Jims. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1861. EXTRACT FROM THE LAST SPEECH OF STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS.— II The conspiracy to break up the Union is a tact now known to all. Armies are being raised, and war levied to accomplish it. There can be but two sides to the controversy. Every man must be on the side of the United States or ajjainst it. There can be no neutrals In this war. There can be none but patriots and traitors.” FOR SALE.—The double-cylinder ‘‘t.e.. 11 Press on which this paper has been printed for the last nine months. It is in excellent condition, having beeu made to order a year ago, and will be eotd at a bargain. For terms apply at this office, or address JOHN W. FosKfir, 417 ChesibUt Philadelphia. LETTER FROM “OCCASIONAL.” ■Washington, September 5,18G1 Mr. Russell, in ojje of his recent letters to tiie London Times, quotes the exulting, opinion of ft Southern rebel to the effect that, as the autumn months draw on, the cause of the South will gain strength. The public senti ment of the North will be demoralized, and the divisions of Northern feeling will only be followed by a’ speedy recognition of the South ern Confederacy j and that the failure of the General Government to open a Southern port for the exportation of cotton will so embarrass the interests of Lancashire and the cotton-spin ners that England will be compelled to recog nize the Southern Republic, and violate the blockade instituted by President Lincoln. You will see that this argument, ingenious and plausible as it is, is at best but little more than a bid for that trans-Atlantic selfish sym pathy which has been the prayer and the dream of the insurgent leaders since the be ginning of this war. Strange as it may seem, the South has been looking across the water for what it deems the most efficient agency of their struggle. Its people talk valiantly about accomplishing their independence, and speak of lives to be sacrificed and blood to be shed, and at the same time the necessities of a small class of English operatives enter more largely into the calculations of the Richmond leaders than the cannon of their army or the genius of their generals. The Richmond Enquirer , in a recent outburst of malignant hate towards “ the Yankees,” as it calls the North, boldly declared that the world depended upon the South for its means of traffic, its manufac tures, its commerce, and even the industry and happiness of its people. There is no idea more prevalent through the South than this. On this idea their arrogance rests. It only proves, however, that the South is necessarily a dependent people. Its resources are not the resources which give strength and power to a nation. Admitting all the value of the cotton crop, and acknowledging all the power which King Cotton on his snowy throne can possibly claim, it is only temporary in its duration. The staples of the South Would have been as worthless as the cypress of their swamps, had it not been for the fostering cave of the Noi'tli. If the South is so mtvinsically great, why has it not shown its greatness? Cotton has never made a respectable city out of Charleston, —tobacco did not save Virginia from falling into premature decay, and be coming a bed for oysters, and a slave-nursery for the States along the gulf, —sugar lias not given Louisiana even the prestige of Rhode Island, for New Orleans is but little more than a colony of enterprising Yankees, in which a mosaic race of Frenchmen, Mulattoes, Spa niards, Creoles, and Cubans live in sullen and ostentatious seclusion, and clinging with a fondness, wlitcli is almost a frenzy, to the traditions of old nationalities, and displaying the hereditary pride and poverty of the ancient regime of France and Spain. For, in truth, the greatness which springs from a certain crop lasts only as long as that crop can be exclusively cultivated. Tile North paid the Southern planters the price of tlicir products, and on them built up an im mense commercial marine, and manufacturing interests which enter largely into the sum of Northern wealth. “Without the enterprise of the North, cotton would have been abandoned long since, and the planters of Carolina would now be raising corn and hogs as the means of feeding the negroes they owned, It was the enterprise of the North which made a market for cotton in England, and sustained that market by its unrivalled commercial marine. The North lias been a market of the South in articles of trade, and a market for the South in articles of life ; or, in other words, while the South has been putting money into the pockets of Northern capitalists, the North has been putting bread into the months of the Southern people. An agricultural power only lasts as long as it can be made a monopoly, and the idea of there being monopolies in nature is the ex treme of absurdity. The seasons come and go, the rains fall, the sun shines, and the dews melt into the earth, without regard to the poli tical relations of the people who live upon the earth. The South can no more claim to he the exclusive producer of cotton, or sugar, or tobacco, than it can claim an exclusive right to the light of heaven, or the waters of the sea. It has only built those staples into an immense trade, by using the commerce of New Tori;, Boston, and Philadelphia. These sta ples can be raised in Australia, in the wild tropical regions, in Africa, in the Indies, and in numerous portions of the earth as readily as on the banks of the Mississippi or the Great Pedee. The enterprise of England can deve lop the natural resources of these countries at a mere fraction of what a war with this Government would cost, and any attempt to interfere with this Government in favor of the South would be followed by a war just as surely as night follows day. Thus you see that the effect of these com plications will be only to ruin the cotton trade, and dethrone the insolent power which is based upon it. I say insolent power, for its whole career has been one of insolence. It carried the manners of the plantation into its com. inercial and national relations, and sought to inaugurate the whip and lash. What was South Carolina but an overseer ? and what were the representatives of South Carolina in the Houses of Congress, but mere lords of the plantation ? But the day of King Cotton is over. The cannon of Commodore Stringham shattered his sceptre, for the forts of Hatteras will enable the Government to menace every acre of his domain. His throne is reeling, his liegemen are in Tevolt, and girded around by the guns of the blockading fleet, with the life giving air of commerce taken away, he will die from suffocation. Occasioxai. That distinguished and loyal Democrat, Hon. David Tod, was yesterday nominated as a candidate for Governor of Ohio, on a ticket formed by the supporters of the Administra tion in the present crisis. The nominee for Lieutenant Governor is a Republican. In many portions of'our country, all old political distinctions arc rapidly being swept away, and the necessity of a thorough union of all the friends of the Union is becoming more and more generally acknowledged. The Convention of the Citizens’ Meeting yesterday renominated all the old Judges of our city, and also selected some excellent men as candidates for other offices, a portion of whom have hitherto acted with the Democratic and others with the People’s or Republican party. We understand that their nominee for Sheriff is Alderman John Thompson, and for Register of Wills, Phase Wozgamutii. The rumors which prevailed in our city yes terday in regard to an important battle having taken place near Washington were unfounded. Law Collections.—We refer those of our busi ness community, who have claims to litigate in the interior of the State, to the card of Mr. Solomon Malickj attorney at residing at Sunbury^ Pa., which will be found in our advertising columns. Sale or Elegant FiitNfrcnE. —Cataloguo sale of elegant furniture, this morning, at ten o’clock, at No. 914 Chestnut street. T. Birch & Son, auc tioneers. Horses and Carriages.—Mr.Jlerkncss’ sale, at the Bazaar, Ninth and Sansom streets, on Satur day, will comprise a number of harness and saddle horses—some suited for military purposes. Also, a Urge collection of new and second-hand carriages, harness. 'Ac. Distinguished Arrivals. Mrs. Lincoln and Commodore Silas H. Stringham arrived in this city yesterday morning, at 11.15, by the news paper express train from New York. They passed directly through to Washington. LATEST NEWS BY TELEGRAPH. FROM WASHINGTON, Special Despatches to “ The Press.” THE DIPLOMATIC OATH OF ALLEGIANCE. THE MILITARY RAILROAD. REACTION IN NORTH CAROLINA. No Rebel Troops at Vienna. FROM FORTRESS MONROE AND VICINITY. THE REBELS EXASPERATED. GEN. BUTLER AT LOWELL, MASS. AJI ENTHUSIASTIC WELCOME HOME. THE KENTUCKY LEGISLATURE. IMPORTANT MESSAGE OF GOY. MAGOFFIN. THE STATE INVADED BY REBELS. GOVERNOR GAMBLE AND THE PRESIDENT. MISSOURI FOR THE UNION. FROM NEW YORK ACTION OF THE DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION, The Peace Faction Excluded ! Washington, Soptembor 5,1861. Habeas Corpus. A ease of some interest was heard yesterday be fore Judge Merrick. Wm A. Northers was tried and convicted at Richmond, some time since, o£ opening and robbing letters, and sentenced to ten years' imprisonment in the penitentiary here. The prisoner prayed for his rolease on the ground that no authority for his detention can now be found. [lt seems that the warden is unable to find, in the office of the prison, any papers what ever bearing on this case.] It was postponed until Saturday, to give the District Attorney an oppor tunity to prepare testimony for the United States. Passes to Go “ Over the River.” Great caution is exercised in granting passes to cross into Virginia- Gen. McClellan will, how ever. grant passes to those whose business is urgent, demanding only satisfactory evidence that .the, party is loyal, and that his business is more than a gratification of curiosity. All Quiet Over the River. Officers and sutlers who have returned to-day from Virginia report all quiet along the lines of both nrmics. The rebels have not yet been dis turbed in their works on Munson's Hill. Thoro will be a game to play there, but “ not yet.” Horses for the Army. Over two hundred horses were brought in yester day and on the train of the previous evening. The average arrival is about 150 per day. The selec tions now made include the very finest animals in the country. No inferior horses arc accepted. The Confederate President. Notwithstanding that intelligence came to us yesterday, from various sources, announcing the death of Jeff. Davis, I informed you in my de spatch that we had nothing positive on the subject. The indications to-day are, that the rumor has no foundation in fact. Baker's Brigade ■ Without intimating why they were there, whither they came, or whence they were going, I may say that the city was aroused last night at midnight by music from a number of splendid bands, and sung from a thousand voices. It was by Baker's Cali fornia Brigade, on the Avenue, and marching to— well, no matter where. Maryland “Home Brigade.” The Home Brigade which ex-Govemor Thomas has been authorized to raise, is all but completed. The First Regiment, at Frederick, is full, the second is also full, and the third, at Baltimore, is nearly completed. Maryland has yet her loyal sons in large numbers, The Diplomatic Oath of Allegiance. The State Department is still sending out the forms of the oath of allegiance to be taken by diplo matic, consular, and other officers. It has already received responses. The Congressional act of Au gust last requires all Government employ ees to take the oath under pain of dismissal from the service. Superintendent of Police. Wm. B. Webb has been elected by the Board of Commissioners Superintendent of Police. Mr. Webb is a young and successful lawyer, an old-line Whig, and Bell-Everett voter. He is qualified for the position, and the election is a popular one. The corporation attorney having given his opinion that the ex-officio members could not hold office in the board, Mayor Wallach tendered hie resigna tion as president of the board. Mr, Z. C. Robbins -woe elected permanent pre sident. A resolution was adopted affirming and ratifying all acts of the board to the present time. C. H, roster. Charles Henry Poster, who passed through your city two days ago, en route from North Caro lina to Washington, ha 3 had, according to reports, rather a hard time of it since he proposed, some months ago, to serve his country in Congress. He claims to have been duly elected in his State, (N. C..) but did not take his seat at the extra Congress. Ho reports being watched and in danger of assassi nation in Virginia, and now, to fill the cup of his sorrows, his wife sues for a divorce because he is an Abolitionist. Reaction in North Carolina. Respectable gentlemen who have arrived from North Carolina by a circuitous route, say the Union prospects in that State arc of the most enconraging character. The Acting Governor is a reliable Union man. Secret “Leagues of Loyalty” exist in every county, are rapidly increasing in strength, already numbering one-half of the voting popu lation. A provisional State Government will be put in operation in a few months. Two full brigades of loyal men have been enrolled. The “ League” have made extended arrangements for electing a member of Congress from every district. Pour were known to have been elected on the 21st of August, and the latest news is that the entire eight are elected, each having received a large vote. They arc among the best men in the State, who will insist upon a vigorous prosecution of the war. Their certificates of election will bear the signature of the Governor and the broad seal of the State. Since the engagement at Hatteras Inlet, the North Carolina troops have been withdrawn from Vir ginia. Many of them are dissatisfied with the war, and those who entered the service for the short term refuse to continue in the Confederate em ployment. No Rebel Troops at Vienna. The Star’s correspondence from Fairfax county says that there are no Disunion troops at Vienna, a picket guard only being posted there. Immediately around Flint Hill, half way be tween Falls Church and Fairfax Court House, there are the remains of four South Carolina regiments, viz : Kershaw’s, Cash’s, Bacon’s and Williams’s, reduced to about half their original number by the contingencies of their service, principally through sickness. Each of these regiments was originally 900 strong. The camp measles has raged long and terrifically in these regiments, as through out the rest of BEAUKEGAnD’s army. As soon as a man is taken down he is sent off to some hospital in the interior. Recently the South Carolina regi ments received from their State a supply of new clothing, and shoes, of which they were in great need. At present they have a sufficiency of provi sions, fresh beef, bacon, and flour. Military Appointments. Lieutenant Colonel Sedgwick, of the Sixth Cavalry, has been appointed brigadier general of volunteers, and Hoyt Sherman additional pay master. General Burnside has been assigned to duty in command of the regiments here which have not yet been assigned to brigades, and all arriving troops. Colonel Marcy, Inspector General of the United States Army, has been appointed chief of General McClellan’s staff. Paymasters of the Army. The following additional paymasters of the three years volunteers were appointed to-day : James'W. Schaumburg and Russel Errctt, Penn sylvania; MarkEtting, Missouri; Frank Bridge man,lowa; William H. Johnson, 0. Nicholas, Wil liam Lamed, and Henry V. Sullivan, Illinois; Ben jamin F. Watson, Oliver Holman, Julian 0. Mason, and George F. Emory, Massachusetts; H. F. Adams, Kansas; James C. John, John A. Lowry, Indiana; William H. Ritter, Thomas M. Bart, Alexander B. Williams, Robert L. Webb, and E. S. Hoy, New York; William Gilman, Michigan; Jno. E. New ell, New Jersey; Ira L. Hewett, Texas; W. J. Martin, New Mexico; Truman G. Wright, Rufus Cheney, Wisconsin; G. R. Saunders, California; William E. Culver, Kentucky. The above list comprises all the additional pay masters proposed to be appointed. Post Office. Christopher McDonald, of Pennsylvania, has been removed. Thomas Owen, of Maryland, has been appointed assistant messenger, vice Charles Cramer, re moved. Mrs. Williams. Mrs. S. S. Williams is out in a card this morning, defending herself against those who have charged her with being disloyal. Secretary Welles. Assistant Secretary Fox assumes the duties of the Secretary of tbo Navy during the absenco of Mr. Welles, who left Washington yesterday on a short visit home. Mr. Fox is equal to the im portant duties thus entrusted to his chargo. He has risen from an humble position in the navy by his own merits and exertions, and in his new position of Assistant Secretary enjoys the confidence not only of the officers of the navy, but of tie country generally. The Day. We are visited by a regular old-fashioned au tumn storm. The day is wet, chilly, and dreary. News is out of the question. Even the eustbmary daily report of “firing over the river'' has not been renewed to-day, the troops evidently being disposed to “ keep their powder dry ” for another occasion. Presentation of Colors. This morning the Cameron Rifles marched to the War Department, where they were presented with a splendid set of colors. The presentation was made by Secretary Cameron, who Addressed the Rifle? in complimentary terms, and spoke of the noble manner in which Pennsylvania has responded to the call for men to defend our common country against the lawless acts of Southern aggression. Never have I heard the Secretary of War speak in stronger language of the men in arms now in our vicinity. Their effectiveness, discipline, and de votedness to the cause, were, he said, the best guarantees of success in our future efforts to save the Union and vindicate the laws. Missouri for the Union. Governor Gamble, of whose arrival here you have been informed, has had an interview with the President, and the members of the Cabinet. He expresses the fullest confidence in the acts of General Fremont, and says that he is supported by every Union man in the State. They have a pow erful enemy to meet, and arc in need of reinforce ments; but their army is being increased, daily, while the leal, patriotism, and determination of tho army is worthy of all praise. Fremont is almost idolized by the men, and as a commander is in tho fullest confidence of the officers. Commodore Stringhnm’s Report. The full official report of Commodore Stringh am, forwarded from New York, is published. It gives great satisfaction at the Navy Department; not that it adds anything to previous information, but it affords minute details of the engagement, and gives a vivid picture of the whole transaction. Mr. Seaton Declines. The President appointed Col. W. W Seaton on the board of Commissioners of the Metropolitan Police, vice Mr. Wallach, elected Mayor, who, however, ex officio, is stillamcmber. Mr. Seaton would be a popular choice, but he respectfully de clines the nppointment. A Swindler Frustrated. A German, named John Kelt, took lodging for himself and three vivandiers at one of our hotels. After three days he asked for his bill, which was sent tip receipted. He was about to depart with out paying. and his baggage was stopped. He pre sented the receipt to an officer of the law, and said that his bill was paid, at the same time asked for aid to obtain the baggage belonging to himself and the vivandiers. The officer sent to the hotel and ascertained the facts, which were as stated above. Kelf escaped the claims of the law hy the land lord declining to complain against him. The bag gage was, however, held, and will be retnined till all bills are paid. The Militnry Railroad. The average number of trains daily run over the road between Washington and Baltimore is now eighteen. So perfect is the system that, with tho aid of the telegraph, all the stations are nnder the assisting superintendence of Thomas H. Canfield, that no accident whatever has occurred since it has been a military route. The capacity of the road is more than equal to the demands of the public ser vice. Postmaster. Thornton K. Ware has been appointed post master at Fitchburg, Mass. General Fremont's Command. It is known that persons acquainted with the gun exercise can receive satisfactory appointments from General Fremont. Vermont Cavalry. The Secretary of War has issued a commission to Colonel Lemuel B. Platt, of Colchester, Ver mont, to raise a cavalry regiment in that State, to be ready as soon as possible. miscellaneous. By orders issued from the Department, approved hy General McClellan, the Twenty-third Regi ment P. V., under Colonel Biunev, is to be in creased to fifteen hundred. The companies to be added are two in Philadelphia, accepted by tho Colonel, and crowded out. one in Luzerne county, one in Crawford county, and the Zouave Cadets of Pittsburg. The entire fifteen hundred are to he uniformed and equipped as*Zouaves. The dress of this regiment has met with general approval. Daily regimental drills are well attended by the citizens and strangers. Z. K. Pangborn, of Massachusetts, has been com missioned ns major in the regular army, and, for the present, assigned the duty as paymaster, an ap pointment unsolicited by him. Kentucky Invaded by the Rebels. oa,hg, eept. s.—General Grant, this morning, telegraphed to the Kentucky Legislature that the rebel forces, in considerable numbers, had invaded Kentucky, and were occupying and fortifying strong positions at Hickman and Chalk Bluffs. This afternoon he received a reply that his message, with one from Governor Harris, of Tennessee, to Governor Magoffin, had been referred to a special committee. Governor Harris, in his message, says that “ the troops that landed at Hickman last night did so without my knowledge or consent, and, I am confi dent, without the consent of the President. I hare telegraphed to President Daria, requesting their immediate withdrawal.” The accounts from the rebels in Southeast Mis souri are conflicting, their numbers being variously estimated at from 9,000 to 30,000. Louisville, Sept. s.—Captain Gorrich, who yesterday headed an expedition for carrying off arms to Elizabethtown for the Confederates, has been arrested. Latest from Louisville. Louisville, Sept. s—Midnight.—The telegraphic correspondence between General Grant and Gover nor Magoffin refers to Hickman, Kentucky, not Columbus. The shelling of Columbus is probably nntrue. Letters received here say General Bragg will leave Pensacola to-day, with three regiments, for Virginia, leaving there about the same number. The troops are very sickly at Pensacola, from thirty to forty soldiers dying daily. ITmon of Parties in Ohio. A DEMOCRAT FOR GOVERNOR AND REPUBLICAN FOR GO VKUN'OIt Cleveland, Sept. s.—The Union State Conven tion was held at Columbus to-day. It was largely attended, and the union of the Democrats and Re publicans enthusiastically greeted. David Tod (Democrat) was nominated for Go rernor, and Benj. Stanton (Republican) for Lieu tenant Governor. The balance of the ticket was divided between the Democrats and Republicans. The National Fast Day—lts Observance in Maryland. Baltimore, Sept. s.—Archbishop Kendrick, of Baltimore, has issued a circular directing the ob servance of the National Fast Day, as appointed by the President, and also the stated use of prayers for civil rulers, including the prayer for the Presi dent, composed by Bishop Carroll some years since. Bishop Whitlingham, of Maryland, some time since issued a pastoral letter enjoining the ob servance of the day, and setting forth a special service. From Missouri. Chicago, Sept. s.—The following is a special despatch to the Chicago Tribune: Quincy, 111., Sept. 4.—Gen. Pope arrived-here last night. lie will leave this evening to take the field in Missouri. The rebels have torn up the railroad track and out down the telegraph poles between Hunnowell and Shelbinn. Martin Green was between these places yester day with a force of 2,000 well-armed men, with two pieces of artillery. Gen. Hurlbutis reported to be west of Shelbina with twelve or fifteen thousand lowa and Illinois troops. I am authorized to say that the reports that Gen. Fremont had disapproved of, and countermanded, Gen. Pope’s orders regarding the policy adopted by him in Northern Missouri, and particularly with regard to levying contributions in Marion county and Palmyra, are without the slightest foundation. The truth is, that Gen. Pope will proceed immedi ately with such a force as will insure the complete execution of his policy. The Reported JDeath of Jeff. Davis again Contradicted. Louisville, Sept. 5.—A report was widely cir culated that cx-Mnyor Barber had received a des patch asserting positively the death of President Davis, but it proves to be entirely without founda tion. Accident to a Gunboat; The gunboat R. B. Forbes has arrived from Bos ton. It is thought that she is bilged quite badly, but her machinery is but slightly injured. General Batter at Home. EXTUUSIASTIC IIECEPTION. Lowell, Mass., Sept. s.—General Butler was most enthusiastically received here to-day, by the military and a cavalcade of citizens. All the in habitants turned out to welcome him. In his reply to the address of Mayor Sargent, he closed by saying: “Let no man count the costs. So mid dle course can be admitted.” He stated that, after remaining home for a brief period, he would return to the scene of war, not to come home again till peace was restored. TBE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1861. THE KENTUCKY LEGISLATURE. Important Message of Magoffin. Frankfort, Sept. s.—The Senate was organized to-day by the election of John P. Fiske as Speaker, nnd J. 11. Johnson clerk. Governor Magoffin’s message was received nnl read. The Governor says: “ Kentucky has the right to assume a neutral posi tion. Sho had no agency in fostering the sectionat party in the free States, and did not approve of the separate State action and accession of the Southern States at the time. Until recently Kentucky's neutrality has not been soriously aggressed by either belligerent power, though lawless raids have been suffered from both sides, private property has been seized, commerce interrupted, and our trade destroyed. “ These wrongs have been borne with patience, and reparation obtained when possible. But a mi litary Federal force has boon organized, equipped, and encamped in the central portion of -Kentucky, without consultation with the State authorities, but a short time before the assembling of a Legislature fresh from our people. “If the people of Kentucky desire more troops, let them be obtained under the Constitution of Kentucky. I, therefore, recommend that the law or last spring be amended, so as to enable the Mili tary Board to borrow a sufficient sum of money to purchaso arms and munitions for our defence.” The Governor infers from the President’s corres pondence that if he thought the people of Kentucky desired the removal of the Federal forces from tho State, the President would comply, and Magoffin recommends the passage of resolutions requesting the disbanding or removal of all military bodies not under the State authority. He complains of the continued introduction of Federal guns, and the distribution thereof to pri vate citizens. He considers this as a source of ir ritation which should bo arrested. He refers to the Legislature a number of cases of aggressions upon the private rights of citizens of the State by bodies of the belligerents, where he had not the right or power to afford redress. After discussing tho national difficulties, lie says Kentuckians have meant te wait the exhaustion of all civil remedies before they will reconsider the question of assuming new external relations; but I have never understood that they will tamely sub mit to the unconstitutional oppressions of the North. They ronounce their sympathy with the North, that they renounce their sympathy with the people of her aggrieved sister States, nor that they will approve of a war to subjugate tho South. Still less can I construe any of their votes as meaning that they will prosecute a coercive war against their Southern bretheren. They meant only that they have still some hope of the restoration and perpetu ation of tho Union, and nntil that hope is blasted they will not alter their existing relations. “ Their final decision will be law to me, and I will execute every constitutional act of their repre sentatives as vigilantly and faithfully as though it originated with myself.” The Governor says that in no word or thought has he thwarted the lawful purpose of the people of Kentucky, and Ss such instance of his adherence, he denounced the President’s war proclamation of April 15th as illegal, and therefore peremptorily refused to the demand on Kentucky for troops. Citing the subsequent acts of the Administration, he says he cannot give them any sort of sanation. He protests against the further prosecution of the war; against Kentucky being made a camping ground or pathway for the movement of forces by either belligerents, and recommends the General Assembly to pass resolutions requiring both bel ligerents to keep off our soil and respect Ken tucky's neutrality. He concludes as follows: “My respect for State rights and State sovereignty will make me bow in respectful submission to the majority of her people, so long ns I am a citizen of Kentucky.” It is understood that Governor Magoffin received at Frankfort, to-day, a despatch from Gen. Grant, of Cairo, stating that the Tennessee troops had en tered Columbu3. Gov. Magoffin immediately telegraphed to Gov. Harris, protesting against this act, to which Harris replied, saying that he would request President Davis to withdraw the troops. Louisville, Sept. s.—This evening the city is full of untraceahle rumors that the Federal gun boats, being fired upon from Columbus, had re sponded by shelling and burning that town, but no verification of this important story can be obtained to-night. The New Orleans Crescent says that the Military Board of Mississippi was tendered the services of a vessel fully armed and equipped for the defence of Mississippi Sound, but th*o£fer was declined. Richmond despatches to the Southern press say that the President had called together the Congress for the 2d inst. Lieut. Burnett, late of the United States army, arrived lately at Fort Smith, Arkansas. Gen. Beauregard’s report of the battle of-Manas sas has been published. He calls the engagement a remarkable artillery duel. He compliments tho Washington Artillery, and mentions a few names complimentary. The Wilmington (N. C.) Journal says that Hat teras fell into the hands of the enemy not because it had no sufficient amount of ammunition, but be cause the works were not sufficiently tenable te re sist the heavy force brought against them. Tho Nciv York Democratic State Con vention. Sybacuse, Sept. s.—On fhe assembling of the Convention this morning, a motion was made to re consider the vote admitting both the Mozart and Tammany delegations. A not debate ensued. The Convention refused to hear Mr. McMasters, of the Freeman's Journal , and a vote was ordered OH the main question. By a vote of 114 against 87, the Convention re considered the vote of yesterday admitting both the New York city delegations. The question now recurs on adopting the majority report admitting the Tammany delegates only. There is much ex citement both in and outside of the Convention. THE PEACE PAKIY TUBXED OUT. Sybacuse, Sept S —Noon. —The majority report admitting only the Tammany delegation has been pnsEed, thus excluding the Mozart or Peace wing of the party. This action has created tremendous excitement. The Committee on Besolutions reported a series, in effect as follows : Resolved, 1. That the watchword which shall animate the Democracy in the defence of our im perilled country is the sentiment of Jackson, that the “ Union must be preserved.” 2. That the claim to relinquish the State alle giance is unwarranted by the Constitution, and at war with it in letter and spirit, and incompatible with good gorernment; and the Democracy ever maintained, as they still do, that secession is revo lution. 3. That the seizure of the forts and property of the Government, followed by the authorization of privateers, precipitated the country into war. . 4. That it is the duty of the Government to prose cute this war with all its power and resources, and the duty of the people to rally to its support until the struggle ends with the triumph of the Constitu tion and the laws, and the restoration of the Union. 5. That we hold next in guilt to the faction in arms the-Northern agitator. 6. That it was the duty of Congress to have en couraged the loyal citizens of the South by ample guarantees of their rights, and by just and honora- Io concessions; and we believe it to be the duty of the Government, while putting down the rebel lion, to offer to the loyal people of the disaffected States the remedy which the Constitution itself provides—viz: a convention of all the States for a revision and amendment of that instrument. 7: That the Democracy of this State regard any attempt to pervert this conflict into a war for the emancipation of slaves as fatal to all hopes for the restoration of the Union. 8. That we protest against the doctrine that any power except the representatives of the people can suspend the writ of habeas corpus, and protest against the passport system; against the Govern ment establishing a State police; against the as sumption of the Government to repress the discus sion of its policy by a free press, by the refusal to afford it the proper mail facilities; and, finally, protest against the President’s doctrine that the States derive their authority from the Federal Go vernment. The last resolution concludes as follows: “ That a Democratic victory in the State will be hardly less auspicious to the cause of the Union than the triumph of tho Federal arms in the field; and, therefore, we hold those who are trying to create dissensions in the ranks of tho Democracy as not only treacherous to its principles, but dis loyal to their country.” Darius B. Ogden addressed an earnest appeal to the Democracy to rally now, as it always has, around tho stars and stripes, in support of the Union. Ho held secession to be treason, and wo must overcome this rebellion by all tho power that God has given us loyal men. We must put it down by peace if wo can, but if we cannot, are we to submit to rebellion ? No! If we find no olive branch wo must put down treason and rebellion, and water the earth with our blood until the tree springs forth on which shall grow the olive branch. |Tremendous applause.] We must have more fighting before we can secure the boon of peace. [Cheers.] Ho would have re bellion crushed out, and then guaranty tho South all her constitutional rights. [lmmense applause.] If the Constitution is properly cuforccd it is all the South have n right to ask. The resolutions were then taken up, and con siderable debate ensued on certain portions of them, bnt they were mainly adopted. Daring the debate a member declared that tho South had brought on the war, and he was opposed to peace offers, except at tho cannon’s mouth. Wo wero a peace-party berore the war, but, for God’s sake, don’t let us be a peace party during the war. His remarks were loudly applauded. The following nominations were made by tho Convention: Judge of Appeals, Judge Comstock; Secretary of State, D. Floyd Jones; Comptroller, George H. Scott; Attorney General, Lyman Tre maine ; Treasurer, F. C. Bruch; Canal Commis sioner, J. B. Lord. Adjourned. The Mozart delegation held a meeting, after the exclusion from the Convention, and voted to ad journ to the city of New York, and to frame an address there, to their constituents, in reforonoo to this day’s proceedings. Fobtbess Moniiob, September 4, via Balti more.—A flag of truce conveyed to Craney Island, this morning, a number of ladies wishing to go South. 5b A flag of truce from Norfolk arrived, bringing down the baggage of the released seamen who reached here yesterday. The rebels of North Carolina are reported to be terribly exasperated on account of our recent vic tory at Hntteras. The flouting battery which is said to have been towed down from Norfolk to geweU’B Point exists only in the imagination. Southern News. RUMORED BOMBARDMENT OF COLUMBUS. AFTEItXOON SESSION, From Fortress Monroe. From Gen. Banks' Command. STRENGTH OF THE ENF.it V AT LEESBURG AND ALONG TIIE LINK orroSltE WASIIIif GTOft, Montgomery County, Md., Sept. 2, via Balti more, Sept. s.—At the latest advieeifrom Lees burg, there wore supposed to be about 7,000 rebel troops there. It has been ascertained, however, that the- rebels are busily engaged in throwing up entrenchments at tbe junction of the Little lulls road with the Alexandria and Leesburg turnpike, and that nearly all the negroes in the northern part- of Fairfax county arc employed on the work above Leesburg'. There are no large bodies of rebels, but their pickets line the river shore and guard the ford and ferry. Intelligence from the Virginia shore is to the effect that from opposite the White House ford, near the mouth of the Seneca river, down to Arlington Heights, the rebels hnive heavy pickets, and are daily expecting reinforcements to enable them to extend them to Conrad’s Ferry. There ore at least from 600 to 700 now along the- lie*. On Friday, a thousand Mississippians, as a guard, reached the vicinity of Fairfax Court House, with sixty pieces of artillery. The force opposite Washington is estimated by the rebels at 125,000, with heavy reinforcements daily Arriving- They say on attack is to be made on Washington during the present week. Simultaneously with the attack on Washington demonstrations arc to be made, according to tho same authority, below or near the mouth of tho Oc ooquan. and above, at Edwards’, Nolan's, or the White House ferry. The rebels have plenty of provisions and whisky, but their stores have been entirely drained of salt, sugar, and coffee, and no money can purchaso these' necessaries. Men frequently come down to the river and in piteous terms beg their Maryland neighbors for a pittance of these articles. The cows and cattle are suffering for want of salt. A scanty supply is sometimes obtained from fish brine, but this is very scarce. The rebels yesterday arrested five men nearly opposite this town. Four sons had deserted from the rebel army, and they, together with their aged father as a hostage, were drafted book to tho army. From St. Louis. St. Louis, Sept. s.—Prince Napoleon and suite arrived here at six o’clock this morning, from Chi cago, and took rooms at tho Finnter’s House. A military escort had boon provided by General Fre mont to attend the Prince from the depot to his quarters, on the arrival of the regular train ; but after waiting on the levee till 9 o’clock, it was as certained that the Prince had quietly entered the city three hours before. Three runaway slaves, caught a few days since by a party of Federal troops, at Meremee Bridge, have been brought to the city. They will be delj vered to their owners on sufficient proof of their loyalty. It is reported that J. W. Reid, a member of Congress, is raising a regiment of troops in his dis trict for the rebel army. A military commission is to assemble at the St. Louis arsenul, to try all prisoners brought before it, according to the rules and regulations of war. Arrival of a Prize at Eastport, Me. Eastfort, Me., Sept. s.—Tho ship Alice Ball, from Liverpool, has arrived hero in charge of a prize crew, which was put on board of her by ihc steamer Arago. She has no register or other papers. Arrival of the Glasgow. New York, Sept. s.—The steamship Glasgow , from Liverpool, August 21st, via Queenstown, Au gust 22d, arrived here early this morning. Her news has been anticipated. She brought the mails and passengers of the Etna, which had put back to Queenstown disabled. Cotton Factory Burned. Stockbridge, Mass., Sept. s.—The cotton facto ry at flreat Bannington, belonging to Olney & Gaff, was destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon. Pnblic Amusements. Mr. Couldock’s benefit takes place at Walnut street Theatre, this evening, for which a new drama, from the French, called “Jocrisse, the Juggler,” will be produced, for the first time in this country, Mr. Couldook performing the princi pal character. We believe this piece was very successful both in Paris and London. The after piece will be “The Widow's Victim,” in which Mr. Edwin Adams gives his amusing imitations. We need but announce that the “School for Scandal ’ ’ will be repeated at Areh-strcet Theatre to-night, to gratify many who were unable to obtain admission to the theatre on Saturday evening last. Many who have alreadyseenMrs. Drew's admirable representation of Lady Teazle will want to see it again, while those who have not can to-night have an opportunity. It is an artistic performance. American Mechanics’ Hall, Fourth and George Streets. [For The Press.] This immense hail, we understand, was filled to overflowing on last Sabbath, to hear the remainder of Kev. Dr. West’s discourse on “ Prophecy and providence as respects our country and the world at the present time.” We need only say that the vote of that large and respectable-looking audience, to have the two sermonE published, is a sufficient test of the ap preciation in which they were held. The Irish Brigade and Captain Thomas Francis Meagher. New York, Sept. 4, 1861. To the Editor of the Herald: In reply to seve ral inquiries touching my relations with the Sixty ninth Volunteers, I Beg, once for all, to state that I do not intend to accept the colonelcy of the same. It is true that, a few days ago, I was in duced to acquiesce in my name being used in connection with the colonelcy, with the view of completing the organization as speedily as possi ble. I did so with the expectation, moreover, that the Sixty-ninth Volunteers would be, at an early day, In the field as a component part ot an Irish brigade, in which 1 hoped to secure some position, Where, though of inferior rank, my services might prove more useful to the regiment, the brigade, and the cause. But, although my heartiest ex ertions will be given to raise and equip the regi ment, I cannot conscientiously, and with the ap proval of my judgment, promise to accept the command of it when in active service. The reasons which obliged me to decline similar posi tions, so flatteringly offered by other regiments, hold good with equal weight in the ease of the Sixty-ninth Volunteers, and it would be doing the new regiment an injury instead of a service for me to deprive it of the control and guidance of an officer who, like my friend Lieutenant Colonel Nugent, for instance, is well qualified to lead it with distinction. There are other positions of less responsibility which I do not feel myself wholly unfit to occupy, and in one of these, should it bo assigned me, I should be glad and proud to aerye the regiment. In justice to myself, I desire it to be distinctly understood, in conclusion, that I have not personally tendered to the War Department the services of the new Sixty-ninth; that no corre spondence has passed between the authorities and myself on the subject, and the use of my name in ' connection with it has arisen solely from the circum stances above stated. I havo the honor to be, very truly, yours, T. F. Mhaqiiek. Important Instructions to Recrnits and Recruiting Officers. Adjutant General Thomas has issued the follow ing important order: It is announced that the appropriation “for col lecting, drilling, and organizing volunteers, under the acts authorizing the President to accept the services of five hundred thousand men," is intended for the payment of all expenses that may hereafter be incurred therefor, as well as for the reimburse ment to individuals of such amounts as have been already justly and actually expended by them in raising troops that have or may be received into the service of the United States. Claims of Stales for expenditures in raising volunteers heretofore made by them, are provided for by separate and distinct appropriations, and will hot be paid from the one new referred to. . Reimbursements of expenses for organizations raised, or attempted to bo raised, but not actually mustered into the United States service, will not bo made. Bills must in all cases specify the date of ex penditure, the particular item and amount, and the company or regiment for which the expense wee incurred, and by a certificate of the officer or per son incurring the expense, that it was necessary for the public service, for troops raised for the United States, and that the amount charged is accurate and just. They must be accompanied by the receipt of the party to whom payment was made. Among expenses properly chargeable against this appropriation may be enumerated— 1. Sent of the rendezvous or office for recruit ing. 2. Commutation of fuel and quarters for officers already;'mustered into service, when detached on recruiting duty. 3. Subsistence of volunteers prior to their muster into service. After such muster subsistence will bo provided by this subsistence department. If pos sible subsistence will bo issued in kind, as recog nized in the regular service, or, if other articles ore substituted, the cost of the whole must not ex ceed the regular supplies, and will be paid for at rates not exceeding the current prices at the place of purebase. If subsistence cannot bo furnished in kind, and board be necessary, it will bo furnished at a rate not to exceed forty cents per diem. 4. Necessary transportation of volunteers prior to completion of company organizations, and muster into service as a company. After completion of such organization and muster, transportation will be paid by the Quartermaster’s Department Trans portation will be at tho rate of two cents per mile for railroad, and at the current rates for stage and steamboat. 5. Rent of ground and mileage fare for camping purposes, or cost of erection of quartors, of cooking stoves when absolutely necessary, of clerk and of fice hire when authorized by tho adjutant general, and all expenses incidental to camps of rendez vous. 6.. Knives, forks, tin cups, and tin plates tor vo lunteers. 7. Necessary medicines and medical attendance prior to organization of regiments, or tho mustering in of the regimental surgeons. 8. Actual railroad, stage, or steamboat faro ne cessarily incurred by authorized agents in raising or recruiting volunteers. 9. Officers recruiting will be authorized to adver tise for recruits, in not to exceed two newspapers for each rendezvous under their charge. 10. Fuel and straw previous to company organi zation, according to the allowance for the regular army. 11. All other expenses allowed for recruiting in tho regular service, not heroin mentioned, and in curred for volunteers previous to their muster into the United States service. Councils will not reassemble .until next Thursday. Escape of a Delirious Patient from tiie New Tonic Hospital.— Bernard Main fold, a Gor man, who was admitted to the New York Hospital :on the 23d ult., suffering so severely from burns as to be delirious, broke from his nurse on Saturday last, and sprang from a verandah to the ground, a distance of 20 feet. He was overtaken and brought back to bis apartment, unhurt by the leap, but sub sequently died from his burns. About one hundred and forty officers of Southern birth remain in the army at the present date. Walnut-Street Theatre —Ninth and Walnut ets.— “ Jocrisse. Ihe J ug/flcr"— 1 “ The Widow ’s Victim.” Abch-StkXxt Theatre —Arch street, above Sixth.— i‘School for Scandal” —“ The While Statue.” Assembly Btmoisos.—Sauderstn’s “Southern Re hellion,” “Russian AYnr,” lie. TREASON' AND “PEACE” REBiriCEIk IN CHESTER COUNTY. Great Meeting at Oxford. NO COMPROMISE WITH ABMED TBAITOBS, The Quakers and Covenanters for War. Chester county has been one- of the foremost in the State to snpply men and means to the Govern ment. It took an active part ih> the election of Mr. Lihteln, and has since exhibited equal alacrity in sending troops to fight for him. Two thousand gal lant men from West Chester, Kenneth Downingtown, Coatcsville, and Phcenixville, are-wow in the field, and many have Inin down their lives in defence of the Union. A few mercenary spirits, however, were loft todefend treason, and uniter the guise of peace, profane the laws, the Constitution, the Ad ministration, and the soldiery. A paper called the Jeffcrsoniim, edited by an Englishman, labored strenuously to discourage the people and to oppose the recruiting of men for the army. The people bore its infamous undertakings until’ patience be came too-weak for patriotism, and to lew selected Unionists silently broke up its presses'iwid scattered its type in the public streets. The news-of this con dign punishment spread far and wide, and the oc currence was so magnified that many believed one half the people of West Chester to bo traitors. So great a fire had a little spark kindled! When it hAd been proved satisfactorily to nil comprehen sions that the Quakers and their children were loyal, rumor still pertinaciously insisted that there was a part of the county infected with noxious sentiments, and, by common consent, these town ships bordering upon the Maryland line, of which the town of Oxford was the seat of business, be came known throughout Eastern Pennsylvania as single among all the districts of the Commonwealth, in their sympathy with treason, and their opposi tion to the war. It was said —with what truth we do not know—that a person named Twaddell, living just over the Lancaster line, had raised a Secession flag over his tavern, and collected a meeting of rabid folks from lower Chester county, who eheered eertain infamous speeches, and avowed hostility to the Government and hatred to the war. Men were said to have attended this meeting whose homes were situated upon the con secrated fields of Brandywine, and we were gravely told that Oxford nourished a brood of serpents that were ready to start forth and sting the Government at the first approach of invaders from Sccessia , Yesterday the people of Oxford gave the lie to these libels by holding one of the largest and most enthusiastic mass meetings that have ever been chronicled in this county. Our reporter went down in the early train by the Baltimore Central Railroad, and at all the stations, sturdy farmers, mechanics, and gentry, climbed upon the cars, and a drummer and fifer, perched upon the smoking car, made music on all the bridges and in the valleys and the hills. At Oxford a mounted company, squads of recruits, and a body of Home Guards, under the marshalship of well-known townsmen, were congregated, anil the whole party, numbering about two thousand, marched up and down the town with bands of music at the lead, cheering and shouting as if wild. We took dinner at one of the hotels, which has improved somewhat since our last visit. We might suggest, however, that the waiters take off their hats in the dining room, and the chairs be supplied with backs. Beyond these slight matters, everything passed off comfortably, and we walked at ones by a pleasant road to a woods, a half mile from the town, where, under the thickness of the leaves, an area had been cleared, and substantial stands and seats erected. Upwards of a thousand ladies wore seated and as many more strolled through the aisles, and looked out from rows of carriages that com pletely environed the area. The main body of the people did not come out from Oxford until some time afterwards. Among the auditors we noticed a large proportion of broaa-brimmed hats and coats of a peculiar cut. The Friends were out in force to endorse the war, and the Scoteh-Irish Covenanters, true to their peculiar tenets, and full of the spirit ofloyalty and liberty that animated them whilom, had gathered in sight of their thousand farifls. to ex press their approbation of “ trusting in God and keeping their powder dry !” Jesse C. Dickens made an informal speech prior to the arrival of the music and before the organi zation. He asserted, in a plain, forcible. way, the claims of the Government upon good, citizens, and favored all prohibitions, however strict and stern, that might be inaugurated to intimidate and punish offenders. Mr, Darlington followed, likewise informally, and favored the most urgent and immediate means that could he employed to crush treason and overwhelm its armies. He stated that all common modes and forms mast yield to the present exigency, and the lesser rights, if necessary, be abrogated for the time, that the greater ones shall be maintained for ever. A' Witness. The recent action of General Fremont in offering freedom to the slaves of rebel masters, was in ac cordance with the wishes of the people of Chester county. They had no sensitiveness upon the mat ter of slavery, regarding it as the origin of the whole difficulty, and therefore anxious that with the rebellion the peculiar “ institution " should be put down. He (Darlington) was a Quaker, but the Quaker doctrine of peace might apply to any war but this. For the Confederate rebellion, the Qua kers had but two remedies, the bayonet and the halter. Of these two the offenders might select their own mode; but the Government asked as she gave, no terms to traitors, and the people would sustain or perish with her. [Great applause.] Seymour Williamson represented the fighting Quakers, who were always opposed to compromise. Tho Government was now upon trial, and the Qua kers intended to sustain it. He who doubted the ultimate success of our arms was little better than an enemy. And if rebellion should by any com plicity of circumstances be victorious, the failure of the Union would not be a demonstration of the failure of Republics. Upon the constitutional question Mr. Williamson had but one opinion, which he laconically expressed as “ laying it a on? side and killing the devils.” [Great laughter.] We would resume the Constitution when treason was broken up. The meeting was organized at noon, there being at that time a miscellaneous collection of perhaps three thousand people upon the ground. William Wheeler moved the appointment of Samuel J. Dickey as chairman. The latter gentleman thought that mass meetings were generally futile, and productive of evil, but the present meeting was not called to farther the claims of any political aspirant. Its object wa3 the maintenance of the Union and Government, by as suring the Washington Administration that the lower townships of Chester county were unanimous ly in favor of carrying on tho war until the last vestige of disloyalty was dead, and the abuses, if any there were, settled by legislation in the coun cils of the nation, and not with traitors menacing the capital. Tho following were the vice presidents : W. H. Wheeler, E. Olley, J. Hall, J Hastings, C. K. McDonald, W. McConkle, S. A. Worth, Wm. Har ris. C. A. Haines, S. Slocum, J. C. Dickey, W. Rutherford, J. D. Boas, E. T. Richardson, Robert Brown, Dr. Armstrong. Dr. Cunningham. The secretaries were Robert Hodgson and W. C. Worth. The officers and speakers were of all party shades, a fair proportion being Breckinridge De mocrats, and Douglas.inen and Republicans alter nating. Dr. W timer Worthington, of West Ches ter, took the floor, and stated earnestly the objects of the meeting. They were to state whether the old flag, its memories and its hopes, Bhould still float over their homes and the homes of alt tho land, or the banners of separate and antagonistic nationalities go abroad to the sea and the nations, to carry evidences of the failure of republics to despairing humanity. Dr. Worthington reviewed the objects and causes of the war, and expressed an abiding confidence in the success or loyalty and the people against disloyalty and slavery. Wo had shown, in a series of foreign wars, that united we were invincible. The present war was more dangerous becauso waged by men more insidious, who had brought disaffection to tho thresholds of all our homes. What had the North and the Government done to prompt insurrection ? South Carolina and tho Gulf States never before lost a slave. They always controlled the finances and perquisites of tho States. Their greediness knew no abatement, and they had broken the bond of sovereignties because they could not rule. The advantages and blessings of the Republic, as it is, were now referred to. Would the yeomanry and artisans of Pennsylvania uphold the Govern ment by contributing men and means to carry on the war? [Aye! aye!] The speaker continued at great length to advise the continuance of the war; finally interrupted by the approach of the bands of music and a vast procession of people. The scene was now truly beautiful; the bands, preceded by banners and flags, were playing na tional airs, and the whole concourse rose from their seats and cheered immensely. The procession following tho music answered with cheers, and the scone of enthusiasm was made doubly effective by the fresh foliage which enveloped the banners and made a green canopy over all the hosts, through the chinks of which the light streamed softly down and endowed with rare lustre the uniforms of the troops, the glossy skins of the horses, the ribbons and bright eyes of the ladies. The music of the band stirred up the most apathetic, and the luke warm, if any there were, throw up their hats with the wildest, reminding us of tho effects of the mi- racles upon the multitude— “ leaping, shouting, and praising God.” The apostles in this ease were the flag and the national airs, and as all the people looked upon them their coldness was turned to great joy. The procession marched around tho circle, after which the band were provided with seats under tho stand, interspersing tho remaining oxercises with patriotic music. The following resolutions were next offered, and Unanimously carried : Whereas, The Union of theso States, under tho guidance of Divine Providence, has boon tho fruit ful source of prosperity and domestic peace to the country for nearly three-fourths of a century ; and, Whereas, The Constitution framed by our Revo lutionary fathers contains, within itself, all needful provisions for the exigencies of the Government, and, in the progress of events, for sueh amendments as are necessary to meet new emergencies and, Whereas , An armed combination has been form ed to break up the Union, by throwing off the obli fations of the Constitution; and has, in several fates, oarried on its criminal purposes by the sei zure of national fortresses, vessels, and other pro perty, thus setting tho authority of the Government at defiance, and insulting the national flag: there iOlßeso'ived, Ist. That the iniquitous rebellion, now existing in this country, is wholly without cause or excuse, and its parallel for fiendish otrocity cannot bo found in the nistory of any people. ' 2. That aspiring politicians for tho last twenty eight years, regardless of the republican principles upon which our Constitution and institutions are based, would take from the people the right to govern, and give it only to a few, thereby subvert ing every principle of democraoy. 3. That inasmuch as the nation is now struggling for its very being, and the glorious institutions of the countrv grently endangered, wo pledge our selves to sustain the Government with all the means THE CITY. AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. that God has placed at our disposal; and that those who will not do this are either intentionally or un intCDtiwaiiy giving “Aid nnd comfort to the ene my;” for we believe in the dying declaration of the lamented Douglas, “ that there are culy two sides to this question. Every man must be for tho United States Government or against it. There can be no neutrals-in* this war—only patriots or traitors.” 4. That the war should be prosecuted with all the energy nnd povre r possessed by the General Go vernment, until disunion is completely crushed out, and that whilst we are willing to 1 giver to every State and portion of our beloved oountry all their juet and constitutional rights, we will oppose nny and all compromises with armed traitors ; neverthe less, when the authority of the Federal Govern ment shall have been re-established; and'penccful obedience to the Constitution and laws prevail, we shall be ready to co-operate and center with' all loyal citizens throughout the Union, ra Congress or Conventions, for the consideration of all supposed grievances—the redress oS.all wrongs, if any exist, and the protection of every right, yielding our selves, and expecting all otfiers to yield, to’the will of the whole people as constitutionally expressed. 5 1 . That the thanks of every true patriot'are duo' to the brave and fearless men who have sacrificed the comforts of home and business, and gone to do battle for our common country and Constitution, G. That, as loyal citizens, forgetting alhparty tics and prejudices, we hereby pledge ourselves to the support of our country, and declare for the - Union and the Constitution, one and inseparable, now and forever. Dr. Worthington continued, after the people were again quiet: The Catonwas, as Webster hatfsaid, like the mar riage contract, neverto be broken until death. The apeakor had been a Democrat all his life, but he was - a Democrat no longer; “the Government” was his whole platform, and its maintenance his sole aspiration. No man whosupported Andrew Jack- Eon when he swore to put down nullification, could fail to endorse Abraham Lincoln in putting down Disunion. But could the rebellion be suppressed.? Ay ' by the millions of the North, inured to hard ship, and deTout in their love of law. These, now encompassing the confines of rebellion, and riding the gulf and the sea, would mnkc the flag respect ed, the President obeyed, and the- treason inglo rious. [Three cheers.] The band now played the Star Spangled Banner, the people joining in chorus, and Mr. AV, Wheeler presenting « bouquet, in the interim, to-Mv, Worth ington. Wavnc McVeagh made some remarks. The meeting was called to rebuke tfcefew traitors of Chester county The immense gathering had seared the blood from the pale checks of every Secession miscreant. He had been, told in West Chester that Oxford and vicinity were disaffected, because, forsooth, some bad, blatant fellows hod prated their disloyalty abroad. The speaker dis believed all such libellous reports. The folk at Ox ford hnd no sympathies with traitors. The-guns that were discharged from Charleston harbor united them in support of the Government. The cause for which they fought was that of freedom, civili zation, and law. Those who warred with, this- Go vernment were the enemies of the human race. He who said a word to cool the ardor of the people, weaken the respect fur the Inw, or dbeuadc tho volunteers from rallying under the flag, was the life-enemy of the speaker, though he should be his own brother. Friendship might exist in bitter partisan contests, but not when the land was im perilled, and midnight incendiaries abroad to spoil and ravage. The meeting assembled—rather than any words of the speaker’s—was the proper rebuke for" the few rebels that stood up in Chester county to cry “ pence,” which meant disunion. The sole question with the people was, should the war be waged on the banks of the Shenandoah and Potomac, or on the banks of the Susquehanna and Brandywine. In the latter case, the traitors amongst us would be “Jefferson Davis’ army of reserve.” The speaker alluded to the course of ihe Jeffersonian of West Chester in very severe terms, and said, finally, that the end of the war would be either the rebel flag at Bunker Hill or the flag of tho Union at Charleston, He who took the Jeffersoman or Day Book, or any sheet of kindred sentiments, nnd went abroad prating “ peace,” was a miserable traitor, who feared to speak the truth ; for his !! peace” meant rebellion. In allusion to the ladies. Mr. McVeigh said that they were all for the Union. A voice—“ Not quite.” The speaker—“l mean all that are not in jail.” [Great laughter.] “All that were in jail wanted 1 peace,’ and to be let alone. Before long a United States Commissioner would probably be appointed at West Chester, tolook after the county traitors.” Voice. We want him in Oxford. Mr. McVeigh gave a receipt for detecting traitors. Tell him of the doom of tronson and the glorious objects of the war, and the crimson would come'to his forehead and write the word “Tory.” [Ap plause.] A beautiful tribute to the dead of Penn sylvania, New England, and the West was then given, and Generals Fremont and MeClollan were eulogized in glowing terms. The latter has Chester county blood in his veins. Frazer Smith, of West Chester, referred to the victory of Hatteras Inlet, and compared the feeling of exultation now existing to that disappointment which overwhelmed us at Manassas. The question was net of subjugating our brethren, but ot being subjugated ourselves, Ac. When he had spoken at some length, a gentleman from Baltimore took the floor, nnd made a stirring speech, explanatory of the loyal feeling of Mary land, and her desire to see the war go on. We were compelled to leave the grove at the de parture of the train, at three o’clock, but the meet ing was going on in a most enthusiastic way, and, to the smallest observation, Secessionism was either nowhere or completely sowed in the borough. As we left, a bevy of cheers went up from a thousand throats to the honor of the “ Volunteers.” List of Prisoners now in Fort Lafa yette.—Yesterday morning David Reno, who was arrested and confined in Fort Lafayette, arrived in this city, having been discharged by order of the War Department. The following list of prisoners now at the fort was obtained from him, having been made out by a fellow-prisoner named Hilary Cenas: ROOM NUMBER ONE E. S. Ruggles, Fredericksburg. Va., July 20, 1801. James E. Murphy, Portsmouth, Ya., July 31, 1861. Juba H. C'uslck, Woodville, Md., July 31,1861. Chae. M. Uagland, Baltimore, Md., July 31. John H. Davis, Baltimore, Md., July 31. Geo. Miles, Richmond, Va,, August 22. James G. Guthrie, Petersburg, Ya., August 23. J. R. Barbour, Lake Providence, La., August 24, D. C. Lowber, New Orleans, August 25. R. F. Grove, New York city, September 1. nOOM XUMDER TWO. Charles Howard, Baltimore, Md,, July 31, Samuel H. Lyon, Baltimore, Md., July 31. AY. H. Gatchell, Baltimore, Md., July 31. Richard H. Alvey, Hagerstown, Md., July 31. Austin E. Smith, San Francisco, California, Au gust 2. John Williams, Norfolk, Virginia, August 11. James G. Berret, Washington, D. C., August 25. Samuel J, Anderson, New York city, August 27. Frank E. William?, Chocklain, Arkansas, Sep tember 1. H. L Reynolds, Mobile, Alabama, September 1. ROOK NUMBF.R THREE, Dr. Ed. Johnson, Baltimore, Maryland, July 29. Robert Mure, Charleston, South Carolina, Au gust 14. Charles Hopfcral, Carroll county, Maryland, Au gust 18. T. S. Serrill, New Orleans, August 18. Pierce Butler, Philadelphia, August 20. Louis D. Bibian, Wilmington, North Carolina, August 20. E. M. Fisk, New Orleans, August 25. AY. H. Hart, (Lieutenant, U. S. N.,) Norfolk, Vir ginia, August 31. Captain De Laguel, (S. A.,) Alexandria, Virginia, August 31. J. C. Rahming, New York city, September 2. ROOM NUMBER FOUR. Samuel H.|Kakins, Richmond, Virginia, August 26. David Reno, Columbia, South Carolina, August 26. Discharged. Robert Tanstil, (Captain U. S. M. C.), Virginia, August 28. Thomas S- Wilson, (Lieutenant U. S. M. C-), Missouri, August 28. H. B. Claiborne, (Midshipman U. S. M. C.), New Orleans, August 28. Hillary Cenas, (Midshipman U. S. M, C.), New Orleans, August 28. William Patrick, Brooklyn, New York, Au gust 28. Ellis B. Sobnable, Pennsylvania, August 29. Uriah B. Ilarrold, Macon, Georgia, August 30. Bichard S. Freeman, Macon, Georgia; August 31. Henry A. Reeves, Greenport, Long Island, Sep tember 4. PRIVATEERSMEN. Crew of prize schooner York, of Norfolk, Vir ginia, taken from the schooner Gf. B. Baler , of Galveston, Texas, by United States gunboat Union , August 9, 1S61: Pat. McCarthy, John Williams, James Reilly, Archibald Wilson. Crew of prize schooner Dixie, taken from schooner Mary Alice, of Now York, by tho United States steam frigate Wabash, August 3,1861: John A. Marshall, Charles Forrester, George 0, Glad den, J. P. N. Carlos, John Joanellie. The Citizens’ Nominating Convention met yesterday morning at eleven o’olook, at the Su preme Court room. Forty-three members. present. Several additional names were placed in nomi nation, when the Convention proceeded to vote for nominees, with the following result: For President Judge of tho Court of Common Pleas—Hon. Oswald Thompson. For Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas—Hon. Joseph Allison. For President Judge of the District Court—Hon. George Sharswood. For Associate Judges of the District Court—Hon. George M. Stroud, Hon. J. I. Clark Haro. On motion, it was unanimously— Resolved , That, in the opinion of .this Conven tion, the purity and efficiency of the judiciary can only be sustained by a distinct separation of-the office from the contests of political parties,.and it is therefore inexpedient, and would dc hostile to the the public interests, to displace from the bench, without cause, those who are acknowledged as loyal citizens, and have proved competent and pure in the julminislrati.m ot justice. The Convention again proceeded to vote, result ing in the choice of the following nominees; For Sheriff—Aldorman John Thompson. For Register of Wills—Francis F. Wolgamuth. For Clerk of the Orphans’ Court—William C. Stevenson. . On motion, theso nominations were made unani mous, nnd, after senoral unsuccessful ballots for City Treasurer, the Convention adjourned, to meet at- the same place on Tuesday next, tho 10th inst., at 11 A. M. Death or a Philadelphia Secessionist. — A eliemist, named Joseph Laidley, was rtCOhlly blown to pieces by an explosion in a laboratory at Richmond, Va., where he was engaged in the manu facture of detonating powder for the use of the Confederate army. Laidley was an Irishman by birth. He came to Philadelphia, when a youth, and ho graduated at the College of Pharmacy in this city, in 1850. He served an apprenticeship with the firm of Smith & Keelson, and remained with them, and Bullock A Crenshaw, their succes sors, until the period of his graduation. At that time he secured a situation with the firm of Adie & Gray, of Richmond, at a large salary. He remained with (hem several years, and last year entered into business on his own account. He turned his hand against the Union, when the rebellion broke out, and. he has received his reward. Suicide. —A Mrs. Lanahan committed sui cide, yesterday afternoon, at No. 2147 Lombard street, by taking a doso of laudanum. Thq coroner was notified to hold an inquest. 1 Ft ether Hearing of the Office** of a Dkpcnct Baviso Fuse.—Yesterday mortrfa* tho hearing in the cue of the officers of tho NafnMAl Safety Insurance and Trust Company, who fl(Md charged with conspiring to cheat and defraud, Was resumed, at the office of AJderman McCahen. Wm. J. Reed, formerly the secretary of the con cern, was recalled and cross-examined. He stated that he bad been connected with the institution since June, IB50; during the pan**, from November up to-April, there was no real estate sold; the majority of thegrcund-rent”w‘ero'i»ld; during ordinary times we had frequent applications from brokers for loans ; in extraordinary'UttOS; or during a panio, the-institution made application'far loans upon such collaterals as they had; tho institu tion kept oa hand, ordinarDy, between the ofhcO'atkf. the- bank, about $2fr,009 ; this was found sufficient'; when tho panic came wc paid from $16,008’ to §25,900 per clay; for the purpose of raising money on sudden demands, stocks were found the bsct securities. Question. It tho funds- of the institution had been invested in ground! rents end* mortgages al most exclusively, would ft have been! possible for the institution to have mot sudden* demands for money in times of panic ? Objected to, but not sustained. Witness said he thought not. In 1854 there was a>great run on the-institution; about §20(1,000' were- paid’ out in fom? days; wo stopped in 1857 ; During;that time- I do-not know the amount paid out; the suspension'was-caused by the suspension of the banks; in a short time we paid small sums; the- money paid' out ait these times was raised by sale or hypothecation; the panic of 1860 commenced about the first off No vember, . Question. At the time the panic began, would the institution have been ablfeto pay its debts- find there been no panic ? Answer. It would. Witness resumed. —He would not value stocks-by what they would bring in the market; during; the last panic about §l,lliT,oo0 l werc paid out; wopaid the principal part in gold nntil the stoppage of specie payments by the basks ; we raised part of this money from the banks, selling, of ground rents, and part from Stephen Coulter; we raised from tho- Commonwealth Bank §27jso(b; the stocks taken'by tho bank were stocks wc owned ; they took a note of Rambeau, with the security; about s6so,ooo'was raised by Captain Coulter;. he raised the money by selling a number of our stocks, collecting notes, and hypothecation of securities-;! during tho panic Captain Coulter wns there every day; his first in quiry was how much money we would want- for that day; we would tell him, and the money was raised as-stated; he would receive the- stocks from- the president or actuary; sometimes he brought uathe money before he sold the stocks; that is, he got the money before the certificAtes-of (be stock were delivered; the sum of §650,000- raised by Captain Coulter was actually paid; into the office; this money was paid to the depositors from the Ist of November to the 17th of April. The examination was here discontinued, and the case adjourned' untilmext Monday afternoon. Meeting of Knapsack Strappers.—Last evening a meeting of the mea employed in strap ping knapsacks was held, in Filbert street, below Seventh. Mr. Frederick Shipley was called to.thn chair, and Mr. James Slack appointed secretary. The president stated that the object of the meet ing was to secure a uniformity of prices, and for the purpose of opposing such contractors as have cut down the wages. The secretary said he had worked for a number of years on strapping knapsacks, and had always received fifty-si v domra per hundred; to-day, ha had been cut down to fifty dollars per hundred. He wished a standard of prices fixed among this class of workmen. The following committee of three was appointed to drafk resolutions: Edward McMenamy, Mr. Welsh, and James Slack. The committee retired, and in a short time re ported that they deemed it unwise to draw up any resolutions at this time, but that they would sug gest to the meeting that they determine the price per hundred for strapping, knapsacks, and that a committee of five be appointed te wait on all the contractors, and inform them of the price deter mined on by this meeting, and also to ascertain of said contractors their willingness to pay tho price thus determined. The committee also suggested that when they adjourn, it be to meet on Saturday night, to hear the report of the committee. The report of tho committee wns adopted. The meeting determined that the price should be $5O per hundred knapsacks. The following were the committee appointed to wait on the contractors: Messrs. Lacy,' Bond, McMenamy, Welsh, and Slack. TnE New National Loan.—Yesterday morning, books of subscription to tho National loan were opened at the office of Jay Cooke A Co.. No. 114 South Third street. Up to 4 o’clock. §160,060 of the loan was subscribed for. One in dividual alone subscribed to the amount of §20,000. A number of persons understood that payments must all be made in gold, but Messrs. Cooke 4 Co. have signified their willingness to take checks marked good, or city notes. One man brought §lO,OOO, all in gold, which occupied considerable time in counting. A number of uninterested per ?ons congregated about the office during the morn* ing. in order to witness the success of this new operation, and all went away perfectly satisfied that Philadelphia is decidedly “in” for the new loan. Over §200,000 worth of the loan has already been subscribed for at the United States Mint, where the hooks have been anon since last Tues day. Increased Accommodations for the Manu facture of Army ClothlA’iS. —United States Quartermaster Col. Crossman has secured the large hotel at Beach and Chestnut streets for the purpose of obtaining more room for sewing women employ ed in making army clothing. There are forty rooms in the hotel, and their occupancy will relieve the arsenal, and enable the quartermaster to give mote work to applicants. Colonel Crossman has had muoh experience in the Quartermaster’s Department, and is much re spected in this city, where he is well known. In the prosecution of his duties he is thoroughly im- Eartial, and has never in any way allowed, nor will e permit, partisanship to interfore with. the in terests of the Government. No officer. is more thoroughly devoted to the stars and stripes, and less liable to the charge of political bias. Seizure of More Contraband.—Yesterday morning Deputy United States Marshal Jenkins went to the store of J. R. Sanlc i Co., Water street, below Arch, and seized sixty-three boxes of tobac co, which had been consigned on commission to tho firm named, by S. M. Daily, of Richmond, A'a., a captain in the Confederate army. The original consignment consisted of three hundred and fifty boxes, all of which had been disposed of except the portion seized. Some eight or nine thousand dol lars in the hands of the firm, and belonging to the same rebel officer, was attached by the Marshal. The tobacco was taken to the Marshal’s office, at Fifth and Chestnut streets, where it wasstored. It* arrival caused a sensation in the neighborhood. Seizure of More A'f.ssels,—Yesterday morning William B. Thomas, Collector of the Port, caused the following named vessels to be seized: Schooner Henry Cole , of Staten Island, Gapt. C. M. Hazleton; schooner Amelia, ot Boston, Capt. Harding; schooner Eagle, of New York, Capt. Taylor. These vessels are partly owned by parties residing in the rebel States. AYe understand that some arrangements will be made to secure to loyal citizens their interests in the above named vessels. Lucky Escape.—A horse, with the frag ments of a wagon banking to him, dashed up Eighth street yesterday morning. At Chestnut street ha ran foul of an old colored man, and knocked him down. The old man has a wooden leg, and this was struck by the wreck of the wagon. Had it been a natural limb it would probably have -been fractured. Attempted Suicide. —A man named John Enos, residing near the Bull’s Head Drove Ford, in the Twenty-fourth ward, cut his throat yesterday morning. At last accounts he was very low, and not expected to live. Low spirits is the only cause assigned for the rash act. The Custom House.—For some days Mr. William B. Thomas, the collector of the port, has been engaged in swearing in custom house officials. The ceremony is performed in the collector’s pri vate room in the custom house, on Che9tnut street, and it is attended with much solemnity. Body Recovered The body of young Sweitzer, who was drowned some days sinee while gunning, by falling overboard below the navy yard, was recovered in the cove below Gloucester, on Wednesday evening. The Heading.— -11. S- Perkins, chief armorer of the Arsenal at Brldeshurg, and Robert Bolton, who were arrested npon the charge of furnishing arms and munitions of war to tho rebels, will hare a hearing before the United States Commissioner this afternoon at one o’clock. Drowned. —Yesterday afternoon a boy named Welsh, aged four years, fell overboard at Almond-street wharf and was drowned. The body was recovered shortly afterwards, and taken to the residence of his parents, near Second and Shippeu streets. Camp Stokelt. —Our fellow-townsman, the very efficient director of the Manayunk Passenger Railway Company, has received quite an honor able mention at the hands of his friends, in haring his name floating over the beautiful camp grounds of the Cameron Light Guard, Colonel McLean, on the Schuylkill, above the Fails. The officers and men at Camp Stokely are always glad to see his or their friends. Accident.—Yesterday afternoon, about four o’clock, a young man named George Hampton, aged nineteen years, a volunteer, was severely WOUDded in the shoulder by the premature discharge of a pistol, which ho was handling. Tho accident oc curred iu Tenth street, above Reed. The wound was dressed by Dr. Geo. W. Nobinger. A Row.—A disgraceful row occurred yes terday at an excursion given by St. Thereso’s (Ro man Catholic) Church at Jones' wood, near Hcston villc. Pistols, “billy?,’’ and stones were freely used by tho rioters. The polico interfered, and arrested five or six of the ring-leaders and locked them up, after which order was restored. Sinking or A Sloop— A sloop loaded with fence-rails, and lying at Meeargee’s wharf, Ken sington, sprung ulenk nnd suddenly sunk yesterday morning at six o’clock. _ She went down bow fore most and settled very rapidly. Two men who were in the cabin narrowly escaped going down with tho T.ssel. Supposed Infanticide The body of an infant, apparently about three weeks old, was found yesterday behind a board pile on Front street, above Otter. There were marks of violence upon the body. It was taken in charge by the eroner. Company G-, of the 27th Regiment P. Y„ Col. Einstein, has been transferred to Col. Owea’s rogiment of Bakers brigade. It is intended, as rapidly as possible, to complete the organization of Col. Owen’s regiment, and plaee it in the field for active duty, wo understand that orders from headquarters have been received by Col. Owen to forward to the seat of war such of his companies os are armed and equipped These will likely leave on Monday or Tuesday nest. LEGAL INTELLIGENCE. United States District Court Judge Cadwalader. —In the case of United States vs. Per ry, who was some time sinee convicted of raking counterfeit ooin, an argument was had yesterday morning on a motion for a new trial. Quarter Sessions— Judge Ludlow.—A number of trifling cases of no public interest what ever were disposed of yesterday.
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