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THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1861.
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rvitb P'raaSoa*'-* wh banaatb aur faet,
.Amt rraa-tom’s banner atreaminc a’at nai
l’ae.h. — The donble nylimier Taylor prass
on which this f>ap« has b#»n piißUd for the past
nine months. It tain exosllent condition, having
been made to order a year ego, and will be sold at
a bargain. For terms apply at thiß offiae, or ad
dress John W. Fokhby, 417 Chestnut street, Phi
ladelphia
Pennsylvania and the War.
l’horo is so deep an interest taken in the
general operations against the insurgents, and
so many exciting events transpiring, that few
pause to reflect npon the exertions of any
particular State, or to note what our own no
ble Commonwealth has done, and is now do
ing, to swell the Union forces, and to secure
the triumph of the Federal Government.
The disaster at Bull Bun, and the demand
for immediate reinforcements that disas
ter occasioned, tally vindicated the
wisdom of the policy of Governor Curtis
in preparing a strong reserve force for any
sudden emergency, for it has onabled him to
promptly furnish a force of filteen regiments,
of 1,010 men each, or 15,150 men. These
soldiers are all well armed and equipped, and
most of them have been so well drilled in onr
camps of instruction that they are ready for
active service. Much care has been paid to
their organization, and it consists of twelve
regiments of infantry, one regiment of rifle
men, one regiment of cavalry, and one regi
ment of artillery. The latter will be furnished
with eight batteries of six guns each, nearly
all of which are completed; and some of thorn
will be very large rifled cannon, wbile others
are well adapted for firing deadly charges of
grape and canister at close quarters. The
State Government has also received a requisi
tion for twelve additional regiments, and it is be.
lieved that in a short time this additional force
of 12,120 men will be organized. Three regi
ments, ot 1,010 men each, accepted directly
by the War Department, are now in the field,
nnder command of Colonels Shari,, Geary,
and Einstein, and fifteen other regiments
(some of which are quite and others nearly
filled) have been accepted in a similar man
ner, matting a lores of 18,1S0 men. To regi
ments in other Stateß, we have tarnished a
force of about o 000 men. Thus our State
has placed in the field, and is now organizing,
for three years or the war, under the direction
of the State authorities and the permission of
the War Department, more than 50,000 men.
Aid this is entirely exclusive of the three
months volunteers, who numbered nearly
20,000 men.
Although we referred to most of these facts*
a few days ago, our readers will no doubt ex
cuse onr recurrence to them, as it seems
difficult to realize that onr Commonwealth,
which lately was entirely Absorbed in peaceful
pursuits, should in a briet period furnish
70,000 men to battle for tbeir country. It is
evident, however, from the martial feeling
of her people, and their determination to
crash out Secession, that, it necessary,
100,000, or even a larger nnmber of soldiers,
can be obtained within her borders. And if
the war is protracted, and her sons have a
fair opportunity to display their powers, we
feel well assured that the citizens of no State
in this Union will render more glorious ser
vice, by valor in the field, generalship, or
wisdom in council.
T»ie Privateer Petrel-
The sea seemß to be an unfortunate element
lor the rebels of Charleston. The Petrel,
which they fitted out with great care, has
shared the fate of thB Savannah. In the
eagerness of her crew to capture what they
supposed was a very valuable prize, they
made chiso after the St. Lawrence. Its
heavy broadsides speedily terminated the con
test by sinking the piratical craft. That por
tion of the crew which, in fulfilment of the
proverb that “those who are born to be bung
will never be drowned,” escaped destruction
when their vessel went down, arrived in this
city last evening. Our reporters give a ftill
acconnt of the particulars of the capture.
This event will cause general rejoicing among
all classes, and particularly tha owners of
American vessels. Our navy now seems to
b& getting fairly to work, and the insurgents
are-rapidly being taught that it is a decidedly
dangerous business to play the role of pirates.
We trust that these captures will be con
tinued until the “privateering” portion of the
Secession programme is completely broken
up, and Us authors and abettors compelled to
abandon it.
The Naturalized Soldiers.
We notice that several of onr Southern ex
changes, in commenting upon the battle at
Manassas, speak in the highest terms of the
bravery of the 69th New YoTk Regiment, (the
Irish brigade commanded by Col. Corcoran,)
bnt their testimony was not needed to con
vince the country of the zeal, fidelity, and
courage which an immense body of it 8
naturalized citizens are willing and eager
to display in the service of their adopted
couatry, and in defence ol tho Constitution
they have sworn to defend. These services
do not pass unnoticed or unappreciated, and
nothing is more common than to find those
who, in former years, were full of prejudice
against all who were not born npon our
soil, and who doubted the loyalty and
patriotism of thoso who sought a reiuge
among ns from foreign oppression, expressing
their gratitude and admiration for the very
men whom they once distrusted and maligned.
The immense number of Germans and Irish
men, as well as emigrants from other coun
tries, who are now performing faithful and
important servico in our army, has secured
for them and their countrymen among us a
hold npon the affections and respect of loyal
American citizens which no future agitation
can weaken.
Income Tax.
The following reply to the question which
we put yesterday, respecting the operation of
the Income tax, seems to give a very sensible
and probable solution. The English practice,
universally condemned, but persevered in by
successive Finance ministers, is, if the income
exceed tho prescribed limit, by even half a
dollar, to charge the tax upon the excess and
the limit. Thus, in England, on an income of
$B5O, if the limit were $BOO, the sum levied
upon would bo not the $5O surplus, but the
full $B5O. Mr. UiiAsii will aet more fairly than
Mr. Gladstone :
Mr Editor : Your editorial of yesterday oalis
at;ouu<m to use tax lii'T recently paeeed, and
doubts -b® moauieg of tb« word 4 11 or« $3OO u-r
annum,” questioning whether an inoome ol $B5O ,«
taxed to its full nmount, or merely for its surplus
of $5O Let me suggest that the word used in the
law is beyond,'’ and not “over,” and that the
tax is only levied upon income beyond sBoo—that
sum, for the sake of equality, being exempted to
ad. This, it seems to the writer, is the pißin and
indisputable meaning and direction of the law
Journalists at the Seaside.
This forenoon the Now Jersey Editorial As
sociation will bold their Quarterly Meeting at
the United States Hotel, Atlantic City, and,
after some preliminary business, will adjourn
its business session until eight o’clock that
evening, when Essays pn topics pf interest to
tho members will be presented, and other
business considered. They will find Atlantic
City—which has been built up by Philadel
phia—in mid-season, with gentle airs from
across the Atlantic to fan their cheeks. The
invitation, kindly sent to the Editors of The
Press, pressure of business has not allowed
them to accept, but they wish long-continued
success to tho Association, and 1011-enjoyment
at Atlantic City to-day.
Pun usual Washitg.on letter failed to reach us
last night.
Auction Notics.— The attention of buyers is
sailed to the sooond large Fall sale of 1,000 eases
boots, shoes, brogans, do , to be sold this morning,
for flash, at 10 o’oiock praoisely, by Philip Ford A
Co., auotioneers, at their store, Eos. 530 Market
and 523 Minor streets.
Mr. Hassell’s fj^tter*
In the last letter of Mr. Russell to the Lon- j
don Times, that has reached this coantry, he j
expresses great surprise at the determination
to maintain the Union intact and the zealous
support of warlike measures which he wit
nessed in the North, and particularly in New
York, where, on his first arrival in this coun
try, a conciliatory policy was almost univer
sally popular, and a resort to arms generally
deprecated. The change is doubtless one well
calculated to excite his astonishment, but it is
readily explained by the difference between an
Administration disposed to shirk its duty and
another willfng to faithfully discharge it, and
by the intense feeling of animosity aroused by
the dastardly attack on Fort Sumpter.
His allusion to ffio axe on the ferry boat
plying between this city and Camden, that
was called « State-rights Axe, ” which to
him apparently seemed in Borne measure to
indicate a feeling of sympathy with the Seces
sion cause, renders it probable that he was
not aware that the boat he was travelling on
was of that name, and that the inscription lie
witnessed was only placed there to insure the
security of the property. In former times,
too, the motto of “ State Rights” had amean
ing attached to it different from that of the
Secessionists of the present day; and it was
probably a devotion to some peculiar State
right tenets that led to the selection of the
name of the steamer. In deference, however,
to the feeling which a misconception of its
old title might create, we believe it has re
cently been changed by the prefix of the word
«United,” so that it now reads “United
States Rights,” which is not an inapt phrase
for the cause that the American people ara
DOW Struggling to maintain against the insur
gents.
LATEST NEWS
By Telegraph to Hie Press.
FROM WASHINGTON
Special Despatches to “The Press.''
WASHiirarox, Angnst 7.
The People Speaking.
The gloriouß result of the election on Monday
last for members of tie Stats LsgiSlfttUTS Of Ken
tucky, shows conclusively the Btate of feeling
throughout that State. The news reaohing Wash
ington during the olosing hours of Congicas, has
had a happy effect «n the publio mind. What
Kentuoky has done, every Southern Btate would
do, if the people ware permitted to cast their
votes without fear, according to their own con
victions To Ensure this right to each and every
man throughout every State in the Union, is
unquestionably the high ambition of tbe Govern
ment in sending an army into the South. Neither
tbe subjugation of the South, nor the liberation of
the slave, is contemplated, bjit a sundering of that
band by whioh the pnbHo mind is bound iu slavery
to (he will of the leaders in the aonipnipiatod
usurpation of power by a dissolution of the Union,
dive foros then to the army, as from this alone
oomos our only hope to see the nation once more
united, and fit people relieved from the shackles
of tyranny.
Looking on this Picture, then ou That
Prince Napolbo* is a man of olose observation,
and he has the oredit of arriving at oorreot con
clusions. His visit to this continent is not one
merely of pleasure He Haves his reyU sensor* at
the nearest hotel after landing. Making a rapid
bnt diligent examination of the public character
istics of New York oity, he moves, witbont official
difplay, direct through Philadelphia to the seat of
Government. Thence, after a critical inquiry into
the vital elements of onr organisation, a close in
spection of onr army, navy-yard, Ac , he proceeds
West, with a determination to make himself ao<
quainted with our strength and resources. It was
his duty, during the war in Italy, to move
among the people, and learn the public senti
ment. It is his mission now, personally, to
see and know Amerisa, and judge of its future
from oonoluslons drawn after the exeroise of
his own observations. He moves incog., bnt.
undoubtedly, as the astute observer of events, and
the authorised agent of the JSmporor, in a quiet
way This is right. It, may be kailad as a provi
dential movement. The motives by which cur Go
vernment is moved in this extensive war will bear
investigation by tbe nations. Remove the veil of
apparent mystery, and our cause will appear firm
ly founded on the rook of eternal truth. Disrobe
the motives of the advocates of Secession, and de
ception, falsehood, and corruption present them
selves in all their ghastly rspulsiveness. But the
Prince proposes not to take our words, nor tbe
words of any one else, as evidence of |these
things He proposes to examine and decide for
himstlf ff« court lio fcW,?st:gotiOE. May his
peers come and do likewise.
Sprague and Burnside.
Governor Sprague and Colonel Burnside, of
Rhode Island, have been made brigadier generals.
Thera are none more deserving of these honors,
and probably now bettor qualified to fill tho posi
tion. If any one man, or number of men, failed
to establish their bravery and ability to command
in the reoent engagement, it was neither of these.
They were both severely tried, bnt neither was
found wanting.
Soldiers’ Pay.
There is an impression abroad that the soldiers’
pay has been increased f.inr dollars per month. It
is not so. Eaoh house of Congross adopted a pro
vision to increase tbe pay of soldiers, sailors, and
marines four dollars a month, but their aotion was
not united on the same bill. The result, however,
was concurrent action on another bill at a later
period, whioh has become a law, increasing the pay
two dollars a month.
That Order ol Caution.
A good deal of inquiry was made here and else
where to know the oanse of the order issued a few
days ago by General Scott, commanding that
“searohes of houses for arms, traitors, or spies,
and arrests of offenders in such matters, shall only
be made in any department by the special author
ity of the commander thereof, except in extreme
cases admitting of no delay.”
It now appears that the order grew out of a cor
respondence with the President, whioh, as it shows
how desirous our representatives in Oongress aro
to guard the rights of citizens, is worthy of being
transferred to your oolumns. The oorrespondenee
is at follows:
House of Rbpbssbntativhs, July 27,1861.
To the President of the United States:
Sir : The undersigned beg leave to lay before
you the enolosed letter of James L. Ridgely, Esq.,
of Baltimore oonnty, in the State of Maryland.
Mr. Ridgely gives a oircumstsatiel Account of a
visit to his premises, and of a search thereof, made
by a party of soldiers of tho United States, pro
fessing to aet by authority of this Government,
whioh seemß to us to be very extraordinary and un
necessary.
Mr. Ridgeiy is a distinguished citizen of Mary
land, well knows for his private virtues and for
his uniform and consistent loyalty to tno Union
and the Constitution. Any statement proceeding
from him is entitled to full confidence.
In bringing this letter and the faots detailed to
your notice, we avail ourselveß of the oooasion to
express onr regret that similar oases of military
visitation and searoh, sometimes aocompanied by
arrest, have been permitted in Maryland, without
just reason or noooßslty. Buoh visits, searohes
and arrests, more than anything which has oc
curred, keep the minds of our people excited, and
afford to the enemies of the Union means of oon
tinued agitation.
We respectfully suggest the propriety of having
the military restrained to acts in support of the
eivil authority ; or, If oases arise in whioh the pub
-1,0 welfare requires prompter action, then that no
visit, searoh, or arrest, be made, except upon the
order of the officer in oommand of the district, in
writing, setting forth the oause of the visit, searoh,
or arreßt, and the proof upon whioh the order
issued.
Wa have the honor to be yonrs, Ao.,
Edwin H Wnbsteii,
J. W. Cribfield,
C, L. L. Liart,
Chaklns B. Cadvhkt.
P. S —Messrs. May and Thomas are not in the
city, and henoe they oonid not be consulted.
To this letter the President of the United States
replied as follows:
Executive Mansion, July 27,1861
Gentlemen : Tours of to-day, with the en
olosure from Mr. Ridqely, has been reoeived and
referred to General Scott, as I knew nothing
whatever of tho particular oase.
May I oeg you to consider the diffioulties of my
position and solicit your kind aasistanoo in it ? Our
security in the seizing of arms for our destruction
will amount to nothing at all if we are never to
make mistakes in searching a place where there
are none. I shall oontinue to do the very best I
can to discriminate between true and false men.
In the mean time let me, onoe more, beg your as
sistance in allaying Irritations whioh are unavoid
able.
Tours, very truly, A. Lincoln.
Hons. Edwin H. Webster, J. w. Crib field,
C. L. L. Lbary, Charles B. Calvert.
Official Recognition.
Satisfactory evldenoo having bean exhibited to
the President that Friedrich Kuhnb has been ap
pointed oonsul for the Grand Daohy of Meeklen
burg Schwerin, at New York, he has recognized
him as such, and declares him free to exercise and
enjoy Buoh functions, powers, and privileges aB are
allowed to the eonauls of the most favorod nations
in the United States-
Prof. Lowe.
Prof Lowe has returned to your oity, to build a
mammoth balloon for the use of the army.
IMPOBTAMT FROM NEW MEXICO. 1 c u,„.
R>ok. Arkansas, to the Memphis Avalanche, says
th-i-t 11 a Confederate soon'ing par,y enooun’ered
h hundred Federalists In Njrih'rm.tsrn Arkansan,
and hilled tweuty-fivo of them, with a Confederate
lose of only two.”
The Portsmouth (Ya) Transcript of the sth
Inst, says 11 the Federate have evaonated Hampton
and Newport News.”
The Winchester (Va ) Republican of the 5h
Beys, “ Banks’ army is almost entirely disbanded,
only four regiments remaining ”
The Congress at Riohinond has been disonaaing
a finauoial scheme, the pr-’bable retnlt of wbioh
will be an advance of treasury notes on subscribed
amnant.i ot cotton. When the market opens, the
e itton to be sold at the existing pricoß, for the
benefit of the planters
The Lynohbnrg Republican learns that, in ad
dition co the handoofft brought by tbe invading
army, there was a large number of halterß for
hanging Southern traitors
The rebels say that 1 , “in all probability, the
Now World noror witnessed saoh soonrs of hor
ror as would have witnessed the triumphal en
trance of the invading army into Riohmond ”
The Charleston Mercury of the 31 Bays: -‘Wo
have been provoked beyond endurance b; reading
the most complacent and gratnlatory comments of
osrtain Virginia papers on the charming charity
and benevolence of certain citizens and officials of
that State towards the invaders of their soil,
plunderers of their estates, destroyers of their
homaa and firesides, and polluters of their women.
We demand that every prisoner in Richmond be
incarcerated and put in irons Justice, humanity,
and civilization alike ory alond for ‘ stern retribu
tion.’ ”
L’eut. Lamar, of the Confederate army, is still
confined at Riohmond. The whole of one side of
his body is seriously paralysed
Mr- Ritchie, o’ the Richmond Enquirer, hoc
jast returned from Paris He says the cause of
the Southern Confederacy is looking up in France,
and entertains no doubt about its ultimate recog
nition.
Prince Na]
Prince NAronßon left Washington yesterday on
a visit to Mount Vernon, but not reaohing the
French minister's residence up to midnight, a re
port prevailed that he had been captured by tbe
Secessionists. It now appears that, an returning
to this oity, at 10 o’olook, he stopped to dine with
the French Secretary of Ligation The party met
with no material stoppages on the way, and the
only damage sustained was to two of the horses,
which were seriously injured by san-stroko.
1 roll for the Union.
Congress has, by bill, Guthoriz-d the erection of
an iron bridge to nolle Virginia with the District
of Columbia The judicious use of iron, Bbot, and
oaniater will no donbt unite not only that State,
bnt those others now in rebellion, onoe more with
the oapital of the Union.
How the Funds are Obtained.
Jbff. Davis is a good financier He oonimanda,
and it is dono To have the army well supplied
with the sinews of war, he orders a trunk full of
bank notes to be printed and plaoed in the hands
of a general in the army To give these value,
he sends the president of the bank along with the
army, to sign these notes as they are required. It
is stated, on the best authority, that the military
Ohest of the rebel General G arnbtt, whioh was cap
tured by our troops, was found to consist of sheets
of the unsigned notes of the Fairmonat Bank The
president of the bank accompanied General Gab
kbit as one of his stiff, signing such quantities as
wore wanted from time to lime.
Pennsylvania Ahead Again.
The Keystone State was the first to respond, in
April last, to the oall for three-months volunteers,
and some of her men were the first to enter tbe
capital when it was menaced by the enemies of the
Union. Again, Pennsylvania is ahead in the re
enlistment of her three-months rogimenta—this
time “ for the war.”
The Eleventh Pennsylvania Regiment, just mus
tered out of service at Harrisburg, has already re
organized, and tendered tbpir servioos to the Go
vernment for the war. Riohabo Coulter was
elected colonel,
Not Confirmed.
The nomination of Mr Wood, as Commissioner
of Pnblie Buildings, was not aoted upon by tbe
Senate. It was brought up bat referred back
fiis ooxBBUSSton expires with the session of the
Senate, but the President will grant him asother.
Defies his Captors.
Reliable intelligence from Richmond informs ns
that Colonel Cobcobah, of the Sixty ninth New
York Regiment, told his captors iu that oity that
he “ went into the business with his whole soul,
and that he would pot accept u parole ;f it were
offered biin
HaUier Crowding ii.
An intelligent slava, who escaped to tbis city
yesterday, says there are two rebel regiments at
Bush Hill, only four miles from Alexandria. It is
reasonable to suppose that onr army in Alexandria
ic aware of the approaohes of the enemy, though we
have no confirmation of this statement from that
quart*!',
Homeward Hound.
Those Senators who were most unreasonable in
interfering with the arrangements of Goneral
Scott have gone home, reflecting upon the result
cf their course. The General is left to prosecute
his plapit according to his own judgment.
Navy Yard Affairs.
The propeller Jas. Jsronis arrived at the yard,
this morhlkg, from Philadelphia, with a quantity
of copper, lead, Ac , for the Government. She
landed a small quantity of freight at Alexandria,
and oiso at Georgetown.
A large number of men are employed in build
ing a wall cn the northwest corner of the yard, for
the better defence of tha (Joyernment works.
Reeruitp Arrived-
Ssvesty-six men arrived last night from Ro
chester, Now York, under .charge of Captain
Monss, of Rochester. They are to form tfie sixth
company of Allbn’s Now York cavalry regiment,
five companies of whioh are now encamped here
Ihe remainder of the regiment will arrive in a
few days.
Pori Washington.
The mimcer of man sc ibis fort hap been mate
rially increased within two days.
miscellaneous.
Hon A. W. ivAKCALL has been appointed Mi
nister to Rome vica Rufus Ribs, assigned to take
oommaud of the Wisconsin brigade in Baltimore,
te which city he has been ordered to day.
Captain Andrew A. Harwood, who has been
temporarily aoting as Chief of the Burcan of Ord
nance and Bydrography, was yesterday confirmed
by tjge Senate.
Tbe following order was to day issued from the
Post Office Department:
“ It appearing to this department that vicious
persons are engaged in transmitting through the
mails envelopes having printed or written upon
them scurrilous or seaudelous matter, it is ordered
that postmasters stop ail such matter, as soon as
discovered, whether at the office of mailing or else
woere, and forward it at once to the Dvad letter
Office at Washington. Jobs A Kassos,
“ First Assistant Postmaster General.”
Tho movements of troops are conducted with the
ioast possible parade and publicity, affording a
strong oontrast to former similar military proceed
ing* At iif oyidgnt, however, that General Mo
Cdellan is sedulously employed in making the
best disposition ot the foroes under hiy command
with a view to the protection of the capital should
tho Confederate forces, relying npon disloyal Ma
rylanders, threaten fits security.
Reports are prevalent that a largo body of Se
oessionists, supposed to be a part of'General John
son's command, has recently been seen within two
miles'of the Potomae, at Great Falls in nearly a
direot line with tbe fording plaee. If thfs is true,
it can be safely stated that tbe Confederates would
nc-t find their pnssage unobstructed, aud would
discover oertain arrangements on the part of the
Federal Government not inserted in the Disunion
programme.
It is known that there is on the part of our troops
the utmost vigilance, while our lines are sufficient!j
extended to guard against surprise from any
quarter.
The editorial exoumon train, having on board
representatives of nearly all the leading New York
journals, and other invited guests to the number
of twenty, hBS reached Washington. The purpose
of the excursion, an inspection of the new military
ronte by way of Harrisbnrg, was most satisfactorily
attained, the day being very fine throughout. The
two cars whioh formed the train passed directly
from New York to Washington. The time table
was 7.15 A H from Now York, and 545 P. If. at
Washington, and pearly ah the stations were
leaohed from 5 to 19 minutes ahead scliEdule,
The editors leave Washington by the same train a
g o’oiock to morrow evening.
The President has appointed H G. Wells, of
Michigan, as minister resident to Honduras.
General Army Order No. 45, whioh prohibits
volunteers who do not speak the English language
from being mustered into Bervloe, is now offioially
explained a 3 not intended to apply to regiments or
companies of foreign nationality, in whioh the men
and officers speak the same tongue; bnt to prevent
the enlistment into regiments or oompanies, whose
offioers speak the English language only, of men
not understanding it, and to induce such persons
to enlist under officers whose language they do un
derstand.
The 29th section of the act approved July, 1838,
granting three months extra pay in lieu of a
bounty to soldiers who may re-enliat, and the 3d
seotion of the aot approved Juno, 1850, granting a
bonnty equal to the transportation from New York,
to soldiers who may re-eniist at distant stations,
having been repealed by the aot approved August
3d, 1861, in future no spoil bounties will be paid.
Hereafter, when volunteers are to bo mustered
into the service of the United States, thpy will, at
tho same time, bo minutely examined by the sur
geon and assistant surgeon of the regiment, to
ascertain whether they have the physical qualifica
tions necessary for the military service.
Lieutenant Walter H. Stevens, of the Corps
of Engineers, being declared a defaulter to the
Government, is dismissed.
Arrivals lrom Tennsyivania.
Willard's— T. J. Miller, S. Cooke and son,
Charles N- Trumps, S. S. Wharton, J. Paul Liver.
J. P Kelgin, Daniel G. Thomas, S Lindsay, Jr. j
E D Clay, R. M. Evans, John C. Ralston, H’
MoKenzie, Sirs Gilmore, Samuel Cqplisle, T. W.
Buok.
Kirkwood's —Peter MoConomy, John Liniorq
F Hinklo, M. D., Samuel Roseoker, Samuel Ka
par, James Marks, F. A. Shower, R. M. Lee, Jr.,
Colonel Bohlen, A. H .loess, Rev. A. J. MoCon
omy.
National —A. B. Cooley, J. H. Gregory, D. F.
Foley, William Pitman.
Brown's—Hl. S. McDowell.
Maine Republican State Convention.
AeaostA, August 7 —The Republican
State Convention mot hero to-day. A large and
enthusiastio meeting was held.
Governor Washburn was unanimously renomi
nated.
Resolutions were adopted declaring that the pre
sent war had been forced on the North, and is to
be waged without a desire for subjugation or con
quest, but to maintain the supremacy of the laws
and preserve tho dignity and equality of the
several States; and that when this objeat has
been accomplished, the war should ooase.
Ohio Democratic State convention.
Cleveland, August 7 —The Deraocratie State
Convention to-day nominated H- J. Jewett for
Governor, and John Scott Harrison for Lieutenant
Governor.
A series of resolutions were adopted. The third
recommends to the Legislatures of the several
States to hold a National Convention for the pur
pose cf settling the present diffioulties, and re
storing peaee, end preserving the Union. The
sixth resolution eottdemps the President for his
late attempt to suspend the writ of habeas corpus.
The Battle at Dng spring, Missonri.
Sr. Louts, August 7 —The reoent battle at Dug
Spring, near Springfield, took plaoe on Friday last.
No farther particulars have yet been received.
THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1861.
Attempt of the Secessionists on our
Apprehended Attach on Fort Fillmore.
Independence. Mo , August 7 —Ths Santa Fa
mall and Canon City express arrived in this oily
last night, three days ahead of time, bringing
dates from Santa Fo to the 22d, and Cunon City to
the 2Sth nit.
Business in Hew Moxioo was stilt dnll, The
crops looked fine, owing to the recent rains.
There was a great deal of excitement existing in
New Mexieo, on aooonnt of the threats of the
Texans to oaptnre the Government property.
An express from New Mexico overtook one
thousand soldiers returning to the. States, at Bent’s
old fort, with orders for them to return to New
Mexico.
It was feared the Texans intended to oaptnre the
Government forts in that Territory.
Two Federal officers, Captain John M James and
Lieutenant K. G. Gantland, of the Seventh In
fantry, had deserted from the United States sor
yjje at Fort Fillmore, and joined the Taxing.
The mining regions of San Jaan are now aban
doned, as all classes are disappointed in not finding
gold, though the indications of it were very flat
taring
Mora than forty persons have lost their lives in
that region; twenty four were killed by tbe Indian’.
The miners at the Placer micas an in good spirits,
and very sanguine of oompiete success in tbeir
undertaking.
Indians were met by tho mail party, but they
were all friendly. The weather is intensely hot
on the plains.
Bv the latest accounts the Texans had assembled
at Fort Bliss, about 700 strong, with a number of
pieoes of artillery. Their piokets have approaohed
within ton miles of Fort Fillmore, at which point
there are thirteen companies of regulars to meet
them. A few days previous thfee companies left
the fort for Meseilla to tote down any Secession
fiag that might b* found floating there. As the
Texans receive support in Arizona, this net may
bring about a collision.
IMPORTANT PROM WHEELING
The Virginia Convention.
THE PROPOSED DIVISION OF THE STATE
Wheeling, Va , Aug 7. —The State Convention
rencsembled yesterday, and was in session again
to day.
The first thing done was to raise a committee on
the division of the State, consisting of thirty-ene
members, being one from each bounty represented
in the Convention.
A resolution was offered to-day declaring that,
inasmuch as the Legislature had refused its con
sent to a division of the State, it was unwise at
present to take aotion for that purpose, and also
proposing to adjonrn the Convention on Fridsy
The resolution was tabled by a vote of 39 against
25.
Resolutions were offered and referred proposing
to take a vote on tho question of a division of the
State iu the counties lying west oi a line running
from the northeast corner of Tennessee, along the
top of ihe Alleghenies, to Maryland, the elestion
to be held some time la October; and if the vote
should be in favor of a division, the Legislators
shall call a Convention to complete the work.
There will be a warm contest for aotion towards
£ diViSlO'4 Thera is a strong opposition to it; bnt
the diyisjiojiiaifl jsava probably a majority, and use
determined to push tits matter
Sandy Hook, Aug 7.—James Brown, a private
of company E, Pennsylvania Twenty-eighth Re
giment, died of typhoid fever yesterday.
The Secession prisoners, captured opposite Point
of Rocks recently, are in tbe cavalry camp, under
atriot guard They appear to be quite at ease in
njind as to the fnttira.' They ai« : a portion of a
oavalry company, but without uniforms- Some of
their friends have visited them in company wi h
our own officers, but no private conversation is
• lowed.
One of our pickets brought iu a prisoner this
morning, taken on the rivor shore noar Shephordf
town. The cause of his arrest has net yet trans
pired.
Secession cavalry are frequently soen in the vi"
oinity of the Ferry in small i quads
Yesterday, s> body of eleven were reported to
have been discovered nyar ii >livar Heights A
strong soout was immediately sent out to secure
them, bat they have not yet reported.
Great efforts are being made by the rebel com
manders at Manassas Junction to amass a large
stock of supplies, whioh would seem to indioate a
forward movement in this direction.
It is now confidently believed that General
Johnson is cow a short distance north of tbe Jnno
tion, and may be on Ills nay to locate at Charles
town, where ibviiUJ AH tf IfW fit
quently seen of late.
The 'reoent report that General Banks is to be
superseded by General McCall is believed by the
officers here to be destitute of foundation. General
Banka haa succeeded, without any apparent offo; t,
id »tt69ißg ths bsg!!Obrl pMjadiaMaf all who
have mot him, particularly as regards the inhabi
tants on both sides of the river.
It was probably at the suggestion of Gen. Banks
that the Government adopted the plan of concen
trating a Urge fpjoe at Baltimore as the most con
venient point for suddenly reinforcing nay m of
the three great armies east of the Allegheny
Mountains, and being more aooesssble to supplies
than any other eity.
The general health of tho camp is good.
PoßTßuea Momro.3, August 6, via B&ttimore.—
Gonoral Batlor returned to Old Point this morning
Nothing has yet transpired as to his remaining
here; but it is understood that the army at Fort
ress Monroe is to be largely inoreaßod. The Gene
ral has spent the afternoon at Nowport News, ex
perimenting with the Hotchkiss shells.
Hampton will be rooooupied on the arrival of
the first regiment from the North.
The sailing frigate Savannah is being towed
up the Roads, and will proceed to Newport News
to relievo the United States sloop of-war Dale,
ordered io set-
The crew of the bark Linwood, of New York,
thirteen in number, have just arrived in the
steamer Quaker City . The bark was wreokod on
Cape Hattaras, and they were picked up off Cape
Henry-
The Quaker City picked up this morning, near
the Capes, a small boat containing ten ship masters
and seamen, who had escaped from Fort Oregon,
North Carolina
They give some startling intelligence of the do
ings on the coast of Carolina At Hatteras
inlet there are three steamers and a pilot boatpri
vateering. One of them, the Gordon , ran the
blookade of the South Carolina ports, and np tho
coast to Hattaras, teg. days ago, sinoe which time
she has oaptnred the brig Wm. H. McGihery, of
Bangor, from Cardenas, with molasses, and the
sohooner Protector, from Cuba, with fruit.
The names of the privateers are the Gordon, the
CoJ/ea, a side wheel steamer, formerly running
between Old Point and Norfolk, the steamer Ma
rion, formerly a Norfolk pilot boat. Allot them
jre armed with rifled oannon. Those from Norfolk
ware taken dowa the canal to Albemarle sound
Newborn, North Carolina, is tho headquarters of
these pirates.
The gunboats are being collected, and mounted
at Norfolk to be taken down the canal, and the
orews for them are being shipped at Ifrwborn.
The bark Glen, of Portland, with Government
ooal, was eaptured a week ago, and ttken into
Beaufort, N. C.
The refugees state that the rebels setreely re
gord tho coast blookado at all, and ooMiderthe
Quaker City as the only vessel doing any efficient
service against thegi
During all this time several gunboats have been
quietly anohored at Old Point.
The United States frigate Wabash has arrived
from off Charleston for ooal and water, having
been relieved by the Roanoke. She rsoaptnred
the schooner Mary Ahee, of New York, whioh
had been taken by the piratioal schooner Dixie
Tho prize orew are now prisoners on the Wabash
She aiati iuoh the brig Sarah Star, bound from
Wilmington to Liverpool, with turpentine and
rosin, and sailing under English colors.
The frigate St Lawrence last week sunk the
rebel privateer Petrel, formerly tho United States
revenue cutter Aiken, and commanded by Lieut
Grimshaw, lately of the United States Marine?.
The Petrel fired nine shots at the St. Lawrence,
without effeot, and reoeived bnt three shells. Two
of her orew were drowned, and thirty, live taken
prisoners by the St. Lawrence.
[The “ Petrel" here referred to is the same
whose oaptnred orew were brought here by the
United Btateß steamer flag, as announced In
another column.j
The Wabash accidentally ran into the gunboat
Seminole, but did little damage.
Cincinnati, Aug 7—Charles H. Tyler, formerly
a captain in tho U. S. army, now a lieutenant
oolonel in the Confederate army, and a nephew of
6X Free'deut Tyler, same hero recently for his
wife He was arrested to-day, and Is now held to
await orders from Washington.
Louisville. Aug 7 —Nearly tho full vote from
forty counties returns but three Secessionists to the
Legislature ; but the disloyal counties have not
yet been generally heard from
Well-informed politiolans estimate that each
house of the Legislature will be throi-fourtht com
posed of Union men.
More Massachusetts Troops.
Boston, Aug 7 —'Tho Massachusetts Fourteenth
Rgiment, Col Greene, will leave tor the South to
night.
The Fifteenth Regiment Go! Devons, will also
leave Worcester for the South to night
goth regiments ere fully armod and equipped,
ana anxious for service
Wine’s battery will leave in a day or two.
Boston, August 7—Evening —The Fifteenth
Regiment and Naim’s battery will not leaye till
the last of tho week.
Western Forts.
General Banks” Command.
Late from Fortress Monroe.
Arrest of one of the Tylers.
The Kentucky Election.
A Richmond paper says it is reliably stated, on
the most undoubted evidence, that when the news
of the capture of Sherman’s battery wns received
in Washington General Scott privately orderod
six pieoes of oannon to be taken from the navy
yard and sent to Washington, with the announce
ment that Sherman’s battery had been reoaptnred,
and arrived safe
Norfolk, July 31 —The privateer Gordon , ot
Charleston, on Sunday last, earned into Hatteras
Inlet the brig McQilly , of Bangor, with a oargo
of molasses. Also, the schooner Protector , of
Cuba, with a oargo of fruit.
The privateer Manner has oaptured another
schooner
The privateer York captu 'ed the brig Martin ,
of Boston, with a oargo of machinery.
LATER FROM CALIFORNIA.
fnx TOUT EXPRESS.J
Fort Kearney, August 6. —The Pony Express
passed here this morning, wuu San Francisco dates
to July 27.
SHIP NEWS.
Arrived, Jnlv 25, ship Thatcher, M»goon, fiom
Boston; July’27, Ship Fearless, from Hew York;
bark Constants, from Rio, with coffee; schooner
Argent, from Punts Arenas, with a cargo of Costa
Rica coffee, and reports that a schooner sailed with
a like oargo, ton days previous, for this port.
Sailed, July 25 bark W Zane, for Sidney.
Spoken, May 24, lat 50 deg. 72 min. long. 77
deg 37 min. west, ship Indian, from Boston for
Ban Franoisoo.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE
The market for goods affected by the tariff
ohanges continues excited, ansf the action of Con’
grna on the recommendation of the Secretary of
the Treasury is anxiously awaited In other re
speots the market is quiet. Isthmus butter has an
improving tendeno; on account of tfia non-arrival
of the steamer Sonora, whioh is delayed by the
accident to the aleamer Champion on the Atlantic
side, and also on account of Eastern advices in
structing holders not to sacrifice their stoaks The
present price is about 25 cts.; Rio Coffee 18ial9.
Wbo«t is drooping, having declined 5 to 10 ots.
100 lbs* Bifiefc havveet eammenasd Bavlay is
quoted nt 85; best flour S 2 50 per saok.
tfBHBRAL HEWS.
The pony express arrived yesterday, with East
er u dates to the IBth ultimo, with aesnun ts of
General MoClellaa’B Bucarsa in Western Virginia,
and the continued retreat of tbe rebels toward the
interior of Virginia. The news is inspiring to the
Union men.
The overland mail continues to arrive Tegularly.
The prior of passavo from Daoramonto to St. Joseph
has been fixed at $l5O.
Passengers who same through is the mail stages
seem to regard tho trip so oso cf no hardship,
although compelled to ride übhtihually, night and
day, for eighteen days
fcjlnoe the last despatch a new telegraph station
has been opened, twenty five miles farther east,
with prospeots of another like extension before
another pony express.
Tho candidates of all ib.reo pclitiial parties are
in the Reid, engaged in an active oanvass of the
State. Between the Union Democrats and Re
publicans only State issnes exist, as both parties
largely sustain the Administration war policy.
The Breckinridgers also make great pretensions,
bat claim that the nroiecr’ion cf the ysv renders
the preservation of 'the tldibn Hopeless They
seem to favor about the bsics policy that the Bu
ehanan Administration wub pursuing on the acces
sion of Lincoln
Ex Senator Gwin made a speech recently at
Warren, principally on a topic personal to himself
He said it w&b his last political speech, and he ap
pears to take but little interest is the politios of
the day
By the way of Los Angeles we have later news
of the party ot SrceEflioniata, inoludicg General
Johnson’s men. They were last h-ard of at Tuo
boo in Arizona, numberisg abba” sb, S’V*’ 4l
joined the party after Reaving Los Augeisi, rad
among ’hem were Mtjrf Armstead ; Lieut Hard
o&stie, of the Sixth infantry; Mr. Armstead, a
brother of the Major, and others.
Some of the large ranoh owners in tbe southern
counties of this State have commenced slaughtering
their cat Go for their hides and tallow only, there
being no {fttwißs W'-rk foe b.ef. It is said thftt at
the current rates of ths various portions of the
animal they will net nearly $l2 in gross, which is
much bettor than baying at the present rates. This
shows ’hat driving oattle and sheep to California
from the Eastern States will not longer pay.
OREGON.
The steamer Columbia arrived yesterday (rbm
Oregon with dates to the 23d, and bringing $9.700
in treasure. 1
The Portland Advertiser , of the 23iof-July,
says: Toe rimmer 3tiiui arrived last night, bring
iog $285 in gold dost from the Nez Perce mines.
4. letter fromoqrctirrespcndeiit ; at- o. flino, dated
on the 231 instant, says: The mines are paying
wherever the claims have been fully opened. I
have Bern a great deal of dust in the last ten fisys,
bnt gold and silver ooinisvery scarce, and there is
d'fficnlty in disposing of it. These mines are no
longer an experiment They are fast progressing
and assuming the position of subsiantial towns, as
we anticipated.
There has been no satisfactory result from the Nta
Perce Connoil at Lap way It had been in session
for three days, and the Indians were stubborn, ma
nifesting no kindly feelings. There were over
three hundred present at the council. These were
indisposed to accept the annnity goods, and some
declined outright to take the presents Borne two
hundred and fifty of the Indians refused to take
the beef of the agent, drawing np their own cattle
and Slaughtering them in frsnt of the agcr-oy.
Trouble is anticipated with the’ Snake Indians,
on Salmon river, by the miners who are there
prospecting.
The Indian who shot Judge Washington was
given up by the ebief of tho Spokanta Be con
fezsed his orimo boforo Squire Hall, at Belville,
and was forthwith hung oy the whites at that
plaoe.
ARIZONA
By the steamer Senator , which arrived here on
yesterday afternoon, from ports on the southern
coast, we have correspondence and papers from
San Diego and Los Angeles, f,
The Star remarks that 'by the arrival of the
mails from El Paso, it hus lata and reliable infor
mation from Arizona. The whole oountry lies at
tho mercy of the Indians.
The Apsehes had made an attaok on Fort Bu
ohanan, and pretty thoroughly cleaned it out.
They took off seventy-five government moles and
four prisoners.
A detaohment of one hundred men of the First
Dragoons, with Lieutenant Davis, started for Fort
Tucson daring tho week. They were fully armed
and equipped.
We have heard a rumor on tho street that den.
f'nmner, with his staff, is expected here in the
steamer Senator, which srrives to-day.
Frofu ssavap9.
THE STEAMSHIP COLUMBIA AT NEW YORK,
New Yoke, August 7. —The steamship Colum<
bia arrived at this port this afternoon, with Ha
vana dates to the 3d inst-
The Captain General of Caba is absent at Bt.
Domingo, taking formal possession of the Domini
can territory for the Spanish Crown.
No foreign war vessels were at Havana.
Street and highway robberies and other depre
dations seem to be on the increase.
The Havana markets were nativo. Sugar is
quoted slightly higher at 74 .84 reals. Stock in
port, 129.000 boxes. Molasses was steady. Freights
dull. No business was offering for American ves
sels Money'was plenty. " The health of Havana
is improving
The Columbia reports that on Jnly 25, in lat.
32 deg. 41 min , long 78 deg 19 min , she passed
a email schooner, with something covered np on
her deck. On the approanh of the qtoamer she
hoisted the American flag, which saved her from
rough usage. After passing the sohooner, she
made ail sail in an opposite direction.
On August 6 the Columbia spoko the brig
Sarah Star, bound to Now York, with a prize
orew aboard.
Departure of the Arabia.
Boston, Aug 7 —The royal mail steamship
Arabia sailed at 10 o’olook this morning for Liver
pool. via Ha itsx
Prince Alfred and suite will take passage.at Hali
fax for Liverpool.
Departure of the Europa lor Boston.
Halifax, August 7 —The steamship Europa
sailed for Boston at 84 o’olook this evening.
A woman named Ellon Leary, in tho employ
of Jameson & Richardson, eating nou-e keepers, U
goston, wap crushed to death on Saturday after
noon by her oiotbes being oanght in some machi
nery in the building.
g A despatch from New Orleans soys that the
Louisiana Bank declared a dividend of eight per
cent out of tbs profits for the last six mouths, and
re erves a lar ;e surplus
An extensive movement is taking place in
Lowell Lawrence, and ct-ier places in Massachu
setts, to secure a reduction of rents ifi accordance
with the bard times.
Two negroes who escaped to the Poca
hontas, at tne month of the Rappahannock, on
Friday, slate that five huudrod slayes had been
dra ted to erect fo>t fioa’ions there.
Hon. J. S. Black, late Attorney General of
the United Bcatos, nas become a resident 01 Yhrk,
Pennsylvania.
Five fires occurred in New Orleans, be
tween the uours of 6 P. M. on the 29 ch ult. and five
o’clook next morning
Supervisors op Streets. —We learn that
Mayor Henry yesterday appointed the followii g
to aot as supervisors of the streets, lor the ensuing
year upon ihe recommendation of the Commis
sioners of Highways. First district, Wm, Hid
ings and Wm Foster; Beeosd, Charles Feak;
TMrd and Fourth, Samuel H. Mitchell ; Fifth and
Sixth, John Gibbs; Seventh and Eighth, Henry
Bobb; Ninth and Tenth, James Kelly.
THE CITY.
Arrival of the Gunboat “ riag.”
A PRIVATEER CUT TO PIECES.
Thirty-six Carolinians in Moyamen
sing Jail.
Pour months ago three federal ships stood list-
Ussly upon the sea, outride of Charleston harbor,
and the crews beheld with tears and curses a Spar
tan garrison of seventy men surrendering to seven
thousand rebels.
One week ago, the oonspirators In Fort Sumpter
looked out upon the sea, and beheld fort; men of
Charleston, In a sinking vessel, at the mero; of the
waves, end under the guns of an American frigate,
about to be oarried to a Northern city under the
Sag they had insulted. The parallel is good. Tho
pirates and the patriots were squall} reckless;
the riddled ossemates of Sumpter correspond to
the splintered hulk of the privateer; and in the
end of the two patties of prisoners alone may we
look for tho dissimilar features,
The rebel vessel, in this case, was the privateer
Petrel, formerly the revenue cutter General Aiken.
Tne oaptor was the United States frigate St Law
rence, and the remainder of the pirate orew is, by
this time, safely ensoonoed in the county prison,
on PaBS}unk road.
To giyo the oircumstanow In full, wo wui oom.
menoe at the beginning. The frigate St. Law
rence, which had lain at our navy yard in ordina
ry, stripped of rigging, and, apparently, a useless
hulk, was prepared for sea late in Juno, and placed
in commission about the 20 h of Juno. We notioed
her appearanoe on the day she sailed in this wise:
“No words oan desoribe the appearance of tho
frigate St Lawrence as she now lies ' ff the navy
yard pier at anohor, with the blaok morales of her
gnns in line, and the port holes ajar
“ A bull dog with set tooth; a wild oaglo, with
all tho rigging of feathers, and plumes, and ta
lons ; a spotted snake, poised in the sunshine and
ready to strike; anything that is jaunty and beaa
tlfal, yet deadly and ripe for blood, will represent
the St Lawrence, with her three tiers of cannon
pointing to the east and west, and over her high
spars the flag of the Union streaming, As she sits
on the surface, buoyant and trim as a skiff or a
yawl, yet massive, and capable of sailing with an
armament aboard, few fail to feel instinctively tbe
strength of onr navy and the power of car ship*
builders.
" Sae o&rries fifty guns, and her orew, consisting
of seamen, ordinary seamen, landsman, and boys,
numbers four hundred and oigbty in all. Her ma
rine guard oonsists of fifty abie bodied men, chiefly
Pennsylvanians She is in first-rate condition,
and will no doubt Tender effective Servian ”
The Si. Lawrence, thus in trim, sailed down the
river, took in powder, shell, and shot, and went off
to join the blockade.
Her officers wisely judged that many privateers*
men would not know her true oharaotor, and, to
still further conoeal her armament and object, the
port holes were kept olosed and the men put out of
sight.
She oruised for a month along the Atlantia
ooast, botwoon Cape floury and Savannah, and on
the morning of the first of August, while just out
side the harbor of Charleston, espied a long, rakish
schooner, filled with men and mounting tires os
four guns, sailing rapidly down upon her. The
port-holes were still shut, but the flag was at the
peak, and the St. Lawrence looked not unlike a
great, lnmberly merchantman booaimed in a
strange latitude, and too unwieldiy for any pur
poses save the bolding of a big cargo for tbe
avarice ef an enemy to court bad n dbHbg frit**
tssr to seijjrj.
As the stranger same down, the St. Lawrence
hoisted all sail and affeoted to he anxious to get
out to soa. In reality, however, she was edging
oiotor in to shore and making arrangements below
to receive tbe reckless visitors with epprepria'e
largess. Direoily a shot oame skipping over the
water, falling into the sea a low rods ahead of the
frigate, and a number followed it in quick suo
cession, but nearly all either striking beyond or
purring over. Tito final discharge consisted c-f
grape and canister, whioh made some little dal
lianee with the frigate’s rigging, and admonished
the commander that the play was growing serious.
At this time tht ywssia were within speaking
uitianoo, and’a man in uniform waa seen mounted
upon the pirate’s dtok, who shouted to the St
Lawrence to lay to and send over a boat. The
orew were distinctly seen flourishing their cut
lasses, and the gcnnxt; and pointing
their Ejfie tfirrfed three guns, supposed to
be rifled carman. Then the St Lawrence threw up
her ports, and disclosed a whole broadside of can
non, with the gunners at the breeoh of the guns,
holding lighted fuses, and directly the broad decks
were filled with seamen in bine jsoketr Qrjfced with
muskets, who sprang into the shrouds and rau ou c
the yards, laying frone in tho maintop, on the
bowsprit, in the forecastle, and at every point
where aim could bo taken with advantage. In 5,
word, the ugly merchantman was
iaiv i> toiStilSg with a man at every
point, and a broadside of cannon looking into tho
eyes of the pirates. The latter, taken abaok, re
coiled a moment; but before they itad time far
sotfofi, even for thought, the guns bolohed forth
iron and fire, splintering tbe masts, catting the
figging ftfid tbS sails as with knives, breaking the
spars and the booms, and literally carving the
eohoonor into pieoes, and opening golfs into which
the waters rushed, as through tlwtes, filling tho
hold, and admonishing the rebels that their sole
hopes of life fay in' the ship’s boat or in wrestling
with the sea.
The iro etiii ooQtihued, and tho water was full
of driftwood. Many of tho men jumped overboard,
and the rest, latmoning the lifeboat, jumped in and
held up s yfhjte l’apdbewluef as a sign of surres
dsr.
But one man had an opportunity to go down Into
the oabin for his property, and he was the lien
tenant, a fellow named Harvey, formerly a mid
shipman in the United States service, uudor com
mand of Captain Sartorl. Harvey reoovered hi»
trunk.
The St Lawrence still continued the lire with
small arms, bat, directing their a m at the bulk,
and not at the smell boat, the orew, exoapting four
men, were not injured In ten minutes from the
time of the discharge of her first gun, the vessel
swayed heavily and went under, oarrying down
four men, one of whom, named Carpenter, was a
former Philadelphian, living is Southwark.
The officers of the Stl Lawrence now disoovered
the life boat and the flag of humiliation. They
dropped a boat and made out to the rebels, and
finally passed them on . board ship, where they
were ironed aa fast as feevived, and seeuroly con
fined below.
In the engagement, the St. Lawrence reseived
two shots; one in the foresail, the other in the
quarter-deck She transferred her prisoners to
the Flag, on Sunday morning, and they were at
onoe bzonght to this port. Tae Petrel was formar
ly tbe Qmral 4?M, » momw cutter, and was
seized in Charleston harbor after the surrender o f
Fort Sumpter. She has proved a grave, mayhap,
for some of the very men that seized her; and may
every Federal vessel, that treason has appropri
ated, likewise be its hammock and coffin!
The following is a list of the names of the pirate
crew:
OFFICERS.
Captain, William Ferry; lieutenant, R. M'
Harvey; prize master, Auguste Peyrusset t
Charles Campbell, William Bryan, Frank Al
ber, William pooling, Daniet Cartney, John A.
Edmunds, Richard Lewis, John Duckett, John
Croman, Asa Delayhay, Robert Barret, Oharles
Harriott, Edward Flynn, William Haslehurst,
R. K Jeffries, Asa Williams, George Harrison,
John M Morgan, Henry Mills, John D. Mullings,
George Sonden, Joseph McMahan, Henry Allmans,
John Cunningham, John Blaok, Geo. H. Robinson,
T. H. Banks, Henry Roan, Jobn M. Derrlng,
George Hankins, l'hos. Woods, Edward Murphy
Wm. Charlsaly, and George S Hartison.
Among the crew ia a boy named Schaeffer, a re
sident of Philadelpbic, who recently went to
Charleston on a visit. He was seized with an at
taok of ehills and fever and plaoed in the hospital,
from whence he was oarried to the rebel oraft and
Impressed into service, although unable to perform
any physical labor. He has suffered exceedingly
smoo the engagement, and has been kindly oared
for. The iffioers on board the Flog informed us
that the boy had an unole in Philadelphia residing
in Fourth streot, soar Vino While in this oity
he was employed at a restaurant near Faiimouct.
Augus'c Peyrussetto, one of the offiaera of the
rebel oraft, is a Frenohman, and has only lately
arrived In this oountry. About the first of Juno
he Visited The Flag in company with the Frenoh
consul, of Charleston, and messed with the crew.
He is supposed to be a prize master.
Mr Perry is about sixty five years of age, a na
tive of North Carolina, and well known as one of
the Charleston pirates
R. M Harvey, lieutenant, was formerly mid
shipman in tbe Uoited States narjr under Capt-
Sartorij of The aad is & Santhenev by
birth. He waß the only one of the orew that sno
oeeded in saving any of their effects from the
rebel oraft, and states that he was induced to join
the pirates for the sake of procuring employment.
The pirates are generally Irishmen by birth,
have behaved very well while on board, and have
given the officers no trouble during their passage
to this oity. They were poorly dressed, and sp
peared to hero so regulur uniform. They wore
Confined on the gun-deck, and when we left were
being heavily ironed. They will be conveyed
to Moyamensing prison this morning, to await
the aolion of the proper authorities. They
expressed no solicitude as to their fate, and said
they had merely joined the crew for the sake ol
getting work. Their counienanoes were indicative
of ferocious dispositions, however, and, as far as
appearanoes were oonoerned, they were admirably
fitted for their nefarious business.
The news of the oapture of the orew was tele
graphed to this oity at au early hoar yesterday
morniog from the Lazaretto, and ooonßioned a
great deal of exoltcment. It was supposed that
The Flag would arrive at the navy yard about
eleven o’clock, and hundreds of citizens wooded
their way thither with tne vain hope of gaining ad
mittanoo; certain reporters waited there for
several hours, when it was finally announoed that
the ship had been detained at the powder-wharf at
Fart M-.fflin The Dai ted States steamer Louisiana
left this port daring tho afeernooa, however, and
bar lighter or small boat unloaded tho powder
from The Flag, and she steamed slowly up the
river, arriving at the navy yard at half past six
o’olook.
She anohored in tha stream, a short distanoe
south of the Susquehanna, and. through the po
liieneasef Wm. Hoover, the efficient oonttraotu 1
of the navy yard, we wore enabled to reaob her
deok. Arrived on board, we were met by Com
xnander Baxtort, ,rh * famt-bed us every faoility for
obtaining the desired information. Tho gunboat
Flag was recently purchased by tho United State,.
G ive'nmer t Bhe was formerly well known as the
paaket Phineas Sprague, and was adapted for it
presont use at onr navy yard. She carries eight
guns, 32 and 68 pounders, and her orew consists of
one hundred and sixteen men.
She left the Philadelphia navy yard last May,
since whioh time she has been orulsiog off Hump
ten Heads, “ Charleston and Savannah,” over
hauling vessels, and ohasing their steamers when
attempting to come out, £e. She had a skirmish
with one on the 27th of last June, cffTybee Idand,
causing her to boat a hasty retreat, after receiving
a broadside of shell. The following js g J|e{ pf Jjjf
rfficerB:
Commander, L C. Sartor!; first lieutenant, E
D MoCanley; master, A- Dexter; acting masters
W We t and J. Warren; midshipman, J. W ed
man; master’s mates, R Wharton and J. John
son; Burgeon, Charles Sartori; aoting purser. L
L »ffimor; acting chief engineer, John Speigle:
acting assistant engineers J Walker, W. Speigle,
and J. Harris; purser’s steward, H Macheet.
The steamship Louisiana sailed from the
yard at 4 o’olook yesterday afternoon, bound for
tho Gulf of Mexico. She oarries four 32ponnders.
Otto riflad howi'ier, and has a orew of ninety men,
including officers.
Hearing ot the Pirate Crew Captured
on. Board the EDchamrcosJ'
Yesterday tho fi?v 01411 belonging to
the orew of the Jiff Dams, who were captured on
board the prise ship Enchantress , had a hearing
before United States Commissioner Heazlitt The
prisoners were bronght into the oourt room, guard
od by the deputy marshals. Their names are
William Smith, Evan Lane, Thomas Quigley,
Daniel Mullen, and Edward Rookwood. The men
were all is their shirt sleeves, and had quite a
villainous iook. As they sat in the dook, they
seemed nervous and oonfuaed, and looked anxious
ly about. Altogether, their appearance was any
thing but favorable. The room was thronged with
outsiders, who were anxious to get a peep at the
prisoners. Commissioner Hee z'itt called the names
of the prisoners, and eaoh answered us his name
was called He then eaid ; “ You and each <f yon
are charged with piracy; have you any oouusoi to
defend you?”
Lane was the only ope that answered in the
affirmative he having snouted F Oarrell Brewster,
Esq. H Barriso* volunteered to aot as oounsel
tor the others
District Attorney Ooffoy then opened the oase by
stating that he should prooeed against the prisoners
under the act against piracy, which act hsrsad to
the oourt.
Captain Georgo It. irrontloo was the first wit
ness called.' Oo being sworn, he said: lam a
commander in the Uaited States navy; am on
boerd the Albatross ; we captured the brig En
chanlress off Hntteras Iniot on the 16th of July,
and found on board the prise orow from the priva
teer Jiff. Dams ; these five prisoners were thera;
the vosiel was standing down the coast ot the time;
she attempted to escape, 4 aeon came up to
her, and found frorj har name that she was & pr?z« I
venial, having neon lurnighed with the names of all
our vessels that had been captured; I asked her
where she was from, and where bound ; she answer
ed from Boston, and bound for St Jago, Cuba; I
then ordered her to heave to; at this time, the
colored steward on board the Enchantress jumped
overboard, orjins that she was a •• sooesa we
picked him up, and boarded the vas-sl; the crew
did not attempt to defend themselves, but acknow
ledged that they had ahipn.d in South Carolina.
VS v??fd the Jtff Dams; they said,
after the capture ot the Enchantress, they had
been plaoed there as a prize crow; X at bed each
000 separately where he ir«? trom, and what he
was doing on biard; on*is from Maine; Qiiglty
is from Now Y irk; another is English; ana Smith
'in of Qegrglft; only one Is from Bouth Carolina;
Smith was the prise maßier, hut he coaid not navi
gate the Vessel himself; Lane did it
Croßß examined —The Enchantress was taken
about ?PQ njii*? soqtt) of Boston • I did not neaara
the chart Dy which Line had steered her; I could
not tell where he was bpasd for; As kept'along
the ooast; * had yqt little conversation with Lane;
a sparely asked hiih where ha was from, and said
’ ’ they ought to he ashamed of themselves to be
engaged In such business;” he answered, 11 1 was
in Cnarioston, and had to make a livinw by some
means or other, and this was my csiy eoanoe;” I
found no arms on him. cr. any of the others
think there weti ao arms on board the vessel; 1
also hqid the same conversation with Quigley and
the others.
CaDtain John Deveranx, who was on hoard the
Enchantress when oaptured by the Jeff Dams,
was sworn—l am oaytsiu orthe Emhantress.
and we sailed from Boston; she is an American
veossi, and is owned by American oltizens—Mr.
Davis and others, of Newburyport, Massachusetts;
she was bound for St Jago. Caha ; I was cq board
whoa captured by the Jiff Dams: we Baited
frotn Boston on the Ist Of Ju,y, and went into Cape ■
Aon on the ipqrmag 0 f the 2J ; we left there on i
the morning of the 31; on the 6:h of July I was 1
run down by a brig with Frenob oolors, which I
supposed to bo a French vessel bound for New 1
York or Philadeinhiti; finally, Bho -3usna aiong
side of us» end ordered me to V Iteaire to j’ 7 X was i
Qomp<7ltoX iodovoi she vrdorod mo to haul down j
my sail, wbfch i did; they then boarded my |
sad imparted to me the information that I i
was & prize of the brig Jtff. and at 1
the same time they ran op tno Confederate fUg ; !
an officer told me to give up my papers and order
my men to pack op and get ready to, go on board
the Jff Davis ; % told him to doit liiojgegf,
no did j cho caj ior told mo, my wp, and the mate
we ;?ust go with him on the Jeff Davis ; he then
bronght tne prize orew op boara my bat X
did not notice the number, as 1 was much agitated
at ibe time; they took out what stores they
wanted and transferred them to the Davis ; we
had only one gnn on board ; onr save..., ail
told, were taken on board the Jtff Dams ; I can
only recognize one of the pri&miora for certain j
that is SmuU j the Dnckantross w*>B loaded with
provisions; I was on board the Jtff Davis three
days during which she >ook f<*verai prizes, among
which was the M.ary Goodall , which, after being
robbed, was allowed 10 depart; I was placed oa
board the Good.il and landed «nfe in PorUnd ;
the crew on board the pirate J*ff Davis were well
armed with pistols, ontlasses, A*.; she carried live
heavy guns
Cross ex-mined—l do sot know whether the
men who arrived on board the Enchantress were
armed or not; X was tranaferred to the Goodall
after being on board the Davis three days; they
s&id the cargo in the Goodall was of no use to
them, and that the vessel was too Idrpe for any
Southern port; the Goodall , I think, is 750 ’ona ;
she was from New York, and was loaded with
lumber.
James Garrick, a colored cook, who was on
boaid tho Enchantress whoa captured, and who
was retained by the prize orew, was next sworn,
I was born in Santa Craz, West Indi-s; I was
shipped in Boston on board the Enchantress,
under Capt. Devereaug; on the day of the capture
I was preparing suppor when 1 heard the ory of
“ sail oh i” I looked out and saw a vessel coming
towards us displaying a Frenoh dig; our mate
hoisted the American flag; the vessel earns along
side of us, and one of our men oried, « she is a pri
vateer i” finally. I, with others, was taken on board
the Jeff Davis, which she proved to be; the
pirates asked ms where I was from; one of them
said u when you get in take.him to my house;”
they said I was a good darkey, and would bring a
high prioe (laughter); after some farther talking
it was determined to take me back on tho Enchan
tress,} Uwy took th-> v>*pta>n, his son, and the mate
on boerd the” Jeff". Davis they said they were
going to run the Enchantress in about 25 miles
from Charleston; the prisoners before me are the
same men who were plaoed in charge ot our
vessel; I oooked for them for sixteen days, and
I think I should know them (laughter);
while on board with them I heard them say
that if tk-y v/ofe chased they would fire the
vessel jon tne 21st of Jnly wo s- w a largo steam
frigate, which I understood was the Roanohe; tbe
prizs orew ware steering southwest; they said they
wore going to Charleston; on Monday, the 22J of
July, wo were recaptured; I had just given the
pirates dinner, and was wishing the dishes, when
I saw the prize master, with a spy glass, looking
at a vessel coming tr wards ns; Lane told me Iha 5
better go beliw ; I wont into tbe galley, and kept
washing the vessel; after some time we wore
hailed and asked where from; the men replied
from Boston; I immediately rushed out of the
galley and jumped ovorbwd. at the same time
stating that the vessel had been taken by pirates;
tbe Enchantress was recaptured, and tho men
secured
The ease was then adjourned until this morning,
at 10 o’clock.
The Isabella Maria. —Tho mystery con
nected with the sadden departure of this vessel
from our port has been entirely dispelled by a
oommuoieatinn, wbioh we have received from Wm
B Thomas, S<q , Collector of the Port, who states
that “ the Isabella Mana is an English vsisel,
owned at present by Messrs. Vanhorn & Wood
worth, shipping and oommitsion merchsn's of this
port, who purehssed her from Thomas Watson A
Sons, in February last. She has been lying at cur
wharves idle since that time, undergoing repairs,
and awaiting tho arrival of another vessel, intend
ed for tho Bamo trade (fisheries) by hor presont
owners.
“ The Isabella Maria cleared for Labrador, at
the custom house, no tbe 6th inst, in ballast,
having on board $260 worth of stores, tbe usual
quantity for such a voyage After clearing, how
ever, she was chartered by Messrs. A E Outer
bridge A Co , to oarry flour to one cf the British
Provinces, and our eity is, to that extent, bene
fited by her tonnage ”
Marshal Millward had no authority to stop her.
because she was legally cleared at the oustom house
in ballast, unless affidavit was made that then was
u fraud, or she had on board contraband.
Tbe Chief of Police, who detailed a squad of men
to take oharge of her, fully performed his defy.
The meo ware withdrawn by him after he had in
formed the proper authorities.
Patino Volunteers. —Yesterday morning
ab»u, 1 OilO poreous were ascombled in the Tioini y
of Twelfth and Girard streets to witness the volun
teers being paid off and mustered out of service
A portion of Col. Lewis’ regiment was paid iff,
the men receiving the sum of £2114 cents for two
months’ service. They were paid ooe month’s
salary while in rhe field, and received at that time
tbe sum of $l7 27 cents The men do not seem to
nnti-rataDd how It ia that they received the sum of
si7 27 cents for, month’* Cvrvios, end only 70
esivsd the rum of $2l 14 cents ley two months of
muoh more severe service
tharoers are plenty while tbe men are receiving
the,r m -ney, and many are the plans laid by these
gentry to oatoh the nnsnspecting soldiers, some of
whom scaroely know what they are entitled to
i ffera are made in profusion for the puroha-ing of
the soldiers’ laud warrants at figures that would
astonish the most parsimonious J.ow.
Mcstruib Out-—Thu Twenty-fourth Regi
ment, Celonel Owen, paraded yesierdav morning,
and were mustered out of service by Mujjr Ruff,
U. S. A.
The Confession of Thos. J. Armstrong
Its Probabilities and Effect.
As w# intimated, yas erday, Thomas J Arm
strong, who is to be bung on Fnd*v, h*s made a
r.vement. or confession. n to Mr. Camper Bonder,
a Philadelphia reporter. The same wes published
yesterday, with a copious preface, which we omit.
Itoreatea very little excitement or talk, the oap
tare of the privateer Petrel and ihe arrival o her
crew, having, for the ‘isn-*, Hba*.-rb*d all attention.
The main fact established by this annfesßion li,
what everybody believed before, the complicity of
Armstrong in tfee murder, which be has, all along,
denied, and with assertions which take upon them
the air of blasphemy, in view of the sadden and
•ix eDflive offering no of seorets. But be has al«o
attempted to implicate two other men in the mur*
•ter—Bollingswoni> *b4 SsbinJl?'—9f ttbiaa
wet* arrested and examined a year ago, and both
r-l’iued. Hollingsworth, h* s>a «s, stabbed and
shot Crawford, and threatened him (Armvrong)
with a like punishment. We presume that lew
will plnoo muoh oredence in this statement} al
though it is otsarly n;d continuously told. When
we reflect that (be prisoner Jia- been allowed tall
ntUy #F the trial. *nd B H i, 5 nnteoedont ciroum
stanGes, and has had abundant time to ooneoet a
narrative, we may iook npan the matter, at least,
auspiciously. The motive for murdering Crawford
by Hollingsworth and Shindier is not made clear ■
for they were not positive that Crawford carried
gdd, and, moreover, doforud their work although
passing over a very long and lonely ooontry road,
until in the heart of a populous diftriot, where,
merely for threatening tht in, they shot and stabbed
him.
Hollings* orth is now on board a man of-war.
tie evidently fears no acouaation Sohisdler, we
beiieve, is still in town.
Having understood that Armstrong had made a
statement as to hia share in the murder of Craw
ford, we visited the prison, in comoany with
Sheriff Kern, Wo found tho condemned man
in his oeil, in oomoany with the Rev A G.
MoAnley, his spiritual adviser. Young Armstrong
received us cordially and courteously He has
lost flesh iately, and ha oomplained of fooling un
well His head ached, and he was feverish and
restless The smile which he wore utmost con
stantly daring tho timn of his trial has departed,
and be now wears a serious aad oonoornsd aspeot.
H« is deeply sensible of his dreadful position, and,
although striving to bo oheerfni, he Is evidently in
a very melancholy stato of mind.
Sheriff Ksrn, who has been unremitting fnhis
attentions to the condemned mac, aod who has
treated him with rhe utmost kindness, broached the
subject of a respito, for which the friends of the
prisoner have been- striving lately. 11b told him
t iat he hid seen the Governor within a day or two,
at Avian tie City, and that ho had told the Execu
tive the substance of the statement made by the
prisoner. The Governor, he said, had declared
that th% statement made no change in bis viewfj
and tha% p&iaial as it w*3, he mast decline to in
terfere in any way with the execution of the
ani that he must also docline to receive the Mend a
of the prison© > noon his behalf. The sheriff urged
uppn the condemned the uitet hopolessceus of his
case, and implored him to prepare lor his inavita*
ble doom Armstrong received this communiea
iion in silence, and with a saddeaed oouatenatet,
and he as.de no comment whatever upon it.
,3 The subject ot his statement was broached, ard
some eonvemtioii be agreed to famish
the detail of the srory of his c&ntejtion with the
crime ha hftS beats convicted It Wrtg
Wr«Uen at his dictation, and, after we had tran
scribed it carefully, it was read to him and it ro
-0 ived hia approbation. The ques iou of tho dis-
thnt should be made if the statement then
arose, and the prisoner finally l-fi the determina
t on of the matter tu his friends, who decided that
it should be public at once.
STATJMBNT OP MB COSDBBNgp,
1 was born in LiscaoW conn y, Pennsylvania,
on the Hi bof Janniry, 1841 M v Minily removed
to Philadelphia when I was an Vnftnt, and we have
rosidedh-re ever since that lime I worked at
tbo carpet manufactory with mv brother in law,
Robert Btceoson. X b&o.rne acquainted with Mr.
Crawford inNovsniber. 1858. at tno time X went to
work for Mr Sreenson. Crawford induced me to
tnke_ yarn belonging io my brother in )*w, and to
Beil it to him at less than its value The first Ist
Isold h>m was on tho 21 d cf M.y, 1881), »nd that
wan my first misst- p Xt was tnze asm-ill quantity.
I told him smaii lots at various times op to the
period o$ his death. On Thursday moridrg, the
20 hof Baptember. James HolJingsworh. whom I
Stoew simply fey repotition and by sight, as there
wts no intimooy rxisting between ns, 0.i11.d at our
witeroom about ton o’clock, and wanted to know
whether we would coy Any yarn X knew h(ocharac
ter, and I had a suspicion of how he had obtained
the yarn I toid him that we did not wish to bay
yarn. Ho then asked me if I knew of any person
who wen d bur it; I toll hi.?. X (lid cot He told
me that himself and J hn Schindler, an intimate
a s oiate ot H llicgsworrh’s. and whom I also
simply know by reputation, had a hundred and fifty
d-dlars 5 wor>h oi yarn, irincipnlly worsted, and
•hat 111 onuld sell it to any person for one hundred
dollars, I -b' U ',i hnyc (rn dollars ot the purcbast
money I told Mm ta warn ttbeat diAB*f
and I would ascertain, and give him an answer X
then went oyer to Crawford’s factory, a short dis
tance away from S'coosod’b Mr Crawf>rd was
aot in, bat I saw h’s sou, aod X told him to tell bis
lo b-r that I desired to seo bins, and then returned
to ha warehouse, and in about nn hour Crawford
<)W l <«!'i S ts Shout tto 3m, bnd do
sorioed it to him I supposed ihst tho yarn bed
been stoioo, bps X did not teil Crawford bo; I
thought he might infer that face for himself. He
eaid iio was willing to buy it, s.b 11 he wantai to,
make a spec.”
I should huve raid seener that HollicgswortL
toid an at tfc* first ioterviow, that it would be.
acotessry to take a wagon to go after the jam.
Whoever honght it ires to hire the vshioie, aad rhe
cost of it was to he paid oat c f the purchase money,
the purchaser to advance the money, end the
amount to be deducted when the yarn was paid
or
The person who bad tho yarn was John Thorp,
who lived, Hollmg.wortti ;atd, on a lane b tweet
the Lamb Tavern rood find the Kidgercad, above
Islmgion lane. I wplaiued all thig 'o ?fswfc*f4
at 'he time
Oa Thursday morning, Crawford paid me two
dollars to pay the nire of tho w-gon I was to ob
tain the vehicle, and meal him, Golliiigswonh. and
Bob ndler at tile earner of Fourth street and Girard
avenno After mskir-g this arrangement, Craw
ford left. About nooa Hollingsworth returned, and
I told him about having made the arrangement;
he said it was all right, and ibat they would meet
us (Crawford and myself) at the time and place
named. In the evening it reined very hard. After
I closed the wareroom, I wont horav and dressed.
By that time it was quarter after seven o’cl ick. I
thought the weather was too bad to go; but I went
oa foot to tbe plaoe of meeting.- Crawford was
standing at the northwest o truer I 'old him 1
thought it would hardly bo worth while to go that
night; ho agreed with me. and went away ; he went
up Fourth street, and I w*nt down Girard avenno,
toward* Svcouc street, tvh-u near Third street.
X met Hollingsworth. The latte? said he was on.
his road over to make arrangements hoc to go that
night, and we then arranged to go this night follow
ing. Wo then separatee!, aud I ws*t down Girardi
avenue.
On Friday morning Crawford come to our ware
-10 >m. end I told him cf ihe new arrangement; be
acquiesced in it, and went away. Alter I quit
wjifc and got my dir-nar, I d*Mß*d mys-lt and
went over to Second s'ver.t a- i Girard avenue,,
where I had a oonvereation wi'h an acqu-tiotaooe
named Jobn Uoutty. Boioro I left home I cold out
folks I was going to West Philadelphia. W-do
talking io Beatty, James Garvin, who lived near
hv came out of his bon -c I n-ked him if ho was
feing down to tho store ?He said he was - 0
time Airy to sue a coat race, nod he invited mo
to acoompany him I said I would go, and we eot
Into a Second street oar. We rule down !o "Vuth
sweat This was In'worn one and two o’clock.
We crossed over to Point Airy, and Garvin slipped
ovei board as be was stepping ashore and came
near being drowned. We returned to the el'y in.
aoout halt an hour, as tbe race was over before we
rvscbO'd the Point I accompanied Garvin 10 the
store in Market street, where ho was omuloyed,
sad I then got into a Market strait oar a't Filth
street, and went out to Wes Fnlladelohia 1
reached there between 3 and 4 o’clook I stopped
at Mt Jrouc enough's Uou>e. in West Philadelphia.
I went there to see a lady friend of the family who
was sick, and who died before my trial came on.
I left there about 5 o’clook to raturnhome; I
took a oar in West Pailadelphia; at Bridgenater
streot Mr. Isaac Holm got into the car; wo were
acquaint-Mi] and hod a conversation oa ru 1 j-ott
waieli Ido nee now v-eolUoi; ws A.-ic t. Third
Street toveiher: Mr Heim got out there; I west
down to Beeond street, where I got out and walked
up to Vaneaiver’a stable, in INaw M -rkec street,
between Poplar and L turel streets ; I engaged a
Germantown carriage which ha-1 just boen driven
into the. yard by two Germans; the prioe was 10 be
two do hrs; I was to bo there for it at sbent
seven o'clock £n the evening, and to be bsek
with it abont ten o’cloak; this was about six
o’clock; I then went home an I got my sapper,-
after supper I went ovor to Second strict and
Girard avenue; while I was standing there J-mes
Conway came along; we had soma conversation,
Ido not recollect whvt it w»s about; while we
were standing there G .ivin oarno along; I asked
him if ho would lend me h s pistol, telling him
I wanted it to shoot a cat; he told me he did
not know whether he could g*t it or not; he was
afraid his father would see him; I told him it
made no d.fiereaiie wbeiiiif he got it or not 1 u, s,
way heard the oonveru ition between us; Garvin
w-nt into the ht.u'e, and I had started to go away,
when Conway oailtd me back and r,sk*d me what
my hurry was; I stood two or three minutes long
er, when Garvin o*me out and handed me the pis
tol, in tbe presence of Conway ; I put the weapon
in my p oketnnd went do*u to me stable, Slop
ping on the road for a few minutes to see mv wife-
I got to tae stable about seven o’clock i I ttild the
hostlers to '• hitch ui';” they did so and, just as I
got into tho wagon, Sir Vat reiver drove into the
yard; I paid the two dollars, and drove up New
market streot to Gvrinvntown io».l, and up Ger
mantown rotid to Girard averur.; me ourtuins on
the left hand side of tho carriage were alt up,
that at the rear was down } oa the right bond side
the only curtain that won up was the first one,
forward of tbe door; I drove to Fourth streot arid
Girard avenue ; Crawford was s-nnding on tbe
awfipfts! circar; 1 , und Hollmu’Tffli sr.fi Psilsfi
ler ou the northeast oorunr; I fi.-st took in SsMnd
ler nna Hollingsworth, who set upon tbe back seat;
I the;.- drove to the other corn. r. .".3(1 took in Craw
ford. who gut upon the front scsi, on the left hand
side, alongside of uivso'f; iiolilci-sworth sat im
mediately behind tne; I introduced the parties;
after we smrtvd, Crawford l ulled out 11 battle of
I quor; he talked thick as though ho had already
bo*n drmfcmg ; be took a dunk himself, aud tho
other two men finished tho contents ut the onttlo,
end Oiowl'-rd vhca throw it „wcy; they (fforoti
me some of the liquor, but I declined fairing nay ;
I never in iny life, except upon cue cocas cn, dm Till
any spirituous liquors, and that was about tour
years ago
After taking the drink, Crawford pulled out his
pocket-book and paid me my t»n dollars It wat
a five dollar gold pteoeand n Sve-dolUr bili - hioh
I received trom him, Cranford told us about
having a hundred doll are la five dollar gold pdeeee
laid hy, ar it ttuu some person had stolon one of
them. It was just half past seven o’clock when
we started from Fourth stroet and Girard avor.na.
We drove out Giraid avenue to Eighth street; out