or y w %\t snss. FRIDAY, AUGUST 1,. 1862. Igy We cun take no notice of anonym-raa communtca tlons. We do not return rejected manuscripts. HSf~ Voluntary correspondence solicited from all porta ofthe world, and especially from onr different military And naval depatimonta. When used, it will be paid for. ■' -.DS?” At the request of the committee on Souring subscriptions to the citizens’ bounty 3, we beg leave to announce that contribu to received at this office. ’obney’s War Press—A Great HER!—Ti e H’ar Pre si, for Satnrduy, August 2d, just been issnifl. It is ono of the beat numbers yet .dialled. It contains TBItSK GOOD ENGRAVINGS—VIZ : 1, Portrait of Morgan, tbe notorious GnertlH header. S. Map of tbo Scene of tbe recent fight near Ytcksburg, ’between the Rebil Ram Arkansas and tbe Oarondplst. 8. Yitw of the B ach at Atlantic Qtty, Now Jersey. Among tbe ri svi ing matter will oo found: AN OBIGINAL BKE TOH—“Quartering On the .Enemy.” by Ferdinand h. Farmiento. TBE GREAT MEETING ON SATURDAY.—A full report of the principal specobes delivered on that occa sion BIST OF RF.I,EASED UNION PRISONERS, ADDRESS TO THE CKOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES*by prominent Kembers of Oongress. FIVE LETVEB3 OF • OOGAStONAL.” EDIT 081 ALS—'Tho War-Foreign Insolence—The Death of Ex-President Martin Van Buren—Exchange ef Prisoners—Major General Halleok—lngratitude, So. COBRBSFQ!'BENUE.—The Army rf the Potomac FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE—Letter from St. Petersburg—English Opinion on American Affairs, THE LATEST NEWS Pennsylvania Enlistment— General Balleck Appointed to the Ctabf Command of tho Arm; —The Army in Yiiglnla—Proclamation of tho President, So. . VERY LATE FROM THE SOUCFI. CHOICE POST BY.—Warned 300,000 Men—Tbo Lob • ater—Tho Drnn nier of Company O, &o. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.—'The Money Market—PiT aikdphia and Harrisburg Cattle Markets— Philadelyhla Market—Money List, Ac. The li'ar Press, in addition to the above, contains an endless variety of Miscellaneous War News from every part of tbo country; and evory one desiring a thorough kuowlei'ge of what is transpiring at home or abroad should Unf it Terms, two dollars a year. Single copies four cents, in wiuppers, ready for mailing, to be had at She counter of The Press Office. On tub first-of. August,; 1857, the first number of Tub Press was published. To- day, therefore, marks its fifth anniversary. I may be indulged in a natural pride that, during theso five eventful years, The Press has never swerved from; the principles upon which it was established. Qommenced as a Democratic paper, pledged to a certain dis tinct policy,. and coi dialiy committed to Mr. Buoiianan’s Administration, on,the basis Of his letter of acceptance and his inaugural address, The Press adhered to his p'edges ■when he violated them. threats, and tho proscriptions of his crea tures, it earnestly labored' to prevent the Democratic patty from submitting to Ms treason. But the power of slavery and the blandishments of patronage could not be resisted by the Democratic leaders. One after another yielded to his usurpa- tions, until, finally, nearly the entire De- mocratic organization became a passive in strument in lis hands. No matter how great the outrage, be suborned the leaders to endorse it, and they, in turn, seduced the rank and file to acquiesce. Had James Buchanan been faithful to the covenant which made him President, the civil war which crimsons the fair fields of the South could not have happened, and the American Union would now be in peaceful and unbroken exist ence. For opposing and exposing his turpi- tude i for warning and forewarning the people against the consequences of that turpitude; for pointing out and prophesying the direful re- sults that would assuredly punish his ingrati tude to a generous people, and his desertion of righteous and solemn obligations, I was assailed not only as a traitor to Democratic principles, but made the object of unmeasured and unceasing personal calumny. The fear less leaders I followed, and the conscientious Democrats with whom I co-operated, were hunted down like so mmy criminals, and ex- communicated. from the Democratic church even while adhering to the very gospel of the Democratic party. Broderick was the first victim. He carried the courage he had ex hibited in the Senate house into the political campaign, and died like a hero while defend ing his conscientious principles. Douglas is in his grave: ii After ike's flifnl fever he sleeps well. Treason has done its worst, nor steel, nor poison, Malice domestic, foreign levy, nothing • Can tench him further.” Robert J. Walker, how that the, Demo cratic organization has become a whited se pulchre, reeking with corruption and tyranny, lives to maintain the truth, for asserting which lie was proscribed, and to denounce the despe rate men who so heartlessly persecuted him. Inspired by the example and instructed by the teachings ot these patriots, hundreds and thousands of Democrats find their safety in opposing an organization, which, dating its downfall from the treachery of James Bu chanan, in 1857, sustained the cause of a *D>sunionist in 1800, and in 1862, with that Disunionist in arms against the Constitution, supports bis worst heresies while pretending- » false regard for an im perilled Republic. In this period of war, when the historian is preparing to affixjthe guilty responsibility upon those who preclpl- tated that catastrophe, it is a consoling re flection that the Democrats who attempted to stay the tide of , treason under the last Ad- ministration, stand acquitted alike by their own consciences and by the verdict of their countrymen. I refer proudly to the pages of The Press lor the unchallenged proof of the truth of this assertion. During this long struggle against the power of a corrupt Administration, and the domina tion of the aristocracy of slavery, this journal has found in a generous people its most de voted friends. Ostracised by the office-hold ers of Buchanan, excluded from the mails, and misrepresented by desperate partisans, it has attained and secured an impregnable po sition. Its circulation extends to every por tion of Pennsylvania and the adjoining States, and it has thousands of readers in the great West. A newspaper, like a public man, must have a policy, and where this is honestly ad hered to, its influence becomes irresistible. Those who have,read what has been written in The Press for live years past, can decide ■whether it has been faithful to its promises and to its principles. Its extraordinary prospe rity is the evidence that it has deserved a favorable verdict. Its editions, daily, tri weekly, and weekly, are constantly increasing in circulation. Even in this period of war, the advertising of The Peess is more remunera tive than i't has been at any former day. Our facilities for obtaining, the earliest and fullest intelligence, local and general, foreign, mili tary and naval, are surpassed by few journals In America. Our editors, reporters, and business agents, are men of energy, industry, and ability. Entering on the sixth year of its existence, with the utter ance of my heartfelt gratitude to my friends and thepublio, I feel strengthened in the as surance that 'no effort will be left untried to make The Press even more worthy of the confidence and consideration of the loyal men .of the United States. J.W. Forxey. ■’ THE WAR. The general movement of the armies of the 'United States,, alluded to a day or two since in The Press, has already commenced. At daybreak yes-; . terday morning tie Army of Virginia took up the lino of march from Warrenton for Richmond, where we trust the vanguard will soon arrive, arter this and other armies shall have overcome the re bels in another grand pitched 'battle-—one in which rigbjt, left, and. centreof both armies may, he.,qh- the- columns«may "close and Bhow ifciiiiworld V Bubilme speotaole, of the sturdy, Northman overcoming his Southern opponent at tbe point of the bayonet—a battle in wbioh tho great question shall be decided, “ Shall the United States remain as a great Federal combination of thirty-four or moro States?”—a field whero the blood of thousands of arrogant, foolish Southern traitors may atone for tho heinons oritne committed, and where the great American national sin of omis- Bion may be washed out by the blood of our people. The Army of the Potomao has boon ordered to prepare for aotion; and as .an attack from the rebels is not probable at present,- it is plain that movement, of an important na ture, is designed. The ninth army corps at Newport News only awaits orders to move on, as an invincible forlorn, tope, to the Army of tho Potomac. A powerful blow is to be struck, and that very soon. Let us not be idle at homo. These armies, even now very powerful, may be almost annihilated in the coming storm, but the rebels must suffer more severely, and their grand army at Richmond will ho powerless for some time after the great struggle, oven though it consists of 300,000 mon . But a new army must advance, quickly to end the war and crush treason in the" Southern Slates. This army, must be raised as if stamped out of the ground at one footfall by Abraham Lin coln. Every man that loves his country,land can ho spared from home under the present bounty offerings of our citizens—even at a saoriSoe to his interests—should enroll himself in this Army of Occupation, as wo believe it will prove to be. ‘ Major General Lewis Wallace’s entire division moved from Memphis on the . 23i instant, bound South on a highly important expedition. These troops are now probably engaging the rebels, and we may soon expect to hear good news from them, as Gen. Wallace is not tho man to do things by halves. This is hut the initiatory step to many important movements against the enemy in the southwest by which it is believed be will bo com pletely dislodged from all of his strongholds, and the “ father of waters” he finally opened to legiti mate commercial traverse—never, we trust, to be closed again. A boat- load of distinguished rebel prisoners left Boston harbor yesterday for the James river, to be exchanged. Among them are Major General Buokrer, and Brigadier Generals Tilghman and Mackall, with the offioersof theirstaffs, also oap tured. In return, wV expect to have Generals McCall,” Prentiss, and Reynolds; Colonels Cor ooran, Wilcox, and other brave and worthy men, released. This is the first step towards a general release or exchange of prisoners, and our Govern ment has been forced to take the initiative in the matter, and , release a man who is more to be de tested as a political traitor than a military leader— Slfiaon Bolivar Buckner. While we shall welcome onr chieftains, now. in captivity, home again, with joyous hearts, we must urge them and their friends to hasten to the battle-field once more, in a grand rally for the preservation of the Union, and enable us to say henoeforth that our surplus of rebel pri soners is sufficient to encourage ns to demand our whole rights as a great and powerful nation in the future. The long imprisonment of such men as Corcoran, Wilcox, and PrentisB, is an insult to our Government, and our brave soldiers will visit a ter rible vengeance upon those who have thus in sulted us, in all future” battles. Corcoran will raise a brigade of Irishmen, who will die only when smothered with the dead bodießof rebels, who have sought to make a martyr of the young chieftain of the 69th. Una wed by his Governor Ton, of Ohio, is prosecuting the work of raising regiments with great energy, declaring that he will draft if necessary. He does not re ceive all who are willing to volunteer. A committee of colored men of Cieveland wrote to him soma days since, asking him if a regiment of negroes would be accepted to aid in orushing the rebellion, He replied to them by letter, declining to: aooept their services at present, and expressed the opinion that they probably would not be received as soldiers at any time. '• . TaE;armory in Springfield, Mass., makes 14,000 stand of arms a month. In a short time that establishment, with five private shops in operation there, will be able to manufacture 35,000 guns per month. The armories of Providence, Hartford, Trenton, Bridesburg, Vt., Ilion, and one or two other places, will each be able to furnish the Go vernment with 200 guns per day. In a few months we Ehall be making first-rate arms, better than the best Europe can afford, at the rate of 600,000 per annum. It is universally conceded by those who are competent to form a correct judgment, that there i 3 nothing on the other side of the Atlantic to compare with the American arm. The Board of Survey, consisting of Capt. Hud- son, and Constructors Poole and Hansoom, who ex r amined the Niagara l upon her arrival at Boston, recommend to tho Department that her bulwarks be cut down'about four and a half feet, a light rail huJ lioumiock-uofcfcxng iu'littK-o fcbo -plttotj uCtiho po> sent heavy bulwarks; that she be pierced for a bat tery of twenty broadside guns on her berth deck, and ten broadside and two heavy pivotguns on the 'present spar deck. The Boston Chief of Police, Mr. Amae, his captains and others, have decided to raise a eompany from the police of that city for active service in the war :at the South. This is fin excellent movement, and, as our police force contains the material for as fine ia body of soldiers—brave, active, quick-witted, and unyielding—as can be obtained in this country, :we think the example of such men in volunteering would be invaluable, and will be productive of the Beat results. , Mb. Dolan’s statement, which we publish on our first page to-day, will be found to contain many important facts never before in print, and the ac count will be read with interest. -- The census of 1860 represents that the annua l .value of our manufactures reaches the enormous sum of 1.909 mi lions of dollars. In 1850 • they were I,ol3millions of dollars. The, profits on the amount are computed at 43.13'per cent. This amount of wealth was.created by one million three hundred and eighty-five thousand persons, assisted by improved machinery, which gives their skill the greatest possible amount of productive power. ippmiE are at the present, time 300,00.0 stand of Government arms in New York city alone. With the aims stored in the different parts of the Coun try, and the supplies that are constantly arriving, we could arm a million of men at a month’s no tice." The mixing mill, connected with the Barro (Mass.) Powder Works exploded, from some un known cause, on Monday morning, about 8 o’clock, and tbo:on!y man at work there at the time was instantly killed, and his body torn into shreds. His name was C, C. W. Foster, an American, and he leaves a wife. The Joss in property was small, as there was but little powder in the building, During two weeks of July the shipments of do- mestic sugars from New Orleans to Northern port 3 of the United States'were over twelve thousand hogsheads. This supply will serye, in part, to meet tho wants of sugar consumers in our cities. The trade between New Orleans and foreign ports is beginning to revive. There have been several clearances during the past month from that city to Turks Island, Nassau, and other foreign porta. We publish this morning another list of paroled sick and wounded soldiers from Richmond. Interesting letters from tho Army of Virginia, the Gulf blockading squadron, Huntsville, General Buell’s ‘army, and many important points in the Southwest, will bo found on our first page. Queen Victoria is about to visit King Leopold, and wfll aftorwards go to Coburg-Gotha. Tbe Union State Convention ,of California mot at Sacramento on the 17th of July, and nominated John Sweet, of San Eraneisco, for Superintendent of .Public Instruction. THE NEWS, We publish to-day a complete epitome of late news from the Southwest, from our Western ex changes. The guerillas are still making incursions and committing great depredations. •A Southern refugee says: ‘'Union papers should never publish statements that individuals or classes, of persons, who are in portions of the so called Confederate States not yet permanently oc cupied by the United States army, are and have been all the time loyal to the Union.. To do so is, in mast cases, to consign good men to the tender mercios of Lynch law.” The oasuaitics of all kinds in tho army of the Western Department (lato Halleck’s) sinoe it went into the field are stated at 63,500, of which 40,000 are charged to death and absence from sickness, and 18,000 to various casualties by battle. Our Southern news to-day is, as usual, of the very latest dates, and highly important. The re port that some of Beauregard’s army were engaged in the recent battles before Riohmond is how em phatically deniod. . Capt. Spencer, United States army, son of Wm. :A. Spencer, Esq., of Baltimore, has been arrested by Gen. McClellan and sent te Fort Lafayette. He threw down his sword and refused to do duty as soon as he heard of the arrest of his unolo, Judge Car michael, of Maryland. Under tho articles of. war • this offence is punishable by death. ‘ A patriotic widow lady in Portland, Me., has consented to let the board of her gentlemen patrons “run right on,” in case they -volunteer for the war. I A Sister of ‘Mbrcv. stat«i the curious fact that | the last words of a great number of soldiers dying funder her observation were of their mothers, though •many of ■them must have loft a wife and children. ; Brigadier General White, one of the most i prominent heroes of Pea' Ridge and other, battles in . Missouri and Arkansas, is about to be assigned to a command in the army of General Pope, i Hon. Moses Governor of Miehi gan, has accepted a commission from Gov. Blair as ■ colonel of the 22d Michigan -Infantry, and has i gone actively into, the work of, recruiting. Now ( let us hear from oxWovernor SioCloHand. Colonel (Wiener, we hayeno doubt, will enlist V, regiment j that Michigan will bo proud of. .The people are l • .W T *■ :« gratified to know that one upon whom tboy have bestowed repeated honors cheerfully takes' up tho sword in tbtir bebalf. But few men of more earnestness and ability, or whose position will call for greater sacrifices tbau those of Col. Wisaer, will engage in the war. The Princess Clothilde was delivered of a son at Paris on the 38th of July. The Mobile Advertiser states that General Breckinridge “has oomtnand of the troops on the opposite side of the river, at Monroe, Louisiana, and is marching to capture the Yankee batteries over there, and to prevent supplies reaching tho Yankee fleet.” A saloon-keeper in Cleveland, Ohio, in the searoity of obtinge, oonoeived tbe ,idea of issuing tickets. “ good for one driok " to regular custom ers, when he couldn't change their money. la printing the tickets, the printer made a mistake, as the saloon keeper discovered to his cost, after dis tribuiing a large amount of them. The tickets road “ good for one druvk. r ’ A number of two fisted drinkers, who got hold of some of tire tick ets, have been indulging in a series of drunks ever Bince, greatly to the pecuniary loss of tho “ si looner.” Wb have a contrabandial report to the effect that Richmond is being evacuated. While, in amilitary point of view, this is the proper course for tho rebels to pursue, we can place but little confidence in the report, since tbe Confederate Government has all along evineed a determination to make Virginia the battle-field of the war. pA letter from Huntsville sayß that a large num ber of Alabamians have arrived in oainp, mainly from points south of the Tennessee, with the inten tion Of fighting for the Union, and tbe organization of the Ist Alabama Volunteers is rapidly pro gressing. - Several young women in tho town of Now Albany, Indiana, have offered to act as clerks and saleswomen in place of the young men of the town who may...'enlist. They further propose to pay over to the soldiers so enlisted one-half the salaries received from their services in the stores, and to surrender their positions when the men return from the war. A fair offer, in two senses. The long agitated; question of a new bridge across the Thames in piaae of Blackfriar's bridge has been decided, and tbe work has been begun. The estimated oost is £265,000. It will be com pleted in twenty months. Another discovery of coins has been made in France, in the forest of Vitlers Cottorots (Aisne.) They were contained in an old cauldron, and con sisted of about 1,300 pieces, bearing the effigies of Antoninus Pius, Commodus, Ac. Recruiting in all tbo States is going on briskly, and while drafting will have to be resorted to in the end, we have no doubt a large number of men will volunteer. The Madison (Wisconsin) Patriot says a volun- teer from that place, in a letter, thanks his father for giving him crooked or bow legs, saying that on the day before he had narrowly escaped losing both his legs, a cannon ball passing harmlessly through the space occasioned by the “ natural crook” of the legs. Everything is for the best. The manager of the late London dog sho w found himself but of pocket about .$2,500 in consequence of its ill success. When London wants another, it would be well to send for P. T. B. The inventor of phonography, Isaac Pitman, has received from the friends of the system in London a valuable testimonial, consisting'of an elegant bronze time-piece and side vase and a-purse of £350. - ’ . ' It has been found that large numbers of fish are killed by the influx of fresh water into the sea du ring the prevalence of monsoons. A Secession sympathizer was endeavoring to discourage enlistments, and expressing full confi dence in the ability of the South to successfully re sist the Union forces, under the shadow of Bunker Hill monument, on Monday. He had proseeded as far in his remarks as to complain of the wrongs the South was suffering, when he was seized by a gen tleman in his audienoe, hurried with some precipi tation to a neighboring frog-pond, and there im mersed, amid the plaudits of a .numerous crowd. Ho was released before the breath had quiteleft his body. . , -• ' • The Board of Supervisors of Albany county, N. Y,, have appropriated $50,000 for offering an addi tional bounty of $5O te each recruit of the Albany regiment. ■ . " It is no argument at all to say that, when we recommend drafting as a necessary method of raising our armies to a competent standard, we ignore the value of the recruiting service, and cast a doubt upon the enthusiasm and the sincerity of the volunteer. There are many reasons why the ranks of the army should be speedily filled, without awaiting the necessarily tedious process of recruiting and bounties. .Military service is not an extraordinary or exclusive duty. It may be full of hardships, and perils, and danger, and un pleasantness, hut it is nevertheless a duty we must-boldly and at all times meet. If we ac cept a Government, and enjoy its allegiance, we give our honor, our property, and our ’ lives to maintain its integrity. When danger arises the duty of every mqp is to aid in avert ing it. If it can he averted by using the ser vices of those who may be disposed to volun teer, by a.cpnstabularyjor local militia force, r we use these means and it passes away. But there are extraordinary times—-times of dan ger, distress, and, woe—crises in the history of the State which require vigorous, severe, and immediate measures. There are times when the disease will yield to a gentle ca thartic—and" times , again when we must look to the harshest remedies. Wo do not claim i n our case that enough has not been done'. We are far from Saying that our volun teers have not exhibited a noble'»r s,rt > deserve all praise. W 6 " 10 furnished •with statements *•» ltiQ effect that at all of the. stations tbe business of recruiting is very brisk. Yet the; most gratifying statement :.ye"b«r falls'*' far below what must be done. It must be understood this re bellion is abstained by the strength and sinews of the' whole Southern people—that no interest, tie, friendship, infirmity, age, or service, can excuse the citizen from enter ing into their conscript army. We only ask that tho army of the North be so strengthened, , by additions to the main Columns and the establishment of a reserve corps, that the South may be overwhelmed by our numbers. Let the Government take a million of men from the peaceful pursuits of life, and put muskets in their hands, and this rebellion is over. We then show the South what wo have been pro claiming from the beginning, that twenty mil lions of free people must conquer a nation re presenting twelve millions. But we cannot do so if our battles are to be fought by those only who are at leisure. it is cruelty to trifle in a matter like this, Life anddeath, national honor, liberty and fu ture prosperity, are all involved in the issue. Other dangers are: looming up, and, by over coming the one now oppressing, ns, we pre pare ourselves for anything that miy come hereafter. Let us answer Lord Palmerston’s speech by distributing muskets to a million of men. Let them be at once summoned into the field, by the most available way in the hands of the Government. The most available way seems for the Administration to throw itself upon the country and take as many men as is necessary. Every citizen expects this call at the proper time, and those who hesitate are false to their faith and to their oath of alle giance. We hope to see it done, and done quickly.';', It is useless to sneer at the “Inevitable. Lisimv.” It is worse than nseless, for it not only does not avert the exigency which Mr. Lindsay Is assiduously endeavoring to force upon us, but it blinds the people’s eyes to the real present state ot the case and Its probable future development. It is an un welcome fact to force upon the public atten tion now—now when our Internal dangers are so great that the most sanguine man begins to hold his breath in apprehension—but it is a fact, and one which we shall presently be called on to meet, that every new arrival of English news brings European intervention mote nearly upon us. The recent debate in Parliament is evidence of this. lio-d Palmehston had just received news more damaging to our cause than the disastrous records of Bull Eun. It was the highest tri bute yet given to Southern fighting ability, and gave Jeff Davis’ hordes immeasurably greater advantages than they had over before {gained. In fact, ihput the Southern army on the offensive. McClellan was overwhelmed and forced back. No matter about the : masterly ideas that controlled his devoted band, preserved its organization intact,- flung back the fierce waves that sought to shatter it, and conducted it, wearied but unbroken, to a new base whence it might confront the foe.: What was all that, when it did not afreet the 1 terrible result 1 English beefneSS saw only the 5 figures as they were footed up, and did not ; stop to criticise the rule by which they were" ; obtained. There they were, and malice ap propriated what it had hoped for so long. Now,, is it likely that, buoyed up by such news as set the expectations of all Secession . sympathizers aflame, with the very chance in : his hand for which ho had been patiently ; waiting,' this lie&rtlesß old political machine would fling it all away, suddenly reform, and step up to. the advocacy of a cause and that have always been his instinc tive abhorrence? Is it not likely, that THE PRESS.-PHILAHELPHIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1882. lie would make Iho utmost mb of it which a calculation trained by the cunning practice ot yeara and an ingenuity that always sought underhand means, could de vise ? By bluntly proposing tbe scheme that his wily brain has been hatching? Not he. He knew too much of the American feeling against him, and how it would make all his plans nugatory. He had concocted too nice a middling to have it summarily quashed by such invisible but invincible means. .Tae subtle Premier determined ndtSoniy not ty show his band, but to play so as to mislead his antagonist. Therefore this resolution of the •< inevitable Lindsay and therefore the Premier's clever knocking down of the pins which he had as cleverly sot up. But it will be no' icc l that the whole ' tone of tbe proceedings is more threatening than anything that has yet reached us from across 'the water. Lord Palmerston is deceiving himself by looking only to the results ot the Richmond battles, and we shall tumble into equal error if we take the tangible results of this Parliamentary conference as indie itive of its scope. There can be no doubt about it that the mutterings abroad are growing omi nously louder. Let there be ,as little 'doubt about the way in. which we will answer them. Our people must fairly understand what they have to confront; and then let the storm burst when it will. We are bound to the English as no great nation is hound to any other. Language, religion, law's, customs, institutions—all are common to ns, and create mutual ailiaities.not easily cancelled. But it is on this very ac count that our chastisement of England will be fearfully severe if she provoke it. Her obligations towards us are infinitely more nu merous aid cogent than ours towards her | and the reaction, when it comes, will be ter rible. She will realize the truth of Colk iiu>cb 5 s words: ’ . *< T FROM WASHINGTON. Special Despatches to “ The Press.” Washinqtcw, July 31,1882. ThG Mobile Canard. Neither the War nor the Navy Department put the least reliance in the Mery of an iron-clad gneboat fleet having patent into Mobile. On the ooutrary, they are ltd from information in their possession;,. to mostem pfaaticaliy contradict it. Gen. Pope Marching on Richmond. Genl Pope’s putire army marchod forward from War renu n to-day. .. Rebel Connnmireattons Southward. The proveet marshal is- actively engaged in breaking op the rebel mall which goes to Richmond from this city very often It ia rapooeed that moat of the loiters are sent to Baltimore, and then sent on steamers down the bay to some point in' Maryland - where they are sent into Vuginia. Yesterday two bags-of Jotters, from variops parties in the South, weie taken frem one of these Btoamers. The International, Reveane Bureau. Own missi oner Boutwell Bugago* in arranging tbe vast detals of bis bureau*, A large amount T - ofinstrncUone, Ac., bare to be prepared for the assessors, uo&eof wbom are yet appointed. The applications for those positions continue to be very lasge. Mr. A. B. Johnson, a clerk in tbe Treasury Department, has been selected for chief clerk of this office. The Officers of the New Regiments.! A great many applications are made at the War De? partment by individuals for authority to- raise regiments in tbe loyal States None of tbeso applications are granted, boeaefo the entire control of the new regiments has bten given to the Governors of the respective Scutes until they are ready for service. . i Proposed Enlistment Meeting. Preliminary arrangements woro mode to-night by a number of gentlemen, with Senator PoMsnor as chair man, for a pnblic meeting to encourage recruiting for thelaraiy, So President tirNOOLH will bo invited to pwido. The prospect is that a large sum wilt be sub- Bribed to facilitate this patriotic movement. Another Maryland Battery. The War Department has issued an order, which Gov. Bradford has sanctioned, authorizing F. W. AlsxAn ekr, Esq;, of Baltimore, to raise a battery of Maryland light artillery within tbe next thirty days. A bounty o S9O is offered to men volunteering. No Interventiffn. The dssnatches received at the State Department, by tbe last arrival from our ministers abroad, shew that thf-loLo of the foreign Governments; is uniformly of a pacific tenor. Sfek and .Wounded Soldiers, The largest list yet issued is published to-day, and shows the netnber in the various hospitals in this oity (including the rebel sick and wounded, most of whom" are at Cliffbnrne Hospital,) to be 3 238 ; in hospital at Georgetown. 267 ; at Alexandria, 1,657 ; at Balts Ohnrch, 243; at St. Elizabeth Hospital, Eastern Brtnch, 123; at Eairfax Seminary, 1,155 ; and at the hospital for erup tive diseases, at Kalorsma, 20 ; making a total of 6,604. Capture of Rebel Schooners. , Information has reached the Navy Department of the capture of two rebel vessels up Chipoaks creek, on the 3 ames river, near Claremont, by an expediti jn sent out by Commodore Wilkes. - ... On the 27th inet. lieutenant Commanding Gibson, of the Yankee; Acting Master Poster, of the Satellite; Acting Master Ely, and Assistant Surgeon Longshore, of the Yankee, wi th a long boat from each vessel, and a boat borrowed from ttie brig Kanmeig, in which a howitzer,was mounted, were sent by Com Wilkes up the CbipoakSjcreek, about five miles, to the head oi naviga tion, where they descrifd and took posses.ion of schooner J. W. Sorgers, owDed by a person by the name of Wm. Allen, of Claremont, and a schooner loaded with wood, master and owner George Myers, and brought them out of tbe creek without molestation, although a force of rebel cavalry were stationed' at Cabin Point, only tbrde-qnartera of a /mile distant; Lieut. Gibson reports ‘ikying seen at the place where the above-men tioned vessels were found, two other schooners and a steamer, ati scuttled. , Disloyal .Persons to be Drafted in lowa. On Saturday, a) the urgent request of the Governor of lowa, in ordir to reach evil-disposed traitors who are discouraging enlistment, ho wits authorized by the Se cretary of War to moke a draft whenever and wherever he Should think proper. . Similar applications have been made by other Gover nors/and will probably be granted. Collectors of Taxes. The President has Appointed the following-named as collectors and assessors of taxes under the International revenue law. For Oregon—Oollector, Lawrsnck W. Coe /'assessor, Thomas Frazer. For Washington Territory—Collector, 11. A. §oldsboroogh; assessor, g, G. Spaces. California—First district, San Fran-’ cisco—Collector, William Y. Patch; assessor, Caleb T. Fav. Second district, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties—Collector, J B. Mordook / assessor, Bichard Savaob. Third district, Toolumne and Calaveras coun ties—Collector, John Ssdgwick ; assessor, Tbomas Campbell. Fourth district, Sacramento and Nevada countios—Collector, A. A. De Long ; assessor, J. M. Avery. Fifth district, Sonora and Yolo counties—Col lector, Charles Maltby; assessor, William A. Ala son. ’ The above are the fitßt appointments of collector and assessors made under the law. Recruiting in Ohio—Proposed Draft. Governor Tod, of Ohio, has decided that after the 15th of August he will pay no more beauties. If there shat 1 be a deflciency.of volunteers, then it will be made up by draft, without bounty. Other Governors propose the same thing, and the Secretary of War wiU probably adopt it. /New York Papers in Richmond. Tbe Eichmoini papers seem to be in regular receipt of New York papers within three days of their publication, or about as soon as when they enjoyed Uncle Sam’s mail facilities. The Proper Course. The attention of the Government has becß naUoA.Lvn,«- iov,-//r ——— : ■ ... - ■' ——i—.- it. York, on tho ground that they interfere with enlistments. Drafting to be Resorted To. The Government iB debating the anestion of resorting to' a draft. It 1b considered, in well-informed circles hero, that such a measure will probably be adopted, in order to tire immediate strength and efficiency to the army. Deaths of Pennsylvania Soldiers. : Samubl I>. Geralds,' Co. B, 101st, Chables K. Ni chols, *Oo. I>, S3U, and J. W. Umphruu, Co. I, 53th Pennsylvania Regiments, have just died in hospital here. Civilians in the Army of the Potomac. A letter received here to-day from the Army’ of the Potomac states that shch civiUahs as are no w with the army are allowed to remain, but none are permitted to come there unless strictly in the military service of the United States,- as paymaster’s clerk. If those who are there go away, even. to* Fortress Monroe, they are not allowed to return within the lines. Arrived Quite a number of volunteer officers and men have ar rived here from New York for the war. They include cne brigadier general, two majors, one lieut. colonel, about forty company officers, and adumber of privates. Miscellaneous. There are now forty vacancies in’ tho grade of sur geons, and one hundred andfwenty in -that of assistant surgeons. The Medical Boards for Examination are In session here and at St. Louis. Applications must be made to the Adjutant General of the Army, accompanied by one or more testimonials from respectable persona in rcgaid to moral character. The treaty with the Otfawas, of Kansas, is officially proclaimed. Their relations with the United States as an Indian tribe are to terminate at the expiration of five years, and all of them be deemed and declared full citi zens of. the United States. : Ample provision will be made for their improvement in, all that pertains to civilized life, and, as far as possible, for the settlement of their re servation by industrious whites, the lands to be sold to ac tual settlers at notleas than @125 per acre. The principle being recognized that chaplains should not be held as prisoners of war, it is hereby ordered by the War Department, that all chaplains so hold by the United States shall be immediately and unconditton eliy discharged. . First Lieutenant Lewis J, Hobbis, of the 19th Infan try, .lies been ordered to report to Colonel Simonson, at Indianapolis, fir duty, aa muttering and disbursing officer.’ Brigadier General Hatch is relieved from his present command in the Army of Virginia, and will awuit orders from Major General Pori. Major General EKANkiiTS, whose health is much im- paired, has gone to Cape May for a few days. A hoard consisting of Colonels Mauct, Sacott, and ViN Bbxssala'bb, inspector generals of the United States army, -will assemble to perform the duties indicated in the. first section of the apt pf March last, in relation to sut ler’s goods. Major General MoOi.bi.lan will indicate the time and place for the board to assemble, and Gol. Van .Kbsssalabb win reporfto him in person for this pur pose, the other officers of tho board being already on duty in the Armyiof the Boiomao. Tbe slatest foreign advices do not indioa'e any move ments oi an official character on the part of the European Governments, having reference to intervention in Ameri can affairs. It is a subject of general remark'that but few army officers are now seen in the streets and 1 at the hotels. From the Army ot the Fotomac Eabmbos’s liASDmbi ! Thursday, Jniy 91: -The steamers have'gose to City Point to-day, to receive the balance of the sick and wounded from Biobmond, The health of the army ts gradnaity improving. It is stated by Vort Monroe correspondents that a party of rebels, on Eriduy evening, crossed the river 'above. Harrison’s Landing, and drove off five hundred head of beef cattle belonging to the army of the Poto mac, from within a mile Of onr pickets. . - 1 bis is altogether false, as no rebel troops have crossed (be river, neither has a single head of beef cattle been taken at any time. ... Order Respecting Absent Officers and Wjoi Department, Washington Oitt, D. 0., July 31, 1862.—The absence of officers and privates from thoir duty, under various pretaxis, while receiving- piiyf at ’ great expenso and burden to the Government, makes it necessary that efficient measures be taken to enforce their return to duly, or that their places be supplied by • those who will not lake pay while rendering no service. This evil, moreover, tendß greatly to discourage the im ■.pnlse of those who would contribute to the support of the . families of faithful soldiers. ■ j - * i tit is, thereiore, ordered by tho President: , i First, That on Monday, tho 11th day of August, all- Jeeves of absence and furloughs, by whomsoever given, \ uniats by the War Department; are revoked and. abae-< lately annulled; and all’ officer s capable of service aw' I. r< ijuired forthwith to join their regiments, mr Br penalty of ditmlesal from the service, or such penakf M a court martial msy award, unless the absence b' 00ca " atoned by lawful cause. j , I Second. The only excuse allowed for the absence ot officers or privates from duty, af tor the 11*3*7 of A “' gust, are: Pint, Tbeorder or leave of the War Depart ment; Second, DinabiHtiefsfrom wounds n*reiveu iuthc sor vice: Third, Disability from disease that renders the party unfit for military duty.; but any officer or private whose ; health permits him to visit watering : >«aces, or places ot , amusement, or to make social visits, or walk about tha town, city, or.neighborhood in whit# he-may be, will bo considered fit for military dhty, and as. evading duty by absence from his,command or ranks.. . . , , . Tkird. Oa-MUndayi 'the ipth’dayof August, at ten o’clock A. M., each regimaat and corps shall bonmster ed. iTbe absentees wifi bs marked in three lists, %nd ( ihe rune mide,* and'witbifi forty-eight hours after the tnnt ter, one copy shall be aeht to file Adjutant General of the Privates. ormy, one to *bo command or of the corps* (the third to be retbitird.) aud ail officers sod private** dt for duty* abtmt ©t ihot time, ahull be regarded a* ab*«Bt witb-mt cause. Tbdr p»»y will be etopp-d, and ihey dtouUsod from the nervicu of tr«a»ed hr dt-aerters, unless restored , Brfl do hfficeribßiJ be rest* red to his rank by the judtineDtof a court of inquiry, to b© approval by the Pi evident, he shall t&tabtisb that hie absence was witor gond cause. Fourth. Oummanderß of corps, divisions. brigades, rtt ginieutfl, and detaebtd posts, »re strictly enj »ineo to on force the cnuwtor and rater aftresiil. hoy offic-r failing in his duties herein win bo deemed guilty of gross neglect of duly, and be dit-misetd frou&tbe service. Fifth . A coiuDit-pioo shall bo appointed by tbe Secre tary of War to snperiutend tbe * xucuiiin of this order in the rtppeotivo States Che Baited States m ireh *U in the refpi-ctive districts, tbe mayor, and chipf >f police of any town or city, toe sheriff of tbe reapeetive cohotleß ia each State, all postwoett rs and justices of roe oeoce, are euthotized to act as ©peuiil provost marshals to htrest any officer or private soldier fie for duty who maybe fotmd absent from his command without just catne, aad coiiveybim to the nearest military post or dup.artcaoofc. The trsnpport&tion and expenses of this duty, and five dt.llBre.wui be paid for tauh officer or private as arrested ana delivered By order, of the President. „B. M. STANTON, Secretary of Wiar. English Thanks to General Halleck. The tallowing note has been received by Major General Ballbce: 41 It. Lovio,Missouri, July 22, 1862.—Sir: I have been direcunJ by the Hon Wdliam*Stuart, her Majesty’s Charge d'Affaires, at to convey to you the eapreskioh of bi»* bpst thaohs for the Very great courtety and generosity which you maoifusted in-ordermg, in May last, Ibe release of certain prisoners, British nubjecta who repreM-nted that they had been impressed into ihe Con federate service. “I have the honor to be, sir, your most obediUnt ser vant, FBANCI-S WILKINS, “11. B.M. Acting Consul at Chicago, Illiaois. ,Jr A REBEL REPORT; Tea Rebol Iren-clad Vessels at Mile frena Europe. Chicago, Jnly 31.—The Times has a spec al despatch from Memphis, dated the 28tb, which says that Uto ad vices from the South, through rebel sources, give the following important statement, If true: Ten Iron clad gunboats, built in England, have ar rived off Mobile harbor; three more are on the way. TM Be, constitute a fleet ordered by the Southern Con federacy in Europe. They mount from leu to thirty guns each, and are said to he mailed with six-inch iron. The blockade wai run openly by a dint of snporior strength and weight of metal. The port of Mobile is now considered open to the world, with the support of her newly-acquired power! from Fortress Monroe Fortress Mohrok, July 30.—Between fifty and sixty retri nrisoners anind' at Fortress Sionros tiiis morning from Baltimore. 'i hey were under guard ot a detachment from the New York Sevtnth Begiment. These rebels have been confined for some Cine at Forf McHenry. Some are political and some prisoners of war. They are to be sent to Richmond by a flag of truce, except fifteen—three oiDcere, who,have deserted the rebel Bervice, and prefer to serve in the Federal ranks, and twelve cilizer.B of Win Chester and vicinity, who were ar rested on euspicion of being Secessionists. These fifteen; will be returned to Baltimore to- night. The three officers are afraid, if returned, of being shot. The War in the West. Dbavenworth, July 31—Advices from the Southern expedition state that the Union troops were falling back to Hudson’s Crossing of the : Neosho river, fifty miles south of Fort Scott. The cause of this backward move ment is not stated. A detachment of Gen. Brown’s command, from Spring field, Mo., was at a point thirty miles north of Fort Smith, on the 234 instant The rebel General Pike is said to be near Fort W aeliiia. Tbe War in Kentucky. Lexington, Ky., Jul? 31.—Major Bracht, of the 18th Kentucky Regiment, who was in pursuit of a gang of 127 .rebels,* under Corbin, overtook them at Mount Ster. ling, killing 13 and taking 97 prisoners, Including Corbin. Eight of the same gang were taken prisoners elsewhere, leaving only nine to escape. Major Bracht, who lost none of his men, returned to Lexington tbiß morning with the prisoners. This, hand is the same that was reported to have left Scott county under Captain BolleU. The Wat in Tennessee." g JACKSON, Tonn., July 31.—Captain Dotlin’s Cavalry attacked eighty rebels yesterday near Brownsville, and captured forty prisoners. The rebels were afterwards reinforced, and recaptured twenty-nine man and four teen horses. The Federal loss was six wounded, and the rebelioss about the same. Rebel Vessels np the Yazoo. Vicksburg, July 25, —A gentleman recently from the Yazoo river reports that the Star of the West is up that river, and armed with twenty-two guns, tsheis iron p’ated to a considerable extent. .Tbe W. H. Webb, a powerful ocean tow-boat, is also up tho Yazoo, and has been iron-plated, something in the style of the Sumter, and constructed as a ram. The rebels have also the Mo bile, me rating one gun. The Star of the West and W-H . Webb carried up 108 guns at the time when Now Orleans was captured. At Liverpool, 65 miles up the Yazoo river, the rebels have ingeniously contrived a raft, which is a perfect lock against ascending boats. There is also a battery on the shore, *.. The rebels have thirty river steamers up the Yazoo. Another Defeat of Guerillas in Missouri. Greenville, Mo., July 30. —Yesterday Major Lazear, with one hundred and twenty men of the 12th Missouri' Regiment, attacked Major Teniey and Captain Poi son, with one hundred and eighty rebels, near Bol linger’s. Mills, in Bollinger county, killing ten and wound ing many. A lot of horses, ghss, &0., were captured. The brush was so thick it was impossible te find all the rebel wounded. The rebels were well mounted and equipped. Wo did not lose a man. FROM NEW YORK - : —ltccruiungemlDraftlßg. New York, July 31 —Tbe Post says the streets are filled with rumors of fighting on the Peninsula, but they are improbable. The Government took possession of four vessels, to day/ to go to James river for the conveyance of kick and wounded.soldiers, of whom there are known to’ be B,ooo' in that neighborhood. Other vessels would have been sent, if they hadbeen found suitable. The New York Enlistment Committee have returned from Washington, where they had ah interview with the. President, Secretary of War; and General Hadeck, on the subject of facilitating enlistments in old regiments. Their suggestions were received favorably, and the matter left in the hands of General Halleck. I It is Btated that the New. York committee proposed to the President to pay no bounties after the 18th of August, and it the State grata was not then filled to instantly draft. The President assented to the preposition, and gave the committee a letter to the War Department re commending that orders be issued to this effect,.with the consent of Governor Morgan. jgAll the recruiting offices in this city are to be broken np, and one rendezvous formed, tho recruits to be given tneir choice of regiments. - , Indiana Democratic Convention —Dis- loyal Talk. Indianapolis, July 30. —The Oemocratic Convention assembled at Capitol Suuare this morning. From three to five thousand persons were present. Thomas A, Hen dricks, of Indianapolis, presided ; Thomas Lncas acted as vice president, and J. J. Bingham, editor of the Sentinel, secretary. A committee of one from each Congressional district was appointed on resolutions. Tbe President, on taking the chair, remarked that no Democrat would disturb the peace, bat probably out- , aiders would. He, recommended that the. Convention pass them by without notice. No attempt had been made at disturbance, and probably none was thought of. Go v, : Wickliffe made a speech.' * He said be was for the Union, provided that the rights of the South and slavery are not interfered with. Before doing anything more he would pause to see what we -were fighting for. If to free the negroes, let not another, drep of blood be shed. He would bang the leading rebels and balance the ropo with the. Abolitionists. He said the Abolitionists control every departmsnt of the Government, and were worse than the rebels Mewsiß Richardson, of Illinois, Oarlile, of Tirgtnia, Vodrhecs, and others, were present; War Meeting in Lancaster. Banoastbr, July 31—A new camp was established in this city a few days ago Captain Emlin Franklin was appointed commandant, and Captain Bwd. McGovern, detached from the 79th Pennsylvania Volunteers, mili tary instructor. Camp equipage and uniforms for the new regiments will arrive to-morrow. About five hundred men have been sworn in, and the regiment will be full in a week. A grand war meeting will bo held here on Satnrlay next, at two o’clock P. M., which will be addressed by Messrs. Daniel Dougherty, Morton SfcMichael, John W. Forney,Hon. Thad. Steyens, William B. Fordnoy, H. W. Horih, and other distinguished speakers. It will bB the largest meeting ever held in Lancaster. , Great 'War Meeting in Wisconsin. Milwaukee, Wie., July 31—A groat State war meet ing is being held here to-day, at which 80,000 persons are in attendance. The railroads throughout the State run free to-day, and business is entirely sdspended. n isconsin is completely aroused and in a blazo. - Milwaukee, July 31.—Tho war meeting to day was a magnificent aflair., Perfect harmony prevailed; through out thS proceedings, find it Will be long remembered as the largest gathering ever known in the. northwest. : The people were addressed from tljree s'andsy by Hon. Owen Lovijoi, of Illinois; Wm. O “Howard, of -Michi gan; Gov. Salamon, Senator Doolittle, and' other distin guished speakers.. ' The enthusiasm was unprecedented, and the speakers were frequently interrupted by the most vociferocp cheering, when they touched upon , the presunt AdrnloB - aid the army. b . . a eeat Resolutions were unanimously pasted setting ’p'" 1 t the Administration should prosecute the war wf“ “V ■ most rigor, and employ every kind of 0 f the perty in the.conntry to accomplish thosp<«dy • - rebellion, and reconmieDdlng that for men fe draf.ed «Jom the ‘Jions to' be Esid.as immediate service, and half for, l r6sa the mopt un- j a reserve. Iho resolutions and assure him bounded confidence m t“ in'advance of that ihero is no possibil-J o> hf» . * the wishes and Benth-* peoplo. errs>np.iw Sen "Mutiny on the Bark iiageuy v .Reindeer. . /lilv 51 —A letter from the captain of the J t Malaga, dated the 13vh inst., states that ship Minn ]njlpß BO utheastbf Malaga his vessel fell in I»aik Reindeer, bound from CettetowNew York, i AStms. He boarded her, when he found that Capt. rr.c-Atf, the second mate, and' three of the men, had ierii k.lled, four of the orew wounded, and the barkwet roh’flre This was the work of two of the crew, who had mutinied on the previous night. He took off the dead and worm led survivors and brought them to Malaga. Ho mention is made of what became of .the two am- letter slates that Iho mutineers were tyro Spa »iah BaiJow, who‘robbe4 th© captain of s4oo,,ana es caped in aboat. '' •' : .. . . Departure of Released Rebel Prisoners. BOSTOS, July Sl.—The steamer Ocean Queen sailed to-day fee James river, with 200 released rebels; Arrival of the Gunboat Wyandotte. ; Saw yoRK, July * 81—The gunboat Wyandbtto ar rived nt this ■ . / Cnjojkoo Chicago Bai tblwteen. FROM NEW ORLEANS. t EMANCIPATION OF NEGROES. Suicide of Rothschild’s Agent. AT TEMPTED ASSASSIN A TIOIC* New Tobk, July 31 —The steamer Matanzas arrived art tWs port this evenipgj from New Orleans on Jaly *25. It aspens that many masters who have allowed their slaves to seek safety and protection in the Federal carope are now endeavorieg to rt'daim them. ' ‘ Tbiff has betn stopped by General Butler, whohaa ordered thstra*J such negroes shad be regarded as iray ing been tnkosietpated. Gen Bwlvr, in a note to Boverdy says no merchandise, whether cotton or sugar, will, in any event, be seized or confiscated by the United States authorities there. T. H. Parish, the agent-of the Botheclriias in New Orieana,'had committed suicide. ■ A number of persons bad boon arrested for an attempt to aßsassinate Thomas 9. Burbant aud his brother, among whom was Andre Delandiy a brothcr-iQ-taw both, ©f John Slid ell and Gen-. Beauregard. The price of flour had faUen to $l6 per barrel. Beanrfgard f s Bells in Boston. SAXE OF SOME FltffE SPECIMENS OFSOUTHERff BBLL3 AT EAST BOSTON —-NOW BUTLER’S BELLS—HOW THEY WERE SOLD AND'WHAT THEY BRGOGHT. • ' July 30. Yesterday, at Lombard’s North wharf. Bast Boston, In the prest nee of some two hundred gentlemen, N. A. Thompson & Co. sold, at auction, the 418 hells sent to Boston from New Orleans by Major General Butler Thene bells, it will bB remembered, were sent £n to Hew Orleans, while yet it was a part of rebeldom, by rebel Southerners, iti ifaponse to Beauregard’s call for brass with which to fabricate cannon for use against UnioiT men. When Butler captured New Orleans, these fell into hh hands, and Boston became the recipient of the trophies. . There were bells from church spires that had called the lorisot ihe manor tn Sabbath pras ors; bells from plan tation shed* that once summonea the sable bondmen te unrequited labor; school bells, and steamboat bells, and factory bells, Urge and small; many of them in the beat order and of the finest tones. ! These four hundred bells bore upon them a Southern tribute to Northern labor. There were no anclentbells, no bells of historic worth, no old Spanish or French relict—ihofco tbe Southernerß had kept, and contributed instead the products of Northern skill. With only a dozen exceptions, the hells had upon their rims or tops, the names of Northern makers: of the Buckeye Works ot Cincinnati, the Allaire Works of New York- of Fulton Foundry, Pittsburg, and of the founders of Troy, of Louisville, and other places- How suggestively all this cvmes to the mind, and what an added interest it gives to the poet’s words: . O, swing them merrily, to and fro, : \ They’ll not boom with a traitorous blow. Shaped into cannon cot one—they lie, Eioguent tokens of victory. < Sing out, O bells, oh the Summer wind, Farragut’s name with thy music twined. The foreseen t'slipß from the serpent’s bold, Though bound in many an angry fold. Oft ye have pealed for the bridal morn, Tolled for soulb into mystery, born, Boused, on plantation, master and slave, : ~ Yet, ye were doomed, till t won by tho Brave. O. ring ere long for the shout of Peace! 1 Jubilant ring when this strife shall cease! Bing out Bebeliion;dark asa pall, Bing for Stars and Stripes floating o’er ah. Laugh out on the Northern winds, I pray, Peal out, for tbiß is your marriage day ! Wedded to Freedom,’mid hills aud delis, Ye are no longer Beauregard’s bells. The largest bell was that flrßt sold. It weighed 1,497 pounds, was’of an excellent tone, and had au iron yoke which was counted in as part .of the weight. Toe first bid was 15 cents, and the hell was finallv sold to W. S*. Coffin & Co., for 23# cent* per pound, or $330. v . Next, came a light*colored, handsome, new bell, weigh ing 1.108 pounds, without a yoke, which was bought by George ILilburn for 31, cents, or $343. The third large bell, with iroa yoke, 957 pounds, sold to B. Cutting for 23 cents, or $220. , Then three beHe—Bs2,Bl2, and 811 pounds, were Bold— two to 8. B. Locke for cmjis, om 9 to Mr. Lincoln for 24#. One of these bore this inscription: <* ¥IBST PREBBYTERIAI? OnUBOH, SHREVEFOR? v 111., Of the hells between 800 and TOO pounds, theKevero Copper Company bought several at 24,9. B: r Lock© six at 23# cents, and others at about toe same range. Of thebelle between 100 and 200 lbs, Jose oh Moulton aid Tbaddeus Riebardson bought one each at 25 cents, and 116 were sold to S. B. Locke at 22 cents per pound. OflB7 behs ■andor-lCGibtM one each waa knocked off at 28 cents a pound to F. A. Fiske, W- O. Huoneman,. Mr. Balsam, W. Clapp, W. Bright, the Abbott Worsted Company, and others j and the remainder were taken by JB. B. Locke at 23 cents per pound. Of old brass the Revere Copper Co. bought 1,718 pounds at 13 cental and of old copper 4,824 pounds sold to A. O. Nichols for 2J#. The closing lots were in 425 wrought-iron bars, from % ibcli to # iuoh, and 9 two Inch, in all 183,277 pounds, intended for covering batteries and ships. It was bought by 8. B. Locke.at $47 per ton. . Previous to the sale Col. Thompson made a most elo- quent and patriotic speech, which waa warmly applauded, showing bow deeply in earnest the South were in this war, as was instanced in the bells before us, and calling for an equal earnestness on our part, if we would hops to pre serve our country in its integrity. Be also stated that Captain McKim had recqivod a note from Mr. Be Beyeter, of Duchess county, N. Y., stating that he (Mr. Be Beyster) had presented a bell to acburchin Natchitoches, founded by a. friend of his, Bev. Thomas Scott Brown, who had been driven thence for his Union sentiments and bis property ruined, and if that bell was among the lot, Mr. D. should purchase it and send it back at the close of the war. If that bell was found it was to be reserved. . . . . Rev. R. W. Omver.—This gentleman, whom many of our readers may remember as Episcopal clergyman at Altoona, and also as rector of St. Paul's Church, Chestnut Hill, was commissioned as chaplain to the 31st Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers a year ago, mtd has served in camp and field ever since. . He has latterly been attached to General Abercrombie’s brigade as staff officer, and Berved as his aid-de-camp in the battles of Pair Oaks and Mal vern Hills, for which ho is well quali fied from having formerly held a commission k the British service—we believe in the Erst Royals. At Pair Oaks, Mr. Oliver brought Colonel Sally’s regiment (General Sumner’s army corps) into posi tion, and was honorably mentioned in the official .bat.tle. - Mr. _on_spe'- cial service, by General Abercrombie; td~fflESffiiVBr the si- k and wounded in the hospitals here, will _ return to the Army of the Potomao this day, having fulfilled Mb humane mission. The Corn Exchange Regiment. —Recruiting for this crack corps, to be commanded by Colonel Prcvost, is going on satisfactorily. Dendy Shar wood, Esq., president of the Albion Society, is raising, and.will Command,one company. Captain Prank -Donaldson, who returned to the war imme diately after his release from imprisofiment k Bal timore, and was dangerously wounded in the arm, is also raising a company, having his headquarters at what was Blood’s Despatch Office, Pifth street, above Chestnut.' Tub Mutual Life Insurance Company op Nett York. —Ihe great advantages growing out of life insurance are so well known, and so frequently realized, as to need no commendation from us. Every prudent man, no matter how humble his station, must be solicitous of the condition of his family should he be strioken down, and they be de prived of the one to whom they naturally looked far protection and: support. As the benefits arising from the sjstom of-life insurance are eagerly sought by thousands, it becomes a matter of serious importano'e to ascertain the most reliable institu tions in which premium money may be invested with safety, and the ultimate benefits attained with certainty. It affords us pleasure to be able to state, with confidence, that the Mutual Life Insurance Company of-New York justly deserves to be class ed as one of the most prosperous and really sub stantial companies in the United States. Its assets, available at all times, exceed the enormous sum of eight millions of dollars. Its obligations are dis charged to the insured with a promptness that com mend sit to the patronage of all persons who may wish to take out policies of life insurance. Eor the purpose of securing to the soldiers of the Republic, or those who may become such to fill up the requi sition of the State, the company has, with patriotic; liberality, announced its intention to issue war per mits on the same terms as to those who entered the service in 1861. E. Rfttchford Starr, No. 400 Wal nut street, is the agent of the company in this city, to whom all applications should be mado. English Pictorials.— -The Illustrated London News of July 19 gives a double supplement, and tie Illustrated News of the World of same date ; an engraved Eupplemont containing a portrait, on steel, of Sir Rowland Hill, author- of the Penny Postage system, and now Secretary of the English, Post (Mice. Wo have received these publications from S. 0. Upham, 403 Chestnut street. / SfnTrsrApy.il liirWYBMBNTS —We'notice, with/ pleasure, that the Sunday Dispatch, the oldest and best of our city weeklies, appeared last Sun day "in a new dress. It is now printed on new top per-faced typo, from Johnson’s foundry, anipnesr, handsome typo it is. Tfao fi'ening Post,f Now York, one of the ahlest/iurnalg in thafinfcv; also appears on an sheet, • and iphew typo graphy. / ; / A Patriotic Proposition. / J uly 31,18(52. To the editor of'The Pres/: gip: Is thcro ono man'in our City Councils -wh- I ® o soul rif“S above th« narrow limits of party' Vgsnizatiop? Is there 7 one member of that/body 'patriotic enough to Bay, he who has risked his life for his country is alone worthy of our support? Is there one individual in that assemblagejhonest enough to reward that merit acquired by months of toil, privation, and bodily suffering and injury, on the battle-field of liberty ? If so, lot him origi nate and struggle : for the passage of: an aot that, hereafter, bo political position, or patronage, shall bo bestowed upon any person who has not rendered military service to the country ho is so anxious to servo in a civil capacity. I Why should the hungry hordes of bloated idlers, ■yclept politicians, who daily obstruct the pathway in front of onr State House monopolize every office, from the lamplighter to the sheriff, while men who pave earned a title to that name by: the disin terested support of their Government in the hour of its peril,- languish, negleoted and uncart for, pushed aside by these noisy and unprofitap!-’ locusts on society, who would oare but ‘ little wither Jeff .Davis or Abraham Lincoln were President, lf 'they buthold an office under him ? Our regiments in the-field appeal for men; tho worn out veterans of many a fight ory for 'heJp," the aenius of Liberty, and' Free Governroebif calls for men! Mon of; family; men of rosp*Jtability, have answered nobly : to the call; yet Woro, life® hungry vultures wait- ;• ing tf pounce vpon the expectant carcass of, friend or foo, Istandyjha 1 standyjha army, pf ( professional politicians,- eager 16 fitoh tho last'dollar from their mother ciraDtrv.fn.the hour of her tribulation. - o t-rhiladelph ians be sincere in the oauso ofthe mniaii.' *-rb-- r - •; • • .- = f, .Shall suoh . receive the support ot men who calk ’themselves Americans? . Answer it, ye voters, Vat the polls; "‘ ' I am, sir, your ohediont servant ’ • i ■ .A CIIIZBK OF THK TWKHTIKTH WARD.. ; >• / . Vayne, a: l froaatiesj LETTER FROM NEW YORtL Steamers Ordered to -tames River by the Go vernment— Mutiny on Board the Baric Rri tt l deer—Arrival of the United States Gunboat Wyundott—A Treason Babbler Goes info the Army—Scene at the Custom House the Day Before the Sew Tariff—Prison Statistics Stocks, Markets, &c. [Co-rreepondeiice of The Press.] Nkw Toast, July 31i 18g2> Tariot»have been thßirumors afioat in this city to dsy, loundtd upon the fact of several steamers haying been engaged by the Government for immo-kto , Ha _ The latest and most reliable news is, that orders hay. been received in this city from Washington directing tho despatch of steasaers to Virginia, for the coaroysnoo of eick and wounded* soldiers. Only four v*sse ! s were taken. Others, however, would also bavo been sent if they hal been found snitaWe; It is known that' at least tboueand sick and disabled soldJerr are now at different pointa on tne banks oi the James river, and these would reauire for their removal,, certainly, ten large steamers, In view of the fart that tile Government for the past row da, s has had dnder cons*der»tlon: some new arrange ments for the care of oursitk and wennded, it is by no> means certain, from - the order referred to,, that any im portant movement oithe arsay is either in prog-dsaof in contemplation. The rumor* of to-day, wo aro fully as sured, have no other foundation than the iaotß hero given.: ; : _ Li .. : In reference to the mutiny on board tbo ; bark Rein deer, of which you have been* apprised by.telfgnipk from Boston, the folding letter bai been received tit this city by Eli woo d Walter jUs?, dated— July 12. “A feaifnl tragedy has just occurred on these Patera. On WeCnefday, the Bth inst., at I o’clock A U, the American bark Beiudeer, CaprafEr Hewitt, of aad for New York, with a canto of Bait from Cetl*», being than about thirty mik-s to the southeast of this cort, two Spanish seamen of her crtw surprised aod murdered the second mate, carpenter, cook, and one seatnan, wounded toe captain, chief mate, and two others-, took forcible possession of some four hundred dollars In specie aad a wtuch which were in the cabin, stove one of the boat), and left the vessel in the other one,' having first set fire to the bark fore and.uftjf “AtB A. M. the ship Minstrel, of Boston, Captain; Clifford, and the British brig Susanna. Captain Gtove, hove in Sight and proceeded alongside of her,- and ren dered every possible assistance ; tbeir endeavors to ex tinguish the fire, however, provtd ineffectual, and ai Ar o’clock P. ftl. Captain Hewitt and :tbe surviving indi viduals of the crew of the Reindeer were transferred on board of the MiDßtrel bound from Adra to this port, where tbev arrived this afternoon. Active measures ar* being made by the American consnl and the local au thorities, in ord*r to procurethe capture of the asvmins, wbo are reported to have >anded on the coast a few mile* to the eastward. The conduct of Captains Clifford and. Grove is deserving of the highest praise ” The United States steam gunboat Wyandott, Com mander W. D;. Whiting, arrived at this port to-day from Mosquito Inlet and Port Royal, sailing from thence July 26, at 7A. M. She came to this port for repairs, and has been two months engaged blockading off Mosquito Ic e . fcbe brings no news from Port Royal. Tne health of the troopß remained good. ..... This morning, Albert Gregory, who was arrested yesterday for blabbing treapon, was to have been sent to Fort lafayette by order of the Government, but rather than take board at that marine villa, the utterer of Sa cession sentiments consented to take the oath of alle giance and to enter as a volunteer in Colonel Turnbull's regiment, now recruiting under the auspices of the Me tropolitan Police Commissioners. 4 * At 9 o’clock this morning every custom-house elerk was at his desk. Business commenced forthwith, and by 11 o’clock it was impossible to get standing room in front of any of the desks. StilTth# crowd Increased; the ex citement caused by tbe most trifiing delay was intense j three o’clock came, and the clerks shut down. To-mor row the new tariff will begin to shed its blessings upon the merchandise now in store and all that is to come In other words, a change has come over us ; some like It, but that some Is very few. Nevertheless, all will submit to the tariff cheerfully if the waris pushed on with tha same energy and pluck as is exercised in demaadtag money. “ Push on the war and crush the unholy rebel lion, and yon can have all the money you wane,” is the language of New Yorker?, If the war is to fl*g, and oqr ! volunteers are to be left to inaction with its myriad train of evils, Few Yoikers will be much the same as other people. Such is the substance of the varied conversa tions which fell on my ears as I stood beneath the cus tom-house dome this forenoon. From the sixteenth annual report of the Prison Asso ciation of New York, jutt issued as a State document,T glean the following statistics which present soms inte resting features: Total number of commitments for 1861... .41,449 * 'White.... .........................40,316 : C010red.............. 1,075 Of the whole, 16,170 could hot read ; 2,224 could read only; 17,756 could read and write; 1,699 were well edu cated, and there were 1,601 whose degree of education was unknown; 7.610 were of temperate habits; 3>.239 Were of intemperate habits: 15,071 were married; 28.490 were single; 1.855 were wiaowed; 1,038, social relitiona unknown; 9,932 were of native birth; 31.5 7 were of foreign birtli. Of these, 24,2(5 were Irish; 3,592 were Germans; 1,450 were English; 623 were Scotch ; 24& were French; 332 were Italians; 33G were Canadians, The report says: “ Thus it will be conceded that the drinking usages of the people are tbe most prolific sources of crime. * # # # Discharged persons from our penitentiaries, county jails, and State prisons, and .vari ous courts, to tbe number of 30 or 40’per dav. are apply ing to the association for assistance, in someway—as for clothing, employment, advice, and the means of leaving the city for some distant part of the country! * * * The association have fed the starving, discharged' con victs j clothed the almost nakel; and relieved the pres sing necessities, to some extent, of hundreds of those who called on them during the year. And it is our happiness to know that but few of-this number have been re-ar rested, charged with crime; hence we conclude that our outlay has proved a good investment.” The amount ex pended in the work of the' Association for the year was §l-935.26. ■ The sales of stocks at the Second Board to day were aa follows 15000 0 Sos ’Bl coup... 96# 5000 TJ S 5a ’74 coup. 85# 1000 G 8 6b >Bl Oreg W L>n 34-year.. 96# 4000 . do 96# i 5OOO 7 3-10 p c T N. .102# 500 d 0.... ......102# i 3100 U S 6s 1-yr certs 98# 6GOQ d0..........-.93# 3000 Mo State 65..... 46 10000 d0.....,.i>30 46# 10000 Tel & Wab&lm. 59 6000 ' d 0....... b6O 60 4000 California St 75.. 95 10000 Brie R 3d m b ’B3 98# lOOOCbi&N WSFbd 95 3000 MichoB p c 01d.105# 350 eac MS C0.......11l ioo d0........8i0 ra#, THE MARKETS, Ashes —The market is without change; sales of Bets' at 56.7506.8 J &, and Pearls scarce. : y Flour and Meal —The market for Western and Stats Flour is without Important 5 change, but closes heavy under a farther-advance in freignts. The inquiry, is mainly for export; trade brands are firm bnt qnieL The sales are 19,0C0 obis, at £480ff15.10 for. superfine State and ‘Western, §6.25®635 for extra State, S 6 35 05.60 for fancy do. $6 25©5 40 for the low gr*aos of 55 for eWPpihg brands of round hoop extra Ohio, and 85.6u05.25 for trade brands.: Canadian Flour is steady, bnt closes heavy ; sales of 1,550 bbla at 5 25®5 40 for tiie low grades of extra, and $5 50ffi6.25 for trade brands. Southerns Floor Is steady, but not active; the supply Is ample; sales of 1,250 bbls -at go .25®5 90 for-mixed to good superfine Baltimore, Ac.,,and §6ffl7 for.trad« brands. ■ 1 ' By e Flour ia quiet; sales of 137 bbla at $3®4.251 • Corn Meal is heavy: sales oi 600 bbla Marsa’s vrtorio at 83.49. •" - Whisky.—The market is better, and in fair demand; Bales of 900 bbls atSoffl3l#cforBtate and Ohio, ; } Grain — The Wheat market opened steady, with a fair demend, but closed easier under a further advance in freights. The supply is liberal, and the demand m«nly for export. Sales of 136,Q€0 bushels at 81.12ff11.19 for Chicago and Racine Spring; SI 13# ©1.21 for Milwaukee Club; SI 23 ©1.24 for Amber lowa, the latter for 20,000 busbrls, very select; §128®1.30 for Bed Western; 5L.83ff11.38 for Amber do; -new .Bed Jersey, on private terms, and 51.40ff11.45 for White Micnfgan. Rye !b scarce; sales of 4.000 bushels of State at 85c. Oats are buoyant at 47c for Oanadianand Western, and 48c for S*ate. .. ''; Corn opened quieL, but with a more active demand, in part speculative, but clbsed firm; saleH of 218,000 bush elß at 60ffl51#c for heated; 62#® 64c for Eastern mixed; ©66c for Blupping do, and 56087 c for selected. THIS CASE OF TOUNG TANEY.—We loam that young Taney, a relative of Judge Taney, who was guilty of an unprovoked assault upon a Union citizen a few days ago/bas been released upon taking the oath'of allegt* ance, and that be still disgraces the community by his presence. If we bad not, some time ago ceased to wonder at anything which transpired hereabouts, we Bhouid pro bably feel some surprise that the offender bus not been punished sb his crime deserved. Some wise purpose has undoubtedly stepped in'between crime and its punish ment, and. beyond question, it is: ail right, although we are not able to see it. —Norfolk Union, SEIZURE OF LETTERS—Upon the arrival,of the steamer Planter, at her wharf yesterday afternoon, she was boarded by several officers of the reserve corps, who searched the psesengers snd their baggage, it having been ascertained that letters and other contraband.goods have, for the past month, been forwarded from the South to this city. The search resnlted ln the Bnding'of nearly a barrel of leiters from the South, addressed to persons in this city. The letters were taken posseesion of by the Marshal. Two men were arresteJ, but afterwards re leased upon their parole. ;... ' The steamer George Weems else came into nort poster day ahemoon. and was boardoJ by the officers. Like tbo Plsnter, tbere wae a large quantity of letters seized, and anuantity of Confederate, money. Several parties were arrested and taken to the Marshal’s office. At htdf past eieven o’clock last night, the Marshal was investi gating^the matter.— Bailimpre Clipper, yesterday. , , ' Meeting op Pecbditing OrarcEßSi An adjourned mcehUg of recruiting officers, on duty in the cjty was heM last evening, at Barr’s Hotel, Sixth street; be’ow Chestnut, , ” CfPtain Lentz. from the committee, reported that . evyv rwargit mustered into an old regiment should have sfi douara; and also receive the fifty dollars bonnty on irewntation of a certificate from the captain of his oom parV- /Tho report was accepted, and the committee continue*. /Major Pauly tlir ugbt thatlho committee should bo em- ’ Powered to call a meetiDg at any time they should 888-fit. - 1 Lieut. Meany said that the; matter ought to be. left in ■ the hands of the President. Capt. Lentz desired to be excused from further service ' on tho committee, as he had to leave in a day or two for / his regiment. Lieut. Meany was appointed in his place. Major Paulysaid that.they wero as far as ever front the reception of the bounty given. He thought that a small amount should be given to the soldier on joining the company. . Capt. Lentz thought that if regular officers could swear men in, that volunteer officeis should, and not go before j an alderman, ; Mr. Scott offered a resolution expressing the.utmost , confidence of the meeting in the energy and patriotism of Captain'S: J. Dodge, superintendent of recruiting fa? Pennsylvania, and that he would do what was in h& j' power to forward the recruiting for the old regiments. ,, Adopted. =o,i..Hn:Jr . Tho following preamble and resolutions wire offered by : committee: •, ... . , Whereas, We, the officers on recruiting service' for re giments in the field are suffering from the inconvenience f ofsending recruits to the distant general depot atHarris- , burg, and tho uncertainty of having the reernits accepted, , thus cruising double transportation: Bo it *■ HesoZred, That we think the 'State officers should bo • placed on some equality with regard to recruiting service v wiib regular ermy officers.. . 1 ' ' Resolved, That we deem'it; highly necessary for the , success of the recruiting service that an examining sur geon and mustering officer be stationed in this city for regiments already in the field " Resolved, Thst acommittea-of three be appointed to confer with Captain R. J. Pudge,, Superintendent of-Be cruiting Service In Pennsylvania, and the Adjutant ’Ge neral of the TTnited PWtes Army, to have an assistant surgeon stationed in Philadelphia who shall have a fund to pay the premium and advance bonnty to each reornit 'as soon as he i 3 mnstered into the service of the Halted Btates. , Iheresolntiohs were adopted, and Captain Scott, Liea itenaht A, Bote, and Lieutenant Meany, appointed on the committee. ’ - ' • j After some little debate, of no particular interest; the i 'meeting adjourned to meet at the.call of ,he President. . i .Handsome Donation by the Navy ]YABp.—Dr. Burpee, of the 'Oliristmu-strest Hospital, " /received yesterday’-from Bohert L. Webb, secretary of a committee of the employees of the navy-yard, the snm of , eighty-one dollarß and seventy-four centa, (581.74,) to be., appropriated for the sick and wounded soldiers of the ' hospital. The sum was realized by an excursion toKenil-1 ■worth Grove, and is a handsome testimonial from those . who are enjoying the Iprotectidh of the Government to those who havo so nobly saffered in its defence. • ’ ; Accident.—About'; .6 o’clock yestep ;day afternoon'a boy,- named David GeWns, aged 10 years, was run over by a passenger car at Seventeenth and.Cal lowhillstreets, and had an arm broken in two places. He was removed to Ins residence In the vicinity. Brig.. Gen.. StepkenParmenter ar ; rived from iWaphinaton last night, and is now stopping at ; tho Continental. Dr. J. 0. McKee, chief surgeon to Key OB’ corps, Also arrived ; from' the Southwest, and U ■ stopping at tho Continental! - 'r.jf ?•, -Tpj 16000 American Gold. .116 : 70000 d0..........116jf 35000 do. .IISJf 360 K V Cent B ex- d... 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