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THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1861.
•J3XTHACX FROM THE EAST SPEECH OF
STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS.— 11 The conspiracy
<to |jrp»k up the Union is & fact now known to
all. Armies are being raised, and war levied
<o accomplish it. There can be bnt two sides
to the controversy. Every man BtUSt be 0U the
side of the United States or ngnimt it. There
-can be no neutrals in this war* There can be
none but patriots and traitors*”
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The Objects of the War.
AV i’ nrc engaged in no ordinary war. We
•are not fighting merely to decide the ownership
to a strip of territory, or to avenge some slight
insult or .wrong, or to secure the advancement
of an industrial interest, but for the very ex
istence of a great nation. No foreign foe
■could menace us with greater evils and dan
gers than those which the triumph of the un
hallowed designs of the conspirators would in
flict upon us. When internal enemies wage
such a war against a republic as they have in
augurated, a death-struggle must ensue, and
one of the combatants must be destroyed. If
they triumph, we must bid an eternal farewell
to alt our national greatness, prosperity, and
security. If tlie Government of the United
{Hates proves too weak to protect itself against
rebellion, it will be virtually destroyed, its
prestige will be mined forever, one successful
revolt against il will prove but a precedent for
new rebellions, and our unhappy country will
in a few years be cut up—not into two, but
into numerous jarring, distracted, impove
rished, ami miserable States.
The great conspiracy against the Union
strikes a deadly blow at the liapp mess and
.security of all good citizens, whether they
live in the North or the South ; whether they
like or dislike the institution of slavery;
whether they have hitherto belonged to the
Democratic, Republican, or American parties.
Those who seek to give a partisan aspect to .
the war, and to denounce it as one in which
only those of the same faith as the Adminis
tration should engage, are either bereft of
reason or, wliat is more probable, in secret
league with the traitors. It is of compara
tively little importance to the American peo
ple what are the opinions of their rulers on the
questions of national polities which have here
tofore been most earnestly agitated, but it is a
matter of vital moment to tl*em that the ;
Government which they have established I
should not be forcibly overturned, and that I
treason should not stalk defiantly through the j
land, undermining all the foundations of po- j
litical and social order, bringing the authority j
which the nation has in vested in its constituted j
rulers into contempt, and jeopardizing all the j
vast interests of the peaceful citizens of our j
country. • j
The war which the insurgents have com- ‘
menced is not waged against a party, but ;
against a country, and Democrats and Ameri- j
cans have as much interest in crashing their j
treasonable movement as Republicans. The j
best men of all the old parties have discerned j
this fact, and plead most earnestly with their j
countrymen against the traitors. We might j
fill our columns with proofs of this assertion, !
but what could be stronger than the appeals of
Mr. Douglas, the elnef competitor of Mr. ;
Lixcolx, in the late election — the speeches '
and writings of Everett, the Vice Presidential ■
candidate of the Constitutional Union party—
Or the eloquent addresses of Holt, who acted ■
as Secretary of War during the closing months ;
©f the last Administration ? In the ranks and
among the officers of the national army, too, a
large proportion ef men who have never been
identified with the Republicans, will be found.
This is as it should be. But, meanwhile,
there are a few men, so lost to all sense
of patriotism and regard for the interests
of the nation, as to seek to paralyze the
efforts of the Administration to preserve
the Union intact, and to overwhelm with de
feat and confusion those who are arrayed in
arms against it. Every step which it takes to
checkmate the designs of the unprincipled con
spirators, instead of being bailed by them with
the delight which is felt by all loyal citizens,
is criticised and denounced. Every frivolous
pretext which they can devise to awaken the
prejudices, to weaken the loyalty, or to mis
lead the judgment of their countrymen, is re
sorted to. They see nothing to condemn in
all the infamous efforts of the Secessionists to
plunder and destroy the Union, and nothing to
applaud or approve in the measures of the Go
vernment to protect it. They are ready to
“cavil upon the ninth part, of a hair''about
every step taken to thwart the traitors, but
they evince no surprise or indignation at any
act however tyrannical, at any wrong however
unjust or cruel, at any movement however
treasonable and dangerous, of which Jeff.
Davis and his confederates may be guilty. In
fact, loyalty to the best Government that has
ever existed is in their eyes the worst of
crimes, and open hostility to it so great a
virtue that it hides and neutralizes a multitude
of sins.
Oar nation is now on trial. It should he
remembered that the enemies of republics have
always predicted their destruction, chiefly
because they believed that defeated parties
would sooner or later prefer an appeal to arms
to a peaceful acquiescence in a decision of the
ballot-box which was obnoxious to them. The
critical period in our history has now arrived
when this danger is no longer speculative, but
real. It is the duty of every patriot to meet
it as becomes freemen sincerely attached to
republican institutions, and those who counsel
their countrymen to mate an ignominious
peace with armed traitors are the most dan
gerous foes of civil liberty.
Coes it never occur to those who seek to
doubt the justice of this war, that we have a
great moral question at stake ? A Govern
ment is only a Government when sustained by
its people and respected bv the other Govern
ments of the earth. It is something more
than a mere political union for the
good of society. The Union must have
force, and stability, and power. It must be
above the temporary strifes, the fleeting pas
sions, and momentary prejudices of the hour.
It must be capable, not only of maintaining
its existence, but of maintaining it amid the
most extraordinary political revulsions. Thus
far in our history we have been trying an ex
periment, and that is, whether to onr splendid
political and our unequalled social systems we
can add the moral power which is all in all,
and without which our laws would be parch
ment, and society an accidental union of inde
pendent and antagonistic elements. We have
maintained our moral power for eighty-five
years, in a war with England, a war with
Mexico, and our diplomatic negotiations
with the other nations of the earth. How
long with that moral power remain if this
Government yields to traitors ? How long can
we secure ourselves from the insults of Eng
land and France if we permit the insults of
a portion of our own people ? If we tolerate
treason at home, wc cannot look for respect
abroad; and instead of being the peer of the
old monarchies and nationalities of Europe,
the Bepublie of the Trust becomes their de
pendent.
The Democratic Conventions of our city
have concluded their labors. Most of their no
minations are of the usual character, bnt for
some ofliees they have selected very excel
lent candidates. Their nominee for Sheritf,
Robert Ewing, deservedly possesses the re
spect and confidence of the community to an
extent not often enjoyed by candidates for
that position. The resolutions adopted by the
County Convention are not very clearly ex
pressed, but the temper of the Democratic
masses is plainly shown by the fact that the
.sentence relative to sustaining the Government
.inits efforts to crush rebellion, which, amid the
prevailing confusion, reached the cars of the
.delegates, was greeted with thunders of ap
plause.
Death of Geoboe Vi. Edwabds.—Many of our
patrons will read with surprise and regret the an
nouncement. among our obituary notices, of the j
death of George Vi- Edwards, no was one of our ;
most enterprising citizens, and widely known ns a
bold, energetic, and successful businessman, as well ;
as one of our most generous and public-spirited j
citizens. Hi 3 death was caused by a disease of the .
heart He was a member of St. John’s Catholic . ”
Church, Thirteenth Street, and was a liberal con- j A Dis to now the
tributor to the various charitable institutions con- j same command that his father held before him in
aoctod with it. I
A SpeeclimnUcr nncl lus t'ritic
Some days ago, we noticed Mr. Bernal Os
borne as an English member of Parliament,
who, just now, because lie failed in obtainisg
high office Horn Lord Palmerston, lias effer
vesced into an able, loquacious, satirical mem
ber of the Opposition. The moment tlie Par
liamentary session closed, this gentleman went
to the very small Cornish borough of Liskeard,
which lie represents, and fired off' a smart, rat
tling, able, saucy speech" about public atfairs
in general and Lord Palmerston and his col
leagues in particular.
lie communicated one fact, which well may
make Englishmen turn pale—namely, that in a
time of tlie most profound peace, the sum of
ninety-three millions ($465,000,000) is annually
paid, in various taxes, general and local, for
the national expenditure of Queen Victoria’s
Kingdom. This is wholly irrespective of the
revenue raised in India. It is an increase of
$100,000,000 in twenty years, and the army
and navy alone swallow up $150,000,000, or
one-third of this vast outlay. IVe have heard
people grumble at the bare idea of raising four
to five hundred million dollars, to meet the
expenses of maintaining the United States, as
tlie Constitution framed that Confederation
which onr forefathers delivered to ns intact
and prosperous. But here, without being at
war with any Power, great or small, the na
tional expenditure of England is close upon the
largest sum wc purpose borrowing to maintain
our very continuance as a nation.
A criticism upon Mr. Osborne’s ont-of-Par
liamcnt oratory, which we find in an English
paper, is at once so amusing and so accurate
that wc subjoin it lieru as a fair sample of
saucy writing:
■• When he i 9 thoroughly unembarrassed, when
he is not in office, and when he has no tic straining
upon the buoyancy of his spirits, there is no man
who excites uioro lively interest in the House of
Commons that Mr. Bernal Osborne. He is certain
to be amusing. lie will not fail to be pertinent,
pointed, and epigrammatic. He will not quail
before even an old joke, which is pleasant to bo
heard again with a new application. Without
sourness and bitterness, he is sure to be lively and
stinging. He will not teli you much you did not know,
but no will reproduce much that you did know in a
very savory form. Ho will pass in review all the
faults of the gentlemen opposite, and flog them
along gracefully and sportively with a wisp of
nettles. He will not cxcito your disgust by coarse
ill-nature, or rouse you by fierce invective, but ho
will amuse you very’ much at the expense of people
you like to see made ridiculous, and he will furnish
you with a few well-turned phrases with feathers
enough to fly and point enough to stick. He is always
a favorite with the House of Commons, where dull
ness is the worst of crimes, and is a good selection
to open the season which has now arrived for star
ring in the provinces. We printed his speech yes
terday. It came oil'in the Town-hall at Liskeard,
whicli was crowded for the occasion, and we have
no doubt Hint it crepitated with crackers, sparkled
with squibs, and hissed with Catherine wheels. It
reads, we must confess, a little flat. It looks rather
like a plum pudding with the plums picked out,
and only ths vacant places to show that the plums
had once been there. The provincial reporters
have not, wc fear, decanted their eloquence so as
to preserve the mbvssc. There are some delicate
wines which require a learned treatment; they
must be caught in n vessel of sympathetic tempera
ment, or the bouquet goes. We think we can
j trace in the version we published yesterday little
dislocated jokes which onee were beeswings, now
! spoiling instead of ornamenting the wine. Wo can
! sometimes recognize phrases which once were epi
| grams, hut have evidently had their edge takon
j off, and can neither cut nor thrust. We confess to
! a certain degree of professional pity when we see
I such a polished piece of rhetoric not spoilt quite out
i of all recognition, but sorely altered. The Cornish
j men have summarized Mr. Osborne, sent us sam
i pies of him as they might of one of their own mines.
! powdered him up and washed him and drained
i him—him who valued himself upon his serpentine
I Teins and his pretty incrustations even as much as
| he did upon the metal in the mass.”
The Appeal of Gov. Stewart.
lion. R. M. Stewart, the predecessor of
Claiborke F. Jacksox, as Governor of Mis
souri, lias recently made an eloquent appeal to
the people of that State against the Secession
movement. Although always actively identi
fied with the Democratic party, he has no
sympathy with the treasonable designs which
the ambitious and desperate conspirators of
the South Lave sought to conceal and promote
by their false professions of Democracy. lie
warns the people of Missouri that they can
never gain peace or security out of the Union,
and truly says that “ when the United States
Government surrenders its right to navigate the
Atlantic Ocean, it may abandon its Only'
thoroughfare to the Pacific—not before.” Ho
also calls their attention to the fact that “it
was a part of the original programme «f Se
cession to remove the burdens of the war from
tlie Cotton to tlie Border Statesand that,
in pursuance of this selfish and artful policy,
Virginia and Missouri have been drawn into
a terrible snare in which they will be greatly
injured. Speaking of the objects of the war
he says:
“ Citizens of Missouri, you can bear me witness
that during my official life I have labored earnestly
against the doctrines and practices of the extreme
fanatics of the North. Abolition and Secession are
two extremes that now unite in the destruction of
everything wc hold dear. Do not flatter yourselves
that this social war in Missouri is against Abolition
ists. It is ju3t what they have prayed for, becauso
they saw in it the utternnnihilntion of our domestic
institutions. The only practical Abolitionists in
Missouri are those who have inaugurated and
arc now prosecuting this imltoly War. If al m
lowed to continue, it will accomplish in- cl year
what could not have taken place in a century—-
the practical abolition of slavery in Missouri.
The only safety for Missouri slaveholders is in the
Union. Out of it, either by force or by treaty,
their property is utterly valueless. You have been
told that this* war is waged on one side for protec
tion, and on the other for the destruction of slavery.
This Is a falsehood, a snare, and a delusion. This
war is for the life of a notion. and the lives and
fortunes of twenty millions of people are
pledged for its prosecution. Abolitionism is swal
lowed up and lost sight of in the magnitude of this
terrible crisis. Tho war is to decide whether f ree
governments are. practicable, and its issue will
fix the fate of republics for weal or woe-, during
the neat thousand years. If you would save your
homes and your propertyfrom destruction, this war
inMissouri must be brought to « speedy close.
This can only be done by driving back the invaders
from our southern boundaries. This done, our State
will be relieved from military occupation; our pro
perty will be secure, and our lives protected,”
Traitors Every Where.
In the Loudon Times > of iYugllSt 13 til, Ml’.
Russell, writing from Washington, says:
1: And ns I have used the word ‘sympathizers,’
let mo add the expression of my belief that there is
scarcely a department, high or low. of the public
service of the United States in which therp is
not ‘ treason ’ —I mean the aiding and abetting the
enemy by information and ndvioc. It is openly
talked in society—its work is evident on all sides.
I went into the private department of the Post Office
the other day, and found there a gentleman busily
engaged in sorting letters at a desk. The last time
I met him was at dinner with the commissioners of
the Confederate States at Washington, and I was
rather surprised to see him now in the sanctum of
the Post Office, within a few feet of Mr. Blair, of
the sangre azul of Abolitionism. Said he, *I am
just looking over the letters hero to pick out some
for our Southern friends, and I forward them to
their owners as I find them;’ and if the 'excellent
and acute gentleman did not also forward any
little scraps of news he could collect, lam in
error. Again: a series of maps prepared with
great care for the use of. General McDowell’s staff
are given out to he photographed, and are so scarce
that superior officers cannot get them. Neverthe
less, one is found in the tent of a Confederate offi*
cer. in the advance of Fairfax Court House, which
must have been sent to him as soon as it was
ready. It is also asserted that General Beaure
gard knew beforehand of General McDowell’s ad
vance ; but the Confederates left in such haste
that much credence cannot bo given to the state
ment that the enemy were fully informed of the
fact any considerable length of time beforehand-
EETTER FROM WASHINGTON,
[From aa Occasional Correspondent.]
W ASHIJTGTOJf, August 28, 1861.
Two classes of men are now at work to discourage
(be Administration in its Tlgorous prosecution Of
j the war—public thieves and plunderers, and the
i rebels scattered through the free States. They
j have raised their howl against the Cabinet, because
■ if it is broken down the strong arm of the Govem
■ mentis broken; and because they have discovered
j that it is incorruptible, and will not wink at their
I attempts to plunder.
| One word as to the thieves. Their number is
i legion. Their acts and devices are past finding out.
! Among their number are men of all ranks and con
; ditions. Some merchant-politicians of 2fcw York
1 made lvud professions of patriotism, and were
I willing to condescend to take charge of the Go
| vernment and the war, and relieve the people, and
' the President and his Cabinet, of all cares on tho
. subject. Soon one of their number proposed to sell
j a steamer to the Government for $362,(100. ThePre
, sident and Cabinet accepted tho offer and the price,
i General Cameron was authorized to close the pur
j chase. He took the precaution to send on a faith
-1 ful agent, and instructed him to examine closely
! and fully the steamer, and get and communicato
' all the information ho could obtain, suspecting the
: integrity of the transaction from the beginning.
Soon General Cameron learned from his agent that
! the owner had offered tho stcamor repeatedly,
i within a short time, for $200,000. He immediately
■ sent on a telegraph despatch, stopped tho purchase,
! defeated it, and thus saved to the Government
| $lOO,OOO.
| Then began the howl against the Secretary of
TTar. and all their various charges wore mado to
fill the public papers. If General Cameron had
winked at this fraud, he would have been lataded
to the skies. The purity and integrity of the Se
cretary of War will be apparent to all, and will be
placed beyond all dispute. A more vigorous, de
cided, incorruptible, and efficient officer does not
belong to the Government, and no member of the
Cabinet enjoys more the confidence of the President
and of fellow-members of the Cabinet than General
Cameron. A Looker Ok.
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
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MACIIAIIHO— SAII.ISG OF THE rERSIA —SI'OUTISfi
WATTERS —GE.'EUAL VIKI.E SEIIE.VAPKH —A RE
roniFll’s VISIT TO CA.ll !■ LVOtf THE PRIVA
TEERS KTII.I. BUSY —A SECESSION MKKTINC IX
NKW JKltfcKV MILITARY TOWN TAI.K.
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Nkw Yonfc, Aug. 2rt. lufil.
Bnrring thu stir and bustle incident to the forma
tion and departure of regiments for the seat of war,
affnira here are insufferably dull at present. No
body lias been arrested to-day for treason, iind, at
this writing, the prospect of ft first-class sensiition
item is most decidedly —-in cerulean
in hue.
True. Mnehardo (arrested yesterday on. suspicion
of having been engaged in the slave-trade) was
brought before the United States Commissioner to
day. Owing to the absence of important Govern
ment witnesses, however, he was consigned again
to the “ tomb of the Cftpulctc”-said consignment
tending to cxcroise the “ members of the press”
more than a little.
The steamship Persia left to-day, for Liverpool,
with a largo number of passengers, among whom
are Mr. John Bigelow, American consul at Paris;
Key. B. G. Wilder, missionary to India; Mr. and
Mrs. w. J. Florenoe; Mr. Vnllalba, secretary of
tho Spanish legation, and Mr. Watts Sherman, of
this city. Mr. Bigelow goes out, they say, to as
sume the duties of his consular office at Paris, and
is accompanied by his family. The Florences go to
fulfil an engagement at one of the London theatres.
Mr. Wilder, missionary, takes his family to India.
On dit, that a party of wealthy gcntloiucu have
associated themselves togother, with a view to or
ganizing a race course, oithor in tho upper port of
Long Island or in Westchester county, on the lino
of either the Hudson River or Harlem Railroad.
There is do reason on earth why Now York should
not have a rooro convenient course. The ground
facilities in the immediate vicinity of tho city, it is
true, do not exist, hut by going a little way into
Westebester county, plenty of sites eau be selectod
admirably adapted to the purpose.
The coining full promises to be fruitful of sports
in “Mcrrie Old England.” Ten Broock already
•having secured the victory for his Ainericnn horses
on the English turf, the promised visit of Heennn
again in the English prize ring affords topics of in
terest and excitement there. In connection with
all this, the celebrated running Indian, Red Jacket,
has issued a challenge to run against any pedestrian
in England for from $lOO to $6OO, for a distance of
from one to ten miles. He soon leaves for England
for the purpose of putting his challenge into exe
cution.
About half past eleven last evening the hand and
engineer corps of the Seventh Regiment serenaded
General Vide at his residence, No. 38 West Twen
ty-eighth street General Vide appeared on the
balcony and thanked them for the compliment. He
was loudly applauded, and when he had concluded
he and hi 3 visitors sat down to an entertainment.
The general, you know, was captain of the engineer
Corps of tbc x - famous Seventh. ”
Which reminds me, that a reporter of tho Post
has paid a flying visit to Gamp Lyon—the new
camp of instruction—now under command of Gen.
Vide. lie very graphically describes “ a certain
wonderful poodle,” which, at command, mounts the
top of a piano, and actually sings, in a canine and
undulntory maimer, a very pretty dr, which his
master aeootnpanies.” Ho (the reporter) then pro
ceeds to observe that the camp-gronnd was origi
nally a farm moudow, still enclosed by the agricul
tural stone walls, and is at present occupied by 350
men. _
Another vessel has been overhauled by a rebel
privateer. Captain Trettey, of the brig Grace
Worthington, reports that on his passage hence to
Belize, Honduras, his vessel was boarded by a full
rigged brig, n privateer. The paners ot th 0
Worthington wore examined, and the vessel was
then allowed to proceed. She arrived at Belize on
the Bth instant.
There is to be a Secession meeting at Middle
town, New Jersey, to-morrow, the oratorical at
traction of the occasion being Thomas Dunn Eng
lish, who has written some second-rate poetry.
Look out for several wigs on the green.
And now to conclude with a martial item or two-
The Sixty-ninth Regiment will reorganize for tho
war sad fawn a part of an Irish brigade to be com
manded by General Shields. Tho Sixth (German)
Regiment of State militia, Colonel Pinckney, is also
reorganizing.
The d’Epincuil Zouaves havo formed their camp
and named it Camp Lesley, in honor of the ChiO
Clerk of the War Department. The First Fire
Zouaves embarked for Bedloe's Island at noon to
day, whore they will go into permanent quarters.
Professor Charles D. Cleveland.
Professor Cleveland, late of this city, has sent
us the following copy of a letter he has addressed
to the Secretary of State;
Boston, August 19,1831.
Hon. Wsr. H. Suwabd, Secretary of State:
Sin: Until tho middle of last winter I never
thought that I should ever ask any favor at the hands
of my Government, being entirely content and
happy in the vocation I had chosen for life. Rut a
continued course of teaching of more than a quar
ter of a century, together with my other literary
labors, beginning somewhat to affect my health, I
was earnestly advised by my physician to a resi
sidenee, for a few years, abroad, and, by all means,
to a colors climate. I therefore asked of you
the consulship at Dundee, Scotland ; first, because
of its climate; second, because from its position,
its moderate duties, and corresponding emoluments,
I thought few would desire it; and third, because,
from its proximity to the large libraries of Edin
burgh, it would afford me rare opportunities, in my
times of leisure, for pursuing my classical studies.
But, from the statement which I see in the papers,
confirmed by the work on consular dntioy l~
me from tho jjupnitinem oi State,* and forwarded
to me hero from Philadelphia, I am informed that
thc consulship at Smyrna, Asia Minor, has been as
signed to me. With great, very great reluctance,
therefore—from the climate and latitude of the
place, (unfavorable to myself,) from its great dis
tance. from my ignorance of tho language of the
country, from the weighty duties connected with
that important commercial port, and other reasons
—do I feel compelled, herewith, to decline it. To
be selected at rtny time to represent the country,
abroad in any capacity, I have always esteemed to bo
what one well might covet, if he felt that, with
humble dependence on a Higher Power, he conid
fitly discharge the duties assigned him. But to be
called, as I have now been, at this critical period
of my country’s history, to guard her interests,
maintain her dignity, and make known her true
position, at a post of such importance and influence
as Smyrna, is an honor which I estimate as one of
the very highest character, and which, under other
circumstances, I should feel most happy and proud
to accept.
Thanking you, most sincerely, for thus conferring
upon me so high an honor, and again expressing
my deep regret that I cannot avail myself of it, I
remain, with high consideration and respect,
Ypur obedient servr.iit,
" ChaklesD. Cleveland.
-T Birectpil ” Charles B, Cleveland, Evil., United
Slates Consul, Smyrna, Turkey.”
Heenan and the Champion Belt—His Chal-
EESOE Accepted by Mace.—Jim Mace, who re
cently whipped the Staleybridgo Infant, has replied
to Hcenan’s challenge, and signifies his readiness to
fight. lie is ready to make a match for £2OO to
£5OO per side, either beforo or after his coming
fight with King. The matter, as far as the “ Ameri
can Champion” is concerned, is in the hands of his
friend, George Wilkes, and it is said by him that
he expects soon to be able to announce UeenauA,
assent to the propositions of Mace, and the arrange
ment of the preliminaries.” Hecnan challenged
any man in England for £2,000 (or $10,000), but
Mace does not seem willing to accept so large a
stake, and accuses Heenan of bouncing. Heenan
wants his expenses paid, if he fights in England, or
will pay Mace’s, if he comes to America. Mace
says: “Itis a rule of tho English Prize Ring that
the champion belt cannot be fought- for out of the
United Kingdom.” The match is in a fair way of.
being made up, and it is believed by sporting gen
tlomen that, before the winter is over, Heenan and
Mace will hare fought for and decided the ownership
of the ” belt.”
McDonough’s Oi,rjfrio Theatre.—Mr. Harry
Pearson made a decided hit at the Olympic night
before last. East night, also, he was received with
great eclat. lie appears to-night as Timothy
Quaint, in “ The Soldier’s Daughter,” and as jjt/l
Downey in (( The Unfinished Gentleman.” This
theatre, we are pleased to learn, is bocoming more
popular every night. .
Lai:an Positive Sale of Dry Goods, Ac.—
The attention of purchasers is requested to the
large and valuable assortment of British, french,
Gorman, India, and domestic dry goods, linen house
furnishing goods, Ac., Ac., embracing about 075
lots of staple and fancy articles, in woollens, worst
ed, linens, cotton, and silk. To be peremptorily
sold by catalogue, for cash, commencing this morn
ing at 10 o’clook, by Myers, Claghom, & Co.,
auctioneers, Nos. 232 and 234 Market street. The
sale to bo continued nearly all day, without inter
mission.
Auction Sack of Boots and Shoes. —The at
tention of buyers is called to the large and desira
ble assortment of 1,500 eases boots, shoe 3, brogans,
Ac., to be sold this morning, for cash, at 10 o’clock
precisely, by Philip Ford A Co., auctioneers, at
their new store, Nos. 525 Market and 522 Com
merce streets.
Arrest of Women m Washington.
[For The Press,]
The ignorant and the traitors of our country seem
shocked at the arrest of fomalcs in Washington.
When things called men (Colonel Thomas) put on
women’s attire for base purposes, or females unsex
themselves by acts of treason, what, pray tell mo,
should give them impunity? A female, lost to
every sense of delicacy and propriety, united with
others in committing a murder in Pennsylvania, a
few years ago, for which she was executed. Now,
if several women unite with a band of highwaymen,
pirates, and murderers, to kill many men and over
throw a Government like this, is not sympathy
worse than thrown away upon them, or is their sex
to protect them?
The Book-Trade Sack.—Wo have received
from Messrs. M. Thomas and Sons, auctioneers,
(a- day later tlm another morning paper,) a cir
cular announcing that thfey would commonoe the
Fifty-seventh Philadelphia Trade Sale, on tho lSth
October.
THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 29. 1861.
LATEST NEWS
DESTINATION OF THE FORTRESS MONROE FLEET.
General Wool’s Aids-de-Camp.
SEC. CAMERON AND THE VAN WYCK COMMITTEE.
The Kanawha News Confirmed.
TWO HUNDRED FEDERAL TROOPS MISSING.
IYasiiihbtom, August 28,1861.
Reported Skirmishing on the Potomac.
The city was up last night, as woll as this morn
ing, with rumors of a fight on the other side of the
Potomac, and oven in usually well-informed quar
ters there is conflicting information on tho subject.
It is certain that Gen. McCr.nLLAX,with his custom
ary activity and watchfulness, returned thence at
half past 11 o’clock last night, but from his conver
sation with military friends, there was nothing of
an important or serious character. It is probable,
however, as mentioned by a gentleman of respecta
bility, that a rebel force of three companies of
cavalry and about the same number of infantry,
with two field pieces, have been hovering in tho
vicinity of Rail’s Cross Roads, manoeuvring with
the view to draw out a detachment of our troops
into an ambuscade. As to several soldiers having
been killed on each side in a skirmish, it may be
only an imaginary incident to adorn a reported
battle. .
Panic making seems to be a favorite avocation,
and the most preposterous reports arc readily be
lieved and circulated.
The Charges against Major Bclger Dis-
Serious charges having been presented to the War
Department, alleging that Major" James Belger,
Assistant Quartermaster at the important depot at
Baltimore, was abusing his charge by making his
purchases from and employing as subordinate
agents persons inimical to the Government, the mat
ter was referred to Major General Dix for investi
gation. That officer, whose high-toned character
and rigid loyalty mado him, of all others, the pro
per one to investigate so serious a charge, has sub
mitted his report. Calling before him some of the
most prominent citizens of Baltimore, who were in
frequent intercourse with Major Belger, and ob
taining from them statements in writing of what
they know as to his general course in making pur
chases and giving employments, the General comes
, to the conclusion that the charges against Major
Bulger are, “ so far as they allege an intentional
bestowmont of public patronage on disloyal men, ut
terly groundless.’'
It could scarcely hare been avoided, beiDg a
stranger in Baltimore, that some of his purchases
should have been from disloyal men; but it is
shown most conclusively that his efforts have been
to throw the public money entrusted to him into
the right channels, and that wherever bo had
found himself deceived as to the Union proclivities
of his agents, even down to carters and draymen,
he has applied the corrective immediately by dis
missing them from service. General Dix, in con
cluding hia report, says; “I think him (Major
Banov-n) an efficient, faithful, conscientious public
servant, and believe the pecuniary interests of tho
Department will not suffer in hia hands.”
BY TELEGRAPH.
FROM WASHINGTON,
MOVEMENTS OF THE REBELS.
fG IN VIRGINIA.
PICKET SI
GENERAL BANKS’ COLUMN. .
DESPERATE BATTLE AT CROSS LANES.
FROM MISSOUBI.
REPULSE' OF REBELS AT FORT SCOTT.
Special Despatches to “ The Press.”
proved.
Information for Postmasters.
The Post Office Department is muah troubled by
postmasters failing to add the name of county and
State to their lettors, and by embracing different
subjects belonging to different offices in the same
letter. This necessarily delays action, and post
masters should correct tho evil; particularly, no
other papers should be enclosed with tho quarterly
returns and post bills.
The Movements of the Rebels.
The National Republican of to-day says : “ AYe
learn from a private reliable source that a large
number of rebels are at Mill Creek, about four
miles above the Chain Bridge. It is supposed that
a largo number of the enemy are In their roar, and
that they wiil fall hack during the night , for the
purpose of drawing on our forces.”
Birney’s Zouave Regiment.
This regiment is encamped near Washington, at
Camp Sprague, in the beautiful oak grove on the
Gales estate. Some eight hundred men are in
camp; the flank companies arc armed with the rifle,
the centre companies with tho improved muskets;
tho entire regiment will be armed with rifles. The
arms intended for them were diverted to Gen. Eh’:-
moxt’s com. —out J,rmmsea. This
regiment will probably be under Brigadier General
Beknside, with the Rhode Island batteries, in the
division of General Robert Anderson.
Tho Zoitayo uniform is now arriving, and the en
tire regiment will be equipped thi3 week. About
two hundred men are wanted to complete the num
ber.
The New Mayor.
The new mayor, Richarb Wallacii, Esq., who
has been chosen successor of Mayor Behret on
account of his arrest, hat always been a loyal man.
Re was the competitor of Mr. Berret at tho
recent election, and the vote was so close that the
question of who should hold the office has been
before the courts. One. of Mayor Waicach’s
brothers is in the interests of the Confederates.
His other brother, W. 1). Wallace, Esq., the
editor and proprietor of the Star, and a most in
dustrious and able journalist, is one of tho most
efficient and influential supporters of the Govern
ment.
The Van Wyck Committee.
Tho committee appointed to investigate all con
tracts made by tho Administration during the pro
secution of the . war is wwtu resston at tho St.
Nicholas Hotel. New York, Secretaries Cameron
and Welles have invited any of the members of
the committee toWashington for the purpose of ex
amining into the details of the official business, or
they will send any papers aid documents the com
mittee may desire.
Mail Messenger Missing.
On Saturday, the mail messenger of the Seventh
Pennsylvania (Reserve) Regipent, eame in and re
ceive his mail at the post office. Neither messenger,
horse, nor mail has since beea heard from. The
Pennsylvania, regiments are peculiarly unfortunate
in reference to their mail ngejjts.
Gen. Spinner, United States Treasurer.
A report prevailed yesterday that tho Secretary
of the Treasury, Mr. Chase, was disabled by a
lame wrist, caused by over-exertion vith his pen.
It is Gen. Spinner, United States Triasurer, who
is thus suffering from that cause. Hisright wrist
and hand arc badly swollen, owing to a constant
straining of the cords. He has been in the habit of
laboring seventeen hours out of the twenty-four
and is now suffering from this constant habit of over
exertion. The large number of signatures required
by the new issue of treasury notes has increased
the amount of labor required at his hands.
Mrs. Lincoln.
The younger c hild of Mrs. Lincoin, with her at
Long Braneh, has quite recovered fiom the effects
of a cold, and the mother and faniiy are all in ex
cellent health. '
False Alarm.
Last evening Sherman’s Battciy was started for
ward from Fort Corcoran to a new position. Thi3
was enough for sensation manufteturers, and tho
city was alarmed by a statement that tho enemy
was approaching, that twelve of tip Union pickets
had been killed, aDd that eleven ngiments were on
the forward move at the double qubk. This morn
ing Gen. McClell an reported at Gen. Scott’s
office that no forward movoment hal taken place,
and that the story of “ twelve killed ” had been
reduced to “ one missing,” and he yould probably
turn up before night. '
The Fleet for the Saitli.
The vessels which sailed, on Jonday, from
Fortress Monroe are not going to Charleston, as ru
mored. but to the coast of North Carina, to fill up
the smnll inlets with sunken vessds filled with
stone. „ . 1
Sickness in the City.
There are quito a number of casip of bilious
fever. Among others, Mr. Hay, privtie secretary
of tho President, has had an attack, hi is recover
ing. Beyond these cases, tho health ojl the city is
good. '
Jeff. Davis’ Proclamation.
It appears from letters received here hat Jeff.
Davis' proclamation will be promptly ated upon,
and all Union men will be arrested or drnpn away
from the South. They are afraid to renpn, and
many of them without funds are compiled to
leave with families, without even a raeonable
prospoct of reaching a froe State withojt .great
suffering
Horses Arriving.
One hundred and fifty-eight horses came trough
from Baltimore yesterday, for the ftOTernmht. A
much better class of horses is sent forward nyr than
formerly. Some of the first contracts won filled
up without regard to age, quality, or soundness of
the animals purchased. j
The Papers of the Parties Arrest®.’
The examination of the papers of parties Greet
ed here is progressing with all possible desptoV
The examination is secret, and n» revelatiop ait
mads
The President Serenaded.
The monotony of tbo lonely hours of the Presi
dent in the absence of his wife and family was
agreeably broken up laat evening, by a serenade
given by the band of tho Now York 11 Cameron
Biflos.” Ho camo out and thnnkod them in a noat
speech. He then celled for the u Star Spnnglod
Banner,” which was played with vory fine effect.
Foreign Mails.
Letters will, in future , be charged forty-five
cents, and must be prepaid, when nddrossod to
China, Japan, Java, the Philippine Islands, Labuan,
Borneo, Siam, Sumatra, and tho Moluccas, either
v ia Southampton or Marseilles.
The mails are forwarded from England on the
4th and 20th of ench month, via Southampton, and
on the 12th and 28th via Marseilles. Those via the
latter routo are made up in England on the 10th
and 26th.
Fatal Accident.
The Star says that yesterday afternoon, while
some soldiers of the Thirty-seventh New York Re
giment were performing pickot duty a mile or two
beyond Arlington, they entered a house, and while
insido heard firing, which they supposed was by
Secession piokets. They ran out, when, the gun of
ono of them was accidentally discharged, fatally
wounding a mombor of Company B, named Thomas
Bosncy. The ball entered his spine and passed
entirely through his body. lie died in a short time
after being brought to tho E-street hospital.
The Last Secession Ovation in Baltimore,
It affords us pleasure, says the Star, to be able
to state that Major General Dix is in no way re
sponsible for the disgraceful econo occurring, in
Baltimore on tho occasion of the recent passage of
prisoners taken by General Rosencrans’ forces, and
sent through that city to Fortress Monroe. The
opportunity made for tho glorification over treason,
growing out of stopping the prisoners at tho Gil
more House, was the work of the officer from
Rosencrans’ army having the prisoners in charge.
Had General Dix bad the least idea that it would
be improved as it was by the traitors of Baltimore,
ho would doubtless have taken measures to prevont
their demonstration. Labor is needed on tho Rip
Raps, and a few hundred Baltimore traitors should
bo sent there to that end. Some such step, promptly
taken, will instantly change the tone of Secession
ism in that latitude.
Wo More Teamsters Wanted.
Assistant-Quartermaster Putnam has a card in
the Star of this evening stating that the item in
The Press, to the offect that teamsters wore wanted
in "Washington, is untrue. lie has as many as he
wants, and the applications for those positions arc
numerous.
The Border State Mail Contractors.
A circular letter wns recently sent, it is under
stood, from the auditor of the treasury for the Post
Office Department, to proper persons near the re
sidences of certain mail contractors in the States
of Kentucky, Missouri, and Maryland, for the pur
pose of ascertaining whether these contractors are
faithful and loyal to tho Union, and to guard
against an improper use of their facilities for
Secession purposes. Much vnluabie information
has resulted from this inquiry.
Deserter from the Navy.
John B. Upton, late paymaster's clerk on board
the steamer Pensacola , has desorted after drawing
throe months' pay.
Passport Agencies,
Oscar Irving and Jonathan Armory) United
States Despatch Agents, one at New York and the
other at Boston, arc authorized to issito passports to
citizens of the United States going ahrond and to
countersign those in the hands of foreigners. .
The Picket Skirmishing in Virginia—Loss
of Life.
It is now believed that several of our soldiers
were killed, and a few others wounded, in the
skirmishes on the Virginia side, yesterday, between
the pickets.
General Wool’s Aids-de-Camp.
The President, to-day, appointed, as aidcs-de
camp to Major General Wool, Alexander Hamil
ton, Jr., and Legrand B. Cannon, of Now York,
each with tho rank of major, and W.M. Jay, of Bed
ford) N, Y.j with the rank of captain, Thcso ap,
pointmonts wore made at the request of General
Wool, and the official notification from the War
Department instructs the aids to immediately re
port to him in person. Their commissions will
bear date August 28.
The New Generals.
The Star of this evening has the following :
Of. the three new major generals for the regular
service, all were formerly officers of the army—
McClellan, Hallcck, and Fremont. The two first
named graduated at- AYest Point, and wore of the
corps of engineers.
Of tho seven brigadier general.! lately appointed
for the field and staff of tho regular army, all aro
graduates of West Point, viz : Generals Mansfield,
McDowell, Anderson, Meiggs, Rosencrans, Thomas,
and Ripley .
Of the four major generals appointed for the
volunteer service, ono (Gen. Hunter) is a graduate
of West Point, and was taken directly from the
regular service; another (Gen. Dix) was formerly
In the army of tho United States, and the other two
(Gens. Banks and Butler) were taken from civil
life.
Of the fifty-fonr brigadier generals so far ap
pointed, thirty-six are graduates of A\'est Point, two
are ex-officers of the regular army not graduates of
that institution, and four others were cflicient officers
in the Mexican war, leaving fourteen who have had
no experience in actual service.
The Rev. John Green.
The reporter of the Star h»= ’>—
nas written an account ol his ob
servations in that paper this erening. Speaking of
Rev. John Green, chaplain of the Tenth Penn
sylvania Regiment, confined there on the charge of
rifling soldiers’ letters, he says :
“ Having seen enough on this floor, we ascended
to tho range of cells on the second floor, irnmedi"
ately above those we had just visited. Here, near
the grated door of the passage, on the right, stood
a gentlemanly-looking person, dressed in black
cloth, with a blue cord down the seams of his panta
loons. Ho advanced to the door, and we soon foand
lie was the Rev. John Green, chaplain of the Tonth
Pennsylvania Regiment, whoso arrest has been no
ticed in the Star. A clergyman in prison on the
Sabbath day, charged with a criminal offence, wns
a sad 'sight. lie gave us his hand through the
grating, while in a trembling voice he spoko of the
charge against him, and said he hoped his name
would not be mentioned in the papers. AYe told
him it had boon already reported. Ho spoko in
feeling terms of his wife and children in Pennsyl-
Yftnift, and of the hardship of not being allowed to
see any friends on this day (Sunday) who would in
terfere for his release. AYe left him pleading his
innocence, and lamenting his hard fate.
Arrivals from Pennsylvania,
Willard's —Scott Stewart, Clias. Fern, Win.
Aguy, W. R. Irwin, 3as. Bnrns, J. V. Crowell, 0.
6. Roberts, X. T. Woodruff, F. Dow, M. Lawrence,
Geo. Bardwell. John Duffy, llonrv Glass, Joseph
Plummer, Capt. J. Brown, W. C. Roller, Jos. Ri-
ley, L. G. Consial, A. J. Bull, Wnt. M. Davis, Da
vid Campbell, \Y. C. Baker, W. S. McManus, Chas.
Wisher. H. B. Bruner, 11. R. Coggshall, Jos. Col
my, Jos. Shantz, L. G. Watson, Thos. Moore, Jno.
M. Pomeroy, J. N. Pomeroy, G. W. Todd, Morris
Hooper, A. F. Evans, J. S. Chambers, F. Filbert,
M. D., W. J. Potts.
Kirkwood's —It. Moris, P. A. Ahl, R. B. MoCay,
Mr. and Mrs. Wiseman and family, Jos. A. Conrad
and lady, Thos. Great, M. A. Strong, Jos. L. Stew
art, George Cooper, E.-Cole, A. Walters, James
Lowthcr, Capt. Frank Hess, Robt. Featherston, F.
Gardner, Thos. G. Stewart, John H. Hoense, J. R.
Fanland.
• National —Benj. A. Conant, J. B. Baxter, J.
H. Smethworth, G. B. Newton, Ed. 11. Wood, A.
C. Vaughan.
Brown's —Mrs. Jano Parker, John Hurld, lady,
and child.
From Gen. Banks’ Command.
Hvattstown, Md., Aug. 26, via Baltimore,
Aug 28.—Information has reached our encamp
ment that there has been much firing across the
river by the rebels at our pickets at various points
between Conrad’s and Harper’s Ferries, since
Saturday last, and it is reported that an attack woe
threatened on Saturday at Point of Rooks.
The rebel encampments above Leesburg bare
been moved back some distance from the river. _
Yesterday two men supposed to bo robol spies
were arrested by Captain Morrison’s picket guard
of tho Twelfth Indiana Regiment. They claimed
to be a wagon-master and his assistant, belonging
to General Stone’s brigade ; but on being questioned
apart by Captain M., their replies gave the lie to
their professions. They were turned over to Gen.
Banks for a further examination.
Considerable delight was experienced to-day in
the camp of tho Nineteenth New York Rcgmtont,
by the return to duty of over one hundred of its
reensant members, including all of Company F,
Capt. Stevens. More are expected to return to
morrow. It is but justice to state that all tho com
missioned officers, and all hut one or two of the
sergeants, remained loyal from the first appcaranco
of the defection in this regiment, and it is mainly
attributable to the former, coupled with tlio argu
ments of Mayor Ledlle, that so many hare returned
to their loyalty.
All letters to this division are now forwarded to
Frederick, Maryland, and brought hither by a Go
vernment express.
The health of the troops is greatly improved
since occupying their new encampment, and many
of the invalids at Frederick will shortly be restored
to the ranks.
From the South.
Louisville, (August 28.—The railroad travel to
and from the South is immense.
The Tonnessee authorities took the contents of
Adams Express Company’s safe to-day.
The Memphis Avalanehe . of the 27th, says
General Polk’s agent annonnoes that no more im
pressments will bo made for transports.
The Confederate Congress has passed resolutions
approving of the course of planters ami factors in
keeping their cotton in the interior, and the de
termination of the insurance companies not to in
sure a orop when not retained on the plantation,
Colonel Thomas H. Taylor, of Frankfort, has
been appointed Colonel of Duncan’s Kentucky Re
giment at Manassas.
The Norfolk (Virginia) Herald has temporarily
suspended for wunt of paper.
From Memphis via Paducah, we hare the report
of a battle at Cape Girardeau, yosterday, in which
the Confederates are represented to have been vic
torious, creating great commotion nt Cairo. •
The Charleston Mercury's Riohmond correspon
dent says, “We are without the sympathy or
friendship of any nation on oarth. Tho only argu
ment by which we can influence thorn is their ne
ccssiltes and fears,” This correspondent also says,
(i The Confederates suffered more iu killou and
wounded than the Fcderals,” and complains that
advantage was not takon of the Federal flight from
Manassas.
DESPERATE BATTLE AT MS LAKES.
A BLOODY AFFAIR.
COL. TYLER SURROUNDED BY A POWERFUL ENEMY,
G&llnnt Strngglr ol tlir Seventh Ohio*
TWO HUNDRED MISSING OPT OF NINE UUNDRED
THE RFBFT. LOSS FEARFUL,
SAFETY OF TIIE BAGGAGE TRAINS.
Cincinnati, August 28.—The fallowing are all
the particulars wc caa learn of the battle which
took placo at CrOBS Lanes, near Summerville, Va.,
Oh Monday, the 26th instant:
It appears to have been a bloody affair.
The Seventh Ohio Regiment, commanded by
Colonel Tyler, was surrounded while at breakfast,
and attacked on both flanks and in front simul
taneously.
Our men were immediately formed in line of
battle, and fought bravely, while they saw but lit
tle chance of success, the enomy proving too
powerful.
Colonel Tyler sent a messenger forward to the
baggage train which was coining up, and turned it
bnck. when three miles distant from the scene of
conflict, towards Gauley, which place it reached in
safety.
Companies B, C, and I suffered most severely.
They particularly were in the hottest of tho fight,
and finally fought their way through fearful odds,
and making dreadful havoc in the enemy's ranks.
Tho rebel force consisted, of 3,000 infantry, 400
cavalry, and 10 guns.
Tho Fedcral forces were scattered after eutting
their way through, but they soon formed again and
fired, but recoived no reply.
The enemy did not pursue.
Our loss has not yet been definitely ascertained.
Not over two hundred are missing out Of the POO
who were engaged.
The rebel loss was fearful.
Lieutenant Colonel Creighton captured the
enemy’s colors and two prisoners.
The following is a list of the officers known to
have been killed:
Captain Dyer, Company D, of Paincsvillc, Ohio.
Captain ShurtleiT. Company C, Obcrlin.
Captain Sterling, Company I.
Adjutant De Forest, of Cleveland.
Lieut. Charles Warrant
Sergcnnt Major King, of Warrcnton.
The other field officers are all safe,
Remains of General Lyon.
St. Louis, August 28. —The romains of General
Lyon will bo escorted, with proper ceremonies, at
1 o'olock this afternoon, from General Fremont’s
headquarters to the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad
depot, whero thoy will bo delivered to the Adams’
Express Company to be conveyed East by the .three
o'clock train. The escort to accompany tho body
East will consist of Major 11. A. Conant, of General
Lyon’s staff; Captains Plummer and Edgar, U. S.
A.; Lieutenant Clark, eight privates, and Colonel
McNeil, of tho U. S. Reserve Corps.
St. Louis, Aug. 23. —Tho military display at
tending the funeral ceremonies in honor of General
Lyon to-day was of a most imposing character.
The procession which escorted the remains to the
railroad depot consisted of Gen. Fremont’s body
guard, under Colonel Seagony, Captain Tillman's
company of cavalry, a section of Captain Carlin’s
battery, the First Begiment of Missouri volunteers,
Colonel Blair, General Fremont and staff, anum
ber of volunteer officers, city officials and prominent
citizens, and the Third Begiment United States
Reserve corps, Colonel McNeil, all the military
being under the command of Brigadier General
Siegel.
Tho streets through which Hie procession flussod
were thronged with spectators,and the flags through
out the city were draped in mourning.
From St, Lours,
PAffilOHMt 6P Ml* ExX-hancE DANK.
St. Louis, Aug. 28.—Gen. Fremont haring sig
nified to tho banks of this city yesterday his desire
for a loan of 8X60,000, the Exehango Bank agreed
to tnke the whole amount to-day,
Tho circulation of the newspapers recently pre
sented by the Grand Jury of New York has been
interdicted in St. Louis city and county by order
of the Provo3t Marshal.
The Secession Sentiment in Connecticut.
Bridgeport, Conn., Aug. 28. —The sheriff of this
county went to Chestnut If ill, five miles north of
Bridgeport, to-day. and hauled down a Secession
flag that hud been raised there. A ? new State law
authorizes the sheriffs and constables to take dowß
all treasonable flags, and tho owner i 3 liable to an
imprisonment of not less than 36 days, and a fine
of not less than $lOO. Prudential committees are
being formed throughout the State to squelch Se
cession.
Object Of the Fortress MAm’Oe Fleet,
The main object of the fleet which has lately left
Wr.rt- 2.1,,.,..,- la to blockade the Southern coast
and to obstruct certain inlets. No invasion is con
templated. ■ '
From Fortress Monroe.
Foutiukss Mosroe, August 23, via Baltimore.—
Another flag of truce from the rebels arrived this
morning from Norfolk, lo inquire after that which
came in yesterday, and was detained to 4 o’clock
P. M. to-day.
Tho twenty-three released prisoners and four
ladies were sent to Norfolk. Our naval expedition
having doubtless reached its destination, further
detention was unnecessary.
The last flag of truce brought down Captain
Hussey and the crew of the ebip A, B.
of Brunswick, Maine, captured on tho 19th of May,
ten miles off Savannah Bar, and taken into Beau
fort, South Carolina, by the privateer Lady Davis.
Two ladies from Norfolk, arrived here, state that
the rebels have lately assembled a large foreo near
Sewall’s Point, anticipating an attack upon that
place from Old Point .
Reported Repulse of the Rebels at Fort
Holla, Mo., via Franklin, Mo., Aug. 27.—Let
ters received by Colooel Boyd, from hie wife, say
that the report prevailed in Springfield that ail at
tack had been made on Montgomery's force at Fort
Scott, and that he successfully repulsed the rebels.
A small force started from this place yesterday to
disperse n body of rebels at itanes Prairie, sixteen
miles north. A sharp cannonading was heard in
that direction this morning.
The New York Daily News again Inter-
cepted.
Alba xv, N. Y., Aug. 28.—1 T. S. Marshal Burt
seized a package contafiong 1.100 copies of the New
Tork Daily News to-day at the American Ex
press office. Thoy were brought by Shear’s news
paper express, and transferred to the express
office, addressed to A. Gunter, Louisville. Col.
Johnson, of the Express Company, notified tho
marshal of the fact.
From Boston.
Boston. Aug. 28.—The Eleventh Regiment left
for New' York via Poll'River this evening. The
First Massachusetts Light Battery (late Cook’s
Battery) has been fully recruited, and will soon be
ready to re-enter the service for three years.
Capt. McDougall, of the British Forward, now
gays that tho vessel seen off Capo Antonio w&3 the
United States steamer Crusader, and not the
privateer Sumpter, as at first reported.
Senator Wilson has been commissioned to orga
nize a regiment of infantry, with ft battery of artil
lery, and a regiment of sharpshooters. Lieut.
Paine, United States army, has been appointed
lieutenant colonel, and J. P. Sanderson, of the
Sanitary Commission, quartermaster. Mr. Wilson
will hold his commission as colonel from the State,
which arrangement wili not at present interfere
with his Senatorial duties.
Rebel Enlistments of Marylandere.
Baltimore. Aug. 28.—Tho Secession organ, the
Baltimore Frcchauge. says to*day :
Messrs. W. Carvel Hall and William Carrere are
forming a company of Marylanders for immediate
active service in the Confederate army. They aro
rapidly recruiting at the Maryland headquarters,
in the Military Hall, on Main streot, Richmond.
Their men are to"bo subsisted from the lime of en
listment.
More New Jersey Troops.
Then-ton, Ang. 28.—Tbo Fifth New Jersey Regi
ment, being the second formed under the recent
call for fire regimonts, will loarc to-morrow for the
scat of war. The officers nre Colonel Starr and
Lieutenant Colonel Mott, of Bordontown.
The Resigned Officers of the Frigate
Congress.
Boston. August 28.—Tho officers of tho United
States frigate Congress,. Who recently resigned,
hare been sent to Fort Lafayette.
Sailing of the Persia.
Sew Youk, Ang. 28—The Cinuml steamship
Persia sailed for Liverpool, ut noon, with titty
passengers. -
Arrivftl of a British War Steamer.
New York, Aug. 28.—Tito British war steamer
Rivaldo has arrived here.
Mrs. Lincoln at Niagara Falls.
Niagara Falls, Aug. 20.—Mrs. Lincoln arrived
here this morning.
Affairs in Baltimore.
[From the Patriot of last evening.]
Improvement of a Government Steamer.—
Messrs. Jno. Fardy A Brother, ship builders, on
the south side of the basin, are now engaged in the
improvement of the United States gunboat Uetzeii ,
wrnch has been in the hnrhor for sovorol months.
A spacious cabin has been erected aft, on the main
deck, and space cleared for the working of several
guns But a short time will elapse before the
HetztH will be added to the navy.
Arrested for Treason. —Thomas J. Warring
ton and wife were arrested this morning, by order
of General Pi*, OS the charge of treason, for hold
ing treasonable correspondence with the rebok.
bTov were taken to Fort McHenry, where thov are
now*confined. Mr. Warrington is a lawyer ok thi»
A Rebel Privateer.— The British schooner
Tame Star. Captain Calloway, reached this port
last evening from Halifax, N, 8., with a vnrgo con
skned to Spence A lteui. The captain reports that
on the 17th instant, whilst about eighty miles h. S.
B. of Cape Henry, ho was spolten by a privateer of
the rebels.
THE CITY.
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE COUNTY CONVENTION,
The Democratic County Convention reassembled
yesterday morning, at 10 o’clock, at Spring Garden
Hall.
On motion of Mr. Curtiß, a committee of three
was appointed on Finance.
Mr. Frank McLaughlin, of the Committee on
Resolutions, reported the following aeries:
TUB HKSOLCTIONS
IV/iertas, The Democratic party r in Convention
atjembled, at this crisis in tho history of the coun*
t r 7r regards it proper to declare thftt tho Flag c£
the Union, tho Constitution, and the laws, and the
rights of th© peopt* tv self-govermneat, were ox*
tended over tho original States and acquired terri
tory under a Democratic President, Thomas Jeffer
son;
That the glory, hoaor, and integrity of the Union
and the flag of the country wero maintained in
the last war with England, under a Democratic
Presides!, James Madison;
That nullification and disunion wore crushed out
by a Democratic President, Andrew Jackson:
That the integrity of the Union, a successful war,
and a glomus pence with Mexico, resulting in the
acquirement of the golden coast on the Faeilic,
were scoured by a Democratic President, James K.
Polk.
And it further declares* now. that the Democratic
party has ever been for the Union, the Flag, the
Country, tho Constitution!, and the security of the
people in their constitutional rights: therefore,
Resolved , That this Convention pledge tho De
mocracy to sustain the Government of tho United
States and its offices in all constitutional acts in
carrying on tho war against rebellion, secession, and
treason ; as a consequence- the peace, unity, stabili
ty, and tho permanency of the Union of these
States, tho sovereignty of tho flag over States and
Territories; tho undisputed supremacy of the laws
and the great glory of a common and united coun
try, enn only be maintained, secured, and perpetu
ated by tho Democracy and the triumph of its
principles.
Tho rending of the re3©lutions was frequently
intcnujited by applause. That portion relative to
sustaining the Government met with unbounded
enthusiasm. The resolutions were unanimously
adopted.
On motion, the Convention then proceeded to
ballot for Register of Wills, with, tho following re
sult :
FIRST BALLOT FOSt BECTSTEU OF WILLS.
H. G. Leiscnring.... 25|J. C. C05te110........ 11
E. D. Cieiiry 18i J. J. M0rri50n....... 2.1
George Moore ....... 11 jC. Wright 21
J. K. Zclin 3; John Rump IT
Edw. Carngon ...« #jl T Ur Morton, mim Id
A.-Alexander.' 21 j.Tohn Campbell 3
A. D. Tnrr.,, 1 j Win. Hancock..»>«•. 4
Tbos. McCullough..,, 11l
Total 202
Necessary to a choice - ,102
Some delegates desired to leave the room, but the
president refused permission. One or two dele
gates attempted to force a passage through the
door, which occasioned considerable confusion.
The president said that he would leave tho matter
to the Convention, when there was a laud cry of
“No," “ Close the door," 4c. A rush was also
made for the disorderly member, but the con
tinual beating of the president’s gavel for several
minutes Anally restored order. These little inter
ruptions were of frequent occurrence.
The names of John K. Zcilin and A. Do Kalb
Tarr were withdrawn from the list of candidates.
There being no nomination upon the first ballot,
a second one was taken. The vote resulted as fol
lows :
SECONIt BALLOT FOR REGISTER OF WILLS.
Cleary*. .».*»•» i * *... J 9 M0rri50n.....:..... .2.1
Alexander 22 llutnp *l5
Lci5enring............ 30 McCu110ugh.......... 23
Morton 17,Hancock 8
Wright* 31 Costello 8
Moore S-.
Whole number of votes. .210
Necessary io a choice***.*•...••**»»***..loo
TIIir.D BALLOT.
Cleary .17! Wright 24
Hancock 5' Leisenring 21
Morton 12; Alexander 17
Moore .V Costello ........ it
McCullough 20 Rump 7
There being no choice, the Convention proceeded
to a
FOL’MII BALLOT.
......27; A1exander............22
lB Costello 8
McCullough 27; Kunip Id
Leisenring .31; Morrison.. 24
Finally, upon the tenth ballot, the contest had
narrowod down to H. G. Leisenring and Thomas
McCullough. The latter having received 112 votes,
was declared the nominee.
The Convention then proceeded to a ballot for
sheriff, when Mr. Robert Ewing received 112 votes
on the first ballot, and was announced to he the
nominee.
On motion, the elections tvero made unanimous.
Messrs. Ewing, Peter Ryle, and Jerry MeKibbcn
made short speeches, and the Convention adjourned
sine die.
THE WAJtD NOMIVATIOVS.
The following are the nominations for ward offi
cers, ns far ns known:
First Ward.—School Directors—James Clark,
John McManus, Jacob Layer.
Select Council —Thomas A. Barlow. .
Common Council—David Farrc ll , oi ' j Michael
Rodoy, Peter Sheet/..
OOTCIOD.
Second Ward.—School Directors—John Holland,
M. A. Harrington, Robert McLean, John McQetti
gsn.
Common Council —T. J. Barger, William Laugh
lin-
Fourth Ward. —School Directors—Philip Rosser,
Wm. J. Reed, Henry Logan.
Common Council —James Huhn, William P.
Barnes.
Constable—Philip Daly.
Fifth Ward.—School Directors—Micli’l W. Goy.
Wm. 11. (treble, John P. Delany, LewisC. Cassidy,
Jacob Koed, Jos. P. Durney.
Select Council —John Cassin.
Common Council—William M. Baird.
Aldormah—Wm. W. Dougherty.
The Conventions of tho Sixth, Seventh, Ninth,
and Tenth wards adjourned without making nomi
nations.
Eleventh Ward. School Directors —Thomas
Mnrchment, Wm. Tallman, Theodore Tiee, Wm.
iVUßowen. for the unexpired time of Samuel Mc
garge.
Select Council —Samuel G. King.
Common Council Wilson Kerr, James D.
Brown.
Alderman —George Williams
Assessor—William Keyser.
Twelfth Ward.—Common Council—FaycttcPier
son, Sutton.
School Directors—A. Hickman, Samuel Henry,
Jas. Yorger.
Aldermen —Peter Hay and J. Hager.
Thirteenth "Ward. Select Council John G.
Davis. . „ -
Common Conneil—Alfred T. Jones, It m. Taylor.
Alderman—Thomas Helms.
Fourteenth and Fifteenth wards no nominations.
Sixteenth Ward.—School Directors John H.
Baker. Henry C. Kuiz. Thomas Beckman, James
Telford. ' . . , „
Common Council—-Abraham 11. Paul And Df.
Jjuncs Silcs.
Assessor—'William C. Gorman.
-Seventeenth Ward.—School Directors—M. C.
Brady, Jtuucs Nichols, John Lynch.
Select Council —Arthur Bell.
Common Council—Thomas Shcenan.
Alderman—John Devlin.
Eighteenth Ward—Convention adjourned until
this evening. ,
No returns were received from tho Nineteenth,
Twentieth, and Twenty-first wards.
Twenty-second Ward—NO nominations.,
Twcnth-third Ward— Select Council—William
Common Council —George If. Boric, Silas Tom
linson. m.
School Directors William Stratton, Thomas
Purdy, Jonathan Iv. Stevens.
Twenty-fourth Ward —Common Council—Alfrod
Bonafon. Francis Smith.
Twenty-fifth Ward—Select Council—A. J. Oath
erwood.
Common Council- —Thomas Monaghan.
LEGISLATIVE NOMINATION.
In the Fifteenth Legislative district, George W.
Wolf received the nomination. Tho balance of th 9
nominations wore published in 27/e Press of yes
terday.
THE CITY CONVENTION.
In our report of the City Convention yesterday,
Mr. Felix Trainer was represented as being one of
those who took a prominent part in the occasional
rows that were caused by certain disorderlies. Ho
was credited with remarks which were uttered by
another party. Mr. Trainer, with scvoral other
gentlemen, endeavored to quell all exestoment,
and hurry through the proceedings of the Conven
tion. Had there been a few more gentlemen pre
sent like Mr. T.. some of the disgraceful scenes
enacted at the Convention on Tuesday would most
certainly have not occurred.
Constitutional Union Convention- —-Tho
delegates to the Constitutional-Union Convention
assembled at the County Court Houso last evening,
Trim S, noster in the chair.
The secretary called over the-names of tho dele
gates.
The eredentialsef a number ȣ delegates were re
ceived. and the delegates admitted to a seat in the
Convention.
Tho crcdcntialsoE the delegates- of tho TWonty
fifth ward were referred to the Committee cn Cre
dentials. Tho committee referred- the matter back
to the Convention, which gave;rise to a spiriteddis
cussion. Ono of tho Twenty-fifth, ward, delegates
wn"s admitted to mako a statement. A. D. Baines,
one of the delegates, said he was acquainted with
the member from.the Twenty-fifth ward. He had
gold the party ent hurt year,, and-he was determined
now to keep hint out of the Convention, if possi
ble.
The Twenty-fifth ward, delegate replied to Mr.
Baines, and said he never got a- dollar from any
Republican. He knew that the only abjection to
himself was,, that at tha last election be rofusod to
be sold to Henry D. Foster, and had voted fox
Andrew G. Curtin. This, he said, was his only
crime, and.he was not ashamed-of it. Some of tho
delegates were in fewer of investigating the charac
ter of tlte new delegate.
A member said if this were done, he would call
for an investigation into the character of seme of
the cid members. There were many present who
could not pass. [Laughter.]
Another member thought that if the different
political patties were to rid themselves of all those
whose characters were corrupted there weuldnot
be many left. The vote was finally taken on the
motion to admit the dolagatos; when it was lost.
A motion was made to declare the fits of fcho
delegates from the Sixteenth ward vacs; which
was finally withdrawn.
Mr. Adams offered a resolution to nomate can
didates irrespective of party ; which WftSJVted to.
On motion, it was agreed to make gwralnomt
nations.
The following persons were named
For City Commissioner —Frederick Rwd Six
teenth ward; Jonathan H. Pugh, Fourteertbiard;
John Grey, Second ward ; Captain A. BR&er,
Twenty-fourth ward.
For Clerk of Orphans’ Court—Frank S. Atmwy,
Tenth ward; William I. McCammon, lonty
fourthwnrd; Daniel R. Ettle, First ward Alex
ander Dickson, Sixteenth ward.
For City Treasurer —John Krider, Fir-tsard;
Henry Burmin, John Carrow, Fourtcenthtrard;
James MeClintock, Tenth ward.
For Register of Wills—E. P. Moleaux,
First ward ; Jno S. Warner, Sixth ward j lHi am
P. Hood, Twentieth ward; John K. Eclinfenth
ward; J. D. Fox, Thirteenth ward; Jas.lurns,
Twenty-third ward.
For Sheriff—Robt. Ewing, Twenty-third ward,
Jne. M. Riley, Twentieth ward ; Peter LybFour
tccnlh ward! John Cfaig, Twentieth wart Paul
J. Fields, Second ward; Charles Freemu, Fifth
ward.
Court of Common Picas —Oswald Thomjtn for
President Judge, and Furnam Sheppard,Jostah
Brincle, Dnn’l Dougherty, Jos. AUison, EdardK.
Pettit, for Associate Judges.
District Court—Geo. Shnrswood, Ed. Sippcn,
for President Judge; Robert Hare, Mark Mnday,
Ed. Shippen, Alex Henry, Wm. S. Price, Jhn D.
Blight, Amos Briggs, for Associate Judges.
A motion to appoint a committee of Sto b draft
resolutions was lost.
While the nominations were being made, evoral
of the members objected to some of the camidntos
named, on the ground that they now held j the a
under the Republican party.
The president ruled this out of order, as tlu Con
vention had just passed a resolution to make nxaina
tions irrespective of party—the worth and integrity
of the candidate only to be considered.
After making the nominations, the Conmtioa
adjourned until next Wednesday.
Death of a Philadelphian is San fp.AN
cisco.—Mr. Theodore Dubosq, who was wcj and
favorably known in this city, died in San Frawisca
on the 27th ult., and his funeral took place <n the
following Monday. The Sacramento Daily Lino?!,
says: “ The body of the deceased had bom re
moved from the residence of George Whifook,
where ho expired, to Confidence Engine house,
where it romamed guarded by his fellow-mcmbcra
until the time of burial. The coffin in which the
body was interred was of black walnut, sil
ver mounted, heavily studded on tho top
with silver nails, and Containing on tho fides
six handles. On each handle was the inscription,
‘We mourn our loss.’ A silver plate on the lid
contained the following inscription: 1 Theodore
Dubosq, died July 29, 1881, aged 34 years,’ Tho
engine-house and tho flog in front were appro
priately draped. At four o'clock the Rov. Mr.
Hill offered up a prayer in the main hall of the
building, after which the coffin was removed by the
pall-bearers and placed in the hearse. The proces
sion then formed and moved in the following order:
hearse, with pnll-bearers fromall the fire companies,
with carriages and buggies with citizens. The fu
neral train moved to appropriate music, and pro
ceeded to the City Cemetery, when funeral service
was performed by the Rev. Mr. Hill, and the body
was deposited in its last resting place. The de
ceased had no relatives in this Stato, but it is evi
dent bis wants in his sickness were carefiilly provi
ded for, and his memory, when dead, as warmly
cherished by friends and fellow-members, ns could
have been the case had ho been surrounded by hia
own kinsmen.’’
A special meeting of the Continental Engine Com
pany No. 1. of San Francisco, was held on Mon
day, July 20, when a preamble and series of resolu
tions regretting the death of tho deceased wera
passed.
Fatal Affbat. —Yesterday afternoon a dif
ficulty occurred between two men, named Patrick
McDonough and James Lolier, which resulted’in
the death of the latter. Tho affair occurred in
Metcalf street, running from Fifth to Sixth streets,
below Shippen. Loiter, it seems, was a shoemaker,
and much addicted to drinking. Last evening,
white intoxicated, he interfered with some chUdgea
who were playing. McDonough, who was present,
remonstrated with Lolier. who. it is alleged, struck
M?Pons>llgt>i When the latter knocked him down.
Roller fell, and lay ns if doad. It was soon disco
vered that in falling lie broke his neck. McDo
nough immediately gave himself up to Officer Sieg
jnan, and was locked up at the Ymon-strect station
house. The deceased louvos a wife, residing in
Griswold street. The coroner will hold an inquest
this morning. WAS HOt iUtOXtCAted St
the time.
Atlantic City. —The last excursion trip of
the season to Atlantic City takes place to-inorrow,
Friday. Those especially who have never visited
this celebrated and dcservedly-popular watering
place we would reeommond to go with this ex
cursion, Tho cheapness, (only 51.20 for the round
trip.) the pleasantness of tho company, judging
from tho two preceding excursions which have
already taken place under the supervision of tho
same gentlemen who have this in charge, the be
nevolent end that it is designed to subserve, and tho
fact that this is tho last excursion of the season,. all
conspire in leading ns to hope that though this (0
the last it will be far from being tho least,
Robbebies, —Thu dwelling of Mr. John Me*
Culloueh. •" Lewis street, was entered and robbsj
ota Diack silk mantilla on Tuesday night.
The boot and shoe store of F. F. Westphnl, Ko.
142 North Third street, was robbed on the samo
night of about thirty-four pair of ladies' French
boots. An enlrnnoo'was effected by forcing off A
padlock from the daor,
Tho house of Colonel Goslinc, in the Fourteenth
ward, was also entered on the same night, and ran
sacked from cellar to attic. AH the thieves got fotf
their trouble was a pistol.
Cabd from a New York Coloxel,—Col.
Cochrane, First U. S. Chasseurs, publishes the fol
lowing letter, in acknowledgment of recent courte
sies rendered Ills regiment by the Cooper Shop He.
fresluncnt Saloon, in this city. It is ns follows :
“I desire to express to the managers of tha
Cooper Refreshment Saloon my respectful thanks,
ibr the courtesy and liberality evinced by their’
unexpected ami opportune collation tendered to
the First IT. S. Chasseurs, under my command.
il Respectfully, John Cocukas-e,
, <l Colonel oommandlsg.”
Ills Name.—"\Yc clip tho following from tha
Boston 'Tratiseript:
“ The person arrested in Philadelphia as a South
ern agent, and reported as Mr. Samuel E. Aiken,
wo have reason to believe, is Mr. Samuel A. Eaton,
formerly of Boston, who was for a time connected
with one of the Sunday papers in this city. Hid
father will be remembered by many of our citizens
as a noted watchmaker on Washington street, many
years ago."
Attempted Infanticide A liewly-born
male child was found in a cesspool, in Allison Place,
Sixth wal'd, at five o’clock yesterday morning.
The babe was rescued and sent to tho Almshouse.
The cruel mother was arrested and committed fort*
further hewing by Alderman Bcitlor,
ITej.d to Bail.—Yesterday aftornoon,
Messrs. Carson, I’egram, and Kelly, who wore ar
rested at Harrisburg, charged with being Seces
sionists, were discharged from custody after having
entered bail for good behavior and keep the peace.
Carson was held in ?IP,OOO bail, and the other two
in t?o,000 each.
Accident. Yesterday afternoon a man,
named Elias Taylor, foil from a scaffold, at Birely’s
shipyard, Kensington, and was seriously injured.
He was conveyed to his home.
Slight Fire. —The building at the south
east corner of Second and Race streets was slightly
damaged by fire at four o’clock yesterday morning.
Cbicket. —United States vs. England. A
match game of cricket between the above named
clubs will take place this afternoon and to-morrow
.afternoon at Fairmount Park. Wickets will bo
pitched each day at 2 o'clock.
IJEOrENis-G,—Tliv School of Design for W»-
mca, at No. 1334 Chestnut street, reopens oa tho
first Monday of September.
LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.
United States District Court —Judge
Cndwnladcr. . . .
Yesterday morning Aaron Band., was put on trial
charged with making counterfeit gold coin. leEor
niation was lodged with Deputy Marshal Jenkins
early in June in regard to the movements of Baud,
aniYa watch was instituted.
Ho was followed, on the day of his arrest, to Six
teenth and Chestnut streets, sad there taken into
'custody by Mr. Jenkins, who found on his person.
§4O in good money, and also thirteen counterfoil!
one-dolinr gold pieces. Baud was intuxientod at>
(he time, but ho admitted to the officers that ho
had purchased fifteen of these pieces for §4. Ho
could tell nothing about tho missing two. Ho de
nied. however, any intention to- pirns them. Tne
only evidence against the accused was that of Mr.
Jcnliius, and the defence produced no testimony.
Judge Cadwalader charged tiiat tlte possession of so
much counterfeit coin was ground of'suspicion, but
no offence, and the jury accordingly rendered a ver
dict of not giiilly.
Quarter Sessions —Judge Ludlow.—A
number of petty cases wore tiispoßad of; ono or
which, that of William M. Smith, charged with tho
larceny of seventy files, the property of Alderman
Mfc^onegal*
It was alleged in that case by t&e prosecution,
that Smith, who, with another, had been engaged
in the manufacture of flies, was bought out by thd
aldermau, who, in a short time, gave up the busi
ness again, and allowed defendant; to carry it on for
his own benefit, The flies in questmen were loft aft
the -manufactory, from whence,, it is alleged, they*
were taken by defendant, when lie- tvaa notified to.
quit- tho premises. They wore found, ut his dwelling
house.
Nap now Escape.—On Friday niglit, IStU.
inst., a bridge across- the river at Sprague’s Falls,
on the Baring and Pabsceton Railroad, N, B-, waj
set on fire bv incendiaries, and burned, whicaiioct
had not reached the knowledge of the cond tutor ot
tho train from Princeton, wlte proceeded ns, usual.
There is a bend, in the road' a few rods before-comae
to the bridge,-and the Calais Advertiser
on rounding this bend slowly, the burnt bridge-bsoka
upon the view of tho conductor, who lmmedihtely
reversed'the steam, and ordered the brakes to bo
put hard down, which was done instantly, and thus
impeded their speed ss&etontly to allow til* hands
and passon gens just tire* to jump from, thelocomo
tivrtW cars, which they did safely. Th* next
minute the locomotive went down oyer the embank
ment, some ten or twelve foot, down into the river,
carrying with it two Cara laden with lumber, leav
ing the passenger and several other oars safe and
sound oa terra firma. It is stated that persons re
siding on Bailey Hill sow tho fire and knew it was
the bridge that wa% burning, and knew also that
the train would be, down the next morning, and if
not informed of Iho feet would run into the river
SUd cause the Host ruction of considerable property,
and, perhaps, the lives of a number of persons, yet
never movea a finger to warn persons oonneoted
with tho {?;ad of the danger that awaited them.