J)rm. SATURDAY, SEPT. 28,1861. EXTRACT FROM TIIE LAST SPEECH OF STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS u The conspiracy it break up the Union is a fact now known to all. Armies are being raised, and war levied to accomplish it. There can be but two sides to the controversy. EverT man must be on the side Of the United States or against it. There can be no neutrals in this war. There call he none but patriots and traitors.” FOR BALE.—'The double-cylinder “Ts.ri.Oß” Press on which this paper has been printed for the ÜBt nine months. It is in excellent condition, having been nwrfo to order a pear i,u°, and will he sold at ft bargain. lor terns apply »t this office, or address Jobs W. FohSBV, 417 Chestnut street, Philadelphia. The Flight of Breckinridge. Then* is something peculiarly piquant til tllO particulars of the flight of John C. Breckin nwox from the loyal portions of Kentucky, which are published in the account of that CVctil , given by the Louisville Journal. Seek ing shelter and concealment behind a de spised negro slave, as he sat in a carriage which conveyed him for the present to a place of safety, the only additional ppotuuliuu upon which he appeared to rely at the outset of his journey was such as lm supposed would be furnished by a company of Secession “ Homo Guards,-'-' who hud recently stolen arms de signed and purchased for tlm defence uf tlio State, with the intention of using them in a savage war against it. What an ignominious position is this for ono who lately held the second office in the gift of the American peo ple, and who, a year ago, was a prominent can didate for the Presidency! During the canvass of 1860 a parallel was frequently drawn between the ex-Vico President and Aaro.v Burk.. who, like him, had enjoyed the second honors of the Republic, and Riming its highest station almost within his grasp, had proved a traitor to the generous party which had adored and elevated him; had made the first practical attempt to establish a secession conspiracy in this country, and had been finally compelled to seek safety in flight from the officers of justice who sought to arrest him for treason. This parallel has been greatly strengthened by recent events, but the difference between tlio two is that liusn was infinitely tlio least guilty. A year ago if seemed harsh and unjust to Biieokin itiDCE to compare him with Burr. Now it seems unjust to the memory of Blur to say that his career affords a parallel to that of Brkck txnißCE. Thu formin' was the most gifted and the least infamous; lie did much moro to benefit the American people, and much less to injure, them, than his modern prototype. Kentucky, no doubt, owes her unliappy po sition to-dnv as much to the influence and counsels of Jons C. Breukinkuiur as to tlioso of any other living man. Had 1m not given aid and comfort to the enemies of his country, and not endeavored to rally a party in their support, it is scarcely possible that tluiy would have dared to invade his hative State. Ilad he resisted the blandishments of tlio traitors a year ago, their schemes would probably never have been attended with evon partial and temporary success in any considerable portion of the country. Had he been as loyal as ho was ambitious, as devoted to the Union as he was to the desperate conspirators who made him their confidant and champion, he might have saved the lives of thousands who will fall victims to the war, saved millions of treasure, and earned a position in the history of our country as glorious and honorable as tho one he now occupies is disgraceful and igno minious. The Reason Why. The London Gazette, of September 10th, contains an extract of a despatch from Lord Lyons to Earl Bussell, dated Washington, August 10, enclosing a copy of a notion which appeared in tho newspapers of that dato, to the effect that no person would bo allowed to leave or land in the United States without a passport after a reasonable time had elapsed for it to become known In the country from which such person might proceed. Lord Lyons complains that he had received no official notice of this order. The Liverpool Daily Post, of September lith, noticing this complaint, says ; “It is evident that our .Ambassador at Washington is not on friendly terms with the Government there. Amongst the phpers seized cm Mr. Mure, or Muir, (for it is distraeiingly printed both ways) wns a despatch for Earl Bussell from Mr. Buitcn, the consul at Charles ton. Mr. Seward did not know exactly what to do with it, and called upon Lord Lyons to help him out of the difficulty. But his lordship stems to have received his commmicafions in a had spirit.” Lord Palmerston’s special organ, the Morn ini’ Post comments upon Mr. Seward thu,* ; “ This is most uncivil and disrespect ful act , and we infer that it is to be attributed to the extremely hostile views which Mr. Seward lias always entertained towards Eng land—feelings which arc not likely to be mollified by the freedom of speech which pre vails in this country, and which may have some influence, even in the Northern Slates, unless Mr. Seward should follow up his passport sys tem by prohibiting the importation of English newspapers.-' 5 Let us see -where. the in civility and want of respect are really f-hargcaMe. Mem was arrested on August l ltli. Mr. Seward would hare had his papers on tho .isth, and, most probably, lost not a day iu n,skins Lord Lyons to examine Hungh's de spatch to Lord Russell —to see if it were what U professed to he. « Lord Lyons,'' wrote Mr. W. H. Russell, “declined to do any thing of the ior/ *’ —declined it, we dare say, in such a brusque and rough manner that whim, n few days later, Mr. Seward made tile rule about passports, he, in turn, declined making any previous announcement of it to the imcourte ons British ambassador who had attempted to snub him in Muir’s case. AY e wonder whether Lord Lyons communicated all the circiun tfances to tlio British Government. If ho did, his own conduct would explain that of Mr. Seward. The Liverpool Post says: “ A change in our arrangeenents at Washington appears inevitable, and if will he for the interests of all that it he 'not long delayed .” It is impassible, if the British Government want to continue a show of neutrality, that Lord Lyons can he continued at AYashinglon. No doubt his Lordship would be more at homo and more comfortable at Rich mond. The York Gazette, the organ of the Breck inridge party, advocates what it calls the Be mocratic ticket in that county, after a fashion peculiar to its school. AYe have read, the last number of the Gazette with some care, and do not find a single article honestly denunciatory of the robbers and fiends in the Southern States, now taking the lives of bur soldiers, burning the property of. the Union men, and expelling thousands from heretofore happy homes. On the contrary, abuse of tin- Administration, attacks upon : all those who advocate the Union ticket, labored efforts to make all the troops Demo crats who sympathize with the Breckinridge traitors, constitute the staple of its editorials. The platform of the Gazette contains a decla ration in favor of retrenchment and reform in flic expenditure of the public moneys, the reduction of the State and county taxes to the lowest possible rate, and a protest against all frauds upon our gallant soldiers, “whether in damaged clothing, rotten blankets, wooden- Solcd shoes, and unhealthy rations;” and also a demand that “ the freedom of speech ami the freedom of the press must never be surren dered." The freedom of speech and freedom of the press here contended for is freedom to attack the Government, to calumniate all men K-ally in favor of tho war, and to avoid every thing like' proper denunciation of the enemy. Is it not monstrous that, in an hour when the lives and fortunes of millions of human beings are dependent upon a united and vigorous de fence of our flag and our Constitution, the men who led in the overthrow of tile Demo cratic party laßt year should be audacious enough to continue to use the name of Demo cracy, as if to consummate iu blood the ca tastrophe of which they were the authors ? At a second meetino of the Judicial Con vention of the People’s Party, which was called together, yesterday, on account of the witlillrttwa! of Amos ERKHtS, Judge Stroud was nominated, by an almost unanimous vote. Thus the Convention of the People’s Party aad the Union Convention concur in recom mending the whole old bench to the support cS the citizens of Philadelphia,, and there is iittle doubt of its re-election. Volunteers fV'.isiiro ha- been cast, directly and in directly, npc-a- such of our Volunteers as re turned homo after three months' service. We confess Hud we have been uuablo to join in Ibis condemnation. They did their duty well. They obeyed orders. They submitted to dis cipline, They went through as many drills as were thought necessary. They put up with the hard fare and many unaccus tomed discomforts of camp life. Not one of them was reported as a deserter. In the field, they fought bravely. They returned, as they had loft, with their honor unsullied. Most of tlio three-months Volunteers actu ally made great sacrifices to join in the defence of that liberty which was so dearly purchased, th days gone by, by the blood of citizen-sol diers like themselves. They left their various avocations to join in what Shakspeare calls “ the pomp, pride, and circumstance of war,” though the reality has not very much dignity or romance. They quitted tho practice of their professions, they left the desk anil the c-ountcr, they abandoned their trades, they left the future unregarded, these brave and pa triotic inch, in Order to place their true hearts and strong arms at the command of thoir coun try. No one can say how much those men perilled and sacrificed by thus-promptly going away front thuirliomt'fq at the call of fluty and nil the generous instinctandimpulseofpatriotism. They shared in the dangers and in tho casu alties of the march and the bivouac, the night watch and the battle. They served out their fuff time- —hinny of the companion cheerfully remaining longer—and returned borne, where they were received as good citizens and good soldiers. That they should have their pa triotism and courage challenged, by stay-at homo critics, Certainly is what they did not do serve. Many of the three-months men have already joined the regular army after a few weeks’ l est, and their experience, short ns it is, makes them valuable men in the army. Many are detained by the necessity of settling up tlioi r business, which, as might be expected, has suffered in their absence. Many find it im possible, with due regard to tlie interests of their families, often solely dependent iipeii iheir work of head or hand, to leave them again. Of the Volunteers from this city alone, we venture to affirm that, by the first of Octo ber, about one-half—-and those including most of the best men—will again bo in arms for their country. Mr. Bussell lias informed liis employers— the Hotii.schii.ds and other money-lending owners of the Times —that the Volunteers in thiii country are not to he depended on—dim inference being that tlio English Volunteers are. At the dinner given at Dover on tlio -Bth of last month, when Palmerston was in stalled in the office of Lord Warden of tho Cinque Port*, his Lordship had the candor to report differently. “ Our cousins in Ameri ca,” lie said, “as individual men,are as brave as any that tread the surface of the earth.” All wanting, in his judgment, to make them the most efficient soldiers, was that sufficient discipline and training which would make each man feel as much confidence in his comrades as he lias iu himself. Truly said ; but it was unfair to expect that three-months volunteers, wholly new to arms and military life, could have the discipline and training of tho expe rienced troops of Europe. Lord Palmerston went on to calculate the British volunteers, who have had nearly two years’ organization, os amounting to 170,000 men, of whom about 70,000 were capable, by good drilling, of efficiently taking part with the troops of the line. Our own three-months men proportionably proved themselves, in tho Held, not inferior to our regular army, and, therefore, on Lord Palmerston’s own allow ing. are superior to the organization of which his country is so proud. One great difference must be pointed out between the Volunteers of America and Eng land— independent of the fact tlmt iu one country the men have iiad military experience in the field, while in tlio other no man has smelt powder, except as Field Marshal Prince Albert lias, at a review or on a target day—is, that with us the connecting link is Patriotism, whereas with them it is a mixture of Loyalty anil Display. In this country, the military spirit is on the increase. A great victory would be the bunt recruiting officer our country could have. In England, the Volunteer system appears, like a medlar, rotten ere 'tis ripe. An article, on the English Volunteers, in the September number of Temple liar, (an English magazine of great merit,) commences with these words “ It is rather an ominous sign that in the second year of its existence the National Riflo Association, after all that it has effected for the benefit of tho Yoluutcors, should be compelled to make an earnest appeal for tho FutitL ueeeeaary to keep it in opera tion. It appears to have reached a very peculiar and unpleasant stage of its existence, when oil men speak woll of it, but few subscribe.” I’ifle-sliooting, from the emulation and ex citcinont it creates, Ims been the great feature of ail Volunteer Associations in England—par ticularly since Queen Victoria stamped it with her approval, last year, by pulling a bit of string, attached to the trigger of a rifle, (care fully put in proper position beforehand, so as to render success certain,) which dischargoil a hall that hit a target. Unless the public subscribe largely, down drops riflo-shooting competition and a dark cloud falls on the Vo lunteer system in England. It is different here with US. The perils of the country and tin; necessity of maintaining the Constitution have united to create a military spirit among us which, if occasion require, will give us a mil lion nun in arms. Ail citizens are willing to contribute,' in person or in purse, and assu redly our brave three-months volunteers, who have obtained military experience iu an incre dibly short time, learning discipline literally before the cannon’s mouth, ought to be pre ferred for commissions in all future organiza tions for tlio punishment of Treason and the defence of tho Republic. Tlie Defences of Philadelphia. Tlio reconnoissance of tho Susquehanna, now being prosecuted by an cflicicnt engineer ing corps, is a work of grave importance. This is the only river that could impose any conside rable obstacle to an advance in this direction ; and although tho probability of an invasion of Pennsylvania appears remote, it is neverthe less our duty to be prepared for any emergency that a reckless and rapacious enemy may force upon us. Invasion and rebellion, wore both long ago contemplated by tho South. They have made inroads upon Kansas and lowa. Missouri,. Kentucky, and Maryland, neither of which seceded from the Union, have been partially overrun, and tho zealots at Richmond and Charleston have directed the avarice of the Rebel regiments to the booty and beauty that await them in Philadelphia. AVliat a day may being forth' upon the Potomac, no one can say. AVith every confidence in our arm}", and the industry and ability of General McClei.lan, wc have yet the mournful examples oi Bull Run, Springfield, and Lexington, to make all disaster possible. At any rate, a duo pre paration for defence north of the Potomac cannot he needless. The Rebels, anticipating the contingency of defeat, have led us in tiiis manner by planting batteries from Munson's Hill to Manassas Junction, and by such judi cious preparation have manifested their far sighted generalship. Without tho fortifications at Alexandria, into which to retire, our army must haVe re treated beyond the Potomac on the 21st of July. By entrenchment within entrenchment tho rebels reclaimed their first repulses, and made what should liavo been defeat a tacit victory. Let no accusation of fear in our final 'success prohibit our people from antici pating all contingencies. And a rocoimois sanco of tho river Susquehanna, with those parts of the bay and of the Chesapeake Canal that divide us from the Maryland peninsula, will lie of who in all cases to come, whenever tho city shall he imperilled by intestine or foreign foes. With the Susquehanna between Washington., and Howe, the fatal battlo of Chadd’s Ford, which lost Philadelphia, might 'have been avoided; and if Beaurhuard, profiting by any revulsion of the Union amis, should suddenly push across Maryland and pass the same stream, our greatest natural de fence would bo given up, and we would be compelled to meet a sanguine and desperate enemy in fair fight upon the open plaius of Lancaster or Chester. The corps, now embarked upon the Susque hanna, are sounding the river along its entire channel, locating the fords and bridges, noting tho bluffs and inland hills, and exploring the tributary streams. They intend to accomplish their work so effectually'that future reconnois sances of the same country will be unnecessary, ami the means of defence that they now point out will he of use to ihe city for all wars to come. There arc no intermediate streams be tween the Susquehanna and Schuylkill that could be defended at odds. The adjacent country affords few fastnesses of forest and high hills. There are in Southeastern Ponn syivania only rolling farm lands and fer tile plains, upon which the invaders could forage, and picture boyond them a coun try more beautiful still for rapacity and courage to enjoy. While the Government, therefore, is straining every nerve to guard the passage of the Potomac, it is right that Philadelphia should study the avenues of the Susquehanna. Our preparations for de fence have been made slowly, and parsimo niously. Wo shall have next week, for the first time, a battery of artillery, and our mu nicipal guard of eight thousand men is sadly de ficient of cavalry. The Delaware forts are in extremely feeble condition, and a raid from tho sea would probably be fatal at any time witliiu the next two months. How European Govern ments—always prepared for war—may finally regard this struggle is involved in doubt, but a proper attention to both our land and sea approaches will cost little and do no harm. While two hundred and forty-two guns aro mounted in tho different forts of New York liarhor, but fifty guns and two feeble forts con stitute tlie defences of Philadelphia. It may ho that a small outlay at this time will avoid much mortification mid oxptmso in the near fu ture. Wo regard, therefore, this reconnois sance as second in importance to no enterprise that tlio authorities liavo undertaken. It is made in obedience to that wisest of Stale max ims, “ Iu time of peace prepare for war.” LETTER FROM “OCCASIONAL.” Washington, September 27. ISfil If there are any who still doubt that the wav in which tho G eneral Government is en gaged, is not only a war to maintain tho au thority of that Government, but to put down a rebellion based upon tlie most aristocratic and tyrannical assumptions, they have but to weigh the violent invectives against our country, of the loading European monarchists. Nearly all the foreign ministers at this post have been, and still are, in sympathy with tlio rebellion- It is related that when the news of the battle of Bull Run was received at a con vivial party which thov attended, they did not hesitate to exult in tho most vociforous manmov over tho defeat of the Federal arms. Baron Rtoeokel, tho head of tho Russian lega tion, was especially prominent in the utter ances of his Secession sympathies, though I understand that ho has somewhat modified his opinions sinco tho reception of the letter of liia master, the Emperor Alexander, throwing tho weight of tho greatest Power of Western Europe on the side of the Government of the United States. Mr. Russell is a fair exponent of tlio hostilo feelings of Lord Lyons. Mer eier, the French minister, is probably tlio most prudent of tho three, and yet lie is classed among the rest as having earnestly advocated the cause of tho Southern rebels. A late number of tho London Star sets forth, in a very strong light, tlie deep-scaled feeling of the English aristocracy against the cause of American freedom, and partially explains Hie motives and objects of the London 'Times and London Post. The following extract is moro than significant: “Tho Missouri proclamation may bring tlio Federal cause nearer than ovor to tlio sympathies of the British people. Yet aro our rulors by no means to ho trusted. The language of their or gans —the organs of the rating classes of this country—is that of a spirit malevolently ho-- iite to the North. They magnify every difficulty in the way o f reunion—exaggerate every excess of popular feeling—dwell upon and distort every disagreeable necessity of the crisis. In vain do we loot through their columns for a spark of just or generous feeling towards men—and those our near kinsmen—who have been overtaken by a inmcuduns t trier gency.and are, fretting them, selves with courage and fortitude, to bear up against it. The South, on the contrary, is treated with the tender consideration of friends and relations whose faults and errors are those of noble blond, and whose cause, though not stainless, is honorably sustained. Tlio following esquisito sentence was published yesterday by an aristocratic and ministerial contemporary : ‘lf tho Secession movement were free from the taint of slavery, a great obstacle in the way of its recognition by foreign Powors, and especially by this country, would be removed.’ IVas there ever such virtue in an ' if!’ That which is delicately called a ! taint, 1 nil the world outside Belgravia knows to be tho body and soul, tho flesh, blood, and spirit of the Secession movement. Its leaders have avowed, with a blasphemous perversion of sacred ima gery, that slavery is the corner-stone of the Con federacy—the corner-stone which tho builders of tho l.ininn would liun li.-ivc rejected, and did ut least en doaYor to conceal. Slavery has boon tho ono solitary but all-pervading element of unsonndnoss and dan ger itrtho composition of American sooioty. ft has baffled all endeavors to confine it within a terri torial boundary. It has pushed its arrogant proten fiopg to tho very limits of tho Union, and beyond— claimed to pursue its fugitives even to beneath the folds of the British, flag, and to imprint its devilish foot upon the soil o f Mex ico and Cuba ns welt as of Kansas and California. It had become the irrcconciluble foe of civil and religious freedom, and, indeed, of civilizod society. The men who aro now howling and whining about the tyranny of tho Fodcral Government, and the bru tality of Federal mobs, are the same men who countenanced and even instigated, the suppres sion of every Abolitionist newspaper, the lynching of Abolitionist ailvoeates, the viola tion oj correspondence suspected of Abolition ist sentiments, and the prohibition of hi hies anti tracts within the pah of negro settlemen ts. The English sympathizers with these apologists of barbarism now taunt us, through tlio columns of fashionable journals, with the ‘practical result of American democracy ’ as no better than the reign of King Bomba. The extravagai'ce of the. absurdity indicates a proportionate depth of malignity. None but those who profoundly hate the liberty that is for the moment obscurod could thus madly revile the men who hare drawn swords in defence of the veiled idol. And wo may ho suro that they who thus bespatter the image they pro fess to reverence would, if they dared, make close 'alliance with its sacrilegious assailants.” But liotv will our adopted citizens construe this aristocratic solicitude for tlio cause of the Southern rebellion ? The millions who have fled to tiffs land for refuge from oppression will not be ahxiotis to strike hands against tho Government that has given them n refuge and an asylum, and to range themselves by the side of tlio men who persecuted them iu their fatherlands. The Irish and tlio Gormans will see iu tho course of the Lundvn Times, tlie London Post, Lord Palmerston, and indeed all tlie oracles and moutli-pieccs of aristocracy, tho best assurance that they can have no inte rest save in an earnest and vigorous support of the movement to preserve our Union. Hap pily, the Germans, as a mass, have taken their position. Always hated by the Southern ty rants, because of tlieir large and liberal ten dencies to freedom, they liave now a new in centive to patriotic duty. It is a circumstance highly creditable to this great element of our population, that, tip to this time, with rare exceptions, all tho German leaders havo vo lunteered in defence of the American flag. And how of tlie Irish ? The insidious efforts of tho Southern demagogues to excito them against Mr. Lincoln have beon dismal failures, and even those who, for reasons best known to themselves, were disposed to hesitate, cannot now withhold tlieir best energies from the Go vernment in view of the position assumed by tlieir British enemies. And so John C. Breckinridge has followed his eldest son, Cabcl, into tho traitors’ army. The young bird flew first, and although his fathev protested bitterly that lie had gone against orders, and that he would speedily fie recalled, we now find tho parent of the flock following the example of his offspring. 1 have never doubted that this would bo tho end of the career of Major Breckinridge. Tho won der to me has always been that lie either would not see where ho was to land, or refused frankly to anticipate the fate which has at last befallen him. He ought to be received with high honors by Jefferson Davis, for certainly he remained long enough in the councils of the nation to strengthen the cause which he has now' finally recognized by attaching himself to it personally. AYill lie remain in liis own State to act as a military leader of Kentucky, and as against Kentuckians ? If so, he will then enjoy the doubtful pleasure of assisting to reap tho bloody harvest of his own example and Ids own doctrines! What now becomes of his plea in favor of the Federal Constitution, and of the rights of the States I The consti tuted authorities of his own State have de clared against the revolutionists, and yet, he refuses to recognize this authority, oven when Magoffin, however reluctantly, yields to it, and assists those who come in to invado it, for the purpose of subjugating it. Mr. Breckin ridge, at the special called session of Con-, gross, uttered many things that were accepted by his former followers in tho free States. He talked to thorn as one who desired to avert the calamities of war, und put into their months many injurious arguments against what fie called the unconstitutional usurpations of the Executive. He was admonished, and they were forewarned, that the only effect of these theories would bo to disgrace him, and to da mage ilium. Tho prophecies made in re gard to himßolf he has himself fulfilled. Now, what will those do in the free States who believed in the sincerity of his professions, and printed his arguments, under the guise or u superfine desire to protect the Constitution from overthrow-? Do they sti! THE TF.ESS.—PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 88,1861. recognize him as their leader, now that ho has gone over boldly to, ns ho. lias always boon ,secretly with, the common enotny of tlie Re public 1 Will they discard his teachings, and, once for all, abandon confidence in men who only pretend to lie in sympathy with tho Government to weaken and to destrov it ? The O.xcdttfi of Major Breckinridge ought to bo a lesson to all who have heretofore sympathized with him, and still want to bo considered loyal. I presume we shall no longer hear his melliflu ous voice- in the Senate of tlie United States. Occasional. [From our Special Corrimpmulont.J Washington, Sept. 20, 1801. W’lnU Is your idea of a Provost Marshal T Mino has always been something terrible. A Minotaur in tho labyrinth." of treason to devour unsuspooting Secessionists; an Argus, whose hundred eyes no lyre can lull to sloop: or, if you like it hotter, n Brinreus, for we are told that when treason me naced tho throne of Jupiter the hundred-handed giant ascended the heavens, and so terrified the conspirators by his fiorco and threatening looks that they desisted. You ncTer see a Provost Marshal; ybiif Steve?hefir him; but his eyesore everywhere. Treason has been whispered in the morning, and the traitor is in Fort Lafayette before night, on his warrant, no has not a particle of gallantry, either, for when certain very agreeable ladies of this town inot over the tea-table to continue their cor respondence with their friends and adorers in Richmond, th# Provost Marshal quietly took possession of thoir letters and placed a guard over thoir dwellings. Ho haunts treason liko a shadow, and lies tho rirangest way of going down to Hie bottom of people’s trunks, of oponing peo ple’s bureau drawers, of discovering false floors in carriages, of dragging to tho light quoor docu ments, anil maps, and private conimuninKlions in tended for th? edification of J. Davis & Co, Horo, in Washington, you cannot escape him. Ho puts out tho fires, arrests disorderly citizens, and gots into the private onlranco of dram-shops and gam bling saloons. Ho lias spoiled many a good drink‘ and broken up many a gamo of faro and raonto. Ho is tho natural foe of antlers, and hits n singular fashion of going down to the bottom of wagons and exploring suspicious barrels. A day or two sinoe I saw a wagon-load of broad going across tlio Long Bridge. Bread is an innocent article, hut present ly a corporal mounted behind, and senthis bayonet burrowing among tho loaves. A moment more and the loaves were gently heaped on one side and a dozen kegs of beer were roiled into the quarters. By order of the Provost Marshal! Everybody knows that our Provost Marshal is Brigadier General Andrew Portor. Everybody bore calls him “ Andy,” and so would I. hut he is amilitary man, and I don’t want to bo too familiar. 1 don’t see how they ever made him a Provost Mar shal, or rather the representative of so much awo, power, terror, and eunning. Ho hae one of those kind, genial, heneat fASeg which you make up in Lan caster county, and is just such aman as you would gladly accept as an escort home if you met him on a dark night. He is not a bit classical—nor would yon mistake him for eithor an Argus or a Minotaur, or anything heathenish or fabulous ; hut a gallant, good fellow, who loves his country, hates traitors, and is the natural foo of cowardice and treachery. Never shirking a duty, never walking away from danger, with the conscience of this fight dcop in his soul, a type and representative of your genuine Pennsylvania gentleman—this is Andrew Porter, And out of this man thoy havo made a Provost Marshal. 1 streot, roar Sixteenth, is a busy square. It is in a beautiful part of the city—tlio West End of Washington—and was very fashionable, no doubt, before people neglected fastffuns for tho fight. Within a furlong of the White House, an easy stroll from tho Departments, with millionaires and fo reign ministers around, it is in the centre of the wealth, intelligence, and I may say the dignity of W'afbiiisteti, In an elegant mansion tho Provost Marshal has his office. It was the homo of that insidious and disagreeable Secessionist, Philip Clayton, of Georgia, tho partner of Howell Cobb, and the chief executioner at the proscriptivo guil lotine of Mr. Buchanan. A sentinel patrols before tlio door, impatient steeds af« constantly awaiting their owners, military men always coming and going, crowds of civilians who “ have business in Virginia,” women whoso errand is to bog mercy for somo culprit now musing over his treason in the civil prison on Thirteenth street—all ■lasso* and conditions, nuvioug travellers, Ccri-e.- pondents of country newspapers, loungers, and tradesmen. One man wants to write a description of the campß for tho Buncombe Gazette, and de sires a pass; another has a friend whom ho would like to seo; yrDUo a father has a child at Bull’s Cross; Roads. A woman, with a market-wagon, who supplies vegetables from her farm near Stutter's Hill, wants to go to Alexandria. She is n lively lady, tells her opinions in tho most public manner, and seems anxious to open a conversation with tlio sentry. I'edlers and vendors, who wish to “ sell crackers and cheese to tho soldiers;” dark men, with olive faces, and tiiat cunning eye and obse quious uir, which toll their nationality. Wherever money is to be made you will find tho Hebrew— and every day wo seo lihn hvre, undergoing tlio hardships of tho field, and tho perils of tho fight, for tho emoluments of a camp-fellow. The tide constantly swells and passOß away. Now faces, flock along, and old faces, after waiting impatiently for au hour or two, at length obtain a hearing, and go away satisfied. Seated in his office, tlio Provost Marshal is com pelled to onduro tho importunities of this tumul tuous and unonding throng. Every caso is quietly considered, however, and in a few moments tho ap plicant is dismissod. Stmtegom is of little avail with Andrew Porter. He sooms to know a liar by instinct, and ho has lies enough lofathom in all con science. Tho rulo prohibits any man from crossing the river who has no business in Virginia, and many a ruso is contrived to evade this law. Stories arc invented, and falsehoods told t but it is ruroly that oitbor the invention or tlio talc misleads tho judg ment of tho Provost Marshal. I liko to stroll into tho West End of an after noon, when tho weather is not too warm, and hare spent somo pleasant and interesting hours in the neighborhood of tho Marahnl’a offina. You sen hu man nature in Its varied, singular, and most in teresting phases ; and then, again, it is something of a feeling to know that there is always a clianoo of running against some of our great men—for around hero the greatest soldiers and civilians in habit. I am something of a horo-worshipper, and if it is a weakness to have gods of your own to adore, lot me own it frankly. I would givo a good part of my possessions to see Garibaldi, and if over I go to Paris it will bo to have a glimpse of Louis Napoleon. I feel suro that both of them would disappoint mo, but still, it would be worth a rido across the doop to have such a disappoint ment. There aro so many great men hore that you begin to have an idea that everybody is groat. Angels have been entertained unawares in the olden time, and I have seon an orderly sergeant stop the car riage of a Cabinet minister, and ask him to carry a bundle of letters to the post-office, “if he was going that way.” You can’t go by appearances. The shabbiest hat I have seen in town was worn by a statesman of high position and great fame,—while a certain Distinguished Personage is generally at tired in clothing which would excite tho disdain of your Chestnut-street dandies. Some of our groatest men aro the least protending. Do you sco that middle-sized man, with the piercing gray oyo, tho light moußtache and imperial, wearing a plain blue military blouse, and with common foraging cap pushed back on his head? He wears no insignia of rank, but you know he is a soldier, and would probably pass him for a junior lieutenant of in fantry. lie goos rapidly along, with a little dash in his manner, and ealmly smokes a cigar as he talks to a gray-boarded officer, who listens atten tively. The young officer is General George B. McClellan, while his listoncr is Colonol A'an Viiot, of his staff. AVo leave tho Provost Marshal’s with its strango attraction, lint there aro many other things to be eeen, and another time wc may see them. J. K. Y. Among tho various institutions that have been most assiduouß in distributing religious reading among our brave soldiers, none has taken a more active part than our own Philadelphia Bible Soci ety. The latter has already presented copies of the New Testament to more than thirteen thousand volunteers that havo left our city. As this is addi tional to their ordinary work—which is to furnish tho Scriptures gratuitously to mission schools, sea men, immigrants, and the indigent of Philadel phia—tho expenses of tho Society are thereby ma terially increased, and as it is supported entirely by voluntary contributions, wo have been request ed to mention this fact, in order that persons fa vorable to this now enterprise may havo tip oppor tunity of aiding it by their contributions. The American Tract Sooioty, Now York, have, within a few weeks past, through their agency at St. Louis, supplied the soldiers, in the barracks and hospitals in that city, and in thirty-five regiments, under General Fremont, with more than half a million pages of their publications, and the chap lains report that the reading of them by the soldiers U very general, and Is to many a source of comfort. It is to ho hoped that the good work of supplying this class of reading will not be suffered to languish for want of moans. Fißi,ii:r Fuxn at Arch-street Theatre.— Mr. Shcwoll, treasurer of this fund, iu aid of the suf ferers by the fire at the Continental Theatre, tB tho l-llh inst, states the wholo receipts by the benefit at the Arch-street Thoatro, without deduc tion, as $230; donation, $10; from a friend of Mrs. Gale, $8 —total, 8298; all of which has been divided, pro rata, among tho sufferers and their survivors, with $25 since received; and the vouchers of disbursements can be seen by appli cation to Mr. Murphy, at the box office of Areh strect Theatre. Exhibition or On'. Paintinos. —N. F. Pan coast, auctioneer, 431 Chestnut street, has now ar ranged for examination a large lot of oil paintings, mirrors, do., to be .-old on Monday morning, at 10 o’clock. LETTER FROM WASHINGTON. Tlic .Scriptures among the Soldiers. LATEST NEWS BY TEI.KORAPH. IMPORTANT FROM WASHINGTON. The Potomac Virtually Closed. THE REBELS GETTING BOLD. more pickets shot. Reported Advanae of the Rebels on Alexandria. TREACHERY OF A SERGEANT OF MARINES, INTERESTING FROM CAIRO. Special Despatches to «The Prcw,”J Washington, Sept. 27. Rebel Batteries on the Potomac. Official reports from tho eomm&ndmg officer of the Potomac flotilla havo boon roocirud. Tho bat teries at Frocstono Point wore Uiaoovered on Wed nesday. Sinco tbon batteries have oponed upon the shipping on tho river or havo boon discovered at Timber branch, Quantioo Cock-pit, and Point OGooquan. There ere Aloe three lulUrioe hi Ma thias Point, which, with those at Acquia Creek, are supplied with heavy guns. Some of thorn throw shot across into Maryland. The navigation of tho rivor is virtually closed. Tho ting-ship Yankee. Com mander (IILTiRR, came up to-day, and reported tho state of affairs to tho Navy Department Mer chant vessels whioh arrived here report that thoy have been fired upon, but bave escaped without sustaining any serious injury, by olosoly hugging the Maryland shore. The schooner William Allen, Captain Cram mor. of New York, loaded with hay, has arrived at Alexandria. Sho was fired nt twelve times from iho battery at Occoquan crook. Two shells entered hor deck-load, and another siruek her cabin, for tunately not exploding. They were firet] ff?in g .'lO-pound rifled catmen. There are circumstances leading to tho belief that this cannon was captured at Bull Run. Captain Crammor reports that the steamer Al bany, which loft the navy yard yesterday morn ing, had cast anchor nud wna tying off Indian Head, this side of Occoquan oreok, being afraid to pass the rebel batteries. The gunboat Yankee arrived at the navy yard to-day, without being molested by tho Recession battery at Freestone Point, which is nboftt tW?Uty fivo miles below Washington. The transport steamer Delaware was fired at as she passed that point yesterday. Sovon shots were thrown, striking ovor and around hor, without, however, doing tlie least damage. Tlie battery is represented its being a large one, with tbo Ceoession flag prominently flying. It is thought by officers attaahed to tho Potomac flotilla that there aro other forts or batteries be tween Freestone Point and Acquia Crook, but as jot they are concealed by trees, which are thick along tlio shore, Tbo policy seems to be to first build the offensive works, and thon clear the woods in their front. This view of the Seoession opera tions is strengthened by tlio report of a farmor from Occoquan that tho rebel troops are posted in considerable force at other places between Occo qvnn and Acquia Creek, Ho further says that thoy arc building forts and drawing cannon thither. All Quiet Along the Lineti. It was reported at Gon. MuClell.vn’s oflieo, at a late hour to-night, that all was quiet over tbo rivsr. The Enemy Advancing, A balloon rcconnoissanoo to-day discovered that the enemy had advanced towards Alexandria , from tbo direction of Springfield, and wore eroding batteries on Euderis Iliil, WhOro they were work ing with groat energy. More Pickets Shot. Last night threo of our pickets, contrary to or ders, went beyond tho linc3, and were tired upon. One of them wns shnt through the log. 1I« carno into Fort Albany this morning. Oar pickets mot the enemy's pickets last evening in considerable numbers, this side of Munson’s Hill, and volleys were exchanged between them. Two of our men wero wounded, and two of tho enemy, it is bo licved, wero killed, or carried away seriously wounded. The Rebel Pickets Drawing Closely Upon ns. A private in the Second Michigan Regiment was wounded in tli? leg yesterday, by a rebel sentry, near Arlington Mills. This is tho first case of any one being shot so near Arlington Heights. Discharge of Government Horse In spectors. On Wednesday Major Rucker, acting quarter master, discharged all tho inspectors at the Govern ment horso-yord, caccpclng Jonx KAYsroxn, of Pennsylvania, who has now solo charge of receiv ing and inspecting horses. The Accounts ol Paymaster Gallaher, Paymaster Gat.lAher having given satisfactory security to the Government for the settlement of his accounts, embracing a long cruiso in the East Indies service, at the Naval Academy, and at tlie Washington Navy Yard, he has boon released from arrest. Marcus Cicero Stanley. Marcus Cicero Stanley, a recently discharged prisoner from Fort Lafayette, has had an interview with the Secretaries of State and War. and Gen. Scott, and left for the West. Base Attempt of Conspiracy by a U. S. Sergeant of Marines. Acting Sergeant Toomb3 was brought as a pri soner to Washington yesterday in tho steamer Baltimore, which hud taken several political pri soners from Annapolis to Fort Lafayette. Ac cording to a report concerning the facts relating to Toomiss 1 arrest, wlion on the voyage lio approached two of tho marines, and told thorn that money was to ho made by turning tho head of tho boat to tho shore, so that the prisoners could make tlieir escape, and that he would insure thou 55600 oßoh for thoir assistance, and $.lO per month pay hereafter. Tho marines, McMullen andMcGnaw, indignantly re jected the proposition, when he said there were men onough on board to soize the steamer, and tlmt sooner than bo arrested ho would hlour hor up. Tho conspirator was secured and brought hither in irons. i Affairs in New Mexico. A private letter from .Santa Fe, dated tho 71U tost., states that Hon, Jqhs g, Watts was elected delegate to Congress by a largo majority, on the 2d of September. The writer adds that the rebel army has not yot crossed the Jornada, but were preparing to (Jo so, with a viow of taking Santa Fo. Wo expect a pretty big fight. Governor Connolly was inaugurated on the Od in.il. Army Regulations, As the old edition of the army regulations, here tofore issued, has becomo valueless, ou account of the important changes aud modifications made by the recent acts of Congress, Ac., the following or der in roferenee to the nowly revised regulations is published for the information of the army : War Department, ) Washington, Aug. 10th, 1861. J Whereas it has been found expedient to revise the regulations for the army, and the same having been approved of by tho President of the United States, he oommands that they be published for the information and government of tho military service, and that from and after the date hereof they shall bo striotly observed as the rule and standing authority upon the matter therein con tained. Nothing contrary to the tonor of Uicbo rogula iiuDß will be enjoined in any part of the forces of tho United States by any commander whatever. From Fortress Monroe Fortress Morkoe, Sept. 26, Tia Baltimore. — A flog of truce came tluvrn from Norfolk with 25 ladies to-day, and was stopped near Sewell’s Point, and the passengers brought off in ono of our ves sels. Commodore Goidshorough has given orders not to permit flags of truoe in future to come near the fleet. A rebel schooner from Richmond, this morning, ran tho blockade, and roached Norfolk in safety. The fourteen political prisoners, including Mayor Brown, S. T'eakle Wallis, and others, were yester day sent to Port Lafayette by the steamer George Peabody. From Cairo. Cairo, Sept. 26th—(Special dospntch to the Chi cago Times). —Capt. Stewart’s cavalry, 75 strong, to-day encountered 40 of the rebel cavalry at Lucas Bend, and pursued them into Jeff. Thompson’s camp at Bclmoret. Four of the rebels wore killed, five captured, and many wounded. The remainder escaped to the woods. Our troops captured all the guns and pistols they could bring away. None of our men were injured. A report that the rebels were crossing below last night originated from the landing of the gunboat Jeff. Davis below Norfolk, to wood and rooon noitro. Jeff. Thompson’s force is 2,500 strong. Scouts report that General Pillow is still nt Columbus. A Fruitless Chase by Pirates. New York, Sept. 27.—The schooner Arabella, from Aspinwall. reports that on the 20th inst., in lat S 3, long. 74, sho was chased by a schooner with the English flag, union down, but being outsailed; she hoisted the pirate rag. The next day she saw the same schooner chase a brig with the same gueoess. Arrival or the United States Steamer Mo hican from Africa. Boston, Sept. 27.—Tho United States war steamer Mohican, Captain Sylvanus U. Gordon, of tho African squadron, nits arrived at thifl port—all well. The Late Shooting Affray at Boston. Boston, Sept. 27. —Sergeant Welch, who was wounded by Lieutenant Treadwell, at a recruiting station in this oity, on ffedpesday, is not axpeoted to recover, ns a ball entered his spine, paralysing bin! Lieutenant Treadwell was to-day remanded into custody, to await the issue of Welch’s wounds. Boston, Sept. 2G.—Senator' Wilson was to-day presented with a sword by his friends in the custom house. Walnut-Street Theatre —Nliitii and Walnut sts.— “ Riclinnl III”—” Quiet Family.” Anon-STUEET Theatre—Arch street, above Sixth.— “Jeanette; or, Le Cretin do la Montagne.” Wheati.ey’s Continental Tbbatke— Walnut street, above Eighth.—“ Tho Tempest: or, The Enchanted Island.” Brii-idsms—Comer of Tenth and Chestnut Streets.—Sanderson’s Stereoptieon of tlio Southern Re bellion and KuNokin VVar, TnE Storm Last Evening—Destruction op Property. —Yesterday afternoon at five o’clock a storm of wind and rain commenced, at times coming down with the utmost violence, and seem ing to bt-Oohie more intense after every cessation, until at eight o’clock tho shower became a doluge and the wind blow a gale. At eight o’clock the telegraph wiros diverging from the Contral Sta tion were blown down in various directions, and communication thus suspended. A number of railway lines were made useless by trocs blowing across the tracks, and the street culverts, iuono or places, were broken, the water gushing into the streets, and making deep rivulets along the side walks and pavemouts. A large nnmber of troes, in different parts of tho city, wero blown down, and in some instances did considerable damage. A huge limb fell across the passenger railway track at Sixth and Walnut streets, and for some time stopped the passage of tho cars. A number of shutters, bricks from chim neys, trap-doors, Ac., were blown from houses. A man, whose name wo did not learn, was badly eat on tho bend, at Tenth and Chestnut streets, by a brick from a chimney. Simon Cameron, Secrotary of War The heavy fall of water caused the streets to overflow, and in some parts of the city where tho ground is low cellars and culverts were flooded. At a bouso in Vino street, near Tenth, the back buildings were blown down while the family were at tea, and tho consequent fright and destruction of household goods mado a scene not less vivid than ludicrous. The storm continued at intervals until near midnight, and wo doubt not much loss ensued. POSTSCRIPT! SATURDAY, VOUU O’CLOCK A. M. IMPORTANT FROM ST. LOUIS. LETTER FROM GEN. FREMONT. iSt. Louis, Srpt. 27.—The following will appear in the Jlrviorrat to-morrow: « Just before leaving the city, General Fremont wrote a letter to a friend in New York. Wo have suceeoded in obtaiuiug a copy, which, as It relates to public affairs, and possesses, at this time, great interest, wo commit no impropriety in laying it be fore our roadora; My Lear Sir: I leave at 8 o’clock in tho morn ing, and send you this hurried note in the midst of the last arrangements before srarliug. We havo to contest w jtb ftn enemy Laving no posts to garrison, ami no linos of transportation to defend or guard : whoso wholo force can bo turned at will to any point; while wo havo from Leaven worth and Fort Scott to Paducah to keep protected. I wish to say to yon that, though tho position la difficult, I am confident that I am component to it, and also to the enemy in the field. I am not able, at the same time, to attend to tho enemy at home. It is a shame to Iho country that 46 officer going to tho field, bis life in his hands— solely actuated by the desire to servo his country, and win for himself its good opinions, and with no other object—should be destroyed by a system of concentrated attacks utterly without foundation. Charges aro spoken of when there are none t<> Lc made. What is tho object of tho repetition of these falsehoods, except to familiarize tho public mind to tho idea that something is wrong ? Already our credit, which was good, is shaken in consorjuencc of tho newspaper intimations of my being removod. Money is demanded by those furnishing supplies. To defend myself would require the time that is necessary to, and belongs to my duty against the enemy. If permitted by tho country, this state of things will not fail to bring a disorder, I ant an exponent of a part of the forae of the na tion directed against the enemy of tho country. Everything that is directed against me, is directed against it, and gives its enemy aid and comfort. My private character comes in only incidentally. I defend it beeause. naturally, « his reputation is dear to any man,” but ODly incidentally. This is tho foundation of many of my acts, and will bo, if I stay here. Everything that hurts, impedes, or embarrasses the work entrusted to mo, X strike at without hesitation. , I take tho sonsequenees. The worst that can happen to tne is relief from great labor. Yours truly, Jon a C. Fremont. Fremont’s Departure for the Field. FRIGE PREPARING TO RESIST. St. Louts, Sept. 27.—General Fremont und a part of his !<-aO'left for Jelforson City this after noon. Reports received hero to-night state that General Price has dismounted ail his horsemen, except four regiments, and is organizing his army for a deter mined Stand against Gen. Fremont. Very Important from the South ern Blockade. MISSISSIPPI CITY TAKEN! COMMUNICATION BETWEEN NEW ORLEANS AND MOBILE CBS OFF ' MOVEMENTS ON THE TEXAN COAST Cincinnati, Sept. 27.—A physician of this city, who has jnst returned from the South, says the blockading squadron have taken Mississippi City, thus cutting off communication botweon New Or leans and Mobile They have also taken all important points on the Texan coast. FKOM KENTUCKY Louisville, Sept. 27.—W. G. Overton, former, ly one of tho editors and proprietors of the Cou rier, was arrested yesterday for aiding the South ern rebellion. Tho turnpike bridge over the Green river near Mumfordvillc was burned by the rebels yesterday. J. B. Archer, captain of the steamboat Commer cial, was arrested yesterday, but released on enter ing bail in the sum of §lO,OOO. The boat was also Sidr-Cd, but released on security being grron to sur* render her on demand to the Federal Government. Federal Troops Moving into Kentucky. Cincinnati, Sept. 27.—The Thirty-fifth Ohio Re giment took possession of Cynthtana, Kentucky, last night. The Fourteunth Ohio Regiment crossed the river this morning, and embarked on tho Kentucky Cen tral Railroad for the interior of the State. TERRIFIC GALE AT ALBANY Steamer Francis Skiddy blown Ashore. AußAsr, Sept. 27 —Midnight.—It is reported that the steamer Francis SRiddy, from Troy, for New York, is ashore on Fish Island, about two mile 3 above the city, and that she is in a critical situation. The galo still continues in unabated fury. The Belgian Steamer Congress. New York, Sept. 27. —The Belgian steamer Congress has been signalled off the Highlands, in tow. New York, Sept. 27. —The Belgian steamer Congress has arrived up. She lost the fans of her proptller on August ;io, and made the romaindei' of her voyage under canvas. A Sword to Senator Wilson. Nit ml intelligence. Boston, Sept. 27. Tho gunboat Mohican, which arrived at this port to-day, reports the Con stellation sailed from Loando on August Ilth for home ; the steamers San Jacinto and Mystic also sailed on tho 10th for home, and tho storeship Res lief was.to sail in a few days. THE CITY. AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. Sermons on the Fast Day by Kev. Dr.. West.—The Kev. Dr. West, on the National Fast Day, delivered two sermous. ono in his own church and one to tho rogiment of Col. Bohlon, in camp at Hestonville, from the text: “No man that- waroth entangleth himself with tho affairs of this life that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.’’—2 Tim., 11 4. The troops present woro formed in square, and listened with strict attention to the remarks of the learned divine, whose ministrations have been pe culiarly acceptable to the soldiers in our camps. His sorrnon to bis own congregation was delivered in the morning, from the following text; “ And ho caused it to bo proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decreo of the King and his nobles. Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything; let them not feed, nor drink water, &c., saying. Ac.” —Jonah, 8,7, including tho chapter throughout. Wo regret that the crowded state of our columns will not pormit us to do justice to this appropriate and eloquent sermon. It was listened to with great attention throughout and was worthy of the reputation of its author. Headt to Start. — We understand that Colonel McLean and Colonel Goslino have filled their regiments, and that one or two additional regiments aro likewise filled. The men are being kept in camp, whereas they might be moved to the seat of war, and tho additional companies recruited afterward. The Government needs the men at once. If Celi-iWd Geary had waited until his full regiment of 1,500 men was filled, ho would not have gained tho splendid suocosscs that have made bis name already famous. To be Presented with Colors. —Baxter’s Fire Zouaves will be presented with a beautiful sot of colors in front of the La Pierre House this after noon. One ef the flags is the national standard, with thirty-four gold stars, and tho centre strip containing the name of the regiment. The other is a blue regimental flag. On one side is the Penn sylvania ooat-of-arms, and the jjinseription—“ Pre sented to tho Philadelphia Fire Zouaves by the Philadelphia Fire Department.” On the reverse is the United States coat-of-arms. St. Louis, Sept. 26th. iNQULiT Of THE CORONER IN THE NINE TEENTH WAnn Suicide Case.—Yesterday mem ing. Coroner Conrad held an inquest at thn Nine teonth-waid station-house, in tho mysterious sui cido caso mentioned in yesterday’s Press. From tho evidence elicited it appears that just previous to his death the deceased hud been seen sitting on a fence, in a sort of a hollow, by a coupio of young ladies. One of Iho young ladies stopped For a few moments to fix her dress, and tire other observed the man to ruiso his hand towards his head. She then heard the report of a pistol, saw tho Dash, and the man fell over upon his face. Tho ladies in formed sorno boys who were playing criokot on tho lot not for distant. A couple of tbeso boys then went to the body, and found that the man was dead. The deceased was lying upon his face, with his right arm bent beneath him. Miss Jenny Lovcring testified to seeing the man sitting on tho fence as she and a companion were going down the bill; did not see the fh'MHiilg, Mips h»to Mnrliß saw the man shoot lilmself and fall upon hid face. floury Heard er, tho Iml who took the pistol out of the Band of the deceased, was also examined, aud testified to tho facts already stated. Dr. S. Updegrove made a post-mortem examma lion of tho decent, Rad tuciifiud that tho ball had entered on the front of the face, near the right oar, ftaseed through tho temporal bone and brain, aud odged upon the opposite side; between the scalp and bone was found smno blackening from powdor, showing that the pistol had been close to the head The jury rendered a verdielof suicide by shoot ing After tlio adjournment of tho inquest tho body was recognized aa that of Gcorgo McLAughlin, a member of Colonel Gosline’s Zouavo Regiment, ilo enlisted but a week since. On Wednesday he tho pistol, which wae found upon his per son, at a Uoro on the Frunkford road, above Thony)son street. McLaughlin was a single man, about twenty-five yours of age, and resided in the neighborhood of Second and Oxford Slroets. Ho was a silvor-plater by trade, and worked in Market street. Thu mn« tiva which led to tho commission of the act of seif destruction can only be surmised. Special Session of the Judicial Conven tion of tije Pkoplh'.s Party.—ln consequence of tho withdrawal of Arr.os Briggs, Bsq., from tho noiiiinaiinn of the Peopled party, saMaittts judge of tlio Listrict Court, tho progidont of tho Judicial Convtmiion denned it advisable to con vene a special session of that body for the purpose of nominating some one in tho place of Mr. Briggs. Tho Convention met at Sonsom-street Hall, yester day afternoon, F. Carroll Brewster, president, in thn ohair. Amotion was mode to appoint a com mittee to wait upon Mr. Briggs, and invite him to make a statement before the Convention defining his position. Tho motion caused considerable debate, and was finally agreed to. A committee of three wurf appointed and pro 6fecicAir, Hoard.— Next Wednesday the Medical Board convenes at Harrisburg, to con. duct tho usual written examination. Surgeon General Henry Smith, of this city, is a member of the Board. Testing a Cannon. —Messrs. Matthews A Moore, who lately wrought a splendid cannon at their works, on Bush Ilill, are about to make the interesting experiment of tenting a new cannon. Dihtrirutiox of the Walnut-street J{e- I.JF.I' Fund —lvdwin Adams, as agent of tho relief fuDd of the Walnut-street Theatre, received from Mrs. iff. A. Garfott’ori (on Tuesday, Sept 21,1891) the cum of two hundred and sixty-three dollars and. eighty-seven cents, (being the entire receipts, with out any deduction,) realized by a benefit given at the theatre by the lessee, the company, orchestra, attaches, and employes, for the aid of those unfor tunate sufferers by the Inin cnlamitr at the Conti, rental Theatre, on Saturday evening, Sept. 14, 1861. lie distributed it very judiolously among the surviving sufferers and the friends of the de ceased. LEGAL INTELLIGENCE. United States District Court —Judge Cadwalailer.—The United States vs. Sixty-three eases of Tobacco. This property was seized a few months ago, by the United Status marshal, as be longing to an offioer of tho Confederate army. J. Rinaldo Sank A Co., on Water street, wero the consignees uf the tobacco, and it was seized at their warehouse. Yesterday morning, the court entered an order releasing tiie tobacco,-on the ground that it was net confiscable, not being property in transitu from a loyal to a disloyal State, or vice versa, and, there fore. not confiscable under the act of Congress, 1 gtk July, 1861, None of the other courts were in session. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. THE MONEY MARKET. PniLASELPBtA, Sept. 27,1891 The business transacted at tho stock board to day was light, and prices were unsteady. State fives declined to 74. City loans was steady at 82, for the new issue, and Pennsylvania Railroad shares at 371. The Jurat mortgage bonds of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company sold at 921, a de cline of i. Reading Railroad stock also fell off, closing at 17j. The Money Market is quiet. No movement of importance presents itself fur notice except the subscription to the national loan, which continue* to progress favorably. The second fifty millions will bo taken by the banks, under the option provided in their first ne gotiation, and tho banks of this city have resolved to take their proportion The department at Washington is sending out the 7.30 per cent, .certificates as fast as possiblo. The New York Evening Poet of to-day says : Tho stock market opened very quiet, with some signs of weakness, but gradually hardened, and closes firm, with considerable activity in several of tho leading securities. Tho strong position of the Government list imparts to the rest of the market a very steady appearance, and the reverse in Missouri has ceased to exert an unfavorable in fluence, The speculation in Pacific Mail continues, end a* high as 88 was paid, against Bti on Wednesday. The rise is attributed by some to tho purchases of the “ shorts,” but it more likely proceeds from the large business of tho company. Panama sympa thizes, advancing to 112aa114. After the board Pfifiße Mftll Spill fit 89—It still further advance. Tbo firmest of tho Western stocks is Chicage and Rock Island, which rose to 44; under the Urge increase on |the earnings of the third week ia September. We noticed on Wednosday a sweeping movement in six per cent, Treasury notes at 98, At this figure the market was cleared by the knowing ones, who nt no time havo believed that there was any serious intention, either ou the part of tho banks or tho Government, of modifying the programme of Au gust 18lh. as relating to the paying in those notes on the second fifty millions of tho 7.3 U loan. The sales opened this morning at 88J, and tha price gradually stiffened to 861, at which rato there is ■ strong demand There is an enormous business doing on the Corn Exchange to-day, the sales of grain roaehing about 600,0(JO bushels, besides largo operations in Flour. The subscriptions to tho 7.30 loan present no new foaturo. Tho Secretary of the Treasury has for warded to Morris Kotcbum, the Government agent in this city, a supply of the notes, from whom they may be had in sums te suit purchasers. Money is easy at 5 per cent, on call, and 6a6 • per cent, on fiist-class paper. Tho total recoipts of flour, wheat, and corn, (Sour reduced to wbtst,) at the four leading p»rU, for thi ceding Sept, 21ct, and since tho list of January last, woro as follows: Week ending! Sin-.** Si‘pt.‘Jl. Jan. lat. Chicago ,1,7<«,00T Tuhxlo 018J&® IU.WI.UU Milwankt*'.,. 560,640 9,790,6 Tl OYttaK.. Amount of Coal transported on tho Philadelphia and Bending Railroad, during tho week ending Thursday, 6ept. 20, 1801; From Port Carbon “ rotteTiile., “ Schuylkill Haven “ Auburn “ Port Clinton 'l'otal Anthracite Coal for week.. 20,727 OK u llavriAHU'!,', (total),.BiUiminotK... 4,017 M Total of all kiud* for wo?k J'rovioit'lj tlii» year. ToUl To samp time last year Tho following is tho ninount of coal shipped awer the Huntingdon and Broad Top Mountain Bail road, for the week ending Wednesday, Sept. 2d, 1881, and ginco January 1, 18G1: Week. Previously. Total. Tons. Tons. Tons. .7,677 . 177.080 164.767 1861.... 18W'. ! . 3,043 ' 13G,223 139,2X1 Increase. Philadelphia Stock Exchange Sales, September 27,1801. Bkpoelted by S. E. Suaymaxbp., Philadelphia Exchange. TEBBT BOARD. I 50 ]h>mU»g....Mifsk. IT If !50 do ..ctirth, IT,V 50 do .... I>s. 11 ii i 1000 IVima It Ist mt.. 95 ! 1000 do Ist mt. I YI% 12 North Feuna ft.. 6 400 City 0s Now BBJf 46 7,' 4«; v M.v 46*,' 40 V 47 t.n.iJju* 47 26 K 4 do G do '3 do 3 t!o 2 do 03 do dhiPemw* R,S?*/ 4 da 37# 8 do 37 $ C do 37# 20 do 37?.' 3 do 37# 60 Beading, 17# j BETWEE> ... 17 3-18] l7 .VI ,ad.vrt. 17,v | SECOND :]OO Hooding R.«asU.lT 8-18 100 Ho ..cnsh.lT 3-lt» | .50 do fiswn7O 93.}' 81 BMgMOs’6o’43 88 00 KeudM Cs’B6.. 70. V 71 Pouna R 87;-, S7tf Penn* R 2d in 6s .. BGtf Morris Cl Con. .05 Morris Cl Pref.los.tf 106 6ch Nkv 65’32.. 02$ 63 Sch Naf Imjp Ca ~ 75 Bch Nay Stock, 4 0 Sch NavPref... 11 VI Elmiiaß... u HUBS—DULL* Bid Aik Elmira R Prof. 8)f 10 Elmira 7a *73... 65 57 Long Island B. 8# 0y Leb 0! * Nay.. 48 *£ 49 Leh Cl & N Scrp 3*2 53£ N Pian& fi„.,, 4# 5 NPenu&RGs.. 55 55)$ X Penna B 10s, 70 73 Cntawissa Prof. 4# 0^ FrkfdA South B .. 88 2d &3d ate 8.3. 40* .. ltaceAViuentsß 3 W Phila R ex d 01 Hew York Stock FIRST ; 1000 US fla’o7 00tf 5000 d.» GO 17000 U S flu *Bl roff.. w}{ 7000 \: 8 6* ’G5,,.... 87$ 5000 1; S 5a ’"1 0p... 81 2000 U 8 5s ’74 0p... 80$ 11000 do 80$ GOOD U S Gs *O2 Op.. 96$ mwt;& w r»x 12700TreftsiGpcZy.i 98 tf 6000 do 06$ 06500 do 98$ 6000 Ohio 6s ’86.... .90 2000 111 Can Regß.. 61 6000 TU Cp ’62...,b3 83 3000 Micb fttGa '"8,,, 01$ 6000 Tann St Ga *90.. 43$ 42W0 Missouri Os 42$ 6000 do 42$ 10000 do b 4 42g 8000 California St 7s, B 1 2000 Louisiana S* 6s. 55 1000 4th mt Ms. 70 1000 Hud B 8 ¥ Inin. 97 1000 llud B iid mtg.. ftO 2000 Mich C Bs. ~ j>M 00 SOQlUOwßbfc.... 92tf 1000 L Kite k W lai.. 6di» 4000 Catena & CUt.. 9» 72 Pacific M S C 0... 80v 20 do 88V 100 tlo ST 50 do 874; 125 do 88 100 Mil k P Du C.... IT a 8,,,... GO do 50 do sift 73'ag 100 do tt&Tak 200 Erio Bull way. n3o«aSi^ 50 do 36v 31 Elio K PrctU...,. 46 50 Hudwm R» k t. *l5 35 l* QooB±Mte* Mk 200 111 Cent Scrip.. 44 851; 60 Gel & Obi 6B - 100 6Bjr 600 Clcv & Tol 8,... 203 200 d0>.,..,,.. t ,b4 29V 100 do .ai& 20j> 100 CM A R I R. ,b3O 44?; “ d » «x 200 ilo 441. » * «« 260,992 4,330,76* 63,183,23* 0,432,322 Tons. Cwt. 8,307 0* 646 12 7,373 03 2.675 07 1,731 14 . 25,344 11 .1,231,972 01 .1,310,316 12 .1,491,400 10 40,857 45,430 560 ill? Kcir,,,. . 200 Pornrn ss. «■«««•• 74 ioo ao u 4 Morris CtiM j>rf2J.loo ( 3 j 6 do 2 d)'4..105£ 26 Green & Coalis K Vift BOARDS. Spruco & Pin?,. # Croon & Coate* 18 14 Chestnut X Wftl 26 St ;xchange—Sept. 27. BOARD.