&§* Xt&B. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST *2l, 1861 EXTRACT FROM THK IjAST SPEECH OF STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS —“The conspiracy to break up the Union is n fact now known to -all. Annies are being raised, and wnr levied to accomplish it. There can be but two sides to the controversy. Every man mast be on the side of the Cniled States or against it. There can be no ueutrals in this war. There can be none but patriots and traitors. ” The English Press on Bull Hun. When the London Times declares that the Secessionists gained a victory at Bull Kun— <{ a complete victory—as much a victory as Ausloriit?" —one wonders which most predo minates, its simple effrontery, its palpable ignorance, or its notorious mendacity. The London Daily Telegraph, whicli sets it down as only second to Magenta, or to Holferino, in actual slaughter,” is just as badly informed. Our readers should know that the Telegraph long had been a liberal, independent journal, but has lately become the thick-and-thin advo cate of the Palmerston Ministry, and espe cially of the.small morsel of mortality, Karl Russell, who exactly realizes the idea in Ton Moony's satirical poem, “ There was a little man, and he had a little soul." In the battle of Magenta 20,000 Austrians were placed t-crs dc combat, 7,000 were taken prisoners, and 12,000 muskets and 30,000 knap sacks were picked up. At Solferino. the Aus trian loss was considerably greater, —but the victory there lost Lombardy (o Austria, con firmed the exile of the Grand Dukes, trans ferred Tuscany , Parma, and Modena to Yictoh Emmasri:r., and paved the way for the annexa tion of the Kingdoms of Naples, Sicily, and all the rest of Italy except Vanetia and the small remnant of Italy not defended by French bayonets. When nows of Napoleon's victory at. Aus teriitz reached William Pitt, he was almost paralyzed v. ith dismay, surprise, and anger. He grasped the despatch, and convulsively crushing it op in his hand, exclaimed, with the energy of conviction and grief, “ Then we may roll up the map of Europe for the next twenty years.” In six weeks, he was a dead man— heart-broken by a victory which made N u-o -ieom virtual master of the continent of Eu rope. In that battie, 10,000 of the .Austro fiiissiatt army were left dead on the field, 20,- 000 were taken prisoners, 185 pieces of can non, 400 caissons, and 45 standards were cap tured. The French lost 12,000 men, and N.v force of 80,000 men was opposed by 84,000 of the allied army. That was a battle, ' which at once placed Northern Europe at the * Conqueror’s feet, and closed the campaign by VfSb peace of Presburg. Compare these great European battles, wiiich immediately decided most momentous points— namely, the supremacy of Napolk-ox 1.,a:ul the liberation of Italy,—with our battle of Bull Run. Yv'e had a small force engaged,— we won the victory at first, —we sustained one ©f those sudden and inexplicable panics which sometimes paralyze the host troops, (as with the French on one occasion, during the Italian war of 1859;) we did not lose a single stand ard ; the enemy was either unable or unwilling to follow cp the “ victory and our troops are now preparing .for a renewal of the cam paign, with better discipline and better heart than before, for they have unbounded confi dence in .the united command of Cienevul Soott and General McClellan. If the London Times should desire to be considered “ the leading journal of Europe,” (a title which it modestly claims for itself,) it must get new and well-informed writers. Every military man—every reader, in fact, of ordinary knowledge, whether derived from boohs or conversation—must detect, at once, the reckless snd even impudent mendacity which declares Bull Run to be (: a complete victory—as much a victory' as Austerlitz.” ■■ Mr. Russell, upon whose long report The Times rests for information, saw nothing of the fight, which bad been raging some seveu hours before- he reached Oentreville, the ter minus of liis journey. Indeed, he only de scribes the retreat—tho rout, if the word suit him better. Considering that he bad.left lus escort seven miles behind him, by the time he bad reached die Long Bridge over the Poto mac, and actually was one of the foremost fugitives who reached Washington, distancing every other newspaper man out on service that day, his sketch io very clever. We shall not too curiously inquire how he was aide U de scribe scenes from which he travelled as fast as ever his galloping steed could carry him. We repeat, the rout has given us a lesson which was needed. It has checked, and pro bably slopped, the tendency to be influenced by the advice or the reproaches of civilians, and has placed the conduct of the war in the hands of capable military chiefs. If Europe has any idea that the United States will not carry out the firm purpose of compelling the revolted South to abandon its treason and Come back under the shelter of the Constitu tion, it wiil do well to think otherwise. We won Freedom, in our struggle for Indepen dence, by the same self-reliance and valor, which we now shall exercise t® preserve it. To think that we shall not succeed, with so just a cause as ours, would be to nullify the glory of the past—in the words of the poet: Was it foe this we sent out Liberty’a cry from onr shore ? Wns it for this that hor shout Thrilled to the world’s Tory oorc ' As the Loudon Daily News says: The de feat of tbe North shuts tho door to compro mise or to acquiescence on any terms the South can offer. The Union is bound to con quer now. Tl.e spirit of N cvr England and tiie Northwest will rise to the occasion ; and we, of the old race, tried and strengthened hy many reverse.,, shall not be surprised i! our kinsmen never rest until they have turned de feat into e ieforry” The Acts of Congress. We tills morning further extiwcts from tfie laws passed at the late session of Congress, and also give, in another article, a synopsis of the provisions of the law relating to the direct tax which is to be levied for iiic support of the Government. Among the provisions in relation to' the ar my, it will he seen that the wido.w or legal heirs of such volunteers as die or maybe killed in service, shall receive the sum of one hun dred dollars, in addition to all arrearages of gHty and ailatvaaces. It will also be noticed, that the Secretary of War is authorized to in troduce such a system of allotment tickets as is now used in the navy, or something similar, to enable the families of volunteers to draw a portion of their pay. Great disappointment and misery was occasioned during the term of service of the three-months volunteers by the absence of a provision of this kind, and we are eta* to notice that this evil lias been fully guarded against. ft wiil be seen that Act No. 21 gives recruits fa the regular army the same pay and boun ties as those who tue connected with voltiuteer regiments, and makes their term of service three years. Thus the invidious distinction, which for a time threatened to prevent an in crease of the regular forces Jim been destroy ed. By Act' No. 68, the pay of privates in both branches of the service was fixed at SIS per month, hi addition t» clothing and rations. What the new. army ration is, win be seen by Sec. 13 of Act No. 38. No other soldiers in the world arc so bountifully supplied. It will also be noticed that Act No. 21 pro vides for officers of the regular army mingling with the volunteers in such manner as may best promote the efficiency of the latter, without sacrificing their original rank in the regular army after the insurrection is sup pressed. It will be seen that Act No. 26 provides for * thorough inquiry into the proper compensa tion Of the’ various civil officers of the Go vernment, with a view to the diminution of ■their salaries, or a reduction of the number of ■employees wherever such action is deemed ad visable. The necessity of. this step will be increased by the new additions to our military ■and naval, establishments, and 'the numerous .office™ they will require. A nonv.of Illinois Union troops, numbering only 250, defeated aa insurgent force of 700 meo St Charleston, Mo., on Monday night, kilting forty oftiie latter, and taking seventeen prisonwith a loss of only one man. Th<= Convirmow of Western Virginia has conclude* to attempt to erect a new Slate, to be called Kanawha. Direct Tines, This is ft subject ot interest to every one in the community, and the provisions of the late Slot of Congress on the subject do not appear to be well known, that act having undergone many alterations .luring its progress through tile National Legislature. The propriety of paying nim-iit vxpfiHlilurc'. with current re ceipts is undoubted, and the obligation of this tax will meet a ready neipiirseenee. The act of Congress, passed August f>, 1801, is entitled “ An net to pro\ide increased re venue from imports, to pay interest on the public debt, and for other purposes.” Its first seven sections make alterations in the tariff, which arc generally understood. Its other sec tions relate to the. levying and collection of taxes. There are two klh- of taxes directed by this law ; Ist, A direct tax, 2d. An in come tax. The direct tax is to produce to Government the sum of twenty million dollars annually; this sum is apportioned among the States and Territories of the Union. Tin amount to he paid by the States now in revolt and rebellion is upwards of five and a half mil lions (5,500,000) of doilars, and Clio balance, of something less than $l-1,500,000, l>u,iug pay able by the loyal States and the Territories, including the District of Columbia. This tax is to bo levied only on “ lauds and lots oj ground, with their improvements and dwelling houses.” which are to he valued on the Ist of April, IBii2. at tln-ir actual value on that dav. The whole valuation of the State being completed, the assessors wifi, in State Convention, assign to eacii county its ouota. or. in other words, they will fix such a rate of tax as will net to the Government the two millions of dollars which is the proportion Pennsylvania has In pay. The assessors, collec tors, ami other officers necessary for the pur poses of the net, are to he appointed by the President; to give security, and lie under the control of the. Secretary of the Treasury. The tax may be collected by distress, or, for want of sufficient personal property, by sale of the land, with pecuniary penalties added to the original amount. Three years are allowed to the owner for redemption, hy repayment to the purchaser, with twenty per centum interest. The income tax is to be levied upon the annual income, whether “ sueh income is de rived from any kind of property or from any profession, trade, employment, or vocation, carried on in the United States or elsewhere, or from any other source whatever, if such annual income exceeds the sum of $800,” and is a lax Of “ three per centum on the amount of s-ueh excess of income uhove sBoo.’’ Upon the income of non-residents the tax is five per centum; and provided, that on all income derived from United States Treasury notes, loans, and other securities, there shall only he one and a half per cent. The tax is to lie assessed on the annual income of the year next preceding the time of assessment, to wit: the vear next preceding the Ist of January, 1862, and so on annually thereafter. But, in esti mating the income, all taxes assessed upon the property from which the income is derived are to he first deducted. This tax is made payable on or before the 80th of June, 1802, after which time it hears interest; and any State or Territory is allowed a deduction of fifteen percent., which will pay its quota of direct tax to the United States, thereby superseding any appraisement or other proceeding under the act. Provisions arc made for the legal collection of the income tax in like manner as the direct tax. It will thus be seen that the direct tax is levied only upon lands ; the income tax is le vied upon all incomes, ($BOO being first ex empted to all.) from whatever source, without deduction ior any expenses, except the National, State, or local taxes assessed on the property from which the income is derived. There is a saving clause with regard to the direct tax. Ileuses in the occupation of their owners, worth $5OO, property belonging to the United States, and property exempted by ■Stale: laws.from taxation, tiro not subject to assessment for the direct tax. No excise or internal duties or taxes are imposed by the act. The taxes which, under ordinary circum stances, would be collected from the insurgent States, are to be a lien, and remain due until they arc paid with interest, when the authority of the Federal Government shall be restored. ‘-There is a pestilent Secession sheet beginning to circulate in this country, and wo understand that it is likewise circulating in other places, called the New York Day-Book. The aim of this sheet is to poison the minds of its readers into disloyally—to prejudice them against the cause of the H-overii ment —to arouse sympathy in behalf of the South. It is controlled by a class of men who are enemies of the Union. Its object is to sow as much dissen sion til the North as possible, and thus obstruct the Government in* its efforts - to'Terwru-asTagiluui nu thority. Uncommon efforts are being made by cer tain parties here—and by some from whom we had a right , to expect better things—to give it a wide circulation, especially among Democrats."— Bloomsburg (Columbia county,Ba.)Republican. This pestilent sheet is maintained by certain capitalists in Now York in ilic interest of the Secessionists, and has been circulated for some years, in the South, as a much more efficient organ of treason than tho Charleston Mercury itself. It has very little circulation in New York, and, like tho New York News —the organ of the Hon. Bkn. “Wood, notorious for his lottery speculations, and for his liberal ex penditures in the State of Delaware, and else where, to procure charters for this infamous traffic—is now disseminated, in many cases, gratis, only to poison the fountains of public opinion, and to destroy the Government. Both of these papers are the tenders of such Seces sion sheets as (he New Orleans Delta, the Mont gomery Advertiser and the Richmond Enquirer. Freedom of five press is one of the dearest of all our institutions, but when a newspaper is published simply to destroy freedom, ought not the public authorities promptly to inter vene ? IVe are glad to see that the Grand Jury of the United States Court of the South ern district of New York lias presented all the Secession sheets in that city. What is U. S. Attorney Cofeey about in .Philadelphia, that lie has not taken steps to drive out the organs of treason from the counties composing liis bailiwick ? The Grand Jury of the district meets to-day. Js lie ready ! The New Treasury Notes. In York numerous subscriptions to the new Federal loan, represented by 7.00 per cent. Treasury notes, have already been made, in sums varying from $5O to $40,000. The en gravers are busily at work completing tiro new notes of various denominations. The demand notes of $5, $lO, aud $2O, are nowbeing printed, in two colors, green and black on the face and green on the back. They will be payable in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, St. Louis, and Cincinnati. The Nevr York Pont says that the $5 note is embellished on the left mar gin with a full-length'.figure of “America’-' standing on a globe, with the motto u E Phi ribns Umim and on the right a portrait of Alexander Hamilton. On the left of the $lO note is an admirable likeness of President Lin coln i in the centre the -American eagle; and on the right a full-length figure representing the Arts. In the centre of the $2O note is a full-length figure of Justice. The other parts of it are filled with a combination of geometri cal lathe work and other securities against counterfeiting. They are of a convenient size for a circu lating medluni. The 7.30 interest notes will be ready for issue on the Ist of September. The Post gives the following description of their designs: Fifties, distinguished by a very large en graving of the American eagle; one hundred dollar notes, which will be ornamented with an engraving of General Scott, the best and most life-like portrait of the original we have ever seen; the five hundreds have in the centre a portrait of Washington, on the left a figuro of Justice, and on the right a figure of Fortune. The $l,OOO note has a fine portrait 'of Secre tary Chase; the SSJDOO note has a picture of' an Indian woman supporting the arms of the United States, with an appropriate background and a figure of Justice on the left. Those who are disposed to accuse the Ad ministration of a design to make an unneces sary war upon the institution of slavery, should carefully read the extract from the receut speech of one of the members of the Cabinet, Mr. Caleb B. Smith, which wo published yes terday. It is a most emphatic disavowal of such a purpose, and affords another strong ad ditional proof that whatever injury is inflicted upon the “ peculiar institution” will be the legi timate and inevitable result of the treasonable conduct of its special champions, who'arc in finitely the most effective Abolitionists in our country. 13®“ We are Indebted lo Adams’ Express Compa ny for late Tennessee papers. Wi: i.jok upon Ohio with some degree of inter ,-i. Th. } - idem oi State jiuiities is approaching a most gratifying solution, —and in its various phases we see the spectacle of an honest public sentiment, contending with a desperate and depraved school of politicians. The people of Ohio me u liohlo [> ■■■ iph 1 . They have ic-pi iidcd to the call of the Government ill the mns! gratifying manner, ami throughout this rebellion they have exhibited an earnest ness and devotion which no words can appro priately commend. In that Stale, as in other States of the North, the Democratic organiza tion is con! rolled by politicians like Vallas dioham, who are avowedly hostile to On- Go vernment, or like Cox, who loudly proles* Union sentiments, while they busily aid in fos tering.a disunion feeling. Ansjous to commit the Di li ill i 7ll film which hud fostered them to an aiiJnp.i.nism wilh th-- Administration, and, therefore, with the loyal sentiment whicli the Administration represents, they not long since placed on record a platform which assumed the ideas of Jeffehsox Davis to he the ideas of liie Democratic party, and sought to make tied i-iu i;- the ally of the Richmond rebel. At the time wc denounced this soheme as we felt it to be our duty to denounce it, for wilh the dying words of Dol-olas before us, no true follower of Dol-olas could endorse their treason and still be true to his teachings and his memory. As the Republican party had tendered to the Democratic parly terms of a union based oti the most patriotic principles, and looking only to the success of those princi ples and tin- election of good men to office as their representative, wo could not see how the proffer could be honorably refused. The Douglas Democracy, we are proud to see have no intention of refusing it. Stepping aside from an organization, which under its presell! management is a delusion and a snare, they say to the Republicans that as patriot, they accept their patriotic proffer. We only wisii to say to the Democracy of Ohio, that we congratulate them upon the no ble stand they have taken. In the terms of their union we : have no interest. Anxious only tv see a great principle succeed, we arc indifferent as to who the leader of that principle max be. There are thousands of good and true men in Ohio, any one of whom would fittingly represent its-patriotic people, and adorn the Executive chair which those people are about to fill. It is thought that Hon. David Tod will be the choice of the Union people. Cer tainly no choice could be more appropriate. As the chairman of the Baltimore Democratic Convention after (he retirement of Cusiiirm, Mr. Tod is the national representative of the Dougins party, and his nomination would bo a graceful compliment to the Douglas party, all over the country. If the De mocracy are to have the Governor, let Mr. Tod, or some man equally as goorl.be chosen, and the country will ratily tne choice. Great activity is observable at nil till l re cruiting stations since the recent order of the Secretary of "War was issued. It has evident ly had an excellent effect. Tho good men who enlist or volunteer prefer, activity to tedious delay, and many are willing to join a regiment which they know-' is about to start to Wash ington, who have no desire to lean for months a semi-civil and semi-military life at rendez vous in our city. LETTER FROM WASHINGTON, [From our Special Correspondent.'] Wakuixhtox, August 20, 1351. There can be no denial of the fact that tho Govorn mont is now on tho defensive. The tide which ebbed from Mnnnssas lias not been turned, and, wlial is more, it will require a great effort to turn it. I do not think that our July disaster either prolonged the war or increased its magnitude. It only dispelled the orroneous idea which had crept into the minds of the people, that it would bo brief and. bloodless. It has shown us in what points we underrated the rebels and overrated our own strength. It has proved to ns conclusively that in July the rebels had a larger, bettor-drilled, and a better-officered army than ours. Not that the material was any better, but that their material had boon more carefully and thoroughly deve loped. Three-fourths of McDowell’s army could scarcelv have goue through the manual of arms, and many of those in command would have been puzzled to form a company in line. Most excellent as lawyers, doctors, mechanics, and laborers—un. surpassed in the professions, the arts and sciences, or liie more common branches of industry —they were no soldiers, nor had they tho opportunity of becoming soldiers. The discipline was lax, Many of the regiments were little moro than political con veniicne. and the officers, instead of attending to the details of tho camp and the field, were busily intriguing as to who should have the offices of honor and profit. Others, again, looked the whole affair as a mere matter of business, in which a thousand men were to be r.lothad nml equipped, and in the suhekupnee and equipage five or six-excollcnt and lucrative contracts to be attended to. Fighting and discipline were secondary mat ters. So John Jones was ooloncl, and John Smith quartermaster, and Robinson the contractor for guns, bacon, and military clotli, it was of little con sequence whether tho regiment conquered or was conquered. In recruiting tho regiments tho aspi rants for command wore not men who had made the military art a study, but expectant candidates for office at the next party life, to them, was only so much capital for tho sheriffalty or a prothonotaryship in one of the courts, and a position in the regiment or company was only valued as a means of controlling tho votes of delegates in it convention or the people nt tho polls. I only allude to these things in passing, and in illustration of the idea which prompted this letter, and that is, that Washington city is purely a defen sive outpost, an immense entrenchment or fortifica tion, defended by an indefinite number of thou sands. Before those entrenchments, anil almost within a morning’s walk, there is a large, well disciplined, and exultant army. It may be only a mnnant of the army which annulled us nt Manassas, but, even granting it is a remnant, we know too much of the main body not to feel how large the residue of it must be. We know, too, that super human exertions are being made to force all the soldiers possible from every Southern State into Virginia. livery incentive is offered. Every motive which man's ingenuity can devise is presented to the minds of the Southern people. Their pevsomil honor, their family prido, their love of home, are all flatter ed. Stories of rapine are told to incite them to re venge. False apprehensions are awakened, and old ones exeiled. And when every thing else fails, force is used. Gov. Letcher calls upon all able-bodied uicu to assemble in each county and bring their urnis; JJcanregrti-d tolls the people around bis camps that, in return for bis services as thedefender of their homes, they must feed his army; while Mr. Davis proclaims every one who will not swear alle giance to him an alien enemy. All theso acts, on Ilic part of the insurgents, indicate but one thing, and that is, their determination to summon all their energies lor tho purpose of striking a fearful blow at the Republic. Have tlioy not proclaimed their policy ? Wo all remember the declaration of Mr. Stephens, that “ oppressed Maryland ” should be relieved, that Washington would fall by a “ reversionary right,” and that the capital, renovated, completed, and im proved, would for ever after float from its pinnacle tho flag of a Southern Confederacy. Southern let ter-writers even now say that, between Davis and Beauregard, there is a difference of opinion, the General wishing to immediately advance, while tho President insists that he shall wait and watch. Throughout the South the people are murmuring because the capital is not attacked, and extreme Southern men are denouncing Beauregard for not having followed up his Manassas victory. The Se cessionists in Maryland cannot conceal their exalta tion at the idea of the rebels crossing the Potomac, and here in Washington wo have hourly rumors that a crossing has been effected, and that an ad vance wifi be made upon the city from the Mary land side. It is idle to speculate upon whether the rebels can take the city. While there Is the probability of an attack and the probability of its success, I know of no one who does not think that were they to advance we could crush them in a bloody and overwhelming victory. There aro those, indeed, who pray that they may make the attempt in order that the disgrace of Manassas may bo retrieved in Prince George or Anne Arundel. But even granting all this, is it not a humiliating thought that hero in the eapitul of tlio Ropublie people should even have tho opportunity of speculating upon the probability of that capital being assaulted and taken ? Tho very thought tho insurgents are so near is the most pain ful one a patriot can feel. There arc those who may object to the conclu sions here.drawn, but is it not better thatwoshould look this thing full in the face ? We should know tho extent of our danger, and mako the necessary preparations to meet and overcome it. The Go vernment feels Ibis, and this is the idea which prompted the reeent order of the War Department. Wc Trant every lnau that the North call spare to come to Washington. Let them come in regiments, battalions, companies or squads—with arms or without arms—and they will be gladly welcomed. We want such a force here »3 can place Washing ton beyond tho merest possibility of invasion, and once securely defended, wo can march our con quering column from the hills of Arlington to the halls of Richmond. Let those who lovo their country come to Wash ington. A nobler cause nover asked tho lives of men. We. are passing through the groat crisiß. We are living in grand and awful times, and it is for every patriot to rise to the perils and responsi bilities of the hour. J. R. ¥• 'iLi. PEEPS.- .-PHILADELPHIA. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1861. LATEST NEWS Tfy TJii I jIiOTIAPII. FKOM WASHINGTON. Special Despatches to 41 The Press.” Washington, l2O, !Msi Cabinet Council Tho CmWiicl. RwonbliMt nl 1.2 o’clock to-day. There was n full aUemluiico »rul u protruded scs siuii. The movements of tho enemy and the close Approach of lliu rebel troops to the city, have not produced nny Alarm, though the Executive is sensi tive. There is harmony in the deiibumtiuus oi’Uio Cabinet, and the rumors of cnnluxnplatad removals lmve no foundation in truth. Colonel Sickles in a XVacas. Colonel i'iCKLKs hart n quarrel yestordny, in tho hall of the War Dopariment, wi*h Colonel Kaiji kan, of his own brigade. Colonel fcjirtu.KS drew his sword in the heal of the wnr of worth*, and vio lently thrust il into—iho ahoath Again. By the interference of friends, the parties were separated. Mr. Ricklks L* in favor with the departments, but lucks tho confidence of mojuo of hi a officers, or at lfcaM it portion of the officers of reguutsuL* ordered into his brigade. No Batteries a( Matthias Point. The special correspondent of tho Philadelphia btqvirvr reported (Saturday) that batteries wore being erected at MaUhias Point. I mn informed by the officer of the HoiiUu. that there arc neither butteries nor men there, nor is there the least pro bability of anything of the kind being erected there, from tho fad that (die deep bay and hhnllow vutor forbid the near approach of steamers, and tho batteries would, therefore, bo of liltlu or no vniuo. Distant Cannonading Heard. A messenger came in at great Kpeed tonlay, re porting Hint henvy guns wore distinctly heard by (lie troops above Georgetown Tho reports ap" penred to come from tho direction of Harpera Ferry, though they were probably from guns not so far awuy. 1 have no doubt but our troops are only trying the range of their guns. Advertising Patronage, The depurtjr.onts are perpetually importuned by tho counivy press for Advertising putronnge. Pub lishers come from three hundred to ft thousand miles to solicit Iho Government Advertising. It is to be regretted there Ls not moro independence in theso things. The department know wheroit is for the public interest to advertise, and economy de mands prudent Action in this us in other public ex penditures. Highlanders Dismissed. Twenty-six members of the iSoventy-ninth wore discharged by order of court-martial. There was no evidence implicating them in the revolt. Enterprise. The Republican circulated a half sheet mtho afternoon, yesterday, which it called the first isue of a regular evening edition. It was not. therefore, of the “ extra” catch-penny class, but u very ox;ra ordinary affair, nevertheless. Verily, great Ls tho enterprise of Washington. The New Police. I informed you of tho meeting yesterday for &r -ganizntiou. The result of tho meeting was the election of the following officers: Richard >Yal i,Acn, president: Jos. F. Bi;ow\v, tronsujer; and Tnos. A. liAzbnby, of Georgetown, clerk. Continued Stormy Weather. Wo have had about a week of cloudy, cool, rainy weather. It is more seltied to-day. Tho Votoaiac has risen quite beyond the fording point, and an army Attempting'to cross would, suffer fats the Egyptians in the Jordan. Our Mayor more than Suspected of Pis* loyalty. Tho now Metropolitan Police law constitutes tho Mayor of Washington ex officio one of the Iblice Commissioners. As such, he declined to take tho oath, while the Mayor of Georgetown, also acom mifsioncr r. - * offieivy received the oath, remaining that it was not quite strong enough to test a nan's loyulty in these times of disaffection and deceit. The Boyd Murder. Mrnrnv received a verdict of guilty of mm daughter, and was sentenced to eight years’ impri sonment. The others were found not guilty and wore discharged. A petition is now in circulation for his pardon. It has Already obtained a large number of signatures, among whom nro the jury who found him guilty. Sleani-lug John Bell. The Joim BtU steam-tug, purchased in New York, will be added to the Potomac flotilla, and will bo employed in plying up and down to prevent communication between Maryland and Virginia. Old I*. O. Stamps and Envelopes. pOriUnnsicrs have already made attempts to convert their stock of discarded stamps and en velopes into cash nt very reduced price.*. Union men along the border-: of the middle States will do well to be on their guard when packages of stamp; and envelope? are offered for sale by parties who have n larger supply on hand than they hare im mediate use for.’- Confederate Piety. The-clergy of Lb© South, from lh© fighting Bishop Poi.k down, attribute their success at Bull Kun to u a spoeiui intervention'rrovidence.” Extensive Manufactory of Rifle Muskets. Mr. Dvricnr, the new superintendent of tho Springfield United States armory, informs thajffar Department that 200 arms are made each day; to ba increased to 300 within a month, and to 500 in No vember. Responses to the War Call. The eali of yesterday from tho War Department for troops is responded to iu tho most gratifying manner. There arc, according to rolls received here, 41.825 volunteers now unlisted and in quar ters in ot near New York city, independent of re turned volunteer regimouts now there and recruit ing. Fifty per cent, of nil these will Wife motion, moving towards the capital immediately. Disloyal Chief Clerks. The chief clerk to the Secretary of the Interior, and the chief clerk to tho Commissioner of the Band Office are opposed to and opposing the Ad ministration, and are yet manly enough to live oil the patronage of the Government! Applying the Test. The oath was administered yesterday to the em ployees in the Treasury Department. One of the clerks asked time to consider. Ite was removed in half an hour. En passant, the mayor declined the oath yesterday, and is still in office. Government Printing, Tho regular business is nearly all finished up, and, excepting blank forms for the army, there is, comparatively, nothing doing. The Army Worm. A gentleman from Crawford county, Ohio, says the army worm has appeared in many parts of the county in vast numbers, and is doing great da mage to the crops, particularly tho oats and grass. They come out of the ground nt sunset, and during the night eat up whole crops, disappearing again before sunrise. They appear to travel from East to West. Now or Never. If JiilT Davis & Co. over intend to raze this city, it will be done immediately. The response to tiie call, issued yeslerday, will, in a few (lays, add such immense numbers to the array now hero, that if no immediate attempt upon the city is made, sueh a movement will neves afterwards be enter tained. Northern Traitors, '■f'he Government hoe determined to Arrest and hold all persons in custody in the free States who arc in tho habit of holding communication with the rebels for tho purpose of injuring tho Union cause, and giving them information of the doings of our army Several persons now, who least suspect it, nrc closely watched, and will be dealt with when ever caught in any criminal intercourse with the Secessionists Released* Vernon H. Lindeniibiiger, who ttas arrested afc Port Tobaceo, Maryland, a few days ago, upon the suspicion that ho was going to join tlio rebel army, was released on Sunday, by order of the Secretary of State, after taking an oath which binds him to defend tho flag, and aid the array of the Union whenever it is in his power to do so. Officers of ilic New War Steamer Pen sacola. The following U the only correct list yet pub lished of the officors who have reported for the steamship Pensacola, now at our navy yard, up to this evening: Captain, Henry W. Morris; first lieutenant and ex-officer, J. W. A. Nicholson; second lieutenant, F. A. Roe; third lieutenant, Clark Merchant; paymaster, Geo. L. Davis; surgeon, J. Winthrop Taylor; assistant surgeon, W. H. Dick; boatswain, N. Goodrich; gunner, D. A. Roo; carpenter, J. E. Cox; sailmakcr, M. W. Boutwell; masters’ mates, White, Dusenbury, Henly, Dolliver, Bradburat I chief engineer, Stephen D. Hibbert. In addition to the above, in n few days eight as sistant engineers, three acting masters, one marine officer, two clerks, and one master’s mate’ will re port, and then her complement of officers will bo complete. ’ . _ An Adequate Force. It is considered that the most effective means of cheeking the designs of the enemy on Washington is to have a military force adequate for all possible contingencies. This is soon to bo supplied. Tho earnest measures of the Administration to this end have already produced hero tho most happy effects, and afford a. reassurance of the safety of the capi tal, depending on tho patriotic responses of tho Suicide of F. G. West. F. G. West, who registered himself as attached to the navy, from New Fork, committed suicide to day by taking laudanum. Ho was employed on the Coast Survey. Senator Wilson. Senator Wilson has received authority to raise a regiment in Massachusetts, with a battery of flying artillery attached,’ and will leave Washington Un mediately, toorganize it. Tin: Knrojican Powers. As much has been said about the attitude of the Powers shreuteniug the blockade, aflcr api rbil ix.quiry at. the State Department, there is aushovhy for saying that in the instance when tho Niagara was off the station of Charleston for twenty -lour hours. Lord Lvoxs brought the subject to !hu iKJiitft: of tho United Pintos Governmeul; with that exception, which happened twelve weeks ngo. n» foreign Government has expressed a word of discontent toward* this Government concerning iho blockade. On tho contrary, it is universally re spected by foreign Govcrlunonls. although some of their subjects arc very active in endeavoring to evade tho blockade, and very clamorous against it. The New Gunboats. Tlso gunboats building in Mai no nro to be named the KnialuUn, tho Aroostook, tho Penobscot, th® Kennebec, and the Kineo. Those in Massachusetts, the Marblehead, the Sagamore, the Chocurn, and ihelluruii. In (Jormeidicut, the Ownsco,Kanawha, ntid Cayuga. Tn New York, tho Unadilla, tho Ot tawa, tho rembina, tho Seneca, the Chippesvft, and the Wiiionu. In Pennsylvania, the Itasca, tho £?oiulo, mid (ho Wiartihickon. In Delaware, tho liihotnn. At Baltimore, tho Pinoln. Naval Affairs. Messrs. Stafford & Tilkstok, who have two steHinors running between New York nnd Key West and Havana, have proposed, to subsist ouo officer and fifteen men on board of each ves sel. to be furnished with the proper armament and dollied with authority to capture privatoers. The .Secretary of tho Navy has acceded to tho pro position. Tho engineer appointed to examine vessels on tho Western waters., with a view to their purehfuso for Government uses, bus just roturned and made his report to the Nary Department. The United States steamer Connecticut will leave New York on (he 23d wilh fresh supplios and provisions to vessels now performing blockading service. »Sho will also take letters to them if pre viously kmil Uj th'j Navtd Lyceum, nt Brooklyn, for tiiut purpose. It is ascertained at the Navy Department that good classes of men are offering at New York and Boston to command tho purchased vessels authorized lobe added !o ihe service. They arc undergoing examination. The inlets of North Carolina, it is suspected, arc not the only ones on tho Southern coast to bo ob structed by the sinking of old hulks filled with rtones. Those who imagine that tho Nuvy Depart ment is not vignroiiHly nt work will have occasion to change their opinion, as the vast results will soon bo made Apparent. Arrivals from Pennsylvania. U'V/Anv/'.v —Hon. .Jacob Dock, 11. S. Stiles, John W. Allen. S. C. Bourtney, J. ZeUin, W. W. Hard ing, F. S. Padelford, W. 11, Painter, James Doher ty, G. K. Jltirrillf, S. L. Young, J. H. Shyrock. ICi rkwoott's —Charles B. Pottiuger, 11. S. Bon nt-r, Whitney L. Dorsey. Official Orders to Volunteers. Washington, August 20.—The following order was to-day issued from the Adjutant General’s office: “ Officers who have not been mustered into ser vice have power to enroll mon, but arc not compe tent to muster them under tho provisions of tho General Orders No. 53, of the current series from iho War Dopgrliueiil. “ In this case tho muster must be made by some officer, either volunteer or regular, already in the service, and the oath must be administered bv a civil magistrate, or an officer of tho regular v.rmy— preferably the latter. “In £au3tering_compnnie3 f Ihe original mustering rolls will, bo retained ht tho company upon which tho fcames of the members will be en rolled as they present themselves. As they are mustered they will bo sent to the commanding officers of the comps of rendezvous, with a descrip tive list slating the name, date of enrollment and muster, and tho officer by whom mustorod, tho company or regiment to which thoy belong, and whether they have or have not taken tho oath of allegiance presented for those entering tho service, ftpd such other information as may be necessary or useful in the case. ;; Nice??ary subsistence will be procured upon returns signed by the mustering officer when one half of a company has been mustered into service. The first lieutenant thereof can also he mustered in, and when the organization of the company is com pleted, the oupiuin and second lieutenant cun bo so mustered. When the men of a company have been mustered by more than ono officer, the fact must bo stated on the muster roll opposite to their names by whom mustered, which roll must be signed by each officer. “Tho field and staff officers of regiment.-; can bo mustered into tho service upon the completion of the organisation of tho regiment* or companies as follows: Colonel of entire regiments; lieutenant colonel of four companies ; major of six companies ; chaplain, surgeon, adjutant, quartermaster, and assistant surgeons, for entire regiments. “Tho cost of transportation of troops from?tke place of muster to the place of rendezvous will be paid as directed in general order No. 58, of the cur rent series from this office, from the appropriation for collecting, drilling, and organizing volunteers. “Quartermasters at the camps of rendezvous will make requisitions upon the Adjutant General for the-fund* necessary for this purpose. “AH officers charged with tho disbursement of funds appropriated under the act above mentioned, will forward to this office monthly summary state menls and norouni* current with vouchers, in tho manner prescribed for the general recruiting ser vice. The Steamer Baltimore at Washington. Washington. August 20. —Tho steamer Haiti more. about tin* safely of which fears were ex pressed, buJ arrived at the navy yard from Fortress Monroe. IMPORTANT FROM NEW MEXICO. SURRENDER OF MAJOR TYND, WITH 500 UNITED STATES TROOPS. l-'oi't Fillmore Abandoned, A Fight at Messilla. I.ndki’Exdkxcji, Mo, Aug.2o. The Santa Fe mail and Canon City express arrived here last evening, three days ahead of time. The Santa Fe dates are to the sth inst., and Canon City to the 9th. A report reached Santa Fe two days before this mail loft that Major Tynd, of tho Seventh Infantry, U. S. A., in command of about fire hundred Fede ral troops, surrendered to the Texas troops, 3,000 in number, witliout firing a shot. Major Tynd abandoned Fort Fillmore on the 26th uit. mid marched towards Fort Stanton, eighteen miles from Foi l Fillmore. It is believed in Santa Fc that tho Texans have also taken the Mock and coaches belonging to tiio Santa Fc Mail and HI Paso .Mail Company, as their coach failed to arrive in Santa Fe on the 3d inst. Ail engagement took place at Mosilln between a body of Federal troops and 700 Confederates under command of Captain Nagiev. Captain MeNenlly and Lieut, iirooks, of the United States army, wore wounded. Twelve of tire Confederates wore killed. Night put. an end lo the engagement, the Texans remaining in Mosilln Bnd Iho Federal* going to Fort Fillmore, about one hundred miles distant. Considerable fears are entertained for tho safety of Fort Union, and tho commanding officer was having it fortified and entrenched. Colonel Loving, formerly of the United States army, is said to bo in command of a body of Texas rangers. The weather on the plains is very warm, and buffaloes are in abundance. In many , places the mail party found it difficult to get through the largo herds which covered the roads aud plains. Interesting from Cairo. A MIDNIGHT ENGAGEMENT AT CHARLES. TON, MISSOURI. THE REBELS ROUTED. Town of Commerce, Mo., Taken and Retaken. Retreat of tlio Ilebdl I^oroe. St. Locis, Aug. 20 —Tho town of Commerce, Missouri, forty miles above Cairo, which was token on Sunday, and a battery planted by the Seces sionists, was retaken last night by 500 troops sent down from Cape Girardeau bj order of General Fremont. The rebels made no stand, but retreated with their battery on the approach of our troops. Their force was about 150 infantry and tho same number of envalry. Cairo, Aug. 20. —An engagement took place last night at twelve o'clock, at Charleston, between tho Federal force, 250 strong, and a rebel force of about 600 or 700 men. The Federal troops consisted of a portion of the Twenty-second Illinois Regiment, under command of Colonel Dougherty, accompanied by Lieutenant Colonel Kaw.-on, of the Eleventh Illinois Regiment. The rebels were commanded by Colonel Iluntcr, of Jeff.' Thompson's army. The Federal foree was victorious, completely routing the rebels, killing forty and taking seven teen prisoner?. The loss on our side was one killed, viz.: William T. Sharp, of Company A. A Secession Editor Punished. Boston, August 20. —1 n Haverhill, last night, Ambrose L! Kimball, the editor of the Essex county Democrat, a weekly Secession sheet, was forcibly taken from his house by on excited mob, and covered with a coat of tar and foathers and ridden cm a rail through tho town. Subsequently, under threats of violence, Mr. Kimball promised to keep his pen dry in aid of rebellion. After suffering tho indignities of the mob for a long time, ho made tho following affirmation on his knees: lam sorry that I have published what I have, and I promise thatl will never again write or publish articles against the North and in favor of Secession.” lie was then liberated and couduciud to his home. From Fortress Monroe. Fortress Monroe, Aug. 19— via Baltimore.— An excellent state of feeling begins to prevail, and our troops are anxious for an.advance. The United States steamer Minnesota will sail southward shortly. The steamer Quaker City is up from the capes and reports a ninety-gun Dutch ship ashore at Capo Henry. She went aground at the ebb tide, and will doubtless get off at the flood. Two poworful pro pellers are going to her relief. The Gunboat Pembroke. Boston, Aug. 20.— I Thesteamguaboat Pembroh sailed to-day for tho Potomac. Proclamation from Governor Curtin. HAR&isnvnG, Aug. 20.—Governor Curtin bad to-ilny iSoiled the following proclamation Pevtisyivatiia ss., A, G. Cartin, Governor : In the nnmo unci by tho authority of the Com monwealth of Pennsylvania, Andrew G. Curtin, Governor of the said Commonwealth. A. I*rodamatron to the I'reemrn of the Oovimonn'cahh of Pennsylvania Washington is ngAin believed to be in danger. The President has made an earnest appeal for nil the men that cun bo furnished to bo sent forward without delay. If Pennsylvania now puts forth her strength tho hordes of hungry rebels may bo swept down to the latitudes whore thoy belong. If she falters, the seat of tumults, disorder, and ra pine may be transferred to her own soil. Let every man so net that ho will not be ashamed to look at his mother, his wife, or sisters. In this emergency it devolves upon me to call upon all commanders of companies to report im mediately to Ihcj headquarters of the Common wealth, at Harrisburg, that means may be provided for their immediate transportation, with tho men under their commands. The three-months volunteers, whoso discharge has so weakened the army, are urged by every consideration of feeling, duly, and patriotism, to resume their arms at the call of their country, and aid the other men of Pennsylvania in quelling the traitors. Given under my band and tho groat seal of tho State, at Harrisburg, this 20th day of August, in tho year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-onc, and of tho Commonwealth tho eigbty siith. Eli Smfhr, Secretary of the Commousveallh From Missouri. Jkki'KßSO-n' Crrr. Aug. 20—Tho following pro clamation, issued at Springfield, lias been received here: TO THE PEOPI.K OP MISSOUIU. FKMiOW-crmi’N.s : Tho array under my com mand has been organised under the laws of tho Stato for the protection of your homes and firesides, and for the maintoiuinco of tho rights, dignity, and honor of Missouri. It is kept in the field for these purposes alone. To aid in accomplishing thorn our gallant Southern brothers have como inly our Stub*. With these we bare just achieved a glorious victory over the foe, and scattered far and near the well appointed army which the usurper at Washington has been more than six months gathering for your subjugation and enslavement. This victory foreos ft largo portion of tho State from the power of the invaders and restores it to the protection of tho army. It consequently becomes my duty to you that it is my firm determination to protect every peaceable und law-abiding citizen in ihofull enjoy ment of all l»is right*, whatsoever may have been his aympalhics in the present wnhappy struggle, if he h«.s not taken an active part in the cruel warfare which has been waged against tho good pcoplo of this Stale by tlio ruthless enemies whom wc have just defeated. I therefore invite nil good citizens to return to their homes und the practice ordinary avo cations, with the full assurance that thoy, their families, their homeland their property shall be carefully protected. I, at the same time, warn all evil-disposed persons, who may support tho usurpa tions of any one claiming to bo ptftvUion&l or tem porarj* Governor of Missouri, or who ahull in any other way give aid and comfort ta the enemy, that they will be held as enemies, and treated accord ingly. Sterling Pines, Major General Commanding the Missouri State Forces. Information ha.- reached here that’Warsaw. Boli via*, and Osceola, points in tho southwest, havo been occupied by portions of Price’s army ;• also, that the Secessionists, under Col: Staples, have gathered in a considerable force in Potlis and Johnson counties, and have taken possession of Warrcnsburg in John son, aDd Georgetown and Sedclio in Pettis county. Squads find companies of men are eooatantly leaving the northern counties and pushing southwest, to join the Stato forces. Much excitement exis* among the people west of hero, and many of them arc leaving their homes. It is stated that Col. Staples can concentrate a force of throe thousand men, and will co-operntc in a movement upon this city should one be determined upon. We have about thirty-five hundred troops here now, which force will be doubtless considerably augmented in a few days. As tho train which left Syracuse this morning, having ou board twenty-five passengers and about two hundred and fifty United States soldiers, passed a point two miles west of Lookout station, about thirty shots wero fired at it from behind a wood pile and the briuh skirting the road, killing one of the troops, aud wounding six, one of them fatally. The ccr.duotor, who was sitting on tho top of the locomotive cab, had his hat 3hot off by a ball. The train was stopped about half a mile from the point of attack, and two hundred soldiers were put off and sent after tho miscreants. Ono of the Seces sionist* is known to have been killed. Guerilla parties are scouring the country in all directions in the counties west of here, seizing pro perty and arresting prominent persons. »St. Louis. Aug. 20.—Gen. Siegel, Mnj. Connut, and several' other officers, arrived from Roila last night. Tho train also brought a large number of wounded men from the different regiments engaged in the late battle near Springfield, who were con veyed to the hospitals, or taken in charge by their friends and relatives. Capt. Maurice was detailed yestorday-to-pro ceed to Springfield, under n flag of truce, with a guard’and ambulances, to bring hither Captain Cavender, Corporal Conaut, and the body of Gen. Lyon. Virginia State Convention. WHKF.i.ixfl, August 20. —Convention in session to-day passed an ordinance creating n new State, reported by the select committee on a division of the State, by a vote of 50 to 23. The boundary, as fixed, includes the counties of Logan. Wycoming, Rnloigh, Fayette, Nicholas, Webster, Randolph, Tucker, Preston, Monongalia, Marion. Taylor, Barbour, Upshur, Harrison, Lewis, Bradford. Clay, Kanawha, Boone, Wayne, Cabell, Putnam, Mason, Jackson, Roanoke, Calhoun, Wirt, Gilmer, Ritchie, Wood, Pleasants, Tyler, Doddridge, Wetzel, Mar shall, Ohio, Brooke, and Hancock. A provision was incorporated permitting certain adjoining counties to come in if they should desire by expression of » majority to do so. The ordi nance ui?o provide? for the election of delegates to a Convention to form a Constitution, and at the same time (ho questions fora new Stale and against a new Stale shall be submitted to the people within the proposed boundary. Tho election is to be held on-tho 24th of October next. Tho namo of the new Stato Is to be Kanawha. Tho utmost harmony pre vailed. The Convention will adjourn to-morrow. Tho First Virginia regiment is expected to return boro to-morrow, and groat preparation? have beou made to give tlic regiment a brilliant reception. Southern News via Louisville THREATENED BOMBARDMENT OP 6ALVKSIOX—DES TITUTION AND DISEASE JN TUE REBEL AUMV. Louisville, Aug. 20. —A despatch to the Cou rier states Unit the steamer Hannibal City, with Federal troops from St. Louis bound southward, was fired into by the Confederates and sunk, at Commerce, Mo. Throe hundred Fedornls were taken prisoners. The Frankfort Yeoman says that Governor Ma goffin deputes W. A. Dudley and G. Hunt as Com missioners to President Lincoln to request the withdrawal of troops from Kentucky, and George Johnston to. President Davis to request him to re spect the neutrality uf Kentucky, The New Orleans Bulletin of the 13th says that Capt. Olden had notified tho Galveston authorities that unless two boats, which ho alleged belong to citizens of Massachusetts, should bo returned, ho would fire the city. Tho Richmond papers of the 16th place no rcli nnco upon the reported battle at LovuttsriJlo. The Nashville Banner of the 20th says there are indications that point to a speedy reconciliation of the conflicting elements in East Tennessee. The Abingtou Yirginian says that there is trou ble in Johnston county. Tho Union men aro over awing and making prisoners of Secessionists. A passngo-nt-nmis lmd also occurred. Several Seces sion! sfs have made a hasty retreat from the coiuity. Tho SoocaJou vote in the county was only 100, while ihc Union rote was 1,000. It is reported that the Unionists design driving the Secessionist? but of the county. B. W. Burnwall. in a letter from Charlottesville. Va., dated August 12, says: “Tho supplies of clothing for the army are not sufficient. The destitution of our army in clothing and food is terrible. Many applications aro made to us by well men, who wish to escape sickness by mi oitra pail' of drawers or eocka or andevchlrts. It will require every nerve to be strained by you at home and ourselves here to meet the exigencies of full and winter, should the war last so long.” The Charleston Courier ha? a letter dated Rich mond, August 14, saying: “ There is a groat deal of sickness in our army. It is said that at Char lottesville and Culpeper there Jarc over three thou sand ill. A great many have been brought sick to this city, anti at Norfolk and Yorktown thore in more disease than with us. I'hc meatier have swept, and are sweeping, through every division of the army ..” Marine Disaster. Boston, Aug. 20.—Tho brig Rocliugham, at this port, from Port-au-Paix, reports having ex perienced a hurricane on the 4 sth, in lat. 39 39, long. 09 50. At the snmo time was in eonipauy with a ship supposed to be a New York and Liver pool packet, and saw her lose her mizzen-mast. Fierce Butler at Fort Hamilton. New York, Aug. 20.—Pierce Butler, of Phila delphia, arrived in this city at a lato hour last night, in charge of United States Marshal MiUward, and, at three o’eloek tills morning, he was given in charge to the commandant at Fort. Hamilton. Fire at Buffalo. Buffalo, Aug. 20.—Steinberg's elevator, which was destroyed, by fire last night, contained but 32.000 bushels of grain, instead oi' 100,000, as re ported, one-half ef which only was wheat. It was insured for $20,000, and there was a like amount insured on the machinery. A Ship on Fire at Sea New York, Aug. 20.—The brig AB. Cool■ re ports that on Aug. 12th, when 150 miles west of Bermuda, she saw a ship, of at least 1,200 tons, on fire. She stood towards her, but when within four miles tho burning vessel 'sank, and site wns becalm ed all day in the wrecked stuff from her. Sho saw no boat.-, but picked up one of her royals. She had seen the light of the fire all Ihc night previous. Movements of Troops, Boston, Aug. 20. —The Twenty-first Massa chusetts Begiment Col. Morse, fully equipped, leaves 'Worcester to-morrow for the seat of war. New York, Aug. 20. —Four companies of Ira Harris’ Cavalry left at 0 o’clock this orening for Washington, via Philadelphia. Trenton, August 20.—Ten companies, number ing 606 men. started this afternoon for tho scat of war, Colonel Simpson, late major of onginoers un der General Banks, commanding. They wero armed and equipped. The Colonel made a pa triotic and appropriate spoeoh on taking command. Other regiments arc forming, and will be forwarded as soon as possible. Troops for the Capital. Boston, Aug. 20.— The Second and Fourth bat talions of this city have voted unanimously to offer thoir sorvioes to tho Government for three months. Governor Andrew, in a brief proclamation, calls upon the citizens of Massachusetts to coino forward and fill up the regiments already accepted for the Tra?' Between three and four thousand troops Will ho forwarded during tho present week. Movements of Prince Napoleon. Detroit, August 20. —Prince Napoleon left for Lake Superior to-day. The Prince was tho guest of General Gass whUo here. Two Days Later from Europe. ARRIVAL 0? THE CANADA 05T CAPE EACE. St. Johns, N. F., Aug. 20.—Tho Canada, from Liverpool od the 10th, via Queonatown on tho 11th iust., arrived off Cape Race at half pnal four o’clock yesterday (Monday) afternoon. The Canada- bus $lOO,OOO for Hnlifux, and SllJri 000 for Boston. She pii.Hiscd the rienmer Great Pastern, on tho 15th, tho Arabia on the 14th, and u large screw alennier bound east on the I Till. Tho name of the American house that has sus pended in Liverpool is Whitmore A Co. The amount of their liabilities is not stated. The steamship fiacroma, from New York, ar rived out or. tho 51H iiudunL As regards European polities the nows is unim portant. American affairs claimed undivided attention. Mr. Russell, in unoihor U-.lSx to tho on tho battle of Bull Run, iww-rta that there woro no daring deeds on either side, and no desperate strug glu.s except by those who v»anknl h, uivii) ' Tho Daify Nnvs defends the Northern army. The Canada has .£58,000 in specie. The Asia arrived ul Queenstown ou the 10th instant ENGLAND. Tho London Times, in an editorial, takes the recent speech of Mr. Vallamlighatu in Congress as the QYKlcnco of tbo charges that, will bo brought against President Lincoln if the ritiuth is auccewful. It says that only a victory by which tho slain of Manassas may bo effaced and tbo South bo induced to come to terms can secure tho President from the consequences of having begun the civil war. The London Globe observes with regard to the blockading question, that the blockade is the right of war, but by whut right, whether of war or peace, cun Congress empower llur Executive to de sist from the blockade, nnd substitute tho levying of official duties about to ho lauded in ’territories where that Executive can afford no protection to thorn from further execution or peculation in uny rin.pe? 1 -• The Shipping Gazette complains that the block ading squadron on tho emwt of America appears determined to interrupt murino commerce, in de fiance ot tho best understood maxims of interna tional lftW, and fit the risk of collision with the forces of the mnrithno Powers. Tho IfOtidon Vast-, in un editorial nn the blockade question, says if unfortunately England should be compelled into a quarrel, tho blame will not rest with England, but with the Government which hns endeavored to ruin innocent parties to enforce the validity of a blockade which it is manifestly incom petent to maintain. The London Times of the 10th remarks that the Americans of the North even take pleasure in the sensation caused by their recent unparalleled defeat. An&thei'letterfrom Mr Russell to the Time* say? that, ho having acquired further information re specting the fight, uiw come to the following con clusion : There was not a bayonet charge made by the Federal infantry during the day. There was not a charge of any kind made by the Confederate cavalry upon any regiment of tho enemy until they broke. There was not a hand-to-hand encounter between any regiments. There was not a battery charged or taken by the Federalists. There were no masked batteries in play by tho Confederates. There was no annihilation of rebel horse by (ho Zouaves or other*. A volley fired by one battalion empties three saddles among a body of horoo who approached at some distance, nnd the in fantry which performed the execution then re turned; und there were no desperate struggles except by those who wanted to get away. lie then alludes to the approach of the Confederates towards Washing ton, and says that tho Unionist troops were com plaining of nothing having been paid them, and about 80,000 three-mouths men had left or were about to leave. The Daily wnrmly defends tho Northern army from the malignant attacks on account of tho retreat from Manassas, the estimate being formed on the flight of a mere panic-stricken mob of camp followers, and eulogizes the gallantry of the Union troops. In tho same article, the says tho aim‘of the South is to extend and pernctuutq slavery. Bernid ft taeiuber of Parliament, in a Speech lo his constituent.-, said he believed tho American quarrel more attributable to tho Morrill tariff than the slave. He hoped a reaction would soon take place in England* If Lancashire was pinched, there would bo great distress, and he could not foresee to what issue this unfortunate fratricidal struggle would ultimately tend. England’s only course was to await tho result, and abide by the policy of non-intervention. The mammoth iron-plated war-ship TUa-n tor had made a successful trial trip down the Thames. The Bhhop of Durham died on the 9th. FRANCE. The Monitntr confirms the report current, but not generally credited, that the Government had sent despatches to Rome ticking satisfaction within twenty-four hours. The Emperor has bestowed a military medal on the King of Sweden and Prince Oscar. The Bourse closed flat, and drooping. Rentes 65f. 50c. ITALY. The Italian Government has cancelled the order for tho withdrawal from Naples of the Swiss soldiers formerly in the service of the King. AUSTRIA. In Ihe Lower House of tho Hungarian Diet an address from (he Diet io the Emperor has been pro posed by M. Deak, nnd enthusiastically, adopted. The demands muilo in this address do not differ from those in the first, which refuted tho Imperial rescript and declared that further negotiations are broken off. A Pesth telegram of the 9th Inst, says that a de putation from the magistrates und electors con gratulated M. Denk on his late conduct. M. Deak has refused (he compliment of a serenade offered to him- The reply of the Diet to the Imperial'rescript would be despatched to Vienna on the 12th in-st. A dissolution of the Diet was anticipated. Commercial Intelligence. [By the .-teamer Canada.] LIVKBPOOI. JJKIIADSTL FFS MA UKKT.—Messrs. Birhftrdfi.-.n & Sponro report Klc.ur dull nt 235; Wlj.uit quiet, but quotations barely maintained J b;i!cs ut 9s .".la lit for rod Western, 11s OJnlls G?t for rod Southern. 12s lor white Western, and Kisalos Ud for white Southern. Coi n firm at. tKVaUOa M for mixed, COs Gtktao* 9d for yel iuw, uiul ««ls Od for white. LlVKTtl‘ool- PROVISIONS MARKET.—Messrs. James McHenry, Bijslantl, Atli ya, fc Co., Richardson Sc Siseiice, iiml other Mulhorilus report JJeol sti-ady, with a decline in the lower qualities. Pork Ims a downward tendency. Huron still declining, nnd prices 2u3s lower, Lnrd dull ut 4Ta49s. LIVKKPOOTj PRODUCE MARKET.—TaIIow flat at 445a47s Gd. Ashes active ; pots SO*; pearls 345. Rosin (common) dull at On OdaTs. Fpirita of Turpentine still uci-Hnhift; pules nt 43a4R$. sternly, CoffVo quiet. Rice firm. Cod Oil quiet hut sternly. Linseed Oil steady. LONDON MARKETS.—Baring Brothers report Breadstuff* steady. The demand for Prance continues active. Iron very dull at ,£f»a £5 2s Gdfor bars and mils. Sugar quiet. Tea (common Congou) heavy nnd irregu lar. Coffee firm. Itire inactive. Tallow quiet. Spirits of Turpentine dull at 46a49*. Linseed Oil steady. Sperm Oil quiet ut £l4. Cod Oil £35. Linseed Oakes firm. LOS BON MONEY MARKET —AMKKTCAN SK CUlilTlKj?.—Thesah-r*have been small; Illinois Central share=, 40a39 per cent, discount; Krie dittcy per cent, discount. lIAVIfN COTTON MARKET, for the week ending Wednenlay.—Sale* of the week, 7,000 hale?, at 118 f for New Orleans Ires ordinaire, and llOf for ditto bas. The market has been quiet, but firm, at an advance of If. Stock in port, 271,000 bales. Tin: LATEST—VIA QUKKNSTOWN.- LIVKKrOOL, Saturday P. M.—The Cotton market cle-ed quiet but film; sales, to-day-. 8,000 bale*. Breadntufhi closeheavy, the weather being favorable for the crops. Provision® dull and unchanged. LONDON, Saturday.—Consols closed at 93>,'^90^- VERY LATE FROM CALIFORNIA. ONLY TEN DAYS FROM SAN FRANCISCO, Outer Ptation, eight miles west of Fort Kear ney, Aug. 19. —Tho pony express passed here this afternoon, with San Francisco dates to the 10th hist. srftz» NBWS. Avrtvcd— August 7th, steamer St. Louis, from Piinamn, bringing $10,600 from the western coast of Mexico; August 10th, ship Winged Arrow, from Now York. Sailed—August 7tli, bark Druid, for Sydney ; August Sth, bark Kathleen, for ; August 9th, ship Caroline Tucker, for Callao. The ship Decatur lias cleared for Hong Kong, -with 4,000 sack,* of wheat, .l,ooo quarter sack? of flour and oilier merchandise, valued at $49,006; be sides $167,600 in gold bars and $33,066 in silver, malting a total valae of $200,006 in treasure. The Eureka, Summer Cloud, and llavaray are all loaded with breadstuff? for Australia, die former carrying 13,000 sacks of wheat and 18,000 sacke of flour. The following vessels have been chartered : Ships Asia, Aldridge, Melbourne Isle, Marvel, nnd Sidney: harks Louis li. Uolding and Con stantine. The ship? Abbott Lawrence, Tbaeher, Magovern, Indian, Fearless, and brig Augeuetle are the only disengaged vessels in port. The steamer Sonora sailed for Panama this morning, carrying 100 passengers and $359,000 in treasure, §750,000 of which is for New York. The priueipal shippers of treasure are: Wells, Fargo, & C 0.825,000 Seligman §43,060 Parrott Jfc Co 11,500 Strauss & Hro 37,000 Davidson .1 Co 90,000 11. F. Hustings 33,000 Sutler & Church 67,000 Palrirk A 50u...... 30,000 Oolrtnen A C 0,,,,,. 01,000 W, F. l-ntter.-oil.. ~ is,OOO Sachee A Co 47,000 PASSENGF.RS FOR NF.IV YORK. The cabin passengers liy the Sonora are Capf. Drum, V. S. A., and family; Mrs. Captain Spencer ami child; Captain Fleming, U. S. A.; Sir. Harrow, Mr. Bonham, Captain Walter, V. S. A.; W. Peachy, D. MUisfon, Gor don Dexter, Mrs. Thomas Horton, Alexander Taggart, wife, and infant; W. Wetherill, J T Thomson, J M Thomson, Mrs. Carroll, Mrs. Shields and family, J Sliiels, Mr. Hldridge, J Wesley, Thomas 11. Weller, Mrs. Delafont and family, Frank Murtindale, Potter Y. Coh luns( Frank Wm Strode. There are fiye different places in San Francisco where recruiting is going on for tho Plains. Three hundred aro booked for infantry regiments, and two hundred for cavalry. Official orders have not yet been received by the Government. A great fire occurred at Sonora, Tuolumne county, on the 7th inst.. commencing a few doors above tho Plaeor Hotel. The flames spread rapidly. Hall’s book-store and printing-office, the Plaeer Hotel, tho Union Saloon, the Great Eastern Saloon, Sonora livcry-amblc, post office, and five or six dwellings, sad other buildings, were burned. Loss estimated at $85,000. The autiquo brick building containing tho tclc nh office was saved. The people are represented e very much depressed by this sudden and overwhelming repetition of the old time disasters. The fumiliar Chapella land claim, or a part of the same claim at Sonora, which caused so much disturbance last winter and came near involving the State Government in a bloody conflict with the settlers in that vicinity, appears to have boon dis posed of in the United States District Court. It was rejected and an advantage gained bytho6et tlers. Notwithstanding the condition of Eastern aftairs, our Stato political campaign is conducted with much spirit, to a very great extent on local issues. Tho indications arc that parties will be divided about as last year. The Republicans double, tho Union Democrat? next, and the Breckinridgei Demo crat? last, hut still a much greater numbm:otvoters than was anticipated a month ?go- They have nominated popular men, and claim to be_for tho Union, while the Douglas ticket is very assailable °«Xfe d ?atc Telegraph has extended Its line to Huso river, one hundred and forty miles oast r,c rw-Liii an j’ a ii tho wire required for tho lino between Corson City and Salt Lake has gone OUt on of sixty wagons, from Texas, reached Los Aneolcs last week. The emigrants report somo from the Intons, but mot with no serious Ca ifOTre ie from the Sandwich Islands to the 18th of July has been received per bark Itinfae. TUo cows is unimportant. Tho 6hip3 Speedwell tuid Paid Ragle touched ul Honolulu on the 26th and 29th of June, nnd departed thence for Hong Koag Commercial The nun k'-ti* arr> generally ijuiot. There has hrs*n n* mat vi:ii sinre the Inst expresa. A Hlightly better ili iv-.iiul for money iu noticeable, without change of rate*. Higlit cxcktuiue on New York 5 tier cent. There in n growing to ator* Wheat, instead of selling choice parc»*\R awb-r i*l.4s:il.f>o. Another Trciutonuble Paper Suppressed. West Chesticii, }’n , August 20 —Tim office of Lite Jeffersonian, in this place, was ‘- cleaned out’* Inst night, nnd tho typo wore pitched in tho ntroet Tho thing wits nmimgud very quietly, without UUI.HO or disturbance, null low people anew ot it tilt this morning. The paper wiki one of the. most false and mischievous .Secession sheets published in the North, denouncing the war as a war Jo benefit ‘■niggers” only, und pleading for the right of se- cession- Ail that is known in the town about the destruc tion of tho ,/rff<’ 2G.CO-2 14,091 20,50* Middle 8,105 55,090 8,119 Wi-it Tiunrr.M't*....2o,74,, 19,242 5,999 Miliuu-r rmniis fi.215 " ltd .... Msjaritic'-. It is a singular fuet that Hon. A. R. Nelson, of Tennessee, wn? run for Congress both on the Union and Disunion tickets, in the recent election, and on each obtained a heavy majority over hie oppo nent, Commenting upon his arrest whiie endeavoring to make his way to Washington, us a faithful repre sentative of his constituency, the Richmond Whig makes ’use'of the following lrinper-.it-’ language, which, as an illustration of the summary method in which the insurgents treat those whom thoy find, arrayed against them, even when they arc elected members of the Confederate Congress, deserves t» be remembered: We are not aware what disposition is to be made of him. If regarded as a prisoner of wur, he wit! bo held till exchanged; if as a traitor, he will be indicted and prosecuted according to law, for the grout safeguard of personal and political freedom, the h'-hea ? corpus, is in full force in these States of the South. Unless his arrest shall enure to his own good, b,r causing him to retlecl on the tolly and wtexednefia of exciting civil war at his own door and among hi.* own neighbors, wo think it is to be regretted that he was captured. Bettor have let him fly his country and join those whom he lores. At Wush indem he would he powerless for mischief; ho would be preying upon the enemy, exhausting his resources, anil rendering bis cervices of no value whatever. On our hands, he will be an encum brance anti a nuisance. ■ .. Wo don’t desire to deprive him either of lite «r liberty; but if ho persiata in his malice and treason, there is no alternative for the authorities but to strip him of the power of mischief. It would be fortu nate for nil, if, convinced of his error, he would pledge himself to respect the sovereign authority ot this Government, accept its mercy, and go home and stay there in pence and quiet. Wo write* in ignorance of the extent of Mr “el son’s offence ugtmist the sovereign authority of the Commonwealth of Tennessee, und of the Confede rate States. We hear generally that hi 3 conduct has been rebellious and defiant, nnd unworthy of ft patriot Rut we also hoar that ho has btlCll a Utt* of fair repute in tho past, and one who is likoiyr t* re=peot his word when pledged. If he will gtvft that pledge, let him go; if not, and his treason b overt and incontestable, hang him; if doubtful, send him with a flag of truce, and malto a present of him to Old Abe.— Sichmond Whig. The Memphis Appeal quotes tho above, and en dorses it even to the hackneyed “ Amen}” , The latter-named journal, wo may remark, en passant, devotes a whole “leader" to a complaint against her sister State, Kentucky, the substance oC which is, that the latter has, in the most unmis takable manner, violated her pretended neutrality, in allowing tho President to send 7,000 muskets within her borders, in addition to “the 15,000 pre viously sent.” We suspect that the main purpose of such articles as this is to afford the “ Southern Confederacy" a pretext for the invasion of Kentucky’s soil, nnd our suspicions would seem to find continuation ha the following ominous sentence : Kentucky must cease such masked hostilities against us or take the consequences.” The financial prospect of the “ Confederacy " still continues to be an all-absorbing theme for thJ disquisitions of the Southern editors. The Richmond Enquirer says that the Treasury Department is already in receipt of voluminous re turns from almost every port of the South, pledging cotton, rice, tobacco, grain, and money; and the aggregate of these subscriptions cannot now fail short of from twenty to thirty millions of dol lars, and will, doubtless, bo swelled to fifty, or over one hundred millions, when all tho lists arc brought in. ar.d the canvass is fully completed. From the fact that a Memphis paper of the 16th devotes an “ item” to the announcement that two easts of saltpetre hadreuchcd that city per.steamec on the preceding day, it would seem that that ne cessary ingredient of the composition of gunpowder is becoming alarmingly scarce in Tennessee. The Galveston News of the Oth instant contain! quite a lengthy account of “ two attempts on tha part of the blockading fleet to shell the city— tha first by tho schooner Dart, on Saturday, 2d, doing no damage; the second by the steamer South Carolina, on Monday, slh, which resulted in tha killing of one man, the wounding of two or threa slightly, and the damaging of several dwellings. ’' The renson for this movement of the fleet is thus ingeniously, although candidly,stated by the News: The Dart came sailing down in front of tha batteries, doubtless to draw their fire, but this was of no avail. The steamer had now come almost to a stand-still. She wns still within range, and seemed to dare attack. Site had not long to wait. Colonel Moore sighted No. 1 at her, and in a moment after the white smoke rose above the breastworks, nail tlie thundering report thatsliook the earth and filled the air annouuced that the contest had begun. Then follows the hypocritical wltino; Captain Aldan now began, however —muck l» our mingled astonishment and indignation {!) —to fire shells over the city. The article next states that two consular flags— one the British —woro flying, but were not respect ed by Captain Alden, and concludes in rather a Bunsby style: Good judges think that Captain Alden made his best effort, on this occasion, to show his power t« injure our city. Thero aro many of an oppo3ita opinion, however. The Memphis Apptal has an editorial trying t* make its renders believe that tho Rhodo Island battery, which dealt so much destruction among the rebels, was the regular United States battery from the Newport. (Rhode Island) barracks, and that it was manned by our regular troop 3, wh* were commanded by regular army offieors. Tha Appeal says that is tho reason why it was so woll managed! Wo eupitosa the Southerners think thaO the brave Rhode Islanders don’t know how to ma nage a battery! The projectile which passed through Gen. Beau regard’s headquarters at the battle of Bull Run, on the ISth of July, lias been presented by him to tho mayor of Richmond. Mr. Mayo present it to bis Excellency Governor Letcher, who is ga thering a lot of war curiosities. The projectile w about ten inches in length, three in breadth, Atttl was filled with some kind of explosive material, which, however, did not “go off 1 till removed by rebel fingers. The Charlcslon Merenry of August Ulh has tho following telegraphic items : Richmond, August 10.—Congress will certainly adjourn on Monday, the 19th lust., to meet again in November. The question of placing an embargo on cotton, tobacco, etc., is said to be now under diseuasion la Congress. The mensuro is likely to be doteateil, owing to the want of nerve. It i* feared that Eng land, France and Spain uiitfht Ibmk it impolitic m tho Confederate States not to allow an arrangement: between tho United States and themselves for ob taining these necessary ait’e es. Therefore, Con gress will probably not prohibit the exportation of theso articles. The question of laying discriminating duties upon importsbrought South from Northern ports for tha purpose of encouraging direct trade with Europe, will also, probably, be decided negatively. Tha Government is said to be opposed to both then measures. Brownlow’s Knoxville Whkj.—Brownlow’a traitorous sheet, the Knoxville Whig, has been sup pressed as a seditious and incendiary publication. The patience of the State authorities tolerated it until further enduranco ceased to be a virtue. Wa acknowledge such a proceeding a desperate remedy, but the' disease itself was certainly desperate and required something beyond ordinary treatment. I« times of OToiuUoa «A ir*c the nazln of ««i 00,095 72.50.3 4J,s*|» 41.535