Ujr Vrus. FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1861. _.at vrilb 'ra n d; bantstb int Rest, And " banner straantind star *ll , Knights of the Golden Circle. ;:`Among the other agetNan„whirhiajlvMeen employed to o pamitpittifte the Insurrectionary o;ement and to persuade the people of the South to make a forcible restmtance to the an tbority of the Federal Government, the order of the Knights of the Golden Circle has doubtless exercised considerable ibfluence. Many believe that a lodge, or, technically speaking, a o castle" of the order was es tablinbed In this city, and that some of our moat active ay moathizers with the Secession cone were connected with it. Certain it Is that It has mmy members in the Southern States, and that the veil of secrecy which enshrouds its proceedings N an admirable cloak to the plans of the conspirators, who use its orginizatiou to assist them in perfecting their plans for the destruction of the Union The Louisville Journal has recently obtained tell copies of its ritual and the accompanying keys, which expisin the cyphers it-contains and the pass war's and signs which are used. The professed objects of the Order aro to re Santhernizo n Mexico by conquering it anti establishing perpetual slavery within its bor; derv; and also to assist any Southern State to regret what Is termed cc Northern invasion," as well as to, war upon all cc Abolitionists," or non slaveholders of Northern birth In the Southern States, who are not enthusiastic sup porters of the peculiar institution. The Mexican part of the programme in based nu the id-a that a treaty was made on the ltih of February, 1860, with Magner, DoisLADo, Governor of Guanajuato, by which the K. G. C. undertook to furnish him with 16,000 men, armed, equipped, and provided with all necessary supplies to take the field under, his command, while he is to firrnish an equal number of men to be officered by =en connected with the K. G. C's. The ex penses of their outfit are to be provided for by a large bonus 01 land, as well as a mortgageti right to collect one halt the annual revenues of Guawijnato, until the sum of $840,000 is Obtained. The pay of the amyl' to be the same aslthat of the regular army of M exiao, which le said to be about one eighth more than that of the United States. Members are privileged either to accompany this filibustering army on it■ march over the Rio Grandy, which, if so rine'. Tinted delay occurs, Is to take place in Octo ber pert, or to remain at home to assist in ob taming recruits, raising money and munitions, and in other ways facilitating the accomplish meet of the oljacts of the Circle. It is a part of their vow to do ail in their power to assist in the expulsion of the free negroes from the Soutbetn States, aid to compel them to flee to Mexico, and also to endeavor to conquer the whole or as mach as possible of the latter country, and to form it into slave States. The p..ons are to be perpetually enslaved and dl vide(' among the X. G. C.'s. It is proposed for the present to establish a Limited Monarchy in the district which they conquer, and the successor of the present head of the Order, Gen. lilicitter, must "swear to carry out this policy, and to extend .slavery over the whole or Central America, if In his power " as well as try to acquire Cubs and control the Gulf of Mexico." So far as the aft ►its of oar own country are Concerned, they are told that it is their duty to offer their " services to any Southern State to repel a Northern army," and from present appearances they will have sufficient employment hero for some time to come. They mast promise to use their best exertions to ascertain who are It Abolitionists" in the emirates in which they reside, and to report their names to the bead of the order, as well as to keep a close watch upon all their pro ceedinss ; and they agree, in case of insurrec tion or invasion, to muster the largest ferce the • LieLef_ danger. Theo belonging to the first, which is of a military character, are styled Knights of the Iron Rand. The second is of * financial character, and its members are called Knights of tho Trne Faith. The third is of a political character, and its members are 'called Knight* of the Columbian Star. To become a mem ber of the Third Degree, the candidate must be familiar with the work of the two former degrees, 41 be born in a slave State, or if not, a siaveholder and a Protestant." As some of our readers may be carious in regard to their signs. &c., we give them as furnished by the Journal, the figures ruled being those found in the ritual, and the words in parenthesis the explanations furnished by the key POMP °tom Captain.. I will now give yon the signs, grips, password. and token of the First Degree of the K C. tI [Of course & misprint for K la 0) This degree nes a name Isaiah I may now give yea— it is the "I" (Kolcbt of the Iron ilsnd) The first great rgn of the Order is thus made. 7 (Handl. opec, palms touching, and resting on the top of the head ; Rogers pointing upwards) The answer to this I. ti (open bands tonersing shoulder where epaulets are worn; elb,srs close to the side.) These are battle 6eld signs, and are Rot to be used wider ordinary olecumatateee The common sign of recognition is 9 (right for• Anger drawn across tipper lip under 110 N, as if ruhbing ) The answer 10, (with fore flop, and thumb of left band take bold of left ear) To gain a mission to a Working Nett*, or the room of any K G. 0 , give II ( toe distinct rap) at the door. The sentinel on duty will then raise the wieket. end demand the oonotersign, which is 12 (SOLDIERS, always lettered erupt at emir door). T•ti will then pass the centre of the room and give the true sign of the K 0 C. ; it is 11 ( eft nand on heart; right hand raised). This wilt be rrenrnised by a bow from the captain, whet , you will at once take your seat The sign of as sent is 14, (both bands up); of dissent. 13, (one hand up); the grip is 16 (press with thumb one inch above second knuckle); the toksn,l7 (Goldin Cite e encasing block bends closed on stroll; the whole to be the alas of a dime). Beery =stoker may wear the sign of his degree. /11097 D Dt QUM Captware. I 'hell now give 'oat the unwritten parte of this work and I trot you will be earefal la Its use If • general war 01:1113011, we Abell die reline with the fret degree, and rely on this and t is third *tame-18 (Trne Faith :) sign -23 ('orefinger and thumb of right hands jlin.d, while with the re%t Of the bands open the right era is touching with middle forelloger,) answer-2i (.•me with left hand and left 070:) n•saword 27 (Mentertre:) night word of distress-32 (St. Nary :) regymm-- 31 and say 5 (grasp by wrist and say Rio sircude:) emblem-28 (told Orale eoo•aing fireek arcs. in centre of staled is a star) Th•s It the 29 (key) tr on • 30 (secret alphabet :) are or 33 (K G C :) 56 (George Blosley 1 guard sign 28 (go•d circl e en *sang G•erk dross, in !centre of wciob is a star ;) silecoe 2S (Forefinger sod thumb of right hand, joined, waite wi•h the rest of the hands open the right eye is touching wi h middle eager) on hp. : danger—right—s.me with the left. THUM Biota*. The sign is a (Raise bat with left hand over riot, open band on top of head) The °minter alto Is - b (Left b•nd with bac extended to riabt angles; hand by elle). The silent sign la e (Left band on beak of - bozo ) The answer is d (R.ght bend on forehead, then erended) The night Sian fd R ( two distinct. olapsot hands—and repeat onne). The test sign Is f nger and thumb of left bend tbe hold of lip) The snored g (8101). Ti. pass word ts h ( ordains's) and to this is ad tis t in parenthesis, —Nodes Instruct!, Di te toe o f words". Th. night word given with e te's (w e b) Tee grip is j (As given) The pus grip is k (Batas with left band still bolding by sigh ) The token or poiNiec a h l (same as shown) The answer to f 1. vs (Alta thumb and foredriger on pit of Ito nisch ) Gala? as was the force of the enemy at 3147358111a8, new regiments, containiag more men than there opposed our army, have already bee °tiered to the Government, and their services have been accepted. The disposition among the returning three months volunteers to re•enliet is almost universal, and most of those who, before the late disaster, in tended to remain at home, bare changed that determination In consequence of the Increased necessity for their aid. Thus, even from the nettle danger we may pluck the flower eatery. The defeat of one army will ouiy stimuloti ns to form mot". new . one.. The discovery of defects in its organ!. 2511,m tail urge ns to guard against and remedy them. It would be filly to expect that an nobrokrn chain of victories will await us if we neglect the means and precautions which are necessary to achieve them, but we have only to avail ourselves of the resources at our com mand to make the Union tutus ones more Irtnaapbast, The liotooken gdroosteauholaebractateo irryedto examined,be the alld .5 4 ;von pai g harbor i tazimat"idel made . r o to what m a tio t nm i d s eyt eb n ai eo nrss es tab s it i wi l7 setirw m4! un to oece i r.i t t was coanneoc od 3 the. Rare of money u pon it boa been Tor at; but all that is known about itijilatt it io kept out of view, at fiobokenillke a mysterious secret---awfal, , -4* unfethom ble, mid unfinished. Lifigria more, no one can say when It is to lir Mashed. The -Mantic ifunthly, for An gust, in an article on mail clad Steamers, seems to know something about the matter, and discourses thus " 'lb the i m provement et 011111011 the import. anoe of plate-armor beoame more and more appa rent; and at length Mr Stevens, ender the sane. lion of our Government-' instituted a merles of experiments upon Iron ;Attlee, and stain after Gond ute•otid bolldiog an immense floating battery for tag defence or New Tors, at ilobnken, whioh is a 111 tio tlniabed, but whieb, tt 'is rumored, will, If co.greAs appropriata• she mew, be completed Eno present seasonAloraw~"'' if Stevens was thetairatWolit the idea of a a and it is alone duo to the apathy of the late Aiminuaration, which has ne glowed our navy while indulging in its Southern proclivities, that our nation ham aot the honor rif launching tee first Ammer in a coat of mall The fr me, however, of snob a Tenet boa boon long in plum the hail ii nearly complete, the engines are far advanced, and the Scathing stroke may soon be Riven " Congress bag constantly appropriated the means, bnt Svavass' Beating battery is walla billed. The public desire to know when it was commenced—how much has it cost—how much more ell' be_ required to complete it-- what time may, be positively •named for its compietion_— an d what use it will be when finished and afloat ? The recent experiments made by order of the British Admiralty have created the great eat and gravest doubts of the power of man ead steamers; o retrial, projectiles from Arm strong guns, have made it a question whether Napotroa's La Glare, - and VlOTOeree War ror, J3luclC , Peinte, Defiance, and. Binfarance, are as impregnable as the) first obtained credit tor. It is quite true that the Armstrong pine are costly—say $1 600 to $2,000 each—bat it they have the pr"jectile force generallrattri bated to them, and, as yet, borne out by ex periment, the' expense is comparatively trilling. rhe superiority of mail-clad" steamers to the old tt wooden walla" is undoubtedly Immense, but if these are not impregnable, one hall their value and prestige is gone. The great merit of the mail clad vessels was their inylnelbi•lty and impregnability. Destroy these qualities, and the Armstrong guns are reported (and proved) capable of doing it, - and some new and better description of floating-batteries must be rooked tor. Before another rivet is clenched in the STEVENS' steam battery, the force of a taw Armstrong guns should be directed against it, to ascertain whether it hi as resistal)le as has been reported. Batter lose whit has been already sank in this tedious and costly ozperi• anent than. throw more money away in com pleting her, if; after all, she is not to be Worth much. To the Board of Enquiry we leave the duty of ascertaining her value, her cost, and the time at which she may be completed—pro vided ft be considered worth while to corn= plate her. At all events, this very tedious and mysterious production has been long enough on hands. Is It to remain boxed op, out of sight, tor a dozen years more ? COiOI3CI Einstein's Regiment By the graphic letter which we publish this morning from a member of Colonel Buisrsin's regiment, it will be seen that, while the great body of our army was retreating in disorder from the battle field on Sunday night, his men were quietly occupying it, and that not until after twelve o'clock did they retire, without the slightest molestation from the enemy. It is evident that the latter had been too seri ously damaged to pursue our, forces, and that the contest had inspired them with such -'a wholesome fear of the Union trdops that they had little disposition to seek any engagement with them they could avoid. Gum. McCLam.alif.;-.The young heio upon whom the hopes of the nation are now con. tied arrived in this cityjesterds3i-on his way to Washington, and max received with much enthusiasm. `- Alma the trophies brought home by Col. PATTERBOiII'a regiment was a cannon captured by Company E, Capt. Tuompson, at Charles-- town. It was , a nine-pounder, and had for merly been need on a ship, but was in service during the Mexican war, and was planted in fi-ont of the court-house at Charlestown du ring the John Brown raid. :On its arrival here, yesterday, the Good Will Snglne Com m orasat - ft - to a litrepirdb — ordiposit, and it was taken to their engine house, Broad and Saes streets, where it cut be seen by the curious. They reeling in Western Virginia. The anxiety which le felt in regard to the sentiment which our late reverse bas inspired in the loyal portion of the seceding States will be considerably allayed by the patriotic tone of nisch Journals as the Wheeling (Vs.) Intelligencer, which, in its issue of the 23d in stant, in commenting npon the news of Mon day last, says : " It la enough to make the nation put on mourn irtg; and this it toe first thought, the first feeling. Etat encomia is not the touchstone with men who are ,ielhg to maintain, mei ready to di, defending, a great prinolple. Disaster Isnot defeat. And though the lira feeling may be dismay, the next is the Im palas that will throb in every heart from Maine to Minnesota, to avenge the disaster, and redeem, ten times over. the lost position of our army and cause before the country Defeat cannot demo relies the elements that are striving to rescue the Government. They are too entirely devoted to that obj tot They may incur disaster to day. but for *very fallen hero ten will Ties to take his pleas, and they will rise until the rebellion is dnven into the Gulf. Last night they was mourning In ilJrthern cities and hamlets, bat this morning was ushered in with the roll of drums and the zing of 1140, ; and there is now i" The winearing rta.idron and the •tattering •sr, Pus log lorwntd wits imP.4 l l. , usituiso. And swiftly funning to int rants o war.' " Tamocuaiiing Lunn now sows. With as it be gins with dilutor; but who that has faith lin Hearer, or confident* to tb• strong aria of right, can doast that It tan, t end is victor)?," Rebel Ai:coasts of the Battle ,at Bull leontsartnnw, Ja'y 25 —Richmond despatches of , he '221 and Nashville of the 24:h have bees re oeive d The former give no particulars of the battle of the 2ttt, and the latter only meagre despatches. most of which have bean telegraphed. In relation to the retreat of its Confederates from Fairfax Court Rouse and Centreville to Buil Run, and the fight of the 180, the Richmond Es. atessuer of Saturday says, that the retreat front these places was in actiordarioe with orders, 801 l Run being selected as the battle groned. Oar troops having fired several hundred rounds, with drew 'ln order before the advancing foe, and fell back on Ball Ron. Bare the retiring forces ware met by the Eleventh, Seventeenth, and - Strait Vir ginia R.tgtments, and waited, expecting a fight at daybreak. About 4 o'clock in the afternoon the main body of the foe advanced within half a mile of the run—three several attempts to advance each time being repulsed with great slaughter. Their retreat bad every appearance of a signal rout, leaving the dead behind, and losing six pieces of artillery. Two Virginia regiments pursued some distance, capturing a number of prisoners. The enemy, in their several advances, behav d at Brat with great spirit. quickly rallying and closing 'tip their mowed columns, but finally broke and gave way under the murderous execution of our tutukstry and artillery. On Wednesday afternoon despatches had, been rent to Gen Johnston to re pair with a portion of his oommand to reinforce Gen Bea aregaird. Tae enemy as they advatioed displayed their ac customed vandalism, barniog and destroying the rilleges Fairfax Court Rouse, Germantown, and Centreville, were reduced to ashes, the men and women fleeing in every direetiOn. The battle ex tended along the run a distance of • mil. With in this space were left 986 dead and wounded. Our ion is 137 killed, wounded, and missing. The milting since returned have reduced this to 60. The number of the enemy engaged is vari ously estimated at between .5 000 and 10,000, while our force but little exceeded 3 500. , The Riehmond Wing calls the battle a skirmish of drat rate proportions. We hear that the pro vost marshal reports having busied 983 of the enemy. Our infantry made a bayonetroharge on lithe enemy whioh swept all before it. Among the un reported olhoere killed aro Geo. Mute, of the New °than! Artillery, Major Harrison and Kirby Smith, of Florida, and Col Johns, South Carolina The latest dates from Pensacola report the cap tors of a small sloop of the Bay fleet and the ar rival, on the 19 h, of the Matedonson. The schooner Vsirstaaies, *barged with farntsalng the blookading , qoadron with provisions, was ecisA la the Bay of Sr. Louis, on the 20 and a guard put on bos , cl of her The blockaditg equadron 'at the mouth of the Mississippi was retoforeed on the 20 h by the 11?- rival of five war vessels The brae now °oasis,* of the Brooklyn, Powharan, Colorado, and four emetic! Vorozola. Private despatches to gentlemen In Lonhville, from Nashville, say that Jeff Davis admits,' in his report to 'Congress, Mat the 'Confederate loss killed and wounded was 8 ,000. The same do apatoh Estee that Wade Hampton'. South Carolina L o o m was entirely eat tap. WASHLIGTON CORMS; Letter from 4 , 4 PeCatilonWP i n feorTespondosook of The as.l WAranialMC Cali 25,1661: In jostles to the Pennsylvania volunteers under General Patterain, it is right to say that they were , most *axiom to be lea against Johnson, and that if their commander had requested them, they, as well as the Indiana troops in the same division, would have gladly offered to hays extended the time of their lorries. This lean unpleasant theme to dieouss at such a time as this, and will, doubt less, give rim to considerable orimination and re crimination. Ido not know what General Patter awes defence may be. I trust that it will be mob as to prove that he acted from eitmere and , patri °tie motives, but. there . , is a . grieVous mieunder. standing in - regard Si his' proottedinge. Colonel Stone, one of the mast , ottani and experienced officers' of the service, - is, I am, told, open in his expressions of sorrow at the esinree pursued by . General Patterion, and the'offlocrie endmen in Abe taztotand-4alf.s; tie same view, with laionside *Melo musette= We, have a , rumor this mom ing that Johnson has returned from Manassas to Winebeeter, and , fa , now menacing what is•left of Patterson's command 'at - or near Metier's Ferry General Banks, who seaweed, , to that important command, reached his quarters yesterday, and will infuse oharattertedie vigor-into the whole de partment. It is expected that General'Paitereon will return to - Philadelphia in' ll of this,week. • ,It is gratifying hir knee that la proportion al the events precedi n g and ootersporaneonti with the battle of Manassas are investigated, the character of General Seat alines firth with:Veleta:lad luetre It is unnecessary toveviect the recent and bitter post. beta se. it,- that tbe- popular confidence-in him is unabated, and that the duty is , every.whete recognized by patrjotio inen' , of-streogthesing, his heeds, and`of following that-counsel whielii bad It been implicitly' obeyed, 'would 'have eared tie from the mortification We now endure, I cannot learn' that there is the alightest disagreement in the Cabinet at the . present time. There'll certainly no disposition, te _fetter it, or to paralyze etlitTai Scott . :in his tOra r tions. The clamor of the NeW, York politioians ;Vitt emulators,' demanding a change of the Cabinet holmium otir army, under . their atteetrons- advise, Was &Well - unProPorO 4 into an attreok upon , the fortilloatione of the ene tay, is in truth nothing more than-an , eassult upon, the illustrious - Limatevant.Generaii, because no , step was taken by the - President or theolieeretary of War without having - first -reoeived