t : .——k ; '• ■ **t4 %.>; - ' BY DAVID OVER. THE EREITMTTLE. Additional Details* WASHINGTON, Monday* July 22, 1861. THE RETREAT —THE EVEN* B ™ EAT. The retreat of the Federal troops yesterday was one of those extraordinary events which can no more be explained than it can be justi fied or palliated. The day was ours. The ene my had boen driven step by step from every position and the field was occupied by our troops. Our columns bad united in the very heart of the rebels' stronghold, when the order to retire was issued. From victory to defeat was only the work of an instant. At ths moc meat of our greatest hope all changed, and the spirit and the valor of the army were gone. I will briefly review the events of the day. Our forces started upon their march at halt past two in the morning, taking a road toward Ball's Run, about half a mile to the right of that upon which the First Division advanced on Thursday. When near the euemy, a column shot off by the side road to the right, with the purpose of flanking the position and attacking in the rear. This column comprised the di visions of Gen. Hunter and Col. Heintzeluian. The division under Gen. Tyler advanoed direct, and by six o'clock reached the neighborhood of Bull's Run, bcyoad which the enemy was seen drawn up in line, and apparently awaiting the battle. The first demonstration from our side was made by Capt. Carlisle's battery of artillery, with a thirty-two pound Parrot rifled cannon, two shells from which were fired without BDy response. At about the same time the Seoond Brigade, under Gen. Sohenck, was formed at the left, aud the Third, under Col. Sherman, at the right of the road. Light skirmishing soon after began, in which f >ur men where wounded by discharges from a masked battery which they encountered, id before which they slowly retreated. Between 7 and 8 o'clook cannonading was beard from Col. Richardson's position, he baviug beeu di rected to open a diversion to conceal our real purpose. For ao hour after, the howitzers of Oapt. Carlila kept the enemy active, and it ma not until near noon that other batteries were drawn in, and the infantry engagement was prepared for. The 3d Brigade, including the 69th, and loth New York, and 2d Wisconsin Regiments moved forward to the right, and advanced reg ularly up the hill slope beyond Bull's Rao, upon which the enemy were statioKd in force. The thick woods on either side obstructed the view but presently volleys of um-ketry were heard both to the right aud left, and in the distance, as if Hunter's Division were an proacbiag and getting at work. Immediately after, this belief was confirmed by the thick cloud of emcke which rose from afar, and presently the troops themselves were seen moving rapidly forward, and driviug the enemy before them at a distance of about two miles. The 3d Brigade was by this time menacing one of the enemy's earthwork*, and appeared to be hotly engaged. Col. Kcyes's division, the 4th was accordingly ordered down to re enforce, and at once pushed forward in sup port. The 2d brigade remained firm at the right, bat not yet actively eDgaged. Prom 001. Richardson's post, a mile or two to the left around to Col. Hunter's two miles to the right and front, the battle thus spread over some five miles of space. Tbeir artillery was finely worked, and was quick to discover the places whenever oer men gathered; but. up to this time, the injury done by tbeui was alight. In infantry contests they were perpetually beaten, but when they resta ted, it was to take a new and more strongly fortified position. At times they ranged them selves upon the opeu field, or road, but were invariable driven baok by Hunter's or Sher* man's men. Their force was very large, and 1 should judge from the bodies which kept pouring down from Manassas, greatly superfor to ours. They fought well, and even in their rotreats showed considerable order, but their works -were one by one taken from them, until they held only two or three , one in the highest ground of their position, and the others to tbejleft of Gen. Tyler's division. The first of these was stOTm ed by the Zouave Regiment, but was either not taken, or was not held. The others were well employed by the rebels, who threw inces sant shot and shell among our most exposed [ men. We still pushed forward until the whola ! of our men, excepting the second brigade of ; thojfirst division had crossed Bull's Run. The engineers were about constructing a bridge for the artillery, the regular stone bridge having been mined, and the two col* uruns under Gens. Tyler and Hunter, the lat ter of which was led by Gen. McDowell, had actually completed tbeir junction, when the order to retreat was given. Why it was giv en, no person who witnessed the battle and , saw the condition in which affairs stood can attempt to comprehend. The only point posi tively held by the enemy was in a hollow, to our left; and although an effort was undoubted ly made to overreach us at the left, all ample force —one entire brigade— was ready to re ceive them, and did receive and repulse them : afterward, in spite of the panic which reigned. But, at the beginning of the retirement, a few ambulances and baggage wagens were driven hurredly away; the<®oiso of which seemed to spread terror among the troops within hearing, who instantly broke ranks and ran, pell meil, toward Centre?ille> This contagion caught the rest, and in less' than ten minutss our army was flying in the utoiMt disorder. Everything was abandoned. The wopnded wcte deserted in the hospital?, A Weekly Paper, Devoted to Literature, Politics, the Arts, Sciences, Agriculture, &c., See —Terms: One Dollar and Fifty Cents in Advance. and the only thought was individual safety. Guns were thrown aside, and blankets and knapsacks were lost and trampled upon. The artillery shared the panic; the guns were cut I loose, and the gunners used the horses to es cape the more swiftly. Those on foot begged piteously to be allowed to share the horses of those who rode. Many strove to clamber iuto wagons, and were pushed back by the bayo. nets of those who occupied them. The ground wag strewed with food, weapous, and clothing of every kind. Many of our gnn9 were left to fall into tho enemy's hands, including the large 32pounders which had I done so mneh service during the fight. All courage, all manliness seemed to have forsa ken our terror-stricken men. The last stand upon the field was made bv one of the Ohio regiments, under Col. McCook, i I believe, but about three miles back the re serve b("!ade of Gen. Blenker was drawn up in line to cover the retreat, and effect whatever service was needed. The stand of Gen. Blen ker saved us from great losses. The enemy camo up in small force At 11 : o'olock at night, aud charged upon the Slh New York regiment, capturing six of its meD. The charge was repulsed, aud the enemy at tacked with suub vigor as to cause them to fly, leaving their prisoners. The disorder of our men eoutioued during the night. There was • no army, only a vast rabble. By midnight j they were all scattered in the road to Fairtax ! Court-House, and soon after, Gen. Blenker, with the Bih New-York regimeut, took up his reireat in perfect order—the only body that so retreated. I left Centreville at 8 o'clock this morning. The last fragments of our force had all been long gone; eveu the hospitals were nearly de serted, all who could limp having started forth with crutches and canes. The rebel scouts I were dashing 'hrougb tho town, and apparectiy j endeavoring to ascertain in which way they j could best succeed in culling off the stragglers, j I do not know, however, that any serious at- j tempt to do this was made. The road from Centreville to Fairfax was thick with the debris of the retreat. Baggage wagons were overturned and the horses lying dead and dying. Guns, ambulances, stores of provisions were strewn everywhere. At Fair fax Court rio ise the inhabitants were plued* eriDg our deserted baggage. Toward Arlington the evidences of the disgraceful retreat con ; ticued. About four miles from the Long Bridge Qeti. Bleaker was moving regularly to ward Washington, his (orce in thorough order. :As he passed,he desticyed the important bridg es to secure against sudden pursuit. The reports cf losses are various. I cannot estimate our loss at less than 500 killed and wounded, but 1 believe that it cannot much exceed that uumbcr. As regaids individuals, ; the most contradictory rumors reach us, and it would be criminal to spread them in this mo ment of uncertainly. ANOTHER ACCOUNT <>F THE BATTEI,. I arrived at Ceutreville at 10 o'olook yester day, and fust visited Geo. Richardson's Bri gade, which was drawn op on the ground oc cupied last Thursday. Four Parrot guns were in position, throwing shot and shell into the woods across the RUD. Away over Manassas was a dense cloud of dust, and largo bodies of men could be seen moving toward tlie North, to where the main body under Gen. McDowell was engaging the rebel batteries. The cauon ade was inoessant, the heavy 32-pounders being distinctly heard above the thunder of the smaller pieocs. There was no reply to Richardson's batteries but, with a glass, men could bo scon in small parties of two or three in the woods at tbe foot of tbe long slope, it was evident that the main force of the enemy was being direot ed to McDowell's attack. In addition to Richardson's Brigade on their road were the New York 18th and 32d. The first musketry was heard at 11:35 o'olook, which soon increased to a terrific fire. Taking a short out through the woods, 1 reached the rear of Geo. Tylet's division. On my way 1 came upon Club Creek, a small stream with steep banks. Tbero the rebels had cut trees for a long distance to impede the progress of troops. Subsequent events indicate that the plan of the battle bad beon long consider ed, and that it was one of tbe suppositious of the enemy that the attack would bo made by Gen. McDowell, as it was made. Reaching the left wing of Gen. Tyler's di vision, I found four pieces of Sherman's Bat tery at rost, having been engaged all the morn ing, with the loss of three men. At a small house a hospital bad been established. Many civ ilian* were here in carriages. Further on was Gen. Sohenck's brigade, which had also been engaged, but had been withdrawn after severe loss. It was now nearly 2 p. no., and a fire of musketry was incessant for fifteen minutes, then it slackened, and thereupon cheers rent the air as an Aid came down tbe line with the intelli gence that we had gained their ground. At this time it was also currently reported that Gen. Banks had arrived, having chased Johns ton through tbe Gap. The soldiers received tbe intelligence with huzzabs. Sevoral prison er# were captured, one was a captain from Louisville. He said that they had from 80, 000 to 100,000 men, that Davis comman ded in person, with Beauregard and Lee ootn (jers of right and left wings. He was particularly jubilant over the expec ted result, though a prisoner. He had no doubt of tbe final issue of tbe battle. A little later, Capt. Alexander of the En gineers, attached to Gen. Tyler's Division, came slowly hp tbe lines. He said we were gaining ground, but that they ooctected every inch. He praised tbe action of our men.— BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY, AUG. 2. 1861. They wore outnumbered , but behaved brave 'y- This intelligence was confirmed by tbe cheers wbioh was heard at .the Sixty-Ninth made a charge on the enemy's battery, and ! drove them from their guns. Before the charge the musketry vollies were insessant. It was tho hardest part of the fight. Aud now, with a strange alternation, there was a silence which lasted five minutes: not a gun scaroely was heard. Those posted in tbe trees report ed that the enemy was flying. Booking across the Run opposite the extreme left of Gen, Tyler's Division, and fronting Gen. Scbenck's Brigade, a mas 9 of the enemy could be seen on a slight olevelati u, by a stone bouse. Ono regiment moved dowu the slope, and took position in n body of woods. A battery ot I wo pieces more followed. Carlisle was ordered in front of Schenck's -Biigade, which stood in tbe road. Carlisle opened fire, which was replied to by tho ene my- Sherman's fotfr pieces moved dowu, but had no room to come into position. The firing was kept up at intervals. The enemy threw a shell with great precision which ki!.lo<i one ' of tbe Ohio men and wounded two pths ; ers. The remainder of Tyler's column bad, by this time moved further out of the enemy's grounds, and the cannonade ahead recom menced, followed as before by volleys of mus ketry. At 84 o'clock it was very heavy.— The attack on the defense on the right was at this time conducted with great energy. Fassing to an olevatiou in the rear of Sehctick's brigade, a wide view was obtained. A mile or two in rear of Burnsida I could see a cloud of dust. What could it mean? In quires gave no satisfactionl Also, in the same direotion, a mass of infantry were in view. Not liking the appearance of things, i returned to the left flank. Exhausted from heat and thirst, in coscpa i ny with some civilians, wo went for water to a spring a hundred vards to the left. Sud dcnljr theie was a commotion; a noise as of men in oonfueion. A bullet weut spinning past, and then there came musket shots, and one or two cannon discharges. Looking in the direction of the Warren ton Road there was a scene of indescribable confusion.— Everybody ran. A portion of Sherman's Bat tery thundered by. There were baggage wagons, private car riages. ambulances, artillery wagons and crowds of men fleeing in indiscriminate ooefu sion, all crowding across the bridges at Cub Creek or passing tbrougb it. Half way up the hill, toward Centreville, the troops were were forming. A line of skirmishers were thrown out. Behind them wore the Garibai diaos. Beyend was Miies's reserve. Richardson's Brigade, eamo in from its po sition, and notwithstanding the confusion, a formidable front was also presented with tbo batteries which bad been saved from tbo ene my. Then commenced the retreat of the baggage train, and the unwarranted destruction of property which followed. Soon after, the two New Jersey regiments, which had been station ed at Vienna, came up and materially aided in the subsequent retreat to Fairfax- There is reason to believe that we had DO , pickets thrown out on our right flank,and that to this cause, iu connection with others, may be traced the terrible rout. The first iutima tion Gen. Schonok's brigade bad of the cavals ry charge was tbe reception of shots iu their backs. It is plaiD that this flank movement in our rear was a part of a game of strategy elaborately planned and consummately enact- j ed. The abbitis on our creek was doubtless j intended as a ail de sac. If the movement of tbo enemy had been | more rapidly made, if the brigade at Cub Creek bad been seiaed, Gen. Schenck'meutire brigade with all the civilians would have been swept into tho wood where, hemmed in by the deep, rocky ravines, with the abbatis along its banks, they could have been completely cut off. From the statements of Quarterinastor Pryor, a rebel prisoner, it appears that our sr.* tillery oreaked great havoc among the rebels, j of whom there are from thirty thousand to j forty thousand in the field under command of j Beauregard, while they have a reserve of sev enty five thousand at the Junction. The whole foroe engaged on our side is eatL j mated at 22,000 men. Some of onr troops were worn ont by long . marching. Tbe enemy had three or four times our num ber. Col. Huuter's division suffered most severe ly. It carried several of the enemy's batto- 1 ries, attacking them in the rear, bat it was insufficient to hold them, and reenforcements' did not come op. Col. Heintzeiman received a bullet in his arm whioh was extracted while he was still on horseback. Lieat. Henry Abbott of the Topbographi cal Engineers lost his horse, whioh was shot under him, the ball grazing his leg. Members of the 71st say that 200 of that regiment have been captured, but that its IOSB killed and wounded, is not severe. The Zouaves have probably suflered most. Their conduct was beyond praise. The sight which met the eyes of Col. Hun ter's Brigade, when, after marching through the woods and taking one battery, it came in sight of the enemy, .is described as a grand ' one. Their line of battle bad been formed in splendid order, and fresh troops were- biengb t in by rail constantly. Col Marston's (2d New Hampshire) wound j was a slight one, and h w >o House to day. , - Some one has terribly blundered. W hoov er ordered the attack with 20,000 emd, upon thrice that number, a strongly intrenched po-* sit ion, protected by numerous masked batte ries, after locg marching, exposure and depri vation of rations is greatly to blame. Col Richardson's brigade was not much in tho aotion. Only two of the Massachusetts Ist are knowo to be killed, Lieut. Gill, of Com pany I, and a private. A prisoner who was brought in, iu the course of the battle, declared that Gen. Johnson was shot, and fell from his horse at his feet. When Col. Buroside fell froru his killed horse he conversed a moment with a rebel officer, who asked him whether he was wounded, when he # replied, "Only slight ly." am mortally wounded," said the Reb el, "and can have no object in deoeiviog yon. I assure you that we have 90,000 men in and within forty minutes of Manassas Junotion." Several Senators who were near the field of battle relate one occurrence which reflects great credit upon Col. Montgomery, of the New Jersey First Volunteers. His regiment was coming up as a reenforeeuient, and a short distance east of Centreville when our retreat j ing soldiers attempted to pass him. He balt j ed, checked as many as possible, encouraged ' them to turn back, ty saying that he ami his |Jerseyroen were going to fight the Ilcbrls and wanted, their help. W. A. Croffut has just returned from the battle field, and reports that tbe Ellsworth 2<ouavoa, G9th NeW York, Rhode Island Ist and 2d, Mianessota Ist, and parts of the Delaware, Vermont, and Connecticut troops were among those most badly slaughtered. All Our troops except one Pennsylvania regiment, whose time had expired, and who refused to mako a charge fought most heroically, and drove baok tbe Rebel cavalry aud infantry, time after titno, but were finally routed by the terrific fire of small shot from tbe batteries, and fell back to Centreville, and part of them to tbe fortifica tions opposite this city. The other two divis ions have commenced to iutrench themseves at Centrevilie. There is no prospect of an immediate ag gressive movement by the Rebels. They might have cat us otf easily by going three miles. Among those entitled to especial praise for I their conduct yesterday are Cpt. Lowe, who, j with a company, covered tbe retreat; Col. | Burnside, who behaved with great gallantry I during the aotioo, aud brought in bis troops in j comparatively good condition; Col. MoCook, | who, with bis regiment, tb. Ist Ohio, probably i saved Gen. bchencY'dHilll'g.iao by his coolness and self-possession, when attaoked on the re treat; Col. Blanker, who brought in bis brig ade in as good oondition as tbey mirchod ont, covering tbe retreat and protecting the rear from a night Other regiments, who, like this brigade, were not in the action, caught the infection of the panic which had seized those who were there. Gov. Sprague is also deserving of espe I ciai mention for coolness in battle. There are not a few individual instances of courage and good conduct, which we havo not space to mention iu detail. One of our men saw what seemed to be sixty South Carolinians lying dead near one of tbe rebel batteries, which he bad captured. A company of the 2d Maine, which had gallantly charged a body of infantry behind a fence and breast work until they retreated, was opened upon by a battery in the rear of the breastwork, and which hid hitherto been concealed. The prisoners agree in sayiDg that there were 65,000 rebels within the fortifications at Manassas, who were reenforced in the course of the action, by 15,000 fresh meD, who came with Johnson Irom Winchester. They aleo say that theii loss was terrible. Two Georgian prisoners say that the 71st and Rhode Island Regiments attacked two regiments, one Georgian, supported by Ala bama regiments, and put them to rout, utter ly whipping them. Fresh reeoforcements came which would also have been put to flight had not the Rhode Island battery snd other artil lery suffered from want of ammunition,in which consisted one of tbe greatest mistakes of the day. A New Orleans Zouave captured yesterday by the Fire Zouaves boasted that the rebels bad shown no quarter to tbe Federal troops, having in many instances out the throats of the wnanded. It is related by an eye witness that a yonng soldier of one of our Regiments, left wound ed upon tbe field, begged for his life at the bands of the Rebels, but was shot while upon his knees. At last accounts the Rebels were engaged in ransaekiug the bodies of the dead. GEN. MARION'S LAST WORDS.—A life of the above South Carolina hero, by Major S. Horrey, published in 18-48, gives the author's account of the General's last words which are as follows: "Ambitious demagogues will rise, and the people, through ignorance and love of ohange, will follow tbeua. Vast armies will be formed and bloody battles fought. And after desola ting their country wjgjgt all the horrors of civil war, the guilty flHrg will have to bcud their neoks to the' " wen yoke of some stern usurper, sod like leasts of burden, to drag, unpitied, those galling chains whioh they have rivited upon themselves forever." PROVIDENTIAL USE OP A BIBLE.— At the ootposts of one of the camps near Baltimore a few days agtr, a ball was fired at ofle of our picket guards by a rebel scout, which struck a smH pocket-biblo carried by the soldiers, and glanoed oT without doing Mm harm. The Bible was torn and scatrr'ed, and was sect to b'ort McHenry. GeoEfal Banks has the. book in bis possession. * " # Gov. Jaokson would be an admirable biN Hard player, he makes such good rone. <ien. McClelland to hi? Troops. Headquarters Army of Occupation, / Western Virginia, Beverly, Va., July 19. > SOLDIERS OP THE ARMY OP THE WEST : j 1 atn more than satisfied with you. You have annihilated two armies, commanded by | educated and experienced soldiers, entrenched in mountain fastnesses and fortified at their leisure. You have takeo ffvo guns, twelve colors, fifteen hundred stand of arms, one thousand prisoners, including more than forty officers. One of the sccoud commanders of the rebels is a prisoner, the other lost his lite on (ho field of battle. You have killed more than two huodred and fifty of tho enemy, who have lost all his baggage and camp equi page. All this has been accomplished with the loss of twenty brave men killed and sixty wounded on your part. l T ou have proved that Union men, fibting for tbe preservation of our government, are more than a match for our misguided aud erring brothers. More than tuia; you have shown mercy to the van- j quished. You have made long aud arduous ' marches without sufficient food, frequently exposed to tho inclemency of tbe weath- ; cr. 1 have Dot hesitated to demand this of ; you, feeling that I could rely on your endu- j ranee, patriotism and courage. In the future j 1 may still have greater demands to make upon 1 you—still greater sacrifices for yon to offer. ' It shall be my care to provide for you to the extent of my ability; but I know now that by j your valor and endurance you will accomplish all that is asked. Soldiers—l have confidence j in you, and 1 trust that you have learned to ; confide in me. Remember that discipline and subordination are qualities of equal value with courage. I am proud to say that you have gained the highest reward that Americen troops can receive—the thanks Jof Congress and the applause of your fellow citizeas. GEO. B. MOCLELLAN, Mj. Gen. THE SULTAN DEAD. OD tbe 25th of June died AbdaLMejid Khan, the Sultan of Turkey, after wasting away for some years in an increasing debility caused by a sensual life. lie was a son of Sultan Mahwouod Khan, to whom he succeed ed July 2J, 1839. He wasjborn April 23d, 1523, so that he is only thirty eignt years old, though, he had the look of a man of fifty.— He leaves fifteen living children by his various wives, but be is succeeded to his throne by his brother Abdel-Aziz Khan, who was born Feb* ruary 9ib, 1830, and is tho thirty second sov ereign of the lino of Usman, and the twenty eighth since the oaptuie af Constaatinople. Tbe late Sultan was an amiable but weak man. In bis life and character he was e type of his nation, so well described, in its present condition, by the late Czar Nicholas, as'a sick man.' lie has maintained faithfully ' tbe superstitions and traditions of his dynasty: bat <so far as political and military administra tion went, be has been a mere instrument io tbe hands of the great christians of Europe. Turkey, under Abdul Mejid, has sunk many degrees in the soule of nationalities. Eocland, ; France and Russia have controlled she I has become overburdeued with debt for which there seems no more prospect of liquidation, i and is frequently in the money markets of Western Eu*opo seeking loans at a ruinous > disoount. The new bultan, of whom little or nothing is known out of Constaatinople, sue ceeds to a sovereignty that is uot at all to be envied. (From the St Louis Central Christian Advocate.) REV. PETER CART WRIGHT HEARD FROM. Rao. MASI IN: —I send you a five dollar bill ou a Missouri bank, which yon Will credit to my account. Alas* for Illinois; our money is nearly all dead in our pockets. You should have bad all I owe you, but the rags died ou my hands. If your own money is dead, bury it and preach its funerfl sermon, but dp uot charge the expense to me but to the secessionists. I hope Gen. Lyon will catch the tory Jackson, and hang him on the first tree he comes to. Union men ought to arm themselves from bead to heels, and shoot down every traitor they come to. If God will have mercy on me, I would rather die than that this glorious Government should be overthrown. If we mußt be destroyed, I hope the Lord will do it, and not give us into the power of torios. Tbe army-worm is making a dreadful sweep of our meadows, wheat and corn. We are threat ened with drouth here. We have hayl no rain fob four weeks. If the Union men need help to kill traitors, call oc Illinois. We can send you twenty thousand good men and true. Riv ers of blood will flow but this Union must stand though tbe heavens fail. PETER CARTWBTQHT. Pleasant Plains, June 17, 1861. LyoD, the bold general of tho West, is de scribed by a Dubuque IJditor "#a a man of 35 or 40 year 3, some five feet eight inches high, and weighs perhaps one hundred and forty to fifty pounds. He is wiry in build, and tough looking in appesranoe. His hair is long and thick, whiskers bushy and heavy—both are in discribably sandy id hue. His eyes are bis most remarkable feature—either blue or gray, at times perhaps both, a sort of stormy expres sion, which is heightened by tho wave-like wriokles around thenj, dwells eonstantiv in them, making bin; look as if something was constantly goining wrong, or different from his wishes. His forehead is and cf even width, giving him, when uneovered, an ap pearance of great iuteiiectnal force, which is aided by the firm outlines Of bis month." The ladies who wear red, white and blue roaettes are real patriots, and tneiefore ready for an engagement. VOL, 34, NO. 31. CAPT. THOMAS.—OO9 of the heroes of Se cession nrost popular with and honored bj R vis & Co., was a man named THOJ'AS, eon of the late Richard Thomas of 8t Man' • county, ■ Md. He has proved himself to combine the' 1 adroitness of & common house-thief with the boldness of a pirate, and this character pro cured for him a captain's commission in the Southern Army. Disguising himself as % "French Lady," ho, with a gang of villainous 1 confederates, embarked recently on board the Steamboat St. Nicholas, on its voyage down the Bay from Baltimore. Throwing off their disgnise at midnight anil armed with revolvers and cutlasses, they overpowered the helpless crew and took possession and control. In tbig way they captured several unsuspeottng vessels laden with ico and coffee, which oargoca were taken to Richmond as very acceptable prises. Here Tbomas was for some days the lion of that city. Their newspapers were so overjoyed they could Dot keep it secret bnt teemed with his ■ praise. Animated by a desire for further dis ; unction, and eigfciag for new steamboats to capture au i new c .rgoea to plunder, he made a second journey towards Baltimore, oa board the steauier M<*ey ngton, but it accident i ally happened tbafc'a few vigilant officers wore ! his companions on this voyage, and in spite of j his threats they had tuc vassal quietly anchor ed under the guns of Fort Mcllenry. Our hero, finding his lion's hide entirely too 6nsrt ! for the unexpected emergency in which he was I placed, sought to eke it oat with a fox's tail. : He endeavored to secure bis safety by coh i cealment, and it required a search of an hoar , and a half to diseover him snugly coiled away ,in a bureau drauoer jn the ladies cabin ! Thus this brilliant specimen of the strategetica! skill of tn idol of the insurgent army proved upa vailing. He is now gafely lodged tn Rajtimoro jail, and at the tender mercies of Qen. Banks and United States Laws; the grand jury hav ing since indicted him for treason and piracy. West Point Graduates. An official register of graduates from tlie United States Military Academy furnishes the following particulars concerning individuals who have be ; come conspicious in the course of the Rebellion : Joseph K. F. Mansfield of Conn., graduated in 1822, second in rank in a class of 40. Robert Anderson of Ky., in 1825, fifteenth in a class of 37. Samuel F. Heinrzleman of Pa., 182$, seven teenth in a class of 41- Jefferson Davis, of Miss., in 1828, twenty-third in a class of 23. Robert E. Lee, of Va., in 1829, secondia a class of 46. John B. Magruder of Va., 1830, fifteenth in a class of 42. William R. Emory, of Md., in 1831, fourteenth in a class of 33. Montgomeiy Blair of Ky., in 1845, eigUtheenth in a class of 56. Feter T. G. Beauregard of La., 1638, second in a class of 45. William J. Hardee of Ga., ia 1833, twentysixth in a class of 45. Thomas J. Rodman, of Ind., in 1841, seventh in a class of 62. Nathaniel Lyon of Conn., in 1841, eleventh in a class of 52. Abner Doubleday of New-Tork in 1842, twenty fourth, class of 60. Braxton Bragg, who, if it is true, has command of the forces in Florida, threatening Fort Pickens, was apdointed from North Carolina and graduated in 1837, fourth in a class of 50. TIJE COMET. —Mr, J. R. Hind, the Eng lish astronomer, in a letter to the London Times, of July 6, thinks that it is not only ! possible, but probable that, on the 30th of Juue tbo earth passed through the tail 0/ the cornel, at a distance of perhaps two-thirds of length from the nuoleus. lie adds that upoq thai date he observed, ia the evening, a pecu liar phosphorescence or i.'luuiinatian of the sky, which ho attributed then to aa auroral glare., but which be suggests might possibly bo cwiag to nearness of the comet's tail. "If & similar illumination of the boavena,'" ho concludes, "has been remarked generally on the earth's snrfaca it will be a significant foot " j io a few more nights the comet will be ira ; perceptible to tbo naked eye. It is now far | away and dull, and scarcely noticed in the sky. A SPY OUTWITTED.—The circumstances connected with the arrest of R. H. Alvery, a Maryland Secessionist, and another spywitb whom he was in communication, are curious and interesting: One night last week the pioket guard stop ped a man ou bis road to Hsgcrstown, who answered the guard's inquiries by sayiag that ire wished to sec Gen, Patterson, but when about to be introduced to headquarter?, trhM to evade the interview. He was instantly seised and searched, and dispatehes.were found upon him from the rebel Gen. Johnson to Mr. Alvery. McMullen, one of Gen. Patterson's aids, forthwith stripped the rebel spy, dressed one of his own iten in the rebel's gave him Johnson's letter, and started him off to see Mr. Alvery. The dispatches, bow ever, had te?n nicely opened, copies tiken, and then repealed. MoMulleo's man was received by Alvery, who thus fell iuto the trap moat beautifully. Alvery unfolded all bis plans, and gave him written answers to Jobu -1 son's dispatches. ThOupposed frisnd convey ed Alvery's dooum-mts to Gen. Patterson.— The arrest took place ouieily the next day.— When Alvery was confronted with the docu ments and the indisputable evidence of bis own treachery, it is said he was completely unmsnn ed, ami souk under tl° bun* u of hisgudt. An exchange asks very innocently if it is any harm to sit in the lapse of ages. Our opinion is that it depends upou the kind of ages selected. Those from eighteen to twentja five we oonsider rather haserdoos. Dentist —a man who finds work for his own [teeth by taking out those of other people.
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