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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1861.
EXTRACT FROM THE LAST SPEECH OF
STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS.—“ The conspiracy
to break up the Union is a fact now known to
Rail* Armies me being rai&ud, and war levied
it* accomplish it. There cnn be but two sides
*to the controTersy. Every man must be on the
side of the United States or against it.' There
can be no neutrals in this war* There can be
none but patriots and traitors.”
FOR SALE.—The double-cylinder “Tavlok” Pkess
•on which this paper has been printed for the last nine
•months. It is i» excellent condition* having beeu made
Ao order a yearn.go, and will Lie sold at a bargain. Fur
terms Apply at this office, or address John W. Fokkkv,
417 Chestnut street, Philadelphia.
jiiuu-ial JNomiimuoiis.
The necessity of having good law judges of
our Federal. State, and county courts, in such
a crisis, is indisputable. A disloyal judge
can work irreparable mischief. In the se
ceded States the first and worst evils were
■produced by the treason of perjured judges,
who rested their disaffection upon the fiilsc
theories of Calhoun. and refused to
expound and execute the laws under
which they held. In the adhering States
no such man as a doubtful judge should
he tolerated or trusted. A suspicion is
enough as to such aspirants; for he who is
suspected to be false to his country now, will
assuredly strike at her hereafter. Only those
who have been tried hi the seven-times heated
furnace should he confided in. Let all men
who have yielded, oven for a moment, to tlie
sophistries of the dark school of Secession
imitate the example of Judge Silarswood, of
the District £ourt of this county, who runs for
re-election upon a distinct Government and
Union platform, and authorizes an explicit
disavowal of all sympathy with the traitors iti
arms against the flag of our country.
In Berks county, Warren J. "Woodward,
a very bitter and unscrupulous assailant of
Douglas last year, and a well-known sympa
thizer with Breckinridge, is made the Demo
cratic candidate for Judge of the District,
in place of the present incumbent, the accom
plished J. Pringle Joxes. This was the work
of the Ancoua-Vallandigham clique, and
will, we hope, be promptly - rebuked by the
people at the polls. If Mr. WOODWARD is
chosen, with his known proclivities, it will be
eminently discreditable to Berks county. If
Judge Joxes will not accept the nomination of.
the Government and Union men of Old Berks,
why not pnt forward Henry W. Smith, one of
the very best lawyers and sternest patriots of
the region—a Berks county Democrat of the
•old school, before Secession was made a part
of the creed, and not a transplanted exotic,
who seems to have been searching for a judi
cial office all over the State.
In the York district, the able Auditor Gene
ral of the State, Hon. Thomas F. Cochran,
a Republican, lias been nominated for presi
dent judge by tbo loyal Democrats and Re
publicans. This selection could not be im
proved.
In the Franklin district, Hon. James Kill,
a straight Democrat, and a Douglas delegate
at Charleston and Baltimore last year, has
been nominated for president judge by the
Democrats and Republicans. A more thorough
jurist and patriot is nowhere to be found.
In -the Huntingdon district, the present
Judge, Taylor, has been nominated for re
election by the Democrats and Republicans.
Nearly the same spirit prevails in all the
districts," with, we believe, the exception of
that of Berks.
We are In hope that the friends of the Go
vernment and the Administration, in the
Montgomery and Bucks district, will take up
Hon. Henry CnAratAH, and elect him presi
dent judge. Apart from his pre-eminent legal
qualifications and his personal merits, his con
sistent courage against all the aggressions of
tlie slave-power, from the hour when Le
compton was made a test until it ripened in the
bloody harvest of Secession, deserves this
mark of the grateful appreciation of the people
among whom lie was bom. It would also
greatly encourage the loyal Democrats to put
this thetr honored leader in such a position.
Many or the business houses which have
survived the shocks of the recent panic are now
doing , a .more extensive, safe, and profitable
trade than- at any previous period. A large
number of manufacturers, too, are receiving
more; orders than they can fill.. A buoyant
spirit is-becoming more and more-perceptible.
New advertisements are crowding in upon the
columns of our newspapers. The American
people, with their characteristic energy and
-elasticity of character, are rapidly accommo
dating themselves to the new order of things
which the rebellion has created among us, and
they, are learning how to prosecute with vigor
a great contest for the restoration of the Union
without neglecting the peaceful pursuits which
will supply the « sinews of war.” Confidence
in the wisdom, patriotism, and energy of the
Administration; in the ability of our leading
generals; in tlie capacity of our fleet to terri
bly cripple the enemy, and in the preservation
of the national credit, is constantly increasing.
Altogether, the disposition to a hopeful
view Of our difficulties is becoming more and
more general, and the growlers and grumblers
are growing less and less numerous and influ
ential.
The lute George W. Edu ards.
A correspondent in the Sunday Dispatch , of
yesterday, corrects a slight error in the sketch
that journal, of a previous date, had published
of the late George TT. Edwards, whose en
terprise and public spirit rendered him one of
our most useful citizens. It appears that the
name of the business firm with which he was
first connected was Samuel C. TTood & Co.
With this correction, we republish, as a mat
ter of record, and as a mark of respect to the
memory of the deceased, as well as fob the in
formation of those readers who do not see the
Dispatch, the following article from that jour
nal. It justly says of Mr. Edwards —that
Few men have shown a more clear and accu
rate perception of the industrial forces of the
Commonwealth, or have done as much to devc
lope them.
Hie origin was obscure. Jlis father was a shoe
maker ; and, from the home of humble but honest
toil, young Edwards went into the world with a high
courage and daring, defying disaster and recognizing
nothing, like defeat. He was (me of the few men
gtfted with a high-hearted and impetuous tempera
ment,that laughed at calamity and scorned the
word defeat.
His earlier history begins in 1821, when he was
first a shop-boy, and afterwards a salesman in the
house, of Wood, Abbott, A Wood ; and his mark
was then made as a man of indomitable energy, un
wearied industry, and great sagacity in securing
customers for the firm. Ho frequented, the hotels
in the early days of “ boring, and by his frank
manners secured the confidence and business of a
large number of Southern and Western merchants.
Subsequently, one of the Messrs. Wood.retired, and
the business was carried on under the title of Wood
A Abbott; and Mr. Edwards enjoyed the confi
dence of the house to such an extent that ulti
mately he became a partner in the firm, and ful
some years the business was carried on- under the
title of Wood A Edwards.
In 1835 Mr. Edwards opened a new house, in
Conjunction wiih his brothers, James and Thomns,
in Market street, near Third, under the name of
Edwards A Brothers; and until 1837, when the
commercial crash came over the country, the house
was one of the most successful upon Market street.
About this time Mr. George W. Edwards became
connected with the Heading Railroad as financial
manager; and to his energy, sagacity, and untiring
industry end perseverance, the road is indebted for
its present existence. He was, in fact, the con
trolling spirit in its counsels, devoted his days and
nights to its interests, and enlisted the aid of capi
talists by his example and appeals, and finally car
ried it through a period of disaster which looked
like certain ruin to men of less courage and per
severance.
From that time forward Mr. Edwards became
n man of mark “on ’Change,” and his various
speculations in -‘Reading,” “Wilmington,” and
‘‘AiODg Island” were conducted upon a scale so
gigantic as to form to this day the reminiscences of
the Board of Brokers, and the data of anecdotes of
“the successful few and the disappointed many."
Few men about the “ Slaughter House” are with
out memorandums of imaginary thousands, which
vanished into ->> r under the pressure of Mr. Ed
wards' opernin.iis. The scandal which followed
such success i( is not necessary to repeat. The
victims have never much charity for the victors in
any contest; and where the play of brains and
courage outrage capital, and rob it of ita serenity,
the comments are not very apt to be charitable.
The fruits of the success of Mr. Edwards were
not suffered to he idle; and the public reaped
the first benefit of his wealth in the building of
the “Girard House,” a hotel of the first class
and dimensions, which was at the time a want
in a great city of commercial pretensions, but
without reul commercial accommodations. A
few years af ■ rward Mr. Edwards built n, ■
“Ha Pierre xi„u?e, :r on Broad street, and tints
sealed the death-warrant of a nnmder of third
rate hotels, which had been kept up by the total
lack of fair accommodations. In the various
improvements which Mr. Edwards suggested
ana carried out in Broad street, and other locali
ties, he showed the mind of a far-reaching and sa
gacious man; and among the crowd of pretenders
whose names figure in the journals as benefactors
and enterprising citizens, we shall not class the
name of George IV. Edwards. If he had done no
thing more than having carried the Reading rail
road through its disasters, and given to Philadel
phia suchhotelsas the “Girard” and Ha Pierre,”
he has left-the impress of his HflUlß Upon OUT City
annals, and must go down to posterity OS
“ One i.f (In- fee. the immortal names,
That ere not 1*0(0 to die.”
! The Grow th of Cotton xn Pennsylvania
! At the present day efforts arc constantly
being made in many places whore cotton has
not heretofore been produced to commence its
; cultivation. The Cotton Supply Association
i of Fngland is busily engaged in transmitting
' the seeds of that valuable plant to various
; portions of the world which arc supposed to
! lie possessed of a soil and climate somewhat
| similar to that of the Gulf States. The great
i agricultural, commercial, and manufacturing
desideratum of this period is' undoubtedly the
successful development of new and entirely
j reliable cotton-growing district!.
! ire perfectly well understand that it is the
| general opinion that tiie climate of the Middle
States will necessarily forever prevent them
from successfully cultivating cotton ; but the
following correspondence shows flint the
tur.ds of iinizit. ir.'ierr the climate is maria
identical with our own, a species of superior
cotton is produced on plants which flourish
year after year amid frosts that are fatal to
vegetation of a less hardy character; and a
small quantity of the seed has been sent to us,
by mail, for trial in this region.
In April last we published the following
short communication, which was written by a
gentleman well known in this community:
COTTON CAN BE GROWN IX i-ksnsydvania.
[For The Press.]
Lot farmers, who can obtain even an ounce of
seed, plant it at once, and cultivate the plant like
Indian corn; save (he seed when ripe, and there
will be plenty for extensive cultivation next spring
without dependence npon the South for a supply
of it. The objection that the plant is liable to
iniurv by frost is applicable to all vegetables. The
experiment may be easily made, and is worth try
ing. If it succeeds, the example of Pennsylvania
will be followed by ali tbo Middle States, and the
“Cotton States” will perceive that the world is pot
dependent upon them, which will very much im
prove their conduct. ■
March 30, 1861. C.
It is probable that few or no farmers in our
country followed this advice—the difficulty of
obtaining the seed deterring some, and the
supposed liability to injury by the frost deter
ring others from making the experiment which
is suggested above. But, notwithstanding this,
his communication was not unattended with
what may prove to be an important result.
Among our subscribers in Brazil, South Ame
rica, is Mr. Reinhardt. The attention of his
brother, who is a physician, and who has
gained considerable reputation among natu
ralists by Ms devotion to tlie natural sciences,
was arrested by the proposition of “C.”
Being familiar with the climate of Lancaster
county, Pennsylvania, where he was born and
bred, he is perfectly competent to judge of
the adaptability of the cotton to which he refers
to our State. His letter is postmarked July 4,
ISOI, and is as follows:
To John W. Forney, Esq.— Dear Sir : Meet
lug with an article in The. Press— of which my
brother is a subscriber—of April 13* headed. “Cot
ton can be grown 5n Pennsylvania,” I have con
cluded to send you some seeds of a peculiar kind of
cotton cultivated in the province of Minas Geraes,
on high tabic land, where they have severe frosts ,
and cannot grow rice or sugar cane, but have all
the fruits of the Middle States, 77. S. The Eu
ropean grass, Triticum repons, is killed
every year, (not the root.) There are two kinds of
this cotton, white ond Nankeen, of which I send
JOU the two varieties. Indeed, it is only a few days
ago that I saw, for the first time, this latter variety
growing. Having been called professionally to a
farm. I found in the garden a cotton bush, and,
speaking to the lady, she remarked, “Why, Doc
tor, you gave me the seed when you returned from
the province of Minas Gerries.” I then recollected
of having given her some seeds on my return from
said province, which was in 1355, consequently this
tree is six years old. In Pennsylvania this would
become an annual. It produces cotton the first year,
and I have reason to believe that it will bear the
Climate of Pennsylvania. The inhabitants of Minas
Geraes are the most industrious of the Brazilians j
indeed, they may be called the Yankees of Brazil,
and manufacture a great deal of cotton cloth, that
resembles, at some distance, the French fancy cas
simere, variegated with several colors, of which the
yellow is formed of this cotton, and does not fade.
There have been hero this year some heavy frosts,
and the grass referred to is entirely killed; but on
this cotton tree the leaves were still green, and
there still remained seme flowers. I hope you will
distribute these seeds to several of our countrymen,
that they may make the experiment, and to the
author of the article alluded to, and I-believe that
you will take pleasure in so doing, knowing that
you have the interest of the Old Keystone State at
heart, like your humble servants
Hr. 'Joseph C. Reinhardt,
Sorocaba, Province of Sam Paulo, Brazil.
TTe have already distributed most of the
few seeds which could conveniently be sent to
us by mail, but have reserved a few* specimens
for tfiose who are curious in such matters, and
for the author of the communication, re
ferred to.
The best time for planting the seed in this
climate is probably the period when com is;
usually planted, and parties who are anxious
to make experiments on a large scale next
spring can, we suppose, by proper exertions,
procure a full supply of seeds from Brazil.
The Privateer Sumpter.
One of the principal objects of the privateer
Sumpter in cruising in the Caribbean Sea and
along the coast of South America is evidently
to seize the vessels laden with cofteo, from
Brazil, of which information has been furnished
by the traitorous ex-consul at Rio Janeiro,
who is now supposed to be on his journey
homeward. Late intelligence brought here
by American sea-captains indicates that it was
the intention of the commander of the Sumpter
to lie in wait for these vessels at the points
where his steamer would he most likely to
capture them.
LETTER FROM “OCCASIONAL.”
I observe that in some of your political
meetings the new oath of allegiance, in ac
cordance with the late act of Congress, is
taken by those present, with appropriate cere
monies and solemnities. This is well. Al
though Congress intended that this oath should
be taken only by those who hold places in the
Federal Government, such an example as
taking the oath among the body of the people
cannot fail to be compensated by wholesome
fruits. Are we not all in tlic public service,
directly or indirectly ? If a private citizen,
chooses to he a traitor, he may work as much,
or, indeed, more harm, because of his irre
sponsibility, than twenty under officials. And
do you know that there are thousands of
men in the free States, native-born citi
zens, still sympathizing with the South
ern banditti, who rest under the conscien
tious belief that, because they have never
taken this oath of allegiance, they may secretly
stab and poison the Government, and secretly
aid the Secession ingrates ? In the seceded
Sotithem States, he who will not avow his pur
pose to stand by the conspiracy, and swear be
fore high Heaven so to do, is expelled to the
North, his property confiscated, andhis business
destroyed. Ido not propose to imitate the In
grates of the South, but it may bo right to in
quire of ourselves, Shall we not be as careful
of our interests, and as rigid in asserting our
fights, (when wc have every good augury on
i our side, and the whole moral argument in our
: favor,) as those who strike for Ingratitude and
Treason? At all events, it is an inspiring
thing to see political leaders putting the
oath to their followers. Wliat American
will refuse to take it? Wliat true Union
I man will not gladly take it—nay, will not
I ask for the opportunity to swear again and
j again |his fealty to the Constitution of our
! country ? The example cannot fail to have a
1 good effect. 'When those who hold positions
: under the General Government accept the
' terms of the new oath, when the judges of our
; courts and the lawyers assume this high obli
! gation, why should noi tlic people, who are, in
fact, the creators and rulers of men in admi
nistrative, executive, and ministerial positions,
he encouraged to follow the good example?
No loyal meeting should ever be held hereafter
1 without having the new oath presented to every
one present. All our literary, benevolent, and
public institutions, of whatever kind, should
present this oath to their members. Let the
word go out that every genuine friend of the
: Government and of the flag, wherever he is to
be found—whether in the pulpit, in the con
gregation, in the professions, in the school
house, in the 'mechanic's shop, or the count
ing-house—whether in private or in public
life, young or old—is expected to swear anew
that he is resolved to maintain tiic Govern
ment and the flag at every hazard. Then, if
the secret enemy in our midst chooses to hold
back, it will but invite the contempt and
the scorn of those who have been foremost in
the work of making a new covenant in favor
< f our free institutions.
Tlic friends of the Constitution cannot be
too vigilant. They must not stop or slack in
the good cause. The Administration, with the
, greatest energy, is doing all, and more than
; its duty, and it should be heartily sustained by
! the people. If there is any falling off here
i after, let it hot be charged to the absence of
the proper spirit amoiig those who make anti
unmake Administrations. Occasional.
Camp Curtin.—Nearly-four thousand men
are nva encamped at -Gamp Curtin, buz Har
risburg. This force is made up from independent
companies formed in tho interior of the State.
Washington, Sept. 8.
Public Amusements.
Theatricals are lively in this city, at present.
Mrs John Drew opened Arch-street Theatre, to a
literally overflowing audience, on the last day of
August, and has had crowded houses ever since.
Mrs. Gftrrctleon re-opened Walnut-street Theatre,
on the following Monday, with her company
strengthened by new performers, and has had no
cause to complain of want of patronage. This
evening, Mr. Wheatley produces “ The Tempest,”
at the Continental Theatre, which ho hftS had re
fitted. and may fairly count upon his share of suc
cess. The Olympic Theatre, which abruptly closed
Its season a few days ago, will re-open in a fort
night with grent improvements in all parts of the
house. The Panorama and Stereoscopic pictures at
the Assembly Buildings continue successful,—as
these paintings are very dramatic in effect, we in
clude them frrthis notice.
Of Mrs. Drew’s company, the most complete wo
bat** had nt nnoy theatre in this city for many years.
v-f j>.v» .-rion :ili ev.-ciii Frank and
Miss Charlotte Thompson. IVe long have known
the fun and frrfic and ability of the former, —but
we have not seen the lady since her debut ftt Wal
-1 nek’s Theatre, some years ago. She then gave
promise of excellence, which time, study, and
practice have matured. She is young and hand
some, and bids fair to establish herself here as a
decided favorite. She has the advantage, too, of
being under the management of a lady who herself
has no superior—scarcely an equal on the- stage.
‘■The School Tor Scandal,” with whioh Mrs. Draw
opened, has Boon repeated, and, assuredly, sueh
performances ns Mrs. Drew's lady Teazle and
Mr. Gilbert 'e Sir Peter will always draw full
houses. We bare missed seeing Miss Wells’s Lady
Franklin, in “Money,” but admire the mana
gerial good sense which put her into that part.
It is that' of a buxom widow, and, (last sea
son at Wnlnut-street Theatre,) a great mis
take was made in giving it to Mrs. Thayer,
who played it, as if it were an “ old woman ” part.
Miss Wells, who is young and handsome, has only
to add some years to hor appearanoe, and, we
know, there cannot be a better Iduly Franklin.
This evening, two new pieces are to be produced at
tho Arch.—one, for the first time in America, a
new comedy by Charles Mathews, called <: Tho
Adventures of a Love Letter; 1 ' the other, first
time in this city, a new comic drama t: The Volun
teers; or, the Rifle, nnd how to use it.” In the
former, Mrs. Drew, Miss Wells, Mr. Mortimer,
nnd Mr. Leak have parts, and Miss Wells, Mrs.
Charles Henri, ,a decidedly good actress,) Frank
Drew, and Mr. Scallan are among the performers.
“ Jocrisse the Juggler,” an account of which we
gave on Saturday, will be repeated at Walnut
street Theatre, this evening. This is a sensation
drama —but with the interest simple as well as di
rect. Mr. Couldock and Miss Alice Grey hare
nearly all the effective points to themselves, except
that there is strong relief in the very amusing per
formance of Mr. Vining Bowers as the juggler's
Jack-Pudding. This little part is made telling and
truthful by Mr. Bowers, —an actor who is less of a
farceur than Mr. J. S. Clarke, though he has not
obtained so much of the public favor as yet.
“Jocrisse” is a good acting play, and we shall
certainly see it again. Miss Alice Gray, (a hand
some yvung actress, vlio evidently has Rot very
much stage experience,) performs the heroine in
this play, and will also appear, this evening, with
Mr. Adams in the old nautical drama “My Poll
and My Partner Joe.” Mr. Adams, who evidently
has not let his faculties rust during the recess, is
surely in the way of obtaining and deserving an
extended popularity. Dr. Cunnington has to be
congratulated upon the improvement exhibited,
thus far, in his solectioDs of music.
Playgoors will scarcely recognize the Continental
Theatre when they see it this evening. It has been
completely renovated, with considerable neatness,
and looks clean and smart. “ The Tempest,” as a
spectacle, and reduced to three acts for that pur
pose, will be produced this evening, Mr. Wheatley
as Prospero . The most difficult character in this
play, however, is Caliban. We have seen at least
fifty representations of “The Tempest,” but have
only twice met any thing like a good personation of
Caliban. One was at the Edinburgh Theatre, by
Mr. Murray, the manager, and the other was by
W. E. Burton, who produced “ The Tempest,” six
or seven years ago, at New York, at a cost of $15,-
000, (it was said so in the bills,) and himself played
Caliban, in a wonderful manner. We can assure
our readers that the concluding scene, at the Conti
nental, this evening, will astonish them by its bril
liancy. The scenic partis by Mr. George Wunder
lich, and the mechanical effects by Mr. Randall.
The Continental Theatre will hold abpqt 2,800 at a
push,— as when John Brougham produced “ Poca
hontas,” after playing it tho same day in New
York, —and will accommodate 2.000 with ease.
Adelina Patti. —The persons who are manag
ing for Miss Patti have got into trouble at Liver
pool, where she was announced in opera, by charg
ing $4, and $2,50 for seats in the dress circle and
upper boxes, and $5.20 for eaoh seat in a private
box. Their excuse is that Manchester did not
grumble at still more exorbitant charges!
English Pictorials.— We are indebted to the
kindness of Mr. Callender, corner South Third and
Walnut-street, for (he Illustrated London News,
of Ang. 24, with double supplements and two beau
tiful plates printed; in colors, and also for the
Illustrated PTews of the tVortd. with portrait on
steel of Dr. Aeklehd, who, when travelling :with'
the Prince of Wales, last autumn, made many ac
quaintances here."
From Mr. S. C. Upham, 310 Chestnut street, we
hare, in addition to the pictorials here named, the
London Weekly Times, and Punch, all of Aug.
24. Strange to say, Punch has scarcely a jibe or
libel npon the Americans—there are some doggerel
verses against the American Loan, in which the
hunchback ridicules the idea of our going to borrow
money in England. It will be time to write down
our credit as a nation when we do go borrowing
from John Bull. At present the money the United
States requires is supplied by our own citizens.
Mr. Upham sends us some new pictorial envelopes.
Thomas & Sons’Sales this Week. —Tuesday,
elegant furniture, Spruce street. Wednesday, ele
gant furniture. Arch street. Thursday, furniture,
at the auction store. Sob advertisements and cata
logues of the three saleE.
Large Attractive Sale of French Dry-
Goods, Ribbons, Ac.—The early attention of pur
chasers is requested to the large and attractive as
sortment of French, German, Swiss, and British
dry-goods, and bonnet ribbons, silks, shawls, dress
goods, Ac., comprising about 500 lots of choice ar
ticles in silk, worsted, cotton, and linen fabrics, to
be peremptorily sold by catalogue for cash, com
mencing this morning at ten o'clock, and to be con
tinued throughout, without intermission, by Myers,
Glnghern, 4 Co., auctioneers, No. 232 and 234
Market street.
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
CETACEOUS—A JEWISH FESTIVAL ANOTHER
“SECESB” IN TROUBLE nF-PARTUEE OP STEAM
ERS FOR EUROPE—A SUICIDE—A FATAL ACCIDENT
—AND ANOTHER SUICIDE.
New Yore, Sept. 8,1861.
Barnum is great on whales. Another of these
monsters of the deep was brought yesterday by
the Fall River boat for this great caterer to the
public amusement. It was caught in the St.
Lawrence River, and weighs 1,500 pounds. His
whaleahip is to be exhibited at Jones’ Wood.
Thursday and Friday last were celebrated by the
Jews as New Year, A. M. 5622, and yesterday, 1
being the Sabbath previous to the day. of atone
ment, according to the Jewish calendar, was ob
served in the synagogues as an an annual occasion
of penitence. There were sermons and admoni
tions to humiliation on the part of priests, and all
the old men of the congregation appeared in white
shrouds.
Yesterday a young gentleman, by name J. Beam,
and by proclivity a Secessionist, was taken in charge
by the custodians of law and order. Beam was ex
amined by Inspector Carpenter, who found him
innocent of any real mischief. He discharged him
after being promised that in future he would select
good Union company, and draw upon the vocabu
lary for loyal words only.
The British steamer Glasgi up, Captain McGuigan,
left to-day for Liverpool with twenty-seven cabin
passengers, and others in the steerage. Among the
passengers was John Young, LL. D., of Indiana,
American oonsul to Belfast, Ireland.
It might also he worts while statin® that the
Hamburg mail steamer 'Teutonia, Captain Taube,
left to-day for Southampton, Havre, and Hamburg,
with fifty-one cabin passengers and one hundred
and three in the steerage,
CoronSr Schirmer held an inquest at Bellevue
Hospital, yesterday, upon the body of Catharine
Cordcs, a native of Germany, aged twenty-eight
years, who died from the effects of injuries acci
dentally received by the explosion of a burning
fluid lamp. Deceased, it appeared, was a domestic
in the house of Mrs. Thompson, comer of Eighty
third street and Third avenue, and was replenish
ing a lighted lamp when the explosion took place.
Verdict, “accidental death’’—should havo been
“ Suicide by burning flu id. ”
As Mr. Brunger was driving through Central
Park, accompanied by Mrs. Elizabeth Campbell,
on "Friday evening, his horse took fright, and
dashing off at full speed upset the wagon. Mrs.
Campbell, who was quite an aged woman, received
such severe internal injuries that she died in a
short lime afterwards at the office uf the keeper of
the reservoir in Eighty-fifth street.
One more horror to complete the chapter.BWil
liam Underwood, a resident of 87 Spring street,
committed suicide yesterday morning, by shootin®
himself through the head with a pistol. Deceased,
who was formerly a clothing merchant in Milwau
kee, hod been stopping in this city for the post five
weeks. During the past week or ten days he hod
been drinking rather freely, and appeared de
pressed in spirits, and very nervous. Early yes
terday morning he purchased a pistol, together
with some powder and bolls, and on his arrival
home he showed tlic pistol to bis wifi,. Mrs. Un*
derwoud did not puy auy attcutiuu to deceased, and
allowed him-to load the weapon, as if nothing se
rious was to be apprehended. In a few minutes
afterwards deceased went out into the hall, and,
after closing the door, shot himself through the
head. The unfortunate man lingered about two
hours, and then expired in great agony.
Union Meeting in Bucks County. —On Sa
turday last, a Union meeting was held at the Bear
Tavern, in Southampton township, Bucks county.
An immense number of people attended from ail
parts of Bucks and the adjoining counties. Ad
dresses were delivered by the Hon. William D.
Kelley, Hon. I*. C. Cassidy, Hon. Henry Chapman,
Gcorgb Lear, Esq., of Doylestown, and others.
THE PRESS?.—PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1861.
LATEST NEWS
FROM WASHINGTON.
ANOTHER ALARM.
REBEL BATTERIES WITHDRAWN.
GENERAL ROSECRANS' COMMAND.
rvTuf’nnor-h nt Mr. Vc-rnon.
IMPORTANT FROM CAIRO.
THE STARS AND STRIPES FLOAT FROM THE CAPITOL,
North Carolina Troops Recalled.
Washington, September 8,1861.
Observance of the Sabbath in the Army—
The Major General commanding desires and re
quests that, in future, there may be a more perfect
respect for the Sabbath on the part of his command.
We are fighting in a holy cause, and should endea
vor to deserve the benign favor of tho Creator.
Unless in case of attack by tho enemy, or some
other extreme military necessity, it is commended
to the commanding officers that all work shall be
suspended on the Sabbath; that no unnecessary
movements shall be mode on that day; that the
men shall, ns far ns possible, be permitted to rest
from their labors; that they shall attend divine
service after the customary Sunday morning inspec
tion ; and that offioers and men alike use their in
fluence to insure the utmost decorum and quiet on
that day.
The General Commanding regards this as no idle
form. One day’s rest in seven is necessary for men
and animals. Mere than this, the observance of
the Holy Day of the God of Mercy and of Battles
is our sacred duty. George B. McClellan,
[Official.] Major-General Commanding.
The War Department received a despatch from
Gen. Rosecrans. in camp near Sutter, Va., dated
yesterday, from which it is inferable that all is well
with this command-
Military Appointments.
The President, to-day, made the following mili
tary appointments:
Charles M. Thurston, of Maryland; Willis A.
Gorman, of Minnesota; and Daniel Butterfield, to
be brigadier generals.
John Clark, of Massachusetts; N. J. Sapping
ton, of Maryland; James M. Sanderson, of Cali
fornia ; Jpsiah M. Lucas, of D, C.; Alex. M.
Lloyd, of Pennsylvania; Samuel Damage, of Cali
fornia ; Judson M. Sherman, of New York; James
P. Fredericks, of New York, and E. P. S. Schenck,
of Ohio, to be commissioners of subsistence for the
volunteers, with the rank of captain. Wm. M. Wi
ley, to be an additional paymaster; Win. A. Stokes,
of Pennsylvania, major of the Eighteenth Infantry
U. S. A. George S. Gideon has been appointed by
the President a member of the Board of Metro
politan Police, in place of Colonel Seaton, declined.
Lieut. Col. O’Keefe, of the Fifteenth fiery
The Star, of this evening, says : “ Lieut. Col.
Francis B. O'Keefe, of the Fifteenth Regiment
of New York volunteers, having been sentenced
by court-martial to be cashiered, for drunkenness,
disorderly conduct, Ac., Gen. McClellan has ap
proved of the said sentence, and formally declared
him no longer an officer in the military service of.
the United States.
Another Alarm.
Considerable excitement was occasioned this af
ternoon by repeated discharges of musketry in the
neighborhood of Fort Corcoran. The commanding
positions were soon occupied, under the supposition
of a pending battle, but the. firing proceeded from;
musket practice with blank cartridges.
No passes whatever were Issued to-day to cross
the Potomac.
Gen. McClellan makes an Ascension.
General McClellan made a balloon ascension,
with Professor Lowe, yesterday, and occupied two
hours in an invaluable reconnaissance of the enemy-
General McClellan’s order tor the observance
Of the Sabbath was read throughout the entire line
to-day, and was everywhere received with glad
ness.
The President has pardoned A. J. Cl Arne, who
has served two years in the Wisconsin Penitentiary,
having been convicted of forging land warrants.
A Rebel Battery at Great Falls Withdrawn.
Last Wednesday the rebels fired from an emi
nence at Great Falls, sixteen miles from Washing
ton, upon a body of our troops on the Maryland
side. Their rifled cannon, although perhaps dis
charged a hundred times, wounded only one of our
men. They attempted to ford the river by con
structing a temporary bridge with planks, when
they were repulsed by the sharpshooters of the
Seventh Pennsylvania Reserve, and a number of
them killed. The rebels then retired fromview,
carrying with them their battery.
The following are the results of a careful and
extended observation to-day on the Virginia side
of the Potomac:
A new and formidable bnttery has been dis
covered, commanding the Leesburg road, about
seven miles from the Chain Bridge, the felling of
woods by the rebels having exposed it to the view
of our troops. Owing to the distance, no guns
were discernible, nor any large body of troops.
Men were, however, employed on the fortification
to-day.
At daylight this morning onr pickets advanced
one mile farther into Virginia, the rebels retiring
before them from the direction of Arlington.
Colonel Van Rensselaer and Lieutenant Colo
nels G. W. Cullvm, Schuyler Hamillox, and
EdWard Weight, General Scott’s aids, were on
Saturday commissioned as colonels, with pAy and
allowance of colonels of cavalry.
Reports from various points on the Virginia side
of the Potomac represent all quiet there during last
night and this morning.
Our troops, near Alexandria, found six brass six
pounders yesterday, buried in the ground, a short
distance from the railroad station. They were
taken to Fort Ellsworth. .
The proprietor of a faro bank was arrested yes
terday, it being reported that a paymaster in the
navy, who is detained here in custody, has been pa
tronizing the establishment by large ventures of
money. The various ether gamblidg establishments
were closed last night at an early hour, probably
from a fear that their business would also be in*
terrupted or suspended by the Government authq
pities,
The Russian Minister, Mr. De Stoeckl, had an
audience of the President, and read to him the fol
lowing despatch :
(TRANSLATION.]
St. Petersburg, July 10,1861.
Mr. De Stoeckl, &c., &c.—Sir : From the
beginning of the conflict which divides the United
states of America, you have been desired to make
known to the Federal Government the deep interest
with whioh onr august master was observing the
development of a crisis which puts in question the
prosperity and even the existence of the Union.
The Emperor profoundly regrets to see that the
hope of a peaceful solution is not realized, and
that American citizens already in arms against
each other are ready to let loose upon thoir coun
try the most, formidable of the scourges of politi
cal society—aoivil war. For tho more than eighty
years that it has existed, the American Union owes
Its independence, its towering rise, and its progress
to the conoord of its members, consecrated under
the auspices of its illustrious founder, by institu
tions which have been able to reconcile union with
liberty. This Union has been faithful. It has
exhibited to the world the spectacle of a prosperity
without example in the annals of history. It
would be deplorable that, after so conclusive an
experience, the United States should be. hurried
into a breaoh of the solemn compact whioh, up to
this tiipe, bus made their power, in spite of the
diversity of their constitu’ioiis and of their inte
rests ; and perhaps even because of this diversity
Providence seems to urge them to draw closer the
traditional bond which is the basis and the .very
condition of their political existence. In any event,
the sacrifices whioh they might impose upon them
selves.to maintain it are beyond comparison with
those which. a dissolution would bring after it.
United, they perfect themselves. Isolated, they
are paralyzed. The struggle which unhappily has
just arisen can neither The indefinitely prolonged
nor lead to the total destruction of one of the
parties. .
Sooner or later it will be necessary to come to
some settlement, whatever it may be, which may
cnuFe the divergent interests now actually in con
flict to co-exist. The American nation would then
give a proof of high political wisdom in seeking in
common such a settlement before a useless effusion
BY TELEGKRAPH.
Observance of the Sabbath.
£EN. M’CLELLAN MAKES A BALLOON ASCENSION.
FROM MISSOURI
REPORTED CAPTURE OF FORT SCOTT,
LOYALTY OF KENTUCKY.
From Fortress Monroe ami Ilntteras.
Contrabands Escaping from North Carolina,
THE UNION SENTIMENT INCREASING.
A REIG-N OF TERROR,
Special Despatches to “ The Press.”
Orders of General McClellan.
The following order has just been promulgated
GENERAL ORDER No. 7.
Headquarters Armv op the Potomac,
Washington, Sept. 0,1861.
S. Williams, Assistant Adjutant General.
Gen. Rosecrans’ Command—All Well.
Fork, Cashiered.
No Passes Issued.
The Sabbath-day Order,
Pardoned by the President.
The Situation of Affairs.
General Scott’s Staff.
Miscellaneous.
A Touching Appeal f or the Union by a
Great and Good Friend.
of blood, a barren squandering of strength and of
public riches, nnd nets of violonoe and reciprocal
reprisals shall have come to deepen an abyss be
tween the two parties of the Confederation, to end
definitely in their mutual exhaustion, and in the
ruin, perhaps irreparable, of their commercial and
political purer. Our august master cannot resign
himself to admit such deplorable anticipations,
llis lmpcrml Majesty still places confidence in that
practical good sense of the citizens of the Union
who appreciate so judiciously their true interests.
Ilis Majesty is happy to believe that the members
of the Federal Government and the influential men
of tho tuo parties will seizo all occasions and will
unite ail their efforts to calm the effervescence of
the passions. There are no interests so divergent
thnt it nmy not be possible to reconcile them by
laboring to that end with zeal nnd perseverance in
a spirit of justice and moderation.
If, within the limits of your friendly relations,
your language nnd your counsels may contribute to
this result, you will respond, sir, to the intentions
of his Majesty the Emperor in devoting to this the
personnl influence which you may have been able
to acquire during your long residence at Washing
ton. nnd the consideration which belongs to your
Jilt! arid’ a.- Ike K'plTH'lil.'liltl' oi d ivVciViglt'ani
mated by the most friendly sentiments toward the
American Union. This Union is not simply in
our eyes an element essential to tho universal
political equilibrium. It constitutes, besides, a
nation to which our august master nnd all Rus
sia hnve pledged the most friendly interests,
for tlie two countries, plnccd at the extremities
of tho two worlds, both in the ascending pe
riod of their development, appear called to
a natural community of interests and of sym
pathies. of which they have already given mu
tual proofs to each other. I do not wish here
to approach any of .the questions which divide the
United States, We arc not called upon to express
ourselves in this contest. The preceding conside
rations have no other object than to attest tho lively
solicitude of the Emperor in presence of tho dangers
which menace the American Union, and the sin
cere wishes which His Majesty entertains for the
maintenance of that great work so laboriously
raised, which appeared so rich in its future. It is
in tint sense, sir, that I desire you to express your
self, as well t» the members of the General Govern
ment, ns to influential persons whom you may
meet, giving them the assurance that in every
event the American nation may count upon the
most cordial sympathy on the part of our august
master during the important crisis which it is
passing through at present. Receive, sir, the ex
pression of my very deep consideration.
Gortschakofe.
The Secretary of State has delivered to Mr.
Stoecld the following acknowledgment :
DEfABTMENT OF STATE, )
j Washington, September 7, 1861. I
The Secretary of State of the United States
is authorized by the President to express to Mr. Do
Stocckd, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni
potentitry of his Majesty the Emperor of Russia, his
profound sense of the liberal, friendly, and magnani
mous sentiments of his Majesty on the subject of
the btemnl differences which, for a time, have
seenied,to threaten the American Union, as they aro
commit, iented in the instructions from Prince
Gortsclakoff to Mr. De Stoeekt, and by him read,
by his Majesty’s direction, to the President of the
United States and Secretary of mute. Mr. Do
StoeiH will express to his Government tho satisfac
tion with widen the President regards this new
guarantee of a friendship between the two coun
tries, which had its beginning with the national ex
istence of the United States, The Secretary of
State offers to Mr. De Stoecklrenewed assurances
ofhis high consideration.
William H. Sewap.d.
Mr. Idward de Stoeckl, Ac., Ac.
The Sleepy Sentinel.
The nsme of the private who is to be shot on
Monday, for having been found guilty of sleeping
on his pest, i? William Scott, of Company K, Third
Vermont Yolunters.
Sentence of Death upon Private William
.Scott, for Sleeping on his Post.
GENERAL ORDERS NO. 6.
Headquarters Army or the Potomac, I
Washington, Sept. 4, ISGI. j
I. At tho general court martial, which convened
at the camp of Brigadier General Smith's brigade,
pursuait to Special Orders No. 23, of September 2,
1861, ftom the headquarters of the army of tho Po
tomac, and of which Colonol B. N. Hyde, Third
Vermopt Volnnteers, is president, was arraigned
and tried private William Scott, of Company Iv,
Third Vermont Volunteers, upon the following
charge and specification;
Charge —Violation of the forty-sixth article of
war.
Specification —ln this, thathe, private William
Scott; Company Iv, Third Vermont Volunteers,
beluga regularly-posted sentinel, did go to sleep
uponhis post, this at the hour between three ana
four A. M., on the 31st day of August, 1861, white
on pitket guard, near Camp Lyon, District of Co
lumbia, -
To which charge and specification the accused
pleaded as follows: To the specification, “Not
guilty; ’ to the charge, “Not guilty.”
Findings of the Court. —After mature delibe
ration of the evidence, the court finds the accused
ap follows : Of the specification, guilty; of the
charge, guilty. Sentence: And the court, two
(birdi of the Members concurring therein, does sen
tence bim, private William Scott, of company K,
Third Vermont Volunteers, to be shot to death.
11. The proceedings in the foregoing case have
boen laid before the Major General cbfomancßng,
In accordance with the sixty-fifth .article of war.
The following are the orders thereon: The proceed
ings, findings, and sentences in this case are con
firmed, and private William Scott, company K,
Third regiment of Vermont volunteers, will ac
cordingly be shot to death, on Monday, the 9Uh day
of September, 1861, at such hour and place as the
brigade commander may determine.
By commend of ’ Major-General McClellan.
S.' Williams, Assistant Adjutant General.
Richard B.’ Irw in, Ald-de-Camp.
Important News from the'Rebel States.
The following despatch from Louisville, Ken
tucky, was received in Washington on Saturday
night:
Louisville, Sept. 7.—Richmond and Memphis
papers of the sth, and Charleston and New-Orieans
of the 4th, and Nashville of the Gth instant, have
been received here, A panic produced by the
capture of the Hattcras forts continues to rage all
alongthe Gulf coast; the papers clamorously demand
the strengthening of the sea-coast defences of the
rebel Government. Their terror is greatly increased
constant reports of further aggressive move
ments of the Union army. Large numbers of
families are flying ftom Wilmington, and all the
women and children have been removed from
Newbern. A regiment of (infantry and two batte
ries hurried to the defence of the latter point.
Evidently, from the tone of the Richmond papers,
the threatening of the Gulf coast will produce a
change of strategy on the part of the rebel Govern
ment, and that offensive step 3 are not likely to be
taken by the army of the Potomac for some time.
The lower House of the North Carolina Legisla
ture refused, by a large majority, to pass an act re
convening the Convention that passed the Secession
ordinance. The refusal produced a storm of de
nunciation by the ultra Secession papers, whioh de
clare that it will produce internecine strife in the
old North State,
Sickness still fearfully prevails In tbe rebel army
in Virginia. At Lynchburg, Richmond, Fredericks
burg, and Leesburg, over five thousand men are in
the hospitals. The small-pox is raging violently.
The medical authorities publish urgent appeals to
physicians throughout the rebel States to forward
immediately all disposable vaccine matter to
Richmond.
The soldiers from the Gulf States suffer greatly
from the cold nights in Northern Virginia.
Appeals for contributions of warm clothing ap
pear in all the leading papers.
An official statement shows than only nineteen
thousand one hundred and sixty volnnteers-enlisted
for the war in Georgia. Out of one hundred and
thirty bounties, twenty-seven furnished none at all.
Gen. Beauregard’s official report of the action of
the 18th of July, now first published in the Rich
mond papers, is full of falsehoods, and rery self
complacent.
The Fort Smith Times of the 28th ult. says Al
bert Pike negotiated an offensive and defensive
treaty with the Cherokees.
The New Orleans financiers show considerable
unwillingness to receive Confederate treasury notes
at par. The Mobile banks resolved to receive them
in payment of indebtedness.
Jeff. Davis's death is not confirmed.
Mr. Stephens is still at Manassas, attending his
sick brother.
From Fortress Monroe and Hatteras
CONTIA6ANDS ESCAPING FROM NORTH CAROLINA.
THE UNION SENTIMENT.
A-REIGN OF TERROR.
North Carolina Troops Returning from Virginia.
FobtSess Monroe, Sept. 7—via Baltimore.—
Commodore reached Old Point to-day,
but his Sag ship hns not arrived yet.
The steamer Harriet Lane has sailed for New
York, aid also the steamer Quaker City, in conse :
quenee *f new orders from the Commodore.
The steamer George Peabody arrived last night
from Hatteras Inlet, bringing later intelligence and
a number of fugitive slaves from near the mouth of
Tar Hirer, who had managed to escape to the
Inlet.
The fortifications at Ocracoke inlet, as before
Stated, htT e hem abandoned, and probably those
at Oregon inlet, some forty miles this side 8? Cape
Hatteras. A powerful steamer was seen inside of
the latter inlet when the Peabody passed there
yesterday.
There is no light at Cape Hatteras, the rcbela
having removed the lenses.
No signs of fortifications were to be seen at the
eape.
It is supposed the rebels will make a stand at
Fort Macon, a strong casemated work, guarding
the approach to Beaufort.
The refugees from North Carolina report that the
people in the lower counties of the State arc ready
to hoist the Union flag, when once assured of sup
port.
A perfect reign of i error exists in tho interior of
the State, and the North Carolina troops were, iu
part, returning from Virginia.
A prominent clergyman declared at Hatteras
Inlot that, should a Federal force invade the main
land, near Beaufort, it would at onee be joined by
two thousand loyal North Carolinians.
The captain of the Peabody, counted twenty-five
wrecks between Capes Hatteras and Henry.
Colonel Max Weber will return to Old Point,
and Colonel Hawkins’ force will be greatly strength
ened.
Colonel lieuedix lias beeu placed iu command of
the Toqth New York Regiment. .
The wcatficr here is intensely hot.
Sailing of the Minnesota.
. New York, Sept. B.—Tbo United States steam
frigate Minnesota, the flag-ship of Commodore
Strmgham, sailed to-day for Fortress Monroe.
ut Louisville.
Louisville, Ky., Sept. 7.—Considerable anxiety
exists here on nooount of the proximity of the
United States and rebel forces, the former occupy
ing rnduenh, and the latter the town of Hickman,
in this State, This anxiety hns beeu increased by
the absence of news from that quarter to-day.
IHFOKTMT ARRESTS AT BALTIMORE.
Baltimore, Sept. B.—Some import nut arrests
were made here within the lost twenty-four hours,
which reflects credit on the vigilance of the Govern
ment nolice.
On Saturday night the officers arrested Mr. J.
Grady and nineteen others, mostly residents of the
Eighth ward, nt the North Point Monument House,
on the Trap road, about eight miles from the city.
They were endeavoring to make their way to Vir
ginia. The party hod gone thither in three wagons,
and were to nave embarked on a schooner, proba
bly for the eastern shore, and from thence to Vir
ginia. Among the articles relied was a quantity
of blue flannel, several military uniforms, pack
ages of letters, medicines, Ac., and a Secession
ting. The whole party were taken to Fort Mc-
Henry. Grady is one of Mnrsbal Kane's police.
This morning, about daybreak, A. Williamson,
doing hn=ine.« „s a ennehmaker. nt No. 50 Gorman
street, was arrested, charged with treason ugainst
the Government. A few dnys previous it was as
certained that he had. been engaged by certain
parties to mnkc a wagon with a false top and bot
tom, to facilitate the transmission of contraband
articles south of the Potomac. The accused, after
being closely watched, was arrested in tho new
wagon, with a pair of excellent horses, just as he
was about leaving his shop.
At first he protested his innocence, and invited
investigation, but the police soon demonstrated
that they were bettor acquainted w'ltu the secrets
of his wagon than was supposed, am* quietly drew
from its secret recesses ample evidence of the guilt
of some one. The vehicle had a false floor, and as
the polioe quietly removed it the accused ex
claimed, “My God! I am a ruined man.” Tho
articles found embraced, among other things, some
twenty large-sized navy revolvers, of superior
quality; a quantity of gold lneo, red flannel a
package of about one hundred and twenty letters,
addressed to parties at Petersburg, llfchmond,
Norfolk, and Fnirfax, and some from several first
class business houses in Baltimore. Tiie letters and
other articles were sent to General I>ix. William
son was sent to Fort McHenry.
General Dix has issued an order interdioting all
communication with the State prisoners at Fort
Mclletiry. All the passos heretofore issued are
countermanded.
It is understood that among the letters seized
were some nddressed to officers in the rebel army,
end one to Mrs. Jefferson Davi.;.
FEOM MISSOURI.
McCulloch nt Mnnnt ir n . nAn
Reported Capture of Fort Scott by the Rebels.
srßiliGFlEl.lv Mo., Sept, 6. —Gen. McCulloch is
reported to be at Mount Vernon organizing for a
bold and desperate effort northward.
There arc various rumors about Generals Price
and Rains having taken Fort Scott and defeated
Col. Montgomery, and captured all his stores, arms,
Ac., and taken all his command, himself among
the rest, as prisoners; but they need confirmation.
Governor Jackson, with his body guard, arrived
here to-day, but his future movements are not
known.
The Outrage on the Hannibal and St.
Josephs Railroad.
MOKE OF THE VICTIMS.
Hudson', Mo., Sept. 7. —The following additional
names of the victims of the terrible disaster on the
Hannibal and St. Josephs railroad, taken from the
St. Josephs Journal, of the 4th ;
Killed—Dr. Horten, of Atchison; P. M. Borland,
of Kansas City; C. Fording, of West Liberty,
lowa county.
Severely injured—Mr. Lockwood, of St. Josephs ;
Captain Davis, of Second Kansas Regiment; Mr.
Martin, brakesman.
Slightly wounded —J. W. Parky, L. C. Edwards,
and Mr. Deutschman, all of St. Josophs, and C.
Carpenter, U. S. A.
A man and woman, known to he killed, arc still
in the ruins, and four of the dead, who belonged to
lowa and Kansas, have not yet been identified.
There are less than sixty wounded, With broken
limbs, and braises, and crushed bodies, all of whom
are being well cared for.
From Fortress Monroe.
Fortress Monroe, Sept. 6, via Baltimore. —
The United States steam-frigate Roanoke, Commo
dore Pendergrast, has returned from the blockade
off Charleston harbor, having been relieved by the
Wabash. The steamer Quaker City is coaling for
a cruise. The rebel steamer Patrick: Henry, for
merly the Yeritown, is only about a dozen iuiies
above Newport News awaiting an opportunity to
run the blockade. She has long been preparing at
Richmond, and it is said carries a heavy armament.
Jhe Gen. geghqd'” i? ijOHrly Sspe?t«<J {f°Bt H»t
terfls Iblet. The steamer Harriet Lane saved the
best gun which was thrown overboard while ashore
at Hatteras Inlet. The United States steamers
Minvsota and Potomac are expected to arrive
here this morning.
Loyalty of the Kentucky Legislature.
THU STARS AND STRIPES PLYING OVER THE CAPITOL.
Frankfort, Ky., Sept. 7.—The Senate to-day
appointed Messrs. Johnson, Reed, Thornton, and
Marshall- a committee to visit Western Kentucky,
and inquire of the United States and Confederate
military authorities, by whose directions and for
what reasons they are occupying certain portions
of our soil. The Senate is composed of 27 Union
ists and 11 Southern Rights men.
By direction of the House, the United States flag
was hoisted over the capitol to-day, the-vote stand
ing 77 against 20. Mr. Desha subsequently moved
to hoist the State flag, and the motion was referred
to the Committee on Federal Relations. In the
House there are 76 Unionists against 24 Southern
Rights men.
Important from Cairo.
POSITION OP THE UNITED STATES AND REBEL
* FORCES ON' THE WESTERN BORDER OF KEN-
Cairo, Sept. 7.—Generals Pillow and Polk are
at Columbus, with 800 rebels. Jeff. Thompson is in
MiSSOUri, directly opposite, With the remainder of
the rebel forces. 800 United States troops left here
to-day, to reinforce those at Paducah, and another
regiment will follow immediately.
Seizure of a North Carolina Brig.
New York, Sept. B.—The brig Mary Mcßae ,
of Wilmington, N. C., arrived to-day from Liver
pool with a cargo of salt, quinine, &c. She has
been seized by the Government under the confisca
tion act.
Non*Amval of the North Briton,
FATiir.n Point, Sept. B,—-The steamer North
Briton, now due here, has not been signalled
below.
Counterfeit Notes,
Rochester, N. Y., Sept. 7.—Counterfeit S 3
bills on the Cambridge City (Mass.) Bank have
been circulated freely here to-day. The imitation
is good.
Fire in Jersey City.
A SCHOONER BURNED TO THE WATER’S EDGE—THE
COOK AND ONE OF THE CnEW DREADFULLY IN-
JUBEP —FOUR RAILWAY CARS X>BSTROVEI> 7 ETC.
A Tery disastrous fire broke out at Jersey City
last night, about half past seven o’clock, resulting
in the total destruction of the schooner Cornelia,
plying between New Bedford and Jersey City. The
schooner, it has been ascertained, was laden with
kerosene oil, and was anchored close to the New York
and Erie Railroad depot, at tbe foot of the Paterson
dock. About seven o’clock an explosion took place
on board, wbicb -was instantaneously followed by
the Schooner becoming enveloped in flames. The
alarm being given by the ringing of the lire bell,
the fire department was instantly on the spot; but
by tbis time it had spread with such rapidity that
the PateTson slip and three of the railway cars were
on fire.
No service whatever could be rendered to the
schooner, and she was left to her fate. The.main
object now was to prevent the burning of the dock,
and the fire coming in contact with other oars. This
Was successfully effected, but not until a fourth
car had become ignited. The Other COM having
been removed, the whole. energies of the fireman
were brought into requisition to save the dock. In
tho midst of the bustle and excitement, thousands
having assembled, on making more minute investi
gation, it was discovered that the cook and one of
the crew of the schooner had narrowly escaped,
after being severely burned on different parts of
the body. ,
It was thought at one tune that the New Jersey
Railroad depot would have suffered by tho fire,
but Buch was not the case. All the small craft in
the river were removed to a proper distance, and
the schooner was burning up to the hour of going
to press. Had there been any way or hope or
scuttling the vessel, it would have been done, but
the risk was too gTeat to be entered upon, conse
quently she was left to hum to the water’s edge.
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS —THREE MEN REPORTED
DEAD. ,
Twelve O’clock. —Through the praiseworthy
exertions of tho firemen and others in the scene, the
fire has been got under, but not without doing im
mense harm. It is estimated at a rough calcula
tion that $5O-OQO will not repair the damage done.
A great part of tbe Patterson dock has been com
pletely destroyed, and some other important parts
adjoinm". 'When the barrels of oil had omptied
themselves after tho explosion, and when the
schooner went doWR, the dock appeared a lake of
burning fire, and burning tar barrels floated down
the line of docks.
The firemen then betook themselveS to boats to
impede their communication with the Cunard Slid
other docks, and noted a most praiseworthy part in
subduing the flames and destroying tho barrels. *
Wo regret to state that up to this hour threo of
the crew are reported dead, and one had to get his
leg amputated. We learn, however, that all dan
ger is now at an end, although the firemen are still
busily engaged in putting out the flninos.. The fire
men from New York, with three of their engines,
rendered valuable service.
The fire originated from the carelessness of tile
steward, named E. Douglass. It seems that he
went down into tho vessel with a lighted candle,
hut had no sooner entered when a terrific explosion
took place. Douglass succeed in reaching the up
per deok, but was instantly envoloped iu the flames,
lie, with great presence of mind, jumped over
board, and was rescued by several hands belonging
to the Jersey City ferry. There were on board the
vessel at the time three seamen and a bey, two of
them, whose names wo wero unable to ascertain,
were unable to eseape and were burnt to death.
One of them, howover, named Frank Sihna, and
the boy. named Emanuel. succeeded in gaining tlio
deck, and jumped overboard. They were, how
ever, badly burnt. They were taken to the City
Hospital.
Douglass was so badly burnt that he cannot live,
but the other two, it is thought, will recover. The
captain and first mate, wore ashore at the time
making some purchases. ahd it was their intention
to set sail this morning. The cargo belonged to
Richardson & Co., of this city. Loss $10,000; no
insurance. ,
The enrs destroyed were loaded with wheat, and
belonged to the Erie Railroad Company. Loss
$5.0(10 on wheat, and $l,OOO on the oars; partly in
sured. The damage to the dock is estimated at
$1,000; no insurance. The schooner was the pro
perty of the captain. Loss on the same $3,000: in-
toy F.mnnuel had his foot, broken in gaining
tbe deck of the schooner.
THE CITY.
AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING.
WnsATLEv’s Continental Tjikatkk—Woltiut strr-rt
Shore Eighth.—“ The Tempest; or, The Kneliiuitwi
island."
AValnct-Street Theater—Ninth ami Walnut sts
“JocrißSe, the Juggler”—“ My Poll and My Partner
Joe.
Axcii-Strept Theatre—Arch afreet, above Sixth
“ Adventures «f a Love Letter"—»The Volunteers; or.
The Ititle ami How lo use It."
Assembly Bi-ilhinos.—Sanderson’s “ Southern Re
beliion, “Bnssian War," Ac.
To the Ladies or Pennsylvania, New
Jersey, and Delaware.—The secretary of the
Ladies’ Aid, of Philadelphia, having spent a fort
niglit, after the battle of Bull Run, in a personal
inspection of the camps and military hospitals in
fliid around Washington, reports that these locali
ties present to that association a wide field for their
benevolent operations. This field the association
resolved at once to occupy, and, with the assistance
of Mr. Lesley in the War office, and other patri
otic gentlemen, have established i n \V„shin-ton a-
Uepiii-iiory iur rm-li liuepimi stores as uuUcAheir
auspices may be forwarded to that point. This
measure was necessary to the end that the donors
might have the control and direction of these
stores, nnd thus be assured that they would be
promptly appropriated to the use of those for whom
they were intended. The depository has been
plaqpd under the care of excellent ladies, of un.
doubted loyalty and efficiency, who will, from time
to time, visit the camps and hospitals, and with the
approval of the surgeons, nnd the aid of kind and
skilful nurses, make such distribution of the sup
plies under their care as they- find proper nnd ne
cessary. The surgeon general, as well as the sur-.(
geoue of the respective hospitals, we are assured,
will afford every reasonable facility for carrying
out these benevolent purposes. The* mischievous
report, that delicacies designed for tho siok and
wounded arc served up at the repasts of the sur
geons, tve take pleasure in saying we have the
strongest reason to believe it wholly without foun
dation.
Without suoh an agency as has been described,
supplies forwarded might be dispensed with
little discrimination, or, ns has ntrendy occurred,
might remain ninny weeks in unopened packages,
while our generous defenders were languishing,
perhaps dying, for want of just such supplies.
Our undertaking is one of magnitude, but one
from which patriotism and humanity forbid us to
shrink. If the ladies of our country could witness
the scene presented in the hospitals after a battle,
there is no sacrifice they would not willingly make
for the relief of the sufferers. If they could hear
the wounded soldier’s expression of gratitude for »
eup of coepa, a glass of water, or the smoothing of
his hard pillow by woman's hands; if they could
see his despondency giving place to confidence, and
to courage, for a renewal of the conflict, on the
slightest manifestation of woman's sympathy, dona
tions would flow in so that our depository could not
contain them.
To the men of our land belongs the honor of
fighting our Shiff ttSiffidJriditfcV
or wounded.
To the ladies of Pennsylvania, and adjacent
States, we therefore confidently appeal far aid and
co-operation in this glorious undertaking. Wo call
upon them ns lovers of their country, as friends of
humanity, ns followers of Him tc/ia tetnt about
doing good, to forward contributions in money, or
in such hospital stores not furnished by the Govern
ment, as they may judge needful for the sick and
wounded of our army and navy.
The following are some of the articles wanted, viz;
woollen shirts and drawers and knit stocking; let
every woman furnish a pair of stockings. Also,
feather pillows, air beds, bed clothing, jellies, dried
fruits, apple butter, crackers, wines, brandy, ale,
white sugar, tea, chocolate, cocoa, farinaceous pre
parations, spices, pickles, dried bAAf, h&MS, citric
acid, oil of lemon, Ac., Ao. Pickles are most
acceptable to the men in the camps, as well as to
those in the hospital; in some circumstances they
are esteemed by the surgeon valuable adjuncts.
Donations in money may lie sect to Mrs. Stephen
Colwell, treasurer of the Ladies’ Aid, N. E. corner
of Eleventh and Aroh streets, or may be handed to
Airs. Joel Jones, president, No. 6251 V alnut street, or
to Mrs. John Harris, secretary. No, 11(6 Pine street,
Other contributions may be' forwarded, freight
prepaid, to “ Ladies’ Aid, care of John P. Rhoads,
Esq., No. 701 Walnut street, Philadelphia,’’marked
“ hospital stores.” Small paroels, to be packed in
boxes or bales, mny be sent on Friday?, between 9
o'clock A. M. and 2 o’clock P. M. to the church
northeast corner of Twelfth nnd Walnut atreets.
All will be promptly forwarded to the depository
of the Ladies’ Aid, in Washington. Letters may
be addressed to either of the officers already named.
Editors of papers in Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
and Delaware are respectfully requested to give
the foregoing one or more insertions gratuitously,
and ask for it the attention of their reader.-:.
Fugitives from Tennessee.—More than a
hundred fugitives from Western Tennessee are now
in Philadelphia, seeking labor of some kind to keep
themselves and familes from want, Wc saw one
gentleman yesterday who left Louisville three days
ago. He reports that city full of fugitives, who
vainly sought employment. He had been obliged
to fly stealthily, and /by night, leaving a large
family upon his farm, which, be afterward under
stood, had been confiscated, and his children and
wife driven away. Ho has no means of hearing
from them, as travel between Tennessee and Ken
tucky has been prohibited by both Governments.
He is Buffering the greatest anguish and solicitude
upon the subject, and thinks that their friends in
Tennessee, if there are any left, aro afraid to
harbor or help them. To bring the least suspicion
upon ones’ self in that section is to he tried and
adjudged at once. Univesal fear prevailed, one
half the section being considered spies upon the
other half. The gentleman of whom we speak was
betrayed by bis own brother-in-law, with whom he
had exchanged remarks, stating, at the same time,
that Secession would ruin the interest of the South.
The most heinous outrages were of daily occur
rence, the laws, so far as the question of Union was
concerned, being given over to bands of semi
military rnffians, who rivalled each other in’atro
citieß. He states that already the notes of prepa
ration to flee were heard on every side. Aire-Jr
lamentations and weeping resound faa mountain
to valley. Fathers and mothers with their tender
offspring have settled the question of emigration by
hundreds and thousands. Groups of neighbors
have arranged to make the dreary pilgrimage
together, resolved to share each other's fate.
Lonely processions of wretched creatures will soon
leave ‘their firesides, sundering, as best they can,
all the ties of memory, whioh bind them to the
loved scenes of their childhood and youth. Suoh’
issues have.been forced upon the innocent and the
patriotic by the appearance of Secession. _ There is
no hope for the Union and the world but its imme
diate extinction, though the last dollar should be
spent, and the last blood-drop Spilt.
Lightning and its Effects.—During the
heavy thunder storm last week, a bum at Mount
Airy, in the Twenty-second ward, was struck by
lightning and entirely destroyed. The building
was in full sight of several persons when it was
struck, and all agree in declaring that a huge ball
of fire, which some say was as large as a barrel,
left the clouds and descended in a direct angular
line to the barn. The thunderbolt struck tbe apex
of tho roof, and the flames appeared to run over
and through the building in an instant. A man
who had been sleeping in the barn, and who WAS
awakened by the crashing of the thunder, declared
that the fire poured through the roof at the point
where the lightning struck, and that it descended
to the ground in a line with the course it took in
coming to the building from the clouds. He says
the fire descended*in a glittering spangled mass,
which spread through the building and wrapped it
in flames in an instant. The man only escaped by
flying from the building without a portion of his
clothing. He describes a strong sulphureous smell
which pervaded the interior of the structure at the
time.
There were four horses in the bam. Their stalls
Wore arranged upon both sides of a passage way.
In this passage way the bolt struck, between the
horses. That portion of the structure did not take
fire on the instant, and several neighbors rushed in
for the purpose of rescuing the horses. They were
all found lying upon the ground. Three were mo
tionless and apparently dead, while the fourth was
kicking and struggling. An attempt was made to
rescue the surviving horse, but tbe flames came on
go rapidly that it had to be left to its fate. It is
believed that three of the horses were killed in
stantly by lightning.
The Resources of Pennsylvania for De
fence.—The capacities of the State for offensive
and defensive warfare can best be understood by
remarking its immense manufactories. These have
heretofore been applied to framing implements of
handicraft, clothing for citizens rather than sol
diery, and the solid bars of iron that connect cities
with cities. The few months of the war that has
been forced upon ns has made each of these great
mills annories, and cannon are turned out in lieu
of spades, and bayonets instead of picks. If tho
men of the North have the right heart to use their
weapons manfully, this State can place in their
bands the best of steel and the surest of guns.
Most of our great cotton and woollen mills are
turning out blankets and army clothes; at Pitts
burg, Johnstown, Danville, Pheenixville, Scranton,
and Philadelphia, the great iron mills are welding
cannon ; and in this city we are about to make mus
kets and Enfield rifles of the best patterns. Penn
sylvania, therefore, great ns she has shown herself
in time of peace, will be still more powerful for
the exigency of war.
The Watermelon Trade.—The trade in
melons has attained its height in the city. The
melons are worth from $4 to $7 per hundred, and
from six cents to twelve cents apiece. On Satur
day last, not less than twenty sloop and schooner
loads came to town, and as many more in row boats
and by market wagon 3. We are safe in saying
that 60,000 melons arrived at our wharves and
markets each day of last week. The number of
cantelopes could not be computed. The melon is
not much to speak of os an article of food, except
in the tropies, where tho natives take an orange
for breakfast, a watermelon for dinner, and a cup
of tea for supper. Here we require something
more substantial to produce calorie, hut when we
have laid in a supply of beef, bread, and vegetables,
a good melon is very nice to close the meal with.
They make an excellent dinner dessert, especially
it is said, when prepared according to the latest
mode, which is as follows ; A half hour previous
to the using, a plug should be cut in the melon and
about a pint of sweet wine poured in, when it
should he plugged up and put on ice or in cold
water.
To Leave To-dat Company M, Captain
Wilson, Twenty-eighth Regiment,- P. V., (Colonel
Geary's,) will leave for the line of the army under
Gen. B»nks, this afternoon.
The rogimental band, under tho direction of J.
Wi Warwick, will accompany them, and will prove
Suite an acquisition to the regiment, which is now
oing very arduous duty along the shores Of tllo
Potomao. _ ■
The officers of the company are: Captain, If. H.
Wilson; first lieutenant, Clem. Tingloy, Jr.; se
cond lieutenant, William E. Goodman ; chaplain,
Rev. C. W. Heisley, also accompanies them. One
hundred and twenty-five men will include the
whole of tho party that leaves to-day. Colonol
Geary has now fourteen companies, or one thousand
four hundred and sixty-seven men, tile largest
regiment that has yet entered the service from any
State.
A New Regiment. —Capt. Janies E. Mont
gomery, of the Commonwealth Artillery. Company,
is about raising a regiment of infantry. Captain
Montgomery makes an earnest call upon respecta
ble young men, to rally to the banner of: the Union
without delay The Commonwealth Artillery Com
pany will probably form the nucleus of the new
organization, and young men who have heretofore
shrunk from going into the service of the country
for fear of being thrown among unpleasant asso
ciates, need have no such apprehension in this or
ganization. Captain Montgomery has no private
ambition to serve; and he distinctly states that .he
desire&thp command Of the regiment to he given to
an officer of the regular service.
Hearing of Perkins and Bolton.—On
Saturday afternoon, at 2 o’clock, Pcrkina and 80l
ton, the chief nnd assistant armorers of the Frank
ford Arsenal, were arraigned before Commissioner
Ilenzlitt, on the charge of supplying munitions of
war to the Southern rebels. Tho Commonwealth
was represented by District Attorney Coffey, and
the prisoners by Mr. Harrison, who has defended
most of the pirates brought to this port, ns woll sis
represented the firms whose vessels have been con
fiscated.
Perkins and Bolton were accompanied by their
wives. The former man is of smalt frame nnd gray.
hmred. Ho is very pnte. nnd when, now and then,
he raised his eye-glassto overlook some document of •
fered in evidenco, his hand trembled perceptibly
Bolton . IS im < V ir k’ swarthy complexion, and very
tali, but likewise given to nervous movements
Both men were feared, ns they should be, for the
evidence adduced tended to make their case some •
whnt desperate. The witnesses examined wore as
follows:
Officer Charles Lee, sworn,—l assisted at the ar
rest of the parties; searched the house and person
of Mr. Perkins; (the contradiction published by
the parties alter their first nrrest was found among
liu- papL-rc belonging iu liuiuin;/ also, mu articles
of copartnership i also, a book containing entries
showing the connection with A. Hitchcock of New
York; these entries rnn through Marcli, April,
Mny, and June of the present year; one entry, of
January, was as follows: “ Ordered, 100,000 cannon
primers.” Other entries noted the delivery of
numbers of these cannon primers to Mr. Hitchcock.
The articles found with Mr. Perkins were as fol
lows; Letters between him nnd Mr. Hitchcook; a
letter addressed, by Mr. P. to Simon Cameron, ask-
receipts; acknowledgment of packages
Rodney Dolby, sworn.—l live in Wallace, above
F ranklin street ; my store is on Second street: lam
a machinist; I know the defendants: I hare sold
goods four years ngo through Mr. Perkins ; I have
not done anything for them ; I don’t know any
thing about their finishing cannon-primers; Mr
Perkins introduced Mr. Hitchcock to mo on tho sth
of April last, and I was engaged to build a bullet
machine for him; he was introduced ns Captain
Hitchcock, of New York ; the conversation about
building the bullet machine took place in the pre
sence of Mr. Perkins J Mr. U. Said he could,
furnish me with costings and drawings for the ma
chine, and he desired one similar to the one at the
Bridesburg arsenal; I agreed to build the machine
for $475 ; he said the one at the arsenal was built
from the patterns which he would send; Mr. H.
snid he got the patterns from some place in New
York ; he did not say what he was going to do with
the machine; he wanted me to put on several
hands, and get the machine done at once, and, if I
got it done in good time, he.might have other work ;
1 derived no knowledge from him as to the destination
of the machine; I supposed it was to go to New
l'ork; subsequently I wrote to Mr. H. that I wffhs
not build the machine unless I knew whefnat my
to go; my reason for thus out the
partner suggested that we had h-, SUSD iciim was
destination of the machine. was Being
aroused by Mr. Hitehenefc.sSSl?i t
vettamons; I told Mr. Perkins afterwards that I
had refused to build the machine because I did not
know where it was to go, and he said perhaps that
was best.
Joseph Van kirk, sworn.—l reside at Frankford;
I know the defendants; they purchased the primer
cases, and the bills were made out to Perkins A
Bolton; I felt some anxiety about where these can
non primers were going, and in February last made
the inquiry; Mr. Perkins gave the Information
when he first came to me that the work was for the
arsenal, and they needed help; in February some
time I made inquiry, in a jocular way, where the
primers were to go; Mr. Perkins always replied in
such a way as to satisfy me that the work was for
the Government; I don’t recollect the language he
used in conveying this impression ; after the bom
bardment of Fort Sumpter they were refused the
tubing by us.
Mr. Dolby was recalled, and he now testified
that, after the visit from Mr. Hitchcock, he called
at the arsenal, and obtnined from Mr. Perkins the
size of a plate to be used in sinking holes in which
to make primers.
The hearing was continued until to-day, when
the correspondence will be produced.
Meeting of Kkadsack Strappers. —An ad
journed meeting of the knapsack strappers was
held on Saturday evening, in Filbert street, below
Sovenlh, for the purpose of hearing the report of
the committee of five appointed to wait on toe dif
ferent contractors with regard to fixing a unanimity
of prices, Mr. Fred. Shiffley, prosulent, in the
chair. Mr. James Slack stated that the committee
had waited on all the contractors for strapping
knapsacks, in order to get thorn to sign an agree
ment to pay $5O per hundred for pirforming the
same. Only one contractor, James Miles A Son,
had signified their willingness lo enter into tile
compact. Several ef tho contractors refused to
sign the agreement, but yet encouraged the com
mittee in the course they had taken. A number of
the members of the meeting signed an agreement
not to take any more work from the contractors
unless they paid the price agreed upon.
The meeting then adjourned to meet at the call
of the president.
Arrest or Three Notorious Pickpockets.
Yesterday morning at 9 o’clock. Chief Detective
Wood and Detective Bird took into custody, at the
Germantown and Norristown Railroad depot, three
notorious pickpockets, well known as “Tobacco
Jack,” “Slappy Williams,” and ‘‘Fiddler Jack.’'
The rascals were busily engaged in sounding the
pockets of unsuspecting persons, but it is thought
that they had not, when arrested, obtained any
valuables. Chief Wood stood the three scamps to
gether, and then notified all the people in the de
pot who the prisoners were. A large crowd col
lected, and every one took a good look at them,
and will most probably know their faces in future.
For several weeks past numerous persons have lost
their pocket-books, watches, nnd other valuables,
and it is supposed the theft has been committed
by this party. Those who have lost anything re
cently at this depot would do well to be at the
hearing to-day at the Con +r, 'i (Station.
j>».irTiNO, it is thought by many, will soon
commence, as recruiting does not prosper so rapidly
as the exigency requires. There is some shivering
among the errant and craven at this announcement,
but all good citizens and true men look calmly
upon the matter. These latter have no life beyond
the Union, and if it must die they do not wish to
survive it. This State.has now furnished nearly
eighty thousand men, including the three-montim
men. This makes up our full quota, and, with- the
recruits that we have supplied to California, Dela
ware, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, and
Western Virginia, Pennsylvania has well nigh done
her whole duty. The addition of a few regiments
will keep us out of the reach of a draft. Let the
people encourage recruiting and forego the dishonor
of involuntary service.
Dahino Rordert. —A gold watch and chain,
and several other articles, were stolen, on Friday
evening, from a house on Reed street, above Se
cond, by a couple of adroit and daring thieves.
It seems that the lady who resides in the house
had gone.to a neighbor’s, having locked tho house
up. Some time after this she observed a light in
the second story of her dwelling, and saw a man
walking'about the apartment. She hastened to the
house, and on entering the front doorway two men
fled through the rear, and made good their escape.
Heatt Loss.—A Quaker lady named Mrs.
M. F. Taylor, who lives in Green street, above
Sixteenth, procured $3,300 from a broker’s office
on Third street, on Saturday afternoon. She in
tended to proceed to Burlington to pny n note, but
she was relieved of the money before she got out of
Third street. Two old English thieves, who were
on the street at the time, were arrested by Detec
tives Taggart and George H. Smith, on suspicion
of being concerned in the robbery. They were
held for a further hearing.
Colonel Owen's Irish Rf.gimf.nt.—This
regiment is encamped at Chestnut Hill, The regi
ment BOW numberf 800 men, and recruits nr*
coming forward daily in such numbers as to.mnke
it certain that the regiment will be filled in time to
obey the summons to go South. The men now
mustered into service have their uniforms, which
is in marked contrast to that given them when
away on the three-months service. The pants are
of light-blue cloth; the jackets of dark-blue cloth,
trimmed with green.
Philadelphia Hat Market.— There is con
siderable activity in the hay market, there being
an evident disposition on the part of farmers who
have crops to send them in while the demand af
fords them an extra price. Five hundred loads
were sold during the past week, at from seventy
cents to ninety cents per cwt. For several weeks
post the arrival of straw has been comparatively
small. Forty loads were sold last week, at from
forty cents to fifty cents per ewfc.
Accidental Burning.—Last evening, a
woman named Mary McCormick, a lodger at the
Eighth-ward station-house, was severely burned by
her clothes taking fire from a pipe she was smoking.
The flames were extinguished by Mr. Frenaye, the
telegraphic operator et the station, who rolled her
in a piece of carpet, and afterwards had her re
moved to tho hospital.
Handsome Donation.—Captain Collis, of the
Zouaves d’Afriquo, now stationed temporarily at
Fort Delaware, has received from Dr. David Jayne
<fe Son, of'this city, a handsome present, in the
shape of a medicine chest, containing a sufficient
quantity of drugs to supply the whole company for
three years.
Chicken Thief Ahrested.—A colored man,
who is well known as a chicken thief, was arrested
in the Fourth ward, on Saturday morning, with
thirty-one freshly killed chickens in his possession.
The fowls were taken to tho Second-district station
house to await an owner, and the thief was sent
below to await a hearing.
Colonel Birnf.y’s Zouave Regiment.—
This regiment, now 1,200 strong, encamped at
Washington, has been increased, by order of the
War Department, with the approval of General
McClellan, to fifteen companies. An opportunity
is yet offered to our patriotic young men to attach
themselves to this popular regiment.
D’Ennkuil Zouaves.—Company F, Lieuts.
Buck and Keeps, of this splendid regiment, is now
nearly full. Those wishing to join one of the finest
regiments ever sent into active service will have an
opportufiity, as on Tuesday Lieut. M. F. Reeas
will start for the camp on Staton Island. A few
respectable young men will be taken by calling on
the lieutenant, at the hotel of Colonel Charles Hard
Rccss. 230 Smith Fifth street.
A Centenarian—Last evening, a woman
named Nancy Hickey, aged over one hundred
years, was found wandering in the streets, and was
taken to the Third-ward station-house till Use
friends could be sent for.
TnE National Guards. —The Guards have
already 400 men enrolled. As Colonel Lyle has
secured the acceptance of the regiment, the work
of recruiting will he vigorously pushed forward.
One company recruiting in Manayunk will be at
tached to this regiment.
Returned. —Marshal Sharkey returned from
West Chester on Saturday, with Phillips, the alleged
Confederate officer.' The prisoner will be consigned
-to Fort Monroe. ' ' ■
Fort Delaware,—Collis’ company of se
lected men are undergoing severe military train
ing at Fort Delaware, where they will remain until
ordered to Gen. Banks’ column. They drill from
-five until six, and ten until twelve in the morning,
and from four to six in the afternoon.
Charged with Highway Robbery.—A W4n
named Daniel Corrigan, waa arrested at Front and
Walnut streots, at two o'clock, on Saturday
ing. on the charge of highway robbery. AulOftQAt,
Ueltler held the accused Cor a further IiMWQg.