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THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1861
pram nut that standard sheet:
Where breathes she fey Ma Salle beim ad
With Maeda=ls sell beneath ear feet,
And freedom , * banner streaming e'er stsi
ifnurr Pees —English Opinions; She Wears on
the Times; The Seoend Sow Rebellion ; Move
ovule ia.Nortbweitern Virginia; Round About
Washington; Letter from II S. steamer Pawnee ;
Camp Seward ; Col. Dforebead's Regiment ; Letter
from Baton; From Western Virginia; The Lest
Boars of Senator Douglas. FOURTH PAGE —Letter
to the Eon. Simon Cameron; Oar FLIT Song;
OEM= Di Clay's Letter to the London Times:
Genera . War Newt; Marine Intelligence.
The Decision of Chief Justice Taney.
We published, on Tuesday, the opinion of
Chief Justice TANSY on the Merryman case,.
in Baltimore, as a part of .the history of the
present era. The details of the suit are before
our readers, and the principle involved in it is
one of the most momentons,that can come
before a judicial tribunal. As a legal docu
ment, the opinion of the Chief Justice is in
exceedingly bad taste, and exhibits many evi
deuces of a petulant temper. General Kara
is not recognized as an officer of the United
States,-but a a military officer, resident in
Pennsylvania," and President LINVOLN is only
noticed by the Chief Justice " out of respect
for his high office." We regret that such a
document should come from the Supreme
Court of the United States. It can only serve
to embarrass the President in the exercise of
his duties, and we are sorry to think that it
bears every evidence of having been prepared
with such an intention. Wherever the sym
pathies of the Chief Justice may be, they are
neltber.with the Union nor with the President
in his efforts to save the Union.
Taking a common-sense view of the case,
we have no doubt as to the propriety of the
course of President 1•724007•11. It Is evident to
the mind of any but the prejudiced or un
friendly observer, that every step of the Pre
iddent's course has been a necessary and self
defensive step. The questions he had to con
tend with were those affecting the very life of
the Government, and the stability of free in-
BMW:ions. The President was compelled to
assume the responsibilities incident to his
petition; and if, in doing so, he has, in com
pliance with the wishes of every patriot, dis
regarded some idle technicalities, the country
will applaud the motives which prompted his
action. Among other things, the President
has directed the military officers under his
command in the rebelliousdistricts to suspend
the writ of habeas corpus whenever they shall
deem it necessary for the public safety. The
Constitution especially prescribes, u one of
the limitations of the powers of Congress,
rc The "pilvilege of the writ of habeas cotpus
shall not be suspended, unless when, in cases
of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may
require it." The Chief Justice claims the
right of suspension as a legislative power
-the President has exercised it as an executive.
The Chief Justice enters his protest, and the
matter now goes before the country.
Chief Justice TANEY' alludes to the Burr
Conspiracy, and claims that President Jar
rason fully recoguited the privilege of sus
pension as only a Congressional right. We
think a careful reading of the history of that
celebrated case will show that the writ was sus.
petaled by General Wilenison on his own
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western Military Department. He arrested
four men, whene.he charged with being ac.
COMplicea of AARON Bean in a cg conspiracy
for the severance of the Union." Writs of
habeas corpus were sued out in behalf of three
of the prisoners. One was discharged under
the writ, and the others were held in defiance
of the court. General WILKINSON communi
cated the facts to President .Inrreases, who
not only approved the- cotton, but sought to pro
cure from Congress an endorsement of his
course. A bill to that effect was passed by
the Senate January 28, 1807 ; but in the
House it was indefinitely postponed. Jens
Quiver Ames, at that time a Senator, and
noted as a strict constructionist of the Consti
tution, was a member of the Committee who
reported the bill to the Senate, and cordially
endorsed the course of the President. It will
be rerouted, however, that neither branch of
Congress censured the General, and the re
fusal to pass the bill was, in a great meastue,
because the fleeced* , for its operation had
passed away. This is the only case in our
history in which the principle came before
the Government, and, although it does not
compare in magnitude with that of the present
rebellion, the course of Mr. .Inrreason was,
in spirit, similar to that now pursued by 31r.
lescorss.
Chief.lmstioe Tssmr, in=the course of his
opinion, appeals to history in support of his
case. We might join issue with him, for if
history teaches anything, it teaches the utter
impossibility of a lawgiver or legislator to an
ticipate the emergencies of the future. As, in
the course of nature and science, no precau
tion can prevent sickness or injury, and no
law can govern the various phenomena of the
earth and sea, so, in the course of legislation
no system of political economy cal be con
structed capable of meeting every exigency.
if the Barons at Runnymede could have
foreseen the tyranny of the Tenons and
STUARTS, there would have been - no ma
bilious in 1640 and 1688. If the Republicans
of France could have read the ambitione heart
of young General BONAPARTE, they would
have sent him to the guillotine instead of to
the army of Italy ; and if the wisdom of our
fathers could have conceived the possibility
of a rebellion as formidable as the one which
now menaces the existence of the nation, they
Would have provided constitutional means ca
pable of answering every phase it might as
sume. Whether the Constitution can preserve
itself or not, is the great issue which we have
before us. While the principles at stake are,
in many parts, vitalist, there can be no resem
blance in the er exciting contests between the
Crown and the people of England," to whioh
the Chief Justice alludes, and the contest of
-tesdly, - which he seeks to defeat by the appli
cation of obsolete and insufficient remedies.
The rider of the English people was assuming
prerogatives wherewith to crush their rights ;
the ruler of the American people assumes his
prerogatives to save our country and its laws.
The King was the peopleN e antagonist ; the
President is the people's representative. The
subjects of the King were anxious and willing
to compromise their privileges to propitiate
their sovereign, and secure peace. The con
stituents of the President insist that he shall
maintain their honor and nationality, and ask
to follow him even to the cannon's month.
The ling was hated by his people and dis
trusted by Parliament; the President pos
sesses the affection of the people and the es
teem of their representatives.
Even granting the premises which Chief
Justice Tanar assumes to be true, it would
be a sad thing for the nation if President
Ltseota permitted his action in this crisis to
be governed by the timid counsels or thwarted
by the suspiciona opposition of a magistrate
whose sympathies and confidence he certainly
does not possess. Let us go back to history.
Lord MAMMA; in diserussieg the actions of
the Long Parliament, and the charge of nn
censtitntionality which was brought against it
in the case of STRLYPORD, littera this maxim;
to was ilbsohtiely
. secessary to violate the for
mai pw .f o ith e e(pstsfitutiou in order to preserve
its spirit." If the 'necessity existed then, it
exists now. If it was necessary to supersede
dear and cherished rights to apprehend a high
and haughty rebel and punish him with the
punishment of the traitor, how much more
necessary is it to-day, when we have a con
federation of rebels, all of whom are more
ensirpulous and dangerous, if not as able
and eloquent, as was the Earl of STSAFFORD.
Wit.elsx 111. found it necessary, shoitly after
be seseaded the throne, to suspend the writ of
habe.as corps for the safety of his person and
the Pelee of the State, and his action was
cansiirad so bitterly by his enemies the .la
whites, as is that of President Lizeor.s by
his eneudes, the pcfrogoniste. Public opi-
plop, powever, Approved the act, and Lord
Masao ay comments upon it in words which
are so appropriate to this occasion that we
cannot refrain from quoting them
" /t was the fashion to call James a tyrant, and
William a deliverer. Yet, before the deliverer
bad been a month on the throne, he had deprived
itnglishmen of a precious right withal the tyrant
had respected * * * Extraordsnary and
trrygraar vwndscatsons of publso Warty are
somainues oteeessary yet, however nooomay,
they are almost always followed by some tempo
rary abridgments of that very liberty ; and every
such abridgment is a fertile and plausible soheme
for career= and invective "
The Chief Justice complains that the only
opposition to his authority in the State of
Maryland has been made by the military
power, and that the judicial process has only
been disobeyed by General CADWAIADEIL lie
declares it to be the duty of the United States
civil 'authorities only to take cognizance of
cases like; that of Maansame, and says
There was no danger of any obstruction or
resistance to the action of the civil authori
ties, and, therefore, no reason whatever for
the interposition of the military." We do
not know how the case may be in Maryland,
but we have yet to see the first instance of the
diligence and fidelity of its courts. Treason
was practised openly; its citizens publicly de
fied the Government ; soldiers were recruited
and contributed to the Southern army ; the
traitors' flag floated undisturbed until pulled
down by General Elliman ; and yet all this
time Chief Justice TAIBY remained in his
rural horde, quietly enjoying his books and his
flowers, while the officers of his court either
Sided the traitors, or connived at their in
famy. All through the South, and, we re
gret to say, even in Maryland, a judicial
process would be a farce. Mr. DAVIS plots
treason in Montgomery ; General Rao
builds batteries at Pensacola; and ex-General
Twmas lives in an infamous retirement in
New Orleans, and what judicial process can
molest them 7 No civil , power can reach this
rebellion. It must be crnahed out by the
sword. The evil is serious, and the remedy
must be radical. It would be foolish to apply
an emollient or administer a tonic when phle
botomy was necessary ; and if Mr. LtseoLn
had rested his hopes on a judicial or civil pro
cess, be would to-day be either a captive in
Richmond or a fugitive in Philadelphia.
We have argued this question from a differ
ent stand-point than that occupied by Chief
Justice TAnier. Even assuming the law of the
land to be as be declares it, the conclusions
we seek to draw are not at all affected. To
mention Boast's rebellion as a precedent, and
ask the President to deal with lEFFERSOS
Davis as President JErsznson did with AARON
Boas, is to publish a misrepresentation of
fact and an absurdity in logic. The Chief
Justice is far behind the age. Re has seen
more history in the past year then in the for
mer period of his long life, and, unless he can
appreciate that history and fulfil the obliga
tions it imposes upon him, he is unequal to his
position and false to his fame. He must act
in the living present or be burled with the
issues of the dead past. It was all very well
for the people to plan cities and build tem.
pies and palaces, but when the deluge swept
through the valleys and covered the highest
hills, the place of safety was not in the time
honored mansion or the ancient tower. We
feel as deeply as the Chief Justice the value of
the writ of habeas corpus. We respect his
authority, and, on any ordinary occasion,
would sustain him in its exercise, but the
practical effect of his present deplorable po
eition is that of giving aid and comfort to the
enemies of the country. The habeas corpus
act has been justly called cc the most stringent
curb that legislation ever imposed on tyran
ny." Bat that which curbs tyranny should
speed patriotism and crush treason. We are
very much afraid that, in the hands of Chief
Justice TANEY, it will have quite a different,
effect, and if his present action is an indica
lion of his future course, treason will find a
place of refuge, and its abettors encourage
ment and sympathy in the Supreme Court of
the United States.
The Soldiers of Pennsylvania.
wt...tc.-re*- part Pennsylvania may take in
this contest,--ne- zeta wrest. that it will not be
an ostentatious one. Hes people have very
little newspaper valor, and her soldiers rarely
get into the journals, except in the bulletin of
a battle, or an official order from the War De:
parttnent. This spirit of modesty is never
appreciated until it enters into history, and
history has always appreciated Pennsylvania.
In the cc glory" of 'this campaign our 'State
has had no share. Her volunteers have gone
into the hardships of the war, without en
joying any of its romance. The " exploits "
of the past six weeks have not been per ,
formed by her sons, and although she has,
perhaps, as many active soldiers in the held
as any other State, they have restricted them
selves to the martial duties of the camp, pa
tiently awaiting the signal for the fray. Our
troops have the misforttme to be soldiers, and
their officers are men who go forth to light,
and not to wear the epaulettes of an officer,
and perform the arduous duties of a ttewspa
per correspondent. Accordingly, we find
them quietly enduring the hardships of their
condition without a single newspaper en
graving of deeds never performed, or a single
newspaper history of exploits which were
only achieved by imaginative chroniclers.
With our necessarily limited unowledge of
military affairs and the plans of, the Govern
ment, we cannot speak with certainty of the
movements of the various regiments of our
State soldiery. It is evident, however, that
a great strategical operation is intended
from Chambersburg, and, in all probability,
against Harper's Ferry. The -presence of
General rarranscur at that place, and the
concentration of large bodies of troops in the
immediate vicinity, indicate that an import.
antmovement will speedily be inaugurated.
Among the soldiers with General Farrznsos
are the regiments of Colonel OWEN, Colonel
Batman, Colonel GENT, and Captain B.catim.
=Oa company of Rangera. Pive other Phila
delphia regiments are in Baltimore and Wash
ington, and two regiments, under command
of Colonel Swam. and Colonel EmsTE/N, are
now in this city, daily awaiting marching or
ders. A reserve camp,of ten thousand men
is being organized by the State, and may be
ordered into active duty whenever the. Go
vernment needs additional forces.
We can cheerfully submit the honor of our
State to these cs ragged regiments of Pennsyl
vania," who have all their glory yet to win.
We have an idea that the first actual experi
ence of war will be felt on the mountains of
Northern Virginia. Unless the operations of
General liteGLEtcax in the West, General
Durum in the East, and General MoDowsra
in the centre, should compel a retreat, it is not
at all improbable that the soldiers of Pennsyl
vania will meet the legions
.of Jerrensori
Davis, under the command of that warrior
himself. Nature has made the position at
Harper's Ferry very strong, and the Rebel
troops have been pouring into it from all parts
of the South, and entrenching themselves
with all the appliances and means of offensive
and defensive war. A contest there will be
far different from a sally into Fairfax, a skir
mish at Philippi, or the occupation of Alex
andna. It may be attended with desperate
valor on both sides and a terrible loss of life
and while we do not at all andonate the skill
and resources of our opponents, we feel that
victory must attend our arms, and that no one
will share more honorably in its perils and its
glory than the soldiers of Penhsylvarda.
Cassius ill. Clay and the London Times.
It is very natural that the Hon. CASSIUS M.
CLAY should write a brave and patriotic letter
to the London Times, and that that newspaper
should sneer at his sentiments, and insult
him in its columns. The letter of Mr. Mir,
and the comments of the London journalist,
we transfer to our columns to-day. Zir. Crax
approaches every subject with originality,
elegauce, and force, and his letter is, in ail
respects, equal to his high reputation. His
propositions are simple and comprObensive
We are lighting to maintain our nationality;
to preserve the principles of liberty - upon
which it Is founded to crush Secession, and
the manifold treason which it engenders. In
this contest, British honor places her on the
aide of the North, for, says Mr. easy,
very truly, "England was the conservator
of liberty in Europe—in the Old World;
we in the New. If the Confederate States
are right, then England is wrong." Bri
tish interest should attach her to . the North
in a commercial sense—for the tradesmen
of the North ate her best customers, with
all the money to spend; and in a political and
spew sense—for any unjust interference with
us, in our hour of trouble, may be attended
by a fearful revenge in the futnre. These are
the propositions of Mr. CLAY, as he publishes
them in the Tunes and presents them to the
English people.
The reply of The Times reads like one of its
comments upon some enthusiastic member of
the Irish Repeal Association, or a criticism
on the last pantomime. Mr. CLAT is snubbed
with the epithet of a tt lively letter-writer,"
and we have a piece of pleasant sophistry on
the question of nationality : A. fight for na
tionality," says The Times, between men
of the same nationality is to us, we can
didly confess it, an inexplicable enig
ma." The Times may be correct, so far
as the phrase goes, although we can see
neither wit nor reason in this display of
etymological learning. The question of na
tionality does not affect our appreciation of
OLIVER CitouwELL's services to liberty, al
though his contest with the Cavaliers pre
sented as "inexplicable " an crenigma " as
the Times sees in the United States. No one
thinks of applauding JAMES 11. and de
nouncing WILLIAM 111., and yet, it nation
ality is a loyal attribute, England has shame
fully neglected it until this day.
There is >no necessity for our noticing in
detail the arguments of the Times. We com
mend them to our readers as a fair exhibition
of the heartless .and unfriendly sentiments of
that journal. Its present sympathies are evi
dently with the South, and it only sustains a
position of neutrality because it thinks the
cause of the South will profit by aueh a posi
tion. We might justly ask, what is there in
the cause of the traitors to commend them
to the consideration of any one loving liberty
and law, and looking forward to the develop ,
went of free institutions and the establish
tnent of a great and happy people in the
Western world? We think that this presents
the real issue of this contest, and we would
fain believe that the liberal sentiment of Eng
land will so regard it. No such consideration,
however, animates the Times. It regards
this war as a matter of trade and commerce,
and seems to hope that treason may triumph
because cotton is needed in • Lancashire and
our Congress has passed a "hostile" tariff
bill.
WASHINGTON OORIMPONDENOE
Letter from " OCClteiOntd,"
(Correspondence of The Frets.]
WASHINGTON, June 5, 1.851
The mode of warfare adopted by the Confede
rate troops upon the Soldiers of the United States
is one in onset harmony with the creed and ex
ample of the leaders of the Southern treason.
Firiog upon solitary sentinels is one of the favorite
pastimes of these brave sons of the ohivalry ; and
they delight in expelling unarmed and unoffending
citizens, on the bare suspicion of sympathizing
with freedom, and carrying their tyranny and
jealousy so far as to refuse to transmit any letters
even when written by ladies, unless the contents
are drat made public. I perceive that Captain
Albert Pike, a man born in New England, and
whose resider:me, for some years past, has been in
Arkansas, has raised a force of Indians—savages,
in faet—who are to be trained to the business of
marauding, and assassination, and whose duty it
will be to capture defenoeless women and`children,
and to put them to death with Scalping knife, end
the usual barbarous appliances of slow torture.
This man Pike has been a sort of habitue
of Washington for a number of years past as agent
for the Indians, in company with a set of Arkan
sas operators, and has realized enormous sums
from the Federal Government by boring certain
of their eliding before Congress. He staid in
Washington up to the last moment, making every
effort to put the money of the General Govern
ment into his packet to nse it in the ranks of the
traitors. The fortunes realized by these graceless
attorneys for the Indians would startle the world
If they , could be made public. fact, Arkansas
would have been a miserable , pauper but for the
constant and inoreaeing appropriations of the
United States, to be expended within her limits
for army .depots, forts, arsenals, overland mails,
Indian reservations, and so on through the oaten•
dar. With the stoppage of the Butterfield mall to
California, with the annuities withdrawn from
the Crooks x Choctaws, Cherokeea, and other
Indiana upon the adjoining reserves, became
of their affiliation with the Southern Dis
union movement, and with all intercourse with
the. North and East out off, Fort Smith, the largest
and most thriving city of Arkansas, is now In a
condition of caapended animation ;ad premature
decay. .Nor is this the worst side of the picture.
The withdrawal of thii - billeits upon the reserve s
for savage warfare, in Virginia. against the loyal
Union men, furnishes better opportunity for the
nomadic Comanches, Morse, and Apaches to
pour in upon the frontier settlements of. Texas and
Arkansas, and sweep them, with fire and sword,
from the faoe of the earth. The traitors will then'
feel that curses, like young chlekons, come home'
to roost.
The Administration is paying renewed attention
to the good people of the city of Baltimore. The
enemies of the ..11.spublis, under the leitd of seek
men-es Robert M. McLane, and influenced by each
organs as the Sun, a re
, undoubtedly ready at any
moment to spring upon - WeUnion men, and to re
sort to their characteristic persecution. A few
evenings ago two of Knapp's large guns, intended
for Fort McHenry, were spiked by several of these
loyal citizens and rendered useless for a time ; and
late information has induced the Sanatory of War
to issue orders to U. S. Marshal Bontiefant to !natl.
tats a rigid and constant search fur the purpose
of preventing the manufacture et powder and
arms to be used against the Government by the
sympathisers of the Oonfaderatas in that State.
Within the last twenty-four hours a large and
valuable assortment of arms and other munitions
of war were secured by this able and efficient offi
cer, together with the machinery for their mann
fao tare.
A gentleman who paid a visit to Richmond a few
days ago, and preserved Ms incognito so suovess
fully as to be enabled to gather some rather correct
information, reports that the backbone of the trai
tors' rebellion is broken. He believe, that they
will fight, but he saw enough to convince him that
the troops were dissatisfied, badly fed, and in no
heart or hope. The South Carolina regiments,
under Colonel Bonham, were well dressed and well
disciplined, but the Mississippi and Louisiana
troops were sickly, hatchet.faced, and full of appa
rant despair. Jefferson Davie was expected daily.
There was no visible head to the movement.
Re saw Henry L.-Edmundson, lately a member of
Congress from Virginia, in full uniform, on his
way to Harper's Ferry, looking somewhat trisect(
on account Untie adventire he was about to make.
He raw Governor Ditcher, and perceived in all of
his actions en ill.conoealed dislike and suspicion
of Wise and his set. What impressed him
meet about the whole affair was the brag,
tie bluster, the bullying of captains and
men;'but what gratified him most was the elo•
Tient oostraet between the troops of the Republic,
quartered in and about Washington, with that of
the miserable, starveling battalions in and near
Richmond. If is tits opinion of tins gentleman
that Beauregard is dead, or that he would long
ago hays appeared. Why should the 00mmander
in-chief of a great army remain in obscure towns
when his presence is necessary in :the field where
the grand conflict is expected? [He hes at last
turned up at Manassas Gap Junction —Kn.] My
inform ant ran some risk in making itqairy about
tae mysterious Beauregard, bit soon desiatel,
inasmuch as be found It a dangeroua'question
He says that the opinion so long entertained
that Northern men will not fight has completely
subsided, and that now, instead of one Southern
man being equal to five Northern men, the mant
issa of our armies and the nature of our troop.,
are ineredibly exaggerated. Same of the v.
V.'s believe that every regiment in Washington is
composed of 5.000 men, and that the smallest man
under "the stars and stripes" is at /east six feet
high. He-predlota that, while there will be a stout
fight in the open field, it will be a short one. He
shies that Richmond was in a state of intoxication
and terror, and that if Uncle Sam's battaliona
should appear upon the surrounding heights there
would be such a scattering as was never hoard of
before In history. Gee/aro:rat..
Public Amusements.
The Hancock Girls Grammar Bohm' give a
(insert this eveniog, at the Aoadercy of Matte, in
aid of the Volunteer Fund, and, .as it will be
wholly wtthout " professional" assistance, we
think it will be a snooess. The admission is 25
(tents. " The Flower Queen" will be the principal
feature of the evening, and a variety of other vocal
performances will be given. The conductor will be
Prof. John Bower—we must say that Prof. is a
remarkable Christian name.
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THE PREM.-PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1861.
LATEST NEWS
By Telegraph` to. Tke Press.
MOM WASHINGTON.
Special Despatelies to "The Prestt."
Latest from the Seat or war.
There is :to doubt that the traitors are °Gaeta
tracing in great force at 'the blanassas Junction of
the Manassas Gap Railroad with the Orange and
Alexandria Railroad. General ficorr last evening
received intelligence of the arrival at that point of
the long lost and muoh-disoussed General BRAUER.
GARD. My informant is positive , of this tact.
Baoungesun states that he does not expect to re
main at blanassas Junction more than two or three
days, wbioh may contemplate an advance upon
Alexandria, distant about forty.five miles, or a
retreat, should he be attacked by the 00111MII ander
General Joao McDoww.t.. A large force moved
from this city late on 'Tuesday night, and other
troops have been and are being despatched. The
traitors are said to be strongly. fortified. - They
have planted Ave heavy batteries behind earth
works, two batteries of light field pieces, and have
additional batteries of heavy guts posted upon the
high grounds. Colonel JORN B. ,MAGRIIDIIIt, who
swore before.high Heaven, a row macho prior to his
resignation,. that he watild never take up arms
against the flag of the Union, is in command of the
heaviest of the batteries. DJ, infantry consista of
troops from North Carolina, Virginia, Alabama,
Kentucky, and South Carolina The Kentucky regi.
merit of rifles is commanded by Colonel lineuron
Dugoss, of Louisville.
General EIOOTT was in great spirits last evening
on the reception of the news of the arrival of
Buxom:Gann at Manassas Janotiom and all our
military authorities concur in the expectation of
stirring seems before the close of the week.
Activity in Government Circles.
The steamers detained by gm thlok and foggy ,
weather last night have been ordered to move out
this evening, although the weather still oontintle,
thick.
A large number of troops have been sent over
the Long Bridge into Virginia tonight, and the
number of nimbi, all heavily armed, have been In.
creased.
The Seoretary of War, with his Chief Clerk
(8msr8a8o1) and prominent army officers, hove
been closeted on important business during the las t
two days.
Important Military Movement.
Broil the indications of the hour we may pre
pare ourselves for the announcement of one or
more engagements in Virginia before another
issue of The Press. The New York Seventy-first
Regiment went down the river last night in two
steamers, with guns and shell. The Rhode Island
Artillery also went down, together with company
G, Rhode Island Infantry. In the transportation
of these troops the steamers r hsladelph,ta, Bahl
more, mount Vernon, and Ammo:stag were em
ployed, I spent more than an hour in the yard,
but no clue to the destination of this expedition
could be obtained. By a messenger just arrived
from the yard, I am informed that great despatch
is enforced in, the repairs of the Thos. Freeborn,
which are nearly completed. A number of heavy
guns have been shipped, and were sent off last
night. Others are ready to ship, and will pro
bably go on board this evening.
There was an order last night sent out to three,
regiments in the suburbs of the city to cross tbe
bridge into Virginia; the route her= is not
known. Manassas Junction is supposed, very
generally here, to be the point to which this
movement is direoted.
A gentleman, just arrived direct from General
BUTLER, says that active preparations are going
forward there, and the General assured him that,
if he would remain, he would see a "fight within
three days. Norfolk was the paint contemplated.
Busy Scenes at the Navy Yard.
There is the greatest activity in nearly every
department at the Navy Yard. In the Ordnance
Department the outing of howitsers is pushed ra
pidly, and the number of guns oast, finished, and
mounted on carriages, hail been greatly increased.
The manufacture of shells of oil rises, from four
to eleven inch, has received an impetus by the
immense of the /ores employed. Canister shot,
Minib nails, percussion caps, ao., are also being
manufactured in large numbers.
The State Department Draped.
The office of the Secretary of State, and the ex
terior of the entire building, Is heavily draped in
black, in honor of Judge Dononss,
. The Enemies R ll6-1 /-
The superintendant or the Ordnance Depart
ment is the navy yard informs me that the shell
fixed thltatigh the aide et the Thomas Freeborn Is
Dr. Heed's patent, and that they are oast, in all
probability, at Anderson's foundry in Itiohinond.
It is a peculiarly shaped shell, and resembles in
form a large, sharp-pointed roeket. There are
none of that style of shell used in the army or
navy on this aide of " Land."
Guns at the Nortork Navy Yard.
It is well known that the Virginian army has
been largely aided by the acquisition of guns and
ammunition obtained in the No.rfolk navy yard.
It is reported, on reliable authority, thatjhey_sn
cured there twenty-severi Inn - tired grins, most of
them of the Dahlgren patent.. These they are now
bringing into use at the battery on Sewell's Point,
and in a thousand other places throughout the
Southern country.
Fourth Pennsylvania Regiment.
Two or three Companies of this regiment are
now out every night on sootttirag duty. A very
close watch is kept upon every movement in or
near the city, both by day and night
Rehgrous Exercises in Camp._
On eahbath afternoon last, a moat impressive re
ligions meeting was condnoted in front of the oamp
of the 4th Permsylvanbi regiment. The sermon or
address was by the chaplain, Rev. Mr. Damns,
and the dangers and duties - of camp life were im
pressed non the ycknng men with great energy and
earnestness. The habit of swearing was portrayed
in its evils, and thelife and habits of WASHINGTON
quoted as an 'illustrious example for imitation.
WASIMOTQN not only avoided it himself, but never
allowed it in his camp. The glee °lnt) assisted the
congregation in singing, and the earlobes were, al
together, deeply interesting.
The Pickets Extended.
Orders were received yesterday at the enomnp
meats at Burlington Heights, to extend the pioket
guard, out four or five miles farther north, along
the high grotuids. The objeot is, doubtlees, to
avoid a surprise on the north side of the oity,
whioh might occur with that range of Gauntry un
guarded.
Important Railway Connection.
The government are opening a 'Agway, for
steam care, from the Baltimore depot through the
oity to the Long Bridge, and probably 'ever the
bridge, to marmot with the railway on the opposite
side of the bridge to Alexandria, and thence by
the railways into the interior of Virginia.
The belief extensively prevails that anew levy
Of troops is to be milled for through the War De
parment, and various offers have therefore been
made of regiments additional to those already ac
cepted, but it is certainly ascertained that no suoh
levy le now oontemplated.
Eon. 3. S. I:ll.aes, en-georetar7 of State, who to
day returned from Wheatland, Bert that ex-Preei-
Meat Bucaawt iff slowly reeovering .from his
recent Revere sickness.
Information has jget been received that Minister
CORWIN paled through Jalapa on the dth of ivy,
on his way to the City of Mexico, having had a
pleasant and important interview, at the former
city, with the Mexican minister to France, who
recently arrived at New York to take , the steamer
for Europe -Oen. puauf, who . was lately ap.
pointed minister to Washington, has been assigned
to another duty by the Mexican Government.
General Wean, appointed minister to Brazil, is
non in Washington. As soon es his instructions
are prepared, he will proceed to the capital of that
country.
Mr. KING; the minister to Rome, having obtained
leave of ablenee, in order to command the Wiscon
lin troops, 15 also in Washington on business con
noted with niUltsry affairs.
Mr. Meow:44lm private aeoretary of the Pre
sident, left this afternoon for Springfield, 111.
SELBY LILIZIITON haa been appointed poet
muter at Paris, .K.y.
Written arguments have been submitted in the
McCormick patent extension ease, but the own.
misaloner will not finally decide it for several
weeks.
Current report and the newspapers have sent a
fleet with troops down the: . Potomac last night,
bet this is news to the Navy Department •
Secretary Sawartn will give the fourth of his
brilliant series of reception!, to-morrow night, end
among the gnestaiwill be several of the recently
appointed ministers to foreign countries, and a
larger proportion than heretofore of the naval
officers.
Jaw P. atanattaou, chief olerk ef the War
Department, recently appointed lieutenant colotel
in the army, will be second in commend to Colonel
BOBER!' ANDERSON.
The COll2llllEllOllOr of indian Affairs, Mr. Doris !
is on a visit to Illinois. •
No advance rnovenient hoe been made in Vir
ginia, ao far as is known in Washington at this
moment. Bat there hi a great deal of activity
and an unusual amonat of secrecy, which eaeite
expectation and ourioeity. The army in Virginia
le kept constantly read, for any sudden attack
from the enemy.
The Government has sent a quantity of tele
graph wire across the river. The intention is to
keep up communication with the War Depa;tment
ac the troops advance.
There is no confirmation here of the reported re
tiiement of the rebels from Harper'a Ferry.
Newspispers from the North, addressed to post
chilies in the rebel States, are accumulating in the
Dead Letter Office in large quentitiee They will
Piave to be sold as waste paper,
W•8191110TON. Juno 5, nin.,
OacAsioNAt;
Miscellaneous.
There is great eotivity at the Washington navy
yard. Shells, grape and oanhiter diet, Minis
balls, and permission maps, are turned out in vast
quantities. yrhe steamer Montioello has been re;
paired and strengthened, and shawill twelve two
, addttional,32 ponnders. This".Pernsaoola, (sloop-of-
Jiver.) oarryingAt gene, besides a long pivot gun,
will soon be rikadY for nr ri c ° '
Col Max . Einstein and Quartermaster Shreve
Ackley, of Philadelphia, are now here to report
their regiment as ready' for marching orders.
They expect to rt calve instructions this afternosn.
- Oen, Beituragard at Noncoms Junction
Twenty Thousand Rebels in that
Violalip
Movement of the Rebels from Earper'e Ferry
WAsuirroroar, June o.—Thu Star of this evening
says : We have information from two gentlemen of
character, whose sympathies with the Union cause
we know to be entirely reliable, one of whom is
just from Manassas Junction, and : the other from
the immediate vininity of Leesburg. The former
assures US that on Monday last General Becure
gavd certainly- arrived at the Saltation, and, if so, we
take it for granted has.asaumed the command of
thos rebels in that quarter. This gentleman further
nays, that there is an aggregate force of 20,000
troops at Manassas, Centreville, Fairfax Station,
and Fairfax Court Rouse.
This information, tholes differing widely from
that received by the Government, came to us under
circumstances that nauseam to place somepellatioe
on it. Our informant from the direation of Lees-
berg assures us that on Sunday morning last, da
ring service, an offset rode up to the Quaker meet
13g-house at Waterford, London county, and
ordered the peoplo there assembled to be at Har
per's Ferry on the next day, (Monday morning
lest,) with all their wagons and teams, to move the
Material of the troops then there. On that day,
we believe, 2,000 of Mom troops moved up the Po
, tomes to the point opposite Williamsport.
The troops at Harper's Ferry we know to have
been almost entirely deficient in army transpor
tations, having arrived there in comparatively
„small bodies by railroad, and having but sufficient
other transportation to carry baggage of mall
parties over the twelve miles of wagon road be
tween the northern terminus of the Manassas
'Reilroad and Winchester, and the western terminus
of the Winchester and Harper's Ferry Railroad.
Leeebarg is twenty-two miles from Harper's
Ferry.
FROM CHAMBEREIBURO.
ARRIVAL .OF TROOPS.
Interesting Report' from Harper's 'Piny
ONLY TWO GUNS IN THE DIAREIAND
BATTERY
The Advance Movement of the kezuteylvaullt
CHA11111:119BURO, June 5. -- 04)Y - ono hundred out
of the two hundred baggage wagon necessary for
tranaportation purposes of tlis whole force have as
yet arrived.
Two regiments of volunteers and five companies
of eavalry will advanee as far south as Hagen
town In-night or tomorrow. The 7th, Brh, and
10th regiments will leave Oamp Slifer es soon as
the rain abates and will enoemp ten miles below,
near Grownocalle.. _
Periget Vane of ail the arose and leading oounty
roads feeding to Virginia in Maryland are in yce
session, of Gen. Patterson, and copies are being
rapidly node for dietrlktlon among the field OM%
sere. The troops are Very impettntly awaiting the
forward movement.
-A. wont repute this morning that the rebels
have ameoeat4 pailaing a wagon-load of powder
through the Home Guard at Sharpsbnrg, and oar.
ried - it safe into Harper's Ferry.
Colonel Rowley's Thirteenth Pennsylvania
Regiment -- arrived from York last night. The
Sixteenth is expected from the same point to-day
- Two men belonging to Company E, Seoond
Cavalry 'Regiment, yesterday left their camp with
a pass, eerie to town, put on oltleen's clothes, and
abetted emthwerd. They were arrested by the
picket mei of the Scott Legion ten miles
south, an brought back. They are lodged in
prison. Each of, them had three pistols.
Throne a scout sent to the Maryland Heights,
everlooktg Harper's Ferry, who returned to day,
we havei report that there are fewer troops on the
heights than one week ago. He says, positively,
that Mora were only two guns In the battery, and
Etat neon be stormed with but little loss of life,
aid the guns turned upon the Ferry. He explored
three routes by which the troops can approach
within three hundred yards of the battery, and
then with a rush carry the guns at the point of the
bayeaot.
It is the impression of the residents of the neigh.
bortmod, that the troops are preparing for a re.
treat as an eventuality.
A forward movement is evidently contemplated
for to-mormw. The advance will consist of Col.
Thomas's cavalry, which will march overland.
The other corps and regiments will he thrown for
ward' rapidly.
Col. Donne cavalry comprises dye companies
of the second U. a. cavalry, inoluding the First
City TrMy. These, with two oompaniea of artik
lery, acting as infantry, commanded by Captain
Doubleiny, one company of regular infantry; alto
under Captain Doubleday; the Sixth regiment,
:Col. James Nagle ; the Twenty first regiment,
Col. 'Balkier; end the TwenV;third regiment,
Col. Dare, compose the First Brigade, Coll Thomas
commanding.
Second Brigade--Gen. Wynkoop commanding.
—First Pennsylvania regiment, Col. Yohe ; Se
cond, Col. Stambaugh ; Third, Col. Illannlere ;
Twenty-fourth, Col. Owen.
Third Brigade—Brigadief General Williame.—
Seventh Pennsylvania regiment, Colonel Irwin ;
Eighth, cd- EmleY ; Tenth, Col. Meredith; Twen
tieth (Scott Legion,) Vol Gray.
Fourth! Brigade---.Brlgadier General Neglee.—
Thirteenth regiment ; Col. Rowley; Fourteenth,
Ca. Johnston ; Fifteenth, Col. Oakford ; Sixteenth,
Col Ziegler.
The Ninth regiment, Col. Longnecirer, will be
broughthere and attached to the First Brigade.
The whole will be ander the immediate command
of Male General Reim ; Gen. Patterson, senior
officer, sem:Landing.
Gen. Bartram A. Shaefor 10 now . anting tut Adju
tent Gemeral.
The McDonald Ilabeas Carpus.
Sr. Louis, June 4. In the MoDonald habeas
corpus ease, this morning, returns were made by
Colonels Boernstein, Brown, and McNeal. eubstan
tially the same as those of General Lyon and.
Colon Blair. An attachment against General
Lyon was then applied for by the petitioner's
SOnnel, which Judge Treat declined to issue. an
the ground that there was not esuffielent jiroof to
show that such a step ought to be taken. Here the
case rests for the present.
The Cairo Repubtream learns that an applioation
was made, yesterday, to Judge Treat, at the S.
District Court, at Springfield, IlUnoia, for a writ of
habeas corpus, commanding Col. McArthur, of the
liliecis Regiment; stationed at Caseyville, to pro-
dace the body of Captain blolionaldibefore said
judge, at Springfield. Col. McArthur declined to
obey the writ, alleging that be bad no instructions
from Gyn. McClellan to deliver up the prisoner.
Captain McDonald has accompanied COI. McAr
thur', regiment to Cairo.
i From . Boston.
RESPECT TO THE MEMORY OF DOIN.ILAS--.M.ILITABY
MOVEMENTS.
Ecurow, June s.—The City Councils last night
adopted appropriate resolutions of respect to the
menlory of Fenster Douglas. -
The Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh
Infastry Regiments have been ordered into the
camp for preparation for active service when
seioall for by th e Government.
First Reisiment has _ been muetered into the
ry
of the United Ststes, and, it is expected,
will nave In a few days. They will be - followed
by the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth
Regiments of volunteers.
The Affair at Philippi, Va.
Cmczaravx, June s.—The engagement at Phi
lippi took place at 5 o'clock on Monday morning.
The plan was well laid, but the impetuosity of a
few or the troops partially defeated the surprise
andgave the rebels warning.
Thai/ fled in haste, leaving their baggage, forty
horses, four wapits loaded with provisions, and
five hundred muskets.
Oolenel Kelley, in charging in advance of his
men, was shot with a revolver in the breast by a
rebel, who had charge of one of the provision
wagons.
Thei,rebels numbered 1,500 men, and were well
armed and equipped.
Military Movements.
=OOPS GUI; TO OMR°.
Sr., Louis, June i —COI. lilaArthur's Twelfth
Illinois Regiment from Onaeyville, embarked at
Nast St. Laois last night on board the steamer
Louisiana, for Cairo.
Col. Cook's regiment also left town last night,
for the same desunstion. It is understoed that
four regiment. from lowa and others from Wiscon
sin, and still others from Chicago. bound south
ward. are leaving to rendezvous a t Cairn
From Havana.
liStri 'roux. June' 5.-The steamer Coherniae.
has arrived, with Havana dates to the let
sugars were slightly higher ; the stook in port is
300 000 boxes; molasses was dull. The exchange
had improved Bills on London 43 e 0 per cent.
premium ; bills on New York par to 1 per omit.
discount.
The bark Carofine _Stns.', from Pentwoola for
Cienfuegos, went on Jaroanelles Bank on the 13th
ult and is a total wreak. The cargo was lost ex•
Dept a little put on board a schooner for Boston.
The captain came a passenger In the steamer Ca
trambia.
The light on Cape Hatteras le extioggehed
The Aluervcau Resit:Wats at llialtfaa.
Posron, June u —The Ameriean residents at
alitk x have adopted the following resolution :
Resolsied, That we feel mortilled in the fact
that we have an officer of the Qovernment la opr
midst *to not only approves of corruption anti
treason At howp, but misrepresents and vane,"
tot only the Republican party, hut the whole pee
le of the North -
Colonel :Hawkins' Remise Regiment.
new Max, June 5 —The steamship Marton
sails in the morning with Col. Hawkins' Regiment
of Zama.
LATER FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL OF THE AUSTRALASIAN
New Yoaroltne 5 —The neuron Au.rgralastan
has areived with Liverpool dates to the 2.5rh nit.
and telegraphic advioes Vie Queenstown to the
2fith.
The steamship ATabic , arta - fed out on the 25th
The Austraiassan brings £221,000 in speeds,
tssaides 700 000 franca and $lOl l ,OO O from Havre'.
The .Australasian passed -the steamer Citlf of
Baltimore ast tha 27th. ',.
GREAT BILIT r 4 IN. •
Parliament reassumed its labors after the Whit
suntide recess on the 23.1 ult. ' The naval estimates
were debated in the Rouse of Commons Mr. Lind-
P a tira na hale e t a t r. im d b a e c r t ,t i n a tea t ilAg a" t r at ria th ti e Wl d
wooden vessels had gone "by. This, and - several
f a o y r the
other propositions for a reduction in the esti
mates, woe, however, rejected,.
Me. Newdegata's ameadment to the Budget
stood fixed for the 27th, al3d it was supposed Lord
Palmerston would treat the, division as a confidence
vote, anti dissolve the Horme if beaten.
Oa the 24'h, the Coma One could not organize for
bah of a" quorum.
An elaborate article :on the " Caviare of the
American Civil War " appears in the London
Timms of the 23. t and., 24th ultimo. It is signed
J. L M., (Motley, the historian.) and it argues
that the whole reap•ttnetbility of the war, and the
deepest political guilt, attaches to the South.
The case of the Shoperor of Austria verms Kos
suth, in the Hoop Ilan note case, was still in abey
ance In the Court %if Chan/my.
The Lord Lieut• hunt of Ireland has promised a
deputation from Ireland to use his influence to
induce the covet ,Ilnyent to reconsider the question
in regard to the nnbsidy withdrawn from the al
way line.
FRANCE
' l ineations, were being taken In Paris to pre
vent the eirAulation of a pamphlet by M. Mires,
giving the names of frequenters of the Tuileries
whom he had b ribed. M. Mires' tidal is fixed for
the early pert 'of June. His lon solitary confine
ment is said to' have seriously affected Ms mind as
well as hie he/.ph.
It was toy orted that a more liberal law of tbe
Pregs was b.' fore the Connell of State. and would
probably b 4 anbmitted to the Corps Legishttif in
a few dtkya4 There was also a rumor that the mo
tion of Jol s Favre against the obnoxious law of
public safe ty would be anticipated by a Govern
ment reps al of the law.
The Pi ris Bourse. on the 24th, was rather eat.
Rented et osed at 69 40.
The _Pezdepemdanee Bag% states that the Cabinet
of Tugiu bad rejected the conditions upon which
Pratio., consented to evacuate Rome, and that
things would consequently remain for some time
forget. in .7 tat - quo The recognition by Prance
ofithu new kingdom of Italy will not, however, be
rielayssd, but will take place before the end of
hug;
Tranquillity prevailed at Milan. The number of
arrests growing out of the late disturbances was
about one hundred.
hi. Martino. the new Governor at Naples, had
Issued a circular, intimating the intention of the
Goveitunent to uphold legality above the move.
meal or
_political parties. He instructs public
funoticnanes to listen to all complaints and diverse
opiniOns, but not to entertain any animation un
less accompanied by proofe. He urges a strict
exeoution of all orders issued by Government.
POLAND
The law relating to the redemption of compulsory
labor by the peasantry in Russian Poland bad been
published. It indicates four different methods by
which the redemption may be effected. The pea
santry will be finally relieved from compulsory
labor.on the first of Ostober next.
TURKEY
The Sultan was suffering from en easels of 416
pepsin.
INDIA AND CHINA
The mails, with dates from Calcutta to April 24,
and Hong . Kong ta April 15, were expected to reach
England on 27th May.
A Calcutta telegram of April 29, received via
Point de Gene, states that the duty on cotton twist
and yarn had been reduced to 5 per cent. The in
creased duty on salt and o - piam in India was ex
pasted to bring in 1700 000.
Exchange at Shanghae was quoted at efil tid, and
at Kong Kong 4s 8d-
The tea settlements Were at' higher prices, the
Stooks being insignificant.
'Silk dull and lower.
The British expedition had - retuned from the
Yangtse.
Harkaw was invested by the rebels.
,
LoNnoN MONEY IitIARKET.—The fund. continued
dull, but without any' matorial nuanatious
cloud on the 24th at 91%er9131 for money. and 91%e91'i
for account.
. .
The discount market was rather easier, and good
bills were taken at t% per cent. The humerus at the
sank of Emir land was modsrate.
The weekly return of the Bark of England shows a
decrease in the bullion of £317345, the total amount
held ft •trine fallen halew tweltr+ midions starling.
llsegare. Baring Brother* & Co: quote bar silver at
56 74d; collars, 4.2 1 IMd ; eludes. Ats nominal.
Commercial Intelligence.
LavgaPor•L. May 24.—The sales of Cotton for the
weed , have been 80 000 bal.'s. antics speculators took
000 bases. and exporters 16 000 s.
Middling grades have advanced %d . but lower quali
ties are unchanged. There has b arta large epees/ tree
irquiyy. The safest to-day .Friday) have been 10 000
bates, inohnlo g 3 000 bales to speculators and export
ers. The market closed steady at the following quota
tions:
Fair. Middling.
Pre y Orleans-- 7.4
--..,
Uplands.SU • 7 11-16
The stook iu sort amounts joiali 000 bales, including
903 am bales amoriean.
LJVIMPtio.L. May 23—Breadstoffsare thillf. and slight
ly lower. The weather enntinuss favorable for the
crops. Fleur is dad. and has den rued 60 since Tues•
day. Wheat dell at a decline of 74 ; red Ilelts 9d.
Manweirs circular quotas the decline in Corn at , d.
and holders we Bing on the market. hi xed Meads 3d.
Paoymacdra.—The mark- t is steady. Beef steady.
Pork maze", bat firm.' and heavy, and quotations barely
maintained ; sales st ifilmarssi
Pa. purx —rot ashes ma Nodes. rear's 0 8e3OR. Pa
yer heavy. Coffee .1 Mt. Rise —a pins •firM. Rosit
slighti declined ; sal aat 6s Weirs. on the spot ar.d Os
64 to arrive. estrus- Tu7pentine doll—closing firm at
478 64 as6oB.
6jiiito.t. May 24 — Breadstuff' duq. 'Flour declining.
Walsh Rails and Bar Iron - rnit; Bans .0266 d. Fugal'
du et. i offee buoyant: Rice, eclat. Tar azalea steady
at Ms Notes 3ea unchanged. Tallow 57s Naas.
LONDON MONEY MARKET. Mal 24 —Conto'll are
unchanged.. Meneyla stightlpeasier. The bultim
Bank of England "as decreased .5.157,600. Iffinom
flentral Railroad 10303; discount. Mne Railroad
Meal.
THE LATEST.
LIVERYooL, Saturday, May 2.5...1ya1es of B,coo wee of
Col ton to.dav, inc Wing 2,000 to spoon atora and-ex
sorters. Th-+ market eleven quiet and steady. Bread
stufrs du% Pt ovitrion- quiet.
minim May 26 —Consols 913 OMM for money. and.
41U091,74- for account. 1111 , eie Central Railroad 40039
di noun. ; Nits Ittolroad Vett
aTON MAR frleT—ltiay ...liteer 000w:a
ins ordinaire; IC9f ; Rae. war. closing ateody. The sales
of the week have been 7.00 babes. Stook on hang,
101,000 bales.
The Third Maine Regiment.
Bosrorr, June s.—The Third ?Elaine Regiment,
1,000 strong. under Colonel Howard, with homes,
bargage•wagona. and camp equipage, left via the
Fail River route this evening, for Washington.
New Hampshire Legislature.
Coricono, June s.—The State Legislature met
to day, and organized. The Governor's message
Trill be delivered to-morrow.
Arrival of the City of Washington.
$1,100,000 IN SPNCIN.
NEW YORK ' June s.—The steamship City of
Washington. has arrived. Her dates have been
anticipated. she brings £230 000 in specie.
ehe parsed the steamer Caty of Balsinnere on
the 25th In lat. 50, long. 22.
coai4ifixte Explosion.'"`
Mazaras4 Jane .s.—Akn explosion in Allison's
coal mines, yesterday, killed three men and six
teen horses. The accident will not affect the
euPPIY.
Philadelphia Volunteers at Easton.
.EAsrow, Juno s.—Two oompaoloo from Philo
delphia arrived here at 2 o'olook tale afternoon
and wombed to Camp Washington.
Death of Samuel Appleton.
Boston, June 5 —Samuel Appleton died at his
residence in this city this morning.
Return of a Portion of the Naval Bri
gade.
New Yonts, Jane 5 —The transport steamer
Coateacoalcos has arrived from Fortress Monroe,
with 175 members of Col. Bartlett's Naval Brigade.
Steamer City ot Washington.
New Yens, June 5 —The steamer City of
Washy; Von, from Livorpool, La below. Ear dotes
have been antloipsted,
The steamer Columbia, is also signalled below,
from Havana.
TERRIBLE AFFRAY AT SWAN LAZE, ARE.—
A few days since an affray occurred at tiwan
Lake, Ark , by which a man named David Frank-
Hn, a merchant, was killed. It seems that
Franklin and a person named Julius .Dttboee bad
been playing cards for money, and that Dubose
was the winner. Franklin requested him not to
mention the circumstance, but Dubose disregarded
the caution, which exasperated Franklin. Meeting
Dubose), he accused him of hie supposed treachery,
and pronounced him no gentleman. A fight en
sued, during which Franklin had Dubose down,
and tte latter drew a knife and stabbed the former
in the back, from the effects of which he died in
a few Elements Among other reports in regard
to' the affair, it is said that each, of them had
asserted they were unarmed, and had mutually
agreed to fight it out with their fists. Dubose
made hie escape, and a reward of *5OO Use been
offered for his apprehension. Re is said to he re
spectably connected. Franklin, we are informed,
was universally esteemed in the community.—
firempher Avalaleche.
VALOR, OP A CitowN.—Tho crown of Eng
land io valuable enough to found half a demon
moderate colleges. The twenty diamonds round
the circle are worth $l5O 000 ; two large centre
diamonds, $20,000 ; filtrfour smaller diamonds in
the angle, $270.000 ; four crosses, each composed
of twenty-five diamonds, $BO,OOO ; four large die.
monde on the top of the crosses. $20.000; twelve
large diamonds in the ilear-da $50,000 ; sigh.
teen small ones in the same, $lO 000; pearls and
diamonds in the arches and crosses, $5O 000 ; also,
one hundred and forty sir small oasis $25 000;
twentraix diamonds In the upper cross,
$l5O 000;
two circles of pearls about the no, $l5 000. Vane
of precious atones, exclusive of mewl, SS2O 000.
HEROISM or A NAVAL Oa' lOER.—While the
British frigate Termagant was in the Gulf of
Mexico, some time mine, the cry of 46 a man over
board !" attracted the attention of girl Lieutenant
George Fiteroy. The man, a wretolted swimmer,
was strugcling . for life fifty yards astern, when the
gallant officer 'moped overboard, and was caught
10 the drowning man's death-grasp a gunner now
followed to the rescue, and the ship s quarter
boat being lowered with the rapidity of a man-of
war's crew, all were safely got on board. It Is
noticeable that a shack had followed the ship all
the morning.
ELRGANT BILV3II PLATE, FURNITURE, 44.
Sale We morning at Thomas S Bona' auction
rooms:
Elegant and Valuable Books and Engravings—
London and American editiong—at Thomas 4
Sons' auction rooms, toinorrow (Eriday) evening;
now arranged for ezantination with estalagges.
iiee advertiantionuf.
TL10314.9 •A. Socrrx.--The Harrisburg Tele
graph barhilbat genilemsn, Tice ptoildent
of the Petiarylvanisi Railroad, .01 bare charge of
'all the Southern railroads taken polef43llolll of
during the prosoeution of the war.
THE CITY.
Resolutions on the Death of Don. t4te
phen A. Douglas
At a epeeist! meeting of the Democrat% City
Xxiseutive Committee, held yeeterday afternoon,
at the house of It. Flanagan, the following pre
amble and resolutions were unanimously adopted
Whereas, The recent intall , genee from the west
has brought to tis the painful information teat a
great man has fallen • that the friend Intl eo-la
borer of Webster - and Clay, the defender of Jack.
son, and the great representative of true Demo
cracy, has gone to join the spirits of Washington
and Jefferson ; and
Whereas, The death of snob 8 Man is a great
national calamity, and it is becoming and proper
for his fellow-album to express their sorrow'upon
eo asd an occasion; and " -
- Whereas, The peculiar relation of the departed
statesman to the party whose representative! we
are calls espeolaily npon us to mark our reaogui
Con of his great services and to join In the general
sorrow for his loss. Therefore,
Resolved, That the death of Stephen A.
•Douglas, the embodiment of the great idea of
Democratic faith, hoe fallen upon our party with
signal severity, for we can see none who may fitly
wear his mantle
Resolved. That the life of our great leader was
a grand illustration of the genius of oar institu
done. From the humblest walks strafe, inheriting
nothing save € 1 infanoy, ivorance, and indigence,"
the great intellect and unbounded energy of
Stephen A. Douglas made him, in his abort life, a
legislator. the attorney general of Illinois, her
sant'!" judge. and finally, her Senator in the
Congress of the United States.
Resolved, That in all these positions he more
than fulfilled the expeotations of hie friends—he
discharged their duties to the satisfaction of the
country. His views have become those of the
nation, and the future historian of our country
must necessarily write the life and policy of the
departed Senator
Resolved, That while never forgetting . that - he
was a high public aerostat, and always maintaining
the true dignity of a Semator, he was as genial
and as generous as he was great; while with the
magnanimity that ever accomposniea true great
ness, he often did good to those who harmed him,
be grappled with hooks of steel to his friends, and
never, In good report or ill, bad they occasion to
doubt him.
Resolved, That this is not a time for idle or
sounding resolves, but for the strong and simple
expression of our faith in the sentiments and aka-
Eton for the person of biro whose every thought was
for hie country, and whose fame, like that of the
long list of departed sages and stateemen who have
preceded him on the last great journey, belongs to
history. and is safe.
Resolved, That, In view . of the terrible trial our
country is stow going through, we commend espe
cially to the consideration cf our countrymen big
almost dying words, as worthy to be taught our
children, and constantly remembered by our
selves " I believe in my conscience that it is a
dtity we owe to ourselves, our ohildren, end our
god, to protect the government and our flag from
every assailant, be he whom he may."
Resolved, That these resolutions be sent to the
daily papers for publication, and a copy to the
family of Judge Douglas, es an evidence of the
eentiniente of his party in the city of Philadelphia.
Military and Naval Matters
DEPARTURE OP TROOP!!!
As was stated in Me Preis, six companies of the
reserve volunteer force of the State of Pennsyl
vania, whioh was organised in this city under the
thrse-million loan bill, left , yesterday morning for
Camp Washington, at Easton. The entire de
tachment, comprising nearly five hundred men,
WWI under the command of Captain Richard H.
Woolworth, with the following company offtiters
Captains T. B'. B Tapper, John Clark, John Echo
enewald, and Lieutenant James B Baker.
The line wax formed at nine o'clock, on the south
side of Girard avenue, right resting on Eighth
street; after which, the troops marched to the
Master•street station, where they took oars for
Batton. They will receive their arm and equip
ments at that place. The soldiers were heartily
cheered as they left the pity.
DOINGS AT MR NAY! YARD.
The President has given Philadelphia her toll
-share of work on the new dam eloope.of war. Ont
of seven, two are to be built at our navy yard.
The keel of one le now being laid, and the timber
for the same has been received. The work will be
rapidly proaeouted. They are to be firm-claw
steam propellers.
The Earner of the vessels built- at the Philadel
phia navy yard will be the Juniata and Tusca
rora.
The Government has .pnrehaeed the steamer
Keystone State, which formerly plied between this
city and Cuarleston, South Carolina, end which
earned the Peantrylvania delegation to that city to
attend the Democratic National Convention. She
is to be converted into a sun•boat; and will Barry
four 32 pounders and two 9 inch guns. She is com.
manded by Corn. B. D. Trenchard.
All the dinners ordered to the Jamestown, ex
eept the purser, have reported themselves for
ditty. Their names have been published. The
J a mestown has now all her stores on board, and
will probably sail before the close of the present
week.
The stores for the frigate St. Lawrence are now
being placed on board of her. She can be got
ready for sea in a few days.
Captain Kennedy, who came home in the James
town, and eines than has been attached to the
Naval Asylum on the Bobuylkill, upon being or•
dared to report to Commander Breese for servioe
in the Home Ftinadron, tendered his resignation.
Tbe Captain is a Virginian.
Commander Leo, wbo formerly was the chief
officer at the Philadelphia Navy ; Yard, and was
superseded by Commander Carr, recently tendered
his resignation. The Captain is a Virginian.
The additional work to be done at the yard will
require an Increase of workmen.
LtDritir 0510 W SELIWP ASSOCIATION
The vast amount of good already accomplished
by this benevolent association, in providing ban
dages and other surgical appliances for the volun
tears,' has prompted the patriotic women et the
head of the movement to still further extend their
sphere of usefulness. It is in contemplation to
make up a large number of stomach bandages and
havelooks for the volunteers, and as these are
articles that can be brought into use immediately,
It is desirable that they should be made up as soon
es possible. Contributions of red and white flan
nel, for the purposes specified, will be received by
Mies Fisher, No 1307 Poplar street. This lady is
a coadjutor of bliss Dix in her charitable and
humane endeavors to contribute to the health and
comfort of the soldiers fighting the battles of our
eountry, and we hope that those whose means will
allow will give with a free hand. There are hun
dreds of patriotic ladies willing to give their time
to make up the articles, who are only welting for
the materials.
rHlt IMlSHillorneraltre DECLARE THEIR LOTALTY:
The Grand Lodge of Penneylvania of the Ame
rican Protestant Association, (composed principal.
ly of Irishmen ) has dieted Its annual session in
this city. The Committee on the State of the
Union acre) he following preamble and remota
lotions, as expressive of the sentiment of that body
on the present national oriels:
To the W. G. Master. Officers and Members of
the W. G Lodge of Pennsylvania, A P. A.-
81103 AND BROTHERS : The committee appointed to I
present the views and feelings of this W. G. body,
with respect to the present state of our country,
offer the following
Whereas, Positive obedience to the Constitution
and laws of oar country, with an undying love for I
the perpetuation of its Union intact, is made one of
the fundamental principles of our affiliation, and
without which no one can be admitted into fra
ternal relations with us, knowing as we do in this
matter no sectarian or political divisions, no sec
tional creeds, and no partisan disputations; and,
whereas, the present fearful situation of our &mu
try, rent as she is by rebellion, distracted by dis
union, and harrassed by treason and traitors, oat%
for the sympathy and hearty support of every
lever of the land of Washington, and of penes, law,
and Union. Therefore,
Resolved, That as en order, and as individuale,
we despise traitors, and hate treason with a per.
feet hatred, and look upon any that would pluck
a star from our bright constellation, or sap the
foundation of our glorious Union. as our direst foe.
Resolved, That we have every confidence in our
Chief Executive and his Cabinet. together with the
illustrious Lieutenant General Winfield Scott, and
believe them to be fully equal to all the wants of
the present crisis,
Resolved, That we hereby tender them our
hearty rapport, our deepest sympathy, and our
teeniest prayers.
Received, That our representatives to R. W. G.
Lodge be instruct-d to present this action to our
national body, and ask their hearty support of
the same.
All of which le respe3tfully submitted.
Joanna Boatsmen . ,
- - Janne tc/ITTU r
'TORN SILNii, .
JAwas Wasson,
R. J. Maass
The report was unanimously adopted. The ses
sion was a moat harmonious one, and Its closing
ceremony was exceedingly interesting, the mem
bers jebting in singing . 4 The fiter•spangled Ban
ner."
FORT SCRITYLRR
We are pleased to learn that the men of Colonel
Baker's California regiment, at Fort Et-huyler are
in good quarters, end have many privileges. ' The
fort is on Throg's Neck, and the entler'e boat
coulee to New York twiee a day, leaving New York
for the fort, on its return, at ii A. M and 2P. M
It starts from Peek Slip ferry. There are about
eight hundred Philadelphians in the regiment.
On Banda, they go to church at Westehester, and
the whole town turns out and invitee the troops to
dinner. The situation of the fort is healthful and
beautiful ; the view of the sound Is splendid, and
the salt water bathing le exaellent.
AN APPROPRIATE PRESENT TO CAPTAU
A gentleman of this city wbo taken a special in•
term in the expedition of Captain Win McMullin
and bin Rangers, and who desires to faoilitate their
hunt for traitors, presented the eaptain with a cu
rious, valuable. and useful gift It consisted cf a
handsome pocket sibtun, titled with card-photo
graphic portraits of the leading traitor!, commenc
ing with Jeff Davis and going on down through the
line of Stephenses, Floyd!, Wisea, Cobbs, Wigfalla,
Pryfors, Masons, limiters, and so on dawn to
Twins The album was bestowed upon Captain
McMullin with the suggestion that he could study
the portraits in his Pooset Rogues' 4eller7 at his
leisure, so as to be able to recognise the cinemas,
if he should eome across them in hie travels The
Captain expressed much satia•aotion at the gig, earl
declared that it was "just the thing be needed."
7HE canon GUARDS
The headquarters of the Cameron Guards is at
Concert Bali. The men meet there fear times a
week for drill, and the officera aatemble there at
noon each day. great oare is taken In As en.
rollment of men, and none sae received name
they are fitted, by character and habits, to aim-
Mate with the respectable citizens who have al.
ready enrolled themselves. Col Rosefield, th e
commanding officer, has an aleuranoe that the
regiment will be accepted, and be and the Gibers
and the men of hie command are dateneu t ed s o
make ft a ' , crack " corps- WhOre is atilt room on
the toll for a few more reondta.
Ncir com7eNT lit WRIT PailLBlllll.l4ll4.
The young moo of West Philadelphia have
formed a company for drUl and instruction. They
have been 'unmated, and a place assigned them
in the Thud Regiment Reserves, and win soon
taro their uniforms and arias.
ouwasa conerswxamw.
It was expected thet the eamp a py wi d er oora .
mend of Ceptain otsulL Taggart would move yes
tar.Ae,y winding, Wit the order waseountenwereSod-
Th• bomPutY pillroloidD l'idl44oofa
feether orders.
CAMP 'swami.
This camp, located at West Chester to
h,
organized. It is the intention of the '844
titian to retake It a yeftelttrent cam of nutuotthon.
The original limits .of the ramp have
bees i •
creased by leasing, for a term of throe ye
n.
adjoining grounds belonging to the Lion Joh% 11l Ib
tk
man. The Brandywine Guards ; of Went ca w . ,
Captain Mclntyre, a splendid orgarrik4fUni
already upon the ground. This company „a l - 2
lettered A in a new regiment that h to be forreel
of the corps already named, and. of three sompaele,
from Cheater enmity, four from T.eineaSter 01 146
and two from Delaware county. Tili§ T. 0 0,4
will conOenf rate a• Comp Wayne fortholth
other ragimente, which will be formed of seeep t
proceed el
companies from different parts of the State,
• BLIII , STOW noun cram),
under the command of Captain Benj
Lieutenant Frank Mtobener, and beaund U
nt o
ant Gustavus Eagle, will be Inspected on batard,
afternoon at 5 o'olock, and on Monday reasiA
their arm!. They have become moir e
under Drillmaster Stewart This Guard hir tk i"!
over one hundred able-bodied men, p r i„ i.pit t
(purposed of the yeomanry of the neighborhood,
SWORN. IN.
Alderman Beitler iftterday mornieg •iwors
tG
about forty reunite, to 511 one or two eMpatiji,
in Col. Small's regiment up to the army st anch .;
of one hundred men in each company, o wtu rl .s
made a most capital speeoh to the into, at th
armory, on Chestnut atreet, below Fifth, do t i o :
which be epeke of treason and its turoltoui traini
of evil Re looked with disgust and opo vo t
upon domestic traitors, and would abeerfally a m is s
in wiping them from the facie of the each Th om
was more honor, laid he, in at open torriga f f:4
than in a sneaking, cowardly seta traitorr.
design Wee to overturn the Government and
hinge society. The Colonel was freq l l3lltly ar,.
pleaded during his brief and paukvio aidrtaa
'DRILL IN THE rustic 6 0 1 300/a.
Yegterday morning we witnessed Cant
'
giving a drill lemon to upwards of 300 bays o r th „
Jefferson Grammar School, Fifth street, above
Poplar. They vent through their caleetherde
egeroleets with great precision and attention, The
manner in whloh they marched in file, and w ont
through their lacings, was excellent, and vo u ld
have done credit to any of the volunter conop oo l„
There were present the following members of the
City Councils, Board of Controllers, and Direntert
of ltrblic Schools : /Messrs. Mclntyre, Dj o k m
Bothell, Bitting, 1:Propb111, Simpson, Pend, Rob, ,
bins, MoCalla, and Shaeffer We afterearile raq
upwards of 250 girls, of the same sobo3l, go throne,
their drill exercises in excellent time to in to k
which was played on the piano by one of ib e
pupils A visit there on any Wednesday atorol og,
at half past eight o'clock prove interestin g to
parents and guardians, or those anrione for the
welfare of the rising generation
THE ZOIJAVE RITBERCH.
Considerable interest hes been manifested lb
title aity, witbitta tha lest few days, is regard to
the formation of a regiment of volunteers, t o b o
entitled the Zonave Reserve, to be attached t o
and eat in ow junction with the City Reserve corpe,
In furtherance of Ulla object, a meeting am held
1551, oeuing, the Board of Trod, Building, A
committee appointed at a previous meeting report,
ed that a regimental organization. with competent
officers and instructors, and a sufficient number of
companies, were at their command. A committ„
was appointed last evening to assist eaptalni in the
formation of a regiment. Six companiei anamll •
tionally, and five conditionally, pledged therm, h op
tojoin the regiment. The Mlle of uniform hotpot
yet been agreed upon.
raxLsDsvrmA cdpsTl
The °Moen of this company are as follow: Co,
A, Captain, Geo. H Bell ; First Lieutenant, Lewis
Aehmead; Second Lieutenant, Chas B. tiaaer ed i„ ;
Sergeant. F. G. Yalta ; Corporale, reaten, Koest
er, and Wharton. Co B, Captain, G Mark
Jr. ; Firer Lieutenant, Daniel Bray ; Second Liea•
tenant, W. Durar ; Sergeant, W. L Gass; Corp.
rale, Baird, Lewis, and Walla.
TUN C.6IsIrOEICL4 OVARDS
This eempany is nearly Pall, and will leave the
city to morrow for Fort Schuyler, to join Col. E.
D. Baker's California regiment. The company it
ell offioered, and the men are in good spirit!,
and anxious to tronott the seat of war. A few more
good men oan Obtain admission by applying at the
armory, corner of Fifth and Pm* streets Ile
otlieera are : Captain, John M. Perry ; fast llente
aunt, David B. ; aeroond lieutenant, Benj. E.
Davis.
TUE DOG 3 tat rt s , CAPTAIN JAMES Film:.
Costmatininta —The worthy and estimable militerl
officer, whose name we have cited, has had the
services of himself and command accepted by the
blayor. and has, alto, We beliefs', filled up tht
ranks of his company.
The long winter armistice which this military
futestionvy concluded with the enemy is now et
an end, and due notice has been given by equip
Francis of an spnei.l to arms The " dogs of war"
wilt shortly be literally let loose; and the weals ct
Captain Francis will insist upon the arrest and
summary execution or repurchase of every enemy
of the existing powers
As this phase of the war excitement comes near
the homes of attiring, we may be exonsod for 1,
passing mention of the career of the Dog Matinee
and the services of their captain in many a well.
fought action.
For the captain of the Marines imagine i, slight.
017 individual, of high, pro:tin:nit facial bones, a
yellow skin, and large, flat test.
A bright, black eye looks out from the face al
Captain Francis, and be boo white. straight teeth,
and lips only moderately thick. A solemn ewer.
Eden, more resolute than sad. indicates the stubborn
purposed Captain Francis; and hit garments are
at all times tidy and neatly•fitting, furnished, we
believe, at his own expense In fact, the entire
company have, as yet, received no uniforms iron
the State, a matter which calla for immediate no•
tine and exposition from the Sunday papers
Captain Francis wears no epaulettes; Ids role
badge of distinotion consists of a bolt, attached to
hie waist, bearing upon a steel plea. the word,:
"Captain of the Doi Detectives."
Toe men of CaP , 6113 Francis are armed wttaTag
MINGO weapons, formerly used in the nor tiOnte,
The "tate lies refused to supply them with mob
keit —indeed,l bey have not appealed to the as
taorities at art for an outti.., arid the present arms
combine flexibility and precision.
If We maybe allowed to state what is very well
known, Captain Francis' Marines do not aim to
kill, but to capture the enemy.
If there be in the limits of their military &-
Wet, any quadruped of the name, style, and tale
of Jefferson Davis, we venture the remark that
J Ralson Davie will not be long at large, If,
again, certain snappish, unruly oar of the ap•
poinsettia of Wigfeill, or a canning terrier of the
name of Yancey, or a turn-tail hound rejoicing is
the cognomen of Twiggs, be going at large dories
the ',levelling and succeeding warm season, the
respective ends of such parties are waxing near
Let those gentlemen that still go aoreaa mums.
themselves, or we will not answer for the come.
quATIOBa.
If the death of Beanregard be still a problem,
Captain Francis and the Marines will arrive ST a
summary demonetretion should hie body be yet
humping about
In tine, those that yet bark nnmnzzled, sod wag
their beads (or tails) in defiance of law eta the
'Powers that be,_ must beware of Captain Janet
Francis and V Dog Marines. That military nun
tionary will certainty surprise their pieketa and
overtake their cavalry.
To return to the weapons of this accepted body,
we may say that they are intended to supersede
the bayers-et, and are all comprehended in the
term "strap."
To the domestic traitors, supposed to be in ow
midst, ready in their wad and rabld filial to me•
mace the safety of friends of the Union, we would
say beware of Captain Francis and his " strapping
volunteers. Macro must neieber hydraiheaded toe
nor hydra -foe be-a-bout during the ensuing moc,
and we will proceed to state the manner of ttoir.
capture. •
If one of said marauders be creeping earaetS
along our highways, he will bear a warm ' )/ind
him, with which the motions of his own toay bite
nothing to do.
In an instant he will be confronted with one of
the Dog Marines, in bare arm and feet. The said
marine will hold in his hand a strap riled of, an d
ready to throw at once .121orrflod, the doMeltir
enemy will mum, and dashing at a rapid Pulp
the opposite direction will find his progress im•
peded by a Imo enolroling his neck. In vain will
he howl; in vain show fight. The latter eiterna•
tive will necessitate a half-scorkof strays, from as
many directions, being thrown toward him, and.
in the twinkling of an eye, be will be mooed lam I!
wagon, to his own great discomfiture, and that et
many other previous occupants of the vehicle, and
at once carted down the street.
Numerous opeoimems of his filends will join hint
on the way, and it is probable that the entire
family will lift up their voices in su ppliostioD, tint
in vain.
A 0 'my prison in , Buttonwood greet, below
Brand, wilt finally receive the prisoners and a fee
d ye will be allotted to each:for repentence or ttl'
bate In - the end, they, will die, but certainly not
"irtoMa off their mores/ eoPs." which latter Captain
Francis takes care beforehand,
are too tight fof
snob clipping.
The end of these domee:lo enemies will be net,
deplorable A soldie.t's death they will not le•
°tire ; for the city is amine to wasting powder and
ibot upon them, They will be hoisted to a beam
and knocked in the bead—and no questione Asked .
There are some evil-lispoted perion in lids Cotal
mosiweeith, that annually oppose the grantitg of
oommiadon to Captain Francis, upon th ground
that hie labor is bents] anti hiemen until:l;6oEO.
But the fleet feet of the Dog Marines have pro'
bably saved the liven of tuoh earplug gentlemen,
and no oppotition, however dogged. can weft the
Marines from the affeetirme of the pecple.
A./tit/VAL OF TUE KEYSTONE STATE.—TII O
B steamer Keystone State; Lieut. Com. Stephst
D. Trenohard, arrived at the navy yard last eves.
lug st 7:it o'clock, 32 hours front Waskington, D
Reports having encountered vary heavy ealtat)Y
winds, ihe entire passage accompanied with thief
weathe r and rein sq ualls ; o ff Alexandria petted
the U. S. steamer "(ie.:Monroe, et anchor; 0
Acquits Creek, communicated with the U S steam
er Pawner, at anehor; all well on board. Ob
served the rebel.farces at work at Ample Crook
reconerruoting their batteries. The &maim Mg
was flying on the wharf Four miles below Acqacll
Creek passed the U steam-tog Rodurt ;
the Rappahannock river, boarded the brig Roten
X. liirkiand, from Baltimore, hound to Trinidad
4th het , 10 P. .61eight miles inside of COP
Henry, spoke the U S. steamer Quaker Ciol .1 03
blockading duty, all well; sth net., 9 A .
passed a steamer standing to the southward, tar
posed to be the Afahamw. Reports having wade
a careful examination of the Virginia shore slog
the Potomac ; could discover no sign; of any bat*
tattles.
Gran CONCERT AT VHF. AcADESSY OP Mr"
sic,--Thte evening tMe robolare of the 11 0 E 41
grammar Sohnid, eoraprieiag a l arge Du mber of
young ladies, will give a euperb operatic Wl'
talument at the Academy of !dust°, the proceeds
to be applied to the fund for the relief of tte fami
lies of our volunteers. Tlie prinoipal feature 01
the evening will be the favorite opera of the s' 0 0.
ronation et the Flower Queen Thie will be Pi:
lowed by a number of national and patriotic r A rs.
Prom the exteneive preparations and oar,Jeroo
rehearsals on the part of these young ladies, a rich
toosioal treat may be expected, and - we beepoir
for thew a crowded house this ever:dog.
THE RETVEN.—United `Mates lisashat
key has made a return tk the writ of habeas rorpi'
termed by the Unlja,a States Court on. Dane&
Kelm to products the persona of three bridge butiv
hag traitor:, that Bald prironere had been restort 4
to It'oerty by order of the War Department• 00
condition of Swearing altezlance to the Govrn
ment of the United Statist George B. Wilifaro s .
conturellor at law in the Monumental AP":
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