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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.