iT b r li rfz zi WEDNESDAY, JULY 81. 1851. jr az ever fprat V • , • ndard sheet I wh"e brik the too bat fails before set With vs leen beneath ear feet, "d nos banner streataind e'er as?. T. Pim e.—Adapttlon vome AntharoMP ; . *Helm Heraldry; Letter from "Harvey Birch;" The Left Wing of the Army at Montane ; Speech of Jorlgo Remy; movements of the bra pedal - Tourista; - - Financial and Commercial. FOURTH PAGll.—Dir. Russell's Letter from Cairo; Omni Nowa. Tux commit, sysrxii of Washington ,cor respondence, as represented in the New York newspapers, is one of our greatest social evils. Nearly all the New York reporters in Wash ington, with a few honorable exceptions, use their proprietors for the ventilation of their private griefs against public men. This has done much to poison and divide public senti ment in the free States; and in dividing it they weaken the patriotism of the nation, and bring discredit upon the owners of the jour nals who permit this abuse of their columns. Mr. limns., of the Herald, is sold out con tinually, and is frequently rendered unpopular by the'ealumny of a correspondent, who vents his grief upon some public man in 'Washing ton, or by the very frequent praise of men who are odious to the community. Mr. GRINCLET, of the Tribune, and Mr. RA.7ICOND, of the Times, often find themselves in em barrmaing and conflicting positions, by reason of the mendacity of those who represent them in Washington city. This practice, indeed, has become so frequent, that many men in Washington are pretreated from holding any intercourse Whatever with most of the cor respondents of Northern and New York journals, resident in that city. We are led to these remarks by noticing a paragraph in the Washington correspondence of the New 'York Tintes, as follows : 6, Harry hiagraw, it is said, is , kept a prisoner. If the rebels' will only bold on to him it will be a saving, to the United States. fie is one of the Penesylvarrio soldiers of fortune who Ong - Insured the swindling beef mmtraat, and who has had more fobs worked through than any other man, although a political opponent of the Administration." Mr. RAYMOND'S confidence has bean imposed upon by some correspondent. He is too much of a man to endorse a calumny so fearful in its character, and so eminently unjust to an absent and defenceless citizen. Mr. Maartaw is now a prisoner In the Confederate armies. He found General CAMERON plunged into deep grief from the logs of his brother, and offered his services to obtain the body. The Secretary called on General Scorr to seek his advice as to the propriety of sending a letter by Mr. MAORAW to the commander of the traitors, in furtherance of this mission. General Scorr replied that it was impossible for the Govern ment to ask a favor of the rebels without re cognizing them as a de facto Government , whereupon tho Secretary replied t' My brother, then, must be buried where ho died." Mr. AlLoaAw at once volunteered to go forth to Manassas, in company with two friends, on a pass from General Ms.asrizzn. They determined to trust themselves inside the traitors' lines, in the belief that their er rand being one of pure mercy, they would not be detained. Colonel CAMERON was a native of Lancaster county, where Mr. MAGRAW had studied law. As a friend and townsman of the lamented deceased, he felt a strong and natural attachment towards him. - His family are still living in Lancaster, and are in great agony because of his detention by DAVIS and BEAU /LEG/OM The whole community sincerely sympathize with them on account of the disaster which befel Mr. Kaoasw In his efforts to serve Secretary CAMERON. In view of this statement, therefore, we wonder whit air. litaxmoitn thinks of the sug gestion cc that, if the rebels will only hold on to Mr. Maolaw_ it. will be_ a aaving_tn Unitod States." The statement relative to the beet contract is a lie—deliberate and fore known. The truth is Mr. MAORAIr refused an interest in this contract when it was off.,red to him by those who had been invited to take it by Captain BECUATEI, of the commissary de partment, because he believed that under the circumstances, when no prospect existed of communications being opened between Balti more and Washington, the contract would ruin all parties connected with it. A more gallant [gentleman, upright citizen, and devoted patriot than assay S. AiAOII.A.II never lived. It may be long before be returns to his family and friends in Pennsylvania, but however lung he may be absent, or wbaterur late may betel him, his absence will bo sin cerely regretted, and his return warmly wel conrd. Imperial Toliriata. Prince NAPOLEON, son of the late Jaitome BONAPAETZ, by the second marriage with a Princess of Wartemberg, arrived at New York on Saturday, accompanied by the Prin cess Cr.ornums, his wile, and, with great good sense, has hitherto succeeded in pro b.:lrvin his incognito. No doubt the New York Aldermen would rejoice in the chance of wearing =accustomed white kid gloves and living luxuriously, as they did during the Japanese visit, at the public expense. No doubt, bad as the times are, the New York (‘ aristocracy " would exult is bnteitaining the Prince and Princess, and of overpowering them with favors of ." hospitality "—which are not needed, expected, nor desired. These people have come hither to see this country at a most important and interesting crisis, and their wish is to bo allowed to do so, as private persons, in the qiumegt and least ostentatious manner. it is snobbery, and felt-hunting, and tostlyiina to annoy them with proffers of "hospitality" which they care fully eschew ; and it is to be hoped that when they come to Philadelphia, our city and the wealthier portion of its inhabitants will show their good breeding--by letting them alone. Prince NaPotkow, born in 1822, is fourteen years younger -than his cousin, the Emperor Naporaex 111., and, in the event of the Prince Imperial's • death, stands next the throne in the direct line of succession, as it was fixed on the re. establishment of the Empire at the close of 1862. Ho is not popular, and has especially lost favor with the ultra Liberal party, whom he headed 'during the Republic, by deserting them to assume the rank and appanage of an Imperial Prince. He is not p opular with the army; because he achieved nothing in the Crimean war. He is master of several languages—but that le certainly one of the smallest performances of the human intellect, and nearly every prince in Europe is equal . to him in this respect. Ho showed scanty ability during the short time of hie embassy to Spain. He lately delivered a forcible speech on the Italian question In the French Senate. In 1866 he exhibited great practical and administrative power as p re m. dent of the Commission of the World's Fair, held In Paris. In a word, Prince NAPOLEON is a gentleman of average knowledge and ability. He is fond of foreign travel, having visited America some years ago, and having made a voyage to the Arctic regions not long ago. In one respect Prince NAPOLEON is what may be called a personal curiosity—from his remarkable likeness, in feature and form, to his uncle, the first NAPOLEON. This resem blance is positively so startling that, at first sight, every looker-on cannot help perceiv ing it. maJor General itlerAcilau hfedlllster d. Brothers, 728 Chestnut street, El;ire brought out, in vi,iting oard Apr. a eery spirit/ 4 i sad correar portrait of titaj2r aorieroVßfeOloltap, a commander to whose energy, jodguseiitoind lantry ali 1 7.1 eyta ate now .arced, harmfully and: relying y No Ph I.delphlan, whe can !spare -. a quarter, w)11 b w thout this portrait of s gallant ; From C Upham;: , 3lo Chutnut street, we hare a smaller portratrof Ginteral one fourth ths size of the abDve-inentioned, and lastly est In a gilded motallic rr.ciie,.. This also a good 'anemias, and belongs to a litalru l , (!lloltilifllif P±uat dent Lincoln, General BoOtt,',Garietoi: Dongles,.. dto.), which Ls mannfaetured " down }Gain" in such large quaatitias that the retail pee*, we be llass, Is only 1413 or bivalve oats slaw. Tits Lessons of the Late Battle. An easy victory at the outset of a great campaign sometimes proves more disastrOns than a defeat, especially if it leads Mote who acquire it to repose overweening confidence in their own strength, awl* underrate the powers of their onomigui.''However much we may regret tho, th Lesilt of the battle at Bull Run, it is dahrheooming more and more evident tbrt him furnished to ns admonitions hi wch.wil have a great effect in the future management of our military operations, and aid ns materially in acquiring hereafter the success which was denied us on the 218 t inst. It was the general opinion among all par ties in the North when hostilities first com menced that, on account of the careful pre. para Hoes which had for a long period been m oo by the insurgents to overthrow the Government, while the loyal citizens of our country were profoundly immersed in peaceful pursuits, it . was probable that in the first general engagement our forces would be de feated. Bat when the traitors retreated at the approach of our brave army at almost every point we menaced, this preconceived opinion was changed or forgotten, and the nation was surprised that our volunteers were unable to drive the enemy from an entrenched and strongly-fortifled camp, in which, considering his superior numbers and superior position, the odds were at leaat five to one against us. That we came near succeeding in what was an almost impossible and hopeless task redounds rather -to the credit than the disgrace of our troops, particularly when we consider that, by the moat authentic accounts we haie re ceived of the casualties of the day, it is evi dent that the losses of BEAIIREOARD 7 B army exceed those of our own. The worst feature on our side was the disorderly retreat of a portion of our forces, and while the enemy were fortunately not aware of this in time to reap the substantial advantages they might have derived from it, they had suffered so severely in the engagement that, mot until our exaggerated accounts of the flight of the panic stricken portion of our men reached them, did they imagine that they had any cause for boasting over the result of the battle. Bat our attempt to dislodge them from their strong position, though it proved a failure, has taught us practical lessons of great import ance. We have gained much information of the numerical strength of the enemy, as well as their system of warfare, and there is no longer room to doubt that they have from 180,000 to 200,000 men, including drilled vv. lunteers and drafted militia, under arms in Virginia. litany agreeable but dangerous de lusions have been dispelled. We have been taught that, however desirable it. may be to march of on to Richmond," it is vain to attempt to do so until our preparations are perfected, and an army larger than we have yet consoli dated is fully equipped and prepared for vigorous action. We have learned how nn. wise and dangerous it is for public clamor to attempt to influence the judgment of skilful officers, and to precipitate battles at inoppor tune moments. In this matter we might hive taken a hint from our enemies. The war-cry throughout the whole South was, ct On to Washington!".. and three-fourths of the insurgent troops who entered Virginia from other States did so in the expectation that they would be gratified with a ((dash upon the capital." But when their generals learned the character of the fortifications by which it was defended, they wisely restrained the ardor of their troops, and, regardless of the suggestions of their newspapers and politicians, commenced en trenching their own camp in such a complete and careful manner that it is doubtful whether, in tho whole range of battles, there was any ono field on which (in the absence of regular fortifications) an army possessed as many ad vantages as the insurgents at Manassas. We have learned more of the defects of our military organization by actual expert. moat, in an hour of fearful trial, than would have been exposed in months of peaceful in activity, or in easy victories. And ao strongly has a sense of tho necessity of marked im provement been impressed upon us, that, white all feel and recognize it, the Adminis tration has, with commendable promptness, indicated its anxiety to comply with the pub. lie expectations. There were many brave and skilful officers on the field at Manassas, bat some who were sadly deficient in both courage and knowledge, and whose retention in the service would greatly impair its effi eignev,_lt_le_evident_th=6-41.—bone worthiness was clearly manifested will be de. prived of future opportunities to disgrace themselves and to dishonor a glorious cause. The main body of our army has been en trusted to the command of the gifted Mc- CLxLLAN, in whose fidelity, courage, and genius universal confidence is felt, and whose remarkable combination of the energies of youth with great experience in military and civil life, as well as the prestige of his late victories, render him peculiarly worthy of the honors he has received. It la now also understood that in new regi-, ments which are formed the volunteers will be protected from the consequences of their own rashness, in selecting ineompetent officers, by the War Department, under whose direction a Board of Examination will ascertain the ca pacity of all aspirants for military honors who, when they fall below a fair standard of ac quirement, will be rejected. Besides, it will be seen that the Congressional delegations of the loyal States have been repeated by the President to present to him the names of such persons in their respective States as they deem competent to act as efficient command ers of brigades, and, with a fall knowledge of the responsibility devolving upon them, they will doubtless recommend the very best men they can select. Palmerston Shows his awed. • There is a Lordship of the British Treasury vacant by the resignation of Mr.lisowsia, an Irish member, who resigned because he was dissatisfied with the conduct of the Palmer ston Cabinet in nullifying the postal contract with the Galway and America steamboat company. To whom, of all men in the House of Commons, has Lord P ALKERSTON offered this office, worth $6,000 a year 1 To none but Mr. GREGORY, the Parliamentary champion and mouthpiece of et the no -called Southern Confederacy." Mr. Gulaour has refused the office, probably from a conviction that the county of Galway would not re-elect him. Bat Lord PALMERBTONN having offered to make this person a member of the British Government exposes his own Southern pro clivities, if it does nothing else. Hl5 conduct Is significant and suggestive. It shows his hand, with the Knave in it as principal. Tag numerous friends of 13 L. MeClotmel, Esq., who, during his restrict:lee in this city, learned to appreciate his worth and many sterling finalities, will be gratified with the Intelligence that, after s'etog oonshierable service 48 captalo,in one of the regiments enrolled in defence - of' the country, he has been nppolnted major, in the Third Vir ginia Regiment of the United States troops. QUARTNIRMASTBE GENRRAL HAL; of this State, in his advertisement dated July 26, invited pro posals for " ten thousand blouses," but he desires that they should be " woolen-lined," and the nottoa has been °hanged, to reed " tea thousand blouses, woolanlmad " Publle Amusements. To morrow evening Mr. McDonough wilt reopen his Olympic, Theatre, Race street, for a summer 110115011. Fie has engaged a good oomPany, among whiob is Mini Annie Lonadale, the comedienne, whose performanoes of Captain Charlotte and Nan, in " Good for Nothing," and other charac ter rarer, has never been approached La such part" she onght to draw lumens:, bousea—as she did in Non York. , • Purchase of State Stocks; Donde, ste. Tke following queries have been put to the Con federate diatrict attorney at Charlaiton .Parst fe St lawful for a citizen of the Confede rate State; to potation of our enemy State nook or bond; of Any of the Confederate Stott, and do mend the interest 7, 11011 doe? Second. Is It luorftd for the 241/14 pattiee to par.' °haze notes given by merchant! of the Southern. Cot.ferlency to Norther- houtes, and demand pay ment for the same? 'Third If lawful and proper to pantie the above oou-ae, would it no: be tqually legal for the small trader to Lny rooralumaise of the enemy ; or, in other words. does the law intend to operate In favor of the fortunate hollered capital against the 'humble (testers to wares and merchandise? The resty:nre I- es follow. The sots specified by you certainly oonatitrite tt whb the enemy " pecul st iarly objeo tionable. bermes, they , :ff,rd a direct erretanoe to the enemy by the trenrniteston of money ro teeter I his reseutoee And, In addition, snob cenduot highly unpatriotic. because directly injurious to the interest' of the Slates and oitizens of OUP oeofedersay, whole obligations are thus withdrawn from the enemy's country, where it ia for the In terest of =oh State/ that they should remota, Ilan* they 000ld not there be called upon for pay moot daring the war. Such operations are cer tainly worse than the dimple purchase of mar ohandise in the enemy's nuntry, because they, at the Name time, aid oar omentaas and enywrs OUT , friends WASHIN Letter from Occasional." [Cerreepondeneo of The From] Wrag.ufener, July 80, 1861 The preaarat of tleneral McClellan has procinood rieibli) and gratifying eireot in the capital. Oar ilgorous and gifted young commander Imo entered upon the duties of hie high station with character. istio energy. The pity no longer present(' the die- orderly and exolted appearance which has been noticeable for the past fortnight. tioldibrs have been taken back to their camps; °fibers, who seemed to think their duty consisted In sauntering thrbrigh the hotel oorridora, and exhibiting their blue and gold to the admiring crowd of interesting young ladies who throng the Avenue, have been directed to report themselves Immediately at their quarters. The pass system hoc been znvieed, and the fearful aboses viata'h it engenders will be our rooted. It Is generally thought that the constant treasonable correspondence maintained between ()Weans of this city and Ilenuregard, has been pro tected by the very pauses issued for the convenienne of our loyal people and the omeers of the Gotern , meat. Their indiscriminate i6BlllO has red to Many abuses, and I am glad to know that illotlellan haa terminated it. I have great /wpm in our , young commander; and yot, when I think of the poeition be wimples, of the infinenoes which 'surround him, of the clan-, gars which menace and the temptations which may m him, it is not without a certain feeling of misgiving. There is nothing knitire fetal than the intoxication of dattiliy, and no man to-day has more flatterers than daorge B. McClellan, No man can mount so high and not feel that he walks on the brink et a precipice. If be fall from lila em pyreen elation, his. fall will- only be 'greater be cause hie ex4lts.tion was no rapid and hitt triumph eo unohallenged. Those who shout , the lOndeat in hie day of fortune will &ant the iondeet in hie clay of misfortune, and what is the Moho of incense to day may he GM fumee of hatred and envy to•mor row. The destiny of General McClellan is in his own hands, and his destiny' eeezne to be that of one oonntry. Hie course, thee far, gives no every roe son to:think that it will be a noble one and that hie military career in Virginia will lead to the re alisation of every hope we may have entertained. That snob hopes will be realited Is zn7 moat ear nest ancloonstrect prayer. I trust you 'will pardon me for again alluding to the overwhelming inaportanoe of standing by the Union men in Virginia, Missouri, Maryland; Ken tucky, Tennessee, and other States of the: South. If the honor of our Government is pledged to any one thing, it Is the duty of taking care of these men. They give ne their allegiance, and we give them a government, and the proteotdon of a go vernment. It la a oontraot mutually agreed upon, and the honor of each party is infolied in its ob servance. The Union mon of the South have stood ap bravely against infiIIIMOCS of the most fearful nature. The ,gibbet has been :brought to their doore--the toroh to their homeg--sind the dooms of banishment bee eclat them away from all they love, into strums and indifferent communities, and still they remain true to the flag of their , fathers and the country of their birth. Can .we neglect these men, end- still expect them to be true? Can we reocive their alloglanee, and not give them protection ? or clan we wonder that they answer our indifference by abandoning our Go vernment for one which, however wicked it may be, yet still furnishes them with'a temporary pro tee gen ? — renCeottident that the Administration enter tains the most friendly feeling' towards the Union men of the Southern States. Illinois is bound to Kentucky by ties of sympathy, relationship, own meroial interest and geographical violnage. There are few families in Northern Kentucky not repre sented in Illinois, and few families in Southern Il linois not represented in Kentucky. There is a mutual sympathy between the people of these States, whioh is very natural and at thosametime very pleasing. Mr. Lincoln is a Kentuckian, and has the warmest attachment for hie native State. His estimable lady, the accomplished mistress of the White House, le a native of Kentucky, end le said to share largely in her husband's sympathies. Senator Browning, of .Illinois, the successor of Douglas, is a Kentuokian, and feels for his State a peculiar fondness. Thus you see the President and those who immediately earround the President, to gether with the members of his Administration, feel the deepest interest in the work of relieving and sustaining the Union people of the Southern States. I trust that this relief may be adminis tered in the speediest and most effectual manner. I have jest been looking'over the names of the °Moors who are to command the Moon reserve regiments of Pennsylvania. Some will do honor to the service, but there ere others I am ashamed to see ;laming from my native State. Perhaps I am doing injustice to then gentlemen, and, if so, yea dealt have my apology; but I must say, judging from what I know of their antecedents, that they are no more capable of leading a regi ment, or even a company, into the field, than I am of translating Shakapeere Into the Saruierit. There men may be great in their way, but their way is not that of the soldier. They maybe great poll.- dolling, and giants in a ward convention or majnalt 'hue wifat a . dli aystem of political engineering, and teach you how to extraot the largest number of votes from a given number of vetere, but they are not the men• ' to be entrusted with the lives of our volunteers: and the honor of our tlag.• I em glad to know that an army :oommission has been appointed, to ex.• amine into the military qualities of these and other gentlemen, ambitions of military Estimation, 'and teat the inveettgationi of that 4301T111118111011 will . be made, and its suggestion: adopted bj the depart ment, without fear, favor, or affection. AtTaira in and Around Washington, We clip the following Items from the Washington &sr of last evening : THE NIVN'YoRit SZYMNIT-7INTR R2oiire . Gov 'Stevens, of Waehington Territory, has been iferod by the President the command of thellew York Seventy-ninth (Sootoh) Regiment; made vacant • by the death of the gallant Cameron on the field of battle. • - Gov. Stevens graduated at the heed of his Glare at Welt Point, and, at the time of hie resignation from the United States army wee regarded as per hems the first military engineer of tie age in the aerrTiOa. He had teen -more field service, we take it, than any other officer of his age and rank in the army, besides haviog been ;abaci:penny through the Indian war on our Northwest coast. The Seventy-ninth embraces the material for making a regiment roaaorpassed in any military service, and, in the bands of Col. Stevens, will soon come to rank as a model corps of the army of the United States. Wiser A Boit:43le San member of the New York 'fhirty.seeond Regiment sendetus an account of what he saw in the battle of Sunday ; and after describing the events of the day, as .already nar rated in our colamne, adds : "Nothing could exceed the daring of the Fire Zoll6Vcal. They attacked the enemy time and again, destine with butte of muskets, bap:mete, lists, or .eything that was handy. Some of • the Fire Zoueves went hunting rebels on their own aotenret, 4nd kept tally of how many they bagged. Some had as high as fifteen or twenty notched on a stick: Coe young fellow of the First California regiment, named Sinclair, penetrated the enemy's batteries, -nt soon telt, as he was spotted by -the riflemen He oleo crawled through the grass half a Italie, and shot a hone on whom was an officer, who was pointed out to him as General Beauregard. He says he aimed for the rebel's bean; but a stone ander his knee rolled from under him, lowering hie aim. shooting tbo horse in the throat." ' Nov DEAD --Lieutenant Colonel Fowler, of the New York Fourteenth (Brooklyn) Regiment, re. ported to be among the killed at the battle of Bull Run, is, alive, welt, and in oamp at Arlington Heights Colonel Wood, of that regiment, Also ;'reported killed, is, we repeat, a prisoner and wounded. Perot ens DETTI,R•IrIELD —Captain Allen, the Masseohnretts officer who est:raped (with - Mr. Dougherty, of the New' York Seventy-first) on Fridey night last, from the Bartley Church hospi tal, between Bull Run and Manaztens Junction, says that on Thursday fest be was permitto I to go, with a guard of two men, over the field of the bat tle of the previous Sunday. He found all the dead stripped - of tbolr shirts and drawers, and, sorrow ful to relate, eight of-oar wounded aWi alive, but in a dying ohndstion, from the putrefaction of &ler wounds Mona ACTS Or DESTRUCTION APPRIRENDID.— Fears are entertained by Che Union men .about Bladensburg (Prince George's °aunty). yid , that neighboring dttnenionistadesien destroying the fine stone bridge of the Baltimore and Washington Railroad some time in the courts of the warrant week. • These leers price from the conversation of pentacle around thin' known to be inimical tothe cause of the Union. Twvaovise —Col Farnham, of the Fire Zoe ayes, and Col. Slocum, of the New York Twenty. seventh Regiment, are both improving, and there In good reason to believe they will recover from their late wounds. Col Farnham was seriously il l before the battle, and his o ffi cers made an inefficient attempt to per suade him not to go on the field. Daring the battle he escaped almost miratmlontly from - a - ball which would have struck his head directly on the left temple, but that it glanced from the button of his cap, and only caused a flea wound on hie head. The concussion, however, stunned and knocked him from hie home, bat he was up again end in the saddle almost immediately. His day's work, in his physical condition, resulted in a Severe es te.* of typhoid fever, and he was taken from Fort Runyon (to which point be managed to ride) in an ambulance to the infirmary. There he has been dangerously 111 , oce night deliriously so, but it now, we are happy to say, considered cut of danger. We cannot afford to lose eiffeers of his character ALREARDRIA, July 29 --Mr. C. G. Young, lead- - or of the Fifth Maine Regitnent hand, died rod douly in thin place of congestion of the brain,-on Friday Hie remains were taken to lineger. Mr. John ilerlburr, orderly of Company C, Twenty-sixth Regiment. has bad his right hand badly sbattereel by the accidental d Faberge of a piatot The Twenty-sixth Regiment, Col Christian% re mitred the new uniforms from the state of 'Now York, to day There ore about forty unruly soldiers confined in :be sieve pens le this place for drat:kennel% and disorderly eoadirot teeorge H. Cathie, of Company H. Twenty sixth Regiment, while on a bender, bad his right band badly shattered by the ditcherge of a musket' in the h-nos of another drucken e puede From Harrisburg. Bkisieatraa, July 30.—Colonel John A Wright hiving retired from the Relive duties of aid to the Governor, Colonel Oreig fiddle; of Pbiltdelpble, has been appointed to that position, to be espeoially ooaneoted with the formation of the regtrestate re oently called for by the United States Govern meat. THE PRESS.--EIULADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 319 1861. lIDEICR. 1 LATEST NEWS by Telegraph to The Prem. Special Despatches to " The Press.'2 WASEIZNOTON, July SO, 1861. Senator Irom Kansas. Governor STANTON, who holds the appointment from the Governor of Kansas cf Senator, to waiting patiently for Senator LANE to throw up his corn : mission, in vim of his aooeptanoe of Oh litoir of brigadier general, , on!orted upon him by the United Stb.tei Butler vs. Lehman. The Committee of Blectiona began to investigate the case of BIITLRIiViI. I.ICHMAN this morning. It is stated that Mr. Leaai will , ask a continuance. Colonel le, iV. Lander, This due partisan soldier is here, suiting at the head of doneral licCLarzart's etall. The Vir ginia Senators are exceedingly anxious that he shall be put at the head of Federal affairs in that section, but many of our citizens are equally anxious that he shall be retained as provost mar shal by the commanding .general, so es to bring order out of thft Maas and confusion that hove pre. Tailed to the pnblio detriment in the oily of 'Wash. fasten. Lianas has the courage, nativity, and knowledge of mon, to make a first•rate military magistrate is these exalting times, and to assist in rooting out the traitors that have abounded since our reverse on the 21st of July. lien. McClellan. • There is no more prominent man on the sheets then Gen. llioCimmatt. Apparently nnoommione of the faot that he le looked up to as the young liberator of his oonntry, he moves round upon his obarger with a mind absorbed in his business. He is daily making himself familiar with the gob dttion of the army here. He has been among the defences, examined the forts, magazines, and guar The Army. The army on both sides of the Potomac here are all in camp, and are in fine condition. sending Bonin to their Friends. The regiments who are being paid off this week are sending home their money in large quantities to their families. It is entrusted generally to those friends who come here to look niter the dead and wounded. Mr. Amax, of the Eleventh Massaohusetts Re giment, who was a captive, and escaped from the enemy, retarniog yesterday to the oamp, says that tho enemy made ns seoreoy of their 'purpose to oroes the river at Leesburg, and come down upon Washington, Arrests for'Politie'al Infidelity. The recent reVerse sustained by our army has made mesh so jubilant here that it has betrayed itself Where self-interest has hitherto kept it in abeyance. At the areenal, a number of this class of our citizens have been quite open in their ex pressiona of joy, and yesterday afternoon Isexc MILLER, Danikz, Kowa PETER bloGirms, Hamar Dimmer, Lxvera Loots, BENJAMIN /Win/sox, THOMAS &armoire, and ALEUT) BEAGLE, work men, were arrested, by order of the House com mittee, of which lir. POTTER is chairman, on the charge, it is supposed, of being in treasonable league against the Government. I am Informed by an officer of the arsenal, to-day, that others, who have made themselves obnoxious by openly avowing Beeession sentiments will be arrested within twenty-four hours: Jowl Moamar and J. M. Fa2tAß, captured by the steamer Freeborn, on board a eobooner, bare been committed to jail, by order of Cora. Dm:m ei:UM Business is good here in the retail stores. New Yorkers are opening new stores here in oonsiders bin numbers. New Yorkers are also doing a line business in following and supplying our army wits et (totem. It is as easy for the rebel army to obtain a daily mail from Washington ac It is for oar army in . Alexandria to receive their letters. Oar market men come in from the very districts in Virginia that are now occupied by the pickets and snouts of • the rebels. • Acting in conoert with there, ladies in Wasll 7 ington, wivoe of prominent citizens, visit the mar.. ket with their baskets, the contents of which are packages of letters for the other aide. All our army movements are time reported to Ilitautts- WARD and JEFF DAVIS. Sword to Beanregnrd. It is on everybody's tongne here that Bsatran- Gann' waf • presented with a sword on Saturday :rota friends in 'Washington. Colonel Fananam's aberration of mind is only omporary, and not sorions. is improving. • A very reliable soldior, who escaped yesterday and got back to ibis oity_tbis mo rning says -the to Stated by all parties at Manassas, and ho believes it Is oertainly not ism, whatever more • . . The rebel prisoner; (seventy-one in number) in the " Capitol" here are feasted by their, ile oessioa friends is the olty. Our men, oaptured at Bull,RiM, are at Bard labor in the entrenchments, labile thi (Akers are imprisoned at Richmond. Mass Dix. • This lady bas daily rapplication • kora those in Penorylvania, New York, hisseaohnsetts, ,kr., who desire to become parse". 'She is reoolriog some additions to her present number, but-none ere ac• eeptod under thirty years of ago. OooksiouAz. President LINCOLN'S appointment of Mr. Wow, as Commissioner of Public Buildings is not pope-. ler in the Senate. dine; debate on the nomina tion, the maths!' was reported ,back to the com mittee 'Another escape. One of cur soldiers escaped yesterdey morning from Manassas Junction. He confirms the report/ of ALL= end others. He says the enemy etip posed our army to number 80 000 on the field during the engagement, inoluding our reserve. Had they known our weakness, they would have pursued us Into Washington. Disappointed' Relatlves4 Relatives of the wounded are here in large nnm here, and are in deep sorrow in view of the faot that no permission is granted by the enemy to go into the bre/pita/8 on the battle-field, or see their wounded relatives. Many have come from Wein gala and other distant States. They return home with sorrowing hearts Inhumanity. The refusal of the.rebel army to receive our flag of truce to look alter tbe dead and wounded is al most without a parallel. The battle-field could be approaohed and examined without our obtaining any knowledge of their batteries or other military operations. Bat the privilege was denied, and those who attempted to rtoover a single body have been arrested and held as-pri(oners.- The orders of •prohibition - have no doubt oome from Jars' Davls,who was on tho field on the day of battle ; and though our officers will rot retaliate, our men oan never forget tbie unprecedented exhibition of Jahn:Rai:MY. Columbian College, in our northern suburbs, has been converted into a military hospital. It waa opened on the 15th July. Since that time 600 have been reoeived'and 300 discharged. Only 30 of the whole number were received with wounds The others were under treatment for stokuess. Out of the whole number received into the her pital,. only three death have taken place—a vary *strong proof of the favorable condition of our, Sickles' Batteries. Stortss' Brigade have three fine hatteries. One of the pieces was exhibited to-day at .Willard's., They are " Waird'e steel rifled," and will throw with great precision three miles. Spy Arrested. A roan, named Yirtzreat MINDERSON, Wig ar. rested at Georgetown, yeeterday, by the snilltau authorities, on ausploion of beiog a spy for the 0 B. A. He was sent to Jail to await examination. Bathing Rooms for Soldiers. A building, two hundred and fifty feet long, has been erected at the railroad depot, and supplied with water and bathing apparatus,"by order of Mr..elontn2letioner. WOOD It i■ for the benefit of soldiers arriving by railway. Our'Wounded. Hundreds have come to the city, men and wo men, from near and distant Fltatee, to look after missing relatives. It is poor consolation to theni to know that no approach oast be made to the bat tle-field, on which cur dead and wounded were left. By resent eot of °engross, oonfisoating the pro perty of rebels in arms, General Lan will be de prived.ef hie Arlington opiate. It embraces 300 nores and Is the most valuable eetate• In the vl oially-of Washington. Navy Yard Matters. The - gun boat 17eliance come up this morning. She re p or ts that, yesterday, while she was lying off &vile creek, in company with ;he Yankee, six shots were fired ftom the batteries et that plsoe 'The Bret shot passed through the wheel. house of the. Yankee, and struck•on the bulk•heed, when it rebounded end tell on the deck. The toiler' five shots ntweed aver the boats, but were pretty close One shot from each of the boats wee tired in return, when they hauled off. The Yankee mane op to Alexandria Both boats will probs.. bly return this evenirg. Large numbers of sol diers mold be same drilling daily at Potomac and Aoquiepreek 'The gunboat Resolute was taken out of the dry: dock today, and received on board a tot of amine p i zillion. She will go down the river immediately. The steamer S. R. Spa:delve:it, Oapt 'towns, Vhfsh brought the Tenth bleessokueetta Regiment PROM WASH Rd GTO N. The Enemy on the Move Committed. Business in Washington Moab; for Beauregard. Colonel Farnham. The Enemre- Lois. Feasted. Commissioner Wood Columbian Hospital. Lee and his'Estato here, will sail to-morrow morning for Portrait Monroe, where she will tnko on board part of the Varriont Regiment, now stationed at Newport New.. She will leave them at New Haven, cid theli Wav home, having sorted oat the tern of otiiihnont. The Ben. Deford, Capt. Nation; flop at the arsenal, will sail in Company with the IS It S., and take the rulttainder of tho regiment. A f ter landing the troops at New Haven, they will o.nued to Boston, where they belong. The Tenth Museohasetta Regiment left the yard Irzt evening, and went into camp at Raluants. .I . lle steamer l'hiladelphsa took down four oat oirs of the navy to-day to the arsenal to inspect tie steamer City of Nero York, which arrived time this morning. It is thought she will be pur -lued by the United States. Our Defences. After the defeat sustained by our forum a week 4, prudence admonishes against boastful dls- Pipis of militerY prOnem This much I oan say, lunever, our oily is safe. The forte, the result of fceethonght on the part of General SCOTS. are drably fortified today, and °Moored and manned to.tbe fullest °opacity. Beside the arrivals of mope from other States, Pennsylvania alone has drown five new regiments into oar forts daring tle past week, while every parapet Is doubly oTAW, and every magazine stowed to its utmost Roily with ammunition. There was an hoar wean EISAIMICIARD could have given us trouble, bit that time has passed away. The troops are all again in fine condition. The ''rival of General McCrcm.sx has been to them e an eleotrio shook. He domes oovered with i.nore, and the men rejoice to rally .oncier his .. _, emmond. 1 wt Our Northern Suburbs, Joansoxeroases the Potomac , and cornea down 12 n Washington, he will find the northern seburbs hont a fort, or even the protection of ordinary b works. The proposition on the part of the miltary authorities bore, is to throw np breast wtirts after we hear of the advance of the army— .ll.l;mtl, they say, that can be done in three hours by army now encamped on that region of onr ssbnilh Arrivals from Pennsylvania. B Coleman, D. L. Miller, Jr., D. IL Jaoknian, J. Hanalei, H. C. Roesler, Q W. Fetter, E. M. Woodward, N. Farm, R. D. Cary, G. 11. MoNary, S. L. Adams, A. B. Kapp, O. B. c illlngbarn, If. B. MOGW, A. B.Hreen. Kirkwood'.."--31. Eitoomb, J. B. Robb, John Linton, C. L. Hughes, D. L Jones, James Marks, K. Williams, Willis Davis, D. Tidball. •Nattonal—a. B. Davida, B. Williamson, K.-B. ays, Jaa. E. Simmons. to Brown's-8. F. Bari, Ella . Y. Bring) B. W. human, J. B. Clark, W. J. Mantire, 11. W air. . . .. . •:. ',..,4;:. _ . t rimportant from Washington. NVASIIINGTOII, July 30---Evening.—The rumors limb have been' current In this 'city during save: ri days past of an Intention on the part of Beau rgard to effeot a crossing into Maryland, at or Diu Edward's Berry, or any other point above tit Distriot of Columbia, are now generally die cid i tad. The simple fact that the rebels have not aroused offer and made a descent on the Federal capital in llapparently indefensible condition of that wing our line, is considered as proof positive that they i I understand that in so doing they would piano %putt/elves at the meroy of Lieut. General Scott, 410 doubtless would not be displeased should they t, saoh an egjeriment. AN to the Confederates moving on Washington If the way of our entrenohments across the river, e'Zer at Arlington Heights or Alexandria, the lea is now considered preposterous, as they would, i such a case, be more effectually rented from our M'ences than were our own tortes before theirs in to late battle of-Ball Bun. No one believes that hortursgard, Lea, or any other of the Confederate ommanders would, commit so gross a blunder. The present Position of our lines across the river blioates that a forward, rather than a retrograde, sucement is contemplated by the commander of fir army of the Potomae. l•i he bill which has passed both Rouses, prohibit the sale of intoxicating Equors, is in accord . oe with the reforms instituted by Major General • • CleDan, and is a measure highly commended by . friends of civil order and military discipline. • • t coma:ander has issued an order restricting a absence of both officers and privateefrom their ~. ps, and has appointed Colonel Porter as Pro -11...t Marshal of this city. In accordance with the request of the Press. t, several of the Congressional delegations have fernashed him with Dans of suitable persons in their sates to be appointed to the higher military g' des. The- President merely asks this in order stet him in making the selections. The lists . e . , therefore, not to be considered as eonolaslve 'isdense of appointment. • • al Officers' of volunteer regidunts will, seafording to recent order, be subplot to 'examination by a ai tt ai tary board, to be appointed by the War De p t i ment, with the cononarlide of Lieutenant Gene- re fe „. o4 , ..i,-eo theirlitness for the positions as. - Hiked, to them : sand the 04140 es ewsiainovrapesent torejeated. ! • $3 idea, the Government, It is understood, has ed General McClellan of its reediness to sa- 'cot to him th e _very best material in men and aea l mCons, and Of Ate cordial coo-operation in eieietbing that will render his forces efficient. iledetiok W. Lander was this morning sp ,pciStad a - brigadier gen'erairiry the President. lie wil/have command of the • ,Rhode Island and part of he Massaohneette regiinerau. This appointments whbh will be approved by the people, was made 'at 'ea earnest recommendation of Gon. McClellan, Gott Sprague, of Rhode island, and Senator Car- Woof Virginia. • Gen. Lander was previously 'offered-the command of the Rhode Island troop. by 6v. Sprague. . L'-Grreeirtor Stevens, of Washington Territory, hag accepted the appointment. of colonel of th e Elariisty•ninth New York Regiment of Blab landtra. , Mont six Government clerks hair(' resigned to . . diispWin to the passage of the Virginia ordi.: • nand providing that any oitisen of That Common* weigh holding office under the Government of the Unitsti States after to-morrow, shall Do forever banibed from that State, and ledeolared an alien and ,n enemy ; and, farther, .that any oitiaen who mayereafter undertake to represent the &stein the ogress . of the Untied States, in addition to 'ienalties, above prescribed, shall be deemed guilt of treason, and his properly. confiroatedto the we of the State. Other resignations will pro bahli take place to-morrow, owing to this ordi. nano. ' . ' 1 1 From Harper's Fem. Ratesa's FZERT, July ZO —The whole army, save bree companies of the Marraohusetts Second Regileut, are lying on the other side of the Poto 80. General Banks has his headquarters at a farm house bout two miles below the Ferry. Ins die: Posttl of trOops and arstiegiment of the army bas, so far / given great ratiefactiou to both cleaners and Merl. I . - A rian of intelligence. from near Winchester oamein last night. He says that not less than forty lead, and a hundred wounded, were carried from ftriulburg (the norrirem terminus of the Ma: nessaaTunotion Railroad) ' toward Winobester after the btie of' Bull Run. Most of there were from the a ghborhood of Charlestown, Martinsburg, and ln °heater. A ettopany from the neighborhood of Romney, under y the command,of Captain Greville, were co total! cut up that they are entirely disorganised,. The..ciptriin ran at the first charge, saying he could Laud bullets but not bayonets. " Thi l e , econd Virginia regiment, under Colonel Allier,as also moat seriously cut up. He also re presen that the men are dissatisfied with their officer and are , unwilling to go farther, and re- ,I, oniits teapot be made in the valley of . Virginia. Matra are •no troops al Winchester but drafted militia l who escape and - return to their homes as rapidllns they . are brought in. They are in com plete "dlsorder,- with . no diraipline prevailing. Hertel the enemy, b4gtrrilla scouts, are seen artywhlre in this region.' Reinbroemente by way of Hagererown and Baltimire are coming In so rapidly that the three. montheriiiimente will scarcely be missed - I From Loittsvillea.t":. LainPrima, July 30.--Judge Catron, of the Eltt preme iourt, has returned to Nashville. ' :-7 . '''' . -The jolted Btatis gunbosti at this point crossed from . inland bar to New Albany yesterday,' where nay will be equipped.'' The . item:This '(Tenu.) , Appial, in an editorial particularly addressed.to planters, urging them to keep tbfir cotton atrhorne, say': " Ebreld the usual quantity, be brought to Mem phis, of 400,000 bales, to be stored in our ware. houses Me fall, the terapitttion ' for the enemy to attempt its capture would belextremely. great, Partfaithrly as oottort will be very scarce at the North,sFxt winter. It .would be tantamount, fn. milliona bottles for an lis: .deed, Manning twenty canon el the Mississippi Valley and fora 'acacia- NI expftlition against Memphis.". . .! • : i A deo:tell from Itiehmond to the Oharleskota Octurler,Osted the 25th lease, soya Col Wade Rampto and Gen. E /1,. Smith, who were wounded a t Manatees, are doing well. The lame despatch says: " he Federal loss et - Manaisas was about 8 0 0 kuj , 3 o'oo wounded, and 1,000 taken. prison. tien. T Confederate loss was about SOO killed and 1,201 wounded." - ' ' . .; : tere!sting horn ttkiseciitit D . !MUIR ATM!' or A I;EADIM b?. Lo is, Job, 39.—Et is emted; tin' ieliabiti au thor' y,' .at Ge.ieral Wa•kins, wise. Das 'ken in oommanolof the robot foram, in Southeast Missouri for some 'me past, reeigned on Saturday last, and strongly pled all his troops io diebend and hate nothing note to do with this iobelllon !Art. Wai-. kina is ripia of large property, arid the reuon assigned tr this sudden ohange of 000dnet is the eontennifted p usage, of the 000dsoatIon bill' by Oongresi 7 l . j . , The pi . eut of the three-months Missouri Tobin tams' iris oromenceid to-day, $300,000 having been molted re for that purpose. . Gen Brbmont's headquarters were to-day