®jjj> ns s'. TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1862. Wo can tako no notice of anonymous communica tions. We do not return rejected manuscripts. S&- Vninnlary correspondence solicited from all parts of the world, and especially from our different military and naval departments. When uiod, it will be paid for. At the request of tl e committee oa procuring subscriptions to the citizens’ bounty fund, we beg leave to announce that contribu tions will bo received at this office. THE WAR The .Anmy of the Potomac will soon move; The grand raviows of all the corps have boon com pleted, Hie whole army reorganized, the readn nobennoes made, and the orders for details and execution prepared. In advance of all competi tors, we gave yesterday the news from the army, and an indication of the movement made, of whioh we present the first annonnoement by telegraph to-day. Each day more attention is being directed to the sooth bank of the James river, as the pro per bate for operations 'against Riohmond. The first attention paid io this route was evinced oh Friday last, in a cavalry rcoonnoisaanoe to Cog gins' Point, and its tioinage; whioh is directly opposite the present position of the Army of the Potomac. In the execution of the plan of this expedition it was determined to destroy the elegant mansion ol Edmund .'Buffin’, Jr., a wealthy planter of Prince George county, whose farm is Bituated on Coggin’s Point-ra high bluff, from which all of the movements of our army and navy oould be safely obsorved, and from which point Edmund Ruffin, Jr., reported to the rebel Government and newspapers tho advance up the James river of the Galena, Monitor, Port Royal, end Aroostook, in May last. This Edmund Ruffin is a son of Edmund Ruffin, senior, the man who 11 fired the first gun on Fort Sumpter for amuse ment.” The latter has a large farm in Hanover county, Virginia, some,.fiftoen miles from Rich mond, called Marlebone. in North Ca rolina, residing with Judge Ruffin, an ex-United States M. C., with whom he has fljfiem been ■ ■ ■ ■ confounded, though a much better and greater :man, - Edmund Ruffin, Sr.j has been oalled the father of Eastern Virginia, on account of his efforts to re suscitate her soil by scientific cultivation and the discovery and application of the famous shell marl, whioh is.found in all tho ravines of that re gion, about six feet from the surface of the earth. This old man has three sons—viz: Edmund, Julian C., and Charles Ruffin. Edmund is now in com mand of the Prinoo George County Troop of Horse, an old organization, which has been increased by consoription to a squadron, and the telegraphic re port oalls it a regiment of cavalry. Its members are the “poor white trash” of the bounty. Among them are two notorious rascals, Edward Marks and Julian C. Ruffin, who have made muoh • of their wealth by “ squatting ” upon tho farma of poor white men, and either making them more abjeot than slaves, or forcing them to leave the neighborhood. Charles Ruffin, a member of this Cavalry, probably an officer, Is a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute. On Sunday a more extensive reoonnoisance was made inland from Hoggin's Point. Some of Gen. Averill’s Cavalry were landed there, and proceeded south to Cox’s Mills, which served for many years to grind tho corn and wheat of the surrounding planters. It is situated about three miles from tho James river, and is operated by Chiumquopin. creek, one of tho tributaries of the James. Taking the cart-road and moving east, our cavalry reached Sycamore Church, a Methodist frame meeting-house, situ ated on the county stage road, and although Garys vilie, containing the post-office and some ton or twelve houses, stands immediately to the east, no mention is made of it in tho report. Sycamore Churoh derives its name from the fact that it is built among" a grove of beautiful sycamores—a favorite shade tree with Virginians. About five miles northeast of this church, near and just above Hood’s Landing, stands the oldest churoh in the United States, having been built by tho earliest English settlers of Virginia, of material brought from England. Beyond the Sycamore Church, a mile south, tbe Biaekwater road crosses the stage road, and at this poififc are to be found a Bcminary , and blaoksmith and carpenter shops. From this poii.t it is eight miles to the famous Blaokwater Swamp, through which runs the Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad. Even should our transports be inade qunto to furnish sufficient supplies to an immense arpy from the James river, this railroad would be quite an auxiliary certainly, and could be put in order immediately. Nino miles west of Sycamore Churoh stands Prince George Court-House—a strong and important point; seven miles west of this is Bland ford and Petersburg. The march, from Coggins’ Point to Blandford oould be easily made in a BingTe night. The enemy cannot cross the Appomatox in force, and as it would be a safe proceeding, we say, On to Petersburg! Gen. Burnside's ninth carps d’armee is mov ing, and will be heard from soon. This is the fighting army—we have above described its field of operations fully, we hope, and we now only await glad tidiDgs from the heroes of Roanoke Island, Ntwbern, Beaufort, and Maeon. TOE NEWS. Caftais Duett, of Vermont,-writes from Salis bury, N. 0., under date of July 35, -that thore were then 133 officers confined there. He says: “ A few days ago all the captains were required to draw lots to see who should be 1 hostages’ for two Confederate captains, taken by Fremont, and threatened to be hung.: The lots fell on Captains George Austin, Kentucky, and T. O’Mara, New York. They are in close confinement. To-day two more hostages were ohosen among the surgeons —the lots falling on Dr. Hoffman, Banks’ Division, and Dr. Slocum, United States navy.” Tan State authorities of Missouri have informa tion that the enrollment of militia, under the recent order, has been unexpectedly active add brisk in the interior. : In all counties thus far heard from the oro’er has been observed, and returns have been received of'about fifteen thousand persons enrolled Tinder it. This, itself, is believed to be a. larger force than will probably be required, or can at pre- Sent be armed. Is Roxbury, Mass., in two days, 104 picked men were enlisted and plaoed under Capt. King., ,A like spirit prevails in many parts of the Bay State. Cincinnati oity and county is to furnish, within thirty days, four thousand troops. The" volunteers are paid $5O each. Ilia expecled that the President and several Cabinet members will be present at tho groat war meeting, on Wednesday night, at the east end of the Capitol. Gen. Wadsworth is expected to be, among the speakers. Gjsbeit Smith has presented hia check for five thousand dollars to tho new regiment now being raised in the twenty-third Senatorial district of New York. Bomb twelve or fourteen of the young men of the Shaker community, at Canterbury, N. 11., hare enlisted for the war. Ouit news from Admiral Farragut’s fleet is as ftartling as it ,is important. It seems that the seige of Vicksburg has been virtually abandoned. Something is wrong “out West,” Colonel Corcoran writes from, his prison at Salisbury, North Carolina, to Captain Kirker, of New Yorh',,tiia6 arrangements had been made for his exobange, and that be expects to be released very soon. He adds, however, “I have been so very much disappointed before that I cannot per mit myself to be too sanguino until I am within our own lines.” : Mnß. Mitchell, the daughter of General Leslie Coombs, of Kentuoky, was arrested at Cin cinnati last week, on suspicion of haying papers and letters designed to convey information to the rebels. Nothing of the kind was found on her person. The steamship Northern Light has arrived at New York from Panama, with nearly a million in gold. The news from South America is not of any great moment. Secessionists in Maryland are being “ brought up with a round turn” at last. We publish to-day a long list of recent arrests of traitors in that Slate. Our fortress Monroe correspondent gives a full ' account of the destruotion of Edmund Ruffin's house on the James river by our troops. Ike pri soners heretofore at Port Delaware and Adjutant General Thomas have arrived at Fortress Mpnroo. Ah excellent letter from our correspondent with Geary’s brigade of the Army of yirginia/w'.ll be found on our first page this morning. / It is reported from Washington that General Halleck expects to issue a general order, within a few days, embodying his views on confiscation and the employment of slaves. . ./' W. Gilmore Simms, the' Southern novelist, In consideration of the services he has rendered Sooth Carolina, has been presented by his friends with three thousand dollars, to aid in rebuilding his homestead, recently destroyed by fire. Rev. Mb Brooks, of St. Louis, who was arrested recently.at Dayton, Ohio, for treasonable conduct, has been released. Rev. Mr. Hoyt, of Louisville, has been' sent to the penitentiary at Jeffersonville, in Indiana. Mr. Vallandigbam, having left tho State to attend a similar gathering at Indianapolis, was not arrested. We present to-day a long and interesting article in our local on umns, upon the subject of drafting, whioh will place the matter plainly and fairly before the people. It will be seen that the law and regulations are not frightful at all, but really republican and democratic in spirit. Thebe is a rumor at St. Louis that General E. A. Hitchcock will he placed in charge of that depart ment. Gen. Pope has written a manly letter in answer to the excuses of Captain Harrison for being absent from bis post without leave. The letter will be rcaognized henceforth as a military authority in such oases made and provided. Got.i) was quoted yesterday at 1141 a 115, and but little doing. Sliverll3 all 4. Demand notes were heavy at 104 a 104 i. Stook market inactive. Tub order of Mr. Secretary Stanton, in reference to a call of tho militia of the various States to the number of three hundred thou sand, is published to-day. The Secretary de sires that the militia force of each State be assessed and organized, and the usual number drafted for nine-months service. As this is virtually a. repetition of the last order, it will give the city of Philadelphia five thousand additional troops to be raised. Taking into consideration the enthusiastic spirit now being manifested by our people—the high spirit of the volunteers, and the efforts of our moneyed huh to' increase the bounty funds—it is very probable. that even this additional number may be readily raised. We should hope, for the glory of our State and cause, that this could be done. But the crisis is too important to admit of any such considerations at this time. Under the operation of the recruiting system, even in its most favorable condition, it would take the greater part of nine months to recruit, discipline, and mass an a my,in the field. What the Administration desires to meet is a temporary emergency: The new change of policy, occasioned by the appoint ment of General Halleck, and indicated in the various orders of General Pope, is about to be sustained by the establishment of an im mense army of reserve and occupation. In other words, we are about to fight this war as the war of twenty millions of men,—as the war of a great nation against a great rebellion. We’cannot disguise the fact that this order of the President imposes a‘new and grave responsibility upon every citizen of tho Re public. Wo endeavored to indicate this policy a few days ago“by preparing the minds of the people for .what appeare'd to us to be an inevitable event. We felt that the condi tion of the country demanded 'immediate, radical, and unceasing action. The army we had in the field was insufficient. It had been outnumbered on nearly every field. It was evident that our conciliatory policy hid proved a failure; that while we were com promising the rebels were cannonading. Wo endeavored to inaugurate into history the novel spectacle of a fraternal civil war. We wanted to shoot the rebels like friends, kinsmen, and misguided breth ren, and, instead of attending to the ord nance and commissariat, we bought quinine and morphia for wounded rebels, and placed sentinels over the property of men who had abandoned their barns and acres to do picket duty on the Chickahominy. our army was an army of diversion. Its officers had not ap preciated the real importance of the contest. The lesson of Bull ,Run was learned only to be forgotten, and, neglecting the lessons of experience, we fell back on fond memories and traditions. "We have had something toe much of this. We are now to have war in earnest. It will be bloody, brief, violent, peremptory, and de cisive—a life for a life, a tooth for a tooth, and so on to the end. If the people of the South will deliberately commit treason, and' in its commission violate all laws of humani ty, civilization, and Christianity, wo must punish them according to the enormity of their crime. We can only do this by devoting our whole energies to the work. We must mean what we do! We must strengthen our armies, : by placing two men in our ranks for every man in the ranks of the enemy. The North can afford to do so. She has men and means and material resources; overburdened communi ties ; gold-hugging hills and wealth-yielding acres, crops, and railroads, and collieries; vaults of specie; bonds and mortgages. Of what are all these worth if the rebellion triumphs? 'Credit, honor, manhood, and li berty, all depend upon the issue. Lot us meet it like men." We love our homos, our chil dren, our friends—the money we have earned by weary and exacting toil. The love that we bear them commands us to save no trial and yield no obligation to bring peace and pros perity to the Republic. While doing this we must do something more. We must put an end to treason in our midst. Tolerance is suicide, and silence is crime. We can no longer present the dis graceful spectacle of shooting the. rebels in "Virginia, and cherishing them ia Philadelphia. We are willing to die that Davis may be driven from Richmond, and yet wc permit the friends of Davis to live in our midst, and his emissaries to gather ideas and information from the drawing-rooms and hotels. The rules of social intercourse, and the amenities of friend ship, too often betray us into sympathy and affiliation with those we know to be against the country. This is wrong. We should shun every disloyal man as we would shun tho leper. We should look upon him as the mur derer of our kinsmen ; the spy l upon our thoughts; the traitor to his Constitution; the: enemy of his God. Wo should reject his hand as wo would reject the hand.of the assas sin dripping with a father’s blood. While doing this we should also prepare for the other work in store. This call for military duty is the highest, because the rarest, service the State asks of her citizen. Coining at this time, it betokens a brief war. and a speedy, peace.' Let the order, then, be rigidly and im mediately carried out. Let ns end this cruel, heartless, and unrelenting strife. We can overwhelm the South: with our legions, and from the chaos of her crime and;ambition we cah reconstruct a glorious and an everlasting Republic. This is the way to end the war. Statements made by the Paris correspond ents of some London papers point out the altered condition of Napoleon’s policy towards Russia, and declare that it is the result of va rious recent acts,by the British Government, — such as refusing to. join in intervention in American affairs, refusing t@ act with France in Mexico, and, interfering with French in terests in Italy. Moreover, that the now entente cordiale with Russia, for settling the affairs of Italy and of the East, is taken by Palmerston as showing a diminution of the friendly feeling between England and France. Napoleon is said to be - tired of an alliance, nominally friendly, but one condition of whioh is Eng land’s perpetually augmenting her navy to wage war at a moment’s notice. ' Thefe ; may : be an European war before autumn is, over. The order of the President for the imme diate return to the army of all officers and privates now on furlough,ds already operating as it was expected. Numbers have left this city, numbers are on the wing. Such mem bers of their families as -desire to keep them from their duty may be actuated by affection, but wljen the honor of these citizen-soldiers Is involved, even,the tenderest ties must he loosened for the moment. Above,all, officers on furlough should at once join the* army, Except where prevented by wounds or illness, every man should go, at once, nor stancl upon the order ot his going. = The letter of Major General Hunter, printed in another portion of The Press of this morning, and dated at Hilton Head, South Carolina, speaks for itself. General Hunter was educated as a. slaveholder, is a slaveholder now, and has large slaveholding connections. His views are boldly expressed, with the frank ness of a soldier, and clearly anticipate a fu ture which it would be vain to attempt to in terfere with. There is one advice, which was freely, given by the leading speakers at tho great meeting at Lancaster, on Saturday, which should be re peated at every public meeting; which should he stereotyped in every newspaper which should be constantly borne in mind by every one who undertakes the patriotic duty of aiding the Government and helping to maintain the Union by recruiting. That advice is—rather enlist men to raise the regiments now in the field to their foil numerical efficiency, thm en deavor to raise new regiments.' As . General Meagher lately said, there is no want of officers, but there is a great want of men, . Besides, the occasion is urgent. The Pre sident called for men, who can be brought into effective service at the earliest possible moment. We have no hesitation in declaring that one hundred thousand disciplined sol diers, at this moment, would be of more use in putting down the rebellion than two huh. dred thousand raw recruits. As fast as men enlist and are approved by the medical and mi litary authorities as fit for the service .of their country in the army, they should be sent off to the respective regiments for which they may be destined, there to be drilled and disciplined: Competent authorities have told us, again and again, that, on duty with experienced and dis ciplined soldiers, the recruit learns how to perform all bis duties in a much shorter time than if he were massed up with a crowd of equally raw men, in camp for discipline. The sooner the new levies can be- converted into fighting men, the betterfor the country, and, we may add, the better for themselves. A correspondent suggests'that, as handsome dress has its influence in filling up regiments, there would be no harm done if the different uniforms were smartened up a little. The necessary creation of the respective ranks of Rear Admiral and of Commodore of the U. S. Navy is by no means a novelty, as many have supposed. The Congress of 1776 recognized not only these, but also the supe rior grades of Vice Admiral and Admiral. The war ended, .we came down to the simple rank of Captain, though the persons holding it sometimes have had to perform all the duties and hold the responsibilities of the higher rank. This, on several occasions, has led to no small annoyance on foreign stations, where the salute to the flag was regulated by the rank of the officer in chief command. !■ On these occasions, when the American captain performed the duties of admiral, ho expected the same salute as would be given to anad miral on duty in the French or English ser vice. The quasi-rank of “ flag officer,” now at an end, was permitted to obviate this diffi culty. , : ' The rank of Admiral in our service has just keen conferred to reward, with honor, the past services of Charles Stewart (“ Old Ironsides”) and eight other gallant veterans, and to*recognize the merits of Captains Fau raout, Goldsborough, Dupont, and Foote, now on active service. Besides, this creation of Commodores and Admirals proclaims to the nations that we, who changed the whole system of naval warfare, in a single day, by our little “ Monitor,” are henceforth to have a navy worthy of a country with the greatest extent of seaboard in the world. Henceforth, and forever, the United States navy will be a stern reality; for friends and foes. Bamimobe in possession of the Unionists has become a loyal city. They resolved at their late great meeting, twenty thousand per sons present, that tbe President of the United States should instruct the General in command of the military that city, to require all male citizens above the age of eighteen years to come forward and take the following; oath, and that all persons refusing to take said oath should be sent through our military lines into the so-callad Southern Confederacy: test OATH. “ I solemnly swear that I, will bear true allegiance to the United States, and support and sustain the Constitution and laws thereof; that I will maintain the National sovereignty paramount to that of all State, county; or corporate powers; that I will dis courage, discountenance, and forever oppose Se cession, rebellion, and the disintegration of the Fe deral Union; that I disclaim and denounce ail faith and fellowship with the bo- called’Confederate States and Confederate armies, and pledge my property and my life to the sabred performances of this nay solemn oath of allegiance to the Government of the United States. ” This is the oath demanded by Union men in Baltimore against sympathizers with Seces sion. Every Union citizen, official or unoffi cial, in Philadelphia, and in every town and township of the State of Pennsylvania, would rejoice to take such an oath. Indeed, it would be a pleasure to the loyal men of our great old. Stale to have the opportunity to show their devo tion to the Republic by such a test;and why should any man desire to live in a free State who may be opposed to this oath, when the loyal Southerners themselves drive all of this class into the dominion of treason ? -The bebei's lately made a raid into In diana, add were welcomed heartily by their sympathizers. The following paragraph from the Yivay (Ind.) Reveille , of the 31st of July, will show what became of - the rebels, and -what of the sympathizers: ’ “ The invasion of Newburg, Indiana, by 75 rebel soldiers was productive of some good. It roused the patriotism of the people, and furnished evi dence to convict thirteen home traitors, residents of that town and county, who led 'the rebels over the river, pointed out the houses of Union citizens, and'assisted in the plunder of Government pro perty. They were all Bth of January Democrats. Two of them were candidates on the Seoesh county ticket, for Representative and Surveyor ; one of them was secretary of the county convention, another drew up tho resolutions, and another one editor of the Warwick Democrat. In addition to these thirteen, several others wont off with the rebel guerillas. “Of these’ thirteen traitors, two were killed by the citizens of Newburg,- four absconded, and Beven were arrested and are now in jail at Indi anapolis.” If Stonewall Jackson should make a de monstration into Pennsylvania he would un doubtedly be warmly welcomed by , many of those who sympathize with him. The fate of their Indiana compatriots might, however, deter them from their dangerous experiment. Hon, John L. Dawson has been nominated as the “ Democratic” candidate for Congress in the Fayette district in this State.' Of Mr. Dawson’s abilities there is no doubt, and of his integrity we have this to say, that we be lieve, if chosen to. Congress, he will be found among the most conscientious of the Seces sion sympathizers. He runs in a districtbor dering Virginia, and while he will attempt to prove that ho is in favor of prosecuting-the war,Vhe will do all in his power to effect a comjjromise. It is stated that, in a late speech, he announced that he would « vote against all supplies to carry on this cruel war, and seek a peace .by compromise, rather than estrange our (his) .Southern brethren from the Union altogether.” ; The war meetings held throughout tho State call forth hundreds of Democrats to the support of the flag of the country. Let'them be held in every ward, township, and school district in Pennsylvania. Baltimore vs. Indianapolis. At the Union rneeting, held in Monument Square last week—said by ihe.Clipper to have been the largest gathering evor convened in Baltimore—the aßnexed resolutidn, among others, was adopted : Rej’oleed. Tbati while confiscation and emancipation of the property -and staves of .rebels may not bo an effi cient means of suppressing the: rebellion, they are essen tial to cripple the power of those now in uroia to embar rass the restoration of peaceful and constitutional govern ment alter their’military power is broken; and therefore we beariily approve ot the policy of confiscating the pro perty ot the leaders of the rebellion, and declaring the slaves of cvrry rebel Jrtt from all obligation to obey those who refuse to oleytKetaws of the land. Contrast this language’ with" the disloyal • utter ances . made by the so-oaUed Democratic Conven tion’ held at Indianapolis, on Thursday, by ox-Go vernor Wickliffe and others. A Statement. To the lidiior of T/ie Press Sir : .Will you allow me the privilege to make a necessary-explanation, through the medium’of your paper 1 , in regard to a statement that , appeared in one’ of last’Sunday’s newspapers in roferenco to some very unpleasant transactions that occurred at the hospital at Fifth and Buttonwood streets? The newspaper says that Mr. Dunlap sent a young man to tixe residenoe of Mrs. Emilie, 915 Green street, where satchels were filled by the female rebels of that house, where Seoeeh is rampant, &a. Now, all that I want to say is, that I am the proprietor of said house, and wish to make it publicly known that my family consists of several very respectable boarders, who are all as loyal and Union-losing citizens as can be found anywhere, including my self, with the exception ot Mrs, Emilie, for whose abts she alone What she has done has Been done openly and with the fnll knowledge of those in authority at the hospitals and forts. Otherwise, it'would not have been permitted in my house. Yours, very respectfully, ’ . Jane M. Davis. ] PhilA., August 4,1862. Large Peremptory Sale or Boots and Shoes. —The early attention of purchasers is requested to the large assortment of boots, shoes, brogans, trunks; Ao.v emhraoing samples Of I,loo' ptokages of first olass seasonable goods, of oity and Eastern manufacture, to be peremptorily sold,' by catalogue, on four months’ credit, commencing this mormng, at 10 o’clock, by John B. Myers <fc Co., auotionoors, Nos. 232 and 234 Market street. , THE PBESS—PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1862. LETTE R FROM “ OCCASIONAL,” If there are men so lost to gratitude and pa triotism as to,use the name of Democracy as a cloak lor treason, there are-htiodreds and thou sands of others who proclaim their loyalty and their Democracy at one and the same time. While Francis W. Hughes, the chairman of the Breckinridge State Committee in’Pennsyl vania, rallies, his followers with the cry that the Abolitionists are,' mainly .responsible for the war, his teachings are scouted and scorned by men who have won their tide to the confi dence Of an honest Democracy by long years of sacrifice and service in supporting its prin ciples. Ido not envy the politician who is so lost to his manifest duty in this gloomy hour as to close his eyes'to : the crimes of the traitors against our fl tg, and to employ him self in discovering the errors and misrepre senting the conduct of our public servants. Our grievances and disasters are numerous enough, Heaven knows, without being in creased by the cold criticisms and: heartless censures of such partisans. Mr. Hughes, who has undertaken the herculean task of con ducting a,campaign upon the: idea that the war was not wholly begun, and has hot been cruelly conducted by the slaveholding tyrants, should remember that there are many battle scarred'soldiers who have served in the.Demo craticoranks from their youth, and who, speak ing from their experience intherebtl country, take precisely the opposite ground. f In any event, his assumption is an atrocious outrage upon public the address over his signature, just published, Will be used against the country unless it is indignantly .repudiated by those, to whom he,,appeals.. .Its effect, whether intended or not,‘must be to prevent enlistments and to encourage the com mon enemy. * V /1,,-.-.- But the'question arises whether Mr. Hughes is a better judge of the facts than Stephen A. Douglas himself, who, to an ordinary mind, might be supposed to know as much of the record as a delegate to the Charleston ’Con vention who. played into the hands of the- Secessionists with persevering pertinacity. Francis W. Hughes tells us, in his address, that it Was the Abolitionists that fomented and forced the war, while Stephen A. Douglas, speaking from his grave, replies that «the present Secession movement is the result of an enormous conspiracy formed, more than a year since by the leaders of the Southern Confederacy, and that they used .tlie slavery question as a means to aid the accomplish ment of their ends.f 5 It is possible that Mr. Hughes may be able to convince; tho Demo crats of Pennsylvania that Douglas did *'not speak the truth, particularly with the aid ot such patriots as Mr. Buchanan,- Mr. YaHan digbam, and even Brigadier General Breckin ridge, of the Confederate army. He suc ceededdn rallying the Democracy of his Con gressional district in iB6O to support his rela tive for Congress on the Breckinridge platform, and now that this relative has migrated to the South, and is co-operating with Mr. Breckin ridge, Mr. Hughes hopes to be equally success ful iu raiding the Democracy of tho State, as the chairman of the Breckinridge State Com-, .mittee, to the substantial doctrines same platform in the coming campaign. Ido not, however,, think he will succeed. ■ He may be able, indeed, to show that Judge Douglas is a poor witness in such a controversy; but I would like him to answer the warrior Demo crats that speak from the battle-field. The first that I will beg to introduce to his ac quaintance is General W. S. Itosecrans, of Ohio, a thorough soldier, a thorough Demo crat, heretofore of the Southern stamp, and a thorough patriot; a man bred to military life, and yet so well acquainted with politics that, when selected to a high e.ommanJij-ha was hailed by tbo Democracy of Ohio as their peculiar representative. Writing: :from tho headquarters of the army of the Mississippi, under date of July 26th, this soldier Demo crat unconsciously replies to the shameless misrepresentations of the address of Francis W. Hughes: - . • H For more than a year, we have been engaged in this struggle, into which an arrogant anti die* tatorial slave oligarchy has driven a free, happy, and peaceful people, fighting for the rights of all. With true bravery and invincible patience, our citizen soldiers have stood on this ground to the present moment, against violators of the Jaws of war and humanity. Remaining’ true to their prin ciples, they have said, by words and actions, to their fellow-citizens in the South, wo fight for common rights. If we win, you win. If the Government is maintained, you will dwell under Its protecting shadew as freely as wo. And there we stand, and thus we say to-day. “ But if the Confederates prevail, farewell peaoe and safety to us; farewell freedom,forever! Their principles and leaders are known to us. They cheated- us, crying out no coercion; holding out, false hopes and deceitful aesurancos of friendly re gard, while, assassin-like, they were preparing to destroy our G&vornment, and reduce us to anarchy or servitude.; The past year’s experience renders it certain that if they triumph, blood and desola tion, fire and sword, or arbitrary subjection to t.hoir wiil. an-aits every white man who has manhood enough, to dislike their system of . slavery, tolera ble only ess a cruel necessity, hut, as a principle , hateful'to God arid man. ■■ “They will omit ho means, honest or dishonest, to insure success. Misrepresenting, calumniating our motives, ridiculing our honest efforts to miti gate the horrors of war, and inflaming the passions of tbe populace by low epithets, are among the milder and more ordinary moans resorted to by this pseudo 1 ohivalry,’ the meanest aristocracy that ever stood at the head of a civilized sooiety. ” ' Mr. peacefully and prosperously at home, tells the Democracy of! Pennsylvania that the Abolitionists are responsible for the war, hut General Roseerans, writing from the horrors and perils of the battle-field, tells the people of the whole country that c -'an arro gant and dictatorial slave oligarchy has driven a iree, happy, and peaceful people into this struggle.” ; Mr. Hughesdenoutices the Abo litionists; General Kosecrans'denounces the traitors. Who is to be believed, the oily, lawyer or the fearless patriot? Next lot me, present to, the acquaintance of the chairmau of the Breckinridge 'Committee the brave General Lewis W. ,Wallace, who, a few days : ago, at the- capital of the Stats of Indiana, while opposing precisely such a ticket as that now advocated by Mr. Hughes in Pennsyl vania, uttered certain Sentiments which every Douglas Democrat ought to read and remem ber, lor General Wallace, baforo ,he became the idol of his troops, was the idol of the Douglas Democracy of his State. Mr. Hughes is excessively exercised, in the .course of his address, over the employment .of negroes in the army, hut. Gen. Wallace is not so much exercised, for, in the speech referred to, he : uses the following language; . “Well, then, we made a mistake in supposing the negro an element of weakness in the South. How we find him an element ot strength. “ ‘How'! 1 ’’ inquired a voice. “ How—how ? I will tell you how,;, and the Ge neral proceeded to illustrate it! Toil are balled upon to enlist. You stopand.think; youkay that’ you 1 are a poor man, a meehauio or a farmer.; that you. .have a wife'and family; that if you‘go they will starve, and your farm or work-shop go to 1 ruin; Audit is a gobd reason, and One that touches his • heart nearly. Now change the pioturo. Suppose me—what it is almost impossible for me to. suppose —a recruiting officer down South. Igoto a strong, able-bodied man, who looks fierce and ready to bite, I .and say;we have established a new Govern - mont,' and the Yankees'are ooming down to de stroy it bind nut'it down.,’ Will you'enlist to sustain it? He .says just, as you do—that he’s got a wife and family ; "thar, his oottoV Is planted and ! his oorn- ripening; - He says, I oan. go and leave my wife - ana family,’ because my negroes will ’.take care of them; and,- if the Yankees oomo : along, they’ll not have them. T can leave my crops, : because my negroes .will pick and bale my cotton, and gather my corn! And ’there are, about four millions of that kind of labor to take care ofi the families; and! industry of; the ' rebels, Now,' suppose’ I should go to Jeff ;Davis. with a proposition that he should leave four'mill ions i of the white laboring tnen of the North undisturbed, - and provide for their, families. Would he do it? No; he'd treat the proposition with soorn. You are the men he wants to get at. Now,.if he won’t let four millions of year laboring men stay at home, to pursue your usual avocations; why in God’s name should we allow his four millions-to go r on undis turbed?; [Cheers, and pries of ‘ That’s the talk,’ <That's right ’] !.And I hold it to be our duty In the field to do ail" we pan to weaken the enemy, and if, in so doing, we can strengthen ourselves, in the name of God why. not do it ? If slavery is the base of the rebellion, why not knook away the foun dation ? “If I take the property of the rebel—his fat cattle, hia horses, his grain—for the uao.of my soldiers, yon say that Is right; but if I take his aigger, there’s.a hullabaloo about it. The General proceeded next to show the advantage to be do rived from such a policy. There are twenty-two teams to a regiment, and twenty-two teamsters; of course, generally doubled, making' the number forty-four. They are detailed for the time. In the eleven regiments formingmy division there are, therefore,, four, hundred.,and forty-four meu de tailedfor,this duty—almost a regiment. * Oar regi ments are broken in'numbers nowv Can /wo afford to atßign "'them to that duty ? • And if we can find anybody, not soldiers to• perform, that duty, what shall we d 0,?”.... . , One' more military witness for Francis WV Huglies--Coionel J. S. Wilcox, of the 52d Illinois Regiment, like Rosecrans and Wallace, a -former Democrat. In a letter from’ this fine. ojHcer, dated Camp Montgomery, near Corinth, July loth, he says : ' ' , “ Take my regiment, forinstanoe; we have about 459 men for duty ;, of these; : over sixty are constant ly employed on extra aba daily, duty, in driving testes,-loading and unloading wagons, oooking, &a. Plenty, of negroes offer thoir Servioea' (and ‘in these' capacities w.otild do good service) for the extra duty, pay these teamsters, &c., draw from Government. “ By employing the negroes, these sixty or se Washington, Augu5t.4,1862.: venty men could resume the mnsiet. I. assure you, I am mbst heartily sidk of the sentimental tenderness we have shown these miserable wretch es. A truly noblS, intelligent man can respect another Without fearing him ; but these people are not of that stamp ; they have been taught differ ently from their infancy. They have with the lash heat respect for themselves into the outward action of the slave, and with the grinding heel of aristo cratio despotism, the rich have forced the poor into .like manifestations of esteem. The heart oatohes something ,of the feeling, manhested outwardly, and they respect that which they fear. When we have visited them with terrible punishment, they will fear, and respect and obey the law, and not until then wil 1 they do so. You have no adequate conception of the ignorant, brutish stupidity of theße rebels. They are slaves. Southern chivalry ! Great Heavens, what a stupendous humbug I—the ohivalry of the sneaking, cold blooded ingrate,’ who,; partaking of Ms hospitality, would plunge the assassin’s dagger into the heart of his host.” It remains to be seen whether these frank truths, spoken by men from the battle-field, can be refuted or talked away by the little dema gogues of the hour. Mr. Hughes is wrought up to a high pitch of indignation against the Abolitionists, and proposes a summary pun ishment oi them, because; in his opinion, they are equally guilty with, the Secessionists. ■According to Brigadier General Breckinridge and Jefferson Davis, all ihe loyal people of the free States are Abolitionists. 1 think it will be somewhat difficult, in view of all the testimony I have quoted, for pettifogging politicians in a short time io tell who are Abolitionists, for, as the great Dr. Breckinridge said in one of his late speeches, speaking as a Southern man, he had never yet heard a traitor talk of a loyal man without denouncing him as an Abolition ist. Occasional. FROM WASHINGTON. Special Despatches to “The Press.” .Washington, August 4,1862. Arrests for. Aiding the Rebels—Capture of a New York Vessel Tho steamer Wyandank has brought up eight prisoners and refugees from the neighborhood-of the BappahaEßock. The prisoners have been taken during the past week, while engaged iu transporting aoross the Chesapeake Bay and Rappahannock River to the rebels. The Wyandank, a few days since, overhauled the schooner Mail of Brooklyn, for violating the blookade by trading with the in habitants south of the Rappahannock. She is loaded with an assorted oargo, consisting of shoos, salt, Ac., and also had a large quantity of wheat on board. Mabtin Rainor, the captain, and H. Chamberlain, who appears to be the business man, were taken on board the Wyandank and brought up with, the other prisoners. The schooner was towed up to the yard yesterday by the Leslie. One day last week Master’s Mate Sheridan, of the Wyandank, With a boat’s crew from the Free born, captured off George’s Island two canoes laden with salt, and accompanied by two men in each, who were making their way towards Sosesh. They were sent on board the Wyandank and brought up to the city. A llebel Mail Captured. * ' The Reliance, aYew days ago, captured a oanoo in the Rappahannock; in the neighborhood ot Ur banna, with a<mail of about forty letters, addressed mostly to tho'officers and men of the 40th Virginia Regiment, near Richmond. The letters seem mostly to be of a private character, and from the fact that many of them are enclosed in envelopes which have been turned, and on the inside bear directions to parties at UCathville, Northumberland county, Virginia, it is quite certain that the letters have been forwarded from that neighborhood. Several of them have the post mark of Baltimore on the inside, and have been undoubtedly sent from there to be forwarded ,from Heathville. One of thorn, directed to Captain Hiram Cole, asks him to send some of Undo Sam’s “green-backs” from Rich mond, the writer being under the impression that the officers and soldiers of the rebel army made themselves rich by robbiDg the killed and wounded Federal troops of the money they had upon their persons. ’ . Several refugees came up on the Wyandank. They all reside in Middlesex county,_and -one.time-in-tbeJUith-VtrgmiariTeginient, but when that regiment left Fredericksburg for Richmond, they deserted and returned, to their homes, where they bave been living for two months past, bat sleeping nightly in the woods and in a boat in the river, being in dread of the roving bands of cavalry who have been scouring the country in search of them and other deserters. On Monday night last, hearing that the cavalry would scour the wood 3, ail but one, named Jackson, made their escape, and came off to one of the gunboats for protection. Arrest of a Seeesh Minister, Rev. T. N. Conrad,. who has recently been preaching for the Southern Methodist Church, has been arrested, by order of the provost guard,;and sent, to the Old Capitol jail.- The charges against him are with the enemy, and attempting to send his scholars as recruits to the rebel army. Arrested for Treasonable Language. Dr. Camp was arrested last night for boisterous ■Seoession'language. It is said that his effects were searched, and, among' other things, a letter from Bbaubeoakij was found. ' Pennsylvania Soldiers’ Relief Association.. The Pennsylvania Belief ; Aesooiatidh; held an ad-.,! journed monthly meeting to night. Reports of the. executive, financial, and .visiting oommittees were presented, showing the association to be in the highest state of efficiency, not only here, but in administering to the wants of Pennsylvania's sick and wounded : soldiers on the Peninsula, whither clothing, and delicacies have been sent in largo quantities. . Rebel Vessels 'Captured. , Information has been received at the Navy De partmett of the capture of two rebel vessels, near Berwick Bay, by the United Statos steamer Hat teras. War' Meeting at the Capitol. Preparations are making upon a grand scale for the war meeting to bo held on the grounds oh the east front of the Capitol, at 5 o’clock on Wednesday afternoon. The Hon. George S. Boutweli,, Com missioner of Internal Revenue; Hon. Leonard Sweet, of Illinois; Hon. Richard W! Thompson, of Indiana; Senator Harlan, of Iowa; General ■Wadsworth,‘Military Governor of the District of Columbia; Colonel Wm. Harrow, ef Illinois, and others, ‘ have accepted invitations to speak. The' President and members of the Cabinet and’ Major General Halleck have been invited, and will be present, should the public duties at the time not prevent. The Marine Band has been de tailed t» perform during the intervals of the speak ing, the usual promenade concert in the west grounds of the Capitol being’ postponed for that day. The Mayor of 'Washington will preside. It is believed that a brigade will be raised in the Distriot of Columbia and its vicinity, without draft ing, if the proper course bo pursued. .The Internal Revenue Law . The. following additional officers have been ap pointed under the internal revenue law: Kansas — John Spear, collector ; James F. Le gate, assessor. ,- - ■ New Munco— Charles Bltjhmbr, collector; Jesus Maria Berta, assessor.. ' r Arrival of .Contrabands, , Thb boat.from Acquia Creek has brought up over a hundred contrabands, who are principally from Caroline county, Va. Many of them have been away from their bomes for a considerable time ; -they were sent to the Creek on. Saturday, last.- On .their arrival here they were at once directed to the contraband quarters. Among them, are persons of all hues, ages, and sizes, including a sprinkling of infants, barely a week old;. The. women, for .the most part, lugged the children Indian fashion, and the.men bore on their shoulders rimmonse bundles of luggage. Miscellaneous. :■■■ John A. KAssoN,>Esq , having been nominated SB. candidate for Cohgresa in the Fifth distriot of lowa, left this city to-day to enter upon the can vass. General Skinner, has been placed, tempo rarily, in oharge of the position just vaoated by the former, as First Assistant Postmaster General. A number- of person's have.reeontly voluntarily taken the oath of allegiance. They, were doubtless ' influenced by the newspaper-speculations,.or,reports ■ ■ that’the Government was aboutto test the patriotism oi ourcitizeßß. - ’Arrests "are frequently made in Washington of offensive disloyalists. . . Messrs. . B. Wheat, W. C. Taylor, and Dr. .7, B. Johnson were arrested’ In Alexandria, last night, and have been brought hither. Several oitizens of Fairfax - county, who were arrested under General Pope’s order and taken to Spring field Station, have been released. Gontideyable excitement exsits in Alexandria and that neighborhood-in consequence of these and kindred proceedings.., Troops Arriving at Harrisburg. Habjusbuso,' Aug. d.—Troops are -pouring in from all quarters'of the State, Three companies, each numbering one' hundred men, arrived this morning, and squads are arriving by every train. The'indications are that nearly the: whole quota of nine-months men will be-raised by-the 10th instant.’' The enlistments in this city and'vioimty are going forward rapidly. Orders for the: establishment:, of: State eamps at Philadelphia,: Pittsburg, and. Lancaster, in addition to the central camp at this place,.have been given. Reported Capture! of Paymaster's. Louisviloe, Aug. 4 The latest Memphis , ad ' riots mention rumors prevalent there .of the Cap ture of eight BedbraLp&ymastors by. the rebels, at Humboldt, Tenn., including Jacob A. Camp, Gatz mer, Coon,-Harna, Yohn, and'Hazleton, with' an aggregate of $1,800,000. Army ciroles here give these.rumors no oredenoe. . - Ohio Bounty. Fund. Cincinnati, Aug.4.—Contributions to a bounty fund for the volunteers have commenced here. A few persons have already given $80,040. IMPORTANT WAR ORDER. A Draft for 300,000 Militia for Nine Months Ordered. ‘ Washington, Aug. 4.—Tho following order has just been issued : .. l War Department, Washington, D. C., Aug. 4,1862. - Order calling for militia from the several States: Ordered—ist. That a;draft of 300,000 militia be immediately called into the service of the United States, to servo for nine months, un less sooner discharged. The Secretary of War will assign to the States, and establish regulations foie the draft. 2d. That if any State shall not, by the 15th of August, furnishits quota of the addi tional 300,000 volunteers authorized by law, the deficiency of volunteers in that State will also be made "by special, draft from the militia. The Secretary ot War will establish regulations for. this purpose. - , 3d. Regulations will be prepared by> the War Department and presented' to the Presi dent, with the object,of securing the promo tion of officers of the army and volunteers, for meritorious and distinguished services) and of preventing the nomination or appoint ment in the military service ol incompetent or unworthy officers. The regulations will also provide for ridding the service of such incompetent persons as now hold commissions. By order of the President. Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War. IMPORTANT REPORT. The Betels Evacuating Richmond. THE SOUTH BANR OF THE JAMES BITER THE REBEL LIKE OF DEFENCE. General Pope’s Washington, Va., August 4, 1862.—Informa tion from various sourcos leads to confirm the belief that the enemy have really evacuated Richmond, and taken up the south hank of the Jamos river as the line of their defence. The rebel cavalry, under General Robertson, are believed to have been withdrawn from the Shenandoah valley, leaving that part of the country to the defence of lire guerillas alone. A Pestilence at Richmond. Wasiungtsn, August 4—-Midnight.—lt has been believed here, in some quarters, for se veral days, that the enemy has been evacua ting Richmond, there beiDg a reasonable sus picion that a pestilence has broken out in that city. - - - ! FROM THE PENINSULA. Reconnolssance Across the James River. Virginia Cavalry Dispersed and their Camps Burnt. Headquarters'op the Potomac, Aug. 4. Ever since the firing upon our shipping at the Mail boat Landing, by the enemy’s batteries, our troops have occupied the opposite shore. Yesterday a reoonnoissanee was made from that point hack into .the country, to within fourteen miles of Peters burg.* It was conducted byjCol.-Averill, and oom ' posed of ISO of the Oth United States and 150 of the 3d Pennsylvania Cavalry; with four companies of the Ist Michigan llogimont. Captains Custer and Bowen, of McClellan’s staff, accompanied them. At Cox’s miles from the river, they encountered the 13th Virginia Ca valry drawn up In-line. Our men charged on them, when they broke and ran. They drove them to their encampment at Sycamore Church, two and a half miles further, where they again formed, but were ingloriously put to flight, leaving behind all their.tents, camp equipage, and; commissary stored, which our troops gathered together and burned. The rebels had two horses killed, sixmen wounded, and two taken prisoners. We had only a horso .-killod.' J " After' scouring tho country a short distance further, 1 they returned to the river. There is no further evidence of the rebel gunboats in the river this side of Fort Darling. Information received here goes to show that the New Merrmiac will hot be ready for three weeks yet- Two of the gunboats were yesterday afternoon engaged in shelling the opposite shore above City Point. -The health ofktiie troops has improved.ever since they began to receive fresh vegetables, which were ordered to be issued to them by Gen., McClellan. FROM LOUISVILLE. TH E ; EX,EG T, I O IST . All the Union Candidates Elected. Louisville, Aug. 4.—The returns thus far indi cate the election of all the thorough Union candi dates, in the oounty election to-day, up to 10 o'clook this evening. No reports have been reoeived of disturbances In any quarter. / From Fortress Monroe and James River. Fortress Monroe, Aug. 2.—The steamships Baltic, Atlantio, and another, name .unknown, came into Hampton Roads this morning, and an chored abreast of the fort. They have on board 3,000 rebel prisoners from Fort Delaware. - The physicians from Fortress Monroe have been on board, and oared for, the sick and wounded, se veral hundred 5 in number. They also - selected from them such as are not able to return via City Point,and from thenco by land to Richmond, and placed them on a transport to go up tho river till they meet a rebel transport, so that they can be conveyed all the way to Richmond by water. Gen. Pettigre.w, [of North Carolina, and Col. Drake,, of Mississippi, are among the, prisoners. They are to be exchanged. 1 C - , The steamship Belvidera arrived at noon to-day, from New York, with horses.; They are discharged at Fortress Monroe, aa the steamer draws too much water to go up the James river. The mail boat from Hatrißon’s Landing brought down 19 rebel prisoners to-day. Last night two regular ,regiments yrent across, the river, opposite the Landing, and .cut,all the,trees away on the spot from which the rebel batteries sholled our, encampment the night before- They lalßo burned all the^buildings on what is called the Ruffin plantation,, and : destroyed everything in that vicinity that could- shelter the rebels in their nightly.operations. , , .' . ... Nothing has been hoard torday from tho gun boats which are up the river. Eortbbss;Monroe, Aug. 3.—About twenty-five nrebel .prisoners arrived here from, Baltimore this morning. They are going up the. river- to be ex changed, and came here under guard of a detaoh , ment of the Bth company of .the 7th New York Regi ment. ... . s ■■ A mail steamer arrived at 3o’olock. No nows from our fleet enthe Jamos river or the new Mer rimao.. .- Late and Interesting from Newbern, N. C. ' Poetress Molsroe, August 2.—Advices have been received from Newborn,-N. C., to the 30th nit.' On the previous evening a guard, while on duty, was shot in the leg in one of the streets of Newborn. " His name is W 7 J. Galvin, of Company C, 23d Massachusetts. He fired twioe at his assail- ant, and oap’tured one prisoner, and whon about taking a second prisoner the sergeant of the guard appeared and relieved him. r The shot which wonnded him, having been fired from a 1 house, and it : being the fourth attempt to murder the guards' stationed to protect property,’ and from the same quarter; created much excite ment. General Poster determmed to ’put a.’stop to such murderous assaults, and caused a thorough search of all the habitations in that neighborhood, making arrests of all suspicious ; charaotefs, who were lodged-in j ul. The 23d Regiment, acting, under orders, with great regularity removed all the furniture from the domiciles thereabouts; and :in aniinoredibly short time six or seven of the adjacent houses were com-; pletely demolished. All well-minded people de olare that the destruction of these dwellings is a righteous -judgment upon the. inhabitants for bar boring snob misoreants. Colonel * Kurtz has arrested three New York burglars who have been carrying on their nefari ous operations in’ Newbera for some time past. Two Deserting Officers Advertised. • HKAnquAnTsits; A.RMY of Virginia,. * Near SrERRXViM.B, Va., August 4,1862. ' First Lieutenant Winfield 'Simpson, of company K, 102 d New York volunteers, .and Lieutenant , William Ellen, of, company, A, 27th Pennsylvania . volunteers, are reportedby their colonels and oom manding'generals as having deserted’the sorvioo. The'usual lewardwillbe paidfor their apprehen sion. . :■■■;. I By-command of Major,General Pope. . , George D.:r'uggi>es, , . Colonel; and Chief of Staff. Burnside's Troops Embarked. New Y ork, August. 4.—The Portress'Montoe correspondent of this evening’s Post says that - Burnside’s corps has embarked, and is moving off. . The gunboats and mortar boats are 'all under or ders; and* 11 when , they strike the splinters wfil .fly.” - . FROM GEN. POPE’S ARMY. A Successful Beconnoissance. FIFTY-TWO REBEL PRISONERS TAKEN. The Telegraph Between Orange Court Boose and tiordonsyllle Destroyed. Arrest of Secessionists~-I>eserterB , Stories —Bistress In Richmond. Headquarters of the Army op Virginia, August 3—9 A. M. Major General 11. W. Sailed:: No. 4. —The reconnoitring column, under Gen. Crawford, crossed the Rapidan and pushed forward to Orange town, which was occupied by two regi ments of the enemy’s cavalry, under Gen. Robert, 'son, ■ ; Eleven of the enemy were killed and fifty-two taken prisoners. Among the latter were one major, two captains, and two lieutenants. Our loss was two killed and three wounded.: The enemy retired in such haste as to leave the wounded in our hands. The railroad and the telegraph line between Orange Court-House and Gordonsville were de stroyed. Jons Pope, Major General. Spbrryyille, Aug. 3. —C01. Robinson, provost marshal, has arrested between sixty and seventy citizens of Bappahannock county, who will not take the oath of allegiance. Three days’ grace has been granted, at the expiration of which time, if they will not swear to support the Constitution and the laws, they will be sent immediately beyond the lines. Two intelligent German deserters from the rebel army came within our lines last evening. They left Richmond two weeks ago, and state that great distress prevailed in the rebel camp ; that all the soldiers were living upon nothing but freßh beef and flour, with no salt; sugar, or coffee; that the regi ments would not average more than 300 men. They also pretend to have overheard prominent rebel of ficers say that their condition was mere desperate than it had been at any time during the war. : , Maryland Secessionists Captured Baltimore, August 4.—A Baltimore paper of this morning contains the following: On last Saturday morning, about six o'clock, the steamer George Weems, Captain Weems, left this port for her usual trip, on the Patuxent river, with a considerable number of passengers, nearly all of whom were ticketed for St. Mary’s and Calvert counties. There were also on board a half dozen police offi- : cers, who had , been ordered there for the purpose of arresting; suspicious characters, and preventing the transportation' of contraband merchandise. Boon as the steamer neared Fort McHenry, she was signalled to stop, and was Boon mooted at the wharf. •.•vS"** General Morris sent Captain J. Milton Perry, company A, of the 12th Begiment of the New York State National Guard, and Lieutenant Theodore C. Kibbe, also of a New York Regiment; with an armed guard to seareh the steamer and report. This duty was performed in the most thorough manner, and the arrest of a number of the passen gers and the seizure of contraband goods and let ters—the latter unstamped and one hundred and two in number. The goods and letters wore seized and are now in the General’s quarters. The passengers, under an armed guard; were marched into tho interior of the work, and, after an examination by the General, were committed fo the guard-house, where they still remain. Three of the passengers were discharged, viz: W. W. Glenn, Esq., of Baltimore, who was merely on a visit to his farm, and Messrs. Charles Warwick and Thomas F. Weale, of Batavia, Now York. The latter were British subjects, and the General dis charged them on parole not to perform any acts of hostility to the United States Government. The search over, the steamer was permitted to de part, with the officers, for the. pdrpCse of boarding the steamer Mary Washington, of the line. She was met near the Bodkin; boarded, and brought up to Fort Wharf. No contraband merchandise was discovered, but about one hundred, and sixty-live letters all unstamped, and contents mostly of a busi ness character, which were taken m charge. As in the case of the other steamer, a number of passengers were on board who refused to take the oath, and they are now confined in the fort. The following is a list of those removed from both boats: George 0. Wane, St; Mary’s county, Md.; M. B. Chumm, St. Mary’s county, Md.; Major Abraham Barnes,, late inspector, of the, Baltimore Custom House; B. L. Hayden, St. Mary’s county, Md.; Robert M. Pindali, Anne Arundel county, Md.; lewis Wagner, Richmond, Va.; Benjamin G. Har ris, of. the firm of Neale, Harris, & Co. i No. 23 Franklin streot; James G. Fitzpatrick, dry goods commission'* merchant, over No. 1 Ha nover street, /, who had contraband goods in his possession; •J. J. Norris, No. 669 West Lexington street; Kent Weems, Calvert coun ty ; James Waring, St. Mary’s county ; Dr. H. 1. Naylor, Prince George’s county; Geo. R. Gaynor, St. Mary’s county ; t D, W> Hudson, Batavia county,- N. Y.; W. A., Gordon, Georgetown, L>. C:; Win. Burroughs, St. Mary’s county; Dennis Gott, Cal vert county; Wm :H. Hoover, Baltimore city; Dir. lewis G. Sparrow, Relay House,, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; A. A. McCullough, Prince George’s county ; Henry Adams, St. Mary’s county; and Jas. Graves, of Virginia. All the passengers on both boats who were willing to'take the oath were al lowed te proceed on their journey. News from Gen. Curtis’ Army, Ark,, July 31, via .Cairo, August?.— General Curtis’ arinjr is reinforced' and competent for offensive operations. Lieut. Col. Wood’s ex pedition returned from St. Francis river yesterday,' having captured a large mail from Little Rook for Jeff Thompson, several cotton burners, and the rebel steamer Novelty, many horses and mules, and de stroyed three rebel store-boats. Hindman’s letters, in the captured mail, boast.he is. forming thirty Arkansas and Texas regiments. He is at Little Rock with less than 6)000 effectives. Hundreds of citizens are still hying from conscrip tion to the interior of the lines. ' The Ist Union Arkansas Regiment is nearly full, fitted, and drilled, ready for the field. There are nearly three thousand confiscated slaves here. The cotton of their rebel runaway masters is being sold for their benefit. There are about one hundred Union prisoners in Little Rook penitentiary, confined by Hindman’s order in convict cells five feet by seven, with no exercise, fed on tainted meat and left in their own filth. The Defences of New York Harbor— Bounty to Recruits—No Negro Regi- ments. New York, Aug. 4.—At a meeting of the Com mon Council to-day, Mayor Opdyke sent in a message urging immediate steps to co-operate with . the Federal Government in perfecting the defences of this harbor, and recommending an appropria tion of one millioh dollars for the construction of iron-plated batteries and ships, r At a m eeting of the Board of Aldermen an ordi nance was offered providing for a bounty of fifty dollars, in addition to all other bounties offered by the State or United States to each volunteer, and ■ appropriating $280,000 therefor) . A special despatch from Washington to the Post, says, in.answer to a doputation of prominent citi zens who waited on the President to : day to urge the acceptance of negro regiments, President Lin coln replied that he could not accept negro rogi 'inentsr/but .would aooept as many 'as offered as laborers. This, it is- understood,- Js the 'Settled policy of the Government. Arrival of the Northern Light—5957,500 ' - J in Gold; New- Yokk, Aug. 4.—-The steamship Northern light has arrived from Aspinwall with 3957,500 in gold, -.r The Dews from the Isthmus and South America is unimportant. ‘The people at Panama were still excited. AII the church ornaments had been removed to safe places by the Bishop, to prevent them falling into the hands of Mosquera. , Tho military had seized all the muskets and am munition belonging to the polioe force,' and Pana ma would probably soon be under a military go vernment. . ■' : ; ■ 1 [ v . Bates from Valparaiso are to July 2d, and from Callao to the 13th. , . Heavy Bobbery at Boston. Boston, Aug,4.— The jewelry store of Simon ■Willard & Son, in this city, was entered yesterday by burglars, and ohfonometers to the value of from 350,000 to s6o,ooo?itbleh.l- iThe robbers were ar rested last night, find’the property recovered. Burning of the Bioad Top Bridge, - 'Huntingdon, Aug.. 4. — One span of the Broad Top bridge,,at, .thiSfplace, was; burned-last’ night. There will'be no interruption ;tojpa§sengeßgravel, and the boaltrainsswillpassih about’threedays, '■■■ War Meeting at Providence. . Protidehce, Aug.4.—There was an iinniehse assem-. bly at the war meetifigin Market Square this afternoon. .The; Mayor presided. ’ The square was tastefully deco rated. Speeches weremade by Governor Sprague, liibn tenant Governor Arnold; Bishop’ dark, ! President Sears, John Jj. Swift, ,B. A.li. Stone, of Boston; 1 George Bod man,and several others, For three hour a tho enthusias tic audience listened to the speeches. ' . f n '■£ Besolutions were adopted urging tho President;.to use every constitutional meansin biapowerto suppress,the . rchelUdn;' declaring that (only two parties l 'loyal men and trfdtorjß, and' asking tho Governor to odd the enrolleddo tha active militia. The announcement .that adrafthad boon ordered -by the Government was received with loud cheers., • Bhode Island is determined to-do her part-ta fighting, to the end, and Gov. SpragncO has called; on-'the colored citizens to form a regiment as a part ofthequotaoftlw: State, and promises to acc.mpany them to the field, and share the perils with them , - - - . War Meebug at Briei Pennsylvania, V . . Ebik, Pa.; August'd,—A mass meeting washeldin the Park to-day, presided oyer by the, Hon. O. ffi; Keed- Over 50,00 peopltfwer'e in attendancei ahdwefe addressed by Messrs. A/M' Clapp," of Buffalo; Thomas Coin?** o* Pittsburg, ' and -others. Besoluttons* were “opted’ .pledging Brie county for her quota of one uullion meti ;to crushl tho robt-llion, and;: requesting'the county oom— .misaioners to subscribe $30,000 towards paying a bounty to volunteers. ' ~ " ; New York Bank Statement. ■ ! Nbw York,' August 4.— The bank, statement for the week ending bn Saturday shows— Anincreaßeofloans..........,.' Ad increase of specie. »■••••••• •««««•*•• a ■ witßii) ■ An increase of circulation...... 66,915 - An Increase of deposits v 4,685,759 ' Markets. Baltimore, Augl 4 —Flour dnil audinaotive. Wheat '•'.active. 1 Corn dull. Whisky steady at 83}fc. Coffee qniot and lower. Provisions dull. THE CITY#. The Thermometer., AUGUST 4,1861. I AUGUST 4,1862. 6A. H. 12 m. 3 p.m. 8 a.m. 12k. 3p„ TS 90 92 |77 00* % WIND. L S by W. B.JNS. NE. s . THE DRAFT FOR MILITIA. liO-W ra WILL OPERATE. THE LAWS OF PENNSYLVANIA ON THE SUBJECT. ' As it is now established beyond a doubt thatjirafting will be resorted to for the purpose of promptly making up the onotaa demanded to meet the late call for 300,090 additional troopsyit may be Interesting to the general reader to have some knowledge as to the manner in which a draft is conducted. The orders respecting the drafting just ordered by the Government will not surprise our citizens, as ithas been expected, and the people generally have desired it. The rapidly •growing sentiment in favor of drafting arisea from the.conviction that, on the whole, it is the best means of promptly filling up fee army. It is tfie'fairest method that can be used, and faUs with equal weight upon all classes.' In fact, it is little more than giving a definite, practical form to volunteering. It was repeatedly resorted to, both during the war of Inde pendence erd the war oflBl2. ■ The legislation of the United States duly provides for the power of drafting and provisions for its use. In -2792 a law was passed entitled “An act for the national defence, by establishing a uniform militia throughout the UnitedJStaies,” and afterwards amended and applied to all citizens capable of bearing arms in the country, gives the President authority to order a draft. The last Congress made the following enactment,. It was passed Inly 16,1862. The first section of that bill provides os follows: « That whenever .the. President of the United States shall cell forth the militia of the States, to bo employed in the service of the United States, he may specify in his sail the period for which snch service will be required, not exceeding nine months; and the militia so called shall be mustered in and continue to serve for and during the term so specified^/unless sooner discharged by command of the President, If, by reason of delects in existing lawß, or. in . the-execution of .them in tna leverat-Statea, or any of them, it shall be found necessary to. provide for enrolling the militia,-and otherwise putting this act into" execution, the President is autborizen in such cases to make all necessary rules and regulations ! and the enrollment of the militia shall in all cases include all able-hodted male ettisens between the ages of eighteen and forty-five, and shall be apportioned among the States according to representa tive population.” It will'be- seen from the’above that the President has no power to draft except for nine months. Each Statejhas its ownjlawa in regard to the enrollment of the militia force','and these laws generally embody the manner in which drafting shell be carried oat, when called for by the National Government. According to the laws of Pennsylvania all able-bodied white male citizens, between the ages of 21 and £5 years, residing in the State, and hot exempted by tho laws of tbo United States,, shall ho snbject to military dnty; excepting— I. All persons in the army and navy of the United:' States. 11. Ministers and preachers of the Gospel, and pro fessors of colleges and school directors, and alt. judges of the several-courts of this Commonwealth. HI. Persons who . have'been, or hereafter shall be, regularly and honorably discharged from the army and navy of the United Btatea in consequence of the per formance of military duty, in; pursuance of any law of this Btate. ' IV. Commissioned officers who shall have served as such in the mililiaofthis State, or any oneofthe United States, for the space of five consecutive years; bat no officer shall be so exempt unless by his resignation, alter such term of service duly accepted, or inlanch other law ful manner, he shall have been honorably discharged. y. Every nonjetommiasiOntd offic ir, musician, and private of every uniformed troop raised, who has or Shall hereafter uniform himself according to the provisions of any law of this State, and who shall have performed service in inch company or troop for the space of seven consecutive years from the time of bis enrollment there in, shall be exempt from military dnty, except in case of war, insurrection, or invasion. VI. It BDy member of such company, or troop, who shall have, been regularly uniformed and equipped, shall, upon his removal out of the boat of such company, or troop; or upon the disbandment thereof, enlist in any other uniformed company, or troop, and uniform unit equip himself therefor, and serve in the same, whenever the whole time of his service in such companies; or troopß, computed together, shall amount to seven years, he Khali be exempt from military duty in like manner as if he had served for the whole period in the company, or troop,'in which he was first enrolled; the certificate from the commanding officers of such companies shall be the proof of such service. . r i T . By the laws of the United States the persons exempted from military duty are the Vice President of the United States; the officers, judicial and executive, of the Govern ment of the United States; the members of both Houses «ef‘ Congress and their respective clerks-;' all custom house officers, .with their clerks; all post officers and - stage-drivers'who are employed in the care and con veyance of the mail of the post; office of the United States ; all ferrymen employed at any- -ferry on the post road; allinspectoisof exports; all pilots; all mariaera actually employed in the sea service of any citizen or merchant within the United States; — post-riders, and drivers of mail stages, assistant posh-V' masters and clerks regularly employed and engaged in poet offices. Idieis, lunatics, paupers, hibirual' drvmkaids, and persons convicted of infamous crimes, aro also exempt. ‘ •• - 1 The enrollment of persons subject to military.duty is • conducted as follows: The assessors chosen in each city shell make a return of all .persons in their respec tive districfß between the ages of 21 and 45 yearn liable to be enrolled by the laws of the General Govern ment. All those exempted from service shall pay an nnaHy the sum of fifty cents. Every person unbraced in . the military roll shall receive a notice that he is enrolled. As soon as the roll is completed, the assessors shall cause notices to be.pnt up in conspicuous pnblio places setting - forth,that they have made their roll of persona UaWe to draft, and that the roll is left with one of their number, where all interested-can call and examine Until the said . assessors meet to review the enrollment. Any person claiming exemption on account of phy sical defect or bodily infirmity, or by the law* of this State or of the United States, may, before the day spe cified in the notice, make an affidavit before some one qualified te take the same, of his exemption, which -hall be filed in the office of the City or County Commissioner, and any person sweariog falsely shall be liable to a pro secution for perjury. On the day. the Commissioners shall meet to review the enrollments, they shall make a certified list of the persons they shall determini to be exempt,“and shall file said list in their office for tho future guidance of Assessors and Commissioners. When th 3 assessment roll is completed, 'the - assessors)shall sign the same, and attach the following affidavit: “ The undersigned, assessors of the cityin the county of , being sworn or affirmed, say that they have made strict and diligent inqairy to ascertain the names of all persons required to be enrolled as liable to military dnty’by the laws of tho United States residing in the district; that the roll hereto annexed is, as near as the deponentß can ascertain, a correct roll of all per sons. residing in said district who are liable to be enrolled.” This affidavit is taken before any authorized officer, whose duty it shall be to take them without, fce. The roll is then to he delivered to the county commissioners at their next meeting, and a copy to the brigade in spector of the proper brigade. The assessors in the various wards are yet busily en gaged in enrolling the) names of all persona subject to draft. In some of the wards the labor has been com pleted. The present work of the assessors is merely carrying out the law, however, which requires a return every year of those subject to military duty, &c., as stated above. In consequence of the nori-cotlectioa of a military tax, except in a very few cases, the assessors) negtocted to perform the labor for, several yeais, and what they are now doing is no more than is required by the laws’of the Commonwealth/The present enrollment, however, will greatly assist the authorities in the draft con templated) >We have heard of numerous cases where the assessors have been roughly treated, at certain houses, when making the necessary inquiries as to the ages; £c.,'of the male occupants. Those who refuse to give the information demanded, or give false names, &c.i are subject to prosecution. After the roils have been prepared of those liable to serve, the requisite number of names are drawn by lot, in the presence of prescribed officers. The persons drawn are notified and given op portunity to prove themselves exempt, or provide suitable substitutes; failing in which, they are compelled to serve or submit to heavy penalties, generally imprisonment. The eider jof .yesterday, from) the War Department at Washington, authorizing a draft, was received by our citizens generally with joy, rather than-otherwise. Mili tary man were delighted,-and .state that- recruiting for the next two weeks will be greatly increased. The whola subject ofdrafting is yet in the hands of the people. Thojewhofalter and hold back may escape enlistment and will forfeit *!! bounties, but they cannot dodge draft ing. That makes no distinction. " It draws .for its sup port on all classes, and forces men to make that sacrifice for their country, to which; it would- seem, they have no patriotism to prompt than. The present draft wp have one'great and beneficial offoct, as it will bring out a clßßsof men who have been giving the Government a very cold support and aloof from all the military operations, , except such as were profitable or peculiarly glorious to themselves. As has al ready been " stated, Tt is-thougbf? that one of 'the very first effects of the-commencement of a resort to drafting [will aipcar in tho form of a powerful stimulus to recruiting. Bast evening there waa great life and bnstloaround the different military headguar-. ters. Drafting was on every man’s tongue, and was thoroughly discussed on the street corners, in the-bar 'rbpm,'and in domestic circles. AU were unanimously of- tho ono opinion, that if waa decidedly the best thing , that the Government could do, and should have been done someltime Bluce.gglt to not likely,thsit a draft will have te be resorted,to, in order to furnish our .quotsffor the first call of 300,C00 men; but the additional 300,009 . 'must bo raised in-this way, in order that; they may be Bpeedily placed in the field and the rebellion crushed. There is not the least doubt but that the whole six hun dred thousaud men asked for by tho Government could bo raised in time, 1 but the emergency is great and delays are dangerous. The whole number must be raised at once—in a few day s—and drafting is the only way in which it can be done. This la plain to tho minds of all, and those who find fault with it are not true to the cause, and ehould be banished from our midst The Effects of Tight-Robe Walk ing.—Yesterday morning a boy, named Jacob. Hone, aged, fifteen’ years, fell and broke both arms mid his shoulder blade while pr&ctißUig walking on a tight rope, at a tavern near tlie wire bridge He resides back or HaTerford stroefWcst Philadelphia- was conveyed to the* hoßpaal'by, Officer ßsmsbaStow- tbe,®aek poUw. This iabut one of the bad effects produced by-the exhi bition's of tight-rope wato">g which are performed on the- Sclyijlkil! river on each‘Weisant. aftomponj4q.au: assemi blage composed principally of children. ;We hope tho ahoTO accident "ell ko a warning to all others 'who may Wish to" gain notoriety'by displaying their Ibolhardineas instici a eiUy undertaking. Biot in.sThk Nineteenth "Ward. — While Oil! cers Oaks and Miller, of the Nineteenth ward, •were arresting -a man for disorderly conduct on Rich mond street, below William, on Sunday evening, they wore attackedMsya. large number of people, who at tempted to rescue their prisoner.'' They jeltod the offl-. ms with stones, pieces of-.brick, coal; and .other missiles. ■5 he policemen, fortunately, sustained no seriona.iojary, and held onto their prisoner, and locked him up in the Btation-heuse. Efforts are being made to arrest the bel ligerents, when tliey .will be punisbed to the full exten/t of the law. Such conduct is a diagraoe to that section of the city, andevoiy goodcUizenofthe wardsbould aid the officers in'securing the offending parties. EBIGBTFUL IAUj 'WmUE ASLEEP.— About eleTen o’dock,' on'Sunday night, Mrs. fsabelto . Wolf; residing on the Frauhford road, above Xork street, l fell' from the reef of ber house, aud was very ba-lly in jured about the head. ~ She was token up in an InsennMa 7 condition. -It U. suppostd that she hod gone upon tha li-oof of,the hotue to. deep, and, .upon being aronsed by the.rain, accidentally Jell off,, The e;dtfewr was omvtfM to The Episcopal Hospital.
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