THE PRESS.—PH I LADEIjPH] A, SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1861. i—". i»nii.i«i w amiLuijimiw.'-^»- 1 " J - L ' fuss. SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1801. EXTRACT FROM THE EAST SPEEC"®* STKTUEK A. JtOCGbAS. u The '’"’‘’“ “'J .. . • „ ii■>w “ , to lirruh up the l«iw nnfl nil. Annies mo CS wbo l>ut t"'« * w ” to Every man »'■** br on the . l 0 , c „,..«,3"aiustW' There •«' of .he » There canbe inn he no neutrals in t'“ fi ' none l'W« 1 " * \1 • luiiih’-v-rylimli'r “Tat..or7'P"*»* °, R ;. V, ~*■< 1 >OOll printed for «»>* «•>«• niomto ‘ li i- ir.-xerUiut condition, lucrins/v™ to onlfi- a > cor ups, and »» *> **» •* * Yf"'- , or t»—niiiu |i:is oilin') nr adilrrw Joint-''- ronxtf, 417 l l;c-tmi: (..in I'l-r.-.nO-'n.hi.t. tup Allnplis upon the SccMary of War. The assai'iiuts of Secretary (Javieron, after haring made a concerted movement against him, are beginning to realize the fact that they are committing a grand mistake. Every one of their allegations has fallen to the ground. General denunciation Sx always a safe refuge for mere partisans, tint, when driven to specific charges, their malignity and falsehood are made shamefully apparent. These men should remember Dial General Camehox is a man of enormous fortune, ami, therefore, beyond cvci-v motive of cunidilv; and (Iml. although in times past a tW.i.4. .««„»*»( oner, getic partisan, he has reached that pen6tf il life when the ambition to do right, be comes almost a religious duty. It is this feeling that induces him to defy calumny and to challenge investigation. He lias mani fested a liberality in the dispensation of llis patronage to all loyal men, irrespective of party, that, however complained of at the start, is now known to lmve been productive of the happiest consequences. There is scarcely a county in the loyal States in which may not be found a number of young Democrats, sons of patriotic fathers, generally in straitened circumstances, upon whom lie lias conferred commissions in the aimy. And in doing this he lias contrived to take care of his own party by providing for voung Hepnblicans. In the matter of con tracts, not a contract has been given out by Gen. CAMi:i:nx which has not met the approbation either cf Gen. Scott or the officers of the regu lar army at the head of the•■.■military bureaus. If Gen. Camkkon has committed a mistake, it is because be has yielded too much to the martinets in the regular service, or, as the "Washington lobby would have it, *•" has not been sufficiently attentive to liis friends.” The re Milt i:. that many of those who com pkiii! of Camukon are indignant because lie lias not been able to make them rich. No body could be Secretary of War in these times without being subject to the most searching criticism, and as Gen. Cameron has been an active politician, and is as liable lo make mis takes as any oilier man, lie ought not to com plain if he receives his lull share of this luml of hyperevil ici sin. But journalists should remember, that while a jealous and zealous vigilance should be c cicised in regard to all men occupying high position in a crisis like this, merely malignant antagonism may run to .such extremes as to weaken the common cause, and to encourage the common enemy. One thing is sure : No Cabinet minister, in the existing state of the public mind, can commit a flagrant, wrong without being detected, denounced, and dis graced—-anil among the first to assist in the chastisement of such an offender will be Tin: Press. A Patriotic Example. ■We have repeatedly referred of lale to the propriety of abstaining, at a crisis like this, from all mere partisan distractions, and endea voring to combine all the energies and re sources of the nation in n grand and vigorous effort to insure a successful prosecution of t 1 ’ ing atThe"'.:-- *ime "■hen o n enemy is Uni an armed foe the one- ! half of the Republic, tlllcat .‘‘ llS ! Harper’s Magazine for September, to im ado the e.lher, t e -' : oura ,n our , The current number of Harper, received from paltry divisions o- -l ucstlo “ s uf no real mo- Peterson * Brothers, possesses unusual merit. There moot, and to 01ie portion of our people are additional chapters of “Orley Farm” and against (he ether in a manner which can have i "The Adventures of Philip,” hy Anthony Trol -110 other practical effect than to prevent tliat 1 nnd Thackeray—and indeed we arc unity of action which is imperatively de- ' ‘ n(, hncd to the belief that Trollope writes a better manded by llto best interests of the country. ' Thackeray. At least, ” Doctor Thorne” It is gratifying to perceive that many of the ; • r!l “ le f Parsonage” are bettor stories than most distinguished members of all the old T * ,****!"*• j. .. . ], 1,11 ■ Vanity Fair,’’which it would be hard to equal, tres dislmclly recognize the ncccw upossible to beat. AwiwrrU’ San UK P ° SSiW °’ the P Ci Hytakcs ,ho lead. Of course, ccithcts whieli prevail Ai ispcanan, and contains twenty peace, and ®f this !}»»•>.’T rr ‘‘ t • nvo fine wood engravings, illustrative o£ the poet movements in .several sections of our State. , . x ? ~ . 1 „ . , ; and the place, {several oi these wo reeoznuo ns as wet. as m other quar.er* of the reproduced from a beautiful volume, by John 11. coiintiy, ati'oid satisfactory evidence, not- VVhc. entitled “ Shakspettru: hie Birth-place and witbstanding liie vigorous efforts of Breekiu- : .Neighborhood.” published in London a lew months ridge leaders to extend aid and comfort to ago. In a subsequent paper it is shown how theiv Southern allies by inspiring them with literally Shukepeuie derived his materials, some tlie belief Olid the North is about to become times his very languagu, from Jlollmgsiicmt. ‘- The hopelessly divided, and a portion of its people Capital uf the Canadas.' also with engravings, is induced to do battle at the polls, if not on flic * l carious description and history. Tho translation touted fields, for the. enemies of the- Union . The Three Tells,” a German ballad, is also i n ix- x illustrated. iiut, at this moment, the most ana the Com tilution. We have notmnu to . . .. .. , . ..... - . , . • , , •• , b mtercstmg article is .*• Winfield tfcott in the fear in rogaid to the final result of tne pro- Wlll . of 1812,” with twenty engmvmgs-the first sent war, and the complete and perfec t showing IVmfield Scott in lS2f, when he was triumph ol* our arms over the audacious . in. the prime of life, (aged 41;) the other being insurgOif’S i* we continue to act as a united <; a counterfoil resemblance” of the hero.in Ttitil. people, pairin': forth nil the powers ami oner- T'hc illustrations here, including views, Ac., must gicb o* more than twenty millions of freemen accurate. for they arc in advance from Logging's asuinM, a few minions of insurgents. Our •" 1 it'lwiul 1 icld-Book of the War ot 7c>12.” to be , . „ . , . r , . published bv-and-bye. by Messrs. Harper, and the open and covert enemies kuow this Lu-t, 1 - , J . r , . . 1 f auu tUL A . . r -• . : accuracy of Mr. Lossmg s designs is equalled only fllitl li is lor this reason they are rmtkuiu; Mien ■ , .. , - , , • ~ . 1 J * ' , T 1 .. A " • • by tuc beautiful clearness ol his engraving. An hold awa imblushmg attempts to divide a,.d article toc on «fcts !1 i= amusing, and iUuatnitcg disorgan;'/e us, in tlie hope thrit the exidte- the wonderful intelligence of ?omo animals. Tho lliOlit and aiiiniosHy sure to he engendered Editor’s Table, Easy Chair, and Drawer, (the last by earnest political campaigns will distract with i-1 illustration?.) arc variously good. The our attention from the operations of the writer of our I’oreign Bureau might have done bet war, and embitter and estrange a large por- ; ter, ia noticing the late Lord Campbell, than to re lion Of our citizens from the Government, ! T ,v oduce— minus the freshness—what had origi .. . . .. /. ~ i.. xl . imUy appeared in the Loudon illustrated Time-.- v,h:ch, ,u tunes of penl hkc, theac,. w the #s get . off . )hcre jg not 4'''' c only true rfjwttix of the.irajestj- and t!lis montll about , J[r . &jlumon Gulmvbg -I power of the American people. M e o.ui east- fonlc i Jcd y’ s pct e!Mo,i in this Jtaguzmc. ' ° ]y imagine what a thrill of rejoicing would he y,- c notice, from the announcements at the end of caused among us, and how thoroughly v. e liiis periodical, that Messrs.' Harper arc about pub sliould be ar -ured of a speedy triumph, if v.e lishiag “Tho Okavungo ifiver : a-Viirrative of Tra learnod iiut! (be people of the rebellious States, vtl, Exploration, and Adventure.” by Cliarles John Instead Of busying themselves with tllC equip- Anderson, author of “Luke Sgaiiii The Last lnenl Of fo l lies the. drilling of troops, lllld the Travels ol Ida PieiUbr: mid The iiilver Cord, by earnest supped of ,Ti:. r Davis and his cabal, i «-Mey Brooks one of the mod striking works of , , ~ . 1 .. .. ~ „ . , . tl nctiou ever written by an English author. - had their nlivntion chielly occiijnea wilh ; ° ■partisan cot.-fiicls, and with the (I.V i „ , 1 . , ■ .... , ... ■ : Xhs &k.»so.\ at Atlajtic Cur.—lo those of cussion of o«l, navy political subjects, or with" om . readerswhohavcnotym-isto! this great Hula contests, m which 011 c body of men occupied : dcipliia seaside resort, we may state that, from this the position Of a war, and the other of an anti- ! ::;nc one month hence, Atlnntb City usually pre war party. Wc should feel that a house di- ' scuts to visitors many of its most attractive natural vided against, itself could not stand; and it is 1 features. The air is balmy and delightful, the only natural to suppose that a similar feeling i water more uniformly warm for bathing, and is aw akened among the insurgents by the poll- ! S 3m e ; both for the angler and marksman, is more tical intrigues that have been fomented among ! a!jum * nnt - ThCTe is Stilt «• company .on .the j «>land. and a. gentleman who has returned from . ■ | „ i there informs uh that the hotels will continue open Among the recent evidences of the dis- , « weeks to come. The •• United States.’'by Mr position of all true patriots to sustain the Ad- ; McKibbin, now numbers several distinguished ministration in its efforts to maintain the in- J . visitors, and the accommodations of that elegantly tegrity of the Union, the following manly let- : kept hotel, it is said, were never better than at ter of lion. J. Scott Hakbisox, who was i present. Atlantic City is likely to have a pro nominnted by the Democratic Convention season. The trains to-day will, doubtless, which recently assembled at Columbus, Ohio, \ c * rry * >wn * Ior ° e numls cr of passenger*. as its candidate for Licutenant-CJovemor, is ■ well worthy of attention, coming, as it does, from one who had received so decided a proof of the confidence of those who tendered him that important nomination Pourr i’ARM, August 18,1801. Dr AH Jmj: : Xlic extreme illness a member of my family hns, for several weeks, so engaged my attoniion, «s to leave me but little time for outer engagements, and will account for this tardy acknowledgment of your favor of the BtU Infant. I had noticed in the city papers the proceedings of the Democratic I'nion Convention, lately assem bled at Columbus, and was not a little surprised to find that iny uumo had been used in. connoctiou with the Lieutenant Governorship of the State, I deeply regretted thnt I had not been consulted in ♦he matter, and now desire to Bay that I respect fully decline the nomination. I have no inclination to be a candidate for any office. The Jeff. Davis oil* Sandy Hook l If I ever cherished ambition for such distinction ' , ~ v - ~.a 4. ,•.*••• . I have been cured of it, and feel entirely reconcile! r* rom tJ,e 2s \ Y - hi-pro*-. A la-t to the quiet mid retirement of private life. But it The notorious privateer Jcjf. JJaci '., whose lust is, perhaps, due myself to say that if thii was not. • reported exploit wae the capture of a vessel fifteen the case, ai:d I fell entirely free to enter again the hundred milos at sea, now turns up at our very field of political conflict, I could not consent to be On Wednesday, llijlmm UoDougM and •aiwrfy candidate for office, in the present condition i !'• OrawbftCk, two fishermen, whose relia of the country. Party spirit, in my opinion, lias bihty ic vouched for by responsible parties, while done more thun anything else to bring about the sad fishing down the. Narrows discovered a well-sealed calamities‘which now bo seriously affect us, and the.. bottle with the tide. Of course they poison which has induced this national paralysis ' captured the article, and wore somewhat surprised, would not prove an efficient remedy in the restora- . on knocking off tho neck, to find that it contained tion of the patient. The time has come when we ' common yellow envelope, closely scaled. On the should foVi/M party } throw off its trammels and J back was the inscription, written with a pencil: oßligatioiis. ond stand up for the country, its , tomAsoi* Union, Constitution, and laws. , . |!lim , tl si I was not. as you know, a supporter of Mr. Lin- . . . ... . ~ eolnfor the Presidency—neither do I approve of £,.:A n T,„i W wl, f « n Bl ' tho W rrfH all the acts of his Administration. Bnt it seems to * ,u] r> which had been ..crntchedover The me this is not tho proper time to arraign the Ad- ! eleven the , perhaps, he m miidstration for these errors of policy ; and that i tendrf to mdieate the numbor of pnses taken to it it neither the nan of wisdom nor patriotism ] that date On a 2® 0 ,- I , t^t i “" vc '° h ?l wfl3 to assail the Government when the enemy ts fullowm nl which we thundering at the gates of the capital, Let i«I'J leibatim ft lit flat inn ■ ms first settle the great question of Country or no ; wna prresed on board julr» worse town South Caro. Disunion, and having accomplished tins great WWC f or drUvc-ninctr but it came not, she can bo eusUy of duty and patriotism, we will hare ample femeye tuK( , u ft!M j i | il>po POOB inquire into these alleged delinquencies of our henery Wilson reuers; and if wc find them wanting in the Jeffer- ban Masi soman requirements for offi’i’, o domned by n vw ' ,ct ,h‘ Hopublicans, aid party, I eertimily and yot I do not no debt <>i J,w 1,,c ,f t h r ' Administration fort my hesitate to «y -H to r ,,t dovn V' n .’"’’ , 'y .V! 1 "/I,im in favor 0/ (loins' this %:£lv «VV prniMiy-in year.- tj *« miring iho last sc*u»», that lie was tor ‘^pcace —peace before the Uninv , n I, too, am tor pence, font I«m for tbo Vnian before pc-zee, for I hiiOAT without tho Union wo can h»»vo no poftt!o. In repeating my determination to decline the nomination which, as tho organ of the Convention, you go kindly tender to me, I bog to u&ure you ot aiy proper appreciation of this mark ot respect and conbueTvje on tho part of the Convention. Very *«‘si>eotfully, your obedient servantj ,1. Scott lla.uuiso>'. To William A. Johnson Esq., Secretary of the State Central Committee. Sickness of the Southern Troops. In the reports which reach us of the condi tion of the insurgent army South of the mac. WC constantly hear that a ,llr S v of their soli are suffering fro-- ’ , . i „ •„>, oils movements is mul their rpower ior vii r< i ' • -flic prevailing diseases thus much impaired. AIIC A » among then arc the mumps, small-pox, and measles; while among the Northern troops, (here lias been little if any similar sickness. An officer, who served with distinction in the Mexican war, assures us that, during that campaign, a similar state of things exm n , and that, while in nearly aU the Southern regi ments great suffering was caused by a l ,rtva lencc Of the diseases referred to * single Northern regiment was attacked fcfhuth bc'nV'liiore ' sparry’seftletf 1 Ulan rne North, diseases which, in this section, attack nearly all persons during their infancy, are often not contracted there before their citi zens assemble in large numbers in camps, after they have attained a mature age. The Navigation of the Mississippi. One of the material interests involved ill (his rebellion is the navigation of the Missis sippi. This immense channel of internal in tercourse is intimately associated with the great agricultural interests of the 'Western States, and Oil its uninterrupted and unre stricted navigation the farmers of tile West depend for realizing the profits of their crops. The M ississippi commands tlie Gnlf, and, in directly. all the countries to tlie West, ulti mately looking to a union with California, the Pacific States, and the rich Oriental countries in tlio Southern Ocean. So long as tlie mouth of the Mississippi is under the control of a foreign or an unfriend ly Power, it is impossible for tlie West to develop itself, or to he other than a mere dependant upon tlie inclination or the necessities of a hostile or indifferent power. This point was elaborately.and forci bly presented by the late Senator Douglas, in cue of his last speeches. Its importance im pressed Mr. Jefferson, and led to the pur chase of Louisiana from the French. It was one of tlie reasons which prompted the Ad ministration of Mr. Jlaiuson to make such a vigorous defence of New Orleans and the | delta against tlie English forces under General j Packenii.vm. Edward Livingston, the re j presentative of General Jacksox in that me j morablc time, felt the importance of the Mis j sissipiii, and in his appeal Jo the citizens of I Louisiana, as the chairman of the celebrated i New Orleans Committed of Defence, thus ' dwelt upon its importance. The arguments of Mr. Livingston will be found wonderfully ap j pile able to the pircsent state of affairs. W<' ; quote the concluding paragraph : ! -'Fellow-citizens: The navigation of tlie i finni is as necessary to two millions of oar western i brethren as the blood is to the pulsation of ■ ** , heart. Those brave men, closely attachf;; 1 ,,, offcrs ; Union, will never suffer —whatever s,c er sU |f ur ! may be made to them—tboywii; foreign power S State ef Louisiana to be subjqniable. the enemy to ! and should the events o£e every sacrifice to redo i occupy it, they wiUossury to their existence. A ; rcr a country so would be the consequenco. The ! war ruinous tu you would hare the weakness to enc-iny, hq subject you to a military despotism, of : yichl -rs tile most dreadful; your estates, your ’ -'f' c ' s ' jour persons, would bu put in requisition you would be forced at Urn point of the bayo net to fight against those very men whom yon have voluntarily chosen for. your feilowcitueus and brethren.- ; i At McDoxovoh’s Olybi-io TmtATtu; to-night a new dramatic rersion of ” Lafitte, the Pirate of the i Gulf,” will bo produced. The manager is display ; ing commendable enterprise in presenting a scries I of performances that attract the public even in this i warm wonther. Tho “ Olympic” is the only theatre : ojten in this city at present. Soldiers’ Messes. ■ Mn. Editor : Whilst sailors arc provided with regular cooks, soldiers, in their turn, are obliged to cook for their messes. Would not the service gain in cffioiency if negroes were employed to cook for squads of soldiers *? They have natural culinary penchants. This idea has occurred to me since reading your very judicious and pleasant pa per upon camp cooking. p. PENNSYLVANIA IN THE FIEI.P. [rrom our Special Correspondent.] VfASHISUTOS, August 2-1, 1861 I would not like to make ft guess at tho age of Georgetown. There is as much uncertainty about it as you would see in a beau at fifty or a spinster at forty-five. It is only such a town as could b found iu America, and in that part of Amortt..bur, dcrin® on tho very respectable shores of lot tnfinion. It imp-- tho traveller with; finable air of gentility. That rt h» a „„ 1, evident, and llic middlc-.yJ IIKO one of Dickens’ I hftVO no ZSXZr, grade of hen, and that you would find more copies 01 Che.to.lkU than Murray in the boudoir, \oucansoo the blooil" ft» over. It comes out in every shape- a nniiarcl delightfully -J. >» mansions frescoed, and in poorly-fed servants gaudily lito . , 'Xliev' ore tho first families, and people ' .viiimatc relatives aro intiuiately acquainted .ailtl tho intimate roliUires of dukes, Hinl pcoploof high degree, There is an air of uuap pronchability about its citizens, which is tho best evidenco in tbo world of their faultless good breed ing. It would be an insult to ask tho name of a street, or the nearest way to tho post office, or to solicit tho merest information which a traveller may desire, for the people of Georgetown are evidently above nil such considerations, and see only in man kind tho most genteel qualities. In the municipal uumogoment of the town, however, there is grout room for improvement, and if I were a good fairy, | dispensing unbounded gifts, Georgetown should have, ns the greatest possible blessing, an occasional scavenger and ft few smoothly-paved and well graded streets. i It was a glorious summer morning when we drove along Hie heights overlooking Georgetown— i or -dher which are prevented from overlooking it 1 by lht.^ { . nse foliage —on the roml to Tonallytown, where a „.„ m i rC viow was announced ru. *«,. o’clock. Wo pa—q n enr enough to tho Potomac to obtain a beautiful, thougn ••-.-...i.what. contracted, view; for here, the town shelves down into the quiet river very abruptly, and i 3 connected With tho op posite shore by a dilapidated and unsightly bridgo. whioh is built alongside of the aqueduct, and may be travelled by foot-passengers and horsemen of great presence of mind. The ferry in the distance, or rather a short distanoo beyond tho bridge, was busily engaged in transporting troops, horses, and munitions of war to the comps on the opposite side, the utmost energy and industry boing manifested. After n succession Of splendid views from the heights, and aglimpso at tho cemetery, which re minded me somewhat of the YYoodland s on the Schuylkill, WC passed into a road which lod into a monotonous and rather neglected country. There were large tracts of sparse woodland, which in In diana would bo so ninny farms and log-cabins before the wintor was over. Nature seems to have been permitted to reign undisturbed. Tho fences were ricketty, and looked as if they had been erected for the especial accommodation of predatory cattle. Constant signs of military life were visible, and tho road was dotted with teams, transportation wagons, and shuffling ambulances bearing the wounded and sick from the camps to the Infirmary. Weary sol diers dozing under the trees-ftisky soldiers gam hollinw in the Shade, and bourtting over the fence,- literary soldiers writing Ot’lhO knee Of tile top or II ilium, and stray sentinel slowly pacing their ap pointed heat —soldier. la all possible soldierly avo cations trying to ki!'* ;mc - “ r to make its existence as endurable and as-mduring as possible, constantly met the eye ur-d we came to Tenallytown. Penally tow 1 is one of those geographical ploasan t-ies whi'el’‘*PP ea ' immediately to tho imagination, like the Walkiik, of llio Ordnnt:cel>ftparlmonfc, hav ing given proof of their disloyal), are dismissed from the service of the United Sates. Assistant Surgeon Ramseub, of the medicaStaff, having de serted to the enemy, is likewise dtoissed from tho service. j Miscellaneous.! Carlisle Barracks is announced asvehaphiin post, 'i’ho commanding officers of voluuber regiments will report to tho Adjutant General’sifiico immedi ately as they occur any vacancies which may hap pen in their regiments, in order Ihatscops may bo taken to have them filled. Recruiting for the Regular Army. By an order issued from tho Adjutait General’s office, from this time till the Ist of January, 1803, recruiting officers arc directed to makeall their en listments of men entering the regular iriny for the term of three years. Tho minimum standard of height for recruits is fixed five feet hroe inches. Passports to Visit Europe. The State Department to-day issued the follow ing explanatory note: To those whom it ..wayconeern Tho regulation of this DopurtincnVef the 19th instant on the subject of passports was principally intended to cheek tho communication of disloyal persons with Europe. Consequently, passports will not bo required by ordinary travellers on the lines of railroads from the United States which*6nte”- iU * British possessions. If, how_ev»r objected to -su®*— vr mis Government on tho border, the agent will cause such person to be detained until communication can be had with this Department in regard to tlic case. W. H. Sewarb, Secretar of State. The Privateer .Sumpter. The State Department has received a letter from the United States consul at Curacoa, dated the 7th instant, in which he says that, according to tho statement of tile runaway seaman—an Englishman, named Onu —from the privateer Sumpter, she was not allowed to enter the port of Cicnfuogos do Cuba, but was ordered to anchor below tho fort. Her prizes, however, six in number, went into port. The Sumpter, after coaling, proceeded to sei im mediately, supposing Hint somo of our own mon-of wnv were in pursuit. She subsequently captured two Americas! vessels, both of which were loaded with provisions, (one of them named the Joseph Maxwell ,) off Puerto Cnbello. She was seen on the 2d instant, in the vicinity of Maturin, on tho coast of Venezuela, proceeding to the windward, and it was supposed she continued her course through the lYindward passage to capture vessels there. The consul had, on the day of writing, called on the Governor of the Island requesting an answer to his question, whether the Sumpter would again bo admitted into the port should she roap poar. The Governor, in reply, assured him that she would not, on tho ground that since she left there she had been capturing vessels on the main, and, as he desired to occupy a strict neutrality, according to Ills orders, lie could not permit the Island to he made a starting point for tlic Sumpter. The consul also questioned the Go vernor in regard to other vessels under the same Hag and commission, when he stated that, should another such vessel appear, lie would act according to circumstances. The consul adds: ‘ : I am of the opinion that tho Governor has committed himself in admitting tho Sumpter, and now desires to arrange the affitir. The majority of the peoplo of Curacoa arc of Ihc same opinion." Prisoners Escaped from Richmond, Two prisoners, a eaplain in the 4th Michigan ind the assistant quartermaster 2d Rhode Island regi ment. escaped from Richmond and made gcod their arrival on the Potomne below Acquin creek, after nine days travelling. They built a raft, and started to work across the river, but were taken from their frail bark by the gunboat Union, »nd brought to the city. They state that the feeling and talk is strong in Richmond to march upon Washington. Our men (prisoners) there are crowded into small rooms, and they are indifferently eared for, though in their letters they arc obliged to intimate that evtry attention is paid to their comfort. Stopping the New York Daily News, The act by which the packages of the New Ytek Daily News were stopped in Philadelphia last night, meets with approval here. Tho proprietors of that sheet are remarkable for industry. Tiny haTe had an editor and a roporter in Washington, able men in a bad cause, and no expense is sparet to vitalize and circulate tho paper. Captain Dahlgreu’s Improvements in Cluns. Captain Dxnr.cnEX, now commandant in thi navy yard, has been eminently successful in his ex, periments and improvements in gun 3. 110 has, within a fow days, obtained patents for improve ments in ordnance, particularly in reference to com pounding and preparing metals. He has taken a patent for preparing projectiles, the principal im provement being in shot for rifled cannoil. Appointments. Mr. L. L. Tilde.v, of Vermont, to he assistant librarian of Congress, rice lXix.vA.'f, removed, Mr. Lewis Duckworth to be messengor of the library of Congress, vico Kkauo.v, removed. S. S. Wit, l.l A ms, Esq., was yesterday appointed to a very important position, as assistant paymaster in the urmy, Capt. F. A. Tcckku, wh« left this City some time ago, to join the Secession forces, is a brother-in-law of Mr. Wii.uajis. Removed. Patrick Joniuu.v, chief messenger in the War Department, was yesterday removed from office. Aid and Comfort to the Enemy. The Baltimore papers continue to publish daily aoeounts of the movements of our troops, while the papers here and the newspaper correspondents are denied a similar privilege. Tho Baltimore Sun is in Beauregard’s army every morning ia_ largo numbers. Granted their Liberty. Resjaaijx Kmßv and ft r.oiiGK Smith, who were arrested on Monday last, in company with several others, near Pisoataway, Prince George’s county, Md., by a squad of United States cavalry, on the charge of Sccossionism, were yesterday morning re leased from jail, ou taking the oath of allegiance to the Government. Stopping tomnniuication with the South, Tho stage from this city to Leonardtown was y esterduy morning slopped at the navy-yard bridge, and brought back, contraband articles and lettors to parties South having been found on board. Tho driver m;d two of the occupants were arrested, and tho stage was afterwards allowed to proceed, under guard, with tho remaining passengers. The demand now for passes from nil who pass •between Washington and Georgetown, on the steamers, will prove to be n great check upon tho movements of tho enemy here. No pass will be grunted to any one who cannot bring satisfactory vouchers Hint he is II good Union man. Withdrawal ol'Reliel Forces, According to official intelligence tho two cavalry companies which havo been showing themselves at a snfo distance from our defences at tho Chain Bridge havo withdrawn farther into Virginia, and so of other Secession troops on that side of tho l’otomao, Thoir object in thus retiring is a mattor of mcro speculation. It is certain, however, that as, during this weok, our troops havo been rein forced theirs have recoded. Paying Oil the TrOOpS. The troops havo nearly all boon paid off, tho only exceptions being whero officers have dolayed in making up their pay-rolls. These delays aro being corrected, and by tho last of August all claims of this nature will bo discharged. Col. Baker’s Regiment. Harmony now prevails in tliisjrogimont. and in point of drill and efficiency it is among the best in this command. The Union Nominees in Maryland. The candidates nominated by tho late Conven tion arc among tho ablest and best Union mon in tho State, and reports rccoivcd from different sections Of the State confirm the fact of their popularity. Tho nomination for Governor is generally popular. The New York Evangelical Alliance and the Army. Rev. Charles G. Goss, secretary of the Evan gelical Alliance of the city of New York, has pre sented petitions to the War Department touching the rights and duties of chaplains, the observance of the Sabbath among tho troops, the enforcement of llio third article of war against the uso of pro fane language and tho too common practice of gambling in the camps. Tho Alliance is supplying the regiments with religious reading, and Mr. G. is hero with a viow to their moral condition and wants. A depot for the rceoption and distribution of such reading has been opened at 34 I'oHV-and-ft- Ualf street, Mr. Williavs Superintendent. Treasury Notes. Thore was another draft made to-day upon the different rooms, for all tho clerks that could be spared, to assist in filling up the new Treasury Notes. Thirty clerks are requited. The l’otomac Flotilla. Large additions havo been made to the fleet on tho l’otomac. Major Roynolds lia3 returned from a thorough examination of the Lower Potomac. No dis coveries were mtido of batteries or other recent changes. “The Tress" the Only Paper Receivedm Washington. Owing to the stoppage of all tho New York papers in Philadelphia yesterday, to search for the packages *f the Daily Mews, no papers came through last night but tho Philadelphia Press, and the five or six hundred copies of your sheet wero all bought up in fifteen or twenty minutes after thoir arrival. The New York papers were re ceived this morning. Cruelty of Government Teamsters. The ignorance and cruelty of many of the Government teamsters is very justly a subject of comment by our citizens, l'our mules were killed in ono day, and it is said that five or six are killed every woek, by the ignorance, brutality, and cru elty of drivers, notwithstanding Captain Putnam’s orders, that no teamster shall use a club, stone, or tho bntt end of his whip, in breaking or driving liorsos or mules. Arrivals from Philadelphia at Willard’s. Jacob Sangsdorf, N. 5. Richardson, J. Writz, 11. Tyson, Henry S. Smith, W. A. Smith. Jas. Sco field, Jas. Harper, Clias. P. Miller, Thos. >7. Lowe, P. lb Chase, Ohuc. Cameron, Hon. VYill. D. Kelley. . FROM MISSOURI. ADVANCE OE GEN, MCCULLOCH’S FORCES, Union Men Plundered, ROLLA, Mo., Aug. 23.—Accounts from Spring field state that from 6,000 to 10.000 of McCulloch’s army had left for the North. A small part of his force hns reached Lebanon, on the Rolla road, and aro engaged in making reprisals and committing depredations on the Union men. About 700 of the exiles from Springfiold havo joined Colonel Boyd's regiment. Not less than 1,000 Union men have been obliged to abundon their homes in tho South west, leaving thoir property at the mercy of the robols. There is much distress among these people, large numbers having noither money nor provi sions. ..-Kwoguv rroM Springfield by suid to be worth $1,500,000. TOOM ITAYTI. Conspiracy Among the Pure Blacks. Bostow, Aug* 23. —Advices from Ilayti 19 tho Bth represent that a formidable conspiracy to over throw the Government, by the pure blacks, was discovered, and several arrest* hud been made. Intelligence from St. Domingo represents that the inhabitants are reconciled to the Spanish rule. From Cairo. Caip.o, Aug. 23.—The steamer Samuel On, the Evansville and Paducah mail packet, was seized by the rebels at Evansville yesterday, and taken up tho Tennessee river. Her officers and crow left her and escaped to Cuiro in skids. Ucr cargo was valued at s2o,ooft. It is reported that the rebels at Paducah havo aent to Union City for some 04-pounders*. Four thousand rebels, commanded by Kitcheii, aro re ported to be at Benton, Aiissouri, engaged in forti fying their position. They have nine 24-pounders. The JeH'ersoniaii newspaper Seized by United States Authorities. Wirsr CiiJisrKf?, IV. Aug. 23.—Deputy United Stales Marshals .Jenkins ami Sehuyler, by order of the “United States marshal, took possession of the Jeffersonian newspaper building, with all its con tents, this afternoon, to await further orders from “Washington. Destruction ol' ;i Secession Ncwspiifter in Cleveland, Aug. 20.—The office of tho Star/j Covitiy Democrat, a Secession sheet, at Canton, Ohio, wns entirely destroyed last night by the VO - of that place. Safety of the Steamer North Star and the California Treasure Ne.w Yoke, August 20.—The steamship North. Star, from Aspinwall, with the California treasure, liuts arrived' Tho North Star brings $1,170,000 in specie. On her outward passage she discorerea the Bri tish war steamer Driver ashore oil Miragoano roof and offered to tow her off, but it was found that she had bilged. Nearly everything - had been taken out of her, and -her crow occupied tents on tho shore, . The' 1 North. Star passed tlie Northern Right on the 18th and the Champion on tho 2i!d. A boat from the Driver boarded tho North Star on hep return, and reported that tho United States corvette Richmond passed there on the ISth. BOGOTA. General Mosqueva has routed the Government forces in Bogota and proclaimed himself Provisional President of New Granada. Gcnorals Espina, Po sada, Fans, and Tarious other officials had been taken prisoners, and the President and his Cabinet had fled. Tragedy at Sea. Ni:w Yon ft. Aug. 2.".—Tho pilot boat Charles 11. Marshall arrived at this port yesterday morning from a cruise. "Wednesday ni Captain Stetson, from Liver pool bound to New York, with a cargo of coal. Tho Metcalf reported that she had fallen hi with the hark Czarina. The bark asked for a naviga tor, and atated that the captain, second mate, one seaman and tho mate, were all murdered at sea three days bofore; the first three murdered by tho mate, and the latter by the steward. The Czarina, Captain Dwyer, sailed from Cron stadt, June 24, and passed Elsinore, July 3, for Boston. A few days will reveal the causes which led to the fearful tragedy enacted on board of her. TnE CZAItIXA AT BOSTON, Boston, Aug. 23.—The bark Czarina , on which the horrible tragedy was committed at sea, has arrived at this port. Tragedy on the Bark Czarina. Boston, August 2". —The bark Czarina, Cap tain Seunctt, late Captain Dwyer, from Cronstadt, Juno 24. has arrived. The crew make the follow ing Statement in regard to the tragedy that occurred on board, of which mention was made yesterday: July 30, at 3 o’clock A. M., the mate, named Blotter, killed Captain Dwyer with a hatchet, while the latter was asleep in his berth. Crolter then proceeded on deck and killed tho second mate, Mr. Hammett, of Boston, with tho samo instrument, and throw both of thorn overboard. Tho next day, ; Crolter ehot tho onrpentcr from tho end of the jib • I,coin. and he fell into the sea. He next shot a sea man dead on the deck, and also woundod Alexis Trotopsy, a passenger, in the shoulder. He then ’rigged out a boat with a mast, sail, provisions, eto , and attempted to fire the hark, intending to leave in his boat, but he was set upon by tho crew and killed. No cause can be assigned for these horrible acts of Crottcr." The crew say he was not crazy. Seizure of a Schooner Laden with Contra band Goods. New Yonit, August 23.—The sohooner Sa-ralt. Ann Rowe , recently purchased by John Douglass Mirredlces, of Wilmington, N. C., and registered with tho British consul ns tho William Arthur of Liverpool, which hud been loaded and cleared for St. Thomas, was seised os she was about soiling for Wilmington. Her cargo will be confiscated. Steamers Purchased by the Government. New York, August 23.—Tho steam tug Ceres at this port, nnd a now propeller at Norwich, hare bees bought by the Government, FROM TITE SOUTH Lottxsvilms, Aug. 23d. —A Fpcciai despatch t* (bo from Nashville, says Davis has approved of the act appointing two other Commia s-iouors t<* Europe; aL>o, the act for the aid of Mis souri iu repelling hor invaders, and authorizing her admission into tbo (Jonfodornoy. Ben McCulloch was complimented 1 ‘For tbo splen did victory of his bravo army” in tho battle of Oak Hill. The rebel Congress is considering a bill for tho sequestration of the property of tho alien enomios of tho Confederates. It was roported that tho rebel had re ceived a despatch by telegraph, stating that tho English Government* has sent orders to Admiral Milne of the Gulf Squadron, to bco that tho British merchant vessels nro properly protected ill their ingress and egress to and from the ports of tho frouth. High officials in Richmond arc reported to belicvo such to bo the fact. Tho French consul at Richmond has received a despatch announcing that several French war frigates were at Norfolk. Tho rebel Congressjiad called upon tho Navy Department for an estimate of tho amount required to construct two gunboats for tho defoneo of Mem phis and tho Mississippi river. Tho reported battle at Lovottsvillo was incorrect, tho Lincoln troops succeeding in effecting their escape across tho Potomac: 4 Southern passengers who have just arrived, re port that martial law was to be proclaimed in Nashville to-day. • FnEnKiuciw, Aug. 22.—The advance guard of tho army is not far from this locality. Its ultimate destination is unknown. Tho principal incident of camp life is the defec tion of tho New York Nineteenth Regiment. This morning being tho expiration of the threc-monlhs term for which tho men, or a majority of them, claimed that they wore enlisted in. the Federal service, tho lino was formed, and tho orders of tho Governor of the State of Nevr York, the determi nation of the Government, and the articles of war, were read to tbo regiment. Major Sodlie, in tem porary command, addressed tho men, and finally ordered all who chose to remain to advance three paces. About two hundred declined, and were immediately taken charge of by the Second CfiYnJrv. Subsequently they were disrobed of their equip ments, and placed in charge of tho First Pennsylva nia Regiment, Colonel Eiddlo. Twenty-four hours havo been allowed to them to reconsider their de cision, and it is believed at least one half of tho dis affected will return to their duty. All the commis sioned officers remained, and only two of the order ly ROrgeants were among the recusants. Major Doubleday, who has for some weeks been confined at 'Washington, from the effects of an ac cident to his leg. rejoined his battery in General Banks’ column on Tuesday. During Major Doubleday’3 absence the battery has been in charge of First Lieutenant Hall, who j>articipated so conspicuously in tho Fort Sumpter conflict. He will probably succeed Major Double day in permanent command of the battery. Late from Gen« Banks' Column Fbedeiuck, Md., Aug. 22.—The correspondent of tho Associated Press accompanying Gen. Banks’ column writes as follows: “ Tho health of the army is generally good, and the. hospitals have but few tenants. There is a frand improvement in health since leaving Sandy look. “ Mr. Russell, the war correspondent of the Lon don Tivics, took the cars at Ellicott’s Mills, on Tuesday morning, and proceeded towards Sandy Hook, apparently for tho purpose of visiting tho whole line of the Potomac defences. “ There was some curiosity to catch a glimpse of him, and remarks not delicately complimentary were uttered by somo of the soldiers who had pc rosed his letters to the Tim?*. “"Yesterday private Joseph Fasbind, of Company B, Ninth New York Regiment, committed suicide by blowing out his brains with a musket.’’ C4en. Banks on the Monocaey. WAsnitfCTox. August 23. —The continued im provement of the troops in all respects, is the sub ject of congratulation in the army, as well as the ’Executive quarters. This results mainly from strict discipline. The line of the upper Potomac is now well guarded, and at the latest roliublo accounts, Gen, Banks was still resting on the Monooaoy. The administration of the oath of allegiance pre scribed by the act of Congress, was a mutter of in terest to the clerks in thDßureau of the Auditor of the Treasury for the Post Office Department this morning. Secession Reports from Virginia. BALTI.mohk, Aug. 23. —The leading Accession or gan here, the ’EsrcnMigf) has the following news : il A gentleman, lately arrived from Western Vir ginia. brings the intelligence that General Lee was about eight miles north of Gauloy bridge, with a force of 37,000 men, and that men were flocking to him. lie reports General "Wise as being eight miles off, with 0,000 men, and General Loring as being seven miles off, with about S.OOO men in an other direction. ‘•Mr. Jenkins, member of Congress, is raising a brigade to join General Lee, and tho Southern feeling is getting stronger daily, as high up as Parkersburg. “lioscncrans wn3 at Clarksburg on Monday last, and was very uneasy about his position. At Martinsbnrg, the Virginians were collecting nil the railroad material that could possibly bo used, and transporting it to Strnsburg.” The E.rcna?igc also has tho following: ” A gentleman who arrived from Pcrryville. (op posite Harre-dc-Grace) yesterday, reports that fourteen hundred army wagons are concentrated at that point, and that preparations have been made by tho teamsters and others accompanying them to await further orders. The men are taciturn and mysterious as to their destination.” From Fortress Monroe Baltimore, Aug.' 23. —Several experimental shots have been fired to-day from the Union gun, with an extreme range of between four and five miles, one shot penetrating a sand-bank twolve - r-—,7' espfosse3 himself as by no means -p-AsHCd with the trial. It is suid thnt General Butler will not return to Mflssaeby=»tts. but will take mo held m connua.TW'i -»<■ me volunteers of ikis department. Tho propellers Fanny and Adriatic have gone on an expedition up the bay, under direction of Lieut. Crosby. There is heavy firing to-day in the direction of Norfolk, and the Confederates are pro bably trying the range of their butteries. The Steamer Etna. New York, Aug. 20.—The paragraph in the Tribune of this morning, to the effect that tho steamer spoken by the Edinburgh was supposed to be tho Etna in distress, is an error. The vessel in question vrns the Kangaroo , and the signals be tween t2ic two vessels were in relation to the miss ing ship. Markets by Telegraph, Cincinnati, Aug. 23.—Flour firmer and in better demand nt 53.G0a0.75 lor supertine. ‘Wheat in golwl demand, and red Sc higher ; white unchanged. Whisky ete.idy at 13c. Moss l’ork Sl4. Lard 6c. Exchange steady at pur cent, premium. Treasury notes in ac tive demand at 97, hut noue are offering. Naval Intelligence. New York, Aug. 23. —The U. B. ship Pul month and brig Perry were at Aspinwall on the 15th inst. FROM WASHINGTON. [From the Washington Star i'f last evening.] AITAIIiS AT ANNA VOJ.IS J UNCTION Axxarolis Jrxcriox, Aug. 22. —Yesterday, a very large and beautiful ling was presented to the battalion of Pennsylvania troops stationed here, by the Union hidie.s of Prince George’sand Montgomery counties; The ceremonies were very interesting. James Creigh, Iv=q., made the presentation speech, and Captain McPherson the reception speech. : A large number of persons were present. The Union men of this neighborhood are staunch and unwa vering. Tho troops are upon tho most pleasant relations with the people. A. N. Berry. Esq.. of Bnltiinoiw who was ar rested tho oilier day. was subsequently discharged upon taking tho oath of allegiance. Albert Bruimnell, of Baltimore, taken with the contraband goods seized some days ago. has been removed to fort McHenry. TIIK EXPERIENCE OF A UESEP.TER There is now at the Central Guard-house, in this city, a man by the name of Augustine Johnson, who was formerly a citizen of Stoubcnville, Ohio, where he has, or hnd :i few. months since, a mother and four children living. In the last four months his expe riences have not been of the most agreeable kind, as will be seen on reading the following narrative of bis adventures during that time. He is quite intelligent, and gave us, this morning, a detailed account Of his ** moving accidents by Hood ami field, ’’ bis haiv-breadth s senpe3.' 7 &nvid Vance, of Philadelphia, was instantly killed. The other, & comrade and warm friend of Johnson’s, an lili noisian, named James Jf. Hutchinson, was shot un der the eye. He was in such agony that John son carried him from tho field a long way to the hospital, occasionally resting with the wounded man’s head on his lap. After taking his friend to the he thought the time had come to try and escape, as in the confusion there wore no pickets out. He look bis gun ami started west* ward, up a ravine. After getting a considerable distance from the battle-field, ho threw away his gun and cartridge-box. The uniform of the bat falion was cotton pants, of tho mixed color known as pepper-and-salt, and a red shut. Under this rod shirt Johnson had a checked cotton shirt. He now changed these, by putting tho checked shirt outsido and tho red one under,, expecting in stant death if he was arrested ns a deserter. Ho heard tho firing all day un Sunday, and travelled away from it in a northwest direction. At night lie took two shocks of wheat ami made a bed, on which lie slept soundly, nnd was awakened by the rain on Monday morning. Ho shortly after wards reached ft Quaker settlement iu Loudoun county, where he found a baron of vest, being kindly taken care of for some weeks. Bcmg anxiouf; to roach his home, he left Loudoun on Friday last, and came by way of Harpers Ferry to thiaxfity, where he is waiting for a pass to enable him to go over the roads without interruption, he haying no funds to defray his expenses by railroad. v Mr. Johnson says he did not receive one cent of pay whilst in the Confederate service. He says that Loudoun county is devastated, as if it had been overrun by locusts. The horses and wagons have rU been seized, and tho grain and other provisions carried off, barely leaving temporary subsistence for the old people and children left at home. THE CITY. More Nkwhpai'Eks Seized. —The Daily iVf.i-s, of Now York, has gained a notoriety since the marshal took it into notice, which, prior t# this time, it neither had nor dcserred. At half-past eleven o'clock yesterday morning Marshal Millward seized about tvro thousand copies at tho office of Adams’ Express, and they were hauled in a furni ture car to tho United States building. Fifty copies of the Journal of Commerce were ala* taken in charge. About forty-five hundred copies of these miserable publications are new in custody. Tbo Post Office Department baa been ordered to servo none of these papers to subscribers, and news agents and express* men having them in charge will hereafter bo arrested and punished. There is no reason why tho marshal of New York should not actsimullaneously with Marshal Millward, and shut up the offices of these obnoxious publications. That they are labor ing to givo aid and comfort to the enemy is evi denced from Iho fact that most of the packages seized hero nro directed to places in Mary land, Delaware. Kentucky, nnd Missouri, where thcro aro thousands of disaffected peo ple, who need hut an evidence of sympathy from tho North to precipitate secession. These papers can go Southward by other routes than those leading through riiiladciphia, and the slippery journalists who oonduct them aro not blind to any media for facilitating their circulation. Tho oril should bo averted where it commences, by closing up tho offices in Now York, and indicting tho trai tors. Thero are. sineo the rocent outbreaks, but four or five Disunion papers in Pennsylvania. Two of these are published in Lehigh county. Some of tho others aro of a denominational character, and one, it is said, in this city, has published erideuces of disloyalty. The Ki:',v Bridge Over tiie Schuylkill.— The bridge in process of construction over tho Schuylkill _ river by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company is rapidly appronehing completion. The iron frame of the bridge ',3 being east in parts at Altoona, nnd n largo portion of it has already arrived. The superstructure will consist of two per manent spans of one hundred and ninety-two feet each, nnd one pivot span, a draw-bridge of the same length, turning on a contral pier. To support this draw-bridge the middle pier, which is built like the others, of stone, is not nearly of tho samo height, with them. The centre span is provided with im proved machinery so that it will turn easily and ra pidly upon tho pier, and therefore offer not. tho slightest impediment to navigation, Tho tug steamers will have no occasion to order the bridge open, as it is built sufficiently high to allow them to pass beneath, and as thero are few high-masted vos seb that go up the river, travel over the bridge will be very little embarrassed. Haunch of the Tuscauoha This vessel will bo lnunchcd at five o’clock this afternoon from the Ship-houso at the foot of the navy yard. Tho Tvsearora is one of the six sloops-of-war ordered early in Juno, and her keel was laid on tho 28th of that month. From fifty to four hundred men have been employed upon the vessel, and all tho departments have been b«3iiy engaged in forward ing the work. The vessel is the first of tho sir sloops to be launched, nnd the Government is indebted for its completion mainly to Master Constructor Ilooyer and Ma3ter Carpenter Davidson of this sta tion. The engines have been manufactured by Merrick & Son, under tho special superintendence of the Chief Engineer, Mr. Dauby. Tho Tirscarora is in every respect seaworthy nnd solid, nnd wo ex pect her, under an able commander, to pass into history. Tickets have been issued for tho launch, and those holding them will bo entitlod to enter tho yard after ten o’clock, when a select number will be admitted to the deck of the sloop and go off with her to the water. Cnnnon will be fired, and a bottle of water from the Tusearora creek broken over tho how ni. the moment of leaving the stocks, Tho Tuscarora is the name of a stream in the interior of tho Slate, and the vessel therefore will make note worthy a feature of our own beautiful aud moun tainous Commonwealth. Recruits arc now - vapidly enrolling them selves in Col, Morehcad's regiment (Twenty-se cond Pennsylvania Volunteer?). Orders kayo been received from the War Department, authorizing tho completion of this regiment at an early day, in order that it may be fully equipped, and armed with the most approved weapons, before leaving the city. Under this arrangement the regiment wiil continue entire, and the men will not bo liable to be transferred to’ other commanders, as must in many cases happen, when regiments or compnnios arc not filled within a specified time. An induce ment is hereby offered to all young men of steady habits to enrol themselves, with every guarantee that tho commands under which they enlist will be those under which they will fight the battles of their country. Col. Morohcad is au officer of ex perience, cool, brave, and capable, iiaving served with distinction in the Mexican war, and acquitted himself with credit to his command and honor to his country in the three-months campaign just dosed. Donations to the Volunteers. —Tito mili tary feeling does not extend to officers and recruits alone. The funds necessary to provide for incom plete regimonts havo been mainly furnished by civilians. Colonel Rush received seven hundred dollars yesterday, tho voluntary gift of seven bro kers upon Thiru'strcet. Olio of the brokers referred to has given twenty-five hundred dollars to various organizations heretofore, and three have given one thousnnd dollars each. There are few merchants of repute who have not donated at least one hun dred dollars since the war began, and the total sum raised in this city to provide for our regiments can not amount to "less than two hundred thousand dollars. Tho soldiers can thu3 sec that their Self sacrifice is not unappreciated by the stay-at-homes. Recruiting, which is now at a stand-still, or nearly so, needs but liberal contributions from our business community to stimulate it to renewed activity. A Very email bounty will do much to bring forward goocl -—ldler-, and now, more than at any other time, they are needed to provide for the common defence: The New Postage Stamps. —There has been a great rush to the post office, for some days, to ex nVuttgp the old postage stairs* *««• /**• new StaiDp3 civner mffterially from tho old ones m designs, as they arc uniform in general appearance, and have the value of the stamp designated in fig ures in each of tlio upper corners, in addition to U. S. Postage, Three Cents, Ao. The one-eont stamp represents a profile bust of Franklin, nnd the'three cent a profile bust of Washington. The five-cent has the head of Jefferson, the ten, twelve, and twenty-four-cent the head of Washington, tho thirty-cent the bust of Franklin, and tho ninoty-ccnt is distinguished by Trumbull’s head of Washington. The time for exchanging stamps and envelopes will soon close, and after that date letters enclosed iu old-style envelopes, or paid with the old stamps, will not be forwarded, but sent to the Bead-Letter Offioo at Washington. Lirerat. Donation. —The following note, enclosing a hundml-dollar bank-bill, was sent to the Cooper-Shop Refreshment Committee: Fiuladeltoia, August 20, ISO!.- To IVm. M. Cooper, Esq. — My Dear Sir : Please to accept the enclosed item in aid of tho hu mane and hospitable institution which yourself and a few friends founded for the benefit of our patriot volunteers in the eouutry’s service. The nent nnd bountiful tables of the Philadelphia Cooper Shop have revived the sinking strength aud spirits of thousands of our Northern and Eastern soldiers, who, in its absence, must have been with out a satisfactory meal for more than forty hours. Our friends from Now England especially u bloss the Philadelphia Indies,” who are foremost in this exquisite labor of love, and they send kind greet ings from the-White Mountains, and from the val leys of Virginia, to the men who. instead of long speeches, give them large cauldrons of boiling coffee. Allow me to express the hope, and the belief, i hat the sons and daughters of New England resi dent iu this city will continue to bo well repre sented in this noble work. Yours, with a will, B. Frank Pai.mkil $lOO. A Sou of New lltunp&lrirc. CiU. Patterson’s Rkoiment is being reor ganized by Colonel Leech, its former major, a gra duate of West Point, nnd a thorough soldier. The following arc the recruiting stations : Armory of the Philadelphia Grays. Market, above Eighth street. Armory of the Oadwalader Grays, northeast comer Eighth and Chestnut streets. Armory of the Independent Grays. 002 Arch street. House of Henry Mehring, Passyuiik road, oppo site Queen street. Company F. C«pt. Candy, No. 421 North Second street. Other armories will be opened In a few days. Tho headquarters are at the southwest corner of Eighth and Pnrrisli streets, Washington It. Be Young commanding. Recruits arc rapidly pour ing into this regiment. Tin; Maxitactekk or Cannon is going on in various establishments in the city and vicinity. Most of the cannon that arc being moulded and wrought at Phccnixville, pass through the hands of our manufacturers to receive tho proper finish. Several firms formerly engaged in iron moulding and the making of domestic utensils, havo changed their machinery so as to proceed at once with tho turning out of rifles, muskets, and cannon. Wc are thus so*situated that if at any time the city should be menaced, heavy and light ordnance iu abund ance can be found upon the "pot. Yolvnteeu Refreshment Committee, WASHi.vfiTov-sTRKKT Wharf.—An excellent bill is offered tbU evening at Sanford’;: OpCl'ft House, the proceed* of which are for the benefit of this committee, who have so nobly sustained the credit of Philadelphia by supplying tho volunteers with refreshments on their pillage through city. The citizens will have an opportunity of testifying to their exertions by crowding the hou*c. Mimtahy T.kcturks. —A couvic of military lectures, we understand,will shortly be inaugurated at one of the public halls, to assist in diffusing a more thorough knowledge of tactics, munitions of war. aud all campaigning features. The system is a wood one. and it is intended to introduce n num bor of military organizations by company into the tho hall, so that the evening may be spent in ra tional instruction, rather than in the licentiousness and idleness of ihe recruiting station, surrounded by all the temptations of a great city. Accepter tub Caw. a licentiate of the Presbytery of Allegheny City, has accepted the call given him by the Fourth Presbyterian Church of this city, formerly Dr. Clicemium’s. Mr. Mowry was born and reared in the Covenanter Church, (New Side) and enters upon his field of labor with inert encouraging pros pects. •A Good OrPonrraiTV.—Those -who desire to .petal a delightful day with a pleasant company t hou til avail themselves of the opportunity now offered by the Young Men's Christian Association of our city. Tho bathing was never better, and all can have an opportunity to indulge iu this de lightful recreation. Boat leaves Vine-street wharf nt half past six oVroek A. M., and returns at half past live o'clock I*. M. from Atlantia City. Pr.i'AitTntK or a CoHsrn.—John K. New port, Esq., tho newly-appointed consul to Turk's Island, sailed for his destination yesterday. Mr. Newport is a talented young man of this city, who takes with him tho best wishes of his friends, and tho citizens at large. Army Costract.—A contract for tho manu facture of 600,000 yards of kerseys for the United States army has been given to a resident of Frank-' ford. Boy Deown ed. —The captain of the ship Esther, nrrived at thD port yesterday, roports that while off Now Castlo, boating up to the city, yw tordoy afternoon, Michael Carter, a lad sixteen years of age, a nativo of Baltimore, lost his balance and fell from the royal yard, striking tho cross troes, which cast him overboard, and be to drowned. The body has not yet been recovered. The Vegetable World. —Fruit and vege table.:. of all kinds, aro now ebeap and plenteous, tbc South notwithstanding. Tomatoes nro rated at 23 cents per basket, peaches at 75 cents, potatoes at §1 per bushel, cantolopos at 15 cents per basket, nnd excellent watermelons at 10 cents apiece. Avrurcrna a Claimant. —Two largo lamps, Witll drops, npparently belonging to a church, woro found in the possession of o man arrested in Frank ford. They are supposed to havo been stolen, and await a claimant at tho Twenty-third ward station house. Ani!Esi- or A Young Inoknihaht.— .\bout noon yesterday a firo occurred at a dwelling home, No. 618 South Twelfth street. Some straw in tho area wus set on fire, but tho flamos were extin guished before any material damage had been done. A boy who is alleged to have firod tho straw has been arrested. Collis’s Zouaves. —The Zouaves d'Afrique, under command of Cnpt. Charles H. T. Collii, made a street parade yesterday morning. The men aro well drilled, nnd marched well. Tnoy were dressed in blue uniforms. Their Zouave dress has not yet been finished. Tho company carried their muskets. Legislative Nomination. —John Bell Ro binson has been unanimously nominated as e can didnlo for the State Legislature by the Constitu tional party. Spade*' and Picks fop the Army.— Messrs. T. A li. Rowland, of Milltown, nnd af trot ntllolmesburg, have just filled a Government order for 25,000 shovels. Tho-firms of Myers A F.rrien, Small A Co., and William Hammond, have uLs* orders for 25,000 picks. The fourth company of Colonel Bohlen’d field regiment was mustered into service yesterday. Tiiis regiment seems to enjoy tho confidence of our German volunteers, and Colonel Boklon doss every thing in his power to make the men comfortable. SOUTHERN NEWS. The Yicksbnrg Whig says that the citizens of Madison county, Miss., have subscribed 8,800 bulos of cotton, worth $144,000, nnd $35,000 in money, towards the Confederate loan. The Richmond Examiner, speaking of the pro posed increase of the Confederate” army, says: Congress continued, on Tuesday, in secret ses sion. tho consideration of the bill to increase Ui» provisions for tho public defence ns tin; special order for the day. It is known that in the course of “the lengthened dobnle on this mensurc a can siderable and ill-timed division of opinion hat been manifested in Congress, and has embar rassed i(s action. The bill was reported favorably from the Military Committee. It provides for an increase of our military force to the extent of 400,000 men. Beyond a difference of judgment, as to tho measure of the increase of force, wo do not apprehend that any other features of the bill havo been found objectionable, It docs not provide for any levy of forces, but merely authorizes the President to employ tho militia, etc., in the terms of the act of 10th of March, and to accept the servicesof any number of volunteers not exceeding 400,0110. Tho act referred to limited the number of volunteers t« 100,000, which, besides the authorization of the President to receive into tho service of the Go vernment the forces !u the service of tho States the 28th of February, and the general not of tho Blh of May. - 1 to raise an additional military force,” constitutes about all tho support extended by Con gress to tho Executive branch of tho Government; which now makes a distinct demand to be ade quately sustained by tho legislative department, the issue of the debato in Congress will doubtless bo favorable to the! recommendation.? which Uara been made by tho Executive. The Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel growing alarmed at the prospect of the State’s invasion by the Northern barbarians, ami thus exhorts tho Confederacy'' to organize for the defence of tha 3. Because there arc many places where the enc mv might commit raids find do us dttmago before wo could organize and drive them off, Beuuli>rl district, opposite to Savannah, has several fine porto and inlets, navigable for large vessels, wholly un protected. See United States Coast Survey. Thiii district has five black to one white inhabitant. Seve ral inlets on our coast, which our enemies know like tt book, from surveys iu their possession, aro equally unprotected. 2. In two months more they will not fear our climate, By that time they might be ready t« make a sudden descent and find us unprepared. 'f\. A small force might eject them if ready to g* at once, when, if we have to wait, a much larger one will become necessary. 4. By organizing and drilling infantry and gue rillas at home, there will be no need to call upon the President for troops, and a feint from the enemy would not injure our Virginia operations. There aro many who aro so situated that they cannot enlist for the war, who would willingly or ganize to go for a few mouths, if necessary, to de fend the oonri. We earnestly hope that the Governor will seta have companies organized for Ibis purpose all over tho State. Cupt. Gain has a company drilling for tliis purposo in this county, and we understand that Gov. Brown has accepted them as State troops to defend tho coast, nnd is much ploused with the plan. Capt. Harris has also u company of mounted rangers, with double-barrel shot-guns for home de fence. If every county will imitate the examples of old Hancock, we would Imvo if),oof drilled troops in the field at the command of theGovemw, ready to operate at any point mi a brief warning. IVEiz nUi actively and gallantly urging forward this columu, when General Slack was severely wounded and taken from the field, General Price was slightly wounded also. but’not disabled, lie continued t# lead Ins men on to victory, and most gallantly. General Weighlman now filed hte column iu on tii*.*! right of my regiment, in General Slack’s division, where he ‘foil mortally wounded, near Touch's battery, covered all over with wounds. I received ids sword to keep it from tho enemy. Meanwhile, till* enemy's bntieries were captured by tho and Confederate forces, and routed lu t-vi-sy di rection. except ou the height- west, where Lyon commanded _in person, and made his la-t most, desperate struggle. General Parsons now advanced with his four pieces, and poured a terrific fire into the cneni/\ right, while Woodruff's Arkansas battery mowed down fite left. At thte point of time. General. McCulloch came up, and directed Slack's divi sion to charge Totten’d buttery in front, and tho Arkansas troops on the right. This wni tho most terrific storm of grape and musketry croc poured out upon the ranks of any America* troops. -On both sides the men were mowed down like the ripe harvest before tho sickle. My own regiment was then de cimated. and CburchUFs and Mclntoali's Arkansas regiments suffered roost severely. Here General Lyon was killed, Totten's battery driven from tho heights.nnd his wholo force scattered iu flight. This ended the bloody strife* of that most bloody day. It is certain wc Imvegained n great victory over tho Federal troops. The lofs on our «de, as nearly I van ascertain, is 200 killed aud 400 wounded— some say more ; the whole field lor miles is literally eoreretf with the dead. That of the enemy u i,f»o# killed and 2.000 <©2.yoft wounded. I have lost 14a iu killed nnd wounded and mining, from uiy com mand of Cob men. We captured 12 of the enemy’s best ennaon, atd all of the accompanving carriages and ammuni tion. Also, some 400 prisoners, aud several stand of colors and a large quantity of good arms. My regiment fought in that part of tho field whoro General Lyou was slain. Wc have nothing to pay to this statement, cxcopt to remark that our own ofiichd records fftbify CfCCf one of its leading particulars. Kx-Minteter Charles James Faulkner, arrested and detained in Washington, declared in IBSG : ••When that noble and gallant son of Virginia, Henry A. Wise, declared, as was said ho ditt In October, IBsfi, that, if Fremont should be oloetod, he would seize the uational arsenal at llftr^et’s Ferry, how few would, at that lime, have justified so bold and decided a measure ? It is the fortune of some great aud gifted minds to sec far irvßdv&qQo of thi-ir contemporaries Should Win. ll.. Seward be elected in l«iHi, where is the man now in oui* midst who would not call for the impcuchme.'at of n Governor of Virginia who would silently sufiW that armory to pass under the control of suck an execu tive head f my <• If hly is hung, let Faulkner swing," say* Frontivc- Tho following item, which wo find floating through the Southern papers, suggests to our sym pathies the memorable enso of tho. man who woe the elephant: The South Carolina women are giving a dollar each townrda a fund bo inverted m Confederal bonds aud presented to Gen. Beauregard. The Release of Hox. T. A, ft. Nrlswl— Tho Louisville' Courier, & Secession shorty of Wednesday, has the following: , \- The following telegram was received at Knox rille, by Dr. J. G. M. Ramsey, from President Daws: Richmond, (Va.), August 1&, Dr. J. G. M. Ramsey, Knoxville : Yourd received, Mr, Nelson has acknowledged his obligation, oe a- citizen of tho Stato of Tennessee, to submit to her late decision; and upoohis promteo to act hereafter in accordance therewith, I have orderod his rcloasc. Jefferson Davis. Tho Richmond Whig y of tho 14th instant, also save: \Ve arc gratified to hear that this gentieoqn;(Mr. Nelson) having given snttefartory pledge to tho authorities respecting hts future oondaot, has been released, and will return homo and deport hhtoel£ as a good citizen. The Jonesboro (TennJ Express announces tho arrival tome of ftu< KcUoa<