Clje fuss. SATURDAY. AUGUST 8. 1801 ?#r*T»r iu»t that Mauaaia aBMU vy ii a> 'o breath** til. foe but tail* b*i*r* nst With jfrMdonrie wH beneath eur feet, hod Freedom’a banner streaming e’er ss l Fob Salb —The double-cylinder Taylor press on whioh this paper has been printed for the past nine minths It rs in excellent condition, having been made to order a year ago, and will be sold at a bargain. For terms apply »t this office, or ad dress John W. Fornst, 417 Chestnut street, Phi ladelphia. Military Secrecy. A correspondent of tl>* Richmond Dispatch, writing from Manassas - Junction on the 22d ultimo, says “ there were net many spectators of the battle, the General commanding having, on Tbnrsday, issued a general order requiring all civilians, with the exception of residents, before military operations commenced, and those engaged necessarily in business at Manassas Junction, to leave the camp and retire beyond a distance of four miles. 3 ’ We were also assured yesterday by a gentleman of Northern birth who has recently escaped from the South, that civilians were carefully excluded from the vicinity of the battle-field fer some time after.the contest occurred, and that Governor .Pickens of South Carolina had vainly attempted to obtain a pass from Richmond to enable him to visit the camp at Manassas during the week follow ing the battle of the 21st nit. It appears to be the fixed determination of the insur gent generals to bar against us, if possible, every avenue of information in rogard to their position, movements, and designs; for they have derived so mnch benefit from the complete knowledge they have easily acquired of the movements of the Union army, that they are little disposed to confer a similar ad vantage upon us. The gentleman we refer to assQKB ns that full reports of onr military operations are furnished to the Southern leaders by active and reliable spies in the North, and that the people of the South generally are much better informed of what onr army is doing than ol the movements of their own troops j and he says it was wo'j known by their generals, sume days in ad vance, that our main attack at Manassas was to be made on Sunday. If this state of affairs should continne, it would be almost impossible lur us to be suc cessful in any important movement; for we woald fight, as it were, in the dark, and onr adversaries in the open sunlight. Strict se~ crecy is one of the moßt important elements of military snccess, and the history of great cam. paigns is fail of instances where splendid tri. nmphs have been achieved, simply because the victors have concealed their designs from their adversaries, and stricken terror in their ranks at points where an attack was least ex pected, and where no efficient preparations had been made to resist it. It is not difficult to understand how an army of 200,000 men can be overthrown by an army of 100,000, it the former knows nothing of the position and movements of the latter, while the latter is fully advised of evury important thing relating to the former. There is a limit to the number of men that can be concentrated in any given space, and there are generally some weak points in any military combination. The general who conceals his vulnerable spots ft<>m his enemy, while he obtains correct in. formation to teach him the best place to make an attack, will, if all other things are eqnal, be certain to succeed. In nothing, perhaps, have the great military j: commanders of the world been more careful ’"'•than in keeping their secrets, and many of them have owed their fame chiefly to their disco very of some new system of warfare, which their adversaries could not understand, and, therefore, could not properly combat. It re quired years ol dearly-bought experience, and many defeats, for the enemies ot Napoleon to learn by wbat means he achieved resnlts which, considering the relative position and numbers of the men engaged, seemed magical. It is natnral that the American people, with their intense curiosity, ardent patriotism, and keen thirst for knowledge, should desire to be promptly informed of everything that is done by those who command our armies; that the pnrpose of every expedition, and the time of its departure, should be londly heralded, and that the state of onr defences at every threatened point should be accurately known. Bat when they must choose between being kept in partial ignorance of what is transpiring, on the one hand, or on the other al lowing their camps to be so free of ac cess, their movements so thoroughly ox posed, and their enemies so thoroughly in struoted, that when they do hear of any im portant action it will probably be of a Union defeat, they will scarcely hesitate to prefer the former alternative. Much as they prize early and reliable information, snreiy they will not wish to purchase such a gratification at the price of national dishonor, and the humiliation of onr brave army. They would rather remain for a time in suspense, which would end in the announcement of a great victory, than read day after day the full history of all onr preparations and plans of campaign, only to find in the sequel that the same facilities which had secured their enter tainment and instruction bad been so im proved by the enemy as to lead to the frnstra tion of brilliant designs, or perhaps to serions disasters. In the present brief campaign; on several important occasions, the enemy pro fited greatly by their accurate knowledge Of onr proceedings; and had they been carefully concealed there is reason to believe that We should have made mnch greater progress in crushing the rebellion. It is useless now, however, to lament any errors ot the past • and as it is evident that the capital itself is filled with an army of spies, who have bat little difficulty in sending information to the insurgent army, which is stationed bnt a few miles distant, it is easier to see the mischievous results of permitting the enemy to know what is transpiring among ns than to devise practical means of abolishing this most effectual system of rendering them “ aid and comfort.” It iB plain that nothing bnt the most stringent measures, and the enforcement of rigid rules, which to some may seem un necessarily Btrict, will conceal onr secrets. Washington is situated somewhat like Paris in the days of the French Revolution, when a loreign army waß upon the frontiers, and the city was filled with aristocrats, who looked to the invader* as friends and delivers, and therefore did all in their power to promote their success. It is manifestly one of the highest dnties of the skilful new commander at our capital, Gen. McClellan, and of the Administration, to do all in tbeir power to prevent farther treasonable communications with the enemy, and their efforts to accom plish an object of snch vital importance to the we fare of the Republic will be cordially ap proved by every loyal citizen. Acknowledgment.—An esteemed friend, John Cassell, Etq , author and publisher, of London, has sent us a little specimen of Union ribbon manu factured by H. Sliogsby, Coveuiry, England. The material is of the finest silk. The ribbon, whioh is an inoh and one third wide, has a ground of Adelaide blue, into whioh is woven, with won derful delicacy and beauty, the following design: Two banners, bearing the stars and stripes, are crossed, and at the base lormcd by their poles is our eagle, with the thirteen stars surrounding his 'head, the Amerioau shield aoross his breast, while one talon bears tho olive-branoh of Peaoe, and the other the thcnderbolts of War. A silver label un derneath bears the national motto “ E Piuribus Unum There seems something very signifinant, at thus time, in the Coventry manufacturers finding it their interest thus to piodnoe American devioes and emblems foT3jEilMb..T||fr Revival on PoAKr» A *tsiAi?jfebAT SAgrlBH.—A passenger in tho. Great Easternfou her last trip, has stated at the Pulton-street Noon day Prayer- Meeting, thet they had had a revival of religion on board ; that the ship was filled with soldiers; that prayer-meetings of the most Bolemn and af fecting owMbter had been held daily during the voyage, and tiatmuoh good had apparently been aooom pliihed July the Founh at Antweip- Some of the most agreeable reunions of Americans in Europe are those which take place, under the auspices of Ambassadors or Consuls, in various large cities abroad, on the birthday of the great Soldier- Statesman, whom we affectionately honor as ‘The Fatho r ot his Country,” and on Independence Day in each year. These celebrations, under onr immortal “Stars and Stripes,” bring onr countrymen together, without regard to mere party politics—unite them, as patriots, by the common pride in, and warm affection for, their own great country. From an exceedingly well-printed Extra to Le Premrstur ot July 6th—the leading journal ot Antwerp—wo learn that, on the pieceding day, the immortal Fourth, the American Citi zens residing and sojourning in Antwerp, the commanders of American vessels in that port, a number of Belgians, and a large number of other persons, assembled at the Consulate ot the United States, under the presidency of the Hon. Charles Bodxan, formerly Consul of the United States in the Grand Duchy of Baden. Alter a short address from Mr. Bodhan,. breathing loyalty to onr Government and fidelity to the Constitution, the healths of President Linooln and of the King of the Bel gians were severally proposed by the Hon. J. W. Qciogle, American Consul at Antwerp, and this gentleman made a powerful, eloquent, and thoroughly Union speech, of some length. He strongly denied the right of Secession, logically proving his case by reforence to the very words of the Articles of Confederation, which repeatedly declare that the Con fedwacy called the United States of Ame rica was to be perpetual and indissoluble. He quoted, with great effect, the magni ficent and now especially applicable pe roration of Webster’s reply to Hayne, and his groat spooch in the Senate, on the 7th of March, 1850 Ho referred, with satisfaction, to the plain and patriotic language of Mr, Lincoln’s Inangural, and insisted that the only, the necessary, the inevitable conclusion of this war must be the subjugation of the Rebel States. Referring to the fact that another gentleman had been appointed to tho Consulate at Antwerp, Mr. Quia* ole said that this made no difference to himself, for it was principle which actuated him, and he read a circular which he had issued, on June 11th, against the purchase and shipment of arms and other articles Contraband of War, from tho port of Antwerp to the United Stqtes, the British Provinces, or to any intermediate port with out his order and consent. He said that no •hip should leave Antwerp with her papers which does not hear the Stars and Stripes ot the Federal Union. He concluded with an emphatic appeal, “ Stand by the Union.” After this his son, Master Jakes Qoioolb, stood under the United States flag and sang “ Hurrah for the Union.” A variety of toasts and some speaking fol lowed ; the speakers were Mr. Talbot ; the Hon. Aaron Goodrich, Secretary of the United States Legation at Brussels; Capt. Samuel Harding, ef the ship Criterion, (a patriotic poem written by this gentleman’s wife was re ceived with great applause); and Capt- Peb oival, of the Forest Belle. The elegant hos pitality of Mr. and Mrs. Quiogle, on this mo morable occasion, was the theme ot admiration among their numerous guests. Mr. Quigole, as many of our readers know, is a Pennsylvanian, and betore his appoint ment resided at Lock Haven. We want such men, able anil honest, patriotic and eloquent, in the public employment or the country. Southern Problems. Notwithstanding the despotic sway of the insurgent leaders over the people of the Se ceded States, some Southern journals allude to a tendency to a division into two military and two political parties. One set of their military advisers favors the continuance of what they term “ a defensive system of war fare,” bat the other strongly recommends a series of assaults upon the capital and import ant Northern points. The latter party think they are strong enough to capture Washing ton, and hope to be able to occupy Baltimore, if not Philadelphia. The character of their proposed political division is decidedly amusing, if the conjec tures of the Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle are cor. rect. That journal supposes tho division will be upon the point of-admitting other States —one party favoring the admission of all which may choose to accept their Consti tution, and the other favoring a pare slave ocracy. The Chronicle believes Jaw Davis and A. H. Stephens “ favor the idea ot ulti mate reorganization,” while Howell Cobb, and what it styles «the ultra Southern party,” “ are forever opposed to the admission of free States.” This whole theory seems too ridi culous to be well founded, bnt it is impossible to tell what foolish issues the Secession ultra ists and abstractionists may invent. While those knotty problems are being considered by the few who in the South are still permitted to enjoy freedom of speech and deliberation, it is possible their military dispute will be dis posed of by the entire overthro w of their ar mies, and their political discussion terminated by the re-establishment of the authority of tho National Government over the whole country. No Pennsylvanian can look at the position which his State occupies without a feeling of honest and patriotic pride. Her bearing throughout this war has been without ostenta tion, and she has done her duty, not caring whether she was the theme of fulsome news paper articles, or the subject of constant com mendation. Her sons were the first to go to the capital—her sons were among those who shed their blood at Baltimore. Her regiments are in the East and the West. They have been in the armies of McClellan, McDowell, and Patterson. They have fought in Western Virginia, in Northern Maryland, and along the banks of the Potomac. Her responso to the first demand for troops was speedy—no less speedy was her responso to the second. And of the fifteen regiments sent to Washington since the President’s second call, ten are from loyal Pennsylvania. Our State now has almost ready for tho field: 000 regiment of Cavalry, of.. 1,040 One regiment of Artillery, of. 1,040 Twelve regiments of Infantry, of I 040 men each 12,480 Fourteen regiments aooepted direotly by the U S. Government, of 1,040 men e*en to take the plaee of tho three-months volunteers retiring 14 560 Showing an aggregate of, 29120 To this aggregate add the tioops already fur nished for tnreo years: The Pennsylvania Reserve Corps of thirteen regiments 13,520 The four regiments aooepted lor throe years, as above referred to 4,160 The enlistments from Pennsylvania for other Slates 5 000 22 680 And we have a grand aggregate of men of 51800 Under the first requisition for three-months volunteers, our State furnished 19,520 men— thus showing that in the space of sis months Pennsylvania has contributed, as her qnota for suppressing rebellion, 71,520 men. We prinftheso figures, not from any feeling of vanity, nor even from a pardonable spirit of State pride; but to simply place our State properly on the record, and to show precisely what she has done to maintain the integrity of the Union. Nor would it be just for us to pass from this subject without speaking of the energy which Governor Cumin has exhibited in the work of fitting out the volunteers for the Government. The Governor has been prompt and untiring in his efforts to do bis duty, and he deserves the thanks of his fel low-citizens, not only of Pennsylvania, but of the Union. Excursion to Atlantic City.—By a card elsewhere it will be teen that an exenreion to At lantiq City will be made by the Toung Men’s Christian Association, of this city, on Tuesday next, leaving Vine street wharf at 6 A. M , and retnrning to ihe city the same evening. In the attoinoon, at 4 c’olock, a eeoial meeting is to be held in the Presbyterian Church, under the pa tronage of tho following olergymen: Rev Messrs Kennard, J Hyatt Smith, Prisbarry A Atwood, S P Henson, W. J. R Taylor, John Chambers, Dr- Newton, Dr Krauth, Dr- Jobs Ley burn, Dr. Brainerd, and others, who are expected to aocom pany the exenreion and participate in the exer. aises. This opportunity of visiting Atlantic will, doubtless, be largely embraced, eßpeolally as the oost involved will be bnt trifling, $1 50, or $2 including dinner at the United States Hotel. Ninbtbbsth Regiment National Guabd.—We learn that it is the intention of Col. Lyle to mako a dress parade of this regiment in a few days. In vitation will be extended to all the other three months regiments now in the city. This will give our oitisens, whe were disappointed on Wednesday, an opportunity to see their friends who so gallantly offered t heir services. LETTER FROM WASHINGTON [From our Special Correspondent. I Washington, August 2, 1801 Wo nro in the last hours u{ tho session, and ia a few more days the Representatives of the nation will have gone henoe to the nation. Many ol the mem bers have already departed, and those who remain auxionsly await th* hour of adj lUrnment, and look forward with imputienoe to a to minor month at the springs, the watering-places, in the groves on th* mountain, or at the side of the invigorating sea. Thus far, the session has been ouo of harmony, and the members may look upon tieir labors with pride They have strength e>ed the Administration by every means in their power, and, having don* so, they now go home, to glvo the people th« benefit ef their expe rience and the influence of their example. The harmony of the session has been among its most noticeable features, and it may well be said that not sinoe the beginning of our Government baj such an instance of unanimity been exhibited. This very nnanlmity shows bow deeply the North is imbnod with patrivtio sentiments, and gives to the world the best illustration of its pnrpose to maintain the Union. How many changes may take place before these members again enter the legislative chamber! We do not know what a month may bring forth, nor out we safely anticipate even the events of the day. How many fair fellowships now existing may be sundered—how many brave men may have fallen— how many reputations gained and how many lost! The session found the nation qui vering at the assault on Fort Sumpter, it witnessed it reeling at the shook of Manassas, and now sees it go forth again upon its great work, animated by adversity, and eager to profit by the lessons of ex perience- Congress leaves the nation in thelenjoyment of a heUthier sentiment than has been seen for man; years. It is fearful to think of the perils we have esoaped, of tbe degradation which overshadowed and threatened to overwhelm us in the early months of tho present year. Whatever we may have iost, we have saved our manhood. What ever trial may he ordained for us, wo cun at least feel that we are a nation of men, free to entertain flODTiotlons, to express them, and to die in their defenoe. We have shown to the world that with ns liberty is not a name, nor government a mere theory—that w» can have a Government and enjoy its advantage, without acknowledging the ma jesty of a potentate, or permitting it to fall away whenever the wishes of tbe majority do not happen to gratify the ambition of dangerous and aspiring men. If this war ended in a fortnight, the eon soionsnesB of the great cause in which it was undertaken, and its moral cffi-.ot upon onr people as a nation, woald justify the loss of every life and the expenditure of e very dollar. After all, the lesson of Manassas has been a great lesson, nor will it be none the less usoful fom having been so dearly bought. It has given onr people confidence, and what iB more than con fidence, patience. It haß taught them that war ib not the thing of a day—that we cannot discipline armies, plan campaigns, reorganise communities, and move hundreds of thousands of men over largo distriots is a week, or even a month. In this age of steam and olootrioity we think and act with rapidity, or rather, we aat first and think af terwards, and the feeling of impatieneo we were aoenstomed to show over the delay of onr armies was the same fooling we generally show when the mail fails to connect, the steamer is a day behind time, or the earlier neglects to leave the morning newspaper. Many thought that the war might be endured daring the dall summer months, and be closed in time for the fall trade ; while ethers went off as three-months volnntcers, expecting to be mustered out of service in New Orleans or Galveston. We rushed head long upon Manassas with a scanty commissariat, an imperfect artillery, an undisoiplined army, in experienced oommanders, and a Great Cause. But the Great Cause wanted heavier guns and surer weapons; and now a patient people are rifling larger cannon, and looking to the small arms and munitions of war A patient people at last umlers’and that a campaign cannot be carried on by eouiraet, with tho commanding general un der sureties to have it finished in thirty days. And this they hove learned at Manassas. Tbe greatest speeoh of the session was delivered in the Senate yesterday by Mr. Senator Bokor, of Oregon. It was in reply to Senator Breckinridge, who might be called onr national Cassandra, ir b* were not so anxious to be the Clytemnestra of the Union. Mr. Breckinridge had just favored the Senate, in his cold, polished, haughty, and even contemptuous way, with one of his necniiar speeches abent trampling upon the Constitution, military despotism, Presidential tyranny, &s., &■>. The Senator was very exultant, and spoke to the Senate ss if it were nnder lasting obligations t > him for telling it of its orimeß. Mr. Baker’s reply was great, and produced a wonderful effect in the Senate. Impromptu from the very necessity of the osso, it had ail the finish of an essay. The Senator has a very fine pressace ; his Style is flowing and exceedingly pleasing! his voice was wall modulated, and his sentenoesohaste, ocm paet, fervid, and filled with argument end illustra tion. His argument was crashing, and his illus trations apt. Senator Breckinridge’s reply was very lame, and ho seemed to forget his generally impassable and complaoont bearing as he winced under the well-told truths of the Senator from Oregon. As a singular aoinoidenoe, it may be stated that Senator Baker, at the tirpe a Jlepreseutative from Illinois, made a similarly great speech at the be ginning of the Mexican war- Those who remem ber it Bay that ha created as great a sensation In the House as he did yesterday in the Senate. A ; that time he was with tbe Sonth, and ardently an advooate of a war whioh was undertaken to ag grandize the Sonth, sad give her a great part of the territory whioh she now seeks to steal. Then he was for placing the Union flag over Texas, and resouing her from Mexfoan bondage. Now, bo Is for restoring the Union flag to Texas, and resouing her from Secession bondage. Then he was oom. masder of a regiment in the servioe of the Repnb lio; now he is commander of a regiipcnt is the service of the Republic. Mr Baker is eminently a self made man, having been oast in the same mould as Stephen A Douglas, David C Broderiok, President Linooln, and Andrew Johnson, and there are those in Philadelphia who will remember him, not many yoars ago, as an excellent and in dustrious wnaver. lie has left the loom, but token his habits along with him, and is as excellent and indnstrions in the army and the Senate as when he oliased the shuttle through the well span web during ilia tajlioiis hours of many a long and weary day. J- R- Y. The Pennsylvania Army. HAKfiismißG) Ang 2. —Tbe entire fores ot Re serve Regiments from Pennsylvania is to be placed under command of General McCall, by order of General McClellan. Eleven t-ionsand of tho Re serves have been sent forward already, and the only remaining regiment of infantry will be at the seat of war in a few days. The artillery whioh will be atiaohed to this Pccneylvania army will comprise forty-eight guns, consisting partially ol rifled oannon. The guns range from 32 pontfiers to 0 pounders. As soon as they are ready they are to be Bent forward by batteries. The first battery goes Sonth on Sunday night, nnder oommnnd of Lieut. Col. Campbell, and the other batteries will follow in a short time. The OBValry regiment is almost ready, and the men are all in camp. As soon as tho 7 are mounted they will be sent to join the main body. Tbo Governor is much gratified at this mark of appreciation of Pennsylvania, end the little remaining to oomplete his preparations will be exeouted with oare and energy. Union Men Driven from Arkansas and Texas Si’BlNgfibld, Mo., August 2.—Hundreds of peo ple are ooming into this-State almost daily, who have been driven ont of Texas and Arkansas by the rebels. They represent that if the United States Government would send a foroe and arms to the people, more tfeap one-half in both States wonld fight for the Union. The strength of Missouri rebel forces south of us is stated to be about 7,000, including 2 500 Arkan sas troops. There are nearly 300 slaves doing mili tary duty in one of Ben MoCullonh’s regiments. Public Amusements. This evening will be given tho first of three performances, .at the Walnut street Theatre, got np by Mr. Lewis Baker. “Paul Pry,” a new oomio skeiob called “A Yankee in tho South,” the old oomady of “The Hypocrite,” and daneiog by Mr. and Miss Wood nil Mad'lle Theresa, form this night’s bill of faro. Mr. .. Baker will play, and also Mr. J. S. Clarke. Tnu gentleman is advertised as “ the greatest Comedian ofvw, »ge.” He is a lively laughter-making aotor, bat is a fa- . cmr rgther than a comedian, and it Is worse than a blander to desoribe him improperly. Miller’s Winter Garden, in Vine streot between Seventh and Eighth, is open with a change of pro gramme every evening, the performances consist ing of Concerts al Fresco, without any ohargo for admission. This ought to be popular, as it suits the hard times. Thbow away the Scabbabd. —When Ll6ut. Brißbin, wboobeckod tho retreat at Bull Run, was about to advance to the battle, he drew his sword and threw away tho scabbard, remarking to a friend, as he did so, “ I shall have no use for that to-day.” Half an hour afterwards bo was borne from the field, severely wounded in the aide by a shell. His example is worthy of imitation. Illustrated Journals —Wo have the follow ing English piotorials from 8. 0. Upham, 810 Chest nufc street: Illustrated London News Illustrated News of the World , and Reynolds' Miscellany, all of July 20. Mr. Callender, newspaper agent, corner ef Third and Walnut, politely has sent us the Illus trated London News and Illustrated News of the World, of Joly 20. Death ol an Ex-Congressman. Hobbspalb, Pa., Aug. 2 -Ex-Congressman W. H. Dimmick died at his residence, In thU town, today. THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1861. LATEST NEWS By Telegraph to The Press. Special Despatches to “The Press” There was a protraoiei session of the Cabinet to day. It is understood chat m ritera relating to the reoent Ball Ran sfflir were pretty freely discussed, and faults were stated which were anything but creditable to some parties eoeoereed in the blun ders of tbe day. Many of our men went on the field on Sußday morning in a starving oondi tion; and it is a positive faet that deaths have since occurred from the effects of hunger, faint ness, and exhaustion, under duty on the field and in the retreat. At the same time, there was an abundance of provisions on thn field for thirty days’ rations, nearly all of which fell into the hands ot the rebels. The vast in 'tease of business in the Departments of War and the Navy, and the subordinate divi sions growing out of them, in oonsequenoe of the Far, has caused a large demand for s«lp of every class, from the efficient bookkeeper to the faithful laborer. Many of those thus engaged are bringing their families to the oily, and will make Washing ton their permanent place of residence. The appropriations thus far made by Congress amount to about $240 000 000 The Secretary cf War has asked for $20,000,000 more, on account ol the volunteers now being mustered into service. The bill for that purpose will probably be passed to-morrow. Authority to Call a Million of Men into the Field. It appears, by an examination of the two volun teer bills, one boing supplemental to the other, that the President hss the power to call one mil gion of men into tbo Hold, although that extent of authority was not, it is believed, designed. It is not thought, therefore, that more than 500,000 will be accepted. New Jluttery. Another splendid fall battery has arrived foT the Second Rhode Island Regiment. General Jambs’ riflid cannon are proved to be the most efficient yet in the service of the army. Competition. Three steamers ply hourly between Washington and Alexandria; fare ten oents. One of them, however, by way of competition, is carrying pas sengers at five cents. Though his scouts prowl round in the vicinity of the Chain Bridge at night, there is linle danger of an attack on the oity. The Union families beyond our lines, and within the range of our piokets, in many instances come in at night und sleep within tbe encampments. Great caution is exercised in the selection of oamp-grounds for the troops. A number of en campments have been removed from low and an healthy locations to more salabrions positions. New Line of Propellers. Tbe new “ Army Express” has established a superior line of propellers between Washington and New York. New Provost Guard. Colonel A Ports* has plaend the ei>y under excellent regulations, and the good results are already manifested in tbe orderly oenduot of soldiers and general quiet of the city, day and night. In the rocent issue there are three for Philadel phia, one each for improvement in lamps, breaofc loading firearms, fire board stove, and slate-pencil sharpener. The last prosoriptiva act of the Virginia Legis lature, making it penal for a Virginian to hold of fioe nnder the United States Government, comes hard upon clerks in the departments here. A number have resigned. Others, who ha4e fami lies depending upon them, are threatened with starvation if they do so. Gen. Banks 1 plan of taking position in Ploasant Valley, though done without instructions, is highly approved It is said that if our troops had taken that position at an early day, a small force, with four twelve pounders ooul i have prevented the Secession troops from entering and destroying tbe publio property at the Ferry. Provost Marshal. The United States cavalry, brought over the river yesterday, have been plaoed at the disposal of the Provost Marshal, and are sent oat in squads through the oity, to gather in stragglers who have left cauip without a pass or permit. Prince Napoleon. The French Prinse will dine at the Executive Mansion on Saturday evening, at seven o’olook. I am assured that no official request was made for our dead and wounded on the battle-field. Miscellaneous. Congress will probably adjourn on Monday, tl|» publio business having nearly all been transacted. A number of members will leave for home to-mor row. The flag of trnee brought from Gsnaral Johnson to General McDowell is said to ba chiefly ida tive to an exohange of prisoners. It is oertainly net in connection with affairs of State. Tbe new provost marshal, Colonel Fokthb, Ib rendering efficient servioe in gathering in the few remaining stragglers from the army. The effects of General McClellan’s recent orders relative to discipline is everywhere apparent. Arrivals from Pennsylvania. Willards’— J. Hanna; A. Aokley; W. Miller; D Brooks ; E N Wright; J L Hall; H. N. Mc- Allister ;J. M. Sullivan ; C. F. Willis, Jr.; J. R. Hunter. Kirkwood's —Riobard Gouldisg; T. Widdowson. National— C. Palmer; William Grimes. Affairs m and Aronnd Washington. We copy the following items from the Washing ton Star of last evening: A faoutmg party of the Thirty- fifth New York Regiment were attacked night before last a' few miles below their oamp, by a detachment of Seces sion troops, and several volleys were fired on each side. “ Nobody hurt,” so far as ascertained. In reply to the slurs and imprrc itious so indur triously thrown npon the Secretary of the Navy through many presses, it is bnt necessary to te nded the publio that on assuming control of his Department, on the 4>b of March last, Mr Welles found that his predeoessor h.:d Itf: but three ships at bis disposal for the work of aiding with tbe -navy to maintain the integrity of the Union; all the rest fit or ready for sea service’ being at Soints from whioh he could not make them avatla la in tha instant emergency that was npon the oonntry. Site* then, be has aetually managed to get a hundred and sixty-threa vessels aotively employed in some way or other in connection with the work of olosing the ports of the revolted S'ate? and suppressing pi™oy under the pretecoe of privateering- no effective a naval feres was never before improvised nnder any Government with so small means st hand for commencing and pushing through the woffe, Nme tenths of the growling against tbe Secre tary, to whioh we refer above, comes originally from pariiea disappointed in getting (to the ser vice) rninous contracts from th* Department, for the sale or oharter of unfit vessels, unsuitable guns, Ac , Ao. Hundreds of owners of old and riobety steamers of every description, almost useless for anything else, have “ tried it on ” the department, to get rid of their hnlka at enormona prioes. Their disappointment on finding Secretary Welles not to be easily swindled is at the bottom of most of the newspaper complaints. Nine tooths of the mercantile stesmsrs afloat are not sufficiently staunch to perry guns; and unless they oan carry them effectively, they are utterly geelgsa fpr any naval pnrpose whatever, exoept as transports. As fast as the deparment has been able to And steam ers that will aarry guns of any description tffec tively, they have been promptly brought into ser vice, when that oopli) be dpne without submitting to downright extortion. The olosing of the pop s of th* ravolted States is already a more oompie e blockade than was ev«r before achieved by any navy, of a coast of sc great an extent ootwif.- standing the difficulties with which the depart ment h'td to oontend when Secretary Welles asms into offioe. In a month from this time, when all tbe vessels now being prepared sball be in servlee, we shall hear no moTo of vessels getting in ox out of a forbidden port, or of 'privateors annoying the oommeroe of th* United States. Mr. duinß Bing, a German, who aooompanled Senator Connecticut, and other civilians, on the field at Bawu qn| on the memorable Sunday of tbo b»«l®> an “ WB “ *>ade a prisoner, returned to Washington yesterday " fie B sye that having been forwarded to "'““’---'A with other prisoners, he was released on the of the British consul, being a British sutjeot oonsul furnished him with despatches to Lorn Lyons, whioh ho found more sffootive in saving him from mob violenoe in the different villages through whioh he passed back to Washington, (via Fredericksburg »Dd aoross tho Poiomaa and tbtouKh Maryland.) than the pass from the Vir ginia military authorities be also bare He reports that the Hon Alfred Ely, of New York, aud Col. Corooran, of tho New York Blxty-ninth. are both nritonoro in Richmond, and, though oonfiaei. are not kept in tho jail or common military prison, but in oomiortable quarters Col Corooran, if wounded, which he thinks is not true, is so slightly as not to be seriously ivoonvemenoed by it. Hib impression, however, is that Col. C. had boon sick, not wounded. Yesterday Colonel Porter’s guard arrested a number Of soldiers improperly absent and m Wash ington To day be also oommeneos the arrest of all offioprs Wbo fail *« *>« governed by General McClellan's order. Both officers and men may rest assured that Colonel Porter will oarry It out to the letter in all o*ses. , _ , He has also already had oooasion to deal sum marily with persons selling liquor improperly to soldiers, and designs hereafter putting a stop to the praolioe with a quiok and firm hand. 80, the pnblie may expect soon to hear of more bottles apd spiggots demolished with the sabre in our midst. FROM WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, AUgUSt 2, 1801 Cabinet Session. Increase of Population. Appropriations by Congress. Beauregard on our Borders. Summer Sickness. Patents Issued. Hard to Bear. Gen. Banks. The Dead and Wounded. SKIRMISHING AT THU OUTPOSTS ACTIVITY IN TUB NAVY DBPABTMBNT. EHTUBNBD FROM RICHMOND. tub provost guard FROM ALEXANDRIA. EXECUTION FOR MURDER. Horning of a Rebel Lieutenant’s Honse. A Soldier Shot, AnaxANOaiA, August 2 —The execution of private W liltam, Murray of Company F, Second New Hampshire regiment, for the mnrJer of Mary Butler, on Saturday last, took place at 4 o’clock this afternoon In order ihat his fate niigur be a warning to all evil-disposed S< Idlers, the coaff-ld was erected upon the walls of Fort Ellsworth, affording an ur.obstrnoted view to all Tbo regiments encamped in the vicinity of Alexandria wtie present, and notwithstanding 20 000 persons witnessed theexeoation, everything passed off without unneoes&ry excitement. Tbe aolprit ascended the scaffold with a steady gait. He made no allnsion to hisgnilt, but called on his friends to sustain bis family in this their hoar of trial. The private residence of Samuel Johnson, a lieutenant in the rebel army, looated the other side of Hunting creek, was burned yesterday afternoon. Private Keith, of Company E, Seventeenth New York Regiment, stationed in Fort Ellsworth, was shot dead os Wednesday evening by Captain Stour of the same regimen!. Re was riotous, and committed an assault and battery on tho oaptain. FROM GENERAL BARKS’ COLUMN. ■NPiES ARRESTED. The Maryland Legislature. Bandy Hook. Aug. 2 It is well known that numerous Secessionists visit the oamps daily, dis guised as vendors of garden prodnoe, frnits, and pies Two of them were arrested, but dismissed fot the want of direct proofs Bicoe their discharge additional proof has been adduced, and an intent partially diiclosed to poison the troops. It haß bern proposed by experienced officers to set apart a ipaco as a market, oonfiuing the visits of such persons to that particular spot. Reports re ceived from Frederick indicate that although tbe Seoessiooisto in the Legislature say they will sot pass a secession oruinanoe, they intend to do so in secret session at some other place than their present place of meeting. The Expedition to the Fooomoke River. Baltimore. Ang 2 —The steamboat from Old Point brought no letter from Fortress Alosroe, and no news could be gleaned from her passergers. The steamer Wilson Small, from tne Puoo moke river, reports that the three gnnbouts sent from Fortress Monroe were anchored off the mourh or tho liver yesterday. They had teen rix miles up the river, and oommunioated with the people, informing them that they were there for the purpose of preventing contraband goods from being sent to tbe eastern shore of Virginia. They also landed at Shelltown, Maryland, and found that the report of a battory having been erected there was false. Tho reported riot ia this city, a d»y or two since, on the 003 ssi.in of some unarmed Zinaves passing through, was a very trivial sff.ir, and has been greatly exaggerated by the sansirifon paragraphers. The difficulty was a momentary tff.ir, and scarce ly deemed worthy of notice. Safe Arrival of tlie Northern Light. #2,120 000 in Specie. New Yobk, Aag. 2—9 A. M —Tbe steamship Northern Light, from Aspinwall, with tho Cali fornia mtils and treasure, is signalled below. As the pirate Steamer Sampler was supposed to have gone in pursuit of the Northern Light, her safe arrival is gratifying. [SECOND despatchJ New York. Ang 2—ll A K —Tho steamship Northern Light brings ! the t»a»ure shipped from dan Francisco by the steamers Sonora and St. Louis, making a grand total of two millions one fit adred and twenty thousand dollars. Panama papers of tne 24th ultimo states that Joseph Soott. the agent of the Vanderbilt steamers, bad been imprisoned for refusing to pay the taxes demanded by the authorities ; but the inteiferenoe of tbe commander of tbe United Stator brigof-war Cambridge induced his speedy release. The United States steamer Wyoming left Pa nama on the 6-h ultimo for the coast ot Mexico. The British frigate Mersey had arrived at Aspinwall. The Panama Star reports that an Rngiiish ves sel was overhauled and boarded by a Southern privateer in lat, 24 deg. 18 min., long SO deg. 66 mis; Advices from Valparaiso to July fid bring no important news. The Expected Attack on Bird’s Feint. Caieo, 111., August I.—Jeff. Thompson’s foroe, thirty miles south of Bird’s Point, consists of 5,000 men, instead ot 500, as before reported. .Scouts just returned from tbe Sonth report that the rebels at New Madrid aro well a.*nsed and drilled., They have five batteries of ten-pound field pieces, officered by foreigners, and two regi men's of cavalry, well equipped. General Pillow is in command. He has pro mised ex-Governor Jaokson to place 20,000 meu in Missouri at onoe. He has also issued a proclama tion, full of bombast, to the people of Missouri, de claring his intention “ to drive the invaders from the State, and enable her people to regain their rights, so ruthlessly taken away by the forces who march finder banners inSoribed with ‘ fte&cty and Booty,! ae th* reward of victory flo says ho will show no quarter to those taken in arms. Return of the Missouri Three*Months Volunteers, St. Louis, Aug 2 —Col Solomon’s regiment, and part of Col Seigol’J, arrived from the South west yesterday The bnlance of Col Siegel’s and the two lowa regiments will probably arrive to day. These troops will be disbanded here —their time having expired; bnt nearly all the two for mer regiments will re-enlist for tbo war. Efforts are being made to continue the organization of the Reserve Cmps or lit. Lonis Home Guard beyond the time of their regular enlistment.' The Missouri" and Western Telegraph Company. Jefferson City, Aug. 1 The Missouri and WsBtein Telegraph Company commenced taking down their wires, west ot this oity, This morning. Owing to the disturbed state of the counties be tween this and the Kansas border, it is found im possible to p oteot tne company’s property, which whioh is being rapidly destroyed by lawless per sons who roam unrestrained throughout that por tion of the State. Despatches going to Kansas City,, Mo., and to points in Kansas and Nebraska, will go via Qainoy, with but little delay. Gev. Wise Reported to he surrounded- CLSYEWRi), AUg- I P«ht. Burgess, of 'the Beventh hegimonr, and the Cleveland Plain dealer’s correspondent, writing from Bollatown, Va , under date of July 28, says that Gen Tyler reached Eulls’own that day, and found that the rebels had fled Gen Tyler advanoed to Flatwoods, bnt the rebels still fled. Hearing there that Gea, Cox had driven Gov Wise from Charleston, Gen.' Tyler.considered Gov. Wise r,s completely ear lounded- THREE DATS LATER FROM EUROPE Tbe Steamer Fulton at Cape Raee, St. Johns, Aug 2 —The steamer Fulton , from Southampton, with Liverpool dates to the 24 h ult > passed Cape Race at 4 o’olook this morning. Tbe steamer Eurnpa arrived at Queenstown on th* 221 nit Too sbros ‘ Agineourl, Dover Castle, and Do nald McKay had arrived, with 100,000 onnoes ot gold. Laid John Russell goes into the House of Peers as Earl Russell. Lord Herbert will resign the War Secretaryship on aoo- nut of illness. Mr Lever again denied, in the House of Com mons, the chargos mode against him, Bnd made a motion for, a select aommittee of inquiry, whioh was negatived without a dtvi-.ion The minimum sale of discount iB 54 per cent. American securities had advanoed, ana oousois w also improved— tbe last quotation being 894* 90 fov ino&ojr, and 90 90J for account. g ii >r Bermndrs, formerly the Spanish ambas Bador to Naples, will return to Francis the Second- The ohlef of the j.oga insurgents has been exe cuted- Crowds of people had assembled befnr- the resi dence of the British oonsul at VfaVsaw, and shouted “lying live Queen Victoria!” and de posited bouqntrs showtng their gratitude for British sympathy for Po-’and. Omar Pasha had landed at Ragssa, and was re ceived with military honors. He proceeded to sootor with Prince Montenegro, The royal rescript bad been readjfn both houses of the Hungarian Diet. It says that the laws of 1848 oannoi be established, because inoompatible with tbe recent Constiiu ion. The union of Hun gary with Transytrauia is impracticable at pre sent. The affairs of Borvia will be arranged on the basis of the restoration of the Berviun National Congress Prince Claldini lies ordered 15,000 volunteers for the mobilisation of the I'aliui army. He has issued a prooßiaatioa expressing confidence in the people and the National Guard, and appeals to the Liberal party to assist in dispersing the Reaction ists. The chief end several of the Reaotionists at Monte Bilvano have boon arrested The chief of brigands at Monto Faloena has boon \ hundred brigands were threatening Avel boon made prisoners. »»2»“ “ * , sas, , !ftssissss Tho reactionary movement,, , Calabria r ® ®* l ® ndlß «! in The Pope had received fresh assurances,.. ... French army will remain at Romo. *>t tne The steamship Etna passed Kinsate on the lStfr nit. Commercial Intelligence, LrvKßPooii Cottom Maukkt, July 23.—The sales for the last two days have been 15,000 bains, the market buoyant at an advanoe ot l-iaa, ji ; sales to speculators and exporters 22 501) bales. Tbe market elssed with an advancing tendenoy. Brkadstufps woro easier. Flour 27a 6d. There hits been a a online in Wheat, oh taffy in the infe rior qualities: sales at Dulls for red Western Wheat, 11a BdalUa fid. for while Western ana Southern Wheat Corn is steady at 28is28s 6d for mixed, 28s 6ds29i for yellow, 31„33i for white Pboyisiobb—Beef flat. Pork declining. Bacon qniet Bard steady at 47u495. Tallow inaotiye at 29) 6ds32s. ' , PaoDtron.—Ashes advancing; Pots 7s, Pearls 7s 31. Common Rosin steady. Spirits Turpen tine inaotiye. Sugar flat. Coifoo dull. THIRTY-SEVENTH HONHREBB. SKS-SION. Waseinoton, Aug 2, 18#! SENATE- Mr. Ten Ktck, «f New Jerae, , presented the series of resolutions psiied by the Legislature of New Jersey, oommendtng the oourse of the Gov eroor of that B'mo, and the action of the Presi dent, In defendiog the Constitution and the Ueiee, end recommending a vigorous proseoatlon of the war. Mr. Grimes. of lowa, introduced a bill de olaring as unoonstitutional. and repealing the aot retrooeding the city of Alexandria to Virginia. Keferred to the Committee on the Jadiolary. The bill relating to the revenue serves was taken up It provides that the Secretary of the Navy may obarter or pnrnhaso additional vessels for the revenue aerviee The bill eraa pasard Mr. Hale, of New Hampshire, from the Nava] Committee, reported baok the bill authorising the construction of twelve small side-wheel steamers, aid it wns passed. Mr WiLSOtt, of Massachusetts, from the Com mittee on Military Affairs, reported a bill authori sing an inerease of the oorpa of onglneera and topographioal engineers Laid over. The report of the oommittee of conference on the resolution to pay the widow of the late Stephen A Douglas was read and agreed to, and the resolu tion was passed. Mr biuuoEß, of Bbode Island, moved to take op the resolntios of adjournment Agreed to. He moved to amend it so as to permit the Home to ftdj 'tarn Oh Saturday, and the Senate when the President may direct afterwards Laid over. Mr Simmokb moved that the Senate meet here after at LL o'cleok A M Agreed to. Mr Trumbull, of Illinois, from tbe Committee on the Judietury, repirted buck the bill relative to appeals in certain land olaime in California Laid over. Mr. Wilson, of Massachusetts, moved to take up the reso-mion approving of the aots of the Presi dent. Mr Trumbull hoped not He hoped the Senate wou'd finish - he bill under consideration yesterday Mr. Morrill of Maine, did not think the pas sage of tbe resolution specially necessary He thought the actions of the President needed no such justification He belioved each and every aot o, the President legal and valid in eases »f in yurreeHon ; and, if he had time, he conld demon strate the constitutionality of the acts of the Presi dent, whioh have been arraigned day after day in the Senate. The motion was agreed to. Ur. Pole, of Missouri, paid there seemed to be soma inoon-istenoy. At the early part of the sea don the Senate retused to postpone the resolution lor a day to allow him to speak. Hr Morrill, of Maine, said, take care of your own eonsisretoy. He was ready to vote at any time, and if he had the time, would reply to the argument of >he Senator from Ken-uoky. Mr Bbkckinbidos said that bo did not believe that tbo Seattle ever ihtendsd to take a vets OB the resolution He thought that Senators were willing to let it go by M Doi-little moved to refer the resolution to the Judioisry Oommi'tee. Lost—yeas 17, nays 23 Mr Sherman, o' Onto, said be believed that tbe President had tbe right to issue his proclamation of April and to declare the blooSatio but he did not bellevo that the President bad t'O right to suspend the writ of habeas corpus or increase the regular army, yet he believed that the President, did righ r , an the approved of what tho President did, but be oonld not. io his place, say that all the acts of the President were strictly legal. Mr Howe, of Wisconsin- said that bp should vote fdr the resolution. Qn the assumption that the aots of the P- e-ident were cot legal, bis ap proval and admiration of those measures ware m exsot mathematical proportion rq the extent that the acts were in violation of the existing law This war poiproer eed not with any idea of securing in dependence, bat with tbe idea of subverting the independence of tho whole country The reb 1- lion bad snreed far beyond seven Sta-ea. What oould >be President do rxoept what he did ? He reierred somewhat at length io toe various acts of tbe rebellious States and the conduct of the former President, who let the country go to min with not even ;he decency to rqn away. The new President did not follow such an example If the President had 'done the nots under the Con StitntiQu and tgr lew it had been ’f'T, but If be had stepped elear outside and did breve tbe battle fir the Constitution, and thus saved all in the Onus iiotion. then that was the act of a hero Tbe President had also suspend-d the writ of habeas corpus Be thought the existence of the country demanded th ,t suspension. If hj did act do'that as a faithful magistrate, at iiast he did it as a bravo oms. When adistega dof form is necessary to tave the essence of the whole, then form most give way to substance. What Senator would say that the President bad wiifully erred in suspending the writ of habeas corpuß ? He thought it due to t>» president that tbe legislative branah of the Government should sanotiSu the acts of the President- He admired them the more because they Involved the President in huaard Mr Thomson, of New Jersey, said that he ap proved of all the sots but tbe one authorising a general to suspend tbe writ of habeas oorpus On this ground he could net vein for the resoln'ion. though he approved of the other aots of the Piesi dent Mr. Simmons. of Ehcde Island, by consent, made a report from tbe oommittee of tioaferenoe on the tariff bill. The bill reported by tbe oommittee la essentially tbe House tariff bill; the ten per cent addition is sttioken off, the duty is raised on spirituous liquors and silks, the incomn tax te plaoad at three per aent on and over 8800; ’he doty on sngar is placed at two cents; on et ff e three and (.half cents; tea, fifteen oents, and $2O 000 000 is to be raised by tbe direot tax. Mr. XnuuBULL asked to make a privileged mo tion, and moved to reconsider the vote by wb’eh tbe lean bill was passed, as thers was a srotion which repealed the sub treasury system. -Lost Mr Brkcssnridije wished to make a personal ?Spi3saMoa, In yesterday’s debate the Serator from California had asked wbat would have been done with a Reman Senator if he had counselled peace when the Carthagcniaps were advancing upon Borne. Another Senator answered that he would have been hurled from the Tarpeian rock, and be (Mr Breokinridge) made a sharp reply. This morning he discovered that he had heen en tirely mistaken, and that it was Ihe Senator from Maine (Mr. Fessendonl who roods tha remark. He desirtit to explain that be had no tiLlrind feel ings towards the Senator from Maine, sod he did not mean to say anything unkind in any way to ward him He made this explanation wnhont any intimation from or to the Senator from Maine The Senate resumed the consideration of the re port of the committee of conference on the tariff Mr. Powell, of Kentucky, said ihat he voted on ail the bills to carry on the tjsr, and he should vote against this bill. Mr. Wilkinson, of Minnesota, said he did not see how the money imposed by a direot tax on the State of Minnesota aouid be oolleoted. There was no money there. Mr McDotraaiin. of Csliforatc, said he should vote for it as c trarmesEure Hr. Kehnedt, of Maryland, said, as a war measure, he should vote against it. Bis Stats was for peaoe. Mr Catiline, of Virginia, said ha had been in structed to vote any amount of men and money to carry on the war to save the Government, and, therefore, be should voce for 'he bill Mr Thojisoh said he should vote oheorfuily for the bill as i war measure He was in favor of oatrying on tbe war to crush out rebellion. Mr JoiuisoK, of TennessoDj said he should vote for tbe bill to cany on the war. Tbe report was agreed to—yeas 34; navs— Messrs Breckinridge, Bright, Johnson (Mo ). Ken nedy, La h-m. Polk, Powell, and Saulsbury—S. Mr. Latbau said that if his vote had been ne cessary to pass the bill, be woalil ha7e voted for it, but as it was no} £e voted against, us he disap proved of some' ot the provisions The joint resolution from the House, expressing sympathy with the bereaved families and friends of the soldiers who had fallen in defease of the Republic. was taken up aid passed Mr. Fessbudkit, *of Maine, reported a bill making additional appropriations " Mr Wipsnir of Massaohnsm'i, offered an amend ment. appropriating $2O 000 000 for oolleoting and organising the volunteers provided lor in the bill to increase the army Agreed to. The appropriation for -be nigbt signals for the navy was reduced from vB.O 00.1 l to $BO,OOO, and the bill pasaee} Hr FesaßßiißN moved to reconsider the vote on the bill to prevent fraud on the part of i fillers making contracts Considers!) e disonsßion followed by Messrs Me Bongall, Trumbull, Fessenden, Powell, and Biown ing. Mr Powell objected to a reconsideration. Mr. McDodoall 'aid tgat he supposed the Se nate would not iSko connsel of a Senator whose right here is Questioned Mr Pcwklii Who questions my right * Mr Me Dona all 1 question ft Mr. Powbll Yoq question it! What right have yon t" question it ? Hr. McDonqABL. 1 will state— Mr. Shbbmah called the Senator to order. The President said suoh dtaouision was oat of order and most eease. The mo'ion to reconsider was agreed to, and the bill was laid »n the table. Mr. Shbuuah moved to take up the hill r '" vT i ding for me expenses of investigating mmlttees Agreed to, ana the bill was pass- ” Mr Fostbs of CoDn^;j lCUt j'- from Commit p°s-° a rftport«ci*back the memorial, °l • jianum, of Kansas, and a report. Mr of Kansas, asked that tho papers ke 'Cre the committee, and also tho answer of the President to tae resolution of the Senator from In dians, asking whether be accepted the post of bri gadier genera), be printed with the report of the committee. He wanted ibe people of K -n«aa to know that their representatives here are doing no. thing to oast a shadow on his right to a seat in the Senate The people of KaD3as bad ohosen and re jeotod bis opponent, and if tho Senate ratify tbe -ep-wt, they oaii pat in one whom the people ef Kansas rejected. Tbe people of Kansas p-otest tgninst h.a giving up his seat here tor a brigadier generalship. Ho moved to recommit the report to tbe committee. Mr. BnECKinniDaa said that it was a simple question of fact It the Senator was a brigadier general, he could not be a Senator, according to the Constitution. He thought it better to prist the report of the oominittee, and then, if tho Sena tor wanted the papers printed, ho osuld havn them, The Senate went into executive session, and sub sequently adjourned HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. On motion of Mr. Cox, of Ohio it was Resolved , By the Senate and House of Repre sentativesin Congress assembled- That we ao knowlede the faithful services and loyal devotion of our soldiers who have fought and fallen in de fending our flag, and in vindicating tbe snpremaoy and mtjssty of the Republic, whothar suooeesful or ooxnpeiied by the overwhelming numbers of ihe enemy to resign a victory already won. Thtir graves are honored, and history invems their names with unfading renown And while the National Legislature expresses the sympathy of the nation for their bereaved families and friends, we Ojin to a generous people and to the army, which is now «.™, to renew toe oontest with unyielding courage, ini-inipeiishable honor of iheir example Mr Roacoit of Now York, offered tho following: Resolved, That this House, provided tbe Senate oi-cant thereto, shall adjourn to-morrow at 12 an d further, that tho House consent may determine at such time as they Ti. briefly explained mitred snob an arrangement, dJohStitullon per- Commltt” of Ways and Meats biV6 t*4t tit mote bill to bring forward After some debate, on motion of Mr. HttrcntMS, of Ohio, the resolution wjb tabled. Mi* BitcflHAX from tb6 Committee on tbe Ju dioiary, reported a subslitnte ior tho Benate bill to oonflJwto property used for insurtootionarj pur poses. Ito substitute was rejected, and Mr Bingham, of Ohio, effared an amendment to the original bill, sui jeoting all property employed in resistance to the laws of the United States to capture wherever found ; and that it is the du’y of the President to eause tho same to be s-'itd, eoufi-oa ed, and con demned He •xplained that the Senate bill ap. plied to all insurreo l ions, while bin amendment restriotod the provisions of the bill to the present insurrection. That part of the bill to discharge slaves who are engaged in a-ding or promoting toe insurrection gave rise tu a debits. Mr. Crittbnpbn. of Kcr.tooky, said that It had been conceded tor r lor-g time that th» Federal Government has no power to legislate on tho sob jeot of slavery within tho Btates, and that the ab senco of tbe power to legislate in time of peace must be an absence of power at all times Con stitutional power, he said- does not come and go with every change of circumstances Mr McClernanli, of Illinois, inquired whether tho ownership of a horse found is the servicoof tho enemy oould not be confiscated- Mr. Crittenden replied that here y-tu are making a positive law, affecting slave property Mr Kellogg, of Illinois, reminded the gentle man ’hat he had suggested an amendment, to say ia effect that we are not attacking the institution of slavery. Horses, bonnes, lands, mules, and camels, yea, the right of one man to the service of another, •an be eonfiieated when need for purposes of rebel lion, as a punishment for crime, apart from the law by which snob descriptions of property are held Mr Crittenden, retaining, oontended that snob a law as that now proposed would be violative of the principles of the Constitution If, be repeated, slavery oould be abolished in war, it could be abolished in time of peso* Ought they to pees itish a bill, which weal i only tied (a rilmcilate and irritate thoso against whom we are now contending to greater violeaae and resistsnoe ? He was not here to plead for the slaveholders, but for nis coun try, with an honest and sincere heart, nnd there fore appealed to gentlemen to paase ar d reflect before consummating this not The eyes of the world are upon us. It is not by Furh measures as this that peace is to be secured, but by a very su perior power to operate against those now in re sistance to the Government. Mr. Cox moved to table the bill. Negatived— yeas 67, nays 71 Mr Bingham's amendment or substitute was rejeoted, Mr. Pendleton thought tbe whole policy of this bill was wrong It was neoessary for them to de termine whether those now in. rebellion again,t the Doited States are public enemies, to be treated as such, or as ci-tinns, who, while sn’jsot to all tbe ponaitirs whioh attach to treason, shall like wise have the benefits and charities of the Consti tation, however criminal they may be. Ho denied the correctness of the principles of the bill, ar.d concluded his romatks by offering an ameodmsn' providing, among other things, that no seiiure of property shall be mnde except by warrant in the ordinary way, end on probable cause Mr. Dive*, of New York, would yield to no man in devotion to the Union He hud no desire to outlive it. and if It go down in blood, let h-u blood go down with thoco who fall Ha com plaited of tbe remarks of tbe ahairumn i f the Jndioiary Committee, whioh placed him in an attitude in so w.-.y enviable, patting them wro opposed tbe bill as bring against toe sailing of tiflsd cannon and munitions of war with wbisb the enemy is fighting this nation Ho would vote against the bill, while he was in favor of resorting tii all m-aas known tnalv 1 lad warier* far uniting down rebellion- bat rifled cannon and ammunition were not to bo Eeued by civil prvsegs Tho passage of inis bill would not promote tha success »t oor army. Its effect wonid be dll-.rt--ous all over Missouri Kentucky, Maryland, and many other coo,munition Mercenary men or inrormers tuny bring the oharge of treason against any man to deprive him of bis property Mr StrEvans, of Pennsylvania, thought, in tint-a like these, that the laws of war were to go vern their action. Those who have"repudiated the Constitution and trampled it under foot are estopped, by every prinoiple of municipal and oomtnon law, from invoking the principles of that instrument Those who applied those dootrines here were the advocates of the rebels—he meant iu a legal point of view Ho denied that they h»ve any standing in court, and he asked who are the aounatl of those who demy that the Consti tution is in force Mr. Mallort. of Kentucky, inquired whether the gentirmau me-ut to say that durieg tho ex ■srer.ee of tha rebellion Congress had the nsbt '-o pass an unconstitutional set ” ' Mr. Stevens replied that it wan a constitutional jtigbt, according to the law of nations, in a rime of war, to on-£wate tho rights and property of evety rebsl Evety publicist agrees that a nation has tbe right to strip the enemy of every dollar, to do everything to weaken his nands, instead of potting him to death. When slaves are confiscated and made free, God forbid that they should be te turned to their masters He did not say that the war was ipade for thf« purpose Those who made the war shnnid be at-ked for what purpose it was made H the whole South were laid waste to save the Union from destruction, so let it be. If the Government was net strong enough, the people would take care tha - this war should be prosecuted until peace was restored He believed, however, that the Government web competent for this im portant work. If the war should be continued, every bondman belonging, to a rebel shonid be coiled on to aid ia its prosecution, with a viow to a restoration of the Union. He moved the pre vious question. 1 Mr. Crittenden, rising io a privileged question, wished io know whether the gentleman meant to say that thoso who opposed this bill were the ad vooateu of the rebellion Mr. Stevens made no reply. On motion of Mr. Pendleton, fhe bill was re oommi’ted to 'ho Committee on tbe Judiciary— yeas 69. navs 48. Mr. Stevens, from the committee of conference, made a report o? tiro'disagreeing votes of the two Houses, on the tariff and direst tax bills. Hs ex plained that the committee took np the House rs venn* bill as the foundation of the conference. They have rodneed the duty on from five to four oents per pound; ooooa frem five to three ; sugar from tvs and a half to two; chiokoi*y two; and ground chickory from four to two. They have added go much cf tho tariff bii! of the Senate as referred to liquors, twenty firo pent*, making on brandy one dollar and a quarter, and added on other liquors and wises, ten cents ad valorem; on imported distilled spirits, fifty cents The oom ipittee next took up tho House bill laying a direct tax The members represeniing the Senate were of the opinion that tb»y con d not get along with out uniting the two bills. They therefore took up the diroo: tax bill as tha House passed it, with unessential and then the incctu* tax proposition of tho Sonato This inosuic tax whs not as burdensome as thjt of the House. The House had proposed atsx on inoomes ®f $6OO, while the Senate bill piaoed the amonnt at not he ; low $BOO, with a tax of three per centals p.es an num ; where the income tax is derived from per sons residing abroad, bnt drawing money from property in this country, the tax is to be five per oentum. The committee thought it right that this class should bear more of the burdens than those who spend their money ia this The com mittee also provided That in tha States tvhi&h as acme to ooiieot the direct tax there will be none of tbe machinery for that purpose provided by the House Besides, so large a number of persons is no: to be app- inted to collect tbe tax. The Score tary of the j.-jasury H to appoint nga nsscsor and collector in each State where the Federal Govern ment ooilecij the tax, and the latter is to appoint ps'ir-’ants, bnt the oonifeosa’ion is not to exceed $2 500 for the principal, and $1,200 per annum for the arsistants. On the whole. ’h- u rj h by this joint arrangement they lose $4 000 000, the machinery is simplified, and the expenses of collection much reduced, and he bed no dnnbt that the hill would be more satisfactory to the oonstry In saswsr to a question, Mr Proven.; slid that ten per cent had been j.a uilk goods. Mr. Wickliffb, of Kentucky, wanted the con sideration of ihs report postponed till tomorrow, in order that in the meantime it might be printed, so that members might examine it. Mr. Stevens could not agre* m> that, as a quo rum mivht nir bit Lorn jo morrow. Mr Y/ic«lute Why, Gor. Boaurogaid wi t cot ba here to morrow The report of tbe committee of conference *?s| concurred in—yeas 89. nays 39 Mr Binohau. from the committee, reported the bill to otmia crimes It proposes that Moruiting in any State or Territory, tar eoryicy in arm'd hostility against the Unit'd States, be considered a high misdemeanor, pnoish- Bftle with s flue of from two to thousand dollars, and Imprisonment from one to five years It pun ishes similarly, bnt not to suoh an extent, these who thus enlist, and those who, oy words, writing or pubdoition, enlistments. The bill wss passed. Ajjiaracd, Htimored Repulse on tbe Chesapeake. Baltikobb, August 2 —Tbe Exchange, the spo ctai urg«n of the Beotssiotists here, oontains tits following: " A messenger who has jnst arrived from doq;.. mao eounty, Va., brings os the news that to* thri-e Federal steamers, which were p r( JU Fortress Monroe, on Wednesds* ', aS t'' nm jer Lieut. Crosby, reaoned the o, 'tha pooomoke the same evening In e'.'.einptirg to asoend the ri‘rr thay were and repulsed. In endeavoring to encot. a retreat they gn, aground Reinfoic were sent for by the Virginians, who, it was expected, would arrive in time to capture or de stroy the vessels.” Return Home of Cincinnati Troops. Cincinnati, Aug 2 —The- four Cincinnati com . panics of the Becciia Ohio regiment arrived tbit moining lrcm WflahiDg’on. Their recoption was the grandest demonstration ev- r witnessed in this city. The Home Guard of Ctnoinnari, Covir gton, Newport, and tbe Reserve Militia, and Indepen dent regiments of the city were out. in large ft roo, and esoorted the volunteers through the principal streets to the Kighth street pa;k, where they were weloomod home by Judge store? in anel-quent address, and partook of a banquet provided by tbe oinaons. All along their in nr oh the streets were densely crowded, and the enthusiasm unbounded The volunteers with bouquets and wreaths showered upon them. The city is gaily decorated with fljgs, and business was almost en tirely suspended. The Rebels Compliment General ®e- Clellan. Th» New Orleans True Delta has an article boosting of tbe suporior generalship shown ihns far in the war by the Southern officers. It Con cludes with the following compliment to General McClellan: We hear that MoClellen, an eficcr of unques tionable capacity, an accomplished- enterprising, and successful soldier , is to be put st tho hand of their invading armies, subordinate only to Lieut. Gen Bcott. We do not regret this change to far as the fame of Beauregard is oon-mined; on the con trary, we rejoice that it has been made, because WB know tkoro oould be little credit in realtor tng such tiuips us have hitherto encountered onr h tlo '° teen in hatilo, led on by tho Patter sons and Butlers, and rueh liko political trash McOlellAn is worthy of Beauregard's attention, and while wc have not for a moment a doubt of tbe result of their first measurement of arms in tbe field, nor of any later conflict, so far as the honor end reputation of Louisiana’s great soldier is in volvcd, we hope when they are faco to faoe arrayed against each other, no great disparity of rorse nor deficiency of material will be allowed to cripple our side on ihe evenlful coo&tion. In presence of an- ojf-eet so thoroughly a- soldier as if would not do for our gait ant boys to steep or foe f-lruont on outpost doty m contempt oj their ibe sons vh hll y ono o,,jj, maho something ol May J'fowsr a tho descendants of the complete taiisfaotion therolore, out really a great honor to m le the head of the Linooln army of suLjOi„ kt THE CITY* From North Carolina and tub South.— Wo held an interview ymiavday w tb a highly in tclligant genTeman from Riioigb, N. C., whtob be loft on Friday after ihe battle at Manassas. T< * cry in that s-*c r, oa eeorned to be universally, 11 Ott tc Wasbitgton !” Wilminc’on, N. C . had not been blockaded, and tho Munt/tr, a toy boat mauuting two go ns, had gone nut with a letter of marque. British vessels came in almust daily, and took out ship stores without interference The rebel wounded nt Manassas passed south ward in tbe train with our informant, and halloed their intention to go back when recuperated, and burn the Yankee towns. Two brothers of Mrs. Lincoln were in the rebel army, ono a private and one u captain. The former was a doctor, and had been arrested on a groundless oharge of treason to the rebel Govern moLt. The second, when our informant saw him, had in charge thirty five Federal prisoners from Fort Moproo, (he mob at Atlanta, Ge.rgio, were anxious to got at these, am! rend them, but Capt. Todd took their part, nnd drew upon some cf the commoners Got. Pickens was refuged a puss to Manassas, after tho bcitio of Sunday wuck, and no civilian was allowed to go beyond Richmond in thatdireo tion The first loyal flag was seen by our informant forty miles from tho Teuncrsae line in K:n:ooky. The trains at the boundary, aa if afraid of treaohery from onoh side, bad: up with reversed locomotives, ready to steam off at tho first display of force. Breckinridge was in diagrams in the South, but Vailandigham and Ban Wood were in high favor. McClell-tn was everywhere feared and cursed, and G-oei-ttl Scott was libelled on all occasions. Our officers and ptiveieo were piaoed in contempt at every quarter. Building railroads and making war munitions were the sole employments The first draught for the Confederate army was daily expeoted, and the. Southrons were in great trepidation at the pros-, peot of iraprorsme-nt. Northerners are execrated, and inn out or hung everywhere, and a movement is on foot to oust all th« Northern renegjdoi from the rebel army, whern many of them bold commissions A New York World was sold at Atlanta for dfi cents, and to tell Harper or Prank Leslie, on rail way trains was punisbed as high treason. Homicide Casf—The Coroner’s InqursT. -—About 10 o’oioi-h on ThatfO-y n'gltt, a troglo affair oomrfeii at Twenty lonrih and Pine strseta waion icuictd in the kilting of a man named James’-L"gtn .It ss-mi tn*t Capt Thomas Ktliy, an officer in the iwenty-lonrth Regiment, Del Owen, «*s riding along in onmpany with his bro'Uer, when their carriage was stopped by a party why ui-iiia all a'tsck on toe ucoupan’s of the voo’clv C-p:a;n Kelly was nrm-ed with bis sword and drawing ib* weapen ho plunged it into the brc-is’, nt Lagan, i: Hinting a wound which re,-, suited is death Ui a short time Captain Kelly at. once gave himself uy. !o tha police aut' critini, and be was committed at a Ist* hour on Thnrsdty night, to await the cormfi’a inquest: A post-moiteui examination of the body of Logan was made yesterday morning, and an it quest was held in the caro yesterday afternoon. L -a'-n lived ia Factory street, in the Seventh ward, , James GslGgsn.. k oab-driver, was sworn, aod tr,g. tide.l that a man came to him ot, Tocrtday nlghy and hi,ed his oar isge ; ite tn-n nub two o’htrs got into the carriage and utova to Twenty.fourth and" Lombard street? ; here il.o three mss got ont and went into a tavern ; the witness 7ifn9cd to go in; the ia»n name ou’, and lie drove them to Twooty fourth atui Pine streets; tii* witness aed two of the men wei.t into a tavern here end got a drink ; while intire aji ung man came up and struck at tho one left iu the carriage ; they all came ont and finally drove iff, ihe agcaiiant following after; he heard the cry test some ore was svatbed, but h* drove on to escape ms crowd which by this time had become very targe ; this was ail ho knew of theeffrir; h® did not know who stabbed the man; the ia*a in his carriage were not iatoxi ca-ed ; tha other party appeared to be nnder the. infiueneeo; I quor Wiliisift O Dannoil was sworn. He was with Captain Keily and bis brother Charley in the car riage j-ihere was a disturbance raised with Charley while he aDd Caproin Ks ly were in the tavern; after a short time all throe got into the oarrisge, and drove off; tho carriage went a short distance, and was stopped; did not know what for, or by whom ; the man woo stopped the carriage caught bold of tbs aoor, and then tell back ; he saw Cap tain Keily draw ius sword and drive ihe man away, but did not see him gtab; he did not see any one strike. Kelly, neither did he hear any threa.it made to them The witness was asked wbat was, his impression when he saw the crowd folio,-iring, after tbe carriage He anrwered that bis impres sion was that they had so riyht there (Laughter i; Captain Kelly warned the young man who seized hold of the carriage to stay away; there were at' least twenty men around the oarriago at the time he heard there was a man stshhrd Charics F Keily. No 1826 Wood street, was next sworn He said that his brother, Caproin Sicily, a fiUtd and bimrelf, get l n so ihe carriage and drove to Twenty fourth and Lombard streets, and, afier stopping a few mnntes, drove to twen ty fourth cud Tine streets, whero they got out and went info a tavern ; witness remained in the oar rtnge ; he had a bouquet tn his hand, and three or four little girls cam* up to the oartiage and asked him for &fl iwor; he reiuted to give any, when a yourg man or,me np and struck him; he got out. of th* carriage and another man struck him ; v,it aesa cell'd for bis brother, who came os*, *s<£ finally wont buck into the tavern again; the* then Ci-.mi out, gut into tha carriage aid jrarted tffi, when the young mas, trbo first airsick him, fol lowed after and conght hold of tbe carriage* my brother drew his sword ang struck at him. ’The other young man that atruck me, afterword shook hands and said ho mistook me for another person; after tto stabbing occurred, we asked the mob to take us to the s’arion fcouco, hat they would not do it; they followed us as for ns Twenty second aad Spruce, and stoned &s; he did not rsooileot any threats being ©ace previous to lie stabbing, except ibst tsa (ieoeasoii strnok bis brother through the carriage window; he would not know tho young man that struck his brother; his brother, upon being strnok, said he did not come there to quarrel with him; witness did not hear anything raid about thootiug; when he was strnok a second lime, before the oarrisge started away firm the tavern, some one haiiooed “Fight!” after this tho carriage started tff, and about one hundred persons followed after; the deceased, struck I— the carriage wtcdcvv several times the sword . was drawn; aftar my brother struck him with the sword, ho ran some twenty or thirty ynrda; the whole party appeared v.s if under the* influence of liquor Hoary KoNunity, residing at ihe corner of Twenty-taird ar-d Pine streets, was sworn. He: wasooming heme on Thursday evening, and whom at Twenty-fonnh and Pine saw a crowd on the: corner anil stopped ; he sawn man in military dress, and tho mob w*-a hissing at him ; the mam told them to “ keep iff,” or he tsoul-i hurt them; he saw the men get into a carriage and drive off a short distance, when some pe-sva, with an oath. shouted to “ bring him Aptwtibess rushed after tno crowd, and the first iUirg hs saw whs a young; nun c*TTic& iato an apothecary store; he> was Grabbed, bnt ha did not &ee the *ff-iir; witness thought; there were a hundred people following tho carriage, and hia impression was bad they got hold of those in the carriage they would have mnr** dered them; tho man rrho waa Btaobed whe tV 9 leader in the row; he had big hand through ',ij 0 door when stabbed; witness never saw Kelly, and woata nut know him it he w&» 'to meet bici. Henry McGfoughlin was sworn, b- d t mer »|y cor roborated tbe statement given Ho did not see the act oomoiiU&d. I)*- Mulor twtifled that the Jcceased was carried inn> his <nu« sior*. U/ wafl tbeJl deed. uwee WcvuUimgb who keeps tbe tavern at Twencs-iimth. a o v p; B 0 e t res ,ts, whom the diffi culty Bum origiv.afed, was gwarn. Ho did tot sag he eouunencr'meni ot the affair; ho board the captain tell the crowd to keep book or he wenld oat Sdae of them; ho saw the young man that was S'abbod run alter the carriage; ho did not witness the stabbing. Miohncl Nattily also corroborated tho above statement D? Updegrore held a post-mortem examination, which explained the manner tu whici ibe wooed was ipfinWed, and tbe oaoso; leading to the ex tiPocloi* of yi*aUxjf Tha coroa&r’s j iry t-endered ft Ti-f-'litSt id £h« effect that tha deMaafed cams to his death by a sword wound, inflicted by the hands of Captain Tb.Jn.-3 ff K-ly, exotera ing that gentleman from, mabce prepense being of the pinion, from tho evidence adunoed, thac he aeted i i self-defence. Prinok Napoleoh Visits the IJ. S Mint. —Yeaieedap morning ut nine u’o>.«k Pi'iuoeNipo l-o), witn several metn)ioT» of h‘s soite paid a visit to the United Slates Mint Ex Governor Pol lock, tbe di-actor of tfco ustttu ii'n, ieceive.l his distinguished visitors with an informal welcome,, and guided them throngh the various departments of ttin great lurioual nseney fsototy. They first. visited toe melting aim n Suing rooms, from there tnoy proondrd to tbo Tailing room, thenoo to the whitening room, then to the aoiLing loom, then to. tne eabiliet ot ooins and meials, ihets to tbe assay ing room, (hen to the adjusting room, and to the tteasury room, tho delivery room, and. in short, to, every place of interest about the institution. The various machires were In lull operation wbilo the imperial party wore present, and Napa, loan evinced bis accustomed,desire to gtitn uselul information by it quiting closely ocnoerning enr teinoge, the propatatipp of onr meials, allojmg of coins, its. He watched the various processes very c;oa<d)\ and expressed unlimited gratification at tho beauty ot tne machit ery m use The large, rteam engine, with its “ eccontrio,” excised moot admiration. The presses were striking double ocgico av,ti nicktl cents at the lime of the visit and the party rp.ke in high praise of the beauty, oi the bright, new coin, as it was thrown from this press. In the treasury room, the Visiters were efflrded an opportunity of gating upnn a million of dollars m CalliorniA void bars, which had just been re ceived from New York. Tbe adjusting >o, m, with its eighty young ladles engaged in filing and weighing oohi, interested the gallant Frenchmen especially. They expressed an it,rise at the employment of females ut this work. In Franco it is dona by machinery. Napoleon took muah interest in the aabinet, and h» inquired particularly for the Washington and National medals The visitors remained for mors than an hour at the Mint and they soon after loft the city to pro ceed direct to Washington It is understood that they will make no stay in Baltimore. Boildisg Last Mouth. —Tbe whole number of pemiiio ior tbs erection ol buildings, tamed during July, wss 165, of which 1(13 weie for teree story owe!liii|{B, 40 tor two story, 6 for start s, 2 for thops, 1 tar jaoiory, 2 lor r ffiees, 1 for sebool nouse, 1 for drying house, 2 Cor ico houses, 2 for .Ip.up.htor-hcnt.is, 5 for smlilcs Tbo eonooi-house is going up on Fifteenth Btreec, south of Tioga It is to be two stories m height, and is designed for a primary school Tee number of permitß ispued In July, 1850, wnß 276 ; ill more than in the month jual ctasvd. Tho building soason dees not improve as It progresses, os it was'thenght it would, Qn the contrary, the number of pel mi t!) taken out last month was fewer than during uay preceding month since February. Slioht Fihk—A trifling flro occurred about halt-past two o'Clook yesmriiay morning, at No. 431 Callowfaill street, caused by tbe burning of an out-house. The damage was not extensive.
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