THE PRESS. PUBLISHED DAILY, (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED,) BY JOTOf W. FORXEY, OFFICE No. 417 CHESTNUT STREET. DAILY PRESS. Twelve Cents Per Week, payable to the Carrier. Hailed to Subscribers out of the City at Six Dollars Per Annum, Four Dollars for Eight Months, Three Dollars for Six Months— invariaby iu advance for the time ordered. THE TRI-WEEKLY PRESS, Hailed to Subscribers out of tbe City at Tiireb DOL LARS Per Annum, in advance SEA BATHING. gEA BATHING. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. TWO AND THREE-QUARTER HOURS FROM PHILADELPHIA. ATLANTIC CITY is now conceded to be one of the 4&ost delightful Sea-side Resorts in the world. Its Bafli- Cng is unsurpassed ; its beautiful unbroken Beach (nine tfniles in length) is unequalled by any on Die continent, that of Galveston Its air is remarkable for its dry- Gess; Its sailing and fishing facilities are perfect; its liotels are well furnished, and as well kept »b those of Newport or Saratoga, while its avenues and walks are cleaner and broader than those of any other Sea-Bathing place in the country. Trains of the CAMDEN? AND ATLANTIC RATL BOAD leave VINE-STREET WHARF, Philadelphia, .-daily, at 1)4 A. M. and 4P. M. Returning, reach Phila delphia at 9A. M. and 7.45 P. M. Fare, SI .80. Round-Trip Tickets, good for Three Days, @2.50. Dis tance, 60 miles. A telegraph extends the whole length of the Bond. jylO-fcf — Tin FOE, THE SEA SSSsi=i*=isHOKE.—CAMDEN AND AT LANTIC RAILROAD.—On and alter MONDAY, Juno 5.7 th, trains will leave VINE-STREET FERRY daily, Sundays excepted): Mail train 7.30 A. M. Express train 4.00 P.M. Accommodation 5.00 P. M. RETURNING, LEAVES ATLANTIC: Mail train 4.45 P. M. Express train 6.15 A. M. Accommodation 3.18 A. M. Fare to Atlantic, $1.80; Round Trip tickets, good for jftroe days, @2.50. Freight nmst bo delivered at COOPER’S FOINT by •B P. M. The Company will not be responsible For auy 'goods until received and receipted for, by their Agent, •at the roint. JOHN G. BRYANT, je!s-tf Agent. r -**T~* FOR CAPE MAT.—The and comfortable Bay steamer “GEORGE WASHINGTON,” Captain W. WhiUdin, loaves Arch-street wharf, 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 S o’clock. Fare, carriage hire included • ,@l.OO 44 servants, carriage hire Included... 1.25 Freight taken at the usual low rales. Stopping at New Castle going and returning. jy4-tsel* SUMMER RESORTS, Eagle hotel, Atlantic citt, is now' open with a LARGE ADDITION OF ROOMS. Board $7 per week: Bathing dresses included. aul3-lm tQEA BATHING, O BBIGANTINE HOUSE, BRIGANTINE BEACH, N. J. Now open for the season. The Bathing, Fishing, Gun ■fling, and Yachting being very superior. Boats will await guests at the inlet on arrival of trains. Board per week $B. P. 0. Address, Atlantic City. H. D. SMITH, Proprietor. CONGRESS HALL, ATLANTIC OITT, N. J. This spacious House, situated at Atlantic City, will bo opened on the 29th June, with every accommodation for visitors. The House fronts the beach 120 feet, giving a splendid Yiow of the ocean, and is near the Fishing and failing point. Ho pains will be spared to secure the ■comfort and convenience of gnests. Boarding reduced to 810 per week. je24-tsol THOMAS 0. GARRETT. Light house cottage, at- LANTIC GITY t the nearest House to the safest .part of the beach, is now open for the Season. TERMS MODERATE. ■KO LIQUORS SOLD ON THE PREMISES. JONAH WOOTTON, Proprietor. tTNAMMANY HOUSE, NORTH CA- A ROLINA AVENUE, near the Depot, ATLANTIC OVtY. The subscriber takes pleasure in informing his former patrons and the public that he has reopened the above •House, where he will be happy to please all who may favof him with a call. je23-3m ELIAS CLEAVES, Proprietor. Washington, June 21,1861. ) Proposals are invited for the furnishing of Army Bag gage Wagons. Proposals should state the prices at which they can be furnished at tho place of manufacture, or at Now York, Philadelphia, Baltimoro, Washington, or Cincinnati, as preferred by tho bidders. The number which can be made by any biddor within one month after receipt of the order, also tho number which ho can deliver within one week. The Wagons must exactly conform to the following specifications, and to tho established patterns. Six-mule (covered) wagons, of the wij.e and 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 inches long 5 bind wheels four feet ten inches high, hubs toitand a quarter inches in diameter, and fourteen and a quar ter inches long; fellies two and a half inches wide end two and three-quarter inches deep; cast iron pipe boxes twelve inches tong, 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 five-eighths of an inch thick, fastened with one screw bolt and nut in each fellie: hubs made of gum, the spokes and fellie of the best white oak, free from defects loach wheel to have a sand band and linchpin band two and three-quarter inches wide, of No. 8 band iron, and two driving bands—outside band one and a quarter inch by one-quarter inch thick, insideband one inch by three-sixteenths in thickness; the hind wheels to be made and boxed so that they will measure from tho in siae of the tire to the large end of tho box nix and a half inches, and front wheels six and one-eighth inches in a parallel line, and each nxip to bo three feet eleven and three-eighth inches from the outside of one shoulder washer to the outside of the other, so ns to have the wagons all to track five feet from centre to centre of the wheels. Axletrees to be made of the best quality refined American iron, two and a half inches square at the shoulder, tapering down to one and a half inch in the middle, with, a seven-eighths inch king-bolt hole in each axletree; washers and linchpins for each axletree; size of linchpins one inch wide, three-eightlis of an inch thick, with a hole in each end; a wooden stock four and three quarter inches wide and four inches deep fastened sub stantially to the axletree with clips on tho ends and with two bolts, six inches from the middle, and fastened to the hounds and bolster, (the bolster to be four feet five inches lornr, fm- iimliM Mi Jo, aud three and a half deep,) with four lmlf-inoh bolts. The tongue to he ten feet eight inches long, four inches Wide and three inches thick at front end of the hounds, and two. and ft quartet* inches wide by two aud three quarter inches deep at tlie front end, and so arranged as to lift up, the front end of it to hang within (wo foot of the ground when tho wagon is standing at rest ou a level surface. ! The _ front hounds to be six feet two inches long, three inches thick, and four inches wide over axletree, and to retain that width to the back end of the tongue : jaws of the hounds one foot eight inches long and three iucließ square at tho front end, with a plate of iron two and a half inches wide by tliree eighths of an inch tiuck, fastened on top of the hounds over the hack end of the tongue with. one lintf-inch screw bolt In GRCII end, ana a plate of iron of the enme size turned up at j each end one and a half inches to clamp the front I hounds together, and fastened on the under side, and at I front end of hounds, with half inch screw bolt through each hound,.a seven-eighth inch bolt through tongue and hounds in the centre of jaws, to secure the tongue in tho hounds; a plate of iron three inches wide, one quarter inch thick, and 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, where the tongue and hounds run together, secured in like manner: a brace of of an inch round iron to extend from tinder the front axle tree, and take two holts in front part of tho hounds, same brace three-quarters of an inch round to continue to the back part of the hounds, and to be fastened with two bolts, one near the back end of the hounds, and one through the slider and hounds; a brace over front bolster one and a half inch wide, one-quarter of an inch thick, with a bolt in each end to fasten it to the hounds: the opening between the jaws of the hounds, to receive the tongue, and four and three-quarter inches in front, audfour and a half inches at the back part of the jaws. The hind hounds four feet two inches long, two and three quarter inches thick, and three inches wide: jaws one foot long where they clasp tho coupling pole; the bolster four feet five inches long, and five inches wide, by three inches deep, with steady iron two and a half inches wide, by one-half inch tiuck, turned up two and R nlUf inches find fastened on each end with three rivets * Hie bolster stocks and hounds to bo 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: distance from the centre of king bolt hole to the centre 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 hind end of the pole eight feet nine inches; king bolt one and a quarter indies diameter, of best refined iron, drawn down to seven-eighths of an inch where it passes through i the iron axletree; iron plate six incheß long, three inches wide, and one-eighth of an inch thick on the doubletree and tongu6 where they rub together; iron plate one 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 eighths of an inch thick, corners drawn out and turned down on the sides of the bolster, with a nail in each cor ner, and four countersunk nails on top; two bands on the bind hounds, two and two and a half inches wide, of ao. 10 band iron; the rub plate on the coupling pole to be eight inches long, one and tliree-qunrters inches wide, and'One quarter of an inch thick. Doubletree three feet ten inches long, singletree two feet eight inches long, all well made of hickory, with an iron ring and clip at each end, the centre clip to be well secured; lead bar and stretcher to be three feet two inches long, two and a quarter inches wide, and 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 the fifth chain, the wheel ftna middle pairs with open rings to attach them to the doubletree and lead bar The fifth chain to be ten feet long to the fork; the fork one foot ten inches long, with the stretcher attached to spread the forks apart; the links of the doubletree, stay, and tongue chains, three-eighths of an inch in diame ter; the forked chain seven-sixteenth inch in diameter ; the fifth chain to bo seven-sixteenth inch diameter to the fork; the fork to be five-sixteenth inch diameter; the links of these and of the lock chains to be not more than two and a quarter inches long. The body to be straight, tliree 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 dear .or inside; the bed pieces to be two and ahalfinohCS wide, and three inches deep; front pieces two inches deep by two and a half inches wide; tail piece two and a half inches wide and tlireo inches deep; and four inches deep in the middle to rest on the coupling polo; top rail one and a half inch tliicfc by one and seven-eighth inch wide; lower mils 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 ns 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 pfealf inches at the top In parallel line to the body all in i the clear, to be substantially fastened to the front end of J 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, a j strap of five-eighth iron around the box a half inch from i the top edge, and two straps same size on the lid near the front edge, to prevent the mules from eating the boxes: to hare a joint hasp fastened to the middle of ■ the lid, with ft good wooden cleat on the insidCj a Strap | of iron on the centre of the box with a staple passing ! through it, to fasten the lid to; eight studs and two ! rails on each side; one bolster fastened to the body, j six inches deep and four inches wide at king bolt hole, ; 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 and brace behind, with shoulders j on top of tail piece, and nnts on the under side, and a ; nut on top of rail; a plate two and a half inches wide, | of No. 10 band iron on tail piece, across the body: two I mortices in tail piece, and hind bar twe and a quarter j inches wide and one inch thick, to receive pieces tlireo : feet four inches long, to bo used as harness bearers. ; fonr rivets through each side stud, aud two rivets through each front 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 eighths of an inch oak boards; sides fire-eighths of an inch white pine, tail board three-quarters of an inch thick, of white pine, to be well cleated with five oak cleats riveted at each end through the tail-board; an iron plato three foot eight inches long, two ana & quarter inches wide, and throe-eighths of an inch thick on the under side of the bed-piece, to extend from the liind end of the body to eight inches in front of the hind bolsters, to be fastened by the rod at the end of the body, by the lateral rod and two three-eighths of an inch screw bolts, one at the forward end of the plate, and the other about equi-distant beteon it and the lateral rod. A half-inch round iron rod or bolt to pass diagonally through the rails, between the two hind 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, aud on the bottom ten inches from the hind rod. An iron clamp two inches wide, one quarter of an Inch thick around the bod-piece, the cen tre bolt to which the lock chain is attached passing through it, to extend seven inches on the Inside of the body, the ends, top, and bottom to be secured by two three-eighths inch screw bolts, the middle bar at the ends to bo flush with the bed-piece on the lower side. Two lock chains secured to the centre bolt of the body one and eleven inches, the other two feet six inches long, to be of tlirec-eightbß of an inch round iron; feed trough to be four feet Bix inches long from out to out, the bottom and ends of oak, the ‘sides of yellow pine, to be eight inches wide at bottom, twelve inches wide at top, and eight and a half inches deep all in the clear, well ironed, with a band of hoop-iron around the top, one around each end and three between the ends, strong and suitable irons to fasten them on the tongue when feeding; good strong chains to be attached to the 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-half 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 long and nine feet eight inches wide, made in the best manner, with four hemp cords on each Bide, and one through each end to clobb it at both ends; two rings on each end of the body, to Close and secure the ends of the cover; a staple in the lower rail, near the second stud from each end, to fasten the side cords. The outside 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 rod paint; the running gear and wheels to have two good coats of Venetian red darkened of a chocolate color, tho 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 be furnished with each wagon, the king bolt and singletrees similar in all respects to those belonging to it. Each side of tho body of tho wagon to be marked U. 8., and numbered as directed; all other parts to be let tered U. 9.; the cover, feed box, bolts, linchpins, tar pot, and harness bearers for each wagon to be put up in a BtroDg box, (coopered,) and the contents marked thereon. .... It is to be distinctly understood that the wagons are to be so constructed that the several parts of any one wagon will agree and exactly fit those of any other, so as to require no numbering or arranging for putting together, and all the material used for their construction to be of the beßt quality; all the wood thoroughly sea soned, and the w’ork in all its parts faithfully executed in tho best workmanlike manner. The work may be inspected from time to time as it progresses by an officer or agent of tho 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-tf Quartermaster General U. S. JUST RECEIVED, per « Annie Kim ball,” from Liverpool, Hander, Weaver, A Han der’s preparations: . . 25 lbs. Extract Aconlti, in X lb. jars, 25 lbs. Extract Hyoscyami, in 1 lb. jars. 50 lbs. Extract Belladonna, in X lb. jars. 100 lbs. Extract Taraxaci, in 1 lb. jars. * 60 lbs. Yin Rat Colchici, in 1 lb. bottles. 100 lbs. 01. Snccini Beet., in 1 lb. bottles. . 600 lbs. Calomel, in 1 lb. bottles. 600 lbs. I’ll Hydrarg., in 1 lb. jars. _ WETHERILL A BROTHER, mhß IT and 19 North SECOND Street. /"10TT0N - SAIL DUCK and CAN YAS, of all numbers and brands. Baven’s Buck Awning Twills, of all descriptions, for Tents, Awnings, Trunks, and Wagon Covers. Also, Paper Manufacturers’ Drier Felts, from Ito S feet wide. Tarpauling, Belting, Sail Twine, Ac. JOHN W. EVEBMAN A CO., mrl.tr -■ 108 JONES Alley. TTTQAD—SOO lbs. for sale by VV WETHEBILIi A BBOTHEB, jell 47 and 49 North BKOQND attest. EDUCATIONAL. THE GERMANTOWN ACADEMY M ILL REOI’EN ON MONDAY, September 2, 1801. Tl.c Principal will receive a few Boys into liiS J. 11. WITHINCSTON, au29-181* Principal. The misses reed will re- OPEN their SCHOOL at 1702 LOCUST Street, on MONDAY’, September 2d. nu29-6t# THE PRINCIPAL OF A FIRST CLASS SCHOOL would instruct two lads, during the coming winter, in exchange for board, without lodging. Address “Blus,” this office. au29-3t* TDEMOVAL.—THE ACADEMY FOR A%J BOY’S, formerly located at tho N. E. corner of Tenth and Arch streets, has been removed to No. 142 N. TENTH Street, and will be reopened on MONDAY, Sep tenibtf 2d, 1861. A few intbils cun bo Accommodated with board. For circulars, apply at the school. mi29.lm T. BHANTLY LANGTON, Principal. Summer-street institute FOR YOUNG LADIES.—Miss D. B. BURT will reopen her English and French Boarding and Day School on MONDAY, September 2, at No. 1626 SUMMER Street, Philadelphia. au26*mwf6t# THE COLLEGE OF ST. JAMES, WASHINGTON COUNTY, MARYLAND. The next Annual Session of the College, and of the Grammar School, will open regularly on tho last WED NESDAY (the 25th) of September. Address tho Rov. Dr. KKRFOOT, BcctW, &V., CvllVgO Of St, JWnCS T, 0., Maryland. a«i10-mw!2t GEORGETOWN COLLEGE, D.C., August, 1861. The exercises of this Institution will be resumed on the first MONDAY in September. Terms pci* annum, for Board and Tuition, $2OO, payable half yearly, in ad vance. For further particulars apply to the President. aul4-wf&mlm JOHN EARLY,'S. J. Academy of the protest- ANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH, Locust and Juni per streets. The Autumnal Session will open ou MONDAY, Sep tember 2d, ftt 0 o’clock A. M. Applications for admission may bo made fit thu Aca demy on and after August 28th, between tho hours of 10 aud 12 o’clock in the morning. JOHN \V. ROBINS, A. M., aul9-mwf lm Head Master. QCHOOL FOR BOYS, CORNER OF BROAD and SPRING GARDEN Streets, will ro open 2d of NINTH MONTH (September.) A fl-vr pupils can be .accommodated with board in the family of the Principal, 657 North BROAD Street. au2B-st* E. M. HUNTINGTON. HD. GREGORY, A. M., WILL • reopn his Classical and English School, NO* 110 S MARKET Street, on MONDAY’, September 2d. au2B-12t MISS M. W. HOWES’ YOUNG LADIES’ BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL will reopen on WEDNESDAY, 11th September, at 1525 CHESTNUT Street. au27-lm Abeaugureau, teacher of • French and Drawing, No. 1530 SANSOM Street. an27-12t# Tiie classical institute, 127 IN'orth TENTH Street, will reopen SEPTEM BER 2. Reference—Professor Geoece Allen, Pennsylvania University. O. SEIDENSTICKEIt, nu27-12t* Principal. TNSTITUTE FOR YOUNG LADIES, -L S. E. corner of MARSHALL and SPRING GAR DEN streets. Duties resumed September 2d. ENOCH U. SUPPLEE, A. M., nu27-12t Principal. TjIIUENDS’ ACADEMY FOll BOYS Jj AND TOUNG MEN, East of 41 North ELE VENTH street, reopens Ninth month (September) 2d. All denominations admitted. $l2 per term of 22 weeks. au27-lm W. WHIT ALL. Germantown female semi nary, west walnut LANE. Tills Institution will reopen WEDNESDAY, Septem ber 4th. Circulars, setting forth terms, course of instruction, &c., &c., may be obtained of PROF. WALTER S; FORTESCUE. A. M., au26-tf Principal. Thomas Baldwin’s English Mathematical and Classical School, for Boys, N. E. comer of BROAD and ARCH, will reopen September 2d. au26-lino* pLASSICAL INSTITUTE, Kj DEAN Street, above SPRUCE. The CLASSICAL INSTITUTE will resume its duties on MONDAY, September 2d. J. W. FAIRES, A. M., au26-2mo Principal. 11/TARGARET ROBINSON WILL JjJL reopen her SCHOOL for GIRLS, corner of RACE and FRANKLIN Streets, Ninth Month 9th. ftu26-12t# /CENTRAL INSTITUTE, TENTH V-/ and SPRING GARDEN Streets, will reopen SEP TEMBER 2d. Boys prepared for Business, College, or any Division in tlie Public Grammar Schools. Gall at the school-room between 9 A, M. and 12 M, au26-36t* H. G. McGUIItE, A. M., Principal. L INWOOD HALL, ON OHELTEN AVENUE, near YORK ROAD STATION, North Pennsylvania Railroad, seven miles from Philadelphia. MISS CARR’S BOARDING and DAY SCHOOL for TOUNG LADIES will reopen ou MONDAY, Septem ber 2d. Circulars may be obtained at the office of Jay Cooko & Co., Bankers, No. 114 South Third street, or by address ing the Principal, Shoemokertown P. 0., Montgomery county, Pa. au2o-12t T7DUCATION OF YOUNG LADIES. XLi— The duties of the SPRING GARDEN INSTI TUTE. No. 611 MARSHALL Street, will be resumed on MONDAY, the 2d of September. Ten pupils may find a Christian home in the family of the Principal. GILBERT COMBS, A. M., Principal. au24-lm Residence No. 608 MARSHALL Street. POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE, WEST PENN SQUARE.—Tho SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL will begin on September 9th; the PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS for ENGINEERS, ARCHITECTS, Practi cal CHEMISTS, and GEOLOGISTS, ou September 16. The Course on MILITARY ENGINEERING will in clude Field Fortifications, Siege Operations, Strategy, and Tactics. A. L. KENNEDY', M. D., au24-12t President of Faculty. THE SELECT CLASSICAL AND ENGLISH SCHOOL of tlie subscriber will reopen at 1230 LOCUST Street, MONDAY', September 9. au‘24-I2t* B. KENDALL. MP. GIBBONS INTENDS TO • reopen the school on ORANGE Street (second gate below Eighth street) on the 2d of 9th month (Sep tember). Please apply at the school. au24-10t* REV. J. I. HELM WILL REOPEN his School for GIRLS, at 1525 WALNUT Street, September 12th. ‘ au22-lm PENN INSTITUTE—Southeast corner THIRTEENTH and FILBERT Sts., ro- Opens MONDAY’, Sept. 9. For catalogues, address au22-lm# R. STEWART, Principal. Young ladies* school— no. 903 CLINTON Street—Established by Prof. C. D. CLEVELAND in 1834. The duties of tho school will be resumed by the -subscriber, on MONDAY, Sep tember 0. fau22-lm] 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. Ilas 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 tho Camden and Amboy Railroad, thirty mileß north of Philadelphia. Special attention paid to the common aud higher English branches, and superior advantages furnished in vocal and Instrumental Music. German and French. Session commences September 16. Address Bev. JOHN W. BBAKELEY, A. M., au2l lm* President. ST. MARK’S EPISCOPAL ACADE MY, LOCUST Street, west of Sixteenth, reopens on MONDAY, September 2, at 9 A. M. J. ANDREWS HABBIS, A. M., au2l-2w# Principal. rjTHE MISSES CASEY and MRS. .A. BEEBE will re-open their English and French Boarding and Day School, No. 1703 WALNUT Street, on WEDNESDAY, the 11th of SEPTEMBER. au2o-lm IV/TARY L. STACKHOUSE will re-. IYI open her BOARDING and DAY SCHOOL, for Girls, at No. 1030 SPRING GARDEN Street, on tho 2d of SEPTEMBER next. au2o-24t* TXTESLEYAN FEMALE COLLEGE, VY WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, The next session of thiß Institution will begin on MONDAY, the 2d of September. It possesses the beßt facilities for thorough Instruction in a complete course of solid and ornamental studies. Superior accommodations for boarders. For full information, address aulO-tsel JOHN WILSON, President. Tl/TISS MARY E. THROPP will re- XVX 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. au!9 dtOctl* TUfERCIE E. BROWN will REOPEN Jj(JL her School for Girls, in the Spring Garden Insti tute, on tho Northeast corner of BROAD and SPRING GARDEN Streets, on Ninth month (SEPTEMBER) 2d, Charge for tuition, Ten Dollars for five months. aul9-lra# /CHESTNUT-STREET FEMALE SEMINARY.—Miss BONNEY and Miss DTLT.AYB will reopen their Boarding and Day School on WEDNES DAY, September 11, at No. 1616 CHESTNUT Street, Philadelphia. aul6-lin BOARDING SCHOOL, near Media, DELAWARE COUNTY, Pa., for Twelve Boys. Reopens September 9. aul9-lm* SAML. ARTHUR, A. M. The private school for BOYS, in the Philadelphia City Institute, North east corner of CHESTNUT and EIGHTEENTH Streets, will reopen MONDAY, September 2,1661. eul6-2m* L. BURROWS, Principal.^ T>OOKS, LAW AND MISCELLA II NEOL'S. new and old, bonght, sold, and ex. dumged, at the PHILADELPHIA-BANK BOOK STORE, No. 419 CHESTNUT Street Libraries at a distance purchased. Those having Books to sell, if at a distance, will state their names, fiizds, btadings, dates, editions, prices, and oonditlonß. WANTED—Books printed by Benjamin Franklin, as well m early Books printed iu and upon America. Autograph Letters and Portraits purchased. Pamphlet Laws of Pennsylvania for sale. Catalogues, in press, sent free, libraries ap praised by [fe2s-tf] JOHN CAMPBELL. ptLARET WINE—In casks and oases, of the brands of Bt. Julien, Margaux, Hont-Briea Paxillxe. For sale by _ ÜBETCHE & CABSTAIBS, je2B No. 293 South FRONT Street PHILADELPHIA. FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1861. FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1861. Importance of Fine Weather. Few are aware of tho extent to which Great Britain depends upon foreign countries for food. If Lancashire cannot get on without cotton from the South, neither can England, H ales, Scotland, and Ireland dispense with, grain and flour from our Western States. ; Hero, for example, is a Parliamentary return . of the cost of imports of grain of all kinds, as f well as of flour, into the United Kingdom during tho last seven years: 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858... 1859 1860 £21,760,283 17,503.700 23,030.422 19,380,517 20,152,641 18,012,063 31.071.918 This sum, immense as it is, (equal to , $757,527,070 in seven years, or an average of. $108,218,207 a year,) is not the whole amount; of grain and flour imported by England in t 1850-00, both years inclusive. Tlie very bad harvest of last year considerably increased these imports. But tlie sum of thirty-one-' millions and over set down as paid in 1800 : does not represent the full cost incurred in ; that year. For, we arc assured, (still on offi cial authority,) that “ the payments in that j year were not near so heavy as they have been i since.” The official information brought down ; to the end of April makes the value of the 4 grain aud flour imported in the first four months of 1809 £4,884,045; 1800, £3,918,001, aud 180], £12,435,485, by which it will be seen that England lias been paying, for the first four months of the current year, at the rate of £37,800,305 per annum, or £8,522,434 more for breadstuff's than in the same period of 1800. As to the accuracy of our figures, for which we are iudebted to Parliamentary re turns, we have to say that these arc not to be challenged. By Sir Robert Peel's Corn Law of 1840, (tlie 9th and 10th Victoria: c. 22,) tlie then-existing corn-laws were immediately modified and totally repealed at tlie end of three years, or on tlie first of February, 1040, from which date wheat and other corn were subjected, on importation into Great Britain, to a fixed duty of one shilling (24 cents) a quarter, and Hour and meal of all sorts, to a fixed duty of four pence half-penny (!) cents) per 112 lbs. Therefore, given the amount of duty paid, and tho quantity consumed is ascer tained. That, taken at the current market price, gives tlie value of tlie whole import. Thirty to thirty-seven millions sterling is an immense sum to pay for food from foreign places. The importance of a good harvest, anil of good weather as a great and inevitable aid is deeply felt in England. It makes a great diffe rence to John Bull, now that the United States lias greatly ceased to exchange her surplus food for manufactures, whether lie is to have a scant or plentiful harvest— because that iu. volves the question of sending gold from Eng land to the United States, in very large quan tities. For the last six or eight months, Eng. land has been sending us gold, by almost every steamer, and this condition of trade can only be altered by tlie fortunate occurrence of a good harvest in England. But there are other points than money involved in this matter. The Times of August 13th asks, “What does tlie peace of the world depend upon at this moment?” and after adroitly referring to what the leading countries in the world might desire, to attain that great boon, replies, that tho peace of tho world depends neither upon tlie will of this man nor of that, neither upon the flow nor the ebb of tlie war now stagnant on tho banks of the Potomac, neither upon the moderation nor the pertinacity of the Em peror of tlie French, nor the impatience or the sobriety of Italy. It depends wholly and solely, according to human calculation, upon a few days more sunshine. It then adds, “ Yesterday was worth at least two millions to England alone. Tlie day before yesterday was worth quite as much. Every ray that embrowns our rustling fields, every zephyr that ventilates the mass of tall stalks, has its money value. It is a question to us of at least thirty millions. That is, however, tlie smallest matter involved in it. A had harvest, such as is still quite possible, although we are all hoping that wo have passed the danger, coining upon the heels of the failure of last year, would mean famine prices, restricted employment, suffering among the masses, dis content, disaffection, agitation. It is not only that -we should have, thirty ■millions mofc to pay, but that we should also have at least thirty mil lions less wherewith to pay them .” There is infinite truth in this. Plenty and peace are linked together, in fact as well as in lingual connection. While there is peace there is contentment. While there is plenty there is peace. Good wages and cheap food create contentment.. This is the case more especially in France. The wrongs in flicted upon the masses by tho monarchy and the noblesse would not have culminated in the Revolution of 1789, if the people, famished by a bad harvest and crushing poverty, were not driven into revolt by suffering. King Henry of Navarre showed no small know ledge of social as well as political economy, when be declared bis highest ambition, as ruler of France, was that every peasant should have a fat pullet for his dinner every Sunday. That, he knew, would show tlie peasantry thriving—and, while the working-classes do well, tho capitalists and property-holders are sure to do still better. When people are hungry they are angry, and surely anger is a terrible impulse to war. The Times reminds iis of a man who had ono story, and that but a poor one, about a ship. He would drag in this story whenever he could find an opportunity, and when he could not find lie would make one. However ho commenced, or whatever the subject, he would certainly deviate Into, « And, by. the way, that reminds me of a curious little incident about a ship.” Just noWj The Times resembles this pertinacious anecdote-monger. However a subject may be discussed in The Times, at present, it is pretty sure to have the United States dragged in at the dose. Thus, its homily upon fine weather and the harvest, winds tip in this wise; “ A good harvest in Europe wilt be not only a pledge of peace here, but will give a hope of peace to America. There are evident signs that the State resources at this momentarenot abundant on either side. That the peoplo of the North will ever pay the taxes now proposed to be levied no one will lieve who knows what the objections of the multi tude must certainly be to taxes which will he in the nature of a poll-tax, and will be represented as taking equal sums from the poor as from tho rich. That any sane Englishman wilt send his money over to America to buy paper certain to be repu diated is out of the question. Tho only chance is a good sale for the heavy stocks of food on hand and for those now coming on. Some thirty millions of English gold might seasonably light up the fires anew, and give an impetus to the Sagging resent ments of the Northern States, as well as to the com merce of the Atlantic cities. Sunshine —a few days of this baking sunshine —will relieve us from tho necessity of paying this tribute, and will enable us to eat our own bread and keep our own money. The prospects tempt us to be hopeful. The expe rienced folk who gather in Mark-lane are evidently sanguine. The French, as our trade report of yes terday’s dealing tells, have ceased to press upon onr stocks, and have, therefore, as we may hope, better reliance upon their own. We ourselves have ceased to buy up at full prices tho remnant of our had harvest of last year. The foreign wheats are being brought forward in anticipation of downward markets. ‘American flour was less in demand, and town prices were looking down.’ It is not a state of things for a song of triumph or a cry of safety, but it is a state of things for sanguino hope. If France should be only a little short, and if Eng land should have an average crop, there will be good chance of peace in Europe for the twelve months yet to come. Occupied time and full bel lies will keep the world from cmarreling. But the Hcavens-reVen the material Heavens —have more to do with it than the passions or the machinations of men. ''There is more war in a day’s rain than in an Emperor’s most ambitious’project,'and more peace in a morning’s sunshine than even in a treaty of commerce." Fretty good writing, in its way. But wo must say that the Times shows a great igno rance in one respect. Let England have as great a harvest as possible, and still this will not supply the full demand of her thirty mil* lion of inhabitants. Except in the Lothians, which are cultivated like a market-garden, very little grain is growuin Scotland, and the known humidity of Ireland has prevented grain being largoly or advantageously culti vated in Ireland, which, in truth, is rather a enttlc-raising than a grain-producing country. With as heavy a harvest as the bounteous mercy of God can give, Great Britain must still look to foreign lands for her full supply of the staff of life, and whenever that is done, tlie United States, which has the largest and cheapest stock of grain to sell, must he dealt with. . Widi more sharpness than accuracy, tlie Times (adroitly begging tlie question) plump ly declares that no sane Englishman will send liis money over to America to buy paper cer tain to be repudiated. et To buy paper” is an ambiguous phrase, hut if the Times moans to say that Englishmen will not gladly invest their money in the United States* loan, we be lieve that it is greatly mistaken. While from S to 3| per cent, per annum is tlie utmost in terest that can be obtained, by investment in the British Funds, we may be certain that a great deal will be withdrawn— has been with drawn already —to be invested in our Govern ment Koenritios which, with safety and solven cy equal to those of England, will pay a much greater interest. We know instances where these investments have been made; more must follow. 151,505,594 There will lie a plentiful harvest everywhere, we 1 There is nothing better among na tions than plenty of food, aud when Europe runs short in that necessary production, she can turn, as she always does, to the full grana ry of the United States. Dr. Russell and Captain Meagher. ■ 'The following letter appeared in the New t Xfirk Tribune of yesterday i Sin : My attention was called to-day, on my re turn from tho review of tho division across tho Po tomac, to a letter from officers of the Sixty-ninth Regiment, in which the writers say that in “one or two of the more recent letters of Mr. Russell to tho London Times, allusions have been made to Capt. T. K Meagher, seeming to imply that at and immediately after the battle of Bull Bun. ho was Wanting in his duly, and did net exhibit that steadi ness and bravery, Ac.” The officers did not do me the honor of reading my letters. I never alluded to Capt. Meagher but in reference to his appear ance at Centrevillc. The officors signing the letter did not see him, they say, after tho final repulse. My statement is that he came up on foot to the hill nt’Centrcvillo with expressions admitting that there had been a severe defeat at the hands of the Con federates. As to tho mode in which ho discharged his duty, as to his personal conduct in the battle. I said not a word, though I did notice an absurd statement about a flag, which I dare Say amused, if it did not annoy, Capt, Meagher himself. Your obedient servant, IV. 11. Russell. P. S.—l need scarcely say that the lies which are printed of me do not deserve notice or refuta tion. Not a word was said in my hearing to cause mo annoyance on my visit to Harpers Ferry. The congenial attempts to excite the soldiery to assassi nation must be disgusting to Americans and sol diers. Washington, August 26, 1301. Dr. Bussell continues a fortunate man— having favors conferred upon him as an Eng lish newspaper correspondent, of which Ameri can letter-writers are not thought worthy. A telegraphic despatch, dated Washington, Wednesday, August 28, says “ Gen. McClel lan went over the Potomac river to-day to visit the camps and inspect tlie troops. Mr. Bussell, of the London Times, was invited to attend him. No other correspondent was fa vored with a pass.” Letter from Hagerstown. OUTRAGES OP THE SECESSIONISTS [Correspondence of Tlie Press.] Hagerstown, Md., Aug. 27. Mr. Editor : I hustcn.to inform you of the move I inents of tho Secessionists hero on the border. At Martinsburg, nineteen miles from this point, a party, who came from Winchester, have burned a large number of railroad cars, and dragged the rest to Stiausburg by turnpike. Not content with this, they have begun to commit various depreda tions upon private property. On Monday last they entered the store of a merchant named N. D. Ke ncm ter, and demanded the keys_of his proof-safe. Being unarmed and without assistance, he wus com pelled to yield to their throats. After robbing him of a considerable sum of money, they drove up a number of wagons to the' door and proceeded to load them with the balance of the property in the premises, including the safe. They then proceeded to the house of another loyal citizen, who was absent from home at the time. His wifo refusing to allow them to pillage the house was knocked down, and, although preg nant at the time, was so shamefully kicked aud beaten that she will probably uet recover. The outlaws, having secured as much plunder as they could carry, then drove back to Winchester. Troops Now iu the Field. [From the Boston Journal.] The following estimate has been prepared from a variety of sources, and is presumed to bo a close approximation to the truth : TROOPS OP CONFEDERATES. From Texas. Florida Louisiana Mississippi 17,000 Arkansas 10,000 Alabama 16,000 Georgia. 21,000 South Carolina ISiooo Virginia Missouri Kentucky 4,000 Maryland 1,000 Tennessee 30,000 200,000 Deduct for sick and wounded 8,000 192,000 These troops are distributed as follows : In Eastern Virginia 90,000 Western Virginia 10,000 Missouri 53,000 New Orleans, Mobile, Pensacola, Savan nah, Apalachicola, and Charleston. 15,000 Tennessee 15,000 Texas 5.000 North Carolina 4,000 192.000 Rebel forces in Eastern Virginia 90,000 Number required to watch Banks and tho Upper Potomac 15,000 Number required to guard Manas sas, Richmond, Norfolk, York, and Fredericksburg 15,000 —30,000 Largest number available to attack Wash ington. 60,000 Estimate of United States troops, August 28th ; At and around Washington 100,000 Baltimore 7,000 Harper’s Ferry 10,000 Frederick.. 2,000 Fortress Monroe. 6,000 Western Virginia 20,000 Aggregate 150,000 Missouri and mouth of Ohio and Cairo 56,000 In the Field 206,000 We hare then in the field 206,000 Against the three first bodies of rebel troops all in the field .153,000 An excess of more than 25 per cent.. 53,000 But we may have, until within tho last fortnight, been numerically weakerthan the rebels. But while the Confederate States hare nearly exhausted their supply of troops, wo have— First, the 206,010 And may estimate as now enlisted and pre paring to take the field by Sept, 10, in New England 10,000 Now York 14,000 Pennsylvania 12,000 Michigan 6,000 New Jersey 3,000 Wisconsin 4,000 81in0i5...... 30,000 Indiana... 24,000 Ohio, about 20,000 Kentucky 3,000 lowa 0,000 Missouri 5,000 344,000 If to these we add recruits entering new army regiments already offered ...... 0,000 We may expectin all Sopt. an aggregate of 350,000 To be sustained by our navy, which will have afloat, by October, at least 1,500 cannon. If it be found advisable to add to this one-third more, and carry onr troops up to nearly 500,000, we may rely for the 150,000, without drafting, on the following States: Illinois 20,000 Indiana... 20,000 Ohio 10,000 New York 10,000 Massachusetts 5,000 Other New England States 7,000 Pennsylvania 10,000 Western Virginia ••••• 6,000 Michigan 5,000 Eastern Tennessee 10,000 10wa..... 5,000 Missouri. 5,000 Wisconsin 5,696 California and Now Mexic0.;............ 6,000 Kentucky... 6,000 Maryland 3,000 Kansas and Nebraska 3,000 Kecruits for fimy and Navy at West.. •. 15,000 The Foreicn Postal Service.— . The pos tage chargeable upon letters for Penang, Singa pore, Hong Kong, and other parts of China, Japan, Java, the Philippine Islands, Labuan, Siam, Su matra, and Molucca, posted in the United States for transmission in the British mails via Southampton or Marseilles, will hereafter he forty-five cents, single rate half ounce or under. Prepayment la compulsory at the office of mailing ia the United States. Tup. Lord Chancellor’s Outfit.—Tho Lord Chancellor on hi 3 appointment is entitled to £2,000 as an allowance for his outfit. The money is paid out of the civil contingencies. Sir R. Peel and Mr. Lover hnvo exohanged amicable letters on the Galway Contract, the latter trying once more to establish the superlative merits of his enterprise, and the former blandly and suave ly promising (as far as be could without promising) that all should be well. TnE Viceroy of Ireland has knighted Mr. Coey. Mayor of Relfast. The new knight was warmly congratulated by his Excellency and by a largo number of personal friends. His Excellency then called for “ three cheers for Sir Edward and Lady Coey.” There is a special fitness and significance in this honor which does not meet the eye of a stranger. Sir Edward Coqy has risen and prospered with the great town of which he is the chief magis trate. Ho is proud to acknowledge that forty years ago he entered Relfast a poor boy,' seeking employment without a shilling in his pocket. Now he is one of the wealthiest in a community re nowned for its wealth. He has purchased at a cost of £BO,OOO the ancestral estate of the Earl of An trim, and he now ranks among the landed gentry of liis native country. No one envies him liis rank and honors, for ho does not forget the friends of his youth. It is stated that the visit to Southampton, to-rnor row, of tho Archduke Maximilian. Lord High Ad miral of Austria, is for the purpose of ascertaining the commercial facilities of that port as a terminus for tho projected line of steamers between England and Trieste. New Spiritual Peer.— ln tho event of a cler gyman being appointed directly to the Bishopric of Durham, instead of the translation of a Bishop tak ing place, there will be no difference made in the spiritual peerage, as the now Bishop will bo entitled to take his seat at once as Bishop of Durham, undor the Manchester Bishopric act. Should, however, any Bishop be promoted to the richer see of Dur ham, as will in all probability bo tho case. Dr. Phil pqtt. the recently consecrated Bishop of Worcester, will bo entitled to lake his seat in the House of Lords at the commencement of the next Session, and will have to perform the duties of junior Bi shop, now discharged by the Bishop of Carlisle. Blonuin was meeting with great success daily in some part of England. His latest achievement was a night ascent with fireworks at Liverpool. A prospectus has been issued of the Endless Railway Traction Engine Company, with a capital or £30,000, in shares of 810 each. The Roard of Direction is apparently well constituted, and the object is to bring into general use Boydcll’s endless railway traction engine, which, now that the impe diments to this method oflocomotion have been re moved by act of Parliament, is expected to produeo important results in cheapening the heavy goods traffic of the country. Engines and wagons iiave been ordered for India by the Government, who have also presented an engine and gun-carriage, with the endless railway, to the Viceroy of Egypt', for the purpose of conveying artillery over tne sandy deserts. For agricultural operations the in vention is believed to be likely to come into exten sive use. Tiie bill to regulate the use of locomotives on common roads, introduced by Mr. Garnett, has now become law, and is expected to lead to important results in cheapening the transit of heavy goods. During the last thirty years great efforts have been made to use steam on common roads, but, incredi ble as it may seem in a country whose prosperity is inseparably connected with an early use of every such facility, they have been perseveringly defeat ed by the opposition of the local trustees, who have imposed prohibitory tolls. Two years back, an ex periment to convey coal by a traction engine from Little Hutton to Manchester, a distance of seven miles, is understood to have proved hot only that an immense saving could be effected, but that the WOflr and tear of the road was diminished. Yet the toll charged amounted to 4s. per ton, against 3_id. per ton for coal drawn by horses; and this,'of course, effectually prevented the introduction of the system. The new bill assimilates ihe tolls to be charged, in a great degree, to those charged for horse traffic; and, although it comprises various regulations which will probably be found to Fo more or less needless or vexatious, it seems sufficiently wide to enable the method to have at least a fair field. National Education in- Ireland, —A return which has been issued from tho Office of National Education states that the sums voted by Parlia ment for the purpose of national education in Ire land, from the commencement of the system to tho end of the year 1860, amount in the whole to £3,- 317,964. The local contributions in aid of teach ers’salaries wero £43,961. in 1860, and there are also local contributions otherwise in sustainment of the system. 4,073 schools have been built without any aid from Parliament. The special agents of the Manchester Cotton Sup ply Association had arrived at Alexandria, and wero about to have an interview with the Viceroy of Egypt on the subject of cotton cultivation in that country. The Russian and Swedish Governments had de clined to support tho English project for a subma rine telegraph in the Baltic and over Gothland to Libau.. . The poor old tumble-down, unsavoury Cite, os the mass of habitations on tho island crowned by Notre Dame is still called, seems likely to be swept away almost entirely, and replaced by 'very dif ferent structures. Large inroads have been made already in the neighborhood of the Palais de Jus tice ; and now another grand sweep is about to tako place, which will obliterate the Rue de la Ca lundre, the Rue aux Feves or Febvres, the Quai du Marche-Neuf, and parts of other streets; and it will destroy some of the localities celebrated by Eugene Sue. The cost-, even of these miserable buildings, will bo something considerable, the juries having allotted nearly five millions of francs to the claimants. In this case there will be no re construction of private dwellings, the whole of tho plots being appropriated to the widening of the public ways and the construction of one more new barrack ! The population must emigrate to the Batignolles or Algeria. Apart from the accom modation of the poor people who now livo and work iu tho cite, there is no question that the change will bo a vast improvement, the quarter being one of the worst in Paris, and not presenting any interest even in an antiquarian point of view ; the houses aro not ancient or curious, only rotten and un healthy. On this spot did the famous Saint Eloi build a church on ground given him by Dagobert, and also a religious establishment ; but they have long disappeared. The Paris Patrie denies a rumor that the Em peror will accompany the King of Prussia into Ger many. B,OOO 2,000 13,000 40.000 lO,OOO The harvest was making satisfactory progress, with dry weather. There is no doubt that the wheat crop will be deficient, to tho extent of compelling Franco to take a supply from foreign countries. The fine weather had, however, checked the rise in the Paris corn market, and flour sold at a decline. Largo sales were making of American red at from 40f. sc. to -Iff. 50c. The Iford says that 20,000,000 francs aro to be spent this year on the coast defences of Franco. Tho construction of a coast line of railway is also spoken of, which is to commence with the Channel const. The Government is always adding to its naval materiel. The Marquis de Banneville is appointed Political Director at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in plaee of M. Benedette, who goes as ambassador to Turin. The King of Prussia has authorized the accept ance of voluntary contributions for the construction of ships for the royal navy. The Cologne Gazette publishes the following re specting the rumored visit of the Ivin" of Prussia to the Camp at Chalons:- “General willisen left Baden on the 6th of August for Paris, with an auto graph letter from tlio King of Prussia, in which King William explains to the Emperor Napoleon the motives which prevent his intended visit to Cha lons, and expresses the hope that the two Sovereigns may meet at some later period. The King had long desired such an interview, and still hopes for it. The reasons which have determined him to give up the projected visit to Chalons are attributed in part to motives of health and the prolongation of his so journ at Eaden, occasioned by the attempt upon his life, and are, moreover, principally founded on con scientious grounds. The King not having yet been crowned, and not, therefore, having solemnly as sumed his dignity, hesitates, up to a certain point, to make a display of that dignity in so public a manner as a visit to the Camp of Chalons would imply. For a less ceremonious visit, which might be made later either from Ostcnd or Eaden, those motives would no longer exist beforo the festivities of the Coronation. The King will leave Baden to wards the middle of the present month for Ostend, where he will be joined by Baron de Schleinitz.” AUSTRIA. The Hungarian Diet have had their great day and gone through it with dignity and decision. M. Desk’s address in reply tol the Imperial rescript was a very long one, and thoroughly digested. It was listened to with wonderful attention, and the scene which ensued at its conclusion was one of tremendous enthusiasm. Ail parties agreed to it, and the Chamber went through the forms necessa ry for regularly completing it on the instant, lest the Austrian troops should, before next day, inter rupt their sittings under orders from Vienna. The Diet have now adjourned sine die. No collision may immediately arise, but all authorities agree that, under present circumstances, it would be fatal to Austria’s Hungarian rule to go to war with any Power of Europe. Potmi feeling at Warsaw is very much excited. The people hope that a national Polish Government will soon be established. jt newspaper under the title of the Phare has for some time past been secretly circulating in War saw. Persecution of Protestants in Spain.—The G ranada journals state that three poor persons—one a hatter, another a charcoal dealer, and the third a public letter-writer—had been lodged in prison on tho charge of having distributed Protestant works, and defended Protestant doctrines at Alhama, Tri fo, Luno, and Matamoros. It is added that the Inglish at Granada were liberally providing for their wants. The ecclesiastical authorities persisted in re fusing to allow the Italians to celebrate a mass for the repose of the soul of Count Cavour in any of the public churches. The Archbishop ef Cbambery, the Papal Nuncio at Paris, two Spanish prelates, and Mgrs. Quaglia and Bedim, will be mndo cardinals in the Consistory to be held on the 16th September. Prince Chigi has been appointed Papal Nuncio at Paris. Bomb is tranquil, and the Neapolitan reaction is diminishing. The Italia publishes letters from Romo, stating that notwithstanding the arrest of Giorgi, the bandit chief, by General Guyon, the enrolment of bri gands continued in Borne, and that tho action of the French gendarmerie was paralysed by the Pon* tifioal QoTenunent, wUp that tho French police had encroached upoq the authority of the Pope. FOREIGN NEWS. FRANCE. PRUSSIA. POLAND SPAIN, PORTUGAL. ITALY. TWO CENTS. SOUTHERN NEWS. prospect or a battlk at westo.t, va The Weeton (Va.) correspondent of the Cincin nati Times, in his letter of Aug, 23. writes as fol lows : “ AVill we hnyo » battle ? That depends upon the rebels. If the; make a stand and show fight, Oenoral Kosencrans willjbe there. If they attack in this quarter, ono side or the other will bo slaugh tered. If they make Cheat River Pass the battle f round, they will find that Rosencrans will fight the attle of Rich Mountain over again. He will give them shot for shot and shell for shell. Tho Union mon may not think him a McClcllnn—and there are few like McClellan —but they should not judge too hastily. Wait till he is tried. If he is found wanting, send his better. TDK KNOXVILLE Will Cl The Memphis Appeal of the 21st says A gentleman of great intelligence, residing in this city, recently Imd a conversation with Presi dent Davis, in which accidental allusion was made to the rumored intention of the Government to suppress the Knoxville IVkigs owing to its advo cacy of Unionism. He was assured by the Presi dent that no such order had been issued from any department at Richmond, and that they would re spect the freedom of the pj*ess to tho utmost extent compatible with the safety of the Government. INDIAN ALLIES, A regiment of Choctaws, one regiment of Chiek asaws, a battalion of Seminoles. and a company of Creeks, all under the eommand of General D. 11. Cooper, and Captain Albert Pike, the Southern papers say, are about to enter Kansas to fight for the rebel cause. ALARM ON THE KENTUCKY BORDER. The Cincinnati Times of thc.27th says : Owing to the recent deeds of violence in Kentucky, not far from the river, and a few miles below Coving ton, a good deal of alarm has been created among the people residing immediately upon the Ohio river in the vicinity of Anderson's Ferry, about seven miles below this city. Sonie of the residents at the point mentioned, and at Taylorsville, crossed over to the Ohio side last evening, and remained over ail night. They declare that they are not allowed to remain in'the ordinary enjoyment of their civil rights; that Se cessionists are continually annoying them. MURDER OF UNION MEN. Two Union men, about seven miles from Coving ington. Ky.y were set upon by a party of Secession ists on the 25th inst., and one of them, mimed Jas. Moore, was shot dead, and the other, Edward Neal, fatally stabbed. IIOW COL. CORCORAN* IS TREATER. A private letter received in Now York from Lieut. John Mitchei. Jr., says of Colonel Corco ran : I know that, so far from being treated cruelly, he is treated only to cocktails, mint juleps, and other like beverages, such as only Richmond can produce to perfection, and he will be returned to you doubt less soon, in health, and spirits, except in so far as said cocktails, A*c., may have proved too much for him. In fact, he is treated like an honorable gen tleman. taken prisoner while fighting on the side he conscientiously believed to be right. BLOCKADING A FLORIDA PORT The Tallahassee Floridian says: On Wednesday the United States steamer Mo hawk brought the sloop Stoat, lately captured by her up to the outer buoy, below [St."Marks, where the crew of the steamer scuttled the sloop, and sunk her across the channel, first having cut her deck in pieces with axes. The steamer then went out again to her old anchoring place. A boat from Fort Williams went to the sloop, and succeeded in getting off her rigging and some other articles. The place where the sloop was sunk is four mile 3 and a half from Fort Williams, out of reach of the guns. The channel at the mouth of the St. Marks is very narrow, so that the sinking of a hull in it will effec tually obstruct the passage of vessels into that port. VOTE OF GEORGIA, The official vote on the question of ratifying the new Constitution of Georgia, foots up as follows: For ratification 11,497; against ratification 10,637; majority 800. From nine counties there are no re turns, and in others only one or two precincts voted. DISTRESSING OCCrRENCES. Miss Elizabeth White, aged 13 years, was drowned on the front beach at Sullivan’s Island, near Charles ton, on the 17th. Her uncle, Thomas F. Porcher, while attempting to rescue her, was also drowned. Miss White’s aunt, who was with her at the time, was only rescued with the greatest difficulty. SENTENCE OF DEATH. Thomas W. Barnes, convicted of tho murder of Hendrihen, at Memphis, Tenn., has been sentenced to be executed on the 4th of October next. AH INVENTION' OP THE ENEMY Mr. J. C. Wingard, of New Orleans, has Invented a gun which ho calculates will throw one hundred and ninety-two balls in one minute. We learn from The Crescent that he has exhibited his model to Gen. Twiggs, and from that officer has received the strongest commendation and encouragement. TRAVELLING IN THE SOUTH. Last evening we saw a couple of gentlemen just from New Orlerns. They arrived at Nashville at ten o’clock on Saturday morning, and their baggage was transferred directly to the Louisville and Nash ville depot. Thcro one of the gentlemen bought tickets for his whole party, consisting of several ladies and gentlemen, and the whole entered the cars, anticipating no trouble. Just before the starting of the cars, however, -all of them, male and female, were taken out because they had no pass ports. To obtain these was a matter of much diffi culty. One of the gentlemen happening to have a relative two or three miles from Nashville, went out and brought him in as a voucher. Thus he got himself vouched for, and he vouched for tho Indies of the company, and one or two other gentle tlemen found vouchers, and so the whole got under wav in tho afternoon train. Between Nashville and the State line, a hundred and forty letters were token from the pockets of the passengers to be car ried back to the Nashville Vigilance Committee, some of them containing important financial docu ments, and others being letters of introduction. A lieutenant, on his way from his regiment in Rich mond, had forty letters from the men to their fami lies and friends, but all of these were taken back to Nashville. At the State line all the baggage was overhauled by a committee stationed there for the express purpose.— Louisville Journal, 2 ItU, OUR VOLUNTEERS IN A NEW LIGHT. The Memphis Avalanche says the “Monster Lincoln,’’ has quartered on the defenceless families and unoffending citizens of Kentucky “ a gang of incarnate fiends, imps of hell, cowardly thieves, and assassins, who cannot wait until they reach the enemy’s country to begin their work of rapine and devastation, but are insulting the women and mal treating the old men of Kentucky.” COTTON AND THE BLOCKAIIE. The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle says: Cotton pick ing has already commenced inthebest nndforward est cotton belt of Georgia—tho Southwestern coun ties —and within three weeks or less tho hands can commence gathering it in this section. By the Ist of September there is often first-rate picking. The planters of course will hurry forward this work, as usual, with all possible speed, and endeavor to save the crop in good order. The promise of an average yield, per acre, is very good, but. less land having been planted the crop may be shorter than an average, though we think it will be larger in Geor gia, The cotton is to be gathered and saved; but the question then is, what then to do with it ? The general advice from all the ports, except Charles ton, we believe, is to keep it at homo, and we think this is the best advice that can be given, and that for many roasons. The uncertainty as to the time when the block ade will be raised, so that cotton can go forward to its chief markets (foreign), will prevent the sale of it In the interior home markets and at the ports, except what may be needed for consumption at our own factories. That amount is not large, though it will probably increase, and particularly if it should appear that we are not to have an opportunity to reach the foreign markets during the coming win ter and spring. The old stock, however, now in warehouse and in the hands of manufacturers, will keep our manufactories going for some months to come. Then why send cotton to cither the interior towns or the ports? It is said that it should be ready to take Us earli est chance for a market. But this is the advice of speculators and others interested in the carriage, storage, and sale of cotton—and not to benefit tho producer. Suppose only 150,000 bales stored in Augusta, and the blockade raised next January; it would require eight millions of dollars to move it, and as the means at hand would be insufficient, of course the buyers would be the veriest hears, and tho price go down, down, with such a supply ur gently seeking market, and all to tho plantors’ loss. The farmer and planter can store his cotton at a much less cost than any one can store it for him; and in fact without paying out money nt all for it, and it is certainly best for him to do so, when the time of sale is so uncertain andjndefinite. And as to insurance, it comes out of tho producer any way, and he can have it insured at home just as well as well as if it were in a warehouse in town, and per haps nt less cost, He may want ad ranees on his crop, perhaps, hut if he can get them at all, he can get them just as well while his cotton is in his gin house and sheds. We know that in lower Georgia and the west—not so much so in this region—ad vances are made on cotton even before it is planted. MISCELLANEOUS The Independent says that Huutsvillc is now a military camp, filled with hundreds of brave and gallant soldiers. Many of them carry by their sides huge knives, regular Arkansas tooth-picks. The New Orleans Delta soys that Enfield rifles, not inferior to the original pattern of the English article, are now being manufactured in that oity. Gov. Bettus, of Mississippi, was married on tho 15th inst., to Miss Susan Howell, of Tuscaloosa, Ala. His marriage transpired in the latter city. Braveiy of a Fire Zouave. A private letter from a young soldier in Company F, Eleventh Massachusetts Regimont, who was in the Stone Bridge battle, relates the following iw stance of the bravery of one of the New xork Fixe Zouaves: ... „ _ “I must tell you of the noble bravery of one of Ellsworth’s Zouaves. 110 had been shot in the wrist, and the ball had severed an artery. It was after we had made tho second charge upon the bat tery, and I had lost my gun, which had bees, knocked from my hands by a cannon ball, and I was now in the rear of the company, when I saw the Zouave creeping toward mo. ‘Boy,’ said he,‘for God’s sake hold me up a minute. I am gone under, but lot me fire onoe more on them.’ I held him up, and, facing him round towards the enemy, steadied his arm while he fired six shots from his revolver at them, I then helped him down the hill towards the hospital, a short distance, when he asked me to examine his side, as he felt a pain there, I opened his olothes, and found that a bell had passed through his body. I carried him a little further, when sud denly. our whole body, artillery, infantry, end all, were rushing upon us in full retreat, and crying out, ‘All save themselves who can.’ ‘ Go,’ said the Zouave, ‘go, my boy, you are not hurt, and I am a dead man; they cannet hurt me any more. Go, fol God’s sake go!’ and £ had to leaye him.' 1 THE WEEKLY PRESS. 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Wheat.—There is a fair amount offering to-d&r, but the market is dull and buyers generally holding off foe lower prices. About 1,500 bus Western and Penna r«l sold at 1100114 c for common to prime quality in store* and 5,000 bus prime Southern do at 117 c alloat. Whit* ranges at from 1250130 c and bn& little selling. Bye i* scarce and selling in a small vw at ss4©sGc for new* and 68000 c for old. Com is not so firm, the receipts nr* light and about 3,500 bun yeVbw sold at 55c in. store am# afloat. Oats are in steady demaud at 2802 P& for now Southern* and 31032 c for old Penna. BARK is in steady Uemaiid at s26# per tea for Ist wh No, 1 Quercitron. • Cotton.—The market is firm, hut th» high tiewa of holders checks business. Groceries an» Provisions. —There are no change* in either and a email business doing in the way of sale*- Whisky is unchanged, bhls selling at 18©18#c, tno latter for prime Ohio, aud Drudge* which is scarce, at per gallon. Cot. Barnes graduated at Wert Point iM 1828 in the same class -with Gen. tee, now of tha rebel army, and that arch-traitor, Jeff. Dayis. Ha was at the head of the olass which numbered 31 cadets, while Jeff, was the 27th. Col. B. was for sere ral years engaged fas instructor Of tMtiCS at west Point, and was ald-de-camp to Gen. Soott in tha. suppression of the nullification difficulties in low. 401,358 82 8113,430 02 17,011 97 12 Lehigh Nay 65.,,. 102 12 do.*; ~,103 15 Lehigh Nav 40 BOARDS. bs.6ft