Elje rtsz. SATURDAY, JULY 18, lael F float that standnrd sheet I Rhsrs breathes the (os bat falls baler* nsT With Freedom's 801 l beneath oar fest, And Freedom's enamor streaming &sr its! FIRST 1 1 .6011 " , —The Vicar of BM Oar War Correspondence; Haunt Vernon ; One Flag ; Mee the Mayor of Baltimore; Rellgiene Intern genne ; Financial and Commercial; Weekly Re. clew of the Pailadelphie Markets; Later from Penseool & I F .lIRTII PAGll—Notes on the Re beltlon; General News. Ws learn from Washington that the War Department yesterday made a requisition on Governor Gums, of this State, for the fif teen regiments of Pennsylvania troops now encamped at Easton, West Chester, Harris burg, Pittsburg, and the other camps of in struction In the State. The Progress of the Contest. It was of course impossible that, in so sad. den and extensive a movement as the loyal people of the United States were obliged to make to succerisfully combat a conspiracy to which desperate traitors had devoted years of careful preparations, all errors could be avoided and everything be promptly attended to in the very best manner. But, in looking at the present situation of affairs, and at the vantage ground which we occupy, even those who are most disposed ,to cavil will, we think, confess that, up to this period, the great national interests, that were so ter ribly jeopardized, have been as well guard. od and advanced as we could reasona. bly have expected. No sane man now doubts that nothing but a succession of ignominious retreats or an utter disband. meat of their armies cast save the insurgents from terrible defeats. Oar Jones have been slowly but steadily advancing along the whole line of operations, and if they have not pressed forward as far into the country occupied by the enemy as our ardent soldiers have desired, they have at least made such gigantic prepara tions, and shown so much gallantry and jag went, that their complete triumph is evidently only a question of time. The patriot who re greta that dissensions have arisen in our coun try, and that the integrity of the Republic should have been so fiercely threatened, still finds, in the alacrity with which a peaceful nation sprang to arms, and in the majestic uprising of twenty ns of freemen, which has occurred, much to console him for the mischiefs of the rebellion, and to render him prouder than ever of our country. It would be impossible for any one to de: sire a more determined, unanimous, and self sacrificing spirit to prevail than has been ex hibited by the masses in all the free States, and we are daily witnessing a rapid increase of an unconditional Union sentiment in the whole Northern tier of Slave States.*ln two brilliant victories have already been gained by our troops, composed mainly of citizens of that State, over , the forces of its Secession Governor, who has been compelled to abandon his capital, and to wander forth an outcast. All the indications from that qnarter point to the complete success of our soldiers, and lead us to the conviction that the Union mon of Missouri are much more than a match for her Secessionists. in Kentucky, the idea of preaerving an ttitude of neutrality is now apparently about to be abandoned, and the whole weight of the influence and power of her loyal citizens thrown in favor of the Government. All of her Congressmen, ex cept Mr. Buissrr, voted in favor of the war loan on Wednesday, and several of them have made eloquent Union speeches since the pre sent session commenced. If the insurgents force an armed contest in the State, as from recent events appears not improbable, they will fare no better than their confederates in Missouri, notwithstanding all the aid they may obtain from Governor litioorrur. In East Tennessee, as we showed yesterday, the Union _banner is still boldly unfurled. In Maryland, the traitors have been completely overawed. Western Virginia is now becoming the scene of deeply exciting and highly im• portant events. The new State Government is la the la II tide of successful operation, and as resolute and decided in its policy as any Northern State. Large armies, under skll- Jul officers, are rapidly hemming in the insur-; gent forces, and we shall doubtless soon hear reports of brilliant victories achieved by Generals McOuttten and PATTIESON, to be followed by a grand advance on the very citadel of the foe, at Richmond, not only by their forces, bat by those under the command of General MoDowett. The opposition to the war policy of the Administration which has been manifested by a few Senators and Representatives at Wash ington is of bat trifling importance, for on all teat votes it ia overruled by overwhelming majorities. the fact is clearly apparent that all the men and money needed for a vigorous prosecution of the contest will promptly be supplied ; and this assurance of itself is an unmistakable' indication of the impending issue, when we consider that the first loan of the insurgents for $16,000,000, though long advertised tor, has not yet all been' taken, and that they can only till up their ranks by fore'. biy impressing men into their service. With a fall treasury against an empty one; a large volunteer army against a comparatively small one, made up, in a great measure, of unwil ling recruits, and a good cause against 'a bad one, Secession is certainly doomed. Is Trik Atlantic coast of the Southern States really blockaded We have a very definite impression that there are a number of good ihipe on the Atlantic ocean, well supplied with grins and ammunition, and commanded by trusty commanders. We believe that im pression is generally sbared by the public yet, we aro now told that an insignificant little craft, called the Jeff. Davis, has been cruising as. a privateer, and very recently captured three or four of our merchant vessels. Now, this is too bad. Either we have no men.of war on these seas, or the officers are careless or criminal. Is .otir commerce to be thus threatened with itnpunity, and oar ships to be at the mercy of ping? WE are sorry to think ttiat we are no longer to have the St. Louis Joui-nal on our exchange list. General Lyon has Interdicted its publi cation and seivd the typo and paper. We shall mitis this Journal. It was the raciest of all the Secession organs. The style of its editorials was something like that of Geolac LIPPLRD, without his quaintness, his inten sity, and that singular beauty which saved his eccentricity froni being nonsense. It was amusing to peruse, and formed, harmless summer reading fora Philadelphia latitude. Tits Mayo* or Baum tOak is a Chester] ian Secessionist. We call bim a Secessionist to avoid peril:dn.:Ws, for while be may not openly advocate rebellion, and may have some peculiar and abstruse theories of his own, he is the accomplice of the Pollee Board—the defender of GEORGE P. Karra, and the lull. gator of bridge•burning and lawlessness. He speiks in flee phrases, although the presence of General BARRE at Fort McHenry may have moderated his rhetoric and modulated his notes. He excuses the bridge-burning as a:matter of necessity, and one committed og with no purpose of hostility to the Federal Government." We are bound to accept the excuse, but il Jarrsason DAVIS had taken Washington while the Federal troops were replacing these means of communication, what explanation would our affable mayor have given him? • The Mayor tells us that the rt peace. of the Monumental City it was due to the exertions of himself sod the other city officials of Balti. Snore." We do not think so.' That .fearful week in April, when anarchy reigned, and traitorous flags floated In every street—when to raise the stars and stripes was to !lawmen a mob—when Baltimore's most eminent citi zens, were houseleas . and homeless, or tug' • tires in Philadelphia, and when the pestileuce of treason seemed to have poisoned the very air—told ns what Mayor Bum* wan really:at' heart. Be may have desired peace ;he inay bays deprecated outrage i .perhaps his tans- ries on the right of transporting troops, and the "sacred soil" of Maryland, may have been very good in their way; but when the magistrate of a metropolis like that of Balti more can passively behold the degradation of his flag, the persecution of patriotic citizens, and the murder of patriot soldiers, he is either unable or unwilling to do his duty, and is not to be trusted. Such is Mayor BaowN. The Mayor takes issue with General BANKS, denies that there are Secession conspirators among the city officers, denounces their arrest, charges that the General is guilty of a usurpa tion of power, and concludes by saying: «I have no doubt that the officers of the United ' States have acted on information which they deemed reliable, obtained from our own citi zens, some of whom may be deluded by their fears, while others are actuated by baser mo• Lives; but s uspicions thus derived can, in my judgment, form no sufficient jtiatitlcation for what I deem to be grave and alarming viola tions of the rights of individual citizens of the city of Baltimore and of the State of Mary land." We dismiss the Mayor and his message with the remark that it is difficult to defend a bad cause; and the Mayor has been no more sue. cetera than those who have failed before him. We consider Baltimore fairly in the Union, tint no thanks to Mayor BROWN. The good cannon of General BANKS are influences infi nitely more potent. The Committee . ot Public Safety. Very shortly alter the fall of Fort Sumpter; a number of gentlemen were appointed by a town meeting to take steps for the defence and piotection of the city. A sum of money not mach short of one hundred thousand dollars was subscribed, and about halt of that amount wee paid up. Nearly at the 'same time the Councils of Philadelphia appointed a joint special committee for the same general per. pose, and under their fostering care the Home Guard has grown to a force of over five thou sand men, armed and equipped, some as rifle men, some as light infantry, some as artillery, some as cavalry, and the larger part as infantry of the line. .The Committee of Public Safety acted for a short time in conjunction with the more regularly appointed Committee of Conn . cilia. At that time a battery of artillery was ordered, and it was expected that early in July we should see a well-organized regiment or battalion of artillery actively engaged in artil lery drill with this battery. While the guns and carriages were being made, the Committee of Public Safety expended some of their fiords in aiding the Reserve Brigade to obtain uni forms and equipments, bat even that was only partially effected, when the Committee of Public Safety suddenly subsided. The Committee of Councils, on the other hand, have gone on actively in their useful c reor, and yesterday a report was presented. to Councils, and printed in the papers, which showed that the city had fairly done its duty in arming and equipping the Home Guard. Now the Inquiry is frequently made,' and it is a very wrtinent one, what has become of the Battery of Artillery? The 'Artillery Regi ment paraded on the 4th of July with a park of field pieces formerly used by General CAD. wananza's Brigade, and the ordnance officer is rapidly collecting at Harrisburg all the gnns belonging to the State.' If these guns be taken back to Harrisburg; the city of Phila delphia Will be left defenceless so far as that invaluable arm of the service,.the Flying Ar tillery, is concerned. Of course the bouncils will apply itself with a battery, if that be necessary ; but if the Committee of Public Safety own a complete park of artillery, why is it not entrusted to the artillery companies now formed in this city ? By reference to the programme of the Fourth.of.Suly parade, it will be foutd that there Were teen five companies of artillery, Captain Ottaratall BIDDLE, Captain nAtITLISOS, Captain STAllita, Captain M. J. &m ax, and Captain Haar. aalfrr. It would certainliseeni prudent to''supply these companies with the moans of perfecting themselves in the difficult and delicate arm of the service for which they were formed. The Committee of Public Safe ty-certaialy-e-entit *eel aatitffied that the mere ownership of tilititairctf 'artillery will -suffice for the defence and protection of the city, and, unless we• are very much mistaken, the sub scribers to the fund s iri &Ir. band world rather see the fruits of the:money so generously con tributed than see the work so well begun.left half finished. We all know that the General Government has shown its sense of the neces sity of a well-organized military force at this point by a liberal supply of muskets to the :Reserve Brigade and to the Home Guard. These two Corps showed, by their handsome display on the 4th of Jnly, that, while they are animated by a proper sense of emulation, they share in common the anxiety to be pre pared to do any duty that may be assigned them. If, then, the Committee' .of Public Safety have it in their power to:iititfcem. pleting the measures now taking for the de fence and protection of. the city, it ought to act promptly by at once supplying the artil lery companies with their batteries complete. The Employment of. the Unemp loyed. . Our City Councils -are paying attention to the wants of the workingmen. The Select Branch has taken preliminary steps towards providing aiarge amount of extra work for the unemployed of this city. It is suggested that an ordinance be adopted, making an ap propriation of $733,600, to be taken from a lean hereafter to be authorised. These sums are to be variously expended in-the different departments of the city, and the workmen will be eMployed in laying pipes and mains, re pairing highways, laying out our public squares and perks, and extending the wharves and landings. The elaborate argument of Mr. Nsaz, in support of this measure, merits attention. Mr. NEAL is given to the exercise of a jealous vi gilance over every dollar taken from the City Treasury. No one has gone farther on the side of economy, ankthe: very earnestness with which he supports the proposition sng gested by The Press shows that he appreciates the gniat amount of want now existing, and the necessity for an instant method of relief. His arguinent for an increase of personal taxation does not seem to bo se forcible as we should expect froin , Mr. NEAL. Argi cer tainly.do not approve of any attempt to..opea rip new sources of taxation. The wants the municipality, are not urgent, .and it :should not think of imposing burdens in addition: to those about to be created by Mi. 8 earatary CRASS. .. There is another .point in* this measure to which we may draw' attention. That is the danger of . this great amount of_ money , being misspent; or, in other • words, diverted into the pockets of unscrriPtilons contractors and greedy politicians.: Oar lusbiteal 'respect for the memberkid,CooCii ki . eirAot conceal from us the painful fact that there are those among them whose past lives give . us Just cause for suspicion. The expenditure of thiti money should be tinder the supervision of patriotic and humane citizens,.and not of contractors, who have money to make, or politicians aniious to build a personal influence on the misfortunes of their felloi-citizens. It is in cumbent upon Councils to guard this disburse-. ment with a Jealous care. The honor of our city and the reputation of its rulers de mand it. „. Atlantic City. This dellghtfak'iiiurside 'resort is rapidly attracting a large number of our most respect able citizens,- as well as many , guests from the interior et. our State and other parts of the country. We saw yesterday a hat of the ar rivaLs at the United States Hotel on the 10th and 11th inst. It contained the names of about one hundred and twenty-five ladies and gentlemen; and a very large and agreeable company . has .evidently already assembled there. - Tax Boa. T. B. FLortzwoc.—When Colonel FLORawou was one of - the Congressional Re presentatives of this city, no gentleman made himself' more justly entitled to the gratitude of Philadelphians, for numerous acts of kind ness, irrespective of politics, than himself. Even yet, though no longer in the House of Representatives, 'col. Ftonsmos is attentive as, ever. We have to - thank him for two v - lames of 'Reports just leaned by the House. The first volame contains the • Reports of the Select Committee of Five, on various sub jects, ordered to be printed last March, and the second consists of the Report of the Select Committee; ordered to ho printed last Februa ry, upon the Abitracted Indian Trisrßonds. pf.course, every political 'collection lii:the world wilt include these Repoitii;" Oolonel gglizig 94 accept our best thaplui,-.T. - ..s. Bs.cosin Satm - or PtistlN Bturtiiiiii; Ate.— Pose Thomas & Bons' advertisements. Catalogues WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE. Letter from " Occasional.” liCarreavondence of The Primi WABEINGTON, July 12, 1881... We aro having the same refined exhibitions in Congress on the anbjeot of State rights, which are made the pretext and the basis of all the argu ments against the Union on the part of those who retain their seats in the National Legislature, and at the seine time labor to dislocate our happy Union. Mr. Hickman and Mr. Burnett had a passage-at-arms yesterday, in wbioh the latter un hesitatingly asserted that be regarded his alle giance to Kentuoky paramount to his allegiance to the Union ; and, when brought up by the question of Mr. MoCternand, whether he could reconoile such a doctrine with the solemn oath he had taken at the opening of Congress, he dew into a charm teriatio passion, advertieed himself as eminently conscientious on the trubject of the aforesaid oath, and proceeded to repeat his determine tine to oppose the war by refuellig his vote for the appropriations of money and men ne emery for the deferice of the Government. Mr. Barnett is a representative of the Breokinridge eohool, probably the boldest and bitterest of that. sect. Mr. Polk, of Missouri, was yesterday doing the same work in the Senate at the same time, and proved himself a faithful and fitting follower of those who defeated the Demooratlo party in 1860 Common sense men will stand aghast at the spent& - They will not be able to direriminate between the men in arms against the Constitution and there latter-day apostles of the dootrine of State rights in the Congress of the United States. They can see little difference between the unarmed ancithe armed enemy. Mr. Burnett and his school find little encouragement among the loyal represents duce now in Congress from the loyal States. Those men, of whom John J. Crittenden is the aoknow lodged leader, not only refuse to present, any plan of compromise, but deny that Mr. Barnett speaks for any considerable class in the Border states. They have already signified their deter• initiation to vote all the men and money demanded 'by the Administration, and, if you will refer to the vote in the Rouse on Tuesday, you will see that Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, and Delaware _presented a united front in support of the war programme of the Administration. Mr. Burnett has been successively rebuked by Messrs. Mallory, Wickliffe, and Jackson, of his own dale. gallon. The latter is a member of Ithe Military Cammittee, of which Col. Frank Blair is the chair man, and has exhibited a vigor and a determina tion In supporting all the recommendations of the Secretary of War which establish his sincerity as an earnest friend of the Administration. . The disposition of the Union men of the Border States, so happily in contrast with what was ex peoted of.most of them, considering their relation .o recent compromise suggestions, will enable them to wield an immense power in the present exigency. They will not only be poirerful to moderate. tee extreme men of the Republican party, but will, finally, become so strong in their own homes as to put down the open enemies of the wave of in their midst and to turn back the of Secession upon the revolting States. Mr. Crit tsnden himself, perceiving the designs of th e Disunionists, who have been predicting that he would 'over his former plan of compromise, and that it would be rejected, and that this rejection would drive many Union men, in Kentucky and elsewhere. into the ranks of the oommon 'enemy) patriotically refuses to became an instrument in their hands, and avows a determination to stand by the Government to the last. While there is a manifest disposition on the part of the two Houses to sustain the President in all his requisitions, the usual apprehension begins to.show Wien on the subject of a standing army, and many leading men of both parties express the opinion that his recommendation of an increase of the regular service would, if approved, lead to dangerous oonsequenees. Bence I will not be surprised if the suggestions of the Secretary of War should be so modified as to leave the regular army upon its old basis, trusting to the future to InoreaSe it or not. You will notice that some of the Republican leaders have expressed grave doubts as to the propriety of permanently en: larging the military establishment, and the men of the Border States are known to entertain similar feelings. Both. these °lasses contend that if cir onmstanees shall ?quire It, the regular army can be augmented after the war, and allege that the present active operations should be confided to the volanteers. This plan is adionated upon the idea of allowing the new regiments &tiled out to be tilled in accordance with. the recommendation of the President, which are to be added to the regn • lar army or not, as oironmetances may render ne cessary. My own jadgment is clearly on the side of en increase of the regular servioe at' this time, and it is to be hoped that Congress will see the propriety of embodying into . law the results of the .experienee of General Scott, under whose counsel the President and his Cabinet undoubtedly acted in their recent recommendation. It is folly to deny that, henceforward, this Go: moment must 'he sustained by then, mbined influ ent* of the ballot-borand the oartrtdge box. Loyal men everywhere admit the Impassibility of any adjustment that will tot compel the maintenance of a large military . force, and that will not leave a considerable disaffected population in what is now known as the seceded States. Had the' appe-is of our wisest statesmen been regarded, in referenoe to this matter of an increase in the army and the!' navy,it_ie probable that the catastrophe which' befell our flag in the Southern States : under Mr. Buchanan's Adminictratlost, would have been averted. In long years no Executive so regardless of his constitutional duties as James Buchanan will be isfliOted upon our country, and no snob disregard of manifest public duties as that exhibited by John B Floyd can be expeoted. When we reflect that all the nations of the, earth ate increasing their naval and military oetablishments, it would be the height of folly if we neglected to make substantial preparatione to defend our extended coast, and to arm and strengthen our numerous valaable fortifloaHons. In the first chapter of the laid volume of Macaulay's England there is a passage which should be carefully read and studied by American statesmen. Written of another time and another nation, it is so singularly applicable to our present condition that I do not hesitate to copy it : " Among the questiOns which it NM necessary that the houses should Speedily decide, one stood forth pre eminent in interest and importance Even in the first transports of joy with' which the bearer of the treaty of ityawiok -had been wet, corned to Eogiand, men had eagerly.and anxiously asked one another what was to be done with that army whiCh had been famed in Ireland and Bel gium, which had learned, in many hard cam paps, to obey and to Conquer, and which now conalated• of eighty-seven thousand excellent sol diers. Was any part of this great force to be re rained in the servos of the State? and, it any part, what part ? The last tiro Kings had, without . the consent of the Legislature, maintained establistunente in time of pease. Bat that they had done this in violatiott of the fuodamental laws of Englanidwas acknowledged by ail lariats, mad bad been expressly affirmed in the Bill of Rights. It was,,theretore, impossible for William, now that the country was threatened by no foreign and no domestic) enemy, to keep up even a' single battalion without the sanction cf the estates of the realm, and it might well be doubted whether snob' a sanction would be given. . " It is not easy for no to see this question in the light in which it appeared to our ancestors. No man of sense has, in our days, or in the days of our fathers, seriously maintained that our island could be safe without an army. And, even if our island were perfectly secure from at tack, an army would still be indispensably neces sary to , us. The growth of the empire has left us no choice The regions which we have colonized or conquered since the *secession of the house of Henover contain a population exceeding twenty told that which the hones of Stuart governed. There are now • more liogllsh soldiers on the other side of the tropic of Cancer, in time of peace, than Cromwell heti under hie com mand in time of war. All the troops of Charles the Seeond would not have been sufficient to garrison the posts which we now occupy in the Meelterranoan Sea alone. The regiments which defend the remote dependencies of the Crown can ant be duly recruited and relieved unleas a force, far larger than that which James oolleoted in the oamp at Hounslow for the purpose of overawing his capital, be constantly kept up within the king dom. The old national antipathy to permanent military establishments—an antipathy which was once, reasonable and salutary, but which lasted some time after it had become unreasonable and noxious—bas gradually yielded to the irresistible force of circumstances. We have made the dia. ocivery that an army maybe so constituted as to be in the highest degree efilotent against an enemy, and yet obsequious to the civil magistrate. We have long ceased to apprehend danger to law and to freedom from the license of troops, and from the ambitions of viotoriona generals. An alarmist who should now talk snob language as was coin. 81012 dye generations ago, who ahould .call for :be entire disbanding' of the land force of the realm,. and who should gravely predict that' the wa-rlore of Inkerniann and Delhi would depose the Queen, dissolve the Parliament, arid plunder the Bank, would be regarded as fit only for a oell in Saint Luke's But before the Revolution, our. anew:tors had known a standing army only as an instrument of lawless power. Judging by their own experience, they thought It impossible that ouch an army should exist without danger to the rights both of the orown and of the people One class of politicians Was never weary of repeating that - an npostotio church, a loyal gentry; an an cient nobility, a sainted king, had been foully out raged 'by the Joyeea and the. Prides. Another class recounted the atrocities committed by the Lambs of Kobe, and by the Beelzebube and Luol fors Of Dundee, and both °lessee agreeing in scarcely anything else, were disposed to agree in aversion to the red eoate." OccesioNaL. ' Letter from "Harvey Birch•" aorrervondenoe of The Fran.) WAMILIKITON, July 11, 1861. There are oteastons in the history . of our Federal legislation, which serve as monuments to mark great and important events la the progress of our country ; ocoasione whioh leave their indelible im• preaston upon the heart, and stir up all the nobler fall:ldes of our, nature. An event of tbisobarecter has •just transpired in the House of Representa tives, which was the brief, but noble and eppreol• atty. eulogy, by the venerable John J. Crittenden, of Kentucky, upon the late Stephen A Douglas. I have nevor listened to a paeoh more full of truth. ful eloquence, kindly consideration, and generous sympathy. - was the tribute cf.the Nestor of our Amerioan statermerito .the memory of theyowng.and gallant Achilles. Differing so long on the great party is- Men of past days; arrayed so often in forensic o}• THE PRESS. -- PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1861. position to each other, and both giants In the de fence of their peculiar political tenets, it was emi: neatly graceful in Mr, Crittenden to bestow Snob marks of consideratipn upon his former opponent, An intimate acqualktanee 6f many years, during their Senatorial association, enabled Mr Often. i den to tee, and, seeing, to apprielate, the lofty patriotism, the disinterestedness; and the moral elevation of Mr. Douglas' elra rooter. Others, the personal Mende of our departed statesman, may have wept more freely over the new-turned sod beneath which reposes all that was mortal of the great Illinoisan ; but it has been reserved for Mr. Crit tendon to pronounce those words of eineere and unaffeoted appreciation, whloh are the more grate ful and imposing bonuse they are untinged by the partiality of politioal asooolations or the deep. seated devotion which men are apt to feel for a party leader When, upon the shores of the beau tiful lake which Mr. Douglas so muoli admired when living, the lofty obelisk shall arise to record his public services and private worth,-his warmest and most devoted friend could desire no nobler epi taph or more feeling epitome of his public career than to have inscribed upon its column the words which fell this day from the lips of Mr. Crittenden. There let them be graven, and thus will be linked together in future time, through the eloquence of . their common friend, the names and fame of those two mighty giants of the West, Henry Clay and Stephen A. Douglas: Over their graves may violets Spring, and when the Scythe of the reaper gathers the ripe sheaf which now stands so proudly, and John J Crittenden descends to his honored grave, may he too And an eulogist, who, looking beneath the politioal surface, will dive down into the heart, and show the better and the purer part of his nature. Despite the pleasure I have experienced to day, there is a sadnees mingled with the theme—the "muffled drums" of memory re-echo the funeral march which lately thrilled, with its solemn tread id Chionicc':to the -very oentre of this great Union; and when I saw the bowed down form and silvery head and beard the broken voice of Mr. Crittenden, I felt bow vain were ambition i nd lofty aspirations; Douglas, the young and ardent, in his grave, and Crittenden, the "octogenarian statesmen, pointing the sad moral of all human glory. I could not help the thought: " Thou art man's monitor, thou rule hoary, To show how like a shadow is hie glory." RAHVZY Brace. LATEST. NEWS By Telegraph th. The Prms. FROM WASHINGTON. Special Despatches to " The Press." The movement of troops across the river con• tinues. The newspapers, some days since, in sir ranging the programme for General Scary, put tie force required across the river at 40 000, but the veteran at the geed of the army has already a larger force thesis that over in Virginia, and their, number is constantly increasing. To day the 18th New York, Col. CHRISTINM, and the let regiment let brigade New Jersey volunteers, crossed over, and one of their of:neer/I informed me that two other regiments, encamped near them, had orders to march into • Dixie." With the let New Jersey regiment, twentyllve heavily-loaded Government wagons went over. Captain ONAMBWRIP, of the Fifth Massachusetts regiment, at Alexandria, was in this city to-day, and inforined me that the regiment has orders to be ready for the forward march, and expects hourly to move. The regiment is in flue condition, and every man ready for active service. • The Cabinet.. The Cabinet wee fail today, and the session pro tracted. Yesterday the President passed much of his time with General fieirr-r—one interview, of nearly an hour, bethg private. The public will be glad to know that the veteran soldier is in excellent health. Olose application to business gives him a buoyancy of spirits, and is evidently favorable to his health, both of body and mind. Never, since the General made no hie mind to settle .the sseoession question by a rigid enforcement of Federal obligations, has , he been more thoroughly convinced •of the wisdom of this COWS! than at present. He believes that th . e war will be sho;t, but thorough, without - a great loss of life, but resulting in a complete restoration of the Union. The ohaplaina of the army in Washington ar d vininity have petitioned the Rouse of Represents tives, praying that they may not pass the bill which bee boon put through the Senate, reducing their monthly pay from $145 50 - to` $6O, with four rations. They say r" We desiri to serve ' one country; we seek th,Fpiritual good of officers and men; but we are unwilling to serve toder oiroum stances which will degrade us in their estimation, will seriously lesgen our Inflaenea ; if not compel ' us generally to resign." • On Franklin Square. The Twenty-seventh New YJele, Col. SLocuir, have moved into the b arracks in Franklin Squzre, in this city, jut vacated by the . Tivelftti New York State PLUME', who have gone up the river to join General PATTBASON. . Death rn the Fourth Michigan. A member of Company C, of the Fourth Michi gan Regiment, Colonel WCOMMT, dial last Mon; day, and waa buried near the camp, on Meridian IEII. Paying Ott the Troopti. . The First Regiment of Maine, Oolona JAMON, was 'paid nff to•day. . 4...ditaeliment of the First Maine Regiment are 'guarding the house of Site. Fasucn, on George. town bights, whose husband is connected with the , rebels. . • . Camp of the Ninth New 'York. The camp equipage, do., of the Ninth New York Regiment, Colonel Br Lug, which went into Vit. ginia two weeks ago, is still at their old" camp grounds, on Meridian Rill, guarded by. a detaith ment of forty.two men from the regiment Arrival of Troops. The Thirty , fifth New. York Regiment of Voittri; teen, Col. BROWN, came in this morning, in retry fine condition. They go into cramp in the suburbs. ' Troops to Arrive. There are twenty-Eve regiments now en route, or preparing for an immediate forward march to Washington. This is exclusive of the movement now going on of troops . from the d fforent States to join Genexals PATTARSON, MOCLBIZAN, and BIITLIIIIR. Col Brosn'a command; consisting of the First and Heventh Pennsylvania, Ninth New York, Seeond and Third Wisoonsin, and Third New Hampshire Regiments (seven thousand men), is' reported to have reached - Martinsburg, all In good health and oondition. Pltittent of a rennsyyanut Regiment. - Itisjor TAGGART proceeded to Alexandria yes terday, and paid off the Fourth Pennsylvania Regiment. As the Idajoi p arrived at oamp and in: timated the object of his mission, a very cordial reception was extended to _him by the boys. In lam than four boars $20,000 were paid out. The Kansas Senatorship. P. P. BUNTON arrived in Waabington this morn. thg from Kansas, with a comminion from the Governor of that Butte to fill the vacancy in thb United States Senate occasioned by Gen. lames acceptance of a commission in the army. But Lawisays he has not accepted that commis sion. Mr. STANTON declares he has, and hold; his commission in his pocket even at his own ragout, and that he has taken the oath of office. The Blockade of the Potomac. The steam gunboat Freeborn, Lieut. Loway com manding, arrived up from &vita, creek at six o'clock this morning. Elbe has been ornistng.at nights up and down between that,point and the mouth of the river, preventing any communication between lower Maryland and Virginia. The ser vice has been active, arduous, and dangerous. Attempt to Blow up the Fleet Frustrated. On Sunday, at noon, the Freeborn was at Acquit& creek with the Reeolitte,Pasonee, and Pocahontas, and two large oil caeks were dieoovered floating down towards the fl,et with the ebb tide. When within a quarter of s mils, a small boat was sent frpm the Pawnee to reconnoitre theta. The Bele /we supported the small boat, and it was disco vered that they were infernal machines. One struck the rudder of the Resolute and became de tached from its buoy and rank. The other careened over and extinguished the flue by dipping it in the water. Tho latter was hauled on board the Pawner. It had a cylinder made of boiler Iron, five feet long and eighteen inches in diameter, filled with all sorts of destruotive elements, de signed to bloW the Potomac squadron to atoms. The machine weighed about four hundred poandi. Connecting the oylinder with the onsk or buoy whioh was full of a coil of Blow-match, was an In Ca rubber coated fuse The maohine Das a devilieh-looking appearance. The Freeborn brought it up to the navy yard, where it attraots great attention. Thousands have 'visited it to day. ' A.rrest of a Spy., The steamer lames Guy went to Port Tobaooo, Maryland, yesterday at 44 P. M. after TAMIL /MIRO, • late Clerk in the Navy - Department, a Virginian, and a son-in-law of ex Senator Mason, of that State He went thither by land yesterday, and Captain Daattio, of the Capitol poltoe, dta- Covering the faot, Charged Min with being a spy of Jan Dkvis. The latter obtained the fames Guy and went ,in pursuit. The arrived at Port Tobias° In the night and foubi.Tixtaisitito, who was &Treated, taken on boardatiebronght hither a prtio'ner, arriving here at 4i Ale* to-day. _ A large bundle 'of letleri; to pipzi-, sent eitistinsof *the ' Eionll4' A was we 'Tonn - ` d upon him ; gm, plans of the locating •of our canape in add around Washington. • WASRINGTON, July 12, 1861 The Forward Movement. General Scott. Pay of Chaplaiag. Guarding Rebel Property. Col. Stones Command. The Volunteer Btll--Inquiry into the War Department tontructs. The volunteer bUI, which passed the House to, day, has yet to be noted upon by the Senate.- The President is authoritted to accept the services of 1500 000 volunteers. The appropriation of five hun dred million dollars was stricken out, for the tea. son that the money for their support will bi pro vided for in some other bills. Mr. VAN ViTCICO amendment was voted down. It proposed that the chaplain or other competent MOOD of every regiment be appointed postmaster, to frank letters and papers for all officers, meal- Sint, and privates, the matter so !ranked to be earned free of postage, and also received without charge. Similar privileges were likewise proposed to be extended to those in the service of the navy and marine corps. The House, however, adopted an amendment that letters to and from soldiers be exempted from the prepayment of postage, leaving it to be paid by the recipient. The bill provides liberal bounties for re-enlist ments. The Muse 'select • committee, to examine into the War Department contracts, will immediately proceed to Witness. The first subject of inquiry will be in reference to the oharteriog of the steamer, Cati/ine. It appears by an order just issued, that the Quartermaster's Department will provide horses, and the Oidnanoto Department will furnish horee equipments for volunteer cavalry companies, upon the requisition of this mustering °Meer, as fest as =oh companies can be mustered into the service. Beginning to Count the Cost. Evidently second sober thought is beginning to open the eyes of the belligerents down in "Dixie." A private letter from a writer in New Orleant, June 28, toe friend in Alexandria, Va., has the following passage : " The news reaching here of the immense force /he Federal Government is bringing into the Sold, has soinewhat eooled the ardor of those who presumed the, bid nothing to do but to appear in Virginia end the Union troops, would scamper and run. Our people have now become satisfied that they have made a great mil• take, in hurrying matters to the extent they have,: but now, having crossed the Rubicon, end tide" the responsibility in the rebellion, they must abide the result." No lees significant is the following from a reeent issue of the Charleston (S. 0.). Courter "We should prepare for defeat. * * Oar enemies are mustering in large numbers; they are armed with the best weapons; they hive been under the instrnet.on of competent t &tors, and each body fs strengthened by the presence of old United' Statee regulars. Some of their Concrete have abilities and resources. And, in addition to all these, oon siderations, battles are not always decided by gr a . tegy, or even courage. A single relschanee may turn the tide of MOON. A circumstance in itself insignificant may anateh viotory from an army at the moment it is • about" to grasp the glittering prim": • • The tone of ." conditional Union men'! here/ has recently fallen, and - they profess to have lasi card' deuce in their nicoly•adjasted plans to . ;Wye the Union, and more in the course adopted' •by: the President, and sti emphatically endorsed by 7C4*- A Patriotic Family. Brig. GOR, ISAAC BrAmr,,late of Newport, It 1., 'had tirenty-two ohiidislnki—eizteen ofwhom were boys, and nine of ihem ire in the naval arid tary service. Four of them are in the Rhode Island Regiment, four in the hiaesachusetts, and one in ithe , New York. The father was in the Mexican .war, ..and died in 1851, leaving 120 de. soendants. His son, HENRY B. B.rekr, is orderly •sergeant, Company A, Eighteenth New York'Re giment. Pennsylvania Degimegti Aceetetitd. The regimeiti of 00;0110e MOICSIIIIAD and . oololl6 l DAna—the former at Bajtimore, the latter at Mar: • tinsburg-rhave, through the good offload of Judge KELLEY, both been accepted " for the war." No better evidence is required of the loyalty and pa l trictisni of the. , Keystone State than to 'tee her three-months - soldiers coming forward in whole rogiocecti and offering for three years or the war. Colonel %Inn's regiment will be commanded by Lieut; 001. BIRNBT. Diminished Bueiness, In the Patent Office there has been a very great falling off in the ordinary business. Nineteen . clerks and examiners have, in consequence, been discharged within ten days, and no appointments will be made to fill their. places. Many of those retained have not an hour's work to do in a week. The bustnesiarMliot4 revive until after the termi nation of the B. F.-Kendall; - Esq. ' Kisitimm, Big , has received the appoint. ment of Superintendent of Indian Affairs in Wash-. ingtou Territory. This appointment has been -long oonteated, and now happily the , pressers has been brought to a Gloss. Mr. ICsernaim is emi ilenfly qualified for the,positlon. _ t;avaliry-Etorses. • • Twii Instalment! of *aviary horses were brought to the otty hundred splen did animals. •The war Witgais are also oomirg forward in large .numbers. • Aritiali * from Pennsylvania.. Ifilta'rd's—Charles Loring, John M. Liildbun, T. .T. Botcher, Waeh. Butcher, Henry Stump, Phelps Jestioe, Mn.lllkinton, A. J. Wood. Kirkwood's—Joseph 11. Gruff, Thomas Boyd William H. Davis. J. B. Montgomery, Thomas F Wilson, J. F. ht:Esnale, B ARREST OP POTOMAC PIRATES. Attempts to Seize , a Steamer. "Follid. TRE PIRATE 8C111)15REE. SEI-ZE • , . - Fight at Cambridge, 31:d. Bevrimenn, July 12 --Another bold plot to seise one of our river steamers by. the rebels has just transpired.. The steamer Chester, as before stated, was sent by the Goveronient,• a few days shee t dOwn the bay, in search for a schooner fitted oat by Colonel Thomasi the Fivailh- lady, bit re• #tried untmetiessful. • .. . Yesterday morning, the . ettpainar . Pio-neer left here for her finial trip to Annapolis, West Elver, ;Cambridge, and Easton, and on returning this evening landed four 'prisoners at Pert McHenry, 'upon the charge of piracy, baying, as is alleged, been concerned in. theileistrre of the steamer. Bt. Wichotess. The. Pioneer , left Cambridge this if ternoon. The prisoners came :to. Cambridge hurt canoe, about 12 o'clock cm Thursday night, having with them a large bon .filled with oarbinee,•Colc's revolvers, anriasies, sabre, bayonets, cartridge loxes; buck-shot, eta. The eiroutustances being susPioious, they were arrested by the civil tutho rates, and taken into custody by a platoon of.the Dorobester Home guards,,who had oharge of there' still they reached the fort. Two of Ai, prisoners were reaognlied as Baltimorean,; and ere 'said ;to have belonged to Col: Thomas' expedition,; ` BaLrumits, July 12 : —The steamer Arrousoildeit left here yesterday with , a detachment of troopi; made another search for the pirate sehooner,,and found her aground on a shoal, off Egg Neck Nar , rows. She ned been abandoned by . the crew. 2k guard *as left on board, and a tog has bebn sent down to tow her up. There seems to be no doubt, from various clionmstances, that the design was to seise the steamer Chester. > When the steamer Pianist* . left thititbiidge, a proininent Sederaionint, on thp wharf, gesie tee cheers for Jeff Davis, willoh . was the signal for a regular free fight between the' Secessionists and the Union men there. gathered. Pistols' and bowie knives weie freely 'used, and it is the opinion of some of the passengers that several parties sustained serions Govenaer Make was seen standing on the wharf at the time. APPALRS' IN MISSOURI. Lawless. (lan gee. . Sr. Lours, July 12 —Colonel MoNeill publishes a proclamation to the people'of Missouri, stating that the suppression of tho Stara .Torirnat WM in consequence of Its giving aid and comfort to those in active rebellion against the authority of the United States Government, encouraging the poe ple to take up arms against that anthority, to oem mit slots of violenoe and oppression against lOyal Oititens, and by fa brioationa of respec t tug the United Striker troops. also boliing dis *Gated oltisens to the oommisalon of overt acts of treason, with avievr of entirely subverting . the Federal authority In the State. • . The Clinton county (Mo.) ,Tournal, published by the printers in Major:Sturgis' oommand, states that outrages are beLng etimmitted!along the west ern border of lillasouri by: lawless) banditti, led on, by Montgomery and Sirrietin.- It' is also antho rissd to state that they Ite r s(4eling without the an- . thority or sanction of States, and will: be treated u itiod'idtisens and eoldiers, wherever : fel:pd.' •" Froin ROVI. or 4es RRESL A? 'tomcat ST. Lours, July 12 ---A gentleman:l4*in bal,last,tight, :jays that oil.-praittes at Monroe was retu , forced by 300,Mounted men from .1111iMisirititerday afternoon, wh . cn i the rebels were attacked and dispersed. Gen. ifairli, in'oomniand of the rekoli, was forced leave his hirree and take .to the ,woods. A large number,of tiie rebels were eaptured. • • Oapt, tdoelliater, who was reported, killed, wag only Severely wounded. He will probably recover. The Hannibal Home Guards arrived home safely , ask night. ' ' ' . A •Rubet Newristaper Suppr e ss e Br. Loris; Jidyil2•.—.About 400 men of Colonel (reierve corps) visited the Stags Journar oftiotr.eatly 'this •morning, end re moved the type, paper, du!, and reed an _order from General Lynn prohibiting the further pnb: lioation of that :stitis . t. , *-Tlie 'proprietors will-re. epeot the order and rlifilte whole'inetter 'before Generalhere. „ ... • .. . A Philadelptita Vesael , Aattore. • Nawroax; inlfl2 --rho sOhoonei R. S. Miller, foi Salem:tromTlillsidelphia; went ashore on•Blook Island, last night. ahe was got olt'at an expense of WO. A Battle in Western Virginia. AAAMP-OF INSURGENTS FOUNDED.SUR- ,A Brief and Deoperate Fight :Victory of the Federal Forces. Romorto Boa, Va., July 12.—A battle was fought yesterday afternoon at Blob Mountain, two miles .east of this' place, where the enemy, numbering about 2,000, under command of Col. Pegram, were strongly entrenched About three o'clock in the morning, Genera Rosenorantz, with a portion of the Eighth, Tenth, and Thirteenth Indiana regimenls, and the Nine. month Ohio, left this plane, and, - after a very diffi• cult ma•oh of seven or aight miles, nutting a road through the woods, succeeded in 'surrounding the enemy. About three P. M. a desperatefight immediately ensued, lasting about an hour and a half, resulting in aloes of Illity of the enemy killed, a large num ber. wounded, and - many prisoners, some of whom are,offloers. The enemy retreated precipitately, leaving be hind them six guns, a large numberktrses, we goat', camp equipage, eto. The lose of on' our side was g a , llwint twenty killed :and testae' wounded. Among tiqp . latter w as Captain Orlinniller, of the Indians Tenth • The. Battle at. Monroe, Missouri. THLYS :.HUNDRED :REBELS ROUTED .1:11111( .141111111211. Twenty''or Tlitirty Rebels Killed. _;None Killed oirthe Union Side. ' CHICAGO, July 12 —Three companies sent to the relief of Col. Bailtb, at Monroe, Missouri, returnedf last nightie Hannibal, and report the road unob assisted between Hannibal and bloom. On ar ibr!Dg at the latter place, they formed a jueotion "11th Col. Smith's I which was entrenched in th Academj buildings. The rebel., 1,200 strong, 'Were grouped over the prairie, out of reeoh Smithls rifles. They had two pieces of er which were brought to bear, bat the die. 'Pane' was eo great that the balls were almoit spent before reaching our Itnea, Cot. Smith's artillery was of longer range, and did ooneidiarable'execu tion: Th ' e light lasted until disk, and the last shot fromMrour aide dismouriteeone of the enemy's guns. Just at that moment;Governor Wood, of Illinois, fell on their rear with_ the cavalry sent from Quincy on Wednesday,. and • completely, routed them, taking seventy five prisoners, one gun, and a large number of horses. About twenty or thirty rebels were killed. Not one man on our side was killed, although several were severely Wounded. Colossi Bmtth'te determined to shoot some e the most *prominent rebels. ' • General Tom Harris, the rebel leader, evasped Bowtded by a Privateer Busxon, Jal7 12 --The ship Afary Goodell, Captain MoG !very, from New York, bound to Baena/ Aires, arrived at Portland this afterToon, and reports that sheiwiia boarded on the 9th, in lat. 39 deg. 10ng.'67 deg , by a fall-rigged pirate brig, whieh released the forst*r after putting on bawd Captain Enfield, of the brig John Walsh, of Phila• delpisia ; . Captain Balkh, of the schooner S. .7, Waring, of Brookhaven ; and Captain Devereaux. of the schooner Enchantress, of Nerrburyport. which had beep taken this week • The piiiratesir brig was evidently the Jaff. Davis: edge of the Goodell being British property, shiiiiarreleased ; but the privateer took from the Gpodeil.llle of bar crew and a supply of isater. ." ...'• Oficial Report of the Battle of Rich Mountain. WAsninaros, Jury 12.—The following despatch: .1/118, to•day 4 received ., at-. the headquarters of the army •• ' • • 1111ADQUARTE,11.8 DEPLIVIILEINT OP Tug 01110, .Itrow Moutifsia, 9,A: M., July 12. Con'. B. D. Towassen: We are in possession of Jell the enemy's works up to a point within eight miles of Beverly. We have taken all his guns, a very . large amount of ' wagons , tents, eta., as well ;as everything he had, and a large number of . prisoners, many of whom were wounded. Several officers are,prisoners They lost many killed. We have lost in all perhaps twenty killed and fifty .IwOunded, of, whom all but, two or three were in the column under Rozenorant, which tnfned the position. The mass'of the enemy escaped Girdia,gh the woods entirely disorganized. , Among the prisoners is Dr. Taylor, formerly. of the army. Col. Pegram was in command. Re eenoranz s column left the camp yesterday mofn ing, and' marohed soma eight miles through the mountains, ,reaohing- the turnpike some two or .three miles in rear of the enemy, and defeated an advanee• force, end taking a couple of ns. halo position ready for 12 guns:near t he main camp, .and, as the. guns were moving up, I ascer tained that the enemy had retreated I am now pushing on to Beverly, a part of Ro sen_ erautz's troops being now within three miles of St "Our success is complete and almost bloodless. I doubt whether. Wise end. Johnson Will unite to overpower me. The behavior of the trpons in the action and towards thei prisoneni was admirable. • ' B. MoCtiennax, Major General Commanding. Important froun Northern Missouri. Qormar, 111. , Jaly 11.—A messenger, just rived from brings' intelligence that the railroad bridge between that place and Palmyra was burnt, last' ritglit, and - the bridge on the Quinoy and Palmyra riad, aorosithe Milne stream, has also been destroyed, - General Mather halitent s dettiohment - of one company of artillery, with infantry and oatalry, by steamboat, to Marion oily, six milet south, with orders to prtish from thanes by land to aid Colonel Smith. By the route taken, they will avoid the bridge's that have been destroyed, byt will have to march thirty.rinles General blather has also sent a strong ' detachment by the Quincy and Palmyra road, with orders to open the .mate by to-night at all hazards. . -• • Col. Palmer arrived this evening with 800 men. He routed a camp of the rebels yesterday, taking a lieutenant prisoner. One regiment has been ordered from Alton, and one from Chicago, to this piaci- The cirournstanoes of the skirifitsh in whieh Capt. Peters' comp tny was engaged are reported to be as follows : The forties stationed at Monroe made an incorston into the oonnt,y for the purpose of oaptaring a patty of rebels. The officers neglected to leave a sufficient force behind, and, upon return ing, were fired on by the rebels, who killed eight. The rebels had, in the meantime, bunsed.the ears and the station-house.•, Seward, who killed Capt. Howell, wt t taken to Bt. Louis last night. Front Loafs-vine. Loutavrims, July 12.—A resolution was offered In the Ott, Connoil, last night, requiring the Re.: vision Committee to inquire Into the abnuotiou of youths under age to serve in the Southern -Con. ten eraoy. The btate military oommittee tits decided that no more money shall be spent on the military en .camptnesat. Also demanding that the Governor ea/I In all the arms in possession of the State Guard, and make a fair distribution of them be. tween the Home and State 4ittards. This move ment-looks to - lite disband Log of the 'Guards. The Now Albany (Ind) Ledger Ist nuthorised by Mr. Collector - Anthony. to say that hereafter no obstructions will be made to the passage of pro visions and other artioles from New Albany to • If. C. Stone, late daptain Of the Louisville bat. tery, publishes a 'card denying his disobeying a certain order, as charged by Gen' Buckner, and threaten. through the Union papers, to show th at Gen. BaOitaier's decision against him was false, and given through mere prelacies), and that the, board composing die 'cOurt, 'including the judge advo cate, knew it to i so: • - • The Richmond Dispatch learnt; that a large number of negroes, captured by the Federal troop, O had been sent to ahe to be sold, as one MIMEO/ of defraling the expenses of the war. • From Fortress Monroe. . Fattiness hfoltuOi,-Jaly 11 —J. T. Songster, of Colonel Baker's Regiment, a native of Philadel phia,' WAS ahot'by mistake bra sentry, an Sunday nigh; and cited yesterday. • Thirty mon, of Colonel Wardrop's Regiment, had made a recOnnoissanoe within •nine miles of Yorktown. They went up between -James river And (*rest Bethel. At the latter place there are posted 200 Confederate cavalry and 100 artillery. • Cub hundred recruits from New York, for Col. Duryea's Regiment, have arrived hero. The time or. the Massachusetts Regiments. will expirOon the 16,h; and that of the First Vermont a few days later. .V2 . l:gititaltegi.s.latnire at Wheeling -Wannorassi f Jely,l2 —The debates In the House of Delegates, during we last day or two, have been very Interesting. They 'ooourred mainly on the resolution of Mr: Ortthers, of Brooke county, to instruct Senators and Representatives to vote oxen and money without stint to the Government, end to oppose all compromise until rebellion • was crushed; and upidi a resolution of Mr. Vane*, of Harrison, to protest against Mr. Lovejoy's propoelr tion to repeal the fugitive:sieve law. Mr. Ore• theirs' resolution was passed,wlth. only one dissent ing voice; Mr:Arnold, of Lewis eounty. mho_ is re garded as a doubtful Unlonman . Mr. Vanee's re solution was tabled by a large vote. Arrest and'lniPtasoninent of a Correa.* *;:, pondent. ..Biagmrstittita July 12.—A1l is quiet 'ln the im, 0. 4 . Samuel 1.. Rea, a well inown oorrespon-, dent iviiii . tirrested last eveming, by order of Gen.! •Pittericon,' probably 'M prevent oommtmlostion <with theßastern press. All aooees to. him , is de: A' Poii:oftlee has been established here, 'and ' letters•to this division are nightly delivered. =III cam , and Late and. Intereetina from Memphis. CUR°, I i., Jal7 11 —A gentleman from Mem phis reports that et rebel regiment left there yu. terdey for Missouri. He also reports that two thousand rebels are , at ,Point Pleasant, Missouri, rag lan preparations to attack Bird's Point. General Pillow bee been superseded by Colonel Adkins; at Memphis. All is quiet here.. : `.L.CoI: Siegellsateßeittio. . .- • "Watliiracpros • July 12.—The following is the Ito= -count ot the!reeentibattle of Col. Siegel and Qtrr. Jaekeon, received by the Government here : t , r 4 Sr. Loots, July 10 —A lieutenant from Col. Siegel has oome in front Jairper county, Missouri, riitk'news of an engagement 'near Carthago, be tween Col., Siegel, and Gov. Jackson. We lost 8 killed and 45 wounded. We repulsed the enemy, 4 000 " or 5;000 string; rEleneisd their .artillery, took SO horses; ind killed and wounded :a large num ber. Our two batteries did most of thp.OghttFig, and lost six horses. Generals Lyon'eittliturWe are not more than four days distant." TUIRTY.SEVENTU CONGRESS. EXTRA SESSION. iiVAIIIIINGTOII, July 12, 1.861 • SENATE • Mr. Wthsom, of hiassaehusette, introduced a bill relative to. the Sanitary Commission. Referred to the Military Committee. . Re also gave notice that be should introduce a bill authorising the Fecieral Government to take personal property in the rebel States, where the owners have been found in rebellion against the Government. He also offered a resolution, instructing the Ju diciary Committee to inquire what legislation, if any, is neoessary t o restriot the sale of spirituous liquors in the District of Columbia while the sol diers are here. Agreed to . Mr. Tangstrta., of.lllinols, presented a resolu tion, asking the &oratory of War to inform the Senate whether any contracts hero been made; ex cept by the regular officer of the Commissary or Quartermaster's department, and if so, to lay them before the Senate Agreed to. Mr. eleut.eacrer, of Delaware, offered a maga tion proposing amendments to the Constitution, for the peasseable adjustment of the present ditiloul ties. Ordered to be printed • Mr. Summit, of Masmobusetta s presented the memorial of the citizens of . Massachusetts, asking Congress to sanction the Sanitary Commission, and also to provide a Sanitary Board, to go with each large body of troops. He also presented a petition asking Congress to remove all cause of war, which, in the view of the petitioners, Is the oontintted permission of slavery . Hr. Gamut, of lowa, presented a bill establish ing a national armory on Rook Island Illinois hAn'erred to the Committee on Naval Affairs Mr. Rats, of New Hampshire, reported back the bill to alter and regulate the navy rations. The bill pasted. Also, a bill to provide for assistant paymasters Passed. Mr. WlLaos, of Massachusetts, moved to recon sider that vote by ',blob the bill to authorize the employment of volunteers plumed. It was agreed to Some amendments were made; one providing that the volunteers serve three years. An amend ment to increase the salary of chaplains led to con aiderable discussion, but it finally 'passed. The bill then passed—yeas 35, nsye s—Measrs. Brea !midge, Johnson of Missouri,' Polk, and Powell voting in the negative Mr. FOOT, of Vermont, presented what pur ported to be the credentials from the Governor of Kansas of Frederiok P. Stanton, as Senator, in plase of Mr. Lane. Mr. Leas, of Kansas, said this looked like en attempt to bury a man before he wee dead.. Be bad been emplyyed in raising a brigade in ten ses, and when full, if brigade desired it, ha would take charge of it, and then would surrender his certificate, , not to a Government actuated by hostile feelings, but to the people of Kansas. He wanted the people of Karim to select a successor, and when that is done there will be a man on the Senate floor true to the Unton and to the clause of human freedom. The papers were referred to the Judielary Uom mittee. Mr. Snowman, of Illinois, offered a resolution that the Secretary of the Treasury pay to the legal representatives of Stephen A. Douglas the amount of salary due at the time of his death. , The Lime bill relative to the further collection of imports, the foroe bill, was taken up. Alter oonsiderable discussion, Mr. SAULSBURY of Delaware, moved to refer it to the Committee on, the Jadiolary, which was lost. `-•The bill then paased—yeas 36, nays 6—Messrs Breeklaridge, Bright, Johnson of Missouri, Ken nedy, Polk and Powell, voting in the negative. Oa motion by Mr. Witsoa of Massaohneetta, the bill for the batter organ:ration of the military establishment was taken up. An amendment was passed, providing for the superintendent of the Military Academy to be selected from the an:ay, the engineer or topographleal oorps An amendment wan also passed for increasing army rations, and providing twenty-two ounces of bread or goer instead of eighteen ounces; one pound of hard bread ; fresh beef instead of salt, when required ; beans and rice ; potatoes when praetiostile, three times a week ; when not prat,- ticeble, other food equivalent is value. Mr. Bennis, of New York, offered an amend ment, that when cadets in the Military Academy are reported deficient in conduct or study, and dis charged, they shall not be returned or rearpointed, except on the recommendation of the Aoademio Board. Mr. BALE, of New flampshire, proposed to add "or appointed to any place in the army." Mersra. WILSON, TrevnauLL, and Nasurra, spoke against such addition. Y. Mr Pialiannen, of Maine, moved to modify Mr Hale's amendment On as to toad " not be ap. pointed to any place in the army before tho class have left the Academy, or renewed commissions." This was accepted, and the amendment, as amend ed :was adopted. • Mr. Wens, of Olio, moved to strike out the eleventh amnion, wituoh provides that the President may tlii vacancies in the Military Academy. and additional two oadets from each State be appointed by Senators. Mr Rice, of Minnesota, moved to strike out the portion giving the President power to MI vacan cies. After -a debate, Mr. Rive withdrew it, and the motion to etrike out was carried. • Mr. Galina, of Infra, /nosed to strikeout of ibis fifth section a portion, adding " by protaction of officers to the eneineee corps." The Senate then adjourned. ROUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES .The following select committees were annoan eed Ist, To inquire 'and report relative to the. establishment of a National Armory west of the Alleghenies: Messrs. Moorhead, .MoClernand, Bingham, Rellog of-Michigan, Stratton, - Delano, Mismmii,,Vandever, and Wallace. • The Seleot Committee to Inquire Into the enbjeot of army contracts are Messrs. Van Wyok, borne, Holman,- Fenton, Desire, Steer. of New Jersey', and Jackson. On the Pacific! Railroad—Messrs. Curtis, Cartip bell,Mallory, Blair, • Ng, Webster, Franohut, Arnold. and,Thlyer: • - Mr. VALLAIIDIORIat Of Ohio, offered a pream ble end resolution sub stantially as followir: Whereas, It is rumored that Gilbert Martien of Now' Hampshire, James E. Kerrigan" of New York, Charles J Biddle of Pennsylvania, Edward McPherson of Pennsylvania, and Samuel R. Curtis of lowa, holding seats in this EIOIIB3, have been sworn into the military service. under the authority of the United States ; and whereas James H Canipbell,.of Pennsylvania, has also been admitted on the floor of this House, he hold , leg a military commission : therefore. lissolaiedi That the Committee on Eleotions be instructed, to inquire end report without unneces sary delay, whether the gentlemen above named, or any of them, claiming seats here, ,and at the name time holding military I ffiees Tinder the au thority of the Pelted States, are constitutionally I disqualified from being members of this House while holding inch military commissions. Mr. Lovs.rov, of Illinois, desired the resolution to lie•upon the table . Mr. VALLANDIGRAM said two simile - feasts have, heretofore, been decided by the Howie, and it was determined that they were disqualified as mem berm, owing to their military commissions lie did not wish to trespass on the patience of the Hollis by elaborate remarks at this time ; but this being a grave matter, it should be investigate 4 Mr McKiiroar. of Pdnissylvania, wanted an amendment Madt—namely, to insert Mr.. Vd115121- digbam's name in the resolution, after the gentle men's speech on Wednesday. The Committee on Elections ought to ermine into Mr. Vallandigbana's credentials, to ascertain whether or not he was accredited to the wrong Oongreds. Mr. VAbLAWDIMISIt replied that if the gentle man. desired any personal controversy with him, he could hails it elsewhere, whenever and wherever he should decide He (Kr. V.) carne into the'House to abide by ire ralee end wages of-decorum, bat sat to violate them - ! Mr. MOBwlnnv Mud, neither did he mean to vic late the decorum of the bOdy. [There were oriel of " order, order," daring this spirited eollcqny I Mr.-camrsenn, of Pennsylvania, said that as for himself; whose name *as mentioned on the resolu tion, he held his seat by 'Anise of the confidenoe of the people , of the Zleventk Congressional district of Pennsylvania. Ills commission as colonel was under the rity •of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Be held no two !offices under the General Government. Be bad taken the oath of allegiance and to sun. port the Constitution as Mr. Vollandlgham did, and in this respeot they were even. This matter did not riee to the dignity ef a legal question . If the Howie should decide that there was any oonliot of Commissions is his. daze, he would re sign his seat here, and follow the flag of his country in the open Held, wherever it may be. !Applause j Mr: Macula*, of Ohio, did not understand Mr. Campbell to say that he held a 'commission tinder the Federal Government, and therefore he did not understand the facts to be as stated in the resolu tion. Mr. CIIR7IB, of lowa, as his name WU in the resolution, made a few remarks,.showing that his positions as a member and military officer were not incompatible. Ile held his military commie don under the State of lowa. lie asked Air. Val landiglaam whether he, too, was not an officer of the militia? Mr. VALLANDIGHAM replied affirmatively. Mr. Conant ' The; would you not fall Into the rinks if the defence of. Ohio required it? Mr. Vattarenzaane. Unquestionably; but, In that nese, I would,reiign my seat here. On motion of Mr. Hemmen, of 111inofs, Mr. Val landigham'e ratolutlon was tabled—yeas 92, nays 51., ;,On motion of Mr. OLEN, of New York , a resolu tion was adopted requesting the Attorney General to lay before the Howe a copy of Die osinion in referenoe to the President's message to the special session. The resolution was amended, at the instance of Mr. _Vallandigham of Ohio, so as to call for the report in the case of a suspension of the writ of habeas corpus. • The House took up, but merely read through, and passed the bill making appropriations for the executive, and judioial expepes, anti also the bill making appropriations for certain civil expenses On motion of Mr. BLAIR, of Missouri, the House went into committee on the bill to au thorize the employnient of volunteers to aid in sup prersiog the rebellion against, and defending the Government of the United Staters. The bill provides that the President Is'autho r:zed to accept the service of volunteers, either ca valry, infantry, or artillery, as he may deem pro per, to the number of five hundred thousand, and to -pay the expenses attending the same, 5.500,- 00e 000 to be appropriated. Mr. Attusr, of Ohio, desired to amend the bill, so as to limit the acceptance of volunters to one year, believing that the rebellion can be put down in less than three years. He expressed his perfect willingness to vote twice the amount of money and the number of men mentioned to the bill, if zzeoes• nary to secure the enforcement of the laws, and suppress the present revolution. Mr. BLAIR., of Missouri, replied that the Presi dent may, by the terms of the bill, accept the cer vices of volunteers for one, two, or three- Yews: but not rthoeeding three years. All may be dhr. banded if war is sooner concluded. Mr. Cox, of Ohio, irapponed there was some rea. sou for appropriating a larger sum of money, and a larger number of men, than the President re eommended, and he would like to know:whit it was. . Mr. Br.sis responded that, in order to suppress the ro h o lli o u, the Committee on Military Affairs were not only disposed to grant what was asked for, but to provide for all emergencies during the recess of Congress. Mr Painttron, of Oido,,Wall for supporting the honor and dignity of the'oeuntry within the limits of the'Cortetttution • and which a riasonable nes cetesity 'demands ; bitt"-ho' was utter _op to any measure which foreie - en the A tiation more men and er mone than te exigce service require. He y was op p oe d to an s it °r -" cf the regular army, when it was appeter t er"se the volunteers are the proper farce to berm . rebellion Ile was opposed to bills of indePlidt e to cover up the acts of the Administratio n ? la 3 -4t h -, than relieve the country of embarrassment. nt. Mr Boers, of Missouri, Inlay replies!, that the estimates covered not only the v olunteers', b et additional regular troops. Congress milbt the deem it ZleeeMary to grant the latter be t h e s " petted that it was the duty of Congress to moo:, suob forces as ease]y be rt.:pared Etter c o ; gran shall ha narned Mr. Divest,osed, of New York, Ins rmies wo to the forme prop as large auld vote quired at Pen,saoola, Charleston, and other t e bi . bous places in our Confederacy. ye, for one te sponded to the sentirnants of the gerilltepte Pennsylvania; (Mr. Hioliman ) eXpttel tester . m and if half a mtllion of men were not iltle he would vote a million. Ile had cenedecoe in to breaths President disoretion and his advisers, and would giro Menthe Mr. Ma'am/atm, of Illinois, 'mold President all the mon and money he ankei tor. the would do this on the ground that the Adi e l e i s i n.l r 7 Lion is better ampainred than the Holm i e wit i what ie rtqaired ; be would, however, hold the President responsible for the expenditure of ti t money, and the sursoessful nee of the omi ts forces. • MOORIMAD, of Peensylvania, wanted th e bill to stand as reported by the committe e , es was opposed to the proposed rtduct;on Irmo pre hundred thousand to four hundred thousand n ee Ha expressed his comfitience in the Administra tion, and in the old Chieftain who directs etd ec t ,. trots the war movements; they would tot erne s d a dollar nor employ a man more than womd nearty.We want put down rebellion let must go giviHARDING. of Kentucky, was la fivo r ng any number of men and any amount of n of o . nay to support, maintain, and defend thin Govern. merit; but he was ageinat voting more than e t , necessary. He was decidedly and anootditionally in favor of defending and sapportiog the °oven,. merit—the beet Government the world m t me the last hope of a free Government on this V. 110: vent—but,' at the same time, was against Scutt les subjugation lie, however, did net enderueug this bill to look to Inch entjagation, but to the support and maintenance of the Govere rsest. Though be and his colleagues come from Kent ucky, they represent as loyal a set of Union men tee" to be found in any ,part of the United btetes ; b et they were opposed to subjugation Mr Hmartarr, of Pennsylvania, thought that 100,000 men wontd be sufficient to restore ob e li, once to the Constitution in the seceded State' but the smaller the number of men the greater tt o time required to accomplish the okject in vi m He did not know whether it was contemplate! to sobjegate the South, but he did know it wip purpose to force he -ont.. R h into sobtnierien Th ettno could be no loyalty without such submitekte w s of the loyal Staten intend to educate the ratide a diiftren t doctrine. and if we are al timately w oo s to bran;them into eject subjeotion to the Cowl mama, it tell be their and nut our fault m e w will bo needed on the 13.,atherp coast; erv r y f oot of it will have to be threatened, and eerbaFg traded, and the seize darkened with our ern; sod perhaps, it will be necessary to leave the rm.* of the chariot wheels of war so deep in Bootbern toll that a century would not erase it. Be would vote such amount of men and money ea to make theist effectual, and a terror to evil-doers for all tube t o 03Me. as N r l e r e . wi CSlr th e h n is et, o f i , l o sa fP gu e e n , neylvatita, did not end; Mr. Ifiekmau He wo u ld not argue for subjugating the Socit lie digit,. guished between the loyal men an,S die ttai!ore of the South. He knew in Missouri, tee ore Vin good old Kentucky, and in gener a Tennessee, irginta, there are as loyal men as erer totaled under the flag of the country, and as trot to con stitutional obligations. He thought it brit, here and elsewhere, while gentlemen were talking about grinding traitors to powder, to urge the rd. oessity of putting arms into the handsel the low,l men of the South.. It was to support the coortikt• tional rights of all sections that the ameba la now going on. The Uoion should bo arootedk revolutionary life, and tremendous energy should be exerted to crush out traitors at the very whet inotnent. Mr. Cox, of Ohio, briefly maintained that It au the duty of the represenratives of the people to distrust the power of the Executive, and further, that they Avoid not go beyotd the Preridear recommendation in the extent of men and mom for which be bad asked. Mr- Ituarterr, of gentuolty, desired to thank Mr. Hickman, and also Mr. Campbell, for their very frank and candid expreseious of the Titers; their aide of the House with regard to this war. If there was any one trait of character he admired in Mr Rickman more than another, it was frankness and candor. The gentleman O.: not conceal Ma purposes. Be (Mr. 'Batten) told to (Mr Burnett's) colleague (Mr. Harding) that wail the purpose of the eighteen Northern Mato to reduce Kentucky to ahjace subadtelon Mr. fircemarr explained, that be telisred Eia remark was chat they intended to bring &loyalty to submission to the obligations of law, tad tombs to Ise acknowledgment. Whether it is necorary to go any further than this, it was for the gentle', men who occupy a PU2101711 of rebellion to deter• mine - Sit Btrairerr : restating, said that Mrleimm had told the House that they wished to make the track of the chariot wheels of war so deep that h would requite a century to remove theoi tset any man doubt th e pprposs of Oil grand array of. military force—the granting of one bundre thew sand more volunteers than the Icresident bas rya commended, and, in addition, seven winsetred ono twenty-six million dollars ? Kentuohy has no Sympathy with a war for the sobjugatiets of the Southern Btatee. She bee en reittmcly delarrd. She has said she would with arms resist each an attempt at subjugation. This wee not his lan guage, but that of the Union. party. ot Kentcoky. Be :would tell Mr Hickman that there were tune but loyal and Iran men in Kentucky. When be comas to act as a State Rho will he a unit—all will act together. He trusted mob would ha the me. He was anxious to do all he could to save Ken tucky from the horrors of evil war—and as a peaceful sciatica of the difileulties, briefly adv.- °Mad the Crittenden plan of Comprocal , s Mr. VAL LANDIOSAX, 010Y0.1nOptitd en Wand mint—namely. teat Piston the President shall have the right to eell oat more .mbaateerr, be shell ap point seven commissioners to accompany the army on its maroh, to receive and oonstder such proposi tions, if any are submitted, from the Erecouve of the so callei Confederate Statee, or any ore of them, looking to a suspeneiou of hostilities and the retain of said States or any of them to the Um, and obedience to the Federal Constitution seeac. thorttles. Mr Vallanaighann alluded to tte itel that when Utah was in rebellion, three creacts elopers were appointed to accompany the tray whits!' moved into that Territory, and ear:einly tte Oast now presmted was one of tar greater import !WOO. The army now should go fords with the sword in one hand Ltd the olive h 230111 in It , other. He offered the amendment in psi fen! and for the purp:en of ascertaining whethe: there was a dispos , tion here to listen to terms of mum modation He would vote just L 9 twiny men iti as much money as was necessary to protect and de fend the Federal Government It was 2,ST it , tt* greatilve and _offensive warfare that ha Tatied hit voice. Mr. Winos:rt., of Pennsylvania, raid that to iry opposed fo the amendment. Mr VIII:LAR MCRAE ir onired whether he et! opposed to the return of the seee.cd awes? Mr. WRIGHT replied that ha was DO Mr VALLMIDIGHAN farther asked, if thsy desire to' return, without fighting or striking another blow, did the sentleinan intend they should reed up and be compelled to receive oar casnoo shot, the edge of. the award, and the point of the nye . net ?. Mr. WRIGKT replied, when those Who are fight , leg nyder the standard of rebellion ley down their arms and sue for peace, and surrender their lead en!, then he was for peace, ',Totowa and not otherwise. awns not his puipse to regerd this , as a war of surjugadon. Tee marmot of the army of the loyal States Eooth cis to def°t'd the itltegli ; 7 of the Government, and not to rob Stub ant men of their property or interfere with the negro question; and so long as the objet sea design were to preserve the integrity cf die Uoieo, he was oppoeed to any proposition for i•eace elide these Men held arms in their hinds. ifidieet raying anything about the commissioners who so. oompanied the Utah army, he alluded to the let that CIAILMitItIODeII went with the army into Seri us, and why did he Justify this? BeCIIIIie that was a conflict between two independent cadets, but the present wen caused by the members cf oar own hourebold—those who, by their rebellious sets, had predaa,d want, and almost famine, and port ! It aid the pursuits of industry. Ile wanted to rah ingots the traitors that patriots may live, eta dist the laws may be supreme. Mr. finronuss, cf Ohio, moved 1111 10:013,1.7.t0t • to Mr. Vallandighain's proposition, to read that the war be vigorously prosecuted to the drain putting down of the rebellion MT. VALLANDIGHAH said that the eherestercf his. colleagae's amendment would be wed us,in• stood to be the rosecution cf a vigorcni tar against inno c ent men who are seeking a I'ClUrr , the authority of this Government. Mr. Bute:sins' amendment wee agreed 04 then Sir. Val/-ndigliarn's proposition, as, that modified, was rejected. M. DIVE; of New 'fork, offered as WO meat, that the officers to be appointed to the forer authorised by the bill shall be retested frac rr soda eduoated at the West Point Aoademy, or hem . persons who have served in the regal , : erior c ‘ ; teas than five years. Ile said. is the courts of It remarks, this war was to maintair. tee itteg.r.ili of the Constitution, and not trsropie an t he r ' l3u . of the States. Their rights mast be held i.vf . late forever, or the fair fabric of the 17003 E-r crumble Into dust. Mr. WICKLIFFE, of Kentucky, retorted wt thanks to Mr. Divots, not only fen the sicer...rat:, he had t &red, bat for the sentiments r e t avowed The only security against dlEssir; the preservation of the Connate:On std 11. f rights of the Stater . There should be iareleto. r . officers at the beads of regiments end brissd e ,'.. fie was as mach against political gencrels is was a H gainst polies! 'parsons , „war Mr. EILL7IIAR ti GER, Of Ohio , 11301 ,4 ,0 0— Divan's amendment by soloing " or who etall,bl;: been in actual service, and in war sbrieo tiz and capacity for such command_" lie bra d! Vacated his proposition, ppioh, together Diven's amendment, was rejected. Various amendments were made. but the rott i ..; neat features were retained, ineludio.g The P r .' o ,l authority to the President to accept :be a wl of live hundred tbouscnd volunteers. flitiri notMT. BURKETT offered a proviso, that the force hereby provided shall t bo troPl° 7 7 subjugating sod holding as a cenquares Prb v , p , any of the Southern States now or lately Cse c ` United States. rho ft The question was taken, and the VS t ie Pelted. •L'he bill was subsequently rePe rt— d Gone. when the amendments were consorts including the following, propostd Goa L ao. " All lettere .written by soldiers milted through .the malls without prorntrc Postage. under such regulations 'tithe Posir.,,itl General prescribe; the portage to be Ps the reeipients."rtentl The bill passed, and at fire o'closk the - adjourned. Tornado in New fiempohi re • do MAIICHMLIT.I6I,.N. H., Jaly 12 —A 1 ,rt :Londonderry, )eaterday, unroofed hovel , ` lO isbed ebods, rained rrobarde, the crape• l ict4 l area Waa about one-third mile in oldcb• qp,t• trainable timber land, levelling ererygaieft• ' 5: d adteg the roads, doing damage to lb e:g , g re several thousand dollars No pollo E %word fared, though the population were moon frig and fled in every direoticu. Earthquake in Canada. ._ r 15+ 21°. bioNTaxeL, Jody 12 —A severe iii° ` 'k ° a lotl' i quake was experienced here last Ilight , szt tido 0 several minutes. It was felt at the arn e 7 oky various please in Granada West. In Ott G I op Chimneys wore throws down, and buildinii° pied, ....,.. . •
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