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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.