The press. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1857-1880, June 01, 1861, Image 2

q:...,.....f,).......:.t...............v ... ......i . ........t.............:Ei.
PATURDAY_ JUNE
. 1. 1801.
IT nut that standard skeet!
Abel% breathes the We MO bilk before us?
With Freedom's soil beneath ter loot,
And 'random's Winnow stroantlnd War
The Home Guard and the Gray
Reserves.
Philadelphia and Pennsylvania enjoy in
common an unfortunate taste for dissensions
and partisan DOSLltitlea at Al areas, and, ma_
fortunately, this proclivity is new steadily
upping the military demonstration of this
City-. Instead of a ready and successful eats..
blishment of a real Home Guard, we see the
unfortunate spectacle of two bodies of citi.
eons, acteated by the same seasons anxiety
for the defence of the city, put in an atti
tude of partial opposition to each another.
Tho two laws under which the Home Guard
and the Gray lioserree now act might, by
little common sense and kindly feeling, be so
interpreted as to enable both organizations to
work together in entire harmony. The pro
vidon for arming and equipping a force of ten
thousand men at the expense of the city is
jediciona and well-intended, By means of it■
existiug departments, sad by the addition of a
commanding officer, with a working staff, the
city could arm and equip more than half the
forte now rapidly growing to the number fixed
by law, and its supplies will keep pace with
the demands of the new accessions, until the
force is entirely completed.
The Gray Reserves are intended to replace
the volunteer regiments called to the seat of
War limit, by men who have hitherto been, in
some way or another, connected with theae
regiments. They look to the State for arms
and equipments, and it was right and proper
that Philadelphia should say to the State,
14 Give us only our fair share of your military
resources, we will make up the balance from
Oar evrn rands." This is the whole gist of the
d:fference between the two brigades, and no
thing but the most ingenious casuistry, could
torture the laws creating this force for the de
fence of the city of Philadelphia into anything
else, by any verbal interpretation of this clause
or that. Independent of the sense and meaning
of the two laws, in the face of the solemn atl3ll
- from our beet authoritiee—municipal,
gat, and military—in the teeth of the strong fact
that the General Government never has, and
never will, need the service. of any but •olnn.
teen, there are men of sufficient talent in
splitting hairs to find a means of escaping duty
with the Home Guard, call it by either name,
under the pretence that they fear, in Joirdes
the one, not to be able to leave the city, and
in the other that they may be called upon to
mullet in the capture of New Orleana, or the
reduction of some distant State.
In every volunteer organiastion such as
tble, Made for a specific purpose, and urged
forward to such a state of efficiency aa will
serve of itself to give warning that Philadel
phia is able to protect itself in all cootie
gamble, is ought to be the single aim of all
persons to bring their energies to one com
mon purpose. By a plain understanding and
clear exposition of view* from the brigadier
generals commanding these two new forces;
by a simple statement from the Committee of
Public Safety; by an authoritative announce
ment on the part et the Mayor and the COM
=Wee on Defence and Protection, of the City
Councils—by all or any of these expedients
we should be spared the necessity of listening
to and reading endless arguments and dis
cussions on the real or fanciful views of dif
ferent members of the two org,aniss.tions, who
speak without authority. This, or some
other, perhaps simple, expedient, may serve
to persuade our citizens that a straightfor
ward course, in spite of logical crudities or
legal technicalities, will bring them to the
only result that fair men can want—namely,
the chance of joining the force that is arming
and drilling for the defence of the city. As
matters now stand, men are going over from
one to the other in about equal numbers, and,
of course, in the end the companies that thus
shift their ground are the real losers, for they
give up a position chosen by themselves for
iowa pest that may , neither suit themselves
nor their new neighbors nearly so well. This
uncertainty and show of „opposition ought to
be quickly cleared away.
Tone of Southern Merchants.
It would be unjust in all cases to judge men
by the company they keep. This Le especially
true of the loyal merchants in the seceded
States. That many of our business men will
be materially crippled, and even reduced to
utter bankruptcy, through the bad faith of
their Southern customersos highly probable ;
but it mast not be overlooked that among those
who have long patronised this market from that
section there are many honorable exceptions
to this rule. They may be in a minority, but
their course is thereby rendered the more
Creditable, and deserve; recognition. From a
number of letters that have been 'hewn to us
by merchants, received from their debtors in
the South within the last few days, we are
convinced that by high-minded men in the
rebel States the course recommended by
Governor Bzowx, of Georgia, and his sympa
alien, is as heartily despised as it is by men
of integrity at the North. One firm, writing
to a well known Market-street house, from
Morgantown, Vs., under date of May 27,
says gt We are sorry that we cannot respond
to your request. The war panic has created
such a state of things here that it Is utterly
out of our power to collect one dollar or to
pay our bills. We are determined, however,
at all hazards, to remain in the Union; and are
assured that the time will soon come when we,
and others who are so dispelled, cim pay all
our Indebtedness to the North. We have
plenty of property and raper, but these are of
no avail to us now. By -the stay law imposed
upon us by our sestet, plotting Convention,
we are unable to obtain judgments, or to en
force executions. But be assured that your
debt is gotd, and that we will take no advan
tage of the infernal laws tor which Virginia has
been made responsible by her false representa
tives."
The ruinous rates Of exchange, of course,
interpose another barrier to remittances irom
the South; yet there are instances in which
these are bravely met, rather than incur even
the *Atom appearance of repudiation. A
gentleman informed us yeaterday that a Ken
tucky honse indebted to his firm had written
that the amount of their bill we deposited in
one of their banks, subjact to draft if they
would , g stand the exchange." Another fir n,
at Arbuckle, Va., under date of May 24th,
enclosed an eader upon a banking-lotto in
this city to a Philadelphia firm, for the full
amount of their account, stating; cs We want
so dividing , of the cost upon the check,
although the rate is a ruinous one to ns. We
agreed to pay you so mach for your goods,
and we think it unjust to saddle you with a
heavy discount. We, with thousands of others
who are considered ouch in the South, are not
Recessurnists. We voted the other way yes
terday, and do not mean to repsdiate under
any circumstances."
With these and similar indications daily oc
curring in our Northern marts of trade, it is
plainly our duty to discriminate between
honorable merchants in the South, who are
true to their obligations as honest men and
loyal citizens, and the dishonorable men in the
seceded States, who, baying become infected
with the leprosy of treason, are naturally the
subjects of every lesser moral taint.
Cruise of tbe Niagara.
On our first - page will be found an interest
ing letter, from our excellent special cor
respondent cc Maintop," giving details of the
voyage of the United States steam frigate Ni
agara from New 'York to before Charleston, and
thence to Havana, under orders for Pensacola,
to joke part In the tug of war with the rebels
w hi c k ippon inevitable there. This eralse
ot eleven' days is described with spirit and
truth, and we hope to receive further accounts
of the well-doings of the Niagara.
areavernor Yates, of Muds, is In tids eity,
litmus at the Continental Hotel.
The Campaign to Virginia.
The campaign in Virginia is progreseing ra
pidly, and stirring events may soon bs ex
pected in that famous Commonwealth. DDT
right, left, and centre are now threatened, by
General Boma& in the rut, Gen. NieDowsu ,
opposite Wesstariton, and Geneve MaGLILLIM
in the Northwestern section of the State.
Important results are evidently near at hand.
The movements which are being made to sur
round Harper's Ferry mast result is the cap
tore of that place. And if the traitors in
arms there do not speedily retreat, they will
be captured. n •vas Trimmed In Washington
last night that a considerable force would ad
vance immediately upon Fairfax Court House,
to which point General Lea wow supposed to
have sent forward about 1,400 men. The in
dications are that marches and exciting con-
teats follow each other as rapidly as in the
Italian campaign of Loam Naroaseft, until
the traitors are compelled to flue from all their
strongholds, or are completely routed and
subdued.
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE
Letter treat **lttecttsivuttl. - '
Cermistondenza of The Freaa.l
Wasaiaarox, May 31
There'll Bo longer any speaulation as to the pre
parations of the Administration. All doubt and
hesitation have been removed sines the arrival of
late foreign advisee in regard to the polio; of Great
Britein in reeOgnising the Eloutherzt t altori mop
" belligerents" and in refusing to treat the peva
tears with which it Is proposed to infest the high seas
u pirates. The new evidences of disaffection in
Baltimore and Maryland, particularly sines Chief
Justioe Taney's opinion denying to the President
the power to declare and enforce martial law, and
*the gathering of the iroopa of the lionfedaraey in
and about Richmond, are so many admonitions to
the Government bete, that vast and unnattel as
their warlike preparation, have been, a still more
extensive and stupendous system most be carried
out, in order that rebellion may be effectually and
wholly crushed, and that we may be ready to meet
illy ion tingency should foreign Powers attempt to
interpose in behalf or those wbv have taken up
arms against the UDIOn.
Gradually, but resolutely, our camps are Ad
vil:Wing upon Harper's Perry l 'and In a short time
a strong column win advance upon Plichmond,
under command of Major General Butler. The
proclamations of Major General McClellan, who is
inoying 011 from Weillern Virginia, era hailed with
much enthuoium ; and Union men are greatly en
cataloged by the fart that as he threatens his foes in
front and dank. ha takes earn to protect bie friends
la hi. rear. General Patterson le aoneentrating
troop at Chambersburg, York, and Gettysburg,
and will 00-operate with those under McDowell
and McClellan. There wui, then, shortly bee great
battle ■t Afebroond or at Rupees Parry, Or a great
Becoulon surrender. Meanwhile, regiment after
regiment le pouring into Washington. The heights
around us are thronged with soldiers, and whiten
ed with their tents, while in the eity itself there
cannot now be less than ten thousand men in army.
From this bird's-eye view you may catch an idea
of the magnitude of the military preparations of
the Adininuaration, of the vier of It. norernorkb.
and of the otjoets immediately to bo accomplished
It will depend upon the Dlcunlonists whether Vir
ginia shall be made a grand battle-ileld, or the
scene of the submission of hor traitors to the an
thority of the Federal Government. No terms
but a complete yielding to its authority will be
listened to. General AtoClellan's proclamation to
the Virginians, like that of General Butler's to the
Marylander., convey/ the whole poNey of the
campaign, and will be unfalteringly adhered to
Look out for startling aunts within a few der!,
General Butler is a lit type of the right kind of
soldier. He is a statesman as well as a warrior.
fits refusal to return the escaped negroes, on the
ground that they are the "property" of rebels in
arm. :varlet the conntr7, in a centre allot. The
extremists of the South have all along declared
that slaves were not persons, but " property ;,
and, on their own chewing, the brave and An al
Butler hal caught them in a trap. The negroes
themaelvem like the exchange of muter., and are
by no moans alarmed, Their readiness to run to
the Union flag for shelter Is quoted u an evidence
against the much-boasted fidelity of the slaves to
their owners.
Mr. Seward gm a brilliant reception last
evening to the resident cilium, atrangeni, and the
°Moore of the army. I noticed, among others, the
gallant Lieut. Slimmer and lady, Col. Meigs, N
P. Willis, Major General N, P, Banks, Brigadier
General Bohenek of Ohio, members of the Cabi
let, foreign Ministers, and a boat of other mag
nates. The national airs were played by a splen
did bend, and the large eompony enjoyed them
selves till a very late hour.
The Union men of Tenneseee are oalling upon
the Government for protection against the Die
unionists Sergio Andrew Johnson alaiatairur Lie
stand without flinching, thmigk his life is threat
ened every hour. Emersion Etheridge has had to
Sly the ends, and is IIOW in Chicago. Col. Ander
son, of Kentucky, under the banner of the stare, is
organising his regiment, and will do his whole
duty. Missouri, like Maryland, is held by the
strong arm, and will be held, at whatever omit
As I write, the moat painful apprehensions ag to
the safety of Judge Douglas are again revived
His loss at this moment would be like tearing
away one of the main pillars of our temple of lib
erty. Even the excitement about the war it for
gotten in the intense solicitude and sorrow at his
condition. God preserve his life to that suffering
country which in this sad hour so greatly needs
his counsels. ooceszowan.
rp. We are gratified to animus that Governor
Curtin has offered the A•torney Generalship of
Pennsylvania to Hon. W. M. Meredith, end that
Mr. Meredith bas accepted the appeintment. We
are sure the public will join us in regarding this
selection u a moat fortunate one for the State and
the country.
rir Capt. R. 13 Fay, military secretary to Gen.
Butler, passed through this city on Tbureday
evening, ea route to Boston, on a business visit of
a few days. Capt. Fay distinguished himself in
the waters of the Chesapeake, as the volunteer
commander of a foyee that suasetsfully attacked
and beat off the re bell from one of tusk batteries.
Public Amusements.
MaDenengh's Olympia Theatre is in fall opera
tion, with a military piece <PI eireamstanee of the
present time, and a fame every night. " Beauty
and the Beast" is in preparation.
The dramatis season of Walnut-street Theatre
closes this evening, with the concluding perform
ance of The Pattiot's Dream," which has filled
the house pretty well for the last three weeks.
Notwithstanding the '-hard times" the season
his been highly remunerative. Mr. Benjamin
Young, we believe, will be Stage-manager next
1111620 D.
Tea. Atom LOWSDALI Taittimoim TCP DAY --
Let none of onr readers forget that the eanipliatent-
Dry testimonial, tendered her by a committee of
our most prominent citizens, takea place title after
noon, at i o'clock, and this evening at 8 o'clock-
On sack occasion there will be a truly grand we
asel entertainment, at which all our leading ar
tists will appear. Per se, both entertainments wilt
be worthy of the most extended patronage of our
eitizens. We hays given not My tante, bat a del
las, many a time and oft, for a eeneert in which
not a tithe of the present talent was employed,
Apart from this, who does not desire to aid
&nobs Lansdale in her patristic mission, and .peed
her on her way ? Ladies, to your care we commend
this deL the true and noble-hearted lady, who,
with stoical abnegation, bee devoted her time and
talent to the holy manse of Rumoring, whilst they
need it, the mothers of those who have gone to
tight their country's battles. The compliment
tendered Mini Lonidale, by gentleman each of
whole names to a sufhoient voucher, is a moat
graceful one, and we antieipate the 44 Florence
Nightingale" of the lone mothers' cheerless home
will have a reception from the ladies of Philsdel
p his that will unmistakably mark the appreciation
in which her exertions are held by them.
isTIRZOICOPIC View or yea GGIVIIIAIL
Tutail y afternoon of this reek an ex ,
cellent stereoscopic) view of the General Aneembly
of the Old School Presbyterian Church was taken,
while in SOWOiI, in the Seventh Presbyterian
Church, Broad street, above Chestnut. We ex
amined one of these views at Messrs. MoAllieter ar
Brother's, 728 Chestnut street, (by wham they are
for sale,) yesterday, and found it a lifelike pic
ture, containing a large group of accurate por
traits of prominent participants in the Aeserebty.
The view will no doubt be prised by many as a
valuable contribution to the stereoscope.
FIRST Pisa —A Leading Profit& Annelid;
Literary Notices ; Round About Washington ;
' , The Niagara on tier Cruise ;" Religious; Notes
of the Rebellion. FOITHTH Poon.—Weekly Re
view of the Philadelphia Markets; The Privateer
Priem at New Odom; Oeneral Neu ; Marine
Intelligence.
Cecil Cotinty, Mar'land.
(Correspondence of Ths Presea
Burro!, Md., May no, 1861
Cecil county ham *gain spoken in unmistakable
terms against. Rebels and Traitors. Atte'cotto n
took place yesterday, the 21th inst., to 1111 a va.
canny in the Legislature, to assemble on the 4th
of June. Although the vote was about 2,000 short
of the full 'trots* of the county, ft resulted u
follows! Andrew Mclntire, Union, 2,1V5; 1 30001
slon, 168. 13usecatun•
An Excitement at the Baltimore Camp
Daimon, May 11--6bortly atter zoldoligtit, •
party of disorderly men approached the plater
Wat the Federal Hill estop. The guard
I them, and remising no reply, fired, result
ing in one man being wounded. The balsams re
treated, A party "td one hundred men were sent
ant, who arrested six men, four of whom were
disOltarged and two retained for further investi
gation.
LATEST NEWS
By Telegraph to The Press.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Special DelpWhoa to " The Press."
WASEMIGTON. May 31,1851
Military Department.
L - bare ebtateed tills morning from the War
Department , the changes in the Military Depart•
manta, and their gecgraphloal divisions np to date.
There will be one or two more sub-divisions of the
Eastern Department ) whiett I wilt report when
Gontral Departown of Eke East.—Commond
ant, General WOOL, Headquarters, Troy, How York.
Comprises the eoutitrjr omit of the Mississippi Mar,
and is sub.divided, and subject to contemplated
sabltfisions.
Peporinsont Wa.,lance.,N..—Brlgadiar Gene
ral MANSPIILD, commanding. Hvadquartors at
Washington. Comprises the Stele of Maryland, in
gilding Bladensburg and Baltimore ; the Distriet
of Columbia, by original boundary; Fort Wash
ington and the country adjacent.
Department of the South.—Major General Bur
LIR. 'commanding, Rendquarters Fortress Monroe,
Comprises Eastern -Virginia, Ifortn Garolnio, sod
Tennessae.
Department of Virginia.,—Brigsdior General
MoDowsr.L, oommanding, lloadquartere not es
tablished. Comprises Virginia east of the AllS.
shany mountains and north of James river, ex
cepting Fortress Monroe end 00 miler around.
DeForkwooni of Aisinaps/is.--Ilisjos General
GADwAyansn, commanding. Holdquortere at An.
unrolls. Embraces the territory 20 miles on
ugh side of the railroad, from Annapolis to the
at) of Wactington, u far se Dladonebarg,
Departinent of Penneyltranca.—Msjor General
Pavrattsoa, commanding. Headquarters at Phila
delphia. Comprises Penney'Mill i Delaware, and
all of Maryland not embraeed In the fcregoing
Department.
Department of :Ate Wist.-13rigadier General
Ittasuey. Headquarters, Bt. Louis, Missouri.
Comprises the country west of the Mississippi
river end cut of the Rooky mountains. except
those portions of it included within New Mexico.
of'o.4eo. itfsjeraen. Meer.uxuse,
commanding. Headquarters ■t Cincinnati.
Deportment of Kentucky --COL ANDERSON to
commend. Headquarters, Louisville, Kentucky.
To include ao much of the, State, of Kentucky as
lies *thin one hundred miles of the Ohio river.
Department of Twee.—(Vaesmit-) In Btotet
atom.
DopartivittAt of New Meese.-0031. W. W. LO-
Ante, comuisndlog. Iltoeiquartere et Banta Fe.
Brabreoes tbe Territory of Zievr Mexico.
Dowtrtutant of tiro Paciitc.—fitn. 111111111.1
commanding. Readquartere at San Pranehuur.
Ilmbrooes the country we of the Rooky moun
tains.
.Dsitertinant of Utait....Col, P= fit. Gams
Ootaw. fleadquarters at Camp Crittenden (for
merly Camp Floyd) Comprises the Territory of
Utah : except the portion of it lying west of the
1.11111 degree of west longitude_
Union Demonstration in Alexandria*
The impromptu Union meeting yesterday, in Al
exandria, (of which I send you a fall report.) was
a groat mom, and evident:mil anosistehoid 7 th a t,
though there are still not a few Secessionists in
that city, the Union sentiment is very strong.
Several of the prinoipal business men of the town
yesterday expressed themselves averse to all talk
of compromise, until after JaIT DAVI; and his
minions have been properly and effectually dig
posol of jn
The Fifth Pennsylvania R-.lyinieni.
The alert of thie regiment were in great glee
yesterday beams* they had learned that new uni
forms and proper itStiiar ciatiatas were Olt at* way
for them The ladies of the Bar. Mr. Brormen'e
°tomb had supplied Company "G" with Kara
10Ohl, and the old ones worn b 7 this oompany were
handed over to Uompairy b. The WHIT coat
panics would be glad to be similarly dealt with
by theinfriends at home. • The condition of this
regiment lea been so far yery deplorable:
The Sick Cared for.
Test as Kiss Dix leaves us for Fortress MeierOs,
and Mich LIJDIR TGWUa to her t lems, on a Obit
visit, their pliteal are abundantly supplied by
other patriotic ladies. bliss JOSIEPIIINE autrogn,
of New York, has mode her way alone to this atty.
to amber kind oars to the tick and inifforiag Ol
die= of our gallant army. She brings Uttar
from Gourd Wool., and others, teetifying to her
peculiar qualifications for the duties of an al:Solna
nurse.
Arrival of Troops.
The Thirteenth regiment of flew York State
inititia and Twelfth regiment of New York Tobin
teem arrived in Weehituaton et 12 o'elook last
night. Tha ziprAir44,7W IMO -
mended by CloT:'OatinathelmOk: alba Secretary of
War), will be in , tbli ayeiliag.k A ipgiaiesst frOM
Elmira, IS. Y., is also approsahlug the city, ant
will be in within a few bona.
Grand. Ditlitary Review.
The review yesterday was one of the finest el the
season. The Bighth, Ninth, and Fourteenth New
York regiments, and the Garibaldi Guard, were
all out on parade on the avenue, and were reviewed
at the Ramillies Mansion by the President, Gen.
Soott, and the mamboed of the Cabinet.
Encampment of the New York Ninth.
The Government hal purchased the oamp equi
page of the hew York daventh, and the encamp:
meat will be occupied by the Ninth—the Eleventh
returning to New York to•day.
Hew 'raper in Alexandria.
Arrangements are in progress to ions s paper
in Alexandria of the genuine patriotic stamp, to
be called the Atizandrro Repobtican. It Le to be
under the control of Menu. JOHN UNDRILITOOII
and Dinar Dixon. The term Republiess has nn•
dergone some change of meaning since the time
when the Lynchburg and Bt. LOUIS papers of that
title were first so your readers will not
confound this paper with its homonyms.
A Singular Case of Recovery.
Tile roman's of war la always greater than that
of palace. The soldier who wee auldentally Shot
through the lung is reeovtuing. As soon as the
aceldent was known to his gallant sister in Brook
lyn, N. Y., (a married lady,) she posted on here
to nurse hlm Bite attondod to him several dale
before he was aware of her presence. When he
recovered consciousness, he said, with a sigh : "
have a sister, and oh, if she knew how I am, she
would be at my bedside 1 ." Like a ghost, she ap
peared; and her preienes has resurrected him.
There was a thorough perforation of the body
of the soldier by a Minis ball. These gunshots
are not nosessarily mortal. Several 01181111 are re
ported in medical journals where the lungs have
been punctured by balls without producing death.
The bronchial arteries are so abundantly supplied
with oxygen—the healing or therspeutio proportion
of atmospherle air—from respiration, that hemor
rhage and inflammation are both prevented
Active War Preparations.
The note a preparation is everywhere manifeit 4
and indicates, most conolasively, en early forward
movement. Immense quantities of breed and
other provisions are prepared, Gun carriages for
heavy artillery and ambnlanees for the wounded
are moving, and everything in sonneetion with the
war movement hiss reoei►ed an impetus not before
witnessed here.
Troops on the MOTO.
Last night the New York Ninth and Seventy.
first, and Garibaldi Guard, .wero ordered to be
ready to march oa oall, There are mayoral bat
talions of our District militis under similar orders.
The Seized Despatches.
Col. Jesse Camaaosr, brother of the Bearelary
of War, bus left Washington for the purpose of
gathering end forw.a6, s all the raised telegraph
despatehet—to be examined here by a board of
examiners appointed yesterday for that purpose.
R l / 1 1310147:
It is anywhere Throughout our city reported
that a demonstration was made last night upon
Manassas Junation, by the Zonate. end the Miohi•
gig regiment in Alexandria. So far, I do not
traee the report to any Tellable source, and the
War Department has not been apprised of any
each movement. I saw two of the Zona►es who
-Game up from Alexandria to day, and they inform
me that they, with their regiment, slept in their
tents last night at Alexandria.
General Webb Appointed Minister to
Brazil.
General James Watson Webb, of Zifew York, has
been appointed Envoy Extraordinary and bliniater
Plenipotentiary to Brasil.
The Revenue Lams.
The revenue lime require veuel. entering port
with informal papers to be seised; but inasmuch as
those coming from the South, where the eustom•
houses are in the possesslon of insurreetlonary par
tials, musnot obtain the proper *Meerut/tat, the 8e•
oratory of the Treasury, with the view of remedy
ing, the embarrassments and trouble under thew
elroumstaness, has decided that in all eases where
It appears that there wee Be fault on the part of
the commanders, the latter Shall not be compelled
to go into court, bat on the ecrreet representation
Of the collector. where the vessels arrive, the
fnee and fees which the law iMpOliei shall be re•
canted.
Several verse& improperly captured by the
blockading forces have been ordered to be 're•
lamed. The Government will act promptly In all
future eases el a similar character.
Miscellaneous.
The Hoe David Taggart, formerly Speaker of the
Pennsylvania Senate, and late candidate for GP
?error of that Hist*, has been appointed paymaii
tar in the army.
The following-named paymasters in the nary
hate been appointed t Angustes 11. (Inman, Helga;
H, Pengborn, Masschusetts; Oralper Bar
Minnesota; Washington Irving, New York ; Jos.
B. Oliphant, New Jersey; B. 0. Spaulding, Ohip,
ad Cuthbert P. Walled, Pietriot et Columbia,
The followintnamed lieutenant' in the merino
mpg have been appointed :
THJ PRESS.-PIRLADELPHIA, SATURDAY, JUNE 1, ' 1861.
Wm. 8. Rail, Net► Rrrapotare; Robert R.
Hitsboook, Vermont; Robert W. Huntington,
Connecticut; Frank Monroe, Dlatriot of Colum
bia; John H. Ctrimes, Iowa; John A. Burroughs,
Min smote m. R. Parker, Wiroonrin; John
Pope Baker, Minds. Titers are 411 the appoint.
manta; leaving no vacancies.
There are no TSOSUOieII for oh &plains.
The post Wats* and Dor" rlrlo6ll manna by
loyal ottleeno, and in 104.1 cli%ttiets, in Virginia,
are not to be deprived of tt.s "stleil service under
the recent order of the department. If they
ohould he Responded temporarily by the morel
order, they will be restored upon due advice of the
foots.
The port of Alexandria, a new collector having
boon 11pp: 4 / a toll, h... boon re-oponoct to the com
merce of the country, end therefore vessel' will be
admitted as heretofore.
no President has appointed the following Nana
01111Setti postmaster": Lewis Merriam, Greenlield ;
Ndward Regen t North Adams; Henry Moller
lag, Pittsfield ; also, Henry H. Starkweather s Nor-
Isiah, Conn.
The Seoretary of the Treasury has under con
sideration the proper course to be pursued with a
view to pay the volunteers, who have not yet re
ceived any money Irom the ateltet2lbet.stifotp.ri
from the provision made by the States.
Several vessels went ti Portrese Monroe to-day
carrying hundreds of thousands of cartridges with
other war re . quisitee. The supply timi direc
tion le now ample.
One half of the amouct of bonds awarded on
Saturday having already been prepared, will at
once be Issued to the sucoesorni bidders.
The &mond Maine Regiment arrive& here this
afternoon,
The Seventh New Toth Regiment left for home
at !I o'clock this evening. The Ninth New York
Regiment now occupy the camp Tainted by them.
The preparations made hilt night by the troops
for a march wove owlog to cm apprelaeadia tsondlek
On the Virginia side, a telegraphic despatoh haring
been reoeived by Gen. &ott to induce such a be.
Ref, but which was afterwards oontradloted.
The President has found it neosssary, owing to
the pressure of public business, to deny himself to
many visitors.
Arrivois from Philadelphia-
Natsonal—J. Itupre.
Brorwea-:-Charlea Brown, John Basun, B
Fairer, J. Marton, F. W. Lewis.
Kirkwood's—BC Maier, D. Dun - Wasp
Wsilord'a—A. Getty, S. F. Kerr R. Chsvir, A.
B. McKee., O. O. Jac:loon, A. kitee, R. B. Orbisen,
R. M. 1,40.
VISIT OP PENNSYLVANIANS
ACROSS THE POTOMAC.
A Novel Spectacle in Alexandria.
Croat Colon Dentoattrattaa
JPA.TFLIOTIC sPE,ECIHFR
Yesterday afternoon, the Ron. W. D. MILLIT,
Ron. A. McPanama', Dr. Purasvon, and A.
WAsowiciag, Bog., of Pennsylvania, visited Alexan
dria, for the purpose of noting the condition of the
Pennsylvania troop. now quartered there, cad of
observing matters and things generally in that
now daiolato atty. Oa nrrivitle at the headquar
ters of the Fifth Pennaylvania Regiment, the
party were cordially received by 001. MoDowsLo.
anti the other of of the regiment, and while
there they were j itined by etmator e It Spans,
Memo. D. THOMAS, B. BILL, and Jamas HARP6II,
of Philadelphia, who had bean on a tour of inspeo
-11011 among the troops on that side of the river
The company visited the several points or twines;
in and around the pity, and on returning to head
quarters, opposite the now famous Marshall House,
where Col, Ablfelf9l47ll Wes brutally assassinated,
the regimental band eomplimented their vieltoti
with the performance of several patriotic air..
The mute attraotai a crowd of about one thou
sand persons, principally residents of the city,
sad lodge fieLLILY was loudly nailed for. He was
introduced in appropriate manner by Senator
Sacra, and spoke aubstantially as follows :
Jour , XICIATarn after lugiteatils tka oliecti of his
visit to Alexandria, and thanking the band sod the
man of the Pennsylvania Fifth for the compliment,
proceeded to express the gratittide he, in common
With the people of the State, owed them for the
alaority with which they had abandoned their
homes and peaceful pursuits, and the oheerfulLess
With which they endured the more than usuai
hardship. and deprivations of a soldier's life.
He reminded them that, though
_they bore the
flag of Pennsylvania, and had enlisted on response
to the call of her iiitrrernor, they were not there
In the service of that gloriotui old State, bat in
defence of the integrity and honor, the Const tu
tion, laws, and flag of the Union. They were not
*here to oppress or saljtqrate a• foreign fee,, but to
.4) . •
eltbottuclia*,Pl9l4,lof that stinOon of their
common againstfitie maohinations and
outrages of a band of lawless, selfish, and arab!.
Mous traitors. palest sheering
Addressing himself to the hundreds of citizens
who had been attracted to the spot, he continued
No, men of Virginia, these citizen- eoldiers are not
here to invade your rights or overthrow your
institutions. While they are in your midst, life,
property, and liberty are safe. Their object is
not conquest—they are devoted to the pursuits of
place, and are Isere is proof of their •williegness
to surrender all; even life, in the maintenance of
honor, order, and constitutional rights. They are
hare not to exhibit superior prowess or martial
training ) but to sustain against all lost the hens
leant Constitution, in the formation of which your
fathers bore so conspicuous a part—this beautiful
star-lit flag, which the blood of our common an
oiWtors sanctified, and that Union ef , thirty-foar
mighty Commonwealths typified by Its lustrous
galaxy. They war only upon traitors who spit
upon the hallowed memories, and would blast the
glorious hopes of our oountry, and these they will
subdue or exterminate. [Great applause j Will
you not, therefore, believe that they are your
friends, and greet them as such? I am sure you will
ere long; and I pray God to hasten the day when
truth and a thorough good understanding shall
prevail between the people of every motion clout
great and diversified country, and when we may
sing, with united voices, as a national hymn, the
words so nicely adapted to the last air played by
the band—We are a Band of Brothers. [Cheers ]
Again thanking the men of the sth, the Judge
concluded by expressing tha hope they might aeon
be permitted to return in lealth to the joys of
home in the smiling valleys or on the rugged hill
sides of their dear mother Pennsylvania. Judge
Kelley retired amidst great cheering,
Dr. Puleston then stepped forward_ and intro
ducted the Eon. MoPherson, who was received
with great affiance, the band playing "Hail
Columbia."
Mr. McPherson maid : Like toy distinguhred
colleague, I have come Ina spirit, of khatinem, upon
a minion of mercy. I have come to inquire
into the condition of the Penneylvanta troops now
quarthred in your city, to shake them by the hand,
and extend to them whatever attention bin my
power. I can also say for them, as well as for
myself, that their feeling to pOt of hate; that
their presence is the result of their loyalty ; aid
that their great purpose- is. one in whioh ail
patriotio persons can co-operate—the 'restoration
of the authority of the Government, thie assertion
of its rights, and the vindication of its honor. ,
[Cheers ]
This is my second Visit to Alexandria. The first ,
was live years since, when, in sodium, I sooompa., 1
Med an invalid friend returning from a fraideei 1
sojourn at the watering-plats In your inountrine
As I drove through your streets to day I Gould not
but contrast their appearance, then gay and bust ,
ling, stow, from untoward events, gloomy, and al
most deserted. But my sadness now has a deeper
tinge. because then my alfitotion was personal, now
whole communities, Stater, and sections are deeply
suffering in every part. All this is unnetural end
deplorable. It is not as we wish it, and you hat*
our sympathies in whatever troubles are Impend.
log over you. While 014 14 Q114169/11111, 14 IS pro.
per I should Bay that we have a duty to perform
in this crisis, and that duty rises superior to every
feeling ; it is the duty all good citizens owe to
their Government ; it is the paramount duty of Cl
loyal American oitiacati---that of Suva - Laing the
Constitution, which your fathers and mine came
hitched, the Union which you and I have in
herited, the Government which we' ust transmit
to posterity, not only unimpaired but stronger ant
better, by reason of the patriotism , intelligence,
and virtue of this generation iCtotere
I come from one of the Middle Mates of the
Union. I seine from one of the counties on ihe
Maryland line. Thus coming from Penniylvalia,
a Middle Mate, a lard gtahl. I say to yen that as
has pieced in the field fifty thousand men; that, if
necessary, abe w in place in the field one hundred
and fifty thousand men; that she has appropriated
three millions and a half of dollars; that, if neces
sary, the will appropriate eve dame that sum, not
because she hates Virginia, or any seceding
elates, but became the nation's life is in Perikaod
at every cost and hazard and sacrifice must be
saved-,for freedom's sake, for Civillastion's ease,
1 for humanity's sake. [Cheers Ber troops are
among you to day; more may oomo. Sat, m y
, friends, they will do no injury to peaceful per
sons;_ they will outrage no personal feeling; they
will deprive no one of his rights ; they will destroy
1 no property, and will take no private property for
public purposes without making adequate cent
goriest:ion.
I know that you have been told that the ('North
ern hordes," the " Goths and Vandals," are about
precipitating themselves upon the email, to Mogen
and deva state It. Believe it not. These are the
1 specious deceptions of canning, designing, nuptia
-1 guided polltioians, They are intended to stimulate
passion, to mislead you to your ruin, and to em
bitter the community. The Government of the
B a ited state', I feel snored, and you have been
so informed by the President, will proteet all
peaceful and loyal eitigebe, and has in view but
the one great purpose of preserving our Govern
ment from threatened destruction . Whatever may
1 be the present impressions of the ottisene of Alex ,
andrle, it is as certain as to-morrow's rising run,
that this purpose will be sooOmplished. It may
require a longer or a shorter time, a greeter or a
feebler effort. Bat late events have proven this
age to be a grandly b.ersio as any which has . pre
ceded, and the men are now living and acting In
this drama who will see is lan sot pis/formed—
the whole people, clothed in their mind with re
frothed enthusiasm, accepting the " Edam and
Stripa ;" and the nation, strengthened by its
privations and renewed in its vigor majesties'.
ly mooing' and performing its high mission.
[Cheers
. 1
This Union cannot be dissolved. Its various
puts We so" interknit as to make its dissolution
impracticable. Po not appose this absurd or
novel, for It le bat a few years since the President
WAIIIIISIXOTOW, May 31,1861
xs Wrirafteox's erazoa
of the Confederate States gave It solemn utterance.
Ton in Virginia have loves interest. *bleb would
make its destruction yours. We in Pennsylvania
cannot consent to it. If we wished, we could eon
sent that the Chesapeake, or. the Ohio and Mlssia.
steel, ova, weigh miIILOII of ear. eroded* float is
market, shall fall alder keen% or foreign domi
nation do with etlitrAltatel.. Alelasee at your
leaps will show that.Natire, has laterpWsied thaw
parable obstacles, whtlijour awn hearts will sell
yen thee to destroy the Union is to Sin against man
and against God. To prefer!. the Union is there
fore a sacred duty. In this hour et the nation's
travail Unionism is the highest religion, and he is
the nest man who to most sincerely devoted to this
phase purpose, Wltatever Sikdvils6l this mey In
volve, we accept; whatever duties, we perform;
whatever consequences, we endure. In a spirit of
patience, but with a glow of faith, we enter upon
the task, Seeing already the promise of its perform.
111114311. 13011111 M you • (roues rats now. Be rust de
delved. The Union lives, and will live, in spite of
eoulpireey and treachery. Were this not so, all
the yearninggs of the good, all the sufferings of the
niertyr ipirits of the world, ill the deep life.
straggler of aspiring humanity, Should be classed
as ruin and profitless.
dime of you complain that armed men are sent
among you. I understood this to be the regret of
a gentle Men whom f met this afternoon, end who
eensidere himself a Union man. The complaint
willimot bear testing. The Government did not
begib the war. It even passed, unnoticed, repeated
aote 'gni_ Only when the crowning insult was
offered, and after attack was made upon its nag, it
rose in its might to assert its rights. Relying
upon the people, it milled for their sesistencte,
and in response met that vast epheaving of loyal
/teatime:A ...blob has redeemed the age from
threatened contempt, which, while being the moat
thrilling event in,our history, almost erases the
preceding reeord f shame, and which, startling
the world, will yet be accepted an - proof that re
publican government is the most powerful, as ours
is the most beneficent on the faee of the earth
[Cheers I Third, we resorted to force only to
repel forint. We will use as much as is nevereary
to pet down the eittepotielle pewee, and that, too,
in wicordamee with the rules of warfare among
civilized peeple. No loyal citizen can complain.
of this. Had the cases been reversed, and the re•
bed leaders constituted the Government, who can
doubt the promp tness with which every available
agency would have been used to quell the inner.
rotation? To doubt this is to donut their intern.
gene°, and faithful:wee, and courage.
Bra long, Virginia twill be released hem the fat
ten now pieced upon her. She will be ,restored
to her true position in the Union; and her loyal
citizens will be enabled to aid the Government in
getter/Anil a like work in others of the seceding
States... This fully done, the authority of the
Government re-established, law onoo .more ae
knowledged, the Constitution once more accepted
and venerated, prosperity will return to us; wad
we will remember the present only as the dread
trial by which, in Mach muttering, our Mortice
were confirmed, our Government purified, and our
national life invigorated. I know not when I will
again meet you of Alexandria, but I hope the time
Is not fir distant when all of us, again remember.
tog oar splendid Government aid anticipating a
glorious future—once more in heart ARIBRIOnn
eremites, all prejudicias vanished, and estrange
manta forgotten—may, under the protecting shadow
of this grand old flag,
In quietness! and peace,
worship one household God. [Cheers.]
The lion. Clio. R. Bitten was then introdueed.
and made a brief speech, during the delivery of
whish he was frequently interrupted with im
mense cheering, < the Unionists of Alexandria
uniting with the volanteers present in evineine
their approbativa, of the noble, patriotic ■end
menu uttered by the epeaker.
The speaking took up over an hour, and daring
the whole time tut one man was obeerved to-mani
fest rlisapprovel, the audience geoerally stroning
delighted with the demonstration, and listeming
attentively to every word uttered by the spankers.
After exehanging civilities with the soldiers and
many of the citizens present, the party left in their
earrisges, and were escorted oat of town by the
band, whir& struck up Yankee Doodle amid the
liveliest enthustalak—a large crowd following, and
the deers and windows of the jet habited hones
Oiled with epeotators.
The building occupied by the Fifth Regiment,
and from whiott the speaking was made, was, until
Pritlay lent, the heachioftriere of the Rebel treope_'_
the Stare and Stripes waved majestically where
the Secession banner waved, and hundreds of the
citizens of the place who were kept in objection
by the deports of 'Tarp De-rxe, now g lory in wee{_
lug Union badges, and openly applauding Union
matimeate. The enthusiasm created by the itn
prompts Union demonstration of yesterday will
not Wen be forgotten by the many who witnessed
it.
Important from Baltimore.
EX-GOVERNOR PRATT ARRESTED
AND REMOVED TO WASHINGION.
Rumored. Arrest of Ex-Governor Lowe.
Secession Nominee , tor Centrell4
BALTIMOIIII, Msy $l,-A; ctoiernor Pratt wail
arrested ibis evening, at Annapolis, by order of
tne Government, and taken to the Washington
nail , yard. It Is alao rumored that Ex-Governor
Lowe has been arrested.
Mr. Motion., lete minister to Mexioo, lose nomi
nated by the Secessionism in the Four* Gongres 7
atonal district to-rught.
A Battle at Acquia . Creek.
The Rebel Batteries Attacked by the
Steamers Freeborn and Anaoostia.
WAIRINWTON I May U.—lt wee stated in my de
spatch last night that a number of vessels were
fitting out here for Rome destination not publicly
dieolosed. The following despeteh, received from
the navy yard, between tour and five o'clock this
evening, affords an explanation :
" The ifeyston4 State reports that in passing
Acguie Greet, at noon, the steam gunboats Free
born and Anaeostia were engaging the battery at
that point with success. Shell Z mad the Pam , -
hontas, with her ten-inch gun, to eaglet?"
The despatch was signed by Captain Dahlgren,
the commandant at the nary yard. Immediately
on the receipt of the degpateh, the Navy Depart
ment ordered two men-of-war down to the support
of Captain Ward.
Acquit. Creek is 54 miles from Washington, and
the battery is !mated at the terminus of the Rich.
mond, Frederioksburg and Potomao railroad
Versals can approach within musket-shot range of
the battery.
WARRINGTON, May SI —Midnight —There is
little if any doubt that the Seventy-first New
York Regiment will proceed to-night to Acquit&
•reek, arrangements having been made for their
transportation thither,
The Government up to this hour has received no
further news from Amnia creek beyond what has
already been mentioned. The steamer Keystone
State was lying near by for several hours, and ac
cording to the report of an Moor on board that
vessel there are two batteries, the one on the lower
grounds having bein damaged. It was supposed
from the movements of the steamer Anaemia
that she wee struck by a ball. The War Depart
ment is kept open all night, in order to be in
formed by telegraph or otherwise of whatever
may demand its protect attention
From Manassas Junction.
TEEE ItZDELS CONCRNTUATING
THEIR FOB4OEB.
An Im.tnediate Attack Expected.
Wasnutaroi, May 31.—A lady, who lives near
Manassas Junotion, who - reeobed Wasbington this
afternoon, stated that the rebels are eeneentee.
ting rapidly at that point. - Their troops are being
thrown forward from Lynehburg in large numbers,
and the troops, in considerable bodies, are march
ing in advance, ana econpylog prominent posi
tions this side of the Junction. They evidently
moot an attack immediately from the United
States troop, somewhere in that vicinity. The
rebels ware engaged in fortifying ovary flailed°
position at and near theJunotien, with the vie, to
make their position as defensible as possible.
Man the 11. S. Camp in Virginia,
Rumors of kipected Conflicts To-night
An Advance on Fairfax Court House
Contemplated.
Accidents to the daribaldian
WASOINOTON, May 31 —A gentleman arrived
to sight, at half past 9 o'olook, from.the camp of
the United States troops in Virginia., reports that
four companies of the United States Second dra
goons, a battery of artillery, and the Eighth,
Twenty-fifth, and Sixty ninth New 'York regi
ments were occupying the heights two milot Der.
yond the Arlington Rouse, and their plc/ etc were
extended beyond Ball's Cross Roads, mix and a
half miles from Washington. A portion of this
bree was intended to advance on Fairfax
Court EIOIIIIO to-night, and, if possible, to
°poppy it before daybreak. The troops expiated
to have an engagement, as information deemed to
be relieble bad reached them that the rebel troops)
nanabering about 1,400, are in a position at that
point.
The rumor was also current in this camp that
there would be an attack by 4,000 rebels on Alex
andria during the night. The United States
troops there and in the immediate vicinity were
actively engaged in preparing for the expected
conflict. The attack was expected to some from
th e direction of Durafriaa, about 21 mile' below.
This last report was not altogether believed, but
it it Certain that the United States troops were
olive to any possible emergency.
Two privates in the Garibaldi Guard were Red.
dental!) shot by the oarslesa use et are• arms by a
comrade. One ball passed through the calf of the
lag of 000 man, and shattered the knee pan of
another, It IS supposed that the latter individual
will have to undergo amputation of the limb.
The North Briton Off Cape Race.
Ss. Jamul, N. F., May 51.—Tho stealaar Ifett
jd riton , for (Inebee, panted Cape BIOS yesterday.
Bar data! byre been antleipited.
FROM ALEXABDRIA.
The Pawnee • off for Aoquia Creek.
The Troops tten► Wantland at Nannies
Jenetion.
Patr az ire " gYn lA P steam tt i Cal l te lle en lj oOn, l3' ari 7 l w a lsz ft ab f l o l ;
down the liver at four o'olook. She has gone, pro.
bably, to take pert in the :rho* on the rebel bat
tery at Aeqata amok. Her place here Is supplied
by the steamer Pogo/onto*.
A traveller, arrived from Richmond We after
noon, musts that ha saw bat few troops there in
comparison with the extravagant statement/ that
have been made of their number. The beisnof
may have been mattered throughout' the State.
The lrvaps .t Mauwar Jnaelioa toultbar about
9,000.
Alexandria wears an exceedingly dull upset.—
Hke that of a Sabbath day. Many of the stores
on the wharf ere entirely olosed, and the fleoutsion
sentiment among the community does not Isom to
have abated much. The women and children are
leaving dilly for the hospitable aborts of Mary
land. Freedom of speech is apparently units
striated, exempt , when too open and violent in the
presence of the soldiers.
Colonel Stone Iran to-day relieved from Stamm.
mend el tide post, hie pleas being supplied by
Colonel Beintelemarm, of the Seventeenth 'Regi
ment United States Infantry.
From Martinsburg, Va.
FACT DESCRIPTION OW TEE WINES-DECZNATION
OP. TER RIZZI. TROOPS.
HAxiktilETlll4, May 81.-4 private letter re•
°sired here to-day from Martinsburg, Va., dated
the 26.11 t instant, states that one company of in
fantry is stationed there by a brother of Governor
botcher, who the totter dosoribes - havfnai
head as, red as a beet, red flannel shirt, thread
bare pantaloons, boots wanting heel-taps, and coat
MO small. A deoession flag is waving over the
eonrt•house, and the Baton men, largely in the
majority, are anxiously desirous of promising arms
to defend themselves. The rebel soldiers get
drunk when they please, and ere very disorderly§
and leek discipline. The emall-pox is raging
'4lrulently at Harper's Ferry, and many members
of the two Baconian companies that went to that
pleas from Martinsburg have basin brought home
to be buried. The diarrheas is also prevalent.
The Barkley county , ' Guards numbered ninety-live
men and the Wise Artillery eighty-four nien when
they left Martinsittarg six week, ago. The former
now numbers only twenty-four men and the latter
twenty, the laws being occailarted by desertions
and dieonee•
The Bunker OomptiV, of Bookintam county,
all laid down their arms and departed, disgusted.
Almost an the latter voted against Ithe,,secuession
trainentill , The above information is perfeotly
reliable. Martinsburg is only seventeen miles
from Harper's Perry.
Examinations for Surgeons for the
State Troops.
Ifottaissous, May 31-The Board of Medical
Szentinere, oonsisthig of Dr. Sing, of Pittaturg;
Dr Dock; of Harrisburg, and Dr. Agnew, 01 Phila
delphia, met today to pass Rpm the qualifications
of the applioants for commindons for Burgeons of
the fifteen regiments authorized by the three mil
lion loan bill. The only philadelpbion4 now
known as having passed a etioneutful examination
are Dr. 'Edward Sheppard, Dr. Reed, and Dr. Al—
fred Green, of Germantown. There are sixty
caudidates in all to ba enotnined, and the Board
Will be in Banion till midnight.
Governor Curtin went to Philadelphia by the
5 o'olook P. M train.
Southern News.
rnrMWn'rMFWM'T 7 II"Mr=rI7 . C:M I
Lantamut, May IL • —The Anoxia Giratiscle,
of the 28th inst., says that General Berntregard
issued orders yesterday relinquishing the ooze
mend of the forces around Charleston to Colonel
IL M. Andorson, &nJ renewing D. R. Jones, who
accompanies General Boanrogard to Corinth, Mis
sissippi.
T Built left Charleston, 1 , 11 Monday, as a
bearer of despatches to M. Thoavenel, tho rsvaaoh,
Minister of Foreign Affairs.
The Mobile papers Icy that the agent or the
Nen& Government hi now in that city oolleating
information for the Emperor Rept.leon.
From Missonn.
DINOISTRATION AGAINST THE BICISSIONIGTS,
WARSAW, MO., May-El.-The Union 1114111 from
Pettis, Henry, Benton, and Morgan otranties,. num
bering 700 men, have organised seven companies
sear 016 001 setup, en Tuesday, and threatened
death to every Secessionist in the Osage Valley.
They have sent an agent to General Harney for
arms. Groat excitement prevails here, and bad it
net been for the - wee arrangement between av
weals Harney. and Price, the military companies
would have driven these men from this county, at
*ignorer cost.
Two New York Regiments for Wash=
ELMIRA, May 3L -Two additional regimenta l
the wimp, ore under =robing orders for Writhing
ton. -
The Kentucky Border state qui:lvanhoe.
PIZAMELPORT, Meg , Sl-The aornmittete appointed
by the Convention was not ready to -report to-day.
and the proceedings were unimportant
Prom Fortress Monroe.
• listerneoan, May 31.—The steamer from Vorkreall
Monroe brings a letter from the correspondent of
the Associated Press, dated 41 o'clock, A. M., of
yesterday.
General Butler spent Wednesday at the Newport
News Point encampment, where the greatest con
fusion has prevailed from the want of experience
on the park of the quartermasters and 80121521111111 ,
ries, the provisions not having been promptly die
tributed. Foraging parties went out, who provided
liberally for themselves, and in some instances
wantonly destroyed much private property.
Col. Phelps, of the Vermont regiment, is now in
command of the post.
The line of entrenohmenti, 2,500 feet long, is
nearly completed,
Col. Duryea visited Hampton en Wednesday,
and pabliebed a proclamation to the few remain
ing inhabitants, deolaring that the priirate pro
perty of the loyal citizens should be respected. It
lo as followii: •
PORT Monson, Va., May 2Y, HAL
Bream. Dermas, No 5 —Rol. A. Duryea, Fifth
Regiment Volunteers, will at once assume' 0011).-
mend of the-camp of the two New York regi
ments, Kr. Segar's farm, and fescue such orders
and make such regulations ' consistent with the
Articles of War, as will insure good order
and a thorough system of - inatteuition and
discipline Be will see that a proper guard is
posted each -night over the_well, and on and near
the bridge leading toward the forte, In each man
ner that there can be no harm to them. Any de
predations committed - upon the -property of MG-
M:Mal i or any unnecessary 11:100IIVOOilD00 imposed
upon them by any number of the command, must
be promptly noticed and reported in writing to
the ,Major depend commanding the Department.
By order of Major General Butler.
Garay TALI/ *DOI,
Acting Assistant Acjatant General.
ClOlOllOl rtigiment, which arrived Co
Wednesday. mill-encamp near Ilempton.
General Bartlett's brigade arrived on Thursday
Morning, on the limner Costomeoeleos, and will
proceed at one. to Newport News Point.
Fugitive slave' continue to dock into the camps.
The following additional items are gleaned fromi
si passenger who arrived by the steamer from For
trees Monroe, which left there about six o'eloek
last evening :
The meet extensive war preparations were la
progress at the Fortress. Troops were being
pushed forward rapidly towards the interior, and .
is was tbought that an attack on Norfolk by a cir
cuitous route was shortly to be made.
Immense quantities of war material.: and pro
visione were being landed at the Fortress.
George B. Tooker, of Baltimore, sutler's clerk
at F-irtress Monroe, was arrested on the charge of
holding communication with the enemy. 93e was
brougikt on the steamer to this city, and this
morning sent to Fort McHenry.
The McDonald Habeas Corpus.
fiv. Louts, May 81.--Whou the hrefoono/d ha
beas corpus 011110 Rae called np this morning in the
United States Dittylot Court, ten. Harney made
a return that Captain McDonald bad been removed
to Illinois. and was now in the military 00ismand
of Gen. McClellan; that be bad never had the
body of the prisoner under his control, and cons,.
quently was unable to produce him ten Barney
turther stated that, by orders from Warbiegton,
dated the llith inst., but only renewed yesterday.
he had been removed from the command of this
department. It it understood that Gen. Lyon
sueemed■ him. •
The Desiseerat dentin that Cot. Bleir's regiment
Is ordered to Virglsle.
Kentucky Produce for the South.
?U LOVIITILLI commune To Jour COL. Axons-
soses BRIGAMEI
LOMIVILLI, May 11 —The' - agent of lb. NIA
ville and Louisville railroad has been obliged to
refuse all freight till next week on rooonnt of the
impossibility of obtaining a Whitens number of
ears to 00111 , 19,7 it South.
Paroquet Vamp is soon to be removed to Mid
rougb's /1111, forty-Ave month of trade city, on the
dine of tbo Nashville load.
1 It is naderstood that the several Union compa
nies' now organized in this oily will form part of
Col. Anderson's brigade.
Later from Denver City.
FORT gaanswr, May 31 —Adelees from Denver
to the ;Ida hut. state that Governor Gilvezt arrived
at that plaoe on the nth, rod made a speed to
about 2,000 people that evening. Re was *warmly
received.
Arrival of United States Troops at Fort
Leavenworth.
LIBATXXWORTS, May 31.—The united, tStztes
troops from the Texas frontier arrived at Fort
Leavenworth to-day, in good health. They loft
nothing at the posts evacuated excepting forage.
Lieutenant Colonel Emery has resigned•
Bailing of the Cambridge Transport.
Borrarr, May 81—The steamer Cambridge left
bare this afternoorf, for Fortress Monroe, with a
largo quantity of lumber, tool., owl provisions
/Um, picked company of sappers and minors,
under a requisition from General Butler.
Brigadier General Pierce aadaro passen
gers, and also a eommirdon from the " GCTOTIIOI' to
smudgy" into the condition of the Third and
Fourth Meamohusetialtegimente.
Late front Kentucky and Tennessee.
Loviirrum, May 31—Immoral quantities of
freight for the South are now going over the nob
rile Railroad. It is rumored that the transporta
tion of gooda South, by Gila route, will be stopped
on Monday next.
The ...Asa of the Nevih, by
railroad through Louisville, is anpreastisnied, and I
ft partly attributed to the stoppage of the boat. on I
the Mississippi river .
It is rumored that if the trade over the Nash
ville read is stopped, the Tseassseava rein gal
vanise into Kentucky and take possession of the
road. The Mahal men of Hentuaky have deter
mined to permit no aggresslon from any quarter.
The ildomp_hia BsUffew announces the arrival
of General BeatiVegatti,-on the 2 h last., to take
oommand of the Western division of the Babel
army.
The Philadelphia City Troop.
Sim. Palo sung, May IL—The Philadelphia City
Troop, with four companies of the United abates
Beoand Regiment of Cavalry, arrived here AM'
afternoon, from Carlisle, and will damp here to
night Tire csorelly hairy their Lassasio-WarEll,
camp•equipage, and are all fully armed. The
party is ander the command of Col. G. H. Thomas,
and is destined for Chatobersherg.
Party, banalltiMilltHil, with four horns to oaoh,
left Corileie at noon for the same deltillatiOn
A Maine Regiment Passe* Through
- Baltimore-
B=lllloBl, May 31.—Ttio 1313COad Maine regi
ment passed through this city at 10 teelook this
morning, en route for WathiThann-
The Army Worm in ICaiftruaky.
Leutavir.i.., May H —The army worm le ■p•
preaching this vicinity in vast numbers, threaten
ing.to destroy all the cereals.
MOM united Mateo Troops Iron ire VAN
•Nnw Yonr, May 3l.—rhe schooner lforaca o
with Captain Wallase and his command of the
Pint United States Infantry Regiment, arrived
Ott. zuvriang -tram Tex,s.
Tilt.: r v.
MILITARY LOCALS.
C7p2It4EX"„ANIfeiB Ta 141017'10.
MAINZ TBOOP/I II( TIM CITY
The Seoond Regiment of Keine, under command
Of G9l, dungeon, passed through the city at an
early hour yesterday morning on their way to
Washington. They have temporarily quartered at
Willett's Point, near New York, for some time
peat. Tito regiment loft Jersey city about seven
&do* and readied Camden about twelve (Moot
They embarked upon a steamboat and were taken
immediately to*Waehington.street wharf. There
were but few people there to groot theta upon
their arrival, as the troops generally pass through
at a late hour. They were amply supplied with
*oaks and bread by the eitisens residing in the
neighborhood or the depot. The men were paused
aboard a train which was in waiting at the wharf,
and taken directly through the city, leaving about
three &amt. `They numbered between seven and
eight hundred, were won - tialpped, and promoted
a fivol and hearty jipPearanos.
o r NO of 6f.rflo ialptil 14 4 , 171U4_ 4 44 .I.L) I
Thl4 regiment (highland Guard) has been ex
pected in the city ror some time pail, and at an
early twur every morning a crowd assembles at
Washington•streot wharf, to witness their arrival
There is great anxiety among eta citizen, to sea
tha *mope who are represented to be of good
fighting stook, and dressed In . &Mot aorioura.
The reglinstit.w.as tolavo Left Sow York yesterday
morning, at B'o'cloolucbut their departure was de
layed mail 8 o'clock last evening. The passage
through the ally will be 111440 biSlsoen 4 and 5
o'aloak this morning.
ZOUAVI 11181171 BYGIMINI
A meeting will be berg at the baildivQ 124 the
tioird of Trade this evening, at 8 °Wok_ to make
the preliminary arrangement's for the formation or
a Yours regiment under the Ellsworth system of
WWI. The peenliar dash and freedom of this
drill will Jam salt the active mend our city.
On Thursday afternoon Major Biddle inspected
and mustered into the servme of the Stale, for
three years, or during the war, the Wayne guards.
The odious of the company are ; Oapon t Joiii4 x.
Taggart: eta lieutenant, floury D. Whittier
second lieutenant, Lafayette Palmer. The corps
ie attached to the regiment under command of
00l John F. Staunton. The ladies of Dr. Board
man'. ehtuth have presented each member with a
gray shirt and a 14 hounewife."
ZIGHT OF OIIR RsaixlWTl
The eight regiments first aeoepted by Governor
Curtin. being those under Oolonele Penticton,
Lewis, Lyle, Gray, Bather, Morehead, Dare; and
Owen, number about six thousand men. One of
them, the Seventeenth (Colonel Peterson's) is at
Witallington. Three others. the (Eighteenth ) Col.
Nineteenth cool. Lyle'a,) and Twenty
scoond (Col Morehead's) are at Baltimore, under
General Cadwalader. Three more, the Twentieth
(Boot - Legion ;) Twenty-first (Col. Dallier's Ger
man Bills;) Tifenty-tourth (Col Owen's Irish re
*imolai) wore at butfolls, awl have gone to Glum
bersourg. The last, Col. Dare's (Twenty•third)
regiment, City Guards, was the first of our city
troops in service, and rendered Itself very edloient
at Perryville. Havre.de Grace, &a, It has also
gone to Chambersburg. so that from present ap
pearance* four of our Philadelphia regiments will
partioipate is the movement on Harper's Ferry.
QOLOMIL SMALL'At
All the oompanlea in thin regiment have not yet
been mustered into the terries of the United
litotes, owing to the abeam's° of the mustering offi
cer, Major Ruff, who has been collect to Wilming
ton. Three oompanied Eire yet to he SVP6I9I, when
the regiment will intmedistely go lute (tamp, ar
dent to that effect having bean received. The en
campment will be in the Twenty-fourth ward,
MOOS probably at MI Till.,
CALIFORNIA GUARDS.
We would call attention to the advertisement of
this oompany in to-day's paper. We would advise
all patriotic young men to enrol their names im
mediately.
,
"rAITZELSOM Ain GUARDS."
A new regiment is being formed in . Spring Gar
den, under the list reeiniettion, to be ocimpoeed of
picked pen. Col. Clinton G. Stees bee been
kindly tendered the nee of a beaudfiet country
seat in this vicinity, for the purpose of encamping
and drilling the men, a fine, healthy situation.
The rendezvous Is now open at the S. E corner of
Twelfth and Spring Garden atreatai and in a fair
days one will be opened on Cheetnut street. Cap
tains of companies already formed and not kr
cepted, will find it a benefit by calling at the head
quarters, N. W. corner of Twelfth and Willow.
11 1 / S NPRNDINP 2.1241111.
This crack company, better equipped than any
single military organization in the State, paraded
with a fan band and a beautiful silk standard
yesterday afternoon. They were commanded by
Captain McMullin, who wore the United States
ragidition uniform ' and an immense erowd pre
ceded and followed them.
SE{ SIYZNTH SEGINCZNI
Th e Now York Seventh Regiment bad not ar
rived in this dry up to the tame of our gotng to
press. We learn. from Baltimore that they did not
arrive at the Camden-street station until towards
midnight. They srllll, to all probability, arrive in
Wm City ht daybreak tide morein.
Presbyterian General Assembly, 8.
YOURTMINTH DAT
The Assembly opened at the usual hour, yester
day morning, wi , b prayer.
Mr. Hammill, of Ohio, presented a protest against
the mitten of the Assembly on the state of the cow
try. He argued, among other things, that tbe
settee of the Assembly would be the MOMS of
dividing the Churett.
The Committee on Bills and Overtures reported
against the overture asking the formation of a new
synod, out of portions of the Synods of Philadel
phia and New Jersey.
Yr Imbrie, from the Committee on the Nana
Ova of the. State of Religion, made an elaborate
report It refers with , deprecation to the disturbed'
state of the country. and gives accounts of the con
d Hon of spiritual affairs in thermion, Synod, and
Preshyienes, and presents suggestions to tbe mi
n revs shims, and church members, as to how the
effloteney of the (gluten can be increased. In
closing, the report alludes to the Onager of Church
members nagleeting the interests of religion through
absorption in the political duties which have fallen
upon us in i s present times. Not lase than twenty
Presbyteries have already complained of this evil,
and it the Church in general falls into this sin,
what hope can we hare of influencing the unsoiled.
lied world? Now, more than ever, Lit important
to pray, to attend the ordinanites of the Ohureh to
give liberally to benevolent objects. The Cherub
L still one, and it cannot be rent asunder without
great sin somewhere.
The report was accepted and adopted
Dr. Edwards rose to a question of privilege. He
htd in his hand ,the Presbyterian, which had at
tacked him.
/mamba rose to a point of order. The matter
of which Dr. Idiom's wee about to oomplato was
not a question of privilege mailable by ibis
Hoop..
• •
The Moderator decided the point of Order well
token
Dr. Edwards eppsaled.
The Houle sustained the decision of the Node
rotor, and the affair dropped, with a statement
from Dr. Edwards that be should enter a protest
evilest the deetsion of the Moderator, and the
tyranny of that editor.
Mr. Baird, secretary of the Presbyterian His
torical Society, made a statement, showing what
had been done by that society in the way of pre
sorting MSS., portraits, rare &moment.. cod
pamphlets relating to the fathers; and the history
of the Ohntoh. The speaker exhibited Colonel
Gardiner's pistols on the table. They are now
among the relies in possession of the moiety, and
the seldom), of their boring come , dirooi from
.‘ Prelim) Pans" is undoubted.
A member asked if the pistols were plaited here
u as Indication of the character of the Assembly.
[Laughter
On motion, the Assembly commended the w
eary to the favorable cobeideration of the
churches.
In the meantime, the Gardiner pistols were
freely handled by the members of the Assembly,
and comments on their great site, their fashion,
do., were indulged la.
The Assembly next took up a judicial ease. It
was the appeal of the Presbytery of Passaic against
the deebdon of the Synod of New Jersey. in the
matter of , the ewe of Elder William B. Guild, of
the Third Chao& in Newark. The story is a long
and Intricate one. It begin with a trial of Mr.
Guild by the Session of the Church of which he was
an elder, for betting on an election, for using pro
fane language, and for improper condo*. The
Session censured Mr Guild, who appealed to the
Presbytery. TheProbytery outsized theeharges,
and Mr. Guild took his case to the Synod of New
Jersey. The Synod 'attained Mr. Guild, where.
upon the Presbytery of Passaic appeals agates% the
Synod to the General Anombly. The decimate
I n the ease are printed, and, comprise over 100
pages. The affair would appear to hare (grown out
of political ruling and pimp; but in Its passage
through the Church courts, (and civil courts also,
in the way of suits for slander s ) it has got horribly
tangled sod tutted sp.
Addreleas on the qaestion, Involrivg many joints
of. Oben& law, were made. lg. Moors. Beata,
Horublower, and others, whieb occupied the time
of the body 1W the adjourament.
AJTIIISIIOOS
,5,11,6110 N.
Upon ze assemblimg the appeal nand the Synod
of New Jersey was again taker' up
Bar. Dr. Jacobs offered as a substitute for Dr.
Itibrieve notion to totem the sus for a new trial/
the following : "That the case be referred h tiok
the Synod of New Jersey, with dire c ti on , it. h t
the Synod a
rut n.i their record so es to ette e lf s .
the rehar..ne of their &visions, and that the c on :
plaints, if complaint bo made, be based epee the
amended record."
Mr Shipman, one of the COMILIth44 ippoto
by the Synod of. New Jersey, wee allowed to t ' eh g e
the fitter to defend the Synod ile though t ti
wo od he trifling wirh panne justice to most thi s
record book to the New Jersey Synod f or 1 , 5 , ,
No one had read the record, and it should hcv
more attention, and not be awed on ao hastily e s
oontended that in such a °purse as ibis there w oo
neither be principle nor justice ki
of senalag 'seek_
Rev Dr Rail, of.Raohester, N Ywax la faros
.Rev. Mr Hammitt agreed with the previees
speaker, and thought ft should be sent back,
although the reasons had not been stated in th o
lilynotre record,
Mr. Liras rata tale ores 1 1 - 00.1pietht fey a p re.
bytery against one of the Synod., and sho u ld
so considered.
Dr. Jacobi now withdrew the subetitute as pl.
fared by hiM.
It was then moved to lay all on the tohle Ana
proceed at once to try the mule. Lost.
The vote was then taken on Dr. Inibrie's ac,.
tip, which was agreed to. it is as og alao
Bersolved That the case be returned I t the
Synod tor a new trial, If mob new trial he re.
quired--
First--Beosnee it appeara from the record of the
Synod that the original parties in the eau est,
heard by them—the original parties in the j a d e .
moot of the Assembly being Mr. Wm B
and the Committee prosecuting for common law s :
Sooond--Beosuse the reasons for the dect s i on
el the Ryland were not esiordead eteet , llo t o th
regulatiorui in chap. 23d book of Dteetph ee
Judicial case No 6 was next taken up. via: the
ease of F. T. Worrell vs. the Synod of Dimon
setting forth the appeal of the former against IL:
latter, relining to mullein hie appeal from the Pres.
bytery of Bloomington It appears that the ease
originated before the Cession of Bloomington, oe
charge , p re f erre d against the appellant by R d
sei , iLtdi ea (E aanseal Ramer ,) After
nation. the session convicted him, and passed sea.
fence excluding him from the communion of the
Church. An appeal woe taken from this deeisi on
to the Preibytery of Bloomington, 'which rafew
to sustain the appeal, An appeal was taken fro m
thence PC the Synod, which refused also to Iturej e ,
toe appeal. From this decision of the ISlb o d of
Illinois this appeal is taken to the General Asse t .
bly
Without taking any action in the ease, the A s ,
aembly adjourned until 8 &Meek.
isvartura 81111110 N.
RaThe nroottedileigi opened With rumor by
i Dr Layman.
Judge Allen moved that the Board of 11dt:it:fetich
be instructed to make no appropriatio n . to OWa
diaries without the sanction of thoir fol p olun
rreebyterles.
The Committee en Theological Seminaries! lud o
a report concerning the claim of Mr. Wawa
' .against the seminary of the Northwest, for Beni.
Col!performed In that institution,
much diaemulon ensued.
Dr Margrave 'mid that the ger:Malan wee a
minister of God, and hoped that he would be
Pa i d
LC was moved to poetpono tiro matter !natal:MO.
11. Lout
Dr. Musgrave offered a eubstltate that the whole
rooter be referred to the board of trainee.
(larded,
Tbo Committee of Leave of Abloom, reported
that they had moved various members from
farther attend 61200 on the sessions of the Assembly.
The report was approved.
The unfinished Imam being the appal of Dr.
Worrell from the Sjnod of Dioomlngton,lll ,
The reading of the papers oeoupted nearly two
home.
The Assembly adjntumed without esmlng to any
deeision on the subject.
CUIIT . OK ilooBll APPOINVIMPITS.—reeterdBy
th, following appoin , ments were announce* by the
Hon Wm B Thomas, Collector er the Pnrt:
IRllt,n Mica, taniries, vita
Snyder Leidy, statistical clerk, rice George W,
Jeckeon; Benjamin Minkel. eor. and reit clerk,
'riots Joseph B Rowell; Charles W McClintock,
entrance clerk, vice Charles it Hem. J.J.
Mickey, fee alert. Vice Wiliibm Nittly ; Timm
W. Martin, hood clerk, vice Robert E Wright.
Keever of the Custom Bouse—E R Reynolie,
vice Aswan 13 Tr:whom.
lifeditirey—lttimph R. Smith, "fee Thema' .1
Dt.kay.
irirpectore—David Foy. vie. Joseph Alexander;
Kennedy lidooaw, rice Washington Bigler; 11 B.
Dillingham, vice W F. Cooper; J .hn It loft,
vie. WW. L T4j ibi , Mae T Her
ver• William Hellman. vice Landy Barrie; Attar
R. Fougeray, vice 0 Lockhart; Thomas J Smith,
vice Thomas IlloGittigan; Reuben Wunder vim
Pe l l7l4P ; Matt,beV W, F4r/liPei liee ' JebD
Blink ; J. Rom Ramble, TlOO 7101:15C11 AWdlO coG,
E. hall, vice Jacob Derided ; Palmer 0 McGinley,
vice William Field ; John Herter, vice Aug Lan.
tenbaoh ; Daniel B Battier, vice J Fullerton. Jr ;
Jatimai Metall!. vise William Used HAMM
v^aei Samuel A. ilagner; John Menke, vice
Juline Kern.
Aida of the Bevenue—Joseill FL Dye, rice
0 W De Meet; (Inoue Philips, vim Beieri
Murray; David A. Middleton, at Dessrello, rice
Fred. Williamet ; Jelin Wilde, at cheater, vine Joon
P. .18:0011 ; Merle" J. Brown, et Bristol, vica r Joha
Vanzsnt.
Captain_ tko Night Inspectork—Willlam Can.
rad. woe J";,bn
Night hiveetors—John Stilled], vies Jobe
Kelly ; Davis Bsylitts, vice J. Calms ; W. J. Bu
ford. vice Jersey Kelly.
N., 6 41 itralekoseti oss Wksemes—luess Rey&
'sloe Joszes bleCalvey ; Williere. Welsh, "lee Jeba
Apple.
Aresessr—Wro S. (dilllngbam, vise li. Erika
land.
Aslistant frckgArr--Damisel B. Laufer, per
Lewis Brien.
Storekeeper—David B. Sterrett, vies Watt
Simpson.
Suparintmuimpt of Public Stares—Jamtilnlie
emir, idea John Wagner-
Gouger—Bradley A. Howell, vice Blecod O 1t
ton-
The remnioder of the ippointteontn will not be
announatd unlit Ate ibsit Inas
THE Ispire' Aro.—By reason of its central
position, and the convenient arrangement of in
apartments, Dr II A Boardmon's church, at the
corner of Twelfth and Walnut etreets, Wu selected
for the meetioge of t• The Ladies' Aid."
This selection has given rise to an erroneous ha
preseion, that the association is oomporad chilly
of the ladies of that church.
On behalf or these ladies, we would aft, they
truly regret this misapprehension, and feel called
upon, in justice to the patriotic and benevolent
Wien of other churches, to inform the public, that
the lilies of these ether churches constitute eyed,'
large majority of the members of the areadstion,
and contribute a very large proportion of its huts.
In the association there are members from the
'hurtles of the Rev. Messrs. Jenkins, blest , *
Clark. Darlinl, Chambers, Duffield, Taylor, WU•
eon, Wiley, Joan, Breed, Bice, Watts, Hatter,
McDowell, Walsworth, J. W Smite, Bethel,
Boardman, the Fourth Presbyterian Church, the
First Reformed Dutob Church, end a few from
other churches,
Speaking for the association, we would odd, thei
the oontributions and the industrial operations of
the simulation go to the benefit of the soldiers
chiefly, to a small extent or .tbe Government, not
at 111 to that 0: IMT 0013'7110t0r,
STEZIOPTIOON BATSMAN Wait —This
Combined exhibition has proved a amen, Is
creasing rapidly in publio favor, the houses each
nicht inoreaoing, Both exhlblllime are, the
I 'lda:apes and obituary of the first being sepi
a ally pleasing ; and the war NOW, in the Rat
elan War, give g very accurate ideas of Winfield
menial and betties The loran aeoompanitB
toe painting, to brief, and to the point Teo er
hibitions will be given today, one at 3 o'cloah,
and the other at 8.
STanorra.—William Haslet gabbed Charles
Resaell et Twelfth end Market streets, at 5 o'slstk
last evening. Russell wee taken to the be
and it is probable that he will net live. The offender
in custody.
ACetnitsor 1R MI3ELYUNK.—Nary COW;
aged 5 years, aradoentally naught flee yeeterdly
afternoon, and was ebookiugly burned
HAT HAumwr.—Daring the week about Ma
hundred tirade of bay were disposed dl st rho tiff
market, at from 60 to 70 eente per art. Also, rat
hundred and six louts of straw, at from 75 to 80
cents per (mt.
Fnen.--A frszno house, located in sfraterl
&flirt, in the ►ioinity of Riehmond and YeEoOr
streets. and occupied by Mrs. Pesoooh, wh 2
slightly damaged by fire about halt past sight
o'oloek yesterday morning. The times originated
iimofig ibbie olothitqc and were oaccod by ebildrig
playing with matches.
A Fonantaza.—A white male infant, abeat
two dap old, WAS found yesterday-morning in en
alley in the vicinity of Seventh end Rene street.
The little one was in a basket, and WAS Wiling d
up in old newspapers. The foundling was Uses
eharge of by the ninth-ward pollee.
Smarr Fiats:—At halt' past two o'oloo
yesterday afternoon the department was called rat
to extinguish a slight ire in West PailedelphSt
Damage
A bright tight was obeerved from the State•
haute riteetta, it Able &Mask, eatinesai to hermitt
thing burning far down oe the Neck
T4oo3irf 1/111 noutreanats,k military cote•
pony, of eighty men, comedown to the city peeler'
day afternoon, from these towns, and atter PIM'
ding the streets were mustered into the United
States service. They were young, hearty fellow,
and appeared to be well ofilloered.
LEGAL 11411"16,LL1131ENCZ
Minn STATES _ n
NITRIC? COM/T-4 1 4 a
Cadw a / a der.—Daniel and %Visitor,: B Tarr wail
pot on trial, @barged with making and uniting to
make oonoterfeit half and quarter dollars re"
Tarr rented a house in Morris street, near Hiiih tb '
and represented that be was about to lerro ths
Gin. and desired to have his family fired helots
atartiug 13eitral weeks afterwards, the polio
made a dement on the bouts, and found eons
kt
telt coin, in different stages of *emplaning's. hod
Wm Tan was arrested Mere. A tret.k belong.
in` to Daniel Tarr was aim found in the home. asst
this led to his arrest. On trial. The Greed Jug
will wake the final presentment this morning
DISTRICT Cotrnr-412dge Here.—John Dyer
ve. The City of Philadelphia. An action to re
eover 14.000, the amount of dainagee ar•sested b 1
roadjury is , for the opening. of Broad street through
the premes of the plaintiff. Tbs oily done Sot os
'!"
Mat the payment of the amount Milsieed, bat
jeetion is made to the payment of interest oa O
amount, as the property was not taken by the City r
,
but was Ind by the plaintiff. The fact s 'Medla
this was ao or not was - loft to the jury July mil'
iPor The Press.]
Permit me, as a " Philadelphia antiquariaa,
and as having been a personal friend Of the late
venerated Peale, to male a asfreotiOn of tha
tiele in year paper of to day, headed, Vela
of the Portrait of WaShington,' In the column of
" General News " It is there asserted that th•
portrait of Wnahlrigtor In
This Benito ohcab ei
Wel painted by eteart U not to It 71
painted by Nembrandt Peale, In 13epteaMf.
train the original study, for ribial wumosuci
r
gave three sittings, of three hears mob, and wale d
b
coy WAS purchased by Congress
en for two th
dollars, This stistOMOW tally be nsid ered " tb.
true one, having seen related to me by Air. plait
OD several occasions
The large circulation and the *vitality of TA'
Press for histarleal matter must be atir sPowel
for ask Dag above oarrootion. u. D.