The press. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1857-1880, August 29, 1861, Image 1

THE PRESS,
PItISHED DAILY, (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED,)
BY JOHN W. FORNEY.
IFFICE No. 417 CHESTNUT Bl'ltEET,
DAII.V
T«lvk Cents Ter 'Weee, payable to the Carrier,
tailed to Subscribers out of tho City at Six Doi.la.rs
Annum, Four Dollars forEiqut Mosths, Thres
Dollars for Six Months—mvariaby iu advance for
Retime ordered.
THE TRr.WEF.KLY PRESS.
Mailed to Subscribers out of the City at Turk* Dol
lars Per Annum, in advance
SEA BATHING.
gEA BATHING.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.
SVQ AHD THREE-QUARTER HOURS FROM
PHILADELPHIA.
, ATLANTIC CITY is now conceded to be one of the
txjst delightful Sea-side Resorts in the world. Its Bath
lif is unsurpassed; its beautiful unbroken Beach (nine
dries iu length) is nncqualled by any on tho continent,
that of Galveston; its air is remarkable for its dry
gjss; its sailing and fishing facilities are perfect j its
4jtels are well furnished, and as well kept as those of
atwport or Saratoga, while its avenues mid walks are
<laner and broader than tlinso of any other Sea-Bathing
face in the country.
Trains of the CAMDEN;AND ATLANTIC RATL
BOAD leave VINE-STREET AVIIAEF, Philadelphia,
ijfly, at 7>X A.M. and 4 I*. M. Returning, reach Phila
delphia at 9A. M. and 7.45 P. M. Fare, $l.BO.
(Bound-Trip Tickets, good for Three Days, $2.50. Dis
tance, 60 miles. A telegraph extends the whole length of
tie Road. jylO-tf
'FOR THE SEA-
AND AT
LANTIC KAILBOAD.—On and after MONDAY, June
Vth, trains will leave VINE-STREET FERRY daily,
Sundays excepted):
j Mail train.. 7,30 A.M.
Express train 1.00 P.M.
1 Accommodation 5.00 P. M.
f RETURNING, LEAVES ATLANTIC:
Mail train 4.45 P. M.
Express train... 6.15 A.M.
I Accommodation 3.18 A. M.
i Fare to Atlantic, $1.80: Bound Trip tickets, good for
•three days, $2.50.
Freight must be delivered at COOPER'S POINT by
'3 P. M. The Company will not l-e responsible for any
•goods until received and receipted f«»r, l»v tlimr Agent,
. At the Point. J OllN G. BRYANT,
-* je!s-tf Ag^nt.
FOE CAPE MAY.—:TI~s
g v.'ift and emnferiaMe Bay steamer
“GEOIIGE WASHINGTON,” Captain W. Wkilldin,
■lpaves Arch-street wliarf. for Cape May, every Mon
day, "Wednesday, and Friday morning at 9J£ o’clock.
Returning, leaves the landing every Tuesday, Thurs
day, and Saturday morning at 8 o’clock.
• Fare, carriage hire included
“ servants, carriage hire included 1.25
Freight taken at the usual low rales.
Stopping at New Castle going and returning.
jy4-tsel#
SUMMER RESORTS.
E~ AOLB HOTEL j ATLANTIG CITY,
is now open with a
LARGE ADDITION OF ROOMS.
Board ST per week: Bathing dresses included.
aul3-lin
SEA BATHING,
BRIGANTINE HOUSE,
BK3GAXT7NK BEACTT, N. J.
• Kovr open for the season. The Bathing, Fishing, Gun
.aing, and Yachting being very superior.
Boats will await guests at the inlet on arrival of trains.
Board per week SB. I*. O. Address, Atlantic City.
H. 1). SAIITII,
Proprietor.
jr\Qmnms hall,
fiJ ' ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.
; This spacious House, situated at Atlantic City, will be
■opened on the 29th June, with every accommodation for
visitors. The House fronts the beach 120 feet, giving a
jßplendid view of the ocean, ami is near the Fishing and
failing point. No pains will bo spared to securo tlio
anti convenience of guests.
Boarding reduced to SlO per week.
I je24-tsel THOMAS C. GARRETT.
Light house cottage, at-
LANTIC CITY, the nearest House to the safest
*.part of the beach, is now open for the Season.
TERMS MODERATE.
KO LIQUORS SOLP ON TIIE PREMISES.
JONAH WUOTTON,
Proprietor.
fTIAMMANY HOUSE, NORTH CA-
J- BOLINA AYENUE, near tho Depot, ATLANTIC
•■'CITY.
The subscriber takes pleasure in informing his former
patrons and the public that lie has reopened the above
House, where lie ‘will be happy to please all who may
favor him with a call.
j&23-3m ELIAS CLEAYER, Proprietor.
SEA - BATHING.—THE UNITED
STATES HOTEL, ATLANTIC, N. J., is now open
for visitors. This is tho largest and bcst-furmslied Ho
iel on the Island, and being convenient to ilie beach,
and suiTounded by extensive and well-shaded grounds,
is a desirable house for families. It is lighted with gas,
•und well supplied with pure water. The Germania So
ciety will furnish the music for the season. The cars
€top at' the door of the Hotel for the convenience of
Guesie. JEREMIAH McKIBBIN,
CABINET FURNITURE;
LIAIiP TABLES.
MOORE & CAMPION,
No. 261 South SECOND Street,
f -H) connection with their extensive Cabinet Business are
manufacturing a superior article of
'■r- BILLIARD TABLES,
And have now on hand a full supply, finished with the
MOORE & CAMPIC)N ? 3 IMPROVED CUSHIONS,
■ 'Which are pronounced, by all who have used them, to be
• superior to all others.
For tlie quality and finish of those Tables the manu
facturers refer to their numerous patrons throughout the
tJoiou, who are familiar with the character of their work*
au2o-6m
LOOKING GLASSES.
JMMENSE REDUCTION"
LOOKING GLASSES,
OIL rAINTINGS, ENGKAVINGS,
PICTURE AND PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES.
JAMES S. EARLE & SON,
81G CHESTNUT STREET,
Announce the reduction of 25 per cent, in the prices of all
the' Manufactured Stock of Looking Glasses ; also, in
Engravings, Picture and Photograph Frames, Oil Paint
ings. The largest and most elegant assortment in the
country. A rare opportunity is now offered to make pura
ehas£3 in tins line For Gash, at remarkably Low Prices
EARLE’S GALLERIES,
816 CHESTNUT Street.
COAL.
SM. N. HEATON’S
• LEHIGH AND LOCUST MOUNTAIN COAL
WHARF, 026 North Delaware avenue, above Poplar
Street.
All Coal particularly selected and prepared for family
him?. Housekeepers desiring to lay in their winter sup
ply will bo furnished with a good and clean article at
•very reduced prices for cash.
Dealers and Manufacturers supplied at wholesale
■prices. au2o-tuth&s2m^
BUSINESS NOTICES.
A CARD.—THE UNDERSIGNED,
late of the GIRARD HOUSE, Philadelphia, have
{eased, for a term of years, WILLARD’S HOTEL, in
Washington. They take this occasion to return to their
old friends and customers many thanks for past favors,
and beg to assure them that they will be most happy to
flee them in their new quarters.
SYKES, CHADWICK, & CO.
"Washington, July 16,1861. au23-ly
JOHN H. FRICK, NOTARY PUB.
lie. Commissioner for all the States, Real Estate
and Pension Agent, 233 POCK Street. PASSPORTS
-procured. PROTESTS noted and extended. ati23-6t^
■JOHN WELSH, Practical SLATE
W ROOFER, THIRD Street and GERMANTOWN
Soad, is prepared to put on any amount of ROOFING,
on the most MODERATE TERMS. Will guaranty to
make every Building perfectly Water-tight*
K 7” Orders promptly attended to.
File manufactory,
211 SEW STREET.
Files and Hasps of every description, aod good Quality,
<nade to order, nt Ilia above establishment.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
at manufacturer’s prices.
Becutting done in a superior maimer.
apl>d6in J. B. SMITH.
Ease and comfort.
A. THEOBALD asks, Who can please or snit
everybody 1
Such a person probably never was born. But those
Who know when they are suited in BOOTS or SHOES
are invited to give him a call, and thOße who never were
gutted before may be suited now. He is at his Old Place,
608 COATES Street je!s-3m
E n EVANS & WATSON’S
V SALAMANDER SAFES.
STORE,
304 CHESTNUT STREET,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
A large variety of FIRE-PROOF SAFES always
on hand.
P:ne shirt manufactory.—
J. W. SCOTT, 814 CHESTNUT Street, a tew
doors below the <* Continental.” The attention of the
Wholesale Dealers is invited to his IMPROVED CUT
OF SHIRTS, of superior fit, make, and material, on
hand and made to order at shortest notice. jeB-tf
PpTT, A TYBTYPHIA TERRA-COTTA
WOBKS.
Office and "Warerooms, 1010 CHESTNUT Street*
Ornamental Chimney Tops.
Garden Times and Statuary.
Encauatie Flooring Tile.
Architectural Ornaments.
Ventilating and Bmoke Flues.
Bidge Tile and Sanitary Ware.
Steam-pressed Drain Pipe.
Water Pipe, warranted to stand pressure,
cheap and durable.
The Trade supplied, on Liberal Terms
Illustrated Catalogues sent by mall, on
application by letter.
MACKEREL, herring, shad,
xVJ_ SALMON, Ac.—3,000 bbta. Mesa Noa. 1, 2, and 3
fifACKEBEL, large, medium, and small, in assorted
packages of choice, late-caught, fat fish.
5,000 bbls. New Halifax, .Eastport, and Labrador Her*
sings, of choice dualities.
6,000 boxes extra new scaled Herrings.
8,000 boxes extra new Ho. 1 Herrings.
8,000 boxes large Magdalina Herrings.
250 bbls. Mackinac 'White Fish.
60 bbls. new Economy Mesa Shad*
25 bbls. new Halifax Salmon.
1,000 Quintals Grand Bank Codfish.
500 boxes Herkimer County Cheese.
In store and landing, for sale by
MUBPHY & KOONS,
noS No. 146 NOBTH WHABVES.
/10TT0N SAIL DUCK and CAN
v VASi of alt numbers and brands*
Bareu’e Duck Awning Twills, of all descriptions! for
Tents, Awnings, Trunks, and Wagon Covers.
Also, Paper Manufacturers 1 Brier Felts, from Ito 8
feet wide. Tarpauling, Belting, Sail Twine, Ac.
JOHN W. EYERMAN A CO.,
103 JONES Alloy.
PRESS,
. . S- A. HABKISON,
1010 CHESTNUT Street.
VOL S.—NO. 25.
PROPOSALS.
Proposals for army baggage
WAGONS.
Quartermaster General’s Office, >
Washington, June 21,1801. j
Proposals are invited for tho furnishing of Army Bag
gage Wagons.
Proposals should state the prices at which they can be
furnished at tho place of manufacture, or at New York,
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, or Cincinnati, as
preferred by the bidders.
The number which can be made by any bidder within
one month after receipt of tho order, also tho number
vhieh he can deliver within ono week.
The Wagons must exactly conform to the following
specifications, and to the established patterns.
Six-mule (covered) wagons, of tho silo aiul description
as follows, to wit:
The front wheels to be three feet ten inches high, hubs
ten inches in diameter, and fourteen and a quarter iuches
long j hind wheels four feet tcu inches high, hubs ten and
A Quarter inches in diameter, ami fourteen and a quar
tor inches long: follies two and n half inches wids
mid two anil tliroc-aimrtor inches deep; cost Iron pips
boxes twolvo inches long, two and a half inches at the
; large end and one and seven-eighths inch at small end:
, tire two and a half inches wide by llro-eightlis of an inch
, thick, fastened with one screw holt and nut in each fcllie;
| hubs made of gum, the spokes and feliia of the best white
j oak, free from defects: each wheel to have a sand hand and
■ linchpin band two and tlirec-iimu ter inches wide, of No. 8
j band iron, and two driving bands—outside band one and
a quarter inch by one-iinartcr inch thick, inside band ono
I inch by three-sixteenths in thickness; the hind wheels to
I be made and lioxcd so that they will measure from tho in
side of the tire to the large end of the box six and a half
inHie.--, nod front whorls six anil Onc-Ciglltll illOllCS ill n
parallel lino, and each axle to lie three feet eleven nnd
tliree-eighlli inches from tho outside of ono shoulder
washer to the outside.of tlie other, bo ns to have the
wagons all to track five feet from centre to centra of the
wheels. Axletrees to be made of the quality refined
| American iron, two and a half inches s-iuiiro nt tho
i shoulder, tapering down to one and a half inch iu the
| middle, with n seven-eighths inch king-bolt hoioineach
j axletree ; washers and linchpins for »*hc!i axletree ; size of
linchpins one inch wide, three-eighths of an inch thick,-
j with a hole in each end * a wooden stock four and three
[ quarter inches wide and four inches deep fastened sub
| Btuntially to tho axletree with clips on the ends and with
two bolts, six inches from the middle, and fastened to the
■ hounds and bolster, (the bolster to bo four feet five inches
I long, five incites wide, and three and a half deep,) with
j four half-inch bolts.
j /P 10 tongue to be ten feet eight inches long, four inches
r wide and three inches thick at front cud of the hounds,
• and two and a quarter inches wide by two and three
quarter inches deejeat the front end, and so arranged as
■ bp bft up, the front end of it to hang within two feet of
I tli e ground wheu the wagon is standing at rest on a level
; Burtoce.
i Tli& t front hounds to be six feet two inches long,
: three inches thick,; and •four inches wide over axletree,
and to retain that width fo- the back cm! of the tongue':
i jaws of the hounds one foot eight inches long and three
( int'hes square at the front end, with a plate of iron two
j ® lld a , I,a l lf il , lcllos wide by three eighths of an inch
! Hucb, fastened on top of the hounds over the back end
j of tlie tongue with one half-inch screw bolt in each
I end, and a plate of iron of the same size turned up at
i each end one mid A half inches to clamp the front
i hounds together, and fastened on the under side, and at
[ front end of hounds, with half inch screw bolt through'
S each hound, n seven-eighth inch bolt through tonguo
and hounds In tlie centre of jaws, to secure the tongue
ill the hounds 1 a plate of iron throe inches wide, one
QYlftltOF inch thick, aud one foot eight inches long,
secured on the inside of jaws of hounds with two rivets,
and a plate of the same dimensions on each side of the
tongue, whore the tongue nnd hounds run together,
j secured in like manner; a brace of seven-eighths of an
j inch round iron to extend from under tho front axle
i tree, and take two bolts in front part of the hounds,
| J an 'f brace .three-quarters of an inch round to continue
| to tlie hack part ot the hounds, and to be fastened with
j two bolts, one near the back end of the hounds, and
; one through the slider and hounds; a brace over front
j !’ 0 ! f ? er ?“ c an , d a half inch wide, one-quarter of an inch
thick, with a bolt in each end to fasten it to tho hounds *
| tlie opening between the jaws of the hounds, to receive
the tongue, and four and three-quarter inches in front,
und four and a half inches at the back part of the jaws.
The land hounds four feet two Inches long, two and
three quarter inches thick, and three inches wide: jaws
one foot. where they clasp the coupling pole: the
bolster four feet five Indies long, and five inches wide,
by three inches deep, with steady iron two and a half
inches wide, by one-half inch thick, turned up two and
f. half inches and fastened on each end with tliree rivets *
the bolster stocks and hounds to be secured with four
half-inch screw bolts, and one half-inch screw bolt
through the coupling pole.
The coupling pole nine feet eight inches long, three
inches deep, and four and a half inches wide at front
end, and two and three-quarter inches wide at back end*
king bolt hole to tho centri
of the back axletree six feet one. inch, and from the cen
tre of king bolt hole to the centre of the mortice in the
! bind end of the pole eight feet nine inches: king bolt ono
and a quarter inches diameter, of best refined iron, drawn
down to seven-eighths of an inch where it passes through
the iron axletree; iron plate six inches long, three inclies
wide, and one-eighth of an inch thick on the doubletree
and tongue where they rub together: iron plate ono and
a half by one-quarter of an Inch on the sliding bar, fas
tened at each end by a screw bolt through the hounds:
front bolster to have plates above and below eleven
inches long, three and a half inches wide, and three
eigliths of an inch thick, corners drawn out and turned
down on the sides of the bolster, with a nail in each cor
ner, and Tour countersunk nails on top: two bands on
the bind hounds, two and two and a lmlf inches wide, of
1.0. 10 band iron - the rub plate on the coupling pole tO
be eight inches long, one and three-quarters inches wide*
flnd.on© quarter of on inch thick. Doubletree three feet
ten inches »ong, singletree two feet eight inches lon®, all
well made of hickory, with an iron ring and clip at each
end, the centre clip to bo well secured; lead bar and
Biretclier to be three feet two inches long, two and a
quarter inches wide, aud one and a quarter inch thick.
Lead bars, stretchers, and singletrees for six-mule team:
the two singletrees for the lead mules to have hooks in '
the middle to hook to the end of tlie fifth chain, the wheel
3nn.n^ dc ‘ e va ] r f "1 th °P eu nns® to attach them to the
“ iiV Jn q k d . lead bar
spread tlie forks apart: the Links of the doublefroe, awy, ;
and tongue chains, three-eighths of an inch iu diame-
£ r » forked chain seven-sixteenth inch in diameter ;
fi.ri 5, i. n seven-sixteenth inch diameter to
the fork: Ihe fork to be five-sixteenthinch diameter; tho
links of these and of the lock chains to be not more than
two ami a quarter inches long.
The body to be straight, three feet six inches wide, two
feet deep, ten feet long at the bottom, and ten feet six
inches at the top, sloping equally at each end all in the
clear or inside; the bed pieces to be two and a half inches
wide, and throoinchcs deop- front pieces two inches deep
by two and a half inches wide; tail piece two and a half
inches wide and three inches deep; and four inches deep
in the middle to rest on the coupling pole ; top rail one
and a half inch thick by one and seven-eighth inch wide;
lower rails one inch thick by one and seven-eighth inch
wide; three studs and one rail in front, with a seat on
strap hinges to close it up as high as the sides; a box
three feet four inches long, the bottom five inches wide
front side, nine and a half inches deep, and eight and a
half inches at the top in parallel line to the body all in
the clear, to be substantially fastened to the front end of
the body, to have an iron strap passing round each end,
secured to the head piece and front rail by a rivet in
each end of it passing through them, the lid to be
fastened to the front rail with two good strap hinges, n
strap of five-eighth iron around the box a half inch from
the top edge, .and two straps same sizo on the lid near
the front edge, to prevent the mules from eatin* the
boxes; to have a joint hasp fastened to the middle of
the lid, with a good wooden cleat on the inside, a strap
of iron on the centre of the box with a staple passing
through it, to fasten the ltd to; eight studs and two
rails on each side; one bolster fastened t» the body,
six inches deep and four inches wide at king bolthole,
Iron rod in front and centre, of eleven-sixteenths of an
inch round iron, with a head on the top of rail and nut
on lower end; iron rod aud brace behind, with shoulders
' on top of tail piece, and nuts on the under side, and a
nut on top of rail; a plate two and a half inches wide,
of No. lO band iron on tail piece, across the body ; two
mortices in tail piece, and hind bar two and a quarter
inches wide and one inch thick, to receive pieces three
feet four inches long, to be used ns harness bearers;
four rivets through each side stud, and two rivets
through each fiont stud, to secure the lining boards, to
be of the best quality iron, and riveted on a good bur;
one rivet through each end of the rails* floor five
eightlia of an inch oak boards; sides five-eighths of
an inch white pine, tail board three-quarters of an
inch thick, of white pine, to he well cleated with five
oak'cleats riveted at each end through the tail-board:
an iron plate tliree feet eight inches long, two and
a quarter inches wide, and three-eighths of an inch
thick on the under side of the bed-piece, to extend from
the hind end of the body to* eight inches in front of the
bind bolsters, to be fastened by the rod at the end of
the body, by the lateral rod and two threo-eighths
of an inch screw bolts, one at the forward end of the
plate, and the other about eqni-distant betccn it and
the lateral rod. • A half-inch round iron rod or bolt
to pass diagonally through the rails, between the two
bind studs to and through the bed-piece and plate under
it, with a good head on the top and nut and screw at
the bottom, to be at the top one foot six inches from
inside of tail-board, and on the bottom ten inches from
the bind rod. An iron clamp two inches wide, one
quarter of an inch thick around the bed-picce, the cen
tre bolt to winch the lock chain is attached passing
through it, to extend seven inches on tlio inside of tho
body, the ends, top, and bottom to be secured by two
threc-eigbtlw inch screw bolts, the middle bar at tho
ends to be flush with the bcd-pieco on the lower aide.
Two lock chaius secured to the centre bolt of the body
one and eleven inches, the other two feet six inches
long, to be of tliree-cighths of an inch round iron; feed
trough to be four feet six inches long from out Co out,
the bottom and ends of oak, the sides of yellow pine, to
bo eight inches wide at bottom, twelve inches wide at
top, and eight and a half inches deep ail in the clear,
well ironed, with a band of hoop-iron around the top,
one around each end and tliree between tho ends, strong
and suitable irons to fasten them on the tongue when
reeding; good strong chains to be attached to tho top
rail of the body, secured by a staple with a hook to at
tach it to the trough. Six bows of good ash, two inches
wide and one-lmlf inch thick, with three staples to
confine the ridge pole to its place; two staples on the
body, to secure each one of the bows; one ridge pole
twelve feet long, one and three-quarters inches wide by
five-eighths of an inch thick; the cover to be of the
first quality cotton duck No. —, fifteen feet lone and
nine feet eight inches wide, made in the best maimer,
with four hemp cords on eacli side, and one through each
end to close it at both ends; two rings on eacli end of
the body, to close and secure the ends of the cover: a
staple in the lower rail, nonr the second Btud from each
end, to fasten the side cords. Tho outsldo of the body
and feed trough to have two good coats of white lead,
colored to a blue tint, the inside of them to have two
coats of Venetian red paint; the running gear and
wheels to have two good coats of Venetian red darkened
of a chocolate color, the hub and fellies to be well
pitched, instead of painted, if required.
A tar-pot, an extra king bolt, and two extra single
trees to bo furnished with each wagon, the king bolt
and singletrees similar in all respects to those belonging
to it
Each aide of tho body of tho wagon to be marked U.
8., and numbered as directed; all other parts to be let
tered XT. S.; the cover, feed box, bolts, linchpins, tar
pot, and harness bearers for each wagon to be put up
in a strong box, (coopered,) and the contents marked
thereon.
It is to be distinctly understood that the wagons, are
to be 80 constructed that tho several parts of any one
wagon will agree and exactly fit those of any othqr, ao
as to require no numbering or arranging for putting
together, and all the material used for their construction
to be of the best quality; all the wood thoroughly sea
soned, and the work in all its parts faithfully executed
in the Lest workmanlike manner.
The work may he inspected from time to time as it
progresses by an officer or agent of the Quartermaster's
Department, and none of it shall be painted until it shall
have been inspected and approved by said officer or
agent authorized to inspect it. When finished, painted,
and accepted by an officer or agent of the Quartermas
ter’s Department, and delivered as herein agreed, they
Shall be paid for. M. C. MEIGS,
' je2s-ff Quartermaster General U. S.
TUST RECEIVED, per “Annie Kim
ball,” from Liverpool, Mander, Weaver, & Han
der’s preparations:
25 lbs. Extract Aconiti, in 1 lb. jarß.
25 lbs. Extract Hyoscyami, in 1 lb. jars.
50 lbs. Extract Belladonna, in 1 lb. jars.
100 lbs. Extract Taraxaci, in 1 lb. jars.
50 lbs. Vin Eat Colchici, in 1 lb. bottles.
100 lbs. 01. Succini Beet., in 1 lb. bottles.
600 lbs. Calomel, in 1 lb. bottles.
500 lbs. Pil Hydrarg., in 1 lb. jars.
„ WETHERILL & BBOTHER,
mhB 47 and 49 North SECOND Street.
/CHRISTIAN RENTSCHLER’S LA
KJ GEB-BEEB BALOON AND OFFICE, N«. 449
CHESTNUT Street.
BBEWEBY, No. 082 North SEVENTH Street, Phi
adelplua. j>2o-lm
/CLARET WINE—In casks and cases,
Kj of the brands of St. Julien, Margaux, Hout-Brien
Paxillae. For sale by
IJACBETCHE A CABSTAIKS,
jo2o No. 208 South FfiQKT Street
EDUCATIONAL.
SCHOOL FOR BOYS, CORNER OF
KJ BROAD nnd SPRING GARDEN Stroots. will ra
opc-n 2d of NINTH MONTH (September.)
A few pupils can be accommodated with board in tlie
family of the Principal, 857 North BROAD Street.
mi2B-3t* E. M. HUNTINGTON.
HD. GREGORY, A. M., WILL
• reopen liis Classical and English School, No.
xmnMABM.* Street, on MONDAY, September Sd.
mi2B-12t
T7DGEHILL SCHOOL,
J-i PRINCETON, N. J.
A HOME FOR BOYS. Fupils prepared thoroughly
for college or for business. Tlie school premises con
tain thirteen acres, providing amply for lawn, play
ground, and garden. Terms $124 per session.
For circulars, address Bcv. J. P. HUGHES,
auls-thS(fctutocl Principal.
TRYING FEMALE COLLEGE,
JL MECTTANICSBUISG, Pa.— This institution, chartered
with full collegiate powers, will open its next session on
WEDNESDAY, September 4, with a full corps of efficient
and experienced Teachers. Tho attention of parents
having daughters to educate is respectfully called to this
institution. For Catalogues giving full information as to
terms, Ac., address A. G. MARSHALL, President.
aul7-stuth6t*
TREEMOUNT SEMINARY, Nor
ristown, PA„ FOR YOUNG MEN AND
ROYS.—Tlie winter session commenres SEPTEMBER
16. For entnlognes aud circulars, address
ltn24-shlAth9t* JOHN W. LOCH. Principal.
Boarding school for girls!
SHARON FEMALE SEMINARY.—This fnstitu
tion is beautifully and healthfully located near the vil
lage of Darby, Delaware county, Pennsylvania. The
Fall Term will commence JPKNTH MONTH'(October)
3>t, 1861, ami continue in session for a period or twenty
eight weeks. The course of instruction will be thorough
and embrace all tlie branches of a liberal English educa
tion, and also the Latin and French languages and Draw
ing. For terms, references, and other particulars, see
circular, which may be obtained by addressing-tho Prin
cipals. DARBY P. 0.. Pennsylvania, or from E, Parrish,
corner of ARCH nnd EIGHTH Streets, Philadelphia.
ISRAEL J. GRAHAME, > „ . . .
JANE f. C-RAHAME, ) 1 “’“-‘l’nls.
nu29-tl»sAtu9t*
■jl/nss M. W. HOWES’ YOUNG
11-L LADIES’ BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL
will reopen on WEDNESDAY, 11th September, at 1525
CHESTNUT Strwt. au27-lm
Abeaugureau, teacher of
• French and Drawing, No. 1530 .SAN SOM
Street. au27-12t#
THUS CLASSICAL INSTITUTE, 127
-L North TENTH Street, will reopen SEPTEM
BER 2.
Reference—Professor George Allen, Pennsylvania
University. 0. BEIDKKSTICKEK,
au27-12t* —— Principal.
TNSTITUTK FOR YOUNG LADTES,
-L S. E. 00IIIP1- of MARSHALL and SMING GAR.
DEN stfoots. Dutim; rpsumod SontiMulior 2d.
ENOCH H. SUPPLEE, A. M.,
an27-12t Principal.
FRIENDS’ ACADEMY FOR BOYS
ANTI YOUNG MEN, East uf 41 North ELE
VENTII Street, reopens Ninth-month (September) 2d.
All denominations admitted. Sl2 per term of 22 weeks,
mi27-Rn W. WHITALL.
fTEKMANTOTVN FEMALE SEMI
VJT NARY, West WALNUT LANE.
Tliis Institution will reopen WEDNESDAY, Septem
ber 4th.
Circular?, setting forth term?j course of iuatructioii*
Arc., £c., may be obtained of
PROF. WALTER S. FOETESOUE, A. M.»
auB6-tf Principal.
Thomas Baldwin’s English
Mathematical and Classical School, for Boys, N. E.
corner of BROAD and ARCH, will reopen September
2d. au26-lmo=s
pLASSICAL INSTITUTE,
DEAN Street, above SPRUCE.
The CLASSICAL INSTITUTE will resume its duties
on MONDAY, September 2d.
J. V. FAIIIES, A. M. f
ftu26-2mo Principal.
■jl/TAKGARET ROBINSON WILL
JLfA reopen her SCHOOL for GIRLS, comer of RACE
and FRANKLIN Streets, Ninth Month 9th.
au26-12t*
(CENTRAL INSTITUTE, TENTH
and SPRING GARDEN Streets, will reopen SEP
TEMBER 2d. Boys prepared for Business, College, or
any Division in the Public Grammar Schools. Call at
the scliooi-rooxu between 9 A. M. and 12 M.
mi2G-30t* 11. G. McGUIRE, A. M., Principal.
L INWOOD HALL, ON OIIELTEN
AVENUE, near YORK ROAD STATION, North
Pennsylvania Railroad, seven mhos from Philadelphia.
MISS CARR’S BOARDING and DAY SCHOOL Tor
YOUNG LADIES will reopen on MONDAY, Septem
ber 2d.
Circulars may be obtained at the office.of Jay Cooke'A
Co., Bankers, No. 114 South Third street* or by address
ing the Principal, Shoemakertown P. 0., Montgomery
county, Pa. au26-12t
Education of young ladies.
— l Tlie cliilus of Jlip SPRING GARDEN INSTI
TUTE, No. 611 MARSHALL Street, will be resumed
on MONDAY, tlie 2d of September. Ton pupils may
find a Christian home in the family of the Principal.
GILBERT CO3IBS, A. M.,
_ _ ~ „ Principal.
au2l-lm Residence No. CQ3 MARSHALL Street.
POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE, WEST
I>j:KN SQUAIIE-—Tlie SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL
will begin on September 9tli; tho PROFESSIONAL
SCHOOLS lor ENGINEERS, ARCHITECTS, Practi
cal CHEMISTS, and GEOLOGISTS, on September 16.
Tho Course on MILITARY ENGINEERING will in
clude Field Fortifications, Siege Operations, Strategy,
ami Tnoties. A. L. KENNEDY. M. D.,
au24-12t President of Faculty.
The select classical and
ENGLISH SCHOOL of the subscriber will reopen
at 12S0 LOCUST Street, MONDAY', September 9.
an24-12t* B. KENDALL.
MP. GIBBONS INTENDS TO
• reopen tlie school on ORANGE Street (second
gate below Eighth street) on the 2d of 9tli month (Sep
tember). Please apply at the school. au24-l0t4(?
REV. J. I. HELM WILL KEOPEN
his School for GIRLS, at 1525 WALNUT Street,
September 12th. au22-lm
PENN INSTITUTE—Southeast
corner THIRTEENTH and FILBERT St 3., re
opens MONDAY, Sept. 9. Nor catalogues, address
au22-lm# B. STEWART, Principal.
YOUNG LADIES’ SCHOOL—No.
90S CLINTON SI reef—Established by Prof. 0-
D. CLEVELAND in 1831. Tho duties of tho school
will be resumed by the subscriber, on MONDAY, Sep
tember 9. [au22-lin] PLINY E. CHASE.
QCHOOL OF DESIGN FOR WO
IO MEN, 1334 CHESTNUT Street, reopens on the
first MONDAY of September. au2l-12t*
English and classical
SCHOOL.—The school of the subscriber, in Simes*
Building, at TWELFTH and CHESTNUT Streets, will
be removed to the larger Hall, directly over Mr. Has
sard's store, in the same building, and will be reopened
on MONDAY, 9th of September.
au2l-tf CHARLES SHORT.
BORDENTOWN female col-
LEGE, Bordentown, N. J., situated on the Camden
and Amboy Railroad, tliirty miles north of Philadelphia.
Special attention paid to the common and higher English
branches, and superior advantages furnished in vocal
and_ instrumental Music. German and French. Session
commences September 16. Address
£ev. JOHN W. BBAKELEY, A. M.,
au2llm# President.
ST. MARK’S EPISCOPAL ACADE
MY, LOCUST Street, west of Sixteenth, reopens on
MONDAY, September 2, at 9 A. M.
J. ANDREWS HARRIS, A. M.,
Principal.
ftuSl-Svr^
THE MISSES CASEY and MRS.
BEEBE will re-open their English and French
Boarding and Day School, Ne. 1703 WALNUT Street, on
WEDNESDAY, the 11th of SEPTEMBER. au2o-lm
TV/TAKY L, STACKHOUSE will re
-IV± open her BOARDING and DAY SCHOOL, for
Girls, at No. 1030 SPRING GARDEN Street, on the 2d
of SEPTEMBER next. au2o-24t*
WESLEYAN FEMALE COLLEGE,
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE,
The next Bcssion of this Institution will begin on
MONDAY, the 2d of September.
It possesses the best facilities for thorough instruction
in a complete course of solid and ornamental studies.
Superior accommodations for boarders.
For full information, address
au!9-tsel JOHN WILSON, President.
MISS MARY E. THROPP will re
open her Boarding and Day School for Young La
dies, at 1924 SPRUCE Street, Philadelphia, on MON
DAY, September 9th. Circulars, containing full infor
mation, to be had on application. aul9 dtOctl^
I\/rERCIE E. BROWN will REOPEN
JjJL her School for Girls, in the Spring Garden Insti
tute, on the Northeast corner of BROAD and SPRING
GARDEN Streets, on Ninth month (SEPTEMBER) 2d.
Charge for tuition, Ten Dollars for five months.
CHESTNUT-STREET FEMALE
SEMIN AKY Miaa BONNEY and Misa DILL AYE
will reopen their Boarding nnd Bay School on WEDNES
DAY, September 11, at No. 1615 CHESTNUT Street,
Philadelphia. aul6-lm
"D OAR DING SCHOOL, near Media,
X) DELAWARE COUMTY, P»,, for Twelve Beys.
Reopens September 0.
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BAML. ABTHUB, A. M.
The private school for
BOYS, in tlie Philadelphia City Institute, North
east corner of CHESTNUT and EIGHTEENTH Streets,
will reopen MONDAY, September 2,1861.
au!6-2m* L. BURROWS, Principal.
PROF. C. H.BOLLES (OFFICE 1220
WALNUT street, Philadelphia,) has associated
wiih him DB. A. H. STEPHENS, of Now York, his old
partner in business. They invite the attention of the
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dical profession, to their reliable treatment, by Electro
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calling at the office, No. 1220 WALNUT street, Phila
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Books, law and miscella
neous, new and old, bought, sold, and ex
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PHILADELPHIA. THURSDAY, AUOtST 29, 1861.
f xtst:
THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1861.
The London Times, with-all its success and
prestige, is not well conducted. It occasionally
indulges in those flights of fancy for which
tlie late Baron Munchausen and the valiant
Major Longbow were so famous, but it has no
consistency in mendacity. It allows two
writers to give very different versions of the
same story. Just now, for example, Mr. Rus
sell is at downright issue with bis editor. lie
says one thing, and the editor says the reverse.
c can show, by placing them in opposition,
how much the two writers differ, on a matter
of fact.
When the news of the Battle of Russell’s
Run reached England, the newspapers imme
diately in Lord Palmerston’s interest set up a
savage yell of exultation at the presumed an
nihilation of the Northern army. The Mora
mg Post and tlie Globe , papers in which Pal
merston lias a proprietary-interest, were com
paratively quiet, simply taking the battle as a
decided blow to the Union, and hypocritically
rejoicing, as great humanitarians, that the
certain result mint be to accept the Southern
Confederation as an independent republic.
The Times and the Daily Telegraph spoke out
more decidedly. Tlie latter journal, which has
become Secessionist since Mr. Thornton Hunt
joined its editorial staff, boldly declared that
Bull Run was only « second to Magenta, or to
Solferino, in actual slaughter.” The Times of
the same date (August 0) was even more de
cided, ns we shall prcscntlrshow. But The Times
of August 13 contains another letter from Mr.
Russell, written a week after the battle, in
which he so remarkably- exhibited a decided
talent for running away from danger, which
happens to tell a story- very- different- from what
The Times had said exactly a week before. The
British people may curiously- ask—Which story
is true ? The showman’s well-known “ Which
ever you please, my- little dears,” would ex
actly suit this dilemma. Here are the two
statements:
EDITORIAL. | 'HR. RUSSELL.
Tirol's, August 6, | _ Times, August 13.
. Bull’s Him is a complete- It would he ridiculous to
.victory—as much a victory i call jt either a hard-foufflit,
as Auslerlitz. j a bloody, or a glorious field.
Thus Mv. Russell admits that the battle of
the 21st July was not “as much a victory as
Austerlitz,” as The Times says, uor exactly
second only in slaughter to Magenta, or Sol
ferino. as the London Daily Telegraph boasted
—in diet, that it was not a bloody tight,
Mr. Russell differs not only from his editor,
but from himself. Writing the day after the
battle, (which he never was within five miles
of seeing,) Mr. Russell announced the com
plete disorganization, even the total demoli
tion, of the Federal army. All that he now
says is, what every scliool-bov knows,
that the Federal army, “ badlv-fed and
hard-worked, in a waterless country, oil a July
day, for twelve hours,” is “ less able to go
into a contest than it was a month ago.”
Flaellin, himself, did not more completely
swallow Ills leek than Mr. Russell eats his
words.
One point in his last letter, which we repub
lished yesterday, merits attention. It accuses
the French and Russian Ministers at Washing
ton, and indeed all the foreign diplomatic
chiefs in that city, with the exception of “ the
discreet and loyal nobleman who represents
Great Britain,” as decidedly being bn the side
of the Rebels, and of not « observing faithfully
all engagements to actually existing powers,”
and of not sedulously avoiding “.all occasions of
offence or irritability to an irri table people,•ren
dered more than usually so by the evil days
which have fallen upon them.”
Mr. Russell, wo understand, has freely moved
in the foreign diplomatic circle at Washington,
and may bo supposed to give, in the above
quoted sentences, the results of his personal
observation. It remains to be seen how his
foreign friends vnrunu mi., u . .-.
caliveness. It is not usual for gentlemen, ad
mitted into any social circle, general or poli
tical, to put into print his impressions or know
ledge of their opinions upon certain deli
cate subjects. Mr. Russell, wc fear, has put
himself into trouble.
At tlic same time we have little doubt of the
general correctness of what he has said re
specting the leaning of the Foreign Ministers
in Washington, to the South. It" tallies, very
very exactly with what general report m that
city has circulated ever since the Rebellion
attempted to assume a “ belligerent” form.
But this same common report has not excepted
Lord Lyons, as Mr. Russell does. On the
contrary, it lias not thought of connecting his
Lordship’s name in one sentence with the
word “ neutrality.”
It is reported that Mr. Russell contemplates
an immediate removal from 'Washington to
Canada. There, he will not find much to
write about, hut—there is capital fishing. Co
lonial politics are unexciting—but the Cana
dians are hospitable to a degree, and the cli
mate is well adapted for preserving, in finest
condition, that famous «bees-wing” port,
which is the great consolation of John Bull,
and the want of which, in the United States,
must have severely tried Mr. Russell’s temper.
We recommend him to go to Canada, for he
has undoubtedly wrecked his reputation as an
impartial writer by his letters from this coun
try. Some people may wonder why the Ge
neral Government have permitted him, thus
far, to write against tlio North, and for tlio
South. For onr part, we think he would be
well pleased if lie was to be made a martyr of.
Let him alone. He lias done his best—and
his worst. Never did public writer so com
pletely ruin liis reputation in such a short
time.
If Ids visit to this country had the special
object of making America angry with Eng
land, of awakening hostile feelings against
Englishmen, of reviving the feud which we
would fain have forgotten, Mr. Russell has
faithfully accomplished all the object of his
mission. We say this, in sorrow, because we
had hoped that henceforth both nations, with
so many things in common, —with language
and law the same—would have continued in
amity, the only countries in the world where
Freedom truly reigns. But Mr. Russell has
contrived to trouble the waters—but with no
healing in the action. He has supplied that
pabulum to The Times , as unprincipled as it is
able and powerful, out of which have been made
a series of insults, improper under any circum
stances, but most ungenerous at this crisis.
If this was what Mr. Russell was sent to do, he
has earned his wages.
Fritz Anneke, writing from Hirslnnden, near
Zurich, Switzerland, to the Hew York Tribune,
says:
aul9-lm*
A sufficient field artillery means about threo
pieces per 1,000 men of infantry or cavalry, rather
more than less for young and inexperienced troops,
such as our volunteers are. To be effective it
should not only bo able to shoot wall, but to move
upon the battle-field almost as easily and as quickly
as cavalry, and borides, should be regarded as an
arm by itself, not as a mere appendix to other
arms—to infantry, riflemen, or cavalry; should be
commanded by its own officers, subjected only to
the orders of the chief commander; by men who
understand thoroughly its use, who know not only
how to move batteries, but divisions of 30, 40, 50,
and more pieces in one solid mass, who know where
best to place them, and how to direct their fire. A
few pieces drawn by men, as at the Big Bethel af
fair of mournful rememberance, or a few stray
cannon attached to a regiment of infantry are not
entitled to the name of field artillery. Except
under peculiar eircumstances, field artillery should
never oe used in smaller bodies than batteries of
six or eight pieces, to bo attached to brigades or
divisions of the other arms. For this purpose,
however, not more than one-third or at most one
half of the total strength of the field artilleryshould
be employed, while the balance ought to be kept in
reserve united, under, one commander for every
corps (V annee, and to be used en masse,- for bat
tering down strong positions of the enemy, for pre
paring victory, or in cases of mishap for covering
retreat.
Strange Occurrence—A Horse Stung to
Death by Bees.—ln Amboy, Illinois, recently, a
drayman’s horse becoming frightened at a passing
train, dashed away, and after running some dis
tance, brought up in the middle of a cluster of some
thirty hives of busy bees. Several hives were up
set, and the horse was in a moment covered with
myriads of angry becß. The agony and struggles of
the unfortunate animal were frightful. Every
effort was made to relieve him, but in vain, and his
owner, after himself being severely stung, was
compelled to retire, leaving him to his fate.
Which is True 1
Need of Artillery.
A Press-Room Scene at Midnight.
Down in a dark, dismal, chilly alloy-way, that
somewhore in the pnst has elbowed itself in be
tween towering shapes of brick and stately granite,
right in the heart of the city's busy life—down a
gloomy alley, that, all in all, aposlhe grimness and
grandeur and wild sublimity of a giant's causeway,
in the lifeless life of the midnight moon—and then
still further into the listening gloom, where the very
footfall carries one's throbbing thoughts to “ the
boundaries of another world,” and wo find our
selves in a great rambling ill-paved area, where,
nevertheless, tho eye of funcy secs a moss-grown
court-yard leading into an old English baronial
mansion of the feudal times. The times arc still
feudal enough, Lord knows! but instead of the ba
ronial mansion, wo are face to face with one of
those mammoth structures that prosperous enterprise
roars in all ages, with the sweat that is wrung
from tho brows of men—a stately edifice of brick,
that can bo stately without ostentation, nnd without
reserve.
Wc pass down a low flight of wooden stops, and
find ourselves vis-a-vis with The Press’ new mam
moth cylinder—one of Hoe’s last, and best. Tho
large central cylinder is revolving with lightning
speed, and the smaller onc3 that are disposed to tho
greatest advantage around it, move with tho very
precision of satellites in their lessened orbits, spit
ting out the morrow’s papers till the eye grows
weary watching. Along those wooden antenna;
thousands upon thousands of the plinnt sheets have
come steaming out on the cold world’s charity, to
move silently onward in their destinies, with their
strange, mysterious influences an the lives of the
best of us. Involuntarily, we repeat in a whisper
that is drowned in the crash of machinery—
“ Ilail! all bail! fair science bright,
That can within a single r,ieh/f.
Convert the virgin paper wiiir£ ■■.* ... ;
To titty thousand tongues of might,
To scourge tlie wrong—uphol,! ;ih‘; right!" V
and though the language bo not ojir cwnibuf,“bor
roived for tiie occasion,” we feel jtte&w oner its re
petition.
See how the capacious maw of the leviathan
closes upon the feeder’s constant “ tokens" of at
tentive c-are! See how every cord, and muscle,
and ligament of that mammoth frame strains on to
keep pace vvitli the flight of time! See how tho
polished plates of brass glare on you with fiery
eye-balls in the perpetual twilight of tlie place !
And ihosc live-coal eyes will bo always on you
with a strange snakisk fascination, even in your
dreams.
Yet the grim giant is not a dragon or Cerberus;
he can be gentle as a sucking dove when tlie engi
neer deals with him kindly,- and pours the mar
rowy oil of consolation into his aching joints! How
strange, that now so full of life and activity, ho
should change to as lifeless, inert a thing as a frozen
yawn, whenever the daylight with its cares shall
come!
The hour-hand lias gone round on the dial, and
tlie pine-oil lamps burn dimly—burn with a sort of
asthma in the thickness of many breaths, that in
nny uncivilized country would have been sleeping
long ago, or, porekanee, melting away in elysian
snores!
The pressmen move about more slowly, with the
gravity of Roman Senators, and with a heaviness
about the eyes that will settle down into a lazy
opthalamia byo-and-byo.
The tokens of clean white paper, that look like
blocks of Parian marble only a few feet off, have
gone down to a heavy account of indigestion in the
fiery-orbed giant’s alimentary duct, and come forth
again regenerated, to be bright exemplars of the
fruits of early impressions.
Meanwhile the thousands of wrappers that had
been written during the day, have been placed in
smiling heaps on the long level pine tables that
skirt yonder side of the room. The “packers,”
whose youthfulncss of appearance is amply compen
sated for (that is, in their own estimation) by having
their sleeves rolled up past puny muscles, now set
vigorously to work; and as the still dewy sheets are
enveloped one by one they are dropped into a
pouch, whence they are conveyed to the post office
—always with alacrity, and not unfrequeiitly with
extreme mental perturbation, touching the prema
ture closing of the mails.
And now the leviathan's greedy paunch has been
filled, and the arms, and cords, and antenna; have
come to rest with a sudden quiver.
Withal the scene is animated, and brimful of sug
gestiveness —such a suggestivencss as pictures on
fancy’s retina the heartdeep griefs and joys that
are bound up in that mystery of earthly life, the
newspaper ! What burning sorrows shall the few
black dashes of typo bring, tike a blight and a pall,
over countless hearts and koines; before the mor
row's creeping sunlight shall have crossed tko
threshold once so happy!" What aspirations crush i
that shall not rise in bloom ! j
~ " —thnjnoonhasgcowu shrunken and more !
alabaster-like; the massive brick' !urm,, a T ,
further and further away into baronial times, and the j
giant’s causeway rears its unsculptured columns
against tho half-merry, half-drowsy, twinkling of j
tlie stars. The “ typos” abovo stabs have long ;
since ceased their weary labors, and the midnight
oil has ceased to shed its glimmering ray around
the vast apartment. No longer the click of the
falling slips of metal gives token that the word of
man's heritage of toil was too surely and sadly
spoken. The forms are “off” the mails are all in,
the telegraph has learned to hold its prattling
womanly tongue, and following the spiritless
cortege, we wend our way to our homes, where, if
the wicked do not always cease from troubling, tho
weary at least can be at rest.
Letter from Cluua.
[Correspondence of tlie National Intelligencer.]
Shanghai:, May 27, 1861.
My last letter, giving an account of the Yang-tse
expedition as far as Ranking, was despatched from
that city. About one hundred miles from there the
Harlford was loft behind, and the Saginaw, with
Flag Officer Stribling'sflag at the fore, and the Da
cotah, proceeded up the river, anchoring the first
night near Ngan-king, the second at Kin-kiang. the
third near Hwang-chni, and arriving at Han-kan
about 1 P. M. the nest day.
Above Nanking thescenery is more striking, and
there are more object of interest to be seen. In
fact, there is something to look at all tho way.
Walled cities, venerlble and ruinous, the wafis
covered with vegetation, and some of them sur
mounted by gaudy banners; mud villages, pic
turesque from u distance, but squalid from a nearer
view; men, women, ;md children crowding upon
the bank to see the “foreign devils ” and their in
fernal machines; hit's covered with verdHre; val
leys enlivened by thj bright tint of the foliage of
camphor trees; widi expanses of meadow land,
rich with crops of wheat, barley, and rice; pago
das, temples, and fortifications in abundance.
Boats are tracked up stream by men, there being
good tow-paths most of the,way. Huge, ungainly
water buffalies serve for beasts of burden, dragging
sleds along the bank. In many places ruin and
devastationsbow that the rebels have been in pos
session ; they spare nothing.
Ngan-kirg and Kin-Kiang are sombre, dull-look
ing, decaying towns, with an immense extent of
walls, whith seem to enclose very little worth pre
serving. They have both suffered from rebel in
cursions. Kwang-chan has been for a long time in
possession of the rebels, and besieged by the Impe
rialists ; occasional shots are exchanged, but, for the
most part, one party smoke their pipes inside , the
other outside the walls, and there is no approach
to a termination of the siege. Han-kan is recover
ing from, the effect of rebel occupation. It is des
tined probablj to be the river port, and to increase
rapidly in importance, affording the means of access
to an immense interior population. Xt is not an
attractive plnee; there is but little in it to interest
strangers, and nothing to induce one to take a se
cond walk through its streets. The neighboring
cities, Han-Yang and Wu-Chang, are very large
and populous. At Han-Ivang several officials visit
ed the Flag Officer, and lie made an official oall
upon the Viceroy, who is said to be the highest dig
nitary in the empire who is accessible to foreigners.
The people are beginning to get accustomed to
strangers, and aie very civil, though still disagree
ably curious.
The Dacotitl remained at Han*kan, the Sagi
naw in two dajs reached Yob-chan, one hundred
and fifty-three idles further up, the highest point
to which any fdeign vessels have as yot ascended
the Yang-tse-nome eight hundred miles from its
mouth. The rver banks above Han-kan are more
populous than below. We passed many villages
and some largatowns. Only two steamers had been
seen before on this part of the river; the wonder
and admiratioj of the inhabitants seemed to be ex
cited to the qgliest pitch. Yoh-chan is a small
place, with bn-little trade, on the margin of Yang
ting lake. Wide there free access to the vessel was
allowed to »1 who choso to come. Thousands
availed themclves of the opportunity, and the ap
pearance of ne motley, excited crowd upon our
decks wouldae difficult to describe. Several offi
cials called, rod were politely entertained by the !
Flag Officer,
A day at yell-chan was quite enough, and, after
a turn m tin beautiful lake, we were neaded down
stream, andteached Han-kan in ten hours. We
remained it Han-kan two days. The Viceroy in
tended to v)it the ship, but sent an apology ut the
last minute he was seized with a sudden indisposi
tion—to erne, as yc supposed. Part of a rainy
day was sjint at Kin-kiang, and a day at Nanking,
after rejoiiing the Hartford. Tho squadron ar
rived hen last evening, having met with no acci
dent or (Mention, all of us much pleased with the
trip up f e Yang-tso.
The <nening of tho river is destined to effect a
groat chinge in the trade of China. Supplies and
exports jviiick used to bo transported to and from
Canton Jver the mountains, can now reach their
destinaibn by a much easier route. There are now
several/steamboatß regularly employed on. the
river, hd more are expected; with every pros
pect ofgood business. The only drawback is the
devastuon which the rebels hare effected in what
were tp richest and most populous districts, and
the impediments they offer to trade. It is to bo
hopedfhat they will receive a check by foreign in
terferoce, if they cannot be put down in any other
way. | ■ S. E. C.
Bix:inG or a Kaii.koad Tback. — A portion
©fthetrack of the Cincinnati and Chicago
ftjilrjad, where the road crosses a long marsh, a
fiw ijileß southeast of Valparaiso, sunk Saturday
nornhg soon after the passage of the down train.
This harsh appears to be a vast lake covered with
a thiiiincrustation of decayed vegetable matter, not
. uncohmou in portions of the West,
Impressing British Subjects iu New Or-
i [From the London Times, August 13.]
i Mr. Bussell line been for some time in the United
| States, discharging fur the British public, not to say
' for the whole world, the same services that he did
so well before in the Crimea and in India. lie has
everywhere had to perform his laborious duties
under difficulties inconceivable to most of his read
ers, and little shared by writers compiling narra
tives at a library table, or taking down the wordß
of some customary informant, lie has had to write
in haste, in exhaustion, in noise, in dnnger, in the
very turmoil of war, with disputation, and even
menace, still in his ears. He has been occasionally
contradicted, generally confessed to be right, and
sometimes has frankly and couragoously'avowcd
himself to be mistaken or misinformed, l'iis letters
nre now before the world in tho form of volumes,
and, having passed through the ordeal of criticism,
arc piirtof the literaturo of his country. Nowhere
| lifts his liberty of speech been so furiously arraign
ed, and his vocation so denounced, as in the United
States. A correspondence in another column will
show how little support, truthful, exact, and candid
ns ho is, he is likely to receive there, even from
those who might bo supposed above the madness of
a mob. Ho hud stated that at New Orleans British
subjects hnd been forcibly impressed into the ranks
of so-called volunteers. On their resistance ho said
that they hnd been knocked down and dragged off,
and only released after energetic representations
by tho British consul to the authorities. When we
find it admitted by Colonel Manning, aid-de-camp
to tho Governor of tho State of Louisiana, that
there do exist at New Orleans volunteer corps
called the Carroll Guards, which ho admits to be
without any recognized military organization, to be
so far beyond the control of the authorities, and for
whom, therefore, he wisely declines to be responsi
ble, our leaders will easily understand how British
subjects, in common with other people at New Or
leans. would he liable to great outrage, notwith
standing earnest wishes to the contrary on tho
part of the authorities. Those authorities wish two
things not easily compatible. As politicians they
. wish to enjoy the benefit of a strong popular feeling j
and a large force of volunteers. As the eonserva- I
tors of public order, they wish no man to he
forced, and British subjects, at all events, to he
left alone. Mr. Kdisoll frankly admits that
they acted on the latter feeling as soon as the
opportunity' occurred, and that he erred in
charging them with a degree of evasion before !
they released the British I subjects wliu lmd tip- |
pealed to the consular aid. They had been re- I
leased, it appears, with as little' delay as was no- !
ecssary to receive the statement of their case. ;
Thus fur the story is very intelligible. The Carroll i
Guards go about the workshops and wharves of j
New Orleans compelling this man or that to join ;
their ranks. They meet with occasional resistance j
and excuse, particularly that of being subjects of i
the British Crown. They don'tcare much for this. !
perhaps because they don't believe it, perhaps be- i
cause they have heard the American theory that j
every person who lands in America, with the in- i
tention of residing there, acquires the rights and. j
the duties of an American citizen. The consul j
is asked to appeal in their favor, and the Governor, j
on hearing their statement and that of their cap- i
tors, lets them go. but not till they have suffered ,
some detention and outrage. When this is uudis- :
puted, when it must he admitted that it was
matter for record, and when the Governor of Lou- ,
isinna cannot think himself ill-used, wo do not see
why he should seize on the admission that no
evasion had been practised to invite disbe
lief in Mr. Bussell's statements. Iu every good
society in this country, when a man frankly con- j
fesses that subsequent information leads him to :
withdraw or qualify a word, the conclusion is that ,
he sacrifices everything to truth. In the deport
ment of the Governor of Louisiana the conclusion ■
is that he may be safely put out of the question al- •
together.
Our read ers have only to cast their eyes over the
correspondence to see what it is that provoked Col.
Manning to an outbreak. After he had been taking
large credit to himself and his people for the small
number of complaints, and the promptness with
which they were met, the consul was unfortunately
obliged to trouble him with half a dozen new cases
of detention or outrage. To all these cases the
colonel replies by asserting cither that there were
no such persons at all at the rendezvous, or that
the manwasnever on the muster-roll in question, or
that the enlistment was voluntary, though imme
diately retracted. or that the man had been dis
charged and the captain had denied the charge
of violence, or that the persons had been dis
charged on their own plea of illness. The consul
replied both upon these cases and upon fresh cases,
and it is impossible to read his letter without
coming to a deep conviction that every strong,
able ; bodied fellow in New Orleans, not very ob
trusively attached to the British allegianse, is liable
to a most unpleasant degree of persuasion to join
some volunteer corps or other. He may be safe
enough from the perfectly organized corps, and
when he has ran the gauntlet »i' half a dozen press
gangs, he is liable to be pounced upon by some fel
low under no control, and, in fact, unknown to tho
Government, roughly- used, dragged about, taken
to some drilling house or yard, with some rough
fellows to keep watch on him, and/unless he should T
have a friend to go to the British consul and plead
his foreign allegiance, be marched off to the seat of
war. This is a matter that should be known, for
it helps to illustrate the state of things in the
United States: and the Government of Louisiana
has not mended matters, or served its cause, by at
tempting to discredit the informant who has told
the simple truth.
Tone of the English Press.
From our foreign files received by' the last steam,
cr, we extract the following views of the meet pro
' a>fehJomuafcjiiponjlie American crisis:
THE BLOCKADE!
I [From tlio Loud™ IVist, [Government organ,) An:;- I l.j
J _ln tlie civil war which at present afilicts the
Ignited States, the Cabinet at Washington has
acted in strict conformity with public law, at least
in intention, if not in actual practice It has ad
hered to the declaration of neutral rights annexed
to the treaty of Paris; it has abolished the odious
practice of privateering, and, in imitation of the
policy of European nations, it has practically con
ceded belligerents’ rights to the enemy. It has not
treated captured Secessionists as traitors, but has
extended to them the usual courtesies of war. The
Southern authorities, on the other hand, have com
missioned letters of marque, and these sea-rovers,
if the account be true, have proved, in a very sa
tisfactory manner, that the Federal blockade, ex
tending over a const of more than two thousand
miles, is only valid on paper. An American cor
respondent, writing from Pensacola the other day,
not only stated, hut professed to give, the text of a
letter in which Admiral Milne, the commander of
the British squadron, had officially notified to
the Admiralty that the blockade of tile South
ern ports was altogether ineffectual, Oa a
former occasion we expressed a doubt whether
so discreet and experienced an officer as Admiral
Milne would have committed an act so obviously
beyond the pale of duty. The authoritative con
tradiction which has been given to this clever Ame
rican fabrication was scarcely necessary, because
everybody knows, as a matter of fact, that the Fe
deral Government does not possess at present a na
val force sufficient to dose ail the Southern ports
from Virginia to Texas. All that it Can hope to do
is to blockade the most important points, such as the
mouths of tho Mississippi, and the great seats of the
cotton export trade. Wo arc, however, now in
formed that by means of gunboats and other ves
sels of little draught, an attempt is to be made to
enforce the entire line of blockade. If the Federal
Government can accomplish this object, neutral na
tions will have no cause of complaint-, because the
blockade would then be effectual. If, on the other
hand, the attempt should fail, merchant, vessels
would practically share in the immunity which tho
Southern privateers appear at present to enjoy.
When the American courts condemn foreign vessels
for the breach of a mere paper blockade, the inter
vention of diplomacy will then bo requisite, but at
present no case has occurred either to merit or com
mand the interference of neutral Powers. If Ad
miral Milne had made the report which has been
attributed to bim. the Federal Government would
have a just right of complaint, because questions of
the validity of blockades are hot within the juris
diction of an admiral commanding a squadron in
the neighboring seas, but belong to those great
courts which, either in belligerent or neutral
countries, administer the law of nations. If
the blockade be ineffectual , neutral commerce
will comparatively suffer little injury; if ef
fectual, the fist principles of public law tell us
that we must obey with a good grace, however
disagreeable the restriction may be for one great
staple of British industry and British wealth.
WHY THE RATIONAL TROOPS FLED AT DULL RUN.
[From the Loudon News.]
We must dismiss entirely any notion that the
flight from Manassas to Washington was a proof of
inferiority to ourselves in mere courage. The
troops which fled had fought as gallantly as any
could do under the burning sun of a long sum
mer's day.
Let us look, then, what were the real circum
stances which led to the defeat of the Northern
army.
They seem to have boon twofold. Firstly, there
was the independence of judgment which is charac
teristic of volunteer troops. Wo cannot doubt that,
had they believed there was a real and pressing
need for their services, they would have romained
under arms with tho same alacrity with which they
sprang to arms at the President’s summons.
* * * 4f * *
But the causes of the flight of those troops which
did remain to fight, and which did fight bravely and
successfully, still remain to seek. In broad day
light, and in the tide of victory, they fell, we are
told, into a panic. What first caused the panic we
probably shall never learn, nor is it very material
to inquire. There never was a battle yet fought in
which at some moment and at some point a panic
has not seized upon sonic of the troops engaged.
But that in such circumstances it should grow anil
spread into a complete route of the whole army is
the strange and startling peculiarity, and of this it
happens that the cause has become tolerably clear.
With but a scanty knowledge of elementary drill,
with no knowledge of war or of the circumstances
of war, unaccustomed to the confusion of battle, and
unable to depend on tho arrangements for their sup
port or relief being carried out by those whom they
knew to be ns inefficient as themselves, it ia no won
der that a sudden alarm threw them into a confusion
from which they could not recover.
SIR. RUSSELL S INVOLUNTARY TRIBUTE TO THE
STRENGTH OF TUB NORTH.
[From the Liverpool Post.]
When Mr. Bussell places the two parties so even
ly in the balance, wo must not lot him make us
forget the vast disparity between their resources.
In population it Is 19,000,000 of free people against
4,600,000 free and 4,000,000 slaves. In wealth it is
four to one, and in actual rovenuo as eighteen to
eight. For transit there are nearly 20.000 miles of
railway in the North, and only 7,000 in the South.
Besides all which, the South has no ships, and if
food continue plentiful there the calculations of
every traveller. who ever anticipated the presont
contingency will bo upset.
But, even in this letter lie arguments strongly in
favor of Northern prowess. It appears certain that
the Nationalists drove tho Confederates a mile and
a half back to their strongholds. In conversation
with McDowell, Mr. Bussell was convinced that his
dispositions were excellent, and that they would
have succeeded, but for the rawness of the troops,
which rendered the retreat of the main body, covered
by an advance of the reserve, an impracticable ma
noeuvre. He speaks doubtfully of tho fidelity of
TWO CENTS.
the North to its great enterprise, but there aro no
signs of disaffection amongst the groat body of the
Northern people. lie complains of apathy, but he
writes “amid the rolling of drums, the braying of
trumpets and bands, the noise of marching men
rolling of wagons, and general lifo and activity in
tho streets.” Ilia Icttors rather lighten than dcopen
the conviction that the North American Anglo-
Saxon is at least ns unready as those Anglo-Saxons
who have staid at home.
SOUTHERN NEWS.
TROOPS VIRGINIA HAS FCRNISIIEO
According to the Hichmond Examiner, the State
of Virginia has furnished the Confederate service
750 companies, uniformed and equipped according
to tho law.
JKFF ,: THOMPSON A VIRGINIAN
The Fredoricksburg Herald slates that Brigadier
General Thompson, the rebel leader, is a son of the
late Capt. Meriwether Thompson, formerly of Cul
peper, we believe, who removed in early life to
Jefferson county, Va.
A r.isTiNorisiiun honor.
Col. John B. Grayson, formerly of the United
States army , has been appointed a brigadier general
by President Davis, and is assigned to duty on tho
Florida coast.
A “LINCOLN SPY” ARRESTER IN TENNESSEE.
The Memphis Argus. 22d, says: “Two men.
named Michael Shaffer and Presley, the far
mer arrested as a Lincoln spy. were brought to the
city yesterday,, and lodged in jail.”
NO MORE NORTHERN MECHANICS TO HE IM
PORTED.”
At a mooting of tho mechanics of Memphis, held
on the 22d inst., a resolution was adopted discoun
tenancing the importation of mechanics from St.
Louis and Louisville as inimical to Southern inte
rests.
THE TOBACCO CROP.
The Richmond Empn'rer states that tobacco still
commands fine prices, but. 03 the warehouses are
already crowded, it recommends the planters to
“ hold on to their crops.”
PROMOTION OF A TENNESSEAN.
The Richmond Disjmtch says that Col. Pickett
of adjutant gene
ral in the regular Confederate service, of the divi
sion commanded-by General Lee, now in'-'N-erlh
western Virginia. f
RATHER DOUBTFUL,
The Richmond JZo:ominer says that among the
prisoners there is a free negro who came as a chap
lain to one of the Connecticut regiments.
A FALSE RUMOR
After alHhc yumors about a fight on the Louis
ville and Nashville road, the eighty men returned
last evening, and no difficulty at all occurred.
They got off the train at the Lebanon junction, and
overtook the six wagons with the contraband, took
them back to the train, put the contraband "ood=
on the cars, and brought them back to the city last
evening, at 8 o'clock. A rail wns displaced this
side of Eoslon, which threw one of the freight cars
off the track, by wdiich four or five men were slight
ly injured.— Louisville Courier.
TRAITORS IN KENTUCKY.
The Memphis Argus of the 22d instant saj’s
The stcambontmen’at Paducah, Ivy., have formed
themselves into an association, denounced Aboli
tionism. and are determined to neither employ nor
run with men known to be hostile to the South.
THE FOURTH ALABAMA REGIMENT
The Richmond Enquirer says that the regiment
referred to in General Hejntzelman'e official report,
which broke so many of the charge? of the Federal
troops, was the Fourth Alabama Regiment, Colonel
Jones commanding.
MORE DISLOVAL OFFICERS
• Capt. 11. IC. Von Rocklin, according to the Baton
Rouge Gazette, is on his way from New Mexico to
offer his services to the Confederate States.
RELIGION AND WAR
The Memphis Christian Advocate asks wither,
under the influence of the war, religion is progress
ing ? and arrives at the conclusion that, while reli
gious sentiment is seen floating on the surface of
current affairs, experimental piety i 3 suffering seri
ous loss.
DEFENCES OF MOBILE HARBOR
Fort Morgan, Mobile harbor, is now in a condi
tion, according to the Advertiser, for formidable
resistance. Fort Gaines is also undergoing repairs,
so as to be in a condition to defend itself, if at
tacked.
MILITARY 1 DISTRICT OF EAST TENNESSEE,
; Gen. R. C. Foster has charge of military affairs
in the middle district of Tennessee. Gen. F. served
in the Mexican war.
ABUNDANCE OF SALT.
From recent developments, there is likely to bo
plenty of salt within tho limits of the Confederacy
for air the uses of our people. has salt
springs, and, in the rear of Corpus Christi, in the
Laguna Mudre, some thousands of millions of
bushels are deposited, being the process of natural
evaporation, and equal in quality to Turk ? s Island
salt. Any quantity can bo delivered in Corpus
Ray, at the rate of ten cents per bushel. From
Corpus Bay there is inland navigation to within
twenty miles of the Erazo? river, so that no block
ade of Lincoln could interrupt the supply from, this
source.— Richmond Whig.
THE DEFENCE OF SAVANNAH,
The Savannah Republican, of the 19th, says that
in a week from that date, no Federal fleet will be
able to enter a harbor or inlet, or effect a landing of
troops on the coast of Georgia.
THE FORTIFICATIONS OF RICILVOXD.
The fortifications erected around the city are of
the most complete and formidable character, and,
con itoetioit with tho mnsked. batteries’ 5 and
nrinosat various points, would rentier tho march of
a hostile army hitherward an undertaking of great
peril. One in a hundred might survive to depict
the “wiping out” which these extensive works
would certainly accomplish. A few bastions are
yet unfinished, and upon these a force of several
hundred men are now engaged .—Richmond Whig.
A BIUTISH WATI STEASEK HUNS THE BLOCKADE.
IVe take the following from the New Orleans
Cre-sccnC) of the 22d;
On Monday night, during the blow, when the
blockading squadron had about as much a 3 they
could attend to taking care of themselves, the Ml
ram on raised steam and gave them the slip.
She is now quietly anchored at the lake end of
the Pontchartrain railroad, and though flying the
British flag at her peak, we can readily* imagine
that the Confederate States will manage to effect a
change in that particular, and soon have a sufficient
armament abroad to keep the lake clear of the
JMassac/ne-sete-? and such iilic crafl.
rAV or OFFICERS AIN'D PRIVATES IX THE REBEL
Pay per month of officers and privates accepted
into the Confederate States army :
Colonel, SJ7S; lieutenant colonel, §l7O ; major,
$150; captain, §108: first lieutenant, $9O; second
lieutenant. SSO; first sergeants. $2l; other ser
geants. $l7; corporals and artificers, $l3; pri
vates. $ll.
They have also a yearly allowance for clothing
and one ration per day.
The volunteers are expected to furnish their own
uniforms, and will be. paid for the same in money
by the Confederate States Government when mus
tered into serviee. Each regiment has a quarter-
with the rank of captain, and a commis
sary, with equal rank, a surgeon and assistant sur
geon.— Montgomery {Ala.) Advertiser .
SOUTHERN GUNBOATS,
We are glad to hear, says the Richmond Ex
aminer, that steps are being taken by the Navy
Department to construct suitable vessels of light
draught for purposes of river and harbor defence.
It is bearable to nave our ports blockaded by ves
sels like the Brooklyn, 7 Vabash, and Niagara,
because we have no means to prevent it; but to
have such small craft as the Yankee, Resolute,
and Philadelphia iceboat prowling through our
rivers and hovering about our harbors is Insup
portable, as they might he easily taken or de
stroyed. . We have some two or three hundred
accomplished naval officers in the Confederate ser
vice; we have various points at the South where
efficient vessels of small draught and size could bo
fitted out; and we have plenty of enterprising
“tars” to man them. Such being the case, it is
surprising that we have submitted so long to the
nuisance of having our harbors visited and menaced
by the enemy’s small fry shipping.
ATTEMPT TO THROW A TRAIN OFF THE TRACK.
On Saturday morning, about seven o’clock, the
mail train coming in this direction, when about
seven miles west of Cumberland, encountered eight
or ten cross-ties piled upon the track near a curve
in the road. The train ran upon the obstruction,
and one_ of the ties became entangled in the pilot.
The train stopped, and whilst the train-men were
fixing things up, some fifty armed men were ob
served coming down from an adjacent mountain at
a double-quick. Before the men approached the
train was gotyeady, and was soon out of sight, not,
however, until several shots were fired at tho en
gine, none of which did any damage. Two armed
men were seen standing in the vicinity of the ob
struction when the train stopped, but for some
reason ran away before tho others appeared. The
men are supposed to have hailed from tho rebel
camp at Bomney.
On Friday evening ex-Governor Thomas made a
war speech at Cumberland, during the delivery of
whieh some Secessionists in the crowd asked, “ Who
begun the war?” The ex-Govornor replied, “ The
traitors of the South.” “You are a hoary-headed
old liar,” was the response. At this, several Union
men pitched into the Secessionist, and used him up
pretty badly. After the meeting was over, a mob
proceeded to the office of the A/Ughanian . a Seces
sion paper, and literally gutted and destroyed it.
They then went to the house of Mr. McKaig, a pro
minent Secessionist, threw' a brick through his win
dow and perpetrated other outrages. Several pro
minent Secessionists were observed leaving Cumber
land during the night on horseback in the direction
of Bomney, Va. It is supposed they went to the
camp there and returned with the soldiers who at
tempted to take possession of the train,, and that the
design was to capture ex-Governor Thomas, who
was a passenger, and who was on his way to his
home in Frankyillt. When the Seoessionißts fired
upon the train all the passengers dropped upon the
floor. On Saturday evening General Kelly sent
Captain Dayton down from Grafton with a sufficient
number of men to keep the rebels from repeating
their attempt ie destroy the lives of innocent pas
sengers.
MISCELLANEOUS.
A Mr. Myers has lately commenced the manafho
ture of army buttons in Biehmond, Va.
Tho Warren Artillery and Swamp Rangers left
Vicksburg for Arkansas on tho 9th.
A man named Henry Padget was killed in
Bobertsvitlo, near Savannah, Ga., by a man whom
he found in his house under suspioious circum
stances.
Among those who fell in the memorable battle
of the 21st, near Manassas, was tho Bcv. C. W.
Howard, of Mcriweathcr, Georgia, a Methodist
preacher.
Roger A. Pryor has appropriated tho pay duo
him as a member of the Confederate Congress, to
the relief of the sick and wounded soldiers in the
army.
Jackson county, Alabama, has nine military com
panies already in active scivice, and seven more
organized.
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GENERAL NEWS.
DEATir OF A SI'RVIVOK OF MOSCOW AND AuS
terlitz. —Micbael Kershner died in Flugstufi' (Me.)
on the 12th instant, aged 85 years and G months
The Farmington Patriot of the 2-til instant says:
“The deceased was a soldier in the armies of
France for fourteen years and nine months, and
\ served under Napoleon Bonaparte in his campaigns
! in Italy. Spain, Austria, Germany, Prussia, and I(us-
I sin: was m the battles of Moscow, Auslorlitj:. and
several others, lie was wounded severely throo
Innes—onco in the hend by a bullet, once by the
stroke of a cutlass on the head, and onco by a bnyo
; net thrust through the thigh. Three ycarsof his
service were spent in the artillery, and the remnin
-2, er m . t lc cava! ,o'• According to practice in the
> Jtrcnch army, when he was in the artillery hi 3 right
arm was marked by printing the picturo of n man
in red India ink. with the number of his company,
regiment, etc., llnd, Ivlion In the cuvalry by print
ing a man nhd horse on his breast. ! n rod and blue
These prints were very plain and distinct upon him
when laid in his final resting-place. He was buried
with martial honors.”
! Died ox the Desert—The Dos Angeles
Star learns of two deaths at Death's Valley, on the
Colorado Desert, lately'—Daniel Holden and Wil
liam Dewy. This is the place where the lnrgihody
; of emigrants died in 1849—out of a train
I hundred and twenty wagons, only fifteen arrived in
I California. On the 14th of Juno, a party of three
! started from Potosi for Owen's Lake; had three
imimniswith them. They had not proceeded far
I over the burning waste, till their water became cx-
I huusted, and as none could be found thorc. great
| distress ensued. One of the party, Townsend,
I started ahead to look for water, and succeeded in
i obtaining it. but on bis return found his comrades
dead!
A Friend or the Vice President of the
C. S. A. AiiiiESrno. —On Monday night the detect
ives arrested a well-known robe! at the Anson House,
New York, in the person of Samuel J. Anderson.
The prisoner, it appears, formerly held a position in
the custom house, but at a inter period, through the
instrumentality of Alexander If. Stephens, Vieo
President of the Southern Confederacy, lie was ap
pointed deputy sheriff under Sheriff Kelly. lie
had recently returned from a visit to the South. He
was sent to Fort Lafayette yesterday.
Mysterious Murder.—Two bodies drifted
ashore at'Westport, Connooiicut, on Thursday! ono
that of li man apparently ifbout forty years of ago,
the other, a young man Some nineteen or twenty
years of age. The oldest had a large wound upon
the left-shoulder. The left car was also gone.
The younger of the two had a large wound on tha
left thigh, and another in his abdomen, from which
his bowels protruded. The bodies had the appear
ance of having been in the water three or four
weeks.
The Nee Pfucks Indians The Marysville
(Col.) Appeal of late date snys : These savages
manifest an unfriendly disposition. Government
agents lately held n council with three thousand of
them at Lapwai, The Indians were stubborn, and
some of them declined outright to accept tho
presents. Fifty fires, or some two hundred and
fifty Indians, refused to take beef of tho agent,
driving up their own cattle and slaughtering them
in front of the agency. The great emigration to
the mines evidently alarms them for their rights as
landlords.
A Havelock itErusiEXT is lo be organized
in the river counties between New York and Albany.
All the members will be required to pledge them
selves to abstain from the use of intoxicating liquors
as a beverage, profanity, gambling, and cards—to
avoid useless desecration of the bord’a Day—to on*
courage religious services according to individual
conscience, and to use every proper effort to obtaia
for the regiment a high moral and religious cha
racter.
Alfred Siiaw, a native of Backs county,
returned from the South n few weeks since. Ha
was with Beauregard : s army, at Manassas. as re
porter for a paper of Now Orleans, in which city ha
resided for twelve or fourteen years past. After
some difficulty he got inside of the Federal lines;
and then procecdcdfNorth by way of Louisville and
Cincinnati.
Scddex Death—Suspicions of Foul Plait.
—On Sunday evening a domestic in a family re
siding at Jamaica Plains, Mass., was suddenly taken
ill, and on the following morning expired. Tha
coroner hold an inquest, and an autopsy disclosed
the fact that she was encieute. and that she had
taken poison voluntarily or by the advice of soma
other person.
Attempt to Poisox a Volunteer.—Re
cently an Indiana volunteer, while posted as sen
tinel at Lafayette Park. St. Louis, was accosted by
a stranger, who offered him a piece of pic. Upon
eating it ho was seized with convulsions, and was
only saved by the skill of the regimental physician.
The pie Contained siryehnine.
Attempted Murder ix Brooklyx.—On
Monday night, Paddy Fox, a well-known politician,
entered a saloon in Brooklyn, and taking deliberate
aim. fired a pistol at Janies McCormick, inflicting a
severe but not fatal wound. In the excitement the
would-be murderer escaped. Fox and McCormick
had had a political quarrel early in the evening.
Crushed rv Machixery.—On Monday even
ing, Michael Mclvine. while engaged in oiling the
machinery of a steamboat lying at the foot of West
Twelfth Street. New York, was caught in a revolv
ing cog-wheel, by Ills clothing, and Whirled around
a shaft. He was dreadfully crushed and bruised,
and died on the following day at the hospital.
Scarcity of Arms ix Tkxxessee.—lshain
G. Harris, Governor of Tennessee, has ordered every
house in the State to he searched for old muskets,
rifles, bayonets, swords, and pistols. The officers
are lo receive one dollar for every musket and.
bayonet they discover, and fifty cents each for
ewoidsand pistols.
The Guxhoat Seneca Launched.— Another
of the new steam gunboats building for the Go
vernment was launched on Tuesday at the
yard of J. Simpson. Grcenpoint. She was chris
tened the Seneca , and will have her machinery put
on board 0.3 soon as possible, when she is to be re
ported to the Navy Department.
It is a noteworthy FACT that General Siegel
completely surprised the old Indian fighter and
Texan Hunger. Befi McCulloch, securing all his
pickets, selecting a good position, and beginning to
drop shells right into the midst of liis camp, while
half bis men were asleep in their tents, and the re
mainder cooking their breakfasts.
Kentucky’s proportion of tho war tax,
says the Frankfort Commonwealth, should be paid
thus: The Stale should issue bonds sufficient to
realize the amount, and the taxes should be in
creased just enough to provide for tho payment of
the yearly- interest upon such bonds.
Four Boys Drowsier. —lVo learn from the
Pittsburg papers that on Friday evening four boys,
named William Simpson. John Simpson. Job Grape
vine, and Jorcpli Dearn, were drowned in the Mo
nongnhela river, opposite the levee, by the upsetting
of a skiff, as is supposed.
Confidence in the Administration.— At
the war meeting in Cincinnati, on Saturday eve
ning, a resolution denunciatory of Secretory Came
ron was voted down, and a substitute expressing
entire confidence in the Administration adopted
with overwhelming applause.
The Secesh of Louisville were greatly dis
tressed because Gen. Rosscau paraded a regiment
of United States troops in that city on Saturday, to
receive a stand of colors.
Major Myer, signal officer of Gen. McClel
lan’s staff, is training signal parties. Signals hava
been made over fifty or sixty miles exteht of coun
try. Rockets and burning lights, as if signalling,
are seen nightly on the other side of the Potomac.
General McCall’s command comprises tha
brigades of Generals Couch and Smith, in addition
to all Pennsylvania troops, ten regiments, and suita
ble cavalry and artillery. He will soon be rein
forced by two more Pennsylvania regiments.
Charles V. Neid and Thomas Davis,
arrested in Pittsburg on suspicion of being Sceea
siomsts, had a hearing on Saturday. It is probable
both the men will be discharged on taking the oatli
of allegiance, nothing being proven against them.
Horatio Davis, Esq., of Roxbury, died *
few days since, leaving from $60,000 to $70,000 t®
the poor of that town. He had made a will in favor
of a nephew, but cancelled it on hearing that the
latter was a Secessionist.
A Secession Flag in the Port of Quebec.
—The Simouds, Captain Leavitt, a British ship
owned in St. John, New Brunswick, has been lying
in the port- of Quebec some three weeks, floating a
Secession flag, as wo learn from a special despatch
to the Tribune.
A MILITARY GENERAL COURT MARTIAL WaS.
ordered at St. Louis a few days sinco for tho trial
of some regulars under command of Mai. Gon.
Fremcnt. Tho prisoners were charged with de
sertion and disobedience of orders.
A young man named Sherwood was killed
last week at Bath, N. Y., by falling upon a circular
saw, which out across his hip and into his back to
the waist. He rose, and nfter walking a few stops,
fell dead.
A mas named Arbunkle was killed on tha
Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad last week, about
three miles this side of Mansfield.
Released.— Davis and Meed, the suspected
Secessionists arrested in Pittsburg, were released
on Monday after taking tho oath of allegiance.
Tiie Hartford Courant suggests that if Bea
McCulloch is not dead, his proclamation shows that
he is lying still.
A board of officers is now in session, which
will report to the War Department the most
suitable disposition to bo made of the Texas troops
at Fort Hamilton.
A Camp on Staten Island.— A camp for &
corps d’araiee is to be established on Staten Island,
Wider command ol General Sherman.
The Canada papers complain that desertions
from the British regiments stationed in the provinces
have become frequent of late.
American farmers have already received
something like $38,080,06ft Worn England foe
hreadstuffs this year.
The Canneltoa (Ind.) Reporter hoists the
same of Joseph Bolt, of Kentucky, for President
in 1864.
TV. H. McCarty, a enstom-honse officer,
was killed on the Louisville and Lebanon road
last Saturday evening, while attempting to get on
the train at Sardstown Junction.
A Minister on Trial for Wife-Murder.—
Bev. Henry Bridge, a Congregational minister, in
now being tried at-Utioa for the murder of his wife.
Church Struck by Lightning.—The Second.
Presbyterian Church, Bridgeton, N. J., was struck
by lightning on Sunday morning, tho 18th inst.
Fatal Railroad Accident.— An unknown
man, apparently a laborer, was run over and killed
near the Crestline, Ohio, station last weok.
Intense indignation is felt among the Ger
man t of Chicago, relative to the killing of Krauts
by Captain Orofton.
Hon. Edward McPherson has been ap
pointed an aid on the staff of Gen. McCall.
Mr. Wm. S. Africa, a noted politician of
Blair county, died in Huntingdon lately.
It appears that General Siegel was at QUO
time in the enemy's hands, but was tOSQUOd.
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