f) ms. TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1861 EXTRACT FROM THE EAST SPEECH OF STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS.—“ The conspiracy to break np the Union is a fact now known to alii Armies are ho ins raised, and war levied to accomplish it* There can be but two sides to the controversy* Every man must be on the aide of the United States or against it. There can he no neutrals in this war. There can be none hnt patriots and traitors. ’ ’ FOB SALE.—The dimblo-cjdioder “Tatloii” p KSSS on winch this paper Ims been printed for the last nine months. It is in excellent condition, having been made to order n year nee, »nil will bo sold at a bargain. For terms apply at this office, or address Join; W. I’ouxKV, 417 Chestnut street, Philadelphia. A Breckinridge Editor on his Knees. When a man’s position needs explanation he n>«st not I>C surprised if his attitude is mis understood, and so when Mr. J. Lawrence Getz complains at The Press for ranking liis Bending newspaper with the Secession journals, he forgets that the fault is his own, and none of ours. The very fact that Mr. Getz elaborates his opinions so carefully gives us cause to suspect tlieir soundness, for any citizen who cannot testify his fealty to the Union at this time in a sentence, must justly submit to have that fealty questioned. AVe accept the repentance of Mr. Getz, however, and while it is not too lute, the (act that II onus ox's newspaper was suppressed the week before, leads us to suppose that his con trition is the result of circumstances over wbieh he has no control. It is uot many days since our Beading editor was busily employed at other matters than writing penitential epistles. He had an opportunity of proving his position which would have''rendered letter writing unnecessary, which, had lie been really with us, lie is too shrewd a man to have overlooked. When Mr. Ancona came homo from W ashington, and asked to be en dorsed by the Democracy of Berks, Mr. Getz volunteered bis services to assist in the endorsement. He complimented him in liis paper, advocated liis course in the Convention, and was instrumental in having resolutions passed entirely endorsing Mr. Ancona's per formances in tlie House. And yet what does this practical illustration of the feelings of Mr. Getz signify? Mr. Ancona had rendered himself odious in the House. He supported the Administration reluctantly, and labored for every opportunity to oppose it openly. He voted for Valt.aniuc.haji as Speaker, thereby showing his willingness to place in the chair of the House the particular friend of Breckin ridge, the companion and defender of May, the bitter assailant of the Administration, the theme of the Mew Orleans Picayune's compli ments, and tin- man whoso words are quoted abroad to-day to (lie shame of our country. In the very few opportunities which presented themselves this Representative was among the most recreant. Mr. Ancona showed very de cidedly liis “ sympathy for Southern traitors,” and Mr. Getz quite as decidedly his sympathy for Mr. Ancona, llencc our criticisms upon liis conduct. Mr. Getz goes out of his way to assail the Douglas Democracy, and to stiow how the platform of Mr. Breckinridge was as much a Union platform as tiiat of Mr. Douglas. We must certainly compliment his ingenuity, even at tllC expense of his candor, for certainly no candid Ilian could invent such an argument as tiiat of Mr. Gf.tz. 11c knows very well that every element of the Breckinridge party was a disunion element. He secs how it was no thing more than a great conspiracy. He can trace that conspiracy step by step from the Leconvpton fraud down to the division of the Democratic party. Ho one knows better than Mr. Getz, for the road is a familiar one to him. He was in the counsels of the Breckinridge Democracy; lie was their ally, their friend, their Bcpresentative; lie enjoyed their confi dence and tlieir bounty; lie assisted them to break up tlie Democratic party, and Only With drew liis assistance when lie found them openly engaged in breaking up the Union. Through the day of treason ho was guilty until the last hour, and *)iad but few minutes left when lie made his hurried repentance. There is a shamelessness, therefore, in liis argument against Sir. Douglas, which is unjust to his memory and the labors of his life. To invite a parallel between Mr. Douglas and Mr. Breckinridge is most unfortunate lbv .Mr. Getz. The deceased Senator followed his principles, and they led him to the high table lands of Union and loyally. Mr. Breckin ridge lias followed liis principles, and where have they led him ? Tiiat the present position of Mr. Breckin ridge causes Mr. Getz “ deep regret,” and that liis confidence in liis attachment to the Union is shaken,” wc arc very thankful. This penitential attitude of Mr. Getz is a iicalfliy sign. It is certainly a novel and perhaps a disagreeable necessity, and as lie has many things to answer for, we implore him to “ cry aloud and spare not.” It is a good tiling to know that lie supports tlie Administration even in guarded phrases, and - with many reserva tions and qualifications. His proposition of “ counsel and co-operation” is so exceedingly harmless and unmeaning tiiat-we must indulge him in nursing it. He will find that the “ measures which would strengthen tlie hands of Crittenden, Andrew Johnson, and IIolt” arc tlie excellent measures being devised by McClellan on tlio Potomac, FrEMONT Oil tlie Mississippi, and Wool at Fortress Monroe. "What lie means by giving “ power to turn the misled people of the South away from then rebel leaders ” we can scarcely see. If lie thinks tins can be done by permitting the Government to go on as it has begun, very well: but if he intends to resurrect any old Breckinridge platform, .or obsolete proposals for the surrender of northern honor, as measures of compromise, then he is as bad as ever, and his repentance will scarcely be worth the paper upon which it is written. Tlie Revival of Business. Notwithstanding Uk: shock to which the bu f-iiicss interests of the country were stili.iecteil by the .sudden outbreak of a gigantic wav, the disruption of many important 'commercial con nections that followed that event, and the absorption of the energies of the nation, to a great extent, in the existing contest, there are still indications of renewed activity at no dis tant day in many important industrial pursuits. There is a buoyancy about the American cha racter, which cannot, under any circumstances, be entirely suppressed; and, however dark may be the ] respects which at any particular period surround them, nr however serious may be the embarrassments with which they are threatened, they still carve out new paths to triumph and success through channels which the people of other countries would never dream of opening. Thu history of Europe shows that it has sometimes happened that at the very period when some nations tire most busily engaged in expensive and destruc tive foreign wars, their manufacturing, agricultural, and commercial interests were most energetically and profitably developed. We can scarcely hope for a similar result in our country while the rebellion is unsub dued, but it is not unreasonable to expect an approximation to it. For the present, the great agricultural interest, upon which all others are, to a considerable extent, depend ent, is industriously engaged in preparing for market the immense crops with which our thrillers have been blessed. Of the manufac lurers, not a few are kept very busy in fur bishing the immense quantities of goods of various kinds that the great increase of our army lias rendered necessary, while others, ■will find ample employment in renewing the .Stocks that have been nearly exhausted by the stoppage of many establishments lor a long period, and in supplying the wants which, in ' peace Or b ar, exist among our immense popu lation. , It is true that the merchants and capitalists who have been largely engaged in Southern trade have suffered terribly, as well as those who are closely connected with or dependent upon them. Those, too, whose business lias consisted in manufacturing or supplying arti cles that may be considered miportluities, and that in times of pecuniary distress can, witli ©ilt anv great inconvenience, be dispensed with, cannot expect to speedily re-establish their old prosperitv. But with plenty of profitable employment left for our farmers, for many' of our manufacturers, for some of ouv merchants, and even for a portion of those engaged in foreign commerce, we have still a foundation for enterprises that trill profitably and usefully employ a large por. tion of the American people. It is. of course, evident, tiiat in a time of war, when our na tional expenditures attain tlieir highest limit, ami when the greatest derangement of our in dustrial system exists, it is particularly desi rable that as strenuous an effort as possible should be made by all loyal citizens who are not actually engaged in the war, to employ themselves as usefully ns possible in peaceful pursuits, so that while our soldiers are battling for the Union on the tented field, their labors may be sufficiently productive to furnish the national armies with food, clothing, equip ments, superior munitions of war, and to maintain the credit of our Government by furnishing tangible evidence of their ability to siipx'lv sufficient revenue to dis charge its financial obligations. Many men who arc now idle because they cannot find em ployment in the pursuits to which they have heretofore been devoted could, by proper ex ertion, discover new spheres of usefulness; and the natural tendency to make such efforts, which exists among our people, together with the other influences to which we have referred, will, if no unforeseen calamity occurs, tend to product? tiiat general restoration of business activitv which is so eminently desirable, alike to those who have entered inio the military service of onr country, and to those who are still devoted to the arts of peace. Pennsylvania and her Custom - House Cities—Her Kail Line to the Lakes. Unity in purpose and co-operation in action are essential to the success of broad plans and achievement of grand results. The union of Erie city and Philadelphia, by rail, lias been a standing object with many inte rests in this State since tlie incorporation of tlie Philadelphia and Erie Bailroad Company, on tlie 3d of April, 1337. True, very much work lias been done upon the route of tlie road; link after link has been opened, each one, of course, narrowing tlie gap remaining unfilled; still, the work is unfinished, and is unfitted to realize the expectations of the in vestors in the shares and loans of the com pany owning it, because its termini are sun dered l>y the non-completion of its middle division, and no through traffic can pass over it. At last, however, hope of final success is kindled by a project to lease the roail to the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and borrow the credit of that company to raise means to fill out the gap remaining iu (lie iron lino. Thus will tlie road to Eric be completed, and co-operation between the two companies be secured. To this community this is a para mount desideratum; and yet it is no more than was originally contemplated in tlie act of incorporation of each one of tlie two compa nies, parties in the present negotiation ; for Die Pennsylvania Railroad Company wore au thorized to build a branch to Erie, and the Philadelphia and Eric Bailroad Company were given authority, in tlieir origuiai charter, to extend a branch to Pittsburg. Tlie original proposition, therefore, was to have the roads leading to Pittsburg and Erie operated hv one company. And this idea was founded ill an appreciation of Die benefits resulting from harmony of action and identity of interest among tlie custom house cities of tlie State and the carriers be tween them. Pittsburg has its Ohio-river navigation, and Erie city lias its lake naviga- j tion. The first is available throughout the j Mississippi valley; tlie latter is available j throughout the group of lakes. Each city, i consequently, has its independent water eom , miiiiication with Die country beyond, so that there is no opportunity for competition be tween their water routes. On the contrary, : these separated water routes tend to the ad vantage of each city, in giving to the rail lines i terminating in them the advantage of water < rates from and to remote points in the West and Southwest, in addition to facilities de rived from rail connections, forming a part of i the net-work of iron which is outspread over : the “Western country. j The competition between the Atlantic trunk !. lines reaching from tlie seaport cities to the in terior, has already inflicted immense losses on ' tlieir owners, without any equivalent public | gain or commercial advantage to cither tlie ; East or the West. And inasmuch as the union of Die three ports of Pennsylvania, at tlie ter mini of one efficient operating organization, would exterminate the possibility of rivalry and competition, leaving to the railroad men filling its offices no other duty save those which i pertain to Die euro of a legitimate traffic, and • the practice of a desirable economy, it results • that the common interests of all would he best , protected and promoted by a friendly under standing. Competing lines south of Pittsburg and : north of Erie admonisli Erie, Pittsburg, and Philadelphia Of the necessity of united action and joint defence against rivals outside the State, whose aim is the control of interior trade, and its transportation to the sea across ■Maryland or Hew Vork. In this view of the interests of Erie and Pittsburg, tlie proposed lease of the Philadel phia lllld Eric ltuilroud Company, by the Penn sylvania Railroad Company, assumes a vast importance, because its proposed term being for 999 years, its consequences for good will be lasting to the three cities and the whole State. "With its trunk resting on tide-water and its prongs forking from the Susquehanna to Pitts burg and Erie, (the last prong being licit! un der lease,) the Pennsylvania Bailroad Com pany would concentrate a lake trade at Erie, like its river trade at Pittsburg, whilst exchanging at both cities travel and traffic with connecting lines reaching on farther into the interior coun try. Unquestionably tlie proposition contains the best plan for Die completion of tho Phila delphia and Erie Railroad, and for its efficient use after its completion. Hence we arc glad to know that the policy of the proposition is approved by all who weigh its mutual ndvan : tages with thoughts single to interests within Die State. In the particular details the public Imre less interest, for tlie reason Dlilt minute and specific details come more especially within the prerogatives of the Boards of Directors conducting Die negotiation, who arc responsi ble for their official acts. The public, moreover, whilst approving tho policy of tlie pending lease, which includes a loan of credit by tlie Pennsylvania Railroad Company to the Philadelphia and Erie Rail road Company, as well as an agreement to ope rate tlie road after its completion, seem anx ious that the contract should be closed and sealed, so that they may be gladdened with the assurance tiiat not only is the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad to he completed at an early day, but tiiat, after completion, it is to be ope rated m harmony with the route to Pittsburg. Then between Erie and Philadelphia, as now between Pittsburg and Philadelphia, there will he established a cheap and expeditious commu nication, and between Philadelphia and the lar northwest via Eric city, as now between Philadelphia and Die far IVeSt via Pittsburg, there will be established a trade which will grow and prosper with the growth of the Northwest country, and also with its acquaint ance with the resources and facilities enjoyed ! at this port on the seaboard. ! The State’s Magazine Near Point Breeze, on the Schuylkill, a lit tie before you come upon Laflerty’s celebrated hostclrie, stands a small, substantial building, known as “ The State’s Magazine.” It was so located for the safety of the city and neigh borhood. Therein are contained about six thousand kegs of powder, of twenty-five pounds-each,'-with one hundred and fifty thousand rounds of cartridges, belonging to the Nome Guard, under the command of General Pi.f.asonton. It may be asked, what is the defence of this Magazine ? IVe reply, it sim ply consists of Major James Davenport,' Su perintendent, and two policemen. The Maga zine, as numerous visitors to Point Breeze Park must have noticed, is an edifice standing bare in an open field, fit the war of 1812 this very magazine was defended by one hun dred men. Wo simply slate this fact, and ask whether ihc magazine ought not have an additional defence. First, is. the isolation of the ma gazine, by surrounding it' with a stout stone wall, at least eight feet high, instead of the present board-fence,'sufficient for the enemy? Next, does it not require a great augmentation of tlic force now available to- defend it ?—when traitors are abounding in quarters least sus pected. Major Rvmrnjtr has till? strongest claim to have ids position well supported. Labce Positive Sack ok Boots, Shoes, Bro ; cans, Ac.—Tho early attention of purchasers i 3 requested to the large peremptory sale of boots, shoes, brogans, travelling-bags, *<=•! embracing ' samples of 1,1100 packages of fresh prime goods of | city and Eastern manufacture. Also, army camp i shoos. To be sold this (Tuesday) morning by Myers, Claghorn, A Co., auctioneers, 232 and 231 Market street, commencing at tea o'clock. Turpentine mid Cotton. One of the natural effects of tlie wav and the suspension of trade between the North and South, is the stimulation of tlie inventive ge nius of our country to discover, as far AH pos sible, substitutes for articles which wo have hitherto obtained from Seccssia. One of the staples of North Carolina is spirits of tur pentino. Tlie value of this article heretofore annually produced in that State has amounted to more than $14,000,000, and it was thus evi dciltly an extremely important element of her commercial importance. It lm» recently been stated that, so liir as the purposes to .which largo quantities of it are applied by painters are concerned, one of Die ingredients of Die coal oil of Pennsylvania can be profitably and ad vimtageously used. • A very strong confirma tion of tins opinion will be found in a commu nication from Dr. David Jayne, that we pub lish Diis morning. His knowledge and expe rience as a druggist, and as an extensive builder, give great value to his judgment on tliis question, and virtually settlo it. It is de sirable that the importance of this matter may he fully impressed upon those who arc con nected with the management of the oil wells of our State, so Duit, if possible, a new ele ment of our wealth may be developed. The resin and turpentine produced by North Caro lina have heretofore been not only extensively used in all portions of our country, hut they have been exported to nearly every other civil ized nation on Die globe—tbo total value of Die foreign exports in svino yearn amounting to several millions of dollars. We also notice that, at several points throughout the North, companies are being formed for the manufacture of goods out of flax, prepared in a superior way; and, if the high price of cotton continues, it is probable that the efforts which have long been made, to render this materia!, either by itself or in com bination with other substances, a desirable sub stitute for cotton, may eventually be crowned with complete success. Numerous processes have already been devised for making a spe cies of flax-cotton, as it is termed, which very closely resembles cotton, and the stimulus which will now he given to inventive genius for the further'improvement of these devices Will, very probably, lead to important results. This idea is by no means a novel one, and on many occasions it has met with a very marked degree of encouragement. Tlie chief reason why it has not been brought to a com plete state of perfection has, apparently, been the ease with which supplies of cotton have hitherto been obtained. The subject is one of great moment, not only to our manu facturers but to our farmers, and it is possible that the high price of cotton produced by the present rebellion may result in new arrange ments that will supply the former, at low cost, with a superior material, and enable tlie latter to profitably diversify their industry by the cul tivation of large quantities of flax and hemp. By M. Clossen’s process, patented in 18-30, a flax cotton was prepared from flax hemp and other vegetable fibres which very neariv rc scmblva the fibre of the cotton plant, and in 1775 a flax cotton was made of refuse flax and hemp by Lady Moira with the aid of T. B. Bailey, of Hope, near Manchester, which was manufactured into good articles of wearing apparel. Various attempts were made in Ger many before the close of tlie last century to ma nufacture flax cotton, anil although It is said that excellent goods were made from that material which could not be distinguished from those manufactured with ordinary cotton, established cotton manufacturers, not unnaturally, dis played a strong prejudice against the new ma terial and prevented its introduction into gene ral use. Des Cuasmes said, in 1799, that ho had seen flax cotton which so closely resem bled ordinary cotton, that if the staple was cut before it was carded it could not be distin guished from cotton, cither when in its raw state, or when manufactured. 5Ve are aware that these experiments have uniformly been abandoned hitherto before their complete success was practically demonstrated, but now a powerful new motive is given to all manufacturing nations, and particularly to the people of the loyal States of this Union, to render themselves as independent as possible of tlie whims, freaks, and exactions of the haughty King Cotton, who assumes despotic powers. If the wav continues for any considerable period of time, and the cotton crop of the South is rendered unavailable to the civilized world, a substitute for the products of tlie G ulf States must and will he found in some way. The three directions in which it will be looked for will be, first, the development of new cotton-growing regions elsewhere; se cond, the discovery of improved methods of treating the valuable fibre of other plants, such as flax, hemp. See. ; or third, Such . a modification of our habits, and of tlie opera tions of our woollen manufactories, as will supply tlie market with a large quantity of woollen (or mixed silk and woollen) goods of various kinds, that, to a great extent, will take the place of those heretofore manufac tured wholly from cotton. We arc not quite so badly off in Die nine teenth century as to have our whole existence dependent upon a single thread—of cotton. Wo uvo certain Dial, independent of that sub stance, silk, wool, flax, and hemp, in some shape or other, can supply us with our neces sary clothing; and if supplies of cotton from the South, or from some other quarter of the world, are not forthcoming in due season, tlie inevitable result must be tiiat manufactures of oilier fabrics will he devised, and so adapted to Die public taste that eventually the pro ducts of the cotton districts of our country will be dispensed with without auv serious incon venience. Homage Aux Dames. We are gratified to find that so respectable a paper as the Evening Bulletin endorses onr idea of the foolish toadyism of Die wife of our Chief Magistrate at Long Branch. It says: “It is a lamentable thing that because a lady happens to be the wife of the Chief Magistrate of the nation, she should not be Safe from vulgar ob servation and public comment. Tile circumstance that she is the President’s wife should not deprive her of the right to gentlemanly treatment. But the leading New York journals have set all tlieir puck of puppies on her, and from the moment of her arrival ill that city, she has not hail the liberty, tlie security, the privacy, and the respect that are accorded, in most civilized places, to tllC humblest woman in tlie land. She could not stir out of tier hotel, while in New York, without having her movements, her looks, and her dress described as minutely as if she were n prize fighter, a foreign dauseuso, or a condemned con vict on the wny to execution. If she had com mitted the vilest crimes, she could not have been treated with greater contumely. Spies were sent with tier to tell how she behaved on the jeurncy to Lung Branch, and other spies we're in waiting for her Diere when she arrived. From tiiat moment she has been subjected to tho most cruel espionage, and .“lie must bo excessively disgusted with (he treatment she is receiving at the hands of tho merciless, reporters of tlio papefs that presume to call themselves tho leading journals of America, and that arc received in Europe as fair illus trations of American civilization and refine ment. If tho chief editors of the New York papers, that haTe thus grossly abused the President’s wife, have any sense of decency remaining, they will di rect those whom they employ to desist from tho vile work they are engaged in. If they have a spark of loyalty or of national pride, they will order that Mrs. Lincoln bo treated in their columns like a lady, and not like an outcast. Every word of Die fulsome praise that they lavish on her looks, her language, her dress, and her manners, is in sulting, and wc do not soc why it would not bo well to call in the aid of tlio United States marshal, to warn, if not to restrain, the indecencies that tlio New York nowspnpor Jenkinses are daily commit ting.” The New Vork Daily News again Seized. At an early hour yesterday morning Marshal Murray despatched a force of deputy marshals to the office of the American Express Company, where ho had understood a large edition of disloyal news papers had been lodged, for transmission by express. The officers seized Six packages of the Dally News of yesterday morning's edition, They were direct ed to the following persons: One very large packag 0 to A. Gunter, Louisville, Kentucky; a second, not quite so Targe, to J. 11. Barnwell, of the same place; a smaller one to Daring A Dickens, and another to M. W. Barr, also of Louisville; a largo package to Gray A Crawford, St, Louis, Missouri, and a small one to C. C. Woolworth, of St, Joseph, Missouri. There were evidently a large number of smallor packages made np in each of them; and the par ties addressed were only to act as distributing agents. Tie publishers of the Daily Nms, finding them selves excluded fromthePost Office, Adams Express and Ross A Touaey’s agencies, had endeavored to employ the American Express Company, which they supposed was not watched. Exgmsh PicToitiAi.s.— Prom Mr. S. C. Upham, 310 Chestnut street, wa have the following London pictorials of August 10th: Punch, with some racy pictorial hits; th o Illustrated Times, which al ways has some superlative wood-engravings; tho Illustrated London News, crowded with archseo logioal views, and tho Illustrated News of the World, with the best portrait of Queen Victoria, ns she is, ever published. lYe also have from Mr. Vpham a variety of new National Envelopes, some of them printed in seven colors, by Mr. Ketteriinus, and all of them very good. THE PBESS.—PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1881. Tue fact may have escaped our readers, but nevertheless we have seen it crowded away among a number of items relative to the weather, tlie crops, and serious accidents, that Mr. Boiikrt Tyler has hern appointed a “Register of the Treasury,” in Richmond, Virginia. We congratulate Virginia upon having received our distinguished townsman, and onr distinguished townsman upon having received a position of honor, although we are sorry to say there is not much prospect of its becoming one of profit. Still it is an office, and office is a groat tiling for a Tyler. He will have a splendid opportunity for develop ing Dio peculiar qualities of his genius iu the town of Richmond. It was always of the gloomy cast, and lie can certainly find many congenial spirits in these gloomy circles. We don’t know what he will do, however, about his dear friends, tlie Irish, as tiiat gallant peo ple, and the olijcct of so much solicitude to our ex-eminent townsman during Die days when O'Connell wanted Repeal and the Ty lers wanted office, arc, very unfortunately for him, to be found on tho wrong side. But, nevertheless, we shall hear from him again, for Tyler is irrepressible and determined to make a sensation. Farewell to Robert Tyler ! We shall sadly miss him in Pennsylvania. Never more shall his clarion voice he heard in defence of “ Old Virginia.” Never more will the silver strains of liis eloquence fall upon enwrapt and listening conventions as lie dwells upon National De mocracy and Stale Bights. Never more shall Wf hear him from Die hustings ami Die tavern door gallantly defending the rights of adopted citizens, and mingling his tears with those of oppressed Ireland. Never more shall wo have Diose delightful and piquant biographical sketches of (lie Tyler family, Irom the unpro nounceable Indian who was the first, down to the ex-President, who was the last of liis race. !Sever more shall we read those -logical, con stitutional, and transcendental epistles which were Die daily delight of nervous and wakeful readers of the late lamented Pennsylvanian. From ruining an honest Democracy, he goes to register a penniless treasury. After dwelling upon' the beauties of Virginia in Philadelphia, lie goes to dwell among the beauties of Vir ginia in Richmond—-to soothe tlie sad hours of Ids inconsolable fat he,-, and to drink cham pagne with him over the victory of Manassas. • Still Philadelphia can spare Mr. Tyler, nor are we quite clear about recommending the Mayor to suggest a day of fasting and prayer. His journey to Richmond was one of tlie best, because one of tho most consistent, acts of his life. He was reluctant to leave, we are convinced, principally because there was such a difference between the pecuniary promises of the South and the performances of the North. But still he is with those whom lie can appreciate. A traitor and a rebel, he is at home with traitors and rebels. Are there not others hero who might properly follow Mr. Tylku’s example? LETTER FROM “OCCASIONAL.” The arrest of Mayor Berret has created a good deal of apprehension in certain quarters. He had considerable influence because of his official position; and for years past was the inti mate of many of those who led in the Secession movement. He was one of the most strenuous of the Breckinridge uisorgauizers, and one of the most decided of the opponents of Douglas. Extremely fond of oflice, his strong proclivi ties for the traitors may be appreciated when, notwithstanding his possession of the mayor alty, he refused to take the oath as a member of Dm now Board appointed to organize and control the Metropolitan Police, of which Board Congress makes tlie Mayor an ex officio member. The idea that the Chief Magistrate of tho city of “Washington should not be willing to take any oath to support the Government, was itself a good reason for de posing such a man from office, even if other offences could not he proved against him. What these other offences may ho I do not know; but it is shrewdly surmised that the treasonable sympathizers here have been hold ing secret meetings at his residence. His po lice force was so far suspected that Congress was compelled to organize a new and more loyal corps. Mr. Berret has always been iden tified with that pompous aristocracy which is so peculiar to Virginia. His most intimate friends were Senators Mason, Hunter, and Toombs. IBs residence was the rendezvous of tlie extreme Southern men, and there is very little doubt that since this insurrection has been inaugurated he has been either open ly in correspondence with Beauregard and liis . army, or has connived at the intercourse which lias been existing between "Washington and Virginia• Many of Mr. Berrct’s most confi dential friends hold responsible positions in the Confederate army. And so, taking all these things together, there can he no doubt that the arrest of the Mayor lias been one of its best and most necessary measures. I have no patience at all with Diose who call this contest a Blade Republican war. Who ever makes this charge must be set down as an enemy. To consider tliis war as a partisan is to consider Die Government as a mere party. When a person 'spenks of this contest as a mere Black Republican contest, and the Adminis tration as a Black Republican Administration, I set him down as an enemy. For what is tho Administration but tlie emblem of Govern ment, the type of tlie Union, tlie custodian of Die Constitution ? If you abandon Dio Admi nistration, where are you going to go ? What other flag can a citizen follow ? We want to make an efficient wav. and that war can only be made by a united Government, supported by a united people. Those who antagonize the Administration now realty antagonize the conn try. When Mr. Lincoln or his Cabinet commit any wrong Dier will be denounced by the people—but tlie denunciation will not come from reluctant, sullen, lialt-hcarted Union men. The people who have so gene rously supported him when right, will not he sitate to oppose liim when wrong. The recent intelligence from California ren ders the I’acific coast an object of much in terest at tliis time. This has been the theatre Of ceaseless intrigue on the part of tlie Seces sionists who cluster around tlio golden shores of Die Pacific. California has always dazzled i Die eyes of the South, and its statesmen have j been zealous in their endeavors to obtain pos- j session of it. To this end they have been i laboring for tlie past ton years by demoralizing j the political sentiment of tlie people. So far j as California lias been represented, it lias almost always been with the ultra South. There have been a few gallant and glorious exceptions, like Broderick, Fremont, and Mc- Kibbin, but in Die persons of such men as G win, Weller, and Scott, she lias been con stantly degraded to the service of the Southern i conspirators. Senator McDoagnl is still here, I and, as a friend and follower Of the lamented j Douglas, is warmly and unhesitatingly for the j Administration. He thinks that California is ; safe, hut Dint tin; Secessionists, although over- [ awed by public sentiment, mill cherish the j dream of u Pacific Republic. Tlie military j power is in the hands of such gallant soldiers as Sumner, Carlton, and West, and we need have no fear of treason making any progress within the reach of their swards. The Democratic Senator tom New Jersey, John B. Thomson, has tnkeii open ground in opposition to Nnar and his tribe of Breckin ridge Secessionists. Whatever the course of Senator Thomson may have been heretofore on questions relating to the policy of thecoun- j try, ids attitude in the present crisis is most j gratifying. Tlie Senator is earnest in support j of the war measures of Die Administration, and j liis course in tlie recent session of the Senate j looked consistently to the accomplishment j of the most vigorous war measures. i Sale tO-iuy—Stocks and Real Estate, at twelve o’clock, noon, at the Exchange. Seo Thomas A Sons’ advertisements and pamphlet catalogues. Arrests ix New Jersey.—The Newark (N. J.) Mercury of yesterday morning says: Deputy Marshal Benjamin, of this city, on Saturday arrested at Rahway Mr. 1 Phineas F. Frazeo, a curriagemnnu faeturer but lately returned from Charleston, South Carolina. Mr: Frazee, it is said, has# son in the rebel army, and wo are told that evidence is not wanting to jusify tho Government in making this arrest. Mr, Fljas® o was;brought to this city on Saturday, and permitted to visit Ms frionda in Rah; way yesterday attended by the marshal. An ex* animation of the prisoner will bo had this morning at ten o’clocV 1 , and if tho ovidcnco proves sufficient to hold him,pe will bo sent to Fort Lafayette. TWO individuals wore arrested at Trenton, on Saturday, chaiged with being Seoession spies. They underwent a /private examination, tho result of which had m transpired when our informant left there. / Washington, Aug. 29. Occasional. LATEST NEWS BY TELEGRAPH. FROM WASHINGTON, ELECTION OF A NEW MAYOR. SEIZURE OF THE CRAFT ON THE POTOMAC, Commander Porter’s Self-Vindication. THE COMMAND OF THE NAVAL FORCES OF THE WEST. ALL THE MILITARY POSITIONS FILLED. Pensioners Must Take the Oath of Loyalty. Colonel McCunn Acquitted. FORTRESS MONROE AFFAIRS PREPARATIONS FOR A NAVAL EXPEDITION. MOVEMENTS OF THE REBELS IN MISSOURI. Special Despatches to “The Press.” Washington, August 26,1861. Arrest of Mrs. Ilassler. Mrs. llassler has been superintending a South ern mail which was sent forward “underground” about once a week. She lias bestowed very special attention upon tho rebel prisoners here. Her name is announced among tlioso arrested on Saturday. &110 is a very determined woman, and is safe only when she ennnot libto her liberty. All of those arrested have been recipients of public patronage, and ninny of them to a very largo extent. The War Department, Tho prossuro of business in the War Department is very great, and is apparently increasing. It was difficult to-day to get within ten feet of the Secre tary’s office door, so great was the pressure. Tho President Among the Troops. Tbo President is out to-day among tho troops. He is accompanied in his cavriago by Secrotary Seward. Mrs. Ginn. It is reported tiiat tlie wife of Senator G wrx was arrested, on Saturday, by tho Provost Marshal, charged with disloyalty and aiding tlio robot army. Tho Pi 'ovost Mnrshal counsels soerocy in his office, jmd it is difficult lo obtain facts- More arrests nro to be made. The Baltimore Papers. General Dix has requested the Baltimore papers to refrain from the publication of military intelli goneo. They will comply with his wishes. There is some Apprehension that the Sun and two othor papers will be suppressed. The Proposed Division of Virginia. The Into Union Convention in Western Virginia passed an ordinance to divido the State, subjoct to tho vote of the pcoplo yet to be taken. The new State will include thirty-nine counties, with the following population: lognn county 4,B3Bißnrbour 8,959 Wyoming 2,865 i Upshur 7,292 Raleigh 3,367| Harrison 13,790 Boyette s,997jLcwis 7,999 Nicholas 4,626 1 Braxton 4,992 Webster 1,555jC1ay 1,787 Randolph 4.99o|Kanawha 14,575 Tucker .1.,428j800ne 4,840 l’rcston 15,312 j Wayne........... 6,747 Monongalia 13,048; Cabell 8,020 Minion 12,72111’utnam 6,301 Taylor 7.463| Mason 9,185 Jackson 8,300 Wood 11,016 Roanoke B,o4BjPleasants 2,945 Calhoun 2,so2iTylcr 0,517 Wirt 3.7sl.jD"oddridgc 5,203 Gilmer 3.759 Wetzel 0,703 Ritchie 6,B47{Marshall 13,091 Ohio 22,422; Hancock lirookc 0,494; Total population 231,730 Tlic population of Virginia is 1.503,799, including 495,826 slaves. There are, perhaps, 10,000 slaves in the Union counties proposed to be set off in a new State. The Ordnance Department. Brevet Brigadier (ipnoi’al ltil'EEr Jills IICMI pro moted to a full brigadier general under the Into law of Congress, and made Chief of tho Ordnance De partment ; Major SrjtisoTOJf is promoted to tho rank of colonel; Majors (Ikohok D. Ramsey and William Mayxadier are promoted to lieutenant colonels; and Captains Wn.i.UM A. TItOItN'TO.V. Rouf.ht 11. K. WniTEi.F.Y, Peter V. Hao-neb, and Robebt A. Waixvricut arc promoted to majors General Weightman. General llansox Wf.igiitjian, killed at the bat tle of Wilson’s creek, was formerly a delegate to Congress from Kew Mexico. Ilia father is a resi dent of Washington. and was at one time its mayor. Bladcnsbnrg Disloyal. I am informed, on good authority, that a com pony of rebels arc daily in the socret exorcise of mi litary drill in Blndcnsburg, anticipating ‘he arrival of the rebel anny en route to Washington. The Potomac Flotilla. Tho steam or Powhatan is to he detached from the fleet on tho Potomac for a few days, to have her boilers cleansed. There are two more a!earner? at tho navy yard— the Agars and the Edwin Form/. They were purchased in Baltimore. They will each receive a howitzer on board, and wilt be used in running up the bays and creeks along the river, in search of boats aud oilier conveyances used by the enemy in crossing the river. There arc now fifteen steamers in tho flotilla. Commander Porter, of the St. Mary’s. Commander Porter, who was recently deprived of his command of the sloop-of-war St. Mary's, on suspicion of disloyalty to the Government, has vo luntarily returned to Washington. lie, to-day, it is understood, presented to the Navy Department an elaborate document with proofs in refutation of the charges, showing that forgery has been re sorted to for the purpose of injuring and dishonoring him. The Quartermaster's Department. The results of General Mews’ administration of the quartermaster's department arc astonishing. The very large number of wagons, horses, mulos, and immense amounts of equipage and other army supplies, afford direct evidence of his vigor and efficiency. The soldiers on both sides of the Poto mac are not only promptly hut satisfactorily fur nished with everything necessary for their military as well as domestic wants, and this attention to theirinterests lint largely contributed to the pre sent fine and improving condition of the troops. Hirer Craft Seized, All the large craft, schooners and sloops, small row-boats and skills, on the Potomac river, have been taken possession of by the Government au thority. This may be a matter of precaution t prevent communication between the Maryland and Virginia shores. Pensioners to Take the Oath of Loyalty. Orders were forwarded to-day to tho United States pension agents to administer the oath of allegianoe to the United States, prescribed by the late law of Congress, to all persons drawing pen sions. A Commander for the Western (itmhoals. Captain Foote has been ordered to the command of tho United States naval forces in the Western waters, viz: on the Missouri, Mississippi, aud Ohio rivers. Mayor of Washington Elected. Ruiiak]) Waleach. Ksq., was this afternoon elected mayor of Washington by the City Councils, to supply the vacancy occasioned by Mr. B«n -iuit’s involuntary absence. He was forthwith in stalled. Disloyalists Sent to Fort Lafayette. The Navy Department Ims a prompt method of dealing with disloyalists. In addition to tho simi lar ensos recently mentioned, A. D. Wharton, a midshipman on board the tendered Ids resignation, but he was dismissed from tho service and sent to Fort Lafayette. Several soldiers claiming to be British subjects, and so represented through Lord Lyons, have been discharged from the army- All the Military Positions Filled. It is needless to crowd tho Secretary of War by further applications for military appointments, as there are no vacancies, except such as have been reserved for meritorious non-commissioned officers and privates. Official. I)KPAK7.>iiJiVr op State, Washington, August 24, 1863. The following decree by the President of Mexico, declaring the port of Towula, situated on tho Pacific coast of the State of Chiapas, open to tho commerce of foreign countries, has been received at this Lc purtmeut from tb« United States Consul at Ta basco : Decree issued by D resident Ileuito of In virtue of the Authority in in© vested, I have decreed the following : Article one : The port of Tonala, in the Stttto of Chiapas, on the Pacific coast, is hereby made a port of entry, and is opened to foreign and coastwise Commerce. Wbcreupon, I order the same to be published, made known, and carried into effect. (liven at the Palace of the .Federal Government, Mexico, April 24,1861. Benito Juahez. To Bon Jose Maria Mata, Secretary of tho Trea sury. Arrivals from Pennsylvania. - Willard's—' Chns. Fletcher, J. Rico, Joseph F. Tobias, W. H. Butler, E. Tracy, L. N. Wagner, Chas. W. Matthews, J. Painter, C. P. Markle, Thomas Bell, Ed. McPherson, J. L. Sadler. ICtrfcuMotVs— AY. F. Murray, J. D. Harris. A Liverpool Vessel Chased. Nkw Youk, Aug. 26.— Tho ship ifniverse, which arrived at this port this evening, from Liverpool, reports that on 'August 16th, when In latitude 43 deg. 20 min., longitude && deg. 30 nun., she was chased by a low, rakish, full-rigged brig, evidently a brig-of-war. She finally passed her a quarter of a mile ahead, running off to the southeast. Safety of the Steamer Etna. Riviere pe Lori*, Aiig- 26.— Tho ship Powerful, for Quebec, arrived hero this afternoon, bringing a feir of the passengers of the steamship lima, tho detention of which bud given rise to fears for her safety. Tho Power/ul reports that the Tima broke the ernnlc of her shaft on tho 7th inst. She WO3 boarded by tli cPowerfnl on the llth,inlat.49deg. 14min., tong. 38 deg. 53 min. The steamor was in order, but her machinery completely stopped, and sho was obliged to put back for Queenstown, under sail for repairs. New Yoiik, Aug. 20.—A despatch to the agents of tho steamship lino gives tho following names of the passengers of the steamer Etna, who arrived in the Powerful , viz: Messrs. Bent, Livingston, Hark, Gardner, and Duclos. The despatch is signed by John G. Dolo, the Now York agent of the lino, who was aboard of tho steamer. Tho Etna was in lat. 48 deg. 58 min., long. 42 deg. 34 min., when she broke the crank of bet shaft. Her passengers were all well when tho ship Powerful left her. From Missouri. MOVEMENTS OF TIIF. REBELS Ibonton, Mo., August 24.— Reports received here to day give tho information tlint General Har dee’s forces are withdrawing From Greenville, to wards Hooves’ Ferry, where they are fortifying their position to some extent, and also to Priton’s station, nearer the Arkansas lino. This seems to confirm the previous report, that tho eastern division of tho rebels were hastening to join General I’illow. A strong body of General Thompson’s forces are reported to hare occupied Benta, eight miles back of tho town of Commerce, where they aro throwing up fortifications. LATER FROM CALIFORNIA. [liy l*ony llxproas.] St. Joseph, Mo., August 26.—Tho pony express has been abandoned between St. Joseph nnd a sta tion 110 miles west. Letters will be obliged to go by stage from here to reach tho pony at that start ing point. Outer Station* op tiie Pacific Tei.egrapii Company, 95 miles west of Fort Kearney.— The California pony express passed here at 1." o’clock this afternoon with the following intelligence: The 1,500 men from California to serve on the plains are rapidly organizing. Nino companies of infantry have already reported to Gen. Sumner, and 1,500 cavalry are nearly all accepted. These troops are evidently being organized to a much better basis than many other volunteers re cruited for the war as regards the qualifications of officers, the physical and moral standing of the mon, and the equipment of tho cavalry with Go vernment horses. Saddles and bridles have already been provided for through General Sumner, who has assumed the responsibility. Tho entire force will be provided with tho well-made and substan tial clothing that the regular troops are entitled to. There have been a targe number of rumors afioat In reference to the movements of Gen. A. S. John son, late in command of the Pacific division, but the San Francisco morning Californian pronounces all of them untrue. It seems that Johnson started from Los Angeles with a company ostensibly for tho destination of Texas. After they left Los Angeles, a disagreement occurred, and they divided. Gen. Johnson returned to this city and took passage for the East on the steamer; and a portion of the ori ginal party under command of a resident of Los Angeles nnd a well-known citizen of the State pro ceeded into Mexico. Tho reports that Gen. John son had arrived in Virginia, and that ho had ac cepted the command of tho Into Gen. Garnett, are incorrect. Our informant is of the most reliable character. The ship ISpeei/rce/l'brmgs Honolulu papers of July 22, five days later. Tho news is unimportant. Sierra Nevada dates are to the 7th of August. On the 6th the steamer Coribhee blew up above tho Rapids, on Frazer river, and the captain and six men were killed, while many of the passengers are missing. The Oregon papers state that the emigration from Northern California to the Noz-perco mines continues. Tho news is still favorable from that mining district. The Indians will not permit the miners to occupy some of the land, and troublo is feared to result. Sam Francisco Markets.—The markots are about tho same as when last reported. In the job bing trade there is a reasonable demand from the country. There appears to be a greater firmness in tho Provision market generally, with sales ef Butter to extent at hardening prices. Candle 3 are firmer. MARINE INTELLIGENCE.—Arrive! 14tli, at San Francis™—ship Speedwell, from Honolulu; 16th Herald of the Morning, from New York, steamer Uncle Sam, from Panama. Sailed 16th, hark Louise, loth ship Summer Cluuili for Sidney. Honorable Acquit tal of Colonel McCuna. ■Washington, August 26.—Colonel McCunnhas been honorably acquitted of the charges preferred against him at tho recent court martini held in Alexandria. The scene in his regiment on the an nouncement of this fact was of the most enthusiastic description. LATER FROM EUROPE. THE STEAMER HIBERNIA OFF FATHER POINT, Father Point, Aug. 26. —The stenmer Hiber nia passed hero this afternoon, with Liverpool dates to the 16th inst. The steamer City of Washington sailed for New York on the 14th, with £5,000 in specie, and the Teutonia, from Southampton, had about £7,000. ; The steamship Great Eastern arrived at Liver pool on tho 15th inst. The steamship If civ York arrived out on tho •16tb. The ship S/tjfoU‘ armed at Plymouth with £4-2,000 in gold. The ship Hermitage, from Liverpool for Buenos Ayers, put into Cape de Verde very leaky. The ship Spread Eagle was a total wreck off Bassein, June 17; crew saved. GREAT BRITAIN. At a general meeting of the Galway Steamship Company the report ot* tho directors was adopted, and it was resolved to issue stock increasing the nominal capital from £500,000 to £1,000,000. Tho Austrian archduke, Maximilian, on visiting Southampton in relation to the projected Austrian Steamship Company, made a speech, in which he predicted closer sympathies commercially and poli* tically between Englund and Austria. Mr. Bochuck also made a speech, extolling tho Constitutional efforts of the Emperor of Austria. The marriage contract between the Princess Alice and Prince Leopold, of Hesse, was signed at Osborne on tho 14th. The weather in England was again unsettled, and there was considerable ram in some pans. The London Times' city article again expati ates on the financial difficulties accumulating against tllC American Government, and says that tlic most earnest wish of the frSomlg of America must be that the difficulties thus in sight may ac cumulate with sufficient rapidity to bring tlio North and South to reason. FRANCE. There is a vaguo report of a growing coolness be tween France and Austria, bearing an ominous re semblance to that which preceded the war. Prineo Mctteriiicli had taken leave of tho Emperor, nod the latter had gone to the Chalons camp. (Jouaral Fanti had also left Paris, and was en route for the Chalons camp. The Monileitr officially confirms the appoint ment of Bcncdctti as Minister to Italy. PRUSSIA The Indeycndauceßelgc says that the first act of tho new Prussian Ministry will be the recogni tion of the Kingdom of Italy. AUSTRIA. The Emperor received the address of the Hun garian Diet on the 14th hist., and replied to it by a speech in general terms. The dissolution of the Diet is regarded as almost certain. POLAND. An important popular demonstration occurred at Lublin on the 12th iust. The military commander, however, by his energetic action, suppressed a con flict without any more serious consequences than that a certain number of persons wero wounded. | The following is a copy of the despatch sent out by the steamer of Washington :] ENGLAND. The English papers are daily engrossed with the American question The London Globe denies by authority the state ment that Admiral Milne has reported the blockade of the Southern porta ineffective, and says that no general report on the subject has beeu officially re ceived. The London T/w«-sin an editorial shows the financial difficulties which tho Washington Govern ment will hare to encounter. The Times also publishes another letter from Mr. Russell, which is generally discouraging for the North. . '' , . The King of Sweden lias arrived in hngltttw QU ft Vioit to tho Queen. Catharine Jlayes, the singer, is dead. Tho special agents of the Cotton Supply Associa tion had reached Egypt, and were to have nu inter view with the Viceroy on tho subject of cotton cul tivation. , .•' , ■ • Tho weather in England- .lad been hot! find tho harvest was making great progress. ItfliQ Was, however, falling when the steamer left Liverpool. FRANCE. Another controversy had sprung up between France and Switzerland relative to She arrost of a French subject on disputed- territory. # . The harvest in Franeo.wns progressing satisfac torily, but. the wheat crop-will be cteftotoiU* Tliere are again indications of a solution of the Roman question. It is rumored that a mixed Italian and French garrison will soon occupy Rome. Baron Rieasoli, in a- diplomatic- circular, ex presses the belief that Europe will soon be per suaded of tho right of Italy to enlm* tho Italian territory. Frincc Chigo has been appointed Papal Nuneio at Paris. . . . The Neapolitan reaction is diminklring. AUSTRIA. The position of Austria and Hungary was daily becoming more alarming. Tho upper house off the Hungarian Diet adopted by acclamation M. B«ak’s address*. INDIA. The Bombay maikof July 13 bc& been received. The Calcutta mail »f July o, Sh&ogb* o lo June 19, and Melbourne to .June 25. had been telegraphed, and was due in England on the 15th. Heavy rains woe taking p&ace all over India, and there were complaints *£ damage to the in digo. TURKEY. Omar Pasha kftfi bOCP ordwicd to act against the Montenegrins, Tho fall of the Minister of Finance was expected. CHINA. Tho United States steamer Hartford had re turned to Hong Kong. Officer Lanly had organized tho expedition up the Yangtse, and made ar rangements with the Nankin rebels for tho protec tion &£ American property. The and Da cot oh were also, at Hong Kong. The JoA» Adams was at Suato-w. The first toas from Hankow had reached Strong bae. The rates fbr tho new teas at Foochow con tinued extreme, and were relatively much inferior to the previous crop. The resolution of tho British Government rela tive to privateers, was expected to materially re move the objections to shipping from Indiu by Arne tican towels, Commercial Intelligence. [nv tite innKJt.vr.t.] LIVERPOOL COTTON MAKKKT, Aro. 15.—Tlie Cotton market is inactive; tin* salee have been small. THE LATEST—(Via Derry, Ainj. 16.)—The Kales of tlio week amount to 4G,000 halep. wul the market Muses quiet hut bteHdy, with a decline ot » 6 ‘ G?.l-l6d on the week, CllieJly on the fair anY. Nankins, of Georgetown, was arrested on Saturday for disloyalty; and Mr. J. Grimes, a merchant of that city, yesterday, oa the same charge. tug oath of Ar.uEnrANCB. The oath of allegiance will bo administered to till hired men in tho quartermaster's department to day. It is rumored that quite a number wilt re fuso to take ‘ it, particularly the Baltimoreans, nmongst whom are some who it is suspected took part in the 19th of April riot. Col. John Piekell, a West Point graduate, lias been appointed colonel of the Now York Thirteenth regiment. Several Alexandrians are in town who have not been able to return home, for the reason that they cannot get any one to vouoh for them, and in con sequence aro unablo to obtain passes. Some of these sworo roundly a day or two since that they would not take any oath, thoy would stay hero till dooins-day first; but the same parties aro nows* anxious to get buck to old Virginia’s shore that they will take the oath readily, but that, it seems, is not sufficient. THE CITY. The History of a Traitor. Yesterday morning’s telegraph gave the names of five commissioned officers who threw up their posi tions in the navy of the United States when the frigate Congress arrived at the Boston navy yard. The first name was that of Captain Robert Tonsil!, whose history is fnmilinr with many residents of Philadelphia, to whom the tidings of his disloyalty wore an evidence of the basest ingratitudo towarl a country which made nnd maintained him, From a citizen acquainted with the singular career of this man we obtained tho following particulars of his life and services: Robert Tonrill was born in Prince William coun ty, Virginia, between Manassas Junction and Mount Vernon. Of exceedingly humble parentage, he exhibited in boyhood such remarkable ambition and restlessness thnt ho ran away from home at the age of sixteen nnd enlisted iu the United States ma lino corps. His intelligence was above thfi average of common soldiers, nnd this, combined with ,unu sual quickness nnd intrepidity, made him at once the praise and the censure of the commissioned offi cers. In a short time he was raised to the rank of a sergeant of marines, tho highest non-commissioned, office which can be held in the service. Hi 3 conduct in this new position was marked by the same por scverance and a determination which raised him from the place of n private. In fact, his spirited behavior brought upon him the enmity of many scions of rank, and. on one occasion when lying iu Hampton Roads in tho ship North Carolina, ha was ordered to be tied up and flogged. Young Tansill. however, seized a musket ana swore, rather than to submit to such an indignity, to shoot down any man who should lay hands upon him. In 1836 his term of enlistment expired, and ha was about to retire from the service. Commander Ballard, who understood his talents and spirit, pre vailed upon him to re-enlist, with the promise that ha would Shortly obtain him a commission ia the marine service. In 1837. accordingly, he received a second lieutenancy, and was soon ordered away to Florida, where he acted ns lieutenant commanding of what was called tho I: Mosquito Squadron,” a fleet »f small vessels that ran up the inlets and bayous along the const to co-operate with the land forces in sub jugating the Scminoles. A Lieutenant McLaughlin soon took precedence of Tansill in this service, and ho was of disposition extremely tyrannical nnd overbearing. It was his delight to tyrannize over the marines, and one »f that corps, nnmed Pierrcpont, having committed some slight offence, McLaughlin had him tied up and flogged so unmercifully that he afterward died. Lieutenant Tansill determined to make thi3 matter public, which ho did through the columns of a small paper published in St. Augusiina, Florida, For this, among other things, charges were preferred t* Secretary of War John Bell, and Tansill's trial canio off at the Philadelphia Navy Yard He had denied his signature in the paper aforesaid, and foe this was convicted of unofficer-like conduct, nnd pre varication, and sentenced to half-pay and suspen sion from the marine corps for three years. lie nt once proceeded to Virginia, svhere he mae ried Miss Weens, the daughter of an obscure Methodist clergyman. Ho then opened a military school at Washington, and contrived to support himself and family until his term of suspension had expired. lie was reinstated during John Tyler's Administration, and promoted to a first lieutenancy, being immediately ordered to the Pacific, whore, in conjunction with the land forces under Colonels Fremont ami Kearney, he kept in check the Cali fornians and the Mexicans, nnd assisted to secure that large extent of territory to the Federal Go vernment. In 1848, he was left in command of a small fort at Guaymas, where, in the absence of the main body of tho army, he was attacked by an immense forca of Mexicans and Indians, whom he gallantly re pulsed with but little loss. For this conduct ha was breveted a captain of marines, and shortly afterwards given a full captaincy. Henceforward his career wns peaceful. He par ticipated in the Japau expedition, nnd when tha Paraguay expedition was organized, he was mala commander of the marine force, HU appointment to this place was severely criticised, and the fact thnt he was raised from a common soldier urged against his promotion. His valor and talents were too well known, however, to mar his prospects, and the appointment was not altered. Latterly ho was ordered off iu the CongrcM to tho Brazil coast, and when the war broke out his friends were sanguine that he at least would stand by the flag under which he hud fought so long, nnd by the Govern ment that had educated, protected, and raised him to rank nnd honor. These high hopes were pros trated when, on the arrival of the Congress til Bos ton, his name appeared among tho first to forsako Ills flag, find throw up liis commisaion. No greater ingratitude this war has yet exhibited, for most ot' those who have proved traitors and perjurers were of wealth and note in the beginning. But Tansill was poor, obscure, nnd on adven turer. After thirty years of maintenance, having grown fat upon the"charity of the Government, ho resigned his flag when menaced and imperilled, and basely endeavors to proffer llis services to SWOrtt enemies nnd traitors. Sucll llfiSO llcft'OlioD, we aro glad to see, has been promptly punished, nnl Tansill has been arrested and confined iu Fort Hamilton, in New York. His brother, Grnmlison S. Tansill, was n second sergeant in the United States Second Bragojus in tho Florida war. afterwards a sergeant hi tho Marino Corps under Major Twiggs, who fell nr Chcpultepee. "Whether or not this latter Tansill has descried his colors WO do not know, At ail events, it is of little consequence. .828,346:504 31,712 Democratic Delegate Elections,—Yes terday the Democratic party held their delegate elections in the city, in accordance with the follow ing resolution adopted at n recent meeting of tho Democratic City Executive Committee : liesvlved, By tho Democratic City Executive Committee, That the Democratic citizens residing In each election division in the several wards of tho city of Philadelphia arc recommended to meat ftt the places provided for holding elections, on the fourth Monday in August next, aud elect one per son to serve ns judge, two porous to serve ns in spectors. and three persons to serve as members of the executive committee, in and for said election division, for one yenr from the day of their elec tion. The Democratic citizens rending in each election division shall also, nt tho same timo anil place, elect one delegate to represent paid division in County, one in City, one in Judicial, throe in Ward, two in Representative, and (in the Third Senatorial Dis trict only) one in Scnaiorial Convention. Tho tiehets voted shall he headed on the outside re spectively : —Officers of Election, Executive Com mittee, County Delegate, City Dclcgato, Judicial Delegate, Ward Delegates. Representative Dele gates and Seualorial Delegates. The election of all tho foregoing delegates shall be conducted by tho officers of elections elected in the several election divisions on the fourth Monday of August last, or their proper successors, and shall be held, both as to tho enrollment of voters, tho time of opening and closing the polls, the place oi election, tho method of organization of the severs conventions, and. in all other respects not horeii mentioned, ill strict conformity with the rules adopt cd for the government of the Dcureemtic party July 9th. IMS. In accordance with rule twenty-second, it 1 hereby ordered that the City Delegates’ 1 shal meet in City Convention on the Tuesday next sue ceeding their election, at 10 o’clock A. M., at San soin-street Fifth ward, and, after being dul. organized, proceed to nominate candidates in thi usual order. Hearing op a Ski kssionist. —Yesterday, a, noon. Samuel Eakcn, who was arrested upon the charge of buying goods with tho intention of taking them South, had a hearing before United State Commissioner Hear.lett. Tlie prisoner, in a rathe insolent manner, declined any counsel, saying i was no use. Deputy Sharkey testified to having arrested Eakcn in Third street, below Queen, and on searching his house in Palmer street, found among other articles, nn order on a Southern rail road to pass the prisoner and such men as he chost to take with him at the expense of the C. S. A. 11l found two rolls of lino telegraph wire, @l,OlO in gold box of tools, and a number of bills for goods bough in this city. Wm. Vnnsyckcl tvns sworn, and testified that h worked at float's shop in Richmond; loft there oi the fill of July last; was inspector of sewing machines for Sloat. The prisoner worked at silver plating in the same establishment. Mr. S. had contract for altering 5,(W0 guns for the C, S. A from flint to percussion locks. 110 had a man i his employ, named Dcbow, engaged in making a infernal machine Sloat had a contract for magic twelve telegraph instruments for the Souther army, lie receives a salary of §2,500 as suporin tendent for tho Union Manufacturing Company c Richmond. It was understood that if he succewp in altering the 5,000 muskets within a certain titan he was to have 30,000 more to alter. The work o the telegraph machines was finally ahandcnedi fo the want of fine wire—the same as found in th possession of the prisoner, D. R. Walker, assistant superintendent of. th police and fire-alarm telegraph of this city, tostific that the’wire found in tho possession of Ejikt was tho same us used in making telegraph instri uents. A. B. Campbell vrns sworn, and testified that had known the prisoner for many years. I’ivod ago IIC told 111? lie had just returned from ltiohmo and that bo intended to go bnck immediately, had bought a quantity of books to take hack w him. lie said no would rather work in the Noi huthe had left in order to avoid starvation. Several letters were shown from George B. §1 to the prisoner, asking him to engage certain ex ricncert workmen to go down to Rlohmond. Tho prisoner was committed far a further he ing on Monday noat. APPOINTED