the wharf just above the desolate
looking piers of the barnt railroad bridge.
Thus a nearer and more certain base of sup
plies is had, and a most essential element of
success." Other writers suggest that he de
sired to prevent a union between the forces of
Gen. JOHNSTON and the men who have been
eying before Gen. lic()LELLia's victorious
legions.
Capturiug the Captors.
One of the most interesting incidents of the
present war was telegraphed on Saturday. Its
detfils may be given in a few words.
The steamer Sumter, which is carrying on
piracy under a letter of marque from JEFFER
goi DAVIS, captured the brig Cuba, bound
from Trinidad to London, on the 4th of July,
sad placed her in charge of a prize crew of
Bye, with instructions to steer ber into the
nearest safe port. The captain and crew of
the Cuba were retained on board, and, four
days after his capture, the captain (whose
name is Srour,) taking .advantage of his cap
tors being unprepared, quietly retook the
prize, seized and bound the crow, and sent two
of them, an Englishman and a Scotchman, into
New York, by the brig Costa Rica, and was to
follow at once with the other pirates. This is
turning the tables to some effect. We read of
inch adventures in nautical romances, but
they rarely come before us, as this does, strong
In the actuality of fact.
The Tariff.
We publish this morning several interesting
articles in rogard to the Tariff. One is a corn
frinnication which dist inctly enumerates the
amendments that Hr. Cuasz proposed in his
recent report. The other is the bill as it
passed in the House of-Representatives. It
Mill be seen that some of the recommends.
tions of the Secretary of the Treasury (par
ticularly those referring to the duties on iron)
have not been adopted, but that moat of his
suggestions havo been favorably considered.
The uneasiness which was felt by our Im
porters a few days since, on account of the
ramored probability of the passage of a pro
vision making all goods now on deposit in
warehouses, and actually on shipboard and
bound to this country, pay whatever increased
duties may be imposed by the •uew tariff, has
been set at rest by section seven of the new
bill, which makes them subjeCt only to the ex
isting duties.
The Senate has not vet acted finally upon
the tariff question, and it seems probable that
the House bill may undergo some amendments
in that body.
The Returning Volunteers.
Within a week or ten days the three
months' term of a number of our Penneylva-
Ida volunteers will expire, and such as do not
intend to re-enlist will, no doubt, soon'returri
to their homes. In a general order recently
leaned by the Adjutant General of .the United
States War Department,,he says that "vo
lunteer regiments about to be discharged will
be returned to the States in which they were
raised in time to be there mustered out at
the expiration of their service."
Tics rairroft Cosonass met at Richmond
en Saturday last. Its members have nearly
all rendered themselves conspicuous by their
advocacy of ultra pro-slavery and disunion
Sentiments. Among these are Hlnrrita, KA
sax, PE.YOR, and Joss Tyr.sit/Of. Virginia;
'l'oomils, Coss, and STEPHENS, of Georgia ;
BIIETT, BARNWELL, Kam . , CUEEINIIT,
Muse, and Boroa, of South Carolina;
and CURRY, Kates, and Snowrsa, of Ala
bama. The message of Jar/. DAVIS, of which
an abstract has been furnished us by telegraph
via New Orleans, is composed 'chiefly of vio
lent abase of the late message of. the Presi
dent of the United- States, and risk more
ilke a bitter partisan speech, or an editoiled in
II rampant Secession journal, than. an official
document. _
Poet-office for Gen. Patterson's Cora-.
Maud.
lississrowx, July ao —The post-offfee for Gen
Patterson's hesdai 4 utsrs, 4 on4 ,nlso for big ooni
stand, Is now Una. 7 HOSIt t lfsryland, on the B e t
thrtore and Ohio Railroad, ussr4tarPer's Ferry.
WASHINGTON COBUSPOSDENGE
Letter from " OCCanOnaLtt
(Correspondence of The Prem.
Wasurawrow, July 21, MI.
Before this letter reaches you, you may haie
re
calved the telegraphic details of a great battle
between the army of the Renablio and'that, of Use.
traitors under command of Beauregard. 'I write'on
a lovely Sabbath morning, with the church chimes
ringing in my ears, and the fragrance of fresh
flowers filling my room The departure of most of
the troops for the battlefield—the great number
of amateurs,. correspondents, Congressmen, and
citizens, who have gone • over to describe and
to see the forthcoming oonfilet---have made
our city seem more than usually peaceful
to day. Nothing recalls , war but the march
down Capitol Hill of a detaahment of troops,
to the air of Dixie, played by a drum and fire. I .
see a locomotive on the military railroad, con
structed by Tom Soott—our Tom Soott—whose
achievements in mitering the broken roads of Ma
ryland for the use of the Government, in defiance
of the eff Arts of the traitors, have made him part of
the, present history. I see one of his locomotives
standing, ready,for a• start somewhere, he proved
by the sobbing of its boilers and the restless histe
lag of its steam. Bu everything else is still; The
great - armies are about twenty five ;miles die
tent from Washington, and we await the news
Of their 'movements with the greatest anxiety -
We listen for the sound of the cannonade, and
hunger for the telegraphic message,
,isveit as we
pray in the house of God. ..We know that there
are thousands around us who desire to see the
ounce of our country iefeeted. Thuti it is, that
even in the midst of what looks like peace, all the
elements of war are at work, is it not awonderful
and painful thing, that , in snit a ,confliat tiny. por
tion of our peoPle in this, quarter.shonid be, found
averse to the cause of the country? , ,
It appears, that Johnson hae managed to elude
the _column under General Patterson, and to add
his column to that of Beauregardi thus largely in
creasing the forces of the traitors at Manama- On
Thursday' last Major General N. P. Banks was
assigned to the command of Pattemoit's divbdon,
and Al , ijor General John A. Aix-=appointed'to.
.
succeed General Banks in the important 'post:.
ti3n of General-in Chief of 'the military district
of which Baltimore is the centre. I have no ,
doubt that General Patteran will be able to
justify himself in - not 'having moved with
more promptitude upon the enemy. The nap=
e
tare of Johnson, who is the finest field officer of
the Confederate army, would have crushed at least
one of the heads of. the hydra, and the delay of
General Patterson in the fulfilment of this task is
charged to other counsels than hisown. His reason,
for not making a dash at Johnson, so as to pre.
vent him from Ain't:lg the traitors,at Manassas, is
now said .to be attributable to , the fact. Umbels,
time of a majority of-the regiments in his divislen
(Pennsylvanians all) expires in a few days, and
that they were unwilling tore`enlist for any coming
DOMe or for the war. General Scott, under the
oircumitanoes, deemed it bait to relieve General
Patedrson, and to put in his place the young' and
energetic' (thief, whose short' experience .at Balti
more has refiated so much credit upon himself.
However the lint battle at Manassas may re
sult, great consequences will 01/8128. If the armies
of the Republic are repulsed, a 'clamor will be
raised alike againit General Scott and the Presi.
dent, who has evidently approved the Seaman!
plans. • If they are not repulsed, the Cassandra
of the newspaper press will be vastly disappointed.
The bitterness of the foes of the war policy of the
Administration, who belong alike to the Republi
can and to the. Seoession.parties, is almost Me
l scribable. They magnify every mistake, and re
fuse to do justice to etre* , success; and they seem
to be united in a common purpose of breaking
down the very men who are doing their beat to
maintain the flag.
The advantage of the traitors over the regular
Government 'is considerable, in the fat that they
have selected. their own ground, and roan draw
supplies from Richmond by direct railroad line.
Our troops must reach the field by long and pain:
ful marches, carrying subsistence, do., with them.
It is to be hived that we shalihave no moretalk
hereafter of opposition to the plan of Gen Scott,
is creating a great army for the defenceof the Re
public. The idea of disbanding all the troops'so
ably collected: and diselplined at the end of the
war, and to dwarf the, army to the small dimen
sions of that of &small German principality, is an
absurdity. Gen. Scott is the best judge in such
matters. Let us follow his lead; and hold him
responeible. It is now mom than ever certain that
this Republic can never be sustained without an
efficient standing army. Ocoaaroitan:
The. Field Before the nattle:
Correrpondence of The From]
WASHINGTON, July 20, 1861.
It was an imposing speotaole to see the vast army
last night on their camp ground at Centreville
Each brigade was assigned a position, and all were
in close proximity. There were few tents brought
forward, and none of those on the ground had been
put up. The evening was fine and no one suffered
by exposure. Many of the soldiers were bury
writing. ' They resorted to various inventions to
secure the means of getting off a few lines to
parents, or wife, or friends. Paper was liberally
provided, and envelopes franked by Senators wh6
accompanied the army. And in the near prospect
of a severe engagement with the enemy, how sin
cere must have been the contents of those letters!'
With many, no future opportunity will be afforded
to cum munioate with the dear absent.ones; for It
is folly to evade the fact that the fortifications at
Manassas are not' to be taken without a heavy
sacrifice of life. A. _letter frcim Jeff. Davis' own
hand_t , -to poisession of our cffioers, in whioh he
says that there mast be no retreat from this point,-
as a disaster at Manassas would ruin their cause.
Oar men are not insensible to the perils of their
position. But I can tell you there is no division
of feeling among the men in the work before
them. They ucderstend the position of the clout.
try ; they feel and know that their came is a just
ono, and they are ready to die on the field rather
than compromise with traitors. It is not possible
t) say there are hot individuals in the army whd
regret their position in the face of the foe, but I'
can lay, from personal Observation and converse
don, that I found not the slightest indication or
that spirit in the ranks. They are eager for the
contest—not by the prompting, of revenge—net
under the delusion that they are going to shoot
down the foe, and come oat of the contest unin.
Jared. They fight not for personal glory, but to
defend the nation from a disastrous downfall .
Their contest is not with men, but with traitors.
They look not forward for place and power, but
for peace and liberty. Not for kings do they con
tend, but for the rights of a free people.
Severe things are Said, .it is true, against Col.
Walrath, of the Twelfth New York Volunteers.
His actions before the fire of he enemy were not
those of a gallant commander, but of a coward
it is hoped he will be able to satisfy his men and
give the regiments in the brigade some suffioient
reasons for his sudden retreat from the enemy's
guns, and that he may be able to restore confidence
in his ability and his bravery. It is rare, however,
to hear serious anousatlons against a military man
without there is some good ground. for their cur
rency, and ff such is the foot in this ease, en in
vestigation will bring. it tolight, and Cola Wal
rath will be disgraced. Ms regiment behaved .
nobly until after their commander retired preolpi- .
tately, and left theni to fight on their own hook—
confusion was the result, and inefficiency followed
this most unfortunate affair. The matter is fully
commented upon in camp and among civilians,
and deeply regretted. Bat it is a fortunate air.
camstance that the discovery was made before he
was assigned an important position in the approach
lug contest.
The yaet oolumn of 60,000 men now In the field,
with regiment after regiment going forward by
railway to join them, indicates a determination on
the part of the Commender-in-ohief, General Boott;
to render the engagement a short and decisive one
There is slim the utmost
_confidence in that daring
spirit, General McDowell, who has command of
the division. His pant military experience, his
thorough knowledge of military teetics, his deter
mined will, and enthusiasm for the Union, are
significant facts, and they cause the fullest confi
dence on the part of his men, in the ability of their
commander to nut the rebels to flight after the
, first regular engagement. General McDowell has
aExty cannon in the field, and on my return from
the seat of war, I passed a number of heavy can
non, drawn by hor4es, en route for Centreville
Veit quantities of ammunition, k o , are also going
forward, in trains of one hundred heavy, covered,
font horse Government wagons. I passed one of
these magnifieent specteoles on my re.nrn from
Centreville, and strung along for a mile; on a
straight road, their appearance was solemnly im
pressive.
There is a little army of editors and reporters on
the held, and among them one of the editors of
Tau Fuses, from Philadelphia-1 , whoee-grartle
sketches will not fail to be acceptable to your
readers. Pass.
Another Vessel
Nsw Irons, July 21—Arrived, the sohooter
S. T. Waring, captured by the privateer . ' Jeff,.
Dates, on the night of the 16th. When fifty miles
south of Charleston, the colored itewaid, William
Tillman, hilted three of the prize crew with a
hatchet. The other two were captiared, but set at
liberty on prOixileing to work the vessel. Their
names were James Milnor and James Dawsett, of
New Jersey. Tillman, with the aid of the rest of
the crew, except one man named Doriald McLeod,
who refused to assist on 'the recapture of the ves•
eel; brought her to this port. '
Recaptu.e of the Brig Cuba.
Naw Yong, July 21,—The brig Cuba, which
wail captured by the Sumter, and retakenby flap
tab Strout and crow from the prize crew, made a
deeperate realetanze On the 14th, the midship
man of the Sumter went into the maintop, and
when Captain Strout came on deck, he odd he
wa nted to apeak with him ; but, peeing a pistol in
hi s hand, the Captain procured a revolver and
ordered him down: but refusing to comply, the
captain fired at him twice. One of the shots taking
effect in hta thontler, he came down.
LATEST NEWS
By Telegraph to The Prose,
Recaptured from the
Pirates.
FROM WASHINGTON
special Despatches to The Press."
WASHINGTO2I 2 3uIv 21,1861.
The Movements To-day.:
We have nothing positive from the seat. of war
n cur vicinity:since last night. The commander .
of the forces at Ball's Run informed me on the
ground, between ten - and eleven o'clook . on Friday
night, that be would not attaok the enemy until
Sunday ;:but the iSeoretary of War returned yes
terday flom fientreville, and . informed his confi
dential friends that an engagement would take ,
place .last evening, at six 'o'cloOk. I have later
advice, however., assuring me that no movement
bad been made up to eight laCtr night. A corres
pondent of this'morning's Chronse/S, vrritinerord
Centreville at noon yesterday, makes some ;
portant etetemente, - Ile says t
"You will remember the capture Of •a, brave
private of the second. Connecticut regiment, some
weskit ag, by the rebels. He succeeded yester
day in eeesiing to our 11E4Mtp here. Lie hid. been
platted In and had alwayalavoted
self, to duty 'He was yeaterdii , put on picket
duty, and 'succeeded in weeping. He throw off
his cuat, and ran for life. Ott reaching our pickets,
he threw up both; hands, and clapped .'them re
poatedly and rapidly , ahove, his head, to impress
. .
the piekeit4ih a knowledge of hisposition. The
picket. received Min, and railed hien to fH
,00ers'
quirtfirs. #6g,iveu a very intelligent account of,
hlwaelf and ids exponents*. Ile says the
,enemy
continued to be relisforoed all day yesterday, by
every train - that - arrived. Ariong the arrivals was
(ieieral Johpackii, 17,000 aken:' 'B r ays that
he streegth , of the;army.lesterday; InchldinA w
rivals during the day, wasot less than 70,000 to
80 000 man, and t was;
not
more arrivals were expeoted.
"When our, troops were attaolted on Thursday, he
says the Masiaohnistts first Were extended around
.
to thole% and - mune upon'sonto entrenchments of
the'ennuty,am'ay, to the'left of their battery, be,'
fore either party discovered the other. The rebels
immediately sprang +to their arms, when our inert
oiled, hold !-, _The rebels inquired,,;" who are
. _
yon?" " Massaohnsetts Xfiret.'!, -"D—n you, you
are jug the men we want to shoot ;" and with the
word they tired. One man reeeilted a number of
balls, and, falling dead, rolled into their entrench , :
ments, where they, out him up with sabres They
battered one or two others over their heads, and
faces with the butts of their muskets, and we heir:e
now in hospital one 'of> these, Poor fellows, whore
face was cut and bruised to pieces in this way
. .
"The Connecticut soldier who escaped says that
one or the shells Bred , by our men exploded near
Lu and BEAtrigIIGARD, killing a number of officers
and on. A retreat was proposed; but oVerruled
by Las They then brought a rifled cannon to
bear upon our ranks.
"Lieutenant Toimaras, With 'seven cavalry,
went round to•day until, with his glass, he counted
twenty-seven cavalry companies, eighty men each,
with splendid matched horses.
There has been .e,gisrat deal of skirmiehitig,
and guns are oonstantlyjosard round the outskirts
of . the .IMmense army brit 'there halbeen no en
gagement thus far to•day. J. D. M."
In addztton to the' above, I have it from two re
liable sources that JIIET Davis is at Manassas, and
that hie language to his officers is to fight to the
last, as this engagement will decide their fate.
To-day oar citizens have gone over in large
numbers. Teams were engaged last night, and
many parties started off this morning at tyro
o'clock, and others continued to go out during the
• morning and forenoon. The teams were all taken
up. One young . man was late last evening trying
to get a team to carry oat a metallio coffin to bring
home a • brother's body who had been killed
(OnowaLL, of Chelsea, Mass.), at the masked bat-
teries en Thursday. The price asked for a horse
and wagon was fifty dollars. By the aid of friends,
however, he was saved from extortion, and went
out this morning: Among those. who started out
e arly this morning was one of the editors of The
Press, from your city, from whom you will re
ceive some vivid des criptions of the scenes at.the
. .
seat of war. .
taTroops are moving out to-day. The Thirty
seventh New York, Colonel Mantra, has just
marched up the Menne, en, route t.r Virginia,
sluing the " Red, White; and Blue." They go by
steamers from foot of Siventh street to Alexandria,
and thence by rail to the vicinity of Fairfax Court
Rouse. ,
The Mosart Regiment went over yesterday .
The intellionoe from the camps in the vicinity of
Washington to day is, that they are undo: orders
to be' ready for active service.. Company D,
Second United States Cavalry, have just , gone out.
_Secretary Cameron at the Seat of
War. . ,
Thet3eoretary of War, accompanied by his per
sonal friend, Col. THOMAS A SCOT?, the superin
tendent of the railroads which immediately oon
neat with the 811%!oL1.is war, started for the
t4l.eim4o..head
quarters of ' Ot - — .w eta, on Friday evening
about fi ve o'olo ! Bl oitplOCeeded in the privets
carriage of th a Chrtmoth 4.. i as far as Alexandria,
where they too h ie withontd to a point near-Pair
fez ,Court Bci - , , nrned for the night,
in company
_t vt o otil' lll, 9 ,-ramrs, among whom
was B is h o p atio,,, w0 . .1 pa t 9hie,'at a house owned
by a Eleteasniontit'.,. bleD64ie sere lee of the tral
..
tor army;
Theyge of this rebel was exceedingly violent
‘ ., tilliFt expression of her Secession sentiments, de
roaming the Government, and declaring her in
tention to shoot any men who attempted to raise
the American : flag on her premises. The next
morning the Secretary and-Colonel Boorr.procaed
ed to the camp of General McDowann, near Bull
Bun, and were most enthusiastically receivetiby the
troops.., He reviewed several brigades, and found
the whole army in excellent spirits and fine condi
tion. They report that the pickets of the opposing
armies are so near as to be almost able toconverse
with each other ; and a gentleman who - came with•
the party states that the cheers of the reinforce'
manta arriving to strengthen the columns of the
Confederates could be distinctly heard in the
Amerlean camps. The Secretary and Col. &co??
returned to Washington about 8 o'clock on Satur
day night, end immediately paid their respects to
the President and General SOM.
Further Details of the Bull's Run Fight
A reporter for the Washington Sunday Morn
ing Chronicle, who was at Ball's Run 'Friday
night, Imp in that :taper : The advance brigade
was under the command of Colonel J. B. Richenn
eon, and consists of the Second and Third Miohi
gan, First Massachusetts, and Twelfth New York
volunteers. Colonel COWLOIN had the right of the
column, and was close upon the batteries before
they were discovered, and only discovered when a
disastrous fire was 'opened upon the men: The '
enemy poured in grape and shot, and' need their
muskets with griat effect A very large propor
tion of Colonel it.'s brigade were out skirmishing ;
but those in the ranks immediately returned the
Ere with good effect.
. The engagement continued over two hours ,
. when
Col. R. retired to await reinforcements. It is in
evidence from reliable sources that with one ex -
°option the brigade fought bravely. Cola War.
arra, of the New York Twelfth, was one of the
first to retire and leave hie men Col. COWDII4 . B
regiment stood heroically up to the fire, and the
celonel most nobly maintained and filled his posi
tion. Hinman suffered severely. There are seven
deaths in 'one company of his regiment, (Co. H,
Chelsea, Massachusetts,) and six . others are so
badly wounded that their recovery is doubtful:
The names of the killed in his company are : Ser
geant THOMAS HARDINO, privates GEORGE BACON,
PHIL/L.I4DRR CROW/ILL, THOMAS NNIIDHAN, JAMES
H. MURPHY, and GEORGE W. GRAY. Sergeant
FROST and Lieut. SMITH (BOOED PESOOttE) are also
said to be among the killed, with, as near as on
be ascertained, twenty-seien others in Colonel
Cownirt's regiment. Among the wounded in his
regiment are W. ORGETHAII, GEO. C. 1111011ARD,'
W. D GROVIIR, N. S HIVE7III3, ORVILLE BRIBEY !
The wounded were taken into the °hutch and into
the neighboring houses, and were receiving the
most careful attention from the staff surgeons, and
the women in the community: The whole number
of killed is not less than thirty, and as man
wounded, with nine or ten tnierdsg.
Senators on the Field.
hinny of,the Senators are out on the bettle•tleld
devoting their energies to the interestk of the gol
diem ,
Rebel Prisoners Brought in.
Twenty prisoners were brought Into this oity
yesterday. They were of the following regi
manta: Eleven from the Sixth Alabama regiment,
one from Col. Kinsnaw's Sonth'Carolina regiment,
three from an Eastern Virginia regiment. It is
not known to what regiments the others belong.
The are ars sqpll9erd thefr.olil. apt ol buil dingi:4o.
`Captuif Hill, Which has been converted into a tali.:
porary jail. Capt. TAKATMH, of the Garibaldi Guard,'
and five deserters from the Federal army, are also
confined in the building.
A. Long Train.
Yesterday morning, a train of one hundred
army wagon' returned to Alexandria from the
seat of war, where they had been sent with prosi
dons, Ao. They made en imposing show as they
appeared in extending a mile along the turnpike
leading into Altman - iris, eeoh drawn . by four
horses, and Attended by a guard of three armed
men,
• i, •-A Fatal Shot.
A vitiate. la the Fourteenth New York Reel
meat, who sooidentally shot himself through lb.
lungs ten days ago, died Friday evening at the St:
Charles Hotel. -
Navy Yard Matters.
The tug -Reliance came AC/ yesterday mornint
with two schooners as prises—the Ring Dave, of
(31101-otoWA,'&lld Brunette, of Vienna. • limy have
oargoos of iron and camp utensils for the rebels
They were brought up to Mathias Point by the
Yankee, and from there by the Reliance. A num
ber of troops were seen -from the deck of the Re
lianca near Mathias Point, on Wednesday evening,
bat were gone on Thursday morning, and it is gap
pored that they left.for Manassas Junction by rall.
road on Wednesday evening.
THE PRESS.-PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JULY 22, 1861.
The .Freeborn has been taken cif the stooks, and
is now being painted. :t3he,will sail early In the
week.
The ferny Blue ts ettlf . lying at the yard.
The tug Young Americas sailed yesterday,
about 12 o'olook, to jAn the Potonsae flotilla She
carries two email mountain howitsers . She also
has on board' a large 24 lb. boat howitser for the
Yankee.
The steamer S Seymour Bailed pesterday morn_
ing for Philadelphia, where she belongs. She
came here last Tuesday with iron for the yard.
Several experiments were made yesterday with
a new brass howitzer, whit* werisTagratAtfactory,
THE WAR!
FROM CENTILEVIiL.E.
ADVANCE OF TilE WHOLE DIVISION
JOHNSON APPROACHING
CEtettnyttax.,•July 20-1 P. M.—The lath' at
Bull's Ran on the 18th, which has been magnifi'd
into 'a' terrible battle, has not resniled so dins-
trously to our army as has been represented in
some quarters. . The list of killed and wounded'
cannot, however, as yet; be socaratel;
stained. The inmates of Cie hosisital at Centreville
are increased by those who have entrared from ex.
baustion, and not by the wounded. This foot gives
rise to exaggerated stories as to trio large number
of wounded. •
• A flag of truce, which was sent by General Mc-
Dowell to the enemy's line, in order to recover our .
dead and wounded, was refused bi the enemy, for
the reason, possibly, that they wish to conceal the
position of their batteries. .• ' '
It may be well to state that Gen3MoDowell, at
the commencement of the station, with et Bangeter's
Point, on a visit to Col. Beintzelmanla command;:
and whilet.on his way to Cantrevill4tbfeneso d .
of the 'battle. Re immediately, p .. ti k ithe,
scene, bat did not arrive there untillytwAleing had;
ceased, • .
The movement towards Manassas Innolion DO* .
Centreville wee unauthorized, the or4er : of Wtareti,
of Gen: Tyler's division being-limited to the latter
point (Centreville). in order to await's flank !nisi*:
Meet by Col. Reintielman's division, wliteh was It
that time at Pangster'e, on the line of Martasiatl
Railroad. Gen. Tyler, having -ascertained that
masked batteries were 3n the violnity, he orde - red
a reoonnoissanoo on his, owrrreeponsibillty.
,The
insult of 'this reconnoissance, in discovering the
battery (although acqUired kir alexia of lire), - will
probably be an adequate compensation;` betides, a
laige body of our troops' havp7beeri tried; and - by
no means found wanting.-
The order to retire was given in oonsequenoe of ,
the Federal battery having exhausted its idiot and
canister, and...the exhaustion of the cavalry,
which, under, the command of• Captain Brackett,
performed the most efficient services in thearittoa.
The gallant captain was at all times in aciv rictts ISt
his command; his men following him in a fisiilees :
and determined spirit; but the want '
of Vateifoi,
the horses—a difficulty , which it Ir'ffrareid . lilli
encountered from Centreville to Mantissas June
lion—prevented hint froth continuing his eff3rts
ttimaelethe enemy. r . •:
1; is regrat.ted, by soma: military•men Oat' tile
infantry were morn !tag!! Nrvi¢e•
,„.. _
dialing the engalgastanat s .tite.but : par of the fight
devolving on'thafiirtillital, and oaarials3 , -
The bn tire pOrtiori of Colonel .#llintsslii an's com
mand, whiab, it is 'undelistood, was to flank, the
enemy cu the month of Manassas Junotion, at
Brentsville, haa been removed to the vioinity of
'Centreville, and this portion :of the country' la
now crowded with our troops: - The publioaUon
of more., definite information regarding 'their
strength and numbers would be injurious to •the
sOrvioe. ,
Last night passed gtietly . with the exception of
a few instances of thi!pialliete firing.
The changes. In 'lie position of the troops hikie
led many to suppose an advance was intended im
mediately, but it rather indicates a preparatory
and defensive arrangement.
Reports that the enemy's_ batteries
s wan) as.
saulted last night are entirely without folindation ;
bat it is supposed that firentsville will be entered .
to night. This, however, is mere oorjeoture, as it
is probible that General AleVoivell is Still awalt-
log instructions from ligesh.ngton.
A. deserter from the rebels, who arrived here this
evening, states • that our fire of the 18:h created
great havoo among the enemy, and but for the fact.
that they were rallied oontinually, by Gen. Lee,
they would havaletired.
It is underataid here that heavy gunehave been
brought from the Junotion to the soene of action,
by the rebels.
There is some good reason to suppose, from the
large number of baggage-wagons on the road com
ing from lltramiburg to biasses= Junotion; as ob-,
served through glirsaes, and a reconnoissance mails
.by Lieutenant Tompkins, that Peri, l iohnson has
suoseeded in making his retreat good frani Win
chester, and is on his way to the Junotion, to. join
the army at the latter plane. At all events, snob
le the• opinion . in military circles here. Although
this mill largely increase the Confederate army
there, it does not' in the least deter, but only
(Angel our military operations in that dime -turf
as it hema in the main fortes of the eneray..bistween
tieadvanoes of Gene,talialoDowellle-Aifie - F -
Oemeron, to day, in' company WWl *
Colorist Boott, of the military railroad, paid , a
visit "to Centreville, and reviewed the several
brigades. He returned to Washington this even
,
At the hour of writing Capt. Griffith's battery
ie naoving up the Manassas road, probably,to take
a position on the hill.
CENTENtILLII, July 20, 6 P. M.—The whole ,
division has just commenced to advance, leaving
the Bull's Run batteries to the left. Their desti
nation is supposed to be a point on the Manassas
road, above the junotion, thus cutting off oommuni
cation and supplies from Johnson, whorls now be
lieved to be approaching the Junction from Straus
burg.
if °thing else baa transpirOd this afternoon.
itIVANa OF THE (BARD Atka".
..i.erzioAcrt OF GENERAL McCLELIAINIS
DIVISION. --
betlslire:Bathe
Re-tnlistment of the Nett(YOrkgegintents.LS
Onwritsvii,LE, July 21 —ll3y telegraph from
Fairfax Court 11)use.1—We have suooeasfally out
flanked the enemy. At half peel two this morn
ing, the various regiments about Centreville wire
formed for the maroh, and at three they were in
motion in the dircotion of Perryville, leaving Ball's
Run to the left.
At six o'clock, the first shot was fired by one of
the 32-pound rified'oennons, which was sent ahead
to batter any masked batteries that might be en
countered on the road. There was no reply from
the enemy, and the advance guard moved on .
Gen. MoDowell'a, headquarters were three miles
beyond the town of Centreville.
The greater part of the army moved to the right
to avoid a bridge some distance beyond, said to
have - been undermined. They will pass over the
stream on pontoons prepared by Capt. Alexander,
of the Engineers, who has previously reconnoitred
the country minutely, and to whom, in a great
'measure, the plan of the campaign is due, r
. 3
It A general battle is expected . to-day or to-moV,.
row which vall probably decide the fate of the
whole campargo. If Qen. Johnson has not yet
effected a junction with Gen. Besuregard, he will
be entirely out off by , this maocenvre, and throin
back upon the mountains, his army utterly dettio
relined, and will probably fail Into the hands of
Gen. McClellan, who le'noleadvanoing beyond the
Blue Ridge. 'lf be has succeeded .in reaching'
Besuregard's camping ground, it offers, a comma ! ,
nioation with . Gen. ,Patterson'e division, and, thus
reinforced the Federal army can crash out the
opposition. If we are - driven back, the`army can
retreat upon ' Centreyille'and keep an
munioation with' Washington. - -
If General Beaiiiegard remains where he is his
communiestion)with • the :rear di endangered,-and
Manassas being situated , in the apex of - a triangle{
formed by the , sailroads,•a, movement in his rear
would destroy his oornmunicatiopwith Richmond.,
The only danger our troopd•iun, by this flank-
maroh, , Would be by the stedden.aclvance .brpoen%
regard upon CentrevilleYthitniufering with ong".
rearward ooromanionticin, and'oatting off supplies :
Bat this mao'co dere -would'indloste a desperation
on• hia part, as ontting%hltnaeltliff_frorn
and placing himself in 'an exhausted country, be: , '
tween the Federal troops and the Potosnao f
The Sixty-ninth New , York was assigned the
post of honor, in the advance movement. The
members of this regiment have u nanimously agreaci.
to remain in the eervioe, altheugh their time has
expired. All the New York regiments will follow
their example. = '
For five hours one steady coleunn of tioops
been passing through Centreville. • I - ' I
The morale of. the' soldiers Is excellent: All are
anxious for a battle, and wheuinformed of the put.
pose to *ammo, the enthusiasm was beyciud de:
saription
. .
la supposed that Boanregard's: fOrois eion:
elderablyOntutimtiar/our'd•wii. ' • '• -•
A battle is imminent at any monierit,'lMiltinaY
not taketplaoe before to inoriow'nlgit.
TheAeligraph wires 'are rapidly following' the
army] d ofno es mere opened 'thigi"morn*esSea
Fairfax Court Howie, - with Memoirs. Resit sed . A4O!
ton as army operators. ;
[lc is believed the, fo regoing !Via vOtifkailat
10 o'olook this mornin g —Pritaaf:/iiiPeinelen)
Nava *
BOSTON, July 20 —The- twidette Vint-dunes (20
galls) arrived below last might: ;She bag bean
cruising a week south of, liantecket for privateers..
The revenue cutter CriAtfuirl, on a 'mass; has site
put in hare.
BEAUREGARD OUTFLANKED
Arritral of Johnson's Corp- D'Armee
at the Junition•
Orders to Attack the MeimmillivStronghold.
WAssirsdrox, July 21 —Xt to not doubted in
high military quarters that the rebel General
Johnson, recently at Winobeeteroras enabled to,
effmt a junction, some time yesterday, with Gen.'
Beauregard at Manassas Junction.
despatches were sent at 2 o'clock this
morning from headquarters to Gen. McDowell.
Gen. McDowell was to have moved upon the,
enemy at eti O'clock last evening.
The Thirty. Seventh New 'Yoik passed over into
Virginia this morning, the band playing " Dixie,"
amid the cheers of the soldiers and citizens
Every possible arrangement has been made by
the Associated Prose - agent to get the earliest
reliable newt! of any result at Manassas Junction.
'I; is the impression in wen-informed oiroles here
that the action to progreasing there at this hour.
LATER FROM THE . BATTLE-FIELD
AT MANASSAS JUNCTION.
The _Enemy Driven from Bull's Run
Uitton Relnforcemwits :Threlff*Worwaid.
Waannstrrow, July 21—(Itecelved 9 P. M.)—The
orders to DeneFal McDowell to move forward at 8
o'Clook yesterday were suspended until early this
morning.. Dar, troops in .11e xpeantim, wore em
ployed in cutting* a road' through the woods in
order to flank the' enemy's batteriel.
The f3ooreteri : of 'War hakrebelved a despatch
that the lighting *as feniwed at MOPS Run this
morning. -Oar troops engaged the enemy with a
large force; silenced their batteries, and drove the
Secessionists to the Junction. ' •
The•Oity of
~Washington Is wild with 'excitement
and joy. , The firing wee difAinotly, heard - here in
.the direoUon of BalPilino,firpm, 11 till. about 3
hi
P. , .:•i!hezi a asisitiOn took placie till nearly 6
hf.•• 'At: 7 this 'evening; the reoetberation of
,cannon wets ' • • ' . ,
•
. A gentleman; Who• sierfved hero to-night, sari
that at 3 this afternoon the Second and Third New
'Jersey Regiments wore ordered to march forisard
lifim Vienna, first sending bank their baggage to
'Citap Trenton thher troops were hurrying for-'.
ward to the Beene of hostilities. There is great
military buittle and excitement in this direction of
ail the,oamps '• •
KIPI;U9P gI P ITUBTPIS
THE' ..- -GREAT, BATTLE
AT. MANASSAS JUNCTION.
THE "STARS AND-.STRIPES
PROBABLY VIcTORIOUB.
WASHINGTON, July 21.--(Received 11 P. M
The following bulletins were received ist otßeial
.quarters to-day, during the progrews of the battle,
from the telegraph station, about four'inilos from
.Ball's Bun':
Faturax, 11 A. 111.--Rapid firing from heavy
guns and frequent.disoharges of mrisketry.
- 11 40 —Firing very heavy, : and `apparently on
our left wing.
7 .41 fl—There is evidiMtly a battle towards our
:lest, in the direction of Bull's Bun, and a littl6
.north. The firing is very rapid and heavy . :
1:45 —Heavy gone again, apparently nearer.
; Musketry heavy and nearer.
2 P. M.—The musketry very heavy, and draw
tog much nearer. There to evidently a movement
nearer to our left. . :
2 45P. M.—Firing a little further off, and appa
rently in the, direction of the Jartotion: Lest
heavy guns and more light artillery, as near as .1
can judge.
3 P. M.—The firing ceased tan minutes since..
3 55. P. M.—The firing has almost entirely
ceased, and can only be heard with difficulty. I
shall telegraph - no more unless there should be a
renewal of the battle, which has been so gloriously
fought for the old stars and stripes. From all in
441#ations here, our troops have at least stood
their ground. _
FAIRFAX COURT Houses, 3 50 —Our courier has
not returned. Quartermaster Barton, of the:
Second Michigan, has - -just passed, and says that
the officers, men, and . oitisena of Centreville say
that a general engagement of the whole line has ;
tekan place three and a halt miles this side of the
Junction, and that our troops have driven and
fdraid ; the .Secession lined bask j tcy'die Tiinotioe
We expect the courier now every =meet.
Oddxfivarm; 4 P. D1...: 0 3ea . .-htiDolVeif 41'111;
Orddred-,tildreserves now hate under Col: Milan
adiairtio.tr_the bridge over .Bull's Run, ortAlitd
War t eniert.road, having driven ,the esemy.beforst
hinsis , .26'il: Miles is now about three, p.r.foAr mUel
• •
tioni'here, direeting the operatioug
burni.ilferd. .. •.. •
. , ,
. - :Faistax, 4.45 P. M.—Two of oaf tiouriera have
aajorned, but•were unable to oomminicate in per
4on with GeneralAoDowell One of the couriers
*was on thadeldof battle. He says our trotips have
taken thrir tiiiirked batteries; astl flirted the rebels
Sys; bTck~ -
getiiitacon - lau 's Run for some dist/mop. One of
tae butterfat), taken was in a wheat field, and the
other some distance from it; the third battery was
still further on. -
520 P. M —Another deepatok says that the
have won thirdly. . This loss on both sides
is;very heavy, but. the tellit•Of - the rebels is com
plete. The battorlistst.BAKßlttla•ate
and two or three ottairettakeng
!•.5 40 P. Y----Theiltrhif.has Avetiest. We shall
(send another courier (herd tirstarialiteig: ~T he
'Colonel went at 4 o'clock, a n de4ll - beliiitik a soon.
•
LATER.. • •
A report; not official, but from an sppiniiiily*
Amble source, says that the ooluma under uoinnel
Ileintzelman has followed the rebehtti iltaitairsair
Junction, and his opened a fire on their entrenohed
camp, and was then shelling them.
The cannonading can occasionally be heard in
Washington, and on Georgetown heights.
'The headquarters of the army are inaccessible
.tonight,, the - President and Cab:tiit being pri
vately with denote' Scott and other distinguished
gentle - Men: -
Another Washington Despatch.. -
Wasnitios
ent July 21 - 12 night .- The most in.
~
tense xoitement is everywhere existing to hest'
news from the field of •- battle. Every retiraing
spectator le immediately efirrountied and the - dii:
mend for intelligence is Insatiable. Many =au - -
thorizell runioisipreVall whi c ch serve to cinfase the
truth. • •
The smoke of the battle could be seen from the
eminences is Washingt . on. - Humiliate of members
of Congreni and even ladies, went to the neigh
borhood of Bull's Ran to witness the battle. One
oil, theta reports that COL Hunter, of the Third
Cavalry, bat - noting as Major General, was seri
ously, if no! mortallyi*ovaded. ' It is stated with
continence in all quarters that Col Cameron, of
the Seventy-ninth New York, and brother to the
SeVretery ofWar;and Col:Slocum, of the second
Rhode Island, were killed.
STILL LATER.
DETAILS OF THE BATTLE.
„„
-intros, midnignt, July most se,
I TABEIt. ..,,I, midnight, Ju1y . 21.--.... _
ver . battljtas fought teilay atßall's Run bridge.
The oonfliofwas desperate, lasting over nine hours.
Thri programme, as stated in the first despatch,
was' carried - out until the troops met with a sae
ces4on of *Sahel batteries; Which were attacked.
with vigor rind success '
I ..
Our trooV .advanoed as folios's. i „ .Colonel Rieh
ardion
.procieded : on l ihe lefi witli4lWw. regiments
of the Fourth Brigade, to iliddibitl4l4l,)iill on
the Warrenton-road, in the violiiiiiittldie'ground
wheiro the rut battle *es fought. Thefiank move
mente haviii i ieen previously described. - Sohenok's
and phe 'a brlkades, of. Tyler's 'divistbn, ad
winced by
i,:t
the ,Warrenton. road, while Ileintzel
mati°ii and anter'e divisions took the fork of the
WarSenton r oad tetriove between Bull's Run and
the. Man 8 junction. Colonel Kay's brigade re
-mail:4d at o,entreville. .
Inforniatlim was received by General Tyler's
.comniandkbe existence - of-the enemy's .battery
oomiriandi ,the road. Oar troops were then
fOirtieli! 6
_battle array. The Second' New York
ct
and the b ond Ohio on the left, the--:Ohio and
SesonO-Witeonsin, and Seventy-ninth, Thirteenth,
and gixty. ninth, New York on „tha right. Colo
nel Miles cliiislon followed in the rear. -
.
, 'Thetfitst , iringe gun was fired by Sherman's bat
tery, at te r minutes to seven. The rebels did not
returibie . 0t uritilan hour and a bait afterwards:
When!Col. Hunter?! dlitsion came , up•the battle
Is
becalm? ge ”isil. t , The latter"s movement , to gain
iileiiisiiziy's ear, was almost a success. . ,
Thearienf 'eposition was opened'on by several
'of Clapkain * `'. tile's howitzers, follosiod by.slight
` v ial.,
I skinnialtinfr The-rebels rapidly received rein
-forcemrits-koii.Micsassas Junction, after the at
tackW.aß oPeit4. - • The battle consisted in a sue
,caisaioni of 'fireielrem masked batteries, whirili
openellin every dbection. When one was silenced
its pias Wits .suppliiiL by two and in the daring
charges cif our infantry'in unmaking them. .
~ Tho Etioond Ohio and Second Now York Militia
Were mirehed; by flank; thiongh Abe woods by a
new made rriad, within a mil'e of , the main road,
when they came on a battery of 'eight guns, with
four regiments, flanked in the rear Our men were
finmedliitely ordered to lie down on either aide of
. . ‘ the roactiin order to allow two pieces or, artillery
,to patii,thiough to attack the Work, irhen2this bat
tery opened 'upon us and killed, on the 'third
rouriit,'Lieut - Denipsey, of Company 0,-New York
Second, and WM.: - .Maxwelli a drtimmer; also seri
oust" wounding several others.
!,-. Oar Itroops were kept for fifteen or twenty
mit i utas under a galling lire, not being able to ex
change shdts with the enemy, although within a
Stone's throw of their batteries They enoceeded
In ;retiring in regular order and with their bat
tefy. : • .
The most gallant charge of the day was made by
the New ',York' Riziy-ninth, SeventY-iinth, and
Thliteenti, who rushed up on one of the batteries,
[ring, as ihey.proceeded, with perfect eclat, and
'ittacklng it at the bayonet's point.
-
The yell of triumph seemed to carry all before
it. They found that the rebels had abindoned the
battery, taking only one gun ; but this sunless was
acquired only after a serious loss of life, In whieh
the linity ninth were tie grehtest sufferer!, and tit
*as reOrted that "the Lieutenant Colonel was
among the first killed. The tonavea also distin:.
gashed themselves by their spirited assaults on
the batteries at the point of the blip:met, but it Is
feared thit their lose is immense.
Up to three o'clock 13. M. it was generally un
derstood that we had hemmed in the enemy en
tirely, and that they were 'gradually retiring ; that
Hunter had driven them back in the rear ; that
Heintielman's command was meeting with every
mons; and that it required - bat the reserve of
Tyler's, division to push on to Manassas Junction.
A Mississippi soldier was taken prisoner by Has
lima, of the Wisconsin Second. He turned out
to be Brigade Qaartermister Pryor, a cousin of
Roger A. Pryor. Ho was captured with his
horses by socident /Wing into our lines. He dis
covered himself by remarking to Hasbrouck, " We
are getting badly out t 6 pieces." " What regi
ment dm you belong to?" asked Hasbronek. "The
Nineteenth Mississippi " was the answer. " Then
yon aro my prisoner," said Hasbrouck.
From the statements of this winner, it appears
that our artillery has arc‘ted great havoc among
the rebels, of whom there is from thirty q thousand
to . forty thousand in the field, under the command
Of Beauregard, while they have a reserve of
'seveinty-five thousand at the Junction
He describes an °Meer most prominent in the
fight, distiOgnlabed froth the rest , by his white
horse as Jeff Dail& He confirms the previous re
pOitek- 'a negro regiment in the rebel ranks, but
'Stye itis difficult to get the& into Proper disci.
glide in battle array.
The positions of the enemy extended in three
lines in the form of triangle, the apex tort!ini the
be,e of our column. The area seems .to have
filled with masked batteries.
At seven o'clock this evening guns ware still
heard firing at short intervals.
Message of Jeff. Davis to the Congress
at Richmond.
NOW OttLILANS, July 20 -"-Davie' inaugural mee
sage wined attention to the causes which formed
the Confederacy, and, he says, it is now only. nesse
sniv to call attention to such facts as have occurred
- -
'during the mess, and to matters oonneoted vith
the public defence. He congratulates the Congress
on the sooesston to the Confederacy of three equal
tiovereign States. The several Mutes deemed it
'advisable to remove the departments and archives
to Richmond, to which plane Congress had already
removed the seat of Government.
_ .
Arta? the adjournment < f the last Congress, the
aggressive movement! °Leta •-enemy induced
prompt-and - eztergetio . , action The accumulation
Of the enemy's force on the Pot mao sufficiently
demonstrated that his efforts were to be directed
against Virginia, and from no point could Ler &s
-teno° and protection be so efficiently dircoted as
from her own capital.
The rapid progress of the last ,few montbihas
stripped - the veil behind Which the true policy and
purposes of the Lincoln Government had previously
been concealed. It is now folly revealed. The
message of their President and the action of their
present Congress confess their intention of subju
gating the Seceded States by a *sr of folle,
equalled only by its Silokednets,—a war by which
it is impossible to attain the proposed result, whart
its dire calamities will fall doubly severe on them
selves Commeroiog 146 S March with an Rifest's;
tion of ignorance of the secession of seven States;
whioh had organfied'a Confederate Government ;
persisting, in April. in the absurd zissumption ot
the existence of a riot, which was dispersed by a
. posse comitatus ; continuing in several suedessive
months in false representations that those States
intended an. offensive war in spite of the con;
clasive evidence to the contrary, furnished as
well by official notion as by the basis of the
Constitution, the President of the United States
'and' his advisers ate:weeded in deceiving the pee
' ple of those States into the belief that the purpose
of this Government was not peace at bailie, but
conquest abroad; not the defence of our liberties,
butthe subversion, of the people of the United
I States. The series of mancenvres by which this
impression was created. and, which were devised
in' pettily, are already known.. Fortunately for
the • truth of history, Mr.
• Lineoln's message
minutely. details the attempt to reinforce Fort
Pickens in violation Of an armistice which' he con
, fessied he bad been inforined of only by rumors too
vague and uncertain to create any attention. The
hostile expedition despatched to supply• Fort Sump
ter was admitted to have been undertaken with a
knowledge thatlits success was impossible. the
sending of a notice to the Governor of South Caro
lina of an Intention to use force to accomplish the
object, and quoting from his inaugural that there
would be no conflict unless these States were the
aggressors
He proceeds' to declare . that his conduct, as in
the past will be in the future This promise,
whioh could not be mivanderstood,'gave notice of
the approach of a hostile.fleet. lie oherges these
States with being the assailants of the Union. The
world oannot misunderstand this . unfounded pre
tence.
Mr. Lineoln expresses concern lest Some foreign
nation bad so shaped its notion as if it supposed an
early destruction of the Union was probable, and
be abandons further disguise, and proposes to
make the contest abort and deoisive Re confesses
even; by an increased force and these enormous
preparations, that the United States is engaged in
'a oonfliot with a great and powerful nation. He is
&lapelled to abandon his pretence of dispersing
rtoptra - ,and suppreasing insurrection. He is driven
to the loknowledgment that the Union is dissolved.
He feixignizes the separate existence of the Con
federate States by interdiction, embargo, and
blockade All commerce between the two sections
Ives:a — off; repudiating the foolish idea that the
inhabitants of the Confederate States are still
"citizens of the United States Davis compares the
present. Invasion with that, of Great Britain in
1781; but which .was oonduoted In a more oivl.l.
m ie d.,:._......aer---stezditraci -- wtil'. shudder at the
Wilt r9 g e l now being committed—on— defentielets
females, by', those pretending to -be fol
low citizens, who depict the horror wits which
they regard deliberate malignity, and which, nn-
.der the pretext of suppressing insurrection, make,
special war upon sick women and ohildren by withZ .
holding the medicines necessary for their cure,
The sacred claims of humanity respeotedity
nations, even in fail of battle, by a careful der
biation of attack on hospitals, are now outriged .
'by the Government whieh pretends to desire a con
tinuanoe of fraternal connections. Such outrages
admit of no retaliation, unless the actual perpe
trators are conquered.
'Mr; - Taylor's mission to Washington was for the
purpose of effnating anexchange of the prisoners
taken on the privateer Zucimnruch He informed
Mr. Lincoln of our determined purpose to cheek
'all barbarities on prisoners of war by such retalie
.tion as would effectually put an end to such prat,-
' Bees. Mr. Lincoln's promised reply is not so'
calved.'
In reference to the peculiar relations existing
between this Government and the States usually
Wined: the Border slave States, some of them
would — have united with us, as they are
with, almost entire unanimity opposed to
the 'prosecution of a *sr with us, but
those States whioh regard us as brethren are
restrained by the actual presence of large.
armies, the subversion of civil authority, and
the declaration of martial law, the President de
claring' that, in. order to execute the laws, some
single law made in extreme tenderness of citizens'
,iiberty, may, to a limited extent, be violated. We ,
;may well rejoice that we have forever severed con; •
_rissiition: with a Government that thus tramples on
all principles of constitutional liberty, and with a
people in whose presence such an avowal may be
paroded.'
Operations in the field will be greatly extended
by reason of a policy, which heretofore secretly
entertained, is now avowed and . acted on by the
United States. The force hitherto raised proved
ampie for the defence of the seven States which
originally organized the Confederacy; ; excepting on
those fortified islands whioh the enemy's naval
toms enabled them to retain, be has Men driven
- entirely out ' Now, at the expiration of live
months from the formation of this Government, not
,
•' a single hostile foot presses their soil, Oar forces,
however, must nesiessarity prove inadequate to the
reported invasion by half a million of men now
proposed by the enemy. A aorresponding.l7-.
crease of our forces, therefore, becomes necessary
Our erops are now the most abundant, ever
known in our history. Many beliene the supply
adequate to two years' consumption Oar citizens
manifest a laudable pride iu upholding their lode
Derides:toe unaided by any resources other than their
own, and subscription to the loan proposed by the
Government cannot fall short of $50,000,000, and
will probably exceed that sum
THIRTY-SEVENTH @OHRE
"Ewrite
WAsmivaioN,ly 20, 1861
SENATE.
Mr. Wens, of Ohio, offered a joint resolution
that the President be authorized to appoint a Com
missioner to the coming World's Fair at' London.
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. '
Mr COWAN, of Pennsylvania, presented a me:
merle' from eititene of Pennsylvania fa favor of
a national armory in that State. Refeered to the
Committee on Military Affairs.
Mr. Rini, of New York, Presented resolntione
from the Legislature of New York, in relation to
the reciprocity treaty with England. Referred to
the Committee on Foreign Relations. '
Mr Thum, of New Hampshire, reported a bill
to increase the medical corps o f navy. Laid.
over. '
Mr..HALet, of New Rempahlre ' offered a resolu-'
tion that the Naval Committee be empowered to
linguini into the oiroutustanoes of the surrender of
the navy yard!' at Pensacola and at Norfolk, and
givieg power to oaf for persons and paper.. Re
ferred to the Committee on Naval Affairs
Mr. TRUMBULL, Of , Illinois, from the Judiciary
Committee. reported back the bill to confirm the
bonds of paymasters, with the recommendation
that it db not. pees. He remarked; if the bonds
were good, no bill was needed. Laid on the table.
Mr FESSENDIN, of Maine, from the Committee
On Finance, reported ' back the bill to allow the'
Secretary of the Treattery.to remit - certain 'fines..
Passed.
' Mr..Joarsoa, of Tennessee, introduced a bill to
provide for the transportation of arms and mrini-
Hoes of war to the loyal ',Means in the States now
in rebellion, and , to provide for the organising of
them into regiments, &o. Be said the loyal old
eons of those States felt that the Government were
bound to protect them against invasion and insui
reetion. ' Referred to the Committee on Military
Affairs.
Mr. TRUMBULL, of Illinois, introduced a bill to
rovide for the holding of Circuit and District
Courts, in circuit districts, during the temporary
insurrection. 'Referreid to the Committee on' the'
Judiciary. .
The bill in relation to theytitis foree of Wash.
legtoti was taken up _ It pides for the appro
priation of the police by the President of the Se
nate and the SpeAter of the Howie. ' Pulsed. .
• A bill to reimburse the Seventy first New York
regiment, for expenses for employing a band, : ram,
•takion•up and passed.. .
• .The bill for the conetruotion of one or more iron-'
'clad ships was taken up • It'privides that the Se
shall appoint a board of naval
b a g ta ee v re Y O r
to examine neinto the matter, and, if the re
port be favorable, the Seoretaryla authorized to
have them built Laid over. • '-
The resolution 'approving thti , :aiiti of -the•Piial
dent waa.taken up.
Mr. LATHAM, of California, proisoected.to speak.
He said there was such a marked dieorepancy in
the 'opinion of Senators with whom he held
friendly relations, that he felt it his duty to ex
ploit:ilia own. opinion.. Some gentleman on this
floor differ in opinions from those heretofore
•
reoognisked. He bad Maned With pleasure to the
elognence of bSe friend.frpuiiillentuaky (Mr. Brei , k;
!bridge), and -also to tbriAlenistor from Delaware
(Mr Bayard): but helm. pained thatte did not
hear one single, word of denunolstion against
trisaiihei end infreOtions doAiriiitted 'on the Con
etittition by States now arrayed in hostility
'against the Government. Gentlemen eonld find
with logical resuming, infinitesimal dews in
the ootidnot of the President, but not one
word ,of condemnation of those who onenly
trample the Constitution under foot. What
ever neoessity required the President to enforoe
the law and the Government was right and proper,
even though be might have committed luta:actions
of the authoritydelazated to him; butte what the
emergency of the case did not require him to do be
would not give his equation. He would not mo
tion the suspension of the Writ of habeas
Maryland, because he thought that State showed
allegiance by sending members to Congress. and
that there was no, necessity for Inch suspension
then, except it was evident that the judiciary of
that State were disloyal No man doubts the loyalty
of the Chief Justice Hii &henget is pure and
unstained Neither could be' nstify the President
for ittoreasine the reviler army, for the object
could have been asoomplished by the volunteer
force He thought the inerease of thearmy was
not warranted by the-exigencies of the ease. and,
therefore. he could not sanction the not. Bat in,
regard to thelolookade of Southern ports and the
suspension of the writ of habeas corpus in Florids,
and all the other ants enumerated in the resolu
tion, be gave the President his most cordial mo
pe, and would Ray here, as a representative of a
sovereign •State of loyal people, that if the Prat.;
dent had not exercise d these powers he would have
voted to have him impeached, as unfit and en
worthy of the place he occupies, awiderallot in
hie duties'
If, when he was assured that traitors threat
ened the capital. arid nhad overthrown the Go.:
vernihent, the President had not resorted to
every means in hie power to preserve the Go
vernment, he would have deserved the seem:
lion and scorn of every honest man, now and
to all pesterity. He had done all he could to
elevate his friend from Kentucky to the Presi.
dent'. Suppose he had been elected, and Ntw
Begiend. led by Massachusetts, had done what
the Bentham States have done, tried to break
up the Government, and seized the public pro
perti, be would have felt it his duty touste all the
power he possessed to enforce the laws: to retake
the property, and sustain the honor and dignity of
the country. The rule is not changed now, be
cause he was the successful party. . But the for
bearance of the Government to the South only
made her more outrageous, till finally she -.as
Intuited a few men at Fort Sumpter with the very
stuns she had stolen from theidovernment. and our
flag trampled under foot, when the people voted as
one man, and said they would assert and maintain
the dignity of the Governuient.
The Ecnator from Indiana, Mr. Bright, says there
are three parties here; the fact is there are fohr
One, a majority of those on the other side who are
prosecuting the war merely to sustain the Govern:
mentunder the Constitution ; another, the minori
ty, who seek to mike thia the occasion to raise a
hue and cry againit slavery, under the plea of the
Constitution and Union. On this side of the Cham
ber there are those who belong, to the ilemociretiti
party who Cannot tionderan the acts of the Setith.
ern States, and are not willing to support the Go
vernifient; but still there are others here among
the number, who-have never °banged their opinion
to the uties of ,the Government in regard to
slavery, llnt believe it to be a sounder duty to give
their voices and votes to sustain the G overnment.
by all constitutional means. • •
He &Mended. that this was simply a war to en
force the lavas and maintain the Government.
The people were as willing to lay down their lives
to prevent any infraotien of the right of property
and the Oonetitution at the South as anywhere.
He said; in common with several gentlemen on I
this door, he condemned every act of the %nth in ;
opposition to the Govemment,,anal the pen of his
tory would never record so urijnetifiable and un
warrantable a revolt Ile contended that if the-
South had remained in the Union she would have
bad the power as much as she ever had, event the
Executive sanction. He intended that the South
had no cause to revolt; but be had be ocme satia
fied that it was the settled purpose of the South
to sets the occasion of Mr Lincoln ' s election to
precipitate the rebellion He asserted further, - that
it was a whams of the fostered, and of the leading
pelitiolaris.of the South for a 'quarter of a century
to brash up the Goeiernment, and establish a Go :
vernment the corner stone of which was slavery._
He referred to the deolaratirme of Mr kanoey tut an
evidenee that no 40MT:remise would be accepted,
but the moment had arrived at which to strike for
independence. The doctrine of secession was but a
shadow of excuse. He - did not believe that the
eeneib'e men of the South believed in a dootrine
60 absurd We paid for Louisiana fifteen mil
lions of dollars; for Florida five millions and
the interest of a 'lettered millions in th ei In
dian war ; seven millions in pensions to sol
diers' lost . in that war, and ten millions to
remove the Indians We paid one million for
Tetas, and $217 000 000 for the war with Mexico.
In fact, the people Of the United States, owe
$817,000 000; andyet we are met with the rgil
men that, to avoid bloodshed, we should consent
to the doctrine that any State may leave when she
pleases, and make war and foreign manatees; and
all in the came of the Constitution. •
Mr. Lanais closed with an eloquent dealheation.
that, whatever happened to hie own Stitt#, - ,loi
would stand firm by the Union. • .•
Mr. Bice said he wished to endorse all tlintli fi d
been said by his friend from California. '
On motion of Mr Jonnson, of Pennsylvenite;thi
subject was postponed till Monday. • .• . •
After an executive session the Senate ittl
.
lourned . . -
Three Dallis Later from California.
lap TRH POST ERPRZSB.I
FORT KIARNRY, July 19 —The pony express
from San Franoisoo, on , the 10th, passed here at 4
P. M., to-day.
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.
The Demooratio Convention completed its labors
at Sacramento yesterday, 9th, having nominated
the tfollowing ticket, which is not' regarded as a.
verytitrotivonndutside of the party suggesting it.
For Governor, :"John Conners;. for Irietitenant
Governor, Richard Irwin;for Congress, Southern
'distriot, lleumlidgerton ; Northern district, Jos.
McKibben ; for Judge of the Supreme Court: B. El
Whitman; for Clerk of the Supreme COW% George
S. Evans ; for Surveyor General, JosepitGardiner ;
for Controller, Jae E. Rottman; for State Printer,
John R. Ridge. This tioket was serried by.what
was °sited the " Broderiok element". in thei'Con- -
vention. The Breokinridgers, who recently ad
journed their Coniention without making nomina
;tions, it Is unders•ood, Will reassemble and make
nominations for all State officers, for the purpose c f
defeating the Linton Democracy, and thus open the
,way to reorganize an old-fashioned .Demosratio
party, which will include all wine. The Brack
inridgere thus become the main reliance of the Re
publicans for carrying the State at the ensuing
election.
A fire broke oat on the 3d of Jetty, at Maysville,
on the east aide or C street, opposite the Er nice
States Hotel, and, before it. could be arrested, de.
stroyed property to the value of $25,000.
The prospecting party which loft this city some
months since to visit the Potosi and other mines
on the Gila river, have returned loaded down with
specimens of gold, silver, and lead. The mineral
wealth of this section is apparently very great,
particularly in silver. The bottom lands r.f the
Gila river are represented as being of the greatest
fertility, opening a floe field for agriculturists
A fire at Stockton .on the Bth consumed the
-Avenue Hotel, on Webber avenue, and some large i
adjoining stables, together with 26 horses and
,males; also, a dwelling house and a portion of the
.Ban Joachim brewery.
.. The steamer Cortez arrived here last night from
the Columbia river, bringing Portland (Oregon)
papers to the 6th of July.
Independence day was celebrated at Portland
with gnat entbusiarm Delegations ware present
from Marion, Yuma, Hill, Washirigton, Ciaoka
mans, and other o:.unties, and also from Washing
ton Territory. A fine display of fireworks took
place in the evening, which was witnessed by up
wards of 7 000 people.
The present season has been the most remarka
ble for rain ever known in Oregon Instead of
turning warm and dry in April, as usual, the rainy
season bats lasted tip to the present month. The
consequence is, that the grass and vegetation are
luxurious, and cattle and horses are fat and floe .
The cold aid chilly rains have damaged the spring
orope, inrappeararme, while the early wheat
'threatens:to attain sash a growth of straw as to en
danger its beading-
Tee Maturing —A fair business is doing with
the country, but no demand for goods from first
hands. jobbers arc working off all their stocks
Them has not been as arrival from the domestic
A tiantio torts for-sixteen days, and no trait goods
ars'urged.. Barter has declined to 251271 cents per
pound... Teas have advanced about 5 *ewe per
pound, raider the expectation that Congress will
levy a duty on such imports AU other imported
goods are flat and nominally unchanged. The de
mand for wheat, particularly ter export., Is In ex
mess of the supply at about sl.6s.per 100 pounds
The statistical of the wheat exports for the year
ending July Ist, show that over' 3,500 000 bushels
were sent abroad. The average price during the
year was $l-521 per 100 pounds. It is now esti
mateilthat Gatitornia has about the same amount
of wheat . to export from the orop.of 1861 as from
that of 1880.
Tea Moireor 'Mannar —The money market con
tinues easy, at the usual rates. Sight exchange cri
New York rates at 5 per cent.
dBRIPPOO IRTILLIOZNOD —Arrived atSart Frani.
eo° on tbe Sth, ship Diatatar, from Hong Kong.;'
Oth. Moonlight, from Hong Kong, and bark David;
from Newcastle.
Sailed • from Ban franoisco on the 7th. ships
Challenge for Hong-Kong, oarrying $26 000 in
sold bare ; Bth, Old uolony, for Liverpool, marrying.
3,600 bblr. flour, 23 000 saoks for-Liverpool,
wheat, 200 bole.
sateen, 275:bales of wool, 1 000 flasks qtdoksilver.
The White Swallow has cleared for Hong Kong
with a miscellaneous -cargo of • merohandise, and
$127 000 in Merle= dollars end bars of silver.
. The piesent demand for tonnage is rather dull
and the' supply liberal 'The following are the
recent engagements : ship Isabella to Liverpool,
£2; ship Flying Drag - on and bark Aloyon to
Melbourne ; ship looninm and brig Curlew to
Sydney ; ship Flying Mist, to load with dye wood
from the coast of Mexico, to Europe at £4:
Latest from Missouri.
•
JITFERIION Cirr, July 20 —A messenger from
Colonel MoNiel. at 'Fulton, arrived here this eye
rink, hatring left there at noon to•day. He reports
'everything quiet there, and the wounded aning
well. Colonel Hammer is *even miles beyond
there.
Lieutenant Colonel Brown, who arrived here
yesterday, will take hie oommand bere t and Col.
Boersteln will leave, with bit command, for St.
Louis on Monday.
Several - Companies of-the Horne Guard are *tat
tioned at the lair-grounds at Bt. Louis, and,all is
quiet there. _ . .
Ship News and Naval Intelligence.
New :Yoga, Jnly 21.—Arrived, Juvente,
from BilUmore barkantine Lateplighter; from
Salt,C ay ; brig Luoy Darling, hem Bassein ; sobr.
Liverpool, from Oat Island; sobr.. Royal. from
Eionthoria. •.,
The annuner City of New York arrived from Fort
Pickens, on the 13th. The gunboat Huntsville
sailed thence for 'Mobile b'r on the 12th Lieut.
Simons oamelitheirin the'City of:New. York.. She
left the steamers Mississippi, W yandotte, Vander-.
hilt, and State of G•orgia, also, the woresbiti Re
lease, at Fort Pickens. The Vanderbilt would
leave feir Tortugas on the 16th Them. were no
new movements to report at Fort Piokens. Wit
82128 Zmaves were all in gooidhealth-end•ingsgeit
In building sand batteries on Santa Rosa Island.
The brig Loop Darling was boarded of - Cape - Rat.
tares by the gun boat Albatross. •- • . .
• •
THE old story about the diseasod.spirmot Napo.
1401 111 is revived He is said to have gone to
Vichy for a month, Eturdi "Laker . than is told.
Puna is cowoortitring in Canada, with nooses.
Passenger Railroadg
[For The Preri.l
Without at all questtoning the atatementipyossi
paper Friday, signed 'it!. ," I men „y
Words upon this present arrangement of Mapes
ep
ger railway ocnduotora, which, in 'My ()Amon
mute* the inconveniences to which both mkt, end '
female passengers meet with.
A passenger -oar Is, according to the conductors
newer full, every applicant for a seat is assa ra 4
4, there 18 plenty of room." A oar, capable or ra .
commodating twenty, le crowded to stows ()
Vernon, who accompany their female hi- ende'on.
exonreloos, are expeoted to stand the whole or:
long route, simply because the conductor choose to
crowd the. oar beyond its ()opacity ,t am 4 thi.
quint- Prolonged' in the Nineteenth and Bow.
;south meet; and Ridge Road or Girard Collets
rail-oars, and have generally Been great Oatm eal
from m o t or with but
the female passengers nnfrequent appreciation by
If the managers of
. the different lines w o o l
direct the conductors to admit only a Certain n , 41,
tier, perione would not return 7 m
onsa n, v t i t. e tt t : th th a e t
country - crowded and crushed, and eb'iged to sit to
a oar so furl as to be stifling hot
is disgusting and d'stgreeable would be evotded
Few females' find the present mode panned no
those two lines in any manner agreeable, on tu t
return from hfanayunk, Lintel Hill, ,h 3.
On ISM WefirlaDdity evening, the Seventeenth:
street oondnotor encounetki I persons to enter, say ;
log , " Plenty of roust,' whim the crowd w ar ro
great that" every •seat,-the passage between, and
both platform! Were . crowded. A FaxAtn
. .
General IffeCiellan 4 st Address t o b i ,
ILHADiZTIARTERS ARMY 'NO` OCCUPATION
' Waeraatc BILPHRLY ,
July 19, 1811.
SOLD/HIIS OP TRH Artery OP THE WIMP; jay
there than satisfied with you. You have giant.
billeted two armies, commanded by eduria te d
end
experienced soldiers, entrenched in mountain (se
ws' ei, and fortified at their leisure. y.. n hoi
taken five guns, twelve colors, fifteen hundred
Stand of arms, one thousand prisoners, including
mere than forty 'offioters 0::e of the almond coin.
t iit i d...va of the-rebels is a prisoner, the other lost
his life on• the . field of battle. You have killed
more than two hundred and fifty of the enemy,
who has tort ell his baggsge and camp topitage .
rill this has been accomplished with the 1046 e t
twenty brave men killed, and sixty woended on
your part. You have proved that Union rim
fighting for the preservation of our Government'
are more than a match for cur misguided and en : -
lag brothers. Mo-e than thin, you have shoe*
mercy to the vanquished Yon have made Meg
and arduous martinis, with insufficient food fte.
q neatly exposed to the inclemency of the weather,
i have not hesitated to demand this of yea, feeling
that I could rely on your emit:trance, pet r i et t m
and courage In the future I may have still
greater demands to,make' upon you—still greater
sacrifices for you to offer. It shall be my care to
provide for you to the extent of my ability ; bi t I
know now that by your valor and endurance, you
will accomplish all that is asked bollierr-1
have confidence in you, and 1 trust you h um
learned to confide in me. Remember that disci
pline and rubordlnation are qualities of equal value
with courage, lam prone to say that you bare
gained the highest reward that American troops
oan receive—the thanka of Congress, and the ap.
planes of your f diee.:ltisers
- Geo. B. MoCnetiair,
Major General.
W.shop (now Brigadier General) Kik, of Loulal
ana, is thus alluded folly an gnglielt clergym an _
Bev. Henry Oaswall—who hal an interview with
hint, at Oxford, in 1851:
Bialop Folk, of Louisiana, wile one of the
guests.. Ho assured me th.t be bad Inn all over
the country on Thad river, :he none of the Esti.
Wins sufferings of 'Uncle Tom ' and that he had
found the temporal and spirPnal welfare of
the negroca well oared for He had eonfirm
ed . thirty black persona near the situation
assigned to Legree's estate Fie is biemir
the owner of four hundred slave., whom be
eadeavors to bring up in a zellgioas manner He
tifferates no reltgzon on has estate but that of the
Church, ! He baptiaes all the children and
toaohes them the oateahiam All, without excep
tion, attend the church cervioe. and the chanting
is o r f ditably perforated by them, sit the opanion
of their owner. Ninety of them are communiseate,
marriages are oalebrated awarding to the Chun*
ritual, and the state of morals is satisfactory.
_Twenty infants had -been baptized by the bishop
just before his departure from home, and be had
left his wholo astute, his keys, oto ,in the sole
charge of one of his :laves, without the slightest
apprehension of ion or danDtge.'l
BIOHOP FITZPATRICK of the Homan Catholic
Oburnii", In Boston, received the degree of Doctor
of Divinity, from Harvard College, on Wednesday ;
also, President Cummings, of the Wesleyan (Me-
thodist) Valli:laity at Middletown. Tho institution
capable of mstileasting 80 traly Catholic a spirit
as this does eqssl honor to itself, and to those whom
it complunenus.
THE CITY.
DESTRUOTITE FIRE.—AbOnt tWO O'CIOCk
y eetiirda'y morning, Sergeant Dougherty and Offi
cer Bhourds, of the Sitith Ward, discovered a fire
at the bakery of Adorn Mop ' located at 209' Race
street. The fi re appeared to have originated on
the flistiloor front room, scrupled as 7181070, sad
the • domes ?rearmed so rapidly, that, notwith
standing' the exertions of the firemen, who were
proMptly on the ground, the stook, consisting of
bread, cakes, Jim, , was completely destroyed
and damaged to the art -nt of $5OO. The house
itself was considerably iojered, although the loss
will be fully coven:li by insurance. The origin of
the fire at preaent remains a mystery ; none of the
inmates having the slightest ides how it occurred.
The room immediately underneath the stab, is used
for a bakery, and two men were at work therein
when the officers bunt open the &Or and found the
fire burning very briskly without tinir being eon
salons of the feet. It seems to have started behind
the counter, at a point neatly over where the fur
nace was placed in the cellar.
When discovered, the flames had gained so moat
headway that the wife and sister of Mr. Itiop were
unable to descend by the stairway, and for a few
moments their lives were in imminent peril. The
back buildings of this house are 'separated from
those of Wso Sulfa by a. small yard.. Mir; Roop
ascended the staircase and woke hie wife, while the
officers, above alluded to, threw a temporary bridge
over the roofs of the buildings, and by this mean!
sh Th e, as well is sister, reaches:la place of eatery.
e third s to r y ty front room was o ccupied by Mr.
Mummy and family. who oleo esotipod with a great
deal of difiloulty One of his daughters ascended
' to the root of the building, and walked to the roof
of Mr Stele's residence; descending through the
trap door. All the inmates were thus rescued from
their perilous porition, - without sustaining any
injury, whiten must' be attributed in a great mea
sure to the activity and presenoe of mind displayed
by the Folios officers above mentioned. The build
log was owned by Dr. Kinkelin. Bis lois ie cover
ed by insurance.
ARREST or .SUPPOSED MAIL ROBBEItn.—Boli•
bathes of the Western mails have been so frequent
of late that Postmaster Walborn has set diligently
to work to ea the Department in ferreting out the
robbers, and to put a atop to the depredations. A
rigid investigation that was set on toot resulted in
the arrest, wstnin a day or two, of two alleged mall
roboara ' The prisoners had a hearing before
United States Ccnimiesioner Hetalsh on &starchy
morning, when we gathered the following hem
from the testimony of Mr B. N Penn, of Ohio,
Special Poet °Rao Agent, who conduoted the in
vestigation and Molted the alleged thieves:
girt appears that the robbery the parties an
specially charged with was committed on the night
of the _let or morning of the 21 of July, some
where between .Pittsburg and Harrisburg, on the
Pcnosylvanta Railroad. Several poncho from
towns in Ohio, desdned for F'ailadelphia and New
York, were rifted, together with a poach from St.
Joseph, Mo ,to Washington pity The robbery was
discovered by the depredator tumbling back into
the St. Joseph pouch a quantity of opened letters,
.drafts and envelopes, watch belonged to rusting
from Ohio, and destined for Pniladelphia ar:d New
York.
It was shown by Mr Penn, in hie evidence, that
the pouches which had been tampered with were
never in the same oar on any portion of the route
except tel Pittsburg and Harrisburg, because
they came by different railroads as far as Pitts
burg, and then the St Joseph pouch went down
the Northern Central from Harrisburg, while the
poaches froui Ohio kept on the Pennsyhania Rail
road until they reached Philadelphia
The amused were, according
to the testimony,
the wily persons in oharge of the mail between
Pittsburg and Harrisburg, on the train which lest
Pit , abartr at 4 10 P. M., on the let instant, and ar
rived in Philadelphia on the 21 instant, at au early
hoar, and they were arrested under inatraetions
from the Department
At the close of Mr Penn's testimony the pig
eonors were held for • farther hearing, on the 11
of Aagast.
llosprraL CesEs.—Yesterday afternoon, a
young man, named James Kerr, fell on the pave
ment, while walking down Crown street, near
Vine, and disloosted hie arm. Neal Kelly, aged
thirty-seven years, was kicked by a horse, cn Sat
urday afternoon, at the Navy Yard, and received
a fracture of his right leg. The above oases were
sent to the Hospital.
. .
•S ilittaints Fer.L.—On Friday ()Teri ng , about
half past! ten o'dook, a little (Ladd toll from the
aeoond-story window of a house in Pine allot, be.
low Fifth, and was ao serieuallhurt that tte life is
despaired tf
DRovnab.—Michael Burns, aged 23, a resi
dent of the Nineteenth ward, was arowned Jester•
day afternooti while battling in the Delaware, cur
Petty's island. Rts body was not recovered.
LEGAL ENTELLIGr.rd CE.
UNIX= _STATIC" DISTRICT COURT—Judge
Cadwaleder.-I'he United States vs The Gonad
Parkhill. - .A decree was entered in this mice ea
iistuf oll l 'Morning, condemning the Tenet II IS
lawful prize of war, and ordering her ills.
. So - mimic COURT AT NISI Parne--Justic e
Ftron -The Mine Hilt and Sehuyiktil Belau
Railrosi Co vs. The hiehittoy and Broad tp
- Mountain Railroad*Oo. This case, which has been
before reported, was further argued on Solidi/
morning, on bill and answer by B Gerhard for
complainants, and F. W. Hughes, of Pottsville, for
defendants The right of the defendant corpora
tion, under their charter and supplements, to eon"
- neat with the complainants' road, is the point in
volved.
QUARTER SISSIONS--Jlldge .Alllsol l . — s °t
little business was done in the Quarter Sessions 00
Saturday morning. A number of 'exitance, were
passed, however. Line Heckman, convioted of
passing counterfeit ' money, was sentenced to six
months in the county prison .
George Basel, convicted of keeping a disorderly
house a; Penn and Lombard streets, was sentenced
to four months' Imprisonment.
Frances and , Mien Setae!, his daughters , wh o
were convicted orcomenitting an assault and bat
tery on a Mr. - Roberts, the prosecutor in the di,-
orderlyi honee case, were not sentenood, pi 2olsl '
meat being deferred for the present.
Charles Mayberry, for the larceny of a horse
lortd_wegot, was eentenoed to two years and three
Montha\ineprltoninent.
Patrick Brennan, for "riot, wee sentenced to
three months'. imprisonment
The court then arj ,ucted During the recess
quite a change is to be 'incited in tt.e Court room
lne.prisoncrs' dock, instead of standing slit nog
doer, almost id the middle of the room, is to Pu t
back against the well, where the door from the
'hall now opens That door wilt be replaced by s
.heavy wooden one, opening only into the &At,
and the passege for spectators there entirely eloo6d•
Tiiis will add. vastly to the comfort and consul
kale. of thois:who are now crowded into • mars
•onfined space.