CJ }t |J USB.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 20, 1861.
EXTRACT FROM THE LAST SPEECH OF
STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS.—“ The conspiracy
to break up the Union is a fact now known to
fill. Armies are being raised find war levied
to accomplish it. There can be but two sides
to the controversy. 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 SALK.— The doubio-cylinder mTatlor" Press
on which thL-paper has been printed for the last ulue
months. It is in excellent condition) having been chads
to order a ycnr auo, and will be sold at a bargain. For
terms .%r ti-ldrcse John* V. FoaNKi’,
417 Chestnut atreet, Philadelphia.
The Battle at Lexington.
The people of the Eastern and Middle
States are so deeply interested in the import
ant events now transpiring in the vicinity of
Washington and on the line of the Potomac,
that they have paid comparatively little at
tention to the stirring events in Missouri. Yet,
her soil has been made the theatre of more
bloody battles than any other portion of our
country; and if ofir armies are completely
successful in that quarter, arrangements will
speedily be made for a descent of the Missis
sippi that will prove as destructive to the in
surgents as any other offensive movement
that can be made.
The news received here yesterday, in regard
to the battle at Lexington, has awakened deep
emotions of gratitude and joy for the bravery
displayed by Col. Milligan, in defending his
position, against a greatly superior force, up
to Tuesday morning. It must be confessed,
however, that these sensations arc not unmin
gled with fears hat he may possibly be over
powered before he is joined by the reinforce
ments that are now marching to his relief. It
has been supposed, for some days, that the
enemy contemplated attacking him, and, with
the odds of live to one in their favor, nothing
but undaunted heroism can enable Col. Mul
lisak’s brave men to maintain their position.
If it is, indeed, true that they have repulsed
the rebels, after inflicting a great loss upon
them, and if their defence proves entirely suc
cessful, it will be one of the most glorious
events of the war, and will immortalize them.
The regiment to which Col. Krtuois was
originally attached was raised in Chicago, and
a large portion, if not all the troops now under
his command, are probably from Illinois.
A Lesson for Philadelphia.
We trust the lesson of Ohio and New York
will not be lost upon Philadelphia. Wo cannot
conceive a more sublime example of political
self-abnegation than these States present. In
New York, especially, we have athorougli il
lustration. Men of all parties have come to
gether, and, forgetting old theories, old pre
judices, the acrimony and animosity of the
past, gladly join hands on the high ground of
the Union. We see a Republican party placing
at the head of its ticket such a man as Daniel
S. Dickinson, whose long life has been one
constant, bitter, and uncompromising warfare
upon its leaders and its principles. Radical
men and conservative men support him, and
the Tribune, which attacked him a few months
since, now parades his name at the head of its
columns. It assailed the politician—it sustains
the patriot. In Ohio the Republican party has
committed itself to the support of David Ton,
the friend and disciple of Douglas, and the
Peace party of Vallandigham and his friends
is now tottering to its grave in the ragged and
repudiated garment of an old Democratic or
ganization. The same feeling prevails in Mas
sachusetts. Benjamin F. Butler, who lias
amply atoned for his tergiversations at the
Baltimore Democratic Convention, by his
bravery and shrewdness as a military com
mander, took the same ground in a recent let
ter, commending Governor Andrew for re
election. Joseph Holt proclaims it in his
speeches, and a Democrat like Barnet, and a
Whig like Prentice, forget Democracy and
Whiggery to tight the Union battle in Ken
tucky.
In many of the counties of this State we
see a union of parties for the sake of the
Union, and we have been hoping to see Phi
ladelphia-follow the example. Thus fiir, that
hope has been disappointed. It actually seems
that party leaders are more bi tter to-day than
they have been at any time for the last ten
years. We have more strife in the precinct
elections, and at the conventions, than has
been exhibited for years. To read the pro
ceedings of one of the late city Democratic,
or Republican Conventions, it would seem
that the fate of the nation depended upon who
should be nominated for Register of Wills, or
Clerk of the Orriiatt;w..i ....
twenty ballots, adjournments from day to
day, angry appeals, and constant iteration of
old battle-cries, and, so far as the leaders are
concerned, they seem desirous to fight the old
Presidential canvass over again.
From the leaders, we are willing to appeal to
the people. It is of little difference to the
people whether the lucrative fees of the
Sheriff’s office are earned by John Thompson
or Robert Ewing, for they are both honest
men, and they will both do their duty. But
it does make a great difference to the people
and to the cause in which the people are
fighting, if, in the canvass for the election of
John Thompson or Robert Ewing, we are to
have the anger, the bitterness, the reproach,
and the calumny of a political fight—the strife
and heart-burnings which we have so often
deplored. If we enter into a canvass like this
t<% run the risk of injuring the cause. Re
publicans will charge Democrats with being
■the authors of our woe, while Democrats will
retort upon the Republicans that they refuse
to fight for the country in tho hour of its
peril. A time like this is prolific of dema
gogues. They will attain their end if it costs
the national existence. They intrigue for
place and power, and, to attain cither, they will
make any sacrifice.
We see what they have done already. That
pure and uprighf jurist, Judge Strouj>, has boon
cast aside by one party—and men as eminent
as Thompson, Allison, and llare, have been
rejected by another. If. in their preliminary
nominations, they can thus outrage public sen
timent, what will these parties do in the effort
to have these nominations ratified ? The peo
ple must see to this matter—and they must
Jeach the party managers to respect the popular
will. The popular will asks a unanimous sen
timent to fight the country’s battles—the par
ty managers seek to divide that sentiment to
serve their own selfish and ambitions ends.
We commend the example of New York
and Ohio to the party men of Philadelphia as a
duty they owe to their country at this time.
We have said that it was a sublime example of
political self-abnegation; for we know what
it is to be a party man and to acknowledge the
discipline of a political organization. We find
the most conscientious men to be frequently
the bitterest partisans. With them, Demo
cracy is not an impression, an idea, a hastily
formed opinion, c.r a premature conclusion. It
is the result of years of experience, of educa
tion, and of associations. The names of its
leaders have to them all the endearments of a
nursery-reminiscence. Its principles are the
precepts of a father, and a belief in its success
is as deep-seated as a belief in the attributes
the Creator. Accordingly, when we sec men of
the Democratic party, and men of other par
ties who love their organization, and its leaders
as fondly, boldly throwing aside their alle
giance, when allegiance to party conflicts witii
allegiance to the Union, we can appreciate and
applaud the sacrifice.
Politicians tel! us of the integrity of a party
organization. Do they not forget that thiscr/
has lost its power.' What do we care about
.Republicanism or Democracy when the nation
is in peril ? The country wants her children
to assist her. and site wants their aid without
regard to a personal prejudice or a political
preference; for the question is not whether
Antoni shall triumph or Brutus shall triumph,
hut whether Rome shall be saved.
A latk v- , of the Louisville Courier brie.r
to us a letter of the Don. Jesse D. Bkic.iit,
in which he almost substantially admits that
he wrote the note introducing Thomas B.
Lincoln, a Texas rebel, and the inventor of
improved firearms, “to Jefferson Davis,
President of the Confederation of States.”
The letter is dated at “my farmand the
New Albany (Indiana) Ledger says “my
farm ”is located in Kentucky, It is diflicult
to understand how, after this extraordinary
admission, Mr. Bright can take his seat in
the Senate in the coining session of the Con
gress of the United States.
France nnd America.
France, which was the earliest, indeed the
only friend of the United States during our
great struggle for national Independence, has
loyally adhered to its alliance with us, until
the present time, with the exception of the
difficulty arising out of the delay in settling
the Indemnity question,—a difficulty caused
hy the shilling and mean policy of Louis Phi-
Liei'E, and speedily settled hy tile firmness of
Akukew Jackson, then President.
Since the commencement of the Civil War
in which this country is now unfortunately in
volved, there has been doubt of England, there
has been doubt of Spain, but there has been no
doubt of the thorough neutrality of France.
M o eomplnin that aid and comfort have been
given, in the ports of English Trinidad and
Spanish Cuba, to the privateers of the rebel
lious States : but we have not bad any cause
to complain of anything of the sort on the part
of France. We can well understand how, with
fears for the future of Cuba, tho Spanish au
thorities might be induced to aid the South
against the North. We can thoroughly re
alize how, at variance as her rulers are with
Republicanism, and urged by the cottonocra
cy who waste the children of the poor with
excessive labor, England should promise a neu
trality which she does not carry out. But
France has ever been so true to us,—true to
the traditional policy that reigns in her coun
cils,— that we think it impossible, though all
else should fail us, that she could be faithless.
In a word, we believe that France will conti
nue practically neutral throughout our battle
for freedom and against rebellion.
The astute Prince who governs France, by
liie supreme will and uuuniinous election of
that great people, knows very well, even
though his power is almost autocratical, while
our Executive must rule within the limits of
the written Constitution and under the check
of the Legislature,—he knows what manner
of strife we are engaged in. This is no con
test between two parties, but it is a strife be
tween the elements of Good and of Evil. It
is a trial of strength between Freedom on
one side and the worst sort of Tyranny on tho
other. A more important issue has never
boon presented in the annals of nations, and
the result will decide whether the Few, as
suming powers above all law, shall crush down
the Many who desire to live under and by the
law. That is the issue—no move, nor less.
The Emperor Napoleon, who himself re
presents the Government under which France
lias become tlic most formidable, as she bids
fair, ere long, to be the most flourishing of
European nations, has lived in this country,
Ims studied our institutions, has had so much
intercourse with well-informed citizens of this
republic, that few men, not American, more
thoroughly understand the situation in which
the destinies of this nation are now placed.
Himself a potent ruler, he knows that, in all
empires, the hydra-head monster, Rebellion,
must be put down, and it would therefore be
alike against his reason and liis policy to take
any step which would give, wo will not say
support, but even the appearance of toleration
to Revolt.
By and bvc, perhaps, other great Powers
may follow in his track—when they have slow
ly comprehended what his subtle talent has
seen from the first. France, we repeat, is the
least likely of all our allies to permit a violation
of neutrality in a war between the nation and
some of its revolted members, We might go
farther and say, what indeed is true, that the
real neutrality of France is a chief reason why
England has not already recognized the
South.
Unionists versus Traitors.
This is the name of a pamphlet, by John
Campbell, bookseller, (Philadelphia Bank
building, next The Press office,) treating,
boldly and frankly, of “ The Political Parties
of Philadelphia; or, The Nominees that Ought
to be Elected in 18G1.” Jonx Campbell de
scribes himself “a Douglas Democrat,” and is
all that. His pamphlet was written “to pre
vent, if possible, the elevation to office of any
man tinctured with or suspected of Secession
proclivities,” and he is loyal to the back bone.
The first eleven pages of his pamphlet tersely
treat of Government and its duties, of the
country and its position, of the crisis and its
probable consequences. Then lie speaks of
the candidates for the Legislature, the Judi
ciary, and city offices, and, when he finds a
man not wholly a Unionist, he handles him—
not with a velvet-covered hand. His argu
ment, all through this able brochure, is de
cidedly in favor of Union candidates. It is
worth reading.
The letters attributed to Prince Napo
leon, now on bis tour through the United
States, written from "Washington, and pub
lished in the Paris Nationals, are a happy con
trast to the miserable palinodes of Russell,
the penny-a-liner of the London iIlt;
1 1 nice is’ delighted with the American people,
and delighted with the Government, and
clearly on the side of the loyal States. As an
evidence of this, we give the following passage
front his last letter, a translation of which ap
pears in the Now York Herald of yesterday:
I have found in the United States that which ,
despite my inclination to admire everything,
I did not expect to meet with, on the word of
even the most favorably disposed travellers, and
that is perfect order, honesty, eagerness to be of
service, if not urbanity, life comfortable, easy
and regular; »"« fine, an habitual inter eon laet.
by all classes of society which neither soils ,
wounds, nor hills any one.
1 do not pretend to predict the new political
form under which America will pursue the career
of her destinies; but this people has a vitality too
great, a practical sense too powerful, resources too
vast, for us to fear that she will not profit wisely
from the experience of the past; amt that, like the
extinct races, she will not bo Immoveable In her
errors, nor, to avoid them, throw herself into the
opposite extreme.
The crisis will pass; the elements of vitality
which America bcurs within her will give her
strength to surmount it. Soon you will see this
country greater, more full of future, than ever.
Tiif. Charleston Mercury, after having la
bored for years to destroy the Union itself, is
now striving to demoralize the Disunion con
spiracy. On the 10th of September it attacks
Davis and his management of the war, asserts
that the new army authorized by the rebel
Congress can never bo raised, declares that
their generals arc unfit to command, and shows
that the whole Southern coast is unprotected.
It adds that the nary yard at Pensacola atanda
beleaguered and useless to the South, and that
the Southern States will have to defend tliomL
selves by their own devices, and without gun
boats, or naval assistance. Unfortunately for
the traitor's, the Charleston Mercury is not
the only element engaged in their rapid de
moralization.
American Facts —from the Other ‘Side.
The information relative to American poli
tics, derived from the special correspondence
of Mr. Russell, which the London Times com
municates to a greatly-wondering world, has
the advantage, at all events, of being particu
larly new. Mr. Russell describes battles
which ho lias not seen, and circumstances
which have not occurred, with equal ability.
We learn, from the last-received number of ,
the Times,
1. That Canada has aright to he alarmed
at American intentions of invasion, and has
a population from which 50,000 soldiers can he
raised, in less than no time.
2. That the United States of America have
ceased to he.
8. That the subjugation of the South is
next to impossible, and its submission in the
highest degree improbable.
4. That all the incidents of the war [Hattc
ras included ?] appear to have been in favor
of the Confederate States.
5. That the staunchest Federalists have now
brought themselves to contemplate the disrup
tion of the Union as a probable result.
0. That a traveller would find himself at
more liberty in Venice than in New York.
7. That it is intended to tax soap and paper,
in order to carry on the war.
These are a few of the Times’ special Ame
rican facts. Cannot Mr. Russell find some
thing authentic to write to his employers,
without venturing on canards such as these ?
Garibaldi not Coming.
Major Bracexswein, late Adjutant of Ga
rihalm, who arrived at New York, on Wed
nesday, from Bremen, confirms the assurance
■riven in The Pkess, several weeks ago, (on
the express authority of a letter from Turin,)
that GAunm.ni does not entertain the pur
pose of visiting the United States, to take a
command in the army of the North. Neither
his health nor his previous engagements will
allow him to come hither.
Sal* of Elegant Furniture, Piano-forte,
Silver-plated Ware, Paintinqs, Ac. This
morning, at 10 o'clock, a large assortment of ele
gant furniture, rosewood piano, silver-plated ware,
mirrors, paintings, and engravings will bo sold, at
Birch A Son’s auction rooms, No. 914 Chestnut
street.
LETTER FROM “OCCASIONAL.”
Washington, September 10,1801.
There is one element enlisted in this great
struggle which, amid the clang of arms and
the excitements of the hour, is often neglected
by the statesman—l mean the newspaper pr.-ss.
Its silent influence is irresistible. I have been
wandering through a huge wilderness of ex
change newspapers for the last two days—pa
pers printed in the loyal and the disloyal
States; papers printed on the shores of tho
distant lakes; papers printed on the banks of
the Mississippi, on the Merrimac, on the Sus
quehanna, the Schuylkill, the Cumberland, the
Ohio, and the Hudson; papers printed in the
gorges of the Alleghanies and the 1) hite
mountains; papers from Oregon; from Cali
fornia, and from the Sandwich Islands; pa
pers from Canada, from Nova Scotia, from
Utah; papers even from the Cherokee In
dians-—all devoted to politics, to agriculture,
to literature, to science, to art, and nearly all
printed in the same English language. The
ability displayed in this mighty instrumen
tality is beyond all powers of description. I
have read articles in some of the obscurest of
these journals that would not discredit tho
polished pen of Everett. The intellect, em
ployed upon them is prodigious. They pene
trate everywhere. Bulwer makes Richelieu,
speak:
“ That would make nil space, as dees the sun, n
universal eye.”
And we are told in mythology how an an
cient king erected for himself a palace which
was like a great ear, so that he could hear the
secrets of his subjects at any hour. The
newspaper press, if it does hot know every
thing, sees everything, publishes everything,
and devours everything in tho way of intelli
gence. Read in all latitudes, in all seasons,
every moment of the day, by every class and
condition of men, its effect upon the human
mind is marvellous indeed. Lot us be thank
ful that the press in the loyal States of this
Union is,'with rare exceptions, enthusiasti
cally devoted to tho cause of our common
country. As I glanced over the accumulated
mass of exchanges with which I was sur
rounded I felt tlic blood tingle like fire in my
veins while perusing the noble appeals to the
people which glowed in their columns. I
tried to realize the fruits of the seeds thus
sown. It was not difficult to believe that the
harvest would be a patriotic harvest; and that,
from the thoughts so uttered and dissemina
ted, emotions and resolutions would spring,
impelling millions to stand forward in the ranks
of the defenders of the Republic. Probably the
two most daring and eloquent newspapers in tho
Southern States are the Louisville Journal
and the Louisville Democrat. Prentice never
before, even in his palmiest days, wrote so
well as now, and his former foes, Harney and
Hughes, are up to the full demands of the
crisis, and nobly emulate Ms example. All
the New York papers, now that tho Secession
vipers have been crushed, are conducted with
immense talent on the right side. Let me do
honor to James Gordon Bennett, nis Ilcrald,
potent for mischief in past days, is now among
the foremost of the defenders of the Govern
ment. With his great wealth, and his army of
editors, reporters, and correspondents, and his
mighty circulation, he is one of the very pil
lars of tho good cause. The Tribune , sinking
all personal feelings, and looking only to the
issues and duties of the crisis—now truly in
the hands of Mr. Greeley himself—is effec
tively rallying its hundreds of thousands of
readers around the flag. The Times, although
occasionally querulous and unjust in its ani
madversions upon certain officials here, is
daily filled with some of tho best ar
ticles ever written by Mr. Raymond. There
is not a disloyal paper in all the Northwest.
Even those disposed to cavil and complain are
awed into loyalty hy the wonderful feeling of
the people. There is no politics in the North
west now. Democrats and Republicans join
builds, and stand around the Administration
like brothers. The journals of New England
have long been famed for their learning and
their eloquence, and these, without cxcop.
tion, speak out strongly and warmly for the
common cause. The Breckinridge feeling was
so violent in Pennsylvania that I am sorry to
see there is not ns much unanimity in support
of the Government among your newspapers as
elsewhere. The poison infused into the Demo
cratic party hy Mr. Buchanan has not yet bgjm,
purged away. Here and there is to be foundmaP
lukewarm editor, only prevented from openly
espousing Secession by personal fear. Yet in
the main your local and State press is at once
sincere and influential. At Baltimore, since
the Exchange and The South have been sup
pressed, and the Sun forewarned, the pes
tilence of treason, although still prevalent, is
not so public as it was. The American, the
Clipper, and the Patriot dailv ntr«» •»>—•»—-
icmimeuis in favor of the country. Our
"Washington journals are all loyal. The Intel
ligencer lias lost some of its stateliness, and
has dropped all idea of peace and reconstruc
tion. The Republican, under Geo. M. Weston,
is printed morning and afternoon, and is at
taining a good circulation, while the Star,
under Wallach, always popular for its nows,
is more so since the editor has taken a strong
position in support of the war. The Sunday
Morning Chronicle, a new enterprise, has some
eight thousand readers, and has become con
siderable of a favorite.
. Leaving the banks of the Potomac, it is in
teresting to pick up the California and Oregon
papers. "What beautiful specimens of print
ing ! Their typography would do credit to
New York and Philadelphia. The Alla Cali
fornia, the Sacramento papers, and the spirited
journals published at Portland, Oregon, are
evidently conducted by men of finished educa
tion and long experience. I believe there is not
an avowed Secession paper tolerated in any of
our Pacific possessions. These possessions
are greatly coveted by the traitors, and if they
could steal them from the Government, the ca
lamity would be irreparable. The stem loyalty
of California, is somewhat suiprising, when
we recollect that, for years past, the chivalry—
viz: the Southern men, who came into the
State shortly after she was admitted into the
Union—have controlled the Democratic organi
zation by means of the patronage bestowed
upon them by Presidents Tierce and Bucha
nan ; but the great body of the people have
finally counted the cost to them of being uni
ted with the Secessionists, and will undoubt
edly fight hard to prevent any such catas
trophe.
What a contrast it is to turn from such news
papers as I have referred to, to the journals
that are compelled to support Daria and his
robber crew! I look in vain for any of those
signs of prosperity which, even in these dark
days, characterize newspapers in the loyal
States; and I find none of the spirit, none of
the heart, none of the rhetoric, none of the
religious sentiment, none of the confidence
that grows out of the consciousness of a good
cause, which, more than all things else,
distinguish our loyal journals. I read
bitter abuse, flagrant falsehood, and
unblushing treason. A large number of these
Southern publications, daily and weekly, have
languished and died, others have been reduced
in size, and still more arc conducted at a fear
ful sacrifice. I saw a gentleman tin; other
day, a practised newspaper Writer, Who told
me that, on a late visit to Memphis, Tennessee,
he ascertained that nearly every newspaper in
the'{Southwest, with the exception, probably,
of the New Orleans Picayune, was published
at a ruinous loss, and I have no doubt that, in
a short time, many will be compelled to stop
for want of the white paper upon which they
printed their calumnies upon tlie best Govern
ment upon earth.
I have said that statesmen do not fully ap
preciate tlie services of the men connected
.with tliis great medium of popular instruction
and popular information ; and I repeat the re
mark. When 1 look around me here and see
mere speculators coining large fortunes in va
rious ways, as a result of the necessities of the
Government in prosecuting the war, and then
study the host of toiling men connected with
our loyal newspapers—men, some of whom
are spending sixteen hours a day in preparing
matter for their readers—taxing alike brain
and body—and all without adequate compen
sation, save tllilt v. t.ieh springs from tlie belief
that they are discharging a glorious duty in
a glorious cause, I am compelled to think that
fortune sometimes distributes her favors most
unequally. It ought to he recollected that,
while the circulation of every newspaper greatly
advances in such times,no press can subsist upon
circulation alone, and that the condition of the
country prevents tradesmen and others from
advertising asheretofore. President Buchanan,
in order to carry out his atrocious Lecompton
policy, taxed the jobbers under his Administra
tion, to maintain the newspapers that were suf
ficiently conscienceless to support him. He
THE FBFSS-PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1861.
did this to strengthen himself in doing wrong,
and although lie was disgraced by it, he found
many partisans who applauded Ms example.
Would it not be poetic justice for some of the
sharp ones who arc coining large sums out of
TJnclc Samuel, and who are really doing nothing
in return for it, to be invoked to contribute
some of their gains for the maintenance of the
loyal newspapers in the States and districts in
which they live—or at least to such other pur
poses ns would show that they have not looked
upon the war as a great job ?
How proud Mr. Lincoln ought to bo
that lie is sustained in his righteous ef.
forts to maintain the honor of Ms country,
l>y so formidable an array of newspapers!
No Administration that over preceded liim
lias enjoyed this great advantage. With
rare exceptions, all his former opponents in
the !lec States have yielded their aiiiumsiti.'j
and their prejudices, and many a journalist
who antagonized his creed and Ms Adminis
tration is now among Ms most dovoted friends.
Occasional.
LATEST NEWS
FROM WASHINGTON.
INFORMATION FOR RECRUITING OFFICERS.
PROCLAMATION OF GOV. CURTIN.
An order was issued from the War Department
to-day directing that the military department of
Ohio will, in future, consist of the State of that
name, Indiana, »hd 36 touch of Kentucky as lies
within fifteen miles of Cincinnati, and be under the
command of Brigadier General Mitchell, of the
United States volunteers—the headquarters of the
said department to be located at Cincinnati.
Bo much of Virginia as lies west of the Bluo
Ridge mountains will constitute, iu future, a sepa
rate command, to be called the Department of
Western Virginia, undor the command of Brigadier
General Kosecrans; headquarters in the field.
Important to the Fnmiliesof Soldiers--As-
The War Department has issued an order to
carry into effect the law of Congress, by which
soldiers may assign portions of their pay for the
benefit of their families.
The assignment is to be entered on a separato
roll, according to a prescribed form, under the su
pervision of their immediate commands at the timo
of enlistment. The roll is to be transmitted to the
Paymaster General, who will make the deductions
on each pay-roll, and the paymaster of the regi
ment will transmit the money for distribution to
those in whose favor the assignment is executed.
The attention of officers of the regular army is
again directed to that section of the act of Con
gress whieh provides that in all cases of enlist
ment and re-enlistment in tbo military servico the
prescribed oath may be administered by any com
missioned officer of the army. Fees to civil
officers for such service will not, therefore, be ad
mitted.
Another army order is as follows: “Volunteer
officers sent out to recruit for their regiments will
be granted passes over the roads leading to or from
the points to which they are ordered. Should the
route be over roads for which such passes are not
granted, they will be paid their actual travelling
expenses out of the fund for recruiting and equip
ping volunteers; but in no case will they receive
the ten cents per mile in lieu of the transportation
of baggage.’’
There are instances in whieh free passes have
been used, and this amount drawn for the same dis
tance. In all such eases the officers are requested
to refund the amount drawn, on the penalty of
being stricken from tbo rolls.
Dr. Hayden's faro.bank is again in full blast,
t-iifter being closed by the police in consequence of
the defalcations of the Navy-Yard paymaster, who,
it is said, had invested largely of Uncle Sam’s funds
at that establishment.
General McCall’s Division.
Dr. Elder has returned from a visit to General
McCall’s division of tho army, composed of Penn
sylvania troops. He spent a day among the camps,
fonnd the men in fine condition, well provided for,
and with very little sickness among, the troops.
The commander of tho army of the Potomac is
regardless of his rest and meals, yet he was never
in better health and spirits than he is to-day. He
is rarely at his office, on the Avenue, corner of
Nineteenth street, not more than one hoar in a
week. His orders are received by his aids on tho
field, and by them executed through Major Wil
liams, General McClellan’s efficient adjutant,
who is daily at his desk until late in the evening.
The whole of the large building, corner of Nine
teenth street and the Avenue, is appropriated to
offices for assistants and clerks under General Mc-
Clellan.
The Pennsylvania Fire Zouaves are among the
finest regiments in tho army of the Potomac.
The men are all young and active, handsomely
uniformed, and well disciplined and drilled. They
attracted universal attention on tho Avenue yester j
day.
Your patriotic celebration on the 17th is the
subject of general remark at the hotels here, and
your citizens are warmly complimented for their
patriotic enthusiasm.
The Forty-sixth Pennsylvania.
Having occasion to change their quarters, this
gallant band of Perks county boys have just passed
up the Avenue. Robust, hearty, and hale in ap
pearance ; ably commanded and well disciplined,
they promise great efficiency when called to duty.
A military officer, in Boston, writes to the War
Department that a squadron of three full cavalry
companies of the National Lancers—“ the pride of
Boston”—have enlisted for the war. More of
them would enlist, but they are too large for
cavalry service in the army. The regulations al
low no man over 175 pounds in weight, while many
of the Lancers on the active list weigh over 200
pounds.
Uniform of the Telegraph Officials.
To distinguish the telegraph officials, while in the
employ and under the control of the Government,
a uniform has been adopted, consisting of regula
tion cap, with a crescent of leaves enclosing the
silvered letters T. C.; a blue coat, with gilt staff
buttons, and three buttons on eaoh cuff; blue
trowsers, with a silver cord down the outer seam.
Twenty-fourth Pennsylvania Regiment.
Colonel Owen was on the Avenue yesterday with
his regiment. The Colonel may well be proud of
his men, for it was the remark of many military
men as well as civilians, that they were as fine a
regiment as over entered the metropolis.
Official Telegraphing.
Under the efficient' miuuigeinoht of Mr. J. W.
Gilmore the telegraph lias been rendered of great
practical benefit to the Administration and the
army. The lines have been extended from the De
partments to all the various divisions of the army
of the Potomac, and to General McClellan's house,
office, Ac., so that the officials are always within
speaking distance of each other.
Pay to Soldiers’ Families.
The allotment system ordered by Congress at the
extra session, owing to supposed practical diffi
culties, has not hitherto been carried out. Through
the exertions chiefly of Dr. Griscom, acting for the
Union Defence Committee of New York, and Mr.
G. B. Elliott, of Boston, for the Sanitary Com
mission, theso difficulties are understood to bo now
overcome, and an order to carry the act into effect
w.as to-day issued by the Secretary of War. The
arrangement will admit of an army soldier’s as
signing, as in the navy, any portiou of his pay, to
be delivered to his family, or to a savings bank,
instead of being paid to them personally while in
camp, and will be exceedingly favorable to tem
perance, providence, and good discipline, and the
'/uv!«h' of the army*.
General McClellan’s family are supplied daily
with 150,000 loaves of fresh bread, besides crackors
and hnrd bread in proportion. The consumption of
’flour per diem is 900 barrels.
Our markets opened to-day with an abundant
supply of nearly every variety of country produce.
Prices do not vary much from those usual at this
season of the year.
The Avenne— Heavy Teams.
The heavy Government teams have sadly dis
placed the paving stones on the Avenue, and ren
dered it extremely unpleasant for light carriages as
weß as dangerous for heavy teams.
The Commissioner of Public Buildings has com*
menced repairing the pavement, but I understand
the repairs to be of a very limited nature. The
Avenue is avoided as mitoh as possible by all light
carriages.
BT TEtjEGirBAFH.
Important Naval Changes.
JtBMY OUBKHS VItO.tfCLOJITJS».
FROM GEN, BANKS’ COLUMN.
REPORTED SKIRMISH WITH THE REBELS.
KENTUCKY AFFAIRS.
ABBEST OF FBOMUTENT TRAITORS,
The National Fast in Pennsylvania,
Special Despatches to “ The Press.”
Washington, September 19, 1301.
Army Orders. '
sitrnment of Pay.
Information for Recruiting Offices.
The. Faro Bank
tTUimim ■ ftvuciellaika
The Pennsylvania Fire Zouaves.
The Philadelphia Celebration.
The National Lancers in the Field.
A Large Family.
Markets.
Nnvnl Affairs.
The Navy Department has accepted propositions
from Messrs. C. S. Bcshxel k Co., of Now Haven;
Mekrick & Sons, of Philadelphia; and J. Erics
son, of New' York, for the construction ofiron-otad
"Within a few days the Navy Department has
made some changes in the officers of its squndrons.
Captain Wm. W. McKean, of tho Niagara, has
been appointed flag officer in the Gulf, in place of
Captßin Wm. Mkrvikk.
Flag officer Sthingham having asked to bo re>
lieved from the command of the Atlantic block
ade squadon, Captain L. M. Goldsborouuii has
been apjiointed to succeed him. The squadron has
been divided, and Captain GoLnsnonouou assumes
command of the Northern division, embracing the
coast of Virginia and North Carolina.
Capt. S. F. Dumont has keen appointed flftg
officcr of the Southern Atlantic Squadron, em
bracing the coasts of South Carolina, Georgia, and
Florida. The new flag-officer:: being juniors to
some of the captains now on duty, other changes
are rendered necessary. Commander Missroon
hM bean ordered to tho Savannah, vise J. B.
Hull, detached.
Captain Marston has been detached from the
Cumberland and ordered to tho steam frigato
lloanohc, vice Captain Nicholson, detached.
Cnptain Cuauncev has been detached from tho
Susyuthamm , and Captain Lardner appointed
to that ship.
Commander CirAnr.Es H. Davis has been de
tached from special duty at tiro Navy Department,
and appointed cuptain of the fleet of the Southern
Atlantic squadron.
Commander I’ercival Drayton has been
ordered to special duty in the Southern Atlantic
squadron.
Lieut. C. K. P. Rodgers has been ordered to the
United States steam frigate Wabash, tho flagship
of tbe Southern Atlantic squadron
Commander J. W. Livinoetor has been ordered
to the Cumberland, vice Captain Marston, trans
ferred.
Commander Wm. Smith has been ordered to the
United States frigate Congress.
Commander Pendercrast has boon appointed
commandant of tho Philadelphia navy yard.
Commander n. S. Baldwin has been ordered to
the receiving ship at Boston.
CommandaLJ. M. Frailey has been ordered to
the Philadelphia rendezvous.
Commander Thomas Turner has been detached
from the Philadelphia rendezvous, and ordered to
the Philadelphia navy yard.
Applications for positions ns volunteer lieutenants,
acting masters, and masters’ mates, should state
the ages of applicants, and be accompanied by cer
tificates from the last owners of the vessels, and
also from tho several underwriters of tho ports
whence the applicants have severally sailed. Nono
others will bo considered at the Navy Department.
Justice Donn decides that Officers are Sol
diers, and Can’t Imbibe.
Tho proprietors of a fashionablo drinking saloon
wore arrested to-day and taken before Justice Donn,
who fined thorn $25 for selling liquor to soldiers.
Tho defendants contonded that thoy had not viola
ted the law of Congress, as the liquor was pur
chased by a colonel of a Massachusetts Kogimcnt.
The justice, however, differed from them, and re
plied by stating Hint the law explicitly mentioned
soldiers, and that an officer must necessarily be a
soldier.
31 ore Rebel Incendiarism.
On Wednesday night, the Confederates burnt a
dwelling-house, belonging to Mr. Edsell, (from
New Jersey,) seven miles from Alexandria, near
the Orange and Alexandria Railroad.
Another Pennsylvania Cavalry Company.
Wm. Sipes, editor of the Harrisburg (Pa.) Senti
nel, was authorized, by the War Department, to
day, to raise a regiment of cavalry.
Review of Blenker’s Brigade.
General Blenker’s brigade was reviewed by
Major General McClellan to-day, attended by
his staff, in full uniform. 110 was escorted thither
from his headquarters by Captain Bakkek’s com
pany of McClellan Dragoons and a company of the
Fourth Cavalry. Tho woather was beautiful, and
tbe military display in the highest degree credita
ble, General McClellan was heartily chccrod os
he passed the encampments of the different regi
ments.
Among tho spectators were Gen. McDowell
and Gen. Smith, the Secretary of State, Prince De
Joixvillk and son, the Count de Paris, the Duke
de Chartres, Hon. Henry J. Raymond, of Now
York, Wm. Roche Wistar, Esq , of Philadelphia,
and others, together with a number of ladies.
The distinguished visitors returned to Washington
at an early hour, but Gen. McClellan, with his
escort, proceeded to the headquarters of Qeneral
Franklin, and recrossed the river at night.
General Fremont.
It is generally helievcd-tbat tho Government
has, for the last few days, had under consideration
the subject of General Fremont's administration
of affairs in Missouri. Whatever may be the me
rits of the questions involved, they have no ro
ferenoe whatever to his proclamation—the differ
ences -concerning which "Were disposed of by the
'President’s letter, recently published.
The Military Railroad Routes—Connec-
tions at Baltimore.
Major Mori.ey, the new Government superin
tendent of the military railroad routes, h»s isSned a
scneaule, to takoyabcc'qh uaoc Mender, “j
which the connection- -ht Baltimore with the
u-vmrns fxirvruaihingtbn will always he made
without delay. v
Bogus Militia Officers.
There are a number of bogus captains and lieu
tenants in Washington wearing uniforms, bat hav
ing no military connections. It is probable their
career will be of short duration.
Stinging the Breast that Nurtured Him.
J. D. Anderson, ef Richmond, proprietor ofthe
Tredegar Iron Works, recently appointed n Briga
dier General, and ordered to North Carolina by
tho Confederates, is a graduate of West Point,
and was in garrison at Old Point many years ago,
where he married Miss Archer, the daughter of
the surgeon of the post, Dr. Archer, one of the
present partners with him in the Tredegar works.
He subsequently resigned, and has been very suc
cessful ■" in business, being an enterprising man.
Under all the Secretaries of the Navy and War he
has had large orders from the United States Gov
ernment for guns, shot, shells, and machinery for
steam-frigates, and to that Government he owes a
large fortune, accumulated by his industry and
enterprise on Government works. He is now trying
to break tho Government down, and has manufac
tured and supplied the Southern Confederacy, since
March and April, with immense supplies of guns,
shot, shells, and all kinds of destructive weapons.
He is proprietor of a large landed property in
Western Maryland, bought of Gov. Thomas.
The I.ntc Rmlrond Massacre.
Cincinnati, Sept. 19. —The unfortunate 19th
Illinois Regiment reached this city at two o’clock
this morning. They marched to the Fifth-street
market house, where sapper had been provided for
them, and thence to the Little Miami depot, where
they took the cars for Camp Dennison.
Tbo bodice vf their dead were taken to the Or
phan Asylum buildings, where they will be placed
in coffins, and made ready for burial. Many of the
bodies are sadly disfigured, but the great portion
seem to have come to their deaths from internal
bruises received in the crash. At two o'clock, this
afternoon, the bodies will be taken to the Spring
Grove Cemetery for burial. The remains of Capt.
Howard will be sent to Galena for interment.
Cincinnati, September 19.—The funeral of the
soldiers killed by the accident, night before last,
took place to-day.
After the services at the Asylum by the chaplain
of the unfortunate regiment, the coffins, twenty
eight in number, were placed in hearses and cars
draped in mourning, and escorted by battalions
from the Illinois Twenty-fourth and Nineteenth
Regiments, the Home Guards, and Ride Regiments,
of this city. The procession passed through the
principal streets. The coffins are now in the vaults,
subject to orders from Indianapolis, Jh? wounded
are doing well, and thesiirgeoht now think that ail
will recover.
Defence of Colonel Frank P. Blair.
St. Louis, Sept. 19.—1 n a letter to the Repub
lican of this morning, in reply to the charges made
by the Democrat , Colonel Blair states that he never
asked the favor of a contract or appointment from
General Fremont which- was not granted. Their
difficulties are not of a private nature, but relate
to tbe charges made against General Fremont for
his conduct of the campaign.
The Kentucky Legislature.
Frankfort, Ky., Sept. 19.—A resolution was
passed by the Senate to-day placing the arms and
ammunition of the Stats under the control of the
commander of the Federal forces in Kentucky.
The House passed the Senato's bill to enlarge the
powers of the Military Board.
From Trenton
Trenton, Sept.. 19.— The Seventh Regiment of
New Jersey volunteers has left for the seat of wav.
This regiment is well officered, having for its colonel
Joseph W. Revere, of long serrice in the navy,
having keen appointed midshipman in 1828, and,
during tbe Mexican war, captain of a company of
mounted rifles, serving with distinction j for lieu
tenant colonel, E. A. Carman, a gradunto of the
Kentucky Military School, and since an instructor
in military tactics; for major, J. D. Mclntosh, a
graduate of West Point, and son of the late Com
modore James Mclntosh, of our navy; for adju
tant. Francis Price, Jr., a son of ex-Govornor Price,
of New Jersey, wiili a splendid eorpsof line officers.
The regiment is armed mostly with the rilled mus
ket, and fully equipped with baggage-wagons, am
bulances. and horses «f the very best description.
The United States Grand Jury adjourned to next
Tuesday, at which time Judgo Grier will be pre
sent. From appearances a large amount of busi
ness will be brought before court.
Mr. Frazee, charged with enlisting men for the
Secession army,was discharged to-day, on taking the
oath of allegiance. The motion for his discharge
was made by Governor Pennington.
Seizure of a Contraband Vessel.
Newark, N. J., Sept. 19.—'Tho brig Hannah
Easter, haring a forged clearance from New York
for St. Thomas, with a large and valuable cargo,
was seized at Elizabethport this afternoon. The
captain and crew escaped.
The Fight at Lexington, Missouri
LATER INTELLIGENCE.
£vr. JjociSj PeptuinbcT IP- —Tt& Th.irlj*-hlntk
Ohio Regiment, Colonel Groesbeck, Third lowa
Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Scott, nnd Sixteenth
Illinois Regiment, Colonel Smith, with n force of
Missouri State militia and lowa State troops, under
Colonels Craynor and Kdwards, three hundred
regular and irregular crt-ulry, six pieces ef artille
ry, under Cnpinin Madison, loft St. Joseph and
Chillicothe in two columns on Snndny, and were
expected to reach Lexington yesterday, to reinforce
Colonel Mulligan.
The reason why General Pope did not surprise,
rout, or capture Martin Green's band of rebels on
Sunday night, the isth Instant, is explained as fol
lows :
Gen, Pope was at Hunnewell on Saturday with
fctiO men, and knowing that Green was encamped
in the neighborhood of Florida, he determined to
make a night march and surprise him, but learn
ing flat the lattes had thirty-lire hundred men,
he sent an engine to Shelbina, eight miles weßt, at
noon, with orders to Gen. Hurlhut to send down
immediately 500 men to reinforce him, his force
being too small to nttack such superior numbers -
but, in consequence of gross mismanagement on the
part of General Hurlbut, the troops from Shelbina,
which should have reached Hunnewell at three
o’clock, did not arriro until eleven o'clock at night,
when it was too late to start an expedition on that
night.
Another attack was planned for tho next night,
however, and Gen. Pope marched his 1,400 men
twenty-four miles over a broken and almost roadless
country, and reached Green’s camp early on Mon
day morning to find it deserted, Green having been
apprised of Gen. Pope’s design and fled. His men
being mounted, they could not be overtaken by in
fantry. Gen. Pope had no cavalry.
There are now no armed hands of rebels in the
counties north of the Hannibal and St. Joseph
Railroad, and but few between it and the Missouri
river.
About 5,000 Home Guards are in tho Northern
part of the State, and it is understood that General
Pope has effected arrangements for a thorough
organization of tho Union men in that region, who
are abundantly able and willing to preserve the
peace if arms are furnished them, which, it is said,
will be done. It is now confidently believed that
no more lawlessness will be heard of in Northern
Missouri.
In addition to putting General Hurlbut and Col.
Williams under arrest for drunkenness, Gen. Pope
haß ordered the arrest of Lieut. Colonel Blair, of
the Second Kansas regiment, for mutinous conduct
at Shelbina, in threatening to withdraw his com
mand if Colonel Williams persisted in fighting
when attacked at that place by Martin Green.
FKOM CAIRO.
11,000 REBELS REPORTED AT MAYFIELD, KY.
Cairo, HI., Sept. 19. —It is roportod that 11,000
rebels have taken possession of Mayfiold, Ky., and
are fortifying the place.
Jeff. Thompson’s force of 2,300 have moved to
New Madrid.
A skirmish took plneo, last night, near Columbus,
between Colonel Ross’ pickets and some rebel
scouts. None of the Federal troops were injured.
The National Fast in Pennsylvania.
PROCLAMATION OF GOV. CURTIN.
Harrisbuko, Sept. 19,—The Governor has issued
the following proclamation:
Pennsylvania, ss. A. G. Curtin, [l.s.]
In the name and by the authority of the Com
monwcalth of Pennsylvania, Andrew G. Curtin,
Governor of snid Commonwealth, a proclamation:
Whereas, Tho President of the United States of
America, has, by proclamation, appointed Thurs
day, 26th day of September current, as a day of
public humiliation, prayer, and fasting, to be ob
served by the people of the United States, with re
ligious solemnities, and the offering of fervent
supplications to Almighty God, for the safety and
welfare of these States, His blessings on their arms,
and a speedy restoration of peace.
Now, therefore. I, Andrew G. Curtin, Governor
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, do order
that on the day named therein, the public offices
shall be closed; nod I earnestly recommend to the
people to suspend on that day their ordinary avo
cations, and to close their places of business, and
to humble themselves before the Almighty with
earnest prayers that he will favorably, with mercy,
look upon this people.
Given under my hand and the great seal of the
State, at Harrisburg, this nineteenth day of Sep
tember, in the year ef our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-one, (1861,) and of the Com
monwealth the eighty-fifth.
By order of the Governor.
Eli Slifer,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
From Louisville.
Louisville, Sept. 19,—The publication of the
Courier has been suspended, in consequence of its
seizure by the Government. Efforts are being
made to resume its publication on a different
basis.
The departure of steamboats down the river is
interdicted unless a Government officer accompa
nies them.
The report of the burningof the bridge over the
Louisville aud Nashville Railroad at Nolin is de
nied. No trains have arrived from the South to
day, and there has been no telegraphic communi
cation south of here for three days.
4 '! sorts'of conflicting ruurfßftpiWvurrent re .
garding th» ■ ?}f tho road,
but nothing is accurately known. . -
No organized body of Tennesseans is known to
have entered Kentucky along Hie line of the road.
Governor Morton, of Indiana, has boon hero in
consultation with General Anderson to-day. He
left for home to-night.
Cannon and other arms were received here from
the State Arsenal to-night.
Pennsylvania Soldiers at Washington.
Washington, Sept. 19.— This morning’s Na
tional Intelligencer has the fallowing notice of
Pennsylvania Regiments:
“The Pennsylvania Fire Zouaves made a
soldierly appearance on our streets yesterday.
The regiment seems to he made np of active young
men, inured to toil and danger, and ready for the
severest service. The Forty-sixth Pennsylvania
Regiment, a very full one, from Berks county,
the old Democratic stronghold, also appeared upon
our streets yesterday, formed of the right material
for service. They were merely changing their
quarters. The Twenty-fourth Pennsylvania Regi
ment, Colonel Owen, also paraded, and made a
good appearance, on its way to camp. Though
these movements do not have any special signifi
cance, yet it is probable the enemy, if informed
of them, would derive no great amount of ’aid and
comfort.’ ”
Seizure of a Rebel Paper at Louisville.
ARRESTS.
Louisville, Sept. 19. —Early this morning the
United States Marshal seized the office of the Cou
rier, and arrested cx-Governor Moorhead, Reuben
T. Murrett, one of the proprietors of the Courier ,
and Martin M. Barr, telegraphic news reporter for
the New Orleans press, on charges of treason, or
complicity with treason. The prisoners were con
veyed to Jeffersonville, and will be transferred to
the custody of the marshal of the Indiana district.
The transmission of telegraphic news southward
has been interdicted, and the lines are now inter
rupted.
From the Potomac.
Batikore, Sept. 18.— This morning’s Baltimore
American says a report was in circulation at Fre
derick yesterday, previous to the ears leaving,
there, that an attempt was made the night previ
ous, by a portion of the rebel forces, to cross the
Potomac, but they were repulsed by Gen. Banks’
column.
Trade with Cnba.
Washington, Sept. 19. —Official information has
been received that the only ports through which
common ship bread may be introduced into the
island of Cuba, free of duty, during the time of
exemption granted in the royal order of the 16th
of May last, lire Havana, St. Jago de Cuba, Ciea
fnegos, and Neuvitas.
Union Meeting at New London, Conn.
New London, Conn., Sept. 19. —Ten thousand
people assembled in mass meeting, to-day, to hear
the patriotic remarks of Hon. Daniel Dickinson.
It was the largest meeting ever held here.
The National Loan.
Chicago, Sept 19.— The subscriptions to tho na
tional loan to-day amounted to $113,000, of which
8100,000 W® subscribed by Solomon Sturgis, who
armed and equi"" 6d MoClellan’? body guard,
The Europa at Boston.
Boston, Sept. 19. —The royal mail steamship
Enrapa, from Liverpool, arrived at this port at 10
o’clock to-night. Her advices have been received
via Halifax.
The National Loan.
The books of Jay Cooke, agent for subscriptions
to the new treasury-note loan, will remain open
each day, until further notice, from 9 A. M. to
5 P. M.
This extension of the time for subscriptions was
induced by large numbers of persons calling to
subscribe whose means are not at hand, but who
have every confidence in tho Government, and ex
press the earnest desire to have it sustained with
out aid from abroad. The number of subscribers
is daily increasing, and all classes of the com
munity are fully aroused to the issue which tho
rebels have forced upon us—Government or an
archy.
Large Auction Sale of Carpeting, Rugs,
ie.—The early attention of buyers is invited to tho
largo and attractive assortment of 490 pieces rich
English velvet. Brussels, three-ply, ingrain, Vene
tian, hemp, and list carpotings, rugs, mats, and
cocoa matting; also, three bales j English white
fillings—to be peremptorily sold, by catalogue, for
cash, commencing this morning, at 104 o’clock, by
Myers. Clnghorn, A Co . auctioneers, Nos. 232 and
204 Market street.
The Mend Zeitnng of New York says that,
in his reeent valedictory address to the readers of
the Daily News, “the Hon. Ben Wood com
pares himself to Lazarus. ‘ Like him, says Mr.
Wood, ‘I am not dead but sleeping. Ho would
have made the comparison much more perfect if
he had only protracted it so as to include the re
innrk made on tho occasion alluded to by Martha
to our Saviour, * Lord, by this time Be stinketh.’ ”
Quash UNION Meeting.— The loynl citizens
of Lancaster, Chester, nnd adjoining counties will
meet in mass meeting at Christiana, Lancaster
county, on Saturday, 28th inst., on which occasion
a large pole will be raised. The meeting will be
addressed by the ablest speakers in the State.
THE CITY.
AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING.
Wheatley’* Continental Theatre— Wulnut street,
Rbovt* Eighth.—“ The Teoifeest: or. The Enchanted
Wand."
Walhut-Streut Theatre—Ninth and Walnut uta.—
“Great Expectation*”— l “Thumping Legacy,”
Akcfi-Strekt Theatre —Arch atroet, above Sixth.—
u London Assurance”—“Unwarrantable Intrusion.”
Meeting to do Honor to the da-te Terence
Belllw McMawvs. —A meeting of Irishman and
the friends of Ireland was held last evening at San
som-atrcct Hall, to do honor to tho late Terence
Bcllew McManus, by p&Sßlng resolutions commen
datory of bis career, and consummating prepara
tions to join in the ovation on the transmission of h\B
remains from New Yorlc to Ireland. At 8 o’clock
a large and influential audience had assembled.
The angular outline of feature characteristic of the
true Milesian w»s prominent throughout the house,
and that intense earnestness which marks all the
feelings and sympathies of Erin’s warm-hearted
race beamed from the greater part of the faces
collected. Evidences of the devotion to its loaders
always characteristic of the Celt—patient, hopeful,
nnd inveterate —were given in the frequent ap
plause which greeted the various orators in their
laudations of McManus.
Mr. J. B. Col&h&n was called to,the chair. Upon
taking his seat he mode the following address!
3*'eYloiO‘citizens and Countrymen * I thank
you for the honor you have conferred upon me in
selecting me to preside over your deliberations on
this solemn and important occasion. We have as
sembled to-night to do honor to the memory of our
late distinguished countryman, Terence Bcllew
McManus’, the patriot ahd martyr, of making
arrangements to send a deputation from our body
to represent us in the city of New York, and take
part m the ceremonies attendant upon the depart
ure of his remains for their final resting-place.
[Applause.]
1 think you will agree with me that the remains of
onr friend will bo perfectly safe with a guard of
the Sixty-ninth) who now have them in charge/
[Applause ] Besides, one of the gallant captains
of the same. Sixty-ninth, Thomas Francis Meagher,
was tho faithful friend of him whom we now
mourn. [Applause. J Ilia countrymen, by the
grand movement they are now making, will re
verse the unju3t sentence of transportation, pro
nounced against him, will set aside the false ver
dict of?a packed jury, will foil the tyrnanio go*
verament at last, and vindicate by their
gratitude and affection the fair fame of him
they loved, and whose noble efforts to free their
country will always fill a green place in their
memories. [Loud applause.) His remains will be
laid in the soil he tried to free—in the old land he
loved so well—with a grand and holy ceremonial.
[Applause.] They will be followed to the spot by
a large and imposing procession of his countrymen.
His country’s enemies and his own will stand aloof,
unable to interfere, while the grand pageant of his
funeral passes them slowly by to his last resting
place—the grave—“ where the wicked cease from
troubling, and the weary aro at rest.” [Applause.]
The following list of vice presidents and seereta
Ties ires then announced ana adapted i
VICE PRESIDENTS.
JamuH Gibbins, Jnmoe O’Brien,
Michael Cnnby, John Kano,
John T. Mahoney, Captain William Shields,
William Dougherty, Charles McKeon,
Patrick Murpliy, Jnhrt^Cunby,
John McLaughlin* Alexander Herons
Daniel Berger, Michael Meagher,
James Luca*, Thomas Kane,
Michael McGurk, Edward Fricl,
Daniel McPevitf, John Murrny,
J. It. Manderfield, Thomas Fisher, •
Dr. B. MeSoi'vey, T. A. Sloan,
Bichnrd Wafer, Patrick Burke.
SECRETARIES.
J. J. Sullivan, John Neilia,
Daniel MeGarty, M. T. Hannftgmi,
Jeremiah Bergen, Andrew Turner,
Peter Mclntyre, Michael Tobin,
Jas. Kennedey, John Conway,
Francis Hughes.
The following resolutions wore then submitted by
Mr. Wm. J. Turner:
RESOLUTIONS.
Wktreos, The Irish people, abroad and at home,
have decided that the mortal remnin3 of the pa
triot-martyr, T. B. McManus, should be transmit
ted to his native land as thdir final and natural
resting-place: Be it, therefore,
Resolved, That we, the Irishmen of the city of
Philadelphia, in public meeting assembled, accept
with hearty approval the noble and patriotic pro
ject of transferring to his native isle the remains of
T. B. McManus, who had loved her with such pure
devotion, there to rest in some spot) consecrated to
nationality, as an imperishable monument of the
fidelity which her children, in every clime, bear
to those who are faithful to her fortunes and her
hopes.
Resolved , That a deputation from the Irishmen
of this city be appointed to proceed to New York
and participate in the obsequies as a mark of re
spect and due appreciation of the high-toned na
tionality and patriotism and self-sacrificing devo
tion of our gallant countryman, T. B. McManus.
Resolved , That the present is a fitting occasion
for us to renew our vows of hostility to the enemy
of our country and our race; and that, having
tasted the bitterness of exile, we pledge ourselves,
by the memory of the dead patriot* never to relax
in that hostility until his wrongs and those of our
country be redressed and Emmet’s epitaph be
written.
Resolved, That tho better to enable the execu
tive committee to carry out their patriotic designs,
in a manner suited to the dignity of the cause, a
subscription list be at once opened.
Resolved , That we heartily approve the address
adopted by our brother Irishmen of New York,
and that we publish it, in connection with these
resolutions, as an evidence to the world that on fhe
subject of Irish nationality there is no difference
of opinion between the Irishmen of America, but
that we are one in heart and sentiment.
Resolved, That we hold in grateful remembrance
ibe patriotic devotion of our countrymen in Cali
forma'for their noble.and generous 'Surrender of
the remains of our dead patriot to the land for
' which Ir! suffered and for which hq perilled his
in tbe j£pTnlng of bis mnnhood; and that wo
tender them our heartfelt thanks for the ftkanrier in
they acquitted themselves iu an object
'fraught with so many important results to the
suture destinies of Ireland.
The resolutions wore hailed with loud applause,
and adopted by acclatuaiioh.
Mr. John O’Byrne then read the proceedings of
the meeting held by the Irishmen of Xew York
last week. They have already been published in
The Press.
Mr. Wm. J. Turner was then introduced to the
meeting, and said:
It seems to me, ladies and gentlemen, hardly ne
cessary to say anything in support of the resolu
tions just read, for the applause which their reading
elicited, in addition to the fact that they have al
ready been adopted, satisfies me that they meet
your hearty approbation. [Applause.] As has al
ready been said, we assemble together to-night to
pay the last tribute of respect to him who in the
prime of his manhood offered his life as a sacrifice
on the altar of his country’s liberty. [Loud ap
§use.j
Ve have come to mingle our tears with those of
disconsolate friends, over tho new-made grave
of Terence Bellew McManus. [Applause.] There
are few amongst us who were not more famitiar with
the history and services of our lamented brother
than I am.
A man of great talents, inured to all the delica
cies of life, engaged in a lucrative business, he left
them all and determined to cast his lot with those
who had vowed that Ireland should be free, and
that her people should possess the products of her
soil to support that life that an Omnipotent God had
given them for a higher and holier purpose than to
minister to the avaricious desires of a pampered
few. [Applause.]
Mr. Turner concluded amid loud applause, and
was succeeded by Mr. John P. O'Neill.
REMARKS OF MR. JOHN P. O’NEILL.
Ladies and gentlemen, I shall say, with the ad
dress, that we have met here this evening upon a
solemn occasion—upon a loving, an attractive, and
interesting occasion We have come here to mourn
over him who is gone, and wc have come here to
discharge the duty that Ireland has ever loved to
discharge—the gathering together of the ashes
of her departed patriots. [Tremendous cheers.]
Ireland, above all the nations of the earth,
loves, no matter upon what barren shore or
lonely spot tho life of a patriot goes out, that bis
ashes should rest in her own bosom, and be blessed
by her own hallowed hands. [Loud applause.]
When the spring, day shall come many a fair
hand shall pluck the wild flowers that mark where
he lies, and over that hallowed spot even Nature
herself in fond tribute shall plant above his heart
the green emblem of his nation and her hope—
“ The chosen leaf
Of bard ami chief—
Old Erin’s native shamrock.”
[Denfubing applause.]
Mr. John O’Byrne made the following remarks ;
Wo have met together to pay a tribute of re
speot to the ashes of a representative man of our
race. It is most true that the Old Land has given
birth to hundreds of os able, or abler men than the
dead patriot McManus, whose obsequies we are ar
ranging to fittingly celebrate; but, sir, in life be
represented that which is more dear to the Irish
race than the genius of her poets, the eloquence of
her orators, the glory of her warriors, the fame of
her statesmen, her painters, and her sculptors—the
undying hatred of oppression, the unquenchable
I9Y® of nationality, the promise of war, and resist
ance io death made 690 years ago by Donald O’Neal,
the King of Ulster, to Pope John XXH. Yes, re
presented , that spirit of hate to England that per
vades the whole Celtic race, and oven now, while I
speak, has millions of believers, from the Shannon
to the Ganges, from the thirsty deserts of Tasmania
to roaring Geysers of Iceland, wherever the Celt has
a resting place—a spirit that has survived seven
hundred years of woe, and lives and grows despite
every change of condition and of climate.
Who doubts it? From whore the mighty Pacific
washes a golden shore comes the evidence of the
vitality of this spirit. The Irishmen of California
throw a gage down to us as to who will do tho mo3t
honor to tho memory of one who loved Ireland as
dearly as a bridegroom loves his bride. The
Church in New York recegnizes this principle of
nationality, opens wide her sanctuaries, and, with
requiem mass and incense, invokes tbe mercy of God
upon the soul of a eonfesaor and a martyr in tho
cause of Ireland. The Irishmen of Philadelphia
speak by their trusted men, and reiterate _ that ab
sence has not dampened the old love, and in honor
ing the memory of McManus they honor the cause
for which ho died ...
With pomp and ceremony tho funeral car will
rumble through tho streets of Dublin, and around
it will gather beautiful women, who will deck it
with perfumed garlands; and strong men, with
choking sobs, will murmur, oh, God! how long,
how- low®, till the day of vengeance and of liberty ?
Our old enemv will then bo convinced that expa
triation only scatters her enemies, and in noway
lessens them.
But who was this man, Terence Bellew Mc-
Manus? I can answer, for I knew him. In IS4B,
when tho true men of Ireland determined to arrest,
if needs he, with their lives, the decimation of the
people, l.y means of Lundim-mude law, McManus
was then a wealthy commission merchant in Liver
pool, and at once staked lifo, love, and property
upon tbe issue. Tbe earliest coll to arms found
him in the field. I need not tell you in what dark
clouds set the sun of our hopo. Arrested, tried in
Clonmell, convicted, as a matter of course, sen
tenced to the barbarous death of “hanging, draw
ing, and quartering ” —a sentence which was sub
sequently, through the interposition of the then
American minister at the Court of St. James, com
muted into transportation for life. Escaping from
Van Dieman’s Land, he reached San Francisco,
and speedily became a prosperous merchant, and
there died. It has become fashionable in some
quarters to sneer at “ ’48," and at the young men
who were aetorsin lhedramaof that year. O’Brien,
Meagher, O’Donoghno, and McManus, sealed their
sincerity. “ Bull Run ” rings through the land as
an answer to those who affect to believe the molt
of “ ’4B ’’ would not fight.
Paraphrasing the words of the well-known bal
lad, I ask:
“ Who fours to speak cf Forty-eight?
Who blushes at the name?
When cowards mock the patriot's fate
VYhn hangs his head for shame T
Rot I. I recogn zb the hand of Providence in the
fa dure, nnd it would seem that a nation’s regenera
tion, like man’s first entrance into life, should be
through pangs and throes, and toil and suffering, for
history tells us of no nation that ever yet redeemed
itself from long and heavy bondage, but through
the bloody sweat of suffering patriots. fTrue it is
that McManus failed and suffered in ’4B, but he suf
fered not in vain ! He was one of those heroic men
who kindled the flame of resistance that has shed a
halo of glory upon the past.
The cause for which those brave men suffered,
and for which they were exiled, is the very same
cause in which Montgomery fell, and in whioh
Washington triumphed ; the cause for which Em
met died and for which Sarsfield fought. It is sim
ply tho old struggle for our own again that has now
run through seven hundred weary years of blood
and woe. McManus iiufc* the past with the future
in that great line of resistance to the stranger that
commenced when the first Norman man at arms, set
fuot on thy shores, oh ! holy Ireland ! and that
will end only when thy glory will be »a resplendent
among princes and peoples as thy misery was in
tense and ignominious r
When the monuments of the kings of the house
.Brunswick, and of William of Grange, are level
led in the dust, and the Irish earth on which they
stood shall be dedicated anew for the reception of
the ptotuffs of thy own heroes, tiffl'like creations of
the genius of thy own sons:
when the mute marble will typify Brian as he
slew the Dane, Hugh O'Neil, as ho smote the obi
valry of England on theplainof Beal-a-na-bnidka:
“ Owen Roe,” leading the Confederates to victory
and glory:
Sarsfield, as he carried dismay and death into
the cohorts of William at Limerick, or as he wist
fully gazed at his blood on Landen plain, and, in
an agony of disappointment, exclaimed, oh'. that
this had been for Ireland:
Emmet, in the simple sublimity of his self-sacri
fice : .
When thy own flag —the harp without tho
crown—shall be shaken out to the unchained wind,
emblazoned with victories more glorious far than
of Clontorf or Bunbah—victories which shall send
a thrill of. exultation through the nerves of tho
great Celtic race, whose thundering shouts of tri
umph will re-echo through the very portals of
heaven, through which tho dead instruments of thy
liberation shall be passing into tho plenitude of
eternal glory:
When thou, oh, dear old land, will have oast off
thy widowed raiment, in which thou hast, for six
hundred years, sat as a mourner, and in thy vosturo
S ,or y en ’ Br upon thy new mission, crowned with
the laurel wreath of triumph,—when tyranny is
overthrown, and, in its stead, liberty shall stand
erect, alone—then will the resistance which »Ma
dead patriot typifies end, but not till then.
As I am speaking to a mixed audience, I will em
brace the opportunity of saying that I, for one, have
never ceased to believe in the ultimate liberation
of my fatherland. She is now in a swoon, but she
is not dead ; though Ehe lies helpless and motion
less, still there is on her lips a spirit of life, and on
her cheek a glow of beauty.
it Tliui art iim ; tbsl-n > tt
Is crimson on tby lipp, and in thy checks,
And Death's pate fin" is not advanced there.”
Why do you so believe ? I answer, because that
history teacheth that nationalities rarely die; they
arc most commonly indestructible. Look at the
Jews scattered throughout the world, outcasts and
strangers from their own land; yet they ever pray
with their faces to the Holy City, and has not God
sworn to reconstruct the House of Israel?
Secession armies may tread the nationality of a
land into the earth; but, like the grains of wheat
embalmed for three thousand years within the
mummies of the pyramids, its life isbutsuspended.
Place and condition being fit. it grows as fast, as
certain, and as fruitful as that which was gathered
but yesterday into granary.
_ History teaches this—the history of every dena
tionalized race. Waves of conquest, again and
again, pass over a people, burying them out of
sight, and unto forgetfulness. But from the dreary
steppe and the untamed desert the beaten nation
ality, by its fitness, and in obedience to natural
law, emerges into sight, and. despite of desolation,
of conquest, of man, yea, of devils, it again oomas
forth, armed as the avenging genius of the people
it typifies.
So teaches the philosophy of history. So be
lieving, I, for one, will join heartily in paying a
proper tribute of respect to the good ana the gal
lant I looked up to and respected, while living, as
a true Irishman, nnd that I honor and pray for, now
that he is gone to reap the reward of his love and
his faith,
Mr. Henry Lambert was the next and last
speaker.
SPEECH OF MR. HENRY LAMBERT.
Mr. President, and Ladies and Gentlemen: lam
certainly unprepared to address you. I simply
came here in answer to the advertisement I saw in
the papers. But had I been ever so well prepared,
the remarks I have heard toinight, the eloquence
which has stirred, would certainly have precluded
me from making any extended remarks.
Though, sir, I am unused to speaking, there is
something, in the objeets for which this meet
ing has been called, of such an inspiring nature
that I should consider myself a degenerate son of
the land which gave birth to a Shields, an O’Connell,
and a McManus, [loud applause,] if I could not say
something on an occasion like the present.
I recollect seeing, sometime ago, a picture in one
of the illustrated papors of the day representing
the attack, by the Sixty-ninth, at Manassas.
In the front were the stars and stripes [cheers],
and immediately behind was the green flag
of Erin. [Loud cheers.] From the enthusiasm
I have witnessed here to-night I feel con
fident that sthe day is not far distant when the
green flag will be a little in advance, supported by
the stars and stripes; and that the enemies of old
Erin will make a bigger run down the hill of Mnl
loughmast than ever we made at Manassas. [Load
cheers and laughter.]
On the conclusion of Mr. Lambert’s remarks a
collection was taken up to defray Philadelphia's
portion of the expenses .-of the obsequies, The
committee, we learn, will lenve for New York an
Wednesday next, to participate in the ceremonies
in that city.
Christian Volunteers—Formation of a
New Cojipanv. —A public meeting of persons fa
vorable to the organization, of a new military com-
K, with the title of » Christian Volunteers," to
mposed of moral young men, was held last
evening at Concert Hall. The building was about
half filled, a large proportion of those present be
ing ladies. Rev. Antony Atwood, in calling the
meeting to order, remarked that our nation, at this
time, was in a very peculiar condition. But few of
those present, probably, knew anything about war.
We were not a fighting people, but in suoh times
as the present) it behooved every man to
ece where ho stood, to feel his position
and understand it properly, as a citizen of this
nation. In the formation of a company like that
contemplated, the object was that moral young men
should associate together, so that their religious
feelings might not be wounded, and, by their ex
ample, much good be done.
The speaker continued; A large number of young
men were willing and anxious to take part in the
present struggle for the maintenance of the Union,
and would go to the war, no matter how long it
lasted. “I stated,” said the speaker, “along
time ago, that so far as my views are concerned,
the war would not last longer than the 25th of De
cember. This is not merely guess work, bat
the result of calculating the issues presented
and the interests at Etake. Looking at the
wants of the rebel army, it will be seen that it
cannot possibly last a great length of time. These
young men, therefore, will not be detained long
from their homeß. They will have to struggle,
however; but ifl were a young man, it would be
my pride to take hold of this great interest. If
any Government on the face of the earth ever hid
the smiles of Divine sanction, it is the Government
of this nation. Tho hand of God has been visible
with us all through the Rovolntion, and since that
time. Just so Sure as wc are thrown into confusion
and unable to maintain our Government, we will
he a second Mexico for the next fifty years. But we
arc not to be broken up ; our country is strong,
not in military preparation, for we are not n mili
tary people, but we are a strong people; mid what
is better than this, we lovo our country, our Con
stitution, and our liberty. God grant we may
never love them less! ”
Rev, Mr, Brisbane delivered an eloquent prayer,
in which he besought tbe Infinite Ruler that the
uprising of the majesty of law, of right, and of
Union might be effectual for good.
Rev. J. Walker Jackson being called upon, said
he thought it strange that a minister of religion
should appear before an audience to urge the proee
cution of a war; but he was in favor of tho war,
because ho was a pence man. Thenation could only
secure a lasting pence by putting down rebellion
in its midst. He had heard the word peace ema
nate from the mouths of canting hypocrites, but
the number of snoh detestable beings had become
small and beautifully less. There could be no
peace unless liberty bo controlled by law. With
out law, liberty was licentiousness; and for the
sake of preserving this liberty, so interwoven with
the favor of God, ho was in favor of the present
war. Those men who were assailing the Govern!
mont proposed to give the name of peace to desola
tion and anarchy. There was something more ter
rible than war, and, n 3 the least of two evils, the
Speaker favored tho war; though wishing to see
the war ended at the time stated by his reverend
brother, he hoped it would not cease until rebel
lion was crushed.
Rev. Nathaniel West wa3 next introduced, and
reasoned that Christians wero required to take an
interest in movements for the preservation of the
Government. If there was danger to life in war,
those should he foremost who were most fit to die.
God has frequently mndc use of war as an instru
mentality In the accomplishment of his designs.
The speaker ridiculed the idea that because a
brother countryman thought proper to bring down
the wrath of God upon a whole nation he should
go unpunished. Rebellion was witchcraft, and he
was of the opinion that a vast majority of the peo
ple of the South did not know what they were
fighting for.
The Christian company has now forty-one
members enrolled, and attached to the Cameron
Light Guard. Co!. George B. McLean, accepted by
the Secretary of War nnd ordered to march in a
short time. It is the design of the originators of this
movement, principally ladies connected with the
different churches, to hold* a festival for the pur
pose of raising sufficient means to equip the com
pany,
The T. ate Disaster at the Continent vl.—
Miss Zela Gale, who was seriously burned at the
Continental Theatre, was doing very well when
we visited the hospital Inst evening. Miss Abbie
Carr, who has been removed from her hotel at
Third nnd Willow streets, is also doing us well as
can bo expected, although neither of them are yot
considered out of danger, Miss Carr is shockingly
hurned about the body and limbs, but her face is
unharmed. Her father, who, previous to the panic
of 1857, is said to have possessed considerable
means, gave her a good education. The daughter
is only eighteen years of nge. Mr. Carr speaks in.
most enthusiastic terms of the kindness of Mr. and
Mis. wiicullvy for their great attention to tho suf
ferers.
, ]y(jpg Margin ol Conway is still at the hospital,
and is out of all danger. In order to prevent a
similar accident tike occurred at the Continental
Theatre, Mrs. John Drew, of the Arch-street Thea
tre, has had wire proteotors made for every light
in all the dressing rooms, and also wire cases for
ail the side and top lights on the stage. Hereafter
none of the ballet will be permitted to nppear in
gauze dresses without their garments being washed
m a preventive solution.
Tiie Nineteenth wars has contributed
nobly to swoll the ranks of the Northern army.
Above seven hundred men have been enrolled frees
the coaLwharves and the manufactories of that dis
trict. Fifty-seven men were taken from on® pro-,
oinet.