The press., August 15, 1861, Image 1

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rOBbiaSBP CAJuY; (9UNDATB SatKSrißDiJ
BSt JOIiHr W. TOHN.Tf,
OFTIOH Ho. 417 OHBSS2T3T STREET
DAILY PRESS,
Wwxlvi OSH** JPn Wau. payable to tfce Carrier.
Mailedto Subtoriber* out of the Olty at Six Muu
mm AnnvM, Font Dollars pox Emu. Motitm,
■bit dollaxs xo* Six Mok*h»—invariably in ad -
UN for tho time ordered.
I&I-WI1XLT PRESS,
Mailed to Subianbers cut of the City at Vzaax Dol-
Lass Fix Alums, is edveuoe.
■XUUJSSAONS
fJX) NIAGARA FALLS AND BACK
FOR $l3.
EXCURSION TICKETS
WlLt El SOLS
DAILY THJtOVQHOUT THE fIiSASOK,
FROM
raiLABEbPHIA TO THE FALLS OF NUOAHA,
rUv iuxDt
FOX TWELVE BOLL ABB,
Via Philadelphia and Readme, and Catawieca. Elmira,
and Buffalo Railroads, affordinr the opportunity to
VISIT AND VIEW THE
FALLS OF NIAGARA.
AT THE MOST TRIFLING COST.
WICXETS good for mm n.r« mo* DA**. Ae
oommod&tioiui threnshonfc ere fust olj.m« uts lh#
floeseiy alou[ tho route le uneaualled.
For information oe to houTe of etartinc, Aoapply a
P. A E., Throuch-Tioket Office,
H. W. Corner SIXTH AND CHESTNUT STREETS
H. D. HEARS. Senoral Arsnt.
8. V. LEONARD, Sioket Atent. Jylt-lm
SEA BATHING.
gEA BATHING.
ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.
TWO AND THREE-QUARTER HOURS
FROM PHILADELPHIA.
ATLANTIC CITY is now to b* on* of I
most delightful sen-side resort* in the world. It* bnth
ins w nanr»ftM«d; it* beeutiW unbroken mUh
(nine miles In length) is onevuilled by any on the con
tinent. save that of Galveston ; it# air is remarkable
for its dryness; its sailing and fishing facilities arc per
fect: its hotels are well famished, and as well kept as
those of Newport or Saratoga, white its avenues and
walks art dewier and broader than those of any other
sea-bathing place in the coon try.
Trains of the CAMDEN AND ATBAK7IC RAIL*
jtOAD leave VINE-STREKT WHARF Philadelphia,
doily, at VA A. M. t and 4 P.M. Roturnin*. roaoh Phi
tod.lDl.ia at 0 A. M-. and 7=lS P. M. FM. AlA#
Ronud-trip tioket*, rood for throe days, GIM huh
anoe.» miles. A to'.egrivpb extend* the whole lenrth
of the rood,
-jKWia FOR CAPE MAY AND NEW
JmBBMByOEK, TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS.
and Com
pany* Btearaers DKLAW ARE. v«^Ps
BOSfON, Captain Crooker, will leave for CAPE MAY
inclu fc - »l *
Faro to Cape May, Season Ticket*. Carnot.
Fare to New York, Jtabin — •— ~ * jjj
Steamer* tnuoh at New Caetleromt and returning.
Freifhta for New Yorktaken atlgw
jyd-Sm 314 and 316 -south BELAWARE Avenna.
jT—to FOR GAPE M’.Y.—Tha
and comfortable Bat steamer
*iBHINGTON.” CaptainW.WhiUdm.
leaves Arch-street wharf, for Cap© May. ©very
£,*. Wednesday, and Friday "‘"““•tJ**
Stetttrnin&a leaves the laudinr every Tnesd*\Tj ihure
day, and sarardm morning at So olook.
Fare, carriaye hire I'lCiludecl- —■ - if Lg
** servant's, oarnare hire inoinded - L»»
Freight taken at the usual low rates.
Stopping at New Castle tome and
IS lIIIT' FOR THE SEA-SBORB
flMtS«mP9m-GAHDEN AND ATLANTIC
Fm ro AD —On and after MONDAY, June Hth,trams
leave VINE-STREET FERRY daily, (Sunday.
Mail l tram —— Jj£ p' S'
Express tram— —tlE £•»•
J
Hail ?' S'
Express... SJsf'S'
Fw^toMlaufioflLM; Round Trip tickets, good for
‘HtetehVmmf’ie delivered at COOPER'S POINT by
I P. BE The Company will not 5?7
«?S£ g«2t Mmnt *"*
COMMISSION HOUSES.
giIPi.KY, HAZARD, ft HUTCHINSON
NO. 11* CSJBIVNG* IV..
OOKXISSION MERCHANTS.
FOR REE BALE OF
PHILADELPHIA-MADE
GOODS.
BANKING.
BIhMOKT *OO.,
B A N K E R ».
50 WAhi. STB'JUKT W»W Yi -itK
lease betters of eredlt to trareliera, available In aU
parts of Europe, tnroaxh the Messrs. Aotheohildof Pa
ns, Jbendon. Frankfort, Kaples, Vienna, and their oor-
rMpondentji
LOOKING SI.ASSE®.
JMMESSE REDUCTION IN
LOOKING GLASSES,
OIL PAINTINGS.
BNGRAYINGfI,
ticyyre and photograph frambb.
JAMES S. EARLE k SON,
816 CHESTNUT Street,
Announce the reduction of SS per oent. in the pneee in
all the mannfaotnred etoek of Lookinf Glueae: alu,
n Ensraviurß, Picture and Photograph FramPi.Oil
Paintinie. Thelarwrt sod moat elepautaaeortmentm
the country. A rare opportunity now offered to make
pnrohaeee in thin line for oaeh. at remarkably low pnoea.
EARLE’S GALLERIES,
Jjj.tf 818 CHKBTNPT STREET.
iSINST JFUKNITURJS.
Cables jobsepokk and -»m
-ii.'-SD TABLES.
MOORE & GAMPiOT 1 '
So. 961 SOOTH SECOND STREET s
taeeanejtion with their ettenrivc Cabinet Suelueia
are new u,
Pfhiah are pronounced.. by ab who have need them. t«
tuSitr Mid*fini«h e.! these Tablet tits mane
faetnrerf rater tu their nnmercne patrone throuEhepi
» - <««< «*r with the r
werk. __rgj£_
PERSONAL.
WM. S. HELVERSON, DNDEE
TAKER, hae withdrawn ttaridtai,
and ie now at the northeast oorner of ST. JOHW and
OOA VKS Streeta. JyM-im
COPARTNERSHIP NOTICES.
Limited partnership notice.—
We. the underaicned, residents of the city of
Philadelphia, have entered into a Limited Partnership,
arreeabli to *he provision* or the aot or. Assembly ol
the Commonwealth o 4 Pennsylvania, entitlea "An aot
relative to limited partnership, passed the twenty
first day of March, A. D. 18SS. and the supplements
thereto; said partnership to be ©ondooted under the
fiHnof tvTTER 0* * BOULro *, for the purpose
ofdoinr ana carrying on * wholesale 3**»* .*»“pjJSKS*
bniiness in the city of Philndelph ft. Jonftthfttt Pfttter
son Jr-, residing no 16 9 Girard aveoue, and t dward
Boulton. residing Wo.ltW Wa laoe street, both of the
§ty of Philadelphia, are the ® e ?£ T * l */* rf *B!fc JKiS
tnnato J. FLueira, also o* said oity, u the Special
Partner, and bus contributed to the common stock of
said partnership the sum of f ort ? thouaand dollars.
Said partnership to commenoe on the first day of July.
A. D. one thousand eight hundr d and s'Xtj-one, and
to terminate on the first daj of July, A. B. onethon
nnd eilhtbundred end
EDWARD BuULTON.
General Partner*.
FORTUNATO J. FIGORIRa.
Jyf-tuAth'lt Social Partner.
Diy .wiicJ’lUM * PAK'LNKKwHIP.
under the firm of THOMPSON * »Eh££. B i«f'th*
dey dieeolved by mutual ooneent. The bueiueae of the
wt firm will be aeiUed and wound up by Samuel S.
Thompson, at the .tore, THOMPSON,
SAMUKL Si. JENKINS.
Phitada., June 7th. 1861
Br,i u.rtt» auuJ
caw and. oidi bought, sold, and exchanged* atthe
BOOK SPORE, No. 419
CHESTNUT Street. Libraries at a distance purchased,
whose hannc Books to sell, if at a distance, will stabs
their namesf sixes, bindings, dates, editions, pnoes,
End souTuoui. WANTfiiWßoojti bj Btnjar
min Franklin, as well as early Books pngteiiw an<
■pon America. Autograph Letter* and Portraits pur-
Bhased. Pamphlet Laws os Pennsylvania for sale. Ceta
tprae.ra ore*.L.branranpy^^
• EVANB * w viwn’S
SALAMANDER safes.
tmi
304 CHESTNUT BTREET,
3 PH'LbDBLPPIA. Pa.
A lar*e variety of FIRE PROOF SAFES alway. on
band. _mha_tf_
BAil. «OUK UaNVAS,
> -«
JOHN W.
S* »««-—* small invoice of Hides, Sheep-,
gl» v \ *** -%r.le Vi ->- • l«»
g h„lVik uiii.—Uure Olive uil in white
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VOL. S—NO. 13.
IROPOSALS FOR ABUT BAGGAGE
WAGONS.
diamMiSTn Qxivskal*«
W*.BHmQTON, June Si, ms*. \
fropcsals are invited for the furnishing of Artur Bag
gage w«on».
Proposals should state the price* at which they can he
fanusned at the places of manufacture, or at Wew York,
Philadelphia* Baltimore, Washington* or Cincinnati,
upreferred by the bidders.
The nnmber whioh can bo made by any bidder within
one mouth after receipt of the order, also tv.e number
which he can deliver within one week. „
The wafons must exactly conform to the ipllovrinc
*TM“oifiofttiou*,and to the established patterns.
Six-nm'e (covered) wagons, of the size and desorip
lioc as follows, to wit:
The front wheels to be three feet ten inches high,
hubs ten inohes in diameter, and fourteen and a quar
ter inches long; hind wheels four feet ten inohes high,
hob# ten and a quarter inohes m diameter, and fourteen
and a quarter inches lour ; fellies two and a half in&e*
wide and two and three-quarter inohes deep:
oast iron pipe boxes twelve inches long, two and a half
inches at the large end and one and seven-eighths inch
at small end; tire two aud a half inohes wide br five
eighths of an inoh 'hick, fastened with onesorew bolt
and nut in each fellies hobs made of inim.tho spokes
and felhe of the best white oak, free from defects; eooh
wheel to h&vea sand band and lmchpirn band two and
three-quarter inches wide, of No. 8 rand iron, and two
driving bands—outside band one and a quarter inch
by one-quarter inch thick, inside band one inch by
three-sixteenths inch thick; the hind wheels to be
made and boxed so that they will measure from the in
side of the are to the large end of the box six and a half
inches, and front wheels six and one-eighth inches in a
parallel line, and each axle to be three feet eleven and
three-eighth inohes from the outside of one shoulder
washer to the outside of the other, so as to have the
wagons all to track five feet from oentre to centre of
the wheels. Axletrecs to be made of the best quality
refined American iron, two and a half inohes square
at the shoulder, tapering down to one and a half i/ioh in
the middle, with a seven-eighths inch king-bolt hole m
each axletrce; washers and linchpins for each axletree;
site of linchpins one inoh wide, throe-eighths ofan inch
thick, with a hole in eaoh end; a wooden stock four and
three-quarter inches wide and four inch us deep, tas
toned substantially to the axletree with clips on the ends
and with two bolts, six inches from the middle, ana
i fastened to the hounds and bolster,, (the bolster to be
four feet fire inches lone, five tnoha wide, »nd
three and a half inehoe dee,,) with four half-inch
'’tm toniue to be ten feet eirht inohee lone, four
inohes wide, and three inohes thick at front end of the
hounds, and two and a quarter inches wide hr two and
three-quarter inohes deevat the front end, and so ar
raneed as to lift up, the front end of it to hane within
two feet of the (round when the wagon is standing at
rest on a level surface. ■ ■ •
The front hounds, to be six feet two inches long,
throe inches thiak. and four inohes wide over axletree,
and to retain that width to the book end of the tongue;
jaws of the hounds one foot eight inohes long and three
inches square at the front end. with a plate of iron two
and a half inohes wide by three eighths of an moh
thiok, fastened on top of the hounds over the back end
of the tongue with one half-inch screw bolt in each
end, and a plate of iron of the same size turned up at!
eaob end one and a half inohes to o’amp the front
hounds together, and fastened on the underside, and at
freatend of hounds, with half inoh screw bolt through ;
eaoh hound, a seven-eighth inoh bolt throngh tongue
and bonnds in the centre of jaws, to secure the tongue
in the hounds; a plate of iron three inohes wide, one
quarter inch thiok and one toot eight inohes long,
scoured on the inside of jaws of hounds with two nve a,
and a plate of same dimensions on eaoh side of the
tongue, where the tongue and hounds ran together,
secured in like manner; a brace of seven-eighths of an
inoh round iron to extend from under the front axle
tree, and take two bolts in front part of the hounds,
mwfl brace three-quarters of an inoh round to oontinue
to the book part of the hounds, and to be fastened with
two bolts, one near the back end of the hounds, aud
one through the slider and hounds; a bTaoe over front
bolster one and a halt inch wide, one-quarter of an raeh
thiok. with a bolt in eaoh end to fasten it to the hounds;
the openmi between the jaws of the hounds, to receive
the tongue* four and thre—quarter in hes in front, and
four ana a half inches at *he bnok part of the jaws.
The hind hounds four feet two inohes lone, two and
three quarter inches tlrok, and three inohes wide; jaws
one toot lons where the* clasp the coupHng pole ; the
bolster four feet five inches long and five inohes wide ;
bv three inohes deep, with steady iron two and a half
inches wide by one- half inch thiok turned up two and
a half inches and fastened on - aoh end with three
rivers; the bolster stocks and hounds to be secured with
fouwhaif-inohscrew bolts, and one hair-inch screw bolt
throngh the coupling pole. , .
The coupling pole nine feet eight inches long, three
inohes deep, and four and a half inohes wide at front
end. and two and three-quarter inches wide at back
end; distance from the centre of king bolt hole to the
! oentre of the back axletree six feet one moh. and from
the oentre of kl'<i bolt hole to the centi e of the mortice
in rhe hind end of the pole eight teet nine inones; * ins
j bolt one and a quarter inches diameter, of best refined
iron, drawn down to seven-eighths of an inoh where it
fiascos through the iron ax etree; iron plate six inohes
one, three inches wide, ana one-eighth of au inch thick
ontne doubletree and tongue where the? rub together,
iron plate one and a half by one-quarter of an inch on
the clid-ns bar, fastened at each end by * s rew bolt
through the hounds; front bolster to have plates above
and below eleven inches long, three and a half inches
wide, and three-eighths of an moh th.ck- corners
drawn ont and turned down on the sides of the
bolster, with a nail in each oorner, and four coun
tersunk nails on top; two bands on the hind hounds,
two and two and a half inohes wide, of No. lh band
iron; the rub plate on the oouphng pole to be eight
inohes long one and three-quarters Inohes wide, and
one quarter of an moh thick- Doubletree three feet
feet ten inohes long, singletree two feet eigh' inches
long, all well made of hiokory, with an iron nng and
clip at eaoh end, the oentre clip to be well seoured; lead
baf and stretoher to be three feet two inohes long, two
and a quarter inches wide, and one and a quarter inoh
thiok Lead bars- strerohers. and singletrees for six
mule team i the two singletrees foT the lead moles to
have hooks in the middle to hook to the end of the fifth
ohain, the wheel and middle pairs with open rings to
attach them to the doubletree and lead bar>
The fifth ohain -o be ten feet long to the fork; the
fork one foot ten inohes long, with the stretoher at
tached to spread the forks apart; the links of the don
bletree. stay and tongue chains- three-esghths of an
inch in diameter; -he forked chain snven-sixteenth
inch in diameter i the fifth he eereu-Bixteeutti
inch diameter to ?he fork; the fork to be five-sixteenth
inch diameter j the links of these and of the lock chains
to be not more than two and a quarter inohes long
The body to be straight, three feet six inches wide,
two feet deep, ten feet 1 <ng at the bottom, and ten feet
mix inohee at th* top, eloping equally at eaoh end all in
the dear or inside; the bed pieoes to be two and a half
inches wide and three inohes deep; frpnt pieoes two
inches deep by two and a half inches wide; tail piece
two and a halt inches wide and three inohes deep; and
four inohos deep in the middle to rest on the coupling
ctole; top rail one and a half inoh thick by one and
seven-eighth inoh wide ; lower rails one inch thick by
oca and seven eighth inoh wide; three studs and one
rail in front* wish a seat on strap binges to oloso it up
as high as the sides; a box three feet four inches long,
the bottom five inches wide front side, nine and a half
inohes deep, and eight and a half inches at toe top in ;
parallel line fo the body all in the clear, to be sub- ,
■rantiaiw fastened to the front end of the body, l
to have an iron strap passing round eaoh end, se
onred to the head piece and front rail by a rivet in
each end of it passing through them, the lid to be
fastened to the front rail with two food strap hinges, a
strap of five-eighth iron around the box a half inch from
the 'op edge, and two straps same size on the lid near
the front edge, to prevent the mules from eating the
boxes; to have a joint hasp fastened to the middle of
the lid, with a good wooden oloat on the inside, a strap
of iron on the centre of the box with a staple passing
through it. to fasten the lid to: eight studs and two
rails on each side; one bolster fastened to the body,
six inches deep and four inohes wide at king bolt hole,
iron rod in front and oentre, of eleven- sixteenths oi an
inoh round iron, with a head on the top of rail and nut
on lower end; iron rod and braoe behind, with shoulders
1 ontopnftailpieoe.andnutsonthe under side, and a
I nut on top of rail plate two and a half inohes wide,
I of No. 10 band iron, on tail piece, aoross the body; two
I mortioes in tail pieoe and hind bar two and a quarter
makes wide and one inoh thick, to receive pieces three
feet four inohes long, to be used as harness bearers;
four rivets through eaoh side stnd. and two rivets
through eaoh front stud, to secure the lining boards, to
be of the best quality iron, and riveted on a good bur;
one rivet through each end ot the rails; floor
five-eighths of an inoh oak boards: sides five
eighths of an inch white pine, tail-board three-quar
ters of an inch thiok, of white pine, to be well oleated
with five oak oleats riveted at eaoh end through the
tail-board; an iron plate three feet eight inohes long,
two and a quarter inohes wide, and three-eighths of an
inoh thiok on the under side of the bed piece, to extend
from the hind end of the body to eight inohes in front
of the hind bolsters, to be fastened by the rod at the
end of the body* by the lateral rod and two three
eighths of an inoh eorew bolts, one at the forward end
ofthe plate, and the other about equidistant between
it and tne lateral rod. A half-inoh round iron rod or
bolt to pass diagonally through the rails, between the
two hind etude to and through the bed pieoe and plate
nnder it* with a good bead on the top and nut and sorew
at the bottom, to bo at the top one foot six inohes from
inside of tail board, and on roe bottom ton inohes from
the hind rod. An iron damp two inches wide, one
quarter of an inch thick around the bed pieo -i the cen
tre bolt to which the look ohain is attached passing
through it, to extend seven inohes on the inside of the
body, the ends, top, and bottom to be secured by two
three-eighths mon sorew bolts, the middle bar at the
ends to be flush with the bed piece on the lower side.
Two look chains secured to the centre bolt of the body»
one end eleven inches* the other two fee t six inohes long,
to be of three-eighths of an inoh round iron; feed
trough to be four feet six inches long from out to out,
the bottom and ends of oak, the sides of yellow pine,
to be eight inches wide at bottom, twelve inches wide
at top. and. eight and a half inohes deep all in the dear,
well ironed, with a hand of hoop-iron around the top,
one around eaoh end and three between the ends,
strong a*d suitable irons to fasten them on the tongue
when feeding: good strong chains to be attached to the
top rail oi the body, scoured by a staple with a hook to
attaoh it to the trough. Six bows of good ash, two
im bes wide and one- half inch thick, with three staples
to confine the ridge pole to its place ; two staples on
the body, to secure eaoh end of the bows; one ndge
pole twelve feet long, one and three-quarters inch wide
by five-eighths ot an inoh thiok ; thejoover to be of the
first quality cotton duok, No. —, fifteen feet long ana
nine teet eight inches wide, made, in the best manner,
with font hemp oords on eaoh side and one through
eaoh end to close it at both ends; t#o rings on eaoh end
ofthe body, to olose and secure the ends of the oover;
a staple in the lower rail, near the second stud from
eaoh end, to fasten the side cords. The outside of the
body and feed trough to have two good coat* of white 1
lead, oolored to a blue tint, the inside of them to have
two ooate of Venetian red paint; the runn.ng gear and
wheels to have two good coats of Venetian red darkened
of a chocolate color, the hnb and feUea to be well
pitohed, instead of painted, if required.
A tar-pot, an extra king boit, and two extra singlo
treee to be famished with eaoh wagon, the kinr bolt
and singletrees similar in all respects to those belong
lD£aoh side of the body of the w&gon to be marked U.
S„ and numbered as directed; all other parts to be let
tered XJ. 8.; the cover, feed box. bolts, linohpins. tar
pot. and harness bearers for eaob wagon to ue put up
in a strong box, (coopered) and the contents marked
thereon.
It is to be distinctly understood that the wagons are
to be so constructed that the several parts of any one
wagon will &etco and exactly fit those of any other, so
as to require no num erieg or arranging for putting to
gether-sand nil the raaien&lß used f>»r their construction
to be of the best quality; all th* wood thoroughly sea
soned, and the work in all its parts faithfully exeouted
in the best workmanlike manner.
The work may be inspected from time to time as it
progresses by an officer or agent of the Quartermaster’s
Department, and bone of it s all be painted until it
■hall have been inspected and approved by said officer
or agent authorised to inspe-jt it. When finished,
painted, and acoep»ed by an officer or aeent of the
Quartermaster’s Department, and delivered as herein
agreed, thej shall be paid for. M. G fftKtGS,
je 16-tf Quartermaster Genera) U. 8.
Mum*
O-FIOE OF -KORETARS AND THEI
BUR- R, SOLDIERS’ HOME, Nzak tub Cut
OF WA.OHIH&TOW. • _ l
Sfi'tlif D PROPOSALS willbereceiTedatthwoffiee I
until UEM) VY,(noon t ) tha 39'h of Angu«t>ld6t, for ]
thfl oonstrootion of t o buildings, a' the Soldiers'
Borne, somewhat similar to the two now there known |
m officers’ quarters . . I
T|,e pinna and apeoi Bastions may be examined at this
office, where al* inf>mation >e atwe t-the location
and character of the buildings will be given.
Kvery offer for the «onsiruotiorj t>f the*e buildings
must L-e accompanied bi a responsible written guaran
tee that- »f th« bid should be ..ouepted, the, pa ty or
parties Will* wiihm ten dayi. enter into &n oblation,
with good and sufficient aeouwj, to erect the proposed I
buildings according to ihe p'ans and pecifications
wruoh hare been or may hereafter be furnished and
will state the difference between
fitting rhe walls with white stone or marble, similar to
the builcings already erected, or facings witb the best
pressed bricks; or bidd rs may«m addition, make snob
proposals as to other materials as their experience may
"ffueciduifonthe bid*, right will be reserved by
the Board of Comm ssionera of the Soldiera Home to
aooept suah offers only as may be daemsd most ad
vsnt&reoun foi the institution j end also h*reject the
whom mould none of them i.e denned aocqirtaoio.
Ail bids to be sealed and endo-ned „' f £. r 4, I S?{&’“ for
Uuildini,” and address dto BKNJ A.ttfN KINw.
Arn’t Surteon, Secretary, and Treasurer.
" IylD-ta»W
QfW | PATKIOTDJ, UNION, and 004110
OUIy ENV h LOPES, all different styles, the largest
oollention m the United Stater, for rale at one cent
Smh! ySi! omT order from SB up to WO. at the above
prion. Just reue ved. varieties of Secession Envelopes
from Maryland, Virginia, and Kemaokr. 40. Colleo
tors will find it to their advantage to order direct trom
CHSRLfc“ A. MILLER, 25 A»N Street, N. Y. New
Dengue received daily. Trade supplied ryg lm
CHRISTIAN RENTS ULEK’B LaUKK
BEi-R SALOON AND OFFICE, No- 409
C lil®WEßY, tr N B o; 989 North SEVENTH Street.
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3LANUAAO'XVAX. -J. W.
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1861.
Autographs.
Considering that there is a great demand I
*rom America, for autographs sold in London
and Paris, it is surprising that the literary
auctioneers of these two cities do not give
sufficient notice to probable American pnr-1
chasers. Not only do they not advertise, as I
they ought, in our leading journals, but their
announcements in the London and Paris lite-1
rary papers are so near the time of sale that 1
in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred the I
auction is over and the various lots “ knocked
down” before the American collector has I
even heard any thing about it. For example,
in the Mhenanm and T/ie Critic (London lite- I
rary journals) of the 20th July, was an an
nouncement of the intended sale by auction
of the Autograph Letters and Historical
Manuscripts forming the collection of Mr. I
Robert Cole. This was-repeated on July
27th—the sale to take place on the 29th.
That is simply, at the farthest, nine days’
notice—instead of allowing a month for the I
advertisement to reach America, and for the I
return of orders to auctioneer or agent to
buy such and such articles. The first adver
tisement came hither nearly a week after the
sale was over. To show our collectors
what they lost the chance of, we tell
them, from the advertisement, that among
the Autographs were «those of Royal
Personages of England, - commencing with
Henry the Seventh, and of France from the
time of Francis the First—very ample col
lections relative to Queen Caroline in ten
large vols.—Holograph Letters of Oliver
Cromwell —series of Autographs of Arch
bishops and Bishops, Military and Naval Com
manders, Literary Hen, Artists, Dramatists,
and other Celebrities—Volumes of Letters of
William Gowper and Sir Walter Scott—John- i
soniana, including five Letters, &c., of Dr.
Samuel Johnson—a large Series of Letters of
celebrated American Presidents, Signers of
the Declaration, and Papers illustrative ot the
History of the War of Independence —and a
very extensive Collection of Autographs of
celebrated Persona of various Nations, not in
cluded in any of the preceding Classes, com
prising some unusual and very important
names, (Flora Macdonald, Handel, Otway,
Captain Coram, Major Andre, ieo.”) The
Historical Manuscripts, very numerous, in
cluded, among many others, “ The Household
Accounts of Battel and Cowdray of the time
of Henry the Eighth—Correspondence and
other Papers of Sir Michael Stanhope, of con
siderable Interest, and bearing some most Im
portant Signatures—Contemporary Copies ot'
Letters and Privy Council State Documents
and Political Papers of the Age of Elizabeth
and James the First—a Collection of interests
ing Deeds, some bearing rare Signatures, (e.
g. Sir Walter Raleigh, Bishop Jewel, Sir Be
vil Grenville, Robert Catesby, John Seldon,
Sir Matthew Hale, Sir Kenelm Digby, Daniel
De Foe)— County Collections of great extent
and value, particularly for Devonshire, War
wickshire, and Surrey. To these may be ad
ded a large amount of curious and interesting
Miscellanies, a very select Collection of
Franks, comprising most oi the desiderata ot
Collectors—other volumes with rare and in-
teresting Autographs—a Volume of Papers
and Accounts relative to Nell Gwynne, with
three Examples of her very rare Autograph—
a Block of the Shakspeare Mulberry Tree,
&c.”
The Reason Why.
Mr. RoturmsM. Palmer, a notorious Oxford
Puseyite, but one of the best lawyers in Eng
land, has lately been appointed Solicitor Ge
neral. The London Spectator explains the
reason in the following paragraph;
“ The post of Attorney General was offered to
the learned gentlamattin the most.handsome man
ner, and as handsomely deoHned by him, on the
ground that he wonld not oonsont te have his own
olaims considered before those of the Solloltor Ge
neral, Sir William Atherton. It was, however,
absolutely necessary to secure Mr. Palmer, not
snly beeanse bis adhesion conciliated the olerionl
strength Lord Bhaftesbury’s support 80 often of
fends. but because a great civic lawyer has beeome
a vital necessity to the Administration. The
bankruptcy bill oan wait, and for law reform the
Obanaellor is aU-safßalent, but the Premier needs
in the Commons an assistant competent to advise
and explain his actum on the complicated ques
tions which are likely to arise between our own
Government and that of the United States."
[Correspondenoe of The Frees.] j
Mountain House, (
CRI99ON SPRIHO9, August, 1881. $
Dear :It wishes were but passenger I
trains, how ample would be my ability to
transport all suffering mortals from the dingy
walls, blistering pavements, and mental atmo
sphere, of your city, to these beautiftil whis
pering woodlands, these snnny slopes and
shadowy glades. Think lor a moment, as yon
sit at your writing-table, with the hot sun
ponring in through the windows, and beating
on the heated roof, of the moss-cushioned |
rocks in the deep, sweet woods, where the
dear, cool water bobbles up, and goes laugh
ing on its shadowy way beneath the pines, and
among the firs.
A glance at the two pictures, I doubt not,
will determine you to pack up yonr accoutre
ments, and take the morning train for the
ii Mountain House,” to make a week’s stay at
the very least.
There are, at present, one hundred and
eighty guests, whose happy faces and glad
voices light up and make musical the pleasant
parlors, shaded verandahs, and dim wood
paths, of this enchanted retreat. In the eve
nings there are gay dancing parties, and wit,
beauty, and grace, are always on the list. We
have had impromptu tableaux, tastefully con
ceived and artistically arranged; and last eve
ning a fancy dress party passed off admirably,
and afforded the greatest pleasure and amuse
ment.
Among the guests this summer are General
Robert Anderson, the here of Fort Snmpter,
and bis lovely family. There is abont Gen.
Anderson the grandeur of simplicity, which
will not let yon forget that he is a hero; and
the clear, pleasant eyes, and serene face, be- !
speak what is so mnch surer than heroism, a
kindly, honest heart. Mr. and Mrs. Mullen,
our estimable host and hostess, seem to have
won the general regaids of all abont them.
Gome np to the mountain, mon ami; there
is room for yon here, I trust, in this vast reach
of woodland meadows and pasture fields!
There is a lavish plenty of this vigorous, fresh
air,-and yon shall live on the “fat of the
land.” Don’t forget yonr fishing-tackle; there
|are splendid trout in these ice-cold brooks!
Leave that dusty town behind yon, and you
shall find that “ Ancient fount of inspiration
will through all yonr fancy get!”
In top-boots and palm-leaf hat, I remain,
Continually yonrs,
Tom Tbowbbidg*.
How Post Office Robberies Occur. 1
The last number of Holbrook’s Untied State* I
Mail has these timely hints: I
i- Within a few months post, an nnnsnal number I
of past offioea have been broken open and robbed I
—mainly in the Noir Ragland Biates —and It is I
believed moat of them are the handiwork of or- I
ganiaed bands of desperadoes Whilst muoh mis- I
ohiet and inconvenience by the destruction of oor- I
respondonoe bas been the result, so far as we know, I
these robberies have yielded bat trifling gains to I
their an those, owing to the fast that the quantity I
of mail matter remaining over night ia usually |
very trifling—especially in that class of cflloos I
mainly seleoted ... I
“In many instancies these burglaries are no I
doubt invited by the exposed oondition of the I
buildings and apartments in which country post I
offices are kept Wben a postmaster accepts, at
the bands of the Government, bo responsible a po- I
sidon, each aooeptanoe, of course, implies all ne- |
oescary end proper precaution for the eternity of
I the oorreepondenoe and other property entrusted I
Ito his oustody. And npon every prlnoiplo ol
I iustloe, we do not see why personal liability for
the lots of suoh property, when fairly traced to
negligenoe in this particular, should not follow, as
when shown to have been the result of careless
nets end neglect in the internal management of a
post office, the decisions of the courts, so far as
I the question h»s been letted, having settled the
matter of reapoceibilfty in tbe cam last men
I tioned.
‘•ln many of tbe robberies of which we have
been speaking, an extra bolt, bar, or shatter would
have prevented them We troat that this brief
allusion to the tulj mt will reenlt in increased vigi
lance in the security 01 poet offices against the
I operations of outeico desperadoes ”
E. S. Goodrich, chairman, Colonel Bobin
son andW W.Puelpa, being* m-jirity oi the
State Democratic Central Committee of Minnesota,
here resigned, giving as their reasons that thorn
oen be no issue between the Domecratio and Be*
publican parties In the coming election, except
upon the question of the war, and on that they are
with the Administration.
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1861.
The JRnnte at Bull Hun.
official iisfoht or ass. portbr, oemfaHnuta
the first biuoidr or th* sboohd Division.
The following is the report of General Porter,
commanding tho First brigade, Seoond division, of
the Federal foroes at Ball Run, and tho com
mander of the entire Seoond division after General
Hunter was wounded. It Is a verv ably-written
report:
HBasoVAHTnas Fikst Br'oadb, Second Division,/
ARDiNeTON. Va.,July£s. lfiSl. $
To Captain J. B. !Frt, Assistant Adjutant General i
Sib : I have ths honor to submit the following
account of the eparations of the First brigade,
Seoond division, of Iho army in the battle before
Man,Bias on the 21st instant:
the brigade was silently paraded to light march
ing order at two o’olook in the morning of that day,
oomposed as follows, via : First, Griffin's battery;
second, marine, M«jor Reynslds; third, Twenty
seventh New York volunteers, Colonel Slocum;
ionrtb. Fourteenth N T. State militia Col. Wood;
fifth Eighth New York Stats militi.i, 00l Leons;
sixth battalion regulars, Mejor Bvkea; leventh,
one ooinpsny Seoond dragoons, two oompamss
First oavslry, four companies Ssoond cavalry,
Major Palmer. Total strength, 3,700. The marines
were reornits, but through the oonstaut exertions
of their officers had been brought to present a lino
military appearance, without being able to render
much aotive service. They were, therefore, at
tached to the battery as its permanent support
through the day- Owing to frequent delays in the
march of troops in front, the brigade did not reach
Centrovilla until half-past four o’cloob in the
morning, and it was an hour after sunrise when
the head of it was turned to the right to eommanoe
the fl ink movement The slow and intermittent
movements of the second brigade (Burnside's)
were then followed through the woods for four
hours, which brought the head of our division to
Bull Bun and Budley’s Mills, where a halt of half
an hour took plaee to rest and refresh the men and
horses. From tho heights on this side of the run a
vast column of the enemy oonld be plainly descried,
at the distanoe of a mile or more oa our left, moving
rapidly toward our line of maroh in front. Some
dispositions of skirmishers were then dircoted to be
made at the heed of the eolumn, by the division
commander, in whioh Colonel Slooam. of the Be
cond Rhode Island Regiment, was observed to bear
an aotive part. The column moved forward, how
evar, before they were completed, and in about
thirty minutes emerged from the timber, when the
battle of musketry, and an oooaaional.orash of
round shot through the leaves and branehes of the
trees in our vioiaity betokened the opening of tbs
battle. The head of the brigade was immediately
turned Blightly to the right, in order to gain time
and room for deployment on the right of the se
oond brigade. Griffin’s battery found! its way
through toe timber to the fields beyond, followed
promptly by the marines,while the Twenty- seventh
cook a direction more to the left, and the Four
teenth followed upon the trail ot the battery, all
moving up at a double quick step.
siThe enemy appeared drawn np is a leng line,
extending (along tbe Warren ton turnpike from a
house and hay stsoka upon our extreme right, to a
house beyond ths left of tho division. Behind that
honse there was a heavy masked battery, whioh,
with three others along his line on the heights be
yond, covered the ground upon whioh we were ad
vancing with alt sorts of prnjsotiles A grovo in
front of his right wing afforded it shelter and pro.
teetion, while the shrubbery along the road with
fancies screened somewhat his left wing. Capfaio
Griffin advanced to within a thousand yards and
opened a deadly and unerring fire upon his batte
ries, which were soon silenoed or driven away.
Out right was rapidly developed by the Marine,
Twenty-seventh, Fourteenth, and Eighth, with the
cavalry in rear of the right, the enemy retreating
with more precipitation than order as our lines ad
vanced The second brigade {Burnside’s) was at
tnis time attaoking the enemy’s right with, per
haps, too hasty vigor. The enemy olnng to the
oroteoting wood with great tenacity, and the
Rhode Island battery became so muon endangered
as to compel the oommander of the Seoond brigade
to call tor the astistanoe of the battalion of regu
lar*.
At this time I received the information, through
Captain W. D. Whipple, assistant adjutant gene
ral, that Colonel Hunter was seriously wounded,
and bad direoted him to report to me as oommander
of the division, and, in reply to the urgent request
of Colonel Barnside, X detached the battalion of
regulars to his assistanoe. For an account of its
operations I would respectfully beg for a reference
to the enelosed report of its commander, Majtr
Sykes The rebels soon came flying from the
woods towards the right, and the Twenty seventh
completed their rout by eaargiug direotly upon
their centre, in the face of a soorebing Are, while
the Fourteenth and Eighth moved down tho turn
otke to ont off the retiring foe, and to support tba
Twenty-seventh, whioh had lost its gallant colonel,
but was standing the brunt of the action, with its
ranks thinning in the dreadtul fire. Now the re
sis'aooo of the enemy’s left was 00 obstinate that
the beaten right retired in safety
Xhe head or fielDteoiman’s oolumn at this mo
ment appeared upon the field, and the Eleventh
and Fifth Massachusetts Regiments moved for
ward to the support of our centre, while stiff offi
cers oould be seen galloping rapidly In every di-.
reotion, endeavoring to rally the broken Eighth;
but this laudable purpose was only partially at
tained, owing to tha intffioiandy ot some of its
field officers. The Fourteenth, though it had been
broken, was soon rallied in rear ot Griffin's bat
tery, which soon took up a position farther to the
front and right, from which his lira was delivered
with inch precision and rapidity as to oompel the
batteries of the enemy to retire in consternation
far behind the brew ot the hill in front. . At this
time my brigade occupied a line 'considerably In
advance of that first occupied by the left wing
of the enemy. The battery was pouring its
withering fire into the batteries and columns
of the enemy wherever they exposed them
selves. Tbe cavalry were engaged in feeling
the left flunk of the enemy’s position, In doing
which some important captures were made —one
by Sergeant Sucks, of the Second dragoons, of a
General Georgs Stewart, of Btltimore. Our 01-
valty also emptied the saddles of numbers of the
mounted rebels. General Tyler’s divirion was en
gaged with the enemy’s right. The Twenty
seventh was resting in the edge of the woods in
the centre, covered by a hilt on whioh lay the
Eleventh and Fifth Massashusetts, oooaaiooally
delivering a scattering flra. The Fourteenth was
moving to the right flank, tha Eighth had lost its
organisation, the Marines were moving np in fine
style in rear of tho Fourteenth, and Captain
Arnold was oconpying a height in the middle
ground with his battery. At this juuoture there
was a temporary lnll in the firing of the rebels,
who appeared only occasionally on the heights in
irregular formations, bnt to serve as marks for
Griffin’s guns.
The prestige of suooess had thus far attended
the efforts of oar inexperienoed bat gallant troops.
The lines of the enemy had been foroibly shifted
nearly a mile to their left and rear; the flags of
eight regiments, though borne somewhat wearily,
now pointed towards the bill-from which-the die
oidared masses of rebels h--d been hastily retiring
Griffin’s and Rickett’s batteries wore ordered by
the commanding general to the top of the Mil on
oar right, supporting them with the Firo Zouaves
and marines, whi e the Fourteenth entered the
skirt of the wood on tneir right to protest that
Sink, and a oolumn of the Twenty-seventh New
Foik, and Eleventh and Fifth Massachusetts,
Second Minnesota, and Sixty ninth New York
moved up towards the left flank of the bat
tcries; but so soon as they were in position,
and before tho flanking supports had reached
them, a murderous fire of musketry and rifles
opened at pistol range, and ent down every oan
nonier and a large number of hOTses Tbe lire
cams from some iufantry of the enemy whioh bad
been mistaken for our own forces, an officer on the
Geld having stated that it was a regiment sent by
Colonel Beintielman to support tbe batteries
the evanescent oourage of the Zouaves prompted
them to fire a hundred shots, when they broke
and fled, leaving the batteries open to a oharge
of the enemy’s oavalry, whioh took piaoe im
mediately. The marines, also, in spite of the ex
ertions of their gallant offioers. gave way in disor
der. The Fonrteenth on the right and the oolnmn
on the left hesitatingly retired, with the exception
of the Sixty math and Thirty-ninth New York,
who nobly stood and returned the fire of the ene
my for fifteen minutes. Soon the slopes behind
us were swarming with our retreating and dis
organiaed forces, whilst riderless horses and ar
tillery teams ran furiously through the flying
crowd. All further efforts were futile. The words,
gestures, and threats of onr officers were thrown
away upon men who had lest all presence of mind,
and only longed for absence of body. Some of onr
noblest and nest offioers lost their lives in the trial
to rally them upon onr first position. The Twenty
sevemh was the first to rally under the oemmand of ;
Mtjor Bartlett, and aronnd it the other regiments
engaged and coon collected their scattered frag
ments. The battalion of regulars In the meantime
moved steadily aoross the fields to the right, and
took up a petition where it held tbe entire forces
of the rebels in eheok until onr foresß were somei
what rallied. The commanding general then or
dered a retreat npon Centreviile, at the same lion
direoting me to oover it with the battalion ot regu
Mrs, the oavalry, and a section of artillery. ■
Toe rear guard thas organised followed oa
panio-amokon people to Centreviile, resisting thl
attacks of the rebel oavalry aid artillery, anl
saving them from the inevitable destruction whict
awaited them bad not this body been interposal!
Among those who deserve special mention X be
leave to plaee the following names, vis: Cap tan
Griffin, tor his ootloess and promptitude in astioi,
and tor the handson-e manner in whioh he handled
his battery; Lieut. Ames, of the same battef,
who, afier being wounded, gallantly served wittat
m notion—being uuablo to ride on horsebaekbe
was helped on end off a caisson la ahauges of peel)
tion; Capt- TiJlinghast, assistant qusrtermaaleC
who was ever present wnore bis servioeß treri
needed, carrying orders, rallying troops, and serv;
ing with the batteries, and finally, I have to state!
with the deepest sorrow, was mortally wounded I
Major Sykes and the officers of his command, three
ot whom —Lieutenants Latimer, Dickerson and
Kent—were wounded, who, by their discipline
steadiness, and hereto fortitude, gave *eia\
to onr attaoks npon the enemy, and averte<|
tho dangers of a Anal overthrow; Major Palmer
and the oavalry officers under him, who, by their
daring intrepioiiy, made liie effectiveness of thtt
corps all that it oould be upon Buob a field in sui
porting batteries, feeling the enemy’s position sol
oovenng onr retreat; Mt-jor Reynolds, Marinis,
wh.se nealous efforts were well sustained by iis ]
subordiuateß, two of whom—Lieutenant Major
Zelnn and Lieutenant Hale—were wounded, and
one lost his liie ; Colonel U, W #locum who vac
woandeil while leading Us g-Jlro- Twenty seventh
New York to the oharge, and Mijcr J. J Ear tint,
who tuos'quen'.ly commanded it, and by his tn
chnslasm and valor kept it inaction and out of tbe
pauio Uis oondnot was jultaiod by bis subor
dinates, of whom two—Caylain U 0. Rodgers snd
Lieutenant H C J okeon-«ere wounded, and aie
Ensign—Asa Paik—w*i killed In the Lst
atiaek, Oolonei A V Wood, of the Four
teonth New York Bute Militia, was wounded,
t gather with Captain R B. Jordon and 0. V
Baldwin, and Lteuenants J. A. Joaes, T. a
Salter, R. a. Goo<«t>ougti, and 0 Boholss, hid
Adjutant Laidlow The t fibers of the Fourteenth,
especially Major James Jourdan, were discln
subbed by the* display of spirit and efficiency
throughout the notion, Burgeon Charles Kenny,
of the Medioal Department, who, by his profes
sional skill, promptitude and ohoerfulness, made
the condition of the woundod of the Second divi
sion comparatively comfortable. He was assisted
to a great extent by Dr. Baloh, of Chioago, a eiti
sen. Lieutenant J B. Howard, fourteenth New
York State Militia, aoting brigadier quartermas
ter, by his zealons attention to duty, brought the
wagons of my brigade safely into Arlington Da
ring the entire engagement I received extremely
▼aluable aid and assistance from my aids-de oamp,
Lieutenant 0 P. Trowbridge and Lieutenant F. M
Bache, both of the Sixteenth Infantry. The staff
officers of the Saeond division—vis : Oapteln W. D
Whipple, Lieutenants Cross and Flagler, served
me after the fail of Colonel Hnntor, and I am in
debted to them for gallant and faithful servioe
daring the day. Capt.£Whippls had his horse killed
under him by a cannon ball. Acting Assistant
Adjutant General Lieut W. W Averell sustained
the-high reputation he had before won for himself
as a brave and skilful offioer, and to him I am
very greatly indebted for aid and assistance, not
only in performing with the greatest promptitude
tbedatUc of hie position, but by exposing himself
most fearlessly in rallying and leading forward the
troops. He contributed largely to tneir general
effectiveness against the enemy. I desire to oall
the attention of the commanding general particu
larly to him. Iu conclusion, I beg leave to submit
the endorsed return of killed, wounded, an£ miss
ing,- In my brigade. Since the enelosed reports
were' handed in, many of the missing have re
turned, perhaps one third of those reported.
The enclosed report of Colonel Bnrnside, Com
manding tieoond Brigade, was sent to me after the
above was written. While respectively calling the
attention of the General Commanding to it, I would
also ask leave to notice some misconception under
which the Colonel Commanding the Second Brigade
seems to have labored at the time of writing his
report First, of his agency in the management
or formation of the Second division on the field;
seooud, of the time that his brigade waß entirely
ont of the aetion, with the exception of the New
Hampshire regiment; third, of the positions of bis
brigade in the retreat, and particularly of the po
sitiou of .the Seventy first New York regiment, es
he may,have mistaken the rear guard organised
under my direction by yonr orders for the enemy.
C vpralyAmold’e battery and the oavalry were de
feated and placed in their positions by my senior
staff . officer op to the time when Colonel Hcinuci
man ordered the oavalry to the front of the co
lumn.
Very respectfully, yonr obedient servant,
A Pokteb,
Colonel Sixteenth Infantry, Commander.
Statement of Prisoners from Rich
mond.
The prisoners who were released from custody
at Kiohmood by the rebels, and who have arrived
at Washington, tell somo strange storiee about the
doings of the rebels at that city. The following
statement, from a lady, who was released at the
same time, gives tome interesting facts:
STATBMXMT OP HRS. OCRTIS.
I have had an interview this afternoon, says the
Washington correspondent of the New York Timet,
with Mrs.. Curtis, of Albion, Orleans ocnaty, New
York, capture by the Secessionists soon
Bfter the battle of 801 l Run has been already no
ticed - ‘She arrived this morning, from Fortress
Monroe, with the twenty-three other released
prisoners, who bad bsen forwarded from Norfolk
under a flag of trace. Mrs. Curtis is a lady about
twenty-eight years old, and of prepossessing sp
pearanoe, well educated and intelligent She iB
the daughter of Hiram Onrtis, Esq , of Albion
Her narration was given with great fluency, and
from stenographio notes I have prepared the fol
lowing statement, based upon the foots related by
her:
Mrs Curtis arrived in the city a few days after
the Fourth of July, she having eome to visit her
brother, George D Curtis, a private in the New
York Thirteenth Volunteers* After the retreat
from Bull Ran, the regiment enoamped at Fort
Bcnpstt, a half mile north of Fort Corcoran, op
posite Georgetown Daring several mornings, ao
companied by an assort, she rode out on Falls
Church road, and, on the Friday morning succeed-
tag the battle, was acooroDamed by the young
daughter of Mr Pearce, a Virginian, whose farm
is on the Falls Church road, and in whose family
Mrs Curtis had been boarding. Their escort was
Private Eldridge, of the Thirteenth. They passed
two of the rebel piekets without being aware of
the fact, they being concealed. The third sprang
forward and seized Eldridge’s horse, and then
ordered the ladies to riue forward to the lieute
nant. Mrs Curtis said she would net. The picket
replied that sue would have to ye. She refused
again, saying that she acknowledged no allegiance
to the rebels, and she should not go one step with
them. Ha repeated his demand, saying that he
should take her forward if aha did not go. She
replied .that she should not be surprised at any
outrage that should be committed by men who made
war upon women and children, and she BDd Miss
Peatco -turned their horses and galloped off to
wards our lines. She passed the seeond pieket,
but was stopped by the first Mies Pearoe was
fortunate enough to pass him, and the aooount
given by the fellow when asked why he didn’t stop
both ladies, was that Mrs. Ourtis drew a revolver
upon him, tee barrel of whioh was within six
Inches of his head, and in his struggle to seoure
her, Miss Pearoe escaped The statement was a
falsehood, Mrs. Curtis stating that Bhe was wlthont
a weapon of any hind.
On being conveyed before tbe lieutenant, she
ww asked if the knew where she was. She re-
plied that she was painfully aware. He asked
what had brought her to their lines She said that
it was a cariosity tyhioh bade fair to be more pain
ful than profitable; that she had eome to see if
then was any secesh abont. He said he would
provide her with a suitable escort, so that there
would be no danger of her being lost. She told
him that she did not wish any insult; that If he
bad any orders, to give them, and if it was de
sirable that she should go to Manassas, she could
go alone if wanted.
An escort was furnished, and soon they overtook
Mr. Eldridge, in the oustody of others. On arri
ving at Falls Church, Col. Stewart, of the First
Virginia Cavalry, oame out, and after being intro
duced to Mrs. Curtis, asked her if she was the co-
lonel oi the regiment She did not feel disposed to
answer, and he explained his question by saying
that she had a spread eagle on the bridle bits o'
the home ehe was riding. The trappings belonged
to one iot the officers of the New York Thirteenth,
though the horse was one which had been taken
lrom the rebels at Bull Bun Col. Stewart then
asked her if she oame from tha National Army.
She replied in the affirmative, and then requested
him, if he had any lurther questions, to wait until
a more suitable plaoo oould do provided, as she did
not like to be oateohised in the presence of a gang
of rowiy soldiers He eonveyed her to headquar
ters, where, after providing her with a room, she
made a statement, in purport the same as she had
made in response to the questions of the lieute
nant
Colonel Stewart treated Mrs. Curtis with great
Kintlxess and politeness, expressing bis regret that
she had been arrested, and volunteering to do all
in hb power to tffojt her release He said he
would send word to General Johnston, at Manasßai,
of Mr* Curtis’ arrest, and, while awaiting a reply,
Mr Alfred Morse, a resident of falls Ohoroh and
member of the Black Horse Cavalry, offered to
provide her with rooms at his house. She accepted
his invitation, and remained a guest in Mr. Morse’s
family until Tuesday, receiving none but the kind
est ireatment from them and Colonel Stewart
On Tuesday morning she was sent on to Manas
sas 'la a, carriage, and, with Mr Sdw. Taylor, of
Ciuinnati, who had gone to Bull Bun as a sped
tatcr ef the battle, and, being thrown by his
hone, was arrested. Mr Mor-e, and three pri
vates of the Virginia Cavalry formed their es
cort. 0* arriving at Manassas they were driven
a round-about way to General Johnston’s head
qmrters, who said he didn’t wish to have any
thing to do with Mrs. Cnrtis; that he had re
c&vtd no dtreotiocs from Colonel Stewart, who
nnlerstood his business and for what she had
bwn arrested; that she was to be oonveyed te the
Provost Marshal of Manassas. She was then driven
tt the quarters of the Provost Marshal, who told
her that she was to be forwarded to Biobmond the
Allowing morning at 6 o’clock. She asked if this
ader vras imperative; ho said it was. He then
<j>mmenoed an abusive conversation, aoeusing our
voopa of mnrderiog their men, outraging their
vomen, and bnmtng their homes. Mrs. Curtis
(old him that what he had to say In this respect he
sad better say to men, and not to a woman, who
iras a prisoner in his bands He then asked what
the thirty thousand handcuffs taken from onr
troops were intended for. ..She replied that that
was one of thirty thousand lies whioh she had
heard sinoe she had been arrested. He then oast
aspersions upon her ohareoter, to whioh she re
sponded with genuine indignation. Be then told
her that she had the most bitter toogne he had
ever heard, and that if she didn’t keep qniet he
would put her iu irons. Sho replied that there
were not men enough in the rebel army to do
tbat.
. That night she was oonlined in a small room
with one aoor and one window, with two sentinels
standing guard over her, instructed to prevent her
escape at all hasards. At 6i o’clock in the morn
ing she was placed under the charge of Captain
Tremaux, of the Eighth Louisiana Bsgiment, and
oonveyed to the oars. 0* their way io Biobmond,
Mrs Curtis was the anbjeot of the gaping curiosity
of peraons on the oars, and of the crowds that were
assembled at the d .fferent stations At Gordons
villa they were detained three hours Though
Captain Tremauz was kind and decorous in his
treatment, yet ne did not oare to interfere to pre
vent the ridionle to whioh she was subjected She
asked him to prevent it, telling him that though
she was as food of admiration as anybody, yet she
did not like to be stared at by a crowd as a living
curiosity, like Barnaul's “What is it’* He said
he could not well interfere, as it weald render him
nnpopnlar.
On nrriving at Biobmond Mrs Cnrtis was taken
to the office of Adjutant General Cooper Brigadier
General Winder, the assistant adjutant general,
the provost marshal, and other officers were pra
sent. They informed her that she had been at
rested on a speoial order; that she had been close
ly observed riding ont esoh morning, and tbat
there was good reason to bel’eve that she ap
proaohed their Unci under direction of tho mill
inTy authorities at Washington i that her present
position was one dangerous for a man; that the
rules of war made no distinction in favor of
her sex, end that to be oonvictod of being
a spy was equivalent to death. Mrs. Cnrtis said
that she was wholly innooent of any attempt te
harm the rebel troops; that the had never been
witain their lines, except on that morning of her
arrest, and then unconsciously, as their pickers
were concealed, and if she was to be hung, inno
cent of any crime they might begin as toon as.
they pleased. As for being a spy, the United
S'ates officers were not compelled to endanger the
lives ol pat.-lotio ladies to undertake snob a ser
vice, especially as Secessionists were abundant who
gladly gave information of the rebel troops for
money This last asseveration exalted the indig
nation of the officers present, who proceeded to
sia e that a oouri-martUl was a summary tribunal,
and tbat their proofs in her ease were abundant.
She replied that whatever might be their deter
mination, tho was iunooont ot Doing a spy, but if
she was to be at the mersy of suoh proofs as thoj
might produoe, the should mßke no defence, but
was resdy to be hung. .
Nothing further transpired upon this subject.
They Based her if sho would liko to see Presidtnt
Davis. She replied that sho considered him a
traitor, and one of the wont hind; that he had
violated hie oath, had smitten tbe hand that had
fed him, and that they themselves were turning
the grlndatooe and sharpening the axe which was
to oat their own throats.
General Winder endeavored to And quarters for
Mrs. Cnrtia with some family in the city, hot near
ly all objected. A Mr. Tnrner, however, offered
her a room at his honse, and to keep heT in ousto
dy until the following morning. She was conveyed
to his honse, placed In a dose room, the shatters
nailed and the door looked. The following morn
ing she was eonveyed to the resldenoe of Mr, B.
P Pryor, ■ relativo of Roger A Pryor She was
left in the care of Mr Pryor and his family, with
instructions not to let her go out except in oompe
ny with Mrs Pryor, her sister, or an offloer. She
only availed herself of the liberty thus accorded to
her on three ocoasions. On one of these she applied
to the surgeon general, at the Sisters’ Hospital,
for permission to visit the wonnded. Knowing that
it was againßt the rules to admit viaitors, except
with a pees from the military authorities, sho used
a woman’s artifice, or. as she expressed it, “ a Yan
kee trick,” to obtain admittanee. She professed
to be a Northern woman by birth, but a resident
of tbe Soath, and that she bad learne-i that some
of her acquaintances were wounded. Bhe remained
in the hospital from eight o’clook until noon, anil
conversed with nearly all the wonnded. On leav
ing, she told the surgeon-general who she was.
He said, had he known that fact he would have re
fused to admit her
Mrs. Curtis remained in Riobtnond about twelve
days During her stay, Gen Winder called upon
ber two or three times, and Assist. Adj. Gen, Gro
ver, of the K G C ’a, made her several visits.
Winder said be would do all in his power to
effect her release. He sent word to her that if she
wanted another hearing, he would oonvey her re
quest to the proper authorities Though she was
advised by some of the officers not to seek a further
hearing, she WTOte on Friday last a communication
directed “to whom it may concern,” in which she
stated that she'had been arrested some time pre
viously, and that tbev must be aware how unplea
sant it was for a lady to be in custody; that, in her
view- her errest was entirely unwarranted by the
ratee-ef oi-riliiod welfare, and she demanded to
know whether she was to be released or to bo sen
tenced; and, in either case, sho desired to have
the judgment of the oonrt-martial carried out;
that she was tired of staying among a sot of people
whom she hated and despised. Tne communica
tion was taken to Gan Winder, who sent word
back that they had already made preparations for
her release, and that she esuld consider herself in
no danger. He remarked to the messenger that
they would liberate her if she would only keep her
tongue still long enough to onable them to do it;
that bo wouldn’t have her inoandiary tongue re
main in Virginia three weeks for any considera
tion. "
Lain numbers ef ladies, actuated by an idle
ouriostty, called upon Mrs Curtis, and political
dismissions of a not very quiet oharaotor were at
onoe the order of the visit At last she refused to
receive visitors.
Oa one cesasion Col Simpson asked her, in ease
Gen. Beanregard and he should visit Washington,
if she would treet thorn to champagne. She re
plied that if they did she would treat them to some
real pain, with no sham about it. He replied
that they had got all of our handcuffs. She re
sponded that we bad plenty of blaoksmiths to
mannfaotare others.
Mrs Curtis stated that in the shop windows in
Richmond pieces of cord are exhibitnl, announced
to have been takon from knapsacks of prisoners
oaptnred.
The rebel troops ere miserably clad, except those
who have stolen uniforms from our dead and pri
soners. She sew privates dressed in the officers’
clothes of out regiments. Dr. Lewis, who was
taken, prisoner, had hia surgical instruments and
all his slothes, except a flannel shirt and psms,
taken frem him. Mrs Cnrtis was told by the ad
jutant-general and Gan. Winder tha: they were
holding Col. Corcoran and Congressman Ely as
hostages for the safety of the Sawanah pirates,
and Col Thomas, the French lady, and if they
suffered the prisoners now in their hands should
suffer the same fate
FOREIGN NEWS.
ENGLAND.
QosaS Victoria will arrive at Kingstown on
the 23 1 of August, and she wiil stay st the Vioe
regal Lodge until the 28th.
Loan John Russell’s Peebasb. —Some of the
papers have stated that Lord John Russell’s title
would he Earl Ludlow. This is a mistake, which
probably owed its origin to the foot that Lord John
Russell has inherited frem the Duke of Bedford «n
estate in Ireland, whioh he bequeathed to his bro
ther, as it was bequeathed to him, by Lord Lud
low, and whioh (with the profits that had acorued
from tho estate) he considered himself entitled to
dispose of without trenching on the large property
belonging to the dueal estates. This princely pro
perty tho lato duko loft, not only unimpaired, but
largely Improved; but he left to bis favorite bro
ther the oaausl inheritance which now enables
Lord John Russell to take his plaoo among tho
foremost in rank in the land. Lord John Russell
will retain in hia earldom the name of Russell, to
whioh he has been so long attached, and whioh he
has dime so mnoh to illustrate. He has not tho
slightest notion of giving up public life, as soma of
his opponents are glad to aisert, without any
knowledge or foundation —Observer.
Tee elevation of Lord John Russell to the
peerage sets one reokoning op the vast accession
of late years to the Upper House of respectable
mediocrity. Lord Derby and Viscount Palmer
ston have much to answer for in this respeotT
chiefly tbe latter, as he has had tbe lenger term of
offiee. Besides Lord Clyde, whose peerage has
been worthily won, our noble premier has elevated
no less than sixteen persons to the peerage. The
last of the noble lord’s appointments, Sir Maurice
Berkeley, is a eonsLtent Whig, and former junior
Lord ef the Admiralty Whea Lord Palmerßton
resumed office in 1850, he .found.-himsolf embar-
rassed by tbe number of gentlemen in the Com
mons who had previously been members of his
Cabinet Accordingly he hit upon tho happy ex
pedient of making them lords, thus both gratifying
and getting rid of his quondam friends Tho .en
chanter waved his wand —presto Sir B Hall rises
Lord Llanover, Mr. Vernon Smith Lord Lyvenden
Mr. Labouohera Lard Taunton, and then, again,
We have three new peers. The Lards will need a,
larger place of meeting if this rapid rate of in
crease he allowed —lllustrated stems of the
World
The Ministerial arrangements consequent upon
the retirement of Lord Herbert are now accom-
plished
Sir Georae Lewis goes to the War effiae, and
is suooeeded at the Home office by Sir George
Grey, who in his turn is replaced by Mr. Card
well, as Chancellor of the Duahy of Lancaster.
The new Chief Seoretary for Ireland will be Sir
Robert Peel.
MR Latabd, who was for a short time Under
secretary for Foreign Affairs in Lord John Rus
sell's Government, will succeed Lord Wode house
in that office. The Globe announoes that Earl de
Grey will resume the office of Under-Secretary for
War, whioh he formerly filled, and that Mr T. G.
Baring will return to tho India office as Under
secretary ef State Mr. C. Stephenson, of tho
Treasury, now private seoretary to Sir George
Lewis at the Home office, will aet in a similar oa
paeity at the War office.
The Government Inspector of railways has
stated that the rate of speed on railways should
not exoeed forty miles an hour.
The Census. —The unreviaed numbers of the
population enumerated at the late oensus have
already been published for England and Ireland,
and those for Scotland having just boon ascertained
by the offioiols at Edinburgh, the result for tho en
tire country may now bo stated Tbs total num
ber of inhabitants of tbe United Kingdom, in
cluding the islands in the British seas, may be set
down as not less than 29 031,154. 01 these
20 061 735'were numbered in E .gland and Wales,
8 061117 in Scotland, 6,764 643 in Ireland, and
143 779 in the Channel Islands and the Isle of
Man. The army serving abroad and in Ireland,
and the navy and merohant seamen absent at sea,
are not inoluded.
--The China War.—A Parliamentary return
gives the estimate ef the sum required to be voted
in tha year ending Maroh 31,1862, to defray ax
ponses oonaeqaent on the late naval and military
operations in China, beyond tbe ordinary grants
for navy and army setvioes, at £1,000,000
Thb varloua insurance offices in London have
decided to subscribe among themselves £7,000, to
bo invested in the names of trustees, for the bene
fit of the widow and children of the late Mr Braid
wood. Tbe amount is to be contributed by each
in proportion to its London business.
Alt ASSOCIATION has been formed for promoting
freedom of publio worship in tho Chnroh of
England by abolition of tbo pew system, and re
vival of the weekly offertory.
Mr, Train, the Amerioan, has reoeived a heavy
blow and sore discouragement. The Metropolis
Road Commissioners have given him notice to
remove his Baysweter tramway by the 4:h of Oc
tober.
The Pamr Mahopactubb —The number of
bands employed in the paper manufacture of Great
Britain and Ireland has been estimated at from
80 000 to 100.000, and tbe amount of oapital em
barked In it at from £7,000,000 to £10,000,000
sterling.
The ases of tbe Irish nrelates are beginning to
exalte a lively interest in eoolosiastioal oiroles Ao
oordingly the Inth Ecclesiastical Gazette has
rablisbed them They are as follows: Armagh,
!8 ; Dublin, 74; Cashel, 08 ; Killaloe, 77; Meatb,
T 9; Limerick, 79; T»»m, 09; Derry, 08 ; Cssory,
67 i Kilmoro, 60; Down, 62 ; Cork, 47
As A proop of the increasing prosperity of the
Turf, It is stated that the Darby lor 1863 dosed
with 268 subscribers, the Oaks with 191, and the
St. Leger with 210.
A hew novel, by Mr. Anthony Trollope, la to
appear in the Cornhtll Magazine, and Is to bear
the tltlo oi “ Jones, Brown, and Robinson ”
Tee report of the Beleot Committee on the .At-
lantic (Galway) Mall Steam Company contraot jus
tides tne Postmaster General in patting an end to
the service on the gr and of inaffioienay bat re
commends the company to favorable consideration
in case it should be resolved to re establish a postal
communication between the West of Ireland and
America This recommendation is based partly
on a belief that the company will be In possession
of a float of effiolent steamships in the oourse of the
present year, and partly on the considerations of
the *• misfortunes ” they have hitherto encoun
tered.
A process has been invented by Mr. William
Longmail for an improvement in tbo mannfaotare
of iron and stool, wnish oonsists in tbo introdno
tion, doriDg tbe operation of puddling, of a small
quantity of gold, whioh is diffused throughout the
mass, and whioh is said to oonfer extrao: dinary
advantages in inareeaiag its daotility, strength,
and dureblencss If iho results alleged shOHld be
substantiated by sufflolent trials, there seems a
probability that It will have an important tefloenoo
on tbo maDßfaoture of artillory, ships’ platos, an
chor cables, and all tboso portions of railway plant
In whioh tenacity is most essential.
Patents —ln the year 1860 there were 3,196
applications for provisional protection of inventions,
TWO CENTS.
(rod the number of patents actually pawed WBI
2,061; in tbe otber 1,136 oases tbe applicants did
not proceed for tbeir patents within the six months.
The number of patentß that prove useless is very
great. The first. 4.000 under the new system were
granted in 1852-54, all for fourteen pears, hnt
liable to besoms void nnless a stamp dot; of £5O
were paid at the end of three pears, and another
of £lOO at the end of seven veers, and of the whole
4,000 onip 1,188 paid the £5O dntv at the end of
the third pear, and onlp 390 the £lOO dntp at the
end of the Beventh pear; so that nearlp 90 per
cent were allowed to become void bp the end of the
seventh pear. Still, the s'oajp duties received last
pear amounted t»l £lOB 000 The fees paid to the
Attorney and Bolioitor General and their olerks
amounted to no less : than £9,621. Abstracts or
abridgments of specifications of patents continue
to be published and sold at tbe cost of printing and
paper; the inbjeots now in the press are—■ship
building, preparation of fnel and apparatus for Its
combustion, steam engines, weaving, photography,
bricks and tiles, and spinning. The Patent Office
labors under the prevalent complaint—it has no
room, it bas books for which there are no shelves,
and models which it bss no opportunity to exhibit
Bat the fees have annually produced a surplus.
Wbieh has now accumulated to the extentof £92,000,
so that there is a building fund to begin with.
PRANCE.
Imperial .Cohdksceesioii The Emperor has
been denoing at Vioby, and therefore cannot be
very ill. At a military ball, which appears to
have made an extraordinary sensation in the lo
cality, his Majesty danced with Mdme. de Son
ray e, the wife of the Colonel ot the First regiment
Grenadier Guards, and hid for vis a vis Mdme.
Waiewslca, dancing with a non commissioned MB
cer. Corporals and privates danced with other
grand court ladies; and in the Imperial quadrille
an Eng'ish yonng lady, whose name the French
spell as “ Miss Bonz,” danoed also with a private
soldier.
A t.ettrr from Vichy, in the Monilenr de Puy
de D6me, says: “ The Emperor, who every day
drives oat, arrived a few days back at Busfet, and
asked some persons a bom he met the way to the
slate quarry. Bring reeogniaed, ho was soon but
rounded hy several of tbe principal inhabitants of
the village, who solicited the honor of seaompimy
inghim. The Bmpefwfißghttd Wow Ms md ijgth';
and set out on foot with those persons. HW Me*
jss’y having noticed tbe mayor, whom he knew
from having seen him at the head of his municipal
council on the day of His Majesty's arrival at
Vichy, questioned him as to the state of the
oonntry. and then remarked that the roads were
in a very bad state. Tbe mayor answered that
the resources of the village w’ere so small that they
oonld not afford to repair them. ‘ And pray,’
asked the Emperor, what would be the expense ?’
‘Prom 6 OOOf. to 8,000t.,’ was the answer. His
Majesty immediately gave directions to have that
sum paid over to the mayor. The Emperor con
tinued to walk for a distance of about two miles,
conversing with the people by his side, and tben
re-enteroo his oarri»ge and proooeded to his desti
nation. The Emperor has a friendly word for
everybody, and hie popularity is sonsequently ex
traordinarily great ” .
It is rumored that there was, or is, some notion
of trying England with the bait of Sicily for her
oonnivanoe at the annexation of Sardinia whenever
the proper moment oomes
The Pays states that the Ministers of War and
Marine have deaided that, after the excontion by
China of the terms cf the last treaty, a body ei
1.200 Freneh troops shall remain at Tien-tsin, and
800 at Shanghae.
The New Freese Loax, —The French Minister
of Finance has issued bis report on the subscription
to the Thirty Tears’ Lian, from which it appears
that 4 693 814 bonds have been subscribed for.
The Af oniteur adduces tbe magnitude of the
amount, and the eagerness displayed by the pnblio
to subscribe, ad a proof both of the financial power
of tbe country, and of she confidence reposed in
the Government of the Emperor.
The recent Paris census shows that no fewer
than 23,000 are employed on photography and pho
tographio processes in that city.
The loss by the fire is the property rooms of the
Grand Opera is estimated .at one mOJIon francs.
The performances will not hi interrupted, as die
scenery of the pieoee played this season it in the
opsra house itself. Six persons were injured at
the fire.
The manufacturers in France are now working
short time Thera is soma animation in the sUk
trade in the South. A new silk worm has bean
introduced, living on a hardy out-of-door plant,
and Is expected to form an excellent substitute for
eottou in ooaree fabrics.
Accounts from the manufacturing districts state
that Frenoh manufacturers In general are severely
affected by tbe suspension of their relations with
the United States since the o(vil war broke out
there. They have, in consequents, reduoed their
hours of labor, much to the lots of their opera
tives. The manufacturers hive adopted this pru
dent measure, fearing that cue of the effect! ot the
civil war will bs that many houses in the great
towns ot Amerloa may think it advisable to sus
pend payment On the other hand, the Paris pa
pers, which are supposed to represent the senti
ments of the Government, assert that trade in
France has revived considerably within the last
three months. They refer to official returns which
show that the produce of the oustomi and assessed
taxes, which exhibited a deficiency of 5,931,000 f
for the first three months of the present year as
compared with tbe last year, preiont an inoreosa
of 3,595,000 f on the first six months of the present
year aa compared with the corresponding period of
the year 1800, being in foot on increase of 9,526,-
OOOf on the last quarter.
GERMANY.
'fa* rumor of an approaching alliance between
the three courts nf Austria, Prowls, and Bonin,
on the Babjest of Poland, as mentioned in some of
the German journal!, is totally disbelieved by tbe
Opinion Rationale
(IttEECK.
Kina Otho, now is Germany, it is said, intends
to return no more to Greece
PORTUGAL.
- It is said that Pnnoo Napoleon, during his re
osnt visit to Lisbon, proposed to the Portuguese
Government to build a line of (looks on tbe banks
oi the Tsgus, providing a Freneb company with
sufficient capital for the purpose. It is further re
ported that the proposal was rrjeoted
ITALY
In Duo do Malakoff has addressed a oiroular to
the Prefeota of Algeria, in wbioh ho states that
tbe only Italian oonsuis who aan honooforth be
officially recognised are those cf King Viotor Em
manuel and the Pope—the two Sovereigns of Italy
who maintain diplomatic legations at tbe French
Court.
An absurd story is circulating through rarioua
foreign papers about Garibaldi having discovered
some splendid veins of gold and of eopper in bis
little territory, which convert the Caprera rock
into a very Monte Christo islet.
Advicbs from Turin state that the Gnngarians
who were in that oapital are gradually dispersing,
a fact which indicates that the- e is no idea of un
dertakirg anything in that quarter this year Two
sous of Kossuth, who are engineers, are said to
have taken situations in a railway oompsny.
Thi ex-King of Naples has sold to the Ambas
sador Of Spain the beautiful palaoe of the Farne
sina, with Raphael’s freiooes. The new proprie
tor ht>9 begun directly with the restoration of the
basement, which had beoome partly detective.
Tex journals B Popolo and Ultalia of July 21
announce that the insurrectionists have given a
banquet within eight miles of Naples to celebrate
the approaching return ot Franaia II
Th* Opinion Nationals persists in its statement
(wbioh has been contradicted by the Pains) that
General de Goyon has handed over to the Pope the
25,000 or 30,000 stands ot arms and thirty guns
taken from the Neapolitan troops who took refege
in the Papal Grates, and that the Pope has trans
farred them to Franeis II for the armament of his
partisans.
Thb Opinions says : “ The confessor of the late
Count Cavonr has been sammoned to Rome by the
Pope, who desires to learn details of his last mo
menta ”
Letters from Rome give a very hopeful aoaoant
of the state of the Pope’s health His Holiness
a few days slnoe walked to the Villa Bnrghese, a
sufficient proof that his health is quite re-esta
blished
Th* Frenoh Government has lodged a oomplaint
with the Papal Government against the Bishop of
Poiotieiß, for having, in the allocution whioh he
pronounced in his church on St. Peter’s day, made
offensive allusions to the Kmperor Napoleon, de
signating him Herod the Third.
TURKEY
The new Sovereign’s activity and lively in teres!
in tho working or mo different departments of the
Stats appear to suffer no diminution as the novelty
wears cff Every a visit is paid to one or other of
the pnblie offices or institutions. A deoided pro
ferenoe, however, is shown for the military and
naval servioes, and the oonstant donations to the
regiments which happon to be on duty at any
plaoe his Majesty visits give rise to a. doubt wbe
ther revonnes which have hitherto been squan
dered on the women and attendants of the palaoe
may not, tor the future, be consumed tn the more
dangerous, if more useful, taste of playing at sol
diers
Inn expenditure of the Palaoe has never oeased
to diminish sinoe the day on whiob Saltan Abdul
AsiK ascended the throne Every morning news
ol some further diminution of the cost of the Impe
rial household, whioh has already assumed very
moderate proportions, reaches ns A considerable
reduction of the emolument* of tome of the minis
ters and other high fnnotlenaries has been announ
ood aa impending, and the greater part ot the ftp
sera of the army who are not in ootive service will
be planed on half pay
Ihi foot of a son of the present Sultan has
eome to light. The existence of this obild, who
has bean kept oonoealed for more than three years,
was officially announced by the fol owing Hatt:
11 Mj Illustrious Yiaier— Divine Providence has
deigned to accord me a son, who oame ioto this
world in the night of Friday, the 21st of Safer,
1274, and who bears the name of Yonssnt Isa Ed
am. lot publication of tho birth of this Prince
bo made in the usual manner. May Heaven deign
to cover ns all with its Divine protection ! Given
ibis 31 day of Monharem, 1278.” Tbis little boy,
who has been enrolled as a sergeant in one of the
regiments of the Army of Constantinople, is next
in succession after bis six cousins, the sons of Sal
tan Abdul Medjid.
Axoss the numberless stories told of the new
arrangements in the Palaoe is ono relating to the
Kißlar Agha, or ohiof of the eunuohs This officer
of Sultan Abdni Medj'.d’s household Is a man ot
immense height, and, if not actually corpulent,
would have but little reason to be offended ware
be ;o desoribsd He was evidently ohoeen on ac
count of his sise; and his salary, SO 000 piasters
a inonb, was of proportionate dimensions On
the accession ol Abdul Ai s this man was asked
by the new Sultan if be would like to serve him in
the same oapacity at one tenth part of the salary
Upon some demur being made by the blsok, the
Saltan quietly observed, “ Why you only ooat
3,000 piasters originally, and 1 thought I was very
liberal in offering to purchase yon over again every
month " Tho result is that an attendant of smaller
dimensions and more moderate ideas has bean in
itallad in the office.
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
The Money Market.
Philadelphia, Angus’. 14,1861.
The movements in tba Btoek market oontinue
to be of a sluggish character, the total abaenoe of
apeoalation, end the amall amount of Investment
business rendering the daily tranaaotlona little
more than nominal. To day the nnaatlafaotory
ohnraoter of >he nears from Missouri, with the lota
of the galliot Lyon, bae exercised a- still more de
pressing effsot, bnt prioea were tolerably well sue
talned.
At an adjourned meeting of the Williamsport end
Eitnira Railroad Company bondholders, held to*
day, at roam No 34, Merchants’ Exchange, the fol
lowing resolutions, offered by Charles Maoalliter,
Bcq , were unanimously adopted :
Resolved, That, in the opinion of this meeting,
it is inexpedient to make an appeal from the roccur
deoislon of the Distrlot Court ,
Resolved, That, in the oninion of thin meeting,
the forty-eight bonds for $l,OOO eaoh, now in the
hands of E. S. Wbelan, E:q., should be distributed
among those who did not sign the power of attorney
to Mr. E H. Whelan, and who are the legal holders
of tbe original first mortgage bond of the Williams
port and Elmira Railroad company, open their „
paying the assessment levied upon the bondholders,
in aooordanoo with the deoree.ot the District Ccaft
Peterson's Counterfeit Detector for Angnst It
is punctually issned. with the usual valuable-eon
tents Among the new counterfeits described, w*
find the following accounts of tbe new frauds upon
the Preecoft Bank, of Lowell, Mass , and the Jnd
son Bank, of Ogdensburg, N T., reoently noticed
by us:
Judcon Bank, Ogdensburg, N Y —ss, Imitation:
vig locomotive aod train ot oars, trees and faotory
in distance, on right end Btate arms, & above and
FIVE below. FIVE in red aoross note..
Presoott Bank, Lowell, Mass —sa, imitation—
vig in left npper oorner, a female reclining _wlth
her arm resting on a bale and her band touching a
nette is a large ehaied figuTe 5, ana on the right of
this a Goddess of Liberty, with her right hand ex
tended, holding a wreath, and her left atm rett
ing on a figure 5, with that baud bolding a stiff,
surmounted with a tap; this it very dangerous.
' 10s, imitation—vig. in left uppar oorner, a fe
male sitting with her left hand raised, holding a
wreath ever the head of a spread eagle, her right
hand- holding a medallion picture of Washington
and a staff of Liberty; the etgle it grasping a
shield, and is tbe distance is a train or oars cross
ing a stone bridge; on the right of the vignette,is a
large shaded 2, and en the right of this a figure
10. “Massachusetts,” and beneath this an Indira
ereot, with his left hand rearing on a how, and in
bis right bolding an arrow, with tbe point point
ing upward
Most of these bills likewise contain, in words,
tbe denomination, in red letters, beneath the name
of thy bank.
The following are the shipments of ooal by the
Barclay Railroad and Ooal Company:
For the week ending Auiuit 10.1 ML— IAM 00
Previous shiv menu.—.—.....—.... l-Att U
Amount for the season—— *ll6ol*
Same time last year . —.- —IIHI 00
Inereaae— S9OS 07
The new Government pottage stamps are being,
manufactured by the National Bank-Note Com
pany of New York New dies have been prepared
for all the different danomlnattona of stamps,, ditr
forest somewhat from the old stylet, rad present
ing a marked improvement in coloring, aud it it
expected the; will be ready to be diatribated
among postmasters this week The twenty-lour
oent stamps were not issned until within the se
cond quarter, and the thlity-oent and ninety oral
In the' third quarter of the year. The new stamp#
differ ma:erlully from the old ones in design, .and
they ape uniform, in having the value of tbe stamp
designated In figures in each of the upper corners,
and letters U. a. in the lower oorocm, In addition
to If. S. postage three cents, As. The one-coat
scamp! represent*.*- profile bust of Franklin, and
the thte*4qpt a ngefiie ef Weehington. The flre
cent his the hera.iOffbMpa, ihaton, twelve, and
twantyfrar-centtKeMad of 'Wwhlngton, the
thirty-pent the bwiwif FVsaklta, and the nlnsty
cent isjdirtlngQlabwi byTrumbotl’e head af-fffMbs
lngton, ... ; r
The New York Homing Post ihnp rams up the
stook and monetary transeotlonsof to-day In itat
olty: . " ’
All eyes are turned to dey to tha action of the
banks and tfip negotiations of tbe Government,
and the agitation on the Btoek Exchange, pro
duced bv the exaggerated aeoount cf tbs lessee
of thp Federal forces in Missouri, besqaite dMp
peered! ,
The meeting of the presidents of the banks of
this city and the Boston and Philadelphia dele
gations eonvened tbie noon, for the pnrpoee of
taking final action upon the plan of the com
mittee, who have been in session for the past two
hours. .
The committee’s plan looks to the taking of one
hundred and thirty millions dollars of Government
securities; fifty millions to be plaeed to the eredit
of Hr. Chase *t cnee, forty mlßloos on the 15tb of
October, and forty millions mono on the 15th qf jDe
oomber.
The amount is to be distributed among' thu
banks of New York, Boston, end Philadelphia pri
rata. The oommittee recommend that the twolv#
millions of sixty-day notes recently negotiated to
the bank* be xeeeivad in part paytaant-of thafr
subscriptions. ~ ,v,i. ,
It it also understood that Mr. Chase will Shew
don, for the tlnla. the isaue of his circulating note*,
the liberality of the plan rendering their emiwlon
nnneoossarj.
The money market la without any new feature
The enpply of capital la very heavy, at 4 per cent
on call, and 5«B per cent, on Drat olasa paper. The
bnaineaa is greatly curtailed, lender* awaiing the
result of the pending negotiation) of the Soverh
ment
The stock market has recovered most of tho de
dine which took place on tho first roooipt of tho
news from Missouri list evening, and olosos firm In
view of tho harmonious deliberations of the hanks,
The 11 shorts.” who were heavy sellers yesterday,
are buying back to day, and most descriptions rue
at about the best prices of the wsek.
Borne of the Southern State bonds are weak, the
recent large rise bringing out. a supply from real
holders Georgia’s have returned to 70 North
Carolina’s sold at 80, but oiose with sellers at that
prioe.
Missouri sixes touched 42}, but are iu demand
to dav at 43} Rock Island closes at 40; Galena
at 85f; Toledo 20i; Illinois Central 84}.
New Yo'fc Central doses at 74a74}, after selling
as low as 731 last evening.
Government stooks are quiet and without speeial
change Xho six per oent two year notes are In
demand at 06} 96}. yesterday’s price
Philadelphia Stock
August
RxrOB.HU XT a. K. SLATM&I
FIRST]
1 Commercial Bk 1
9 Western Bant~~~ 60
10 Min*hill HO4P.- 61
5 Morn* Canal Fief. 1W
1 do do do —lO9
83COND
1 Cam * / mbor K...111Xi
HO f>ohl Nav Os 1881.... Mi*
< Ponca A.— - 98X1
CLOSING Pitj
Bid. Askrtt.
Phl!aSi....intoll 87 B TH
Fhila 8b H int ofl 87 87X
Pnita Si oewinoff.. 98
•’eniia 8i...~ VJi 78
Road K-- ,i<& 183-W
Rand t»U '7s. 84K -
HeadmtfiJ’Bo’43 90 91
JUad uuSb'BB . 73X 7S«
Ponna A S*B SBX
Penna R MnitB» WX
Morrii Can oor. 85 88
■Worrit Can Pfd 109 110
Bob MBs 'Bl 65X 86X
Sob Nay Kk 5 6
Boh Nav Frfd 11X UK I
Eljntro it. Prof— M£ 1*
Philadelphia Markets
Assrsr 14—Evening,
Tbare ii more demand for Flour, bath (er expert
end hotse uie, and good brands of late inspected
and fresh ground Flour are firmer and more sot
ire, but generally held above the views of buyers;
sales of 12i1,500 bbls old stook Westerners reported,
mostly taken by the trade at $4 for Ohioago super
fine; $4 374 for extra do; 84 874)5 25 for Western
and Pennsylvania family, according to brand and
quality ; the receipts are ligbc, and fanoy brand* -
range at *5 60*6 50 per bbi Kye Flonr Is dull
and nearly nominal at $3 per hbl. Corn Meal is
soaroe, and Pennsylvania, if here, would oommand
$2 75 per bbl.
Wnnar continues soaroe and on the advanoe,
with farther sales of 6 000 bushels at 114a1160 for
Western and Pennsylvania red, 118 a for prime
BcUthem do, and white at 12de130e —the latter fcr
prime lota Rye is in steady demand at 52s for
new and £6: for old Peonaylvania Corn oomes in
slowly, and prime lots arc wanted at full races ;
I 2 600 bushel* yellow sold at S2»s3j—’.be latter for
Boa'hern sfiosc. Oats are unchanged, and quoted
at 28i310 for new, and S 3 340 for old ; 1,400 bus of
I the tormer sold on torms kopl private.
Babe Qneioitron oontinues in demand at 828
I per ton for Ist No 1. .
I Cotton —The market Is inaotlve, owing to the
I high views of holders, and there Is very Utile doing
to Gßoo»ttiae —There Is a good demand for Bn-
I gars, whioh are selling at lull rates
Pbovisiobs—There Is very little doing, and ne
I change to note In price or demand.
I Whiskt continues doll; bbls selling in a email
way at ISslßfa, end drudge at 174 ) per gallon
Rkvkbbk or Fortchk.— Wm. H. Kaadall,
for fonrteen ye>ra identified wltn the history and
growth of ot Paul, Miunesota, e»d at one time
owning real estate in and near the elty veined at
gl 000,000, died at St Pan), on the.lOihult, a poor
man The finanelal difficulties of 1867 wrecked
him beyond teeovery
The Hon. Ifm. W. Eaton, a prominent
Breokinridge politician in Connecticut, is bosy
B.nmpiag that State, advocating " peace pioposi
tions,” and the expediency of letting the South
go.
Ah Avto Spill.—When the legislative
ball, at Concord, Now Hampshire, waa oleared of
rubbish after adjournment, we learn that there
was found in the desk ot one of the members a let
ter. whioh closed nith this iijnnotion, 11 Jane tee
get fur a 24 hoop ikellington"
Gov. Spbaoci has appointed Hon. O. H.
Denison, oi Westerly, commissioner from the Btate
o. Rhode Island to the International Art Exhibi
1 tions of London and Paris, whiob are to be held next
I year
The Paterson (N. J.) City Government an
I employing the poor of that eity on thsir streets.
I Those having Bix or more in family have (out days
work ; four and ivo, threa days; two or three, twe
• days.
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ISOCO City «■ Now. M
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