Vrtsz. SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1861. forever float that standard sliest! Where breathes the les but fall■ hobos as With Freedom's soil beneath our lost, And Freedom's wanner ia %retuning e'er as FIRST Peas —Tom Brown at fiend ; An Est Wag at WlDS , r(rt ; Railway Arrarrments; Lotto, from Bandy Hoak, Maryland; Grand Review 1 , Baltimore; Religions Inteniganna—lnfidelity it the English Church, dto ; Weekly Review of th Philedelpida Markets. Fotrarn Peon --Notes at the Rs.bellion ; Che Adat;mstraden and the War; From Gen. Psttersoa's Command; From, Wester, Vir Ws. The Advance Movement The accounts from the seat of war are n' t, very complete and circumstantial, but it seem clear that the enemy were obliged to abandoi the masked battery from which they mad , their first serious attack, and that our sol tilers then continued their forward movement. Within a very short time, the most importan , and extensive battles that have ever beet, fought upon this continent may be anticipated. At Manassas Junction, or at Richmond, or perhaps at both places, the insurgents will he compelled to make a stand, or to abandon for. ever all hope of serious resistance to our Government. At either point, and especially the latter they will have she advantage of earthworks and batteries, which they have taken great pains to perfect, and, as their forces ar, nearly If not quite equal, in numbers. to our own, it may require a herculean effort to defeat them. We should not anti cipate an easy or a bloodless victory, for war has its sacrifices as well as its triumphs. and our foes can scarcely fail to make semi important use of the advantages in position which they possess over an attacking army. But we have an abiding confidence in the final result of the impending struggle. The skill of our generals, the completeness of our pre. parations, the superiority of our resources, and the bravery of our troops, will enable the champions of the Union to surmount all obstacle& The Increase of the Array. It is generally thought among Democracies that a standing army is an evil. The proposi tion hardly admits of discussion. Every de batins society and lycieum has gone over the subject, and the impression is universal that to a standing army all the woes of France, Eng land, and the oppressed nationalities of Europe may be attributed. Every sophomore has written his essay on the subject. Every ward politician has harangued his bar-room auditors upon its The question of increasing the army, like any other urgent question of legislation, must be 0431 ' 4 exed with reference to the peculiar con dition of country. We have a theory in the matter—ancu.„ theory is that of every body else. The dam., N. that it is only a theory. We do not like si..,._„nc armies. We do not like war. We have a mos. admiration for peace. We would like to set, everybody happy. We should be pleased to assist" in making every sword a ploughshare, and every spear a pruning hook. There is no part of the Bible we read with more interest than that which tells us of the millennium— and if we thought that there was any imme s:ba,,nreanget of consummating this moat de ors-1-Vs.--hauld_commit this newspaper at once to its advocacy, iiithirmost s open and unmistakable manner. While we do not, theretore, abandon any of onr.orinions.as to the the misery of war, we are in favor of the in crease of the standing army as recommueded by the President. Oar position is identical with that of Mr. Senator Witsort, in the recent de bate of the Senate. Nor do we see how such a plain statement of facts can be gainsaid. Ne one will deny that had the advice of General &err been taken in November, the forts oc capied, and a proper force stationed in various points of the South, this rebellion would have been nipped in the bud. The proposition of Mr. Senator GRIMES, cc that if we bad had a standing army last winter to the extent of seventy thousand men in this country, under the command of the then Secretary of War, the present President of the United States would never have been inaugurated," is very Ingenious, but contains a reflection upon the army which we are very sure the Senator did mot intend. and whicu is beer answered by the late message of Presldent Liscorai, in which be applauds so deservedly the great fidelity Bhown by, every common sailor and soldier in the service. It it had been in the power of Secretary FLoyn to corrupt an army of seventy thousind, or, to use Mr. GEtisits' own words, vf to distribute it over the country, or place it Where he pleased," it was equally in his power to have disarmed or c Ft - opted fourteen thou sand. The truth is, and we think the dis tinguished senator will agree with us, Mr. ',taco= was not inaugurated by the suffer ance of any military power, nor was the army In existence which could have prevented his Inauguration. The Government has not been instituted which can perform its functions without a standing army. The best Governments are those in which the army, is kept on a very re rlnced footing. France may deem the State Unsafe unless it reclines on a ball-million pen sioned bayonets. England needs a large army to hold her distant dominions, to curb Ireland, and keep Lotus Nemec:et within the limits of a reasonable ambition. Russia wants an army to crush Poland. Austria ` must have her garrisons in Hungary and Venetia. Spain Controls Cuba, seizes upon San Domingo, and Imilts proudly upon Mexico. We in Rmeriea Lave no such interests as tbes:t.. We have no , leniea, but we have territories. These ter ritories are large and defenceless: Many of teem are filled with hostile tribes of Indians, Who murder settlers and prevent the develop- Merit of civilized institutions. No volunteer system can protect those frontiers—and we have nearly fifteen thousand miles of frontier to protect. Under the old army there..wag on an average but one man to a mile. Oar forti fications on the Rio Grande, and along the Gulf and Atlantic coast, have been almost or completely deserted. When ANDERSON was Surprised at Fort Sumpter be bad scarcely a company of men in his garrison, and when the intrepid &Emmen, was menaced in Fort Pickens, he bad hardly enough in hie com mand to do sentinel duty. This small army Was being constantly transported from station to station at a vast expense. Onr force was hover stationary, and the coat of maintaining It was over a thousand dollars a man, yearly. The army is now over fourteen thousand strong. It is proposed to increase it, -by the addition of several new regiments, to twenty-two or twenty-three thousand. We do not see what fbasible objection can be Urged to the proposition. We want every man of this force to perform the necessary duties which will devolve upon the army. It is not Supposed that, atter this war is over, we will p back to the"" stalu quo" system of Mr. Bu ttuanam. It will hardly be expected that Fort Pickens and Fort Sumpter will be left to the Mercies of another Hamm and another 13sen- Sxuaan, without more than acaptain's corn inand. Nor will the other forts be left nnte tented until it shall please any body of rebels to enter them and haul down our flag. We should have an army around which our volunteers can rally in the event of another rebellion. We want it as a school for the practical education of the soldier. The expe rience of a regular army officer infuses life Into a mass of untutored volunteers. The idea that an army as large as that proposed by the President can at all menace the peace of &na tion containing thirty millions of people, is very foolish, A small standing army strength. •ns the volunteer system, for it gives to the irolanteer what he most needs—leaders of ex perience, educatien, and bravery. We hope, the r efore, that the proposition of the Pres& dent will be carried into effect, and that we Will have an scaly large enough for the Duces tales of the country in a•time of peace. THE War Deparimeut fausjust closed a con= inst. for 50,000 .lEntlaid rifles. - . A Southertie View of the North Since the Postmaster General has instituted his newspaper blockade, we are compelled to do without our regular instalment of Secession newspapers. It is difficult to realize the pangs of such a separation. We can hardly contemplate the fact that we part to meet no more—that we shall no longer give a daily greeting to the mild Mercury, from Charleston, the entertaining Enquirer, from ttichmond, the rhetorical Register, from Mobile, and the delicious Delta, from New Orleans, not to speak of the innumerable Bugles, Clarions, Confederacies, Con. tilutionatists, and Palmet. toes, with which every county in the Secession States has swarmed. There was a quaintness and originality, a reckless disregard of the .ales of rhetoric and grammar, about these Journals, which was quite refreshing. The diligence with which they were wont to expose the moral delinquencies of President Liscomi and Secretary SEWARD was most commends.. ole, though unappreciated, and now that they have been cut off from all intercourse with he North, the sins of our rulers are no longer impressed upon the minds of the ruled. We have one or two good Secession jour llals yet,—as treasonable as JEFFERSON. Davis draself could wish. There is the New York News, which represents the lottery interest. and speaks the opinions of Hr. Representative , Woos and g 4 ten or fifteen able writers." There is another miserable little affair, cane° the New York Day Book, which sustains a pre cirious existence, and possesses a very core dentist and neighborly circulation. Baltimore sends us the. Exchange and Sun. The first is a moaning Secessionist. and rings the changes upon g; tyranny," "sacred soil," (4 martial despotism," gc General Moms," and the " in j.ired and gallant KANN." The Sun is the treost insidious and persistent organ of treason in the country. It is not at all frank, but con tents itself with burrowing under the fonnda• ions of the Union sentiment in Maryland, and defending the insurgents by implication and , nnendo. The Louisville Conner, the especial orlon of JOHN 0. Banturnramas, Is another ardent defender of treason. It is a small, in- Aigniticant sheet, and is completely neutralized by the Democrat of the gallant llAunar, and that splendid newspaper of PRBNTIOE, the Louisville Journal. In SL Louis we bad the State Journai, the most unique and eccentric newspaper of the kind in the United States, but, alas for the liberty of the press ! it has been crushed by the strong arm of General LYON, and we can never again look upon its broad and bristling columns. Yet, we are not altogether debarred from the interesting and delightful field of Southern newspaper literature. An occasional news paper eludes the pickets of either army, and comes modestly into our editorial chamber, along with many other abler and in. re, loyal journals. These strangers always find a cor dial greeting. It is natural that people should be anxious to know a neighbor's opinions of them ; and when that neighbor menaces your peace and prosperity with desperate and deadly contrivances, we look upon his opinions and expressions with a strangely fascinating 'inte rest. The Secession accounts of the engage ments with the Federal forces are remarkable specimens of literature, and show that our turbulent biethren are still gifted with versa tile imaginations. It is deplorable to think 01 the fearful havoc which has been committed on our brave volunteer& A Memphis paper gives its readers the startling and exclusive intelligence that cc General PATTERSON'S army has been annihilated," that the Federal troops were about to abandon Baltimore, and that JEFFERSON DAVIS, in the exercise of a won dertul magnanimity, and from a desire to avoid bloodshed, had demanded a (c virtual surren `•-ft,of Washington." Whereupon the hope Is ear..',qed that President Loomat, in order to avoid bier;...,-ed and lead to the renewal of a happy and harnib....,,,,e eace between the "two p Confederacies, will eve-p,,,, The news from Western Virginia - is row meagre. As a general thing'the Secession journals treat bur gallant young commander, McOLEVI.A.N, with a most profound coutenThf__ ATbriistiville paper contains a vague nimor , that he was tc advancing towards Beverly, and a fight Was expected22_ --grha Awriug exPloits %H. ostinurus W Ist—a son of lima , A., and a fussy, pedantic, and a bloodthirsty news. paper writer, who wrote dreary and unreada ble articles in the Richmond -criquire; -- arla fought two - or - three duels, in which..no one was killed—are chronicled. This youth ac tually took ce three Federal companies at Greenville,' , and was advancing with expedi tion on the enemy. Considering the achieve ments of General ttfoOLELLLN, and the num ber of his victories, this neglect of him In the Southern journals is a strange instance of their ignorance, or a sad comment upon their candor. The contumacious attitude of the citizens Of Eastern' Tennessee sorely afflicts the souls of the Southern leaders. The aiemphis Appeal is severe and sorrowful. After giving an inge nious argument in favor of the right of the msjority to govern, it says it had hoped c; the order-loving people of East Tennessee would disregard the appeals of demagogues and place-hunters, who would - mislead and use them for selfish purposes, and boldly-take a stand along with the great mass of their breth ren in Middle and. West Tennessee, in favor of the honor and independence of the South," which reasonable hope, the Appeal declares, is doomed to disappointment. It is evidently , the purpose of these men to punish East Ten nessee with the sword unless she yields obe dience to Mr. Davis and his migratory Govern meat. The Appeal warns these brave de fenders of the Union to tg beware of the mad schemes of petty ambition," and tells them very bluntly that it ci their preparations for resistance are persisted in it will inevitably lead to bloody encounters and civil strife be tween citizens of the same State, and inhabi. tants of the same towns and counties." The traitors, represented by the Appeal, are as good as their word, and they would certainly, have no hesitation in desolating the fair fields around Knoxville, and the other fcittfected districts." It is gratifying to know, however, that General MOCLELLAN is near the Tennessee line, and he may insist upon being consulted betore these fearful measures are carried into We never knew what wicked rulers we have until we read one of these newspapers. Mr. Dit ZEN'S' description of New York journalism could be correctly applied to these sheets. "Here's the last Alabama gouging case," says the newsboy in Martin Chuzzlewit, and the interesting dooel with Bowie knives ! Here's the &leer's exposure of the Wall-street gang, and the Sewer's exposure of the Washington -gang, - and the Sewer'S'exclusive account of a Migrant act of dishonesty ,committed by the Secretary of State when he was eight years old; now communicated, at-a great expense, by his own nurse 1" The Memphis paper -be fore us would ontrival the 66 Sewer " in its va riety of information relative to the great wick edness in high places. Mr. rancour is Called d; Old Babe," and ct his' apeship." General SCOTT is known as tg Lieutenant General Windy," and after circumstantially detailing how these . two gentlemen got drank on the oc; vision of General PATTERSON'S victory, it very wisely remarks, "What a ridiculous figure these old dotards present to the country." Mr. SEWARD IS also made the subject of fre quent invective, and the people of the South are gravely informed of his;many acts ,of dis honesty, and his fondness for joining "Old Dube" and g 4 Windy" in "a drunken orgie at the White House." The Federal soldiery present a strange ap pearance in these Southern journals. General PATTERSON'S tree ; s are called a r 4 sorry -look ing set, though well unifbrmed." A number of prisoners which were taken are described as rr soddish, brutish, and bestial in appearance," and "fit minions for LINCOLN and his cause of oppression." Many strange, tales are told of the bravery of the Southern soldiers; of their wonderful feats of arms ; and the terror a Con federate soldier - creates among , the frsoddish Yankees.", But we have heard of such stories , before, and, instead of quoting them, we pre fer to fall back upon jolly Jack FALSTAFF, whose adventures with the men in buck-' ram are far more reliable and interesting than any of his Secessionist Imitators. er.l. am a rogue, if I were not at half-sword with a dozen of them two hours together. I have 'seeped hp miracle. lam eight times thrust through the doublet; four through the hose"; my buckler cut through and through ; my sword hacked like a hand-saw, ecce Jignum.' never dealt better since I was a man ; all would not do. .. A plague of all cowards ! ,Let them speak ; if they speak more or less than truth, they are villains, and the eons of dark. nes& If I fought not with fifty of them, I am a bunch of radish." J.:: ~ WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE Letter from “Oceastonal.” ICorreapondenoe of The Pram! WAIIIIINGTOK, July 11), 1961 The magnanimity of the friends of the Govern ment has never been so attorigly displayed as during the recent tpeeohes of Mr. Breokinridge and his followers in both branches of Congress, since Mondry last. The ex Vice President, follow ing the example of his personal friend, Mr. Bur nett, in the Reuse, labored for nearly two hours to build up a disaffooted party upon the basis of an attack upon the Executive for adoptibg vigorous measures in order to secure' the elocution of the laws and to preserve the Republie from immediate overthrow. Mr. Breckinridge has many oratorical advantages. His rhetoric is choice, his figure im posing, and his gestures graceful, but it was may to perceive how the eorterdousuesa of being the advo oate of a bad cause weighed upon him, how it chilled the warm blood in his voles, caused him to nesitate in his utterances, and foroed him to take refuge in the lamest loge) and the worst euppres -402113. The galleries heatd him in profound si lence; brit when General Baker, of Oregon, and Senator Dieton, of Connecticut, retorted upon him :hay could not be restrained by the presiding effi oer, and insisted upon ape:aiding every sentence in oontradictinn of hilt position& At the very mo meat Breekleridge was making his plea for the Ginthern Confederacy, his friend Burnett was in dicting upon the House another of his diatribes Both of these champions of the rebellion have been .iverwhelnungly answered, however, by such Sena. tors as Colonel Lane, of Indiana, and the successor of Judge Douglas, from Illinois, Mr Browning; end in the House by' those fine specimens of Douglas Democrats, Mr. Hohnatt;' of Indiana, lolonel Wright, of Pennsylvania, and others. It is really gratifying to t see how the true friends of jcidge• Douglas rally to the sup port of the Constitution in both branches of the Legislature. There are exceptions, of 10011 1 0. but when I see Democratic Senators like eTasmith, of Oregon, and McDougall, of California, standing shoulder to shoulder by the open advo cates of the Administration, and repelling with manly indignation, the attacks and the arguments of the vestige of the Breakinridge demoraiizetren. ,nd when I bear the noble tones of Wright, of nentioylvania, Steele, Cobb, and Perry, of New . Servey, and Cox, of Ohio, in the House. I feel that ere have, indeed, a great party rallied in solid co lumn around the flag of our country. The sympa -hizers with Breekinridge from Pennsylvania are still especially busy and bitter—Johnson, of the Northempton district, and ATIOODS, of the Barks county district, being 'prominent. The sturdy De in foretop of Berke county must not forget that Mr Ancona voted for Vallandigham for Speaker, when the time comes to nominate their next candidate for Congress, and those of the Northampton district i have only to look to the debates to see how incius trious Mr Johnson has been on the side of Secession. Frank Thomas, the old Demooratio war horse from the Frederick, Maryland, district, took down Hon Henry May, 'who, under the cloak of being a Douglas Democrat and in favor of the Union, managed to defeat Henry Winter Davis, a strong friend of the Government, in the late Con gressionel election in the city of Baltimore. Mr. May is a clover, able man, of fine appearance and address, belonging to the debris of the old aristo &ratio families of Washington and Maryland—one, of those who look upon slavery as a sort of divinity, and who conceive that the whole fabric of the Re. public rests upon their broad shoulders. In this spirit, after his election, he proceeded to Rich mond, under a pass of the President, granted to him upon the assurance that he was go ing there upon his own private business but when he got there he undertook to negotiate) a peace between the contending powers. The in dignation excited by this trip was such that the Judiciary Committee of the House investigated his conduct for the purpose of ascertaining whether he should be permitted to take his seat on iris return from the headquarters of the enemy. No specific information being obtained, the committee reported that Mr. May was entitled to his seat, upon which he arose and indulged in the most pompous panegyric of his own devotion to the State, and the bitterest philippic against the Pre sident and his advisor& Had these sentiments beau uttered beforehand, no such report would have come from the Judiciary Committee. While he was delivering them, the Rouse entered ita indignant protest, and refused to allow him to pro• cried, unless he epokeein order. The arrogance of Mr. May called out his colleague, the venerable Frank Thomas, who, in a short speech, rebuked him with great elcquence, and boldly sustained the President and General Banks in the - coarse they had takeu against the traitors. The best days of to: the country_aWfd '' ollls ititg" . Union. Airthe indiguant tappings of the Speaker could not rattail) the: misses — in the galleries. These are the demonstrations that show where the true men stand today. The fiat bas gone forth. The days of the Mays, and the Homes, and the etexamee,-er nearytand, bave gone forever A new regents has been instituted there, as in Virginia, and nothing will ever occur to restore this intole rant ariatooraey to the power they have only wielded against the best interests of their country and their State. Some disagreement is threatened between Geo. Soott's recommendations as to the army contained in the report of the Secretary of War and one braneth of Congress. The indiaposition to create a large standing army manifests ireelt very strongly, and there is some danger that the plan of the Lieu -tenant General may be FO amend "d as to injuriously affeot the military service at the algae of the war. I have so mutt confidence in the , genius, prudence, and experience of our great Captain, tbat I ex press the earnest hope that the beat way to term!. nate this dispute would be to , agree in the recom mendation he makes. Ocoestonar,. Letter from "Harvey Hirai." Worrestiondenee of The Pr es.l Wasursorou, July 19 1861. The lion. Francis Thomas, of Maryland, touch ed, with the electric thrill of true loyalty, the great heart of the nation, in his speech yesterday after noon in reaponse to the querulous remarks of the lion. Henry May. I had hoped that the city of Baltimore would have found in its immed tate Its. presentatives, one bold enough to denounce the lukewatmness, if not the actual treachery of its roice, and generous enough to protect General Banks from the obloquy which has been heaped upon him for having saved that city from all the horrors of anarchy and the frightful ravages of civil strife But it was reserved for Gov. Thomas, a Representative from another district of the State, to speak for the loyal citizens of its oommeroial capital, and to express their sense of obligation to the Gavernizimt for its prompt notion in compel- ling obedience to the outraged laws, and to Gen. Banks, for having removed war, carnage, and bloodshed from their homes and hearths The bold position taken by Gov Thomas upon the enforce . - went of martial law, and his avowal that a military ocznmander was not to wait for details of treaohery or proof of treason, when a strong prvma fame care was made out, strikes at the very root of the evil under which Baltimore has suffered. A - miserable minority of its people, acting upon the staggestione of the leaders of Secession, sought to impede the passage of United States volunteers, rushing to the defence of the national capital, and impudently attempted to out off all communioation between the loyal States of the. North and the Government offmals. When this bomb was thrown in among the people of Baltimore, was it reasonable to expect that its burning tune would be allowed to commu nicate with its explosive contents, without a single effort to extinguish it? moat.we always await the effect of every fell blow aimed at the heart of na- Sen.ality abd popular liberty, without making the leasibttempt to avert it? When we have the mighty rts4s of the law to interpose between an oppressed people and their oppressors, are we to exhibit besita• Von and sit down to consult musty tomes and sta totes to see that everything is done with the pivot. sion of a civil court ? No , assuredly no ! Such wrongs must be righted when and where they are given, like the blow of the Kirkpatrick even at the sacred altar. The country is nauseated with this sickly sentimentality which sympathizes so completely with all the winked outrages of the Be Oessionisto, and Suds apology for every Confederate sot of violenoe, but recoils at the least exertion of authority on the part of the Federal Government, even when put forth for the vary preservation of its existence. There are a certain class of political sybarites who would " die of a rose in aromatic pain," when its petals covered the supremacy of the Federal laws, but the flower has .a far more agreeable odor to them when it conceals beneath its leaves the lurking serpent of Se cession, with its poisoned fangs ready , to strike at the heart of our national unity. All honor, then: to the noble and'chivalric Frank Thomas, who has thus boldly torn the mask from the hideous de formity of the veiled 'prophet, and exposed it in all its revolting features. It cannot be that its deluded worshippers in the city of Baltimore will again permit its horrid head. to be reared within its confines. Rather let us hope that the wounded error, writhing under the pain of this exposure, will die amid its worshippers, while immortal truth survives to gladden the land, and reanimate the despondent hearts of its loyal men. To the Border States, the Unionists must look for something better than cold neutrality. Virginia is now under the plough and barrow, because she allowed herself to be torn from her moorings, and drifted into the wide and raging sea of 8000SE/011. The madness of the hour Weald have brought the same peril and devastation upon Maryland but for the energy and decision of the military power, Kentucky, if she should escape tbe'pit fall, will effect her deßveranse by abandoning the absurd and untenable ground of neutrality ; absurd, be cantle it is untenable, white Governor Magoflin would tie the hands , of the Federal Government in the iron grasp of non-resistant)°, and, at the same time, permit rooruitiog offices for the Oonfederate army to be openly established in every town and village ender hie jurisdiction. I am perfectly aware of the foot that the loyal peotde of Hen• tricky have had every Impediment thrown in. the way of their freo notion, but the causes whiett originally operated to restrain them,do not exist any longer. 'Tie State has twice at the ballot THE PRESS.-PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1861. boles deolared her undeviating . attachment to the . Union ; and Sedetslon is in Snob a miserable mino rity there, that It requires singular husbandry of its Madams and a bold show of strength not pole- Beetled by it, to stand its ground one instant. It has made up in dexterous craft what it lacked in real Solidity, and now that its dwarfed dimeneiona are exposed, there Oan be DO fears that Kentucky will be dragged from the Union by its insidious efforts. Indeed, it has recently reoeived the coup do grace at the hands of the Bon. Joseph Bolt, who, being on a temporary visit to his native State, has been making an address at Louisville on the duties of the hour, whiob, I am happy to say, takes the same bold and patriotic ground whiob has been Rammed by the entire Congressional delegation from the State, exoept Mr. Burnett. Neutrality may have been a duty anoe—at all events, it was religiously thought to be so—but it cannot be maintained any longer The refusal of Governor blagotein to answer the requisition for troops made by the President was deeply hu miliating, and Kentuoky now ihnet show her !Well. ty to the Government br rest under the impu tation of dielbyalty to it. The emphatic ar gument of hir. Holt is, that "strictly and legally speaking, Kentucky must go out of the Union be fore she can be neutral within it; she 13 neceasa• rily either faithful to the Government of the United States, or she is disloyal to it. Neritralita I in the sense of those who now use the term, how ever patriotically designed, is, in effeot, but a snake in the grass of rebellion, and those who. handle it will sooner or later feel its fangs. Sato o e whe epake as never man spoke : Ile who ik not with no, is against us,' and of none of the con diets ankh have arisen between men or between nations, could this be more truthfully said than of that in which we are now involved." Mr. Hol. disoriminates fairly between the Union men wbe, in good faith proclaimed this neutrality, and those by whose interpretation it is now made to mete aid to Secession and every impediment to the Federal Administration. The original idea ha, been so debased that it can no long.r pass current among honorable men. 49, want bold nation now and no temporizing theories From the Potomac, at this city and the Gheapeake Bay at Baltimore. to the last Western verge o niasourl, we must establish a cordon of toys. hearts to beat baok the waves of this rebellion flanvitv 41.12011. LATEST rsEws By Telegraph .to The Press. FROM WASHINGTON. Special Despatches to " The lire's." General Tvran's advatioe, yesterday, to within three miles of Manassas, and engagement there with the enemy, was witnessed by a number of citizens from your State, who were in the midst o• the fire. Our men met the fire from the masker batteries most gallantly, and used their artillery with precision and effort. It may be considered b defeot in General McDowsta.'s programme thal the advance column of his army were not full) supported and sustained in the unequal combat to which they were so suddenly called. At oar fates. dates last evening, General TYLER'S command were ordered to retire, to await the approaching columns. When strengthened, the contest wonlo be renewed, and, silencing the rebel batteries, our forces would advance in solid coltimns upon Manas sas Junction, where we have the indications of a severe contest with the enemy. It is reported here this forenoon that BISAIIRS. RARE is supported at the Junotion by a force of 65 000 men. The trial of strength will be to day We have a renewal of the retort this morning that the enemy has still in view an attack upon our city by Jornesos's forces, now reported falling back upon Manassas, but, in reality, moving from Winchester towards Leeabarg, where they pro pose to cross over, and advance upon Washington from the north, through Maryland, strengthened by Senator NAY'S boasted 30,000 in Baltimore,. ready to move at a given signal. Simulta neously with this movement, the troops at Ooccquan, down the Potomac, it is said, are prepared with mows and flatboata to cross the Potomac, and advanoe upon the city from the south through Maryland. These facts, as I in formed you some days ago, were put into the hands of one of our commanding OtaleSB in writing. That the programme was laid out, and its SIORSUM mation contemplated, there is no doubt. Bat the movement of Minks - in Baltimore, and the close proximity of General PATTERSON to General JOHN SON, win probably dispel all hopes of success, and induce the rebels to abandon this bold and daring scheme. The Wounded at Fairfax, C. IL 1-- ingir•rfrittetr a larimmo t. , OILOOT, company A, New York Eighteenth Regi ment, shot in the bead—badly wounded; Sergeant Efiervanaos, of same oompany, badly wounded in thigh; Sergeant Amatic, company K, seriously wounded in arm and side ; a private of oompany K - lightly wounded in hip. The wounded men were all brought to the infirmary in this oily, yes terda, morning, where they are well oared for. Prettident's Mounted Guard. The President's Mounted Guard (cavalry) were reviewed to-day, and marched in fine style down Pennsylvania avenue to the arsenal, where they were mustered out of service, and honorably die charged, their term of enlistment (three months) having expired. They are to be snooeeded by a company of cavalry from New York, of the State . militia, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Dsvits, who arrived with his men and horses 034 men and 120 horses, all told) on Thursday morning. The steam propeller Jersey Blue, Capt. CHAD. BEY, arrived at Georgetown, a day or*two ago loaded with Government stores She unloaded, and proceeded to the navy yard, where she now lies, bat expects to Ball for New York this P. M More Arms Sent to Virginia. Last Melt eleven four horse teams were sent frcim the Arrenal with muskets woes the Long bridge into Virginia. It is supposed these arme are for Union men, who, as the army advances, are offering their services in defence of their country . Hunt's Battery Gone Over. Hunt's battery, 6 gone, 92 men, which arrived a few days ago from Fort Piokene, went over into Virginia last night to join the advancing army. Mustering Oat. The Slemmer Guards were mustered out yester day. Nearly all the members joined the new com pany—Linooln Guaide—" for the war " The Potomao Light Guard, of Georgetown, a fine oompany, were mastered out yesterday. Many of them rn;inliat in new organizations. The Dis trict boys 'use all enthusiastic. TheitOrowing changes were made In the Interior Department yesterday : • In the General Land Offroe—B W Johnson of Florida, J. D Ott of Indiana, Hlionaki of the District of Columbia, J. Gould of the Distriet of Columbia, R B Lynch of Pennsylvania, W Yerby of Mississippi, and It Keeley, all second class ($1,400) clerks ; R. Rlokets of the Diarist of Columbia, B. W. Gillis of Pennsylvania, G. W. Beale of Tennessee, J. Molmead of New York, A. T. Raynor of Michigan, and J. Stuart, all first class ($1,200) clerks. In the Patent Office—J. H. Adams, of Massa chusetts; R. W. Taft, of New York ; Prof. H A. Warts, first assistant examiners, salaiy $I,800; Shank, of Pennsylvania; P. C. Howie, of Maryland, second assistant examiners, salary $1,800; Samuel S. Thomas, of the Distriot of Co lumbia, first-class ($1,200) clerk; Darby, Hurdle, watchmen, salary $6OO. In the first auditor's office of the Treasury De partment we nod°e the promotion of George A. Emmell, of Minnesota, and D. M Kelsey, of Nebraska, from $1. 200 to $1.,400 desks. Yesterday morning, about ten o'olook, a soldier belonging to the Twenty-sixth Regiment of New York, named FRANK fduttpur, was stabbed on Pennsylvania avenue, near Fourteenth street, in the right breast, by another soldier In a fraoas The wound ie not a very serious one, however. Trophies from Fairfax Court • Rouse. PETER OLINPEILL, of New York, and ANDREW J Swszvenn, of Masisohueette, =Care of the Seventy first Regiment, New York, have returned here from Fairfax with a lead of tents, grins, and other trophies from the Routh Carolina regiments was ran and left them on the field. General MoDownr,L, in his official despatch, ex presses the deepest regret at the outrages com mitted by our colliery under the excitement conse quent on the military operations of yesterday. We trust that the perpetrators of the outrages will be discovered and summarily punished. Fairfax C. If —Atte r Evacuation. Everything about the place indicates that the flight was a very precipitate one, many things ready cooked for dinner being left behind. Can teens, knapsacks, and provisions were strewn all along the road for miles beyond the Court limn. The Confederate mail-bag stolen from the United States was made a prize of by Colonel Boers we. The report of certain speolal oorreepondenta that the capture of Zdanturart Juvolton f was rnuonnced Congress to day te el'idilfuntrue; • N„.., • ~" itheuellatteoUSi. i; a Onjhogmrest ropresentatiop of Senator Lalhom the war steamer Keystone State will leave New York tomorrow, to ofinvey the Northern Light from Aspinwall, with over $2.000 000 in specie from California. This duty performed, the Key. stone Stare is to orn , se for the privateer Sumpter until she Sods sod captures her. The Bergeentost arms of the Hone°, Mr. Ball, who has been oonfined to his bed for some de's by severe Siokneee, is now convalescent The President has trantmltted to Congress the °Metal oorreepondenoe containing an invitation from her i , ritartnio Majesty's government, to ap point a joint Commission, with referense to the preservation and development of the Newfound land fisheries. He recommends the neoessaly legislation an the subject. WAsruriarox, July 19;18Ti7 The Forward Movement. Removals. Promoted. A Soldier Stabbed. Outrages Deplored. Report Contradicted. The Forward Movement. A BATTLE AT BULL'S RUN, A Spirited Fight with blasked Bat teries. GALLANT cone r 01? OUR TROOPS Federal Lou 40 Killed and Wounded. Important Movement of Gen, Schenck. The Army Again in Motion. The Rebel Battery Abandoned, CIINTREVILLE, VII., July IS—Evening The first engagement of any oharaoter in Raatern Virginia. during this campaign, took place at Ball Run,four miles south of Centreville, this afternoon. Gen. Tyler's division encamped last night a few miles east of Centreville:and - this morning pro ceeded towards that point. Centreville was passed M safety, and the troops turned from the Little River turnpike road to the Manassas road. On the road, information was received that a masked bat tery was planed on the left of the road. ahead, and Col. Richardson, in oommend of the Fourth Bri gade, was ordered to reconnoitre, while the re mainder of the division remained in the vicinity of Centreville. Colonel Richardson proceeded 'with three com panies of the Massachusetts First, being the }Kelsey company of Fueileers and the National Guards they passed across an open ravine and again en. tared the road, whiob was densely surrounded by eds,. when they were received by a raking fire from the left, killing a number of the advance 'rimy gallantly sustained their position, and co vered the retreat of a brass cannon of Sherman's battery,' the horses having bean completely dis abled bribe fire, until relieved by the Miohigan decond and New York Twelfth, when they fell beck. " • The Federalriforces then took a position on the top of te...hiU. Two rifled cannon were planted in front,. supported by Captain .Braokett's company . -13, of .the Second Cavalry, with a line of infantry mimed of the Michigan Second. and the Now York Twelfth, 801310 distance in the rear. A steady tire was kept up on both sides in this position.. The rebels had two batteries of eight pieces in a position commanding the read: They used their guns well, except that they fired sometimes too high ; but were gallantly faced by oar troops. They did not reply to our regular Are for half an hour, daring which time they wore receiving large rein foroements. In the meantime Colonelliiehardson's brigade reconnoitred the woods. While the troops were again thus advancing they were met with a raking Are. Our guns were again pat in position, and poured grape and canister among the enemy until Oa supply was exhausted. These guns were conamanded by Captain Ayres. General -Tyler commanded in person an anted gallantly. • Captain Ayres, of the artillery, loot one ,na‘n killed and three wounded. Several of the pieces were disabled. The New York Twelfth suffered next to the Matt stobueetts First. Among the killed are the follow ing: ' - Lieut. Smith, of Company G, Massachusetts First; Edwin Field and Sergeant Forrest, of the Boston Fusileers. Lieutenant Lorin, of •Brackett's cavalry, is among the wounded ; also, -Oliver E. ; Simpson, of, the Massachtmetts First, and Chaplain Linty, of Cannon dont ' The total loss en our side is . eeilnistot at ; Wirty,. killed; and forty wounded. At half-past Mar o'oldok, General Tyler ordered the troops to retire, it. being necessary to relieve Captain Brackett's cavalry, which had done the most effective BerVioo. The day was, exceedingly hot,And the homes thirsting for water, which ormiditsnly be obtained at pentroville. Only about . 1,000 of our troops TWO it any time engsged.4he rebel force is esti •Mated at 4,000. Col. Wilcox's division, including the Zonaves, moved from Fairfax Station to-night, to flank the enemy. The battery will undoubtedly be taken to morrow. This battery is thought to be one of it line o bsttiries, from Aootink Creak to Manassas Juno tion. , I CaltravriLLit, Va., July 19.—1 n addition to the killed yesterday, at the battle of Bull Run, as far itaseertained, were twe of the New York sixty , :ninth.. • , Our troops did not retreat, as represented in some quarters yesterday, bat only retired to pre pare fur a more effectual engagement. , • Going On. Fairfax, may& - toh to the Star, from nonading was hoard in the direction o Janotion: aeece WASHINGTON, July 19 —A telegraphic de spatoh, received at the War Depaltment at ele ven o'olook to-day, says that the battle is still going on at Bull Run, three miles froM Mammas Junottrm. • The. Rebels Still in Possession of the Battery. Wasairrcirori, Joy 19.—A gentleman just ar rived from Centreville, which ho left at six o'clock this morning, report's all quiet during the night, and no movement antioipated at that time to take Place to-day. The only alarm daring the night was by the firing of the pickets. It is ascertained that about twenty were killed and wounded yesterday at Bull Run. The rebels are still in possession of the batteries, and it is expected that they,will make , a stand at that point. Col Wilcox's brigade arrived at Centreville, from Fairfax Station; last night. The Fedora; forces lie over to-day to reconnoitre, and the attack of the batteries is expected to morrow. A negro, who has arrived from the rebels, re ports that hie master, Col. Fontaine, of Warrenton, was killed, together with a large number of rebels This statement is oorrclorated by a member of the Massachusetts First, who was in the engagement. The list of kilted on our side is not yet made Out, Later Irom Bull Run. WAIMIRGTON, July 19 —Col. RiChSTCIBOII,IIIOIIIII - of Coogress froni Illinois, arrivril here at 2 o'clock P M. from the seat of war: Up to the time he left, (8 o'olook.tbie morning,) there bad been no general fight sines 8 o'clock last evening. There were, however, eaeasional shots by akirrnlehere on both sides • General McDowell informed Colonel Richardson that he should first 'examine — the location of the enemy's batteries and Ciotti extent before again engaging the enemy. `!• General MoDowell thinks that forty will cover the number killed and wounded, and of these three were killed, twenty-nine wounded, and the re mainder Alining. 'WASHINGTON, July 19.—Ron. John A. MoOler nand, of the House of Representatives, left Gen. filoDowell!" headquarters at Centreville till" morn ing, at nine o'clock, and brought the official report of the battle at ball's Run yesterday. He arrived here this iffernoOn. He reports that last night after the firinghad amused, General Sonenok's brigade proceeded up the Gainesville road, with a view to flank the po sitions of the three most prominent batteries at the Junction, as well as to intercept the downward passage of any trains with reinforcements from the upper valley. The Confederates who fought our troops at the Run are supposed to be those who were driven book from the vat ions points between Fairfax Court House and Centreville, in addition to a reinforce ment of five regiments whioh were brought up from Manassas Junction during the action, which con . - tinned about five hours. Despite the various rumors of the condition of affairs at the close of yeSterday, it may be charac terised u a drawn battle ; • there being no deoided remit. The:Confederates nowhere showed theui selves during the battle, they being altogether con coaled by woods, ravines, and entrenchments, from which they directed their fire. The members of the Rouse who witnessed the fight were Messrs. MoOlernand, Richardson, Love joy, and Login, of Illinois; Noell, of Missouri; Dann, of Indiana; and ex Representative Howard, of New York. It is Colonel MoOlernand's belief, from what be ascertained while at the seat of war; that the Confederates had yesterday upwards of 50,000 men at the Junotioa, or who could be there concentrated. Late and Important. WasufnurON, July 19, 1f P.M —Thence& of the ospture of Manassas by the United States forces has just been announoed publicly on the of the House of Representatives, amid much cheer• in,g, but it is Still doubted. The War Department bee adviaea that the Bull Ron battery bee been taken. Gen. Garnett's body bait arrived here, on its way to Virginia. Its progress under a gag of truce will be delayed a short time, on account of the stirring events going on. Official Order of General Mansfield Weentraroit, July 19.--General Mansfield has issued the following order, dated headquarters, Department of Washington : Fugitive sieves will, under no pretext whatever, be permitted to reside, or be in any way harbored, in the quarters and °snips of the troops serving in this department. Neither will stioh be a l lowed to — ecoompany the troops on the march- Commanders of troops will be held responsible for a striot observance of this order . Reported Capture of the Bull Ron Battery. oNs lIIIDDRED KILLED ADD WOUIIDED Navy Yona, ;lily 19 —A special despatch to the Herald states that the Ellsworth Fire Zottsves Stormed the rebel battery at Bull Run last evening. I: needs oonfirmation The loan on our aide is stated at one hundred and killed and wounded Cinieing for Pirates. Naw YOllll July 19 —The•LY s • revenue outlets Ca:leb Cu-thing and Alorrie were spoken on the 16 h instant in latitude 40; 'longitude 88, °kilning -La' isaioh of Vista - . ANOTHER ACCOUNT. The Commencement of the Fight. tiallant Conduct of the Federal Troops. The Washington .Star of this evening has the following interesting particulars of the commence meat of the fight at Ball's Ran: ' FAIRFAX O. 11., July 18, 6 P M. ta A r r ed er a tn el : h o e your i b n o s d tr y n o e f tio t n h a e , a s t rm l y 0 A v M. r f s o m t at i i . t h o i w ei n h , t where l l g l e e u h n as d t be h r e ci p e c o o f m the i fi n o d e b b n u r ild e i d n g to s the ground The only citittens visible wore fa males, looking intense'y woe begone, as though crushed to earth by the previous oppreedon of tee Becessionlate, and the recent vandal sots of arson committed by our then uncontrolled troops They said that all the able bodied men of the village tied been pressed into the traitor service oa the day before at the point of the bayonet. before which they were driven in the direction of Manassas Leaving there for Centreville. I found our troops strewed along on each side of the road, resting at their noon halt. The whole road was lined with them thus A portion of Colonel Lielnizteman's division was in the rear, in and around German town. Those seen on the toad to Centreville were principally of Gets. Tyler's column—the Mains Connecticut, and other regiments. Two and a halt miles east of Centreville I heard firing in the ad. stance, and on reaching there learned that sa engagement was evidently in progress before the enemy's entrenohmenta at Ball Run, half way from h it village to Martinets Janotion. I learned that the 'enemy had evacuated hi> slight Centreville works as early as 1 A M thir morning They were situated on tee crest of the ridge immediately east of the village, consisting of thirty or forty poor and straggling house?, stretching down the west elope of the ridge on either side.of the Warrenton turnpike . 'No male citizens were visible in the village, and the few white females there *ore brighter connte uances•than their sisters of Germantown. Weer, the enemy evacuated the place (413 males baring been impressed the day before) the women fled tr. the woods with their children and moveable!, leaving one only there. They had been told that it was the purpose of the d—d Yankees to burn she tdwu and kill all' the male white children. • The women left, on realizing that no harm whatever was being done to person or property by our ad vanes on entering the village, brought those who had fled back, by a negro messenger. I found no detachment of our troops - in the aban. doned works or the village, though Federal strap glare were lounging about both. Gen. Tyler had ordered all the front doors to be left _open, (to pre vent assassin shots from the housee,) and the men were freely passing in and out of them, for water, &a. Not a disrespectful word even bad been et . tared in Centreville, by a single Federal soldier. nor had any one there been robbed to the value of a penny by them The effect of their capital be havior there has been most happy, indeed making Bp for it at Fairfax and Germantown. I proceeded as Egon as possible on towards the direction of the firing, and 2 . } miles out of Centre. villa saw on the Greet of a ridge mattered soldiers and *Altana evidently watching the battle in progress at or near its west base. On rising the hill it was in fall view. A portion of Sherman's battery which had been in the advance, had opened upon the enemy from near the west base of the bill, a low ground flat of some four hundred yards intervening between it, position-and the creek, and between the barn on the right (on our aide of the creek) in which they had learned Seoession cavalry was concealed. The enemy's small armed forces were behind entrenchments in the woods, on the west aide of the creek, so covered by their works and thick un dergrowth that glimpses of them were rarely oh' 'tamped. As soon as our artillery opened on the barn their cavalry rushed' out of it and _got out of the way, (behind timber, I believe ) W hen they left it, ooneealed battery near the barn opened on our forces, with very little effect, I fancy- Shortly afterwards more of our artillery came up, and when that opened upon the enemy's position in the 'woods along the creek border. a second masked .battery of theirs, surrounded by their infantry in the Woods, replied. That did us considerable da mage. I saw four or five of our killed or wounded marled past me to the rear on littera. Dr Pennon, of Pa., Mr. MeCormiok, of the N Y. Evening Post, Mr Rill, of the N Y. Trthune. Mr Raymond, of the N I. Trines, myself, and a few other civilians, were at that time standing surrounded by a few straggling soldiers, quietly :looking on from the top of the, bill, immediately where Gen Tyler bad taken his station. Ono of "the first shells fired from that second battery of the enemy passed between'the shouldera of Dr. Pull ston and Mr McCormick, who were atm-in-arm and burst against a . three yards in :the rear of them. It grazed Mr. hioCormick's shoulder. Just then the enemy's intantry fired 1 , volley of Minis balls, which took effect in our group, wounding half a dozen, all slightly, how .ever. Lieut. Lorain, of .hew York, was most hurt, by a flesh wound. We .non-oombatants 'quickly: sought diffsrent and safer positions Just then the •New York Sixty ninth and Se • ventv-nintb came up and took position near out other infantry on the flat. Gen. Tyler, on undies that the fire of the second'eff the enemy's batteries las likely . to prove destruo ive, mar ObleTelt th. ,Infantry into a different position, falling them back with wheeling them.' They were all as cool at. •ouonmbers and -executed his orders with as iamb :precision as though engaged in a thus parade on Pennsylvania avenue. I was oompelled. by My engagements, to return to Falls Church by nightfall, and then left to re 'turn. About six miles..fzmv... aeons of the en i - Ts7BeibZZ wan i .„ 2 ..b il2 7'gP• .indeed, immediately after the arrival eirtEß Sixty , ninth- and Seventy-ninth on the field of action. and the change of position of our infantry en. gaged—the firing on both sides ceased for the time being. It was renewed. however, before I reached where I met Cianeral MoDawell. Be re calved his first intelligence of the particulars of the engegemenr jast as I was passing him, and went ahead immeoiately with increased paoe. After passing through Fairfax Cotirt Donee, I was overtaken by a special messenger, who bad re mained on the ground after I left. Ere he started, - according to the message sent me, the enemy's in fantry bad essayed to cross the creek to advance noon ours, and bad been driven back by the New York 69 h and 79th, who charged on them with fixed bayonets. He represents that as be was leaving it was judged that the enemy bad been fairly whipped by that charge . It was then oleer that in a short time he would probably be forced to fall •baok . through the woods towards Manassas JOT otion. I may mention that after everr volley fired by the enemy, while I was at 'Ball Ran, hie men tittered a shoat that mode the 'welkin ring and his ban ners were waved and fl.unicd truly in our faces. Just before his second battery opened fi - e, °Londe of dust in his• rear betekened that he watt being reinforced from Manassas Junction. Later from the Seat of War. THE ARMY AGAIN IN MOTION The Rebel Battery 4bandoned. CIERTREYILLS, July 19 —Noon.--The column un der command of, gen. Tyler has again commenced moving, and the troops are formed into line, the Massachusetts First Regiment having the right of the column. 0. E Simpson, of Company It, First fdassaohn setts, was one of the first wounded in the fight yes terday. He died this morning, and was buried with military honors by his friends. ' It has been ascertained that the rebels aban doned the first battery beyond Centreville before the Federal troops retired last night . The loas on oar side was comparatively trifling. Some are missing, who are supposed to have straggled away or been taken prisoners. Thirteen prisoners captured by the Federal troops are now on the way to Washington. Another Fight in Western Virginia. • Cmciartarr, July 19 —The Kanawha corre spondent of the Gazette says, that on the morning of the 18th General Cox ordered the Ohio Twelfth, two companies of the Twenty-first, two guns of the Cleveland Artilleiy, and the Ironton Cavalry, to reconnoitre for a-supposed- masked battery near the mouth of Pope creek. On reaching the creek, four miles from General Cox's headquarters, they discoverett the .enemy, 1,500 strong, strongly en. trenched on Gamey hill , with a masked battery of two guns. Oa reaching the Greek our men were fired upon from the marked battery and from a log , hens.. Oar men, atter firing forty roulade, crossed the creek and ailenood the battery, bat the ammunition giving out we wore compelled to retire. One gun of the enemy's battery was • afterwards mounted and opened fire. Capt. Allen and Meat Pomeroy, of the Twenty-first Ohio, and two others were killed, seventeen wounded, and three missing Col. Morton, of the Twenty-first Ohio, was badly wounded and taken prisoner. The rebels were commanded by Col. Tompkins. Colonel Woodruff and Lienteaant•Oolonel Neff. of the First Kentuoky, and Colonel De Villiers, of the Eleventh 0 eio, left General Cox's camp on the 17th, and nothing had been heard from them at last *mutts It is supposed they were either killed or taken prisoners. LATEST FROM MISSOURI. PROCLAEATION OP GIN POPE Sr.LOWS, Julyl9 —The following proclamation has been issued by Brigadier Gen Pope : ST CHARLES, MO , July 19. To the People of North Illissourt :—By virtue of the proper authority, I have 'Assumed oommana in North fdissonti I appear among you with a 'force strong enough to maintain the authority of the Government. and too strong to be resisted by arty means in your possession usual in warfare. Upon your own moralities that - you would re• speot the laws f the Unied State and preserve the peace, no tr o oops have t hitherto s been sent to your section of the °pantry. The noourrenees of the last ten days, however, have plainly exhibited your lack, either of the power or of the inclination to fulfil your pledges, and the Governmen. has therefore found it necessary to occupy North hits• send with a force powerful enough to compel obe dience to the laws, and as noon as it is made maid feat that you will respect its'• authority and put down unlawful oombinations against it you will he relieved of the presence of the forces under my command, but not until then. I therefore warn all persons taking np arms against the Federal authortty, who attempt to commit depredations upon publio or private pro perty, or who molest nnoffending and peaceful citi zens. that they will be dealt with in the most sum mary manner without awaiting civil process. Jowl Pops, Brigadier General U 6. A , sommandin:. Official from General McClellan's Dim vision. THE AFFAIR AT BARBOURBVILLE WMIRIAGION, July 19.—The Following hag just been received at headquartere 'United States air: my, here BEVIIBLT, July 19, 1861. Col. E D TOWNSIND : One of Gen Cox's regi ment, the Second Ken natty. de'eated end drove 600 of Whe'd men out of Barboursville, Cebell county, on the 16th Met. _ _ _ Q. B. filcOmmLser, Mafer-General, eta. Southern News via Louisville LOIJIRVILL/1, July 19.—The Charleston 2ittereury of the 15 h says, a large frigate, supposed to be the Minnesota, arrived off the bar yesterday There are now four vessels in sight. The Emig Perry 00 oasionally makes her appearance. The Norfolk correspondent of the Richmond Dispatch. says: " We are in possession of faots warranting Ilia belief that we have among us a treat many soonndrels who sympathise with the North, and would gladly aid in our subjugalion." On the 13 b, a desperate fight among the Confe derate companies occurred In Norfolk, wherein two ware killed. Cannons are being ettooessfully rifted at the Gosport navy yard. Army I oVentions. The War and Navy Departments are overran with parties with new war weapons and inventions pertaining to the army and navy. One man bas a new projectile, whose destructive merits are said t o ba beyond anything conceivable hitherto brough out,; another presents an army tent, capable, al most, of holding all out doors, and of being plated email ennuat to carry in a pocket ; another exhi bits an army trunk, .of small size, which, when opened, is converted into a bedstead with bed and bedding, mosquito canopy, cup, saucer, plate, knife, fork—in fact, a dining table and all the dinner utensils; half a dozen ethers present for consi deration hospital bed., soft and dowoy ; while, as if all these tailed to save the poor soldier, a legion of others fill up the rear with ambulances, war ranted to carry the dead twelve at a time, which, as a matter of eomfort, aro eaeh to occupy a sepa rate apartment. Bach of these, and a thousand o•her invaluable articles, are backed up by a balky batch cf nertifieatee of utility. But the Departments are slow to appreciate their realm tive merits, much to the disappointment of comps Mors. THIRTY-SEIENTI CONGRESS, EXTRA Snstiliig. W ARLINGTON, July 19, 1861 BEN ATE. Mr. Gamut, of lowa, introduced a bill for the oonstruotion of one or more iron clad ships. Re ferred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Also, a bill to regulate the police force of the city of Washington. Laid over. Also, a resolution asking the President to inform the Senate the nature of the queen, armistice re. forted to in the message of the 4th lust , by which the commander of the Sabine refused to transfer troops to Fort Pickens, and what has been done in relation to the commander of the Sabine. Agreed to. Mr. Mann, of Now Hampshire, reported a bill to pay the widow of the late senator Douglas the sum due him, being some $l5O. Adopted. Mr. WILSON, of Massaohusetts. reported the House bill for the relief of the soldiers and musi cians of Fort Sumpter. Passed. Also, a bill relating to forwarding the letters of soldiers. Passed. Also, a bill 'or the relief of the Ohio and other voltinteers. It provides for their payment from the time they were actually in the service until they took the oath. Reseed. Also, a joint resolution in relation to the bonds of the paymasters in the army. Referred to the Committee on the Judioiary. Mr FESSENDIIN, of Maine, reported from the Committee on nnanes; the legislative, eireentive, and judicial appropriation bill. The bill was con sidered and passed. The civil appropriation bill was , taken up and passed. The special order for the consideration of the resolution approving of the acts of the President was taken up. Mr. BAYARD, of Delaware, proceeded to speak in opposition to • the resolution He reviewed the cones, of events. He had last year tried to save, the country by conciliation and oompromlse from he horrors of oivil war. He loved the Union as much- as any man, and was ready to make any otorifiee, even to that of life. in order to nave the Union. But the ory now is uncienditional submis sion without any talk of peace. He admitted that the present trouble was revo lution; but it was a revolution of eleven States, and even if crushed out by war it would not be a . restoration of the Union A war of subjugation 'must end in the ruin of the republic, or end in a despotism. If the Union is to be made the means of prostrating the liberties, it had better be die solved. He warned the country against the hor cora of civil war He wee for peace, in any form, to restore the Union, if possible, and if not, then to part in peace. He would negotiate with the revolted States, and listen to terms of peace He admitted the right of blockade, for the country was really in a state of, war. He admitted that :he writ of habeas corpus could be sus pended where the oonrts were not in force, but he denied the right to suspend it in btatea where the courts were open Bat to affirm such rlghts as the power of the President to suspend the writ would ars a most fatal blow at the liberties of the country But in no ease can the President delegate such a power. This was the great objection he had to the resolution, and he did not (rare for the rest The right of the citizen to the liberty of person is the most important. Ile argued at co as.derable length on the sanoilty of the writ of habeas corpus, con tending that there was no diffirenoe between the letter de cachet of Louis XIV and the arrests made bv rJea-ve---iierne„.a bur crier -Ole mottle avid For_tiffollenry was thin-atm tatter had-no-dangeorui. - After Mr. Bayard finished his remarks. Mr. La- THAM, of California, got the 1140 T, and the resolu tion was postponed tits to morrow. Mr. Tuoirsore, of New Jersey, offered a joint re solution, that a board of examiners be appointed t't examine the Stevens B ettery, at Hoboken. Re ferred to the Committee on Naval Affairs After an executive session the Senate adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The House refused to adjourn until Monday by a vote of 42 .gainst 88. Mr. CRITTENDEN asked leave to submit resolu tions declaring that the present civil war has been forced on us by the Disanionists of the Southern States now in rebellion against the Government; that in this national emergency, Congress, banish ing all feelings of passion and resentment, will recollect only their duty to their country ; that the war is not waged for conquest or subjugation, or for interfering with the rights or established bus l tations of those States, but to maintain the supre macy of the Uonatitation, with equality of right' under it unimpaired : that as soon as these objects shall be aratomplahed the war ought to oasis°. Mr STEVENS, of Pennsylvania, objected to the introducdon of the resolutions. Mr Crws, of Virginia, asked leave, but Mr. BURNETT, of Kentuoky, made objection. to intro dune a joint resolution appropriating $lO 000 to indemnity the loyal citizen, of Fairfax county, Va , for the property destroyed. Mr Sanawicx, of New York, front the Com mittee on Naval Affairs, reported bank the Senate bill, whioti passed, appropriating $3 000 000 to enable the Secretary of the Navy to purobase or charter vessels to be armed, as a temporary in crease of the navy during the present rebellion. Also, a joint resolution appointing a board to ex amine the Stevens' harbor defen. e battery, and report what is necessary to complete the same. Mr. floinowion reported beck the joint resolu tion for the relief of the widows and orphans of the lost on the sloop of war Levane Passed. Mr. Srsvess, of Pennsylvania, said the Com mittee of Ways and Means had no bills to report at present. The House business was far in ad Vance of the Senate. Therefore, he moved, when the House adjourns, it adjourn to meet on Monday. Agreed to. Mr. Brinownut offered a joint resolution for the appointment of a board to select a site for a Naval Academy 'Mr. Wanarna remarked that Maryland has de clared, by twenty thousand majority, that she stands fast by the Union. -Ile therefore trusted that Congress world strike no blow at her at this time, by removing the Academy from Annapolis. 03 motion of Mr. HOLMAN, the resolution was tabled. Mr. ALDRIOIL of MinneSota, Introduced a bill to distrain disloyal citizens frost serving in the pith dal courts of the United States Referred to the Judioiary Committee. The House went into Committee of the Whole on the bill providing for the better organization of the military establishment. The. bill provides for the appointment of an Assistant Secretary of War, and for an enlarged and more et:Solent organization of all the army bureaus. tc. Mr. Div .of New' York, opposed the bill, the design, of which was simply to multiply t ricers In Heaven's name, were there not enough already ? Mr. JonnSort, of Pennsylvania, said it was owing to the character of the officers and the manner of their appointments, namely, from political °oust derations, that so many blunders have been cum - mitted Mr Bunt, of Missouri, thought Dir. Divan's re masks wore not justified by the facts, and briefly showed the necessity for increasing the staff offieers of the army, when; owing to the war, their busi ness had increased beyond all precedence in our history. The committee rose and the bill passed. Among its provisions is the form of an oath to be admin4- tared to cadets, requiring them to swear that they will support the Constitution and defend the sove reignty of the United States, and regard this obli gation as paramount to any oath which may be prescribed by any State, and will obey all the legal orders of , their superiors Mr STEELS, of Now Jersey, presented petitions from the toitizans of Bunterdon and Somerset counties for au immediate convention of all the States. Adjourned till Monday. A Brig and Pilot Boat Captured by a POlrtteer. Bosrou, Jalp 19.—The captain of the sohooner Lainorng. at Holmes' nolo, reports that he was told by the °filers of the Bow and Pigs lightship, that a brig and pilot boat were captured yesterday, off &omen s land, by a privateer. The above report has strum been ascertained to be untrue, and originated irom the brig firing a gun for a pilot. The'Troops at vamp Washington Under Orders. EASTON, Jaly 19 —The regiments now afeamp Washatron have been ordered to =watt, and will leave as soon as transportation can be furnished by the railroads To the Absent 016 e ts and Men of the Camp Wa.shington Regiments. CAMP Wd8)11/CGTON ) near `E Aston, July 12—A11 the absent officers and me 3, whether oa furlough or not, are hereby directed to return to the camp immediately. The Second and Third regimen's are now under orders to march. Wm - . B. MilffN, Colonel Conitoending, Camp Waalungton Arrival of Massachusetts Troops at Home. BoEiToN, July 19.—The Massachusetts .Third Regiment has arrived here from Fortress Monroe The Fourth Regiment is ocmhig up on board the steamer S. 0 Spouldeog. - Fire at St. Joseph, Mo. BT. 30831.11, Jul, 19.--The hoot and shoe store of Fisher & Cotaus was oestroyed by fire on Satin d.y o y e z:deg together wait the poet onto. and ,book rove Walworth. The , loss of, the former is $3O 000 — folly inarrtrud. Little or Ile mail Lumbar was destroyed. and the km in papers, blanks; and furniture is ssoo—not insured Mr. Walwort.h's loss $3;600-fully . insured. The Ere was. ,the work of ao incendiary.' LATER PROS CALIFORNIA. I ay p.tuy FART Kie&RMILY, July 18 P 4 n7 e into San Braz:Moo on the 4th instant, h al rtle n here. Bax I' ea j —!herez g b d re : 7:::. CO R MM: 8 11 00 0 , 111 a L ly I 4 NTEi a.G E h !: nv e .i t A : n arrival.' ;arm the departure of the kg. e zOrbei ' Bailed, oe the lst, the steamahin s't L„ ult. to Panama, with lee oass.Nr^re and s9ati No in t : -are for New Y .rk, $lO3 0 11 0 Is. $55.000 for Panama; total, $1,009,800. 1.. _ .1: nips! shippers are: PH n• Fargo, C0....826 r6O 'Sather Bc. Church. al rarrott ......--.12.,011bavr4 m . • 154 ) fli.inmau .. --- 70.04/ gohablft & Brothe r 1 4 OW Pall e rit it Wild_— 6u €OO, Oocoeue. haletuu, & 6 0 Pell man ..,. - • 4 ' 0 " 0 1 , 0 -----. % Dewitt aetue...._.... St Out) trause --_ --- Ses ratnek.--- —..... 20.‘0111 •eornian ..... --- Ss 1 () ABM PABEENGBIIB —at J Lord and No , Is 0 Mrs 8. Forbes, Atistizl Smith , it Clay ,ti sni i , John 8. Meredith, L L Bnter "4 "rife. Can . HadOtigbatn Mx. A B Lubriek, char ge , p an 11 MrEl Little . F Glerrick, J M Oarraek. Li r t " Kinvisah Worthington, Mr Barnes. t A br. l .' . Mr Dickinson, Miss Dicknienn, Aim s he 7o, infant, and nurse; Mr Hubbard anti wife, 51 , P. J S. Paxton, 8 P.Jobzurm, li 8 Ask, m 2 Captain Sweeney, M Lewl., E Lend e id a n family. William Abbot!, 8 itenleldt. c i i ._° r.howaki and f-traily, W T Varentienhip c ca T t : O'Malley and family, Mr. It 8. Haven and Nail airs. J. Betterw.urt, Mr. Jenkins, Mr p ette 7 r , Mr A.ruott, Samuel Pope, M D Callmots w n t ran Wheeler and airy, Captain Stahl, G toroi E. I.lo_yes, Samuel Smith. and Mrs. Credit. ' Tail blauxwrs.—Tbe markets remain unsiasily drill for this the dullest period of the year Ttart is an export demand for wheat and barley, ; a d shippers are willing buytra at $1 65 pe r I N 14 New wheat and barley at lies, GENERAL INTELLIGENCE The first daily overland tacit coach started hu e Placerville. escorted out of town by a s j eaceetse Concourse of citizens, with bonus of musics and cas k nom firing. The coach and horses were decovei with Amorisan flags. There were six bats of , he letter mail and twrnty eight bags of newspapers in all weighing 1776 pounds. Business is suspended throughout the State to day, and our National Anniversary receives the homage of a people devoted to the Union . There never was such a display of flags and eomany man of patriotism, in ~na ssm„ pilaus, at any previous anniversary. Need; e n the ohurohes of San Francisco have run up the stars and -stripes during the week, to re ma i n sp till the war ended. Cook & Hoover's train of overland emigrant!, consisting of twenty-two men, six wars, sad sixty head of stook, arrived at Carson Valley 01 the let instant. They report plenty of grass on the route; and the Indians peaceable For several evenings past a MagnihUeltrOlaSt has been visible about fifteen degrees west of the North Star, with the tail extending vireo the heavens more than ninety degree. Ip many rere laspects rger it resembles the Comet of 1819, with a vary mutat nucleus. Ga Friday and Saturday of last week Gov. Do s . nev has issued some sixty military commissions to (Aeon of the various companies thicoghont the State. Dates from Oregon have been received pc, I steamer Paczfic to the Ist inst. Three companies of the Fourth United ;'fate s i s . fanery arrived by the Pacific. CAlon e z mi ght has countermanded the ostler for the remov e ! of Captain Pickett's company of the Ninth Infantty from San Juan island. The best indication yet seen of the existence of gold in paying quantities, in Nez Persia county is the feet that the Pactfic brought do n ma , $36,008 In dust from there A. violent storm passed over Puget Sound on the 11th alt , doing considerable damage to the crop. and fruit trees. The Vancouver (Washington Territory) Citroiit ols, of the 20th of Tune, has the following: We bereft from undoubted authority, that Halliday it Co., of St. LOWS. 00I0erDp/ .5 a weekly communi cation between St. Louis and San Ffenenel They are building small fawners of exceeding light draft of water, bat possessed of great power, to ply on the Upper Missouri, between St. Louis and Fort Benton, and from that place to Lewiston At the mouth of Clear Water stages will run regularly, and a steamer forwarding freight and passenger s will connect the latter place with Vancouver, whioh is to become the bead of ocean steamship navigation. It was with this prtjec in view that the company lately bought the ocean steamers carried out, as it will undoubtedly be, it will be of incalculable benefit to this region. The maila bility of this enterprise has bsen fully demon strated. Steamers of light draft 'timid have no difficulty in navigating the Upper Missoari at Fort Benton at all stages or the year. Austin Smith, late the United States navy agent, left this port, and Menet over the tffiai to his successor last week. and departed for the East by the steamer of he let, and it is believed to enter the Confederate army. Re is a son of ex. Governor William Smith, of Virginia The day after be left a suit was c;mmenced against h•m to one of the ' 4, an Francisco courts, to recover $l4 299, entrusted to him by a man end his wife. as thetr agent Tae Sacramento Union. of to-day, in oomtnest ing upon the snit, giVOP the fOltoWibg amount of Smith's sentiments to Mr. Chining, his sticcamot in the office : Be said in a very excited manner, both In I tone and gesture : I owe no all-since to the United States Government, and look up m the Go vernment 4/3 an exploded humbug. I proclaim it publicly that it would be a Beam of gratification to me, the proudest of my life, to take back to my native State a few hundred numbed dollars If I bad it in my pos-weion, ho d—d If I would not d 6 BD But the amount in illy possession is so paltry, only $l5 000 It tenet an objner worthy - or ...au t melt turn over to you what little I helm, not all an act of honery on Inv part, or that should be entitled to any credit for it, but be. 081180 /be Government would make it oat of my seenntiem. ?be Borth are grabbing the pablio funds, ships of war, araen•li , and navy yards, and the South are entitled to s hand in that game of grab It is a sonwe of grief to me that it is not to my power to manifest my loyalty to my native Stye in a Rohnactiel manner." The San Francisco Times of to day has the fol lowing additional remarks concerning the same party : "Mr. Smith paid all demonds of his Seem. sion friends spinet the (Mee, and did not pay the claims of loyal men lie refused to deliver a step of paper to hie suooessor. and carried all the books of the navy agent's cAllte off with him on the steamer. There is nothing to •how Mr Chiniog bow the accounts stand. the affairs are in an in. extricable confusion, and it would seem that this had been done with a purpose It is Intimated that orders will be sent by the pony express to New Yolk for his arrest " News comes from the navy yard that, previous to his departure. when called upon to pay an audited demand, he an• meted, "Tho United States Government Is played out " The pony express, from Ban Francine on the 7tb, has passed bore, bringing the following id vices : Commercial Intelligence. Arrived, on the doh, the steamer o:alba, from Panama, and the ship Bummer Clood, trim 574 - ney. Oa the sth. ship Dictator, from Deng Long. The week cloned quietly in business naveri, with no quotable change in prices GENERAL IN EELLIGENCE. A Uninn Democratic Convention. composed el Ira hundred and forty delegates. has bees is Pe.' sion in daoramento since me evening of the 4 h A permanent organization was e&cted, asd s sannd Union platform adopled. Eigot baPo asters had tor Governor The last resulted : For Joe Conyers, 233; Joins B. Downey, 153; Eugene OasEe.ly, 150 ; J. W McCorkl., GI ; Jowl Bidwell ; 35—necessary for a choice, 328 The 611 oiag will 200011113103000 to-morrow. It is impale!: to predict the result The eon , :st is very bitter . J C. lifellibbut will probably ha one of the nomi nees for Congress Spanish Fleet at St. 1, °ming° NEW YORK, July 19 —The Mg iletvtt from Aux Cayes, reports that on the 5 h Etor sit Spszisb war vessels going into Pert an P•inoe. Habeas corpus Act Bishop Burnet relates a MIAOW cireamitates re. specting the origin of Met important dente the habeas corpus art, "It was carried," Me he , "by an odd artifice in the loose of Lords Lad Grey and Lord Norris were named to be the tell ers. Lord North being a man subject to vapors, was not at all times attentive to what he was doing; so, a very fat Lord ooming in, Lnd Grey counted him for ten, as a jest, at first • but seeing Lord Norris bad not observed it. be went on with his misreckoning of ten ; so it was reported to the Rouse, and declared that they who were for the bill were the majority, though it, indeed. went or the other side, and by this means t,o bill passel.' THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY FOR ACOOS7. have received the preof•sheets of this number, od have been especially attracted by the Genic[ it' tninisesnes of the late Senator Douglas and MO Theodore Winthrop, both of whom died tee Soon." Mr. Callender, newspaper agent, South Third Streat;haa sent 118 the illustrated bonder and Illustrated News spite World, of the 6:b , Y 2 , They oontain numerous engravings, and a digest European news. From B. C Upham, newspaper agent, :;10 Ct nut street, we have received the principa: pictorials of July 6 th—namely, Illustrated Netos, Illustrated News of the World, Lar , fr "Thurnal, Reynolds' Misea//anv, and Fti,,,cn Doctor Winfield Scott President Feltcm in the name of Harvard cI varsity, on WedueSday last oonferred the deg"' of Doctor of Laws, in the following lavgLog°. is that most noble citizen, of whose fortitude as aeli as humanity, and of whose success. courage , an d wisdom, there is no spot in which marks are DC' to be found imprinted ; a leader endowed certain wonderiut and unheard-of fircsne,:', cl whose valor in war and piety in peace them err the moat numerous and most brilliant pr.cL: supreme commander, whom his country has lalla" wirti singular honors, and from whom the CongTe! , and the American people draw an augury Of r tr common safety in this most perilous time ipr republic. Winfield Scott " The Boston Advertiser says: " When the venerated name rf Scott was Pt l .” trounced for the first time coupled with se.dettat honors, the enthusiasm of the .udience hoes . 0 0 bounds ; the Governor and all the dignitsrits o;"-:a the platform the military gentlemen in their 0 , 2 1. forms, and theprofessors In their robes, rose to their feet and nnitra , l in cheer alter cheer of vehe ment earnestness, .whi e the lanes in the galleries Waved their handkerchiefs in testimony of th e/1 Sympathetic approval of the proceedings At the Alumni. dinner, Governor Andrew Ladd I could have wished, let me say iir conclusio n, that the compliment which has been paid to g' saottul.tts in the person of her chief magistrate: might have been deferred or omitted. to the er r a that the illustrious oaptain, citizen, old rob als „' might have been remembered alone tedeY - dis•inction worthy his venerable ant name, and solely , his own This distinction wo fitly conferred: It is an honor to lliassachus etn and to Harvard that she honors learning , pori° Soot" .: ism, and heroism in the person of Winfield ;and let me offer as a sentiment, "General Sod EI L — Yen have given him a degree in the North; he will presently take several degrees in the South where, as a Doctor of the Laws, ho will teach Me rebels obr.d GoVernor ience Andrew also caused the following d ° : [Tata to .be transmitted by telegraph to the vete ran soldier : To Lieutenant General Winfield vard College honors learning, patriotism, and het.. degree 01 - self 'by to-day conferring upon you the Doctor of Laws, amid the repeated sheers or an Scott: Bar illustrious and crowded audience , I , IOEN A. 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