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MONDAY. AUGUST 6, 1861.
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The Preparations for the Conflict.
It has been tbe late of many great nations
to meet with very serious reverses at the com
mencement of thoir wars, even when battling
against inferior powers. A lew disasters, and
even humiliating defeats, often prove trying
ordoals which are necessary preliminaries of
final triumph. The allied armies of France,
England, and Sardinia, found it a much more
difficult task to drive the Russians from their
stronghold at Sebastopol than they had anti
cipated, and they met with many unexpected
repulses before the campaign was closed. Onr
last war with Great Britain commenced with
• long series of disasters which almost dis
heartened the. whole country, and it was the
brilliant triumphs won where they were least
expected, on sea, which first revived onr
drooping spirts. The French Republic of the
last century commenced its long war against
the European monarchists by losing several
important battles, and it was not until the
martial spirit of the country was fully aroused
that it was enabled to defy the whole conti
nent. The loss of a single field at the begin
ning of a campaign may sometimes over
throw a combatant who is comparatively
weak and feeble, but it only prove i
to a spirited country, conscious of its
superior strength and the justice of its cause,
an incentive to redoubled exertions. This is
evidently the effect the disaster at Manassas
Junction is now having upon the faithful citi
eens of the United States. We have learned
at once the strength of the enemy and the de
fects in onr own military arrangements and
organization. They are being completely re
medied as rapidly as possible. While the
strength of onr army is being increased, its
discipline is improved, the best military talent
we can obtain is seenred, and onr ablest offi
cers entrusted with high commands. Our snp
ply of efficient artillery is being increased to
an extent which will render the loss of the
pieces that fell into the hands ot the insur
gents, at Manassaß, of little importance. A
new spirit pervades all onr military operations.
Without suffering a reverse decided enongh
to inflict any vital injury upon ns, our losses
have been sufficiently serious to awaken all
minds to the stem realities of the war in
which we are engaged, to teach statesmen,
soldiers, and citizens that fighting, haTd fight
ing, and perhaps no little of it, must he ex
pected, and that if we desire to emerge from
the contest victorious, we mnst put forth all
onr energies, summon up all enr resolution,
evoke all onr patriotism and valor, and spare
no pains to overthrow the arrogant foes whe
seek to ruin the Repnbtic forever.
It Is impossible for any one to contrast the
resources of the loyal and disloyal portions of
onr country without feeling that we can only
be unsuccessful in this contest through onr
own neglect, snpineness, or want of fidelity to
onr glorious canse. The men, the money,
the physical resources—everything that a great
commander could desire, exist among ns to a
sufficient extent to far outweigh all the capaci
ties of resistance which the insurgents pos
sess. We command their whole seaboard,
and they can only occasionally gain, by
stealth, an outlet to the ocean. We have a
greatly superior population, and, in case of
necessity, can enlist, eqnip, and maintain in
the field from four to five times as many sol
diers as the Secessionists. War is, te a great
extent, an exact science. Many accidents, it
is true, influence important results, bnt a
given force, properly applied, will necessarily
overcame a specific amount of resistance, and
if it is not in the power of the loyal States of
thiß Union to overcome the disloyal portions
of it, all the rales which have heretofore con
trolled the military operations ef mankind
have been reversed for their special benefit.
It is quite possible, however, for the power
of numbers and superior resources in a nation
to be greatly weakened and neutralized in a
military sense. If the conspirators summon
all the available resources of the South to their
aid, take without. substantial compensation
ail the property they desire, and make every
man they need join their ranks, whether he
wishes to do so or not, while we embark hut a
small portion of our energies in the conflict,
we cannot expect to succeed. (Jur superior
strength will prove of no practical advantage,
if it is not exerted. If they contend with fonr
times as much zeal, energy, and. determination
for the destruction of our Government oswe
do for its preservation, they may prove victo
rions. Bat if we continue to prosecute the
war in the vigorous, patriotic, and determined
spirit which is now being manifested; if the
reforms and improvements which experience
has shown to be necessary are adopted, and
the American people firmly maintain their
noble attitude of unyielding devotion to the
national cause, Secession will inevitably be
crushed out, and the Union he re-established
on a firm and indestructible foundation.
Death of Bishop Bowman.
By a telegraphic despatch lrom Lancaster,
we are pained to learn that the Bight Rev.
Samfee, Bo wma», Assistant Bishop of the Pro
testant Episcopal Church of the Diocese of
Pennsylvania, died suddenly on Saturday,
while on a trip from Pittsburg to Butler, in
this State. In the death of Bishop Bowman the
Episcopal Church has lost a shining light, and
the community a good citizen. Beloved in the
social circle and honored in the Church, his
loss will be deeply felt. Ab will be seen by a
notice in another column, the funeral will
take place on Tuesday afternoon, from St.
James’ Chnrch, Lancaster.
In the Senate, Saturday, Mr. Kenned;
presented a 'memorial from the Maryland
Legislature in regard to the action of the
National Government in making arrests on
suspicion of treason in that State. Before the
reading was finished, a warm debate occurred ;
but finally it was ordered to be printed. A
resolution to pay volunteers once a month,
when practicable, was adopted. The bill to
increase the Engineer Corps was passed ; also
the bill supplementary to the act to protect
commerce and pnnish piracy; also the bill
relative to the District Attorney lor Sonthem
New York.
The House on Saturday passed, with a slight
amendment, the Confiscation Bill. The amend
ment was, that slaves in the military or naval
service, or working in the entrenchments of
the rebels, will be confiscated. The bill au
thorizing the President to dismiss incompetent
army officers gave rise to some debate, but on
motion of Mr. Hutchins, the hill was tabled.
A resolution offered by Mr. Coskuhg, « re
questing the President to communicate to the
House all the correspondence between James
E. Harvky and any of the Heads of the De
partments, in any way relative to the charges
against Mr. Habvb;, growing ent of the sei
zure by the Government of despatches to and
from the said Harvey, and any other infor
mation in connection with the subject,” was
also passed.
TVt Knoxville (Tenn) Register, a Secession
sheet, of the 31st ultimo,, says that « There is
no doubt that treachery was practised on the
Manassas Gap Railroad, to prevent the junc
tion of the forces of Johnston and Beaure
gard, and that the train-conductor had been
shot, having acknowledged to receiving a
bribe to defeat the project from Union offi
cers.”
laTEaSsnao intei<ligknos from General
Banks’ command will be found in our tolegra.
phic columns; also, late news by telegraph oi
the doings of the rebels on the Mississippi.
Wb have important Intelligence from Mis
souri, by telegraph, to the efiect that Brigadier
General Hurlbut has been detached from his
command for the purpose of selecting a oamp
ing ground, near Jefferson City, f° r thirty
thousand men, to he commanded by Gen.
Fops. Gen. Pope has been assigned to the
command of all the troops north of St. Lonis,
and has established his headquarters tempo
rarily in that city. The troops will consist
principally of the Illinois regiments, and form
one grand arm ef the Western army, who will
be ready, « after thorough drilling and vigor
ous discipline in camp, for an advance move
ment through Arkansas and Texas towards
New Orleans, so sobn as the excessive hot
Weather abates sufficiently to warrant the
health of the troops in that climate.” Gen.
Pope has also designed to permit no more
scooting.
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE
ffQm “ Occasional ”
[Correspondence of The Press.]
Washington, Aug- 4, 1861
It is difficult to understand the Interest which
attaohed to the meeting of the preasnt Congress.
It assembled amid the hopes and fears of the
country, and in tba result of its deliberations the
Country may MS how many hopes have been dis
pelled and fears realised Sines the Fourth of
July we have seen tho deadliest Wow aimed at
free institutions, and the prinoiples taught in the
Declaration of Independence have felt a fearful,
and, as tha enemies of those prinoiples had hoped,
a fatal shook. Treason has been unmasked, and
constitutional liberty has writhed under its fangs.
The threats, of thirty years hava been fulfilled,
and those who have been menacing ns with angry
rhetorio, now menaee ns with tho sword. The
world looks upon our straggle with tho deepest
intensity, end there is an anxious and gloomy
feeling in antioipation of tho effeet of our late re
verse upon our relations with the kindred Powers
of the world.
On Tuesday the session of this Congress oloses,
and tho members go down to the country, where
there is an impending future suoh as the nation
novor looked upon. I sometimes speouiate upon
what the interregnum may develop, and especially
whan I refleot upon the oonrse of some of the mem
bers of the present Congress. Many of them have
been antagonizing the Administration and unbar
passing its measures for crashing the rebellion. In
doing this they have of oo«m bravsd the honest
indignation of a great people. They go back to
infuriated constituencies in New York, Ohio, Ken
tucky, and the other States thus represented In
a confliot between a people and a peopie’e repre
sentative there can only be one result—there oan
only be personal infamy and political rain. Of
those who go home, in all probability many will
never return.
Among these men, none have been more persist
ent and able than the Senator from Kentucky,
John C Breckinridge. His history haß been a
most remarkable one, and only snob as we see in
democratic institutions. He came into Congress
in 1851, and daring his earner he has enjoyed a
good fortune, suoh as has fallen to the lot of very
few men. During ten yean he has bean four years
in the House, four yean in the Vioe Presidential
-hair, a favored candidate for the first offise of the
Republic, and a Senator in the seat of John J.
Crittenden. Heoame into Congress with an emi
nent ancestral record —his family has been
ane of the most celebrated in the history of
the nation; and einea the foundation of the Repub
lio, no name has been more honored in the pulpit,
the forum, and the Senate, than the name of
Breckinridge. The record of his family has been
eminently conservative, and snoh as oommended it
to the respect of the whole nation They have
been known as the representatives of the emansi
pation sentiment in the border States, and the fea
sibility of snoh a scheme has been a part of the
political oreed of the ex Vice President. Until his
late allianoe with the disoiples of John C. Calhonn
he was always supposed to favor the plan of a gra
dual extinction of slavery in his State of Kentucky
Bnt Mr. Breckinridge is to day the leader of the
Secessionists in tha Senate, and the month-piece of
tho Disunion sentiment in Congress. I em con
strained, in justice, to say that he has never ap
peared to better advantage than daring this extra
session. Ho never looked better; he never spoke
better. His hearing has been bold and defiant;
bis attendance at the Senate extremely regular;
he takes part in nearly every debate, arid mani
fests the deepest possible interest in the merest
details of Parliamentary practice and the
routine business of the oommlttees. And yet
in every debate he seems to he ani
mated by no other motive than a Battled de
termination to interrupt the natural coarse ef
necessary legislation. Anxious to distinguish him
self for oonrtesy and good breeding, he has on
ovary occasion taken pains to threaten and oom
mand. He threatened the Senate, in distinot
terms, with the Bpprosoh ot the Confederate army,
and en Saturday, when the Senate was endeavor
ing to legislate an obnoxious Bisunionist oat of his
office, as United States judge, in Kentucky, he
plainly told the members, in an angry and impas
sioned manner, that if they attempted to perform
this patriotio duty the Congross would have to pro
long its sessions.
The young Kontuokian is obo of tho most at
tractive members of the Senate He is well
dressed, with a most commanding appearance, ex
ceedingly senatorial, and the model of respectful
bearing. Throughout this Congress he has dis
played a courage which I did not believe he ever
possessed. It must be reoolleoted that he is an
tagonising the sentiments of the oountry; that he
has thrown his oase before the people of Kentuoky,
and that he ean only expeet to be defeated by an
overwhelming majority. He has said that if the
voice of the people of his own State is against him
be will resign his seat. He is a man of his word,
and wo never more may see, in the oounoils of the
nation, John C. Breokinridge.
Where will he go ? Ail that he hss done, and is
doing, against the Union must forever debar Urn
from enjoying the oonfidenae of the people of the
loyal States. I am told his eldest son has run
away from homo, and is in the army of Davis.
May not the young bird who has flown the parental
nest be the avant courier of the parent? Wbere
ejso can the father go hot in the path of his erring
son?
What might the Senator not have been, had he
remained true to the national Democratic party,
to the inspiration of his great name, to the patri
otic feeling whioh must have grown with him bb a
Krntookian! What a future he had before him!
In the North his name was mentioned with respeot,
in the South with positive affeotion. In Pemnyl
vania and other Northern States there were thou
sands who looked op to him as their political
idol. He had more positive personal strength
in the Demooratio party than any other
loader of that party, with the exoeptlon
of the lamented Douglas He was a yonng
man, with all the enthusiasm, gallantry,
and buoyancy of youth, and he was deep in the
sympathy and affection of his own immediate gene
ration. Fortune made him her especial favorite,
heaping upon him every aooomplishmont and every
quality but patience. No one oould have better
afforded to wait. The future was full of promise,
and the promise was ooming to him had ho been
oontented to bide his time.
Bat his ambition was too strong; he vaulted too
soen and too high; ororioapt himself, and now he
falls upon the other side. The Presidency was his
dream. He gloated npon it until it beoame more
than a dream, and was a frenzy. The conspi
rators knew his parts, his popularity and his
weakness, and in an evil hour he boeame drunk
with their flattery. He gave them his name and
his position—everything he had, and all he eonld
hope for—and he was at last their minion. He
was the instrument of their revenge npon Douglas;
ho was their tool in their designs upon Kentuoky;
and he is to-day in the Bcnate with abilities sadly
misapplied, and a courage worthy of a better
oause; he is their apologist, and thoir de
fender, their representative, their true and trusty
friend. He has served their purpose, and goes
home to meet an insulted people. He goes home,
perhaps, never to return. And so, farewell to John
C. Breokinridge 1 Of all the men who have sinned,
none I regret more siueerely, and of none I write
with more sorrow. His oareer has been brief,
brilliant, and—must I say it ?—infamous. From a
high plaoe in the Union, he oan 6nly have a future
in the oounsels of its meanest and most malignant
foes. Let his story be written upon the page of
history, for it teaohes a great lesson. And the
great lesson is, that whan the Ambition of Intellect
and Fortune seeks to rise, by treachery and wrong,
it oan only meet the fate whioh has always
befallen the traitor. Occasions!.
Interesting lrom Fortress Monroe.
Baltimore, August 3. —Oar Fortress Monroe
correspondent is partly in error as to the result of
the expedition to Pooomoke river. The steamer
that brought up Hen. Butler this morning, passed
one of the steamers, and Lieut. Crosby reported to
the general that ho had burnt two vessels and cap.
tmed a third. The steamers attaohed to the ex
pedition were all safe.
Ilf 818 AVION IN TBB HzillS THEM. —It iS diffi
cult, In this extreme hot weather, to hit upon a
fluid whioh will give a pleasant flavor to leed
water, without making it heating to the system.
Aleoholio admixture should he esohewed. We re
oommend, as cooling and wholesome, Leslie’s
Ginger Wine, whioh, when mixed with loed-water,
makes by for the most refreshing summer-drink
that oan be used in families. In ours, it has su
perseded ouroustomary lemonade, the preparation
of whioh was troublesome.
Contradicted .—The Rev. T J. Shepherd hau
not been oalled to the pastorate of the Clinton
street Preßbytsrian church, as was erroneously
stated in Taa Press of Saturday. We made the
announcement on what we deemed reliable autho
*lt7- : ....
KtPWe are indebted to the purser of the United
States transport steamship Georgia, arrived here
last evening, for late nows from Florida and Key
West
LATEST NEWS
By Telegraph to The Press.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Special Despatches to ‘The Press.”
Washisston, August 3.
Our Royal Visitor.
Yesterday, Prinoe Napoleon, esoorted by Secre
tary Seward, visited both Houses of Congress He
was introduced to a number of Senators, with some
of whom he entered freely into conversation. He
notioed and admired the architecture of the build*
iog.
In tho evening, the Prinoe dined with the Presi
dent, when the following distinguished party were
present: The Prlnee Napoleon, the Cabinet, (ex
cept Secretary Cameron, who is absent,) the
French minister and secretary of legation; Messrs.
Nicolav and Hat, the private secretaries of the
President; Mr Foot, President of the Senate;
Hon. Coas Suhbbk, chairman of the Committee
on Foreign Relations, and the Prlnoe’s suite.
A proposition has been mooted to have a grand
review of the army of the Potomao before the
Prinoe leaves (he oapltal.
Our New Military Regulations.
General McClellan has already effeoted a tho
rough obasge in the oily. Previous to his arrival,
aud especially since the battle At Ball Run, the
city was filled with officers and soldiers, who were
ebsent without leave from their encampments. A
patrol was appointed, with power to arrest, and
place in the guard-house, every offioor and private
found without a permit. The city was divided
into patrol districts, and a squad of from tan to
twenty soldiers, under a lieutenant, assigned to
eaoh district. They marched round upon the side
walks, and all privates found without a permit
were sent to the guard-house. Having disposed of
the privates, and returned them all to their regi
ments, the patrol paid their attention to officers.
Many were found without the necessary paper, and
among them a number «f osvalry officers and
mounted infantry officers, who were obliged to re
linquish their chargers, and march to the guards
house.
Major General Butler Arrested f
Among the arrests made on the Avenne, last
evening, by the provost patrol, was that of Major
General Butler, who had within a few hours ar
rived from Fortress Monroe. Tbe General had no
permit to produce, and was held nntil he was satis
faotorily identified. Ho expressed himself in strong
terms in favor of this system of military pollee.
Congress.
Congress will adjourn on Tuesday. Tbe House
will hardly keep a quorum until that time, as its
business is all worked np, bnt the Senate has
several important hills whioh yet require final
action. A number of the 1 members of the House
have already left the oity op their retain home.
[Efforts to Visit our Wounded.
A noble effort has been made by Miss Drx, and
a few friends, to obtain acooss to our wounded
soldiers; or, failing in that, to proonre informa
tion concerning their eondition Two prominent
and resolute ladies started on Friday, in a
oarriage, for Manassas and Riohmond. They
were accompanied beyond the lines by Miss Dix,
and then committed to Providence They de
clined a flag of truce, trusting rather to the merits
of the mission in which they were engaged, and
resolved, if possible, to make their way to the
wounded at Manarsis and Riohmond. At a late
hour last evening, Miss Dix had not reoeived
intelligence from her angels of meroy, but had
no apprehension as to their Bafety.
An Act. Passed Yesterday, to Provide
increased Revenue.
Congress yesterday passed on act to inorease
revenue from imports, and to p*y tbs interest on
the nublic debt, and for other purposes.
Among its provisions are rates of duty as fol
lows :
On raw sugars, 2 cents per pound; on unrefined
sugars, 21 cents; refined sugars, 4 cents; oioved
and tipetured sugars, 6 cents; molasses, 5 cents
per gallon; teas, 15 cents; almonds, 4 c-nts;
shelled almonds, <j dents; orude limestone, S 3 per
ton ; roiled limestone, $6; coffee, 4 cents per
pound; 0000 a, 3 oents; 0000 a berries and shells 2
cents; chocolate, 6 cents; aassia, 10 oents; cassia
buds, 15 oents; oinnamon, 20 oents; cloves, 8
oents; cayenne pepper, 6 cents; cayenne pepper,
ground, 8 cents; enrran's, 5 cents; tartaric acid
andßoohelle salts, 10 cents; dates, 2 oents; figs.
6 cents; ginger root, 3 oents; ginger ground, 5
crate; liquorice peaks and jniee. Scouts; moot) anil
nutmegs, 25 oents; nuts, 2 cent a; pepper, 6 cents;
pimento. 6 oents; plums, prunes, and raisins, 5
cents; Russia hemp, $4O per ton; Manilla and
other hemps, $25; lead, in pig, $1.50 per owt.;
lead, in sheets, $2 25 per out ; white and red
lead, $2 25 per cwt.; salt, in sacks, 18 oents per
cwt ; salt, in bulk, 12 oenta; soda ash, 4 cent per
pound ; bioarboaato of code, 1 coot; salt soda, i
cent J canStic soda, 1 cent; chloride of lime, 30
oents per owt ; orpde sajtpetre, 1 cent; refined
saltpetre, 2 oents; turpentine, JO cents per gallon;
oil of cloves, 70 oents per pound ; brandy, $ll5
per gallon; spirits of grain, 50 oents' per gallon;
gum oopal and similar gams, 10 oents per pound.
The following artiolos are alec rated at so much
per oentum, ad valorem:
Arrow root, 20 per oent.; preserved ginger, 30
per eent.; limes, bananas, and other tropical
trultß, 20 per oent.; Peruvian bark, 15 per eent.;
quinine, 30 por oent. ; rags, 10 per oent.; feathers,
33 per oont ; bides, 14 por oont ; sole leather,
30 per oent ; India rubber raw, 10 per oent ; India
rubber, manufactured, 30 per oent.; vegetable
and unmanufactured ivory, 10 per oent.; all wines,
60 per oent.gum silk and partly manufactured
silk, 30 per oent.; silk and partly velvet silks, S 3
per yard, or 35 por oent; silk ribbons, Ac ,40 per
oent. All importations beyond the Cape of Hood
Hope, 10 per. cent.
All duties in store, or in bonded warehouse, will
be subject to these duties. If not withdrawn in
three years, to he taken by the Government and
sold.
Direct Taxation.
i4o bill also apportions a di’oot tax of $20,-
000,000 among the States, as follows:
Maine...... $420 828 00'Indiana,....$904 874 33
N Hampshire 218 408 66 Illinoisl4B 551 33
Vermont.... 2U 068 OOlMissouri.... 761 127 33
Mass. Bl>4 561 33,Kansaa 71 743 33
Rhode Island 116 963 66 Arhassas.... 261 886 0.0
Connsoticut.. 308 214 oo Michigan..,. 501 703 33
New York. ..2,003 918 66 Florida 77 522 66
NewJcrsoy.. 450 134 00 Texas 355 106 66
Penna...... 1,946 7'9 33 liwa 452 088 00
Delaware.... 74 683 33 Wisconsin... 519 688 66
Maryland.... 436,823 33 California... 254 538 66
Virginia.,.,. 937 550 66 Minnesota... 108 524 00
N Carolina., 576 194 66 Oregon 35 140 66
8 Carolina. . 363 570 66 New Mexico. 62 648 00
Georgia 584 367 33 Utah........ 26 982 00
Alabama.... 529 313 33 Washington.. 7 755 33
Mississippi.. 413 084 66 Nebraska... 19 312 00
Louisiana ... 385 886 66 Nevsda 4 592 66
Olio .1,567 089 33 Colorado .... 22 905 33
Kentuoky.... 713 605 33 Dakota 3 241 33
Tennessee: . 669 498 OO’Distof C 01... 49.437 33
The President will divide the country into col
lection distracts find appoint oolleotors, and after
the second Taesday in Fabrtf ary the Seoretary of
the Treasury shall establish regulations to govern
the assessment and collection. Attempts to evade
the act or oommlt fraud will be punished The
salary of the assessors ranges from $2 to $3 per
day. In the event of a refusal to pay the taxes,
the oolleotors shall colleot it by distraint and sale
of the goods, chattels, or effects of the persons
delinquent as aforesaid, at public auotion This
distraint does not inolude tools or implements of a
trade or profession, beasts of tbs plough necessary
for the cultivation of improved lupda, arms, house
hold furniture, and neoessary apparel.
Any oolleotor guilty of oppression, injustice, or
extortion, shall be liable to a fine of $2 000 Any
person guilty of perjury shall be liable to a fine of
$5OO.
All incomes over $BOO per annum are to be
taxed 3 per oent. on the surplus over $800; when
such inoeme is derived from Interest on treasury
notes, the tax shall be 14 per eent. t This tax goes
into effect January 1,1862 All taxes not paid
June 30,1862, Bhall draw interest at the rate of 6
por oent. per annum. Negleot or refusal to pay this
tsx renders the offender liable to imprisonment un
til the tax is paid- Should any of the people be In
actual rebellion at tho time the aot goes into effoot,
the President shall oause its provisions to be exe
outsd within Buoh limits, whenever the Govern
ment authority is re established. All taxes thus
oolleoted shall bear interest.
The aot authorizes the appointment of a Com
missioner of Taxes in commotion with the Treasury
Department, who shall be appointed by the Presi
dent on the nomination of the 800 rotary, and re
ceive a salary of $3 000 per annum, and shall have
a number of oterks, whoso aggregate salaries do
not exceed $6,000.
Tho Boyd Murder Case.
The jury in this ease wore unable to agree upon
a verdict, and have been discharged.
A New Colonel.
Colonel Cooobwell Is appointed in command of
tho New York Tammany Regiment, in place of
Colonel Kennedy, deceased.
Religious Services in Camp.
Independent of the grand army on the other
side of the Potomac, there are twenty-nine regi
ments in the suburbs of tho oity on this side of the
riye?. Religious services were held to-day in
nearly .every gspampment, many of whioh wero
largely attended by our ejtipeps. Excellent order
prevailed.
The City Quiet.
Thera is a remarkable stillness pervading our
oity to day. Officers and men are all in oamp, and
with the exception of oitigecs passing to places of
worship, and an occasional carriage passing along
the Avenue, there Is nothing to disturb tho most
fastidious advooato for Sabbath quiot and rest.
Hon. Alfred Ely.
Just before adjournment, yesterday, the Speaker
laid before the House the following :
United States Military Telnoraph.
Received, Ausust Ist, 1861; from Richmond,
Virginia, *nly Sis', 1861.
To Hon. Willi ah H. Srwabd :
lam here a prisoner; Ely, Arnold Harris, and
MoParr are also hoie Q. Ruson, Jb.
Religious Services in the Capitol.
The Rev. Dr. Book, army Chaplain,l preaohed
this morning in the Hall of the House of Repre
sentatiyes The Hall was filled, and the services
were unusually appropriate.
THE PltfeSjS.—-PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 1861.
We may state without prejndioa to the Govern
ment, that two new forte havo been built near
Fort Corcoran, aud a large extent of breastworks
have been thrown np, whioh, with the blook houses
built and building, will nmke this plaee one of the
strongest points in the country Fort Comoran is
now in oharge of the Beoond Maine Regiment and
a company of United States oavalry.
How News is sent South.
All the news reoeived at Louisville, Ky., is re
vised and rewritten by the agent of the Sin them
Associated Press, and he is compelled to make it
suit Southern market readers This will aeoonnt
for the information that 32 000 handouffs ware
captured at Bull Run, with whioh it was expeoted
to manaele the Confederate prisoners, and also that
22 000 stand of arm. had been taken firem our
fores*.
The Senate has confirmed numerous army ap
pointments. Among them are Major Generals
McClellan, Frbhont, Dix, and Banks ; and Brl
gadier Generals Hookeb, Curtis, MoCall, Sana
■an, Lander, Khllt, Kearney, Pope, Hsiht
zeluan, Poster, Stoeb, Remolds, Hunter,
Franklin, Rosencranz, Buell, Makbfibld,
McDowell, and Meigs. Emort has been nomi
nated by thereoommendation, it is said, of all the
Maryland delegation, exoepting Mr. Mat.
The appointments for the eleven new army
regiments are to be considered by the Senate
Committee on Military Affairs, to whioh they ware
referred, on Monday.
Three women were taken prisoners, yesterday,
by Beoesaion oavalry, within a mile of Cloud's
Mills. One of them is represented to beJaNNr
Cubtis, of New York, and it islaid tha other
two were from Washington, and pretended to be
friends of tbe rebels. A private of one of the
New York regiments was oaptorai by tha same
foroe.
A person who has just arrived from Richmond
declares that the labels were astonished by the
valor of onr troops at Stone Bridge, and that it is
net improbable that Jeff. Davis will soon make
propositions to our Government for an armistice.
Messrs. Gorman, Applegate, and Sterling
left Washington on Thursday with a flag of truce,
bearing a eommunioatioß from the Secretary of
War, having for Us objeot tbe recovery of the body
of his brother, Colonel Oambron. They yesterday
returned without success, owing it appears to the
communication baling b MD addressed “To whom
it may oonoern,” and not to soma particular pro
minent officer in the Confederate army.
This objection removed, there is no donbt the
body oan be reoovered, as tha plaoe of interment
is marked, and every facility promised to accom
plish that purpose. The gentlemen carrying the
flag speak in high terms of the oonrteons and kind
manner in whioh they were treated by Col. Btaw
art, commanding the First Virginia Regiment,and
the other officers within the field ef his operations.
They, howovor, woro not permitted to approach
directly to Fairfax Court House. Whatever they
may have seen of interest in that neighborhood
they have the prndenoe to eonoeal, having gone
thithp; on an errand of meroy, and not for recon
noitring purposes.
The members of Congress hare been paid their
last month’s salary with $5O in gold and $250 in
two years’ six per centum treasury notes. The
employees of the other departments of tbe Govern
ment ore hereafter to he paid in the same descrip
tion of papsi.
One of the communications recently sent hither,
under a flag of truee, from General -Johnson, was,
it is understood, in relation to a report which had
reaohed Ike Confederates that soma of their prise
ners had been hnng by order of onr military au
thorities. As no suoh exeontions have taken plaoe,
it may certainly be inferred that Gen. McDowell
.replied in accordance with this fact.
The steamer Yanice arrived at the navy yard
this afternoon, for repairs. Several days ago, no
carding to the statement of one of her officers, she
rannp near a battery of the enemy, at Potomao
oreek,about 8 miles below Acquia creek, and threw
a shell into the works, from which five shots-were
instantly fired in return, one of them passing
through the engineer’s room, tut without doing
much damage. She did not thereafter remain long
in that neighborhood-
Tho passago of tho bill proventing the sale of
Intoxicating liquors to soldiers is mainly duo to
the persevering efforts of Senator Wilson, who,
ever sinoe the meeting of Congress, has pressed
the necessity of snoh a measure for the promotion
of both good morals aad discipline.
General Wool win now assume command of tbe
Federal forces at Fortress MonrOo. '
General Butler has been transferred to this
point, and arrived here to-day.
The statement that fprty men of the Massachu
setts Eleventh Regiment had been oaptnred by the
rebels is true
Measures are to be taken to stop tjbe transmission
of letters from this city to the rebel States. " '
PASSES BT BOTH BOUBHS OP CONGRESS AND SIGNED
Supplementary to an sot entitled “An aot te
authorise a national loan; and' for other pur
poses ” 1 ",
Be if enacted, That the Seoretary of the Trea
sury is hereby authorized to isane bonds of the
United States bearing internet at six per oentum
per annum, ard payable at the pleasure of tho
United States after twenty yean from dale;
and if any holder of treasury notes, bearing in
terest at the rate of seven and three-tenths per
oent, whioh may be issued under the authority
of the aot to authorize a national loan and
for other purposes, approved July seventeen,
eighteen hundred and sixty-one, shall desire
to exchange the seme for said bonds, the Secretary
of the Treasury may, at any time before or at the
maiqrity of such treasury notes, issue to said holder
la payment thereof, ait amount of sail bonds equal
to tho amount whioh, at the tiqie ofsuoh payment
or exobange, may be due on said treasury notes;
but no such bonds shall be issued for q less sum
than five hundred dollars, nor shall tho whole
amount of such bonds exoeed the whole amount of
treasury notes bearing seven aid three tenths per
sent, interest, issued under said aot; and any part
of the tressury notes, payable on demand, autoe
rized by said aot, may bo made payable by the
assistant treasurer at St Louis, or by the deposi
tary at Cinoiunati.
Szo 2 That the treasury notes issued under the
Ikrovitfons of the said aot to authorize a national
oan, and for other purposes, or of any other not
now in forOe, authorizing the issue oi suoh notes,
shall be signed by the Treasurer of the United
States or by some offioer of the Treasury Depart
ment, designated by the Seeretaiy of the Treasury
for said Treasurer, and oountersigoed by the
Register of the Treasury or by some offieer of the
Treasury Department, designated by tho Seoretary
of the Treasury for said Register, and no treasury
notes issued under any aot shall rtqnira the seal
of tho Treasury Department.
Sec 3 That so maoh of the aot, to whioh this is
supplementary, as limits the denomination of a
portion of the treasury notes, authorized by said
aot, at not less tban ten dollars, be, and is, so modi
fied as to authorize the Seoretary of the Treaenry
to fix the denomination of said notes at not less
than five dollars.
Sno 4 That, in addition to the amount hereto
fore appropriated, the sum of one hundred thousand
dollars, or so mnah thereof as may be necessary,
he, and ffio same is hereby, appropriated out of any
money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated,
to pay suoh expenses, commissions, or compensa
tion, as may be neoessary, in the judgment of the
Seoretary of the Treasury, to carry into execution
the provisions of this tot, and of the aot to whioh
this is a supplement.
Sec. 5. That the treasury notes authorized by
the aot to whioh thiß is supplementary, of a less
denomination than fifty dollars, payable on de
mand without interest, and not exceeding in
amount the sum of fifty millions of dollars, shall
be received in payment of publio dues,
tf tixp. 6. That the provisions of the aot entitled
“ An aot to provide for the better organisation of
the Treasury, and for the coUeotioa, safe keeping,
transfer, and diabunamentßOf the publio revenue,
passed August *, 1846, be, and the same are
hereby suspended, so for as to allow the Seoretary
of the Treasury to deposit any of the moneys ob
tained op any of the loans now authorized bv law,
to oredit of tile Treasurer of the Dotted c-tates, In
suoh solvent specie paying basks as he may select,
and the said moneys so deposited may be withdrawn
from deposit for deposit with the regular an
tuorized depositaries, or for the payment of publio
dues, or paid in redemption of tho notes authorized
to be issued under this aot, or the aot to whioh this
Is supplementary, payable on demand, as may
seem expedient to, or bo direoted by, the Secre
tary of the Treasury
Sxo. 7. That the Seoretary of the Treasury may
sell or negotiate for any portion of the loan pro
vided for in the aot to which this is a supplement,
bonds payable not more than twenty years from
date, and bearing interest not exooeding six per
centum per annum, payable semi-annually, at any
rate not less than the equivalent of par for the
bonds bearing seven per oent. interest, authorized
by said aot.
Death of Bishop Bowman, ot Fenpla.
Lancaster, Fa., Aug. 3.—This community was
shocked this evening by the intelligence of the
sadden death of Bishop Bowman, of the Protestant
Episeopal Churoh, this morning, while on his way
from Pittsburg to Butler. The Bishop left his
hope in this oity in ordinary good health, ;on
Tuesday last, on a visit to the coal-oil regioos of
Western Pennsylvania. Re preached his last ser
mon in Bt. John’s Free Churoh, Lancaster, on
Bund ay evening last. The funeral will take plaoe
at Lanoaster on Tuesday next, at 5 P. M.
Operations of the Privateers—A Vessel
Nnw York, August 3 —The brig L C■ Watts
arrived from Pernambuco this morning, haring
suooessfnll; run a gauntlet ef pirates
She reports that, when off Bermuda, on tho 25th,
was informed by the sehooner John Elliot,
that that vessel had been phased by a privateer
brig
The brig L. C. Watts was ohased by a bark on
the 26th, again by a brig on the 27 th, and a third
time by a sehooner on the 28th, but she outsailed
them all.
She brought as passangers Oapt. Gibble and the
orow of tho brig Carolina, of Boston, whioh
struck a sunken reef off Cape Bt Rcqneon Juno
2d, and waa condemned at Rio Grande. The Caro
hnane* insured in Boston.
Nxw York, Aug. 3 —The bark Golden Era
reports that on the 17th ult she saw a small
schooner run down to a lergo sehooner whioh hove
to. She supposes the former to be a privateer.
Qn the 31st the Golden Era was boarded by sn
offioer frmg the gunboat; Union, who reported that
on the 29 b the latter ohased ashore the brig
B F. Martin, of Boston, with a prize prep on
hoard, and burned her, when twenty miles north
of Cape Hatteras.
New Forts.
Miscellaneous.
Important Act,'
BY THE PRESIDENT.
Ontsailß three of them.
FROM MISSOURI
Mexico, Mo., August I.—Gen. Pope has estab
lisbed Ms headquarters here for the present
Col. Grant’s and a portion of Col Tamer’s regi
ments, and four oompanies of Col. Marshall’s oaval
ry, are quartered here.
Water is both inconvenient to obtain aad im
pure, and a change of rendezvous will be made as
soon as arrangements oan bo perfected for an en-
campment.
Brig. Gen Hurlbut was detached from here to
day, to roloet oampieg grounds near Jtfforson oity,
whore 30,000 troops will be congregated, under
Gen. Pope's command. Gen Pope is assigned to
tho aommand of all the farces north of St. Lonis
These troops will consist principally of the Illinois
regiments, and form one grand arm of the West
ern army This division will be ready, after tbo
rangh drilling and vigorous discipline in camp, far
an advance movement, through Arkansas and
Texas, towards New Orleans, as soon as the exoes
sive hot weather abates sufficiently to warrant tho
health of tho troopß in that climate
A part of these troops is to be made np of tho
now regiments lately aooepied from Illinois.
Gan. Pope hereafter designs to permit no more
scouting, dooming it an injury to tbe offiolenoy vj
the troops for service. The people will be striotly
held responsible for depredations committed If
hostilities oocnr, and if troops are oalled to their
relief, they will bu sent in sufficient numbers to
take possession of the village or villages that may
be invaded by the rebels, and making quarters In
the henses and drawing rations of tbe eilistns
This, it is believed, is the only means of making
and keeping the people duly vigilant to their own
and their State’s interests.
From the Army of the Shenandoah*
HOW THH BNHMV GET INFORMATION—FRIHKDLY
PICEBTB, BTC
Sandy Hook (Md ), August B—A noted Beees
oiouist, a man of wealth and standing, residing
near Knoxville, was arrested on Thursday,
but discharged for want of evidenoe. It was
ascertained yesterday, however, through an es
oaped contraband, that through him or his agen
oy information was frequently transmitted to the
rebel army, regarding the strength of onr foroes
and their position. He was accordingly rearrested
last night.
A gentleman connected with this division was at
the Ford yesterday, thirty two miles below here,
and reports that he witnessed there the interest
ing speotaole of a Federal and rebel picket meet
ing midway in the river. They exchanged a
Baltimore Hun for a Riohmond Enquirer, and.
after taking a friendly drink together, exchanged
canteens. The rebel piofeet stated that then were
bat fonr regiments at Leesburg, and these war*
raw militia nndergoing drill and discipline H*
also stated that there were no large bodies of rebe
troops north of that point or east of the Alleghe
nies. This, however, is in part discredited.
Some of the rebel eoonts were seen about a mile
and a half from Bolivar yesterday, and it is re
ported that a mill belonging to n well known
Unionist was burnt by them, about six miles above
Harper’s Ferry, on Thursday night.
A visit to many of the oamps yesterday gave a
gratifying idea of the good order, eleenliness, and
strict military discipline that prevail among them
Most of the hospital oases are oonfined to diarrbepa
and dysentery, none of which are of a serious na
ture.
Tbe Massachusetts Thirteenth am auppoaod to
have arrived yesterday.
Lient. Col. Kane, of Col. Kiddle’s Pennsylvania
Regiment, arrived yesterday, expecting to find his
regiment here, but it had not arrived up to last
night.
Major Doubleday’s rifled siege guns were sue.
eessfully experimented reaently in the presenee
of General Banks and staff. Several shot and shell
were thrown into tbe valley opposite the battery
with astonishing accuracy.
The men are generally anxious to go oat on
picket service, and they perform that arduous and
delioate duty with the bravery and discretion
of vetersnß. Hardly a night passes hat some im
portant information is thus gathered. They range
for a long distance on all sides of the eamp, and
pay partiouiar attention to the only route by
whioh the enemy can approach. The weather is
suffocatingly hot
Operations of the Rebels on the Mis
sissippi.
SNATH OF GEN. FLOURNOY—REPORTS FBOH RICH
Louisville, Aug. 3—A gentleman, who boa
just arrived in this oity, says seven boats left
Memphis last night, aonveying troops to New
Madrid. Not less than 20,000 troops have been
landed in Missouri.
Harris has probably been re-elected Governor
of Tennessee.
General Flournoy died here yesterday [
- Tho drafting for troops has already commenced
Virginia. Tho Adjutant General orders the
militia to repair to the court houses of their re
speetive oonnties without delay. About 20 000 are
wanted. Roger A. Pryor is in ooramand of the
Third Virginia Regiment, in Isle of Wight county.
The Riohmond Examiner aaya; “Among the
prisoners here is a freonegro who oame as phapl&in
of one of the Connecticut regiments H
The same paper authoritatively states that the
number in tbe Federal reglqient which surren
dered the day after the fight at Bull Run was
820.
Henry A. Wise is reported to need reinforce
ments. Tbe papers have no advioeß from his com
mand sinoe the Ball Ran affair.
We understand that. Beauregard has hung three
traitors, one an engineer on tho Manassas Gap
Railroad, another a preacher, and a third a
farmer.
A despatch to the Knoxville Register, of the
31st, says;
“ Preparations of an extensive character are In
progress Before a great while large movements
may confidently be expected. Our piokets extend
beyond Falls Churoh. The rebel troops are divided
into two corps d’armee, the first under Gen. John
son, oooupying the advanoe post, and the seoond
under Geu. Beauregard.
“Thereis no doubt that treachery was practised
on the Manassas Gap Railroad to prevent the
junction of the forces of Johnson with Beaure
gard. The train oondnetor has been shot, having
acknowledged to reoeiving a bribe to defeat tho
projsct lrom Union cfficers.
“ The same treatment has been meted out to a
recreant Georgian, who was caught piloting the
enemy out of a marsh ”
The Richmond Examiner of tho 30th says;
“ Oar army under Johnston is now encamped in
the vioinity of Fairfax Court House.
“ From what wo learn we think it improbable
that any alteration in position will be made at
present ”
The Richmond Examiner’s Portsmouth oor
respondent says that Col. Smith, of the Lexington
Military Institute, will take command of the forces
on Craney Island,
Marshall Parks, agent of Sonth Carolina, at
Portsmouth, hss transferred to the Confederacy a
fleet of five steamers, already manned and armed.
The Plan ef the Rebpls in the West-
ST LOUIS , AND NOT CAIRO, THE POINT OP ATTACK
Bt. Louis, Mo., August 3. —The Evening JYeuts
loarus from a well-informed oitisen of Southwest
Missouri, who possesses peouliar facilities for ao
quiring knowledge, the plan of the Seoessionists in
that region. Their real object is not to attack
Cairo, or Bird’s Poiut, hut to make a desperate
attempt to seeure possession of St Louis- There
is a strong foroo under General Pillow at New Ma
drid, Mo ; auothor at Pooabontas, Ark., under
the command it is believed, of MoCnllough; and
another in Mississippi oounty, Missouri, under
j-.ff Thomson. The plan is to keep up a constant
threat to attack Cairo and Bird’s Point, so aB to
employ the Federal troops at these points, and to
menace Gen Lyon in the southwest by threats to
attaok him, while tho forooß at New Madrid and
Pooahontas effoot a j motion at Pilot Knob, and
from there maroh on St Louis and take it, rein
state Governor Jaokson, and, with this oity as tho
base of operations, wrest Missouri from the Fede
ral Government.
From Fortress Monroe.
Forthhss Morbob, August i —lt is understood
thot General Butler has gone to Washington to
attend ■ conference of the Cabinet and major-gen
erals of the army.
The report that General Wool ie to be sent to
tbe Fortress is not credited, though it is said that
General Butler will not remain, unless troops are
furnished him for a vigorous campaign.
Hampton is still uuoooupiod by the Secession-
Isis.
The First United States Volunteer
Artillery Regiment.
HinRIBEUun, August 4 —The First United
States Volunteer Artillery Regiment was organ
ised at Camp Curtin, last week, by the election of
die following field officers : Col Richard Henry
Rush, of Philadelphia; Lieut. Col. Charles T-
Campbell, of Franklin county, Fa. ; Senior Major
Alfred S. Lewis, of York; Junior Major H. A.
Dunforth, of Pittsbnrg.
Colonel Campbell, commanding, has ordered
the regiment to march from here to-morrow eve
Ding.
The Twelfth Regiment Pennsylvania Reserves,
Colonel John H. Taggart, will leave Harrisburg
for Washington on Tuesday next.
A Report Corrected.
BapTiiioßH, August 3.— Capt. Cooper, President
of the Board of Pilots, states that the pilot boat
Coquette has just retnrned from a ornise alon g the
coast where the United States schooner Vizm re
ported some eleven vessels ashore, and reports
that they are all old wreoka She saw nothlpg
pew whatever.
Front Atlantic City.
Atlantic Citt, Aog 3 —Governor OuTtin, of
Pennsylvania, and his family, arrived at tbe
United States Hotel last evening The weather is
delightful, the oompany here large and agrepable,
and the bathing novor was fiior
Four Persons Drowned.
Newark, Ana. 4—Frank Baker, Allen Dona
kor, and Mr. Zield, and his son, 8 years old, were
drowned on the Passaic river this afternoon.
LATER FROM EUROPE.
The Anglo Saxon at Father Point.
Fathk Point, Aug- 4 —The steamer Anglo
Bateon t with Liverpool bdrioea to the 27th ale,
three days later than those famished by the
Sultan , arrived at this port to night
The steamers Etna and Nova Scotia arrived
oat on the 25;h. and the Hammoma on the 2d h.
The Angio Saxon brings 170 passengers and
£9O 000 in epvoie
The steamer Kangaroo had sailed for New
York, with a specie nac of £5O 000.
A writ had been issued providing for the eleo
tion of a member of the House of Commons for the
oity of London, in place of Lord John Hassell.
bir Robert Peel, it ie said, wiU be Secretary for
Ireland
YA public meeting having reference to the Ame
rican crisis was h«ld la Loodon on the 29th, the
object being to present a testimonial to the Rev.
Or. Cheever, of New York. Dr. Oheever spoke
strongly agalust tbs seceded BUt«i, and advosated
tbs abolition of slavery as a duty inoanibsnt on tbs
Federal Government.
The monster Iron plated frigate Black Pnnes
has made a highly satisfactory trial trip on the
Clyde.
FRANCE.
The Emperor is expected to return from Viohy
in a day or two with restored health.
The Paris Bourse is quiet, bnt Arm. Rentes are
quoted at 67i 70s.
ITALY.
A decree has been published fixing the terms of
the national loan in accordance with those already
announced
Neapolitan despatches teem with acts of bri
gands, pillages, and murders on a large scale.
In th e Consistory, at Rome, on the 23d, the Pope
annonnoed a short alloou-’lon, in the oonrss of
whioh he declared himself grateful for the con
tinned ooonpation by the French troops, bnt was
sensible of the abuse whioh the enemies of order
have made, end will make, of the SOt Of FrBBOO in
the kingdom of Italy
TURKEY.
Safeti Paohs, the president of the Grand Conn
oil, has been dismissed. He will he succeeded by
Faad Psoha.
THE LATEST, VIA LONDONDERRY.
The London Deposit and Discount Bank and Fire
lusuranoe Company, a new and weak sff dr, has
stopped payment, with a deficiency of £3OO 000.
This suspension will entail mnah misery on the
poor depositors
Flobbhcb, July 26— A reactionary band ha
been formed at Tooohanella- Troops will he de
spatched in order to prevent their crossing the
frontier.
Pabis, Jnly 26—A Constantinople despatch,
dated the 25th, says “The Saltan oon'lnuea to
'Sect reforms It is promised to modify the per
soeeUe of the judges and diminish the privileges
and salaries of the Connell of Judges.
The rations allowed to tbo civil functionaries
have bean stopped, in oonseqnanee of a complaint
from >he Frenoh embassy.
Cadiz Jnly 25.—A daughter of the Duke Mont
pensier is dead
Tcbih July 20 —The ofilotal Gazette says: Two
individuals have been arrested on the oharge of
enlisting recruits for the Pontifical army. They
had Papal and Austrian passports. A list of men
enroiiod eince 1860 and a quantity of Bourbon
and Papal portraits and decorations, were found
on them They were about to enter the Italian
army in order to oorrupt the soldiers.
Commeicial Intelligence.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARK i>T, Friday. July Z 6 -
The sales of Cot'ou for toe week, .mount t.> 000
bales, ineluding 38 UN) bales to speculators, and IS (00
bales for esport The m.rtgt h« adraueed, and all
qualities are quoted atJfaXd higher.
The. sacs of to-day are estimated at 15 000
bale*, in&ludmg 6,000 ball** to spfoul&tora and exonrt
emithe maiket o oamr firm at tha following
Upland ditto SSIS: * Hii Mob,l ° 6 * a “
ws/lLSr® m port of 1,001,000 balos, of whioh
746.GCW t’ale* are American
STATE OF TR.ADH.~The advioos from Manches
ter are favor&b l *. price* (till «o<xiinue to advance*but
tho BMOsara small.
Li VtiRPOOL M ARKE’ p .—M**s t 8.
Rr-hirdaopt fcperioe report the Broadatiiffa market
d«ll at easier quotations. FLurha* a downward ten
dency. ohiefly in the inferior qualities, which are 6d.
tower; sues at37a.od«
Wheat—WmteW. etern llefldol3R6d. Bed do 9*o
Ua. White Southern ia steady. Corn-Mixed* 38e©
23s ’d; yellow SlaraßSsi white q iet but steady.
Ll/KItPOO., FKOVXWON MAFKtT-Provisions
continue dull Mcaar ,J meßftJotjcnry, biilnod, Athja
& Co., and other authorities, report Beef flat Fork
still deoliinn*.
Bacou quiet at s?e. Laid steady at 470)493. Tallow
quiet at 29©31e.
LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKET.—Aahea* both
note and pearl*, are read*. inaotive. Rice, dull.
Cnffee ereadr < pints of Turpentine still advancing;
sales at 7t©7a3d- Noain (oommou I, du l. 1
LOND N MARKETS—barin«a report Breadstuff*
with a downward tendency, all qualities bav ns suf
fered a a irht decline aifloe the l iast report. Sugar
tireper. Ccffae quiet out steady. Teajcommon ' nu
gou active at Uola Sd. Rioe quiet. Tallow'&7©36i.
eve qu Wed At Ante,loan securities are dull.
Tbs tclowiDf on ns arc rnpnrtril > firm Rrlroid ns
23 ; New Yn.k Central, 70071; Illinois Central, 35 % per
oent. diseount.
LATER FROM CALIFORNIA.
[BT THH PORT BXPBHBB J
Fob* Kbamby, August 2 —The California Pony
Express passed kero at 7 o’oiook this afternoon,
with the following advices i
Sab Fbahoisgo, July 21 —The ship Cimbcr, from
Hong E >ng. with 720 passengers, arrived on the
221; also, the barks Comet and Cataleen, fiom
Honolulu; and bark Qtta,'from Australia.
Sailed rn the 29 h, bark Crisoanc, for Sydney;
221, ship Flying Afist, for Maiailan; bark Sarah
Warner, on a whaling voyage
Thera are no new features in trade. Much the
same business 1b doing 88 Mat reported. Sugars,
teas and coffee, are still in request, and gradually
improving
The Breckinridge State Convention met at Sa
cramento yesterday, and to-day Dominated J. R.
MoConnell for Governor, Jdsner O'Farrell for
Lieutenant Governor, J. R. Barker and D. O.
Shattnek for Congress.
It is supposed the Convention will modify its
platform so that it will shnn sympathy with the
Secession owe The nomination of thiß ticket
divides the Demoeratta party as it was last year;
and renders a Republican viotory In September
highly probable.
The political campaign h’S b-eu now fairly
opened There is n» material difference between
the Republicans and Union Democrats on national
matters Heneothe issues of tbe contest are mainly
on local questions, some of which are already pro
voking great bitterness.
Owing to telegraphic management between St.
Louis and Fort Kearnev, our last pony express
dates are only to the 12 h nit., when ft was be-
Movcd a battle war to take plaoonoar Martinsburg,
between (Jen Patterson’s troops and the rebel
foroes tinder Gen Johnson. There is great anx ety
to bear the result, as many Union men fear a de
feat if an engagement took plapp qnder the oironm
stanosa then existing
At a meeting of the oltigens of Irish birth, held
at Ban Franoteco. on Monday evening, it was re
solved to send the remains of T B McManus to
Inland by way of New Tork; the funeral proces
sion to take place here on the 20h of August, and
the remains to be forwarded by the steamer on the
21st.
Oregon dates, bv the overland mall, have haen
received to the 17*h ult., and advioes from Bri
tish Columbia and Washington Territory to the
15th. Ten thousand dollars arrived at Portland
nnthelfi'h, from the Nezpores gold mines. The
Oregonian, of the 16th, Bays there will probably
be nearly five thousand persons at the mines in
October. The miners at work are generally doing
well. In the Congressional elec-ion In Washing
ton Territory, Mr. Gerifield, the Damoeratle Union
candidate, was ahead, so far as had been heard
from.
Tbe bark Comtt brings news from the Sandwioh
Islands to the 25:h of Jane.
Among her passengers are Lady Franklin and
nieoe, who are returning to England; Mr. Bor
den, late {Jnited States commissioner to the Sand
wich Islands, and Mr Brayton. late United States
consul at Lahaina On the 16 hof June Mr. Bur
den introdnoed his sneoessor to the Ring, together
with flag officer Montgomery, commanding the
United States Paoifio squadron, and the aaptain
and officers ef the United States steamer Lancas
ter, then in Honolnln harbor On the 17 h the
steamer Lancaster sailed for Panama direct On
the same day the steamer Surprise sailed for
Japan.
There were only seventy four whaling vessels
ornsing in the North Pacific this season, and of
these about forty six are expected to saU for At
lantic ports before winter.
Tbe American residents at Honolulu have caught
tbe flag fever of tbe day, and display the Ameriean
bunting in profusion.
Chase of a Privateer by tbe Sloop-of-
Wav Savannah.
Bostow, Aug. 3 —The following Is an extraot
from a letter dated July 25th, abeard the United
States sloop-of-war Savannah, off Cape Hatteras:
“We made a sail to windward. It was blow
ing a gale and the sea was running high. We
gave obese for three or four hours, when, appa
rently, te avoid being oaptured, she ran over
the shoals, and went high and dry on the beaoh.
The sea running so high, ipaite a complete
breach over her. She was a full-rigged brig,
of about two hundred tons Hep eonduot was
most singular throughout the obase. She was out
of gun range, or she might have got a ten-inoh
shell into her. She showed no colors, which Is
still more strange We attempted to get near
enough to ascertain her true eharaoter, bat a dan
gerous bar kept us away. The country around Is
uninhabitable. Tbe sand bank is fifteen miles
north of Cape Hatteras, and so rough that it is im
possible -o land. We think she may be the priva
teer Jeff Davit, or some vessel oaptured by her,
making for some inlet on the ooast of North Caro
lina.”
Tbe Steamer Norwegian Ashore and
Afloat.
Mortbbal. Aug. 3 —The steamer Norwegian
passed, off Father Point, at five o’olock this after
noon. On tbe morning of the 29th of July, while
in a very dense fog, she got asbora on the Anti
costa Island. After throwing overboard a portion
of her oargo, and taking other means to lighten
her, she floated off without damage yesterday.
The Notwegian has 41 cabin and a large number
of steerage passengers.
Mortreal, August 4.—The slesmer United
Kingdom, which has arrived at Quebec, picked
up the sreamer Norwegian's mails and despatches,
and $6O 000 in speoie from tbe sohooner Onward
The Norwegian arrived at Quebeo this morning.
Col. Uttljier’s Regiment.
Washington, Aug. 3 Col. Balller’s Tiyenty
first Penns, ivania Regiment has been aooepted for
the war. They have already seen three months’
servloe. The Colonel, with his Adjutant, made
personal application to the War Department yes
terday, with the favorable result stated.
News from Boston.
Bobtor, Aug. 3. — A portion of the “ Gore
Block,” on Greene and Pitts streets, oocnpltd by
the Boston Faucet Company, and fir other me
obauioal and manufacturing purposes, was de
stroyed by fire this morning. The total loss is
about 940 000, which Is mostly insured.
The war in New Granada appears to have
taken a torn, and lortnne new smiles on the Go
vernmmt side Moiquera’s ohanoes of suepess are
very muob diminished The laet news from the
interior represents hiip in retreat, after an ussuo
otasful attaok upon the Government forces, which
had been a few days previously repulsed from his
entrenobmenu.
Gin, Scott’s FBoramr.—By tho Ordinance
of Virginia tbe property or General Scott, In that
State, has been confiscated to the pnblio treasury
As a cotemporary well observes, before tbe State
can realise it, General Scott will probably make
good his title with his award.
THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS.
EXTRA BKSNJON.
Wasbixstom, August 8,1861.
SENATE.
The Senate met at 11 o’clock.
Mr AMTnonr, of Rhode Island, from the Com
mi tee on Priming, reported a bill that hereafter
all extra copies of messages, Be., will only be
pruned by joint resolution of both Hostel. Agiead
to
S* of Maisaobusetti, presented a me
morial trom citizens of Marlborough, Mass , asking
Congress to use all means to put down the rebellion
Laid on the table.
Mr Ksmhbpt, of Maryland, offered tbe follow
ingresoiution from the Legislature of Maryland :
Whereas, Rosa Winans, while in the discharge
of affinal duty, was arbitrarily and illegally ar
rested on tbe highway by foroo of arms by the
Federal Government, and sundry other oitiaensof
Maryland wore seized by the same dospotio autho
rity, in violation ot all perianal rights of citizens
of Maryland, and the unconstitutional and arbi
trary acts of the Government are not confinad to
Maryland, so that the property of no man is safe,
and the Banotity of no dwelling is raspsotad,
and the seorednese of private eorrespondenee no
longer exist*
Whereas, The House of Delegates does not wish
history to reoord the overihrow of all pnblie rights
without also Teoording their indignant protest of
resentment against suoh acta of Presidential ty
ranny and usurpations and the outrages of the
Federal G<vernment.
Mr. Wilkibsok. of Minnesota, moved that the
manorial b*» mtoroed
Mr Kbsssdv I hope not.
Mr Moan ill of Maine, objeoted to the recep
tion, as the language was not reipeotful, and not
being signed by the Governor, aid not emanate
from a proper body.
Mr. Wilkinsox said the protest wag neither
respectful nor true. It was false in form, falsa in
faot, and an outrageous violation of rights
Mr Ks»ibdt hoped that tbe petition from
Maryland wtmid no* be refused. He hoped her
rights would be no more trampled upon ; soo was
a loyal State, bnt struggling under the weight of
oppression.
Mr. Bali, of New Hampshire, argued that the
Senate should not refuse to hear the petition. He
said it was a dangerous step to refuse the right of
petition In any way It is not the first time that
petitions have come here whioh were not eonsid ered
respectful by many Let the Legislature of Mary
land say what they think, no matter if it is not
pleasant to our ears Let the memorial.be entered
os the record, and let history judge of the troth of
the charges He referred to the straggle of John
Qainoy Adams for the right ef petition.
Mr. WiLKixsox said that Adams had never stood
np to jnsuly the reception of statements whioh
were net true The eonntry wanted fighting
men now, not talking men. The Senator from
Nrw Hampshire had bettor be looking after the
■ucoosa of the arms of the Government than olog
ging the Government
Mr. Hals asked tbe Senator what he meant.
Mr. WILXINSoa said just such speeches as that
made to day If Ross Winans is a traitor, and
need all his power and money' to aid the rebel
army, be ought to have been hang.
Mr. Clack said the paper was not signed, nor
had it tbe seal of tha State affixed
Mr Mobbill contended that the memorial
Should OOt be printed, S 3 it was not reipeotfnl nor
trnthinl.
Mr. Anthosy said be did not contend that tbe
memorial was truthful or respectful, bnt would not
refuse to receive the memorial of any cevereign
State.
Mr. Tbuhbull said he agreed with the Senator
from New Hampshire He would hold to the
saored right of petition He believed the Conati
tutien intended everybody to have tbe right of pe
tition They may be ever so muoh mistaken in
what they believe, and they have a right to be
Spiteful- He did not Sappoia the Legislature had
any design to inanlt tha Senate.
Mr. Bayabd, of Delaware, said he eonld sea no
intention to insult the Senate, and thought the
memorial of any State should be received.
Mr. Wilkihboh withdrew the objeqciom to its
reception, bnt objsoted to tbe printing of tbe me
morial.
Mr. Pbabcb said it was not nefjssary that the
paper should be signed by the Governor of Mary
land. Jt was pot tbe intention to insnlt the
Senate In faot, the insnlt was the other way. It
wm an intuit to a Slate to refute to receive its
memorial, and the Government could not continue
finch insults without creating disunion.
Mr. Fxssxmbx, of Maine, thought It would he
better to print tbe memorial. He remembered
many memorials that had been Bout here, which
he considered disrespectful to. the majority, but
none of them were refused to be printed. If the
Legislature of Maryland haa done wrong, the ceu
sequence is their own He thought the wisest and
best way wonld be to receive and print the me
morial.
The memorial was ordered to be printed.
Mr Wi&iog, vf Messaebnsottßi from the Military
Committee, reported back tbe bill to pey volun
teers monthly, with the reoommendauon that it
should not pass.
Mr Elite, of New York, offered a resolution,
that the Secretary of War be reoommended to pay
volunteers monthly, whenever practicable. Agreed
to
On metlsn ftf Mr. qcniifigfc, 4f Vermont, the
resolution fixing the time of adjournment was taken
up
Mr. Collabbb moved to fix the time of adjourn,
ment at'l’nni.dsy, the 6th of Aagast, at 12 o’clock
M Agreed to.
The rcsointion was passed to adjoam on Tues
day.
On motion of Hr. Wusow. the bill to increase
the E iginecr Oorps was taken np and ptissd.
Mr Mobbill, of Maine, moved io take up the
bill supplementary to the met to proteat the com
m«roe of the United States, and panish piraoy.
Agreed to.
The Mil was passed.
The bill relative to district attorneys for the
Sonthern district of New York was passed.
Mr Tbobbdll. of I iinois, reported, from .the
Committee on the Judiciary, a bill relative to the
judicial distrio * of Missouri and Kentucky, with
a motion to postpone it till next December, whioh
led to a long discus-ion ia regard ro the loyalty of
Judge Monroe, of Kentucky, by Messrs Lano, of
Indians, Powell, Baker. Breckinridge, McDouguU,
Polk, Harris, and others
After a long executive session, the Sonata ad
journed.
HOUSE
Mr Blaik, of Missouri, from the Committee on
Military Affairs, reported a bill to increase theeffi
clency of the topographical engineer corps, whioh
f used. It empowers the President to add to
tha corps two lientenant ooionals and four majors,
and one company of soldiers, to be commanded by
competent officers
Mr. Own. of New York, from the Committee os
Military Affairs, reported baok the bill to promote
the efficiency of the volunteer force, by anthori
s'ng the President to discharge from service any
commissioned volunteer officer, far inoapaeity, in
tffioienay, misconduct or negkot of duty. The
committee report a substitute, to apply the princi
ples of tbe biil to officers of the regular army as
well as to those of volunteers, the dismissals to
take plaoe without instituting a board ot inquiry
or court marital.
Mr Quit raid be knew that ibis was an arbi
trary power, but In the present emergency he was
wiling to trust its exerelse to the Commander-in-
Chief
Mr ValJiAHDlghah, of Ohio, suggested that so
mueh i f tbe subs-irate as proposed to Bffeot volun
teer officers be strioken out It was extraordi
nary, ooi. sidering that suohoffioers were appointed
by State authority, under a constitutional w«r§B*,
and besides Is was arbitrary to dismiss officers with
out inquiry.
Mr Olin remarked that it was evident, from re
cent events, that it would be wise to repOße such
power s >mewbeie.
Mr Burnett, of Kentucky, contended that tbe
power proposed to be eouterred on the President
WSB olearly unconstitutional This measure was
in keeping with the legislation ot this Congress
He was certainly opposed to giving the President
the power to remove tbe ormmiisioned offioers of
volunteers merely at his will and pleasure.
Mr. Our Said, in reply, that if, as Mr- Burnett
had admitted, an officer appointed by State autho
rity could be removed bv a oourt of inquiry or
court-martial, wby ootid not another moae be
adopted to effect the same object, there being ne
other constitutional means designated? These
are extraordinary times and demand vigor and
promptness He was not surprised at the remarks
of tho gentleman bom Kentucky, [Hr Barnett,J
who was known to bo a warm sympathiser with
those who were striving to overthrow the Govern
ment He wonld ratherihear a dissertation on the
sanotlty of the Constitution from some ether
source.
Mr. Braun* said he was itntok with one re
niaikablo thing during the present session of Con
gress. Whenever he made whet he regerded as a
plain statement, apd gave the reasons whioh actu
ated him, instead of gentlemen meeting his argu
meats, they made personal allusions to his want
of loyalty. He oould not appreciate that mode
of reply. He would tell the gentleman from
New York, and ail others who Indulged in that
speeieß of rhetorio, fearlessly and boldly, that
be would discharge what he believed to be his
duty, without consulting any member of this
Honse. On tbe question of loyalty, his record
and that of the gentleman Is made up in this
House, and he believed his would bear a
favorable comparison with that gentleman's
And when impartial history shall determine
who is tbe most responsible for the present
uofortnnate condition of the country, poste
rity will deoide that the gentleman from New
Yoik has done more to bring it about than
he (Burnett) had He had struggled hare to
prevent tbis condition of affairs. If his warning
voice, with that ei others who aoted with him. oould
have reached the gentleman and his Republican
friends, we should now be united as one family;
instead of war, we shoald have peaoe. As to his
sympathy with the Sonih, he wished to say that,
as long as his State remained under the Constitu
tion, he recognised bis obligation to the Federal
Government. He bed taken an oath to support
tbe Constitution If the gentleman wanted to know
whether he sympathised with those among whom
be was born, and who regard tbe war as having
been foiaed on them, ana who would make peace
to morrow, he answered in the affirmative, and
they oonld make the most of it.
Mr. Olin replied that he had laid nothing perso
nal. He should be entirely eontent to let im
partial history show who is responsible for this
war. Bnt when the gentleman from Kentucky
undertook to defend himself from the charge of
disloyalty, it were better he should withdraw from
tbe records what he bad arid here daring this set
eion The gentleman has repeatedly remarked
that he held h mself bound by the action of hil
own State, rather then by the Constitution and the
iaws made in pnrsnanoe ot it.
Mr- Bvbbxtt replied <hat ha wanted to put the
gentleman right The Federal Government is one
of limited powers, under e written Constitution,
aoting within the limits conferred by the States.
It is sovereign to that extent—no more. So long
as it is kept within the scope of theca conferred
powers be owed it allegiacoe. But the Constitu
tion is suspended by a tasatloal majority, who do
bpt observe it, When Kentucky speaks, by her
action bo will stand.
Mr Olin replied. Tbe gentiemrn avoids the
issue, and standi ready, when a pretended ms jo
rlty oi his own State obeose to set the Constitution
and laws at defiance, to go with them.
Mr Burkett wished to respond, but objections
weie mate on the Republican side
Mr Oust moved the previous question, under
the operation of whioh the snh-titn e was njeetec,
by a vote i f 18 jeaß, against fll nays
And tbp bill was, on motion of Mr. Hptobins,
laid on the table.
Qn morion of My. Allsn, of Ohio, tbe House
topk up the Benatercs'ration. providing for a Jolt.t
committee ef belli blanches of g, Barest to wait cb
the President end Hqu'fit him ‘o set apart a d&j
< f pnblio humiliation, tasting and ptajer, to be ob
served by religious anwmhLges and tbe offering up
of a fervent supplication tor the iumms of cur
arms and restoration ef peaoa.
Mr. Lnvsjor moved to add “ and the reading of
the 58 h obapier of Isaiah ”
Mr. Valoaxdioham suggested the “Scrmcn 01
the Mvuat ”
The original resolution was passed without
amettdmctit
Mr brumes, of Pennsylvania, from tbe Com
mittee of Ways and Means, reported back tbe Se
nate amendments to the hill making appropria'ioni
for enrolling and orgau>i.ng volunteers, etc , with
an amendment thereto appropriating twenty mil
lions of dollars
Mr BiaaaAK, of Ohio, from the Jadiotarj Com.
mitten, reported bsok the Senate btli to confi.ioate
property used for insurreotioeary purpose!, with
an amendment, in eubstunoe, that whenever,
during the present insorreotion, any person held to
service or labor shall be employed io the military
or naval service, on entrenchments Ao , the person
to whom snoh tabor or service is due shall forfeit
his olairu to the same
Mr. Vallaxdiohav, of Ohio, s«ld this was tha
same bin nmoh the House had nnder considera
tion yrg’erday
Several gantlemea on the Republican side Said
It waß different from that ono.
Mr Holuak, of Krntnoky. moved that the bill
be lsid on the table Negatived—yeas 47 nays 66.
The House concurred in tho Senate amendment ts
the House resold Unn fixing Tuesday next for the
adjournment of Congtet*
Th* Consideration of the eonfissaiian bill WAS
resumed at d the question stated to bo on agreeing
to tbe amendment reported by Mr. Biuaham,
when “
Mr Mallobv, of Kentucky, moved that the
House adjourn Disagreed tt—yoas SO, nays 76
The amendment wm then adopted, and the bill
passed bv a vote o! 60 yeas against 48 nays
The BrcAKKK laid before the Hondo a message
from the President, in answer to the resolution
adopted yesterday, enclosing a telegraphic de
spatch received at the United Btatoa Military
office, August 1, from Hon Alfred Ely, of New
York, dated Riohmoi d. saying that he is detained
as a prisoner in thar city
Mr Cobklix. ol New York, offered a resolution
r'queatirg me President to oommusicate to the
House all tLe correspondence be ween James E.
Harvey end any of tho beads of tbe departmems,
in any way relating to the oharges against tho
tsid Harvey, growing out of tha seizure by the
Government of descaichee to and from the said
Harvey, and any other in’ormation in connection
wi-h the subject Mr. ConkliD said be had informa
tO i from Mr. Harvey of snob a characer that the
H use should not refuse an inquiry to the extent of
the resolution
Mr. Vallahdiohak As the gentleman seems
to have information trom Mr Harvey, I would re
quest that ho now oommnniaate it
Mr Cosklix then feat Up to be read a letter
from Mr Harvey, dated Lisbon, July 14, to th*
Seeretary ot War, in which the writer says that
acme unscrupulous enemies have sought to slake
their thirat for vengeance by porver'iog the re
oord. and then prroseds to vindioate himself from
the charges of collu-ion with the enemy; the refu
tation being the same or similar to that from him
already published.
Mr, CoxEbin said ho bad known Mr. Harvey
aa a gin lcmuo and a friend, end tho aoouaation
was about the moat damaging that oonld be made
against any man; he oonld not let tbe session
olote without an opportunity of enabling jtutiee to
be done. The resolution was adopted-
The House then adjourned.
Orders ol Col. Porter, Provost Marshal
Of WAshington.
001. Porter, Provost Marshal of Washington,
has issued tbs following orders:
Headquastbss City Guard, )
Provost Marshal’s Office, >
Watbiogton, August 2, 1861 I
Gbxsbal Orders, No 1
The following regulations for the Provoct guard
of this city are published for the guidance of
officers commanding guards and patrols, and for
tha information of ali oocoerned:
.. I 5.l”J raQaM ® 10 tostractionp f r9m JJ-jor GoDOral
McClellan, it ia directed that all offi -Are frrq Rear
ing the streets or hotels of the oity without written
permits to be absent from their reg ments or sta
tions, setting forth the objeot of the visit, approved
by their brigade commanders, shall be arrested
and sont to their regiments or stations by any
officer commanding a patrol who may observe
-hem.
Any soldier found absent from his eompany
without a written permit from the commander of
his brigade, and all soldiers found in the streets,
hotels, ox other plaoes in the city after 9 o’clock
P M , shall be arrested and oonfined for trial and
punishment. Ail prisoners will be taken to the
oentral guard house of the city, where they will be
turned over to tho cfiiaor commanding the guard
at that station, who shall detain them in custody
qntil otherwise ordered
It shall be the constant purpose of all (Rear*
commanding guards or petrols to keep tbs oity
nnder vigilant observation, day and night;, to the
end that the poblio peace may not be Id any way
diiturbed, nor tha citizens molested la their per
sons or property by any person in the service of
the flnitod Blftt*S
Reports oontainlug the time and pluts &f ali Ar
rests, with the names of persons arrested, together
with such other information ns may be deemed im-
E orient to the publio service, will be made andi
andid into this office at 9 o’oiook A M daily.
A Porter,
Colonel 16 th Infantry O S A ,
Froyosj
Mastering Oat ot the Sixty«ninth New
York Regiment.
[Fr m jeeterdar’s New York Hera'd J
Tho gallant S xty-mnth—the stormum of th*
Bull Rna masked batteries, and the noble re-
PFUtehtativea of the true Celtic race of ha
rass, woo have bled on many u fi.ld—were mos
ttrrd Otit Of tbe Servian of the Unfed States yes,
tsrdsty, by Cel Sheppard In obtdtoc or to an order
previously issued, tbe men of the Sixty ninth,
both whole and maimed, assembled at their ar
mory, in Essex street, at ten o'clock in the mom
ir,g. At that bonr hundreds of the frieortß and ad
mirers of tbe regiment were assembled in the vi
cinity of tbe buodit g. Both past and present
associations drew those large crowds to the spot,
and every one of them seemed filled with that
noble antbusiatra whioh burns in ever; Irish heart,
namely, an undying love for tbe Union, one and
loeeparabla, and a (torn and asfiinooing resolve to
support the causa of oivil aad religious liberty un
der »U circumstances.
The mustering out was gone through with in
Broome street, near tbe armory, by oumpaaies.
The umal system was observed, and the cere
mony was not o- mpleted until after three o’oiook.
Captain Thomas Franois Meagher, dressed in
hie bine blouse, end wearing a dashing, sol
dierly appearance, appeared there in front
of bis Irish Z maves, and was tbe rroipient of
more favors than any man of double big phy
sical abilities oould bear Most of the men, not*
withstanding their bronzed visages and the hard
ships they huve gone through, appeared as spright
ly and buoyant aa Irishmen generally are, looking
as if they were ready :or another ■" brush,” pro
vided there was plenty of fighting to he done The
regiment does not expect to be paid off for aoouple
of weeks. Many of them are in indigent oiroum
stanoes, and should not he negleotod.
The Tornado in Nortnern Illinois.
I Correspondence of the N> w York Evening Post ]
Fhinoxton, ill., July 29 180],
A serious oaiaimiji snon as has never visited
this neighborhood before, (at least not In the last
thirty years) oame upon us on Saturday last, about
four o’olock in tbe afternoon, in tne shape of a
storm of wind, bail, and rain.
The event same so suddenly and unexpectedly
that few were prepared for it, it, indeed, any pre
paration would have availed to avert Us xon
st-quenots, The Moud gathered almost directly
over us, bb the blue sky oonld be seen beneath
it to the west only a few mirntes before it bnrsl
upon u«. The hailstones wore not vary nume
rous, bnt were of considerable sizs, and were
driven with great foroe by the wind, break
ing a large amount of glass on the north
sides of the buildings, as the direotion of the
Btoim was almost dlreotly from the nonh. But
the priaoipal cause of the misohief was the wind,
whioh blew with great violenoe for seme twenty or
thirty minutes, carrying destruction in its path.
Tbe oxtreme violenoe ot the storm seams to have
begun ab- ut a mile north of our village, and at
that place was not more than half a mile in width,
but seems to have widened in its progress to a
width of two mUee, and spent its main force in a
course of about three or lour miles Over this
space the destruction of property is great.
Many buildings wera unrooted, gables asd win
dows blown tn, houses deluged with water, chim
neys blown down, and several houses literally swept
Iron, their futiadatiuzis and tori, in fragments. Of
these some three instances ooenrted in the village,
two of them quite respeoiable in size and ap
pearanoe Ron and ohimneys, some of them
tin roofs of great weight, were whirled throngh
tbe air, and oanied by the wind many rods, and
dished with great force to tha earth. The most
remarkable oironmatance is, that in all this tumult
and destination no one was hurt As all tbe houses
destroyed had several Inmates, it is truly wonder
ful that they all escaped injury. But all these in
juries a few days or weeks at farthest will repair.
The greatest and most permanent lobs is in the
destruction of fruit and shade trees. The shade
trees, in oons-qaenoo of the cool moist weather of
the season, were loaded with an nnusnally heavy
mass of foliage, and most of tho fruit tiaes, espe
cially the apple, were heavily loaded with fruit,
which rendered them more exposed to tbe ravages
of the wind The shade trees throughout our vil
lage are ragged and torn, with limbs broken, and
very many of them have their tops entirely twisted
off. Fruit trees of all sizes are broken iff and ruin
ed or twisted and split in suoh a way as to bo near
ly worthless. Btveral persois who have consider
able orobards have told me that at least one-half of
their trees are entirely destroyed Hay and grain
Siaoks and standing wheat are all badly injured,
while the Indian oorn is laid nearly prostrate, and
tha leaves Whipped to strings, and in some oases
the stalks are stripped olean of foliage; whether
oorn in this condition will produce a orop is more
than I kntw. The leaves I suppose have an im
portant office in the production and maturity of
the ear, and this boing tbe Ouse I do not see how a
good orop can be had without them. My own
judgment is that within the range of this tornado
the crop of Indian corn will be lessened one-third,
if not one-hall, by its effects.
I have about seventy sotss of wheat uncut, and
over one hundred aores of oorn on my farm hers,
and my orchard crop will be reduced at least one
half, bjr the destruction of the trees and blowing
off of apples It may all turn out better than it
now appears The first estimates of loss In them
cases are usually the highest. The kindly force of
nuture may yet do much to rastore the Indian
oorn, and of applea the orop is so abundant that
the loss for this year may not be great, but the de
stroyed trees it will take years to ioplaoe.
The Pirates Active.
TWO VXBSBLB CBABKD BT FRIVATBEBS—TUBUg
PIRATBB AFTER O.V* BRIO.
The rebel privateers are again at work. Capt.
Dnbois. ol the brig L. C Watts of New Bedford,
arrived at this port to day from Perntmbnao. re
ports that tbe schooner John EUtott, from Bos
ton for St Domingo, had been ohaeed by one of
the Southern pire-es The privateer WSS » brig,
but the Elliott esoapsd.
Captain Dubois, of the Watte, was also abased
by a pira-e. He givrs tbe following aoocunt;
July 26, lat 34, long 69, saw a bark steering
south; who, when she made ns, altered her coarse
and gave ns chase, which continued during the
whole day, bnt having a good bre<ze we outsailed
her, when she hauled her wind and steel ed south
again.
July 27, mads a blig steering south, whioh al
tered her course and gave oba,o, but, being out
sailed, pqiared away and kept on her previous
oonrse
July 23, a fore-and-aft sohooner gave ns obase,
witn the same success. Hava no doubt all threa
Of thtbt Vessels wore privateers, as neither of
them Blade any signal to speak or otherwise, end
bad It not been for tbe timely warning of tbe El
liott, and the superior sailing of the L■ C. Watts,
she would no donbt have been oaught.—lV. F.
Post of Saturday.