Ctre f tttt WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 18, 1861. * „r«*&r Haas iua. au&sSard Wkera Irwllus its lea but falls ialwt ul With frHS.ai» sell beneath aar feet. Ana Bread am', tanner Streaming e'er «» Fan BAL«.—Th« double cylinder Taylor press on whioh this paper has been printed for the p«' nine months It >sin ezeellent condition, hoeing boon made to order a pear ago, and will be sold at a bargain. For terms apply at this office, or ad dress Jon W. Fomby, 417 Chestnut street, Phi ladupbin. Engagement in Missouri —Death oi General JLyon. Tbe expectations of an engagement in Mis nonri between the Union army, under tha command of General Lyon, and a vastly su perior force of the insurgents, have at length been realized, and, according to the reports that reached here last night from St. Louis and from Washington, our troops in that quar ter have performed new prodigies of valor. It is stated, however, that General Siegel was retiring in good order from Spring field towards Eolla, and the skill which be dis played on a former occasion,-in withdrawing his meii before an army much larger than his own, warrants us iu hoping that he will be equally sn -eesafol in extricating his command from any danger that may have been engen dered by the result of the late battle. By tbe despatch which was received at a late hour last evening by General Scott from Gen. Fremont, it will be seen that the force ot the enemy consisted of 23,000 men, while our own troops numbered but 8,000, including 2,000 Homo Guards. Yet, notwith standing Hub 1 earful disparity of numbers, onr brave soldiers inflicted terrible havoc upon the inaorgents, and won all the substan tial honors of the fight, destroying, as they did, ail the tents and baggage wagons of the enemy, and killing aDd wounding an immense number of their rank and file as well as two of their most renowned generals, Frige and MoOuuooh. The tormer gained an unenvia ble notoriety by tbe reßolt of tbe battle at Boonville, and little respect has subsequently been felt for him ; but the name of McCul zooh has been used ever since the outbreak of hostilities as a ral ying cry for the traitors, and many of them have deemed bin invincible. The death of this renowned Texan Ranger will prove one of tbe most serious blows to the Secession cause that could have been inflicted upon it. Tbe most irreparable loss we have suffered is the death of the brave General Lyon, who had won the admiration and gratitude of bis countrymen by bia daring and military skill. We compile from a sketch we find in a cotem porary the following account of bis iilastrions career. He was born in 1819, and was the son of Akaba Lyon, of Ashford, Windham county, Connecticut, and the descendant, pa ternally and maternally, of families who were distinguished ior intellect and integrity of character. His mother was of the Knowlton family, which produced two of the distin guished officers of the Revolution—one, the famous C .lonel Thomas Knowlton, who, as major, commanded tbe Connecticut boys at the old rail fence on tbe left wing of the Ameri can army at Banker Hill, and was afterwards killed at the battle of Barlem Heights, New York. The two brothers, Thomas and Daniel Knowlton, had both distinguished themselves in the war between tbe Colonists and English against the French from 1755 to 1760. At the commencement of tbe Revolution theße two brothers were among the first to take tbe field in defence of their country, and 8t Ban ker Hill both the historian and the artist have contributed to place the name of Colonel Knowlton among the mOBt prominent of those whom a grateful country will ever delight to honor. The oft-recited deeds of daring and patriot ism among bis ancestors thus falling upon the ears of young Nathaniel Lyon, from a mother’s lipß, may have fired Mb youtbfnl heart and bad much to do with his choice 01 the profession of arms> At an early age, while under the tuition of an experienced teacher, be showed great mathematical talent, and a power of combination and plan in the develop ment of schemes which, added to an iron will end an indomitable perseverance, thus early and unmistakably marked him as one « born to command.” Nathaniel Lyon waß edu cated at the United States Military Academy at West Point. He rose to the rank of captain in the Second Infantry, and at the commence ment of the present war he was selected by the Missouri volunteers to act as their briga dier general. He had great experience in his profession, especially in the rongner duties, relating to service upon the frontiers—in the Florida, Texas, California, Oregon, Kansas, and other Indian and border wars. He entered the Military Academy aa cadet in Jane, 1837, and graduated in 1841. On graduating trom the Military Academy, he received his commission as lieutenant in the army, and was at once ordered to join the army in Florida, then operating against the Indians. After uncomplainingly passing tbroogh that most disagreeable campaign, among the everglades of Florida, he was sta tioned tor some years st various posts on our Western frontier. Soon afteT the commencement of hostilities between tbe United States and Mexico be was ordered to join General Taylob, and alter reaching Monterey, accompanied the expedi tion against Vera Cruz. In the bombardment and capture of Vera Cruz, and the severely contested battles of Contreras, Cburubusco, and others, which occnrred between that place and tbe city of Mexico, his activity and mili tary skill found full play. He took an active part in each and ail of them, and while fighting in the streets in the city of Mexico, near the Helen gate, on September 18, 1847, received a wound from a musket ball. After the conclusion of peace with Mexico, he was ordered to Jefferson Barracks, Mo., for a contemplated march overland to California. By a change of orders from the War Depart ment his regiment was despatched by ship via Cape Horn, and reached California soon after Its acquisition by the United States. His stay in California was prolonged beyond that oi most of his fellow-officers, and. his time un ceasingly employed in operating among the Indians, subjected to long and tedions marches, constant alarms, and frequent skirmishes, living a large portion of the time In tents, and sub ject to rile fatigues and privations incident to a campaign in that new and hitherto unknown country, so far removed from the comforts of civilization. After being relieved from his long services in California, he was again stationed on our Western frontier, serving most of the time in Kansas and Nebraska. He consequently be came familiar with the men and measures which have so agitated the country for the last few years in that section of the country, and im bibed no special love for the spirit of slavery propagandists. Although he had before acted with the Democratic party, the acts of fraud and violence which he witnessed in Kansas so disgusted him that he threw np his commission and retired to private life, until the recent difficulties again rendered his services im portant to riie country. May 17th, 1881, for the signal service ren dered by the capture of Camp Jackson, he was promoted to the rank of brigadier gene ral by the National Administration. Under his direction, a long series of military opera tions have been conducted in Missouri, which completely overwhelmed the insurgents of that State, and compelled their leaders to flee for safety to Arkansas and Tennessee. Full par ticulars of the late battle have not yet reach ed ns; but it had become so common a prac tice for the traitors to five at the approach of General Ltoh, no matter how great their nu merical superiority, or the advantages of their position, that he probably sought an engage ment in which tearful odds were arrayed against him. The nation will bitterly mourn his loss. A punr, braver, nobler patriot, and a more gallant soldier, never lived. His name will be inscribed high upon the scroll of the martyrs in the cahse of constitutional liberty, and bis memory trill ever he deeply enshrined in the hearts of all who love the American Union. The Kentucky Legislature. Tbe Union men will havo overwhelming majorities in both branches, and will be repre sented by some of tbe most talented gentlemen of the State. Experienced Senators have been elected to seats in tbe lower House, and Old members of Congress have left their retirement to do service in the hour of their country ’h peril. The detest of T. P. Porter, Speaker of the Senate, and ex officio Lieut. Governor since the death of Linn Boyd, by J. Kemp Goodloe, and the triumph of Col. John H. Harvey, the noble editor of the Lonisville Democrat, over ex Governor David Meri wether, the Speaker of the last House, are significant indications of public sentiment. The venerable L. W. Andrews, for many years a member of Congress, Judge R. A. Buckner, ot Fayette, Brutus J. Clay, of Bvnroon, Gen. John B. Huston, oi Clarke, Jobn J. Fnii, of Kenton, Walter G. Whi taker, of Shelby, William B. Read, of Larue, Curtis T. Burn am, of Madison. William C. Anderson, of Boyle, Richard T. Jacob, of Oldham, Nat. Wolfe, of Louisville, Judge Underwood, who so ably represented the State in the Senate of the United Stateß in the days of Senatorial giants, and others we could particular!/' 1 ; are called to FraukfOTt without reference to their former political leanings, but as devoted friends of the Union, and the Legislature will present the most in telligent body ever assembled in tbe State. Tne Legislature will convene in two weeks from Monday next, and among its first pro ceedings will doubtless be the passage ot re solutions instructing Senators Bbeckinbidoe and Powell, and checking them in their open complicity with treason, while at the same time a vigorous scrutiny will be instituted into the acts of Governor Magoffin, and if half can be proved which has been alleged against him, he will he impeached and removed from the high office be has so shamelessly prosti tuted Tbe dark clond which has cast its bane ful shadow over Kentucky will soon pais away, and in the restored sunshine, “ the light of other days” will beam purely, patriotically, and devotedly to foßter the growth of Union principles, and expel tbe last miasmatic influ ence of Secession from the State. JSxtension of the Capitol. It is satisfactory to find that the President has ordered the work on the extension of the Capitol immediately to be resumed. It will be some time, of coarse, before its completion, bnt tbe progress already mode has been con siderable, —very considerable, indeed, when compared with that of the new Parliament' Bouse in London, the Tebnilding of which was commenced in 1840, and is yet far from being finished. In massive grandeur and simple dignity of design, onr Capitol is unrivalled. So, aIBO, in toe adaptation of all of its parts to the pnr poses for which they are destined. Another great advantage it possesses is-—its superior durability. Already, the New Palace ot West minster (as the Farliament-Hoose is called) exhibits palpable signs of premature decay. Tne stone used has not been able to stand tbe deleterious effects ot the London atmosphere, laden as it is with thick smoke from tbe bitu mmoiis coal used by nearly three million of in habitants, and, also, charged with noxious vapor.- from a'most numberless factories. The beautiful carvings are crumbling away; the fine statnes have already lost their sharpness ot outline; the very frescoes on the walls within are peeling off, from damp and the cor rupt air, Oa the contrary,—partly owing to the dense specific gravity which makes it al most as solid as metal, and partly to the pari ty of the air of Washington,—the white mar ble of which onr Capitol is built iB in as good condition now as when it was first put into use. In foot, so solid is tbe work and so good tbe material, that one might question whether such a gigantic and glorious an edifice can ever sustain decay. Long may it tower, in beauty, pride, and ntility over tbe metropolis of this great Confederation of United States. Tbe t;ny Troop The members of the City Troop are ex pected to arrive here to-day. It will be seen by the orders ot tbeir commanding officers, that they have discharged their duty with great fidelity, and that they have folly main tained the honorable reputation of their an cient organization. They will be cordially welcomed home by tbeir fellow citizens and doubtless so many bright eyes will cast ap proving glances upon them, that they will con sider themselves well repaid for all the dan gers they have enconntered, and all the hard ships and nnaccnstomed privations they have endured. A Touching Case ot Heroism and Snf»- feting—j lewelljn ttume: of the Fonrih Pennsylvania Regiment. The following letter, written by a loyal citi zen of Alexandria, Ya., to Hon. Wm. D. Kelley, will be read with deep interest, and w« trust will lead to active measures tor the relief of the brave hero, Llewellyn Rumer, wbe, wi h one eom pinion, put twenty • five Se cession cavalry to flight, but whose dangerous wound will probably cripple him for life : Lirmr.ti, near ecaa akbhtow.-t, Mohtoojibbt Co., Penna-, 8 hmo 6 1831 Respected Friend : I loft Alexandria a few days ego on a virit to my friends in Philadelphia and vio-nity, and being here in the oountry near bis residence, I took occasion yesterday, to ride over and visit the y eung man, Llewellyn Rumer, of whom mention was made in our late conversation «t Alexandria He is still confined to his bed, and Although sot apparently suffering mnoh pain at •his time, ii, I fear, destined to he permanently lamed, if indeed he recovers the use of his limb at alt. He was shot in the inner angle of the thigh, and has already submitted to a delicate and pain /ul surgical operation; but from soreness in the foot, and increasing evidences of irritation there, his friends have reason, in my opinion, to appro bend inflammation of tbe tendons of the whole limb terminating in gangrene. Now, it appears to me, the case of this yonng man is one of peoaliar interest, whether we const tier the remarkable eiroumetanoes nnder which be received bis wound, the quiet cheerfulness with which he has endured his sufferings, or tbe culpa ble neglect ot a brave soldier, and loyal son of Pennsylvania, by the authorities at Harrisburg. ' Lst us reour for a moment to the foots: Oq the morning of Sunday, Jnne 30th, I learned the body of a Confederate was lying, unreorgnlasd, at the stive pen near my residence in Alexandria, and fearing it might prove the remains of one of my misguided fellow oitlsens, or late friends, 1 wee prompted by motives of humanity to visit the spot. I did so—the room was filled with soldiers, and although they doubtless supposed me a sympathi ser with him and his oanse, they respectfully made way for me to approach the body, whioh they mr covered fer my inspection; a glance satisfied me he was not an Alexandrian, and I was greatly re lieved to become convinced, upon a oloser exami nation, that he wee not even a resident of the county or neighborhood. It appeared subssqusnt ly, he was named Haines, and wag respectably connected in Richmond, Virginia. The eircum stanoes attending his death were, on the fallow iag day, briefly related in tbe Washington Star, and the whole matter passed over and lost, in tha onrrent of great events, rnshing madly aoross our once happy, and prosperous land. A week or more after this, a gentleman from Pennsylvania, bringing letters of intro duction from friends in Philadelphia, visited my house, and whilst in our oity, expressed a desire to look up some acquaintances in the oamp of the Pennsylvania Fourth. I at onoe procured the ne oesniy passes, and MOompftßied Mm out; it was there, for the first time, we learned the exact par ticulars of the case of Llewellyn Burner, who was then aomfortably eared for, in a frame dtrelling | used as headquarters by the officer in command The Pennsylvania oamp, it will be remembered, vu located just to the north of Fort Ellsworth, while that of the Fire Zrnaves lay to the east of the fort. Piokets were thrown out along the roads, the men being plaoed in groups of three, with orders, ia the event of firing being heard in either direotion, for one man to remain at hie poet, and the other two to push to the relief of the pioket Ared upon. The spot at whioh the oonfiiot occurred was joet across Cameron run, on the linn of the old telegraph road, and near ita intersection with the road leading to Mount Vernon. Ac about sn hour past midnight, a large number of Confederate aavaliy, leaving their horses in the woods beyond, crept cautiously down the Monet Vernon road, and having raaohed the intersection, espied the three men eomprisir.g the pioket below them, and filed; about a doxen balls bnried themselves In a large tree adjoining, but the men esoaped uninjured and retreated towards camp. Hearing the firing within, Llewellyn Baser and his comrade, (whose name I regret not to know,) being stationed next beyond the pioket fi od upon, rushed bravely to the relief or their friends, leaving tbe third man at bis pest ■ They had moved bnt a short diatanee, before they found themselves in the midst of tbs Confederates, who were retreating, and oeoupled eaeh side of the road, in fotoe. The parties disaovered each other simultaneously, and fired. Rainer’s shot killed Haines, a sergeant, and his oomrade’s is bslieved to have mortally wounded aaotaer. Tse volley of the Confederates riddled the two men bat withont awaiting to learn Its results they incontinently fled. —— was killed on the spot; Hamer fell to the ground, dangerously wounded, bleeding profusely, his knapsack and olotbing ou to places by balls, but he himself cnly lamenting his inability to reload and pursue Owing to the distance and want of .Solent arrangements, it was a considerable time before the relief gnerd of Zmaves came np; when they did arrive, how ever, Burner, with Spartan courage, would not permit valuable time to be consumed In oon veying him to eamp; at hi> urgent rrqneit, they promptly reloaded his piece, and pushed on rapidly in pursuit The Zmaves being on foot, it was, of course, an unequal raoe; never theless, they followed the Mount V. rnon road a long distance but without SCOO'SS. ft afterwards appeared, that the fox like Confederates, in tbeir anxiety to elude pursuit, were not oon'ent to rely upon the fleeineas of tholr horses, but had, after proceeding a oeriafn distance, owed to the other road, and thus made their way off by a different rente. They were estimated to number twenty five men, thoroughly armed, and the whole party, as we sao. were pat to flight by one billed and one wounded man. lo&ving their dead officer upon :he field, together with sundry arms, &o , dropped in their haste to esoape. I saw the rifls ef Haines at Burner's bedside; it Is brseeh loading, and ought certainly to be a formidable weapon in tbe hinds of a brave man. The money (fifteen doi lars) found upon the person of Haines, was. by order of Col. Helntselman, awarded to Rainer; and this leads me to a part of tbe story I gi ievo to re late: This truly brave soldier has renelvrd no pay, and was actually left in Harrisburg, on the .iisbanding of bis regiment, to get forward as best he might, and but for the Hbvvc named sum of money, won by his iadlvidnsl bravery, he would not have possessed tbe means to reach his heme ! As it w&s, the expenses of haok hire, Ac , for him ml:' and nurse, oonoumed very nearly the whole Oaring Llewellyn’s confinement in eamp, near Alexandria, his br. fher Charles, who, like all brave soldiers, is as tender as a woman to tho suffering, came frrquonil; at my request t« my hou-o, anl i, was one of me greatest pleasures my children knew, to anticipate his coming, in order to hear him toil of the hardships endured by the regiment at Perryville, Annapolis, to , and to send him away with his basket replenished with little household oomlorts, not readily obtainable in aainp Llewellyn’s knapssok and contents are a perleot ouriosity—he was fired upon from both side! Ot the road at onos, onu ball Inflisting tbe terrible wound that disabled him, another outting oblquely through the edge of tbe knapsack and grazing his body, while a third and a fourth struok him, point blank, pass ing through about fourteen layers of overooat and blanket, and just reaohing into his skin, without so much as inflicting a soratoh. His Bible, too, in the knapsack, contributed to save his life, it having oeen strnok endwise by one of tho hall!, and pene :rated to a considerable distance. From all I can learn, tbe Fourth Pennsylvania underwent about as mnob hardship and labor as men ought ever to be oalled npon to endue in the servioe of their oountry. They were, at the ontset, mlormed they would receive uniforms at Harris burg, and, of conaeqnsnoe, on leaving their hornet, he men attired themselves Tory indifferently, ex peoting to throw away what they were then Wear ing npon the reoeipt of their now uniforms, sb promised. The nniformß, however, were not forth coming ; so on they went, without any of the re quisites of the soldier savo their own Individual Oonrage If lam rightly informed, the regiment, npon entering on duty, at Perryville, was not merely nntf rilled and ununilormed, bat unfed sod unarmed, for they there lived oa river water and orackers, and carried their cartridges loose in tbeir pookets. or their hands, as b»Bt they might. At Annapolis, too, and on the ronta to Washington, they performed a tssi amount of labor, for which others received the oredit; and so throughout the Whole three months Finally, on odvanoing to the interior of Virginia, they were required to live five daya on throe days’ rations, and were then re turned to camp without a supply of food. Farther than this, ’tis said, a nioe lot of knick naoks and little oomforts, kindlv prepared for them by the ladles ef Norristown, fell into the hands of another regiment. Bat of the regiment it is not my par* pose to speak, I write of the wounded soldier. His father, John Rumor, is a worthy alone mason, whoso residence is at Bine Bell, in this county, and I should hope patriotic individuals in the State would sea that the expenses of his son’s siok ness, and confinement to the bouse, shall not fall npon tha family, bnt npon the State that has rea son to be prond of her brave son. I place the within facts at thy servioe, to be made snob use of as shall best serve the eauso o! our common country WASHINGTON CO KRIiSPON PENCE Letter from “ Occasional.” [Correspondence of The Frem-i WaSHiNOTON, August 13,1861. Charles James Fanlkner, who sines the death of his illustrious predecessor, John Y Mason, as American minister to Franoe. (both Virginians), has been the ooonpant of a palatial Parisian rem donoe, is now contemplating the beauties of Seces Sion aod the moralities of treason through the bars of our common city jail. Mr Fanlkner has eom plated the circle on the Southern quostiou. ARe presentative in the Virginia Leg-siatore and tbe Congress of the United States from tbe Martins bnrg or Harper’s Ferry district for some years he was almost an Abolitionist at one period notil be found that hostility to the Union was m"te profitable, when be became a firs'- class Fire-eater. An aristocrat of the most offmsive type, he was ready to assume any doe trine to secure place, and Be, from a bitter assail ant of the Democratic parry, he became the very slave of the Masons and Hunters, who despised him, and whom he had < ff oted to despise in re-ura When he was nominated for the Frenob mission by Mr Buchanan, whom he courted and ooazed until tbe place was given to him, his confirmation was opposed in the Senate, on aeeount of his known Se cession proclivities. The loyal press of the free States protes ed against his confirmation, but the leaders of tbe pro-slavery oligarchy in that body, recocnizing in him their ready tool, aud anticipating the uses he was ready to lend h<mself to, forced through tbe ordeal, and sent h'm forward to complete his contract with them He remained lorg enough in Paris to strike the most deadly blew at the Union, interpolated his despatches to the French Government with intuits upon bis own, and like 'he infamous Floyd, left to bis sncoesßor an office debauohed and demoralized by treason, and a people divided by his baleful de signs Witiyiharaateristla insolenoe, became ho re under tho plea of desiring to settle his aooounts with the State Department.baviog undoubtedly previous ly been in eonoert with the Seoession agents in New York and elsewhere, and intending to start borne to retail whatever he might have gathered in this quarter, and to assume a military position in tbe traiterß’ army. For cqop, ap enemy of the Union h-s calculated without his host. Charles Jame F iuikoor may regard himself as most eraely treated, but be most be oonsoled by the re fleotion that when Davis and his banditti can seize upon onr unoffending citizens who like Houry 8. Magraw, go forward upo n errands of mercy, and hold them In dofiauoe of every piiicipia cf 'international law, his own de tention oannot jostiy be oomplrined oi. Thiß un expected coup d itat of tho Seoretary of War has created considerable consternation among oortain Seoession respectabilities in this ten mile rquare. They would be awfully tffnded at the ornelty practised npon him, if they did not think of their own preoious persons. They have revelled in ri baldry of our institutions, laughed at onr pnblie authorities, sneered at onr troops, and have even gone so far as to boast of their drily oorro spondesce with the traitors in arms. The sno oess of the rebels at Manassas has filled these loori sympathizers with treason with the idea that not only Washington bat all the oonntry was made for them alone, and that no one shall with impu nity rebuke their insolence or chastise their dis affection. When they see that so refined and ele vated and exclusive an aristocrat as Charles James Faulkner Is not regarded by the Adminis tration with any more respect than if he were a oommon brawler at the street oomer, they begin to snuff the danger to themselves Probably the provost marshal may pay equally unanticipated visits to them before many moons have passed- Tbsir lodges may be broken np, their saturnalias disturbed, and even their delicate limbs made to repose npon harder substances than soft beds of down. They have so earnest an affection for the Southern fire-eaters that they should bs sent forward on miWiODS Of love to their brethren and sisters in that quarter, and all loyal people In this quarter will be delight ed to exchange them foT such of onr fdlow-patriots as have been trodden under the iron heel of the -Secession oligarchy. The Union men in Missouri, under the gallant lead of General Lyon, are doing nobly. Sorely beset by the Secession hordes from Arkansas un der Ben MoCullooh, they will, I have no doubt, prove themßelves equal to all that is expected of them One of their objeots is to take possession of the town of Springfield, wblob lies In tbe direot overland route to Pike’s Peak and Texas. All tha disaffected element driven out of the State, same IS 000 strong, will on eavor to resame possession of tbe Government, but Messrs Phelps and Hol lins, two of the Union Representatives now in this city, express the utmost eonfldenoe that the Se cessionists will fail How singularly the prophe cies of Colonel Benton in referenoe to the designs of the nnUifiefS have been verified! Thou who regarded him as insane now see that he was in spired by the noblest patriotism; that he read the future almost by intuition, and that, if his conn sets had been followed, few or none of the eonse quenoes we now deplore would have befallen oar unhappy country. Ocoasioual. Labsu Pubuuptobt bALn or Fuss Wjnss abb Bbandius. —Thomas A S ms will sell this day, at 13 u’olook noon at tbe anotlon store, a large as sortment of fine nines, brandies, whisky. Ac , from,, the stock of Mqtrra. Harris, Heyl, A Co. The list comprises some very high grade sherries, Ports, and brandies Catalogues and samples now ready. _ Torojito, 0- W , Ang 13 —The yaoht Wave was wrecked outside the harbor last night, and lonr yoong men were drowned. THE PHESS.—PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1861. LATEST. NEWS By Telegraph to The Press. Special Despatched ta «The Pren.” Thera is no truth in tbo repnr's that Garjbsldi proposes to help us out of our troubles “ A gontir man here, personally acquainted with Garibaldi and his son, received a letter from tbe latter a few days ago, In which the son says be desfred bimseif to come oat and take a part in the straggle now going on here for liberty, bnt that his father ob jected. on the ground that oure was a family quar rel, and oonld he settled more easily without fo reign interference than with it; that it was bas'd on a political question in which the nations were nit interested, and in the settlement of which they could not become parties There are now ihe views and sentiments of GABiaM.ni. as expressed by his son in a private correspondence of very Ute date. Tbe New Postage* Stamps and Enve« The envelopes are now ready,'and are being sent elf to postmasters They are ef the denomination of 3, 6,10.12, 20, 24 cents, do , up to 40 aents. They are all different in st,"l« and easily distin guished from the old post effibe envelopes, many of which are in the hands of the rebels, and none of which will be recognised after the new enve lopes are distributed to the post offices The s'amps, also quite different from those now in use will be ready for distribution in a few days Military Movements. Tha Information hitherto published nnder this head, and ererything pertaining to the arrival or departure of troops, extension of previously built forts, or the construction of new ones, and all information bearing npon Gen McClellan's co lumn of the army is to be henoefortb withheld from the press, at the special request,.renewed to-day, of the commander of the army here. If tbe enemy henceforth obtains information regarding tbe mi litary movements, they will have to look elsewhere than in the columns of sound Union papers, f«T none such will set aside the request of General McClullan, now plainly and distinctly stated to all Warbirgton correspondents for the press here and elsewhare. The Industry of the rebels knows no limits. Our men, noontly sent forward to Teonallytorm, four miles above Georgetown, went into a farmer’s barn by the road side, and there, ready for use, they found an old oannon, mounted, and in a position to sweep the road. When the barn doors were thrown open the rusty old thing locked as sanoy as a Dahlgren howitzer of modern build. Increase of the Navy. Large additions are being made to the naval fleets. Assistant Seoretary Fox has thoroughly •xamined a large number of vessels offered to the Government In other parts, from Philadelphia to Portsmouth. N. H , and with the Naval Oommis aions. or Boards of Naval Surveyors, has made a large number of selections. In tbe port of New York alone two hundred vests]! were «irv«ycd, and many selections made. The result will be a rapid increase of the navy, and a thorough block ade of all the ports of entiy soath of Washington. Instructions to disbursing rffioera of the Govern ment are being prepared at the Treasury Depart mant, to inform Government creditors that they will not be required to receive Treasury notes in liquidation of their olaims. Six per oent. Trea sury notes are offered as a ohoioe to a short delay These notes bekr interest at six per oent. and are reoeivable for all pnblio dues, aDd must necessarily bs absorbed in payment of duties ot held as in vestment. We caution these who may be for "neat* enough to held these notes to submit to no material disoount upon them The Arrest of Wr. Fanlkner. Hon. CnARLES James Faolknxr, ex minister to France, alter being arrested at Brown's Hot.-1 by Colonel Porter, about noon yesterday, was taken to th. county j til and confined in the guard room, first floor His quarters are not sumptuous bnt are quite oomfortanle. Adetaobment of twelve soldiers of the Eighth Infantry are performing guard duty thero since his arrest This guard is in charge of Lieutenant Rxmmuigton, Eigb h In fantry, who has positive orders to alluw no com munication with tho prisoner. This, we suppose, does not apply to *be guards at the j id, as they were allowed to pass in and out of tho room at will. Beveiul persons attempted to tee the pri soner yesterday afternoon, bnt none exnept Mar shal Lahon (who, by tha by, la from the same county as the prisoner,) and Deputy Marshal Phillips were allowed to bn tor his room. Lawyer Norris called to see Mr Faulknbr as a friend, not having snoaeeded in seeing Mm since his retarn from Paris, bnt Mr N could not be aocommo* dated Mr Faulkner does not appear to be mash depressed by the circumstances in which ho is placed. He is said te have remarked to his military guard that he had no idoa as to tbe charge on which he was arrested. It is understood that Mr Faulkner asked to have his baggage sent to him at the j nl. bnt was Informed that his reqneai oonld not be complied with. The arrest has given rise to a large amount of comment of various hneß and oomplextons Tbe eyideooe against him comes to the Government through different sources, ann some of it from parties who wr-t, to the Secretary Of stale from Paris before the departure of Mr. Faulkner from that elty. Disaffected Clerks of Departments. It is known that there are clerks in the depart ments who an not in sympathy with the move ments of the Government; and, if remov> d from office, would become paupers. They have, in many oases, been there fifteen or twenty years, and have become gray in the service, while their families reriding here—a wife it may be and several daughters —an entirely dependent npon tbe monthly salary of the husband and father. Yet these pride themselves in being considered, and even olaim to be “ full blooded” F F V’s They go for Union, bnt denounce the war. I know per sonally oases of this description, and am informed that there are very many of them. The Hon. Jakes Cootie, of Maryland, re ceived his commission yesterday as brigadier general. He has largely influenced the iLoreaae of volunteers in Maryland, and through bia in strumentality, some very fine Maryland regiments have been organized. Tbe selection Is said to be a good one, as Mr Cooper is every way qualified for the position granted to him by Mr. Lincoln. The party who figured in the Tribune, in a Washington oorrespondenoe, over these letters, denouncing Gen. Scott, is SBid to be Ihe same Rev. Thioprilus Fibre who has been turned out of the Post Office tor robbing the dead letters The revelations of the Potter Committee, when made, will astonish the pablio, even If no more oesesof disaffection among Government employers oome to tight than have already oome before the committee. The city has been placed under the ohaTge of » provost guard, muoh to the gratification of all law abiding citizens. Navy Yard Matters. The gnn boat Resolute, Capt Budd, arrived up last night. She bronght thirty five “contrabands” whiob were taken from Maehodnock Point. A de tachment of men from the boat went ashore at that pleee when they were fired upon with shot gnus from a house near by, oeeupied by a man named Beauregard, said to be a near relation of the Go nerri. When they got within a short distaDoa o' the house, Buaurigard, with two ladles, flsd to the woods. They weie pursued, bnt succeeded in escaping Not finding any white folks, they bronght off all tho BCgroc! thoy coald find. She will return fo-moMoer evening to her post The steamer Baltimore, Capt. Mitchill, sailfd for Fortress Monroe last night, with despatches and stores. Miscellaneous. J. Lotbbop Motley, recently appointed minis ter to Austria, will nt onto repair to Vienna. Tbe following additional appointments of oon anil have also just been made: AtShanghae. Janas R Partkidub. Leeds Jambs W Mabshall. Leghorn Abdbbw <sk Svuvuas. Geneva.. f. oosbt. Amsterdam F J Klausbs Batavia....... Isbaul 8 Duel. ' This eompletes the list of ohangeJ. All the Im portant oonsalar positions are now filled, and it is believed there ie no longer any reorosentative of the Government abroad who ia not its loyal friend and supporter. It is supposed that no mom changes will bA made, except as special emergencies may happen, from time to time, requiring them. Tbe President to-day appointed Col Husnu, who oommanded a oolnmn in the late engagement, to be a Major General, and Major Stodbhan, of the Cavalry, W F fuva of the Topographical Corps, and H W Bmhaii, of the KrglneerS, to bt brigadier generals of tbe volunteer forces ThePotomao flotilla is still actively employed. Captain Obatbn, on board the Yankee, informs the Department that he will report in person the oir eumstanees attending the,oapture of ten negroes. On the evening of tbe 11th inst a negro came oo board and mentioned tbe name of an individual who has been exceedingly active In proouring sup plies for the rebele, including arms, ammunition and men, and sending them in boat loads from Herring Creek over into Virginia. He farther said that this agent bad assistants in forwarding recruits to tbe various landings and that at Her rjng Creek there was a minister noting as a South Un spy. Capt Bunp of tho Rcnluie, it appears broke up the depot at Herring Creek. In going to tbe oreek be was fired at with mus kets. He, however, landed and deetroyed the FROM WASHINGTON. Waihinbtom, August 13 Garibaldi and the War. lopes. Masked Batteries. Treasury Notes. Brigadier General Cooper. iix. F.” Revelations ueorgetown. premises, and oaptured a large boat Hs found there a party of Secessionists from Maryland, sheltering in a bouse, bnt they soon esoapsd into tbe woods Captain Bunn and party ohased them for a mile, bat owing to superior flsetness they soon got beyond ihe reach of barm Tbe Captain took tha oomrabaodi of Colonel Brown, who was tha receiver and distributor ef supplies and raernits. Of course, his property being need for then pur poses, is eonfi sated. Tbe forem'iu of the oomra b reds, it is added —a remarkably intelligent fel low—ioforuud Captain Budd ib.it an expedition is organiz 'd io JHaehudoc, Vi gioia, ta oapturo any of the schooners whloh may azohor or be becalm'd iu that vioinity Lieut Utgatt, of the Reliance, nnder date of the 13th, Bays: “On tha night of tbe 9 k itiat,, while this vessel was at anchor before Piney Point, a vessel was seen plying abuUt, and acting in a suspicious manner Upon being hailed, it Came alongside. The crew was composed of four negroes, who represented themselves as having belonged to C donel ForbbB, aod that he lived on Maohoduc river. They stated that they had run away from their master because he intended to use them for military purposes, or, to repeat their own words, because he wanted to send them to the war. ” The negroeß hare beeh sent to the Resolute tot trans portation to Washington. j||osptain Craven says: “On the shore of the Potomac not ooe in twenty of the inhabitants is a true Union man, and I sometimes think there an m my hundr da of them organized into OOmpUllel, aod perhapt regiments, prepared to sot ageinst the Government at any moment ” Ex Minister Faulkner is still in jtii, whiob is strmtly under milaary guard, tie will soon, probably, be removed to tho more oomfortable quarters of the provost marshal. It is believed by the Government that be has been hold ing oorrespi ndence with the enemy through the Southern Commissioners at Paris, and that a regiment at Richmond is waiting for him to take command of it against tbe United Slates Besides something like retaliation may be intended, in view of the fact (hat Magraw and Harris, who went to Manassas on an errand of mercy, while declaring themselves neutrals, were seized and thrown into prison The War Department, ever since the 81st ot Matoh last, has bean nnable to hear from Lieut R isxa Perry, to whom it has repeatedly address ed orders Ha seems to be mysteriously among the missing The Secretary ef the Inierior has recently de oided that assignments of iand warrants are not valid, and that tha namas of the assignees, to ran der them legal, most be written therein at the time of the transfer The Treasury Department will soon issue in- Struetious to the disbursing c-ffievrs, in effect that no creditor ef the Government is to be compelled to take Treasury notes in satisfaction of bia olaim. The visi of the tearatary of tho Interior North is in oonneotion with the meeting of tbe United States marshals in New York on Thursday, in order to take more effectual measures for sup proEsmg tho sieve trade Thohas Frargib Meagher wag yesterday of. fered a oaptaicoy in the rrgular army, whioh honor he graotfully declined, with a request to tbe Secretary of War to transfer ft to seme other offi oer of the Sixty-ninth New York Regiment who from oircumstances of a larger term of military servioe than he could speak of, and a larger amonnt of military practice and information than ho possessed, IB better entitled to the distinction Assured that there will be no difficulty in baying this wish gratified, ho reoommendß to the Score tary’s favorable eonsideration Captain James Kelly, the senior aaptain of the S<x'y-ninth. Captain Meagbbb, Captain Clark, and Lien tenant Colonel NuoßHt.of that regiment, are here looking after their wounded in the varions hospi tall, and on business connected with the payment of their men. Joshua H Bates, who was recommended by the Ohio Congressional delsgation for a brigadier generalship, has deolined the appointment. Wm. S. Wood, of New York, was to day re commissioned as Commissioner of Public Baiid logs. It la understood that tha Washington newspa pers will hereafter be required to oonform, as far as possiblo, to the restriction rule now applied to telegraphio oorrespondenoe in relation to military movements. This morning, twenty four persons, who wore made prisoners after tha battle of Bull Run, reached here. They left Richmond the day before yesterday, and were cent by rati to our lincc near Fortress Monroe. gThe following is a copy of tho obligation re qaired of them, viz : “ *he undersigned, effieers and non eom miBiion«d officers, aud oitiz».g of the United States, do make our u: qualified parole of benoi tbat we will not by aru.B. information, or other wise, during the existing hostilities between tbe U ilted States aud Confederate states or Ameriaa, aid or abet tho enemies of the said Oonfade aie States or any of them, or in any form or manner wha'soever, until released or exchanged. “Witness W H Wisdsr, “ Brigadier General C S A.” Among those thus returned are Jas McCarthy and Fredorift Hduies, of the First Cenneotioat; Charles Greenwood and George Hinekley, Second Connecticut; Jos. Eldredgo. hospi al assistant, aud Jzs Collinge, Second Rhode Island; Jesiab W Riohardson, of the First Rhode Island—in all, twenty four in number, who, however, deny that they gave any parole whatever. The following is a list of the retu niog surgeons; Foster Swift, Eighth New York; J H. Stewart. First Minnesota; J M. Lswis, Ss-ond Wisconsin, Eagene Berqiet, Beven y-first Now Yoik; Chas •* D-igraw, Eighth New Toik; and G 8 Winston E ghth Nsw York Tha assistant surgeon of tbe First Minnesota R-giment refased to accept the parole, and remains a prisoner »t Richmond. The entire party wete threatened with popular violence, repeatedly, on their way from Richmond te Fortress Monroe. Captain Saxton, a-sistant quartermaster United States atmy, baa tendered to the War Department tho serviors of a body ot 2 400 men, now ready at 8t Louis to take the field, who ask that he shall bo de*#ch«d, temporarily, from the regular servioe, in order that he may be their eoionel. Itiadireated by the provost marshal that no soldiers bo permitted to leave this oity by the railroad who are. nnable to shew that they have been properly discharged from the servioe of The United Stales. Also, no negroes, wi heat suffi cient evidence of tbeir being free or of tbeir right to travel, are permitted to leave the oity npon the cars. The enforcement of this order has resulted >n tsiirg frem some of the New York F’ie Zmaves finrteen negToeß whom they were at tempting to convey to that oity. A Bottle at Sea—Ocean Dri/t. The following note Item the Notional Observe tnry indioaios tho drift in an important part Ol the Atlantic! ; U- 8 National Observatorv, Washington, Angus: 10.1861. Lloyd’s agent for St M-chael’s (Azure Islands) has torwnrded to this offiie a note found at se. July 1- 1361. by one of tbe island traders Tbr bottle con.aining it was picked np in latitude 38 ■leg 34 m<n N , longitude 28 deg '2 min W. A copy iB subjiinrd; “ Arne-lean ship Senator, from New Orleans tc Liverpool, Ootober 31,1860 Lat. 38 deg 22 min. long 68 deg. 12 mm. W. Ail well. Tho fiader will please forward to the superintendent U S Observatory, Washington, and oblige Roland F Coffin, master ” The uistanoe of the point at whioh tho bottle was foand from that whore it was thrown into the sea Is 1,4174 wills, in a line E. 30 min S. Two hnn dred and frriy-thrsa days hiving elapsed, its ave rage speed was 5 83 miles per day J M Gillibs, Superintendent. Arrivals from Pennsylvania. Willard's— W. P Stratton and lady, D C, Enos, W H White, R F. Hurlbntt, C. M E ikin, Captain Wiley, 0. S Chase, J. M. Leigh, Miss L zzie Jones, Jos. W. Grawiord, Chas M Bullock J-.hn K. Wight, John Riehards. G. Peacock, James 8 Nsgley, Captain F. H. Gross, W, L Horton. B Goi-enhanasor, John M Pomeroy, E. A Soudir, W R Downing, E P. Kershaw. Kiibwood’s —l. A McFarland, J. B. Heys, 8 Denning, Captain MoConksy, Seymour Wilis, E Mintzer, Wm. H. Allen, E. 8. Benner. National— John G. White, Wm. Bingham, L 11. Uusod, Ralph Simpson, Felix Sobev.liier, Frank J. Cornman & wife, Isaac Newton, R, J, Jacobs, J K Mollvain. Brown's —William Gildnut, J. F. Cose, Jacob Sobeverlng, S. 0 Megargre FROM NEW MEXICO. The Attempts of the Rebels on the United States Forts. Indbfbhdkiice, Aug 13.—The Suits Fe mall, vn'h dates to the 29th, arrived here to day Limit Smith, of the Fifth Infantry, vent to Chihnahna to reoover a Government train, whiob had boon stolen, and eras taken prisoner by the Texan troops. He is now at El Faso on parole. A large number of Texan troops are on theii way to seize Fort Stanton, and any Government property they can find. Preparations are being made to receive them at Fort Stanton, whteh oan be defended, if the rebels have no artillery. The Federal pickets are oat in every direction. It was reported at Santa Fe that the regulars have been ordered home If so, the Territory is virtually abandoned to the Booth. Fort Fillmore is now garrisoned by thirteen oom parties, inoindlng throe of dragoons. They are under mareitlng ordors ae soon as the rolaateerr ean relieve them. The Apaohe Indians are troublesome. They killed the driver of the Overland Mail eoaeh, but were finally repulsed. Two steamboats passed onr landing yesterday, going down the river loaded with Federal troops, supposed to be for Lexington All is quiet here From Cairo. Cairo, 111, August I3’—Tnree snouts returned last evening from Charleston, Missouri, bringing three rebel prisoners well armed and mounted The prisoners state that General F.Row's Ten neßtoe forces bad relanded -at New Madrid, and J eff Thompson ooDtenaplaied an immediate attack on Cape Girardeau. Disastrous Report from Missouri. GENERAL LYON KILLED. THE ABNEY BETHEATING. Bt Louis, Aug 13 Rumors are current on the streets, in wbiob some relioeoe Is plaoed, that Gen. Lyon’s command has been totally routed by the rebels, Glen Lyon killed, and Goo Siegel in lull retreat with the remnant of the Federal troops. This information is said to have been received by the Seoessioniata last evening. The messenger who brought the news is said to have killed four horses between Bpringfield and Rolla, in his haste to outstrip the Government mes senger. It Is alto reported that General Fremont re oeired despatches about midnight corroborating the above, bat their contents have not been di vulged Great anxiety is felt by the Union men here, and most serious apprehensions indulged In for the safety of our army. The arrival of the train to-night will probably bring something reliable. The News Confirmed. GENERAL LYON KILLED. SEVERE LOSS ON BOTH SIDES. flen. Siegel Retiring In Good Order. Washihbtor, Anguit 13 —The War Department to-day received a despatch from Mujor General F eaoont, saying, among other things, that one of General Lyon’s aids had arrived with the informa tion that an engagement had taken place with so 'ere loss on both sides. General Lyon was among the killed. General Siegel, In command, was retiring in good order from Springfield towards Boll*. The Latest Official Despatch. Not So Gloomy. THE REBELS LOSE TWO GENERALS. Generals Ben. McCulloch and Prioe Hilled. 8,000 Unionists against 33,000 Rebels 1 Victory aid a Easterly Retreat. Our Troops in Possession of the Field. Lobs of the Enemy's Tents and Wagons. NINETY RRI3NIL. PRISONER*. OUE LOUS 800 KILLED AND WOUNDED 41. N. JOcCuUoch'* Horae a ltd Stcord Cap. Wabbisctou, August 13 —The following offiaia report was reoeived to-night by Gen. Soott: HEADQUARTERS WESTEBH DePABTMWNT, St. Luuis, Aug. 13, 1861. Col. E D. Townsend : Gen. Lyon, in three oolumns, under aemmand of himself, Siegel, and Sturgess, attacked the enemy at Cl o’olovk on the morning of the 10th, nine mifos southeast o) Springfield. The engagement was severe Oar less was about 800 killed and wounded. Gen. Lyon was killed in a charge at the head of his column. Our force was 8.000, including 2.000 Home Guards. . The muster-roll reported to have been taken from the enemy gives their force at 23 000, inoln ding regiments from Louisiana, Tennessee, and Mississippi, with the Texan Rangers and Cherokee half-breeds. This statement is corroborated by the prisoners tsken Their loss is reported to be hoavy, including Generals MoCullooh and Prioe. Their tents and wagons were destroyed in the action. Gen. Siegel lost one gnn on the field, and re treated to Springfield, whence at three o'elook on the morning of tbell'bho oontlnned his retrea upon Rolla, bringing iff his baggrge. trains, and two hundred and fifty thousand dMars in specie from the Springfield Bant! J. C. Fremont, Major General Commanding. THE LATEST. THE BATTLE OP D IVIS’ CREEK. A DETAILED ACCOUNT. A Partial Victory of onr Forces. St Lobib, Aagust 13 —The despatah contains the same intelligence as that eonveysd by Gen, F emont’s, with the exoeptlon that the snm of mrney brought by General Siegel from the Spring* field Bank isplsoedat $33,080. It embraoes the following more detailed account of the oonfliet. The following is a verbatim repo.t of the special messenger to Gen- Fremont: Fairly on Saturday morning, General Lyon Marched out of Springfield, and eame np with the eaemy on Davis’ Crock, on Green’s Prairie, fear miles southwest of Springfield, where they had taken a strong position Gen. Lyon fired the first gnu at twenty minutes past six o’etoek, when the battle immediately oommonood. A severe oannonading was kept up for two or three hours, when the fire of Totten’s artillery proving too severe for the enemy they gradually fall baok towards their eneampment on Wilson’s oreek. * Lyon’s cavalry on the left flank, and Siegel's artillery on the right, than began a terrific attack, and spread disaster and dismay in the ranks of the rebels, pursuing them to the oamp. The sbelia from Totten’s artillery set fire to their tents and baggage wagons, which were all destroyed. A Louisiana and a Mississippi regiment seemed to suffer most, and were almost annihilated. Sometime in the'afternoon, while Gen Lyon wes leading his oolnmn, his horse was shot from under him. He immediately mounted another, and as he turned round to his men, waving Ms hat and cheering them on to victory, he was s-ruok in the small of the baok, and fell dead to the ground. The command then devolved on Gsn. Siegel, and the pursuit was continued until nightfall when onr little army rested for the night in the enemy’s eneampment On Sunday morning Gen Siegel, fearing that the enemy might recover and attempt to eat his oommand from Spriogfleldj foil baok on that city, where the Home Guards were stationed. Then, fearing that the great numbers of the enemy might indueo them to get between him and Holla, Gen Siegel concluded to fall back on Holla with hit prisoners end baggage trains, and meet reinforoe mente. At. the time of the departure of the messenger the enemy had not been seen, and it is probable that General Siegel had not been disturbed on Ms maroh. Ninety rebels woreoaptared, inoluding a ootone) of distinction, the me.sengor not remembering hi* name The sword and horse of General McCulloch were among the trophies of the field of battle. Reinforcements for General Siegel were on the way to Holla, andlhe army may he considered as safe. From Alexandria. A&vxAitPßiA, Aug. 13.—The name of the sol dier Who was killed by a sentry was Corporal Thompson, of Company B, Eighteenth New York Regiment, Instead of Daniel Underhead Lianc. Joseph 0 Hyatt, Of the Thirty woond New York Regiment, has been appointed provost marshal for Alexandria, in plaoe of Capt. Vickers resigned. Judge Catron Expelled from Nashville. Nashvllub, Tenn , Aug 13—Judge Catron, ot he United b ates Supreme Coort, has been ex pelled from this city by a vigilance committee, foi refusing to resign the jedges nip. He reoentiy ar rived here, and has been obliged to leave his wilt here on aeoount of her sickness. Fire at Ugdeuabu g, N. Y. OBDansBUKU, Augu.it 13 —The stores of H T Morgan, il t B«jvu, J H Morgan, and James G Averili, were burned this morning. The loss is $40,000, and the insurance $25,000. FROM THE SOUTH. Laid-Bllde oi the Bananas Railroad. Injury to Rebel Troops THE TENNESSEE ELECTION REPORTED MAJOR!?? FOE SECESSION Nelson Elected to both the Federal and Rebel Congress. Reported Engagement between Aoseneranz nud Lis. Riohmoed, August 12, Tia Louibvilli, August 13 - A land slide occurred on Huoday night on the Sttnavaas road. s.Tentaan milae from Richmond E.ght 4 ura loaded with soldiers were smashed and shivered to ptooee. Two Louisville computes are the principal suf lerers. Nothing publicly was done by Congress to-day Lours villi, Ang 13 Returns from the Tonnes* lie elootion show a majority tor tha Rebel Consti tution or 62,000, and for Harris, for Governor, Of ab.mt SO 000. [n the First district, Nelson was elected to both ihe Federal and Rebel Congress by a large ma* Joriiy In the 31 District Weliker received 7 032 to 5,070 tor Briggs for the Rebel Congress, and 2,040 for the Federal Congress. Tbo Richmond E«q"rrer, «f the lOih, says Gen. Lee and Gen. Roseberani attempted to gel the advantage of each ocher in an savaged pwl- Gon, and a battle ensued, in whioh 40 Federal! were killed. The lose of the rebel! is represented as small. Lee had two, and Roseng.aag four, regiments in me field Lee afte wards commenced fortify *r.g the pass he had gained at B-g Spring, in Po cahontas oounty, fifteen miles from Huntersville, whioh commands the turnpike frnm Randolph to the Lswisbarg and Central luilroad The Charleston Courier publishes an extract from a private letter from Tampa, dared the Ist, stating that the United States steamer Crusader had been oaptured by the rebels Nabbvills, Tenn., August 12.—Gov. Harris orders all arms belonging to the 8 ate of Tennessee to be sent to the military authorities at Nashville, Kuoxville, and Memphis The yellow f< ver is racing at Vera Crus Jarrxnsoa villi, Aig 13.—Downs's ware fa nee, where the Government had stored an amount of contraband good , was butyl uloasly cn te ed last night and tho pistols and -.tier arms were stolen Luia villi, Ang. 18 —lt is repo tid that ihe two regiments at Camp Boone havb been ordered to proceed forthwith to Virginia The ‘ava inah Republican publishes a mem iial erot<s. t ng again t southerners purchasing store la Northern m-irke s. The Meaou Tehg apk says Gov. Harris is in formed that Fr-m nt is prep<r ng w.th 25 000 m s to ouerate against Pillow at New Madrid H irris said he could pit! 50,000 Aqnippsl m«B ill tue field In a few days end would rei. f tree Pillow From Geo. Banks' Column A nnSUTZB PROM TUB SXC'iRD catalrt—THE PHILAD BLPHIA CITT TBOiIP Sandt Ho k August 12 —Oa Baiurdty night, Sergeant Tompkins, of Company A, Becond Ca valry, was s*nt out in oharge of a picket, a d It was observed that be took with him bis er.t- e qu'pments After stationing the fit it packet he disappeared, and has not sinse basn hoard from it is stated here that Tompkins’ fa her and brothers .re officers in the Confederate army. There is but little doubt expressed that he .has also cast hie lot among tho rebels. Four refugees from Marlinsburg were brought into camp by Colonal Geary's picket this morn ing. It was reported yesterday that the notorious Mc- Donald, with eighteen rebel- cavßlry, was in Mar tinsburg pressing men into the rebel service Se veral Unionists re'n.ing were imprisoned. The refugees left to avoid being pressed Into the rebel irmy The refugees from Martinsburg ha-re no knowledge of any large bodies of rebels in thet seotion The following are tho official orders lined in re latlon to the Philadelphia City Troop, now on the route bomeward: HflADecAßizns, Department of the Shenandoah, Sandy Hook, Aug. 10, 1851. Special Ordeb, No 170 —As the term ot ser vioo 4 the Pailadelphi* City Troop expires or. the IS h instant, it will proceed to Hagerstown to morrow, and take transportation to Philadelphia, where it will be mustered out of tho United Btutos service By order of Major General Banks. Robert Williams, Assisrant Adjutant General. The Major General eommandit g takes this oo oaiion to say to tbo officers and men of the Troop chat their duties, during their term of service, have been performed in a perfect manner, and (bat he fully appreciates the patriotic e>lf denia ehieh has prompted them to undergo so many orivationa and hardships iu the service, and lor tha benefit or the'r oonarry. By order of M.-j >r Gener-i Banks. Robirt Williams, Assis ant Adjuta,.. General. Hbadudartbbs. Finer Bbioads, 1 Doparcmeni of the sshonaneoab, > Camp near handy Hook, Md.. Aug 11,1811. J Special Obdbri, N> 4 —ln compliance with special orders. No 170. of August 10,1881, from >be headquarters of tbe department, the First Troop Pcilsdelpbia City Cavalry la relievs.i from dnty with this brigade, and will, se soon « prsoticable, march -o Hagerstown, Md, and take transportation to Philadelphia, where it wi>t he mustered out of tbe service ot the United States The colonel cnmmsnding the brigade desires to thank the offi ers. non-oommisdoned officers, an t priva'es of the Trcop, for the promptness with which they have dissnarged their respeouve duties wmle under bis oommand. Theeflljionoy and dis cipline of the Troop, as exhibited on alt occasions, dearly shows that the reputation established tor tt by its original founders, embracing among its numbers some of the most distinguished men of toe oonntry, has not been tarnished by a single aot ot naworthiness. The Troop may be assured that its services have been appreciated, and that tbe gentlemanly bear nr of its officers and soldierly oondnot of its mea Will be long remembered by the officers of the rogl ment with whiob it has been assooiatod B r order of Col. Gaoaeu H Tbohab. A. P. Poßran. Acting Assistant Adjutant General. Sawdt Hoox. Aug. 13 —Tbe six prisoners taken at the Point of Rooks were sent henoe to-day, under a guard, supposed for Fort MoHeury. Various reports are in circulation in the camps that tbe rebel militia are oolleoting at numerous points tn Upper Virginia, that a regiment was st vheppberJstown on Sunday, and that the encamp ment was visible from the Maryland Heights. Great activity prevails at tbe headquarters The Maryland Secesrionists continue to be brought In for prowling along the lines, and Borne d the arrests have been important. No actaok is antioipatod at present from the enemy. The work on the Harper’s Ferry bridge is pro gressing, and it will soon be passable. The weather is rainy and the temperature 0001. The general health Is good Interesting from Fortress Monroe. azLiAsn or rKisosaas or war bt iu Raima Fortrrsb Modrob, August 12.—The event of to day has been the arrival of a flag of truoe from N .rfolk, with twenty two released prisoners ef war They comprise the following persons: Snrgecns Edward J. Taylor, of the First New Jersey Volon eers; Jacob A Stewart, First Minnesota; Eugene Porqafit. Seventy first New York; Foster Swift. Eighth New York; 8. O Thunkins, Fonrto Maine ! 8 F Buckstcne, Fifth Maine; W. H. Allen, Be coni Maine; Jas M Lewis, Second Wisooasln; GustavosMuaton, Eghth New York; Charles De Graw, Eighth New York; Dr. Norval, Seventy ninth New York. These surgeons remained at Sudley Church and the stone building, after the oattle attending to the wounded, and were taken prisoners. They remained, some at Bull Bun and others at Manassas Jauction, attending to the wonnded, for two weeks after the battle, and then were sent to R'obmond. Finally, they were released on pa role, aad sent within onr lines via Norfolk. They h.va been oonrteously and kindly treated by the military authorities of the ConiodetalO 8 rates, aad give a most unqualified denial to all the stories of the killing or ill-treatment of the wound ei Mrs. Cnrtis, of New York, who went out a day or two after the battle, and was taken prisoner, it also released. The following men of the different regimes tl were released and sent home, for kind treatment on the fiild of battle to Colonel Gardiner, ot Georgia, and other woneded soldiers: Josiah W. Richardson, First Rhode Island; Sergeant Wat son A Mallory, of the Thirty eighth Nsw York > James flolllnfi, Sixty ninth New York; James Oollinger, beoond Rhode Island; Junes H. El dredge, do ; James McCarty. First Connection!; Frederick Holmes, do; D W. C Sprague, Second Conneotiont; George U. Hinokley, Seventy-ninth New York; and Uhas. Greenwood These men were at first oonfined at Richmond, bat when the oiroumstanoee under whieh they were made pri' Donors became known they wen released and boarded at the hotels. Their release is unconditional, and in aooordar.se with a premise made by Oolonel Gardiner on the field of battle. Tbe surgeons estimate tbe number of Federal prisoners at Richmond, Inoluding th wonnded at irom ten to twelve hundred. They have full lists of the wonnded prisoners and of the wonnded who diod in the hospitals after the bat tle. Colobol Corooran ia well. Captain Rieketts, of the United States Artillery, is recovering from his woond. Cong-eesuan Ely sends a letter to President Lincoln. It is understood to be deaidodly is la vox it recognising the Southern Confederacy, so far as an exchange of prisoners is oonoerwrd. The Pirate Snmpter at Cnraeoa. Nnw York, Aug IS —The brig Foam from Cu raooa, reports that tbe pirate steamer Sumpter ar rived there on the 17.0 ud., and'wet allowed by the Governor to 00. l up and refit, against tbe pro met ef the United States ooDBUI. BbO left OB (69 34 h nit. Herorew had liberty on shore daring ner detention} and committed many ontrsgoi. - Later from California (Bj Pour Express ] Oute* Itatior 50 miles wen of Fort Kearney, Augur 13 Che p-.ny excrete from -lan Freoclsoo on tbe 5 n Inst passed here ves’erday afee-noon Bar Fbascisco, July 5 Arrived, July SI, ship loOi.iu, trum B.stoo; Annual 3d, berk Lon se from Sydney. Sailed, Blst, ship Andrew Jackson, for New York Tha to al am-ant of treasure shipped during the month of Jaiy was forty oio m Ilians twu hhadNd and s-ven'T thmsand doli .rs Oumkbboial —Firtign brandies aotive Do mestic l q Lira lower. Teas, .ugu,s and coffee steady, a„d implying Provisions slow of aale. Butter sells at 25 i Wheat declined to 11.25, with a downward endaney The poay express arrived at the outer atatiOß lust evening with St, L»uin dates to >be 25 h alt., b inging tbe announcement ».f tbe Bull dun de feat Toe news oast a gluom over onr loyal people Toe Breckinridge candidates for Governor and members or Congress wore to addr-se a meeting at 8 in Francisco on tho night of tbe 31st. They made aevcal attempts to address the meeting, bnt were prevented by groans and hisses and ohearlog for tho “ stars and stripes” and tha Uoiou There is no toleration here for secession 9?ajpatbizvr<J Appiutcd’o Hotel, in San Jose, was burnt on the 31st, and the Washington Haase, on Davis street, in ibis city, burnt on tba n sine Tftd lon of tho Jotter firo amounted to $BO 000 The Germans in s»n Praooisoo are preparing s gorgeous fi.g for Gen. Siegel The Union Dsmooraiio State Oommi tee have ealled the State Convention to nominate a third candidate for Congress, as the Suite is entitled to another. Fiitosnof tho twenty ouo Breckinridge papers support the Union Dsmnoraoy OREGON The crops in Oregon will probably be deficient, owing to the unlavorablo weatb-r Wallege (Republican} is probably elsotsd to Congress in Washington Tarritory. 1 he W«.r Loan. Boston, August IS —The committee appointed by theeiiy banks ro coaler i.i-A similaroommitteee frem the New York and Philadelphia banks, held a meeting this morning and readied that the banks and bankers of Boston and Massachusetts, and also ihe people, were willing end determined to do all in their power to aid in suppressing the rebellion by furnishing men and money to tba utmost extent and capability, now, henoeiorth, and forever. Fire at Ogdeusbnig, New York. OsDRRSBuna N. Y., Aug 13—A Ore this morn ing do.tr.) ori ,be a-ore. and warehouses of J H. Mirgan, H P Bacon. J G. Ayarilt, and the ad jo’nirg buildings The loas amounted to about $50,000. THE CITY. Lips nr tbi Swamp. —The great Died, sne. cesaor to Unole Tom, bad his abode in a dismal swamp, and tbe same has been oarioatund by Mr. Diolteus and kindred tourists in soma obsariatloni upon Cairo; but the swamp nearest our own homes das something to do with the osreers of a few miserable men and women who are dragged be fore a juatiov, occe or twice a year, and being bailed out by accomplices, are discharged, with great show of potency and gravity, t 6 engage again in evil ooursea and make of their dtstrkt of the city a laur place, fall of ail unola.mesa. The “Swtcup” is a low piece of groua I, densely built upon, looated between Green and Callowhill streets and Second stress and tbe river. The heart of the “ Swamp” may be placed at New Maiket and Willow streets, where the ground lies very low, and a thick, dummy mist goes up avtry night, threngb which tbe gas lights struggle consump tively, and crowds of drunken sailers loiter np and down, tinging snatches of lewd songs, until shill, Ussy morning opens its great eye and finds them orone in the fonl oribi of the neighborhood with the poisons of the last night’s liquor burning out their vitals Hire thieves ef both lexis eke out miserable ex- UtenOas, drinking to forget thair sorrows and Sti mulate their arimea Women wbo k lew no ohiid- Uoods, or knowing, go mad at the recollection, are habitants of ihe foul taverns of tbe Swamp, and the young seaman, stepping ashore after monoto nous oruises, falls into their hands, to be sent forth ■gain shora of gold, health, and honor Tbore are “shines ” or balls, in the Swamp some times, where, in the cellar or thy fourth story, a doses tallow candles beau upon the bare, sanded fio ,r, with a bad picture or two pasted upon the wall, and reveal the figures of a dossu bloated wo men, full of soars and curses, who move to the dic eord of a fiddle wi h hulf conscious men in thair grasp and tha fumes of drink foul in tha apart ment. Tha “ Swamp” tasi long been known to tte p*. lioe as a resort of German thieves, and the prlldi* pals in the famous Smokier barglary were arrested in its fadtueeses with their plunder oonoealed. A beer house in that quarter now cooapics, we be ieve, a poition of a very old jail, onoe a oity prison. The hsntei of ill-fame in the 11 Swamp” wen recently p .lnted out to tha Mayor, and some of tha respectable oltiiens in that neighborhood gave a catalogue of their grievances, many of whicn war* of a soandalous character. Lieutenant Henderson and a posse of the Reserve Corps made a desoonc on three bad houses of that quartor OB ouuday Sight, and arrested a great number of men and women, who were Cobfiaed In ihe cells, and heard on Monday. Tbe scene at tha station was of aserio-ladicrouscharacter, attracting amrlcycrowd of witnesses, who ogled a dona disfigured women, and as many blsar eyed, sallow men. Soma of tha females retained traces of personal branty, and there was one, who bad been brought away without bonnet or shawl, who seamed to tee the degradation other position, and tried to hide her head The landlady was a great soowling creature, whose daughter sat near her, having been what all goodly mothers fear, and giving tho wages of her shame to her own mothor. The parties give bail and went nway to oontinne their trade. Such soenes, thank God! even th* reporters do not often see. This Navy Yabd.—War develops tbe Im mense resonroas of a nation liko oars to an ex eat of which even an enthusiast wonld not have dreuned. Our navy yard, for example, has always been a station of the third or fourth olaii, am ploy ing from one hundred to throe or four hundred men, and persistently disowned when the matter of ap propriations was broaohed, while stations at smaller cities, like Gosport, or PeniaooU, or Charlestown, have absorbed tbe great part of the funds and received most of the Fadera! patronage. Bat this insurrection has brought into service all the available machinery of Government:, and about seventeen hundred men aro distributed through, the several deportments of the yard, while opera tions upon a grand soale are going forward. Thar* is no ordnance foundry at this station. The maria* barrack, are small, and many of the departments might bfenlurgod. Tbe dry dock i 9 generally aground, and there has been, at divers times, seme difficulty relative to the depth Of Water in the ship docks. Our Congressmen should tee that the Philadel phia Btaiion is made the rtoipient of enlarged fa vors in the fataie; the character of vessels bnilt at this plaoe demonstrates the exaellenee of our ariitanß, and the des'ruotion of n&vat station* in the South makes this time, above all ethers, the oooaaion for enlargement and repair. The Tasoarora is fret appreaahing completion, five hundred carpenters, caulkers, and painters working at her daily. Her keel w&s laid on the 3d of July, and she will be lannohed on the 22d in stant Fifty days more are allowed the rigger* and joiners, and she will he ready for u>a about toe 10th of October. Tbo lussarura is a dupli cate of the Wyoming She will be schouner rigged, and rank ss a third class screw steamer. She will oarry one .hundred and thirty five men and six guns—four heavy thirty-two’s and two eleven inch guns. The Tußcarora will oost $375,- 000 The Juniata, a ves*el also under way, was de signed by Cbt*f Lanthal, of tha N ,val Bureau. She will cost $435,000 and be of 1 509 tons har den, ranking as a second class screw steamer. She will be launched on tbe first of January. Tbe three gun boats awarded to Fniladelphik builders are upon the stocks, two of them being bnilt in Kensington and one iu Bon hwark They will oost $54 000 eaoh, and be of 500 tens bnrden, owning tbiOO pivot gun and two thirty twos. The Susquehanna, the Albatross, and the Flag are now lying off the navy yard, in the Delaware. The steamer San Jacinto, at the African tquadron, is expeoted deity, and also the frigate Macedo nian. These are receiving repairs, and all will ■ail eouihwffd shortly. Some thirty gun-carriage* are being framed, at a oost to Government of #139 eeoh. The Sntqaehanna carries fifteen guns, the Albatross ionr, and the Flag six Much of tha light and heavy ordnanoo located at the yard has been taken away, and the number of marines in quarters flaotuates daily between fifty and tour hundred. A Dbad Law.—Some time ago the Legisla ture enuoted a bill making the profession of astro logy, divination, and fortune-telling, or the publi cation of announcements of snob nefari.ua trades, punishable with fine and Imprisonment. The ob jeot Of (bo bill ffSf generally commended, end for a time the public prints no longer teemed with th* ridiculous and blasphemous cards. We notice, however, that they have revived, both tbe trade and tha announcement The “ lady with a natural gift” had ten lines in a paper ot yesterday, promis ing to “ tell year very thoughts, and cause speedy marriages,” 19 "give luoky numbers, and onra drunkenness ” The 11 teaeber of all now advertising astrology” is out again, promising to help all in “ sickness, business, matrimony, and trouble ” The plaoe- of residence of tbese people are boldly given, and, if we doub: not, tbe new law ean meet their eases, as the authorities should see that it will Apropos of lortnne tellurs, the late Thomas J. Armstrong, it il said, was extremely oreitnlous, end made these begs frequent visits to reed th* will of the orioles. May not Ms gr*a- crime have been in part suggested by some of these weird sls (ers? 'Watir Rkjits.—Our citizens, desirous of saving farther peumirs nn bills due for water rents, ihonld settle previous » the fire* of Sep tember. The oolienmnn to M* expend $400,089. leaving nearly $lOO,OOO yet to be eolieoted.
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