tiny Malty Poet. OFFICIAL! PAPER OF TAtt CITY. PITTSBURGH: WEDNESDAY MORNING::AUG. 21. The Last Speech of:Stephen A. Douglas. • In the speech made by Stephen A. Douglas"-at -Chicago, May -Ist, he used these attmittwe ;and memorable words : Whoeccr is pot prepared to sac, party orgontza trace and• platforms= on the altar of his country does Ist deserve the support and countenance of honest Irmo cm we to overcome partizan antipathies !- la :waists of men of all parties so as to pram/ a united front in support of our countryf We must &an dUM-8 ing party issv es, snake no allusions to pa tests, hare no crisninations and recriminations, indutge in no taunts one against the other, as to v h hashes* tee cause of these troubles. "Whessuse shall have rescued the Government and country lrem its perils, and s on its Rag /Wiring in biuntph over every tech of American soft, it will then be time • enough to inquire as so who aid what has brought these troubles upon us. When we shalt have a country and a Government for our children 19 live in peace and /sappiness ' -it mitt be time for each of vs to return to our party banners taccording to o. r own convictions . qf reght and duty. Let him be marked as W 3 - 111 3W4WrtriOt Who win SKR abandOn at! etch issues in Mika Wallas.* THELIATTLE OP WILSON'S CREEK „„;-REPORT OF AN EYE WITNESS, We had an interview yesterday with a sentleman of this city who was in the •battle of Wilson's Creek, its which Gen. Lyon was killed, and to whom we are indebted for an account of the battle. Wilson's Creek is eight miles from Springfield, directly South. The rebel camp extended about a mile from South to Southwest, crossing the Fayetteville road, in a country somewhat broken by hills and ravines. The battle commenced about aix o'clock in the morning by can nonading, Gen. Seigel advancing upon the enemy from the South, having made a circnit to reach them, and Gen. Lyon by the South-West. Our divisions were aboutttvo miles apart, on the extremes or the • enemy's lines, having forced in - their pickets and taken some of them ps:"Wira. Gen: Lyon's force, in which our in formant was, consisted of three regi meals, one from lowa on the right, Mis souri next, then Kansas, and a body of regulars on the left. Gen. Seigel had the Third and Fifth Missouri. The rebels had the best of the ground, being pro tected by thickets, and their columns were six deep, while our force were in more open ground, and only two col umns deep. At the first attack of Gen. ryon's division, his artillery was on the left, but later in the action . it was re moved to the right. They advanced on the rebels, who came out from the brush with two secession flags and one Ameri can flag, doubled up so as to exhibit only twelve stars, and gave the first fire, which was directed towards the colors in the'lowa regiment. ('ten. Lyon's object was tooutflank this division of the rebels, cut it ,off from the main body and join Gen. 'Siegel, which was successfully exe cuted, (3ren. Siegel having made a simul taneous flank movement, thus bringing the`twe . divisions together in the forth of ateartillery planted at the point. Duringthie manceuvering a brisk fire was kept up on both sides, and when the two diviiiims joined the rebels had been driven over a hill facing Gen. Lyon's command into a ravine in which was a large cornfield. Gen. Seigel, in his flank movement, had also driven np a large detachment of rebels into the ravine.— . The remainder of the rebel force was in the;rear of the divisions thus cut off. A murderous fire was opened upon the rebels in the ravine, about ten o'clock, Which they could not long endure and soon began a retreat upon the maih body, in great disorder, setting fire to .t,heir baggage train to prevent its falling into our hands. • Our Forces attempted no pursuit, but having routed the rebels from their po sition, turned towards Springfield and retreated in good order, arriving there about hajf-past two o'clock in the after- BOOM About four o'clock a flag of truce was tient out to the rebels, with wagons to bring in the wounded, who were brought in and placed in the Hospital, the Bailey House and the Methodist Church. Five of the wagons last sent out were cap_ Allred by the rebels. At the Bailey House ,every room had some of the wounded in The Methodist Church and the Hos pital were also tilled. In the latter werealso some of those wounded at Car thage. All the wounded were in good spirits, and rejoiced that their injuries were not so serious as to prevent them having another brush with the enemy. At ten o'clock on Sunday morning a small detachment of rebel cavalry came into Springfield,and about eleven a larger body, who run up the secession flag They continued to arrive until Monday, *ben there were not less than :1,000 in the city. Gen. Seigel retired from Springfie'd on 'Sunday eveniiig, and marched his men • 27 Miles on Monday. On Thursday his fortes were encamped near Rolla, 115 miles•from Sprinfield. At Rolla our in fv.Onnt saw five regiments which had arilifiid to aid Gen. and every • day -on his route home met more troops rim; forward, and coming into St. Louis by regiments. He says that Gen. Siegel expresses his belief that with 50,000 men herean overrun Missouri, and extermi nate seceasion. n the State. .43en.Lyon, this gentleman states, was killed early in the engagement, before the "junction with Siegel's division was , idflioUd, before ten o'clock in the morn. He was nearly at the right of the Zignitin, in frazit of the lowa regiment. jteS tied been win* twice before, once the leg and ,-another , slight wound upon the head; one horse.liad also, been, Waa engaged in dressing the linp 7 when 'he received a ball in the left -side, producing death almost instantly. Ilia lad words were: "Remove my body from the battle field,' Gen. Sturgis, of Kansas, who, with Gen. Sweeny, commanded the forces from that Plate, took command of the divis ion after Geia'. Lyon fell, ~I3en. Sweeny was wounded in the left hip and Gen. i Seigel received a slight wound in the arm from a musket ball. 4ign. McCul lough, was neither killed Li l acwounded, as stated. The plume and horse of an offlcel'wore captured, but they did not belong to McCullough. It is thought they were the property of a rebel officer killed during the engagement. Our informant narrowly escaped be ing captured by the rebels. With Ma jorMudd and :two others, all mounted, they left Springfield early in the morn ing to join the Union forces, and while riding along came upon a picket guard of the rebels consisting of twelve mount ed men. Maj. Mudd asked what they were and our informant replied they looked like secession pickets. Major Mudd spurred his horse forward after the others,who were in advance, and go ahead, when the rebels turned and fired upon them,-..shooting one of the horses in the rear, passing between the two foremost ones. Maj. Mudd fired his pistol and the rebels ran into the thicket. One of them becoming en tangled, Maj. Mudd presented his pis_ tol awl threatened to blow his brains out if he did not conduct himself and party to Gen. Seigel's or Gen. Lyon's division. This he willingly did, inform ing them that if they had gone a mile 'further they would have been in the midst of the rebel camp. The gentleman from whom we have the above information is perfectly relia• ble, but does not wish to have his name appear in the public prints. WHIPPING IN. There is openly manifested a disposi tion on the part of the Gazette to whip in all Republicans who will not subscribe to the call of the chairman of the County Committee. Proclamation has been made that recusants will find their names in print if they dare kick in the traces and venture to manifest their manhood in advocating a ticket for county offices independent of party.— The Gazette will finq its coercive power sadly abreviated upon the first venture; its tin pan thunders haye long since ceased to alarm even nervous females If the men who now proclaim their in dependence of party have the courage we give them credit for, we dare the Ga zette or any other journal to attempt the bullying game. The Republicans of this county may teach the multitude of office seekers that the voters have something to say in the selection as well as election of public servants. MORE COMING. The rush to Washington city is likely to prove overwhelming and may embar rass the Commissary and Quartermaster's Departments. The enlistments in this city since the call for men became im perative, prove beyond debate the exist ence of a healthy and enthusiastic devo tion to the cause. We have been afraid for some time past that. the feeling of security might temporarily overcome pa triotism, but we are delighted to know that enough of men without resort to cotiscription will be forthcoming. Not less than one hundred thousand fresh men will be NU their way to Washington within aweek,where, if they can be only cared for and properly equipped may defy all the rebels out of --the South. The Danger of the Republic. In relation to the adva,nee of the rebels on Washington, the Philadelphia North American has the following sen sible and well-timed remarks : "'We do not wish to play the part of alarmist, but there is no mistaking the meaning of the urgent order from the War Department, which wo print to-day. It indicates as plainly as can be that the danger which has been ap prehended from the advance of the reb el armies, is growing hourly so immi nent as to threaten some great disaster unless the people of the loyal States come forward more generally to save their capital from seizure and their ar mies from destruction. We . gain noth ing by shutting our eyes to such a cri sis as this, or leaving the people to re pose in a delusive security. We are fearfully deficient in troops everywhere. The enemy, long and carefully prepa ring for the moment when all our three months volunteers should have gone home, has now suddenly seized the op portunity to make a rapid and general movement in Missouri, western Virgin ia and toward the • Potomac., All the reberforCes have thus -been crowded forward in overwhelming armies, and to meet them we have forces totally inade quate. In such an emergency as this we have no patience with troops who muti ny and want to come home. If the public were to kick out of their houses all such faineants they would be doing the country a service. Why t 'load the streets of Philadelphia be swarming with soldiers when they are so sorely wanted to meet the enemy. Here are regiments which have been forming for one, two and three months, and are not off yet to the field. Let them be packed off with what men they have. WE have the highest authority for say ing that not one Government in Europe has remonstrated against the rebel ports; but is it not equally true that there is not a Government in Europe that would not ran a paper blockade of those ports f At this moment the commercial cupidity of England, France and Germany is pene• tracing the inlets' of the whole coast of North Carolina with cargoes of goods in shallow vessels. THE despatches and funds intrusted to .Muir are in the State Department. Both are interesting. Muir's lawyer and frier* with promptitude, if not discretion, begged early on Saturday morning for his release, when the evidence against him had not even been examined. They left Mr. Sew. arire presence in anything bat high spirits. A PAYMASTER arrived at Rolla, Mo., on the 15th, and soon after the troops Were * syseetly troubled because they could not get twenty dollar gold pieces changed. _ 1t ~ l-~- z~~~:. JOHN QUINCY ADAMP We copy the following from the life 01 John Quincy Adams, by Hon. Wm. H. Seward. The words of the old man eloquent will sink deep into therhearie of the pi e ient genciation ; c . On the 4th of July, 1831, tit luilf,past three o'clock in the afternoon, the vamp ble James Monroe, 'fifth President of the United States, departed life, aged 73 years, He died at the residence of his son-in-law, Samuel L Gouverneur, Esq., in the city of New York. His decease had been for some days expected, but life lingered until the anniversary of his country's independence, when his spirit took its departure to a bet ter world. Throughout the United States honors were paid to his memory by hoist ing of flags at half mast, the tolling of bells, firing of minute guns, the passing of resolutions, and delivery of eulogies. He was, emphatically, a great and good man, respected and beloved by the people of all parties, without exeertion. There are few instances in the history of the world, of more remarkable coincidences than the death of three Presidents cf the United States, who took moat promi, nent parts in proclaiming and achiev ing the independence of our country, on .the anniversary of the day when the decla ration of that independence was made to the wild. The noise of the firing of cane non, in celebrating the day, caused theeyes of the dying Monroe to open inquiringly. When the occasion of these rejoicings was communicated to him, a look of intelli gence indicated that he understood the character of the day. At this anniversary of oar National In dependence, Mr. Adams delivered an ora tion before the citizens of Quincy. It was an able and eloquent production. The following were the concluding paragraphs. In reference to nullification, which was threatened by some of the Soul here States, he said : 'The event of a conflict in arms, be tween the Union and one of its members, whether terminating in victory or defeat, would be but an alternative of calamity to all. In the hely records of antiquity, we have two examples of a confederation rup tured by the severance of its members, one of which resulted, after three desperate battles, in the extermination of the seced. ing tribe. And the victorious people, in stead of exalting in shouts of triumph, came to the house of God, and abode there till even, before God; and lifted tin their voices, and wept sore, and said,-0 Lord God of Israel why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to-day one tribe lacking in Israel'. The other was a sue,' cessful example of resistance against tyran nical taxation, and severed forever the confederacy, the fragments forming sepa rate kingdoms ; and from that day their history presents an unbroken series of dis estrous alliances, and exterminating wars —of assassinations, conspiracies, revolts, and rebellious, until both parts of the con. federacy sunk into tributary servitude to the nations around them; till the country men of David and Solomon hung their harts upon the willows of Babylon, and were totally lost amidst the multitudes of the Chaldean and Assyrian c. •tiarchies, 'the most despised portion or their slaves ' "In these mournful memorials of their fate, we may behold the sure, too sure prognostication of our own, from the hour when force shall be substituted for deliber ation, in the settlement of our constitu. Lionel questions. This is the deplorable alternative—the extirpation of the seceding member, or the nover•ceasing struggle of two rival confederacies, ultimately bending the neck of both under the yoke of foreign domination, or the despotic soverei4nty of a conqueror at home. May heaven avert the omen! The destinies, not only of our posterity, but of the human race, are at stake. "Let no such molancho:y forebodings intrude upon the festivities of this anni versary. Serene liklfa and balmy breezes are not congenierto the climate of free dom. Progressive improvement in the condition of man, is apparently the purpose of a superintending Providenee. That purpose will not be disappointed. In no delusion of national vanity, but with a feeling of profound gratitude to the - A of our fathers, let us indulge in the cheering hope and belief, that our country and her people have been selected as instruments for preparing and maturing much of the good yet in reserve for the welfare and happiness of the human race. Much good has already been effected by the solemn proclamation of our principles—much more by thq illustration of our example. The tempest which threatens desolation may be destined only to purify the atmos phere. It is not in tranquil ease and en joyment that the active energies of man. kind are displayed. Toils and dangers are trials of the soul, Doomed to the first by his sentence at-the fall, man by submission converts them into pleasures. The last are, since the fall, the conditions of his exist. ence. To see them in advance, to guard against them by all the suggestions of prudence,t.o meet them with the composure of unyielding resistance, and to abide with firm resignation the final dispensation of Him who rules the ball—these are the dice tates of philosophy—these are the precepts of religion—these are the principles and consolations of patriotism—these remain when all is lost—and of these is compared the spirit of independence—the spirit em bodied in that beautiful personification of the poet, which may each of you, my countrymen, to the last hour of his life, apply to himself,— "Thy spirit, Independenc., lot me share, Lord of the lion heart and eagle eye! Thy steps I follow with my bosom bars, Nor heed the storm that howls along the sky A NEW GUN.—Mr. John Morgan, of Ilion, New York State, has invented a gun for whioh he claims the efficiency of a whole battery. It is a repeating cannon—loaded from chambers worked by very simple machinery, and kept cool by a novel application of air and water. It arcs a shell which is calcu lated to explo:le at three different times. OSCAR BECKER, the young man who attempted to assassinate the King of Prussia, belongs to one of the first fam ilies in Russia—his father being a Pro fessor at 0C ease, and one of his uncles a State counsellor at Kiew. He him self has some literary reputation, having written several works, and translated a Russian tragedy into the German. A LARGE number of Democrats in Montgomery county, Ohio, the home ,of Vallandigham, have issued an. address repudiating Vallandigham and his doe trines. The cause of the address was the action of the County DemckmAtio Convention, which being packed by VaLlandigham's friends, placed the Democracy of the county in a false po sition. - ACCOUNTS from Russia state that the war has broken out again in the Cauca sus, and that the Russians have been beaten in three several encounters.-- What tendflo , aggravate the check 4 . 8 that a regimenilutattaohed to the army of 'ilikitiOetiees have shown signs of insubdtaiitFeitAt hive re fused to servo againet the inEttrgentEt , • For The Post. THE “UNION 'PICKET."• Mr. Editor:. -The diatribes of the Gazette ajpinst au/ Patriotic prcjects looking to a Union of men of all INgties, Without reference to past issues, on 4le 00 4,inonlAundeir thivetion to our country, muckeritickWand indignant com 'Evidently cot solens of the sentiment I#ll4l .Pervades alt classes-of this community in tivieillt ignoring political strife, the Giazelti la bors with malignant zeal to defeat a eonEummatic n which, if reached, would gladden every patriot heart. In furtherance of it= intolerant views and to inflame, if possible, the public mind, that j mr nal ostentatiously parades the sayings and doings of those few extremists at the North who are in no sense the representatives of the Democratic masses, while it studiously conceals from its readers the conduct of those noble men whose patriotism spurns the trammels of party. In happy and sk 'king contrast with the il'iberal tone and temper of the Gazette is the course per sued by such men as the recent Democratic nomi nees in the State of Vermont, where Paul Dilling ham, of Waterbarg,Jamee T. Tnurston and Stephen Thomas, have mat declined the nomination c f a Democratio Convention to the officers respectively of Governor, Lieut. Governor and State Treasurer. In his letter of decimation Mr. Dillingham nobly says: "We must, for the time, forget whether we be Republicans or Lemoorats In such a union there will be strength and efficiency; and if we differ hereafter, let it be to settle t, e question—who did most for his country ? Let us act tegether—act honestly, efficiently — and let them wear honors who fairly win them, I tee! very confident that a great numoer—l hope a majority—of all the old parties In this State feel endjudge as I do, and t., , at they rise above party, as such, and stand for their country, one and indivisible, now and forever. WILO such I mean to act, whether their number be (ow or many, till this most wicked rebellion is mushed out; and, wishing that my opinions and acts may be In harmony, I have telt called upon to decline the nomination so honorably tendered tome" The declarations of Messrs. Thurston and Thomas are equally explicit and to the point. De clining nomination, they say: "We are cf the opinion that until the present re bellion and treason shal be c.veroome, it is the duty of every true and loyal cit r,:n to sustain the spira and strengthen the arm of •lus country by every means in h.s power; that party names and differ ences shouid oe entirely laid aide, and not be per mitted to stride loyal citizens, or deter ary man from yielding a full and enthuelastic sup}, rt to the men and measurers on which we must rely for the vicwry of the tiovernment and the UOaetitution over Disunion." hor is this the on) exhibition of patriotism that challenges our admiration and should put to shame those bigoted pohtical hacks who cry ou L agartst "entsing'ing alliancea." In Cortland coun ty New York rays a correspondent of the Albany Journals "The Hon Horatio Ballard, Judge Crandall, and Hamilton Putnam, retuning to unite in the ea 1. Ihese gentlemen were in favor of a Union ticket, and are satisfied that the fair and tionoraole prop osition ma ie by the Republiean &ate Commit ee ougt.t to have been accepted. They belief.) the inane in true litate is now narrowed to a contest between Moss who honestly mean to sustain the Government in a v.goroirs pro.t.e.-utten of the war; and those who would cripple the Adm.nistrnLon, and tone it to fleet-pia dishonorable peace by a re,otoution of the couthent ConfMeracy nisi a permanent disruption of tue Union." The New York 7r,bune, in deprecating the course pursued by such papers as the tiezettc, wisely 8111311:- "However muoh we may have in past times, or may now ditler from our Democratic fellow-citizens on questions of CIA tO aid pokey in times of peace, we naive neither toe right nor the disposition to doubt their honesty and their patriotism in times of war, In the absence of evident*. We date not, tnerefore, for one moment do them the injustice of believinn them capably of befog :aid by Rich mond and Ms associates to set a powerful party organizition in array against the government, oolopened by as audacious and wicked a rebellion as the world nas ever seen, to detend the Constitu tion and the tm on from destruction at, the bands of traitors, Democrats as well as Republicans, men 6f eh party names and med of no party names, from Major-Generals down to the humblest rri vates have rallied around the dug of tneir country, and have stied their blood alike to its defence, and we neither know nor tare, the country neither knows nor cares, to what partisan delexnation they may hitherto have answered. 11 is enough to snow that (hey have rallied to the defense of a government sorely beset by traitors, who mean, it iney can, to raze to us very foundations the temple of Liberty reared by our lathers that we and our children, t.,) the latest generation, Might dwel therein in freedom and in peace " Such is the voice of the Tribune, and let it fi •d, in spite of the =intonations of interested men, a fitting response in old Allegheny county. As for alysqlf . „trolte content, I care not for this Gotten or for tUt.4.OS "mu" br that "set'• If we do t indeed r - desire the perpetuity of our goes nment and the preservation of the rich heritage bequeathed to us tl our fathers, wo may smile at the petty digtine. lions Which once divided OS into contending parties, while, with fiim step and locked alms, we now press forward to the slruggle and the vic ory. Let no such narrow commie 1.3 as those of the Gou,ts find slodgment In our hearts, but united in senti ment and in motion, may we prove fit ;guardians, and custodians of that liberty wo so highly prise. Away, then, with "Republican" or " Democratic" tickets, and let us rally as patriots and citizens around a ticket which shall command the supra). t of all who truly love their country--,t "UNION ICKE'I'." A REFuBLICaN. A MYSTERIOUS STATIC OF AFFAIRS. —The following, from the Riohmond oorrespondenee of the Charleston Mer cury, is very significant : "The Government seems zealously to conceal everything they can from the public here. Up to this day (the 4th) since the fight, no report is made of the wounded or dead, nor will they allow those who have sons and brothers at Manassas to go to asosrtain their fate, and administer to their necessities, if wounded. All we learn is from the newspapers, which obtain their infor mation chiefly from the wounded who are brought here. The death of Col. Fisher, of North Carolina, was not known until his body arrived on its way to North Carolina." The Charleston Courier, of Angus eth, says : "We aro now entering on the third week from the battle, and we have no official report. We know the difficul ties: that have delayed such a report, in the constant movements of many who were engaged in it, but we hope there will be no needleses delay. We need no suppression; our people desire the truth, and can face the truth under any eireumstances. ()an we not, at least, (quest immediately an official state eat,. of the amount and variety of ord nance and military stores captured, as an offset to Northern lies ?" Tan battle in which Gen. Lyon wa s killed watt fought near Springfield, Sat urday morning. The rebels pretend that they routed and closely pursued the United States forces. The fact that they did . not is conclusively proven by the fact that their cavalry did not reach Springfield until noon the day after the battle. There was not a gun fired at Gen. Siegel during his retreat. Tho rebels had been taught at Carthage that he was a dangerous customer when re treating. A BILL is before the rebel Congress which looks to the confiscation of all southern bonds and evidences of south ern State indebtedness which are not registired by a certain date as the prop erty of citizens of the confederate States or of citizens of nations at peace with them. A COMPANY OP Six-Foonas.— Capt. Kopp, a gentleman who has seen serVico in Napoleon's wars, arrived at Indianapolis, Ind., last week, with a company of aix-footem that he had re cruited for the 'Malted Statea`miiee. Secession and Chivalry. The illegality of secession and the lo cality of chivalry are . to he settled by the trial of arms in which we are now engaged. Men reason from themselves to others. Hence southern -men minuet understand and cannot meke allowance for the fundamental differences between the character of the inhabitants of a south ern and of a northern State. Because a ,northern man is not always ready to take another's or expose his own life on account of a real or fancied insult, the, southerner regards him as pusillanimous. That the southerner cannot respect the man whom ho thus estimates is not wonderful, or that he regards him with contempt , and that this want of respect and contempt should lead or contribute to serious political troubles is hardly surprising. Much will be done to in sure political tranquillity when the southern men shall be made to enter. tain a proper estimate of the manly qualities of his countryman. He does not consider that the northern man re ceives his temper from the temperate zone, and has no torrid haste and vio lence in -his storms of passion , and does not remember, what every inhabitant of the northern temperate osn tell him, that the longer a storm is brewing the greater and steadier its strength and the longer its duration. He does not know how the northern child is taught that angry words and blows, save in self defecce, are wrong; that the lives of sparrows even are precious iu the sight of Heaven, much more those of men; that he is guilty of self-murder who wantonly exposes his own life ; that he who kills himself is equally guilty with him who kills another; and that GOD himself came down with thunderings and lightnings, and the sound- of a trumpet exceeding loud, and said from the top of Sinai, "Thou shalt not kill." While he, on the other hand, is taught to be quick at resentment, quick with a blow, quick and skillful at the use of his weapon for the deadliest purposes, "according to the code of honor."— With him his so-called honor is a kind of false religion, stronger than the Christian religion to direct his conduct. He is soon excited, soon appeased.— The intensity of his zeal burns it quick. ly out. Endurance or persistence are not qualities which belong to him.— His energy is dormant; when aroused it has no soberness, but o'crleaps the mark. But a northern man's energy never sleeps ; it works with a persistency and calmness which, on great occasions, is sublime and terrible. His zeal kindles slowly, burns steady and long. He counts the cost before he begins the tower ; he examines the questions of right and duty; then, convinced that he is right, he goes ahead. As he be gins without excitement he continues without reaction, even is the face of a defeat like that at Bull Run. In his estimate he counts disappointments and reverses as a part of the cost, and is pre pared for them. And with a resistless determination he persists till the accom plishment of his purpose. The differences between northern and southern character thus indicated are the natural effect of climate and edu cation, which ultimately mould races. Because of these differences, whenever the northern has come in collision with the southetn temperate the southern temperate has gone down, and the north ern nat'ons may be said to rule the world. The calm, sturdy endurance of Englishmen has made England, and placed the ensign of that little island like the telegraphic signals of civilize.. tion round the world. Our armies will explain the differ ences to southerners, and they will learn that there is a truer chivalry and one more to ,be respected than that which strives, for no useful purpose, to preserve the bloody traditions and cus toms of the middle ages. Only let us be steady and calm and determined.— Let there be no hurry, no impatience, no hesitation, no flagging. Steady is the word. The ship of state has come about out of the trough where she was rolling helplessly ; a steady north wind fills her sails. Steady T. and the break ers are cleared. THE STEAMER ETNA.—The steamer Etna sailed from Liverpool on the 31st ult., three days before the Persia, and is now sew n days overdue. It is believed by the agents of the company to which the Etna belongs in New York that she has broken her propeller, or some other part of her machinery, and put back to Queenstown, as was the case of the AQS tralasian some time since. The Etna is represented as a stronely built vessel, an d is divided into compartments.— She had forty three cabin and one hun dred and thirty-seven steerage passen gers. PRIVATEERS IN THE DUTCH WEST INDIES.—Much surprise has been occa sioned by the report that the privateer Sumter was allowed to refit in the port of Curacos, a Dutch dependency. It appears, however, that the government of the Netherlands has authorized an_ increase of its naval potter :in, the West Indies, and warns all paritiine subjects of the dangers of interkg. with the blockade, or transporting coiiftaband of war. UM= Rebel Occupation of &nnapoili. PIIILADELPHIA, A411E4110 o f : I I am enabled to communiqte to youf. some important and reliable gen ce. The rebels arericitf„fortifyin: . both"sides of Mithiai&Poittii large wharfage ratan itilh•ti v elk:, whence fifteen thousandor more troopi,l , unless prevented, will id it - Short time debark, cross the Potomac and Patux! ent rivers, and take possession of .An napolis. Another emeute at Baltimore will immediately-ensue, and theinidgew on the roads leading to that city be burnt. Washington will therribe. pletely isolated—the consequences of which it is not necessary to speoulati , upon. Charles and St. idarybrintitleii . arc entirely secessicniisin'point of fact are nearly depopulated, so many of their men having joined the rebel for ces, and there is nothing in the world to prevent ten thonsand southerners from taking possession of -.Annapolis, thus encouraging thehorde cf. - traitors at Baltimore to rise simultaneously and break the railroad communication be tween Washington and the North. When this misfortune occurred -before, where would we have been without the route through Annapolis, by thesolunTig now meditated to be obstructed at the same time with that through Balti more ? I have another matter of interest.to say. New York, Philadelphia and Bal timore papers and letters, are carried every day in small ve eels from more down the Chesapeake and up the the Patuxent to Benedict ) thence to the Potomac, and as soon as one of our steamers (which are "keeping:open the river") has passed up or down the stream, a little boat pushes across from some retired inlet, and the same nighty or the next morning, these papers in - a letters are at the rebel's headquatets._ This information is strictly correct and reliable, but I can give you no stronger voucher than my tame, and to say that I have received my intelligence from persons with whom I am quainted and who, I know, arc in po sition to acquire inforniation on this head. lam a member of the First City Troop, just returned from Mary land and Virginia, where• we have been for the last three months. You are at liberty to make any use you choose of this, omitting my name from any publioaticn of the same;-[N. Y. World. A WELL KNowNphYlician and sur geon of great skill and large • practice, in New York, is clurrged by his inti- mates With being possessed by a most singular monomania—nothing less than a supreme and uncontrollable desire to cut out the palates of those who seek his professional services. No inatter, what the disease, the unfortunate pa tient is asked to Open his month, which be no sooner does, than ho is deprived of his palate by the rapid snip of a Fair of surgi cal scissors ! Among his recent victims is an editiii of a leading journal who was troubled with bronchitis, and has now been rendered palateless for l'fe. SOUTHETN PRIVATE= A schooner which had been captured by the Jeff. Davis attempted to go lair Fernandina on Monday last, and was run ashore on the beach, about a mile' from the town. She was chased some distance by the Government fleet, who _. fired into her a number of times before she grounded on the beach. As soot as possible after she touched, she was abandoned by her prize crew, with their prisoners. Subsequently, the fleet sent , men in small boats who set her :on fire' and burnt her up. The schooner wet from South America, and was luaod with hides and copper. _ SWEDISH COMMON IN A.I,RICAN WATEBEL—The official jour*ils of Stockholm annomtes that the §wedish' Government is about '-to Aes theo American coast two vesselstiof-war, to protect the large Swedish,' mercantile feet which is constantly 'la' 'our waters, from injury by privateers and otherwise. The frigate Norrkoping may be expect , ed in a few days, and another vessel will probably follow in a short time: SOUTHERN CHARADTER--41.r. Rus sell, in a recent letter, draws the South ern character in the following language: g , ln no place does greater objecdorto. it : Thir i t i d ., ° 947 -- ~ i lst r-i ja irlar- • universal suffrage--unpopokr l as it f s , hewth in . 1 .'..,,,,,,,, k iii..4 1 x 1• T • 4 7-is!‘ , ti red to in private conversation atr - liast,..over r er . ,44 %-. 4ss r u zu-W I!"' •lritaiji seve4 most of the States--eft thin in thp Aaui;o 2l, =lam Ao Plake 40141-0 tds gloWriut. South. The satraps can bear no rivil, -,r4r f k aiet. 4 "re i M . 11 7,,,, m '-',,i'f---- near the throne. With alltheir indi-• ....ltreenrikitonieseihltreavrrei t : i i 7 el 3 i l li t tl e ° l" r t vidual charms of manner, demean-' nr: , riiVirtes -9 4fraliM i tiA tiz L B allie' An which 'or, hospitality and good breeding, there i romEalk ar t, T4 B, enlY °Wet of the 7 4Tertlaii ~ 1 ~_ .airig _ yceeeription s in h.a E t.h. ..t ~..,., is at tee bottom of the whole system, as =and spread ...,* ~ ,i soixi, : iiiitibifj- --, - -, ,,, t e. ,7 1 ;;;, there is at the base of secession;: agroia Pmunable,-frAitarni=,latriti,B=l,dh7„,..hlB materialism. It may be that t he North- Provek l 4!_,..onitairez.n.,,,....• ' ' . 7 : : , , 77 ' '----- ---"' is equally under the same inflainicit -11, - -" " 7 "- -- - , Thy- -, t ' ut ' ' - it ;44; tin o 'ilm" 3 " - _miss -:-41.-14-, ~. w .. - 4 N may be that all the world is ' rego,": ' ..,- 1 ..''."';',':.....,....," '' .7-11 .7 ,, : ,,..., 44 ,,.;; 1. , i ,,,,,,,, 7: 441 .„ .kk, fated by it--that interest is' the sole .:* -1-774 * ^ the id: OPITLBOILTANT:' , T(NUVUTPBs motive power in polities and m ,,.---,,, -,—.. -,-- • - ' • tion of men. But. in the MO, alooe s , : Ctitie, e i t i A gana ,. in spite of refinement and chivalry, ig ' ' ''"' `*''' : ' .. ." 4 "' , '''aii -- A ----- --76 •" --.. 1" the doctrine preached to thel exclusion 110Betivra wick 11;.: CittiWthfi* snit -r'Aitiesst of any other dogma. Nowhere' e.. - - . ..- - :,,_„..___±_., , 'Agent have I heard so much GU the tioteney of AT NikiitEintNiiftli-'43a7-' D. C. the dollar expressedin , acriage 4 bat - ......,,_ __-..",- ' l. - • o ea ivintirdnitatiti4ciiiigiatitowasaosasr or Ast of cotton,' and hogsheads of sugar.—= Waaaraerox, D. C, October 4,1860. Every white man who is among them op irn o ° VI t i 1f„,,,..• •Peuftickvzsit, - Woe= to takes or may take eteeol l i og f rogt . l 4 en.A. Lth ee diay, sua4l ,4 - att a Sti f t l u tanit a g i, Their• numberia:mitkiini' zedi to meet the fr4= lea 1 '. - :t*:c I r,,,,,milett'l3 en d itej*. 4)t strictest requirement of trading iiithe t i,,, i tirctlsita'sikeiiimm u --- -li si - t z, 2; towns, - and of' mechanic's' arts in the 1° • Vuitris - N. country through all, the 'extVute M fr: l3wklk w;e; fgr 1 0Yeirii the znana . ,-,,. , a . , - V? . Origbinfb fibs No:fetal 1304* It is a delusion to tmaguin'that ihin,lmelia, - -- T - -mum e- - c the possession' 'ciVlllllliitfrpso • facto , i•T*Z=4:l4 l 3 a rr 3lBl4 t or makes it. .... aeman. " : ...: . , 1 years la every branch resting la the Patent Moe iouttee , ‘ tputdAtuilutamytet Invenuu% .;„. *a ft' 5 " . - The indium' Tiottittie - 0:, .• • ts Ilelar e' Address io hts lifen rf Um Lyon's Death; :Ls ':,%•%.. lytle -Atie Evanavillevourn4 August:l4th -1...t.'t.,:41,day morning, after the vows of ofSpringfield reathed Indian.* Lewis Wallace issued the iilletin to the Indiana Zonaves. It a Napoleonic ring : ;I ;Al:settle has been fought near. Springfield, Missouri. Gen. Lyon is slain. Our army is in full retreat. Gen. Fremont htiatele graphed for all the available .-forceaof InCana. - _.. - Ntivz or to i1 144!.i..-„Yeut baelk77o , old ritles,ytiutt erd oflietirOtint . ,tl4 l - 7,4kter glo rious na&S t , "treirglliitffE4y:Oklar4444zt. ever. Ofyir:Jier elliP444o4oo.r*tiAiltinced. and •strong arms.' Let us Make a new renown on-:the banks of thu . ltisiifssippL . :•4iir up the camp, Zottaves, and I will march you -tomorrow:: "' „00. 1 ..1411;;NeigMentIndiatia'irnhOiers. August Tn WHOLi OF rf,---The, mo ored° party, as with a large number of the sufplirters of the Administration, maintairi4i, W.ar from a feeling that - there is — tio'other'Way to save the 43overnment and`;thiCountry They that Separatien;,:iokiinP°o - that-we must remain as. StAtka; each * pies .leallic`oB ad • ministrator or, its own - 4iiiislat i :linder some•other.-4 form of..goirerniie* that we, cannotibe separate4'#dAtenee, or •a_ while theyicall- fvigorone prosecu tion of the war wtastlll4itiegties of any fair adjustment, based upon the posi tion that the Union is "One and insep arable now and foreyer.---{Detroit Free•Pressi •-,.• • BOSTON BOOT AND bEORVALMuKUT. , —The Reporter this weevilMras a slight'.i nate *3, e 141i70011and'S shoes in our market. :'8 . 64(f the Western buyers arc begiti*Atiitake hold, and' e:ttrit—qualitics 'axe; eing forwarded to Cincinnati, Louisville and St. Louis. Many of diir manufactu rers are engaged in making up work for the; Governlne4l,:'oo,lt r isleins to be the 'best' Cnstchnei - iad fitomptsst paymas,ter in thes9 t i ipteo, , .. .. '-: .6 L.,.,-iti....2..ti„.V4'i'z,74. RELEASED.—.-The *pie lt4. Nelson, a member of Congress from Tennessee, who was recently arrested by the Con federates on a charge of treason, and have been subsequently released. 11:g.TO THE 12TR AND IZTPI REGIMENTS P. V.—Authority kas.,beep given me to commute thtti Ragom ofithitii 1241 'and , .l.3th Regi ments, P. V.—the former for six, the latter for rune days. As soon as funds are received froth the Treasury of tho :Vatted States the same wilt be paid to the Q utrtermastera of the Regiments. BEM F. RUTCRINS, Ist Lieut. 3il Cavalry, U. S. A. DUO nOtiCe WAD* ,Vsb. th.reitX the papers the receipt of the above commutation, and the money paid to the r.-presentative of each Cora l:WlT JAITAS A i quartoppater 12tiflieet. 1C.1100861 tad/lite:tic:mato Otii Reef. aulo4f OFFICE OF MI f I iaLIRGII. I LtbURANGE C 0.,) Corner Ittiiiket and Water Streets, Prrrscusou, August .18, MIL Wpm) Preaidentafte4areepre pf Able Corn pwathitlie. TAO Pirt:slothirettik,dividend of FOUR DOLLARS per Mit 'of the profits of the last six months, applicable to the reduction of Stock Nome. [an/7:1w) RIEEEIAET, Sec. _1"7" POSF-OFFiailtiTACL*-0411TAttIPS." Poee-Orricr, Piaticatracm, PA Angust 19,1881. I'ant prepated to r ixxchange i toltniplihanws of the nearbfyle reran etinfaalsnharfitialitroltatio d issue during a period of SIX PAYS front Abe date hereof; AFTER. THE EXPI RATIO% vF TWJf the ." odd 14tampr, n i otalio received in payment oepo , ttigeiingefliais - tirgapriisent, from this office. . 424112clin8P91311 2 3 1 4. 1 11 rStiO z t il lItIV . , Post Master. POSt-0 PF ro 'NOTICIE.--1 AM PEE PARED•to eze,bange EN YELOPE S of the new etytelor , itie":itpitialent amount of the old in aue, during a p nod of 91X DAYS from the date hereof; the latter will not THEREAPTEE be re ceived in payment of postage on lade= Pent from this office. S. F. - VON DONNED:IIMT, P. M. P9si-offiee, Pittsburgh, Auguit Vermitit. ' Costar's" "cistac's", Bat, Roach, 11?ttarninator., ' • "Costar's" lied-bn Fatermitator. “ Peostres” littootris Powder - for Itseots, &c. In '254 4 6 ° e . inia-14*14.i5i;3360614ju1-Flasks 3 and $6 Biz es for Plsatittone, Ship4l3oats. Hotels, dr.o. "'these Preparations (unlike all *there) are*',Vllle-front Poisons,".-"Not dangerous to the Entn*htonlY9' "flats come onto!' their holes to tlie,'3 , 4frirdiso. Were ..oprir4trittwifto:'64"-12' ynars -establish. . nseitby the City Post-Office—the City ' Prisons tnut-tatatibu 00 4 1 1eA — the: cilIY stetfurterA aty sotetc4A,l*.Niatif;* Ihore than 20,000 private families. • ="iftzriPthe MA . Rain-cßoaehes4.-Crttaf -BugetAnW4Setl-augs-,- Moths in lorme,Clothes, otg—hfoles orProlittd Mice —4 f nex i di rAi a lreini — lnseetnonPlants,Flitilit,Ani.. mats, eta, etc—id short, every form and species of lir Eltllllllll . a.- I r r Beware WWI hal Wiens oflCorraa's." Airfot and Taus nothingsbut "Coma's." air- ! Sold Everywhero--by XII Wholesslepruggh3ta in the large cities. sir Sold bill Ar'FialitratTOCK A; CO., and all the \Wholesale Druggists in Pittsburgh, 1 1, i6, and by il2-the keit& Druggists auk Sinfikeepurs m tuty and not • --, *it- Country dealeia can orderas abate. Or address orderadireib-lof Tering, etc., is desired—ielitendlor )116 . 0kiire. ing reduCedlenceellto HENRY R. COSTAR, ' Plinnizst,Drp or .- ....atiltiiiY.-{Oppoalte the St. liicttelairliotela New York: aul9-lautiti---
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