%\t |htss. MONDAY, AU«'.li»T 26, 1861. EXTRACT FROM THE LAST SPEBCH OF STJBi'HEiv A. Thr conspiracy to break up tite Union is a fact now known to nil* Armies arc ln’iag war levied to accomplish it* ' Therr can be but two sides to the controversy. Every man mnst be on the side of list* United States or aigninst it. There can be no neutrals in-this war* There can be none but patriots and traitors. ** 1 Oik SAJ/K. —Th» i\uu\»k*-cylin<lt*r 11 Tatm>u* v on \Giich this pajv.*r h«s lVimj printM for th*? last nins months. It is in excellent condition, havinu Imvu mwh* t*j order n ye-.iv aue, atal will be ss»ld at « Y u' terms ttjiply at this ofticc, or address John* W. Forx&y, 417 Chestnut street, I’luladrlphia. A Newspaper Hero. The poet tells us, with a happy, felicity of expression, th.it " -'tis distance lends enchant ment to the rii’w.” In the case of Str. Kus- SKT.r., Special Correspondent, &e,, of The Times, this is indisputably true. Here, ho figures as a gentleman who (1 ascribed a battle which lie never came within five ..miles of, and a retreat in which he contrived t to take the lead, distancing the most panic-struck fugi tive. In England, he figures a second Cheva lier Bavakii, who vainly endeavored to rally a panic-struck army, and at last withdrew, more in sorrow than in anger, because ins single voice could not speak, trumpet-toned, into the ears of thousands, and because bis single aim could not smite Goi.iun Huai ky- GARD down into annihilation. Some people s geese are swans. Mr. Hi'.sskll, just now, is the particular swim oi Tie Jiondon Times, which wants to matte the world believe that at the battle, (known as that of Bussell’s Kim, So far as he was concerned,) lie was bravest ot the brave, imalarnied ami cool throughout— i- .Aiming the faithless, faithful only he.’’ tviiflc exalting liis own surprising courage, evinced by the rapidity of liis flight, it was scarcely eliivttinc, or even courteous, for Mr. Kcssull to « hint a fault and hesitate dislike ” in the ease of any other gentleman—particu larly of a countryman and a brave soldier. Jn his second letter to The Times, dated July “4th, (three days after the battle, and, there fore, not to l>e excused away on the plea of liasie,) Mr. I!rs->:i.i. goes out oi' liis way to cast an arrow of unjust reproach aud insinua tion against Mkaorer, once the Irish Patriot, and now the American citizen-soldier in a re giment filled with brave Irishmen who are proud of his companionship and gallantry. After praising the good conduct of UinsKrir'tf Germans, of the Seventy-ninth aud of the Sixty-ninth, Mr. Kcsseil siylv insinuates: c Captain Meauhkk, indeed, 1 am told, yield ed to the universal panic, and veils seen on foot at Cenirevilte making the best of his way towards Fori Corcoran, with exclamations which im plied that, for Ike moment , he recognized the Southern Confederacy as highly -'belligerent.” This infamous accusation, so disingenuously, insinuated with the prudent “I am told,” is unworthy of the country of Mr. Busselt.’s bivtli, and, we will add, of the honorable pro fession of journalism to which lm belongs. It is wholly untrue, and we are inclined to think that Mr. Mxagiier will obtain its retractation. In another part of the same “ Special” let ter, Mr. Russki.i. says: « A newspaper reporter is made the victim of some glorious myths by a frightened, intoxicated, or needy warrior, and these are duly made immor tal in type. Then hundreds of men, anxious to see what is said about them in tho papers, and, igno rant as soldiers generally aro of tho incidents of tho a flair in which they haru been engaged, read of ‘Black Horse Bangers,’ ‘Prodigious slaughter, 1 ♦ Fire Zouaves,’ Captain Meagher on a white charger, with a green flag, rushing into the midst of inaccessible and impregnable masked batteries, and persuade themselves it is all true, adding to their subsequent narratives such inci dents of fife and color ns may be within their knowledge or imagination. Excitement has a won derful influence on their perceptive faculties. ' Here, Mr. “ Special” Bussell again seeks to sneer down Captain Meagher. It happens that, in the battle, Captain Meagueu lmd one horse shot under him, and, though bruised by the fail, mounted another (not a while) chargor. Vf hen lie found it requisite, he seized the re gimental Sag, (the harp of Ireland on a green ground,) aud rode to the head of liis regiment, yhere he successfully rallied them. It is all eu regie, we presume, that- Mr. Bt s sux, tlie foremost fugitive from f the vicinity of) Bull's Hun, should be held up in The Times as a heroic gentleman vainly endeavoring to rally a flying army, and that Captain Mkaghki: , who fought gallantly all day, should be held tip, by implication, as a Secessionist, and the fact of his heroism attempted to be sneered down. In future, if Mr. Kvsset.l take our advice, he wifi not take the trouble of going even within five mMcs of a battle, lie etui write an account of it just as well, without ever ceasing to “take liis ease in his inn.” Gossip and invention will do it all. T he Government Loan. "We notice that the Assistant Treasurer of Em York continues to receive numerous ap- plications for portions of the T.ol) per cent, national loan, in stuns varying from Sf>o to $-30,000, ami we have no doubt that when the pro', Li-ions of the act authorizing it arc general ly under:-toed and the contemplated facilities for enabling the people of all sections of our country to subscribe are fully established, all tlio financial wants ol the nation will be liberal ly supplied. Ko investments can pay better in every way than those which are made to sustain our Go vernment. Its six-per-cent, loans have al- ways commanded a premium after the pressing exigencies under which they were contracted passed away, and its 7.30 per cent, loans will also probably soon rise above par. Alkxasokk If. Stkwisss told the people of the South, « Ah, sound of fear )vht. a n lie urged them to .subscribe for the Coil- Unwelcome to dramatic car.; federate bonds, that if the con.sx>irac\ was nil- an y deduction from salaries. The private boxes SsUCCCSSiuI tlieV would be worthless, but that, are oceupic-d ercry night, and this evening suffi in that event, the value of all their other pro- ' cient space in the parquetfe for two-dozen anu perty w ould be destroyed ; while, If the. COU- chairs, as orchestra .seals, will be railed off. Jtfiai Sidracy was successful, their bonds would soon -Annie Lonsdale, the clever comedienne, is leading Use above- par. Ills reasoning was false as actress here, and very popular. Mr Boniface , , i n- cx a. i formerly ol W alnut-street Ihentro. makes his first amdied to the rebellious States, because we ■ • n \ ti __.i av. "■H . _ i i i xt appearance, in ••DonCiesar do Lazan, and the Relieve Secession may he crushed, and the the l>ir»le of the Gulf” lionds which are being issued to sustain it may (foundcd on the Rev. Mr. Ingraham’s novel.) will he thus rendered worthless, and yet, after the also be played. It drew a large boose on Satur power Of OUV Government is fully restored. duy. , To-morrow evening. Mr. Ilnrry Pearson the value of the property in the South, not makes his debut in this city. He was leading co- Cwned by those who are too deeply complied- median and eccentric actor at Copeland's Liver ied ill the rebellion, may be increased to a pool Theatres for several years, and is said, in dia hfeher point than it ever before reached. But >«* *bo the recognized successor of the late ** ® * . . , „ . . Lysander Thompson—whose eldest daughter wtU iiis argument is stnctly true of the subscrip- J >fe . comedy young lady at the lions to the loan of the United States, ana the . Pearson, we believe, id a good dialect property of the citizens of the loyal portions vocalist, and also sings John Parry's very -dramatic Of till? Union. If the bonds issued in ex. sovgp,- sut h as "Wanted » Governess,” "Lalla change for money to sustain the nation ever Booth, ” &c. {differ a serious depreciation, or px-ove worth- ] Sanford’s Opera House will be opened, of course. lea 3, it will only he after the value of all other i It has become a pleasant necessity to the public, kinds of property in our midst is destroyed. 1 There is little prospect of opera, this season, at tho S'hose who make subscriptions, therefore, will : Acmlemy of Music. . , ii * , . ‘ We lhmk that.-despite the rfhard times, ’the not only secure an advantageous investment, r , . , , • mmi \ \* ... , xuit umjr ouumi- axi . - ensuing theatrical season .m Philadelphia wiU be but they will discharge a patriotic duty in sus- . mu( .j, patter than might have boon expected, tabling in its hour of peril the Government ; _ which protects them, and by so doing will of. , m m “ fectively aid to preserve the present, and to j Thomas I . Meagher and Mr. Russell. . insure the prospective, value of all the mighty ! The officers of the. Sixty-ninlh New York regi iateresta of our country. ; mint are out in a card, in yesterday’s Herald, d«- r , nyiug all of Mr. Bpssei.i.’s statements relating to The American Navy. Captain Meagher at the huttlc of Bull Run, and American merchants who returned from i bearing witness to the determined bravery and he- England in the late steamers report that the j roic courage of the gallant captain. feeling of sympathy for the Secession cause : : * ■» — was wonderfully strengthened by the result of UsEXTLAIXED DEATH OP A MUSICAL GENIUS, the battle of Manassas, and that the English- . The Portland Argu n lias the following account of men engaged in the cotton trade and in the . the death of Henry Davis, in that city, under very manufacture of cotton goods are doing every- : strange circumstances: thing in their power to induce the British Go- * Teroment to attempt to break the blockade oi ; Overseers of the Poor at tbo Almshouse. A week the Southern x>orts. They do not expect to ago on Monday he was paid about twenty-five dol , i , ~ , lars hv the Overseers, and want away. On Satur succeed in this scheme, however, If our block- dBJ i n J # t he returned to the house in the morning, fide is made ontiroly efficient, nor‘do they in- but went away again. On Monday morning he tend to insist upon very active measures in this • »g ain returned to the house in a very feeble eondi- , .. , , : tion. He asked for a place to lie down, saymg he matter until several ninths hence when the ; wflB very unwell. He was taken into thehospi jiew cotton crop will be. gathered. From pre-' ■ tal, and a sent for, who administered Beat appearances we wilt before that time have ! some medicine. About half past eleven o’clock , begot up from the bed. and walked around the Upon ov.r .coast a fleet sumcientiy large to room. He then lay down again, and turned on guard every harbor and nearly inlet, find his ride as if to sleep- Two persons were in the ff the British cruisers to interfeye , U-ith ns they will find ready to cope with J came, and, taking hold of him, found him cold in them a liavv worthy to bontend against their ; death, lie was fifty years of age. He had been -. • > drinking during the time he wa*s out, and aoknow- Dwn. j. v : ledged to having Ihh»d in Centre street,'where he Navies -iike great armies, conrioti>e organ- ; hacfslept thirty-eix hums. When he returned to j n a day • but-the rapidity with which our ! the hospital Ins money wassail [gone,,.and nothing lzea m..a a-i c _. u .\ . „ : remained in his, pockets. It is supposed that he yitwi force in being atrengtaraeu, and large, j trns poisoned and- robbed. Aft-er death'bihfaco nod sew Tessas' Wlilt OT ]>4r* body turned black, rad a-foetideffluvia was emitted ' poses, is spinerrliai niagieal. otiritfi-itanding t.fr (I decea aed has several children married and the frequent complflints which are being made j jj',j ng ;b Hew. York city. He was acquainted with „ . . tlip Xavv Henartmdltt, the American ; nearly all the celebrated singers, &c , and. gavo Sgamst the Isarr ueparpn 1 Charlotte Cnsbmah, the great actress, her first lea neopSe will soon discover that tney are nuout ; n musio. Ho was a man of excellent edu to become as powerful on sea dsonijarid, and - cation* and ft piano-forta manufacturer by , t -U Kp aiimiflcanUr taucht the : trade, having worked many years for Messrs, the insuTguits will be ; cbickering A Son, and HaUelt A Davis, m Boston, folly of Citing dht ysriYajtefring expeditions, as , j t j 8 „ singular coincidence that he made his own well as the danger of having an invincibleifleet ■ coffin, haying been at work oh them white stopping T - ... ■ ,- lat the almshouse.’’ . i fiovcrtiig upou tuwrflWHfW* 1 The Measures Taken to Suppress Rebel- lion. The few discontented and intriguing spirits who are disposed to complain of the energetic measures which the Administration, in com pliance with tlie demands of public sentiment, and tite dictates of the great first law of nature, is taking to maintain tlie integrity of the billion, ■ are apt to forget that these steps have been rendered absolutely necessary by the ac tion of the insurgents, whose cause they liave espoused. The unrestricted free dom which the people of our coun try have always heretofore.'enjoyed could have had but one basis consistent with the preservation of even the form of an effective Government, and that was a peaceful and uni versal acquiescence in the will of tlie majority, legally expressed at onr popular elections— leaving all parties free to agitate, as earnestly j as they pleased, all political questions so long as the decrees of the hallut-bnx were respected. If this fundamental principle had been observed we might have gone on for centuries enjoying a degree of universal and untrammelled freedom in every possible respect, which no other.peo ple ever dreamed of possessing. But in an evil hour the champions of a defeated Presidential candidate determined to break the charm of this - beneficent system, which, in a manner to men unacquainted with our institutions seemed almost magical, combined the largest indivi dual liberty with governmental efficiency. They have endeavored to establish over a large portion of our country, in lieu of the .viilc of law and order, the dominion of despotism and force. Tlie lenient measures which were for a time pursued in dealing with their con spiracy, instead of mollifying and disarming it, were only construed as proofs of weakness, and regarded as incentives to new outrages and aggressions. But the nation is now- becoming fully aroused to a sense of the perils by which it is menaced, and in its efforts to combat those who seek tlie destruction of all its highest in terests, if Secessionists North or South do not find the same, respect evinced for all their private rights which they enjoyed before the great rebellion commenced, they have no one to blame but the traitors with whom they are affiliated for the new state of tliinrik which has necessarily been inaugurated. The insurgents have made open war in every possible manner upon the loyal portion of our country, and all its ! loyal citizens. The annuls of the dark ages and i or the most barbarous times alone can furnish j parallels for the cruelty and vindictiveness | they have exhibited towards the Union-loving [ citizens of the seceding States. They have I fitted out piratical vessels to plunder the pvo i pevfy of the people of the North on the high | seas, and issued stringent decrees to despoil | them of all their property on land that in any | wav was under tlie control of the rebellious i States or any of their inhabitants. They have i robbed our treasuries, captured our undefend j cd forts, attacked our armies, beleaguered our ' capital, threatened, to assail Northern cities, and entailed upon the country an enormous expense and immense sacrifices to rescue . tlie nation from destruction. Yet the men ' who are so dead to all sense of patriotism as to applaud these outrages and to seek to aid and abet their authors in their infamous scheme arc the same time eager to invoke for ! their personal protection the guarantees of tlie Constitution they are endeavoring to undermine. Their idea seems to be that it Is perfectly fair and proper for them to seek ; to destroy the prosperity and the rights of . millions of their loyal countrymen, but that, meanwhile, amid this awful wreck, not a hair of their heads is to be harmed, and, indeed, that they arc to he benefited, in the general destruction, through the special favor Of the destroyers. They act like lmm who, in the midst of a noble edifice, filled with an im mense throng of people, publicly seek to level ■ it by fire, and yet expect tliat those around : them will not raise a hand to cheek tlieir in cendiarism, or to prevent tho progress of the j fatal Humes they seek to enkindle. Public Amusements. 'l'hc theatrical season in this city will commence on next Saturday, when Mrs. John Drew's Theatre, Arch-Street, will bo opened with a sterling comedy, in which the full force of her company, trill appear. Tlie changes in the auditorium, for the convenience and comfort of the playgoers, are reported to us as very considerable : —new scats with larger space in the parquet and boxes, and still better orchestra scats. The whole house has been refitted up, in front and behind the curtain. Extensive sets of beautiful scenery, (by Mr. Hayes.) and wholly new and largo varieties of costumes, furniture, and other “ properties,” with a new ventilator, are also among the much-required addenda here. On Tuesday we gave a list of tho company, and beg to add that Mr. Alexander Fisher, who was set down there as “2d old man," is engaged for “utility" parts, Mr. 'Wallis to be “2d old man." Both these gentlemen are steady and reliable actors. Mrs. Garrettson reopens Tfnlmit-Street Theatre on this day week, we believe. There will ho little chungcs in the company, except that. Miss Alice Grey, from Baltimore, takes the place ot Mrs. Glad stone, and Miss Hcrnarde, from New York, and Mr. John McCullough, also arc among the new per formers. Mr. Benjamin Young is to act as stage manager, vice- Mr. Chapman, whose retention as actor would have been popular. Mr. John X. Donnelly will be the barinces manager, vice ills brother, Mr. Murphy, who succeeds Mr. Whitton at Arch street-. Mr. "Wheatley , late lessee of Arch-strcct Theatre, has taken the Continental, with Mr. Whitton ns his treasurer, (a thoroughly acceptable appointment.) and is making such necessary changes here as wilt go far. it is hoped, to make the public forget its Circus antecedents. New seats, and thorough repainting, repapering, &e., arc to be among the changes. We have not yet heard the names of any of the com pany, but hear that the season will commence, about the third week in September, with a splendid show piece, for which Messrs. Wiser and Underfich, the scenic artists, have been preparing busily, and are still at work. The Olympic Theatre. Itnee street, has been open for the last fortnight, with great success, and with out LETTER FROM “OCCASIONAL.” TVasiunoto.n, Aug. 25, 1861. I ventured some weeks ago, in one of my letters, to refer to the conduct of Miss Cun ningham, of South Carolina, who assumed tho control of flic movement for the purchase of tin- Home and the Grave of Washington, with Northern money, from liis degenerate and dis- loyal descendants. Tlie assertion that site was using her position against her country, and insulting Mount Vernon by making it a sort of headquarters for tlie traitors, was indig nantly denied; and “ Occasional” was not only denounced in anonymous letters, hut one of vour correspondents rebuked and re futed him in The Press. Of course, I had. to yield to this storm, aud, as a lady was concerned, could only, if I may use a Hibcr niouisiti. answer by my silence. Bute events. however, indeed events daily transpiring, prove one thing at least: If Miss Cunningham lms not turned Mount Vernon into a Secession rendezvous, she lias undoubtedly taken ad vantage ol her position as Lady Patroness of the Fund for ils purchase to assist those men, who not only refused to subscribe to this' Fluid, but now claim Mount Vernon as a part of tlieir “stolen property.”- I shall calmly wait future developments to establish this fact to the satisfaction of my renders, including those who were so eager to seize upon my first statement in regard to Pamela Cunningham, to show that “ Occasional” hail perpetrated a great mistake. “ Occasional” is fallible like all men. lie lms intense feelings, or convic tions, if you tike that word better. He be lieves in several things with an intense be lief; and chief among these is this: that no American, of either sex, can be opposed to the American Union, directly or indirectly, without being an ingrate and a traitor believes that ft Secessionist, in petticoats or pantaloons, should accept the responsibilities of treason by moving over al once to those who arc engaged in the destruction of a Go vernment they were all sworn to defend. He believes that all persons in sympathy with Secession wlio remain here, or in. any lovnl community, entitle themselves.-.-to the contempt of good men, and de- serve arrest and punishment. -lie be- lieves that those who oppose this Union, after having received and enjoyed its favors, and who openly work to plunge this fair land of liberty and of law into a bowling wilderness Of anarchy-and Woodshed, voluntarily deprive tlieinselve-s of the benefit of all human enact- ments. This is my creed in .this crisis. It is c strong one; and it is easy to see how a man who sincerely entertains such a belief may sometimes commit an error in judging of the actions of those who array themselves against the flag of the Union. ' The indies of the Scceders in this vicinage have beer: enjoying themselves hugely since tin- beginning of our national troubles. I have told you how industrious and ingenious some of these dear creatures have been. I heard one of them, a few weeks ago, publicly ex- prOssi'.ig her wish that our troops might be poisoned, or that, on their way hither, they might be-thrown into the Susquehanna as they were crossing that river. When we consider what a scandalous mission that of Secession is. we may well feel surprised to see it ap- proved by “ dear woman.” What its attrac- tions are to them 1 am not magician enough to devise. I accept the fuel as it is, without fur nishing motives or investigating causes. Some ot these fair sympathizers are distinguished in their u ay. Miss Mary tYindlc, who was cap- tivated a few days'ago,-(having failed for some thirty years in captivating anybody else,) and who is now held as a prisoner, lias been f vio lent advocate of the traitors. She is a maiden of uncertain years and autumnal appearance—a writer of bad original, and an adopter of first-rate other poetry—addicted to newspaper and hotel society—a sort of virgin Jenkins, a kind of Mrs. Joe Gargery, always out on a sort Of “rampage ”on various pretences. “Mary ” supposed that as her talents had been rejected here, she might find a better market for them elsewhere, and so she offered them to Davis in the capacity of a clandestine correspondent mu! enves-dropper. She boasts of her arrest, and seems desirous of the notoriety she has acquired. Mrs. Greeuhow is another of these lady friends of treason—in person of far more ability than tbe masculine Miss Fribble above referred to. She has been one of the queens of our F. F. Y.-'s, and delighted in being one of the loaders of fashion and society licre aways. A long time engaged in this busi ness, she lias undoubtedly been of great service to tlie public enemy. Like Miss IVindle, she glories in her martyrdom, and will doubtless look forward to being duly commissioned as one of tlie saints in the rebel calendar. I hear that others of these sweet daughters of Eve are to follow this twain. Tlie lady of an ex-Unitod States Sena tor is freely mentioned as tho next on the list, and I hear tlie wife of one of our leading mer chants discussed as a candidate for the atten tions of the provost marshal. Is it offending tlie .sanctities to write of these tilings ? Is our regard for -woman to prevent us from ex posing and checking".them when they become the emissaries of a great and unparalleled tyranny?- 'When their husbands, and fathers, and brothers rim oil' to enlist in the traitors’ army they leave behind these tender partners of their former homes; and if these latter be come agents of discord and mediums of treachery the law mnst take its course. For, we must have a Government. With out this, we have no liberty, no law, no pro perty, and, in fact, no safety for life. The plotters against our .Government must be put down or I’Ul out. If they succeed, we are all slaves; and, if ,wc would not be slaves, they must be punished. God is trying us very sorely. He is making us feel that if we would deserve our freedom we must sutler and die for it. lie lias sent upon us this epidemic of Secession to test alike onr courage and our constancy. If we can contend against it, we shall have a long lease of constitutional self government. Jf we yield to it, wc shall not deserve' our own respect or the respect, of the nations, hut will add one more failure to the hlack list that frowns like a gloomy admonition upon the eloquent page of history. If we would triumph, we must bo hold and relentless against ail shapes of treason. And we wilt triumph. As the greatest modern poetess of England, Mrs. Browning, said before she died, in Florence, last .Tune, when referring to the United States : “It is your transition-time— your crisis; bul you will come oat of the fire purified, stainless, homing hail the angel of a great cause walking with you in the furnace.” Mr. llussell, the correspondent of the Lon don Times, still hovers, gliosl-like, about OUl’ camps'. There has, also, been something too much of litis. When we rejlect that this Go vernment is fighting the greatest battle for Free dom since the birth of Christ, is it not monstrous that the agent of a newspaper professing to be the organ of a Christian people should be here to help our foes and to depreciate ns 7 He tells us in his letters that we are sensitive—we Ame ricans—and so wc are—;md so grd every |reas people fighting for their existence against “d wild and many-weaponed throng.’ 5 We are sensitive when vre are calumniated by those who should befriend ns. TTe are sensitive when our robber and assassin foes are helped forward by a civilised and professingly friendly Government. Wo are sensitive when our great cause is sought to be sneered away by worthless ponny-a-linevs, who enjoy our hospitality to abuse our confidence, and revel in the consciousness that because we tolerate differences of opinion they may. print.the most shameless perversions of matters vitally con cerning our fame as a people. Mr. Russell is but just returned from a despotism worse than that of Austria in her worst days. Ho went there after assailing the free States in their re lation to the war—in fact, after making up a judgment in advance that they were indifferent ; and divided. He never dared id tell one-tenth of the truth of the honors of the slave oligarchy, or of the crying crime of its attack upon this Govern ment, His letters were apologies for rebellion, exaggerations oftho resources of rebellion, and, like Peter Pindar’s razors, written to please a commercial sentiment in England, as deaf to the cry of suficring humanity as it is awake to its own sordid interests. And all this, biark you, whuii.hu. must know that what this Gor Tcrnment is contending for is what must enlist, sooner Or later, the warmest 'sympathies Of the whole Iranian race. What he said since his return from the slavery of the oligarchy is soon, told.- He, so careful to conceal the rags and wretchedness of the enemies of civili zation and' liberty in that quarter, delights:in exposing the weak poiuts and the so-called . cowardice of the who hattlcd here for the only free Government outearth. -I will not follow the thenre (h its legttimatc conclusion. ,We imprison" tjiir .females for complicity with 3BF. FBfl-K—J'HJIADELPMA, MONDAY, AUGUST 26. 1861. treason. IVe trust and entertain a foreigner who ('flight# in slandering ns. Plainly, wo owe nothing to the London Times, or to the English Government, in this battle. Botli are hostile to us. Both are job bers. Neither has a soul for a Christian civili zation. They are for slavery when it enriches them, against it whin it impoverishes them. Mr. Bussell is here as the echo, not of the people of England, but of those who think they can dwarf onr Government so as to make it wear the straight-jacket they have; made for if. They predicted, because tliey hoped, that wc could get no money for our war upon thieves, traitors, pirates, and murdever3. We got it, and no thanks to them or theirs. He who told them to make this prophecy was un doubtedly Mr. Bussell. Now, when he tells them that our soldiers fled from a field lie was the lust to desert, he is undoubtedly trying to get them to make a new mistake by treating our people as cowards, and by looking upon Mr. Lincoln's Administration as only worthy of contempt. Mr. Bussell may have turned many sharp corners in liis day and time, and may- have commended himself to liis employers by the agility of his pen, and the melody of bis sen tences, but he shall not attack a great people, struggling lor life anil liberty, with impunity. LATEST NEWS FROM WASHINGTON, ARREST OF MAYOR BERRETT. A PENNSYLVANIA CHAPLAIN IN TROUBLE. forrespir.idcueo with Kebels Prohibited. AN IMPORTANT LEGAL DECISION. BOUNTY FOR CAPTURING PBIVATEE&S. IMPURTANT I’BUH MISSOURI UNIONISTS PREVENTED EHOH HOISTING THSIP. Fi.AV The arrest of Mayor Beiikett and his removal hence produced much sensation, but no surprise, that military measure having previously been ex pected. It was not for tho reason morciy that he refused to take the oath of loyalty as an cx-officb member of the Board of Police-authorized by Con gress. There were other grounds, good and suffi cient, to tho Government for this proceeding. A guard has temporarily been placed over his house, where his family still remain. The city has been filled with rumors of the arrest of other residents. Including gentlemen connected with tiic War Department; but the result of calm and patient inquiry shows a wonderful facility for sensation inventions, aud an unhesitating readiness to believe them. Of the several women recently takon under surveillance is Mrs. Groenhow, well known in connection with fashionable circles. She, us well as the others, is accused of giving aid and comfort to the enemy. The Provost Marshal's docket of such cases is not- as yet filled. In addition to the arrests named in previous de spatches, it i 3 stated to-day that Mrs. Mayor Bnn r.F.T is under arrest in her own house. It is certain that there are two officers guarding the house: but the object is probably not to doprive her of her liberty, but to prevent the mayor’s private papers from being carried off until they have been ex amined. Col. -T. R. Freese, editor or the New Jersey Stale Gusette, has been appointed, by the Presi dent, Adjutant General of the three-years volun teer service. The fourth regiment of General Sicki.es' bri gade. or the Second Fire Zouave regiment, is or dered to Washington, under the command of Major MoniAuTv. who is to report to the commanding ' It now appears that a recent' communicu- Uui, to Colonel Fairsian was not authorized by tho Secretary, nor signed by him. Resigned Officers Scut to Fort Hamilton. Cnptain Boheist Tausill and Lieutenant Taos. S. V/ji.sos, of the marine corps, and Henrv B. Claiborne and Hilary Cekias, both midship men, have been sent to Fort Hamilton. They had tendered to the Secretary of the Navy their resig nations. which were rejected. Their names have been stricken from the roll. Bounty tor the Capture of Privateers. Recently, a gcntlcmanwrole to the Navy Depart ment inquiring whether bounty would be given for the capture of privateers. It is understood that other parties would, for ft similar consideration, engage in the same business, but the department has no such power. Under the present luw, half the value of all prizes goes to the G overnment and tlio remainder to the captors. From wliat has transpired, it is highly probable that the Govern ment would relinquish its share to those who would successfully engage iu suck speculations, and, while granting commissions for these purposes, afford whatever aid it could in the matter of armament. Minister Tike, in liis despatch from the Hague, referring to the Bull Bun affair, says, “in my judgment this reverse will not especially prejudice our cause or lead to adverse action in Europe. A public sentiment has gradually been developed on this side of the water in regard to our affairs which is inclined lo wait a fair trial of the strength of the Government without prejudicing its ability to over come its in isfortunes.”. “If," he remarks, in con clusion, “ it shall be shown to the country that sim ply huddling musses of men together docs not make an army, and shall develop some kind of deference for the judgment and wisdom of experienced men, and for those who have charge of affairs, then the disaster may prove to he a wholesome experience and not an unmitigated calamity.” Order from the Postmaster General. The following order has just been published by the Postmaster Genera!: Post Orvicr. I>KPAUTStEXT, Anghs t 2t. The President of the United States directs that his proclamation of the 16th instant, interdicting commercial intercourse with the so-called Confede rate States, shall he applied to correspondence with those States, and has devolved upon this Depart ment the enforcement of so much of its interdict as relates to such correspondence. Tho officers and agents of this Department will, therefore, without further instructions, lose no time in putting an end to written intercourse with those States, by causing the arrest of any oxpress agent, or other person who shall, after the promulgation of this order, receive letters, to .be ..carried to or from those States, and. will seise all such letters and forward them to this department. M. Blair. Postmaster General. The -President; with the Secretary of State, at tended Gen, jreyiow* of several of ILe brigades on the south side of the PoiontaC yes terday. The perfection of the discipline of the troops surpassed flsything in the military line that has been seen in this country since the war of 1812. The volunteers have already become soldiers. Gen. McClellan deolares his perfect satisfaction with this army, and this army, the greatest ever seen on this continent, is equally satisfied with him. A Pennsylvania Chaplain in Trouble. BY TELEGRAPH. TDK ENLISTMENT OF TROOPS GENERAL RANKS’ COLUMN. PROCLAMATION OF GOV. G AMBLE 42,000 Militia Called Out DISTURBANCE IN CONNECTICUT, From Fortress Monroe, Special Despatches to “ The Press.” Washington, August 2!. 1801. Arrest of Mayor Ilerrett. Mrs. Mayor Rerret Military Appointment. Tho Sickles Brigade, Despatches from the Hague Review of the Troops. A nan named J. M. Ghees, chaplain to the Tenth Pennsylvania Kegiment (reserve), was ar rested by Officers Ai-i.es and Bosn, at the. instance of Mr. Ci.EriiAKE, the city postmaster, charged with opening letters and abstracting money belong ing to _eaid regiment, as well as others. Ho was committed to jail for further examination. The Terms of Enlistment—lmportant De- cision. The question of the terms of enlistment (which has been the source of the recent disturbances in several regiments) has been judicially and finally settled. The Government's right to hold the soldiers is conclusively sustained, and the fallacy of pretences originated by mischief-makers is effectu ally exposod by the decision of the Supremo Court of the United States. The following is a copy of the order; Us parte In the matter of Edward A. Stevens, on petition for a writ of habeas corpus ad subjiciendum. Ordered, that the writ of habeas corpus ad sub jiciendum awarded by me on a prior day, to wit, on the 10th instant, , upon the application of Edward A. ■ Stevens) the; petitioner aforesaid, be, and the same, is Mfehjt,; :si«hwked| .end that tiw.Bfpre «dd Edward A. Stevens be, apd. he hereby, remitted -to his military duty in the nrat. Min nesota regiineiit,' commanded by Col- Wuus A. Gorman, and that until then he remain in the cus tody of the-United States marshal fcr this DlstrUt. ' James M. Wavnb, Associate Justice Supremo Court U. S. TrUe ® WM.T.CAEKOEL, . Clerk Supreme Court C. S. The Hospitals—Typhoid Fever. Eight opt of every tea la the hospital are afflicted with typhoid fever. Assassination oi* (Joueral McClellan Con templated, General McClkllan wont out Peven miles, late josl l ? iiduy afternoon. to rtrriow Major General Looker's brigndc, returning to tho city after dark. During tho review a number of Secessionists were discovered in ambush nnd arrested near the road.be tween the jithl the city. It is thought tbllt tlieir objeel was lo n»p?*winale General MeCbEM.AS when on his way home in the evening. They were placed in tho wagons, and under a strong guard were conveyed In the encampment. Arrest of Mrs. Phillips. The facts in relation to Mrs. Phillips arc. that she has long becu known io sympathize with tho South, and lias been instrumental In aiding the cause of the rebels. That her house, which has been n kind of Southern-mail post office, tway bo Bourched, she has been temporarily deprived c>f her liberty by being placed under a guard on her own premises. I informed you soiaft time ago that her daughters, on heaiing of the fall of Ellsy>‘i>k'SU, clapped their hands, and the mother joined them, in demonstrations of joy, in the prosonoe of the fricmlttof the Union. Mr. I'mLLirs is a prominent lawyer here, and WAS ft lUCinkcf of Ihc United Slates House of lie presentatives from Alabama in the Thirty-fifth Congress. Mr. Vico President BiiKCKiNitiP-GK is doing liis worst to force Kentucky out of the Union. Ad vertised in tho telegraph reports as instrumental in allfiyiug tho Into excitement at Lex tug ton, when the arms of the Federal Government, intended for tho Union men of the State, reached there, he was in fuel, among tho first to light tho llnmc of popular feeling. He afterwards recanted his imprudent impulse; but not before he realized that tho Go vernment of tho United States intended to main tain itself in Kentucky at every risk. The camp of Col. Kkl&on numbers- twenty-five hundred splendid soldier!?, all resolved to die for tho,flag of the Union. It is located in the very heart of Ken tucky. Occasional. English Bankers waul $50,000,000 of the It is stilted upon reliable authority that an offer was Intel; lamlu to .Secretary Chase, oh behalf of foreign bankers, to take $50,000,000 of the loan, provided the (iovermnent would promise to puy vv, interest at Frankfort-on-the-Muin. The Secretary, however, declined the offer, ns he ia confident in the ability of the Government to maintain itself without asking the aid of foreign capital. Although one of the sons of the veteran Jon.v J. Chittenden has accepted a brigiulior’s commis sion in the rebel army, greatly to his father's sor row, his eldest sou, Thomas L. Chittenden, stands for the Government, and insists that it 3 authority should he maintained at every hazard. Troops to Eastern Tennessee. It instated that the difficulty in the way of send ing troops into Eastern Tennessee, to the relief of the Union men of that State, grows out of the neutral position of Kentucky. This neutrality has. we have no doubt, beon respected from the best of public reasons, and when the opportunity ar rives for relieving the imperilled friends of the Union, no assumption of Kentucky to shield trea son and wrong will be permitted to thwart the pur poses of the Government. Dress Parade on Franklin Square The battalion of the third United States infantry, HOW quartered in Frithklih Square, hud an inspec tion and dress parade yesterduy irfiernoon, in the presence of a large number of ladies and gentle men. The discipline of the men is admirable, and it is seldom that more regular movements are seen. Major Sykbs, who is in command, is popular with his men. Tlio oath of allegiance was yesterday after noon administered to the clerks of the Second Auditor's office, Surgeon General’s- Department, and also the War Department —not one faltering, Hon. James S. Jackson. lion. James S. Jackson - , representative from Kentucky, is now in this city, on his way to New York, to join the Van Wyek Commilteo of Investi gation into tho contracts of the different deport ments of the Government here. Jacksux is a firm Union man, who believes in the policy and the du ty of the Government maintaining itself against all adversaries, by every means, including a resort to arms. The Secretary of War—Comfort of the Troops. Yesterday the Secretary of Wur inspected the arrangements for the reception and accommoda tion of the troops on their arrival in this city. He was accompanied by Mr. Woods, the energetic Commissioner of Public Buildings, wlio cordially seconds the earnest determination of tho Secretary that" nothing "shall be left undone to promote the health and comfort of the gaUant defenders of the Government. Geohoe TnoJJAS and J. llEEitnnANi, of Com pany F, Third Pennsylvania Resolve, died at the City Hospital yesterday morning. For some years Colonel XnoMAS, tiie United States quartermaster at Philadelphia, lias been do tailed to service in tho army, and Major Cuossman - , who formerly occupied that, position, appointed his successor. There wero sixty-three marriage licenses issued this month, up to yesterday, within the District. The President, accompanied by the Secretary of State, passed tho forenoon, yesterday, visiting dif ferent encampments, and witnessing various inspec tions of troops by Major General McCleli,as in person. , The Adams Express Company having applied to tho proper authorities for the construction to bo placed on the clause in tlio President’s proclama tion relating to the interdiction of commercial inter course with tiie so-called Confederate States, and leuruing that it was intended to include letters, im mediately issued orders to all their offices' to cease receiving letters, without waiting for the expiration of the limited time named in that document. It is not known what action, if any, has been taken by the express companies on this subject. Another Elopement. A young man, who married an estimablo lady, and "has for some time past spread largely on tho Secession interest, is now missing. He was lastseen with n woman on route for tho West, llis wife and infant arc left destitute. Sensation Rumors. Among the sensation stories started yesterday was a ridiculous one to the effect that Col. Thomas A. Scott, the Assistant Secretary of War, had been arrested on suspicion of treason, doubtless in vented by. some cf the pnrties who are known to bo in svmpathy with the Confederation. Col. Scott is u native of Pennsylvania., a conscientious and straight-out lover of the Constitution, and one of the most deadly enemies of the Southern traitors. We correct tho silly report of his defection, not at his request, hut to nail down a counterfeit before it obtains currency. The Sabbath Quiet. Excepting the arrival of troops, which I cannot state in detail, the city is very quiet. Gen. Scott's office is locked up and window shutters closed. The General is in church. The old gentleman is in fine health. The President went out privately in his carriage this- morning, probably to attend religious services in one of the suburban regiments. Her. Dr. Butler. humor bad tbe pastor of Trinity Church arrested last night, and fifteen hundred muskets found in his cellar. There is no truth, nor is thero any founda tion for the report. He is one of the most thorough Union men here. I heard him in bis own pulpit this morning. The woodlands of the Arlington grounds are fall wg vapidly before the »df spirit. A thousand or more otes arc busy every day. Review ol Major General Hooker’s Bri- On Friday eTGliiiig General McClellan re* Tiewod the 2d New Hampshire, 26th Penraylrania, and Ist and 11th Massachusetts reghfiints—Mujor General Hooker’s brigade. The afternoon was pleasant, and went off with entire satis faction, Col. Small’s regiment has made rapid progress in drill, and is among the best regiments hero, The Potter investigating committee were in ses sion for a long time to-day. It is said they hare reported about two hundred employees to the several departments as not to be depended on as loyal to the Government. Conveyance of Letters to the Rebel States All written correspondence carried by express press companies to the seceded States is to bo at once prohibited. , . . Mr James Doskr.LV, of the firm of Hogue & DonoUy, who had returned hither from the South ft fow'days before, was arrested as a Secessionist. Fobtbess Monboe, Aug. 24—via Baltimore.— The steamer Quaicr City naa .been purchased by the Government, ami. after undergoing repairs at Old Point, will resume her. position rdf the. capes. ■ The sloop-of-war.iSflwwTtd».B.at Newport News, blookading the juouth, J.W, e P.rlv,er>. , ■, ' The steamer JPemtre/e.haa a*r»TW.&em.Boaton p and will at once tube.pact io.the .bwekado. - ■ .. The fwenty-throo.robed.prMWOrev.arrwed firqm Baltimore, will not.be . sent to. Norfolk under a flag of truce before Tuesday.. . BAKCon. Me., Aug. 25.— The extra Bangor De mocrat, a Secession paper, woe deposited in the post office on Friday night, lmt tho postmaster has notified the department, and retains the papers un tU he receives orders. The Democrat was sup pressed by the people a week or two since and the office destroyed-' Breckinridge at Home. The Crittendens. Oath of Allegiance. Death of Pennsylvania Soldiers. Colonel Thomas. Marriage Licenses. The President The Adams Express Company. Arlington Forests. Disloyal Clerks. Prohibited. Arrested in Georgetown. From Fortress Monroe. The Bangor Demopnrt. Fl-iOM MIWHOUIII. PROCLAMATION OF GOV. GAMBLE. 45,000 IHTMTIA CALICO OFT! KICXj EAlsi; OF FKIfciONKRS. DESIGNS OF THE REBELS. JkfkkSmdk City, Aug. 25.—The following pro clamation lins been issued : The power of the civil authorities being insuffi cient to protect the lives and property of the citi zens of tbe Stale, i, Hamilton li. Gamble, Governor of the State of Missouri, do- hereby call into the active service of the State42,AOO men, of the mils tin of the State, and assign ft,ooo as the quota for each military district, which is the same us a Con grewsional district. The three thus called into service will he n.* far as possible a volunteer force, and will consist of 10,000 cavalry and ;52,0i)0 infan try. If the number vnlunteerrag exceed this re quisition, tho excess will be held us » reserve corps. If there should be a deficiency, it may beeoasa neces sary to resort to a draft. The Adjutant General win issue to the Division Inspectors of tho several mili tary districts tho orders necessary to curry this re quisition into effect. The force called out will be for six months, unloss peace in the frtoie shall bo sooner restored. Arms will bo furnished as rapidly as they can be had. Given tinder my hnnd and the seal of the State, nt Jeflersjn City, this 24th duy of Angust. in the year 1861. By tha Governor, M Oi.ivrcn, Secretary of State. Itftr.t.A, Mo., Aug. 24.—Lieut. Col. Albert, of tho Third Missouri, and eight or ten other officers who him* been prisoners at Springfield, arrived here this morning. They were released on parole, sub ject. however, to such;arrangement as may have been entered into between the Confederate* and the* United States. There are a great many contradictory reports as to the present and future movements of the enemy, but their real purpose con only be conjectured. They seem now to be more anxious to obtain sub sistence than to make offensive movements for any other purpose. 11112 IVOI'NWED AT SPRINGFIELD—BItt’TAIJTV OP TUli IIKIIKLS, Louis. Aug. 25.—The correspondent of th~ lhwocr.it publishes the following letter : SritiKGFivv Uj Aug. 17.—Gen. Rains issued a ll order soon attoi his arrival hero to seize all the me* dieine and stores in the Federal hospital thusUlcpriving üboiU4t>y of o ur wounded troops of medical treatment. A. aHr t of tbe medicines were subsequently restored by on,| cr 0 f <} crii p r ice. IVith a few excopljons, nur , Uj( j mounded ftTC doing well, and will be able to rt, n their homes in a few days. All our woumU could not be . brought off the field, in consequence oi scarcity of wagons, but they were treated where lav. "Many of the wounded were stripped of nr* their clothing by the rebels, and sent tu tho town nakv); and every man lying in the field had his pocket picked Jefferson City, Aug. 24.—George R. Smith, of Pettis county, has been appointed Adjutant Ge neral of tho State. John How has been appointed Police Commissioner of St, Louis. FROM WESTERN VIRGINIA. Disturbance at Cumberland. A SECESSION NEWSPAPER OFFICE DESTROYED. Attempt to Capture Gov. Thomas*. Grafton. Vn.. August 24.—Last evening, while Governor Thomas was addressing a crowd in front of the hotel at Cumberland, some Secessionists raised a disturbance, which resulted in tlioir being driven home and the destruction of the Jefferso nian office, a Secession newspaper. This morning, as the train bound West, which had Governor Thomas on board, was about eight miles this side of Cumberland, it came suddenly upon several cross ties thrown across the track, and at the same time a large number of armed men were seen rapidly descending tho neighboring hills. The engineer increased the speed of the locomotive and succeeded in throwing the lies off tho track with but little damage to the engine. Several shots were fired, hut without effect. The design evi dently was to take Governor Thoma 3 prisoner. DISTURBANCE IN CONNECTICUT. UNION MEN PREVENTED FROM HOISTING THEIR FLAG. Daxblt.y, Conn.. Ang. 24.—At the raising of a pence flag at New Fairfax, to-day, about four hun-' died persons were present. The attempt to run up the stars and stripes was successfully resisted, and resulted in a light. Two peace men, named Wild man and Gorham, were seriously wounded, and one, it is thought, fatally. Pickaxes, stones, and clubs wore freely used, hut no firearms. Only about seventy Unionists were present. The peace flag is still flying, and much excitement prevails. Daxbvkv, Aug. 2-4 —10 o'clock P. M.— The two men wounded in the disturbance are still alive. There were only about 300 people at the meeting. The ponce flag is still flying. No fighting was an ticipated. The police have made no arrests. From Fortress Monroe For.TitESS MoXKOK, August 23.—Generals Wool and Butler have spent part of the day at the Kip Baps, experimenting with Sawyer’s gun. The second shell fired burst in the Confederate camp, at Sewall’s Point. Broke down the dag-stuff, and senttorod tho rebels like chaff. A propeller, which was about landing troops at the Point, put back towards Norfolk. The whole affair was witnessed from tho Newport News steamers. . , , T Grand reviews have to-day been held at New port News and Camp Hamilton. Col. Waldrop has taken command of the Naval Brigade. . The gun-boat Seminole- has arrived from tho blockade. Off Charleston. The Seminole brought up as a prize tho schooner AUnnn, formerly the Wilmington, pilot-boat, from Cardenas, with a cargo of sugar, coffee, fruits, and cigars. When taken she was sailing under English colors, and the captain and nearly all the hands were drunk. She had run the bloekadc oft' Wilmington. The Seminole has also overhauled several vessels showing English c-oiors. She spoke the Dale hist night. She will coul and undergo repairs at Old Point. . The blockading squadron off Charleston consists of the Roonoir and Yamtnlia. The recent gale on the coast was terribly se vere. .... The propeller Neve York sailed to-day with nine prisoners for New York. From General BanKs’ Column. POSITION" Of AITAIIIS AT HARPEIt’S FillM’.Y —TUB RKBELB IN FORCE AT LEESBURG Bai.timoke, Aug. 24. —A letter from Hyattstown states that a gentleman, arrived there from Har per’s Berry, states that our troops, under Colonel Gordon, hail scoured a large quantity of flour and unground wheat, including 500 bushels belonging to the Secession army, at the mill of Messrs. Herr A-Welsh. They also disabled the mill from grind ing for several months to come. There were no rebel troops at the Ferry, lmt thoil' pickets frequently came in. There were sup posed to he about 500 at Charlestown Our army is now resting where the climate is gnlubrious and tho water excellent. The intelli gence from the other side of the Potomac shows that the rebels have drawn to Leesburg all their regular forces from Charlestown, Winchester, and other points above, and concentrated them at Lees burg, whore their army numbors from 11,000 to 12,000. Cnpt. Henderson’s Home Guards alone re main in Jefferson county. The rebels have taken to pieces, at. Martinsburg, five locomotives, belonging to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, and were to make an at tempt yesterday to transport them to Strasbuvg, or some other point on the Manassas Railroad. A Rebel Emissary Arrested. Cleveland, August 24.—Detective King, of New York, assisted by U. S. Deputy Marshal Arch er, of Ohio, arrested Daniel L. Lowlier, of New Or leans, at Crestline, Ohio, last night. Lowber ac knowledges himself the bearer of despatches from England to Jeff. Davis, but professes entire igno rance of their contents Tho despatches are in his trunks, which wor® Seized in New York some days since. The officers, with their charge, left immediately for IV ashing ton, via New York. Excitement at Wihinngtpji, Wilmington, Del., Aug. 24.—There is much ex citement in the city, owing to the office of the Ga zelle. a Secession journal, being threatened with destruction, owing to its frequent and long-conti nued strictures on the First Delaware Regiment, and opposition to the course pursued by the Go vernment in maintenance of the Union. The mayor and police arc on the ground. The.mayor has harangued the crowd with but little effect. The Trenton True American Suspended. Tuestox. Aug. 24.—Tho True American, the Democratic organ of tho State, suspended publica tion this morning, and gives os a reason that tho Government has virtually interdicted the publica tion of every paper that does not support the Ad ministration. The paper is one of tho oldest and most prosperous in the State. New York Politics* Schenectady-, N. Y„ Aug. 24,-The Democratlo County Convention was held to-day* General day Cady and Mayor A. Yf. Hunter wore chosen dele gates to the State Convention. Resolutions were passed approving of tho action of the Democratic State Committee. No Disloyal Papers to toe Carried in the New York. Aug. 24—TUe Postmaster tenoral boa directed that none of. the New York papers presented Vy the Grand Jury for disloyalty shell bo carried irntihe mails- Union Meeting at Camden, Maine* Campus, Mo., Aug. 24.-An enthusiasts mooting was held yesterday by the people in favor of a "wrens prosecution a/ the war Strong speeches were made both by prominent Democrats and Ke pnbiieans to over 3,000 persons. Tmitins learing the Sa*y. w OSlO x, Aug. at.—The following officers of tho United States frigate Congress rantain of marines, Taunsett, of’Yirgima, Second Lmutcnant Wilson, of Missouri; Midshipmen Clat kerne nnd Cass, of New Orleans. Reorganizing for the War. Boston, Aug. 24.-The Sixth regiment will raw -anize in a few days, to proceed to the seat of war. Non-Arrival of the Hibernian. Father Point, August ».-»• steamship Hi Icmiait has not been signalled below. LATER FROM CALIFORNIA. ONLY EIGHT DAYS FROM THE PACIFIC. Outer Tkdeoraph Station, fls miles west of Port Kearney, Aug. 23.—Tho pony express passed hero tbia morning, bringing San FntDCidCO dutl‘3 tO tho Ifith Hint.. the running time to this point being only fioven days. ►Sax Francisco, Aug. 16.—Tho flrrt official ad vices were received from Washington yesterday in relation to who is to command the 1,509 troops called for from California to serve on tho Plains, and how they are to be organized. Agreeably to the request of the Secretary of War, the Governor has commissioned Col. Carlton, of the United States army, to be chief in command, and Major €F. It. H CSt, Of 8«7il Francisco, second in command, tak ing charge the cavalry. There is no doubt that the wbolu iriteen companies will rupidly be rafted for tho duly. hi\o compunies, mostly of infantry, were accepted to-day in tbi* city. Our military men, however, ore ambitioas to aoo active service against a civilised enemy rather than to ronm over tJui plains. A guard of 25 United State* rafiinlry, in command of a lieutenant, went down the last Panama steamer 1u escort the treasure a*» far as Aspinwull. There is no Stalt news of importance. George Hudson, the justice ot' the pCftCC of tIU3 city who, in ]&>9 a , fined tho proprietors of the Ihtiietin newspaper $lO9 for publishings Mrs, .Sickles’ confession, on tho ground that it was an obscene publication, has obtained a verdict in Judge linger’* court, of §l5O damages ogpinst the Unl/e -ti?i proprietors, bocau.se they coiled him a Dog berry. 811 iP Js’KWS.—Arrived Augurt 10, fihip Winged Racer, from New York; bark Thenisia, from Itio Ju* liojio. »^nilnl Aiumisl 10,. .ship Kurck-nv for Melbourne ; ship Decatur* lor Hong Kong; ship Ilarkaway, for Mel- IjItIUHO. COMMEIiCIAL.— The market Is allghtl/ raster, But ter 2u:i27l£, t'amlle* lWii‘iat£o, ,Kn#tr Kin Coffee held at 19n23. ilsw Sugar has advanced, Li‘nir>i'fi of nil kiiuU art* Jirinur ; proul’ Whisky 3rtr. No Goal in first hands. Superfine' Flour for c-xport $4.25, best Wheat for export 140 c, Barley SoaSic. 11. 11. GAWB7,E, Terrible Tragedy at Sea. SIURDKR OP THK f‘APTAIX, SECOND MATH. AND PAR- I'KNTEII OP A BOSTON ISARK —THE MURDEHEH The 13t)StOH Traveller gives- the following narti Culars of the wholesale murder ou board of the bark Czarina , of Boston, briefly mentioned in tho tele graph on Saturday ; The bark is owned and commanded by Mr. John Dwyer, of Boston, had been on a voyage to Cron stiidl, nml was oiukcr return to Boston when the murder took place. The captain hired at Queenstown, on Ilia outward, voyage, John Crolter, an Irishman, as first mate. This man was reprimanded by Capt. Dwyer, on the 15th of July lust, for the bad condition of tho vessel. After that no more trouble of consequence occurred until two days before the murder, when a dispute took place in the cabin, resulting in the throwing of a plate at tho captain by Crotter, which inflicted a wound upon his bead. On the night of July 30th, some time during the t: middle wulch. ;j Crotter was sent- by a boy at tbe wheel to go down into tho captain’s cabin. It afterwards appeared that lie hud murdered. the captain with an axe ns he was sleeping in his berth Jlc then put on some of the captain's clothes und took his money, went on deck again at 4 A. M.. ond murdered the second mate, Mr. Cammett. of Boston, probably with the same weapon. During the day. the crew, finding Crotter was a desperate ai*i reckless murderer; 'consulted to gether, «nd agreed to kill him. Giving a pledge each Uo e«~h, to stand by the other, they com menced ike avoekon the next uny. July 3d. Crot ter. liov.'cvcr, w.s not in the humor to submit, and ns Ihc erew cnme* roUß( i j. c produced a pair of re volvers loaded with t>**i L The attack and defence followofl wns ,-,f the most desperate character. o-, lc cl , rl)enter . who made a pass at Crotter, was shot an, .hrown over board by Crotter. The boy at the wheel threw the carpenter a which he caught, but Crotter, upon perceiving ll’, cut it. and the carpenter soon after sunk. Another man then approached, who was shot at by Crotter, hut at the moment the funner jumped up suddenly, and the ball lodged in the shoulder of a Russian passenger, Mr. Alexander Treskcfsky. _ At this time one of the crew who had an adze in his hand, for self-defence, struck Crotter a severe blow in the shoulder, which somewhat cowed tho murderer. It soon appeared that this wound was mortal, and he was placed in a boat on deck, where, after seve ral hours of horrible raving, he died. Tho mate, after killing the captain, destroyed all the papers. The bodies of the dead were all thrown overboard. , Captain Dwyer was about thirty-three years of ago, and belongs in this city. He leaves a wife and one child. The following are the names of the crew : Hen drich S. Blumal, Swede; John Shaw. Henry Can, James Wilson, Englishmen ; Carl IV. Kesbnr. Cari Swerholm, both Swedes; and Charles Fercivnl, American. Crotter had been on tho coast of California.and he often bragged of the murders he had committed among the Chinamen there. His design probably was to lake the vessel Close to the shore at some appropriate place, set it on fire, and abandon it. With this view, he had loaded a boat on deck with the captain's valuables and other property. cor.. norc.riEim's attack ox tiif. hepei.s at [Correspondence of the St. Louis Democrat.] Information having been received on Monday morning that the enemy wore assembled in force at ChUrleston. Cnpt. Abbott was sent out in the fore part of the day for the purpose of reconnoissance, and to prevent tho enemy from burning the trestle work on the railroad near Charleston. He en camped in one mile and a half of the town, and passed the day in observation and occasionally chasing the enemy’s cavalry. They succeeded In informing themselves as to his strength, and re turned to their camp, evidently contemplating an easy time in bagging him when night should come. About nine o'clock at night the train arrived with about three hundred men, under command of Col. Dougherty, and quickly and silently fell into ranks. He was informed by Capt. Abbott that the enemy's strength at Charleston was 1,000, and also that he had received reliable information that they would make an attack upon him that night. ■ ■ "\V<■ are going to take Charleston to-night, - re plied Colonel Dougherty. “You stay hero and engage the enemy until we come hack —we shall not be gone long. L’attalion, fight face, forward, march S” Arriving at the suburbs of the town, we ascertained for the first time that the four rear com panies were detached. A few minutes delay and we were ordered forward without them. The pick ets fired upon ns and we followed them in. We dispersed the cavalry, capturing twenty-one horses, and rushed on, the bullets whistling round our heads like hail, but we shooting down and dis persing the enemy. We charged furiously on, car rying everything" before us. Colonel Dougherty, Captain McAdams, and Captain Johnson ns leaders, companies A and H, 125 men. alone engaged the whole force. At the court-house the enemy made a stand. Here Lieutenant Colonel Ronsom, of tho Eleventh Hiinois, who had volunteered to accom pany the expedition, inquired of Col. Dougherty what should be done next. “ Take that court-house or bust,” was the emphatic answer—and we did take it. The volloy? from the windows passed over our heads, or fell at our feet. Those that did not escape from the windows were killed or taken pri soners, and when we emerged ajpiin from tliehouse. the enemy were to he seen fleeing in the dim dis tance. AVe leisurely retraced our steps. At the railroad track we met the detached. portion of our regiment, under Lieut. Col. Hart. They had passed straight forward without turning off, and were just returning to our assistance. They had fallen in with the flying enemy, and killed sixteen of them. All returned to Captain Abbott’s encampment with twenty-one borsc3 and eighteen prisoners, having been less than two hours absent. Here Captain Jackson was ordered to remain with his command, and the rest of us seated ourselves upon the cars, and moved proudly back to Bird’s Point, which we readied in good time, and without accident. A 1 C killed about irixty or seventy of the enemy, and probably wounded twice that number. The Oath to Office-holders. —Tho follow ing is the new' oath which is being administered to all office holders; “ Having been appointed . X do solemnly that I will support, protect, and defend the Constitution and Government of tho United States against all enemies, whether domestic or foreign, and that X will boar true faith, allegiance, and loy alty to the same, any ordinance, resolution or law of any State Convention or Legislature to the con trary notwithstanding: and further, that Ido this with a full determination, pledge and purpose, without any mental reservation or evasion whatso ever : ami further, that X will well and faithfully perform all the duties that may be required of me bylaw. So help me, God/' Saltpetre.— The Memphis (Tcnn.) Appeal says thatr there is a cave at the junction of the While and Black livers, near Jaoksonport, Arkansas, which abounds in saltpetre, and is at once to be worked. In Cave creek, in the snme county, there arc several other cares equally rich. AYUh a very rough mode of manufacture five pounds of pctvc liuvc been found in two hundred bushels of earth. Also in Washington county, which borders on tho Indian Territory, north of Van Buren, there is a saltpetre cavo near the Benton county line. Immediately od the west bank of White river, in Marion county, which borders the Missouri line, among the cliffs and overhanging ledges of lime stone, is a nitre care, known as ü ßcan s Imre. Secretary Cameron. being overran with applications from ladies tor the places of nurses in the army hospitals, thought to get rid of their im portunities by issuing a decree that all who accept ed the post should not wear hoops. Finding this readily agreed to by his tormentors, his next dodgo was ta issue an order that no one should be accepted who was under thirty years of age. This did the business. There are no women of that ago in the country. , Important, ip True.— As turpentine is con fraband now, and has advanced trom 30 rents to $1.25 per gallon, a substitute is wanted for mixing paint. It is now stated by painters who buro tried It, that tho naptha, or benzole, as it is generally called taken from the Petroleum oil, is equally as good nnd o® some accounts bettor than the tiirpon §ne. and wc oteem by the reimsjlTau.n, and Oh o panel’s Din general use l>y all paintcis. In the caftTorks at Cleveland and Pittsburg it is used entirely. . From Bird’s Point CHAKW.STOX THF.IB SUIII’KISF AXU FLKIIIT. A bolt ciglit o’clock on Friday night a small t-siitt p/intflinios ft John Sullivan, n> hand on board a bS and Lbu and Eugene Sullivan, of New York, came in contact with a Fulton ferry boat on the EMt river, and wan almost mstantlv sunk. The latter men were drowned, while the other was res cued in an almoet exhausted condition. Thb Gunboat (e Underwriter ” for the Po tomsc fleet, has been armed with one of the largest rifled cannon ever constructed. It is an eighty pounder, weighing six tons ■ _ As we anticipated sometime since, Colo nel Smith, of Governor’s Island, has been .ordered, to the field. He goes to Missouri.. Consideraree excitement wqa created in Cincinnati, oh the 19th Inst., hy the Wrest of a per son named John Cartwell, charged with being a rebel recruiting officer.’ Several treasonable let ters were found in his trnnk. What is the difference between Noah’s Ark and Joan of Arc T One was made OfG&pber-WQod. the other was Maid of Orleans. Punch says that when a man. dreams he is rich, and wakes up to find he is not in possession of money sufficient to pay for his dinner, he is practi cally convinced of tne eld adage, that dreams go by onlrories. Arrest of the Mayor of Washington, HE IS SENT TO POUT LAI’AVETTE. [From Ihi* Snu'laj" Morning Oironiclo.J Brigadier General Porter. Provost Marsha) of Wai-hingtou, stirred up tho liivo of >SecoaaioniaU io our city yesterday, and placed a number of promi nent aiders nnd Abettors of tbe rebellion undoc arrest, including Mayor Korrot. The arrest was quietly mude before dayliffht yes terday morning. 13e k«s conducted to tho d*pot at six v’ciook, where Ji» brother, John Borret, wio had been sent for. met him. They were engaged in conversation, the g;uard only being nllowed t* hear what passed, until the curs sUrted, at 6 A. M., when he left the city under tho guard en route for Fort Lafayette, in New York. The arrest was made by order of tho War Depart ment. not alone on the refusal of tho mayor to bo sworn on Ramming tho dutio3 of his now position member e? off no of tho new police board, but on other evidence forced upon the Government, moro than sufficient to warrunt tho arrest on a charge of disloyalty. Touching his refusal to take the oath,, the opi nion of the Attorney General was selicdtcd, and at n rui’Hing of tho board on Thursday lust, it wa# hud before the body. The Attorney General’s opinion in substance waa, that, under t!io act of Congress entitled “ An act re quiring an oath of allegiance, and to support U*o Constitution of the United States W be administered to curtain persona in the civil service of the" United Mates,” nil persona- chiiDiing membership- in auid board arc required to take and subscribe to an-outo according to the fora} prescribed in said act. THE CITY. Arrest of on Officer in the Southern Army. Our dotcctivo police wore informed a few day* since of the presence in our midst of a young maa named William S. Johnston, a nephew of Genoraf Johnston of tho. Confederate forces, and supposed to hold a commission in .the Southern army. Mr. Johnston is a grandson of Mrs. Henry Gilpin, of our cily, with whom he has been sojourning for several weeks past. Last evening officers .Smith and Tag gsrt proceeded to the Pennsylvania railroad depot, «hu arrested Mr. Johnston, under orders of District Attorney Coffey, immediately after he had pur chased ticket.-’ for Louisville, Kentucky, by the half past ten o’clock train. Mr. Johostoa made no resistance whatever, and was brought to the Central Station, accompanied by earn* friend.-*, among whom we noticed a young named Townsend 'SYnv.L of this city. A fttriot OX- Aimnalion of h;>: ofluut? wua mode by tho Di.uriot Attorney. In hi.- trunk was found a largo num ber of papers addressed to prominent Southern ci tizens, ami a map of the seat of war in Virginia. His commission, however, was not discovered. Af ter his examination, Mr. Johnston bade farewell t+ his friends, and was conveyed to Moyamensing prison in charge of the officers. ll*c-u about thirty years Of age. and of propossosdng appearanco. L.uwcti of tut: Ti'scakora.— Tho metropo lis, as usual, is ahoad of her sister. citic3. During tho extra session of Congress, it will he recollected thut Ihut body authorized the Navy Department to have seven sloops-of-war constructed as speedily as possible, in view of. the unsettled condition of the national affairs at that moment. The staidliug events of the prat few months, that in their rapid flight havo epitomized the darkest re cords of our history ns a. people, and tbe darkest moments of our common weal, have only too clearly shown that this action of Congress was sagacious nnd none too premature. Washington preparod in time of peace for war. V\ r e prepared to com bat treason when the traitors had fired upon our unarmed vessels, and had lovellod thb thunders or iu«ip artillery upon the trembling Willi* of bumpier. The of two of the gunhoat.4 was flru-of IhMo-Uw at the navy ya.d The keel .vas rn ®?®' of June, imu from thm .lute the work of heT 1 T™ 1 struct ion inis progressed with great rapidity, abm*T four hundred luiuds being constantly vntploycd itt the work. Her length, between perpendiculars, islOSfeet 8 inches, and she is 33 feet beam and 15 feet hold. She will oarr.v « formidable battery for a vessel of her class, being composed of four 82-pounders and two 11 -inch guns. The keel was laid in the lesser ship house, that being sufficiently extended for her dimensions. Tlie engines are in the hands of Messrs. Merrick & Sons, and will be finished in a very brief period. The cabin and interior of fhe vessel have been fitted up ready for service, receiving the finishing touches wen before site was 11 off the stocks.” On board -wis h large number of invited guests, including local and naval notabilities. While the operation of knocking away the ••shores” was being performed, limy availed themselves of the opportu- ■ nity of inspecting.the craft from keel to (leek, but ,j as the crisis approached they all gathered near tha . lj| bow to witness the christening. The Titscarora was christened at ton minutes past five o'clock. This event took place just rs the vessel slid into.. * the water. The operation was performed by Margaret Lardncr, daughter of Captain Lardne#, and very gracefully did she perform the office. The bottle of wine which tho young lady broke on tha how wa? gaily decorated with ribbons of the na tional colors. The fragments of the bottlo, together with the ribbons, were carefully preserved by thoso who were fortunate enough to get them. The launch was accomplished at fifteen minutes past five o’clock, iho vessel sliding slowly from tha ways, after (lie “shores” had been knocked away, with an even, steady motion. On touching the water the TtUcarora acted very gracefully, and did not move near as far across tho river ns either the Patent* or the. Lancaster, at whose launches wo had the honor of “ assisting. ’ The long looleed-for event was greeted with the deafening plaudits of the multitude, and was effected without a single drawback, or casualty of any kind. The Tvsmrurn will soon be fitted out, probably by the first of October, and it is to be hoped that ere long she will ho employed against the pirates who are now devastating our commerce. The crowd at the gate of the navy yard was tre mendous at one time, and the knuoks, eager to embrace the golden opportunity, attempted to ply their unholy calling, They were so far successful to effect tbe clearance of a gentleman's pocket of the sum of $l5, hut three of them were Immediately after arrested by Detectives Lemmon and Bartho lomew, and they arc now in “ durance vile." Charged with Enticing Men from a Regi ment. —On Saturday morning Capt. John W. Price nnd I.icut. Jackson*McFaddcn were arrested upon the charge of enticing men from the Keystone Re giment, Col, Peter IVire. The offioors of the Key stone Regiment allege that Price telegraphed from Williamsport, Pa., to Col. Wise, to know if a cer tain number of men would he accepted. Some of these men had taken an oath of allegiance before a justice at, Williamsport. Col. Wise accepted the men, went to Williamsport, and hnd the men trans ported to the city. Upon their arrival here thoy were sworn into the Keystone Regiment for threo years. On Friday, these men were taken to the onc-ampment of Col. Chormann’s Mounted Ride Hungers, to be attached, as is supposed, to that re giment . Mn ior Ruff, tho mustering officer, was in formed of this, and said that Col. Chormann should be notified, and then ho would not muster tho men into thr.t regiment. Accordingly, a notice was sent to Col. Chormann, and he replied that he would not accept the men unless the officers of the Key stone Regiment were satisfied. On Saturday night a company ofthc Keysloners were sent tollhouse where ihe deserters wore supposed to be, and ar rested them. The prisoners were taken to the camp of the regiment, on the Wissahickon, aud tho captain and lieutenant were arrested Saturday morning. They were to hare had a hearing before U. S. Commissioner lfcazlitt on Saturday afternoon, but, in Ihe absence of District Attorney Coffey, the ease was postponed until to-day. At; i: i-t or Another Secessionist, —Oil Saturday afternoon Xinitcd Slates Mar,dull Mitt ward arrested a man named Samuel Eaken, at a restaurant in the lower part of the city, where he was in the habit of dining. Eakcn was eonueetod with a man named Sloat. who formerly had a sew ing-machine manufactory in this city, but is now engaged in the manufacture of arms. Eaken wa* considerably seared when taken into custody. When asked where he lived, he said ho boarded; denied having any trunk, nnd said that lib clothes were being washed- Finally ho admitted that he resided in Palmer street, between Richmond and Queen. His house was then searched, and his trunk taken to the marshal's office. One thousand and ten dollars in gold and a large number of papers fell into tlio hands of the offioors. Some of these papers are quite important, and, it is said, will amply prove that the presence of the prisoner in the city at this time is for the purpose, or aiding the rebels by purchasing articles necessary to carry an the war. A coil of wire for a field telegraph waa also found. Among the documents was a ticket over the East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad, passing Eaken free, and charging his freight to the Government of the Confederate States. Eaken is apparently about forty years of age; has a dark complexion, black hair, and black whiskers, and was very well dressed. He will no doubt join ths fl&ppy tatnily how sojourning in-Fort Lafayette* New York harbor. Military Impostors. — A few days since* two men representing themselves as United army officers, and giving the names of A, K. Par ker and Capt. Nicholson, called on the master of ft boarding school at Media, Delaware county, for the purpose of making arrangements to take on hoard a youth whom they alleged was tho son of Captain. Bedloc, of the regular army. The terms wera stated, being $lBO, in advnnco. The twomen gava in payment a cheek for $2OO on the Suffolk Bank of Boston. Mass., and received $2O change, at the samo time stating that the young man who wished the board would arrive in a few days. The raaoats thee left, and it was soon afterwards discovered that the cheek wa? worthless- ...... It has since been aacertnined that thee© wm® scoundrels haro swindled various parties in this city by similar plans. One of them took board at the Continental Hotel under the name of Colonel Porter, and left without settling his bill. Hems* paid a visit to Dr. Barton’s boarding school at Vil lage Green, Chester county, but with what success wc are not informed. Female Fickpul-kkts,—Mary Alcae and Mary B. two girls of about fourteen years of age, were brought, ou Sal unlay, before Alderman Bsutler, on a charge of picking poeketa. Fovnomo time past th ese girls have been Tiding in the passen ger cars, nnd it was noticed that after thoy toft, somebody’s money was gone. Conductors began to bo familiar with them, and Saturday they got uw* a Third street ear, and were pointed out to a police man. . When they left they were followed. They took another ear, and soon after again left. As soon as they bad got out of tho second oar hib officer in quired of the passengers if anybody had lost any thing. An old lady immediately discovered that she was minus four dollars. The girl* wore then pursued, and Ihe officer soon found them eanntms out their gains. The money belonging to the old lady was recognized, and in ailditiqp dallMe S recovered. The g.rls werc oomimfted fcw trial. _ Colonel Geary’s Regiment,—By an ad-, vertisement elsewhere, it will' be pees, that a; fear c5»4 men are still wanted to fill the last Uttalio* of Colonel Geary’s regiment. This diviaohUek. Meted to join Colonel Geary within a week. When compute, this will be eno of tho finefttwqd host* equipped commands ha the service, Accident. —Patrick Gartel, tgcA 14 yoare, was admitted fold the hospltalwithjh broke* tog, caused by falling into a cellar, iu tfeb noqjVwtUoo4 of Eighth and Christian streets.
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