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THE WAR.
Movbmsnts of an important character have
bien made bp the opposing armies in Virginia
daring the by-gone week. Some of these move
ments have been mentioned in this column, and
some have b en hroaehed, unaccompanied by the
Slightest details, because we were wall aware of
awtMtthat the Of ftMs WfißM
bt dttiimmtsl to the intwasl# of the GoMramml.
It Is evident that the rehols have not heen idle
since tike terrible blow” 'received by them du
ring the great “ Seven-Bays Battle,” and fully
aware that an opportunity now offers itself, for the
last time, for the rebel army at Riohmond to
act upon the offensive, they have forced im
mense cohorts forward, in the hope of crushing
the Army of Virginia, or one of its wings,
which was to be hut a portion of the general
plan of the rebels to whip our armies in detail.
This idea is Napoleonic, and, therefore, favored
and adopted by the rebels; and its execution was
entrusted to the “ Napoleon of the Southern ar
mies," General Thomas Jefferson (Stonewall) Jack
son. In proof of this we had the report some
days sinoe that the rebel army was oonoentrattng
at Gordonsville, with an evident design to move
north—to mavo west over the mountains would
have been dangerous, and of but little advantage.
To-day we publish letters from Poolgyille and Front
Royal, upon our first page, which throw some light
upon the anticipated movements of the rebels
east of the Bine Ridge mountains. A letter
from our special correspondent at Harper’s' Ferry,
who has been making a tour of the Shenandoah
Valley, aiso, furnishes ariumber of rebel rumors,
Which throw additional light upon recent move
ments, although, perhaps, not wholly true in them-
Siiyes. With this, we leave the subject to the
reader’s consideration, advising patience until the
War Department shall deem it proper to set the
people at rest, by official announcement of the
actual occurrences recently transpiring in Virginia.
THE NEWS.
An interesting letter from an occasional corre
spondent, at Fort Leavenworth, whioh we publish
to-day, describes the reoent military movements in
Kansas and on the border.
A description of the retreat of the Army of the
Potomac, a visit to Torktown, Williamsburg, and
other points on the Peninsula, forma an interesting
letter, on our first page, from our special corre
apimdent with General McClellan’s army.
Tbb reception given to General Corcoran by
Philadelphia was something for our citizens to be
proud of. It wae a most enthusiastic and appro
priate tribute of respeet to a gallant oitizen and
soldier. We give up muoh of our valuable space
to-day to publish a long, full, and very Interesting
account of this grand reception furnished by our
corps of local reporters.
The Republican State Convention of New Jersey
met at Trenton yesterday and nominated Marous
L. Ward, of Newark, for Governor. The Conven
tion was very patriotic. A foil report of the pro
ceeding* will be found in another column of to
day’* Press.
The report started yesterday by a New England
newspaper of the resignation of Gen. MeClellan is
said to be unfounded.
roaming of some, f..<5 ...it
outrages in iiumAsota, hilt the prompt nation of
the authorities of that State will sender such
troubles shortlived:
The news from the Southwest, to-day, is more
satisfactory. General Curtis’ army has been rein
foroed, acd is preparing for a grand movement
Gen. Lane has his army in Missouri, and the new
Wiettrn regiments are ent ring the field rapidly.
General Blunt, with his Kansas army, and the
gsilant Colon-1 Pits Henry Ware-n, with a regime at
of'iowaoavalry, are in hot pursuit of tho rebel
bandit* Qnantrell, Coffee, Traoy, Cookreil, and
other*, in Southwestern Missouri, and it is thought
the rebels will be overtaken and dispersed, before
they earn cross the Osage river.
We present on our first pagejgiportairtTettera
from Pooltsville andJfeafiV Koyiti. In view of
startling eventew6W^transpiring, these letters are
mostanjftpsfat this time.
(rSoMfDtmgLsos has been abandoned by our
foroesin Tennessee. The telegram states that the
fort ts of little use, as there is but thirty inches of
water in the Tennessee river. It is not the loss of
the fort that we should fiotioe, but the effeot of the
capital which will be made by the rebels with the
announcement that “FursDonolson has been re
taken by the Confederates!”
ieagne Island to the Nation, or New
to Itself.
New Tork is now exhibiting a rivalry—de
based, by personal ends and nnderhand means,
toaqueruloos jealousy—in reference to the
navy yard abont to be built at our city. With
all the intensity, and bitterness of malice and
expectant triumph, the commercial metropolis
has sought to crash out the claims of the
manufacturing metropolis. She never has ad
mitted, and will not admit now, that we are
With Her the twin focus of the elliptical orbit
of American trade; but insists, with a pertina
city that is abundantly ludicrous, in face of
facts which show the empty seif-elation of this
swagger and strut, that she is the single central
point around which the whole financial Inte
rests of the country must revolve. On our
part, We are always Willing to admit, the great
ness of New York, and to take her by the
hand in acknowledgment of onr reciprocal ob
ligations; but when our neighbor disdains
such friendly compromise, and insists upon
compelling our worship of her majestic self,
wo feel bound, In justice to ourselves, to rebut
her sneers , with facts, and to cancel her arro
gabce by unanswerable argument.
In reference to this matter of the League
Inland navy yard, then, we may first ask,
Wind was the purpose of Philadelphia’s gift
to the nation ? and, secondly, What valid rea
sons are there, general and special, whieh
favor the design contemplated by the city,
and, we are happy to add, by Congress ?
The answer .to the first question will be
suggestedby asking another: Does the United
States own a navy yard of a size at all com
mensurate with its national and its maritime
greatness? Hr. Grimes, of lowa, in bis able
speech on this subject, made a comparison of
the navy yards of England, France, and this
country, based upon the statistical reports of
each Government. Prom this it appears that
the united areas of the principal yards of Great
Britain comprise eight hundred and fourteen
acres, and a wharf frontage, not including slips,
canals, and artificial basins, of nearly five
miles; France has eleven hundred and twenty
nine acres, and between ten ana twelve miles
Of Wharf front; while we have but two hundred
and eighteen acres , and not a whole mile of neater
frontage! That for the United States t T hat
to defend the greatest commerce and the
longest coast-line of'the world 1 That to back
our brilliant victories at sea, won through per
sonal daring more than naval material! That
for the Power which has revolutionized naval
wanfere! Two hundred and eighteen acres—
when our national precedence—nay, onr
national existence—depends upon onr supe
riority in jost this particular! When all
the first-rate Powers of the world are exhaust
ing every- material energy and every financial
resource in a terrible struggle for the upper
hand in naval matters! Two hundred and
eighteen acres against France’s eleven hun
dred and twenty-nine, and that paltry area so
cramped and miserably-placed that we have
not a whole mile of wharf frontage to balance
France’s ton! Could not a child see that In
stant action is necessary in this respect, and
the direction of that action 1 Wo must, at
least, keep even with England, and not by
scattered tit-bits of yards, bat by concentra
ting all the naval might oi the country at some
one point, and making that worthy of our na
tional prestige in other directions.
It is precisely to fill this need that Philadel
phia’s offer is made ; sbe gives, as a patriotic
gratuity, four hundred solid and most eligibly
situated acres of land to the government, in
the hope that it may thereby he induced to
erect a navy-yard that shall be worthy of a
national fame. If simply a larger yard wore de
manded in justice to Philadelphia’s importance,
we might he contented with suffering the Go
vernment to extend our present naval depot
out of its own pocket; but when we give, vol
untarily and unreservedly give, so vast a tract
as four hundred acres, every one, except a
biassed New Yorker, must confess that it is
done as a boon to the nation at large, and not
for the sake of mere local aggrandizement.
The general reasons in favor of such a na
tional naval establishment have been brought
home so vividly to every one by our recent
experience of the rebellion, that it is not
worth while to dwell upon them here. We all
know what terror the few gunboats that our
insufficient resources have been able to scrab
ble together, have inspired iuthe rebels when
ever their iron sides have been seen; wo all
remember bow they have often, been the salva
tion of our armies, from the Tennessee to the
James. We all mournfully acknowledge, that
if a dozen Monitors, or even a score of first
class frigates, had been in our possession at
first; the conspiracy could not have lived a
month. But this is of the past; let it go ; for
there is a threatening of the future terribly
portentous. Thinking men are forced to
admit the possibility of a contest, not very
distant, with the allied Powers, and know
that we must wage such a contest on
lie sea, unless we would give over to de
struction our coasts and coast cities. But we
cannot push our cause successfully on the
water situated as we now are; and the re
motest contingency of the horrible alternative
should drive us instantly to a national yard as
the only nenw of yoreatilig If, BllttiiS
this aside) also, the general consideration of
the rapid growth of other nations in naval
matters, and the positive necessity laid upon
ns to maintain bur pre-eminence at this point
if we would maintain it at other points, is
enough to satisfy the most skeptical, and
quicken the most sluggish mind.
If the American nation were a consenting
unit, and were called upon to Invent and en
dow with every advantage a location the most
admirably adapted for the purposes of naval
architecture, its best imaginative ingenuity
could not construct a place of finer advantages
of situation, water privileges, and surrounding
resources, than this same League Island ac
tually possesses.
I. Its position is the most excellentthat could
be devised. It is in the Delaware, just at the
mouth of the Schuylkill— not in the Schuylkill,
« an unnavigable river,” as the New York
Times sneeringly persists. Even if it were
in the Schuylkill, it would be as accessible
as If on the Hudson; fordo not the largest
steamboats that New York ever set afloat
steam daily np the Schuylkill without the
slightest impediment, O veracious Times 1
But League Island is at a most import
ant point of the mighty Delaware —a river
of such depth that, occasionally, New York
vessels have to come round here to unload,
and send their cargoes overland. The island
entirely avoids the objection that can.fairly be
alleged against the present navy yard on ac
count of the ice. It is below the “ Home-
Shoe,” the bend where the ice accumulates,
and is easily accessible to the largest ships
afloat, in ail seasons.
11. By a completion of a short connection
ef-the Pennsylvania Railroad, the Island will be
completely joined with the whole system of
Pennsylvania, New York, and.BaLßmore rail
ways, while the Delaware, Schuylkill, and Le
high rivers, and the Susquehanna, by way of
the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, afford per
fect communication with the most productive
regions for coal and iron to be found on the
seaboard.
111. The depth of water Is,.at low water,’
from twenty-one to thirty-eight feet.
IV. The large area of the island affords the
best opportunities for the erection of all ne
cessary workshops, furnaces, &c., &c. j while
the Back- Channel, which separates it from the
mainland, would form the safest and most ex
tensive log-pen for the preservation of timber
that is to be found in the country.
The fresh water in which the island is
situated would save the Government millions
by obviating the necessity of scraping .vessels’
bottoms. It is well known that the marine
vuog t« mi Baafflora to
the bottoms of vessels; occasion serious mis*
chief; merely lying in fresh water removes
all these destructive agencies. -Besides, the
grand objection to iron vessels—their rapid
corrosion in salt water—would be here en
tirely done away with; and we prophesy that,
in times of peace, nearly every iron- steamer
in the service would be lying in fresh water
off League Island.
Look atjhe subject in what light we will,,
the answer is the same: a national navy-yard
is imperatively
js or it that has yet been dis
covered. Then, let the authorities hasten to
improve the gift which they have already ac
cepted; it cannot be done, at the best, as
rapidly as onr naval exigencies are maturing.
General Corcoran.
General Michael Corcoran received an
ovation at the hands of onr citizens yesterday,
which must have satisfied the distinguished
Irish patriot of the feasibility of raising not
only a regiment, but a brigade of Irish
men in this city. If the demonstration
we witnessed yesterday may be taken as a
true exhibition of war feeling among onr
adopted citizens, we are hazarding nothing
when we venture the opinion that Philadel
phia and New York trill furnish a brigade
of Irishmen-—five thousand soldiers, brave
and true—that in its glory will o’ertop
that which fought at Fontenoy. Cor
coran has the hearts of these people, mid
they have not misplaced. their affection.
His opinions are those of a loyal and tine
man, and they ore intensified In then- power
and effect by his sad but ever-memorable ex
perience in bis Southern prison-homes.
Mr. Hughes on His Knees.
We have often said that Aid-de-camp
Hughes (of the staff of General Breckin
ridge, and now in Pennsylvania on special
service,) was insane, and we think the evi
dences oi his insanity are accumulating. No
supposition but this can account for his recent
foolish and insolent letter to Secretary
Seward. When a man’s loyalty is so
doubtful that he must ask the Secretary of
State to read a small volume of weary plati
. tudes to give him an opinion upon it, we think
we are justified in exercising a grave suspi
cion. This suspicion we entertain of Aid-de
damp Hughes and all his tribe, and, in a like
degree, it is shared by the Secretary of State.
Mr. Seward’s rebuke to Mr. Hughes, and all
like him, who are bnilding up a party against
the Administration, was deserved, and it Will
have an excellent effect upon the country.f AH
who are not for us are against us in this contest.
Those who hesitate, and question and dampen
the public heart, aqd permit social, political,
or personal feelings to interfere with their loro
of country are enemies to our Republic. This
is the inference we draw from the letter of Mr.
Seward, and the' meaning of bis rebuke to
Mr. Hughes.
The Union Men of Maryland.
The way the Union men of Maryland treat
Secessionists and their sympathizers suggests
a lesson to the disaffected In our own locality.
A recent incident, which occurred at Denton,
Caroline county, in that State, afew days ago,
may be related with good effect. The Seces
sionists had become so offensive against the
Administration and the draft for volunteers in
that vicinity, that the Unionists determined
to check their intrigues, and appealed to the
patriotic General Wood for relief. On Mon
day morning la.st } Deputy U. S. Marshal Lyon,
of Baltimore, with two policemen, and sixty in
fanlry and thirty cavalry, under the command
ol United States officers, entered the town
most unexpectedly, placed it lln der martial
law, threw.out pickets, and arrested the fol
lowing individuals, all of whom are now in
confinement at Fort MeHenty:
, 'Francis A. Sisk, Dr. Charles Tore, Dr.
John Holt, Dr. Geoige W. Goldsborough,
Df. Gherbonnier, A. G. Gallett, editor Denton
Journal, (Democratic), Edward Pritchett,
Collison Pritchett, J. w. Bryant, Thomas B.
Quigley, Joseph B. Steele, Alex. Stewart,
Francis A. Gadd, W. H. Elliott.
When the Union men of Maryland are com
pelled to protect themselves in this way, why
should not the Union men of Pennsylvania
pursue the same course ?
LETTER PROM ••OCCASIONAL.”
Washington, August 21,1862.
There being no definite news from the seat
of war, I hear many expressions of anxiety as
to the condition and movements of our army.
The movement of General McClellan would
naturally have the effect of exciting comment
and inquiry, but I think I am justified in say
ing that no ground exists for much of the feel
ing that I see manifested. It is well for the
country to know that those in authority, and
those who profess to be well informed in rela
tion to these matters, were never more confi
dent than they are now. The enthusiasm
being manifested throughout the North, such
examples as that of our own Pennsylvania,
and the vigor with which the general authori
ties are enrolling the able-bodied. citizens now
liable to military duty,-are all remarkable ma
nifestations of the strength and earnestness of
onr people, and have done much to strengthen
the hands of the Administration, and advance
the good cause. Washington is again a busy
city. We see as much excitement around onr
streets as we did in August of last year. The
old camping-grounds of the Army of the Po
tomac are being gradually reoccupied by the
new regiments; the Avenue is decorated with
gay uniforms.; and the long lines of wagons
are again lumbering over Long Bridge. We
are reorganizing a hew army, and aronnd
onr departments all is life, animation, and
energy. ">
■ I do not attach any importance to the im
mediate movements of the armies in Virginia.
It is hardly prohable that our army on the
Rappahannock will attempt anything decisive
until the new regiments are properly placed
as a reserve. The . existing interim must be
carefully guarded. The rebel army will pro
bably attempt to do something before wehave
concentrated our forces. But I do not see
what they can do. Pope’s army is strong
enough to held the Ruppahauneoh agaiuat au j
ordinary force. Medellin ig by this time
united with him—leaving portions of his
army, of course, to manoeuvre on the Penin
sula, hold Norfolk, and prevent the rebels
from building batteries on the Potomac. This
army may not be as large as Lee’s army of
conscripts, but disciplined, trained, and ex
perienced, it is more than, enough to control
Eastern Virginia for the next month, and,; it
may be, capture Richmond. Even supposing
the worst—that, driven by desperation and the
utter hopelessness of tbeir sinking cause, the
rebels should make another raid up the valley,
and menace Maryland, our magnificent line
of works, extending along the whole Potomac,
and sheltered by the hills’ and its ragged ro
mantic shores, are invincible. Either before
them or behind them, we have an army which
may defy the world.
I take this frank view of the case, because I
am anxious to answer the arguments of those
who profess to read the signs of the times, I
merely suppose the worst possible contingency,
in order that it may be dispelled by a very
simple and precise statement of facts. It is
not possible that anything can happen
in Virginia, beyond’ the mere marching
and counter-marching of troops—the build
ing of temporary entrenchments, an oc
casional skirmish, or ah advance to Rich
mond by some route not now anticipated.
Ohr true line of temporary defence will be
the Rappahannock. We are not, I, think,
strong enough to maintain a post .even as far
advanced as Culpeper or the Rapjdan without
additional forces. In doing so we expose our
selves to unnecessary danger, and no desirable
result can be obtained. As we are opening up
a new campaign,- en a larger and more mag
nificent scale, it is unfair to ask ear generals to
carry out- any of the details of the plan until
they are properly strengthened and reinforced.
Ail the forties are gathering for the final
struggle in Virginia. Here the rebellion first
drew the sword, and here by the sword it
shall die. On one side we see the dispirited
South, with an army oi poor, desperate, and
famishing conscripts. On the other side we
see the mighty North, strong in every physi
cal resource, animated with a love of country,
and inspired with a just and holy cause. The
contest wifi be upon us very soon. It must
be brief, Moody, and -decisive. It may
end in the subjugation or annihilation of the
South, but it must end in the triumph of the
Nprih. Occasional.
Continental Monthly for September.
The beat article in this number is the continuation
of.“ A Merchant's Story,” by Edmund Kirke, au
fteiaf iilnwis tiu B!a«Ji M&sd
thB 116 to til fikdt&lieS by Henry P. Leland, entitled
tiMaenroni and Canvas,” ike neiv portion oi Ml'.
Kimball's new story, “ American Student Life,”
(at Yale,) and a clever exaggeration by Henry Mor
ford, called “ Shoulder Straps.” There is a read
able short notice of the late Henry Thomas Bookie,
and a much better sketch of John Neal, of Portland.
Of Horace Greeley’s paper on National Unity we
must say that it reads like a hastily written leader
in the Tribune, There are some interesting reve
lations of Andrew Jackson. For the most part,
the poetry here is poor: “The Children in the
Wood,” (though it has sueh vile rhymes as work
and peri, on and withdrawn,) is a creditable ex
ception. As üßual, there is toe much political mat
ter here ; but, as a whole, it is a readable number.
“ The Molly O’Molly Papers,” we submit, cannot
have been written to be .read- They.are purpose
less and wordy. We have received the Continen
tal Monthly from T. B. Pugh, corner of Sixth and
Chestnut streets.
WAI.KUI- street Theatbb .—On Saturday Week,
the 30th Inst.,- this popular place of amusement
will re-open. Mrs: M. A. Garretson, the lessee,
has recruited her health by a short sojourn at Long
Branch, which, in the summer season, is verymuch
a theatrical colony, Mrs. Hoey, Mr. Wallaok, and
other professionals having residences there. ' Mr-
Price, from the Boston theatre, will be stage-mana
ger of the Walnut-street this season, and Mr. Ed
ward Seed will preside in the box-office; he.has
long been “in the front of the house,” and his pro
motion to the tresßury department is a guarantee
that visitors will be. kindly entreated. - Mrs. Gar
reteon has made some modifications in her company,
by jndioions weeding and additions. Mr: Daven
port will bo the opening “ star,” to be followed- by
Mrs.iEmma Waller, the Kistori of onr drama, who
will produce John Savage’s noble tragedy:of
“ Sybil,”, founded on the well-known Kentucky .in
cident, on which Mr. Sims founded his domestic
romances of ; “ Charlemont” and “-Beauchamps.”
Mrs. Waller will appear in other novelties,* in
cluding, we believe, a new pleee by Mr.:-William
Cowell, now her butiness agent. Mrs. Garretson,
we are assured, has. made a series of engagements
with leading.“;stars,” whieh will prove satisfactory
to the publio. During the recess, the interior ef
Walnut-street Theatre has been “freshened up”
and re-deoorated. New scenery ha* also been pre
pared.
The season at Atlabtic Citv has culminated,
and although still well filled, is daily losing visitors,
notwithstanding those who can do so conveniently
have the most pleasant season at that delightful re
sort still before them. At no period in the year is
the bathing at Atlantic more delicious, or the air
more balmy and invigorating, than during'the last
days of August and throughout the entire-month of
September. We have often wondered why an effort
was not made by the first-dug houseß on the island
to induce visitors to remain during September, mid
are glad, therefore, to learn that this, season Mr.
G. W. Hinckle, whose proprietorship of Congress
Hall has given Buch unqualified 'satisfaction, has
determmed to make his house an attractive. home
for viators until the first of October. In order to
render the experiment a success, he has deter
mined to, make a large reduction in his priee of
board after next Monday, without making any re
duction in the qualify of his accommodations. We
have no doubt that many of our citizens will avail
themselves of Mr. Hinckle’s liberal offer.
Illustrated Papers.— We are indebted to
Mr. Trenwith, No, 205 South Third street, for the
New York Illustrated Netes, for August 30. It is
one of the best numbers yet issued, and contains a
likeness of General Corcoran, as well as many"
other good engravings. We have also Harper’s
Weekly and Vanity Fair from the same gentleman.
Bounty for the Militia.
To the. Editor ;of The Press :
Sir : I beg leave to suggest the. following plan
to raise bounty for the drafted militia:
Let those who are liable to perform military
duty form themselves into clubs, and let each
member contribute a certain sum-towards raising a
fund, to be divided among-those of their number
that should be drafted. For Instance, a elub of
one hundred, paying ten dollars each, would raise
a fund of one thousand dollars; this, divided be
tween ten, which is above thp ratio of the draft,-
would give to each man a dear bounty of ninety
dollars.
A perusal of this method would be the means of
alleviating a great deal of sofferingand distress in
Hie families of the drafted poor. Working-men of
Pennsylvania, I conjure you to adopt this plan.
Tour country demands your serrioes, and yon oan
ndt evade theitßne. Meet it tike pen with patriotic
wisdom, and your glorious country will yet bo
safe.
’Very respectfully yours, E. D. S.
Takaqua, August 13,1862.
THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY. AUGUST 22. 1862.
REBEL RUMORS AX HARTER’S FERRY
STONEWALL JACKSON EXPECTED.
1 RUMORED BATTLE AND RETREAT.
[Special Correspondence of The Preee.]
Harper’s Funny, August 20.
Pursuant to instructions, I have taken up my
abode at this place for a time. Through the kind
ness of Major General John B. Wool, commanding
the Middle Department, £ have, been enabled to .
obtain a general pasa to visit the works in this
vicinity, whioh, however, it would not bo proper
for me to desoribe. Suffice it to say that, in the
opinion of Colonel Miles] 1 ' the accomplished com
mander of this post, they are admirably situated,
and very strong. The troops of Colonel Miles’
command are in excellent condition and spirits, and,
under the salutary effeots of the invigorating air
from the mountains around here, are very healthy.
There is.but little news of importance stirring
here at present, except an occasional report of a
rebel raid in Western Virginia or far up in the
valley.
The Secessionists here confidently look for Jack
son day after day, and no disappointment seems to
shake their belief in his promised pilgrimage into
Maryland, and they Bay he will cross the Potomac
here and at Poolesville. The rebels think that
Jackßon is a real Napoleon, and that he is compe
tent to perform any military movement, however
difficult.
There are numerous rumors here of battles be
tween Pope and Jackson, in whioh, of course,, ao
cording to the Secessionists, the former has been
beaten, and, while I cannot place much confidence
in these silly reports, I am led to believe that great
movements have recently taken place. I send you
the following story, 'Which has an Mr of probability
about some ofits details. (Die pretended facts were
furnished to me by a drover, who arrived here to
day from Strasburg:
It seems that the rebels in- Riohmond, fully,
aware of . the retreat of the army of the Potomac
down the . Peninsula, were not long in determbu
ing what course to pursue in the emergency. A
large force under Jaokson, Longstreet, and. Evrell
was already at Gordonsville, and it was instantly
determined to throw forward all. of the
arorom Eiebmona, vggfpf qsßVHit Stlffi 6(HBmiUl<li
tad with this immense forceaross the Rapia&a,
and demolish; Gen. Pope’s army, whioh Jackson
had reported weak, as proved by his recent fight at
Slaughter’s mountain. -
Accordingly, day before yesterday, by daybreak,
Jackson’s army was on the’south bank of the Rapi
dan, strongly reinforced. That night the river was
forded at three points, and next morning our
piokets and advance guard were captured, the news
of which caused the Federal army to beat a hasty
retreat north from Culpeper, leaving onr sick and
wounded soldiers, and an i mmense amount of stores
and baggage, to fall into the enemy’s hands.
During the retreat, my informant says, fighting
was kept up continually, and near Warrenton a
bloody conflict took place, in which the Federals
were badly beaten, losing several guns and a num
ber of prisoners.
I continued to converse with'my rebel friend,
until he. told rpe that bethought Washington was
now In greater danger really titan ever before, when
I was forced to smile at the rascal’s seemingly honest
credulity.
I seitd the above as I received it. There may be
some truth in the statements of these Secessionists,
for they manage somehow to keep open communi
cation with" the rebels beyond our military lines.
These reports, I may say, have made the Union
people here somewhat uneasy ;,but I hope that
they may prove unfounded, and that we shall find’
that a’strsitegioal’movement of the Army of Vir
ginia is the primitive cause of them.
New troopS are arriving here, and at other im
portant points below and above this place, and every
military position of importance is bring strongly
garrisoned. '
I shall remain here for afew days longer, and if
Stonewall Jackson makes Ms appearance in the
valley of the Shenandoah again, acc6rding to his
promise, I hope to serve up his ignominious defeat
in the oolumns of The Press. R. U. S.
New. Jersey Republican State Convention.
[Special Despatch to The Press.]
Tamms, August 21—The State Convention wss held
at Temperance Hall, at 12 M , to-day. William D. Wa
terman, of Somerset, was unanimously elected temporary
president.
Judge - Waterman, on taking the chair, tendered his
thanks to the Convention for the honor conferred upon
blm. The order of the day now was action, and not
words; and he would not taka np the time of the Con
vention more than to say, do what yon have to do soon
and right. - .
Isaac W. Scndder and Philip Snyder were appointed
secretaries. - •• * . w'- - >
Jacob JEsa-p of Hudson* Imored that a coin*
xoittee on permanent order consisting of one o&ob
const? be appointed* which, was agreed to.
Mr. Jacob Weart moved that a committee or one
from each count? be appointed to i eport resolution*for
the Convention .
Mr. 8. B. Gummere proposed that a committee of one
from each Congressional 'district bb appoint* d to report
resolutions, believing that a smaller number eodd work
better together.
After some consideration, Mr. Gummere withdrew Ms:
proposition,, and a committee on resolutions, under Mr.
. was AppoLiieJ-.
Ml*. H. C. Belville, of Mercer, moved &a£ & committee
tf dottnfy fee appoial&d £o report rules for
the govemnsent of the Convention. Agreed to.
Hon. -Silas Merchant, of Newark, moved that oil re
solutions, offered to the Convention, be referred to tbe;
Committee on Resolutions without reeding. Agreed to.
Tbe Convention then adjourned to P. M.
On reassembling, tho following resolutions were unani
mously adopted:
Resolved, That the foremost and paramount duty of
tbe General Government, of the States, and the people,'
is to devote their utmost energies, their resources, and
their lives, the most effectually and forever to snbdue the
rebellion now rfised against the Government, the liber
ties, pnd tho life of the nation. That everything to the
origin and tbe progress of this rebellion—-the vindictive
pride and disappointed ambition that engendered it, the
false end insidnons political teachings that 'thickened it
Into birth, tbe delußive pretexts and cunning arts that
stimulated its growth, and the lawless passions that, reck
less of reason, of justice, and of oaths* forced its first
violent outbursts upon the deluded and misguided mil
lions nowdrawn under its power—all stamp it the most
cauteless, and wicked, and infamous ever known among
meft ‘
Resolved, That the disruption, the dismemberment, or
the. new formation of this nation are the subjects submit
ted to the discretion or choice of our people. That the
caures.and powers conspicuously seen throngh more tbau
two hundred years in every period of onr being, deter
mining onr destiny, shaping, and guiding, and- com
pactirg onr growth, are before and superior to such dis
cretion or choice, and exact by inevitable law the con
currence and co-operation of both. That the influences,
the agencies, and the conditions, varied and marvellous
as they were, by which in,ail the eras of onr history,
Gdonisl, Revolutionary, and Constitutional, tho hand of
a beneficent God, formed and developed onr national pro
poitiens and life, atruro us by infallible proofs that they
must be nurtured and preserved as they were bestowed,
and tbat all effoxtß to divide or refashion them, alike im
pious and vain, must end only in anarchy and remediless
national decay. -
Resolved, That the principles adonted and the object*
pursued by the President and bis Administration in the
condnet or tbe war and In the general management of onr
national affairs command onr entire and cordial appro
val ; that in tbe confidence, unabated and increasing, re.
postd, without distinction of party, by the tejal millions
of onr countrymen in the fidelity, wisdom; firmness, and
patriotism displayed in their policy and course, we find the
strongest grounds for encouragement and the most auspi-‘
cions omens to the future; and that, standing, as they now
do. on the eve of the great and final events which must re*
suit in the total overthrow of rebellion or in tbe utter ruin
of the conntrj, and clothed, as they now are, with all the
powers that can be conferred by legislation, and aU the
Instruments of war tbat can be furnished by the people,'
it is Iheimperativo duty of 'tbe Admiuietratieu - to exer
cise all those powers, and to wield aU those instruments,
with the most unflinching and uniform vigor, until: the
end shell be attained, in the absolute And universal su
premacy of tbe Got eminent ; that tbeir srampt and
fearless discharge of thetdnty is demanded, alike by the
popular instinct of self-preservation and by the simplest
obligations of their official position; and being folly as
sured tbat they cannot in this direction outrun public
sentiment, we demand that they shall keen pace with it.
Resolved, That witirthe rebellion existing to our laid
foreign Governments have nothing to do, and that against
ail intervention by them we. wifi wage a war'as persistent
and uncompromising as against the rebellion itself. '
Marcus JD. Ward, of Newark, was then nominated for
the office of Governor of New Jersey, on the first ballot*
the other nanus presented having been withdrawn.
Speeches were made by Mr. Ten Eyck, U. S. Senator,
Joseph 0. Potts, Esq., of Trenton, 0, W. Jay, of tip
Trenton Patriot, and Mr. Jos. O. Bradley, of Newark,
after which the Contention adjourned sine die.
LETTER FROM NEW YORK-
[Correspondence of The Frees.]
Hew Yonx, August SI, 1882.
The scene in this city to-day is lively. Wherever we
turn there is a recruiting party. “Fall in and receive
the bounty for yonr families.” “Now Is the time, toll
in!” “ Enlist and receive ex&a bounty.” Such are the
appeals which greet tbe eye as the recruiting detach*
merits pass along the streets with their various trane
parences, carried Iprondly in the hands of newly, enlisted
tofdiers. The 108th New Tork Volunteer Regiment are
in tbe City Ball Park, surrounded by thousands of ad
miring and eager spectators. This regiment is from
Rochester. Another one is preparing in the same coun
ty, and will soon be ready to receive marching orders.
The effect of the lOSth’e presence here at Ibis time has
given recruiting a wonderful impetus
Meantime, the preparations for tbe General Corcoran
Reception are progresuog. Not one of the least of these
preparations is the moulding of thou sands of resolves to
enliitin the Union army, but not till the “bigday*’ls
over. I beard an Irishman say to a recruiting officer in
the Park to-dar, “I’m going to enlist* but not till I give
my name tothegsllant General Corcoran—he’s layman ”
So it goes.
Tbe Commercial Advertiser has the following impor
tant paragraph: “ There are various minors of disaster
to General Pope current in the city to-day. We have in
vein tried to trace them -to any reliable source. We
have, however, conversed with a highly intelllgi nt gen
tleman who is largely in the confidence ol the Adminis
tration, who left Washington last evening* and was to
conversation with the President and Secretary of War as
late as S P. H., and he assures ua that they had no such
intelligence at the time. 'We trust the reports are wholly
nntrna”
These rumors are doubtless the resalt of certain de
spatches received here last night, which, being contra
band of war, tbe morning papers did not publish.
A large invoice of swords ana other arms, which were
not in’Liverpool In time to be shipped by tbe Memphis,
some time since captured, were pot on board another
steamer named the Sunbeam. Advices to that effect
have reached this city, enclosed in an envelope addreased
to B. M. Whitlock, to the purpose of bring forwarded
to homes in Charleston and Savannah. The package
was stopped in the post office, and is now, nodoubtailr,
in the hands of the Government. Provost Marshal
Kennedy to examining the documents tost Saturday
evening.
Tbe number of war meetings, to the neighborhood of
this city, is on the increase. I understand that to the
conns of a few days a tremendous war demonstration to
tobe announced. It is stated that, but for the OoroOrsa
mpvement, the matter would have been publicly mooted
by this time. Large bounties are In store. Tho Ideiof
a draft does not suit the dignity of the metropolis.
THE WAR IN VIRGINIA.
Maryland to be Invaded.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Special Despatches to •• The Press.”
Washington, August 21,1862. _
Pennsylvania Troops in the Field.
No better evidence could he deßlred than the daily re
ports in the Washington newspapers of ths continued ar
rivals for the seat of war of Pennsylvania regiments.
Ths enthusiasm which the fact creates hers oannot bat
bs gratifying to the-people of the State. The rapidity
with which they are being forwarded is aptly illustrated
by the published telegram from Harrisburg. Fourteen
full regiments from the Interior of Pennsylvania have
passed through Washington since Saturday morning
last. The patriotism and -..promptness of the State is the
theme of all praise, and but fully sustains the previous
reputation of Pennsylvania ioßowing the defeat at Boil
Bun, when Governor Curtin sent forward fifteen full
regiments to four days. Their timely arrival was as
gratifying then as now. Representatives of other States
now here express their naquallfled admiration and sur
prise, whila the authorities of the Government are not
behind to giving proper credit to the eld Keystone
State.
Donations to the Pennsylvania Soldiers’
Relief Association.
Col. rmssioN, Chairman oi the Executive Committee,
requests ns to acknowledge the receipt, by him, of the
following liberal contributions to the Pennsylvania Belief
Association: O. B. Barclay, Eeq., Philadelphia, RIOS.
Agricultural Society of Cumberland County, Pa., $3OO.
The latter wae enclosed to the president of the auooia-
Son to a letter from Fbxd. Watts. Esq., of Carlisle, of
which the following is a copy: “The Agricultural So.
oloty of Cumberland County, Pa, appreciating the
benevolence which dictated the kind offices your society
proffer to the sick and wounded Mldien of Pennsylvania,
at its late harvest-homo meeting, unanimously resolved
to appropriate five hundred dollar, of its funds to pro
mote the objects of your aeeocletiQn.”
Not Tree.
Hie prevailing rumor or an engagement yesterday
afternoon to the vicinity of Frederiokßborg is doubtless
untrue.
On the Way.
This evening’s Star, says that there are seven
thousand troops at Port Deposit, waiting transportation
to Washington. -
Sent to the Old Capitol.
This mofning, Captain Lansing, of the Georgetown
provoßt guard, arrested Dr, John P. Stone, of this city,
on the charge of bring disloyal and concerned with rid
ing the rebels. He was taken before the provost marshal,
and sent to the Old Capitol.
General Stnrgis’ Command.
The Star to-day says that the following regiments have
been assigned to the command of General Sturofs : 12tb
Pennsylvania Cavaliy, 2d Now Fork Battery) SOU Jjgf
Tortj i3tii ggg
114th PemißjlYanla Uegiraents.
Major General Cadwalader,
This distinguished general arrived in the city to day.
He ia at Willard’s.
Arrival ofPrisoners.
This morning a squad of the 91st Pennsylvania Regi
ment brought up from Alexandria sixteen prisoners,
whb were sent down yesterday from Culpeper and vici
nity. One is said to have heen a member of Asudt’s
cavalry, and two are guerillas; the rest are citizens,
and are charged with being disloyal, assisting the re
bels, Ac.
The New Cnrirency.
The new postage stainpß commenced to gradually
coine into circulation here. The effect has been to draw
out silver: change, which is not near ao scarce as a
month Stacie.;;.
Returned.
Yesterday, three hundred turd forty convalescent sol
diers from the various hospitals were forwarded from the
Sol aim’s Best to their respective regiments, and this
morning Quite a large number left, the moat of them for
their regiments to the Army of toe Potomac. -
Lient. Col. Bowman Ordered to Duty.
Lieutenant Colonel Bowman, of Pennsylvania, who,
together; with Colonel Cobookan, has just been released
from the Southern prisons, was to-day tendered the com
mand of tin, camp to Luzerne county, .(where the troops
rendezvous,) by toe Governor. Colonel B„ who is now
here, will probably proceed immediately to his new. com
m atari.- - -
Enlisting ’in Maryland—Rebel Recrnits.
The news from Maryland is anite encouraging for
enlisting. It ie’thtught that moßt of the first Quota will
bo raised of volunteers. There ere a large number who
arc running away to avoid toe draft. Several who were'
arrested en route for Virginia were confined to toe Old
Capital prison to-day. - A letter from Point Lookout, re
ceived to-day, says “ That nightly, and even by day,
men are passing from this and the adjoining counties in
droves. These renegades -and traitors to the old .flag
heed for .Virginia, under the delusion that they will not
ba dr afttd upon thrir arrival there, but be received as
refugees. Of course, this sudden exodus to rebellion is
to etcape being drafted in Maryland."
Returned Prisoner Officers,
About one hundred and sixty Union officers, returned
prisoners from Richmond, filled the lower MU of the War
''Department this forenoon; some receiving orders to
rejoin their respective regiments to the field, end others'
receiving leaves of absence varying from ten to' thirty
days. ’
To-day tho returned prisoners are visiting and receiv
ing the congratulations of thrir friends. Over a hun
dred remain at Willaid’a Hotel.
Miscellaneous.
Three'oTtoe nerr regiment.'front Tomesyireinfa .rrlred
here yesterday,. Yir.: The IS3O, Col. Speskman, I,CO[)
strong; the 1321,938 strong, and the 131st, 001. Holla
huger, 1,200 strong. The men are all stool, hearty, end
fine-looking. They are folly armed and equipped. Each
regiment was marched acres* the Potomac soon alter its
arrival. They go at onee into camp for instruction.
Major Fitrhogh, General Otnart’a chief of staff, has
reached Washington, .from Fredericksburg. He was
captured by a portion o£ General Buford’s Cavalry, on
Hobday last, about five miles horn Louisa Court House,
Virginia. *.
Vesterdajj three hundred and fertjr eonyriWfgJ (g[-
dices from thiw voriotm fere tagAsala ttww
tlieir respective, regimen ti», and ibis morning a
Tvirmtier leltfor a similar purpose.
Tbe returned prisoners, with great tmaniinitjyrepre
gent that toe rebel authorities are by no means relaxing
their efforts to complete the fortifications around Rich
mond, qnwhich as many laborers are. now employed as
can work upon themioadvantage.
A colony of colored persons* to settle in Central Ameri
ca, is being raised in tfie District of Colombia. Quite a
'ncmber ere engaged in tbe enterprise.
It is ascertained from the State Department that the
current rumors of intervention or mediation by Euro
pean Power* are without foundation, either in troth or
reason.
There is the highest authority for saying that there is
no foundation for the statements that Gen. Dix is to be
appointed to command at New Orleans, or that the Hon.
Bbtkhdy Johnson is to go there as military governor.
The Secretary of the Treasury has decided, on an ap
peal, that the duty of ten cents per pound was properly
assessed oh shellac under the act of August, 1891, and
also 40 per centum ad valorem on poplinafcnff, the ap
prsiier, on examinatiorrof the article to question, de
termining it to be “Bi]h, cotton, arid worsted—the ailk
being of chief valued* •• "
. The.. President has authorized Governor Staklky to
order an election for Representatives to Congress, in the
First and Second districts of North Carolina.
The Navy Department has ordered Lieut. Command
ing W.O. West to the receiving ship North Carolina;
Acting Paymaster N. M. Whittemore to the .storesbip
'William Badger; Acting Aeeistant Paymaster Daniel
Harmon to the steamer Underwriter; Acting Assistant
Paymaster - —— to the steamer Jacob Bell; Acting
Assistant Paymaster Henry Bussell to toe steamer Hoses.
The Hon. M. F. Odell to here looking to the comfort of
the,volunteers from Brooklyn* and assisting returned
prisoners to procure a settlement of their accounts.
The first payments of thepoitege-starap currency were
made by toe Treasury Department to.day. It to deliv.
exed in sheets, which are perforated llkethe’postage
stamps. . They are printed on the best bank-note paper,
and, therefore, more difficult of separation. Thepubllc
must be cautious when ' separating tola currency, and
not ntotflate the notes, as their receipt and redemption
by toe Treasury-are subject to toe same regulation now
in force for toe United States notes, namely: If any part
of the note to missing, a proportionate amount is deduct*'
ed from the nominal value. For some days the pay*
master will absorb a large share of them. .
The first delivery, of United Slates notes of the deno
minations of one and two dollars was also made to
day!. These, as well as toe postage currency, are de
livered and distributed by the Treasury in the same
’manner as toe United States notes.
The officers of the New York Soldiers’ Belief Society,
of which the Hem. Iba Habbis to President, deny the re*
port that certain persons connected with their organiza
tion have embezzled the funds and absconded. The
money and goods entrusted to the society have been
faithfully and promptly distributed among the sick and
wounded Hew Yorkers to the hospitals here.
Farther from Tennessee.
Nashville, August 20.— Colonel Heffrou, of the 60th
Indiana WAginianfc, proceeded to Gallatin to-day, without
orders, with a force of 250 men, who had been posted at a
bridge. He made a number of arrest* of civilians.
White Colonel Heffron’a party were gone on this expe
ditkm the guorillas burned toe bridge at Bandersvilie,
and captured fourteen men.
Another party was attaoi ed for toe purpose of destroy
ing a bridge, which was preserved by the obstinate con
duct of Captain Atkinson and twenty men of the both
Indiana, who killed a number of the guerillas. This af
fair occurred within ten miles of Nashville.
Colonel Heffronreturned here for reinforcements, when
he was arrested and placed in close confinement for diso
bedience of orders, by* order of Colonel Stiller, com
manding the post.
The ?9;h Pennsylvania Regiment, Colonel Hambrighfc,
went up at fifteen minutes’ notice, and food the guerillas
dispersed.
The Reported Resignation of General Mc-
Cletian
Nxw Yohx, August 2L— None of Gen. McClellan's
friends know aught about Us imputed Intention to re
fcign, as stated by a Bar tford paper, and it to believed to be
nntrue.
Indian Outrages In Minnesota.
Bx. Paul, Mum , August 21.—The Indians toMeeker
of this State, exasperated at the non-reception
of the money due thorn by toe Government, attacked the
whites to the town ef Acton, and killed several persons,
including men, women, and children. Several are also'
reported to have been massacred at the lower. Agency.
The settlers are alarmed, and are coming down the
Minnesota liver. Four companies, under tbe command
of ex- Governor Sibley, are ordered to the scene of the
disturbance.
A Patriotic Movement for the Reinforce
ment of the Navy.
Buffalo, August 31 —Tbe Board of Trade is In corres
pondence vi li other boards of the 'lake cities, regarding
a proposition to organize br Tolnnt&rj enlistment two
thousand or more lakesaHors who wilt be nn»m ployed
acting the winter, and offer them to the Government for
ocean serriee. The senral boards are topa, their wages,
SO that they will be of no expense to the Government, ex.
pept to supply their rations, clothing and equipments.
THE WAR IN TENNESSEE.
Brave tf and Cowardice Contrasted.
THE CAPTURE OP CLARKSVILLE.
Nashville, August 21.—Yesterday at noon
Captain Atkinson, Of tilts 66th Regiment, with 20
men, in a stookade at Edgefield I unction, was at
tacked by 1,000 guerillas. He repulsed them
three times; killed Morgan’s adjutant and 1 pri
vates, wounding 18, and finally, after three hours’
fight, drove them off.
Captain Mason, of the 71st Ohio—the same regi
ment that wag. denounoed by General Sherman
for bowaidloe at the battte’of Shiloh—with three
hundred men and two cannon, in strong entrench
ments at Clarksville, surrendered without resist
ance to the same number of guerillas. The gue
rillas were aided by rebels who had taken the oath
of allegiance. A large amount of U. S. properly
was seized. .
One hundred soldiers wore captured by gue
rillas at Mawskaw creek, near Edgefield junction,
and the bridge burned.
Sen. Nelson left Nashville for- Louisville this
morning. y
Lieut. Col. Heffiren, of Indiana, has been arrest
ed for violating orders.
A despatch from Russellville says that all that is
known here of tire capture of Clarksville, is that
Col. Mason surrendered his whole command to a
guerilla force under A. R. Johnson, Woodward,
and Gturth. The most reliable reports represent
Mason’s force at 209, and that of the rebels at from
400 to 600. Not a gun was fired. Mason and his
men were-paroled, and went d6wn the river.
A second despatch says that farther information
from Clarksville shows that the surrender was the
most disgraceful and ocwardty of the war. The
paroled offioers were allowed to carry off their
horses and side-arms. The surrender was made to
an inferior force of rebel cavalry, and Mason and
Woodward made speeches complimenting each
other..
FORT DONELSON ABANDONED.
New York, August 21 -Aspecial Cairo despatch
stile. iUi.l Pert firaielmn llJuj boon abandoned
the United states troops, as a largo rebel fordo was
approaching, and the post is now valueless, there
being butithirty inches of water in the Cumberland
river...
’jL' H-jEs; .D'Jb£ Jti 1 •
Important to Persons Claiming Exemp
tion froth; Disability,
Hakrisetoo, August 21.—8 y orders received from
the War Burgeon General Smith is directed
to instruct the surgeons to examine persons subject to
draft, with reference to their ability to fight, and do
other duty, and that only. Under tills order those claim
ing exemption on: account of various disorder, will stand
but a poor chance. Bhrge<n>s will be at once selected for
the various counties, and sworn to perform their duty
without fear or taver. No certificates of physicians or
affidavits of disease by the person afflicted will be re
garded by the examining surgeon.
001. Chps. B. Doran’s regiment of sharpshooters was
to-day re-accepted by Gov. Gnrtin, as the lkfth Itsgi
mentof Pennsylvania Volunteers. This regiment was
accepted on the 16th Inst., but, owing to some misunder.
standing, the acceptance was revoked.
Fourteen companies arrived here, this morning from
Pittsburg. Ten of these were immediately made upTnto
a regiment, armed, and emit forward. Another regiment
will leave Gamp Gnrtin to-night.
' THE WAR IN MISSOURI.
DEFEAT OF THE REBELS.
Union Troops m Hot Pursuit.
Bhdalu, Mo., August 20.—Advices from the Vest ars
to the effect that the rebel threes, under Coffee, Qcan
triU, Cockrell, Tracy, and others, which were lately
menacing Lexington, are in fall retreat southward. They
are 4,000 strong, and have the two spiked cannon cap
tured frem Major Poster at Long Jack, on Friday last
Colonel Pita Henry Warren, ofthe lowa Cavalry, mid
Brigadier General Blount, of the Kansas forces, are in
hot pursuit with 35,00 troops and fourteen pieces iff ar
tillery. ;
Yesterday Colonel Warren waa ten irsiloa north of
Johnstown, Bates county, and General Blount twelve
miles southwest of him. Both were moving very rapidly.
" The rebels were only one hour ahead of Warren’s caval
ry. Therein every prospect that they will he overtaken
and captured, or badly whipped at the crossing of the
Osage river.
As scon as Colonel Houston, the commander at Lex
ington, heard of the defeat of Major Footer at Long Jack,
-the made energetic preparations tor the defence of that
city. The o<d%rtifications were' extended,to the river to
enable the troops getting water, and all the adjacent
bulldlngawhlcb might servo for too shelter of Bharp
shootors blown up. He also ordered all the: hempen town
to be burned to prevent the rebels Iromusmgit as breast
works. The warehouses and homp thus burned were pro
bably worth The hemp and factory or Wm,
McGrow riohe'were"wor& #75,t0, on wMch tbero wag
an imrarence of 823,000. The city is now entirely secure
against attack. .
AFFAIRS IN KENTUCKY.
COOIHMJ, .IflgBlt
dianapolis atate that ffiemwop of Kanteeky,
has fled to toe rebel army. The enifro City Council wu
arrested for refusing to take the oath of allegiance, but
were released upon resigning their petitions, and giving
bonds to $5,000 each. The property of the mayor has
been seized and a new election ordered.
Ten Indiana regiments, four companies of cavalry,
and one battery have already gone Into Kentucky. Two
other regiments were expected to leave last night
The Commercial says that to-day guards will he sta
tioned at the railroad depots, and til other avenues lead*
tog from toe State, who will require the exhibition of
provost marshal's passes from all persons leaving.
Fiom Gen. Curtis’ Arm,.
Sr. Lotus, August 21.—A letter to the Republican,
dated Helena, .August 14th, says: **The land forces
here now, , exclusive of Steele’s division, at Clarendon,
cannot be leas' than 30,000. The forces whloh Gen. Cur
tis led through his harassing campaign are recuperated
to a great degree, Thata movement oftbia army will
soon take place seemsto be the general opinion. '
“The foot that about twenty-five steamers are here,
and retained to,Government employ* indicates a movement
down the river. ■ . .
“ General Curtis has returned, and his return has in
creased the expectation of active movements soon.
“ There are some wealthy rebel property-holders about
; Helena, not least ofjwhom Is Gen. Gideon PiHow. He
owned tin ce plantations to the victoitr» att of jwhich, in
cluding the chattels,bavebeflaconfiscatedL Heattempfc
efl to avoid too law by making sham sales, but it did not
avail. >
* » Several years ago a Northern man named H. P.
Coolidge went to Helena comparatively poor. When toe
rebellion broke out his property was estimated, at one
; million of dollars. . The rebels burnt 2,000 bales of cot
. ton for him, and now he ioaes by'confiscationSOO negroes.
’ The fine mention of Gen. Hindman is now occupied as
; headquarters by Gen. Curtis. The building, however \ is
covered with more mortgages than Hindman ever could
:pay...:« • '*"■
; “ The richness on the fleet is exceedingly great On
toe Gtocinna i ninety-three were on toe tifrk list, «nd
take the fleet through, half,their crews are down. Should
_ this matter not mend, toe gunboats will not be able to
co operate very energetically .with the land forces to the
contemplated movement upon Vicksburg. In the camps'
back of the bluffs much sickness prevails, which is at*
‘tribnted to tbenseof the spring water there abounding,
- said to be impregnated with copperas.”
Movement of Troops.
Boston, August 21.— -The 35th Massachusetts leaves
to-morrow, and toe SSth on Sunday.
The 17th Maine Mt here this afternoon, bound Sonth.
letter from Havana and Mexico
Nsw York. August 21 —The steamer Columbia has
arrived with dates from Havana to tbe 16to lost.
. The yellow fever mm decreasing, but for toe past month
had been very fatal.
•' The advices from Orizaba are to the 28to nU, a&dfrom
Vera Cruzto the Irtiast.
Gen. Doblado had offered Gen. Cohos, who succeeded
Marquez in command, $BOO,OOO to turn the troops over,
to the Mexican Government, the money to be paid out of
a loan negotiated with the representative of toe United
States.
The French steamer Grenade had bombarded Cam
peachy, destroying several houses, but was driven off by
a schooner hastily annrd by the authorities.
Advices from Martinique report tbe arrival of 4000
French reinforcements for Mexico. Twenty-five thou
sane were expected.
The news from Bt Domingo and Venezuela is unim
portant.
Arrival of the Steamer Massachusetts.
Nbw York, August 21. —The steams' Massachusetts,
arrived from Port Boyal, reports the health of the
squadron there, at Slono, and at .Charleston, aa
Her officers report seeing on the night of (he 19th a large
steamer, supposed to be the Aragj, ashore off Cape
Henry. She got off herself before any assistance could
be rendered, and proceeded up toe Chesapeake,
A New Irish Regiment in Massachnsetts.
- Boston, August 21.—The Governor has granted au
thority to raise a new Irish regiment for nine months.
It Is proposed to invite General Corcoran to speak at
Faneuit Hall, with a view to stimulate recruiting.
The Maine Seventeenth Regiment left Portland to-day
for the war.
The Xnropa at Boston.
Boston August 2L —The steamer Europe arrived at
tibia port at noon to-day. Her malty were despatched to
New York to toe 2 o’cJock tratn, w
Baseßaunateh.
Habbisburg, August 21 —The firrtmatch gameof bam
baSl ever played inPenntylvania, outride of Philadelphia,
Mme off here yesterday, between the Mountain Club of
Attornm and the Keystone Otob of Harrisburg. It re
sulted to a victory for the latter. v'
Markets.
„ Baltimore, August 21 —Flour dulL Wheat active.
Corn Quiet at 67c88c for white and 62fr6Sc for yellow
Oats very firm; Pesnsylvazfla 57050 c. Whteky qofot
atffityfe.
“NEUTRALS” AIDIfiG SECESSION —'The Panama
KtraUy of August 7* nys: The government cannon.
S3^KS^«MISaSS:
Md,hi P jed n «tday tott.Tr n i,ed ftoZ
ss^sh , fffcjsa£r Hr
the city.
The Thermometer.
august a, L A .* DoC if * Tp.*.
HRB. SB. ESEI BBS. BSE. BbyH
Great War Meeting! in Bucks
COUNTY.—Under the auspices of toe “ Ladles Aid
Association” ter the benefit iff our rick
ootdiere to the neighborhood of Hartgvflle,
a great festival took place yeeterday at a tmaattfoliarm
near HartsvlUe, which will long be remembered in toat
interesting section. From three to tour thousand por
sons attended. Tables were laid oat for. too acopmmoda
tion of the people, who came from all the adjaoent dta
trlote, and a price was charged for admission to ths
grounds. And, when we left last evening, ever #BOO
had been railed tor toe general fund, all of ' Which
was clear gain, inasmuch as the refreshments andiooa
bad been gratuitously suppled by the citisens or toe
neighborhood. Great credit is duo to the ladle®
Hartsville Association, ana especially to Hiss MMia
Davis, the heed or that efficient organisation. At a
o’clock M. yesterday, the Immense assemblage wee MUM
to order by Mr. O. G. Jamison; on bis motion Bey. J*o»»
Bellville was chosen president, and the following gentle
men vice presidents: James Homer, flen. John Davis,
Jos. Barnsley, Joseph Hart, Wm. Long, Joseph Carrol 1 ,
and Isaac Bnskirk, all of them soldiers in the war or
1812. Hsdtlon LCng and Bev. George Jamison were
chosen secretaries. . . . , ...
*• Bev. Mr. BeUviHe, the president, who conducted the
proceedings with great abfllty and tact- openedi the meet
ing with a most admirable speech, in wMch he denounced
the rebels and all who sympathized with them, and ap
pealed to his (Mends to come forward in support ol tne
Government and the war. Here snoceeded. a ferrent
prayer by toe Bev. Mr. Breed, of PMadelphia, after
which too following resolutions were presented by me
Bev. Mr. Long and unanimously adopted : _ , .. .
Ktiolvcd, That civil government is or God, and toot
obedience to ils legitimate antiiority if
flclenm duties of man; that the Government of the Uouea
States is toe most legitimate government onthe eartn,
originating not In any usurpation of an Individual or oi
a class* but in tbo voluntary delegation of POjFer by
those to whom atone God has given the right to exert or
to delegate it, viz: the people; that, therefore, tho Ame
rican Constitution as it Is* until amended as it provides*
hi God*B low to the American people: that as a people we
owe devout thanksgiving toGod, sot only for the excel
lence of the Government under which we live, aim for
the wonderful teries of providences by which its privi
leges were at first secured mid have been continued to us,
but for the fidelity with which it has been ordinarily audio
new administered* and that to this Government it is the
duty of every citizen of the whole United States to ren
der true allegiance and to give his means* his influence,
and* if need be, his blood, for the maintenance of its au
thority.
JZetoZved, That the so* called Southern Confederacy is
a rebellious usurpation* both causeless audwanton ; that
it is sot justified, nor in the least extenuated by any
pretended wrong ever suffered by the titteeas of tho
Southern States at the hands of the Government against
which they have rebelled: and that* therefore, the war
inaugurated by Southern Secession against the United
States is an atrocious crime against Heaven and earth,
which should bring down the judgments of God mid the
execration of man upon every citizen of North or South*'
of our own or other lands* who olds, abets* or sympa
thizes with the same.
JXtsolved, That ft fa the dlatr of this Government to
mUntain itt anftoiily b? force, not onlv for the geaer?
Tttiva vt in vwb lawgmr m# »t n« ng&n ana iiwruvs
of ita hut for the mainteEUMOce of She Jtwn
principies of self-government end the rzghtaof mas* how
imperilled by the mot-t deadly assault they have ever
sustained at the bauds of despotic power, and that to this
end it Is the duly of,the people to respond with Cheerful
ness to every deroaodof the Government for means and
men* tintilthe last vestige of rebellion is swept from the
land, and the Government fd tiw.U&ited States is re
stored to its wonted integrity, and that all resistance, by
word or deed, to necessary taxation or draft* though not
bo daring, is as inlauitous as avowed rebellion.
Buoived, That the devout gratitude of the American
people Is due to the Most High God that, in, this hour of
peril* He has given us a Vreaident, wise, honest, fiim*
and actuated by a true patriotism that has raised the
Presidential chair-as it should be, above the arena of
party strife ; that in .the Government* as .organized, we
recognize the representative* not, of a political party*
but of the American people; that it is the duty of every
good citizen, .without' distinction of party, to rally
Mound the Resident and sustain him. in his laudable
efforts to subdue rebellion, and that all endeavors to re
vive party animosities, to perpetuate party distinctions,
and to create against the President and his
Administration, ore fraught with peril to the. best
interests of our land, so' less than open treason.
JRexdved, That our thanks are due to the young men
of our laud who have nobly volunteered for their coun
try's defence: that we mourn the dead; that we sym
pathize with tbe sick and wounded, and that we would
encourage the living todeeds of bravery by the assurance,
of our grateful remembrances* our sympathy* aid, and
fervent prayers. We will cherish the memory of all,
and commend their deeds to the gratitude and imitation
of posterity.
Betolved, That the gratitude of the country mad of
posterity is due to the patriotic women of our laud, and
to none more than to those by whose invitation we are
here to*day, for their faithful and self-denying services
on behalf of .the sick and wounded of ourarmy - .
Eciolved, That we neither ask nor expert the sym
pathy or aid of despois, or their willing slaves* but com
mend our cause in faith to Freedom's'God, pledging to
ffart cause.ourselves-tm death. .
Tbe Hon* John O. Knox* late judge of Pennsylvania
and Attorney General of the Stafay wasthea introduced,
and spoke with power and eloquence for more than an
hour, arguing the whole cose with exhaustive ability,
and denouncing treason ttod traitors without mercy. The
immense assemblage then adjourned for dinner, and. at
two o'clock, Morton McMichael, the editor of the North
American, was introdneed to the audience and made, an
eloauent and powertol address, which was listened to with
profound attention, being frequently interrupted with en
thusiastic applause. GoL John W; Forney then made an
address occupying an hour, when resolutions of *H*nira
were adopted by the meeting.
When we left, the meeting was stfll progresting, the
most unbennded enthusiasm being manifested.
Military Matters.—Yesterday re
endting was very dull in consequence of the furore
created by the arrival of Genera! Corcoran, bnt it is ex
pected that it will be brisker than ever to-day. The
arrival of General Corcoran and his patriotic speeches toi
our cilizens* together with the fact that to-moerowtis the
last day of recruiting, when tbe regiments will be con
solidated if not completed, will have a good effect* and;
it Is expected, a larger number of recruits will enroll
tbdr names to-day, than ever before in the history of our
city. . .
The Grey Beserves, Colonel Sllmaker,da rapidly fiiUng
up, in view of tbe draft* which wfll-poaitively he made
after Saturday next.
jßThe Bucktaajtegimentfe recruiting vary rapidly, and
a huge number‘of men are' beftig dafiyjzKtstared Is.
i Capt. Obarles F. Eohratson, of Company O, (color
company) 145th T. jOol Uavis), desiresto
return his thaoks to tffarfoUewiog gentlemen* who bo
generously assisted him to rake his company, by the fol
lowing lihtral donations: Ohaa. H. Harknoßs, 325: Jos.
H. Bnlicck, 828: N. Hays, #25; H. W. Araold, *25:
Jos. F. Page, 825; Geo. Cam*be!l, 825; Lewis Elade,
825: 'Wm. F. Hansell, 825; Ohak Mount, #25; John
B, Crcnon, 825: Jas. Lincoln, 825; B. Hansell, #25.
Ospt. Robertson has his company nearly full at present,
and expects to have a fall mtwter roll within a very tew
flays.
. li now nearly
fulL Colonel Heenan wae chief In command of the Cor*
coran narade yesterday afternoon. The roilowin. were
WiMttatttti! M*j«n n
colonel j Canlara K«Ii?,
»q-»*r»B vr cuTahj- nag Been organized tor ibbclU
jetTico, »od io to bo commanCßd to, Captain Josopb W.
y* Harrison, wtoicto is to be attached to a
battalion tindfr the « nunani or Janus A. Schoonmaker,
Who was a lieutenant to one of the cavalry regdmeute In
toe battle of Cedar Mountain, and who. for gallant con
duCT, was ordered by the Secretory of War to raise a
battalion of cavalry for special service. _
There only 238 men mustered toto service for toe
different regiments yesterday
ColonelTippen’a regimMit,l2;<OoLCoUig, 7: CoLPre
/ S?n?s ma^ er V? 2 ’ °° L Heenan, 9; del. Biddle,
16. Col GaHagber, 2; Oofi fchreiber, 5: C?oL Davis* 11 •
Totelfl^ 8 ’ 12 } ool ‘ W{ster » 25 j &>L Johnson, 9.
Motion fob a Nbw Tbtat, Yester
day, in Iho Qnarfer Seusions, Wflllam K. Bull, connael
for Angnatos Harknm, conyictod of juaang a counterfeit
fivo-aollar note, pnrporting to be tbs tens oT tbs' Bank
of Newark. Ke, York, having made a moUon for a new
*”*> «t once to argue it The first point
atsnintd by Mr. Bull was that the learned jndge erred in
admitting the evidence of fir. Hioter, whs testified that
tbe note was R counterfoil, bad never seen a
gainlne note of said bank, nor Out he know there ms
such a bank. This point was argned at some length.
vJS’ re « ard to the existenoe or the
BaiAof Newark, N. f, sod even if there is no ante
Iti? , h? if' aa groTe ? toe note passed as a false one, HI
that a citizen was cheated. He contended that the ofe
terogtf thence is saying, in as mao, words, there is
? erß ? evidence warranted
toe verdict as reudered by the jury.
Judge Ludlow said that he would reserve his decision.
Forging Land Wabbants.—Yester
to toe United state. Piatrict Coort, Jndge Cadwala
aw,Qtaletoptte Armstrong was,pat on trial; charged
with tutoring and pabliahing, and transmitting and pre
senting to tbe Pension Office of the United States, a false
and forged writing or anpUcation tor bonnty vrith
intent to defrand the United States. The appHcafion
was received, at the Pension Office on the Bth of May,
lSffl, and purported to be signed by one Jacob Hairner!
to the presence of two witnesses, and swo-n to before
Alderman George Patobeß. Ashton and Coffey for the
Government; Mclntyre tsM H. It; Phillips for defendant.
The same evidence was elicited in the case as that nub
lished to full, a short tim« tiuco. to
An Urgent AppjfiAil-i-f ha German
Hospital at Twentieth and Norris streets is greatly in
want of flannel abirts, drawers, and cotton panta&oas.
The patients sre i snfferbg greatly from the want of these
necessary articles. We feel arenred that onr citisans.
when they learn this fact, will attend to the matte?
Anycontribntionsofthoabove articles.readlng matter
for the soldiers, or other delicacies for the Bitdc and snf
ferlng inmalOT, may be forwarded to Bev.Hichardson
Grsham, No. 1131 Sonth Tenth Btroat, Ofieß at the hos-
The Gbbman Patbiot ofßast Ten-
B °to™> the acoomplishad
Gmrnah patriot of East TmnMami, trill tidieai thn dti
zens of the Twenty-fourth ward this evening in the
of tbe Home Gna-d afßridge
rifle, commencing at tight Hla will ba
theoutrages of toe to%gt Texmeaaee by toe
• Mr * Boknm wus comptiled by the rebeUto ieava
Fast Tennesfieet and has lost everything ha possessed.
Hty address to-night wiffbe in the EngUah language.
Habeas Coepus.—Yeste’ day, appli
tot the discharge of Max Meyef ftom
hH be being in the twentieth year of his age.
He is titiL-The w«g preeeni, whb testified to
Jifo age. Pro *oat Marshal Eem was present, to answer
to the writ. The case waß condneted by M? A? DroSe
The evidence having been elicited, Jndge Undlow made
an order ofOonrt that Max Meyer be discharged noon
wtMying the Government In regard to nny«£mi£ tS'
esmd br his enlhtment. pmweiu
, Folios Cages.— Chas. V. ihmean
James P. Jones, Philip Madden, and .TfiTtinn
vteie arrested at toe fire at T’
ritenwm, for todtogto rtot. Ttey
were hem to bail to answer at n aney
Sf T-
note of the Wtm«sbiE!i£& a
held in «00 bait hyAldS^a Thei,wors
®bb HoMffiOPATmo Hospital A
&£?£?****• oft,,a Swede’s Church SundaT
D J=! * I ’ l!r oeit week, intte°Bohoot
. STMS N T S
ABLEST.—Yesterday morning Deputy
Marshal flehuyfor arrested a young man ytnned Wii.
gS®*” 4 *®* tending airectiy todte.
crorage eriistinrate The prisoner was handed over to
P** 3 *?™?* who forwarded-him to WasMiSS
, f™«oyto l Ti Bl f^- to *** ‘toanthorittM^^aS
mhoh exertion to bring this class ot traitors to
Mr, Schnjler deßorvea ertdit. vo jnsneo.
f Fatal Result boy named Ruslt
toj> vrt“ *“ronover, in the Twenty-third wm-d h. .
celadon wtffi stone, died froiTinSto l^^
jSraJOtrsFALL— YwhsdSa.y
M stooeVbeiow Eightb ß '
■ Bailing of the Niw Ttuntimms
gftg*riSafas-*3*:«W* Aa*™fet om.
V® not be toTtS^NeVXnSto hSro“
John C. Gbegg, of the PMla
dglhia Otadetatee, M. *. ohnrch, has been mppototod
l27th BegimentPentei Ivsnto Yolunteers,
entered upon the dunes of Mm.Rp
polntment. Mr. Gregg was stationed at Belnbrtdge, Pa,.
K Ihs ttme of Ws appointment. -
Subscriptions
BOUNTY FUND FOB Vi
Thursday, August 21.1862.
FROM FIF*
Johnß. Cre580n.,a.,....5&|
FROM UIX’I
SMiUiken A Oo 100
No. 1214 Arch street.....so
Cbatmeey Buck... 50
Walter A11i50n...........50
A. O Allison .60
Geo. B. Farrell .50
H.W. Sloan.. ....60
Aaron D00d0............60
A friend to the cause..*..26
Wm.W. Pau1*....•••••.26
Stephen F. Whitman.,.. .25
W. Hsneke A Bro 26
Wm. fl.«okoIy. •••*
J. J. B.V ...........20
A. M. AL. 8niger.......16
Isaac Prince.. 1J
H. C.T......
Cash, tonr persons, #1
i eortt'.a.»•*•>•••••• *
tMUUSMSSSS.S •• L^,
Bobert O. Davis. 20
James Mason. ...60
Dr MeWlnnef. f
John J. Boland. 1
Edward T» 8urti5........ 2
Thos S. Wlegand, Mrs.
M. Ford, Oliver Braden,
and Q. Barclay * $5 each. 20
John A. Wallace .........
Joel Cook..M*tMMte...26
FROM BLBV
J. Peterson A C0........100
Pf. Henry W. 8f1iL5....100
A. J.G....**•*••• s„s„"W
Conway"A 8r0...10
Wm.H. Wright.....*... 10
O.G. Creagwile......... 10
J Graham.............. 10
Jacob H0f1mau......... 10
Geo. jCgenhaffer........ 10
Pfiirihr SUIIW... Id
from twhot*
Henry E. Stepson .#25
J.P. Bruner..... 60
Banaom ...........26
Frank Mc1iaug1i11n......25
CharlesP. Ca1dwe11......26
William Palmer*....... .25
C. JB. 1t.....• ... .. • «X 0
Mlm Lackey... *lo
Bobert Glendining....... |
Samuel Sylvester,....-., o
Th0ma58f1i0tt.......... 8
Mrs. Ann8ew1ey........ 1
Mrs. Jane Simpson —.... 6
P.F. Brady r..*Y. 20
C. ......25
B. ShelbJe.... ...,..,,...16
John T0ucey............ 6
H. w. Boltz*.••••■10
Jacob Bears...., 6
D. 3l
)BF3KBKHCE BALL.
I Thais 6 WcKeone,,.. * la .
Cash. . IS ;
Bobert P.BetfTer, M „'{ s :
Frank Deeiiver.
BKCSITBB At BZZ»
Strickland Kneaas..... .$3O
I*. T. Tenner... ........ 6
James 3jee1ey..,........100
JJ. Hooley & 50n........100
Becelved on Tbnrsffay.
Total to close of Than
- Elusion! IVBWTOTS =_ Mft», tar
Wgalis msMf fitting of tks iaj6
tnlfi wiibeM last evening. *
Mr. Howson exhibited a musket, which, he
wee to aUsppearances similar to the many weapon* of
this class, which we every day see In the hands of oar
soldiers. Tbe-specimen, however, would be looked
with unusual interest when they were informed that 5
was one of the first regulation muskets made inthi* city
and a specimen of the first one thousand musketi *2
cently delivered to the Government by the manufacturer!
and contractors, the well-known firm of A., Jenka k 3,™
of Bridesbnzg.
It had fallen to the lot of the exhlbitor'to
minutely many modem fire-arms, both of American and
European manufacture, andbe could state that, &i r 5.
garde excellence of workmanship, neatness of finieh
and superiority of material employed, the weapon bt
fore the meeting could not be excelled.
Hr. Howson also: slated that few could imagine, with
out Investigating the subject of manufacturing g n
arms, the extent ofibe enterprise undertaken by tba
Messrs. Jonhs, In order that some ides of the as
tent of machinery required, and the amount of Übor
and thought demanded in establishing a manufas.
tory each' as that of the Messrs. Jenke, Hr. H. pm.
dnced a small pistol, known as Sharp’s four shooter, sad
stated that a witness had recently sworn that to mans*
foctnre such a weapon profitably an outlay of Sloo.oot
was necessary-
On comparing the two weapons the members ootid
form some judgment of the enormous amount of capiat
required, and the ingenuity wad forethought exercised
by the Messrs. Jenks in perfecting, in little more tkt&
one year, the machinery required to manufacture fin
weapon exhibited, and at a price remunerative to them,
selves, and with the rapidity required by the present exi
gencies of the Government.
Mr. Howson, of the Committee on Meetings, exhibits!
an improved military cap. The edge of the hat is pro.
vided with a suitable number of eyelets or books, br
which a detachable cape or h&velock may be attache!
A loose fold, .forming a part of the doth or other covering
of the cap Is arranged so as to conceal the hooks aad
eyes, the fold being retained in its position over them hr
elastic loops attached to the corners, and passing around
the strap buttons.
When the fcavetook is not in use, it may be folded aß d
placed in foe pocket, and the imp need as a dress cm,
there befog so parts exposed to show that ft, in any war,
differs from the ordinary dress cap.
Mr. H. also exhibited an excellently execute! ptir of
bronzes, the manufacture of Messrs. Warner, Kiakey, k
Merrill, of tide city. The pieces shown were fine work*
of art, and reflect great credit upon this firm, who were
foe first to intioduce the manufacture of this class of
work in foe country.
The Refreshment Saloon.—Among
the receipts reported by the Cooper-Shop Refreshment
Committee iB£. car load of the flrsf cool mined at the
Girard coal lands. It wee rent to the city by James J.
Conner, E«1, of Ashland, to Mayor Henry, who pie
rented it to Hie two ealoone. It ctune in thß Tory nick
of time, no the supply on band was nearly exhausted In
preparing the aoUd refreshments for the soldiers. Oat
citizens, who feel deeirOQg Of contributing to the support
of the Cooper Shop may do so, as there are more funds
going cut than coming 'in.
A letter has been received from Dr. EUerdie Waßace,
directed to William M. Cooper, president of the Coopsr-
Shop Volunteer Refreshment Sal Bon, conveying the intel
ligence that among the guests at the Bread Top fountain
Bones, Huntingdon county, Pa., in Angnat, 18ih Inst,
the earn of 8133 51 was subscribed for the benefit ef tha
volunteerrefreetimentsaloons. Hr. Cooper was requested
to call and receive the check for the fell amount, one
half of the whole asm to be appropriated to the Union
Saloon, by Hr. Cfooper, on behalf of the don ora.
The following additional subscriptions are also report
ed:—H. Dnhoeq, 85: George Bullock, 850: Samuel B.
Thomas, 825; cash, ®t; cash perE. S. H.. 520; Capt J.
Wesley Herring, 85; Elizabeth Scott, 825; N. P. Hol
land, ®I. The Onion Refreshment Committee received
tbrongh one of their ladies the following nrticles, whioh
wore distributed to sick soldiers In our city ragimentj
lately at .Harrison’e landing. From Gibson * Son. lhoz
• ported liquors; 1 box Jamaica ginger from F. Brown;
1 box wise bitters from Tobias A Son; also sundry arti
cles from ladietof tbl WhartoMtrtfit Otmrsh,
N- Jb*
_.sw Jsßsisr -Fourth REatOiKTi—
imeraUDE tommy i&tma* &* Mowing .to*.
soest from an cfflcfr of tbe regiment ' ** The first ordf
received was frcm Gen. Taylor, to support a batter? in
me rear. Before taking position the Bno da Ghnira
delivered an order for the regiment to advance into the
woods to relieve the 3d Pennsylvania, which was dose,
ana tbe regiment kept tmdfr fire for two boors and i
half; it was then relieved by fibe Hih Pennsylvania, but
remained under cover of the edge of the woods in sup
port of that regiment; in the meantime, the enemy ob-
Weed possession of a battery of ours on the right, which
they turned upon ob. Colonel Simpson, not being aware
of ga/aefcr, sent the adjutant to tell them to elerato
tbmrgons; he soon returned with, the on welcome ia
telngenoe of the actual state of affairs, ard, as the
SlX'•*"£ . were being showered very
heavily, his men to lie down. A far
mer examination revealed the fact that the enemy
were also on both flanks, from which they were
pouring in a heavy cross fire, and that they were charg
ing upon the rear in immense numbers, while the New
Jersey 4th and the Pennsylvania Hth were the only
muon troops left, all others laving withdrawn. Their
condition was such that they could net possibly avoid
a surrender or entire annihilation Col Simpson, the
°TSrlr ! ' !d jP lßyeaBrwrt coolness through-
Enrollment for the DBAs®.—Tie
oommiirionere, appointed under the of
marshall Hjßv&nf, for the purpose of mmjdng oat a mors
complete enrollment of all persons liable to be drafted
Into the ranis of the army, will meet this »t
Saneem-etreot Hall, at nine o’clock. Thor; TriifriseriM
the necessary appurtenances, and all reQaisito, Infcmns-
Mon, bearing upon their raseecKTe duties, inorSer Hat
the process of the enrollment may be immediately com
sxte&ced.
Peesonal.-— -Lieut Colonel Goo. W.
Neff, of tbe fid Nentneky Sedmsat who was reesatir
SSS®* Bto^. dOl B ® c ®* a ‘»> havtag beenconfinsd
* ? ?,? lis ?“ 6rof war tor over thirteen months, «r-
UoMtoen t tol. C ' ty JMter4 * T ’ 81,3 * «o* stopping alt.tha
_ SUIOID* FROM FBAB OF THE DRAFT.—Mr.
rafJK Storbridge, Maaaschnsetta, committed
hanging himself br a rope
tt,enpper ,part of shed adjoining his
bmn. Inhmalions were givento’his family of such a
yt«r ° n ? of iho assessors of the town had been
with him taking the names of fluwe subject to draft. Mr.
iwonsrd was an extensive firmer, had acanired a terse.
reß ® octed - He wasfortjr.«w|i
years cf age, anddeavewa wife and two younggoiia.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
THE MONEY MARKET.
; Ismsmssu, August 21,188*.
We were shown to-day some of the ones, twos, sad
three* of the legal-tender notes just {sailed br the Secre
tary of the Xresenry. They are got up ia thehigbee*
stylecfthe art, the sime workmanship rad finish being
put on the ones as there was on the one thousands, so
that it Will be Impassible for them to be succoMfoUr
counterfeited. . . .
We have to nntice another don day in stock opetaSMH
without any material change in prices, the market
closing dull at the following quotations: United Stats
Oonpon sixes, ’SI, were offered at 100#, with 100# hid.
The7!MlosnßoldatloB#,whiehwaa # better than
ww bid at the dote yesterday. State fires receded #.
City loans were steady at 1020>102# for' the new, and
®*2tf ®W the old issues. Camden and Ambok Kriiroad,
Harririrarg Bailroad, HinehOl Bailroad, and Norristown
Eahroad, were no! offered to any extent, and remain as
last Quoted. Pennsylvania Bailroad shares were in fair
re Quest at 49#, and the bonds closed at 104# and Ioo#
for the first and second mortgage. . Beading iSaSroed
was yery Quiets closing at about 30 44-100. In the
other fancies the sales were nhhnporlact, sad without
essential change from yesterday’s , figures. Bo change
In bank stocks. Faaaenger railway aecuritieS were held
firmly. West Fhßaddpbia sola a* 63,TMrtaenth and
Fifteenth-streets at 16#, mid Second and Third-streets
at 70. ■
Gold epened this morning at 14# and sold op to 15 ,
dosing at the latter figure, firm. Thom temam doing ft
•H™. »h>oper cent bring fraelyWd; sflr™ ch»nge to
more plenty, aad will be abundantly supplied in a fe*
days, or as soon as the new postage stamps make their
appearance for circulation.
The new pennies etui command a premium of fire per
cent though the Mint is issuing them at the rate of »
dollars a day. Moot of them, however, a»
sent to other dUee, end it will reanire five or six weeks
to an the orders already on hand.
Old demand notee are more in demand at better rates.
Drexel A Co. quote;
Kew York Er change..... .parol-10 dir
®te*pn Exchange....;. paral-iodir.
Baltimore Exchange ...para # da-
Oonntry firndt. _S.lO®4-Iodi3-
S* 4 -- 18#e»I5X P®-
Old Demand Notes. T#***®-
Philadelphia BMekKxchungeSalM, Aug. 4h
{Beported by B. B- BhSYMSsnn, Phila. Bvchsnga-]
FIRST 1
100 Beading Zhaswn.29‘44
fig Fenna B .10t5.491d
112 do. lote.-.49#
3 do .-.caah.49#
6000 Fezna B, 3d mtg.loo#
1000 do-...........10«v
9000 do bo. 100 k
10 21 & 3d-st B .70
1000 Fenna. fie......... 89
000 City «s Bw cash.lo2lf
600 d0....New...102
1000 do .....97#
stTsin
14.000 Susb te Erie 7s. 95
SECOND
20 Ponca 8,........49#
SO American Gold. -110 k
1000 OitySs 4 cHs.97 .
6000 Snnb A Erie 9i.. .96#
100 Schuyl Bar. 4#
ro thk
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th wi*n, “ j
Harms, r
Edw. I
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Burke, ’
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A. Scott, r «■ X
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T. Bice... - {
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SMHlel Ungers. .
lt
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Morphy, *1 e -_! j Wbi
Cash, 1534 t
D mS 1
Mrs. Ann Se».,r i a
50 cents 9 Kt!*f«S
BHTH WARD.
John G. Baker, j ~
Hampton,
Bowen, J. a rJSL®’
0. T. Or M „, J £*-
h “\B- BonaearV
“I- WBrou. £■ J
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B. Geary and 0 5».
ton/.50ea0h...;,. I ’^
•rousm ward.
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Charles Piper.,,,
Henry Gefering... Ml ‘ **• • 5
Jeremiah King
Theodore W. farker"" 1 !
John Kahlmus. *
Jacob Hyers *'•••!
SamaelOoggins^-bma*
sen, Chan. Toon, BaiJ*
. Dickerson, 82 eich. 0 ' 4 ,
Hot’s Beam, Jacob niV ’
flton, Anthony C'
Cash, P. McOloafe!'
Jag. Bnchanan, t. yl’
Gloekey, Philip MccJ
ran, N. Watlmao, c"
Wright, John Martir'
and W. J. Corey,
each........
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BOABD. „„
1000 Surij Oanal da ">{l
. 413-hand 15th-st..i6J»
6WestFhiladaß...ff
600 American Gold. ..Us
600U57.30T NBk.lKhh
10 Girard 00l 8.ca5h.231,
2000 Sunbnry *Erie7s.9s
4 Girard Bask...«•
lOOSosq Oszal
100 Ooosolid’n 8k..b6.2«
lOOOKlmiraß7s. 3?
25 Schayt 5
boards.
6000 Phila *Bunh7e..9i
BOABD.
11000 Phila A Erie 6e..-«
It Harrisburg 8......«
-IDO U S 7-30 T H, end.lo»»
8000 U 865,*81