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FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1861.
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on wbioh ibis paper has been printed for the pas'
nine months It is in exoeUent condition, having
been made to order a year ago, and will bo sold at
a bargain. For terms apply at this office, or ad
drsss Joes W. Fobnby, 417 Chestnut street, Phi
ladelphia.
The Now York Republican Convention has
made a proposition to the Democratic Con
vention, that a ticket be arranged for the
coming State election, containing representa
tives of both parties. The Ooio Convention
and the Vermont Convention have made
similar propositions to the respective Conven
tions representing the Democratic parties ot
each State. Hew these proposals will be met
we do not know. It is our opinion that they
should be accepted. The American people
have a common motive, and there can be no
other issues, for the Issue is all-absorbing.
We must maintain the Union and enforce the
obligations of the Constitution. We must give
our money and our lives, and in doing so it is
of no consequence whether they are Republi
cans or Democrats —whether they follow one
banner or another. So they are loyal and
true, able and capable, honest and firm, it is
not ior us to inquire iurtber.
That the Republican party should tender
such a compromise is a high compliment to
their patriotism. With power at their dispen
sation, they must be powerful. Magnanimity
can only follow success, and in their case the
exhibition of it is the exhibition ol the mos>
graceful attribute which any party can pot.
sess. Their chief candidate was nominated as
the representative of certain principles, and
elected as their representative. Endorsed by
the people, what more conld the people ex
pect than that in the distribution of patronage,
the exercise of power, and the shaping of a
nation’s will, those principles would be ex
clusively represented and strengthened 7 And
yet we see the Administration candidly set
ting aside the teachings of Philadelphia and
Chicago, abandoning that peculiarity of senti
ment which characterized the followers ot
Fbemont in 1856, and Line our in 1861, and
in the spirit ot true patriotism clothing with
the hiehest honors statesmen who followed
the political fortunes of Douglas, Breckin
ridge, and Bell. If President Lincoln had
insisted upon every appointed agent endorsing
the teachings of the Chicaga platform, we cer
tainly conld not have complained, for the
President would have been simply carrying
out the policy established by President Jack
son, and adopted by every successor ot Jack
son.
Such a union as that proposed by the Re
publican Conventions of New York, Vermont,
and Uhio, would go far towards strengthening
the Administration. It is necessary to the
success ot its plans that there should be but
one sentiment among the people. The Ad
ministration does not wish to be a majority
bat a unanimity, and judging from its brief
course thus far we think that to attain a una
nimity has been its aim. We hardly suppose
that it has been in the power of any minority
to seriously embarrass the operations oi the
Government, but this very fact proves how
prudent it is in the ruling powers to avoid a
contingency which may be an annoyance, and
that only. It is important to the Administra
tion that Democrats should execute its com
mands, share in its counsels, pay their money,
ar.d carry its mnskets; and the friends of the
Administration, recognizing how necessary
this aid most be, ate endeavoring to secure it
by the most honorable arrangements in its
power*
We have no doubt bnt that the masses ot
the Democratic organization are willing to
accept the patriotic proffer of the Repnbli.
cans. Their feeliDg is the honest feeling. The
leaders have all to gain by dissension and
strife—The followers have all to gain by har
mony and co-operation. In a divided people
the leaders bave an opportunity for the exer
cise ot iDtrigne. In a nnited people, they
must enter into the spirit ot the nation, and
content themselves - with a simple obedience
to their dictates. The people are honest in
this war. The sooner it U over, and the
sooner their common flag is respected from
Maine to Texas, the better it will be for their
Interests, tor the interests of labor, the exten
sion of science, and the advancement of soci
ety. If the people are permitted to have a
voice in this matter, we have SO doubts as to
wbat they are to say. Bat of this we are
afraid.
Of this we are afraid because the Democra
tic party has not recovered from the demora
lization of the paßt Administration. The met>
Who bronght it to ruin in 1860 have not re
pented in 1861. In many places they are j#
high in their confidence as they were when
they domineered over the North at Charleston
and Baltimore, and in many states they have
already ce iled ihe Conventions to adopt reso
lotions as treasonable as any fulmination oi
Mr. Jeffersoh Davis. What did the propnsi
tions Of Mr. Cox, or Mr. Pbsmetoh, or Mr.
Hebry May, mean in the last Congress ? No
thing more than that the Administration should
be embarrassed, public sentiment demoralized,
and a treasonable party built np in the
North. Will the repentant Mr. Cox
give his influence to a union of parties in
Jhio ? Or can we expect at the hands of
Mr. May a loyal proposition in Maryland?
We do not think so. The men who can pro
pose propositions oi peace when the thnnder
of traitors’ cannon echo in the halls of the
Senate are not the men to lead a healthy pub
lic sentiment. In 1860 their design was to
strengthen Southern sentiment, and pave the
way to disunion. In 1861 their design is to
accept the logical conclusions of their previous
action, and insist upon a recognition of that
Confederacy. Their sympathies have always
been against the Union, and their interests
and associations have not been within the
Union, and is it not fair to presume that they
will so shape their action as to sustain their
sympathies, advance thoir interests, and ex
tend their associations 1
That those who clamor for peace will op
pose any attempt to consolidate public senti
ment, we have abundant evidence. The New
York Journal of Commerce, ono of the ablest,
most unscrupulous, and. most insidious of the
peace newspapers, has already raised its voice
against union. The extreme Breckinridge
oTgans of Ohio, Vermont, and other States of
the North, are already warmly opposing union,
and insisting upon the “integrity oi the party
organization.” They see in such a union the
end of their great conspiracy, and it is natural
to presume that Jhey will cling to old‘forms
with the tenacity oi life. So long as theyjsan
divide public sentiment by appealing to the
pride of Democrats as Democrats, and Repub
licans as Republicans; so long as they can
ioster a crop of dissension; so long as they
can jealously maintain the barriers of old or
ganizations, so long they may hope to gather
a respectable party under their banners.
Their dissension is ouly a civil conspiracy
against the peace of the Republic.
We speak to Democrats and to Republicans
when we say that there must be no dissension.
Let us be of one mind until this war is over;
let us conduct every canvass as becomes the
citizens of a menaced republic. Wo have a
duty to our country to periorm, and that duty
rises above all considerations of party. Union
is strengib—Union is confidence—Union is
national dignity— Unien is a strong Adminis
tration—Union is Federal power—Union is
a brief, vigorons, and successful war; and,
as we value all that we have, and all that we
can hope for, lot there be Union.
The hew stamped envelopes issued by the
Government are now ready, and may be pur
chased at the post office. Postmaster Wal.
Boait advertises that he will exchange them
for the old issue for four days, after which
time the old ones become worthies*.
Repart ot General JUcftowell j
The official report of the battle ot Manassas,.
or Bnll Run, has at length been published.
General McDowkli, has had an ungracious
task to perform, as it Is as unpleasant for a
military commander to give an elaborate de
scription of a defeat and the causes which
led to it, aa it would be agreeable to an
nounce a brilliant victory. So much light
has already been thrown upon the engage
ment by the numerous reports of corres
pondents and the comments ef those who
participated in the struggle, that it could
not have been reasonably expected that
he would present many factß with which
the public were not acquainted. His state
ment will be read, therefore, rather to learn
to what causes he ascribes the unhappy issue
of the day, than to know what occurred in the
actual struggle. It seems that ho originally
contemplated making his advance movement
on the Bth of Jnly, and that his estimate of
the force required waß based upon the number
of men the enemy had at Manassas at that
period, and upon the distinct understand
ing that the forces which then were hold
in check by General Patterson and
General Boiler should bo kept Jnlly
employed, and not permitted to strengthen
Beauregabp. The inevitable delays which
attended the complete organization and equip
ment of new regiments, and their transporta
tion to Washington, as weU as the construction
of army wagons, rendered it impossible to
set out upon his expedition at that time, and
ten days elapsed, which proved of vast im
portance to the insurgents, by enabling them
to strengthen their defences, to concentrate
their forces, and to render their preparations
for the contest as complete as possible.
It is not difficult to understand that this
loss of time on our part, and gain of it by
our adversaries, for which due allowance
does not appear to have been made, may
have changed the result, and that if an
attack of equal strength had been made ten
days earlier it would have preyed irresisti
ble against the foe at that period. Indeed,
General McDowell contends that if it had
been commenced a few hoars earlier, and
valuable time had not been lost by several
regiments in getting into action on the morn
iag of the battle, the advantage which our
troops gained by their bravery would have been
fully retained, and all the honors of the
struggle would have rested upon our banners.
It is evident, however, that not only was
our force much inferior in numbers to that
of our enemy who c< acted on his own ground,on
the defensive, and always under cover, whilst
our men were of necessity ont on the open
field,” but that all our movements were more
or less embarrassed and weakened Dy the want
of thorough organization which time alone
could have secured. The trains were hur
riedly gathered together, “ with horses,
wagons, drivers, and wagon-managers, all
new and unused to each other,” and it was
not singular that they «moved with
difficulty and disorder,” and caused delay in
getting forward the provisions. There was,
perhaps, never a battle fought under greater
disadvantages by any nation which had the
power of choosing its own mode of attack and
possessed superior resources. The insurgents
did all in their power to strengthen their posi
tion at Manassas, while only a small portion of
onr energies was exerted against them. Un
der all the circumstances, the result is not a
surprising or discouraging one. The chief
wonder is that we should so nearly have
achieved a complete trinmph against such
overwhelming odds, and that, after the disor
derly retreat of onr forces, the enemy should
have derived so little real advantage from onr
repulse.
France and England.
Lord John Russell, in his seventieth year,
at the close of forty-eight years’ member
ship in the House of Commons, “ hides his
head in a coronet” (to use one of Sheridan’b
significant expressions), and has been placed
in the Honse of Lords as Earl Russell. He
is a fine example ot successful mediocrity.
The fact of his being a Duke’s son introduced
him to public life, raised him in it, gained
him a hearing as politician and writer, and
now exalts him to a Peerage. Had he been
the son ot a grocer, or even of a country
gentleman, his place would have been—no
where. Although he has failedi n every thing'
he ever attempted—as statesman, orator, au
thor, editor, and dramatist—his family con
nection supplied the putty and varnish which
covered all his defects. At last, he is shelved.
The House of Lords is a sort of hospital for
decayed politicians.
He continues Foreign Secretary. Bat no
one will mind what he may please to say, in
the Upper Honse, and Lord I'at,mkrston, ha
ving gladly got rid ef him and his perpetual
blunders, will himself declare the opinions of
the Government on Foreign' Affairs, in the
House of Commons. Poor Palmerston I every
time that Lord John rose to make a speech
apon Foreign politics, he must have sat on
tenter-hooks of apprehension.
The last utterance of Lord John, in the
House of Commons, was on the 19th Jnly, in
reply to a speech by Mr. Kinglake, the author
of “Eotben,” a very anti-Napoleonic poli
tician, which inquired whether the Govern
ments of Italy and France continued to deny
that the King of Italy had entertained a pro
ject for ceding to France the island of Sar
dinia; and whether the truth of arty such de
nials was confirmed or shaken by the informa
tion which the British Government might have
received from other quarters ?
Lord Josh said that “ the annexation of Sar
dinia to France would be a great disturbance
of the territorial distribution of the power of
Europe, would affect the distribution of power
in the Mediterranean, and would put an end to
the alliance between England and France.’’
Brave words, but, last year, before the cession
of Savoy and Nice to France was completed,
the same sagacious gentleman uttered the
same threat, in precisely the same words. No
woudeT that Palmebston eagerly consented to
remove his indiscreet colleague to the House
of Lords. Lord Johh, true to his old cha
racter to the lost, wound up his career in the
Commons—by putting his toot in it, as usnal.
Just so, did he blunder, insulting the religion
of nearly four millions of Irishmen into the
bargain, when be ran a muck against Cardinal
Wisehah in 1850. His public liie has been a
long series of blnnders.
The Parisian journalsare rather indignant at
Lord Johh’s threat of England’s breaking up
the alliance with France—an ajiance, it must
be admitted, which has greatly helped to place
the Imperial throne upon a firm basis. They
hint at a negotiation actually on foot to allow
England to “ annex” Sicily, as an equivalent
for France getting Sardinia—which, however,
Baron Rioasoli, Cavodb’s successor, declares
cannot be, as he will not give up another inch
of Italian soil. La Freese, speaking of Sar
dinia, says: “Undoubtedly this island, to
gether with Corsica, would afford an advan
tageous station tor the French navy, and serve
as a l£te it pant for oar African colonies.
Its occupation by France would be less ab
surd and less shocking than that of Gibraltar
and Malta by England. Wo ask why the ces
sion ot Sardinia, as Lord Johh Russell pre
tends, should not be a simple transaction be
tween the King oi Sardinia and the Emperor
of the French i And in whai respect would
the balance of Europe thereby suffer? Be
fore exhibiting susceptibilities so much ont of
place, and threatening the rnptnre of the An-
glo-French. alliance, the English Ministry
should set an example of abnegation and dis
interestedness by evacuating Gibraltar and La
Valeltt, and loosening its hold on the lonian
Islands.” This very bint is repeated in an
other paper, Le Temps, which says:
11 Thera is another print worthy of notioe in this
part of Lord John Russell's explanation. If any
thing could provoke this pressnre of opinion which
he apprehends, it eoems to ns it would be the veto
which he aanownsss in ihe namo of a nation which
has always .shown itself the most expert in the
world in the matter of annexation. So one will
maintain that Ragland possesses in the Mediter
ranean Gibraltar, Malta, and the lonian Islands
in virtue of a right superior to that which France
might advance for the possession of Sardinia ;
and nobody in France oan think that the pleasure
or displeasure of England would be regarded. Bo
as we oan judge, W 9 do not hit that publio
opinion in Franca is much excited in fever of the
annexation of Sardinia.”
The Paris correspondent of the London
Times says, “ When the impatience of Pied
mont for Romo reaches tne proper point,
France will probably withdraw her opposition;
bnt the compensation expected is Sardinia,
and the resistance of Baron Rioasoli may be
vanquished, ns M. Oavour’s was.”
Yes, and France will keep Sardinia, if once
ceded, qnite as firmly as England has kept
Gibraltar, Malta, and the lonian Islands.
There wonld be something fitting in Sardinia,
close to Corsica, and near France, being an-
nexed to the latter country; but on what
ground of fitness or right does England own
] an inch of land in or near the Mediterranean ?
Municipal elections, as a general thing,
! are not the most exciting events, nor does the
! one coming possess any peculiar attraction.
The politicians are busy, and the ward rivalry
sas terrific as ever. We have their cards,
and their pledges, and their assurances of de
votion to “ Democratic Rules ” and “ Re
publican Rules,” and, in fact, to any rules
which will work out tbe most successful re
sults. They aro arrang ng their wires, can
vassing their wards, and clamoring on tbe
streets and in tno bar rooms. Wo are told of
tho integrity of one party organization and of
, the integrity of another organization until the
impression grows upon us that in the anxiety
to maintain party integrity all care will be
abandoned of maintaining the integrity of can
didates* The Ct nt-est is simply whether a
number of lucrative positions will be filled by
one class of politicians or another; whether
certain large salaries and perquisites shall be
> enjoyed by one ti«edy party or another. The
issue to the people is simply whether they
shall have faithful officers, without particularly
caring what the opinion of the faithinl officers
may be on any abstruse questions of political
eoonomy.
The legislative elections are of more im
portance, for on the character of the next
Legislature much may depend. The relations
of the State to the Government will demand
the wisest legislation, and in the development
of the present crisis, Pennsylvania should
have her best and noblest citizens. The Le
gislature is not tho mere primary class of the
political school—nor should it be regarded aa
a nest for the feathering of young political
fledgelings. Legislators will have other du
ties to attend to at Harrisburg than those
which they have been following for the past
few years, and this the people should bear in
mind.
Some of our most respectable and worthy
citizens have been endeavoring to inaugurate
a movement which looks to a reformation of
the present system of political management.
The corruption and Intrigue engendered in
Philadelphia—and not only in Philadelphia,
but throughout a great part of the Union—
have brought odium upon onr institutions,
and any effort which looks to a reform will be
gladly recognized and assisted by this news
paper. Whether these gentlemen can accom
plish their task or not remains to bo seen. If
they wish to do anything with the people,
however, they must not act on any close cor
poration principle. There should be nothing
exclusive in republican institnrions.
One thing more: We mast have no party
platforms thrust upon ns in this campaign.
We insist upon it that there shall be no dis
tracting issues pressed npon us, until we have
accomplished the great issue before the conn
try. We do not wish to have any party at all.
Make John Jones or John Smith Register of
Wills or City Treasurer, if yen please, hut do
not force upon ns the acrimony and ill-temper
which tbe friends of these worthy gentlemen
may create. We want the Union t» be the
simple motto of onr platform—nothing more,
nothing less. Whoever presents auy other
principle or consideration—whoever seeks to
distract t e honest sentiment of the masses,
to achievo any selfish or personal considera
tion, must- expect the condemnation of the
people.
The Execution ot Armstrong.
All tho preparations to carry into execution
the sentence of the law against Thomas J.
Armstrong have been completed, and bb
Governor Curtin has peremptorily refused
to grant him a reprieve, he will doubtless be
hung to-day. His case is, in many respects,
a peculiar one; and his recent confession,
while it has induced somtrto believe that he
may have been assisted by confederates
in tho commission of the terrible crime
in which ho acknowledges his participa
tion, has done little to awaken a feeling of
sympathy in his behalf. The general opinion
appears to be that it would be very unsafe and
improper to consider his unsupported state
ments perfectly truthful, bnt that, even if his
story was substantially correct, he would still
deserve the punishment that awaits him. By
bis own account, he net only induced the vic
tim, Crawford, to take what proved to him a
fatal ride, bnt sit quietly by withont uttering
a word of remonstrance while his alleged
companions made their murderous assault.
The sensation which this story would ex
cite, if it were perfectly novel, is
much diminished by the fact that be
fore his trial be made a similar state
ment to District Attorney Mann, who, after
close investigation and a full inquiry into the
whereabouts, on tho night of tho murder, ot
the men he accnses, was satisfied that Arm
strong’s charges were untruthful. There is
perhaps, however, enough mystery about
-this case to justify still farther investiga
tion, even after the punishment of tbe
prisoner who is to-day to be executed. It
forms part of the evidence, we believe,
that two men weie seen miming from tbe
carriage about the time the body of the
murdered man was thrown out, and it is some
what difficult to understand how Armstrong
could, withont assistance, commit tho murder,
control a spirited horse, throw out the body
when it.was sweltering with blood, and yet
have hiß own clothing unstained. Bat, as
Armstrong’s testimony wonld not now gain
credence in a court of justice, if any such in
quiries should bo deemed advisable, he conld
render no important aid in conducting them.
A Scientific Military Education.
At the present orisis in our national affiirs, the
went of a thorough military training is paini'u’ly
apparent. Experience has proven that, in many
ius'anoes, disasters in the field are directly trace
able to the want of knowledge of commanders, and
oonsrquent absence of confidence in them by the
soldiers.
The sad effect of reoent engagements is palpa
bly attributable to this cause, and oan only be re
medied, or obviated altogether, by providing
means for a thorough military education for aii
who aspire to command a troop, or “ set a iquadron
in the field.”
We learn that it is in contemplation at the ensu
ing session of the Legislature of this State, to in
troduce a bill for the establishment of a “ State
Military School. ”
Of the advantages which would aosrae from the
endowment of such an institution none can enter
tain a doubt; whilst the profits arising from its
aourso of instruction would nearly pay all ex
penses incurred, and render it almost a self-sop
porting aoademy. To the yonth of this and other
States that might seek to avail themselves of its
instructions, the benefit would be incalculable,
and in the future redonnd greatly to the honor of
oar Commonwealth.
No argument is needed at present, however, to
prove the necessity of sash an institution, and a
moment’s reflection will convince anyone that the
plan is feasible and replete with advantages to
the whole oonntry, and shonld be vigoronsly
pushed forward.
The instructions would, of oourse, bo of such a
character as to make the toholar both an educated
gentleman and thorough soldier, besides aiding
hia physical development proportionately, and pro
ducisg, in every eense, a “ very proper man.”
This prrjsct is worthy of the support and foster
ing oare of the entire press of our patriotio State,
whioh we hope it will receive, so that a long need
ed desideratum may be speedily added to the
many institutions of practical utility of whioh the
“ Old Keystone” is so justly proud.
New Publications.
From Mr. J. McFarlan, 33 south Sixth street,
we have two weekly numbers of the “ Rebellion
Reoord,” edited by Frank Moore, and published
by G. P. Putnam, N. Y. Each number has a
Diary of Events, and poetry, inoidents, and news
paragraphs. When aomplete, it will be a remark
able ns wall os a mast useful heck fit reference.
FfIILADBLPUIA, AugUSt 7, 1861.
Editor or The Pbbss : In yonr report of
the meeting at the Board of Trade Rooms on
Tuesday, I am made to Bay the retiatanoe on the
lowest foot of the Great Eastern is the same as
that on the first 19 feet It should read, the
resistance on the lowest 81 feet is equal to that on
the first 39i feet. Also, that the resistance on the
lowest onbio foot, whioh is 28 feet below the snr
face, is equal to that on 28 feet on the surface
Yours respectfully, J. P. Baldwin.
Fine Cabd Photographs— We have received
from Mr. F Gutekunst card photographs of Gene
ral Scott and the Rev Dr. Baokns, of Baltimore,
moderator of the late General Assembly Of tho
Old bohool Presbyterian Church in this city. The
likenesses are excellent, and their exWbtlon in the
highest style of the art. DnplicatesFmay be ob
tained either at Mr. Guteknnst’s rofphs, No. 706
Aroh Btreot, or at MoAlllater It Brothers’, No. 728
Chestnut.
McDohovoh's Olympic —Mr. McDonough, as
will be seen by advertisement, opens his theatre
for a summer season on to-morrow with a new
company and, we-iearn, several new pieoes.
Bale of Household Fdrhitube —Birch & Son,
No 914 Chestnut street, will sell, this morning,
new and cecond-hand furniture, billiard and
bagatelle- tables.
By the lilteenth of September Illinois ex
pects to have fifty thousand men in tho Hold.
THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1861.
WASHINGTON CORB.ESPQNDEN CE
Letter from “Occasional.”
icnna.tandcnosof The new,]
The eleotions in Kentueky have proved a moat
overwhelming triumph for the frienda of the
nation The great State of the border la snehored
firmly in the waters of the Union, and no Diianien
tide own oauss her to slip the cable. The issno was
fairly presented—the oanvaes bitterly fought—the
different parties had able leaders, and were repre
sented by their most nopular candidates The Se
cessionists staked their whole political fortune
npon the raoultof that day ; every human exertion
was made to win. Their leader haughtily tUelarad
that on that election depended his continuance in
tho Senate. Tbe result is such a triumph as the
friends of the Union have never obtained in a
single Border State. Tho Legislature is over
whelmingly for the Union, and if Mr. Breckin
ridge keeps to his word his seat will be ooonpied
by a successor worthy of Henry Clay and John J.
Crittenden.
Among those who have contributed largely to
this result, none stands higher than Mr. Holt, the
late member of Mr. Buchanan’s Cabinet. The
ex Secretary divides the honors with Andrew
Johnson, for he has been true among the truest.
With his besutifnl and stately eh qusnoe, his firm
and uncompromising patriotism and integrity, he
jpoke to the heart of Kentucky, and the heart ol
Kentucky throbbed a noble response Consider
ing tbe late disaster at Manassas and tho (Scot we
feared, the vlotory is arnszieg We had every
disadvantage to contend with—the odds w,er»
heavily against us—and tbe viototy is, therefore,
so muoh the more remarkable.
Is there not glory enough in this for one day ?
The defeat of Ben McCullooh in Missouri insures
the loyalty of Missouri. In no part of the disaf
feoted community were the traitors so blatant as
in Missouri. Thoy threatened violently, and con
certed the most desperate methods of treachery
and wrong They revolutionised the State Go
vernment, menaced Cairo, St. Louis, and even
Cincinnati. The'name of Ben McCulloch was
constantly in their mouths; and with bis hordes
from Arkansas he was to be the terror of the West,
and the Great Avenger of Secessiondom- Gov.
Jackson and General Prioe were tho immediate
representative! of Jefferson Devis, and in
the Border Ruffians of the West and the
extreme fire-eaters from Mississippi they
found their most willing instruments. In
this Missouri conspiracy, too, there was more
respectability than was generally found li
the treasonable States. It was not only the plot ot
disnpoointed men, bnt of men who were high ip
station, who had enjoyed honors and emoluments,
and who had everything to hope from the people
of that State. Headed by the Governor, It con
tained Senators, Representatives, judges, soldiers,
and legislators. It was complete in all I’s parts,
well-organized, and boldly oommandod. It went
forth to battle desperately, only to be shattered by
the lanoe of tbe gallant Lyon AH honor to him,
and to tho bravo men who have acted with hint!
In the bead- roll of fame no nr,mas will stand
higher. Occasional.
LATEST NEWS
By Telegraph to The Press.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Special Despatches to -‘The Press.”
Night before last, at midnight, the Tenth Penn
sylvania Regiment, Col. McCalhont, were called
to arms, and it was whispered round that a Mas
sachusetts and a Michigan regiment, np the river,
six miles, were being cut to pieces, and called for
aid in the unequal struggle. Though not so stated
in so many words by the superior offioers, the
Tenth were mode to understand that there waß
probably a desperate struggle ahead, which must
be met. Every man was in his plaoe; the sick in
the hospital reoeived sew life, and asked to go.
The midnight march was oommesoed, and kept
for six miles, most of the way on the double quick.
When they arrived, no onemy was to be seen, and
the men were led into a large field of blaokbarrles,
where they spent tho day in reorastion. The ob
ject was to ascertain the quality of tho material
that composed the regiment, and to know their
feelings in a midnight surprise Their conduct
was entirely satisfactory.
Still they Come.
Our citizens inquire with astonishment where
all the 33, 24, and 12 pounder rifled oascon are
earning from that arrive almost dally &t the depot,
together with bombs and balls. They are from
the foundries with wbioh large oontraots have re
cently been made.
Supplies from Baltimore.
Baltimore, more than any other oity, is now
benefited pecuniarily by the war movement
Being a oommoroinl city, arid the nearest re the
metropolis, tbe supplies from there include almost
every article in requisition by the Government
Three hundred men and women are employed
there on the one article of tents alone, whioh aa
f >at as they are completed are forwarded -..t0
Washington. This is returning good for evil, and
ir-d.oates forcibly the motives by whioh the Go
vernment is actuated in this contest.
Troops in Baltimore.
Thera is a large oonoentration of troops at Balti
more—not for the saleiy or protection of that city
bat simply as it is a coctral position, from wfciob
they can be drawn to Washington, Harper’s Ferry,
or in suoh other direction as they may he "re
quired
It it said that Cal. Hake a, c f tho California
regiment, will not accept the appointment of
brigadier general tendered to him, preferring
rather to hoitf the seat he has so ably filled in the
Senate, and render what aid and encouragement
he oan to the arm; in a more humble oapacity.
Pennsylvania Artillery.
The First Reg’ment of Pennsylvania Artillery
arrived from Harrisburg last evening. Their gnus
consist of thirty-two rifled oannon, six, twelve,
and twenty-four pounders. They number nine
hundrod men, and are commanded by L-eutenant
Colonel Campbell, a gallant officer, who served
with distinction is the Hexioan war.
Mails.
Owing Co the Occident at Hsvre-de-Graoe, the
mail train failed to oonnect, and the Departments
are without their usual morning oorrespondenoe
There is very little here to-day in the shape of
news.
About two hundred mules are brought in trains
to Washington, twice or three times in a week.
They are drove up from the depot and tbrongh
the streets like so many sheep, and are taken to
the training fields, near the Observatory. They
are purohased in Kentucky and Ohio. When they
are brought to Baltimore, en route, they are pas
tured in droves of 1,200 to 1,600. at three cents a
head, per day, and bronght on here as oars and
railroad faoilUies offer. They make powerful draft
animals, are easily kept, and answer admirably
for the heavy Government wagons, fonr to a team.
Wrecks on Cape flatteras.
The removal of the lights on the coast of North
Carolina, by the Confederates, ought to be pub
lished throughout our sea ooast oities, for the in
formation of ssa sip tains. Already the Navy De
partment here is informed ef a heavy loss Of
shipping on Cape Hatteras, ihe vessels end valua
ble sargoes in all oases falling into the hands of
these murderers and robbers who caused the lights
to be put out for the purposes ot plunder.
We have thirty New York editors and reporters
who same in last evening on tho now military
route via Harrisburg, and return to morrow
morning-
Twenty-five single and double-tier ambulances
have been forwarded-hence to Harper’s Ferry.
Jens P. Lpvnjov, of lowa, brother of Owns
Loyejoy, has been confirmed as oonsnl to Callao.
The President has appointed H. G. Wells, of
Michigan, minister resident to Honduras.
The workmen are being paid off to day by Pay
master Gallagher Tho pay is for services from
July 15th to the Ist Inst. There are about thir
teen hundred men employed at present, and it will
take abont thirty five thousand dollars to pay
them all,—many of them having worked fifteen
honrß a day.
The steamer Mount Vernon went down the
river this morning to the Potomac fleet. Her busi
ness Is not known outside of headquarters.
The United States sehooeer Geo W. Salley ar
rived up thiß morning. Bho will take a oargo of
eoal down to the gunboats employed in guarding
the Potomac.
Another Regiment Arrived.
The Fifth Wisconsin Regiment, Colonel Cobb,
arrived at 10 o’clock this morning.
W. J- N. Babtoh, a private in the Fourth South
Carolina Rrgtment, who was taken at Bull Run,
was brought to the oity this morning and sent to
the old Capitol Jail by a detaohment of the Second
Maine Regiment, by whom he wbb captured He
was held at Fort Corcoran since the batilo at Bull
Run.
Arrest of Contrabands.
When tho Third Commotion!; Ragiuont won
here, they had several ooloTed buys and one giri,
whioh they claimed as “ contraband,” and wanted
to take them home with them; but-a man appeared
at the depot, and said they were the property of
loyal persons residing in the District of Columbia.
They wore aooordingly arrested by the guard at
tho dopot, and lodged in jsll, They wore token
before General Mahsmbld to-day to be exam
ined.
Washinqton, August 8, 1861
Washington, August S.
Midnight Alarm.
Colonel Baker.
JHnles.
Editors’ Excursion.
Ambulances.
Consul to Callao.
Minister to Honduras.
Navy Yard Matters.
Prisoner Brought In.
Departure el Piince Napoleon lor Ala-
nassaso
Prince Napoleox started this morning at six
o'clock, accompanied by his suite, for the other
side of the river, designing to pass oat of our lines
within those of the Disunion army, at least as far
as Fairfax Coart Boose, if not to Manassas June*
tion.
Sen MoDowull probably eanud him to be
escorted through our lines by two companies of
United States cavalry.
There is strong ground for the belief that the
Prince’s visit to this ooontry is more for political
than for any otbor purposes, and for the enlighten
ment of the Emporor on current affairs.
Affairs up Uiu Klvcr.
A oorrespondent writing to the Star of this eve
ning. from Great Falls, says that the alarm wbioh
brought ont the troops last night there, was oooa
sioned by a picket of ours being fired at while on
guard near the look- house of the oanal, by some
sku’klng Secessionist oouoeaied on the opposite
side of the oanal. Tho ball penetrated the flosby
part of the picket’s leg, bnt it is thought the
wound will not result fatally, Tbe sentry returned
tbe fire, and his skulking assailant ran off.
The troops turned out in a moment, on hearing
the firing, and scoured the neighborhood, but in
the darkness the villain managed to make good
his escape. The enemy is in some force (perhaps
three or four hundred strong) in tbe woods oppo
site the plaoe, and they are oontiaunlly plotting
how to annoy onr men. The troops do not think
they will risk the attempt to oross the Potomac in
fores at any po ; nl near here, as the fords are not
f-ivorab'e for such movement.
A brother of Jackson, the murderer of Ells
wobtb, who resides in this vicinity, and whose
movements have been ef a snspioions character,
was arrested a short time ago, bnt was permitted
to slide by the offioers in oharge, after the slight
est possible detention and examination.
-Moving into Virginia.
The First R-giment of Sicklcs’ New York bri
gade broke eamp this morning, and passed into
‘- Dixie ”by way of the navy yard. A large num
ber of the men gave out, perfeotly exhausted, on
aeoount of the great heat, and were picked up by
the wagons whioh followed the regiment.
Another Confederate Oath.
Some friend of the Star has rent the following
verbatim copy of 11 Oath N-i. 2,” of the Confede
rates, whioh all Union men of Fairfax and Prince
William counties, Ya , are being foroed to take,
under penalty of being sent to Riohmond for im
prisonment :
OEADQUABTEBS CAMP PICXBKg, 1
Mara-sas Jdbctiob, July —llB6l }
Past
By order of Sen. Beauregard.
Couuuuus Bor lb,
Major Va. forces, and Provost Marshal.
OATH NO 1
I do solemnly swear that I will support and be
obedient to the authority of the Confederate Btatee
of America, and will faithful and true allegiance
bear to the State of Virginia; and thst I will in
no manner, direotly or indirectly, give aid and
comfort to their enemies, by information or other
wise So help me God. And if found in arms
against the Confederate States, or a ay of th-m, or
if guilty cf a violation of any of the particulars
aforesaid, the penalty shall be death.
Miscellaneous.
It appears from the data of the Committee of
Ways and Means that the total ament of the ap
propriations at tbe recent session is $275 000 000.
Of this, $197 000,000 are for the army, $65.
000 000 for the navy, and the remainder for
various other purposes.
Judge Lawrebcb, so long » prominent member
of the Board of Appeal in the United States Patent
Office, has resigned, and oonneots himself in buai
ness with Boot W. Fehwick, an established
patent agent in Washington.
One of the regiments of tho Slokles brigade wa
reviewed by the President this morning. Their
physical endurance was great, a few only being
obligad to retire from the ranks on their march,
although the thermometer indicated 120 degrees is
the sun. It is understood that Sickles will be ap
pointed a brigadier general by the President.
The Senate, in the last days of its session, con
firmed the following named postmasters, in addi
tion to thoßO appointed daring the recess of Con
gress:
George W Edwards, of Mount Pleasant, lowa.
Samuel Bussell, Hillsdale, Michigan.
Jasper K Band, Westfield, Massachusetts.
Asa 0 Colby, Holyoke, Massachusetts.
Nathan Gibbs, l#ee, Massachusetts.
B. Maxwell, Livirgaton,Now York,
Daniel Piokering, , New York
John H. Seckreg, Ithaca, New York.
Albert G. Murray, Canandaigua, New York.
Egbert Liniburgh, Oatskil), New York.
Arrivals front Pennsylvania.
Willari't-D, H, Jones, G B, Head, A. B.
Warford, It F. Liken, Oapt. D. L Wilcox, B C.
Hale, L. W Ten Eyolc, N. Wallaoe, A T. Dioksen,
Geo W Mooney, Hugh Stevenson, Wm Guinodo,
J Q Guinodo, T. W. Harkness and lady, Wm.
Fling, W A Leech, E G Boor, Wm. W. Taxes,
Cras M. Luken, Wm. Cramp, Lieut. J. H. Sle
vi-nson, Mrs. Cap. W. H Boyd, Maatar Andrew
Boyd, E Brooohe, W. W Orilmas, G 8. Richard
aon, H V. Lesley, W. W. Taylor, B. Kent, A.
Wilhelm, Alexander Murphy, Jas Caretaus, Jr.,
Tuotnas K. Middleton, P. Stetson and daughter.
Kirkwood's —T. J. Power, Jno. 8. Cosgrave,
J no. Linton, J North. A. Cook,. C W Kimo, Lt.
Col. C. T. Campbell, Mnj. A. G. Leins, Wm. R.
Rilman.
National —Georgo 8. Hoff, Wm. Earoa, Hi A.
Hambrlght.
Brown's— N. P. Warnlck, Thos. K. Ciee, Jno.
Gleason, S. Maxwell, Thos. Owens.
Interesting from Washington,
Advices from oar Ball Baa Prisoners.
Wabhihotoh, Aug. 8 —Letters have jest been
received here, one dated the 231 and the other
the 28th of July, from Captain Witbington, of the
First Regiment of Michigan. He states that he
was not wounded at the Bull Buu battle, but taken
prisoner while attempting to assist Colonel Wilcox
off the field, Colonel Wilaox'e arm is badly shat,
tered.
Captain Bioketls is aleo wounded. Dr. Lewis,
of the Third Wisconsin Regiment, Is in attendance.
Mrs Rioketteie with her nnsband.
Captain Withington writes that the; are treated
with great kindness. The; are on their parole of
honor not to escape or take up arms against the
Booth. These prisoners are now probably in
Richmond, as the wsnnded were to be remoTed
thiLher as soon as ciroumstaooas would permit.
The President and Mr. Blair, this afternoon,
were prtsant at experiments with Maynard’s im
proved rifle and Alexander’s cartridge.
Seoretary Chase left this afternoon for New York
on pubiio business.
Assistant Seoretary cf the Treasury Harrington
has been commissioned to attend to his official du
ties here in the meanwhile.
To day the President made the following addi
tional appointments of brigadier generals of the
volunteer foree, vis : Col. E. D Ksyes, of the
Eleventh infantry, U. B. A ; Col Fits John Por
ter, of the Fifteenth infantry, U HA; Henry H.
Lotkwood, lata of the USA, and formerly Pro
fessor of (tannery and Mathematics in the naval
sohool at Annapolis.
FROM THE SOUTH.
Congressman Ely at work Ditching*
Reported Naval Engagement on the Bis.
slsslppla
Louisville, August 8 —Hon- Alfred Ely, who
was taken prisoner at Bull Bun, is reported to' be
at Biohmond engaged in digging ditches.
The steamer Pocahontas, owned at Louisville,
has been seised by the rebels on the Tennessee
river with 60 hhds. of tobaooo.
The Courier of this evening has a report of a
riot at Dublin, Ballard county, Kentucky, between
the Unionists and Seoesaionista, in whioh two men
named Shorfield are said to have been killed and
another wonnded
The Macon, (da.) Telegraph suggests that the
health of the volunteers wonld be promoted by
liberal allowances of com meal instead of bread
rations of flour.
The Biohmond Whig of the 3d inst. has a report
from Washington that persons there are raising a
oompany for the Confederate service.
The Pensaoola Observer of the Ist reports the U-
S steam frigate Wabash off Fort Piekens.
Governor Herris, of Tennessee, has issued a
proclamation, calling for a reserve force of 25,000
men from the State.
The Alabama gubernatorial election has proba-,
bty gone in favor of Watts.
A despatoh to the Mobile News of the sth, says
a naval engagement hod oconrred between a
Federd vessel and the privateer Nixon in Missis--
sippi Sound. The steamer opened flic first. After
exohanging twenty shots, the steamer was hulled
and vrilhdftw- The privateer was uMtjured. ‘
New York Democratic State Committee
Ko Union with the Republicans.
A PEACE PROPOSITION.
Albaht, Aug- 8 —At * meeting ef the Deme
oratio State Committee, to day, the proposition
was reooived-from the Republican State Commit
tee, for a Union Convention of the two periies.
The proposal was rejeoted, and a resolution
was adopted to the following effect: While the
war should be vigorously proseouted, the commit
tee regard it to bo the duty of the Federal Go
vernment to bold out term* of peace and accom
modation to tho dissevered States, assuring them
of all their rights under the Gonstitu ion.
The State Convention was ordered to be held at
Syraonse on the 4th of September.
Return ot Wounded Soldiers.
Fbovidksob, August S —The steamer City of
Nets York arrived hers this morning, briLgirg
about sixty of the sick and wounded of the Rhode
Island Regiment, from Washington.
ANOTHER FIGHT IN MISSOURI.
THE REBELS ROUTED AND PTJR-
SHED
Qdinct, 111., Aug. B— A band of rebels, oqq.
baring from 1,000 to 1.200, made an attaek upon
the oimp of the Union men, »t Athens, Mo , on
Monde; merning last, nt 5 o’olook.
There was a considerable amount of arms and
ammunition for the United States troops stored in
this place, under guard of the troops oomposing this
eamp, United States volunteers, numbering about
three hundred and fifty, under comniano or Cap
tain Moorn
The fighting lasted about an honr, when the
rebels retreated.
In the meantime, Gaptain Moore, having been
reinforced by about one hundred and fifty men,
from Centralia, lowa, on the opposite side of the
river, gave ohase after the rebels for about a mile
and a bait, killing on» 0 f their number, taking
eighteen prisoners, and oapturing thin;.one horses
and two Seoesalon flags.
Several of the rebels were wounded in the chase
after the battle, and six or eight rebels were
found dead on tbo field
In the afternoon tho bearer of a rebel flog of
trnee to tho Union camp admitted that the; carried
off fourteen hilled, and that as man; were wound
ed and missing.
The rebels were led by Martin Green, a brother
of ex Senator Jim Green.
The Union men had three hilled and eight
wounded.
Athens is a small town on tho extreme north
east of Missouri, on tho Desmoines river, 25 or 30
miles west of Kecknk.
It is reported that the Union forces, having
been further retnforoed by five or six hundred
troops from lowa, marched in pursuit of the rebels
on Monday night, and were enoampod eight
mites from Athena. A fight has no doubt taken
ptaoo at Athens, unless the rebels ran.
From St- Louis.
St. Louis, August 8 John MeFee, Speaker of
the House at the last two sessions of the Legisla
ture of this State, was arrested night before last
by a body cf Federal troops at his residence in
Shelbyville, and conveyed to Macon City, whero
he Is now under olose guard
Governor Gamble has ordered an election to be
held on the first Monday In November for Gover
nor. Lieutenant Governor, Seoretary of State, and
members of the Legislature and for taking the
sense of the people upon the recent action of the
State Convention.
S*. Louis, August 8 —General Pope’s military
district has been extended, so as to embrace two
tiers of counties south of lho Missouri river, in
eluding St Lonis, where he has established bis
headquarters
The report of General Lyon’s death is untrue,
he being at Springfield on Monday morning, later
than whioh no advises could have been received
here.
THE LATEST.
Beiinl, Mo., August 8 —Mr Burden, stage pro
prietor, who has jast arrived from Springfield,
whioh plaoe he left on Monday at noon, furnishes
the following Items:
General Lyon with hi 3 forces had fallen back on
Springfield, having reached there on Monday
morning, and was preparing fora vigorous defence,
Tho robots were advancing by four different roads,
and their advance was ascertained to be from ten
to fifteen miles distant.
General Lyon had called on 2500 of the Home
Guards from the country around Springfield
It was expected that the enemy would make an
immediate attack, from the fact that their com
missary department was in a miserable condition,
they being obliged to dspend on foroed oontribn
tions for temporary supplies.
It was generally remarked in Springfield that
General Lyon was perfectly confident of snocess
In oase of an attaek He had no entrenchments,
but would depend upon his splendid artillery in
the open field. Fifty wagons, laden with provi
sions, had reached him.
Latest from General Lyon’s Command.
Springfield, Mo., Angnst 5 —Oar advises from
General Lyon’s army are to Sunday last. Tte
cavalry oharge, heretofore reported, was made by
a scouting party sent ont to ascertain if the enemy
were approaching after cur troops had enoamped
fox the night at Dug Springs.
Seeing a regiment of infantry coming along the
road, the lieutenant cf the owalry ordered a
oharge, whioh resulted in killing thirty of the
rebels and wounding f jrty.
The oharge was not intended by General Lyon,
and probably prevented the rebels from attacking
his main body, when th.y would have undoubtedly
been routed with savare loss
A large body of the enemy's cavalry, which had
taken a position on high ground to obseivo our
position and strengthen their forces, wore dis
persed by a few shells from Totten’s battery,
wonndlug some thirty of them.
&On Saturday morning onr forces moved forward
cautiously, and on appmehiog Carr&n, the rebels,
to the number of 3.000, were seen posted on the
hill side, southwest of that place. Gen. Lyon im
mediately formed bis army in battle array, and
gave the order to advance.
As onr army was approaching a piece of timber,
•nd to fto.nk the enemy, Captain Dubois’ battery
opened fire on the labels, and they retreated in
haste.
It is not known whether any of the enemy were
killed We did not lose a man.
From Fo-trees Monroe.
RESIGNATION OF COLONEL BBNDIX—A FLAG OF
TRUCE FROM FORTBBSS MONROE
Fortbbss Monroe, August 7 via Baltimore,
August 8 Colonel Phelps, it is said, has been
promoted to the rank of brigadier general, and
will remain at Newport News.
Colonel Bendix’s res guation has been aooept
ed. He leaves tonight for New York, and will
soon return with a new regiment.
A large accession to Captain Kilpatrick’s mount
ed riflemen is ezpeoted to-morrow.
Lieutenants Butler and Fisk, yesterday, went
Out with a fl-*g cf truce from Newport Nowb, for
the accommodation of a lady wishing to retnrn to
her friends- They foond no Confederates-within
six miles of the eamp. The party were hospitab y
entertained by a oompany of horsemen
The men picked up yesterday by the Quaker
City represent that provisions arovety cheap in
North Carolina. The harvest has been abundant.
Coffee was worth thirty seven oents per ponnd
A prize cargo of cheap, sugar taken into New
born, N. C , brought nine cents per pound.
A Secession Paper in Now Hampshire
Obliterated
Concord, N H., Ang. B. —The office of the De
mocratic standard pas wmplelilj relieved of its
contents this afternoon, by a mob composed of the
soldiers returned, from the First Regiment, and
oitizins. The Standard has. for a long time,
published Seot-seion editorials and articles reflect
ing on our soldiers. They demanded a retraction,
and the Palmers (editors and proprietors) shook
pistols and axes ont of the windows, and dared
the mob. '
While the eity authorities endeavored to quell
the disturbance, the Palmers fired four shots,
wounding two soldiers. The office was immedi
ately gutted, and the materials bnmed in the
street. The Palmers took refuge in the attic, but
were finally carried to tbe police station, and pro
tected by the police, though with great difficulty-
New York Politics.
or thb democratic stats qbhtrAL cox
Albany, August 8 —The Democratic State Cen
tral Commi'tee met at tbe Deiavan House to-day.
A largo number of prominent Democrats from all
parts of the State were present, giving the meeting
the appearanoe of a Convention.
Tbe proposition for two party Conventions to
meet and divide the offices on tbe Union ticket will
undoubtedly be rejected, bat the platform will he
made, and all men willing to endorse its will be
invited to participate in the Convention and in
support of its candidates.
New York Republican Slate Committee.
CALL 0V A STATE CONTENTION.
Alb sky, Ang. B—Tho sub-oommittee of the
Bepublioaa State Committee have oalled a State
Convention to meet at Syracuse on the 11th of
September, the Demoeratio oemmittee having re
fused the proposal for a joint Convention of the
two parties.
New York Central Railroad Dividend
Albany. August 8 —The Board of Directors of
the Now York Central Railroad Company met this
morning and declared a dividend oC three peroent.
payable on the 30th day of Augnst, at theusnal
places
The Steamship Great Eastern Outward
Bound.
Si. Johns, N. F , August 3.—The steamship
Gregl Moslem, from Quebec for Liverpool, passed
off Cape Bay at eight o’clock this morning. She
will be dne off Cape Baeo at throo o’olcok to-mor
row morning.
Telegraph connection.
Tonawanda, Pa-, August 8 The telegraph line
from this plaoe, connecting with the New York
and Erie Railroad Company's line, ut Waverly,
was opened this morning, ana is working finely
Two New Regiments from Massachu-
Boston, August 8 —The Fourteenth Regiment
left at midnigne for Washington, and the Fifteenth
start from Worcester to night.
The Nineteenth Indiana Regiment at
Baltimore.
Baltihobb, August 8 —The Nineteenth Indiana
Regiment armed here ibis morning on their way
to Washington
Fivb Fin ales Bobnt to Death. — On the
8 h nit., a fire ooonrred at Newmon’s Cove, a
short die anoe from Bonavista, N F ,in the house
of a man named Brown, who, with his son was
out fishing, when, melancholy to relate, five of bis
daughters were bunt to death. The mother es
oaped through the window, with the hair all
burned off her head.
THE CITY.
Tub Hanging of Thomas J. Armstrong
seems fixed in tho decrees, if terrible preparations,
all looking to that event, aro not lies and mocke
ries The gallows has boon erected upon a small
plot of bare ground, standing botween two stables,
and fronting both the untried and the oonvicts’
departments on the malts’ side It has been used
in eight eiccu-ions (faring the past twenty years,
and among other oases, in those of Laogfeldt, the
Sknpin kies, Arthur Spring, and latterly for the
punishment vf p s tor Maddox. It has also been
ran*p.»rtod to various oowy towns in New Jersey
and Pennsylvania, and was used but a fow months
ago for the swinging-.,ff 0 f a murderer in the ad
joining State.
As it stood yesterday, under the clear sunlight,
the conviota, as by some irresistible fascination
crawled to the windows of their cells and looked
out for hours. Their guss’ed beards and long,
tauglod hair give thorn ugly gnises,•whioh their
sallow faoes nnd sinister eyes did not redeem
The gallows to be used is an instrument of re
fined ornelty, or rather cruelty ameliorated, if
there be any difference between a quick and a pro
longed death. The beam to which the rope ie
attached stands about eighteen feet above the
ground, and the rope has made a deep indentation
or orease in the wood- The whole fbor of the tesf
told gives way with the prop, and the two lids
which constitute it drop noiselessly against bags
of straw atiaahed to the posts beneath Toe prop
upholding the trap la j tinted, and at thn puli
ing of a string the prop is unhinged The
string will be held by a oonviot seorotod in
the stable adjoining, and ut the signal he
nil! remove the sole barrier between the mur
derer and eternity. The sheriff will himself adjust
the noote, pull down the white oap over the lad’s
faoe, and hold up his hand to the gack- ketch cun
oouled in the stable The prisoner will have a fall
of about five feet, and his extremities will rest at
the distance of a foot from the earth. Tho rope
was subjected to trial yesterday by two fifty-six
pound weights being attached to it; the cord will
be of thiok twine, and with that material his arms
will be pinioned also. He will wear a white death
cap and a black gown. Only about thirty persons
will witness the exeantion, and none of Armstrong's
family will be present. Those unhappy perrons
took leave of the prisoner last night, remaining in
bis oeil until most people wero bathed in pleasant
sleep No dream that any man knew last night
was half so terrible as the reality in that ceil Wo
passed it yesterday, bat the groans from within
drove as bsok- They had a more awful signifi
cance than >pocob.
Tho family, we were told, consisted of four sis
ters and two brothers, the mother, end the father.
Armstrong’s oldest brother did not visit him, ha
viug taken leave tho day before. Hi; wife and
ehild were not present; indeed, they ir.ve not
visited him at all. An aunt, also, we believe: en
tered his cell, and the Rev Mr McAlley, She.
riff Kern, and one or two other olose friends, were
admitted during the day. An embarrassing si
lence, broken only by occasional groans, mark
ed these interviews, end once or twice Armstrong
shed tears An official cf the prison sat at ‘he
door, overhearing ill ihat was said, and none
were allowed to take food within, all meals, for
some time past, having been furnished by Mrs.
Perkins, the warden’s lady. Armstrong ate hear,
tiiy at dinner of meat and fresh vegetables
He was repentMly solicited to open np his heart
in the matter of the murder, and tell the whole
truth, if he had not already done so. He had no
bequests and few farewell words to leave Oce all
absorbing thonght hovered ever about him—the
morrow and its issues—but cf this he spoke only at
times, and briefly.
There is no danger cf poison being administered
to the prisoner, even if he desired to Close his o»-
reer in that manner. L’quor will not be adminis
tered, unless the prison physloian pronounces it
necessary, and tho death rites will havo been
finished by eleven o’olook.
No pardon or reprieve need be oxpeoted, as Gov
Curtin declines to interfere Armstrong received
the papers containing his oenfession and oarefully
read them. He is constantly given to perusing tho
Bible also
A great deal of gossip prevails in prison con
cerning him, and one of tbo officials told a reporter
yesterday that a late inmate of the female depart,
ment attributed her ruin to Armstrong, he having
known her intimately in the Preebytorisn oharoh
of Konrington, to which both belonged.
Armstrong weighs ono hundred and ten pounds,
and is a little over five feet six inches in height.
He wore yesterday the same suit of olothes in
whioh he was attired when murdering Crawford.
The aooused still maintains the stolid, respecta
ble countenance whioh be wore in ooart. His face
is a trifle s&dder, and he hud, last night, a oare
went sir, probably induced as much by the la
mentations and wearying oaresses of his friends, as
any meditation or remorse of his oWfc.
It will not be necessary to speak, in this place,
of the agony of the lad’s friends, and his own
distracting thoughts. They loTcdhim the more
that he erred and brought this grief npon theta.
They had watched him from infancy, in stages
through whioh all existences pass, and not until
man becomes omniscient will the hopes, the
trials, and the madness oi the mother bo kaown:
how he was born in travail, and oherished for the
travail; admonished when sinning, and olasped
the closer that he sinned; honored when grown to
manhood, and to her fond heart laborious and ho
nest ; but dearer aud nearer than ever when
bloody, handed and by tne world contemned.
And now about to die 1 Not a soldier under his
flog, with rebel bayonets in bis breast; not a man,
lying dewa to die with blessed consolations and
bright tapes; not the victim of aasuaity, hurried
by ciroumstanae from time into the grave; but
upon the gallows, where storied felons take their
last gaze adjudged not fit to live—no, nor to die [
He was a boy, handsome and hopeful; they did
not know how much the; loved him before ; and
remembering his while life, better and longer
than himself, found it hard to recognise tho son as
the abhorred murderer.
To-dry the prisoners in the wards overlooking
the gallows will be leuoved; the witnesses will
meet i? tb? debtor’s up itlmont early in the day,
and a polios force will superintend the arrange
ments Under no pretence will any person be ad
mitted without a sheriff s pass.
The Pirates of the Petrel.— We visited
tbe thirty odd pirates of th© Petrel , confined in
MCyamenSing Prison, yesterday afternoon They
are confined in the second story of the untried cor
ridor.; in some cells two, and in some ono; aud the
name, orimo, and number of each is marked on a
slate hanging on the wall, ontside of eaeh door.
Through an eye hole we peeped at each S 3 he
paced np and down the bare cells, or lay at full
length on tbe floor. Most of them were nnoocn
pied, and not even the luxury of a newspaper was
allowed them, so that they seemed very miserable
and very disconsolate men.
Harvey, the lieutenant, is a tall, muscular man,
grav-haired, and wearing a most expressive counte
nance. He walked up and down, bare-headed,
having a bine oheok shirt, open at the throat, and
common brown pants, with stoekings. Ho wore
no shoes, and oast, every now and then, a disdain
ful gianoe at the common pirate, fast asleep on the
floor. This man was formerly a midshipman on
tbe Constitution, where he found a comrade in
Captain Sattorl, his capiot
Ferry, the pirate osptain, is an ill looking
wretch, who was squatting upon the oeil floor in
his bare feet, wearing a bluejacket, tho picture of
>ll fortune and squalid disappointment. It is said
that he bas been eiok with inflammatory rheuma
tic gout since he has bee . on the Flag. This is
supposed to have been in consequence of hie salt,
water bath at Charleston. Whon be eame on
board of the St. Laurence, he was hardly ablo to
stand.
Augusts Peyrnssett, tho French prize-master,
sat gabbling in broken English to an liiehmen,
who lay in the eell His face indicates a oon
saienae more faoiie than easy.
The noma of the eiek hoy is WiUium Sharkey.
He bas an aunt at Mr. Pent's, Fourth and Walnut
streets, named Margaret Carney Sharkey for
merly tended bar at the bowling saloon at Point
Breeze He had gone to Charleston on a Northern
vessel, and was ioroed to go out as steward on the
pirate.
One of the prisoners,named Harrison, aame near
Joeing his life when be came on board, so incensed
were Ihe orew on recognizing in him a man who
had dined with their Sirst mess a few days before,
he having come ont from Charleston with the Bri
tish consul. It is supposed that ho oame out as a
spy to pay that visit.
He had come in the steamer Gen. Clinch as a
oiTllias, in tb« srasnl’s oompwy As so vessel
bad showed her nose ontside the bar while the
Flag was on hand, and the pirate stole ont im
mediately after the Flag departed, it would seem
that the spy had given the Charlestonians a whole
some dread of that vowel, which some call a gun
boat, but whioh is rosily a United States steamer
Messengers had been eenc for omnibuses for the
prisoners at 10 o’clock, and a largo crowd awaited
their arrival before the navy yard gate, and on the
neighboring piors But not till 1 o’olook did the
vehicles arrive As they filed into the yard a
oompany of fifteen marines marched down to the
landing place Two or three of them wore to go
in eaoh omnibus as an escort.
Thera are two deserted United States marines
among the prisoners, and one man who evidently
came out of the hospital They ate nil well fed
and oared for; but are quite eaily One of them
being ached bow many Irishmen there wore among
them, replied that it was none of the inquirer’s
business. Consequently, he was triaed up to a
pi st, and kept tnere till be made up his mind to
be oivil, if not as to the number of Irishmen in
his crew.
It seems that the Flag accidentally overhauled
the English steam corvette Itao-r Supposing her
to be a French merchant Tceeol, Captain Sartor!
sent » hall neivfs fcvr b»w, end tie’ nitrify bovo
to, gave an scoot,i t of herself, snd leoeived a
handsome apology, Ac
The oaptain expresees himself ns quite delight
ed with bis vessel; he even boasts that be hBB the
pick of the veecelß obtained by the Government.
He says tbat for epeed, oomfoit, mbetantial build,
and booyanoy under a heavy armament, she is
unsurpassed, ' _ .
In reply to a question as to now the Petrel go
out of Charleston harbor, wo were t. ld that eh
orep* along tha north ehore. w*nt out through
tho ItattUfinbk* Inlet Although i*. was & moon
light night, &B tha shorua aro iinoti with heavy
fore*ta t tho floulil not ba?* re*n from
tho which lay Bfj miles our from the bar,
that being ai near us sho could como n Bnfoiy.
It seems rhr.t tho rx spy Harvey Tsrrj that
it wag no aoff.-.® or sb’if? he wan
Aftaf, but he, beiDg druolr u-n .-to! fired
&ifi pop gnilfJ. till £Urid*nly the great ship y&wtdj
Ope T cU _p'»rta, and wiped our »he yelping our*
Tb* kt-Qg bad alrasidv tiikeo a pi h* r own,
wbiob h:.d beeo lout It w** the Hannah B-Uth %
of S»v»nn*h, loaded with 270 p : pe* momuM
worth 000 ’
They encountered her on tho IB h, t.hour *even
mitts fiotn GlurtortOD light houaa, wt-h her St
oepflloc pap«jrg, flig, , on dc«M Sfe® wan
trying ii.vrl to gel in. Faftrln* to tat b?r go there
with his priie craw, be lowed he? u& to Charleston.
it falling flalm there, the srbonr.Ar drifted in
after she whs tat go, and CupUm Haiteri, a blow
coming up then, had to run f*r in near the
Charleston batteries, arid alter much trouble got a
bans©? to her and bmk her 'in her w».y North.
Bn>. she wrscaptur<d f.ff Cane Hitteras *»v the Sv
cewonirits, togfilha? with Lieutenant Kautx th«
prize master, and six mod.
llard Times among the Detectives.—One
of our mast efficient polios dniwiivas, when wo
m«t him on tha street yesterday, complained to ns
very bitterly cf too dull times. Ho said ho had
next to notbiug to do.
We expressed some surprise, usd athei him if
tho war had had the effect todiminiah arime. Had
tho thieves cnltsto.d, or ha.t i•:<y gone into honest
business in the roam cf good men wao hid voiun
teftt-orf ?
■‘Why,” said the c filler, plain enough.
There are as many thieves as ever. bu< wlm are
they to d« ? If they break into house.!, they may
get some goods but people woo have on hand goods
honestly obtained, cannot soli them, and it is still
harder for tho thieves H>!f a sto-o full i.f goods
of any kind mUht be in tha hands of a low bur
glars, and still they could not tarn thorn into cash
at any pries. Ho with the pirkposketa. they get
probably so masy ucStd-b'icki ss in good time*,
but ths pocks: bocks nxc ' tap y, and their owners
suffer in alienee whut b generally out a small
loss.”
Fiwax. Hearing of the “Jeff Davis” Fi
ratks —The exoLem-iit relaiire li. tbs pirates
captured on bcaic! ihe prize vtsse] Enchantress,
si as mnot. greater yrstorday morning *- the 6n«l
hearing than (Vh thn prrvi ua dxy ’ Lena before
the Sour fixnl for the hsnring, ». large c:nwd was
oolleotod ia the neighborhood of Filth and Chestnut
streets, imd, upon ihe opening of too doors of the
court room, lho people fidid every portion of it.
Theto se.-fflod to ha Botne ccnfin.i. n in tho minds of
tot fpeotdtcra in regard to the prisoners Many
persons oatae with a view to fee the 'hirtr six
pirates, token from tb* Felrel by the St Law
rence. and were surprised shtifl th.-y raw nut five
aieu, ana they ths 0'8« -f tha Ji ff'. Davis, sep
ta red on board tho Enchantress
Shortly after ten o'olcok Mr Hnrriuen, who was
represented in s:mo of ijiemom-ng pauera to have
volnoiosrod his services as couosei lor ionr «f the
prisoners, nfldrersedthit Coinuii-Fiof.ors suting he
statement to bi an erroneous one, acd that he de
sired to correct the mi3rake He bad not volun
teered st all, hut hsd h:en detained regularly by
the prisoners He hoped tbs papers hst had fallen
into this error would d> him the juntos cf cor
recting it, aa ha did not wi-h (o be placed ID SUOh
a fairs position, ihr Commissioner replied that
he bad no doubt but that the gentlemen prearnr,
representing ths press, smull in-dre the desired
correction. He hao been tntnrmed. on Wdnssdsy
morning, in reply to tbeeuatomary qaes ion, to
rhae effect addressed prisoners, that Harrison was
of counsel for them
Ths first witness called wss Julius B We ad .11.
—I am master’s mate of the Athairaxs - woe pre-
S'lit at too CapfGrn of ihe Enchantress ; I was, ut
the time, in the mag zinc; wn were a 1 (partore at
the time; af er the was boarded, I worn aboard HB
p-’ze maßter; I found on her tho priz. crew of the
Albatross; these men, the pri oners, were on
board the Albatross then ; the oaptaiu told me to
pot them in irons; 1 put three of them in irons.
Cross examined by Mr Brewster —I have none
of tho papers found ou the Enchantress; the
charts are all on board ; fjund loc boon on bor;
there was no log kept afrsr her capture by the
Davis; she had made ab ub throe degrees of
soundings from the time cf her capture by the
Davos; I had no oooveisation with Lane, and
found no arms on the Enchantress or any cf ths
meo; I should judge sbe was a good sailer
With the couoloeion of the testimony Mr Har
rison offered to c ill to the stand Q igley, one of
the prisoners, to ah I '® that he had boon forced into
the service of the J-Jj Davie
The Commissioner btated that be doaid oat be
examined as a witcets. bnt he might, if he ohose,
after proper oautirn, make any Bt&tement he
thonght p oper As a witness, however, ho oouli
not be permitted to give testimony either for him
self or co defendants
Mr Harriteo stated that he was rot aware of
any rule of law that prohibited a party before con
viction from tosti’ying So this tho viinnmwßionar
replied that there were two reasons why so could
not be permitted to testify, one of which was that
he was a defendant
Mr Hartison said ha would not then advise his
olient to make any ciatemect
The Commissioner then read the section of tho
sot of Congress prescribing the punishment for
making an assault ou any vessel of the Uuited
States, and also that defining tho cximo of p'raoy
and preseribiag the ptthl.bmvct thvrooi j sad then
stated that ths evidence fully made out the rffmaea
provided for in these seoiiuns, and the prisoners
would therefore bo committed, without b *ll, to an
swer the charge of piraoy at the next term of the
United States Circuit Court
Charged with Deserting his Family.—
YenvriJftjr morning, Cannes MaDounoaga wi g be
fere Recorder f i.-a upou tho ohargo of Oilul ety,
and also with deserting his wile and chi dren.
From tho evidence slioited, it appears that
is a captain on board the schooner
Ellen Forrester, of Gloneeste., Masaaohnset'S,
and arrived ut this por~ about eight weeks ago,
bringing with him, from that place, a woman
known as Jane Lane Upon nrrivi'g in thisoity
they took lodgings at the 5t Liuls Hotel, as man
nod wifo, bat afterwards removed to West FBila*
d Ipbla. '
The wife of Captain MoDonnongh, who stilt re
mained at Ulnporstcr by some means was made
acquainted with the oourse her hatband had ta
k-n, and immediately osm» on to this oily. The
matter was plso.d in the bands of Detective Chil.
H. Smith, who scon discovered the where&bou's • f
McDonncugb The latter was taken into custody
and arraigned before his honor th« M iyor Tho
wife finally agreed to withdraw oil complaint if
her hnsband wan'd consent to return huait again
and leave the sir.irge woman, who, upon hearing
of bis tv rest, h»d left fur N;w V ork. To this the
husband consented, and he gave h’O wifo a note
directed to Jane L 'On, whom bo allowed bad all
Ml mon-v, and had itft 'o' Gloucester Massachu
setts Toe husband started the wile for home, and
promised to follow iu a few d»vs The wife waited,
but be did not come, and oh Wednesday she ovain
returned to thin city, end t|)s hSSbspd aas arrested
by Detective Smith, who, afsr same d’fficnlty was
able to traee his wherr&bnuts. Yescurda? 'he
truant husband was comm’tied ia default, of ball
to answer the charges preferred ap”i”S’ him It
is stated that be is worth at lons' $l5 000 and on
leaving Gloucester. Massachusetts, ha left his wife
and fonr children in a very destitute condition.
The Coofeb Kefekshment Saloon. —We
have repeatedly had occasion t.. reter to the (roe
restaurant saloon for volnutoers Icoated at Wa*h
ing on-avenue waarf, where troops, proceeding to
and from the seat at war, are provided tv b good
meals and sent on their way nj icing Yet few
of onr reade-s, probably, aro aware of the fact
tbat this laudable scheme originated with William
Cooper, and t >at provisions wore first served to the
hungry travellers from a cooper’e shop in O'srgo
Btseet, »<JjOiltil)g tha Washington-avenue restsu*
rant There are two different and distinot soci
eties, both equally entitled to a sliaro ot th-t con
tributions eo Ilberslly b-stowed by our ei'.izenr,
as they act in cot junction with each other in
tbe good work The coopo; chop Bstonn has sc
oommodations for feeding one hundred and fit y
men at ono time Tho food is ot the best and
most substantial character contisting of hams,
dried bettf, toD£ue-, hot c< flee, tea. Ao , tr-g tb, r
with svseonablo vegetables The ominaty nr*
rfihqcbtebts are of a first rato obarao-er, and the
ladies ot Southwark take pleasure in ministering
to tbe wants of the hungry soldiers.
In the meantime, it must he remetnbe-cd that
the enterprise is attended with a great deal of ex
pense, (as over five thnu-and uiju have frequently
been fed at the two saloons retort'd ola the
spsoo of twenty four hours,) and we trust h,l
there will be no aba'ement of the contributions
to the Volunteer Fund by our citizens, but that a
deeper interest will be manifested in tbe matter
than bas heretofore nietod,
The FI rst Conneot-o-it bugiment arrived yester
day afternoon, from Washington, anl a’ er par
taking of refreshments proceeded esstwu.d
Final Heasino.—Yesterday morning, Ed
ward B idellian, abac Frederick Hopkins, nlitß
John Dagg, who was charged, before Alderman
Ogle with burglariously entering the resilience of
Mr. Daniel Trainer, in Chester, Delaware
about a week since, and stcalim! tfiere/rnm n valu
able gold wntoh, worth About $lllO, and other ar
ticles, bad a further healing before tbe came
magistrate. It appears ficpi tbs evidence thut
the young man is a piof.-ssi'uml burglar, who,
unable to practise his wi'y art in the’ large cities,
sought country towns for his fir'd of operations.
He had been arrested on a charge of robbing a
house of evaluable gold watoh, s mo money, and
a CAteso braoob. He VM folly committed !o await
a requisition from tbe authorities of Drdawsre
eonnty. The robbrry was committed on the 27 h
ot July, at tbe mills, near Marcus Hook, Delaware
county.
The Late &. W. McClelland.—The fune
ral of tbe late George W. motile land, will t,le
Slace on to motiow afternoon, at 3 o’olook Tho
cocoaed was ono ot our most respeoted oit'peus,
ttfcd was oat used in the jibbing traflo hete for
nearly thirty yrar.i. He was one of tbe original
founders of tbe old Fifth Presbyterian Orntrh,
then under the pesters] oare nt" tbe R-'v Th- mss
Skinner, D D , now tbe Rev. Dr. Wadsworth «nd
btld the > ffio» of ruling eider np to the period of
hts death Mr Mcllel'anti was in his eightieth
year. The funeral services will bo held at Dr.
Wadsworth’s ohmoh.
T 9 TBS EDtTOft of Tnc Pitsar>; In your isauf
of yesterday, in which you notice a parade of the
‘‘ Gymnast Zouaves,” yon make use of the follow
ing : “ 3his oompnny (the Gymnast Ziuaves) being
the only real Ziqnva oc-mpnny inth-ioity, they
generally attraot a great doal of .attention when
ever they parade ” This is o grove uiis'sko. and
docs it jos ice to three or 100- companies attached
to what is known ns the Zouave battalion, apt]
—hick will compare favoraoiy in drill with any
Z nave o"mpany in existence. The 1 Elbworth
Z nave Corps,” better known as Company B,
Zmave battalion, have been for the past two
months under tbe direct instruction of Capt. Do
Witt, of tbe far famed Chicago Zjuav*.a,” who
is, ns sn instructor, seoond only to Ellsworth.
They claim that, in the oourse of a few months
more, to have no superiors in thiß oi’y They have
thus tar expended several buuored dollars for
drill purposes aim*, and smut? ready ft) SSllkhfl a
Bintiisr amount ft n ltio pnrpos* Tko comptny
drill Monday, Wcdnmdny, and Friday evenings,
at Saransk Hail. li'-ghth and Callow-bill streets,
and either hove n squ-ri or oompany drill at Fair
monnr. Park - n Saturday afternoons Ttoy will
probably, m a aht-rt time, pive an exVibi>ion drill,
and the public can thm have tbs sntisfietlcn of
witnessing a “ teal Z vutvY* company '*
W U. M ,
Of tho ■* Ellsworth Zjunvos,''
AvewSiT 8,1881.