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Columbia Reuse, CM% butt% NEW JERSEY. - Tontine Hotel. NEW HAVEN. CONNECTICUT. Sachem's Head Hotel, Ginz.VoND, CONNECTICUT CYMRU SWAP, Gsscsais. CouNTY, Howland's Hotel. LONG Nausea, NEW JERSEY. Ephrata Mountain Springto LANCASTER Go , FA. Bedford Springs, PENNSYLVANIA. White Sulphur and chalybeate Springs, AT DOUBLING Gar. CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA. SA.TURDAY, JUNE 29, 1861. float that standard 'beet 3 Where breathes the fee but falls before net With Freedom's sail beneath IMF lest. bud Freedom's banner streaming e'er ■sl FORNEY'S CALIFORNIA PRESS Will he ready TO-DAY. at ii P. M. ripe OM CENTS per oopy lA strong wrappers, and stamped, ready for =Ohm. This paper is publiehed expressly for car,rvomista, clitcULATlOrt, and swains a complete errnamszy of what has trans pired in OUT City, state, and the Atlantic States, since the departure of the that steamer tor California, The Military Operations. The theatre of the existing war in this country fs one of the grandest and most ex tensive ever occupied at any one period by hostile armies. After enjoying for many years the blessings of profound peace, we have sud denly been fprced, for the protection of the nation, Into tbe most imposing struggle that has ever been inaugurated. Through the mild ness of our laws, the forbearing spirit of the people of the North, and the treasonable per fidy of the late Administration, the South ern traitors were enabled to organize the most formidable conspiracy that has ever existed, and its suppression will necessarily require an amount of effective military strength that has rarely been displayed. Armies are now being organized in thirty-four different States, some of which contain as much territory as the populous and powerful nations of Europe, and there ie scarcely a county in our whole broad land from which soldiers will not be sent forth to fight for or against the banner of the stars and stripes. The area from which recruits is being ob tained is nearly as large as all Europe, and the districts over which actual offensive ope rations will be conducted will be more exten sive than that embraced in any of the great campaigns of Narotemi. That there should be some deley in completing preparations for such a contest, and in tranaforming a nation of civilians into a nation of warriors, is clearly anavoidable, and those who are so imtatient for immediate triumphs should rather wonder at the mighty results that have already been effected than complain that all the impossi- Miklos they demand have not yet been achieve& The machinery of the local government of eleven States, with a population of nine mil lions, has fallen into the possession of the traitors, and for the present they control all the resources of the tt seceded" portion of the Republic as thoroughly as if they were its legitimate rulers. They have excited the people to a state of frenzy, and so thoroughly indoctrinated them with false ideas of our Goverament, and of the designs of our pre sent rulers, that thousands of them would apparently rather rush madly to destruction than submit to the execution of laws which they were mainly instrumental in framing, and the perpetuation of a Union which has in all our past history proved their hest protector and greatest benefactor. Eat extensive as have been the prepara tions to insure the success of the rebellion, the measures to subdue it have been based on a corresponding scale. The blockade of their coast is rapidly being perfected, and of the efficiency of our cruisers evidence is frequently afforded by the number of prizes they capture and the destruction of the commerce of the traitorous, ports. No civilized people have devoted less attention to manufacturing pur. suits than those of the South, and none are more thoroughly dependent upon other coun tries for the gratification of nearly all their wants that rude agriculture cannot supply. A strict blockade is doubly fatal to them. It renders almost totally unavailable their princi pal products, for, alter the limited home con sumption of rice, cotton, and tobacco is pro vided for, the excess stock of those articles poetieeses little or no value in districts from which it cannot be exported. And as few manufactories of clothing, shoes, fundture, tools, paper, or any other articles requiring skilled industry to produce them, exist in the South, a constant succession of unavoidable privations will prevail ameng them as long as their intercourse with other nations is sus pended. This one means of aggression alone Would, if energetically and persistently sus tained, eventually compel the traitors to sue for peace, and to abandon their wicked schemes. It is scarcely possible that they would, for any protracted period, persist in invoking upon themselves a total destruction of all their commercial prosperity, and a de privation of nearly all the necessary comforts and luxuries of life to which they have been accustomed. But while we blockade the sea-coast, and destroy the frontier trade of the Secession dis trict, we have now under arms nearly three hundred thousand men to drive back their ones, and to cg enlarge the area of freedom 0 / by overthrowing the dominion of the traitor ous oligarchy. With all the loud boasts and long-continued secret preparations of our ene mies, not a single point in the free States is now seriously menaced, while all their out posts have been driven in. Their scheme for precipitating Missouri into a rebellious atti tude has been signally defeated ; the Go vernor, upon whose machinations they chiefly relied tor success in that despe rate enterprise, has been obliged to aban don his official post, and seek safety in flight, and the continued loyalty of the State has been placed beyond a doubt. Cairo has been so strongly fortified that the re doubtable Gen. Prtnew has shown no dispo sition to carry out his threat of attacking it. It is true that we have not yet sent an army down the Mississippi, but there are excellent reasons why such an expedition should be postponed until complete preparations to in sure its success are perfected. When the 116118611 arrives during which the 'health of our troops will not be too much jeopardized, the valley of the great father of waters will doubtless become the theatre o f very Important • operations, which will, we trust, result in the complete restoration of the authority of the Federal Government in that important region. The patriotism and prudence of the people of Kentucky have pre vented them, notwithstanding the treachery of their Governor, from being forced or seduced into a treasonable position. In Western Vir. ginia, political and military influences are now at (work which promise to effect very import ant results. The example is there set of boldly throwing off all allegiance to a traitorous State Government, which transcended its legitimate powers ; and if the movement under General IcOmmnau, to gain possesaion of Southwit ern Virginia, and to support the patriots o- East Tennessee, proves successful, a wedge will be driven into the heart of the conspiracy that will soon destroy it. lleanwhile, the immense armies which are rapidly being concentrated at Fortress Mon roe, at Washington, and the Heights opposite the capital, and in the vicinity of Harper's Ferry, are doubtless preparing for an import ant advance movement. If a great battle is fought, in which the traitors are routed, it will be difficult for them to rally their scat tered legions. Confidence will be restored to the Union men throughout the whole South, and it will be almost impossible to resist the onward march of our victorious troops. Even if, unfortunately, the first great battle should prove disastrous to ns, it will only arouse us to redoubled exertions to increase our forces, and to remedy, as far as possible, any defects of our military organization which may become apparent. Possessing immense superiority in men, money, and resources of all kinds, in fighting for a holy and noble cause against a base and infamous conspiracy, there is no such word as fail in our lexicon. The only question is bow much time will be required to achieve our complete triumph. Another Compromise Scheme. We have never given the New York Herald credit for sincerity in its professions of sym pathy with the Union feeling now extending throughout the North. It was among the most audacious and unscrupulous defenders of the Southern traitors, even after the fall of Fort Sumpter. It professed to favor the scheme of FERNANDO WOOD for making a separate State out of New York city. When the Northern heart was throbbing with indig nation at the outrages of the Southern trai tors, the Herald continued to malign thi3 Ad ministration, and sought to persuade the mer chants of New York into holding meetings of peace, and entering into financial leagues for the purpose of embarrassing the Treasury. It openly advocated the abandonment of Fort Pickens, Fort Sumpter, the other Southern forts, and a recognition of the Southern Con federacy. Its conversion was too sudden, and its zeal for the Union too noisy to be sincere. The record of its editor was op posed to any genuine devotion to the cause of freedom, and we have been anticipating its desertion from the Union forces whenever a favorable opportunity presented itself. In its issue of Thursday we see evidences of a change of front. Its four leading articles are written in advocacy of a scheme for a 1/12/011 of the Northern and Southern fortes, in an aggressive war against Mexico, Cuba, Central America, and Canada. It uses lan guage like this : ft We propose an armistice, a coalition; and a compromise. Let there be an armistice between our loyal and. revolted States, for one, two, or three years, in refer ence to our domestic troubles. Let us settle the difficulties between the North and South as speedily as possible, and march the united armies of the two sections to the liberation of Cuba, St. Domingo, Forte Rico, and the other West India Islands, and to the liberation, also, of Mexico. Let us combine against the com mon enemy, and dispute the supremacy of the Mistress of the Seas?' *Of course this wild scheme of aggressive and wicked war, which would array the whole European world against us in an angry contest, is not seriously broached. We believe the Herald is in favor of cc an armistice, a coali- tion, and a compromise," no matter how de grading the terms may be to the Northern sentiment. The newspaper which could se riously propose the secession of New York city and Long Island, in January, would have no scruples of conscience in recognizing the secession of eleven States in July. By forcing upon the Northern mind the consideration of exciting and impracticable theories, it hopes to direct it from the mighty task it has under taken, and to prepare it for the adoption of a compromise like that of Mr. ViriTTENDEN, or the recognition of the Southern Confederacy. There is a great disposition among the luke warm patriots of the North who have been forced into the Union ranks, and who even now look on the Federal Government with apathy, and take no part in its defence, to enter into some such an arrangement. There are many in Pennsylvania who have been pro. minent among past party leaders, who would be glad 'to assist in such a work. Mayor Woon, in a brief speech to a company of cadets on Wednesday, evidently threw out this idea to teat public sentiment, when he lie said, 4 . We shall maintain the authority of the Government in all its majesty, and, at the same time, make every concession consistent With our honor and welfare. I hope, how ever, that if your services are ever needed, you will be called upon to meet a foreign foe, rather than your own countrymen." And of similar import are the resolutions of the New York Democratic Editorial Convention, pub lished elsewhere. We trust that our own position on this question will not be misunderstood. We are not arguing for war in the abstract,—we have as deep a wish to see peace once more reign in this land as any citizen can possibly have, and we have no desire to delay the consum mation of national harmony a single instant. But this is no time for debating a peace which into be made by a concessions," or by the "honorable means" or any compromise. The time to talk peace is not when we have a menaced capital, a dishonored flag, obstruct ed commerce on the Mississippi, pirates on the seas pursuing our merchantmen, the gal lows or rifle threatening every Union man in the South, and masked batteries around the tomb of 'WASHINGTON. We cannot talk peace while Fort Sumpter is filled with an exultant foe, while Fort Pickens is surrounded by the batteries of a rebel army, while the blood of Er.r.swoarn is unavenged, and a United States Senator is menaced with death for his devo tion to his country. This treason must be first crushed; its leaders • must yield an un conditional submission, and when we are assured that the Union has been maintained, and that its flag floats from James River to Matagorda Bay, it will be time to talk of an honorable peace and the as concession con sistent with our honor and welfare." We say, therefore, to those people of the North who advocate these dishonorable at tempts to procure an armistice, whether as recommended by Mayor WOOD, the Edito rial Convention, or the New York Herald, that they are most efficiently serving treason, and giving as much aid and comfort to the enemy as it they sent General BEAVREGARD copies of Secretary CAXERON'S private de ' irpatches, or depleted our arsenals for the use of the rebels. And it behooves the pa triotic people of the North to keep a vigilant eye upon the traitors in their midst, and promptly 'rebuke any attempt to bring diahonor upon our flag. Declination of lion. Win. M. Meredith. We were shown a despatch last evening from Mr. Mzusorrn, dated Harrisburg, June 28, declining the nomination tor Congress in the Second district. COL Conroy% Regiment. The proffered minim of this corps, hitherto al most wholly composed of Irishmen or parlous of Irish blood, have been accepted by the Secretary of War, and tbe corps is to be reported for service as soon as possible. The headquarters for the officers ) to receive reports and tranaaot other roe mental buainess, are at the southeast corner of Sixth and Minor streets. In a very short time we hope to have to mention that the roll-sall of the regiment le full. It has a good commander, able and popular. The following memorandum will ex plain his views : In the course of our conversation, this morning, I stated that I was adverse, at the commencement of thin most unhappy difficulty, to offer the ear- Ideas of my command for the purpose of making war on a certain portion of the oitthens of this Union ; but since the attack on Federal forte and seizure of Government property, 'I felt in duty bound, in compliance with say oath, to support the Constitution of the United /Rotel, and maintain the honor of our flag. Imbued with patriotic feel. ings, and love !for my adopted country, I have offered the services of a regiment at the disposal of the Government, for the term of three years, or during the war. Very respectfully yours, P. W. CONROY Mum Eavanoras --One of the popular effects of the present war has been to atimnlate the love of our people for the " Stara and Stripes," and to make We expression of this regard in a public way well nigh universal. Some of the venous deviesa which embellish the " Union" letter paper and " Union" envelopes that are now used by everybody, are not devoid of artistic beauty. Among those that have come under our notice, the specimens of Mr. Magesis mannfaotore, No. 315 Chestnut street, are the most varied and but exe cuted. To Mr. Magee, in fact, as we /earn, be longs the credit of originating the " Union Nave. lope" idea, and he is at this time by far the largest manufacturer of them in the Union. J The Washington mail had not arrived at the time of our going to press. This will account for the absence of our usual Washington cor respondence. LATEST NEWS By Telegraph to The Prose, IFIROM W ASHINGTON. Spot:dal Despatches to " The Prole," Wmatnaron, Jane 28, 1841. Captain Ward. The object of Captain Wenn's visit to Mathias point woo not, as reported, to destroy or build bat• teries, bit to burn the under-brush which con cealed the rebels, who Bred rifled cannon at every vessel which passed up and down the river. Hie body lies at the navy yard to-night, and his brother will arrive from New York to-morrow to convey it to that oily. ' The Skirmish tit Cumberland. No °Mahal report has yet been reoelved of the skirmish at Cumberland, which was announced this evening. Threatened Riot. The oity was threatened with riot to-night, be. cause a policeman amok two Pennsylvania troops with a alung-shot without cause. Their regiment threatened to pull his house down, but a strong military guard prevented any attempt to do so, and probably nothing more than a threat was In tended. The oily is otherwise quiet. There has been no movement over tho river. The Path. Maine Regiment. The Fifth Maine Regiment came in at nine o'clock this evening, in Inc condition. Arrest of a Rebel Agent., P. McQusz,nan, of Charleston, South Carolina, ft IS reported to tbo proper outhoritine, has been in New York making arrangements for lending both men and military equipments to the South. He has also been to or about to depart for Europe as agent for warlike supplies, and in the employment of the Confederate States. This morning he Galled at the State Department with the passport of a British anneal, far the purpose of obtaining there• to the signature of the Georetary, in acoordanee with the.new regulation of the Department. He was requested to make affidavit of his loyalty to the Government, and the lawfulness of his errand, which he did, and was told to call again, at two o'oleek, when, on making hie appearance, be was arrested, at the instance of the Searetary of State, by Captain STARR and two orderlies, who had in the meantime been sent for, and were present for that purpose. Re is in prison, awaiting further order. of the Government. Senatorial Programme in Relation to tae War. Already practical measures of legislation are being prepared by Senator WsLaos, who, it is un derstood, has been in consultation with Congress men, as well at high offisera of the Government, and at an early day of the extra session of Con. grog will, as chairman of the Committee on Mill tary Affairs, introduce a series of bills, proposing -Ist, To legalise the Batn:Alive notion concerning the present defensive or warlike preparations ; Giving the sanction of law to the planalready announced for the permanent increase of the army; 33, Retiring infirm and disabled army officers; 4th, To organize from the militia one hundred regiments as a National Guard, to be clothed and armed alike ; sth, To. increase the number of oadets to the extent of sixty-eight, or to the number of Senators, and authorizing the President to fill the vacancies caused by sedges tion in the Military Academy or otherwise. Besides, it is designed to recommend an appro priation of $200,000,000 to carry the defensive measures into effect. The above are substantially the objects contemplated. Owing to expeditious calling of so many troops into the field, the Quartermaster's de partment has not been able to furnish uniforms so as to Immediately meet the demands. Measures have been taken, however, for adequate supplies at the earliest praeticable period. Some of the members of the New York. Twelfth Regiment unite in a request that it be stated that there L no adequate grounds for the report that their commander, COL BUTTI7IP/ELD, treats them otherwiae than with kindness, and a due regard ;2 their comfort and interests. Gen. Fannon? has probably arrived here to night, as snob was his intention. The steamer /Yount Vol - non, Captain Woods, left the navy yard this evening for Fortress Mon roe, with despatches from the navy yard to Gen. Butler. She took a small force of marines and a detachment of company H, of the New York Se venty-first, to roll their comrades who were Sent down there about ten daye ago on the Ana costia, as a guard to the works at the Rip Raps. The Fifth Maine Regiment arrived to-night. Additional from Washington. Gen. &OTT to day received the following de spatch: CUMBERLAND, June 27, 1861 1 have been accustomed to sending my mounted pickets, thirteen men in all, to different posts along the several approaches to Cumberland. Finding it next to impossible to get reliable in formation of the enemy, yesterday I united the thirteen, and directed them, if possible, to get to Frankfort, a town midway between this place and Romney, to see if there were any rebel troops there. They went within a quarter of a mile of the place and found it full of cavalry. Returning, they overtook forty-one horse men, and at once charged them, routing and driving them back more than a mile, killing eight of them, and scouring seventeen horses. Corporal HMS, in command of my men, was desperately wounded with sabre eats and bullets. Taking him back, they halted about an hour. and were then attacked by the enemy, who had been reinforced to about seventy five men. The attack was so sudden that they abandoned their horses and crossed to a small island at the mouth of Patterson's creak• >The charge of the rebels was bold• and confident, yet twenty-three fell under the fire of my pickets, close about and on the Wand. My bellows were finally driven off, mat tering each man for himself, and they are all in camp now. Ono Corporal Bergs, of Company A, was wounded, but is reoovering. One Jona 0. Bonn iNcunton-, of Company B, is dead. The last was taken prisoner and brute murdered. Three oompanies went to the ground this morn ing and recovered everything belonging to my picket, except a few of the horses. The enemy were engaged all night long in boxing up their dead. Two of their officers were killed, and they laid ont twenty.three on the porelt of a neighbor ing farmhouse. I will bury my poor fellow to morrow. I have positive information, gained to-day, that there are four regiments of rebels about Romney, under Colonel hicnonew What their particular objeot is, I cannot learn. The two Union regiments are encamped at the State line, nine miles from here, awaiting orders. They have not reported to me. They hesitate about invading Maryland. The report of the skirmish sounds like lotion, but it is not exaggerated. The fight was ready the most desperate one on reeord, and abounds with butane.' of wonderful daring and coolness. Liwie WALLacu., Cemmanding Eleventh Regiment Indiana Volunteere 4. B. McCiannatt, Major General. Serious Affair at Matthias Point s Va. CAPTAIN WARD, . OF THE FREE. BORN, Firrx4ED WABIIIMIOI I I, 3 . 61111 28. The Unitcd Staten steamer Paunsoe arrived at the navy yard this morning, bringing interesting, though painful In telligentle from Matthias Paint. According to the statements of persona in Ithe espedltion, Captain Ward, of the steamer Free born, yesterday obtained from Captain Rowan, of the Pawnee, a reinforcement of about twenty men, and, united with others from his own vessel, comprising between thirty and forty in all, started, In several cutters, for Matthias Point, taking with them about two hundred and fifty bags, which were filled with sand on the shore, and with which breal,tWOrkil were Non erected, Under the direc tion of Lieutenant Chaplin. While in the act of returning to the Freeborn for the purpose, it is stated, of obtaining cannon for the battery, a force of rebels, estimated 'at from 800 to 1,200, suddenly emerged from a thick weed, in whioh they had _been cenoealed, and poured a volley of shot into the Federal party, who made a hasty retreat. Several of the men swam off to the Freeborn. Captain Ward, on the Freeborn, pro tected his men as far as potaible with his guns, and grid twelve or fifteen shot among the rebels, with what effect could not be ascertained, While in the act of sighting a gun after. it is said, the gunner had been wounded, Capt. Ward was stmta in the breast by a bullet, and in the course of an hour thereafter died of internal he morrhage. A sailor named William J. Sew was wounded in four planes. Several others were also wounded, among them Jaolc Williams, the coxswain, a ball entering his thigh. The flag he carried was com pletely riddled. The men all reached the vessel withent any far ther damage. Capt. Ward's body was brought here to-day by the Pawnee. In the funeral procession which accompanied it from the wharf to the place' of temporary deposit in the navy yard, was displayed the riddled banner. The gloom which prevailed in this looality was oppressive. The remains will be transported North. It is eatd that after the Federal foroe retreated from Matthias Point, the breastworks wore imme diately occupied by the rebels, and that informa tion had, early in the day, been oommtmicated by a negro belonging to Dr. Hooe, whose house was burnt by a party from the Resolute, on Tuesday, that the enemy Were in the neighborhood, and at leant I thousand strong. The negro had approached the Federal party as a fugitive, with his shirt on a pole, as a kind of flag of trues. He has been brought up to Wash. THE PRESS.-PHILADELPHIA ington, quite happy because of his escape from t Southern Intelligence vitt rebel neighborhood. LOUISVILLE', June 28 —A correspondenee sp . INICIOND DISPArcn. J pears in this morning's papers between General Tits object of Captain Ward, In throwing tip tit Buckner and the quartermaster of the State Guards, being an attempt to prove that Collector breastwork at Mathias Point, was, that hie boats Colton and W. P. Weller, , the epeeist agent of the crews might be able to hold the place, with the Government, bore bad raftmsil tifallow supplies to aid of a small howltser battery, and covered by the troops at Columbus to pass by river or -rail the thirty-two-pounder guns of the Freeborn, un. r o a d. Six hundred stand of arms and the necessary VI hie force should be reinforced by the New York cartridges arrived here yesterday, and it is Tu. Seventy-first Regiment, which he had rent for to ;snored that they are intended for the Union men in come to his support. It was thought that the re- Vittit Tent i i rr s i s t e a e eauthoritativeiy denies that Colonel giment, once there, could fortify themselves, and Th e Jo Rousseau is recruiting troops for the Government. hold the place against a force short of vastly tot The Nashville correspondent of the Memphis parlor to their number. The Pawnee, however, Appeal, dated the 27th, says that the Legislature arrived at the navy yard with Ward's oorpse be- is endeavoring to conoiliate Rost Tennessee, whose fore the despatch reached the Seventy-first. commissioners are at Nashville, proposing to the Legislature a peaceable secession from the rest of The remain! will go to New York under a ma. the State. Their memorial will be presented on rine escort to morrow morning. Wednesday. Harmony prevails at present, but a storm is expected before the end of the session. A special despatch to the New Orleans Della, from Mississippi City, on the 25th, says that a steamer anchored off the Point had captured five sohoonere, with which she sailed eastward. The blockade at this point, the same paper states, has been permanently instituted, and that the Mobile mall-boats have been discontinued. The same paper states that the India, China, and English merohantmen will be rich prizes for the +privateers. ! The. Picayune, of the 25th, says that a United phitee sloop-of-war, with eight guns, to anchored at Atohafalaya bay, thus intercepting communica tion via Berwick bay with Texas. LOUISVILLE, June 28.—The surveyor of this port announces that he has not been granting per mits for any eases of goods to the seceded States. Tbe Democrat it credibly informed that Colonel Rousseau's regimeittgoes into camp on the Indiana aide Of the river • Tie gunboat Tyler got afloat to day, and, with the Lexington and Conestoga, passed through the canal. Mustering of Home Guards. Can. Lyon About to Depart on Another ILICESET,F. BOONBY/LLI I JUG 28.—A party of 130 men bare, arrived here from Georgetown and Sadlia, Pettis scanty, for the purpose of being sworn into the! United States aerobe as Home Guards, to serve in this State. They are all Amerloans, and expect to be joined tomorrow by 70 men from the same county. Large bodies of men in Johnson comity are preparing to take the same step, and they will be sworn in and receive their arms as soon as pos sible. eon. Lyon is still bore, bat it is thougist ISo will Boon take his departure with it large force. Bit det tination has not transpired. ST. Louis, June 28.—The Cairo correspondent of the _Democrat says that hundreds of Missouri ens, from different parts of the State, are concen trating on thi Arkansas border, where they receive arms, furnished from the South, and where they expect to be joined by troops from Arkansas, Ten nessee, and Missouri, to overran the State. Bird's Point is now strongly guarded by two regiments, and a battalion of dying artillery, and it is fully capable of resisting any attack from the rebels. Skirmish near Cumberland, 111 d. SRVIINTIIIIR REBELS RIPOSTED - =LIM. eittPTON, Va., June 28.—Corporal Hayes and twelve men, belonging to Col. Wallace's regiment of Zonaves, while wonting on Patte:son's creek, twelve miles southeast of Cumberland, on Tuesday night, encountered a party of rebels, numbering about forty. A sharp engagement ensued. Seven teen of the enemy are reported killed, and a num ber wounded. One of Hayes' party wen killed, and himself badly wounded. They captured a number of horses. The rebel force at Buchanan is reported to have been Increased to 4,000. LATi6/3 ANOIINR OF ...EX'S, &C., FOUND SZCIVATAD IN Basalt/out, June 28.—The publics mind is quite feverish here today, and there is much subdued excitement, but no demonstration has been ovis, likely to be made. Considerable crowds surround the polio*. stations, anxious to hear of expected developments under the new police regime. A search has been progressing in the Marshal's office. A large quantity of arms and ammunition was found secreted in a cellar, in the walls, and beneath the doors. A ease of valuable pistols, over eight hundred rifles,`twenty-five of which are of the Minis pattern, were among, the disaoveries. The latter are supposed to have belonged to the Massachusetts soldiers who ware disarmed by the mob on the lath of April. - An immense quantity of percussion caps, offline ted at one million, was also found, as well as three thousand one hundred ball cartridges, six thousand Minie cartridges, and various other war like artistes, including balls for the steam gun. The search is still pregreseing. It is supposed that a considerable quantity of arise will be found at the various station-houses, This morning General Banks issued an order di rooted to Colonel Reply, in reply to the,protest of the Police Commissioners, in which he says: " You will take special notice that by my proclamation of this day, neither the law, nor the officers sp • pointed to execute the law, are affected in any manner whatever, except as it operates upon the memberi of the Board of Commissioners and the Chief of Police; every offioer and man, with the exception of those above named, will be continued in the teervioe, and in the positions they now occupy, unless they shall refuse. In such asses the Provost Marshal is to select others to 111 their places." Among the articles found at Marshal Kaue's office" was a twelve-pound cannon ball, bearing the insoription—" From Fort Sumter, to Marshal Kane." Additional from Eiltintore, BALTIXORS, June 28-10* I'. M.-4. corrected report in relation to the seizure of arms at the Marshal's office says there were only two hundred and fifty muskets and rifles, instead of seven hun dred, as at first stated. Two six-pound, and two four.potuad guns, half s ton of assorted shot, four hundred weight of ball and eight hundred rile-bail cartridges, were amon the discoveries. They were secreted beneath pil e , of coal, and some under the flooring of the back building of the old City Ball lately °coupled by, the Marshal. The search for the arms is still pro-1 grassing.. The United' States marshal having sufficient in i formation to justify him, issued a writ on Adam Uenmead do Bons, where the officers found fivs field pieces, g, 8, and 12 pounders, all new ant well mounted, with carriages, &a. Also, three siege guns, which had been manufactured, it IS stated, at the order of Marshal Kane. These arms were supposed to have been designed originally for operations against Port McHenry: This afternoon the Twentieth New York Regi ment, from' nnapolis Junction, proeaeded to Pat terson's Park, where they are now encamped. The Fifth Maine Regiment passed through here tug afternoon. The First New Jersey arrived here about ten to night. The Sixteenth New York will reach this city, via the Northern Central Railroad, about mid night. The Fourth Michigan will probably reach here about daylight. The Second and Third New jersey Regiments are expected in the morning. The funeral of Dr. Thomas Hanley, a private in Col. Lyle's regiment, took plane this afternoon. The corpse was esoerted to the oars from Camp Pennsylvania on Loot Point, accompanied by a full band. The body /oft by the evening train for Philadelphia, with a detachment of twenty men. From Alexandria. SAMMY Or LIIIIITHWANT HOWISON, ITC ALIXIMMIId, Jima 28 —lliformation received here from the &nave camp, this morning, !wee that Lieut. Howison and the Zouave captain, whose protraoted absence last night gave rise to fears for their safety, had returned uninjured. Limit. Sweet's cavalry company returned at midnight without meeting with the Secession Ca, valry. Private Murphy is still miming. Lieut. liowison and Capt. Pedlar, of the Zoaaver, company H, did not fall in with the enemy, as their temporary , absence gave cause to apprehend. The compliment paid to the Pennsylvania troops by the Inspector General yeeterday, was to the Fourth regiment, Col. Hartranft, and not to the Fifth regiment, as stated in yesterday's despatch. The affair at Cloud's Mille seems to' have been only another attempt of the enemy to harass our plekete, who are at present the only victims of the warfare, and to notify us of their presence. They made only two captures, neither of whom was prepared for resistance. hey were pounced upon by about fifteen rebel' amity, from a side road. Murphy was for the moment off his horse. The other, a Zouave, was engaged ht picking cherries, and without his arms. Another portion of the rebel oavalry, about 40 strong, drove in the piekets to within a mile of Cloud's Mills, and then retired, without mooned ing in making any further captures. ALXXANDRIA, Jane 28.—A private of the &nab Carolina volunteers was sweated at Camp Tyler to-day, baring stumbled over our piokets, which now extend two miles beyond Falls Churoh. Information was received from this Bonnie that there were only about two thoneand rebels at Fair fax Court BOUM. The prisoner was taken to Washington. The resident' of Falls Church, whioh is now in eluded in Cieneral Tyler's lines, are mostly from the Eastern States, many being from Connecticut, and the Federal troops are on very good terms with them. Sloes the Oloade Mille affair, two companies of the Fire ZonaVeil and a detachment of cavalry have been sent out to spout. The Zonavee feel very indignant at the frequent loos of their men by surprise and capture. Military Movements in Missouri. BooniviLLs, June 28.—C01. B. W. Grover, of Johnson county, finnishes the following . : Twelve hundred and twenty men in Johnson county have formed a regiment, under Col. Gro ver, for the purpose of being sworn into the ser vice of the United States, acting as a home guard throughout ths State. They are aonstantly drill ing, and Col. Grover is here to secure arms from Gen. Lyon for them. Be also reports that eight hundred are organised in Pent& county, and eight hundred in Case county. Two hunared of the Amnia men arrived there to-day as a convoy to take the arms back with them. The Adams express Connie:itlrand the Wasnmoton, June .W—The Adams Express Company were notified by the War _Department late in May that it intended to stop letter conga*. nication with the Swede& Stakes. 'Orders were immediately given at all their °floes to come re ceiving letters. It war soon' made apparent that the only result of this movethint was to start up numerous letter empresses of a character not easily reached by the autheritlea, and it wee ooneldered preferable to permit private and business -lettere to be forwarded through a responedble channel, Allah could . be supervised by the Government. FROM MISSOURI. Expedition• BIND'S POINT. Affairs in Baltimore. THE MARSHAL'S OFFICE Latest from Ajezauttria raderal Governineni. SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1861. , - Departure of the New Jersey Re,y,t■ merits. ' , AVM: M INTON ; June 28 —The First Regiment of tae threvyeara New Jersey Volunteers left here this morning for Washington, filling twenty•one cars. The Second and Third Regiments left this afternoon, by way of the Camden and Amboy Railroad. They carried with them the tents and other camp equipage, provided by Quartermaster General Perrine, at the direction of Gov. Olden, and at the request of the War Department. The horses belonging to the officers will follow Immediately. Each man Is provided with three days' cooked provisions, and five days' provisions in bulk also go with the troops. to prevent the tumid complaint of the want of rations on their or ris* at Washington. They are supplied with eighty thousand rounds of cartridges for the bri gade, twenty-seven rounds baring been delivered to etch man The men of the different regiments maned to be glad of their removal to the ;teat of war; and, with the exception of one or two men in the three thousand, showed a desire to make each other comfortable in the cars. Large °row& of friepla and acquaintances were present at the de parbre of the different regiments. It is a cause of&dilution to the military authorities here, t the clothing furnished to the soldiers is of a au pi, quality, and oven better than the sample h ir printed e battery of artillery commanded by Major Re mer. of Hudson county, has been accepted by thelinited States Government, with the condition thi the State authorities would furnish them with adtional guns and horses, to be accounted for by the General Government. This condition the Go. valor, is not prepared to accept at present, and ma representations have been made to the War ' liment as it is hoped will authorize the In d departure of this valuable corps to Washing ton, r to whatever other quarter they may be or demi. Mint. R. C. Belying has beenidespatobed by the authirities to Washington, to make, as far as pos. siblij arrangements for the reoeption of these re giments. All the men were pissed in the oars, and depjrted henna in six trains, without accident. Gruit oredit is due to Col. Charles Scranton and LC N. Halsted, aids-de-oamp of Governor Olden, and to Mr. Benj. Pith, one of the directors of the Cobden and Amboy Railroad Company, for their sucieesful efforts in getting this large number of mss well and safely stowed in the oars provided fo;them. The satisfaction of the men is as gloat prase as they need. he bids for the State lean of half a million, for w ish proposals were opened yesterday, wlll not b named until the let of July. I • I - Arrests in Missouri. Or. Lours, June 28th.—lion. A. T. Lacey, a ninmbar of the Legislature of tide State, was ar ted at Cape Girardeau yesterday, by Colonel d, lately sent to that place. The prisoner s placed on board the steamer J. G. S'nfan, and ill probably be brought to this city. Messrs. lawman, Mare, and Allison, were arrested a few Sipe ago at Commerce, Missouri, and taken to Cairo. where they were released upon taking the Bath of allegiance to the Government. From Fortress 'Monroe. Benrimoaa, June 28.—Passengers from Fortress Monroe, by the boat ibis morning, report nothing had transpired there in the past twenty-four hours orthy of note No letter was received from the correspondent of the ASioolated Prase at that dnt. Col. Frank Patterson's Reserve. WASHINGTON, June 28.—The MOM° COrpa of the Pennsylvania Seventeenth (Cot. Patterson's) left their camp at Kalorama. this morning, to join the regiment at Poolsville, Md. Spanish Invasion of Hayti BOarort, Jiro* 28. The Schooner Bearserdis, from Cape Hayti= on the 3d instant, reports that the Spaniards took possession of Fort Indepen if3Doo, fourteen miles from that place, on the 13th of May, and fears were entertained Oare of a bu nter invasion. I ' Advioes from St- Dottilago state that the Spa- Mards had seventeen men-or-war in the Bay of liomarta, and that storehopses wore being erected pa shore to large aurobers It in thoasitt that the blaoks will soon mate serious troubles. Prince Alfred at Montreal. MeNormal, Jane N.—Prince Alfred arrived here today. He drove through the principal streets on his way to the residence of General Williams. He leaves here to-morrow Afternoon. Departure of Baker's Ualifernia.Regi- Maly Yoga June 28.—The California Regiment, nnder Colonel Raker ' went to Jersey City this eve ning, sad started for Philadelphia about half-past IO o'clock. Eleventh Massachusetts Regtment, Etc. BOSTON, June 2g.—The Eleventh Regiment, under Colonel Clark, leaves to morrow evening by a special train to Fall River s and 'Menne by boat. The regiment le amply equipped, having eighty horses, and twenty baggage-wagons. well-attended meeting wag held to-day, and a committee appointed to receive contributions in aid of the family of the late Senator Douglas. Death of Capt. James H. Ward. [From the /few York Evening Post, of yesterday,] Our despatohes to-day announce the 'death or Capt. James H. Ward, of the United States navy. Capt. Ward was killed by the rebels during an tuition at Matthias Feint, Virginia, yesterday. Capt. Ward was the eldest son of the late Col. James Ward, a prominent °Risen of Hartford, Conn., and was born in that city in the year 1806. Me entered the navy March 4th, 1823, and made his drat cruise as a midshipman in the Constetu non, under Commodore McDonough, with whom he sailed four years in succession. He was pro- Meted to a lieutenancy, and was in no ship which carried Jahn Randolph as United States minister to Rusda. He was then attached for some time to the Mediterranean squadron. Shortly after his promotion as a first lieutenant, he was sent to the li.frican squadron, and re mained on the coast almost long enough, as he need to say himself, to become acclimate d. Once, during this time, he was prostrated with the terri ble coast fever, and his life was despaired of. But be lived to come home, and to return, again as Commander in the United States squadron, and rendered effective service is tbe capture of several slavers. More recently he bee cruised as commander of the Vaxen in the Gulf squadron. He has been ac tively and almost oonetantly in servioe, and his !aims years on shore have been occupied in writ ing valuable works on naval tactics, gunnery, and steam as applied to naval purposes, and be has added several ingenious and valuable in v e n ti on s to the ordnance of our navy. For a period he held' a.professorehip in the Naval School at Annapolis, and some four years age was aPPOintati 4 Mbe dlion of commander of the receivfng ship N ;L. Carolina at the Brooklyn navy yard. This position, gratifying as it was to Commander Ward, and to his friends, was at once promptly, resigned when he felt that he could render more essential service to his country in a position of more active duty. Be suggested to his fellow townsman, the Secretary of the Navy, the effective serviectitat could be rendered by the fitting oat of s. :steam flotilla of light draught, and upon his reimmuttelation, early in May, the 2'hotaas -Kee dern.aael three other small propellers were par- . ahued.for the navy and fitted out as gem-boats.' This flotilla was commissioned May 16th, and .Tattose Ward was appointed commander. On that day he left the North Carolina, hie men mount ing the rigging and giving him hearty cheers, and alf the officers at the yard, on the wharf to see hins sail. Ea Baited: that night to join the aradron in Chesapeake Bay. On his arrival Saturday, before reporting himself to Commodore Stringham, he opened fire on the rebel battery at Sewell's Point, and, with the Star and other vessele, 'Mewled the battery and drove out the rebels. He then re ported himself and was sent by the Commodore with despatches to Washington, and on hie way he captured two prises, pith fifty PriSOnall, and gar ried them into Washington. Sines - then he has been one of the moat rattly° and energetic officers in the squadron. The tele graph to-day brings the account of his 14;4 engage ment. Ilis appointment as a commander was dated September 9, 1853. He has been familiarly spo kenof, since the Sewell ' s Point a ff air, as Captain Ward, and there Is no doubt but that his commis sion to a full captaincy would have dated from that day-. fikCommander Ward was married in 1612 to a daughter of Mr. Samuel Whittemore, of - this city. Of his children, his oldest and youngest eons are with their mother in Germany. Hut second eon was his clerk and left the .Pfortle. Carolina to join Die father at'Washington a week ago. Hie brother, MT. Vfm. A. , Ward, of this city, re ceived the announcement of his death this noon, and immediately left for Washington. Commander Ward's death has created a :pro found emulation. He was endeared to a large mole of friends at Annapolis, Hartford, and in this city —not only personal friends, but those his brilliant tionduet has won for him the past few weeks. But, as one of the nearest of his friends remarked this noon—" His death is a shock, but we have expect ed it rtho position that Qaptain Ward would take in an engagenient would necessit ate his death, if any one on board was killed, He would be in the place of danger." A fitting eulogy for so brave a man! In hie religious belief Commander Ward was a devout Catholic and a consistent gentleman. Commander Ward wee ono of the beet educated men in the navy. Before his appointment as a midshipman, he was for two years a etudersi to the Norwich (Consieptiout) University, (Captain Partridge i e military school,) and, after he entered the navy, he passed a year of leave in Washington (now Trinity) College He was an indefatigable student all his life. Ha was possessed of a handsome property left to him by his rather and, just before he sailed on the Freeborn., his 'brother-in-law effected an ranee of 0f,5.5,009 on his life at the Mutual Life office In this atty. THE CITY. Ratification Itioeitog A meeting of citizens. Irrespeotive of patty, to ratify the nomination of Non. William IT Mere dith as the candidate for Congress in the Second Congressional district, was held last evening at National Hall, Market street, below Thirteenth. The hall was not quite half fall at eight o'clock, the hour for whioh the meeting was Benjamin Gerhard called the meeting to order, and nominated Samuel H. Perkins as ohairman. This was unanimously agreed to. Mr. Perkins read the call from the morning papers explaining the object of the meeting! They met there not as Republioans or Democrats, but as friends of the Union, rapplentie the Union of the North and South, and nothing but the Union. They were assembled to express their approbation of the 1:(012. Wm. M. Meredith as the candidate for Congress in the Second Congressional district, who was competent, and, if elected, would faith fully represent them in the halls of Congress. A list of eloe.presidents, including the names of Henry Carey, Caleb Cope, James Dundee, J. Ed gar Thomson, and one hundred others, was read by W. Parker Cummings, and a corresponding number of secretaries. The above officers were deolared elected, arid in vited to take their seats on the platform. Mr. Gerhard then read the following resolu tions : TH ameovonimia Resolved, That we, the citizens of the Second Congressional district, irrespective of party, do cordially approve of the nomination of the Hon. Wm. M. Meredith for Congress. Resolved, That, in our present national crisis, political party nominations for ;Congress are inex pedient. Resolved, That we cordially approve of the course of the Federal Government in suppressing the rebellion against the Constitution and the laws, and pledge ourselves to support all proper mea sures for that purpose. The resolutions were received with repeated shouts of applause. Mr. Gerhard said, after this unanimous approval it was scarcely necessary to say one word in sup port of these resolutions it was evident they were their resolutions before the vote was taken upon them. Yet they were couched in the finest words possible. The one resolution stated that in the name of Wm. M. Meredith they all knew they bad the best man for the place. The other was that when the rebels were in arms, and the enemy at the gate, polities should he forgotten. [Ohms.] We cannot know now, until the suppression of the rebellion, who belongs to any party. Will you support the Government and sustain their efforts to month the laws and furnish men and means for that purpose ? [Cries of "We will."] Far was it from him to speak against the nominations made by the other parties for the same position, one of whom is this moment a leader in the army of the United States, and if God spares his life there will be no position too high for him. [Cheers J But until this crisis is past, we know no party save the Mends of the 00nntry,.and no opponents but its enemies. This is a great national oriels. Civil wisdom is not to be put behind military glory, and the speaker doubted whether in the Second district there was a person more competent to Jill the position pro posed than Hon. Wm. M. Meredith. [Cheers j Loud cries were made for Daniel Dougherty, Erg , and amid the moat enthusiastic and raptu rous applause this gentleman ascended the plat form. After the applause had subsided, Mr. Dougherty spoke as follows ; Fart.ow-omirsina My words shall be few, for the time of action is at hand. With all my heart, my might, and mind, I favor the election .of William M Meredith. [Applause.] His election will be the first great blow struck by the people against the moaned despotism that has for kears ruled this fair city. I moan what is nown as the delegate system, [cheers,] a base and fraudulent system, inTented and con trolled by tricksters ; by which scheme respeota ble citizens, of all political parties, have been madelhe tools of barroom bullies, and three-cent blacklegs A System which has too often eurrender ed our public institution', our councils, our county and municipal offices, Into the hands of the vilest of earth's oreatures—professional polltioianc—and has sent, with rare exceptions, as our representa tives in the Legislature of the State, a brainless and corrupt gang, whe have sold the sovereignty of Pennsylvania to all who would pay their iinqup tons demands. (Cries of " That's so.") Years after years have our people groaned under, yet never raised an arm against, this terrible oppres sion. In peaceful times these politicians might still have been our masters Bat in snob an lions as this, when the nation is beset with armed traitors, when ten thousand of the flower of our youth, for saking home and kindred. forgetting all save country, are reedy for her sake to leap into the very jaws of death, shall we suffer this venal crew, drunk with past suessesses, to profane, with sacrile gious infam, our holy cause by partisan appeals ? [Cries of N o, no.) No ! Let us now and forever repudiate this insolent diotation ; and therefore I am for Win. M. Meredith. [Cheers.] He was nominated by a committee of citizens, who had no band In their own selection, and knew not of their appointment until it was publicly an nounced. These citizens, of all shades of political opinion, after the -fullest consultation, sacrificing all other considerations on the altar of patriotism, agreed en William M. Meredith, [applause] and therefore I vote for him. He is the right man for the place. Philadelphia, in snob an hour, needs on the floor of Congress a gentleman not only of the purest character, but also of the intelleot to oope anooesofully with the master minds which may there be assembled, and therefore I am for Wil liam M. Meredith [Loud applause, I Finally, because we know that, while he will sanction the notion of the Administration in calling into the field our glorious volunteers, he will be neither its blind advocate nor its bitter opponent; but that he will, with all the power of his gigantic mind, advise and insist on the most vigorous prose cution of the war, until the /617 t. traitor Lae throws down his arms, and unconditionally acknowledged allegiance to the National Government and the Federal Constitution. [Applause] This is no time for parlor sentences_ Let every friend of the Union show his hand. There are even in our midst arrant traitors, who call this, on our part, an unnatural sear ; who would, with delight, split the nation, and tear our flag in twain; who would surrender up the battle-fields of New Orleans and Yorktown; who would acknowledge the graves of Clay and Jackson and the tomb of Wash. ington as foreign soil ; who would, while the gaze of the word is concentrated on no, admit that a republic cannot quell a rebellion, and, therefore, we are unfit to be free. [Load applause.] Dou glas, dying, declared that ilia war must be waged until the victory is won, [renewed applause ; J that we should banish all political differences; that there can be no neutrals now—only patriots or traitors. No traitor will veto for Nfro. M. Mere dith. [Applause J 0, my countrymen, let us stand together in this hour of peril ; let us imitate the noble example of our .brethere of Luserne, bury ing all difference.; unite upon & man who can and will hold aloft the banner of the Republic. [Lana and long continued cheering.] Lend (WWI were made for David Paul Brown, Charles Gibbons, and others ; but as these gentle men did not appear, the meeting adjourned. THE LEASE OF THE SIINBONT AND ERIE RAILROAD—MAIITINQ Or = Tin STOCICHOLDBES.— The stockholders of the Banbury and Brie Rail road Company held a meeting on Thursday, for the purpose of considering the prOpOSed lease of the road to the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Mr. Gideon J. Ball presided. A report was reeeived from Mr. William G. Morehead, president of the Einnbury and Eric Company, in which he stated that, in consequence of the financial condition of the country, and the inability of the Board to continue the work, the road had been permanently leased to the Penn sylvania Railroad Company, subject to the ratifi cation of the respective companies. The , ropert says: " The Board of Managere have had this subjeot before them for several weeks, during 'Mob they haveglven to it, in all , its details, their anxious and deliberate consideration, and they have at, rived at the result just stated, only after having exhausted every other possible means within their control, to eontinue the promotion of the work. By the passage of the not of last winter, author ising them to issue $5,000,000 of first mortgage bonds—the state receiving second mortgage bonds in exchange for those given her in 1857 for the pur chase of the State canals—your board fully be- Raved that they would have no Mealy in nego tiating said bonds for an amount saffietent to ena- No them to complete and fully equip the road. In this they have been disappointed by the present national dinioultiee, which preeede the possibility of negotiating bonds on any unfinished road, in this country or in Europe. "From this cause they have beers unable to go on with the work, or to realise from any source standout means to enable them to pay the existing pressing liabilities of the company.' The lease was read by the secretary, Mr. Pries. The instrument provides that the same shall con tinue for nine hundred and ninety-nine years, and that the. Pennsylvania Railroad, Company will agree to pay the Interest as it accrues upon, and putohue at par when the bonds become dee. Several amendments to the lease were proposed, but none of them ware acted on definitely. Is was dually determined to await the action of City Councils at their meeting on Thursday afternoon, and the stockholders adjourned to meet again yes terday morzung. YI92IIIDAY 314.1111RNA'S The stookholders met again yesterday morning, according to adjournment. Mr. Ball was la the chair. Judge Lewis inquired if the city was officially represented. The reply was in the negative. Mr. Lewis assumed that there was not a majority of the stook represented. Thepre,rident and secre tary replied that it was not. Kr- Lewis then urged that the charter forbids the transaction of any business at a stated or spe cial meeting unless fully one-half of the stook, in value, is represented. Be therefore moved that when the meeting adjourn it adjourn until next Tueeday morning. This motion was withdrawn to enable Mr. Semi V. Merrick to offer the following resolution!! ef i ßeselved, That, in the opinion of this meeting, it is of vital importance to the interests of the stookkolders, that authority be given to the presi dent and managers to execute and carry into offset a oentraot with the Pennsylvania Railroad Com pany, without unnecessary delay. Resolved, That as the oity of Philadelphia is the Muer at nearly Oritilm/f of the entire stook of the company, the whole of whioh, together with at other and municipal and private subscriptions, is in imminent danger of eaerifice, unless the said con tract be consummated this meeting does hereby respectfully, but earnestly, request the Counolia of the said city to co operate with other stockholders in their efforts to complete the road and save their property, by authorizing the vote of the city to be oast without delay in favor of molt contract Resolved, That a copy of these rearlutlens be transmitted to the Mayor of Philadelphia, with a request that be will communicate them to the City Councils at the earliest practicable period, and that this meeting do now adjourn until Tuesday after. noon next, at four o'clock, to await the action of that body. Considerable dissuasion ensued upon the reso lutions. The views of the speaker, generally were strongly in favor of the confirmation of a contrast of the kind proposed hat several gentleman ob jected to any gotten, as the meeting, although full in point of numbers, was not legal, as there war not a majority of the stook represented. Mr. Morehead, the president' of the company, stated that two millions of the stook of the company wag represented at the meeting, and he believed that full,y nine-tenths of the holtigte of that stock wore in favor of the contract. - The queation was finally taken upon the resolu tions as a whole, and they were adopted by a large majority. - Commencement of ihe Girls'► High School. A BEAUTIFUL. SC,ENE. To report the oommenoouaent of the was' Uigh and Normal - School L always e pleasant duty. After a slx-month of ohronioling political mettinga, and stirring up the feelings ei mon and woman upon holdouts of murder and burglary, and at tending parades, and Minting tip Secessionists and thieves—for we write these together of late—it is extremely refreshing to find ourselves in the cheer ful leototo room in Sergeant Street, brimming with beauty, and bonnets, and waving fans, and flowers, and tango. Yesterday's commenoement was the best o f all, for several reasons ; not that the girls were pret tier—in that we can see no difference, year after year; nor that the programme was better—for it is always good ; but the flowers and flags wore ar ranged so pleasantly, and the day was fairer ; and above all, the reporters were provided with a table. This latter fact might have made no dif ferent* to the audience; but the effect was grand with us. Had Mr. Cregar and the committee left it to our clot* to strike out either all the musk, or all the table, we couldn't have deeided against either. Prior to this time we had appropriated our knee, or somebody's bonnet, or our own hat, to the pur poses of a desk. Yesterday we were allowed the luxuries of both ohair and desk, for which, as en titled by right, we cannot reconeile it to our eon science to thank anybody. However, the flags used on the occasion might have supplied a brigade. They concealed the gaping blackboards and were festooned from the ceiling with garlands of vine and evergreen, making arches through which one looked upon clusters of beautiful eyes, and teeth, and shout dirs. All the glrle carried bouquets, and most of times wore ribbons of red, white, and blue. The effect was indescribable. The sehool-room seemed transported into the stamp, where vsvan dt. ems alone remained to guard the colors: and when the Star-spangled Banner was sung in oho. rue, we could almost hear the beating of drums for the soldiers returning. The Rev. Mr. Christian opened the exercises with prayer, and after the reading of the Scrip tures by the pupils, Mr. Cregar made some re marks explanatory of the programme Dispensing with the announcement of individual recitations made au agreeable feature of the day. The exercises have less, in this way, of a conven tional, formulary oharaoter. The g{ Sicilian Vespers," an essay by Miss Emma A. Naishy, was, in the main, an abstract of the argument of the opera of the same name. jpoem, called " It Might Have Dun," by Mary Holloway, consisted of incidents in verse, exem plifying the regretful lesson of the title. None of Miss Holloway's incidents were so nicely contrived as that simplest of all, Maud of the _Hayfield, but they were yet obvious and clearly outlined. We would suggest to the young ladies, as this theme appears popular with them, to delineate the bright sub Of Might Have Been ;" for folks hays made escapes which were not mishaps, and all die appointments are not to be regretted. How would it do, for example, to pioture Mend or her counterpart summing up life events with thankfulness, having avoided temptations which were only snares, and reached womanhood without a misstep? However, Mies Idalloway made much that was meritorious of her side of the theme, and her poem obtained attention and applause. We cite a few lines : " - Evangeline, when searching for bar lover far away. Upon the Minimum! ; wrapped in calmest slumber 167; And near the little island 'neath the glorious moon's bright beam. Walked. with Gabriel, her beloved, in the fair land of her dream. Whilst dreaming thus and sleeping, by the island's fur ther side, Swift o'er the sparkling Water, see: another ;veinal glide : And at the helm site Gabriel! Yet she knew not. nor awoke. Although netween the vessels there was scarce en oarsman's stroke. Oh Mum had all those after years of waiting and of ram, Bad yeere of desolation been spared—lit might have been!'" Miss Lizzie L. Thompson recited this poem In good style. " The Triumph of Mind over Matter," the com position of Miss Kate T. Ryttord, contained a number of striking sentiments, and was very well constructed and designed. Miss Ellie Hey' read the essay. After a patriotic solo from Miss Mary E Parker, wo hoard the "Tomb of Arohimedea," a composi tion by Miss Mary M, Cross. This was one of the best essays of the morning, industriously compiled and well recited. An extract from Tom Moore's " Paradise and the Peri," was repeated by Miss Maggie 8 Gib son in a loud, Strong voice. The length of the extract might have hen advantageously curtailed. Ono of the finest musical performances of the day was a solo by Miss Thompson. The rich, suppressed voice, sometimes swelling to half its compass, and again subdued until " dim and mys terions," found an able accompaniment in the ex oellent piano, and the fine touch of the player. The Dream of Liberty," a piece of fanciful patriotism, introduced the Palmetto and treason, and contained numerous pointed strictures and passages that drew forth applause A proper offset to the serious portions of the programme was a dialogue, 44 The Examination of a School Teacher." wherein five ladies took parts. Miss Anna H. Markley personated. with effect, the narrow-minded Deacon and Committee man. Miss Mary Halloway appeared to under stand the funotiona of the Teacher, and Misses Philips, Ash, and Latta were good in their several roles. This piece was heard with much amusement, and One or two of the young ladies have only to oulti vats their -dratnalio abilities to make them of in after lab. There was the making of good comediennes in at least two of the per formers. After music by Julia Colton, we had an essay from Misses Ella Coates and Line T Dales. The poem, " Oar Country's Call," recital by Eliza H. Marshall, was well received . . The best-music emanated from Miss Elmira 0. Ash, whose performances have made a leading feature of previous exhibitions. To a sweetness of voice this lady unites a distinctness which makes the,woras of the music as unmistakable as "The Musics of Lite," by Sate A. Peters, was pieaiantly conceived, and oontained some excel lent passages. In many respects it was the beat prose poem of the day. Assuming life to be a oborne, with each man and woman a note in the grand refrain, the pupil fol lowed lie? figure into all its recesses and , applioa tons. Thus, we have these chaste paragraphs : " Sometimes we over-estimate our power, and, growing weary of the simple melody of our lives, we Dray for something better, more difficult and more beautiful. We do not know whether our heart-strings are able to produce the greater com pass of notes required by the grander made, and often madly pray for that whiob, if granted, would break the silver °horde, and leave the heart aliat• tered and silent. " Common, every-day lives are those simple songs which everybody knows • many of them, however, powwow a sweet, soft beauty, that does not so =oh challenge our admiration as it wins our love." An allusion to the memories and hopes aroused by our national song closed this very excellent and modest production. It was repeated by Bites D. L Corderoy. Misses Lint. L. Thompson—this lady's third appearance—and Ella Reyl sang a valedictory composition, and the diplomas were delivered to the graduates, twenty-four in number, by Pro fessor Ungar. , The names of the graduates are as 100111 1373 07 ORAIMA2I3. 1. Kate A. Peters. 33. Ella Ileyb 2. Anna K. Markley. 14. Mary, M. Gros 3. Mary A. Hallway. 15. Barnet , Matiormick. 4. t:113031% A. MOM], 10. Barnetß, ROBBY, B. Massie 8. Gibson. 17. Deborah L. Corderoy, 1. Lizzie J. Dates, 18. Addict PAMIR 7. Clara B. llearr. 19. E. reacts Abbott, s. LizzieL. Thompson, 20. Mary A. Hyland, 9. Louisa Ash. 20. Mary. D. Ware, 10. Emma B. Latta, 22. Mary A. Cornman, B. Mica B. Marshall, 2s. Ella Coates. 12. Kate a. Rynard. 24. Emma C. Thomas. Mr. Omar addressed the graduates in an !WI, affectionate vein, and they listened to hie counsel with evident regard. His language was as 41- lows : In presenting you this evidence of your !poem ful completion of the studies of this institution, permit me, ladies, to congratulate you on attain mg to that position to whiok you have looked forwar4 mitt! so much anxiety, and for which you hays l abored with so mneh energy and perseve rance You hay., perhaps, looked upon this day as the end of your toll, and the oommenoement of that rest winch we are accustomed to look for as the reward of labor, but in this you will be disap pointed. Ever since man was doomed to earn his bread by the sweat of his brow, labor has been made the price of everything worthy of attainment. In whatever department of life your future 14t may be oast, you will find new tasks for each returning day, for the accomplishment of which the same persevering efforts that give youyour present proud position will be required. Apply yourselves, then, to your new duties with the same diligence which has charaoterised you here, and when the school days of life are over, you shall receive that diploma which shall entitle you to an " inheritance with the saints in light." Mr. Chairman and, gentlemen of the committee, we assemble, today, under alronmstances of more comfort and convenience than we have previously eo3oyed on these occasions, and this we owe to your skilful management more than to the libe rality of those who appropriate to no the means of eakport. Your uniform kindness and attention to our va rious wants have won for yen oar lasting esteem. Yon, Mr_ Chairman, and the ether two members of the committee, who are about to retire from the Board of Control, take with you Into private life our best wishes. No smoaesa that can attend you in your various avocations can surpass_ {het wkiob our gratitude would aeoord to you. Hitherto dqty 4,n4 pleasareoonibined have made you faithful vOtore of our inefitution, hut 113 the former will cease to, gal; you Isere, we hops, in the purruit the latter, you will oontinue your vistas, and if you seek pleasure with the same avidity with which you perform duty, we shall frequently be gratified with your presence. In response, Mr. McCann stated that the grafi- Amnion experienced by the committee, in their care of the school, more than compensated for the troubles incident to its management.. He wished it end the faenity end pupils long carted of use fulness and honor. The 'aerobes 0013044 cl with the grand song of the Star-Spangled 'tlanner, repeated by the whole sekool. SINOuLArt FATAL AOOIDENT.—A young Marl named Gottleib White, reading in Front etreot t below Moore, First ward, employed by life. bltober,' who was at work li3 the slaughter, fell accidentally into a tub of *titer, yesterday morn ing, and was 4rowaid, Be was subject to epilep tio Ats,_ and 3is supposed attacked with a fit Zipcui this occasion. Coroner Conrad held an in quest, and a verdict was rendered in acieordanoci with the above feels. Coaninin's IlinursT.--rahe coroner bold an inquest yesterday, upon the body of theyoung man , George Deeon, who Was fatally wounded by pistol shot in Tenth street, above Leant, last evening, and afterwards died in the Hospital. The ry from the 'Willing° before Qua, wore clearly of the opinion that the a nn u m; ma en . tirely accidental, aa..l unintentional. They ren derecl o vordiet of aumidental death, in soeordanee with this Impression. Military Matters. _ ..__..._ _._-_ .... Y P.PtAr•lay morning aim: thy* n'nlo4 , , k th, i. , Maine Regimen', latithsd v ~,,hi,...4 .t,.,:l It wheal ; having nnme tht.ollb iv..m ; 1, .. , r yp r k i ,: l .. . Camden Red. Amboy It , ll mad T. w. 3. Ny„, s rtc - ti, t upon landieg with the firing M c 3tMe 04,1 4,.: 1 huzess. Au moon as the men eteppea up,, i ' t `,) wharf t'oey were taken in charge by the Benth,...'l` Volunteer Refreshment Committe e , w n „ , it ''` l B . , e, l them an OPPOrtanitY ® t w " biC g Ca IZO dtut ,12, afore the str11:: mutated upon their j turney, and of cbtaini ' ez r o t el w le ne nt b lo r n en g k a f a f e t e t r daylight b eoldiere had made all their arrangements Jrf pr s oeeding south, and the men had got theleac,ti Boated and their luggage stowed in the long t r4i, of oars whit& bore them over the Baltituo rt a til, road. The regiment contains 1.:010 men, wh o 4r5 armed and equipped. Their uniform ail '4"/ tern. T througho he ut, with drareab feltaleo hats, To gu i ation per offisers uniformed in t" . with regulation hate Tice arras oonsiat o! t l Opringfteld mudiet and OOMMIn bayonet, Th e ' a baud attuned to the regiment , . o, 43 , ditih rt It twenty-live performers. An eMoient deenl:,l fife corps is also attaohed to the r egiment. i h ' have fifteen baggage wagons and two mo tti .. , ,Y wagons, drawn by sixty four powerful hon e , Ti "t ir regiment is fully supplied with tents and e : z equipage, and have also a supply of over 14 ball oartridgee. The men are floe, scoot f o li o ,. fall of muscle and spirit, and they wt t eorepkr% favorably with any other body of troops that, passed through the city. The abet% ate gtz, mii °Lytham, but they are moo of i ntelllgenoe 1 , 1 3 : 1 energy. .. of We give below a list o e o En ears of the tett meat : Field—Colonel, Mark H. Donnell, of Porllsed Lieutenant colonel, Edwin Illefoy, LewiseoD, Major, Eaamel 0 Hamilton, Lewiston, man. Commission Stsff—Adjutant, Charles 8, wejil Surgeon, E. t 3 Bunston. Assistant surgeon, Francis G Warren Chaplain, Rev. John R. Adorns. Quartermaster, John Mamba gnat, NMI 0 A O . B. lAUBASioned Tuthill. Staff—Qnatterraaster Se!. Commissary Sergeant, Benjamin Preetaaa Sergeant Major, Fred. Speed _Hospital Steward, We P. Neyea. .Line—Company A, from Gorham—Josiah Hook captain. Company B, from Biddeford--E. L. (1664 • captain. Company C, frata Stion—lsaati B. Nagai, eq, aonCo mpatany in D, from Brunswick—Ea u% W. Ben+. , cap. captaiCom W. Sas ) . o pany 2, from Lawiston—E. W n. . Company F, from Portland—Geo. P. tiherif,s4. captain. Company,fk, from Portland—fie.ary 1102,9 a, captain. Company H, from Portland—J. 4, oaptain. Company I r from Bothal—C it. Fdwardt . tip {air" • Company K, from Moohanto Falle—Ww. A To bin, captain. 00G. BAKEI1 1 9 11.1141312140. This corps ef troopa will arrive in the oity morning, at 5 A. M. They will march over the follcwirg route : Up Thad to - Walnut, up Walnut to Eightekhsh up Sighteenth to Cheettnit, down Chestnut to sixth, up Sixth to Arch, theme to Broad, as 4 finally to Suffolk Park, where they will encamp tqr a eoupla of daft Eightof the ten companies composing the rte. meat are Philadelphians, and the parade is twit to give their friende an opportunity to 500 thew The line will be in motion by B o'clock A 31. ARRIVAL OF NEW JERSEY VOLUNizatta The first regiment of the New Jenoy Brigade left Trenton at 8 o'clock yeeteeday morniegi arrived here at half past 10 They wart soooisPa. nied by Major C. If. Herbert, the OovorGor'E vats secretary. Col. Montgomery did not acme with them, having keen injured on Thursday by a fall from his horse. As soon as the signal guns lalntlOartoed the oarolog of the troops, crowds of people hurried down to Washington•street wharf to meet them rid Fat , sently the first boat load marohed up toward the refreshment saloon, most of the men sweltering under their overcoats. They are certainly a tne body of men, of good height and healthy appear. noes. Indeed, as to the latter point, their stand. ing under the sun with so little show of moisture was a proof of their hardiness quite sown:icing to very evaporative people. They are equipped Ii regular United States style, from hoots so cep, end parry the percussion musket of no. They stitc her 1010 all told. The following is a list of the officers of the ill regimeni : Colonel, W. It Montgomery lieaten• ant.oolonel, R. McAllister; inept, 1) Hatfield. The whole brigade. amounting to 3.000 men, hid a grand parade on Thursday morning at Culp Olden, which was witnessed by many thousands si the people or the surrounding Country The Ini• gads was reviewed by Gov. Olden and eta, sad the soldierly appearance and correct evalstiont tf the troops were eubjccte of general eongratulatin and praise As soon as the Government famish! them at Washington with wagons, 34 , they will be fitted for the field. ARRIVAL OF A WESTMORELAND COMPANT The 'lnchon Guards. Captain Robert Wardea from Westmoreland, arrived at Eleventh and Mari ket streets about 6 o'olook yesterday mornivg. They are attached to Colonel Geary's regiment. They are a well•ordered, iutelligent•lookioz holy of men, 6ati attracted much attention even at that early hoar, in their mania down Chestuut street. They were reviewed by Colonel Geary. Jo Lade pendent:lo Square. The colonel addressed them in a neat and patlic. tie speech, is which he welcomes them. coming, es they did, apontaneonaly, without - nis Porleitatiett. Apart from other considerations, he experienced heartfelt sympathy for them front tneir toiling from his own birthplace. lie eicquently corn• merited upon the present straggle, and the duty of loyal freemen, whose hearto should beet to nal4ll in the determined resolve to defeat the enemies at our oheriehed flag. lie alluded, in a forcible man• . nee, to the hallowed asactoiationa of. Independence Captain Virarden followed with a brief eaten, when three cheers for the colonel ware Oren with a hearty will by the Guards, and re eehoet by the witneasee of the scene for the roldiere Atter breakfading, they left for Camp Coleman, to be =entered in. While on transette to the me the) Attracted much attention. The soldiers were very desirous of entering the Hall, to inspect its interior arrangementi• but the superintendent grudly refused, because it was Lot quite eight o'clook—the prescribed vKiting hour. The Valley Guards, Captain Pegtie , from Coats!. vine, arrived at Eleventh and Mirritat streets, be , tween 12 ant 1 o'clock, and marched to Folittb and Chatham streets, where tiro took the ears far Camp Coleman. They preee' , ted an excellent an. Parana& They will be Watered In today, beleg part of Col Geary's regiment. The Pardee MU!, Captain Pardee, from Hazel. ton, Pennsylvania, also went into camp yesterday morning, and will officiate as the police guard. The companies already arrived are all fail. 'To day several others will arrive at camp, among which are the Cameron Infantry, Capt. MoCel lough, from Pittsburg. MI Vital NIP GER. PARKHILL The Prise Commissioner appointed by the Coon to take testimony in the cue of the chip General Parkhill, seised an a prise for attempting to run the blockade ' has oonoluded labors . The re. port is ready to be presented to court, but until that time the reenit of the investigation will re main a eeoret. Monday has been axed for the argument of the report before Judge Cadwaiader, at vehieh time the claimant of the ship will be represented by Mews. George M. Wharton, her risen, and Constant Gallon. 00L. BARRIO; CALIFORNIA RIKRUINT. Thfil belebrAted regiment is expeoted to neon bore to-day, and go into camp near Suffolk Park, preparatory to marching for Fortress Monroe, Va. To active young men desirous to see immediate service, en opportunity is offered at the rendez vous, nortbweet corner of Fifth and Prune streets• Aeeeptable recruits will be equipped and mattered into servioe on the arrival of the regiment. TRH PAYMENT OF THZ VOLUNTZEUS The Muriatitog Talegraph /aye Paymartet Mal• well will Woburn, ono month , / pay to the Pena• sylvania volunteers on Monday neat. The Aa• ablaut Paymaster will first have to file glair bonds. HANDBOIIII ?L& Yesterday afternoon, a beautiful Unite 3, hor flag, thirty-four stare, waa received Mr MOW Henry, having been sent from Ban Frikwhoo by Philadelphia mechanic, now residing ulthst place. A note atmompanled the flag, stating that hit Honor should present the flag to the first compae, that marched from Philadelphia to defence et Washington oity. The flag is sills, and is no rounded by a very handsome fringe, On the staE is a silver plate bearing the following imicriptios : " Presented - by a greasy mechanic of Sal /Panellise, formerly of Philadelphia: Julio 1 , 1561 " This is all that in 3tnowa of the donor. COL. YOUNG'S JECNTIICRY LIGHT CAVALRY RIGIVOT This regiment has been accepted, and is now forming at Tarims plane in Kentneky. It will be brought on and encamp at Tulip Grove, near fied• dondeld, N. J. The property is moat admirably arranged for inch an encampment, being waif shaded and watered, with smallest drill groodf attached. Besides. it is owned by our fellow oln man, J. E. Peyton, Baga native of Reetneky, who stands with his life and property in band to defend the. Union, the Constitution, and the enforcemen t of the laws. Ihirt was his motto in the lan Cara - Pnign, and be le now ready to carry it into practi cal effset. Kentucky need never be afraid of Wag disgraced under such a reprementatire, WAY 811411 X CADATB, At a meeting of the above•named employ its following o2oera were elated Captsio, 9org e B. Agin ;int lieutenant. Wm . Blumner geoool lieutenant, P. E. Sahenok; orderly sergeant, T Cummings. /NDRP.ENDEINT GRAYS. The Second company of Independent GtaYa Aatitio bees accepted is Col. Geary's regime sad will positively be mustered into the a drr ice of the traitad Otatea, Ovad mon wiebirtg to PIP a S ac 4 oompany oan do so by calling . at the armory Sac ten o'clock on Monday morutsg, and be mooned by Major.ltaff. SWGR WIESBNPATION Smarts& EAU, Eighth and Oallowhill Sirestr , vol the Blythe of an interesting ceremony last night. corailderation of the faot that Lieutenar.t 11. fipangler, of the Senior goluppyg ci m .. Goard6, or the Thirteenth ward, wee among the Aret to make a prominent move in behalf of the formation of a military organixagoa for the defence of the of . tht COW& city in the absence of our volunteers, the members 6°1704 to Mani): him with a sword, nib, and bel t. 47 of which be le drat lieeteeeeT , Tr whteh was accordinl done last evening, presence of the co g m y pany, and a considerable number of spectator's. The presentation ew made by Mr. John Fry, who In a few brief, but very pertinent remark's, referred to the Fervieb ! rendered the company by Lieutenant figanglet The sword, sash, and belt, which are an very . bendeome, were received by Lieutenant Spangler.. who replied to Mr, Fry's remarks le • patrioti . strain at some length, asstiring*the donors tUitti should oorausion demand it, be would render a P v .' account of the trusty blade they had pleoed i n heads. The TbErtianth ward haute of two oomPeal" of Home guards—Junior company A, Crept. Oregor ace senior company F, Ca fi t. Brodie. These cein; pha number 250 Merl ? a armed with billYae7 a muskets, uniformed and thoroughly They are rapidly acquiring great proficiency m drill and nee of arms, and are a credit to.the were hey represent.
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