%\ t s)nsa. MONDAY, JULY 21, 1862, THE WAR, Special despatches from Warrenton convey the information that General Pope’s army of Vir ginia is moving on rapidly an t successfully. Char lottesville has been visited, and when last heard from, General Hatch was gallantly driving the re bels beyond Madison, northwest of Charlottesville, where he has captured a rebel colonel and a consi derable number of other prisoners. General Hatch will probably take possession of Stsmfardsville Gap, an important jass of the Blue Ridge Mountains, which wilt plaoe him in a more menacing attitude towards Richmond than oyer by several routed In addition to this, he will hold a' position from which he eannot be dislodged, and one that will furnish ample stores for his troops. The feat accomplished by the rebel gunboat Arkansas, in the- lower Mississippi, of which The Press has an-acooiint exclusively, is important, if the particulars be true. Our officers were aware of the faot that this vessel was lying up the Yazoo river, aid some one is certainly to b > blamed for allowing her to oome out. It is evidently another Merrimao affair. Fortunately, she oaauot do. any further harm, as Col. Eltet, Jr., oan soon attack and no doubt sink or capture her, with' his fleet of ramhoats; nevertheless, the affair is humiliating,- and nothing but the successful oatting open of the canal, and leaving the Arkansas high and dry, : will repay the SederaTlosses sustained. Prom General MoCicllan’s army we have the report that “all is quiet,” and tho belief that Richmond is being evacuated gains ground. A refugee from the rebel capital Bays the rebels acknowledge a loss of thirty-two thousand men, killed, wounded, and missing, in the recent sßven days battle. This is nearly three times as heavy as the Federal loss, and wo shall see how great a victory we gained before Richmond after awhile, when at! the facts are published. Gbnbral Nrlsos haß arrived in, Nashville with large reinforoements, and has assumed com mand there. He will at onoo turn his attention toward young Morgan, and it is to be hoped that he will destroy the rebel forces and capture this renegade Louisville rebel leader. THE NEWS. "We present to-day highly interesting letters from our special correspondents at Memphis and with Gen. Burnside’s army. Gen.'Foret, the new commander-in-ohief of the French forces in Mexico, is 58 years of age.,: In 1822 he entered St. Cyr, and afterwards joined the expedition to Algeria, whioh be left with the rank of colonel of infantry. In 1848 he became a gene ral of brigade. He played a considerable part in the etrup d'etat, and was named general of division in the following year. In the Crimea he com manded the reserve, and foratime, art interim, the besieging army.. There are signs of a considerable decline in the price of specie. Gold holds its old premium, but there are now more sellers than buyers. The cir culation of postage stamps is greatly increasing, and as a smali-ehange medium will render great re lief to sihail dealers. The premium on specie will continue until fall, perhaps, when bullion wilt be gin to flow baok from Europe. The idea of issuing shinplßßters has been abandoned apparently. "We give up .much of our space to day, forjthe publication of a complete list of the wounded sol diers recently released from Richmond by tho rebels. It will be seen that many who wore re ported killed in the recent seven-days battle are alive and doing well. - The contrabands in Washington form the subject of a very interesting .communication on our fourth page this morning. * , Mr. Minister Cameron has been .very favora bly received by the Czar of Russia, and has been complimented in an unusual manner by the Em peror and his court. The rebel prisoners who recently made their escape from Fort Delaware have been ail reoap .tured. and are now in durance. Arronaements interesting "Tacts cuiTLT'impjt—rfouual-at that fart. “ Ebohy Brigade,” and the “ Freedmen of South Carolina.” A despatch from our special correspondent at Memphis, conveys the startling iutelligenoe that the rebel ram “ Arkansas” has run by Commodore Farraoct’s fleet In the Dower Mississippi, de stroying a number of our vessels, and is now oppo site the rebel batteries at Vicksburg. The new order of the Navy Department allows men to enlist in the navy for one, two, or three years, according to choice. The Louisville Journal says a rich merchant of foreign birth, in that city, armed and equipped a company for the Rebel Confederacy, at his own expense. And yet, without having been .required to takfe aDy oath, he is enjoying all the rights and privileges of good citizenship. •Six Union men have been hung at Little Rook during the past three weeks. One was incarce rated at Helena for speaking with a Federal of ficer. A woman suspected of being a spy was ar rested,-heavily ironed, and sent to Little Rook from the same Secession sink-hole, and yet this town put out a white flag, and claimed indulgence from the Federal gunboats when last they oame by. A.coon.F. of companies of the 30 th Massachusetts Regiment are quartered in the Louisiana Senate Chamber and Hall of the House of Representatives, at Raton Rouge. The oth Vermont regiment met with an entim- Biastie reoeption in . Baltimore as they passed through. . The men were supplied with refresh ments, and the officers with bouquets and by the inhabitants. There was no exception to the general welcome with which the regiment was re ceived. : ... ' - The quota of volunteers called for in the patri otic little town of Lexington, Massachusetts, is twenty. The citizens of the place have liberally subscribed $2,000 as bounty money—that is, one hundred dollars for each man. We have news from New Orleans to the 12th instant. Baton Bongo is still held by Federal troops, and has not been captured by therebals, ‘under Van Born, aa reported in the Southern news papers. Hon. Reverdy Johnson, of Maryland, had arrived in New Orleans, to take the testimony for the Government in the case of the contest between Gen. Butler and the foreign oonsnls. < Captain Ericsson, the inventor of the Monitor, is out in n letter which contains sufficient data to prove beyond all peradventnre that Captain Coles, of England, did not invent the revolving turret for ironolad men-of-war, or any thing like it. Ericsson’s letter to Napoleon 111. is sufficient evidence of his original inventive genius and great mental pene tration. As we predicted, the foreign news received yes terday indicates that the newspapers of Great Bri tain cannot see any strategy in McClellan’s recent movement..! 7 .. John Morgan, the noted rebel guerilla chieftain, has issued another flaming appeal to the abettors of treason in Kentucky, urging them to join his army and foEow his standard. * It is impossible to attach too much import ance to the interview of the President with thb members of Congress from the Border States. The address of the President, and the replies of the majority and minority, have been given to our readers, and are now before the coun try.- They present both sides of the emanci pation question with great ability, and the high authority surrounding these distinguished men will command attention in all parts of the world. This great problem is now before the country in its proper aspect. It is no longer the matter for sarcasm, or tho subject of cruel persecution and malignant ribaldry. We are permitted to disonss it as a question of social welfare—a political, commercial, and economi cal question—and we are called upon to say whether it is expedient that slavery should con tinue to be an institution of this Republic, or whether it should., pass away by the gen tle operation of Mr. Lincoln’s proposed measure of compensation. We are re joiced at the change of sentiment which this indicates,—that we have educated our-, selves to a proper appreciation of its great importance. The most extreme pro-slavery men in Congress from the Border States con fess to this. Men who formerly talked wildly of ropes and imprisonment, mob law and sum mary execution, for those who were opposed to slavery, now lay aside their rancor, and discuss it themselves as a matter of dollars and cents, and as calmly as they would discuss a question of revenue or internal improve ments. The President has taken a position in which-he will be sustained by the whole North—by the loyal population everywhere. It is hot extreme, or unsatisfactory, or crude. .It hears evidence of a profound statesmanship, m care, alabor, and an honesty which so pecu liarly characterizes Mr. Lincoln’s treat ment of all questions. The President assumes ffbe high ground that slavery is the inspiration of the rebellion; that its existence is the bond of sympathy between the States In rebellion and the disaffected in the Border States; that Bo long as slavery exists this sympathy will be active, uncontrollable, andmischievous. Sla very is the cause, rebellion the effect—in ending the one we necessarily ond the other. «Let the States which are in rebellion sec ({cflniiely and certainly that in no event will the States you represent ever join their pro- posed Confederacy, and they cannot much longer maintain the contest. But you cannot divest them of their hope to ultimately have you with them so long as you show a determi nation to perpetuate the institution within your own States. Beat them at elections, as you have overwhelmingly done, and, nothing daunted, they still'claim, you as their own. You and I know what the lever of their power is. Break that lever before their faces, and they can shake you no more forever.” The meaning of this is plai n. The Presi dent, asks the people of the Border States to break the lever of the traitors’ power, and “to break it before their faces.” fle asks them to do it gracefully; to do it while there is time; to do it in a manner that may do them selves no personal or pecuniary injury, or cause any violent disruption of their social re lations. If they refuse, the task is placed | upon the President, and their neglect will be his responsibility. There is great signifi cance in the President’s homely metaphor. It carries with it the whole argumeut. It places slavery in the position of anta gonism to the Union, and speaks of its death as a potent and swift means of termi nating the war and exterminating treason. We can easily trace the arguments which have influenced the President in making this decla ration. Slavery in itself is a feudal form of Government. It requires large plantations,, exhausting crops, and the protection of the National authority. Men become vassals— they are kept in ignorance—bought and sold, deprived of free agency—of their social rela tions. That their labor may be efficient and productive, their minds are dwaried—they possess no impulse to advancement j they have no family relations—love, friendship, in terest, ambition, all motives and incentives, all hopes and wishes, are repressed and crush ed. They become so many instruments, like the plough, the harrow, or the spade. They dig and plant and pull cotton, and grind sugar cane for a certain number of yearn—then die and are buried. They have no life beyond the plantation, the'slave pen, the freight ear or lower deck. A bill of sale takes them from Virginia to Louisiana, and leaves their chil dren in the Carolines and Georgia to plant cotton, dig and sow—to die and be buried. When they are intelligent they are mischie vous, and their value only depmds upon their ignorance and blind obedience. Their mas. ters live on their labor, and enjoy the political power that labor gives them. They hire no feeling or interest in sympathy with their fel low-citizens of the free States. Everything like advancement, progress, mental inde pendence, or personal liberty—everything that furthers the interests; of free labor, or makes man the owner of his own labor, is inimical to their institution and subject to their hatred. In their hands, slavery became an arbitrary element of political power. It made the mi nority of white men control the electoral colleges, Congress,,and every Administration we have had, either directly or indirectly. As free labor extended over the North, and became intelligent, powerful, and ambitions, the slave power was curtailed and controlled. The election of Mr. Lincoln to the Presi dency was free labor’s crowning triumph. The power of slavery, was forever gone from the ballot-box. The Constitution it had made, and the Union which had protected it, were no longer the instruments of its power. There was nothing left hut treason, and Slavery drew the'sword. Freedom accepted the challenge, and the contest is raging. Where will it end ? We reason this question to the President’s position,,and we permit the President to speak for us. “I assure you,’; says Mr. Lincoln to the Border States Con gressmen, “ that in my opinion, if you all had voted for the resolution in the gradual emanci pation message of last March, tho war would now he substantially ended. And tho plan therein proposed is yet one of the most potent and swift means of ending it” In answer to this we have the reply of tho majority of the Border State representatives. It is an ingeniousdocn *i l° oli in vain for any trace of place the President in the positionof division of the Union on the line of the Cot ton. States, whioh is both ungenerous and un kind, there being nothing in the spirit of his appeal to warrant such a construction. They ask that the war be conducted on the principle of assuring the people of the South their rights; that slavery be protected and de fended by the military power; “ that no harm shall result to .the Southern people or their institutions,” and 'it will be' soon over. If such ' assurances as these could end the war it would never have been inaugurated. The Southern people wore as well satisfied bn this point when Fort Sumpter fell..as they are now. .President Lincoln tendered them a compromise before lie bad been a month in office; but they sent.a pannon ball through it. Some of the men who sign this call were pro posing to set themselves up as an “ armed neutrality” hairier against the Government; they were as earnest in doubting the propriety of the President’s first call for troops as they are now in opposing bis plrni for compensating emancipation, and the arguments against the one are now reproduced against the other. It is a triumph for which we thank God that they have been brought at length to argue this question, The people of Maryland, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Delaware, and Virginia will take it from the hands of the represen tatives, and discuss it themselves. They will see that there can be no safety for their lives' or their property so long as slavery! exists as an institutionin their midst. There will be Morgan raids, and guerilla parties, and out breaks of banditti; railroads will he torn up, and telegraph wires torn down. Wherever slavery exists this rebellion will find sympa thizing friends. Inspired by slavery, managed by slaveholders, and supported by the pro ceeds of slave labor, it is natural that the friends and adherents of this system should be devoted to its interests. We end it, and every motive passes away. We then establish a free territory, and encourage free labor, and place polecat power in the bands of free iaboiing men. In doing so we consolidate and concentrate our power, and do away for ever with a system of government which has been based upon tyranny and despotism. ' The members from the Border States who assent to the President’s suggestion and sign the minority report appreciate this argument when they place it in this brief and pungent form: “If the Southern Confederacy can give up sla very to destroy the Union, we can surely ask pur people to consider the question of eman cipation to save the Union.” This is the lan guage of true patriotism, and we honor the men who have the boldness to make such a declaration. v ■ • We are advancing. Yesterday all was dark ness, but to-day we see the dawn-A a nd very soon daylight will be streaming -through the woods. The historian of this era.will chroni cle the death of slavery, and he will say that President Lincoln read its death-warrant to the members from the Border-States, in his Presidential parlor, one pleasant marning in July. Its day have been numbered—how shall it die ? Will its friends accept the humane suggestion of thS - President, and permit it to be gathered peacefully to its fathers; or, by refusing to accept its manifest doom, will they compel him to “break it before their faces, that it can shake ns no more forever.” , Napoleon and Palmerston are apparently anxious to impress the. public with the idea that France and England continue to have the most friendly lelations,! though there was a misunderstanding, on the Mexican question. M. Billault, a member of the French Senate, is alto one of Napoleon’s cabinet ministers, and it was announced that ere the Legislative Chambers Closed their Session, he - would make a speech upon the Mexican question— an exposition, in fact, of Napoleon’s views. The Emperor, who has a remarkable talent for silence, reminds us of Mr. Bagnet, in “Bleak House,” who invariably deliver* his opinion, through “the old girl,” his wife, the excellent mother of Quebec and Malta, sole heirs of the name and fame of Bagnet. On the occasion in question, M. Billault delivered, in the .-Corps LegisUtif, his ex pected speech. He stated the whole case, insisting that; notwithstanding the withdrawal of England and Spain from the Mexican expe dition, they continued on the best terms with France ; and that, from the very first, Eng land had objected to- European troops being sent into the interior. For the future, he intimated that the arms of France had sustained ire verses in Mexico, which must bo avenged, anil that Napoleon never had an intentfon-of im-! posing any Government upon Mexico—if this be so, his Imperial Majesty must have been ; deceiving the Austrian Archduko Maximilian 1 i M. Billault admitted, with great frinkaors, {that the reception of the French- lit, Mexico was different from what (on the representa tions of General Almonte?) they had ex pected. Instead of being welcomed, they were met with artillery and musketry, and badly beaten at Puebla and other places. In stead of retracing their steps, however, they are to proceed precisely as if their interposi tion—called invasion by the Mexicans—was warranted and welcome. N apoleon, rather than show himself mistaken, or deceived, will proceed as if all were right and just. . In connection with this subject, a recent ar ticle in the Times winds up with these very significant sentences: “ Whether France makes Mexico an independent or a tributary sovereignty, whether she remains ooDtent with the Central American region, or ex tends her conquests as far as her former colony at the mouth of the, Mississippi, England wilt be equally content. We have been told that 'when Fiance is satisfied the world is tranquil,’and in this oase, happily,-the satisfaction is sought beyond ’the limits of Europe.” The words which we have here italicized may have a prophetic meaning, or they may have been written with a knowledge of the purpose of NAroLEON. If report bo true, France desires to possess herself of a Mexi can province, not at “the month of the Mis sissippi,” but close to New Mexico and’ California. Sonora, with its vast mineral wealth and contiguity to the Pacific, is under stood to be what France aims at. We are not very sure that England would be “content” to see her;great rival,'France, obtain such an occupancy on the American continent as this. Time, which solves so many riddles, alone can develop the mystery of this. Thb Legislature of Pennsylvania, at the last session, passed a joint resolution to furnish clothing to wounded Pennsylvania volunteers. In visiting hospitals for this purpose, it was found difficult to single out Pennsylvania vo lunteers, and leave the equally deserving sol-, dier from Maine or lowa,ln the adjoining cot, unsupplied. To meet this difficulty, Surgeon General Smith, of Pennsylvania, visited Wash ington, and endeavored to _get an order to supply all soldiers whose clothing had been destroyed in battle. There being no act of Congress authorizing it, the necessary Order ‘could not be issued, and the ■ matter rested, leaving. Pennsylvania the only State which had by law provided for her wounded soldiers. Hon. James T. Hale, the member ol Con gress from the Centre district, interested him self warmly in behalf of the wounded soldiers; and, though the adjournment of Congress was near at hand, he brought the matter before the House, and succeeded in having : a joint reso lution passed, authorizing clothing to bo issued to all soldiers whose clothing was injured in battle, or destroyed through the casualties of war. Thus, through the efforts of Judge Hale, an evil, which army officers have long sought to correct, has been remedied; and it only remains lor the War Department to issue the proper orders, to have our brave soldiers who have lost their clothing in battle, or from wounds, freely supplied by the United States. We trust there will be no delay in issuing the proper order to all quartermasters having charge of clothing, to carry out the objects or the joint resolution, so honorable to Congress, and so just to our brave soldiers. _ 1 t Ora advices from Kansas indicate that an animated contest will take place in that State during the coming autumn election. The im portance of the canvass will be estimated when we remember that. KahsSs is on the border of Missouri, and possesses a large infusion of the pro-slavery and Democratic element. The enemies ©f the country are as persistent in this new State as they have beee in any of the States adjoining, and , tire loyal people are called upon to oppose and vanquish; them. The friends of the Administration-are , about to organize a movement for a union of the Re publicans and loyal Democrats on a broad and generous basis of fealty to tho Union and un sparing energy in the prosecution of the war. We are assured that this movement will be consummated, and it iskaid that Hon. George A. Crawford; formerly of Pennsylvania, will be nominated for Governor. We are gird of ftn-i-wjmp is an old citizen of this party in former days. ~lie was ’a„„,„ era ,; c earliest Opponents of Mr.- Buchanan’s policy— he fought him from the beginning to the end ;in all his iniquities, and identified himself With the people of Kansas. That people ,can ifind no more fitting man tb'fill the guberna torial chair. Honest, tiue, and capable, sin cere and conscientious in his devotion to the .Union, he deserves all the honor his fellow-citi zens can heap upon him. The FMENDs of sick and wounded volun teers in any of the hospitals of the. city, will find an accurate register at the office of Me dical Director W. S. Kino, 422 Walnut street. Those in search of soldiers can here learn in which of our numerous hospitals they will find them. ' ■ M. Mercieu,- Envoy- Extraordinary.and. Mi nister Plenipotentiary at France, arrived in our city last evening, and is stopping at the Continental Hotql. We can take a note occasionally from the poet’s lyre—and few have been so stirring and beautiful as the following from Oliver Wen hell Holmes. It appeals to every heart in this hour of our country’s need, and should he read and published everywhere: Listen, young heroes ! roar country is calling! Time strikes the hour for the brave and tho trao < Now, while the foremost are fighting and falling Fill up the ranks that have opened for you! You whom tho fathers made free and defended, Stain not the scroll that emblazons their fame i , You whose fair heritage spotless descended, Leave not your children a birthright of Bhamo! Stay not for Questions while Freedom stands gasping l Wait not till Honor lies wrapped In bis pall! Brief tlie lips s meeting be. swift the bands’ ciispin*— for the wars!” is enough for them all. ° Brtakfrom the arms tha 1 : would-Fondly caress ydn! Hark! his thebngle-blast! sabres are draws ’ Motbers.ahall pray for yon, fathers shall bless yon, Maidens shall weep for you when yon are gone! Never or now I cries the blood of a nation Poured onthe turf where the red rose should bloom; Now is the day and the hour of salvation— - j Never or now I peals the trumpet of doom! . Never or now! roars the hoarse-throated cannon Through tho black the skies: Never or now! flaps the shell*blasted penaon O’er the deep ooze where the Cumberland lies! Prom the fool dens where our brothers are dying, Aliens and fdes in the land of their birth, From the rank swamps where onr martyrs are Mag Pleading Sn vain for a handfnlofearth: . ' - . V : ■ - ■ V From I he tot plains where they perish outnumbered, Furrowed aud ridged by the battle-field's plough, Ocmts the loud summons; too long yeu have slum - ' btred, . Bear the last Angel-trump—Never or Now! ' In the report of one'pf the mootings of tim Pennsylvania Association for the relief of the stifle and wounded soldiers of our State, published some -days ago in 27ms Press,: allusion was made to the remarks of Dr. S. E Dnffield, of Fulton county, Pennsylvania, in whieh he is made to say, in speaking of the meeting of the loyalists of that county, at MoConnelsburg, on the 4th of July, when a large fund was raised for our suffering soldiers: “ I havo been at home for the last ten days, on :a visit to my family, and on tho 4th of July, at a little meeting, I presented the subject before our people.” As the writer of this para graph heard Dr. Duflield’s remarks at the Relief Association, in Washington, he begs to;state that that gentleman took! no such oredit to himself, bat cheerfully awarded it to others of bis home friends. He said, not what was- reported, but that he had “ been home for the past ten days, on a visit to his family, and on the 4th of July attended a Union celebration at his native town, where this subject waß presented before the people.” This statement is due to some of the most devoted and enthusiastic and energetic of tho friends of the good cause. ;! Orpheus 0, Kerr —The writer of Orpheus C. Kerr’s well-known letters, in. the New Fork Sun day Mercury, (tho largest circulated of American Sunday papers,) is not General Mitchell, as we supposed, nor a certain Thomas Middleton, as others have reported. No person named Middleton has editorial relation of any sort with the Mercury, The real Simon Pure, a! gentleman of wit and talent, is Mr. R. H,. Newell, associate. editor of the New York Sunday ’Mercury . 7 Atlantic Monthly.—We are indebted to T. B. Pugh, and also to T. B. Peterson & Brothers, for advance copies of the August number. The Specie Question. Jo Vie Editor of The Press < Sir: I was in Boston, some years ago, when there was a general suspension - The banks issued §1.25, $1.50, aud $1.75- notes, and the effect was that very little specie was required in making change. If some of. our banks would do the same thing, the; would eonfer a public benefit on a suf fering community. I am, sir, very truly yours, July 18,1882 Focus. Gen. Stevens' Forces Added to the Army of the. Potomac. It is with much gratification that we hear of the .arrival, in Hamilton Roads,: of another body of ef . tecrive troopß, being the. division of General Stevens, (torn South Oyrottua, and inteuded, doubtless, toaro ili force tber-arinv eperatiDg. against: tiichmonri. .Tiii! division, wbiGb, .after its longr service in SouthrUaro ilina, cannot he presumed .to be veryr strong ia.-nuai fhsrs, arrived in. Hampton Reads on Tuesday, last, on : hoard the steamers Vanderbilt, Mississippi, and Ban Ds ford It is said to consist, In parq.of the ISth Now. York, BOih I’mnsylvanio, Bth Michigan, 97th ..Pennsylvania, ;£Stb Massachusetts, Tth.Ooueecttcut. and of two batte ries of artillery. All the sick and disabled men of the j command were left behind,— Washington Intelligencer. THE PRESS—PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JULY 21, 1862. LETTER FROM “OCCASIONAL.” Tho despondency of the last two or three weeks has passed away; and has left a deter mined and buoyant spirit in every camp and at every fire-side. The demand for vigorous action as the surest preparation for victorious fighting, has become almost universal. The resolve against any Peace with traitors springs lrom a full sense, of the impossibility of re conciliation until the rebellion has been com pletely crushed. There can, in fact, be no Peace by which a portion of the Union is to be left to those wh« have asfuUd.it.--,.1f there should be, the whole Republic will be perma nently dislocated and dismembered, leaving only the slave region consolidated, and that which is now loyal and combined the theatre of faction and of bloodshed. General Pope’s three • orders, Nos. 5,6, and ,7, are but the key-notes of the popular expectation. New armies will rise before the policy which these orders promise. Henceforth our legisla tion against the rebellion will be that which speaks from the mouth of the cannon, or flashes from the long line of advancing bayonets. The property of the enemy, of whatever description, instead, of being protected by our tioups, will be taken and used. Every insult will be promptly avt nged. We are to have not merely indem nity tor the past and secarity for the future, but the traitor is to bo struck down suddenly and without parley. In one word, we are to have war against a merciless and savage foe; war worthy of a mighty Government and peo ple, and equal to the vindication of the enor mous interests at stake in this unparalleled struggle. The most moderate of men at last agree that. moderate V measures have : failed. ■ These measures have been’ scouted’ by the re bels, as signs of weakness or cowardice. They have encouraged; sympathizers in loyal com mnnities; they have' offended and degraded onr lighting men, and they have lost many millions to the National Government. The oiders of General Pope are, moreover, signifi cant of a settled policy on the question of escaping slaves •or contrabands. And the; manner in which this policy is in dicates a sweeping change in public opinion. A false humanitarianism has vanished before the stern necessity for precisely such a policy. The wretched cries of disaffected partisans, who prate of negro equality and an Abolition war, perish before it. Democrats, who either believed or repeated these, cries, come forth and ask that the blacks ,of the South shall be employed to relieve aud rescue the whites of the North and West. They demand this in public meetings and public papers, and in every manner of public expression. They-wiU no longer submit that their relatives and friends in the army shall be used to recapture fugi tives, nor to perform the hard duties of camp and field and march, while the blacks are fed and fostered.- It wiilnot stain the final achieve ment of a victorious close of tho war, if co lored men contribute to it. Bitter experience has shown that they are more loyal than the whites who seek the destruction of tho Re public. The stem discharge of these duties will give a new character to the war for the Union. The civilized world has seen with amazement the indulgent magnanimity of our Government to traitors armed and unarmed—to the open foe and his sympatnizing friends. The evil fruits of this, leniency have appeared to all men. Other nations are therefore prepared for the new epoch upon which we are enter ing.; Sharp, bloody, and 4 inexorable it will unquestionably be; but it will make tho war a short one, and ihe succeeding poace perma nent and enduring. ■ And may Heaven smile upon the brave en deavor! Should it succeed—it cannot fail— human life, wili-be saved—human liberty res cued—foreign despots admonished—and the Government of the United States established on strong and lasting foundations. T.ebaiion and Hartsvllle , Occupied by the ■ jp» Citizens Housed by the Reinforcements— The; of , i Lovisyillß, July IS.—-The town of Henderson has been occnpled-by about forty guerillas, who were cheered and, treated .with the greatest consideration by many citizens uton their entering the town. ' -■... Arcfay Dixon and others were negotiating with the rebel Colonel Johnston to. withdraw his guerillas from Henderson. Many of the inhabitants .had gone to EvaAs viilefor. safety. ; • 1 'The steamer Commerce, Captain Archer, hound from Memphis to Louisville, stopped below Henderson, detun ing ic unsafe to pass. . - > ' , • Generai Greene Olay S aith now commands our forces : aDLexington, vice Ward, and there is a prospect of stop ping the rebel Colonel 'Morgan’s recruiting operations, which were rathtr brisk during his late raid. Nashville, July. 16.—Lebanon* Tennessee is in-pos session of the rebels* The rebels, 80b strong, are at Hartsville. Hr. Bice r Benjamin Daniels,, and . John Barns, re ; spectabie .citizens, wore hung last night at Tennessee BidgSj twenty-fivdjmiles' from Nashville, for entertain - iDg“ iden employed in recocshmcting telegraph Hues. Nashville, -July 18.—One thousand’ and forty six paroled;prisoners at Murfreesboro’, 7 have arrived. They are mostly of the Michigan 9tli, and some of‘ Hewitt’s Battery. ..There are, no commissioned officers. The tiainß run through to Murfroesboro’. . The'War in Kentucky and Tennessee. Lovisvili.e, July 19—Gen. Nelson arrived in Nash ville,'oh Thursday, with heavy reinforcements, and as sumed the command there.' , The town of: Henderson was occupied-by about'forty guerillas, who were cheered and. treated with great con-7 eideratiop by many citizens, as they entered the town, j Archyßixon others are negotiating with,the rebel , Col. to withdraw the guerillas from Henderson. Many of the inhabitants of that town have gone to Evans ville for safety.' ' 7 '■ ‘ The'Steamer Commerce, Captain Archor, bound to Memphis and Louisville, was Btopped below Henderaon, - detming it unsafe to pass that point. General Geerge Green (Lay Smith now commands the Lexington forces, vice General Ward, and there is a prospect er stopping Morgan's.recruiting operations,,' which were rather brisk during the late raid. j Accident on the Columbia Railroad. Nashville, July 19.—The.-down.train from Haute-’ vitle was thrown from the track twelve miles this aids of! Reynolds’station. Captain Tatum, of Ohio, and several others, were billed) and twenty were voundod. GonoraT Mitchril’s family were on tho train, but escaped and arrived at Columbia. '( 'The Dock 2tiver bridge this side of Columbia is washed parlly away. Passengers reached this city by private; conveyance from Colombia. j ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS. The casualties by the accident on the Columbia road are larger ’than before reported. * The' train contained about one thousand Ohio and Kentucky troops of Nel son’s command. ‘The two hind cars were thrown off vrhffe the cars wero going fifty miles per hour, ona cum. About forty were woundod, five of whom died :after reaching Columbia, Term., and. more are not expected to' live* Captain Tatum belonged to the Ohio 6th—the Guthrie Grays. He was formerly connected with tho Cincinnati Gazette. , . 'The wife of Captain Mendenhall is severely injured. ‘Mr.- Holloway, of NariiYlUe, bad an arm sprained. BJazhe is attached to the engineer, who escaped to the woods afterdisconnecting the locomotive from the train, leaving the latter half* mile behind. • .Several arrests have been made by soldiers. • - / One hundred and fifty bales of Comstock & Clark’s cotton were burned near Sbelbyvilie. * There has been considerable cotton burning near Tus* cumbia and Florence. 5 Cotton is selling at Huntsville at twenty and twenty two cents for g01d.... * General Grant Ordered to Corinth—How the i’emale Kebels are Served- Memphis, July 16—General Hovey-is in command, vice General Grant, who, with' staffs is' expected to be called to Corinth at any moment* jf The fortifications hear© are being s pushed to completion with rapidity. ; They will be formidable, and are intend ed as permanent forts of defence. Several female Secessionist were yesterfflyieseorted beyond the Federal lines by General Thayer, - they hav ing reiuaed to take the oath of allegiance. Their bus. bands are among the dost wealthy, citizens "of Memphis, and are now serving in the rebel army. The War lu the Indian Nation Kansas City, Mo., July 17.— The correspondence of the Leavenworth Conservative says: “A receatbattle in the Indian Nation, between detachments of the Kansas regiments under Colonel Weer and a forco of rebels, re sulted in tbe capture of one: hundred and twenty pri soners, a large number of horses and ponies,- about fifteen hundred bead of cattle, tbirty-six loadod mule teams, a large ouantity of cainp atd garrison enuipage, and fifty stand of arms. < Colond Bitchie, who is in command of a regiment of loyal Indians, has r«-liablo information that Oliief John Boss was about to -join the exp diton with some 1,500 warriors. Colonel Solomon, of tno 30£b Wisconsin, had also captured forty prisaners, and four hundred mounted Cherokee and psago Indians bad come into oar camp with white flags, and carrying.tbeir guoa with their mn2- zlea pointing downwards. About two hundred and fifty negroes, beibngiDg to rebel half-breeds, are now on routo for Fort Scott. ’ Pjofessorß in the Field, i NKw YoßKj'July 20.—Professor Ohamberiain, ofßow doin Colhge, has been offeree and lias accepted co loco! c> of ibe 20th Maine: ltogiment. la also stated that Professor Obadbourue has accepted the colouetcy of'u Mansachusettß regimtnt. ’ ■. Explosion of a Steam Tug. Nbw York, July 20.—-The stoam tag Blanche Tage exploded her buffer this morning while towing a barge full of excursionists in,the harbor. The steward of the tug was killed, but no one rise was Injured. l reparture of the Kangaroo. ; New Tojjk, July 17,—Tho Kangaroo sailed at noon jto-day, with oyer a miliiou iu specie,- Washington, July 20,1862. Occasional. FROM THE SOUTHWEST. IMPORTANT FROM VICKSBURG. Rebel Ram Arkansas Runs by onr Fleet. SHE DESTROYS A NUMBER OF WAR VESSELS. FEDERAL LOSS UNKNOWN REBEL LOSS TEN KILLED AND THIRTEEN WOUNDED. Special Despatch to The Press.] Memphis, July 18. - The Grenada (late Memphis) Appeal, of the 16th lost., reports that the rebel ram and iron-clad gunboat Arkansas, under command of Captain J. N. Bryan, came down from the Yazoo river on the 16th, and ran by that portion of onr fleet which lies above Vicksburg, success fully, and anchored under the batteries surrounding that , The Appeal says the ram ran down several Federal war vessels, and disabled many more j one of onr vessels was blown up, The “Arkansas” Is a very formidable gunboat, being plated with two-and-a-half-inch iron, with the plates and nails rivttted. - She has a very heavy armament, and is furnished with two propellers, seven feet in diameter, with four flanges The loes of the rebels is set down at ten killed and thirteen wounded. The Federal loss is hot known, but Is said to have been very heavy. In addition to the above, ihe Appeal's despatch con tains a great deal which i* bombastic and not worthy of •reproduction; but there is unquestionably some truth In ; the statements made above. ~ There are no recent arrivals from Vicksburg. The Federal gunboat Benton was left in a sinking ©on- FROH WASH!NGTON, Special Despatches to “ The Frees.” Washinqtoh, July 20,1862.1 The Army of Virginia. The following order has be eu issued by Major General Porn, regarding the absence of officers and soldiere in bis command; Headquarters Army of Virginia,? 1 War-centos, July 17,1862. j Commanders of a Corps d/Arm£t Commanders of a division of this commandmay grant passes for the day to the officers, and men of their .command, which mast be signed by any one of two staff officers, who must be designated for the purpose, and whose signatures are to be immediately reported to tho Provost Mar shal. of the corps d'armAe. These passes will not ibe construed to r permit their bearers to leave the tvicinity of their respective stations or to the city of Washington. Except as above, speci •fled, no officer or soldier ol this army will be permitted to leave bis command onepy pretence whatever without : special authority from these t eadquartera. Ail officers founa absent fi om tbeir commands five days after the date of tlii< Older will be arrested and tried for disobe* ofence of orders. All soldiers absent after thit time, will be confihed and returned under guard to their regi ments lor triaf by court maitiai. By command of Maj, General Pope. GFO. D. BUGGLES, Col., Adj., and Chief of Staff. An officer who arrived to-day from Fredericksburg, Virginia, say s the effect of General Pope’s official orders iipon the troops was wonderful.. Although they had not betn officially proclaimed when he left that to wn, a kaow lecfgo of their contents bad quickly parsed from officers do men, and all were exultant in view of the policy here after to bp pursued. Hew vigor has been infused into our 'soldiers, and additional strength and courage given them, and their anxiety for active operations has been increas ed. -Tho toast among them to-day was “The New Orders.” ... Warbektos, Va , July 20.—A cavalry captain from General Hatch's command arrived here, to-day. The game officer brought five prisoners of the 2d Virginia. who wero captured by; General Hatch at Madi son. Colont! Miller, of the Virginia .Militia, was also tok en prisoner, bnt ho has not yet arrived, : The names drthe live prisoners are B. F. Parker, A. A. White, A. B. Bibber, A. M. Goodrich, and J. H. Hajtbison. . ' . Gen. Swell’s troops are reported to be at Gordons ville. Thtir number iB not stated. Gen. PorE’S recent orders are receive by the troop 3 with enthusiaßm, but the citizens wear terrible long faces since ite publication.. : A Frenchman arrived here to«day who left Bichmond acme days ago. He bad been persecuted in order to com peMdrffd ipin the Southern army, and was finally pul in prison; from which he Was released at the r equeat of the French consul. He had l»ea keeping store in Bichmond. He says everything was very dear there— coflee sellin gat $2.50 per pound', and sugar at T6c. Fhaur, however, wee held at only S 7, and corn meal was dearer than fldur. - He bought a horse and wagon worth about $lOO, for which he paid,s4so in Confederate scrip. With tins he made his escape. Hon John S. Phelps Appointed Military Bovorßor of-AiKausas. " Hon, John B PuELppvornrtssunri, has been appointed jnfit^-Tr£^T erilor Arkansas, and will soon leave Wash- " hajl Powers similar to that re-tßTablißhing people in Conk Mon of the Halted state Tuia"appointment 1 gives general Eatisf&ction • from the known prudence aed firsmess of iho recirient as woU as his onaussttonablo loyalty.. The appoißtment was unsought conferred by jthe President. The Herald of yesterday has the Mowing spaoiol de spatches from Washington: Army Movements. Some important movements are on the tapis to give nnity end force to the miMUryjton. 6 f ths for the speedy mpppeseioh af the rebellion. The not only to tkrfr oirn freedom, but : ir masters minus e ver y t hing in the sh ipe of \ irrlagoß that would facilitate, their move • ro nr®' considerable Quantities ©fold wheat 1 nit Virginia, Considerables hay has been raised this year in Virginia, but little or no corn has been planted, the able-bodied whites of the South hat ing been exhausted by the conscription. The rebels seriously telk of arming the negroes. They seem to put faith in the fldelity-of the negroes, or their o» a ability to mate,, them faithful, but seem doubtful if the negroes, from their entire tmacquamteEce with fire aims, will acquire any facility J n their use. General Ewxll was severely wounded in the neck at the Richmond battles. Genorat Joe Johnston had experienced a relapse from undertaking to get out too soon, and mortification of hlB wound was feared. Jambs Barbour has been acting aid to GeneralSwaLL, and John 8. Barbour, President of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, aid to General Johnston, Miscellaneous. Lieut Ken istos, of the lUh New York, having boon relieved from duty in the United States mustering office in New York, will report for duty to the superintendent ef 11th Infantry recruiting service, at Fort Independence, Boston Harbor. Lieut. Caustes, of the 19th Infantry, will proceed to TJtica, New York, and there relieve Captain Pease, of the 7th Infantry, in the of . mustering and dis bursing officer. ' { Captain Pease, on being relieved, has leave of absence until further orders, to command a regiment of New York Volunteers,.. , Brigade Surgeon L; IS. Conde has been ordered to re pair to Gbester, Pennsylvania, to take charge of the general hospital at that place. Brigade Surgeon 0, L. Allen is ordered to report fo the surgeon general as a member of the Board for the Examination of Surgeons of Volunteers. Second Lieutenant Edwin A. Newbury, of the 28th New York Volunteers, being a supernumerary officer, is discharged from the service. The following-named officers are dismissed: Eev. La ban C. Cheney, chaplain of the 4th regiment of Ohio Volunteer Uavalry; Surgeon j; N. Bates, 15th Regi ment Massachusetts Volunteers*; and Captain Joseph :J. Vauoiian, of the 106th Beglment Pennsylvania Vo lunteers. • * The following-named naval officers have been detailed: lieutenant commanding, John L. Davis ; midshipman, aB acting master, F. J. Higginson; acting assistant sur geon,'PASSMOEE.TitEADWELL: assistant paymaster, Übxby.A. , The New Ironsides will soon be ready for duty. In addition to the principal officers heretofore mentioned, thefollowing*named have been ordered to that vessel: Boatswain, Thomas Bennett; gunner, H. Hamilton; carpenter, L. Wentworth; eattmaker, J. A. Birdsall. The ten hew iron-ciad gunboats will all be put in com mission in the course of three months; their armament is already being prepared. The captmed Tebel steamer Teaser is undergoing tho rough repairs at the Washington navy yard. FROM NEW ORLEANS. ■ New .York, July 20.—Toe steamer Roanoke, from New Orleans on the 12th, arrived last night. General Shepley had received his appointment as mili tary governor of Louisiana. - / . Hon. Rtverdy Johnson had arrived , Two young New Orleans ladieß hoA presented the 13th Connecticut regiment with , a beautiful United States flag.. • • The arrival of three thousand barrels of fiour by the Roanoke induced General Butler to order the price of flour to be reduced to §24 per bbl. Ic had reached §3B to §4O. George Copple having been recognized as British vice ; consul by Lord Lyons and apologized to Gen. Butler for, 1 the offensive expression in kia letter of the 14th June, had been acknowledged by Gen. Butler as representative of Great Britain. Arms, clothing, &c., for five regiments of Louisanans had reached New Orleans per the; steaiiur Fulton, and thcirganizaiion commenced with the prospect of success. Captain Magee’s company of cavalry had broken up the rebel camp at Omiie Bridge. They killed and wound ed several rebels and brought eight prisoners and a lot of horses, arms, stores, &c., to Baton Bouge. The British gunboats Binaldo and Landrail, had left Now Orleans.; s ‘ The bombardment of Galveston had not commenced, and the British brig Richard O’Brien, from Kingstony with contraband stores, was burned by the boats’ crews from the Rhode IsUnd, in the harbor, on the 4th. The boata’ crews further celebrated the 4th by planting the stars and stripes on Texan soil. Union Demonstrations. The correspondent of the Herald writes as follows: . a New Orleans, July 12. The Union Association .of New Orleans held a mass meeting at Lyceum Ball. The room was crowded, a handfome proportion pf the assemblage being composed of the fair era, Mr/ Benj S Flanders presided, and Mr. L.-'G. Brown acted as secretary. On taking the chair, Mr. Flanders made a short and appropriate Union address, and was followed by Mr. Übas. Le*ucaout, who, after a few preliminary remarks, read the Declaration of Independence. The orator of the day, Rev. William C. UuDcan, then delivered a-leng?hy oration, after which tbemeeting adjourned; Subsequent to the adjeurmn-nt, a delegation of fifteen members of the Union Association made a Bocial call upon; General Butler at his private residence. A pleasant ioterview ensaed, aod, after par taking of the general’s hospitality, the gentlemen took their evidently much pleased with their call. A UNION DEJEUNER. Quite a recherche affair .took place in the morning at the Washington Hotel, Milnebarg, which is at thj ter minus of the Pontcbartrain Railroad ** out to*tbe lake.” It was a dejeuner given by Messrs. James Graham, Julian Neville, J. Ad. Rozier, L. M. Day, and Booert Watson, all of them prominent Union citizens of New Orleans; A great press of business, consequent upon the ,f -h »«»-aiv^ieuaqi—prevonteff- Generul Enibr from being present, but ho was: repre sented by his assistant acting adjutant general. Captain R. S. Davis. General Shepley, Colonel French, Colonel 13th Connecticut, and Lienteoaht A. G. Bowies, aid-de camp represeuted the United dtates army, and Thomas J. Durant, Ear, and other distinguished gentle mm in civil life, wore present as ; guests. The company numbered about twenty-five. Mr. Neville presided at the head of the table, and Mr. Day occupied the eeat at racter, nod. with' thß dd 3 ;- credit upon the host of the Washington Hotel; vi &:■■■■ - THE SPEAKERS. ; . General Shaploy (poke twice, and folly snstained his reputation.aa, a bril.iant orator. Mr. Dorant mods a speech as notable lor its strength of Union sentiments as for its excoeding beauty and elomence, as a literary pro dnetion. Mr. Durant's reputation is so wide teat it is si-' mottminocoßsary to nay’bat he sloads at tho hoad of the bar. in this State , Admirable* addresses were a!sD : mads by Colonels French and Hogs. The toasts tvsrs of the usual order : « (he President,’.’ • The Army and Hary,” •< General Butler,”“ The Day Wo Celebrate,” and tbe remainder of the catalogno of entirely novel and original sentiments expressed on every such occasion. .The whole affair was heartily sociable and agreeable, and undoubtedly strengthened, the bond of friendship . between onr officers and the influential members of. this community. ,;x x. REVIEW AND rKBSEStATrax OS* A FLAG TO THE . IoTH CONNECTICUT ItEGtMEXT. The foatmojot the day, however, was the presentation of one of the moat beantifnl flags I have ever seen to tbe loth Connecticut Regiment, Colonel H. w Hires bv two .very- p, fetty and loyal young ladies, Miles. Angela Snyderjaid Dacena Conrcdle. To show the appresia toon of snob praiseworthy conduct on the part of the two Kew Orleans ladles, it; was determined ,to make the affair worthy ,of the object and the day— consequently. General.BuUer consented to ba present with his staff and reviety the regiment., At six o’clock in the after noon the. General, in foundress uniform, and accom panied by his Btaff, left his bottse, and, followed by the 2d Massachusetts Oavairy, under Lieutenants. A. Per kins commanding, rode down to the Custom house, and thence te the levee. The 13th Connecticut, with the young ladies and their flag following in a carriage, march ed from their auarters through several streets to vbaen»y were drawn up in line near Canal street. The Ist Marne Battery, Captain Thompson, was stationed a little below, and fired a national salnte. The general and staff then rode to the centre and sainted the American flag, while the regiment presented arms. After this the general and staff rode in review along the line, while thoband played ‘Hail to the Chief.” The re giment .then marched In review before the general, and, after they were again formed in line, the ladies alighted from the carriage, and Mile. Snyder, taking the beautiful color in her hand, presented it t* Col. Birge, remarking that she entrusted the flag to me gallant men of his com* stand, assured that they would never allow it to be dishonored, adding that her prayers and those of her ccuem—Mile. Oborcelle—should ever be offered for the success and victory of the 13th Connecticut Regi ment Col. Birge answered eleanently and with deep fieling, thanking the laeies for their superb gift, and complimenting them for their loyalty, which, through all the trials and temptations to which they had boon subject ed in the miflßt of treason, they had preserved pure and bright and warm within their faithful hearts. He added that in sir handsome present should be placed brains the regimental flags, and promised for hta command that it should never be tom from their hands or dis»raced so long as their stout armß could defend it. Handing it to a color sergeant, it was placed beside the Stars end Stripes and sainted by the regiment. General Batter then rode up to the young ladles, am), in a few words, thanked and complimented them for their cotirage and generosity ‘ The whole affair passed off very pleasantly. There was nothing to mar the satisfaction, and a large crowd was collected to witness tho ceremony. ■ SKETCH OP THE REOIStEJJT. '7.x ' ' Tho regiment looked splendidly, and in their marchio" and the manual of eirms acquitted themselves in a manner that one of our “crack” militia regiments need not hare been ashamed of. This regiment is composed or a line class of men. Added to this, they are handsomely uni formed and equipped, and from this circumstance they derive a commendable pride that evinces itself not only in their fine appearance but in their correct deportment and earnest effort to improve in every soldierly quality. Colonel Birge ano hia officers have reason' to be proud of tbeir fine regiment. THE FLAG PRESENTED is of heavy, plain biue rilk, doubled, and on - each side are. thirty.four. largß silver stars. It is bordered by a heavy silver fringe, with silver cord and tassels. In the centre are the words “ Union,”. “Thirteenth Connecti cut Begfment," “Hew Orleans, 1882.” ffho staff is sur mounted by a sclendid spear of Bolid silver. THE YOUNG LADY DONORS. Mademoiselles Snyder and Courcells are cousins, and are both French natives or creoles of New Orleans. Throughout the war their devotion to the Uuion has never wavered, and;their courage is peculiarly manifest from their conduct ever eince the occupation of this city by the Union army. It will be remembered that these same young ladies dared to, come forward lu May, when thousands of men were.afraid to speak to a Union officer, and presented a guide color to the I3th Connecticut. AH honor to them. They are of.:tho material that infuses new vigor and fidelity into ,the hearts of then, and ole votes the moral arid-manly tone of society. : . The day after the fourth the ladie3 wrote the following note to the regiment, through Colonel Birge: New Orleans, July 5,1852. Gentlemen : We congratulate, and,thank you all for the manner in which you have received our flag We did not expect such a reception. We offered the flag to you as a gift from our hearts as a reward far your noble conduct. Be assured, gentlemen, that that day will be. aVwajs present in our minds, and that: we will never : forgot that we gave hto tte bravest of the br*vo * but, if ever danger threaten your heade, rally under that banner, ca’l again your’ courage to defend it. as you have promised* and remember that those from whom you received it will help you by their prayers to win the palmß of victory and triumph over your enemies We tender onr thanks to Gen. Butler for lending his presence to the occasion, aud for bis courtesies to us. May he continue hia noble, work, and ere long may we behold tbe Union victorious over its foes, and reunited throughout our great and glorious coaotry. Very re spectfully, •• ANGELA SNYDER, LUOENA OUUROELLE. CArTDRE OY TUB NOTED TIIUQ BED BtLL NO. 1% very wofst of-Use.gang of Thugs and murderers, that have hem tufa oily In terror for years past, was ar rested on the 7th by Lieutenant Henry Finuegaas, of the provmtmarsbara offlee, and Lieutenant of Police Baane. The culpiit is William Wllsoh, allaißed Bbl No. I He' bus bton reported to have been arrested before, but it has turned out a mistake. HOW I£E IYAS TAKEN. Lieuteranta Finnegass and Duane having obtained in formation that Wilson was living concealed in a swamp on the border of Lake Salvador, oh the opposite bank of the river, they crossed tho river at Carrollton on Mon day, and, diaguieed as fishermen, took a boat, and, ac companied • by * a guide and a man to row, proceeded: through the Old Company Canal to Lake Salvador and on up to tho swamp, where they arrived at a little after midnight. WHERE lIE WAS POUND. r Creeping cautiously to the place of coufiueineht, tliey foned Bill partially dressed, and witn his shoes on, lying in a souisd sleep on a mattro3g, with a mosquito' bar co vering him.; By. bis side lay a.very sharp hatchet, and under his head a pistol. Fmnegate approached the mur derer on one side and Duane on the other, and, puliioe up tbe.bar, each dapped a pietolHo hia head and then awoke him.? -He jnmprd upand looked around to see if j there wag any chance of escape, bu: oh beiog that if ho moved lua brains would be blown out, he aul- ; eubmiUed, u THEY TOOK HIM tO THE BOAT And retorted to the city,, where they arrived at five o’clock in tbe On the way down he asked what he was arrested tor and what would be done wßfe him 1 He was told that the charge was murder, and that he would be huog. He waa perfect!? unconcerned, and >aid that be bad never killed Anybody, but be didn’t care wbat was to be done with him, for be bad been sick of life for years. He aleo said that if it hadn’t been for Lucien Adams (the Recorder, who fa now at ffort Jack son), he wouldn’t be in this fix now, for bo bad been a tool to Adams for many years. HIS MURDERS AND THE PROOF. This Bed Bill is said to have killed at least twenty men, and we have tbe strongest evidence thatrtbe flay tbe fleet arrived he threw a German overboard at the levee, drowning him, just because be expressed satisfac tion at tbe.approach of tbe Union forces. Tbe proof is now being worked up, and as soon as It is complete' the prisoner will be tried, aod be is as sure to be hang as he can be of anything in tbia life- IcwUl be difficult to convict him of tbe murders committed previam* to tbe arrival of the fleet, because the people are afraid to come forward and testify against him, although it is al zooht impossible to find one respectable citizen but what saye Wilson is guilty of so indefinite number of murders, anfl deserves hanging twenty times over. HIS PERSONAL APPEARANCE. In person the assassin is about five feet nine inches high, of a brutal, cunning expression of countenance, fiery hair, eyelashes, face and neck; indeed, he is fully entitled to his cognomen of ‘ ; Red Bill.” ONE DAY LATER FROM EUROPE. The North American off Cape Race. Tbe Sews of the Battles Before Rich mond KecelvcAin England.. Cape Race, July 19,—The steamship North America, from Liverpool on the lOtb, via Londonderry on the lUh instant, passed this point, on route to' Quebec, at eleven o’clock this morning. She was boarded by the news yacht of the Associated Press, and the following sum mary of her news obtained : 'The dates per the North American are one day later than ibose by the Nova Scotian. y Tbe North American passed the Anglo Saxon on tbe 17tb, bound.east. .The North American reports experiencing strong westerly breezes# The steamship Bavaria, from New York, arrived at Southampton on the 10th instant. GREAT BRITAIN. The nows of the fighting before Richmond bad been received in England, and excited great attention. Tbe London Daily News treats tbe result of the fight tog as a serious reverse to the Federate, and as likely to lengthen out rather than shorten the war, " Tbe London Times says that the strategical move ments of General McClellan are purely unintelligible, and aods that tbe recent events muse infuse new energy Into the Confederate arms, and. may produce results cal culated to lead to a cessation of-hostilities, and eventually to the termination of the war? • An occariouat correspondent'of the London Times gives a strong picture ot the dishouesty audmitmanage uientof tbe war on the Federal- side. He saya that the courage and resignation of the-vclauteers is above all praise, and that; they stand hardships and privations which no European army would submit to without ro ' voicing.) end .tbey do so because they consider such :tbings as inseparable from the war, and have no idea that the greater partof them are owing to tbe ignorance of fheir generals, and the scouudreliom ot money-makingpeople. Hundreds are slaughtered by tbe ignorance or dtunltenbesß of some of the generals. Notwithstanding that the river and railways are close by and up to General McOltsllan’s army, whole divisions are for consecutive dayß without other Hood than a few wretched biscuits and still more wretched coffee; For days together they have been without as ounce of meat, ; and when they do get it, It is nothing but salt beef. The correspondent argues that General will not :rira another attack upon Richmond, preferring the more secure vay of starving out the Confedetates. The 2Vmes, editorially, oppeses the cry from Manches ter for Government interference in tne production of cotton. It says that the Government can do nothing which the manufacturers cannot do belter. Government interference would not be impossible, but it would be in the bigheat deg Tee prejadicid. What i-* needed in otder to aebure an adequate supply of cotton is an aaaurauce that ,lbe price will be steady and permanent, and tbte is what' ■Manchester shrinks from giving. Any price that is re auir«d for this year will be cheerfully paid, but no en gagtments will be mado for a longer period. This will never do, if we are to have a desirable demand, and that we Bhall hardly find so long as we are perpetually specu lating on a return of that supply from America, which husjmt so fcignally failed. - , A large open-air meeung had been held at Stockport, at wbica a'petition to Parliameut was adopted praying that the Government would, tote into serious con- Bideration.tbe propriety of the Government using its in fluence''to bring about a reconciliation between the Northern and Southern States, as it is from America alcnethat an immediate supply of cotton Can be ex pected, and if need should be, that the Govern ment wiil not hesitate to acknowledge the Southern States# as they believe'that muat be the ultimata result. An amendment was offered and rejected, when the pe tition as originally drawn up was adopted by an over whelmingmajoiity., ’ : Tbe Prince of Wales is about to visit Russia in the Royal yacht Osborne. It was reported that the British Obaunel fleet would acjompany the yacht up the Baltic. Military honors were bring extended to Marshal Mc- Mahon during bis visit to England. The troops at Al dershot had a field day in hia presence.' Tbe Trieroy of Egypt, in a speech at Manchester, said in regard to cottoD, that next year he felt confident in promietog from Egypt, if hot double the amount of the last crop, at least an increase of one-half. *; FRANCE. AdmiralDeLaGravlero hadleft Parte for Cherbourg, to embarkforMexico.."' - It is also now* asserted that General For 6y will embark fer Mexico on the 2lst of July. ‘ The Paris Boutbs was firmer, the Rentes being quoted at 68f*45c. PORTUGAL The King had formally announced to the Council of State his approaching marriage with the daughter of Victor Emmanuel. RUSSIA. The report that Russia had made an army of reserve, either in favor of Austria or the Pontifical territory iu Italy, in recognizing the Italian monarchy, is dis ertdited. - , . . WEST COAST OF AFRICA. The June mails had. been received. The news was unimportant. Trade on the coast was improviue, In tbe monUy.market the funds were dull, owing to tbe re currence of the unfavorable weather and to the report of Mahommedan conspiracies in Northwest Africa. CommerciaLlutelligenc.B Vu»3, ttu4^4wnf7 ,y - LIVERPOOL COTTON- MARKET.—Tho brokers 5 ' circular reports the sales of the.week' to have : reached 68.600 bales, including 38,000 bales to speculators, and; 12.600 bales to exporters. There has been a reaction ia the martet', owing to heavy shipments at Bombay, and tbe qnoiaiions of :Snrata\had receded & Ife. Am»ican descriptions were also offering at dociine since Wednesday, but still the advance on sacn for the week is The sales on Friday, Ilth, were only 4,000 bales, including 2,000 bales to speculators and exporters. The market closed flat at the followisg au thorized quotations;.. Uotton at Uirarpool is ratimitted at IpD.OGO bales, of which 53,000 are of American'descrih lions.- - _ Breadstuffs —-The market has an upward tendency, xiour is steady. Wheat more firm, aud tends upward. Corn is firmer. - ' BRQVisioNS.—The Provision market is generally un changed; still ruling dull. LONDON MONEY MARKET.—Consols for money closed on Friday at 92K®92&. : - “ 118 - S4llk of. England had increased XOuOiUvO .. * LONDONMONEY MARKET.—In ihe London money market money was very,'abundant, and.good bills were dose at 2%, even before the Bank reduced iterate from 3to 2}rf. . - AMERICAN STOCKS.—-The markot on Friday was quick and steady. Shipping Intelligence Londondbrrv, July 11.—Ajrived from New York, AquiUa, at Deal; President Fillmore, at do.; Daniel Webster, at do. j Ohristiaha, at do.: Antonelll, at King rood jgAlliance, at Bristol; Engbert, at co.: Advance, at Havre; For West, at Queenstown; Frank Lovett, at t A at Liverpool; North American, at do ; J. H. Byerson, atdo.; Mohawk, at do.; Ontario, at do. Arrived from Philadelphia, Cereal, at Queenstown. Arrived from Portland,'Zephyr, at Queenstown. Arrived from Baltimore, Anna, at Deal: Carl, at Ply mouth. a Arrived from Sagua U Grande, Martha, at Liverpool. Morgan’s Appeal to Kentucky Rebels. John Morgan, the guerilla leader, who is now making a foray into Kentucky, has issued the following PROCLAMATION. ‘' T . Glasgow, July 10,1852. Kentuckians, lam once more among you. Confidiog in your patriotism and slroug attachment to our South ern cause, I have at the head of my gallant band raised once more our Confederate flag, so long trampled upon by tho Northern tyrants, but never yet disgraced. • Let every true patriot respond to.my appeal. . Rhe and arm! Fight against the deapoiler! Fight for your families! your homes! for those you love best! for your conscience! and for the free exercise of your political rights, never again to ba placed in jeopardy by tbe neasian invader. Let the stirring sense of the late Richmond fight constantly be before yoa. Our brave anny there aid everywhere to victorious McClellan and his foreign hordes are grovelling in the dust ' Our independence is au achieved fact We haveliought it with privation and suffering, and sealed the compact with the seal of blood. Be not timorous, bnt rise, ono aiid ail, for the good cause, to clear our dear Kentucky’s soil of its detested invaders. Kentuckians J fellow-countrymen ’ you know you can rely upon me. JOHN MOBGAN, Actirg Brigadier General U. S. A« Gen. Cameron’s Presentation to the Em peror of Russia. [From the Harrisburg Telegraph. J . From private letters received in thia city directftom St. Petersburg, we learn that General Cameron, Minister to Buesia, had arrljed safely at the capital of the nation, where his legation is established, and that, he also had his first interview with the Emperor Alexander. Ac cording to the rigid etiquette of the Russian court, it ia not usual for theEihporor to grant an interview until the lapse of some time after the arrival of a minister, bu t in tbis esse an audience was almost immediately granted, and the reception made the more cordial by tbe earnest solicitude with which the Emperor enquired concerning' tbe.. condition of the American ;■ people, their resonreas,/ numerical power, intelligence, wealth, and progress. During this interview, the Russian monarch evinced his knowledge of our system of and his admira tion for the Hjecesß we had made in tbe development of tbe vast extent of territory now within tlie jurisdiction of tho Federal authority. That authority, io the opinion of Ihe Emperdr, should be maintained at all hazards'. If the Great Bepublic oi the. West was broken’ down, and ceased to wieid ah influence, the course of empire and of crviiizatinn would be changed and a continent deß tmed by Gcd for the happy home of millions of freo, in telligent people, would bo given to infidelity aod bar-- barism, ruin and desolation. After such expressions to tbe American minister, there can be no mUteking the cordial feeling and hearty sym pathy of tho Emperor of Kassia, nor can there be any miaappiehension concerning the deep interest be mani fests In the success and destiny of tbe United States. This fetling was reciprocated by Mr Oameron, who had the most flattering assnrances to offer that the iutereit of the American people was no less sincere in their solicitude for the success and mighty progress of the colossal em pire of the North. Bepresenting sucli widely different systems, and governed by authority so. distinct and broad, there is still no reason why Russia and the United States should not be united in true and stern alliance, and wield an irresistible influence on the destinies of .the world. „ : We are gratified to add that the same correspondence which conveys the intelligence of tbe interview-of Gen. Cameron with the Emperor, so cheering in all respeoie, also bringß ns the most.pleasiog assurances of the health of all attached to the legation. The health particularly of Gen. Cameron himself, and that of. his family, was never better. '' THE FIGARO PROGRAMME r relates the. following anecdote: <• Baron Taylor, while tiavtlling in Spain, arrived in tbe evening at a village inn, and Bat down be fore a etovß to dry.his boots. Close by was a ,taro-spit dog which watched blm very attentively. ‘ What can you give ice to eat f P said .the Baron to the hostess. ‘Some eggs,’, was the reply. ‘No, they are too msw ‘ A.rabbit.’ * That is too Indigestible. } The at testicn of,tbe dog feomed to become,more and more di rected to the.conversation.- ‘Some ham. s ''‘No, 5 said tbe Baron, ‘ that would make me tbirity.* ‘Some pi geons.’ The dog here sto Floub and Meal —The market for Western and State Flour is less active; tbe lotr grades are easier, aod dose heavy; the better grades are in fair request and are steady. The sales are 16,500 bbls, at $4.85«5.10 for superfine State and Western; $6 25®5.40 for the low grades of Western extra: $5 20a5 35 for extra State: $5.40©5.50 for fancy do.; $5.35®5 60 fer shipping brands of round, hoop extra Ohio, and $5.60®6.25 fer trade brands. Southern Fleur is dull and heavy; sales of 900 bbte. Canadian Flour it heavy, and closes very dull; soles of 3,250 bbls. at $5.20®5 40 forthe-lowgraios of West ern extra, and $5 45a6.25 for trade brands do. Rye Flour te in fair demand, and is firm; eales of 150 bbls at s3e4 20. ; Corn Meal is scarce: sales of 40 hh&s Brandywine at Whtskt.—The market is lower and is less active: sales of 400bbteat3O)« ...$35,564 10 .1,092 4U