Tmu PR&BS. PUBLISH!® DAILY, (EtfIiDAYS KXOXPTgb, By JOHN W. FOENTiY, OFFICE No. 41? OHBSTNCT STREET DAILY PRKSS fwnv* Cent* P«r vr««, uajatile u IU» Carri.r. Mailed to Sutworiberi out of ike City at Six Don,ax* tx An.ivm, Four ooi.i.aac io« JSwhi Monts., nil Dollar. vox Six MoNTEs—inwiably in *4 him ror the tins ordered. rmwttfcKki press. Mailed to Sutxoriber* out of the City at Thee* DeX -lae« Pxx Annjm, in advance. EXCURSIONS rpo NIAGARA FALLS AND BACK FOR $l3. |g»aBaM3QMBBt— EXCURSION TICKETS WILL BX SOLD DAILY THROUGHOUT TRK SKASOfi, PKOM PHILADELPHIA TO THE FALLS t>F NIAGARA, AND RETURN. FOR TWELVE DOLLARS, Via Philadelphia and Readme. and Catawina, Elmira, and Buffalo Railroad*, affording the opportunity to VISIT AND VIEW THE FALLS OF NIAGARA. AT THE MOST TRIFLING COST. TICKETS pood for bxvkn cats from date. Ao oomniodationß throutliout are first class, and the Soenery alone the route is unequalled. For information as to hours of starting, ifco., apply a P. fc E., Through-Ticket Oilioo, N. W. Corner SIXTH AN D CHESTNUT STREETS H. D. MEARS, Geuoral Agent. G. T. LEONARD, Ticket Agent. jyld-lm SE A >< A THING. §EA BATHING. ATIiANTIC CITY. N. J. TWO AND THREE-QUARTER HOURS "FROM PHILADELPHIA. ATLANTIC CITY is now conceded to be one of the most delightful sea-aide resorts in toe world. Its bath ing is unsurpassed ; its beautiful unbroken beaoh (nine miles in length) is unequalled by any on the con tinent* save that of Galveston *, its air is remarkable for its dr/neg*; its sailing and fishing facilities are per fect; its hotels are well furnished, and as well kept as those of Newport or Saratoga, while its avenues and walks are cleaner and broader tftan these of any other sea-bathing place in the country. Trains of the CAMDEN AND ATLANTIC RAIL* ROAD leave VINE-STREET WHARF. Philadelphia, daily, at 7}£ A, M„ and 4P. M. Returning, reach Phi ladelphia at 9 A. !?!., and 7:45 P. M. Fare, $l.BO Jlound*trip tickets, good for three days- &260 Dis ance, 80 miles. A telegraph extends the whole length of the road, jjlO tf POH CAPE 'HAY A«D £SiI9B3S YORK, TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS, and SAi’UhDAY**, a ? . o'clock A. M. , New Yorit and Philadeirhia Bte&m Navigation Com pany, Steamers DELAWARE, Captain Johnston, and BOSTON, Captain Crooker, will leave for CAPE MAY and NEW YORK, from firstwharf below Sprace street, eve r y TUKBDAt, THURSDAY, urn: SATURDAY, A M Returning, leave *’ew York same days at B P. M. Returning, leave Cape May SUNDAYS, WEDNES DAYS, and FRIDAY*. fttS A. M. M Fare to Cape May, Carriage Hire mcaiaed~—— 31 W Fare to Cape Mari Season Tiofcew? Carnare _ Hire extra * 2 9x Fare to New York. Cabin *OO Do. Do. Deck—— —. 1* Steamers touch at New Castle going and returning. Freight* for Now York taken at low rates- . JAMES M.LDERDICE, Agent. jyfi-Jm 314 and 316 South DELAWARE Avenue. - „IT—F v R GAP E MAY.—The HaSa&SC&wft and comfortable Bay steamer *‘GbOß(Jti WASHINGTON,” Captain W.Whiildin, leaves Arch-street wharf, for Cape May, every Mon day, Wednesday, and Friday morning at 9H o'clock. Returning, leaves the landine every Tuesday, Thurs day , and Saturday morning at 8 o'clock. Fare, carriage hire included..... ®IW. 44 servant’s, carriage hire included *■»< Freight taken at the mm! low rates. Stopping at New Castle going and returning. jy4-tsel* ir an ngMHD FOR TEH BHA-SHOSE MISinSBB-CAMDEN AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD.—On and att-r “-lON DAY, June mh, train* will leave VUHs-BTRiiET F-RRY daily, (Sundays excep ed): ___ , M Mail tram.——— J3OA. M. Express train ——-4. W P. M. Accommodation -5 OyT • M. RETURNING, LrAVER ATLANTIC: Mail 4 4BF.M. T ... i-- - . 515 A. M. Accommodation.—. -5.13 A.M. Fare to Atlantic, £1.80; Round Trip tickets, good for three days, $2 80. _ Freight must oe delivered at COOPER'S POINT by I P.M, The Company will not be responsible for any goods until received and receipted for. by their Agent, at the Point. JOHN G. BRYANS, jeii.tr Agent. COitflHS&lOn HOf'BESt g:nPL'\Y. HA2ABB, & BTJI'UQJNSOH, SO. llii CitEdTKET SR.. OOHHISSJ.OK MERCHANTS POH SAAB OP SHJXiADFJLPmA - MADE GOODS. St*. BANKING- BELMONT 4 00., BANKERS. 80 WALL STREET NEW YORK, line Letter. of c radii to travellers, available in all parts of Europe, through the M Rothrchlld of Pa ns, London, Frankfort, Naple., Vienna, and their cor respondent!. feM-dm* LOOKING fIUSSES. |MMENSS REDUCTION IN LOOKING GLASSES, OIL PAINTINGS. ENGRAVINGS, PICTURE AND PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES. JAMES S. EARLE & SON, 816 CHESTNUT Street, Announce the reduction of 25 per cent, in the prioe. in all the manufactured .took of Looking Glasses; also, n Engravings, Fioture and Photograph Frames, Oil Painting's. The largest and moot elegant assortment in the country. A rare opportunity now offered to make purchases in this lino for cash, at remarkably lowprioes. EARLE’S GALLERIES. jyS-tf 816 CHESTNUT STREET. afitisNßSS CAJH-88. JOHN PRACTICAL SLATE ROOFER, THIRD Street and GERMANTOWN Road* is prepared to pat on &HT&inoazit of Roofing* os the most modsrate terms, will Guaranty to make every buildinr r.eife.'itly wator-tizh Orders promptly attended to. mvM? OAWBCX"’ A NIOHOLBOF, ? BOORBIEUBR*.' j ra. 11C and till MINOR lire,;, ane Ghsairi*t PHH.ABELPXIJL fAMSS n* XlCftSr** JyiMr* __ File manufactory, Sll NEW S-JJf.EE*. Files and Rasps of every description, and iMd as.lit,, made to order, at the above eslabuskaient. WHOLESALE and RETAIL, hi Etumfaetarer’s prises. >o**uinrdanom tat*"-' sss:«er. uvi-ddic J, B. SMITH. Ease and comfort. A. THEOBALD asks, Who can please or suit *Sneh a* person probably never *a» hows. But those who know when they are suited in BOOTS or SHOES are invited to give him a call, and those who never were suitod before may be suited now. He is at his old plana.l*oB roiTKR Struct isHßro COPARTNERSHIP NOTICES. Dissolution of partnership.— The partnership heretofore existing between SAMUELS. THOMPSON and SAMUEL B, JENXINB, under the firm of THOMPSON & this day dissolved by mutual consent. The business or the late firm-will be settled and wound up by Samuel B. Shompßoa. at the .tore, PROW, SAMUEL H. JENKINS. Philada*. June 7th. 1861. J,2-dtf Limited partnership notice.— We. the undersigned, residents of the oity of Philadelphia, have entei ed into a Limited Partnership agreeably to the provisions of the sot of. Assembly of the Commonwealth o' Pennsylvania, entitlea An aot relative to limited partnership,” passed the twenty first day of March, A. D. 18M* and the supplements thereto; said partnership to be cou«'«oted under the firm of P atter on & B'JULTo-.for the purpose of doing" ana carrying on a wholesale wine and liquor business in the city of Phil»delph n. Jonathan Fatter- Bon Jr., residing fto. 16 9 Girard avenue, and hdward Boulton, residing h»o.l»28 Wa'laoe street, both of the city of Philadelphia, are the General Farmers. For tun&to J. Fitueira, also o f said oity. is the Special Partner, and bus contributed to the common stock of said partnership the sum of forty thousand dollars. Said partnership to commence on the first day of July , A. D. one thousand eight liundr-d and sixty-one.aud to terminate on the first daj of July, A. 1). one thou «nd eight huudred o aod, fl x 7f s,x (^ EIIWiKD BdDLVON. General Partners. FQRTUNATO J. FIGUKIKA, jyj-tu&lhlst Speoial Partner. IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE CITY AND COUNTY OF PHILA DJOHN*r.HARDING vs. SUSAN HARDING, in Di vorce, March Term, 1861. Wo. 48. TO HAKBIWG Madam ? Please take notice that testimony will be taken on the part of Libellant on the twelfth day of August next, before the t xaminer appointed r>y the said Court for that purpose, seo. reg-. at the office of the undersigned. iMo. 114 Sau/li *J 1 X IJI btreet-at 4 o’clock P. ft!. WALTER J BUBB, jyJ6 lftt* Attosnoy for Libellant. Estate of Samuel a. sparks, , . Letters testamentary c, t. a. to this estate have been granted br the Register of Wirt* to.the unoemgiied. All persona indebted to. or having claims against* said eirtate, *ili present them,wi hout delay, to £1). WILLiH. Alim. CiT.A.i Ho. 703 W-L.HU r Brmet. jtx thfit E&TATS OF GKUKGE BARTON, de oeaseJ —Lettera Testamentary upon the Estate of GEOHGti BARTON, deoeased. ha«ius been granted by the Register of Wills to the undersigned* all persona indebted thereto will please make piyment, and those having claims or demand* against the said Estate are reanested to make known the same, without delay, to rfW * MARY M BAKTO«, 11X4 SOUTH Street, Or to her Attorney* BDW’j). A. LESLEY* jT4-th«t* 219 South .FOURTH Street. La * VOL. S.—NO. 7. OFFICIAL Proposals for army baggage WAGON?. (JVAKTURMASTXa GSMSfiAL’tI OPRICS.i "WASHINGTON. June SI, 1861. \ p reposals arc iimted tor the furnishing of Army Bag case Wagons. Proposal* should state the prices at which they oar. be furnished at the plaoes of manufacture, or at New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore. Washington, or Cincinnati, as preferred by the bidders. The number which can be made by any bidder within one month after receipt of the order, also the number which he oan deliver within one week. The Wagons must exactly conform to the following specifications, and to the established patterns. Six-mule (covered 1 wagons, of the size and descrip tion as follows, to wit: The front wheels, to be three feet ten inches high, hubs ten inches in diameter* and fourteen and a quar ter inohes long; hind wheels four feet ten .inches huh, hubs ten and a quarter inohes in diameter, and fourteen and a quarter inches long ; fellies two and a half inches wide and two and three-quarter inch?* deep; oast iron pipe boxes twelve inohes lone, two And a half inches at the large end and one and seven-eighths inch at email end; tire two and a half inohes wide b* five eighths of an meh thick. fastennd with one screw bolt one nut in each follie: hubs made of gum. the spokes and fellie of the best white oak, free from defect*; each wheel to have a sand band and lmolipis band two and threo-qnarrer inches wide, of No. 8 band iron, and two driving bands—outside band one and a quarter inch by one* quarter inoh thick, inside band one inch by three-sixteenths inch ttuok; the hind wheels to be made and boxed so that they will measure from the in side of the tire to the large end of the box six and a half inohes, and front wheels six and one-eighth inohes in a Barallel line, and eaoh axle to be three feet eleven and iree-eighth inches from the ou'side of one shoulder washer to the outside of the other, so as to have the wagons all to track five feet from centre to centre of the wheels. Axletrees to be made of the best quality refined American iron, two and a half inohes square at the shoulder, taperng down to one and a half inoh m the middle, witha seven-eighths inch king-bolt hole in eaoh axletree; washers and hnolipius for eaoh axletree; size of linchpins one inch wide, three-eighth* of an inch thick, with a hole in eaoh end ; a wooden stock four and throe-quarter inches wide and four inches deep- fas tened substantially to the axletree with clips on the ends and with two bolts, six inches from the middle, and fastened to the hounds and bolster, (the bolster to be four feet five inches long, five inches wide, and three and a half inches deep,) with four h&lf-inoh bolts. _ . The tongue to be ten feet eight inohes long, four inches wide, and three inches thiok at front end of the hounds, and two and a quarter inohes wide by two and three-quarter inohes deep at the front end, and 00 ar ranged as to lift up, the front end of it to bang within two feet of the ground when the wagon is standing at rest on a level surface. The front hounds, to be six feet two inohes long, three inohes thick, and four inches wide over axletree, and to retain that width to the back end of the tongue; jaws of the hounds one foot eight inohes long and three inohes square at the front end. with a plate of iron two and a half iEohei wide by three eighths of an inch thick, fastened ou top of the hounds over the baok end of the tongue with one half-inch screw bolt in eaoh end, and n plate of iron of the eame size turned up at each end one and a half inches to clamp the front hounds together, and fastened on the under side, and at front end of hounds, with half inch screw bolt through eaoh hound, a seven-eighth inoh bolt through tongue and hounds in the centre of jaws, to secure the tongue in the hounds; & plate of iron three inohes wide, one quarter Inch thiok and one toot eight inches long, scoured on the inside of jaws of hounds with two rive s, and a plate of same dimensions on eaoh side of the tongue, where the tongue and hounds run together, secured in like manner; abraoe of seven-eighths of an moh round iron to extend from under the front axle tree, and take two bolts in front part of the hounds, same brace three-quarters of an inoh round to continue to the book part of the hounds, and to he fastened with two bolts, one near the back end of the hounds, and one through the slider and hounds; a brace over front bolster one and a half inch wide, one-quarter of an meh thick, with a bolt in etch end to fasten it to the hounds; the opening between the jaws of the hounds, to receive the tongue, four and thre<*-quarter in- has in front, and four ana a half inches at rhe back part of the jaws. The hind hounds four feet two inohes long, two and three -quarter inches th ek, and three inches wide; jaws one foot long where they clasp the coupling pole ; tho bolster four feet five inohes long and five inches wide by three inches deep, with steady iron two and a half inches wide by one-half inch thick turned up two and a half inches and fastened on each end wuh three rivets; the bolster stocks and hounds to bo secured with four half-inch screw bolts, and one half-inoh screw bolt through the coupling pole. The coupling pole nice feet eight inohes long, three inches deep, and four and a half inches wide at front end, and two and three-quarter inohes wide at back end; distance from the centre of king bolt hole to the centre of the baok axletree six feet one inch, and from the centre of king bolt hole to the cent! e of the mortice in the hind end of the pole eight feet nine inches; * ins bolt one and a quarter inches diameter, of best refined iron, drawn down to seven-eighths of an inch where it Kas?es through the iron axtetreo; iron plate six inohes mg, three inches wide, ana one-eighth of an inch thiok on the doubletree and tongue where they rub together, iron plate one and a half by onc-quartf.r of an inch on the sliding bar. fastened at each end by a e r *rew bolt through the hounds; front bolster to have plates above and below eleven .inches long, three and a half inohes wide, and three-eighths of an inch thick, corners drawn out and turned down on the sides of the bolster, with a nail in eaoh corner, and four coun tersunk nails on top; two bands on the hind hounds, two and tiro and a naif foche* wide, of No. lu bond iron; the rub plate on the oouphng pole to be eight inohes long one and three-quarters inches wide, and one quarter of an inch thiok. Doubletree three feet feet ten inohes long, singletree two feet eigh* inches long, all well made of hickory, with an iron ring and clip at each end, the oentre dip to be well seenred; lead bar and stretcher to be three feet two inches long, two and a quarter inohes wide, and one and a quarter inch thick Lead bars. sf.Te?ohers. and singletrees for six mule team; the two singletrees for the lead mules to have books in the middle to hook to the end of the fifth chain, the wheel and middle pairs with open rings to attach them to the doubletree and lead bar* The fifth chain «o be ten feet long to the fork; the fork on© foot ten inches long, with the stretcher at tached to spread the forks apart; the tin i» of the dou bletree. stay and tongue chains, rhree-eigntha of an inch in diameter; »he forked chain s«vea-sixteenth men in diameter ; the fifth chain to be seven-sixteenth inch diameter to/he fork; the fork to be five-sixteenth moh diameter; the links of these and of the look ohams to be cot more than two and a quarter it ches long The body to be straight, throe feet six inches wide, two feet deep, ten feet 1< >ng at the bottom, and ten feet six inches at the top* sloping equally at each end all in the clear or inside; the bee pieces to be two and a half inches wide and three inches oeep; front pieces two inches deep by two and a half inohes wide; tail piece two and a half inohes wide and three inohes deep; and four inchos deep in the middle to rest on the coupling pole; top rail one and a half inoh thick by one ana seven-eighth inoh wide ; lower rails one inoti thiok by one and seven-eighth inch wide; three studs and one rail in front* with a fit on strap hinges to oioset it up as high as the sides; a box three feet four inches long, the bottom five inohes wide front side, nine and a half inches deep, and eight and a half inohes at the top in parallel line to the oody all in the clear, to be sub stantially fastened to the front end of the body, to h«--eo an iron ©trap passing round each end, se cured to the heodnieod and front rail by a rivet in eaoh end of it passing through them, the lid to be fastened to the front rail with two good hinges, a strep of five-eighth iron around the box a half moh from the op edge, and two straps same size on the lid near the front edge, to prevent the mules from eating the boxes; to have a joint b&so fastened to the middle of the lid, with a good wooden cleat on the inside, a strap of iron on the oentre of the box with a staple passing through it, to fasten the hd to; eight stuis and two rails on eaoh side; one bolster fastened to the body, six inches deep and four inohes wide at king bolt hole, iron rod in front and centra, of eleven sixteenths of an inoh round iron* with a head on the top of rail and nut on lower end; iron rod and braoe behind, with shoulders on top of tail pieoe, and nuts on the under side, and a nut on top of rail; ft plate two and a half inches wide, of No. 10band iron* on tail piece* across the body; two mortioes in tail pieoe and hind bar two and a qnarter inches wide and one inoh thick, to receive pieces three feet four inches long, to be used as harness bearers; four rivets through each aide stud, and two rivets through eaoh front stud, to seoure the lining boards, to be of the best quality iron, and riveted on a good bur; one rivet through each end of the rails; floor five-eighths of an inch, oak boards; sides five eighths of an moh white pine, tail-board three-quar ters of an inch thiok, of white pine, to be well ele&ted with five oak cleats riveted at each end through the tail-board; an iron plate three feet eight inches lonsr, two and a quarter inohes wide, and threo-eighttis of an inoh thiok on the aider side of the bed piece, to extend from the hind end of the body to eight inohes m front of the hind bolsters, to be«Jastened by the rod at the end of the body, by the lateral rod and two three eighths of an moh sorew bolts, one at the forward end of the plate, and the other about equi-distant between it and the lateral rod. A half moh round iron rod or bolt to pass diagonally through the rails, between the two hind studs to and through the bed piece and plate under it, with a good head on the toe and nut and screw at the bottom, to be at the top one foot six inohes from inside of tail board, and on the bottom ten inohes from the hind rod. An iron damp two inches wide, one quarter of an inch thick around the bed piec*. the oen tre bolt to whion the look ohain ie attached passing through its to extend seven inches on the ihside of the body, the ends, top, and bottom to be scoured by two three-eighths inoh screw bolts, the middle bar at the ends to be flush with the bed piece on the lower side. Two look ohains secured to the oentre bolt of the body, one end eleven inches, the other two feet six inches long* to be of thiee-eighths of an inch round iron; feed trough to be four feet six inches long from out to out, the bottom and ends of oak, the sides of yellow pme, to be eight inches wide at bottom, twelve inches wide at top, and eight and a half inches deep all in the dear, well ironed* with a band of hoop-iron around the top, one around each end and three between the ends, strong and suitable irons to fasten them on the tongue when feeding; good strong chains to be attached to the top rail of the body, secured by a staple with a hook to attooh it to the trough. Six bows uf good ash, two inches wide and one-half inoh thiok, with three staples to eonfine tho ridge pole to its place ; two staples on the body, to secure eaoh end of the bows; one ridge Eole twelve feet long, one and three-quarters inch wide y five-eighths ol an inoh thick ; thefcover to be of the first quality cotton duck. No.fifteen feet long ano nine feet eight inches wide, made in the best manner, with four hemp cords on each side, and one through eaoh end to olose it at both ends; two rings on each end of the body, to close and seoure the ends of the cover; a staple m the lower rail* near the seoond stud from eaoh end, to fasten the side cords. The outside of the body and feed trough to have two good coats of white lead, colored to a blue tint, the inside oi them to have two coats of Venetian red paint; the running gear and wheels to have two good coats of Venetian rea darkened of a ohocolate color, the hub and fellies to be well pitched, instead of painted* if required. A.tar-pot, an extra king bolt, and two extra single trees to be furnished with each wagon, the King bolt and singletrees similar in &11 respects to those belong ing tO it. Each side 01 the body of the wagon to be marked U. 8., and numbered as directed; all otner parts to be let tered U. 3.; the cover, feed box, bolts, linchpins* tar pot. and harness bearers lor eaoh wagon to he put up m a strong box,(coopered) audthe contents marked thereon. It is to be distinctly understood that the wagons are to be so constructed that the several parts of anyone wagon will agree and exactly fit those of any other, so as to require no numbering or arranging for putting to getber.and all the materials used ft>r their construction to be of the best quality : all the wood thoroughly sea soned, and the work In all its parts faithfully executed in the best Workmanlike manner. The work may be inspected from time to time as it progresses by an officer or agent of the Quartermaster's Department, and none of it a:.all be painted until it shall have been inspected and approved by said offioer or Agent authorized to inspect it. .When finished, painted, and acoepicd by an offioer or agent of the Quartermaster's Department, and delivered as herein agreed, they shall be paid for. M. C. M EIGS, je3&-tf Quartermaster Genera! U.B. OFFICE OF AND TREA SURER, SOLDIERS’ HOME, Near the City or Washington. BEf.LhD PROPOSALS will be received at this office until UKSDAY.fnoon,) the 29iJi of August, 130), for the construotion of t*o Buildings, at the ttoldiers’ Home, somewhat similar to the two now there known as officers’ quauei a. The plans aud specifications may be examined at this office. Where al> inf >rmation ie*ative t*»ihe location ana character of the buildings will be given. Every offer for the construction of these buildings must te accompanied br a responsible written guaran tee that, if the bid. rhnuld be iiocepted, the pa ty or partieswiivwith'n ten days, enter into an obligation, with good and sufficient security. to erect the propped builmngs according to «he p'ans and pecificattoos winch have been or may hereafter be furnished and adopted. Thu proposals will ttate the diflorenoe between facing *n© walls with white stone or marble, similar to the buildings already erected, or facings with ♦he best pressed bncks; or bidders may, in addition, make such proposals as to oilier materials as their experience may suggest. In deciding on the bids, right will be reserved by the Boa d of Comm ssioners of the Soldiers' Home to accept such offers only as inay be dsemed m<>st ad vantageous fo. the institution : and also to reject the who.a should none of them Le aermfd acceptable. All bids to be sealed and er.do sed ** Proposals for Building,” and address dto BKNMMEN KING, Aaa’t SuruGon, Secretary, and Treasurer. - jySO-tauiy 80(1 PATRIOTIC, UNION, and COMIC OvJl-J ENV hLOPES, all different styles, the largest collection in the United State*, for sue at one cent each. You oan order from 26 up to 800, at the above f rioe. Just reoe ved, varieties of Seo*ssion Envelopes rom MaryUnd, Virginia, and Kentucky, Ac. Collec tors will find it to their advantage to order direct from CHARLES A. MIILER, 2d ANN Street, N. Y. New Designs received daily. Trade supplied jylt-lm CHRISTIAN RENTSUIILRR'B JLAGJSR v SALOON AND OFFICE, No. 409 CHbB tNUT Street. BREWERY, Mo. 953 North SEVENTH Street, Philadelphia. jyZfirim n tilUilT MAIHi SAOTOKY. —J •w. sovn.eii CIRRfIVY Street, s fen iocn tolew the “ Ccntin.ctal, he ntteutioi al w hoWeei. Sealers i, invite* «• ... iMi’SUVEfI CY? OF «IXWi>, .' <»i)»n.r St rtS't. evj wsterlel. tt hue .•A m- - <* - r ■' ... •• IXTOAD— SOO lbs. for s*le by TT WBVBUIU h MOnUIK <> - IT u< *« ».rt. ÜBnmum ..rad THURSDAY, AUGUST 8. 1861. Books and their Writers. The disinterment ot Ninevoh, by Mr. Lay ardj Is scarcely more surprising than that of Carthago, by Dr. N. Davis, an English scho lar and explorer, who was employed by tho British Government, and has communicated to the world the successful result of his labors in an octavo volume,* liberally illustrated, entitled “ Carthage and her Remains.” Although this book has one organic defect, it is full ofinte rest to the scholar and the antiquarian. Even the schoolboy who has read the first book of Virgil, in which are related the visit of Aineas to Carthage and tho misfortunes of Qneen Dido, will be pleased with a book which enables him to realize the fidelity of the poet’s de scription. The fault ot Dr. Davis’ book is that he has overlaid his subject with a vast quantity of historical details. Whenever he relates the history of his own labors amid the ruins ot Carthage, we lollow him with a cer tainty of obtaining information communica ted in a thoroughly readable form. It is only when he becomes historical that he is heavy. He strangely omits to mention in what year he commenced his explorations in what was Carthage, simply stating that it was at the time when the Earl of Clarendon (to whom the volume is gratefully and gracefully dedicated) stood at the head ot the Foreign Office in England. But, as his Lordship was Foreign Secretary from 1853 to 1858, this gives a wide margin. Dr. Davis was recalled, early in 1859, by Lord Malmesbury, who succeeded Lord Clarendon, but hopes that the British Govern ment will again employ him at Carthage. The mosaics, sculpture, and other relics of anti quity which he disinterred, usually from under a covering of twenty feet of soil, are in the British Museum, and prove the truth of his book. L f still greater importance, it will be conceded, is tho fact of his having ascertained the exact place which the city and cothon or harbor of Carthage occupied, in their pride of rivalry with Rome. He has actually found the sites of temples and other public buildings, thus positively clearing away doubts which antiquarians and historians have entertained for centuries. Dr. Davis also, but to less extent, dug into the ruins of Utica, and with great success. We must not omit to notice the sketches of the Tunisians, (it should be stated that Tunis is only twelve miles distant from Carthage), into whose so ciety, from the Bey himself down to the ras calliest diggers among the ruins, Dr. Davis was thrown into freqnent communication. They are lively and pleasant, and give a very good idea of the manners, habits, and super stitions of a remarkable race. The author has fully carried out his purpose of digging not only for relics of the past, but of digging into the minds and characters of the modern occupants of the territories of Carthage. Messrs. Harper, who publish this book on Carthage, have at the same time brought ont another volume of adventure—of a very dif ferent character. This is Mr. James Lamont’s “ Seasons with the Sea-Horses,”f a dashing volume—very spiritedly illustrated, in which are recorded the adventures of the anthor, a Scottish gentleman of fortune, and of his friend, Lord David Kennedy (son of the late Earl of Cassillis) in the Northern Seas, and on the shores of Spitzbergen, in the summer of 1859. The whole trip occupied about four months—Mr. Lamont’s yacht Genevra leaving Leith Roads (Edinburgh) on the 6th of June, and the party returning to the samo port on the 2d of October. The result was that thoy killed, is and near Spitzbergen, lerty.six wal ruses, eigbty-eigbt seals, eight polar bears, one white whale, and sixty-one reindeer. They also brought home some young hears, which are now in tho Jardin des Plantes, in Pans. The volume, which is illustrated with several spirited and well-executed engravings, tail-page size, relates the adventures of this expedition with great gusto, and, thongh one cannot help feeling that such wholesale slaughter oi harmless walruses, seals, and reindeer is qnite indefensible, it is im possible not to be carried along with the adventurous sportsman by the graphic narrative- As Dr. Kane’s voyages have made Arctic explorations a subject of un. usual interest in Philadelphia, we may add that Mr. Lamont very decidedly expresses his “ thorough conviction that all idea of a great open sea around the [north] pole is entirely chimerical, and that nothing exists within a radius of six hundred miles ot the pole but vast masses ot eternal and impenetrable ice, unless, indeed, there may happen to he land Intervening.” He thinks it impossible to sail to the pole, but thinks it may be reached over the ice, the distance from the extreme north of Spitzbergen being only 600 miles. Leaving that point in March or April, he thinks the traveller, proceeding in sledges drawn by dogs, from Sibbria or Greenland, “could reach the pole, and regain their ship within a month or six weeks l'rom the date of their departure, and that without undergoing any hardships or privations excoediDg those inevitable to Arctic exploring expeditions.” He says that Sir Edward Parry, the earliest of modern Arctic travellers, “always maintained, to the last day of his life, that it was perfectly possi ble to make a sledge expedition to tho noTth pole successfully,” and that tho late Dr. Scoresby concurred in this belief. Mr. La mont discusses the question in detail, very practically, and Ms speculations are well worth attention. The credit oi having delivered about the very worst Fourth of July address ever written is to be given to Mr. Henry James, of Albany, who is praised by Mr. H. T. Tnckerman, as “the most argumentative and eloquent advocate of new social principles in this country,” and, as we find by referring to Allibone’s Dictionary oi Authors, has pub lished several volumes, since 1850, on what may be called politico-religious subjects. The Address, entitled “ The Social Significance of our Institutions: an Oration delivered by re quest of the citizens of Newport, K. 1.,” makes a pamphlet of 47 octavo pages.! Play ing the orator at Newport, on Independence Day, reminds us of St. Anthony’s preaching to the fishes on the sea-shore. Orator or writer shonld have a knowledge, at least, of the words he uses. Mr. James, with affected humility, says “ I have not been favored with a great many rich acquaintance, but still I have known a not inconsiderable number;” that iB, he has known a great many—for “ a not inconsiderable number” means a consi derable number, if it mean any thing. He adds, “ and I have never found them the per sons to whom one would spontaneously resort in his least personal moments, or communi cate with the most naturally in his horns of the purest intellectual elation or desponden cy.” ‘What! never found them possessed of human sympathies or intellectual culture ? Mr. James then says, “ Of course I have known exceptions to this rnle, men whose money only serves to illustrate their superior human sweetness, men of whose friendship every body is proud.” This is a carious ex ample of what is called blowing hot and cold with the same breath. Mr. James, intensely national, says that this is the country which “bares her hospitable breast to whatsoever wears the human form.” Then, there arcs no slaves in the South ? Mr. James has a poor opinion of Charles Dickens, and therefore contemptuously classes him among “the purblind, piddling mercenaries of literature.” It is to he hoped that this sentence will never reach “ Boz,” whoso pen has foiled more social evils than any other ever wielded by mortal hand. Mr. James’ bad opinion would probably kill him off at once. Mr. James, who has travelled, and lived for eight months at St. John’s Wood, on the edge of London, sayg that the English are simply “the woret-maimered people in Christendom,” because, it : seems, his imme diate neighbors, men of business and profes sional men, who used to travel to the City in the omnibus with him, never made “the PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1861. slightest overture to human intercourse” with him; and, all tho time (JameS loquiler ) “ I had myself many cherished observations to mako upon tho weather, upon the lingering green of tho autumn fields, upon tho pretty suburban cottages we caught a passing glimpse of, upon tho endless growth of London, and other equally conservative topics; but I got no chance to ventilate them, and the poor tbings died at last ot iiope deferred.” Mr. James’ condemnation oi British bad manners is alleviated by his charming anec dote ol a gentleman from Cape Cod having once asked him, at tho Astor House table, the favor of being allowed to put his superfluous fat upon his (Mr. Jameß’) plate. At any rate, this does not give any very exalted idea of Massachusetts’ manners. Mr. James praises tho American form of government, and asks “ Now, snob being tha uodonbted .pirit of our polity, what taint was there in its materia) Con s'itution, in uur litoral maternal ioberitanoo to nffront this righteous paternal spirit and balk its rich promise, by turning us, its ohiidren, from an ereot, sinoere, hopeful, snl loviog brotherhood of men, intent upon universal aims, Into a, herd of greedy , luxurious sunns , into a band of unscru pylons political adventurers and the stink of whose corruption pervades the blue spaces of ocean . penetrates and sick ens every struggling nascent human hope with despair?" [four excellent friund Tuckerman had not told tho world that Ilenry James is “ of Alba ny,” we should think, from that part of the above quotation which we havo put into Ita lics, that he rather belonged to Billingsgate or St. Giles’s. Perhaps, however, using bad language about one’s own kindred may be part of Mr. James’ “ system ” —as Dr. O’Toole says in the farce!—of “ the new social princi ples in this country,” of which, we have been told, on what we have usually accepted as good authority, he is “ the most argumentative and eloquent advocate.” Mr. James is very vernacular in his phraseology. He speaks of “ bleated European aristocracies,” and of “ mutton-headed hereditary legislators.” He says: *• Certainly, honest John Balt was novar before so sophistioatrd,—degraded from a fat, savory, sueouient, jai,y beef, to a lean, ctringy, sinewy, tendinous vent, —from the uuperb. comented, die aninfal monatoh of bio&d meadows ana glit tering streams, to the blatant, and menasing, and batting challenger ol every innocent scarlet rag that flatters nlong private lone or public highway ” As John Bull is still alive, and one of the vaccine species does not become beef until it has been killed, we tear that Mr. James’ terri ble image about beef and veal does not amount' to much. In general, “ eloquent and argu mentative ” orators do not speak of raiment as duds, and when Mr. James says that a man “ goes drooling about tho streets,” he usos a word which conveys an exceedingly nasty idoa. How a Newportian audience took it wo do not know, but, for our own part, we hope it may never again be our unpleasant duty to read and criticise any production from the pen of Mr. Henry James, of Albany. This one bears the imprint ol' most respectable pub lishers, which surprises us a good deal. Per haps they did not read it ? A stray number ot The Knickerbocker § occasionally reaches us. The number for August contains several good articles—chief among which is the continoation of that most truth-like story, “ Revelations of Wall Street,” by Richard B. Kimball. We notice that Charles G- Leland contributes in prose and verso. The little story called “Doctor Brown, and how he drowned his cares,” is one of the best magazine-tales of the year. Here is a song of tho times, better than one usually meets now-a-days, when so many demented lolks are scribbling wretched rhymes, which they try to pass off as poetry! A NEW YANKEE DOODLE. BV RALPH KAKDOH. Yankkb Doodle oame to town, To view ‘ the situation/ And found the world all upside down, A tompus in the nation; He heard all Europe laugh in toorn, And call him bnt a noodle; •, 1 Laugh on, ’ ho cried, ‘ as sure', you’re born, 1 still am Yabker Doodle.’ Choiui—-Yankee Doodle, etc. He fonnd tho ragged Southern loons A-training like tarnation, They’d stolen all his silver spoons, And rifled his plantation; ‘ I’ll wait awhile/ he quietly said, ‘ They may restore tne plunder; Bat if they don’t, I’ll go ahead, And thrash them well, by thunder!’ Chorus—Yankee Doodle, etc. And then the lovely Queen of Spain Told him in honeyed lingo, That she had oourted—not in vain— A darkey in Domingo ; 1 My dear,’ said he, 1 if you will roam With all the male oreation, Pray, don’t oome hero—l can’t, at homo, Allow amalgamation.’ Chorus —Yankee Doodle, etc. The British lion slyly eyed His bales of Southern cotton— -1 Dear Yankee Doodle,’ soft he oried, ‘ That stuff is slave begotten: A brother’s tears have bleaohed it white, It speaks your degradation, Bnt I mast have it wrong or right, To keep away starvation. ’ Chorus—Yankee Doodle, eta. 1 Hands off! bands off! good oousin John,’ Said quiet Yankee Doodle, * I am no braggart ootton Don, Who’ll bear the sy3tem feudal; I’ve heard you prate in Exeter Hall, Of ain and slave pollution, Bnt now I seo ’twas blarney all, You love ‘ the institution!’ Chorus —Yankee Doodle, etc. I False words and deeds, to high and low, Bring righteous retribution; And oousin John mayhap you know The frigate Constitution! She sow is bnt a rotten beat, But I have half a notion, To set her once again afloat, And drive yon trom the ooean. Chorne—Yanke. Doodle, etc. ‘ And if, in league with her of Spain, With ali the past forgotten, _ Yon dare to lift the hand of Cain In aid of old King Cotton, Be sure you gnard those oostly toys You oafl your ’ broad dominions,’ For I havo lota of Yankee boys Can flog yoar hireling minions Chorus—Yankee Doodle, eto I I trust in God, and in the right, And in this mighty nation; And in this oasse would freely fight The whole combined oreation; For when, in Time’s impartial gaze, The nations are reviewed all, I know the meed of honest praise Will rest on Yankee Doodle.’ Choru:—Yankee Doodle, eto. These running notices of new publications are rather «lengthy," but ere we close them, we bare to say a lew words on “ The Bohe mians ; or, Life in a Newspaper: A play, by George Alfred Townsend.” It is not pub lished, but has been printed, (very neatly,) for tho Marlow Dramatic Club of this city. Mr. Townsend, albeit still very young, has had considerable newspaper experience, and the readers of The Press are largely indebted to him lor the industry which collects and the talent which communicates, through his pen, a considerable portion cf its local news. Be sides, he has written some of the best poetry which the war has produced. Of his play, “ The Bohemians,” we have to say only this—that though we question whether it would succeed in public representation, without considera ble alteration, it shows a great deal of dra matic talent, and is particularly easy and fresh in the dialogue. If this play were to be turned into a magazine-story, it would, imme diately and permanently, take a strong hold of the public mind. Mr. Townsend has amus ingly revealed the “ secrets of the prison house,” if we may so designate the editorial sanctum. The only flaw is the introduction oi Samuel Tuesday, the hatlees prophet, and that because the infirmity of a non compos mentis person should not be ridiculed. There are several lively lyrics in this drama—by the way, there is no air called Jin Cruisgin L’an: there is Ufa Cruiskeen Lawn, which, being inter preted, means “My little Jag.” Here is one of Mr. Townsend’s chansons a boire , which shows that he has tho true Anacreontic spirit: SONG. Air —A wet sheet ami a flowing sea. Oh! fill, boys, fill, to a rambling lift, W hich knows nor oare nor grief; But bows its path through foe and stiife, And wins the laurel leaf And wins the laurel leaf, my heart, And makes the bright trine ran; Although its dashing life is short, It is a merry cne! Chorus— Oh! a gay Bohemian Company, Blight wine and a jovial board, We cheer again tho rattling pen, More mighty than the sword— More mighty than the sword—hur rah ! More mighty than the sword: Our weapon is the dashing pen, More mighty than the sword. Let other men do deeds of toil, Tis ours to indite them; Let worlds and universes broil, We gay Bohemians write them : Let seas dhjsint and empires wane. 'fltoir downfall is our glory ; IVe oiink our gl&ma to the slain. And give the world the story. Chorus— A gay Bohemian Company, eta. Let plodding clowns from dusk to dawn In swinish slumber lie, And break the olods upon the lawn Beueath a burning sky— We dream when toil is at its height, And pass the gloom in glee : Would God that Hfo were bat a night, Tho world, this Company Chorus —A gay Bohemian Company, eto It is said that Mr. Townsend is writing a tragedy. Ho has the true cosmic vis, but as the liveliest writers havo sometimes written the most serious pootry, wo see no reason why he should not dirt equally with Thalia and Mel peruonc. Mr. Townsend is highly educated, with a more thorough lcnowlodgo of his own language than classical scholars usually pos sess, and a bright future is before him. It is very pleasant to writo in association with sneb a gentleman. •Carthaso and her kemains. Bj Dr, N. Davis. With illufltra tors. lvol,Bvo.,pv GU4. New York: Harper A Brothers. Philadelphia: J, D. Lippinoott A Co. i Seasons with the Sea-Horses; or, Sporting Adven tures in the Northern Seas. By James Lamoilt, lie,- With illustrations. New V nrk and Philadelphia, same publishers. t Boston: puldistied lij Tickuor k Fields. S The Kmokejbooker, or New York Monthly Mega zin'. Auf uit, 1861. I.i'llfr from Washington LOorrenrondorme oi The Trees.! Washington, August 5,1861. Editoe or Tue Peess : I send you this to remind you that I am not to be numbered among the killed, wounded, or missing, in the late engagement at Bull Run. By the way, it is now coming to be generally believed that this was the battlo of the politicians, news papers, and civilians, and that the military had, in fact, very little to do with that part of it which has unfortunately given character to the whole. I mean the impromptu panic and retreat, after a hard.l'ought and well-con. tested engagement of our troops, with an enemy having every advantage of position and numbers, and effective artillery as well. It is hazarding little to say that the verdict of history will be, that the Northern troops, on that occasion, won a substantial victory. Our troops succeeded in driving the enemy before them at all points, until they arrived within their entrenchments at Bull Run. while three of their batteries were successfully carried, befire the panic originated the inglorious retreat which subsequently ensued. There are not wanting numerous testimonies from Southern accounts of the valor Of onr troops, and the, to them, doubtful fate of the battle, while one correspondent asserts that General Lee at one time gave way to an utter despair of success. It is now reduced to a moral certainty, that the killed and wounded of the enemy far surpass ours in numbers, and that if onr army retreated, they were disposed to regard it as a strategic movement to draw them out ol their strongholds into the open field, where it was clear that we were more than a match lor them. That the fortunes ot the day had satisfied their commanders of this, is abundantly assured by the fact that they not only declined to follow up their actual advan tages, but themselves retreated, as to a portion of their army, within the entrenchments at Manassas, from which they had advanced in the commencement of the battle. Subsequent accounts from varions sources at the South confirm the idea that none of the Confederate commanders had any suspicion of the actual de feat we had sustained, or, rather, of the nature of the retreat that ensued. It was not until several days afterward that the real state of the case was known. When the facts of the case were fally understood by them, there is reason to believe that Beauregard advocated in a Cabinet council of tho Confederates an immediate advance on Washington ; but the prompt action of the Government in placing General McClellan in command, and in taking snch energetic steps in reinforcing and reor ganizing our scattered and demoralized army, suggested a more prudential course, till now the capital and Government of the country Is considered not only safe but our troops are in a position to recommence aggressive move ments. The panic and subsequent inglorious retreat of a poition of our army is now gene rally believed to have originated in a charge of Virginia cavalry upon the teamsters and civil ians, who were allowed to be incautiously near the advancing columns. This is now so suffi ciently attested as to ho accepted as a fact j and as the battle has heretofore been characterized as a battle of the politicians, newspapers, and civilians, so the retreat, considered with rote rence to its proportions, may he fairly de scribed as the great American scrub race of the age. I say American, for we do not wish wholly to dispute the claim of foreign nations in such an exhibition of pedestrianism as this. For the reputation of our country in this re spect wo consider it fortunate that our dying lorces wore actually led off by that accom plished lugitive Mr. Russell, “ our own” of the London Times . From his large experience in military matters it was not to he expected that wo should successfully imitate him in so suggestive a strategic movement, and it is not surprising therefore that Mr. Raymond, of the New York Times, was absolutely dis tanced in the mercurial race. Considering the former’s experience, we are surprised that the latter shonld have attempted so hopeless a competition. Apropos of this, we learn from the lips of one of the appreciative chaplains of the army, that the issue of this contest for supremacy between tho British and American champions would have been, perhaps, doubtful, except for an acci dent that betel the latter’s carriage, knocking it—to use a phrase the contending gentlemen will best understand—lnto pi. My clerical friend is wholly responsible for the assertion that, as soon as the fatal accident occurred to the American champion’s carriage, as Mr. Russell was in tho act of dashing by him upon lub sympathizing chargor, he was hailed, in the language of the road, “halloo, Russell, is that you?" Never, lor a moment, checking the speed of the animal, he replied, “it is a most disgraceiul rout, sir, a most disgraceful rout”—the last of the objnrgation dying away in the distance as, by whip and spur, he urged on the panting steed, to increase the distance between him and danger. Consider ing the proverbial politeness of Dr. Russell, we wonder, when he saw the lamentable con dition of his brother editor, assured as he was of his qwn superiority In the race, bealid not propose to his friend to accomplish the re mainder of the distance in his company, and upon his horse. However, dne allowance is to be made for trepidation under snch unusual circumstances, and the suggestion cannot, with propriety, be pushed. We trust Mr. Russell did not fail to do himself ample jus tice in respect to liis superiority in retreat, in the accounts of the battle, which it is said be was successful in getting off to England in the steamer wbich sailed immediately after the battlo occurred. Let onr editors and re porters look to their laurels in future. It ia safe to add, as an additional reason why Beauregard did not follow up the slight advantage which ho, at the time, supposed he had, that the number of troops actually under his command was vastly less than it has been the policy of our newspapers and others to represent. There is accumulating reason to believe that, at most, his disposable forces, exclusive of General Johnston’s command, did not exceed 40,000 to 50,000 men. Their en trenched position, and their superiority in ca valry and artillery, are the secret of such mo derate successes as they achieved. The following extracts from the Charleston Mercu ry and Augusta Chronicle confirm the ostimate we make of the forces under Beaurogard: BBNRRAI. BBAURBGARD’S FORCE. qijThe following new view of the Southern Army in Vltgloia is from a letter written in Rinhmond by the correspondent of the Charleston Mercury on the Friday before the battle: “ Great complaints are made of the want of ex ecutive efficiency. Beauregard has much too small a force for the work before him. We are left to fight desperate adds, and if we oorquer, may rffrot little beyond. A viotory and adequate forces would cause Washington insiaatly to tail, redeem Maryland, and procure friendly treatios with foreign nations. The Government seems to rest satisfied with the immense responsibility thrown on this General. The people have no idea of how few men he has relatively, and would hardly be lieve it if told. They have imagined, or have been led to believe, he has an army of forty thonsand men. It might not be deemed ‘ prurient’ to say how many or how few he has; bat it Is a very in- Bnffieient force to do the work before him. Twen ty five to thirty thonsand is really all. Be might have had one hundred thousand or more had the War Department aooepted the regiments from North Carolina and other States when offered, in stead of haggling about twelve-mouths men, and men for the war, and about appointments of staff c (Boers and equipments. While the troth is kept from the people, the cause is staked upon desperate oourage, valuable lives are lost, and the whole campaign may become inefficient and indecisive. Even victories unless we bo in position to follow them up properly, lose Iheir importance. Not famo, hut effect, Is what Is wanted. “A portion of Gen. Johnston's command has been asked by Gen. Beauregard, woo has been solioitoas to conceal his lamentable weakness from the enemy, fearful that a knowledge ot the truth might expose his whole force to destruction A Cabinet meeting was held to day on the subject It is probable the order for this movement has been sent, and that by to morrow evening Beau regard will be reinforced by Johnston Had the enemy been in greater numbers, and had shown more skill and oourage at Bull Run, oar army must have fallen baok ” Tho Augusta (Qa ) Chronicle awl Sentinel of J uly 26 saya : 11 By Sunday noxt Beauregard may havo 60 000 uniter him, and by Sunday after probably 80,000. Every train from the South is bearing its great burden ot soldiers to Virginia Twonty thousand have moved perhaps in thut direction within tho last six or eight days. Let them all go on—all that oan go, and that intend to go at nil, just h» fast as possible.” If theso statements be accepted as an ap proximation to truth, it is cloar that tho nation has been a little but unnecessarily frightened out of its propriety. First, wo absolutely won a victory, but our inexperienced soldiers, un aware of their successes, were frightened out oi the fruits of it by a wholly causeloss and un necessary panic, which, it must be confessed, reflects no great credit upon us a nation, con sidering that for a day or two the rest ol us supposed tho day of judgment had come, or at least some calamity but little short of that in its terrific magnitude. We trust that Jona than has regained his composure, as woli as the esteemed representative of Mr. Bull. I think, from the length of this lotter, you will conclude that your correspondent has made up for lost time a little. From “The Niagara.” IHp,oial Corrupondenoe of The Tress, j U. S. Steam Fkioate Niagara, t Kby West, July 25,1861. J Friend Press : Accompanying this I send yon a letter of the 18tb instant, written off Capo St. Antoino, in expectation of intercepting the mail steamer from Aspinwall to New York ; bnt after laying oil and on there for two days without seeing her, we left, arriving here on the 20th, finding the Wanderer the only Go vernment vessel here, and no news of the Crusader, which had left this place with us, which made us feel a little concerned for her safety, as her machinery was not in a very good condition, and it was leared that sbe bad met with some accident. Our fears were by no means allayed by the hearty hopes of the friendly citizens here (expressed at every turn) that she may have gone to the bottom with all on board, but our appetites for break fast were stimulated yesterday morning by her appearance. Her captain reported having arrived in Cienfuegos twenty-four hours after our departure, and, after an audience with the Governor, (who could not understand the ar rival, so on the heels of our departure), the six prizes of the !• umpier were notified to « up ancher,” and they were convoyed as far as Cape St. Antoine by the Crusader, when, with a “ good speed,” were started for the North. The Crusader brought no further news of the Sumpter than the assurance ot the Go vernor General that she would not be per mitted, under any consideration, to enter any port on the island. Ihe Water- Witch arrived hero two days ago, having left Pensacola on the 18tb, having been sent by the flag officer to receive the re ports of the different ships of the squadron. They report all quiet at Pickens up to tho day of departure. The Brooklyn sent two prizes hero, a bark and a brig; the bark arrived safe, but the officer in charge of the brig, making a bad land-fall, was becalmed off Cedar Keys and recaptured,—the prize-crew being sent to Tal lahassee. I give you this aa it is reported, here. Of the vessels visited by the Water-Witch thus far, the officers and crews are reported to be in fine condition. The present locality of the ships in the squadron, as far as I can learn, is, Colorado, flag-ship, off Fort Pick ens ; Wyandotte, east end of Santa Rosa; St. Louis, Mobile bar; Cuyler, St. Mark’s; Mont gomery, Apalachicola; Mohawk, Tampa; South Carolina, Galveston, Texas; Brooklyn and Powhatan, mouth of the Mississippi; Crusader, here; Mississippi, in search of the Humpter. We expect to leave here to-mor ra w for Fort Pickens. In haste. Yours truly, Maintop. Chasing “ The Sumpter,” U, s. Steam Fbigate Niagara, at ”ea, Off Cafe St. Antoine. July 18. 1361. Did you ever play hide and seek ? for such has been the game we have been playing with the Sumpter for the past two weeks, but, very unfortunately, with no success. Having re ceived information from our consul al Havana of her whereabonts, we left Key West on the 10th, “in hot haste,” accompanied by the Crusader —she to lun close in to the coast of Cuba, we to keep well out, and meet at Cien fuegos, where tho Sumpter was reported to be. After getting clear of tho shoals and bars of Key West, together with the pilot, the watch was set, lookouts sent to every available point on the ship, and a reward of $l2 put up for the man who first discovered and reported the Sumpter . The first day passed over with nothing to change the usual routine of “ a life on the ocean wave.” On the moniing of the 11th the mast-head lookout saluted us at break of day, with “ sail eh!” After waiting to hoar the answer to the usual where away, I started with visions of Sumpters, sea fights, flying splinters, breakfast waiting, cold coffee, &c., to take a look at the approaching sail, bat, alas! tor disappointed hopes, nothing but a Spanish coaster. After being raised thus several times during the day on the tip-toe of expectation, and dropping unceremoniously, we got pretty well sobered down, and where before all was certainty of taking this priva teer, doubts now began to creep in, and had, by night, increased to such an extent that some were even presumptuous enough to as sert tbat they did not believe we would catch her after all. So ended another day; the next, a counter part of the last, with the addition of the swear ing of about 150 men to allegiance, who have joined us since we left New York; for in these times Captain McKean wants none but those who lollow the injunctions of “Hamlet’sfa ther”—“ list’ and swearbut here was more food for excitement: the Bible stopped in its' passage down the ranks of these “ natives” in the hand of one whom we picked up “ for sweet charity sake” in Havana. Now the pangs ot hanger no longer gripe him, and his “ frame” is comfortably clothed in “ true blHe,” and he is called upon, perhaps for the first time, as a man, to give his aim in defence of the Government which has saved him from starvation and infamy. The task was too great for him: gratitude and good for good is not in his lexicon, and he retnsed. The boys did not know what to make of it. Was it pos sible they had been nurturing a rebel? No longer could they boast that the blue jackets of the Niagara only buttoned over true and loyal breasts. What a yell of scorn went up! How would they, had they dared, have torn the ingrate limb from limb! But the strict discipline of the Niagara was not to be tram pled on. The angry glances and significant whispering betokened ill for him, and, fearing that some zealot in the cause would do him injury, he was put under charge of a sentry. The matter was argued pro and con by “ a certain convocation of old salts” that evening on the forecastle, and alter many a scratching of heads, wrinkling of brows, and shifting ot quids, the motive given np as incomprehensi ble, with the conclusion that there was “ no telling who’s who.” The tainted air of re bellion purified by a few patriotic songs and sentiments, and their thoughts reverted once more to the all-absorbing theme, the Sump ter. Saturday night we came to off the harbor of Cientuegos to await daylight. The look-outs having received a strict injunction to keep a vigilant watch, all but those on duty turned in to snooze it off till morning ; but between two and three o’clock A. M., that “ spirit-stirring drum” broke upon our half-awakened senses, warning us there was something up. With the Sumpter ever in mind, we soon repaired to quarters and run the guns out ready tor action. I then learned that a steamer had been disco vered standing toward us, but tor some reason bad altered her course, and we were then in pursuit; she was just discernible standing to the westward. It being that “ dark hour be fore dawn,” speculation ran high, and the mo mentous question was, “Is it or is it not the Sumpter ?” Suspense and the chase lasted about two hours, when by the light of the ri sing sun the supposed “ belligerent” turned out to be one of the small Spanish steamers that run down the coast; so we made the best of our way back. Coming to off Cioufuegos light-house during the morning, we despatched a boat with lieu tenant to communicate with the harbor, but before they had been gone long they were in tercepted by a steamer with the U. S. consul, who was transferred to the boat and came on board. To our anxious inquiries tor the Sumpter, we learned that she had been there a week before, bringing in six prizes with her, and endeavored to sell them, but her design was frustrated by the American consul laying his complaints before the Governor General, who upon consultation with our Consul Gene ral, determined to hold them until he received instructions from the Spanish Minister and our Government at Washington how to aet. To prevent a repetition of the occurrence, he at once issued an edict preventing men-of-war entering any harbor on the island accompanied by a prize, by which you may see he recog nizes the Sumpter as a man-of-war, although 1 understand he made them haul down and would not permit them to fly the rebel flag while in port. Alter receiving about one hundred tons of coal on board, the Sumpter leit without receiving any satisfaction lrom the prizes, with the exception ol that mali cious satisfaction of destroying all their pa pers. The following morning we sent a boat, with officer, up to Cienfuegos, and, as they passed through the harbor, tho flag was saluted on all sides by the fleet of Yankee shipping, and from conversation held with ono of the crew of the clipper ship Golden Rocket, of Bangor, I learned that that ship had been taken by tho pirate, and burned off the lslo of Fines, the crew being taken on board the Sumpter, which ho describes as mounting a battery of one “.sixty-eight,” four “ thirly-two’s,” and one <• twenty-four” pounders, but, unfortunately for them, they daro not use the “ sixty-eight ” except in extreme necessity, as the ship is not staunch enough to withstand tho recoil. Her machinery, which is all above water, is pro tected by two thicknesses of railroad iron ; her crew is made up of all nations, and great dissatisfaction exists among them, many ha ving been pressed into the service. Her commander, Charles C. Simms, late of the United States navy, expressed his deter mination to blow hor out of water rather than be taken, for be says he knows that hanging will bo his poi tion, if captured. His style ot boarding vessels is rather peremptory •. instead of the warning blank cartridge, the first salnte the prey receives is a shot whistling by in close proximity to hor bows, informing her that he not only requests, but demands her to heave to. W. L. B. After remaining long enough in Cienfnegos to gather all the information possible of the whereabouts of tho Sumpter, the boat returned to the ship, and we once more got under way on our cruise, determining to wait no longer for the Crusader.*' The following day, off the Isle of Pines, we spoke the Znglißh bark Nugget, bound for Philadelphia; inquired alter our piratical friend, but no raws ; we requested to be reported, and started. On our way,during the afternoon, the smouldering embers oi expectancy were kindled into a blaze by a report from the mast-head that a steamer was visible, standing direct for ns. Sumpter stock went up fifty per cent., but soon it was a drug in tho market again, when it was discovered that tho aforesaid steamer was sido.wheeled, tho Sumpter beiDg a screw. On speaking her,sho proved to be her Britannic Majesty’s steamer Barracuta . on a cruise. During the afternoon, we ran down and spoke a Spanish sloop.of-war, hut were unable to learn her name. Yesterday morning, we made Capo St. An toine, where we have been laying off and on since, keeping a bright look-out for pirates, and awaiting to speak the Bteamer which left Aspinwall for New York on the 15th, (by which I expect to send you this letter;) we will then proceed to Key TVest and fill up with coal. We had quite an excitement for a while yesterday afternoon, caused by the igDiting of some liquor and the explosion of a cask in the spirit room ; the bell pealed out fire, tho drum beat to quarters, the boats all got ready for going over the side, and a dozen streams of water were pouring on the spot in less than five minutes, and the fire out before many knew that it was a bona fide fire, and not a false alarm given for the purpose of exeToise. It was quite an escape, taking into consideration the position of the fire, bounded on two sides by powder magazines, and the other sides by tiers of boxes of loaded shell. But the Niagara “ still lives,” a terror to evil doers ; and while we are hero waiting to use the sword in the defence of Uncle Sam, may you, friend Press, over be ready and willing to vindicate the cause with tho pens *3urcvoir» Yours trnly, Maintop. Kate ot Die Steamer Pacific* A MHBBAGB FROM THE SEA. From a long artiol* in the London Shipping Gazette , merely referred to in our last foreign despatches, we condense the following as a possi* ble explanation of tha fate of the nnfortnnate steamer Pacific: “ Our readers may have observed recently among our maritime extracts the copy of the oentents of a slip of paper fouod in a bottle some weeks ago on the western coast of Uist, in the Hebrides, and forwarded to us by our agent at Stornoway. The paper in apparently the leaf of a pooket book, used in the hurry of the moment, was co vered on both sides with ponoil-marks, from which tho following was with difficulty deciphered ; “' On Board this Pacific, from L’pool to N York —Ship going down (Great) confusion on board. Icebergs around us on every side I know 1 cannot esoape. I write the eatße of our loss that friends may not live in suspense. The finder of this wiil please get it publiahed. “ < WM. dnAJUH ? “If we are right in our conjecture, the ship here named is the Pacific, one of the Collins line of steamers, which vessel left Liverpool on January 23,155 G, three days before the Persia., and has not sinoe beoD heard of; and this slip of paper, three inohes by two, is probably the only record of the fate of that missing ship. Wo have not oomo to this oono!usion|hastily. On receiving the frail re cord from Stornoway, we at once published it as the best and most expeditious mode of placing it before those who might possibly be interested in the fate of the vessel named. Tha Pacific is by no means an nncommon appellation, more especially among the .shipping of the United States, and we did not despair that some light would be thrown upon the ‘message from the sea' whieh had so sin gularly been preserved and plaoed in our hands. “ After waiting for some time we received a communication from Messrs Zerega, of New York, stating that their ship Pacific being in port at the time, of coarse the reaord had no reference thereto, but they much feared it might, notwithstanding tho difference in the oatucs, apply to their Ship Baltic , whioli had felt Liverpool in January last, and has not singe been heard of; and we were re quested at the same time lo oorntnunicate with Messrs. Zerega’s agents in Liverpool. This we have been careful to do, and at the same time we direoted a search to be made among the list of pas sengers and orews, both of the Baltic and of the Pacific of the Collins lino. “ We have ascertained that no person named Graham was on board the Baltic when that vessel left Liverpool last on her passage to New York, but it appears tha*. a man of that name cid ship as helmsman in the Pacific in January. TSS6. It is true he shipped by the name of Robert Graham, whereas the slip of paper is signed ‘ Wm Graham. ’ This, however, is a discrepancy which will not oonnt for much with those wno are acquainted with the careless manner in which seafaring people fre quently give their names, and the facility for suoh a mistake presented by tho ordinary mode of en tering the names of a ship’s company tt from the facts elioited so far, we come to the conclusion that the vessel lost, and to which the frail memorandum before us refers, was a ship named the Pacific. The writer was evidently some person aoenstomed to the perils of the sea, tor it is difficult to understand how any person whose nerves had not been hardened by the pre sence of frequent and appalling dangers could have written witn such manifest coolness in the imme diate presence of death. This self possession at once negatives the idea that the person who could exhibit it iu a mornout of suoh supreme peril could possibly have mistaken the name of the ves sel whose loss he has reoorded. Then, again, we find from the records of the lost Pacific that a person named Graham sailed iu her from Liver pool on her ill-fated voyage, and, in all human probability, was on board at the time she was lost with all hands. This is the strongest point in the entire chain of evidence, for it connects the writer of the memorandum direotiy with the lost ship and tho ship with tho writer Lastly, sinoe the memorandum has been given to the world—now some weeks— we have had no intimation that any ship named the Pacific, sailing from Li verpool recently, has bsen lost, oris oven miss mg.” [From the Harrisburg Telegraph.] Wv are authorised to contradict tuo mauy ru> mors In regard to the tenor and ihe style of the letters said to have been given to parties who bave entered the rebel territory in search of the body of the gsilant and lamented Colonel James Came yon, by the Seoretary ot' War. No letter was ever written by General Cameron, or any member of the Cabinet, to be used on a mission of the kind referred to, whioh oonld possibly be tortured er construed into ft recognition of the traitors. In . most instances, the gentlemen who went on these missions did so voluntarily and on thoir own re sponoibility, prompted thereto to relieve the anxi ety of one brother for another who had fallen in battle, with bis face to his country's foes, or aotn ated still further to show their friendship for the remains of one who. while living, was their che rished companion and friend. We trust that this explanation will put an end to the many reports sent into oiroulstion and invented on sheer false hood, in regard to the rash and impolitic Utters alleged to have been written by the Secretary of War. In connection with the sad event, and the high position of the party thus sought to he em barrassed, the roport can only be regarded as both wicked and treasonable Confederate Finances.—“ The secret ses sions of Congress,” says the Examiner, “ are occupied with the maturing of a plan of finaaoial polioy for the Government whioh wUI be peruia nent during the war It is understood that the debate on this subject presenls a single alternative, on whioh the sentiment of Congress is mnoh divi ded. Xt is, whether the Gtovtrnment Bhould cx• e n d the produae loan, or whether it should late the control of the crops of cotton , sugar, and tobacco , as purchaser. Each plan has its reipectivs ad vantages. The latter, however, is considered more direct, more available, and comprehending a larger mutuality of advantages, and is recommended by views, contained in memorials to Congress, of some of tho largest planters and most important capi talists of the South. The produce loan did foaroely more than esta blish a system of securities for the investment of capitalists It might thus, probably, be con sidered too limited for the necessities of the Government. The system of pnrehaso is recom mended as yielding advantages beyond the mere ends of con tributing to pay the expenses of the war, in the supply of a medium ot general circula tion, which the Government will not only use in its purchases, but whioh will go into popular ex changes. This alone will be ot great advantage. The Government's issue of treasury, notes as a basis ofits purchase of ootton, sugar, and tobaooo of the South will find its way into general oiroulstion ; and, if it is allowed to replaoe entirely the paper currency of Ihe banks, we shall have at onoe for the South a uniform currency resting on the most reliable securities, and with a direct repre sentation of value in the gold of Europe or its bills of exchange. A building in South Broad street, Newark, N J , tell on Monday morning, hilling a boy named Farkhurst, and wounding Oliver Marsh and Charles Swan, aged respectively 10 and 12 yaars. TWO CENTS. A Contradiction. T£XK Wti&KjLY PRKBK tw wntu flail win he seat a i.Wesrieen hi Mil (per annual in advuua.) el >1 .*• fhroe Senlaa, •* Fit* •• •• e.e* Tan Twant? Wwanty OopiM» »• •Mh nb«nrib«rJ !«•% far* GlibTvibit *9* wawlll oas4 *B »rtra*apy u *kf cattor-au aftaaQlmb. fMtmUkfln &T« U wt M &»a*t* (a Vn Wmw fisaa. •AXIVUKHIA ITKRsa, isase*. three tineee Meath, la tiw< far Ska Ceitfeielfi •leestare List of Acta Passed. The Bpeoial session of the Thirty.seventh Cun gross, which oontmenoed in Washington on the 4th of July, was brought to a close on Tuesday, when the two Houses adjourned tn the first Monday in December next The following is a complete list of ell toe note passed : An not Lo refund and remit the duties on arms imparted by States. An eat to provide (or the payment of the militia and volunteers called into the service of the United States, from the time they were called into service to the thirtieth day of June, eighteen bondred and sixty one An act furthsr to provide fur the collection of duties on imports, and for other purposes. An act to provide for the appointment of assist ant paymasters in the navy An act to authoriz) a national loan, and for other purposes An act making additional appropriations for the support of the army for the fisoalyear ending Juee thirtieth, eighteen hnndred and sixty two, and ap propriations of ariraragesfor the firoal year ending Jane thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty two. An aot to alter and regulate the nayy ration, An not making additional appropriations for the naval fervioe for the year ending the thirtieth Of June, eighteen hundred and sixty two, and appro priations of arrearages for the year ending the thirtieth of Jane, eighteen hundred and tixty-one. An sot authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to remit fines and penalties incurred in certain oases. An aot making additional appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eihteen hun dred.nnd sixty two, and appropriations of arrear ages for the year ending thirtieth of June, eigh teen hundred and sixty-one An aot in reißiion to forwarding soldiers’ Ut ters An aot to provide for the temporary Increase of tha navy. An act to authorize the employment of volun teers to aid in enforcing the laws and protesting public] property. An act in addition to the “ Act to anthorize the employment of volunteers to aid in enforcing the laws and protecting puhlio property.” approved July twenty second, eighteen hundred and sixty- QUO An aot (o refund duties on arms imported by States An act for the better organization of the marine corps. An aot relative to the revenue mariue, to fix the compensation of the officers thereof, and for Btber purposes An set to indemnify the Siates far expenses in aarred by them in defenoe of the United States An aot mskieg additional appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses oi the Government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, elghtocn hundred trad sixty-two, and appro priation! of arrearages for the year coding thir lieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty one An aot to provtue for the payment of the police organized hy the United States for the oity of Baltimore, and to enable the Mint to furnish smell gold coins, and to provide for the mannfaotnre or purchase of field signals An aot to increase the present military estab lisbmentof the U cited State An =ct to provide for the suppression of rebellion against and resistance to the laws of the United States, and to amend the aot entitled “An act to provide for oalling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union,”