the p kkscs,
jipßhlflHßD D'l l f I s NU,V.HKXG B PTHD,,
by JDDN w • i ’ oIINBY '
j'ffOE, No. HI sOOfll >OCK STREKT.
•g* 21 K D A M< V I' R. II 8S j
LTg osnts Pgr Wkkk onyaMe ta the Oarrfflr.
!lcd to StxtMcrifeers out of the Oity at Six Dollars
FHaB ** ,w,4l,s pos KjO,IT Worths,
*‘* ee Dol iab» roit Nix Must ns—lnvariably tn' ftd
}or tin) llm«
' THE TIM.WEEKLY PRESS,
1° Subscribers uut o< tbe (lUy at ThrER Dot'
211 I’bu Atf.ygM, tn advance '
educational.
COLLEGE,
w bobbkntown, n. J.
wnH-eatnMiaMd and flnurithlug Institution Is
* ’ located 011 ibi* CNmdou amt Mnboy Railroad)
T,oli r'ra’rido from l*‘,dn<letp: la Special attention is
J 'Vo, the common aod higher branches of English, and
.paw ” „^ ren t»gea fandslicnl In Vnoal and Instrumental
* lir< iC° irrcnch is r»oghr. bv a native and spohonlnthe
J, Far catalogues, addres*
■familf' *« r jjot.johN H. BRAKE LET, A. M,
President.
W-"'EFLEYA!\ FRMa le college,
WILMINGTON, Delaware
„ JOHN WIUBON, A *1 I President.
i..i«!«i by a full board of Pro enema and Teachers.
_ C ,| nesaloo will romioeuoo no MONDAY, iho Ist
ra'ntfjiiN'fi aoll contimiß ton monthe.
iiwUtutlon offers to Youug Ladles superior ad*
r,,r nciiiirin u a ttummab nud complete ednca
flTsroUinWoexwma
' nP * f Htldn a» th** PraatfUnt*
/iHKhINUT STREET FEMALE
I i qtfglNAllY; Princltal-*, ai'ss BONNKY and
!>' T)?JjLiAYT3. Thn 2&th N«mi- annual Senalon will
iVfilncwiaJ'i Baptombn* 10. Partlunlnrs from olr
-1616 CHESTNUT Street,
c " n ™ , s el& Philadelphia.
fIOLIJfIGIATG INSTITUTES FOR
'w TOONG 1iM)TE3,1630 Arch street, Rev. Charles
. 'The auihth year will begin
‘iiriembiT 15th. A*dress Post-office Box 1839.
■ - V , ' --
PENNSYLVANIA MILITARY
X ACADEMY ftt West (master, (for boarders only)*
ffljja Academy wIU be opened ouffiUlt3DAY, Sep
-■'ember iffii In its capacious buildings are nr
.-Hngfnienifl of the highest order f or rheoncnfurtabie quar
tering and subsisting one hundred and fifty cadets.
A corps e! competent, and experienced teachers will
<Hts their'Undivided »tt> ntion 'o the educational depart
u,oTit, and aim lo make their induction thorough,and
vftc-Hcfll. The department of studies embraces the fol
'■‘owing course*: Primary, < l uamieroial, And Scientific,
•■'jollpglste and Military, The moral training of cadets
,’Aill be carefully attended to. ffor circulars, apply to
Tamfß U.’Ornr, Esq., No, 626 Oheatrmt street, or at the
’onnk etftud of Continental HoH, Philadelphia or to
Bul-40t Ooi. THBO RYaTT President P. iff. A.
TTILLAGE- green SEMINARY.—
V taeleet BOARDING 80N00L, near MEDIA,
'>nnnylvfujl»- Thorough online io Mathematics, OUb-
Sogllnli Btudlea. Ao Boofe-kiwplug and Civil En
. ’ißeerlog taught. Exmuaea lu Military Taotioa.
Seventh year begins September Ist,
Boarding, her weak $2 25
Tuition, Ptr quarter 6.00
Tor information, address
Bov, J. HERVKT BARTON, A. M.,
VILLAGE GREEN, PsDn’a.
BRISTOL BOAK.DING- SCHOOL
for Girls will upon its Full session on Seocnd dap,
ISlntli BiQ.,'3st.
References; James Mott, Philadelphia; Anno
‘Olinrcbrasn, 90S Franklin street, Philadelphia; 0, 21.
•!’circa,SOl North Seventh street, Philadelphia: Henry
",V, Bidgway.OroßSwicks, New Jersey; David J Griscom,
■Woodbury, New Jersey. For circulars, apllly to BUTH
ANSA FEIBOB, Principal, Bristol, Pa. jy23-2m*
MR. WINTHROP TAPP AN’S
Boarding and pay School for Young liadlM, No,
SBl6 EPBDOK Street, will reopen on WEDNESDAY,
tleptginbtr Utb; Jyl9-Bm
TTOLMieBURG SEMINARY FOB
.CL YOUNG LADIES, located on the Bristol Tnrn
-ilke, 8 mllesfrom Philadelphia and 3 from Tacony. The
.]rat tens of the scholastic year begins the flrat MON
OAT in September; second term the Ist day of Feb.
■:.-afU7. " "
A circular, containing terms, references, &0,, can be
obtained by application to the
Misses OH A PM AN, Principals.
SUMMER RESORTS.
SUKF HOUSE, ATLANTIC CITY.
-Comfortable Bocmv o»n now be bad at this well
is>pt and convenient! 7.located house, as there are a num
• £>«r of departure! daily,
ano-lit*
H. S BENSON, Proprietor,
t <Q£A BATHING. —A EaVORITE
ID HOME.
frnjK u WTX't'WttfYnaw »*
MASSACHUSETTS Avenue, ATLANTIC CITY, N J.
This popular houßelß open. Its situation is quitenear
*4b« hesci J has goodrooms, all opening upon the ocean,
end Inmlßbtthwitta spring mattresses. Its reputation la
-.tell eslabliehed as a first-class home. Plentiful table.
2rcr) attention given to guests, and terms moderate.
WH WBITBHOUSE, Proprietor.
- HP* No Bar at ihe a Whitehouse.” aus>lm
jfjBNTRAL HOUSE, ATLANTIC
HJ OITSyNew Jersey.
M, LAW LOU, Proprietor*
The above newhouse is now open for Boarders, Booms
tome! to any on the beach* well ventilated* high ceilings*
ic Servants attentive and polite. Approximate to the
«3afhing grouoda, aas-im#
SEA BATHING.
OCEAN Btraais, OAPE ISLAND, N. X,
isiid-ew* 00 " f
jQEkA BATHING
LONO BBANOH, MONMOUTH 00..N.X
METBOPOOri AN HOTEL,
NOW OPEN.
Addreee J. H. A X. W. OOQPBB,
1710.1m* Proprietors.
STAB HOTEL,
/Nearly opposite the United States Hotel,) _
' ATLANTIC OITT, N. J.
SAMUEL ADAMS, Proprietor. ■ ■
.Sinner,.. .1...60 cents.
Alio, Gsrriagoeto Hire, ■ ■■ ■„
, jeqp BoMderi accommodated on the most reasonable
•darn.. }e%i-3m
eHOLUMBIA HOUSE.
'\J ■ ATLANTIC OITT,
SITUATED ON KENTUCKY AVENUE,
Opposite the Surf House.
. W Terms to suit the times. - ,
je2o-Sm BPWABP DOYLE, Proprietor,
CJEA-BIDE HOUSE, ATLAN TlO
OITT, N. I.
BT BAYID BQATTBBQOOD.
A NEW PBIVATE BOABDING HOUSE, beautiful
ly situated st the foot of Penneylrania Avenue. .
Now open for vieitore for the season. ieiw-2m
TWTANBION HOUSE,
AWL ATLANTIC OITT,
E. LEE, Proprietor.
This Honse havhig been thoroughly renovated and en
larged, is new open for permanent and transient boarders.
The MiiVBIQN HQ0833 is convenient to depot* churches*
end test office, The bathing gronuds are unsurpassed
on the Island. The Bar is conducted by Mr, XBIBL, of
Phllsdelphia, who will keep superior wines, liquors, and
choice brands of cigars. jeZMm
mAG L E HOTEL, ATLANTIC
.sCj OITT, Is now open, with a
LABGE ADDITION OF BOOMS.
Board 87 per week, bathing dresses included. jeHO-Zm
jfIOTTAGE RETREAT, ATLANTIC
HJ CITY, is now open and ready for Boarders. A few
choice Stouts can be obtained by applying soon. The
Proprietor furnlsbes his table with fresh milk from his
oows, and fresh vegetables from his farm.
Also, about tour hundred destrablo Cottage and Hotel
.Lots for sole by H, McGLHES,
je2o-2m Proprietor,
«mHE ALHAMBRA,” ATLANTIC
JL OITY," N. J,, a splendid new honae, southwest
fioraer of ATIcANTIOand MASSACHUSETTS Avenues, ,
•trill be open for visitors on and after Jand 2&th. The rooms
■end table ef The Alhambra ” are nnanrpaaaed by any
on the Island. There la a spaolona Ice Oream and Ee
beahment Saloon attached-to the honae. Terms moderate.
0. DUBOIS A 6. J. YOUNG,
Proprietors.
OTDLOE’S HOTEL, ATLANTIC
'AJ CITY, N. J—At the terminus of the railroad, on
(me left, beyrnd the depot 'this House Is now open for
‘Hoarders and Transient Visitors, and offers acoommoda
ticne equal to any Hotel in Atlantic City.' Charges mo
derate, Children and servants hair price. y
-19* Parties should keep their seats until the cars ar
rive in front of the hotel. ie2o-2m
fIHESTEB COUNTY HOUSE.—This
private Boarding House, comer of YOBK and
SAdIFIO Avenue, Atlantic City, convenient to the
beach, with a beautiful view of the Ocean, is now open
&r the season. Tb® accommodations are equal to any
others on the Island. Prices moderate.
je2o.2m J. KEIM, Proprietor.
SEA BATHING.—“The Clarendon,”
(formerly Virginia Houee,) VIBGJMIA AVENUE,
ATLANTIC CITY, is now open for the accommodation
of Boarders. This House is situated immediately on the
ffieaoh, and from every room affords a fine view of the
•Pea, [je2o-2m] JAMES JENKINS, M.D.
•SEA BATHING.'—UNITED STATES
HOTEL, LONS BRANCH, N. J., is now open,
aituated only fifty yards from the seashore, central of the
■Slace; house fronting the ocean 800 feet; two hours
, Stout New York,: Steamer leaves Murray street twice
daily, OA. M. and 4P. M.: thence by the B. and D, B.
‘Ssllroad. Address B. A. SHOEMAKEB.
Oommunicatiou from Philadelphia is by the Oamden
And Amboy BaUroad, by the 6 A. M. and 3 P. M. trains.
’ jel9-2m*
Forest grove house—
BOHOOLEY’S MOUNTAIN BPBINGS, NEW
JIIBSEY._The above popular Hotel is now ready for
the BUMMEB BEABON, having been thoroughly set in
oroor for the accommodation of visitors to Schooley’s
Mountain Springs.
The FOBEBT GBOYH is a most capacious House, de
sishtfully located, with wide-spreading lawns, and com
-1 Banding a view of scenery unsurpassed iu attraction and
beauty; and offers to visitors a quiet retreat from the
turmoil and bustle of city life. • '
._**aring no exorbitant rent to pay, the proprietor of the
.FOREST GBOVE HOUSE will accommodate families
and visitors at as low a rate as a atriot regard'to the re
spectability of the House will, afford. The moderate
ouarges of this House, as compared with the neighboring
boarding houses, is a feature which must commend itself
to the attention of families who do not desire to pay ex
.“•jaganffy for a few weeks’ recreation. TERMS—
SEVEN DOLLABB PEK WEEK.
k Visitors to the FOBEST GBOVE HOUSE will enjoy
pure air, pleasant drives,'finest scenery, and the purest of
•chalybeate waters, whilst its accessibility to the oities
tenders it among the most desirable of Inlaud resorts.
All communications addressed to the undersigned will
'hieet with prompt attention.
)f26-smlm P. MATHEWS, Proprietor.
OUMMIR BOARDING.— BRQAD-
W TOP MOUNTAIN HOUSE.—A romantio spot for •
BUMMEB BEBIDENOB on one of , the Mountain Tops
Jf Pennsylvania, reached dally by the Pennsylvania
ventral, and the Broad Top Mountain BaUroad from
Huntingdon. The House Is one of the flueet In,the in
(crior of the State, handsomely furnished, with all the re-
UUialtes for comfort and convenience—pure air, deli
wous spring water, romantio ecenery, and everything to
restore and invigorate health. Telegraph station and a
Sfff p mll > lo that daily communication may be had with
Philadelphia.
The Pennsylvania BaUroad wUI furnish excursion
Bwets through the, seaeon. Persons leaving Philadel
phia to the morning can take tea af the Mountain muu
same evening.
. The subscriber has kindly bees allowed to refer to the
“mowing gentlemen, residents of Philadelphia, who have
Seen patrons of the Mountain Bouse :
Wm. Cummings, Esq,, David P. Moore, Esq.,
fiaml, Castner, Esq,, Thos. Oarstairs, Esq.,
Hon. Henry D. Moore, lewis T. Wattson, Esq.,
John McOanles, Esq., G. Albert Lewis,'Esq.,
John Hartman, Esq ~ Biohard D. Wood, Esq,
Mode* AM. For further information* addreifl
lel2.tr t, J . 0 S® P Il® 0 J? BI80H > PntHetor.
“ Broad-Top City, Huntingdon oounty, Pa.
mEEN GINGER.- 35 TjWs. choioo
by GI NGEB, received direct from (Juba, and tot sale
SUE BHODES ft WILLIAMS, ,
m 107 South WATER Street.
VOL. 6.— NO. 8.
RETAIL DRY GOODS.
rjIHE NEW TRAIL SKIRT.
Jfafit received another lot of theire beautiful
SPUING SKIRTS,
BOTH MEDIUM AND EXTRA LENGTH.
ALSO, A GENERAL ASSORTMENT FOB MISSES,
BBBPPABD, TAN HABLINGEN, & ARBISON,
ans-lSt ■ jIOOS CHESTNUT Street.
A LLWOOL FRENCH FLANNELS,
4*-,.' Fancy stylOß, for Gants’ Shirts.
■ ' BY BE A LANDFILL,
■ 1,118 1 - v ■ FOUKTII and ABOH.
Fall he laines, all nest
PATTERKSv-—Hamilton De Laines
Pad Ho Da Lames.
Manchester Da Lainos.
EYBffi A LaNDKIT.,
- ■ " FOCTBTH and ABO
T?NGLIBH PRINTS, FALL STALES,
44 Opening of British Prints.
, 4*4 French stiles.
„„ a HYBE-& LANDELL,
® nif FOURTH and ABOH.
T INENS, WHITHi GOODS, HOsIE-
J-4 BY, EMBROIDERIES.—The subscribers, in ad
dition to the House Fnruishiug and Gurtaiu Departments
of the Dry Good. Bnsiness, givo special attontioa to and
have always on hand a fresh stock of the best Sheeting
Goods, Hosiery, and Embroideries, to
attention of buyers is respscttnhr reanested
SH ?^ ABD * TAN harbinger & arrison,
1008 CH HSTN UT Street
rpHE LAST CHANCE FOR BAR
JL GAINS.
_ further beduotion in prices.
Wo nro determined to closeont the balance of onr Sum
mer Stock before the first of September. In order to do
se we will offer etir entire stock of
FANOY SILKS.
DESIRABLE DRESS GOODS, ‘
LAOE MAbTLES AND POINTKS,
. SILK COATS AND BACQUEJ,
inth OW< ICy riCCa thBn Ihoa ® of ““y other Betall House
OUB BLAOK SILKS
{*" VPf ““tohed in prices and qualities, as they were all
bought before the last nse, and we are able to sell them
, OLD LOW PRIOR 9,
One lot choapest Black Figured Silks ever offered.
Also, a good aafcrimont of
DOMESTIC GOODS.
„ ... „ ■ H. STEEL A SON,
an4-tf Ho. 718 North TENTH St, aoove Coates.
"DARGAINB IN DRY GOO OS.
WIU b 0 ““ at a «"« 8 “
„*«»•* Black Silk aDd Wool talliesat Mjjfc, worth
rive pieces Barege inglfc at 4c, worth 100.
irive pieces plain Barege at I2#c.
10 5,? f Shetland Shawls, at vary low prices,
splendid for travelling or at watering places,
At John h. .itokeb’,
TO2 A ROB Street.
fpWEIDS AND CASSIMEtIKS.
*i.J ,6 i°^ Rrd9 ? ea , v , y c » B9 >n«i r 6a : jost opened.
Also, 1,000 yards all-wool Twee (in, 62 to T 5 cents
MenSlnS w '*? Ooeslmerei, . fn ’|, aloc C C6ntß<
Men . and Boys wearer stock „ complete.
Bleached and Brown Shirtings.
Bleached and Brown Sheetings.
Cotton Flannels, Domet, all wool, and Saoinedo
. Cotton Goods, at lowest market rafos.
„ honky-coisb quilts.
Mareeilles and Lancaster Quilts.
Bathing Flannels, Mosooito Nets.
Linen Table Damasks and Napkins.
Cheap lots of 4- 4 heavy Irish Linens.
„ CLOSING OCT.
Silk Mantles, Thin Busters, Lace Goods.
Uoya’ Summer Clothing.
Thin Drew Goods, Black Tamartines.
Challles, Mohairs, Mozambinnes, &c
h,ni tr '„ _ . COD PER & OONURD,
JyBl-tr S.E. corner NINTH and MAX.KETjta
CUMMER STOCK! ~—T~
jDl y »n 4 August we win sen Snmmor Dress
Goods* such as XiAfTss. OrrsodiMe Barecmn . n( i *i,,i
"TJ ,ow P*i<Sst”the ,to T ’ Bn<l th6lr
" e BtiU ,air - “0 the goods of thl,
SH\BPLEB9 BROTHERS,
frM CHESTNUT and EIGHTH •»tree(s.
COPARTNERSHIPS.
mHE UNDERSIGNED, SUCCEB
-
THE COPARTNERSHIP heretofore
existing between the tinder-lgned, under the Arm of
A. T. LANK A CO., was this, day dissolved by Its own
limitation. The business wilt bo settled by either of the
undersigned, at Ne. 419 MABKET Street.
ALEX T. LANE,
TO. F. HANSELL,
8. F. 3ANSKLL,
B. HANSELL.
Philadelphia, July 1, 1862. jyl-tuth2m
THE COPARTNERSHIP heretofore
existing under the firm of BIEGEL, BAIBD, ft
OO.i is this dev dissolved,
PETEB SIEGES,
JACOB BIEGEL,
WM. S. BAIBD,
JOHN WIBST.
3O. Jyl-fiw
•VTOTICE OP LIMITED PARTNER-
J3I SHIP.—The subscribers hereby give notice that
they have entered into a limited partnership, agreeably
to the provisions of the several laws of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania relating to limited partnerships.
That the name of the firm under which said partner
ship is to be conducted is BIEGEL, WIEBT, ft EB
VIN.
That the general natnre of the business intended to be
transacted Is the Importing and Jobbing of Dry Goods.
That the names of the General and Special Partners,
all of whom reside" in the city of FMladeiphia, are
JACOB SIEGEL, General Partner, residing at 527
North Sixth street; JOHN WIBST, General Partner,
residing at 822 New street ; D. B. EBVIN, General
Partner, residing at 1615 Girard avenne; HENBY 8.
PISTES, General Partner, residing at 418 North Third
street; JOBIAHBIEGEL, General Partner, residing
at 418 North Third street; PETES SIEGES, Special
Partner, residing at 717 North Eighth street; WM. 8.
BAIBD, Special Partner, residing at the Continental
Hr'
fotel.
That the aggregate amount of the capital contributed
by the Special Partners to the common stoch 1b One
Hundred Thousand Dollars, of which Fifty Thousand
Dollars in cash has been so contributed by Peter Sieger,
Special Partner, and Fifty Thousand Dollars in dash has
been so contributed by Wm'. S. Baird, Special partner.
That the said partnership iB 1o commence on the first
day of July, A. D. 1862, and is to terminate on the first
day of January, 1865.
JACOB SIEGED, y
JOHN WIBST,
D, B. ERVIN, > General Partners.
HBNBT S. FISTBB, f
JOBIAH BIEGED, J
PETEB SIEGES, >
jyl-fiw WM. S. BAIBD, S B ’
,■■■ HOTELS.
pOWERS’ HOTEL,
Nos. 17 and 19 PABK BOW,
(orrosin thr astox aotmi,)
NEW YOBK.
TBBMB. 81.60 PEB DAY.
This popular Hotel; has lately been thoroughly reno
vated and refurnished, and now possesses all the react!-
rites of a ' ,
lIBBT-OLASB HOTEL.
The patronage of Philadelphians and the travelling
public, desiring the best accomodations and moderate
Charges, is reepectfnlly solicited.
je2-8a H. L. FOWEBB, Proprietor,
TRVING HOUSE,
X newyqbk, .
BBOADWAY AND TWELFTH BTBEET,
BHTHANOB OK TWELFTH BTREBT,
Conducted on the
EUROPEAN PLAN.
This house k now open for -the accommodation of
Families and transient Guests.
GEO. W. HUNT, )
Late of the Brevoort House, S Proprietors.
CHAS. W. NASH, )
jyl7-thstu6m •
A CARD.—THE UNDERSIGNED,
XX late of the GIBABD HOHBE, Philadelphia, have
leased, for a term of years, WILLABD’S HOTEL, in
Washington. They tahe this occasion to return to their
old friends and customers many thanks for past favors,
end beg to assure them that they will be most happy to
lee them In their new quarters.
SYKES, CHADWICK, * 00.
WASBiaoTov, July 16,1861. an2B-ly
CABINET rPRNITUKB.
PABINET FURNITURE AND BIL-
W LIABD TABLES.-
MOORE & CAMPION,
No. 201 South SECOND Street, :
in connection with their exti naive Cabinet Business, are
now manufacturing a superior article of
BILLIARD TABLES,
And have now on hand a full supply, finished with the
MOOBE ft CAMPION’S IMPBOVED CUSHIONS,
which are' pronounced by all who have used them to be
superior to aU others.
For the quality and finish of these Tables the manu
facturers refer to their numerous patrons throughout
the Union, who are familiar with the character of their
work. fe26-6m
COAX,.
pOAL.—THE UNDERSIGNED
KJ beg leave to inform their friends and the public
that they have removed their LEHIGH GOAL DEPOT
from NOBLE-STREET WHABP, on the Delaware, te
their Yard, northwest corner of EIGHTH and WILLOW
Streets, where they intend to , keep the best quality of
LEHIGH COAL, from the most approved mines, at the
lowest prices. Your patronage is respectfully solicited.
v . JOS, WALTON ft 00.,
Office, 112 South SECOND Street.
Yard, EIGHTH and WILLOW. mhl-tf
STATIONERY & FANCY GOODS.
LVA STATIONERY toy, AND FANCY GOODS
BMPOBIUM,
Ho. 1086 walhbt btbebt,
BELOW BLavnms,
Jell-fply ' PHILADELPHIA.
A N TI-FRIOTION METAL,
JuL Superior-quallty,.
For sale by' _ .
JAMES YOOOMv Ja.,
CITY BKASS FOUNDRY, DEINKEB’S ALLEY,
■'; Between Front and Second, Baca and Arch sts.
auB-2m* ... : -■ ' -■
GDONOGHUE, 23 SOUTH WATER
• Street, offers for sale 6,000 bbia. of Steam-refined
SUGAB, at refiners' reduced cash prices. auB-2t#
< ; f. *,:m ’.• * ' I F. ; T 1 H f " r - :
l ' ' 1 ■) . i ! i , . " '' ' ' ”' ' " '
D. B. EBYIN,
H. 8. FISTEB,
JOBIAH BIEGEL,
Special Partners,
®|i firm.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 1862.
FROM FORTRESS MONROE.
A.Day in the Realms of Rebellion.
EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS.
INFAMOUS TREACHERY OF THE REBELS.
Our Officers Detained.
[Special Correspondence of Tlis Press ]
Fortress Monroe. August 7. 1862.
Sundry steamers, with; rebel prisoners from Fort
Delaware and Fort Warren,, having sailed from
here for Aiken’s Landing, on Sunday last, to be ex
changed, leaving sundry disappointed newspaper
correspondents, who were unable to obtain permis
eion to accompany them, tbe thought struok me
. that they might be detained at Harrison's Landin'*
and that a chance might there offer itself to asoend
i the James river into the dominions of Jeff, and pro
cure a quantity of Richmond papers, besides ob
tainiDg material for a letter. I left here on Mon
day morning, and succeeded in both objects.
A peculiarity of James river is a monstrous ah »I
low near the mouth, which leaves merely a narrow
channel on the western side far vessels to pass.
The width of the river, till noar the neighborhood
of Harrison’s Landing, eighty miles up, is about
two and a half miles. A few miles below that
point it deoreases to within two miles. At a dis
tance of forty-five miles from the mouth is James
Island, upon which is part of the ancient site of
Jamestown, founded by the first settlers of Vir
| B'uhi, in 1607. A portion stands on the mainland,
| near by, Both settlements consist of a few small
houses of dark brick, varied by an occasional build
ing of wood, upon which tho whitewash has lon<*
been dimmed. At the further end of the island
stands the front .wall of a ruined brick ohurch, built
last oeptury. A little grove of richly foliaged
trees, sprung from its site, has amply compensated
for the three missing walls. Near it is an earth
work, built by rebels, and a range of rebel wooden
barracks. Upon the island, also, is the mansion of
a Mr. Allen, occupied by an overseer of the noigk
beriig estates, the proprietor himself making his
headquarters at Clermont, on the west bank of tho
river. He there derives large profits from out
ting wood on. his immense domains, and ship
ping it to various localities. A few minutes of
further sailing brought us to a black gunboat, whose
decks were cleared for action, and whose Jack
tarscrowded to larboard to view us as we sailed
side by sido. A man was at the foretop, looking
sharply for the enemy on the west bank, and guns
wore saucily pointing their noses at various angles
ready with a shot at a minute’s warning. Every
feature betokened earnest war, and, as an addi
tional impression, our captain was hailed, asked his
business, and peremptorily ordered to carry his
flag at half-mast in honor of the deceased Martin
Van Buren. After passing a small fleet of thirty
becalmed sohooners, we came up with a gun
boat precisely similar to the one we had passed
which was to act as convoy, sailing between our
selves and thb shore, to readily answer any chance
shot from a masked battery. The narrow mouth
of the much-talked-of Chickabominy soon ap
peared ; and presently were seen the several
steamers I sought for, crowded with tho three thou
sand rebel prisoners. They had anchored there
since daylight, being under orders to pass Har
rison’s Landing only at night, that the prisoners
might not see the camping ground of General
McClellan’s army. Three miles beyond these
steamers appeared a small forest of masts rising
from two hundred schooners and two dozen steam
boats, and the camp of the grand Army of the Po
tomac appeared in view. As onr vessel approached
fl P !n 8 -. CA i h ” v through ma °r faMdraL
■DOTne < Dy t ffie con\raotors, who, not covering it with
canvas, had allowed it to be washed by the sea on
the voyage; in others the Government became the
loser, as it had lain after delivery and been rained
on till mildewed. The Boone at tbe Landing was of
tbe liveliest description—sutlers obtaining their
goods from steamers, soldiers coming to view our
arrival, shouting, altercation, the, examination of
passes, and general excitement. On ascending the
bank a new scene of activity presented itself.
Camps as far as the eye could reach, wagons, and
orderlies riding to and fro, flying artillery return
ing from drill, contrabands chattering* and hun
dreds of cavalry horses kioking incessantly from
flies,
I would here take occasion to remark upon
the false reports circulated respecting the osndition
of our arm; and the unhealthiness of the locality.
The camp is upon a bluff fifty feet high, has
ho marsh land on the James river, and ft,,
precisely as healthy as the neighborhood of
Philadelphia. All I addressed on the subject
laughed'at these stories, and asserted that beyond,
a little diarrhoea and foyer incidental to unwhole
some' delicacies sold by sutlers and a change of
-water, no sickness occurs.. A new description of
water, no matter how wholesome it will be, after
use always affects some cenatitutions, and' the pen
insular water, pleasant as it ft, proves no exception
to the rule. All the troops I saw looked hearty and
jolly, and perfectly ready for renewed action. No
signs of a recent retreat appear, and future victory
stands on the hardy brow of every soldier, These
were the impressions received from a short sojourn
of two hoars among these heroes of future story.
At dusk I departed for the vessels on which were
the rebel prisoners. There were 3,013, divided
between tbesteamers Coatzacoalcos, Knickerbocker,
State of Maine, Wilson Small, Catskill, and Georgia.
The flag of truce boat Henry Burden followed the
next day, carrying up Adjutant General: Thomas,
charged with the superintendence of the; exohange,
assisted by Capt. Stevenson, of the artillery stationed
at Fort Delaware. The expedition was under com
mand of Capt. Jones, of Philadelphia, also stationed
at Port Delaware, assisted on board the different
boats by Lieutenant Paul, Lieutenant Krouse, Lieu
tenant Sleek, and others, of Port Delaware, and
Lieutenant Pair, of the 11th United States Infantry,
who came down in charge of the Port Warren pri
soners.' The Coatzacoalcos grounded below City
Point through the carelessness of a colored pilot,
and after anchoring through the night, the little
fleet proceeded on Tuesday, morning on its way,
after the Coatzacoalcos had transferred its living
cargo. to the Knickerbocker, and to a tug boat,'
which opportunely arrived. City Point had been
the locality hitherto used for exchanging prisoners, ‘
but as the rebels are now erecting fortifications
there, they did not wish our men to see them, and
appointed Aiken’s Landing, seven miles further off,
for the transaction. It is there that all conferences
now take place between the rebel authorities and
our own. The property is owned by Mr. A. M.
Aiken, who holds 2,500 acres around, 500 only of
which is cleared. But 250 of this is eaoh year
cultivated, and thirty slaves are ‘used for the
purpose. This land would be easily taken care
of by ten men at the North. Mr, Aiken is
a ' gentleman of fifty, with a plain, farmer
like appearance, and though' siding with his
section, was most cordial to all of onr expedition
who addressed Mm. He deeply regrets the war,
and waß opposed to secession at its first Inception.
He values his land at $lOO an acre. It is thirteen
miles from .Richmond by road, and twenty-four by
water! Like manyof his neighbors, he has sent
his negroes either far back into the country, or
Mred them to the Confederate Government to work
on entrenchments. It was my lot to be on board
the Knickerbocker, and here were the 210 Port
Warren prisoners, included among whom were the
rebel Generals Buckner, Tilghman, Maekall, Pet
tigrew, and Gantt, with Commodore Barron, Cap
tains Mitchell and Kennon, and a host of inferior,
officers of both navy and army. The sixty pri
. vates in this batch were chiefly educated men, and
associated on terms of entire equality with their
officers, occupying"* the' same cabin and the same
deck. The private soldiers on the other steamers
were in an exceedingly filthy state, which was ag
gravated in appearance by the brown and gray
color of their elothes, and their long, uncombed hair,
i The greasy odor that pervaded them' permeated
every portion of the vessel; They; were very quiet
under the many delayß they experienced in reaching
Qie terminus of their voyage, knowing well that,
they would not see their homes, but merely be
transferred immediately to the ranks. Their time
was spent in. eating and sleeping, gazing vacantly
upon the surrounding scenery, and* scratching.
This .last was ah absorbing occupation, and was
varied by their taking off their shirts and studiously
examining the inner side. Pifty Union soldiers
guarded each steamer. A dozen sick rebels died
on the way up, having long been , previously ill
with diarrhoea and typhoid As a matter of trifling
import, I.will; advert to the personal;appearance>
of a few rebels on the Knickerbocker. Buckner is
a man of two or three-ani-forty, with a flattenfcd
nose, dark'complexion, and heavy chin. He wore
his long, prematurely-gray hair crashed behind his
ears, and his faoe Bhaven, with the exception of the
lip and ohin. His dress was a plain sack anil pan
taloons of dark-blue cloth, a gray waistcoat, and a
high gray sknll-eap, of indescribable shape, band
ed by black Scotch cheeks. His form is mode
rately. thick-set./ His face is conceded to laok
high polish, but his manners arc cordial and
attractive. As he passed each Union sentinel
on landing, he bade him adieu, and shook hands
with him, much to* the sentinel’s gratification.
PHILADELPHIA, SATI
He is a politician. Hand-sbakingia cheap and fre
quent with him. Every man who takes his hand
“»y one use. Tha countenance and gene
"ral air of Tilghman and Barron both bear the im
press of high breeding,'and both are gentlemen, in
the most elegant,'if" not the highest, sense. Tilgh
man wore a dark-blue sack, and pantaloons,of most
unexceptionable cuti The latter were corded with
yellow'. Upon the turned-up flap. of his cream
colored, golden-corded, felt hat, were three, gold
stars, indicating his rank of brigadier general. His
-faoe is florid, his features regular and handsome, !
and his ago not over forty. His curly hair is long
and brushed back, and is prematurely touehod with
-gray, as are also his beard, and moustache. His
height is say five feet nine. Mackall is a erusty
lookipg old chap pf fifty—short and thickly sot;
and Gantt is—goodness knows and - nobody oares.
We have.had enough of the pack. Kot wishing to
inpinge the rules with regard; to prisoners; I didt
not talk with .these men, but was, addressed by a
colonels, whose genuine courtesy enhanced my
Regret at their being enemies,-andinso senseless
a cause. Their sentiments are not worth'giving. ,
The public is tired of rebel logic and rebel brag
about Confederate resources. The only fact
worth 'mentioning is, that , several -felt much;
aggrieved at sundry taunts and burses, received
from the rabble upon the New York Central, Rail
road, while on their way from the field of Fort Do
nelson to Fort. Warren. They, had formed an idea
from this, that . the North hated.;the. South., All
sppke of the war as likely to last long,‘ and soouted
the idea of the. Union being;agaih consolidated.
They inspected silently, and .with great interest!
thp different gunboats that we . passed, and more
especially the Monitor and Galena As a chance
shot from one screamed over the hills, their excite-"
ment to catch a possible glance of their own forces
in the distance was,great. Each, new feature on!
shore, as they supposed themselves . within their
pwn lines, was eagerly' scanned. There are some
: of our people,” said one, as he. saw several Union
cavalry officers approach the shore to water their
horses. “No, those are Yanks,” said another;
“don’t you see : their uniform?” “Why did’nt
they land us at City Point?” said a third, “there
is “ railroad there to take us up.” “We are forti
fying around there,” said a fourth. Ou a first view
of negroes^one cried out: “ Here are some intell
.gent contrabands!” A general! aughthen ensued
at this frequent' term used "by -Northern papers.
Presently the sight offered' itself ot negro women,
whom they knew to be slaves,'and their gratula-
Uons were lively. The old South was really reach
ed at last! On they came, 'from their distant,
houses, trooping to the landing, and were
received with waving of handkerchiefs and
screeches of delight. Generals vied with their,
subordinates in these demonstrations, to which the
negro; women heartily responded, “ Dein’s our
folks; glad to see you, rnassas! ’’’ “ Dey’r waitin’
for you up dar,” were severally heard among their
shouts of welcome; and one old woman, who led the
rest, was profound in her curtsies and gesticula
tions. “ Did you see her throw hor arms up and
then fold them on her breast?’ Hey?" said a de
listed colonel; “G— d—n her old heart!” Si
milar novel manifestations of sentiment were ox-'
pressed on other occasions of that kind that offered
themselves; but on a first sight of Seoesh white
women, enthusiasm became boundless. They were
ladies in the house of Mr. Aiken. They flung open
the blinds and waved their handkerchiefs, with a
will. No cheers were given in return, but sorecoh
followed upon screech, and yell upon yell.; Many
danced. “Sweet as , peaches 1 I know they’re
pretty !’> said an excited youth. “ Bless em! God
bless ’em!” said another, “I’d wave ’em my
handkerchief, if it was not so dirty,” said a third *
“but, never mind, I’ll give ’em my hat;” aad
again hats were waved and ones renewed. Soon the
Handing was attained, and all descended to go on
shbre. The army officers were required to leave
first, in order of rank; then the navy offioers and
privateers; afterwards tie privates, and finally the.
sailors. The absence of enthusiasm'waa remarka
ble. Not a cheer was given as their feet touched
shore, nor was any welcome offered them. Not a
-wagon was sent from Richmond for the conveyance
of officers or baggage, nor was snittaW _
later in’tuo afternoon,' took a pleasure excursion to
the - Landing in a buggy. Every one slowly
ascended to the summit of the gradually-sloping ,
bank, find either sat down or stood in groups con
versing, in evident expectation of wagons. Finally,
the baggage befog placed in Aiken’s warehouse, ;
many privates and a few officers concluded to walk,
leaving the rest fondly awaiting conveyances. .
These latter; in; great'part, set forth during the
night, leaving yet a considerable number on the
spot in the morning. One of them, an officer, oame
on board onr boat, and asked for a little coffee,
roundly cursing the rebel Government for its
total neglect. *By eight o’clock alt had de
parted—3,ol3 in number—and an, equal amount
of noble Union soldiers, who had. arrived at two
in the morning from Richmond, marched on
board. They had .received no food since breakfast
on Tuesday morning, until their arrival near the
Landing during the night. Rations were then sent;
them from our steamers, which they devoured
ravenously, and received the officers, who’ distri
buted them, with extravagant cheers and congra
tulations.; They complained much of the scanty
fare the rebels had given them, but looked well and
hearty, notwithstanding. Their march theprevious
day had been through an intense heat, and several
had fallen prostrate on the way. One of these was
told to rise by a rebel guard, and on expressing
inability, received a blow on the head from the butt
of a musket, which drew a stream of blood.
Another man, in a similar situation, received a bayo
net thrust,-which gave him much pain. Three
rebel guards had fallen dead by sunstroke. Our
soldiers reported civil treatment daring captivity,
and were ‘ assured that their scanty -rations
were; the. same ; as those • of rebel soldiers.
One of them had seen in the memorandum book of
Lt. Turner, the rebel officer ih charge, the names of
three deserter's frem among onr soldiers, who took
the oath of allegiance to the Confederate Govern
ment- These were: C. A. Bowen, private, tj. S. Ar
tillery, Frank Sembler, Co. A, 57th Pennsylvania,
and A. G. Lawrence, Co. C, 16th Massachusetts,
who stated that he was a South Carolinian, and
had been pressed into the Federal service. As our
men marched past Libby’s tobacco warehouse from
their prison on Bell Island, they recognized Gen.
McCall sitting at a window, who, on being cheered,
said he was glad to see them going back, and bade
them farewell, -
Newspaper writers often speak of the wild cheer
ing given by our returned prisoners when once they
stand again beneath the stars . and stripes.. l oan
safely say that not a. cheer, was given .as these,men
filed on board their; several steamers. Their sen
timent seemed absorbed-by approaching dinner, as
they viewed barrels of beef and onions and piles of,
loaves oh the forcdeck. When all had left shore,’
thebattalion -of ragged, coatless rebel soldiers,
acting as guard,'whohad during the embarkation '
lounged or slept on the adjoining bank, walked off
without exchanging adieus.
i Down the river, the Monitor, Galena, and other
gunboats e’aeh came in for vigorous’ cheers, and
after lying at anchor for several hours off Harri- ,
son’s Landing, they were marched' off Shore at
dusk, and distributed by the Provost Marshal to
their several regiments. Those few who belonged
to Pope’s or Burnside’s armies; will, speedily be
sent’to them. As these men do not now return
home, I do not give their names.. - All that were in
good health left Richmond, leaving about 1,500
sick and wounded yet behind.
RBBKX, TREACHERY.
The officers to be exchanged did not leave Rich
mond with the privates, and were expected’ last
evening at Aiken’s Landing Nows finally came
to Adjutant General, Thoinas, that they would
not return at present , the Confederate Govern
merit having concluded to detain them. And
this, after General Thomas had confidingly liberated
all their officers, and tenderly sent a number of
their’ sick to City Point, by the Georgia, that they
might he . taken to Richmond on cars. On the re
turn of this boat to Aiken’s Landing, the guard on
board under Lieut. Miller, 10th New Jersey Regi
ment, were indignant in the extreme, and had they
not been restrained by Lieut. Miller, would have re
taliated by setting fire to Aiken’s house and all his
out-buildings. If any reason had been given for
this treachery to Con. Thomas, ho did not commu
nicate it to his subordinates. It was generally con
sidered by them as a retaliation for Pope’s recent
orders. The indignation of the ooimtry on receipt
of this news will be great. It will hasten enlist
ments
HEW HEBEI, DEFENCES
Being a civilian, and not being, connected with
the expedition, I remained almost entirely on the
steamer, and did not venture beyond the landing.
My information is thns chiefly at second hand. ; It is,
nevertheless, very positive, that just above Aiken’s
Banding,.and from there up to Bort Darling, strong
entrenchments are being thrown up. from the
nearest- of these, a party, from the Bth Alabama
Regiment: strolled down to the Landing yesterday
afternoon,: ai»d stated that their entire regiment
was at work close at hand.
"A DASH AT HEWPOET SEWS.
A member of onr expedition, while on shore as
the rebels landed, overheard an officer remark to
another :'“ We, s are going at Newport News.”
“llow do you know?” said the other. “I have
received two' letters from Biohmond, end they
both state the fact,” was the reply. I give this for
what it is worth. The rebels might possibly take
Newport News, but they would bo immediately
shelled out by our gunboats. . ,
iriLVERH HILL
You will ere this have beard of the taking of
Ma’.vern Hill, on Tuesday morning, by our troops,
-ith about eighty prisoners. The rebel loss is not
)AY, AUGUST 9, 1862,
•own. Wo lost in killed Lieutenant Colonel Gain
1, of the Bth Illinois Cavalry, Captain Henry
■ mod, 2d United States Artillery, < and four men.
■ wounded we had twelve. ; The force of the
> >my consisted of one regiment of infantry, one
■ cavalry, ai>d a battery of artillery. Malvern,
, 1 is eight miles from General MoClellan’s front,'
L eighteen from Richmond. It is a most, im
tant position from whioh 'to push reoonnoissancos,’
1 is now well fortified and reinforoed by Cook’s
: ision and part of Sedgwick’s. Most, important
voments are now going forward, which I forbear
noniion. The public will not be long without
ring news from every department of the army,
i have determined men to deal with, but oan
lose- to them men equally as bravo. The
ihmond papers of yesterday, speak of a speedyl
- attempt to retake Malvern Hiili.
I,for several days past,- have vigilantly alluded'
he various advances of our ft.rees.
REBEL DESERTERS.
imongour returned prisoners were about two
en of the guard who accompanied them’ from
ihmond, 'and slyly marched on board our
liners. They were tired of Seoesh rations, not-'
, hstasding the Confederates boast of abundance,
ISETIIRUBH CIVILIAN.
iffiong those prisoners returned was a member
Ihe Pittsburg Sanitary Commission, Mr. Felix
Bninot, who was taken prisoner at -Savage Sta
i,while reoently; attending to our wounded. He
at Richmond one Samuel Coates, oalling him
-1 a correspondent of the London Times , who
fiaken at the same time, hut whose liberation
rebels have not seen,fit to accord. N.
TTERFROM HUNTSVILLE, ALA.
'Description of the City.
T-S ATTRACTIONS,
[SEAL ROUSSEAU IN COMMAND HERE.
Buell and Staff off for East Tennessee.
Huntsville, Alabama; August 4, 1882.
rrcspondence of The Press.]
jluntsville is the most lovely and beautiful city
Ihe South, and one of the most flourishing inland
joes in the Cotton States. It is the capital of
|dison county, and looated about eighteen miles
Ith of the Tennessee line. The city is about two
es.squaro, and contains between four and five
usand inhabitants. It is laid off at right angles,
: the streets and alleys graded and macadamized,
ile the footwalks are mostly ornamented with
de trees.
he healthfulness of the place, I am informed,
1 been uninterrupted, being free from epidemics,
a for which reason, probably, it has been chosen
abe home of many Tetired professional men,.and
o: reality planters. The people seem to live here
fo'comfort and enjoyment. For the most part,
* thr dwellings are elegant mansions, and the style
oiichiteoture of the ’most fashionable and ap
pwed plan,-while their grounds are richly culti
viid and tastefully laid off into walks and squares,
phted with, beautiful shrubbery and flowers,
ging forth odor and evidencing a refined appre
ci|ion of the lovely and beautiful by the citizens
otjiis garden-spot of the South. I assure you no
on oan visit Huntsville without falling in love
vrijL it; and the winds, wafted from the far-off
Noth, seem to linger, sportingly amid the ever
gr«ns and flowers, as if reluctant to leave their
pejume. : -
: To country at large opens to the eye an exten
sivjplateau, gently undulated, intersected by de
tained spurs of the Cumberland mountains, which
100 l down upon the smiling valleys, and are pro
minent in constituting numerous magnificent views.
Tie principal public buildings are a court house,/
locattd in. a large square, of Boric architecture,
and surmounted by a fine dome, It is handsomely
fenced in, and surrounded by shade trees. The
Northern Bank of Alabama is a tasteful and attrac
tive structure, of the lonic order. - The various
churches, developing imposing architectural styleß,
structure. The nuntsvillo people also support a
necessary' institution ealled-a; jail, a firmly-built
establishment, two stories- high, and containing’
three rooms for the incarceration of criminals.
The market-house is a neat and handsome bnild
ling, affording many facilities for marketing. , It
contains, a calaboose- and office where iB transacted
all the business of. the city polioe. • :
The Masonic Hall is . the oldest public building
here, and has been in use for a number of years as
a place of meeting! for t£e Masonic fraternity.
There are three hotels in Huntsville—the Hunts
ville House, Johnson House, and Venable’s Hotel,
The great natural object of attraction hero is an
immense spring;. The : South abounds in springs,
the cne at Tuscumbia giving a streani-sufficient to
float a vessel of sixteen or eighteen tons' burden.
But the giant spring reposes here; and bursts from
beneath a high limestone bluff, in the very centre
of the city immediately opposite the Huntsville
-House. The water is forced,up an elevation of
nearly a hundred feet, into a reservoir on a hill on
the edge of the city, whence it is disseminated
throu ;h the town. This spring was also the source
andfieder, many years since, of the Indian Creek
canal which connected with , the Tennessee river,
and his probably borne upon its waters thousands
of col ;on bales, but which has now become anti
quate and useless.
An iour’s ride from the town lands the,tourist at
“ Morte Sano,” a most select spot, indeed, for the
v&letidinaiian. , Monte Sano is. a beautiful spur of
the flial continuation of the Cumberland mountains.
Its elevation is nearly a thousand feet above the
city Itvel, and some seven hundred feet above
ooean.l There are several summer residences upon
the tojjof the mountEdn. The air is at all times
cool am bracing, and upon the “top” is a magni
ficent of freeßtane water, affording an into
restingtheme for geological investigation. A short
distant from the spring is the “ Cave.’’ which is
a g’reatnatural curiosity, and affords the mineralo
gioal stident a rich harvest in limestone formations
and foßjil remains.
A greater curiosity still is the existence of a na
tural wfll, known to be two hundred feet in depth,-
but, mrasured by sound, indicating the extraordi
nary dith of nine hundred feet. It is perfectly
eirculatand regularly formed.
The jiducemenis held-out by Monte Sano as a
perman nt summer resort, including distance,
healthy atmosphere,; a;flue spring of chalybeate
water, i n unrivalled , freestone water, a‘
bekutifi I cave, a, natural well, -lovely scenery, and
an unsutpassed view of the ,valley.belowifrom dif
ferent mints, will yet attract the attention of sorao
enterpriing Yankee; a 3 the considerations guaran-
extejsive' -patronage, 1 and of that select kind;
too, whih never fails to “ pay.”
Provijus to the" rebellion there were throe news
papers mbliahe&m this city—the Democrat , edit-
Er.'s J. W. Clay;: the Southern Advocate,
ratio journal, edited by Wm.B. Figures,
and the an opposition newspaper,
pnblishel and edited by Messrs;; Young& Dew.
As xegans military; matters here, the oity is very
quiet, ten. Buell and -staff, are at present ittlthe
city, but will leave for Stevenson, in a few days.
Gen. Roseau is in command of all the forces here,
at Athens, and at 'Mooresville. The people of
Jluntsvite as yet do not know him, but profess full
confidence in. his ability and judgment. Persons
leaving Ihe, city, must provide Themselves with
passes fre n the provost marshal. No liquor is sold
at any of the/hotels.or. restaurants, and as the place
is under nartial law, the streets are remarklbly
silent by line in the evening.
' A large number of the citizens of Huntsville are
Unionists notwithstanding the -gross depredations
committe, indiscriminately, by Col; Turchih’s 19th
Illinois Ii giment. lam opposed to the milk-and
water poloy of Gen. Buell, and believe in a vigor
ous ; prosebtiOß of tho war, and the subsisting of
our armyipon the jroduots of the rebels; but this
must he Bone under the sanction of law, and offi
cially, od otherwise we shall seriously injure our
cause. Opr men and stock are suffering for proyi-
sions, andtbe country abounds in breadstuffs, etc.
This is at: wrong. Ido not believe that bur men
should sts ro when in the luxuriant country of our
enemies.- But lot ub transact our business of col
looting stpplies in: an honorable way, and in the
name of ie United States Government. Let us
give aid ,nd comfort; and encouragement to the
loyal peo 10, and, for our country’s sake, protect
no longer fie property of a traitor. 1 must lay a.
few short, wards, to the effect that, if Gen. Buell
does not \hortly pursue awurfolicy this strife
willnev/t end. Makeanoteof what I say:
A son (' Mr. Venable, proprietor of one of the
hotels hes, has lately arrived from the Confede
rate army He has been in Virginia fourteen
months. -. ie enlisted in the 4th Alabama-tor one
year, butv as compelled te suffer the restriotiohs of
the nefaiic is consoription act, but purchased a sub-'
stitate for fifteen hundredfdollars. (Hehasre-;
ported bin 'elf tb'Gen. Baeli. {Young Venable in
form? me t|at be was in the late battle of the Seven
Pines, at the battle of Manassas. He is of
the opinion that tho Yankees will fight. Infaofc,
: he
There .isUjbattalion being. formed here of Ala-,
bamians., There; are over two hundred names on
the roll, aid they.are.being drilled daily by some
of onr officers. Wouldn’t it be a'glorious sight to
see, fighting for the preservation of the Consti
tution, regiinents from most of the Southern States ?
I actually. 1 anticipate nothing loss. Already we :
have in thejfieldregimonts from all of the Borde
States. ThWe are several regiments in the field,
of Tennesseeans. Louisiana has two regiments
early full. North Carolina has two or three regi
t:
ments engaged in protecting Government property.
Arkansas has nearly a thousand men - doing honor
. to the oause, and Alabama will soon be represented
■in the Union ranks. Let the Government pursue
:■ the right policy, and who dare croak about a
Southern Confederacy ?
I shall- start for Stevenson, East Tennessee,, to
morrow. When Uarrive I will immediately write
you, and give the readers of The Press a brief de
soripliomof my travel through u Secessia,” from
' Columbia to Stovenson. ..
Before closing, let mo add-that Xam deeply in
debted to a distinguished ex editor of this plane for
a variety of information.. Aurevoir. B. C.T. =
AFFAIRS IN THE SOUTHWEST.”
Beauregard to Command at Chattanooga—
' 'From the,Arkansas. Jtxpedition—A Steamer
Plundered; by Guerillas—Later from the In
. diaii Expedition.' ■
THE .REBEL CONCENTRATION AT CHATTANOOGA—
BBAtnUtOABB TO COMMAND. • .
[From the Nashville Uaiou.J
It seems to be understood that Beauregard will take,
command of the troops at; this place on his return from
Bledeh Spring, Ala. Gen. Heath is,nowin,oimmand of
the'rebels there, who number some i 500". There to said
to be 36,000 at hhelmonnd,’ tweulg, miles from Cnatta
nooga. We hope to hear of a successful atsault on the
town by cur forces very shortly. The “ Grapevine” yes
terday evening reported that the tight had commenced.
We Bupposc that there is no truth in it. '
FROMTHE ARKANSAS EXPEDITION.
[From the Cape'Girardeah (8lo.*) Baglh.J f
■ St feral days having elapsed,without hearing from the;
First Wisconsin Cavalry, the greater, portion of which
started from Bloomfield oil the Bth July on ah expedition
through Aikaneas, a considerable alarm was felt hero
with'iegard to them. The last beard from them was
shortly after their fight at Scatterville. They were then ‘
known to be leaving Gainsyille.on.the march still farther
South. Since then over two weeks , had elapsed and not '
a word bad been heard from them at headquarters in this
city. This afternoon, however, about 3 o'clock,; Mr. H.
if. Better, one of the editors of thie sheet,, arrived from
the regiment,with despatches, he having acoeihpaaied it
from Bloomfield to,MadißOD, Arkansas, a small city.on,
the St. Francis river, about fifty miles southwest of
-Memphis, Tennessee; and about forty miles northwest of J
Helena, where General Curtis’army Is at present located.
'.Mr. Potter, with Colonel Daniels, and an escort consist
ing of Lieut. Comstock and ten moil of Squadron H, left
Hadison on'Bnnday, 20th lost., for Memphis, at which
place they arrived safely on Monday night, having ex
perienced a rough trip on railroad track and through
swamps On Wednesday evening, the Coloneidespatched
Mr. Potter to this city, himself intending to Btart for the
regiment by way,of Helena the tame evening,,
: Mr. Potter represents'the regiment in fine condition,
notwithstanding the hardships and labor attending the
march. '■ The men were ,n« ver. in better health, and
seemed to/enjoy the trip exceedingly well. The course
of march had been down Crowley’s ridge, the following
being the principal places on the route: ScatterviUe,.
Gaineville, Greensboro, Jonoßhoro, Harrisburg, Witta
burg, and Madison. Quite a number of rebel companies
had t een either broken np or driven beyond.the White
river; quite a number of the enemy killed and wounded
in skirmishes, a considerable amount of arms captured,
and a'largo number of prisoners taken, a great portion of
whom were conscripts.
' Two companies fled from Jonesboro on the approach
cf the regiment, but wore: secured in, part. Two com
panies were attacked at Taj lor’a creek, ten miles from
Wittsburg, and ihegreaterportion either taken prisoners
or scattered to tbeir homeß, a small fragment only eaca-
Ping beyond .the White river. A number of notorious
rebels who bad fled from beyond our troops, in Missouri
weie picked up, and among them Col. Waugh, formerly
Jeff Thompson’s adjutant general and inspector general
of Missouri. The regiment was, to remain at Madieoa
until the Colonel’B return to recruit the men and horses,
■ end then it was supposed would move on to Helena, On
, the day that 00l Daniels and escort left for Memphis a
smell party started on to Helena to communicate with
General Curtis. .
A' STEAMER FIRED INTO AND PLUNDERED BV
GUERILLAS. ....
[From the Leavenworth Inquirer,'Aug. 2 ]
As the steamer War Eagle was proceeding on her way
from St. Louis to this city and ports above, and when be
tween Wayerly and Mobly’s Landing a band of some two
hundred men, who, it was subsequently learned, belonged
to Hay’s guerilas made their appearance >on the south,
bank of the river, and mademotions for the boat to heave
to. Captain White, not understanding their signals,
paid no afceotion to them, when a volley of market balls
and Minie bullets was sent whistling through the pilot- •
house and cabin . The pilot escaped unhurt by dropping
flat upon the floor, and remaining in that , position until
the firing ceased. Fortunately there wss but one man,
hurt, a resident of Kansas City, who had his arm shat
tered by a mußket ball.
: The boat, in. trying to escape, ran aground, and was
immediately taken possession of by the guerillas. They
then proceeded-to searchifor ordnance supplies, with
Which they supposed she was laden ; but on the assurance
of the clerk that there was nothing of the sort on hoard,
the search was given up, which was a very fortunate cir
cumstance, as Cap!, Wliito had some $76,000 worth of
ordnance stores and a box containing seventy-flye splen
did revolvers on board, which would have been a great
haul for the desperadoes, had they got their hands upon
them. As it was, they helped themselves td some $2OO
*—The HtreiitKi. auiubniieB i iß-urawn~tn~'
the necessity offartifying, at the earliest practicable
moment; our positions in' the southeastern am) south
western corners of our State. If the report be true that •
General Pxicehae crossed the Mississippi, we ought to lose;
no time in preparing for.lum a hearty reception, at the
point wherehe and liis army are sure to turn up again,
the battle field of Wilson’s Creek. Our present force in
the vicinity.of Springfield is'probably hot very large.,
'.GeneralPrice is said to'bring an army of at least fifteen
thousand men; which he will know how to increase to
double the number Irom the new levies of Arkansas. He
is’said to be well provided with artillery, and we know
that he never neglects to have a proper proportion of
cavalry on hand Oar entire southern border can be
covered by two positions: the one at Springfield—about 7
the line of Neosho, CassviHe, and Forsyth; the other on
a line oi Bird’s Point, Srkestou; and Bloomfield.
, ' LATER-FROM THE INDIAN EXPEDITION.
(From the Leavenworth Conservative, July 31}
Dr. Gilpairick, Brigade Surgeon, arrived here yester
day from the Indian Expedition. He left John Boas on
Wednesday, the 23d inst., at Park Hill, on the Ulinois
’ river, Eighteen miles from Talteqnah. The threo rogi
mentsof loyal Indians are at Grand Saline; on Grand
river, thirty-three miles this side of Fort Gibson. The
third, or “ impromptu” regiment, is tmder Coi. Wm. A.
Phillips, numbers 1,200 men, and consists, sis we have
already published, entirely of Indians who have, come
over to our side (principally from Col; Stand Waitie’s
rebel regiment) with their arms and horses since the ex
pedilion leached that country. This advance bscHou of
tbe force is short of supplies and may have to fail back,
although such a result would be calamitous to ear cause.
It is commanded by Col. Furnas, of the Ist Indian Bagi
ment. ■ ■■■■■;. ; ' - - *
Sixty- three-miles this aide of Fort Gibson is tbe com
mand of Lieut. Col. Jewell, which consists of the 6th,
lOthi and a part of the 9th Kansas Begiments, and two
Editions ef Allen’s Battery., ........
Colonel Salomon's command was eight miles this side
of the latter, and consisted of; the 2d Obio Cavalry, 9th
Wisconsin, and Babb’s Battery. The commands of Col.
Salomon and Lieut Colonel Jewell (all the white troops)
ware expected to be at Hudson’s Grossing of - the Neosho :
on Buriday latt. Hudson's Crossing is ninety, five, miles
north of Fort Gibson, fifty miles south of Fort Scott, and
sevenmileß above the month;of Spring river. .Colonel
Salomon intends to remain there for the present. At this
place Dr, Gilpatrick found Captain Gunther and Lieut.
ColemaD, with one company of the; 2d Kansas. Bede-;
sires ns to tb»Dk them for the cordial welcome be re?
celytd from these officers; The remainder of the 2d
Kansas were seven mileß away on a branch of Spring
river; where excellent camping ground was found.
Col. Cooper is in command of the rebel force—about
3,ooo—at Fort ,Davis, on the south side of the Arkansas,,
and about four miles below Fort Gibson; our troops
have never been farther Booth than the latter post.
Cooper has a Choctaw regiment—nearly all of this tribe
are rebels; Mclntosh a Creek regiment, and Bland Wai
tie had one of Cherokees. There was, up to the 19th
inst, no artillery in Cooper’s command, although it was
dally expected from Pike, Pike waß at Boggy Depot, 5
miles north of Bed river, 10 from Fort Wachita, and 140
southwest of Fort'Gibson, and he was, reported to have
30 pieces of artillery, stolen firbm our garrisons at the be
ginning of the war. .
Our scouts have been through the Creek and Choctaw
countries, and report no enemy theto. The Mclntosh
faction (rebel) of the Creeks bad votirfd, .with their
women and children, to the Choclaw country, fourteen
‘ miles below IVebbor's Falls.' On the 23d test;, a detach
ment cf General Brown’s command, from Springfield,
Mitsonri, was at Cincinnati,' on the Hlinoia river, hear
- the Arkansas line, and thirty miles nsrth ofFort Smith.
In pm opinion, nothing important will be done .by the
Indian expedition until General Blunt takes tbe field in
person, as he will do ere long. . ■
Senator Wilson's Self-Deience.
- Senator Wilson, of Massachusetts, 1 iii a letter to the
iditor of the New York Herald, of yesterday, says:
A few days before, tho close of Congress my attention
waß called to an article in your journal In whiehitwas
stated that I had declared that we had One hundred and »
fifty thousand more men'ihan we needed, and that I mast
be held -personally responsible for the present want of
men. * * * lour readers were not told that the
remark which you now condemn w«B; male nearly four
months before, when victories by land and .ssa were
flashing i upon the country, making ns all hopeful,- and,
perhaps, too confident; of the future ; nor were they told
that it was based upon the report of Secretary .Oameron,
the assurances of Paymaster General Larnard, the esti
mates of Quartermaster General Meigs, that we had
from seven hundred to eight hundred regiments and seton
hundred thousand men. Tour readers, were not told that -
when the remark .was made we had more than one hun
dred partially organized regiments, scattered over,the
country, more than five hundred (recruiting Officers and
hundreds of recruiting stations, ail supported at enormous
cost, though doing little effective service; nor were they ~
told that'when the i emark was made a plan was pending
before Congress,:prepared ,by General. Stoneman, Chief
' of Cavalry, enflorstd by Secretaries Oameron and. Stan
ton, and endorsed, too, by General McClellan, to reduce
and consolidate the seventy-seven regiments of cavalryi
nearly half of which were unmounted—lnto flfty‘regi i ; -
ments, thus discharging nearly a thousand Officers and;
several thousand ineni , ‘ ; * #,* :* ' , '
I found, sir, on- my returning homo, that the remark
that we had one hundred and fifty thousand too many
men had been most 'industriously circulated, and was .
misapprehended by many, who were made to believe that
it was based, not upon the Govensment claim of seven
hundred thousand men,.but upon the ’five-hundred and -
twenty .thousand men we. actually had:; In April, 1861,.
I had advised the Secretary of War to call out a quarter
of a million of men. In July, 1861, when the Adminis
tration aeked for four hundred thousand men, I gave it
half a million. I had maintained that the Government
required five hundred and twenty thousand—the number
we afterwards ascertained the' Government ad'uaily had
in March. This idea that my remarks polled to five hun
dred thbussnd.men, the number intended to be authorized,
by law, and neafthe actual number ascertained to be on
band in March, instead;‘of : seven hundred thousand, was
false in fact and unjust to me. To correct this misap
prehension X 'explained very; briefly in two or three war
meetings <my position." Tbe Herald seized upon a very
brief and imperfect report of my . remarks at Newton,
and assumed to deny the truthfulness of whalT said, :I
am accused of attempting to disown my recorded words.
1 did not deny, disown; modify, qualify, or retract tho
words ottered by. me on (the,2Bth .of March. No, sir, I
did not deny nor attempt to deny ,it, aud.the imputations
you have cast’hpon me on the assumption that I had
dene so are wholly .unauthorized by any word ever ut
tered by me. Why, sir, I ho 4 referred to that declara
tion more'than once’ in the Senate, and my words were
recorded, sOn the 7th of May,'in- response to Mr: Grimes,
the indefatigable senator fromlowa, I had stated that the
Government “estimated that wehad six .hundred and
sixty thousand men that if was so reported .to Con
( gress ”— ll that iin: vieW;of that statement I'had said;
some time ago, that;l thougbt.we hath one hundred and:
fifty thousand too many men that, we had about flye
hundred and twenty thousand effective men,’ and “ I had'
.thought half "a-million of men, or five hundred’and
twenty thdhsand,as many as we. could use to advantage:’’
But it iB mv duty to care for the condition of the Trea
sury as well as of lhe army ; it is especially the duty of
Mr. Nessenden, Ohairman.of the Commit too on finance,
to do so. Tour months ago the military force of the
country appeared to he immense; regiments were scat
tered around, unemployed, tens of, thousai ds of, men
were off onfnrlotigba, .thousands were' sick that might to
be discharged. ''Looseness’and extravagance seemed to
prevail in the War Department, and the condition of tour’
finances was a source of solicitude with, all. Senators
were actuated by the sole desire'of protecting tlie Trea
sury without impairing the effectiveness of- the awny.
.They may have erred in judgment—they certainly were;
mistaken in relying upon the estimated force in tho ser
vice—bnt nothing can be more untrue, nothing oan be
more unjust, than those accusation* that Senators were
: TWO CENTS.
actnatedjjby partisan feelings and personal objects to
their efforts to correct mistakes and abuses, increase the
efficiency and promote tbe ; economy of the War Depart
ment. The records of the republic will bsar witness that
■ they were ever prompt in voting men and money, and
these accusations; which have not the elements of truth,
justice or .fairness in them, may give ,a moment’s pain;
.but they mint share the fate of false accusations.
ADDITIONAL FROM EUROPE.
THE NEWS BY THE ARABIA.
Rumored Intention of Russia to
Offer Mediation.
THE DEFENCES OF CANADA
THE ENGLISH TEOOP3 NOT TO BE WITH-
DRAWN OB BEHTFOBCED.
[From the London Times, 28th.]
. The present position of affairs testifies to tho im
portance of the iate-battlee. In the first place, Wall
street has. settled down frpm ; panio Into : despondency:-
Gold is at 17 per cent, premium, silver at 10 per cent., ,
exchange on London 129 - With respect to general
business and the state of tne currency, it it* only ueces
safytoread onr correßpondent’s letter to have a notion
of ,the pass’to which things have come at New York.
Tlien, as. regards military matters, It is now beyond a
doubt that a general rising may,be anticipated in all the ■
Southern States which are occupied by Federal troops,;
not excepting the hitherto neutral State of Kentucky.
The hews of tbe recapture of Baton Bouse by the Con
federates seemß to be confirmed. Tbe possession of this
town, the seat of tbe Louisiana Legislature, and the
place of greatest importance in the neighborhood
of Mew Orleans, most enaoie the. Confederates to
carry, on the local war with considerable obanoes
of success. But it is in Tennessee and Kentucky chat a
struggle may be expected, which will call tor all the
strength! and energy of the .North. We learn from the
last news s that “ the Confederate guerillas are becoming
very active in the Border States, destroying property and
burning , the bridges.” ; But it is something more than a
guerilla warfare that is going on. The capture of Mur
freesborough and the advance to the neighborhood of
-Nashville show the notion of a numerons and disciplined
body.of men; wMle the proclamation of martial law at
Lexington, on account of an advance of the Confederates
on that town, is a still more portentous sign. If Louis
ville, Frankfort, Lexington, and the region about them,
he convulsed by a Secessionist warfare, if the Federal
power -be attacked up to the very'banks of the Ohio,
what.are the chances of a conquestof the country hun
dreds of miles'further South 7 , In every line of the des
patches which we publish iB to' be seen the effect of the
great Cpnltderate victory which has roused the South
erners to these hew and extraordinary exertions.
We must do thhMew York press tbejnstice to saftbat
as far as we have seen, it treats the disasters of the Fe
derate wiibsofficient fairness. Though to a certain ex
tent echoing the mendacious bulletins of the Govern
ment and the pompous addresses of. General McClellan,
it is still independent enough; and honest enough to let’
tbe country understand the whole truth. While Falstaff
: and Bobadit describe their exploits, tbe newspaper cor
respondentsquietly explain matters in a manner tint has
filled the Northern cities with consternation. Since these
battles hardly a single prediction has been hazarded of ‘
the ultimate conquest of the South. Exhortations to
persevere, to send reinforcements, to deliver the Federal
army ft om its difficulties, to avenge the dishonor of its flag
by a triumphant entry into Richmond, have, of course,
been plentiful, but as to any tbing farther tjgsre is a dead,
■ a most portentous sllttice. In fact, it is felt that tbe
defeat of McClellan’s army has changed everything. But
a fortnight before a vast and well- provided force was in- ‘
vesting the capital city of the South, defended, as it was
thought, only by a few starving regiments. All was joy
and ignorant confidence. Now the truth is revealed. . ; A ;
whole population iB seen to have risen in armß; enthu
siasm and devotion have made good all deficiencies; ge
nerals of consummate skill are at the head of a soldiery
of fanatival courage, and an army equal to'the greatest
of those with which European rnlers make war guards
the frontier of the Confederacy after having crushed the
main force of the invaders. The Northerners though
they have shown themselves more liable to delusion than
any one could' have believed of such a people,, are
not fools; and, in spite of the‘ boasting and lying
of their Government, they are receiving the con
viction that such a people as tho Confederates can
never be subjugated. If it were a. war for a fort
ress or a frontier, they would not be discouraged; but
When they reflect on the object of the protent invasion,
and remember that they have; undertaken not only to
defeat the armies of, Lee and Beauregard, but to utterly,
destroy them, to occupy the whole Southern territory,
and garrison it year after year with a standing army of
at least a quarter- of a millionmen, it may well be
imagined that they are cooled and sobered by the prospect.
We cannot but think that a great change of feeling is likely
jto take place at the North. The under- currentsof the po
pular miodare at first not visible; it is only when they
have gained volume and strength that they can change
the course of .the stream. But there is enough to show,
that multitudes of the Northern people are becoming
weary of this purposeless slaughter. About the temper
of the business men there can be little doubt: they have
been for many weeks giving to the cause of peace all the
influence which their Own timidity and the constitution
of American society will allow them.
■W hat is more likely than anything to bring the war to
Clellan had, altogether, before Bichmond, on the 25tb of
June, not less than .120,000 men, and.that when, the
wreck of his armv arrived under cover of his gunboats,
there were hardly 60,000 , left Thousands probably
came in afterwards, but the toted loss is estimated by the
President himself at not loss than 15,000 men. In the
many expeditions of the Federal troops the loss has
been so severe as to exhaust the great armies with
which the campaign commenced in the autumn of last*
year. Up to very lately, however,'American society
has borne the wasting away of the army with compara
'tive equanimity. Tho explanation probably is that the
army is to a very great extent a foreign army, being,
composed of German and Irish mercenaries, and that the,
-native Americans who have joined it belong 'to no very
respectable class. But in any fartherenlistmentreceurse
Imnst he had to the real American people—-tho merchants,
farmers, tradesmen,‘artisans, and all those who have a
settled occupation, and no wish to leave it. As yet the.'
loss pf men has been looked upon as little more than the
, loss of, so, much material—of so much military stores.
' But now the North will find that men cannot be replaced
by money, like siege guns or wagons. Each Northerner
mußt come forward in his own person to fight in the
swamps and forests of the South, or the scheme of con
quest must be abandoned, Foreigners and rowdies are
now all but exhausted. . Whether the respectability of
the country will take'their place remains to be seen.
Faius, July 25.—The latest mediation rumor—one
which has obtained considerable credence in well-in
formed, circles here, and which; I should be inclined to
place some confidence in were it not for the fact that the
Paris correspondent of the Independence Btlge (which,
ot all other European journals, has usually been the
bilndestand most unreliable upon American affairs) says
it is trne-e-is,;that the; Cabinet of Bnssia has proposed to
France and England to make.ah offer of mediation to the
Government of the United States. r The matter was ar
ranged, it is said, when M. Thouvenel went to England;
and, having been' accepted by the English ministry, ,H.
Thouvenel, immediately upon his return to France, pro
ceeded to Vichy, where the Emperor gave his aesent
also . The proposition is said to be simply that Bussia
. shall make to our Government and that of the rebels an
offer of mediation upon the principle of a cessation of
hostilities, and a subsequent compromise of some descrip
tion, which will be the means of putting an end to the
war. If this he accepted, France and England will re
main, as mere lookerß-on while matters are being ar
ranged: but if it is not, then within a month afterward
■ Russia will retire, and an active armed intervention on
the part of France and Esgland'ensue. Such is the
storyjwhich;:asJtSßy,has;dbtained hare a goad deal of
faith.; It is positive that negotiations between the three
; Governments have .been in progress for the purpose of in
dneing Bhssia, 1 standing in the a very friendly
Power, to offer services which it is well known would
never be received from dither England or France. You
will donbtieSß hear.more of this by the next mail. .
The two emissaries, who were sent by Slidell to,Vichy,
immediately afterthe reception of the news of the battle
before Bichmond, have returned to Paris, and it is re
ported that.lhey had fin interview with hiß Majesty, in
which they, urged upon him the propriety of immediately
recognizing the independence of tho South, but that they <
received no positive answer from the reticent sovereign.
Reports came this morning that the Emperor may-have
; another little job in hand nearer home than the United
States, which, with his Mexican project, may occupy his
attention sufficiently to induce him to give up the
idea of interfering with us.' The reckless-spirited,,, im
patient Garibaldi is, it is now stated, preparing for an
• invasion of the BonSan States, with six thousand men,
and it Is very,certain that .yesterday four vessels were
fittodontih'bot harte at Toulon to proceed to Civita
Yecchia. , If Garibaldi once lights the torch’of revolu-i
tion in Italy the European monarchs will ere long haye
enough to do to keep down their own people, and" their
attention will be for some time, distracted, from, their, be
nevoletrt totentioßß of putting an end to our -‘ fratricidal
' .struggle. ” .
SUICIDE OP A PHILADELPHIAN.
Xißßt Sunday morning ths body of James M. Benners,
from Philadelphia—of which city, I have heard itsaid,
he was at one time Chief Engineer—was found floating '
in the Seine,' dead, and with hie throat cut from, ear to
ear. Bennera, who came to Europe about six months
ago, l had recently returned from a trip .through Spain,
and was making his arrangements to return to the United
States in'the early part of next month. About two weeks,
ago he began to i Bhow' signs of mental aberration, and
some of his friends remained constantly with him, the
physician considering it a mere temporary matter. , A.
week; ago last, Wednesday, Benners, bein g in his own
room, where' a friend was sleeping with him, rose
in thei bight and inflicted three wounds upon him
self with a penknife—-two in the neck and one upon
the breast. His companion immediately ran for a
; physician, who pronounced the wounds not at all dan
gerous, although those upon the neck were in the im
mediate vicinity of the jugular vein. Being plastered
up, Benners was out the next day, and seemed to be get
ting better andmoreeheerfal, when, on Saturday moniing
last, he managed to elude the vigilance of his associates,
and, escaping; from them, it seems purchased a pair of
razors and started for the Bois de Boulogne,' Here he,
■ went down to the edge of the river, just beyond the race
track, and* taking off his hat, placed in it Mb watch,
studs, and necktie, and a. portemonnaie containing a
hundred aid seventy francs, all of which were found on
: the bank, where he must have cut his throat and then
leaped or fallen into the’water. The body was found on
Sunday evening, but was hot recognized by his friends
until Tuesday. Yesterday .he was hurled temporarily, 80
that his friends in Philadelphia can remove tho body
home for bnrial. ; In the absence of Mr. Bigelow, the
vice Consul, Mr. Brooks took charge of the matter, and
also tookpossession of the effects of the deceased.
THE DEBATE ON THE DEFENCES OF CANADA.
In the House of Commons, on the 25th, Mr D’lsraell
said: I ihink the present disagreeable state of affairs in
Canada has been mainly occasioned by the sending out
thereof three thousand troops in the month of June of
last year—a ineasire .which at the time I deprecated;
while I would express a hope that affairß In the colony
may soon wear a more satisfactory aspect. [Hear, hear.]
Lord: Palmerston. I think we judged rightly in send
ing out the force in question. The garrisons In our North
American provinces were At the' time greatly reduced, in
consequence ef tbo demands arising out of the Crimean
war. They were much lower than they had been before
that war, and, looking to the petition of the United
States, ; and to the civil todr which itod broken out in
that quarter, we, in my opinion, took a wise And, proper
- precaution in l sending some amount of reinforcement to
those garrisons,' even although there might be no apprehen
. sion of immediate danger so far aflUanada was concerned;;
So far, however, from the force which we, did send out
‘being calculated to damp the exertions of the colonials,
and.to induce them, to-abstain from taking the neces
sary measures for their defence, it appears to me to have
been precisely of a ehafacter to stimulate and excite them
to the adoption of sneb a course. If, Indeed, we had
rent out thirty thousand men—or a- force so large-as to
be adequate for their defence incase of need—l could un
-1 derstand the' argument which the* right honorable gen
tleman has advanced.: Tho colonists might,vunder those
: circumstances, have said, «We are now amply.provided
for ;‘ifc is unnecessary to' do anything for ourselves; toe
mother .country has sent an <enormous force to Pfoteci
ns, and evident!y ; ineans to put. forth all her energies jor
our protection ; and lf that force be not sufficient tor the
purpose, we feel assured she will take to h«*df•
poly of our defence, and send additional, troops to our
aid”. The colonists might, intheeydet wM®SSffl
have adbpted that tone; but surely Jt bo said that
they w ould be likely to look upon three thousand men as
a force sufficient to render snr exerHon on their: part un
, necessary. I think we have done neither,too mnoh; nor,
too little 1 TYe dfl . not intend either to recall, the troops
rirw in Canada dr to send dKy iadditional men there,
tor we cannot hut believe that when that faetinui conflipi
which has takan place in Canada is .over, and has ire.,
iitlied in the establishment of some Government likely
- o be permanent, the spirit ot the people will urge their
4 epresentatives to make more ample, more satisfactory,
ud more woiiby provision for tbe defence of their couu
u-y in case qj danger. [Cheers-]
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Archbishop , Hughes on American
fairs.. .
THE UNITED STATES .ONE' COITHTET STILL— THE
IVAK NOT WHOLLY SUPPORTED BY IRISH AHJ>
GERMAN BLOOD.
The Dublin Freeman's Journal states that on Sunday,
July 20th, the first stone of the new Catholic University
of Ireland was-laid to Dublin, with impoaing eeremonies.
The Catholic Young Men’s Society held a meeting to
the Eotnndo, on the evening of Tuesday, July 221, to
present an address to the; Archbishop of New York. ■
Bis Grace, to returning thftuks, expressed his satis
faction at the orderly appearance of the ■ people oh the
Sunday previous, and oi .th-lr ,fidelity in the causa of . ■
education and religion. With'respect to American af
fairs, he observed :, “I have, lived in that country' for '
nearly half a century. It was a country united—sub
stantially united—but with a margin of a generally op- ‘
proved difference ol opinion, which .would not permit tha ' -
human mind to stagnate for. want of eemethiog to agitate
ita powers. -A dead ocean would not be healthy. It would
require a little breeze to agitate it and disperse all tha -
latent humors and vapors! There has been enough of
meral and mental activity ,as well as of religious. That
country is certainly to-day a sad spectacle to he universe.
Seme great .powers of the earth are endeavoring foe the
nonce to unite an old country which hereditary traditions,
have rendered apparent? incapable of cohesion land who
knows—it is God only snows—whether these same extra
oramary powers both of mind aodphysical orgaos may •
not he.en ployed, in dividing another country that was al
ways united. At all events, if you will just have the -
kindness to let us alone oh onr Bide, we shall settle onr
own affairs,quietly, not quickly, but they will be settied tr
you will just keep your hands off. [Cheers.] Thai point
is nudeirfood .perfectly ’ well." I have beon now teit ;
moDtbs absent from tho country of, my, adoption; .and -
aUbongh I had no iinincdlaie, direct; or frequent titer'
course with the men who are looked. to‘ as the oracles of
public teritiment, I know perfectly well what is the
sentiment of that couuiry. When I left, I left with
the commission of pfooe to its nauie—OH officer of
peace'wliieU- would' be in harmony with niy per.
sonai character—still,, more with my 'ecclesiastical
character—and I Have endeavored to* discharge ail
the duties that were imposed upon’ me, or expected
of,me, since Heft that country, and 1 trust not altogether
witbont effect. [Cheers ] It is bad enough for a country
to bo involved to a civil war—though it is no new thing
in the'world—but it is terrible when nations are pro
voked to rise up in their strength; and' when advantage
is taken of a domestic quarrel to divide, and by iflvi lon
to prepare tho way to rule and gov. rn those who never
will bs ruled or governed by foreignerg—tio Americans.
[Chetrs ] T here is no nee at all in repinteg when things
are inevitable—when lhey are passing rapidly into that
unchangeable acquisition which the .present always
bands over to the past; and I have been sometimes
smused, sometimes : saddened; at trituessing the im
mense sympathy, the deep emotion entertained at this
sideof.tbe ocean; on account of the itnmeuse slaughter,
the apparent want of order, and almost everything that
■would toiich the ’ deepest humanity ot our humani
tarians., You know: the class to whom I refer! I
am, as I said, the friend of peace. - I would be unworthy
tbe name of Christian Bishop if I were not, and my peace
is not merely the peace of two neighboring townships, not
of two nations, but, it I cohld accomplish it, the complete
peace of the nations and of the people, throughout the
whole world. I fear, however, it is of very tittle use for
individuals io philosophise on this topic. When a nation
takes up, under the influenoe of passing events, the idea
that another nation is either publicly or secretly sapping
or undermining the foundations of its ! prosperity, there
will be a gradual, accumulation of resentment, which be
comes larger and deep« every day, and there is no Bingie
voice or single man that can for a moment resist the tor
rent of feeling which will pour out from the limits '
that restrain it. I tell you, gentlemen, the matter
' having been alluded to, that even if .peace was re
stored to tho whole country of America to-morrow, the
people wouid scarcely unbelt themselves until they had
put other questions right. [Loud cheetrs ] They feel
sore; they feel that their naticnal dignity has been ate
tacked; that in a moment of their trial and of their difla
cnlty an ungenerous attack was made on them, and they
have unfortunately treasured up the ineinory of that
. attack with a feeling of revenge. lam sorry.to say it,
but it is what I believe in my conscience to be the truth.
[Hear, hear ] In the present difficulty it would be en
, tirely a waete of time if I should attempt on explanation
of bow this is: it is a fact that everybody knows. [Hear,
hear.] In that difficulty, the country that was one not more
than three years ago is now divided into two; that is, on the
battle-field, but not two in the civil order. [Hear, hear 7
Itis one country still, and must and shcdloe one [Great
cheering ] Ho matter what may occur, no matter the
foreign interferencej whether military or naval, that
may destroy the cities round the borders of that country
—no matter what may occur , the question must end as
I have described, the people shall remain [cheers] • and
if the party that is i ominally called rebel’’—the term I
don’t rise in respect of them at all [hear, heat]—if that
party sit all triumph, then. I will transfer my alle
giance to that party, not as a party,- but at the Uni
limate Government of the United States, [bond
cheers.] The: newspapers on this side, English and
, French, and sometimes even - Italian, repeat each
other in the sense that the war is carried on'
bF tho American Government at; the expense of
Irish and German blood. That is a mistake. Eat an
end to-it. The writers know it is not a fact. The Irish
asd German .mingle in it scarcely to proportion to their
Bombers in ciyil tife; but the army, as a body, is com
posed of real thorough Americans from generations past,
and tbe Irish come in as a sprinkling, and the'Germana
.not much more. There is another thing. The Irish,
besides discharging what they consider their duty to
,their own legitimate Governmente-and they are ever
loyal if you give them the opportunity—[hear, hear, and
cheers]—besides that, the Irish have to many instances,
as Ibave the strongest reasons for knowing, entered into
this warpartlF lo make themselves apprentices, students
as it were, finishing their education to this the first op
portunity afforded them of becoming thoroughly ac-
all the avenues to political and social preform ant wore
open to Irishmen in this country. At the conclusion of
the Archbishop’s address, Alderman Beynoids and other
gentlemen addressed the meeting, which then separated
with repeated cheers for tbe Archbishop of New York.
The Loss of the Steamer Golden Gate.
A t NUMBER OF PASSENGERS SAVED—THE DOSS OF
LIFE DOUBTLESS EXAGGERATED—THE SPECIE
BELIEVED TO BE FULLY INSURED—COMPLETE
DESCRIPTION OF THE ILL-FATED VESSEL,
A most intense and painful excitement, was. created in'
the city yesterday morning, on the publication of a brief
despatch from San Francisco announcing the loss by fire
of the steamer Golden Gate, on her passage from that
city to Panama. What adds to the general sorrow con
sequent on the reported loss of so many- livsu, is the
heart-rending suspense into which tha friends of the pas
sengers are plunged by the meagre aacounte yet received,
an' interruptionrin the telegraph line east of Salt Lake
preventing the transmission of the particulars attending
the burning of the vessel. That the' relatives and friends
of the passengers may hope for more cheering accounts
is evident from the statement, in a despatch received, to
the effect that the ship was beached. The fact, then,
that the ship was run ashore, and not burned to the wa
ter’s edge in deep water, must be a source of hope to
many a sorrowing heart.
Mr. MoLane, president of the Steamship Company,
writes to the New York press:
I beg to hand you herewith a copy of a despatch re
ceived this morning from the company’s San Francisco
egents^Announcing the total destruction by fire of the
steamship'Golden Gate, with two hundred passengers and
crew. .
When the particulars alluded to, which will contain a
list of passengers, with those lost specified, reach here,
they will be promptly furnished to the press for the in
formation of interested parties!
In the meantime, it is certato thatsomefewpassen
gers were saved, as is shown by tha telegram from Mr.
Benj. Holladay to bis agent in this city.
The steamer was well found, in fire arrangements, life
boats, &c , and was officered by experienced and skilfns
men, which faotß give further assurance that same lire!
have been preserved.
Bespectfully, your obedient servant,
; ALLAN McLiNF., President.
We have no means of ascertaining who were'on board
the steamer at the time of the burning, or of learning the
names of the survivors and of thoße who perished, other
than that in the latter category Is Mr. Flint, and in the
former Mr. Holliday and Captain Whitney. In addition
to these we learn that Mr. John P. Bell; of New York,
was a passenger by the ill-fated ship; but his fats is still
unknown. ;
It appears that there was no insurance on the Golden
Gate; hut. it is thought that the specie on board was ftiliy
insnred; more than one half being insured in England.
In the management of the business of the company the
rnie is, for the regular shippers of specie to have open
polioiee; and hence the consignees here have no means of
knowing the amount of insurance until the arrival of the
mail. The vessel was worth from *BO,OOO to *90,000.
The amount of specie on board was: For Now- York,
$1,114,000, and for England, *27o,ooo—making, in both
sums. *1384,000. The premium of fenrteen per cent.,
at which the Pacific Mail Steamship Company's stock
rates, added to. these figures, will give the aggregate
amount oi *1.577,760.
The stock of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company was
adversely affected by the intelligence of the: loss of their
splendid steamer." In conseahence thereof stock fßll to
108>f on the receipt of the first report of the disaster;
but from this it snbsearently rallied, reaching to 110, and
ultimately 'doting* at"that flguro. striving a decline of
about 2)4 per cent, from yesterday’s prices. The toss to
the company will amount to I«bs than five per cent: on,the
cepital ftock, but which, it is said, -will hot interfere with
the regular Quarterly dividends. The effect on the Pa
cific stock influenced to a slight extent the whole market
at the first board, and in some few stocks the extrema
prices paid before the morning sessiom were not main
tained.
There, is mo reason to donbt the correctness of the
number of passengers reported to have been on board at
the Golden Gate, leaving San Francisco. The number
given is 230, and of these 180 are reported as lost, which
leaves the amount saved bnt 50. First accounts of dis
asters, where loss of human life is involved, are stall
times more or lesß exaggerated; and it is to be hoped that
this case will prove no exception to the rale, d
The subjoined is a full and correct description of the
ill-fated steamer:
Length on dock, 205 feet; breadth of beam, 40 feet;
depth of : bold, 22feet-6.inches; depth of hold to spar
deck, 30 feet; draft of water at load-line, 15 feet ff
inches; tonnage, 2,100 tons; frame of white oak, live
oak, locust and eedar, and square fastened with copper
and tree flails ; floors moulded 19 inches, sided 15 inches;
and herfraflies were 30 incbeß apart at their centres.
She -was fitted with an oscillating engine, having two
: cylinders 85 inches in .dismeter, ami a stroke of piston of
9feet. Her water-wheels were 32 feet in diameter, Sho
was Biso supplied with two tubular boilers, located in her
hold. This vessel was built in the year 1850 by .William
H. Webb,’of New-York. Her machinery was constructed
by the Novelty Iron Works.
PROGRESS OF RECRUITING.
. JfASSACHUSETTS
The 33d Regiment, Colonel Maori, wiil leave for the
seat of war on Monday, and the 34th Boglment on Tues
day of next week. Both "regiments go with full ranks,
and are splendidly equipped. , .
Beerniting goes on -very satisfactorily In Fall Biver-
A I,at of rccruitß published in The Pall River News, ef
Wednesday, shows a happy combination of ropemafcers,
farmers, weavers, clergymen, spinners; carpenters, card
grinderß, carders, hostlers, masons, harnessmakers, boot
makers, machinists, blacksmiths, painters, glassblowers,
&e., all bound for the war. . -
The Galesburg, Free Democrat says:
We learn that on Tuesday evening last thirty-five or
our colored citizens enrolled themselves in a company,
for the purpose of, offering (bemselvea,to their country
formilitary.service in General Lane’s brigade. When it
.is considered that the whole colored population of Hales
borgnumbers 103 only, 'includingwomfn and children,)
such : a manifestation ef loyalty and devotion to the Go
vernment should have a tendency.to crimson the cheeks
of .white then, who are so tardy in coming.to tho defence
of their country.
. TDK HABIUSBURS. PRINTERS.
About thirty of the profession, or -connected there
with, from Harrisburg, have taken Up arms in defence of
tbe Union—a fact which speaks volnmeß fer the pa
triotism of the craft* , ’ ■:...
CONNECTICUT.
The Few Haven Palladium, of. the, Bth inst., says t
ST ore progress toward filling up our regiments haß been
made in the Ilast t wo]days than' in two weeks previous.
In all the.towns around us, we learn that the,work goea
bravely forwaid, while in otir own city men are enlisting
with a readiness unknown bofore. The. action of the
town,‘yesterday,,in.voting,®ipO bounty, will do much to
facilitate (he .completion of the Lyon Raiment, while
•there is little occasion for a man to,hesitate between vo
lur tee'ring‘"ind .receiving the bounties, or being dranwt
without the bounties. The men who are enlisting are
generally, of-an; ex.cellent character. They are men who
can endnre toily aiid figlit to Bpnae purpose-
* NEW YORK.
A cofrcspondent of fhe Rochester Union and Aioer
fsser, writing from Savannah, says : . ■ •
- Oar town is perfectly, wild with patriotic eutbusi&sni.*.
We 'have, already doubled our Quota, and moan to da
mtfwbfl a tav““urnerom Ctt OaAuota iaeighteen, and
SncKdwekwtV»ft 6 afl^«f V 8
ILLINOIS.