PKESS, t* shl Lr JOHN w. FORNEY. SO. 11l SOUTH FOURTH STREBT. 01 rDAILV PRES. 8 ' 1 (IKVT3 P«« WBSK ' tiaS '“ !>l6 W th ° oarrlOT ‘ **’ if \ob«crlbersont of the City «t Six DOLLARS jl»ll*» W V-tix Dollars ro* Eight Mouths, I>»| • wS '“', lS COH Six Months— invariably in ad- V*\ time ordered. *»“" Lme tri-weekly press, , Snlwcribors out of the City at Thrxb Dol '“'ll **«*. In advnnoe. {.!»> ‘ .. - OirTANT T 0 llasUbe-be'ekers. rrWNSIbVANIA RAILROAD OOMPAHT (Si r ~ fasno , during too Snmmor, tickets at i, t rill ro,o9Mfel!owS! RAILROAD COMPANY. COMMUTATION TICKETS three, six, nine, or tw the road freuuaptly In their clerical ,StCI , .refurnished with certificates entitling then 'T.™ut half fere. Applications to be made only te Snoch LO*' l *) Goner* l Superintendent, at Altoona. excursion tickets . weed at half fare to parties of over lorty, good tot .«»reasonable time. ..vnrmsloN TICKETS during the Summer are sold , 2f riled rates, for the benefit of those seek .’Location from business or In pursnit of health ve.L tl.kett are good for ten days, and are Issued tc S : the Allegheny Mountains), Air Innl fjt of the mountains) BEDFORD, DODB- SqKePBBATA SPRINGS, lor time of departure of trains see bills and cords o! Tlekett apply at the office of the Com -s»ny[ Southeast corner of ELEVENTH and MABKM Btr,Bto- JAMBS OOWDEN, Agent, LEWIS L. HOUPT, General Ticket Agent. JjlMiel ' WEST OHBBTM PHILADELPHIA BAIL- AFTERNOON BX riJRSIOirS ON TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS, the finest Country and the most beautiful limras wy In the vicinfty of Philadelphia. tin TUHSDAYS nod FRIDAYS of esoh week until fartter notice an Extra J rata wiU leave West Chester al busla*° Exeuwlon Tickets can take elthei JSTSsO P M Train trom Philadelphia, and the I ..ess P M Train from West Chester, C RhtINMBIP TICKETS FROM PHILADELPHIA Stations east of West Chaster, good on auv oT tot a’ stX out or in, may he had on these days ONLY, YXOOEBION BATES, good only on the days Issued. U tarther InfonnaHon spply »t the Ticket Offloe, Is j£SSi »B! o™nerof EIGHTEENTH aud MAE KSUarPitioHTPOL LooatioSß so* Summrr Boards*! •OStBS LWS OS TB* BOAD. JfBNRT WOOD, JeJl-tawfs tf Superintendent. SEA BATHING. F 0 R THU SEA. BAHISiN'r.—OABIDIN AND ATLANTIC BABr trains datlT U AHantlo OIW and return, (Sun -I,leave,leave VINN-Stmt Ferrr M fplloWß * fnn * m SUII Train '•«» *- ■ lipress Train............ *r£| *,* 5 ™ ht and ..6.00 P. X lesves, Atlantic Mall Train *« P. * ", M Express Train ....—616 A. X it *» Freight And Accommoaatioa.a.lS A. m* TABS 81.80. Bound, trip Tickets, pood only form dav and train on which then art Uiucd, SIM. Exonr. m Tickets, good for three Joh’/o BBYANT Dol * Agek SUMMER RESORTS. bUEF HOUSE, ATLANTIC CITY. O —Comfortable Booms cun now bo bad at this well kspt and conveniently-located house, as there are a num ber of departures daUr. . anS-lilt* H. b. BTCNBON. Proprietor. QEA JJaTHJLNQ. A FAVORITE HOMB ‘ THE “WHITEHOD'IB,” MASSACHUSETTS Avenue, ATLANTIC OITY, N. J. This popular house Is open. Its situation 1b quite near fin beach; has good rooms, all opening npou the ocean, and furnished with spring mattresses. Its reputation Is well established as a flist-olass home. Plentiful table. Kren attention given to guests, and terms moderate. ' e WM waiTSHOUdB, Proprietor, fiy Hoßar at Ihe “ Whitebouse.” auS-lut ftENTRAL HOUSE, ATLANTIC U OITT, New Jersey. _ , ...... M. LAWLOE, Proprietor. The above new house t« now open for Boarders. Booms equal to but on the beach, well ventilated, high ceilings, Ae Servants attentive and polite. Approximate to the Esthtng grounds. auA-lm* DM. MTHING, D BEIOAH nTO HOUSE, BBIB\KTIN® BEiCH, S. J. How open for tho season. The Bathing, Flatiing,}Gnn rtng, and Yeebttog being very superior. Boats will awslt guests at the Inlet on arrival of trains. Board per met, 33. F.B. ArW-reas, Atlantic City. H. D. SMITH, Proprietor. □TAR HOTEL, /Bear!? opposite the United States Hotel,) ATLANTIC GIFT, N. J. fcX&UKL ABAttB, Proprietor. ttaw.,.,,, 80 cento. Aim, Oerritgßa to Hlrel W Bonnier! accommodated on the moat reasonable lermi. je2o-Sm fIOLUEBIA HOUSE. *U ATLANTIC OtTT, amiATETJ OK KENTUCKY AVENUE, Opposite tbs Surf House. ISr Tennf to antt tbs times je2o'2m BDWABD DOYLE. Proprietor. QEA-BIDE HOUSE, ATLAS TlO □ out.u, j. BY DAVID BOATTKBGOOD. A NEW PRIVATE BOAEDING BOOSE, heautiful !f situated St the foot of PnmißylTttnia Avenue. Sow open for visitors for the season. jeSO-Sm MANSION HOUSE, A"A ATLANTIC OITY, E. LEE, Proprietor. . Tblfl Honae having been thoroughly renovated and en »*fgedj is cftw open for permanent and transient boarders. M&NSIOif HOUSE 1b convenient to depot, churches, ted jest office, the bathing grounds are unsurpassed on the Island. The Bar is conducted by &£r* J&filßL* of ?hiisdelpbfft, who will keep saperior wines, liquors, and thotee brands of cigars. je2o-2m Eagle hotel, Atlantic CITY, is now open, with a LARGE ADDITION OF ROOMS. Bawd ST per week, bathing dresses included. Je2o-2m jfIOTTAGE RETREAT, ATL ANTIC HU CITY, fc now open tad ready for Boarders. A few Choice Bootes can be obtained by applying soon. The [‘Proprietor furntahe* bis table with fresh milk from bis [tcwi, and freab vegetables from bis farm. .•.-'•• • I Altso t about four hundred desirable Cottage and Hotel for sale by M. Medt/EES* I Proprietor. * rHHE ALHAMBRA ” ATLANTIC JL OITT,” N, J.i asplendid new house, southwest [toraeiof ATLANTIC) and MASBAOHOSBTTS Avenues, [WU be open for visitors on and after June 29th. The roomß [fed table ef>< The Alhambra ” are unsurpassed by any to the Island, There is a spacious IceOreamandße- Itteshmeutßaleou attached to the house. Terms moderate. 0. DUBOIS & 8. J. YOUNG, _ Proprietors. |J)EDLOE 5 8 HOTEL, ATLANTIC WTY, h. J—At the terminn* of the railroad, on if* ™ti bey«nd the depot This Boose is now open for ooMders end Transient Visitors, end offers aooommoda- JJMfrtsl to any Hotel In Allantio City, Charges mo iMrste, Ohttdren and servants half price. Parties shoold keep their seats nntll the oars ar wsinfrontof the hotel. 1020-2 m IHISTER COUNTY HOUSE.—This pim?) rate Boarding Boom, comer of TUBE and ikt.i , a ’®obb, Atlantic .Gitv, convenient to the * beautiful view of the Ocean, i* now open liv * “MOO. The accommodations are equal to any i®"® ihe Island. Prices moderate. IMO-im J, KEIM, Proprietor. BATHING.—“The Clarendon” .ATife" 1 * Virgin!* Home,) VIBGINIA AVBOTH, CITY, ia now open for the accommodation h, “?Wor«. This Honae ia aitnated imnfediately on the •Co, and from every room afforda a fine view of the **■ JjsM-2m] JAMBS JBMIUKTB, «. P. UM Bathing.—united states ft'..?, 01 '? I ', LONG BBANOH, N 3., is now open, fifty yards from the seashore, contral of the “«i homo fronting the ocean 600 feet: two home 1,,,, " 6 * Pork, Steamer leaves Murray street twice M ' » od **•'*• i ‘hence by the B. and D. B. S 1 ”* Address.',■: B. A. BHOEMAKEB. wtnnmuic&ttnii from Philadelphia is by the Camden ™ Amboy Ballroad, by the 6 A , M. and S B. M. trains. ■ . ' jeW.2m» IAUTI ON. ~ ~ velt-earaed reputation of Fairbanks* scales, , k “ '“doted the makers of Imperfect balances to offer * *• “FAIBBAKKS’ 80AI.ES,” and porohaeerf In many instances, been snbjeoted to fraud "'■Wpoeiaon. r AIBBAHKB* SOAMB aremanufac by tb» original Inventors, X. A T. liAlß liMln. * “ 4 we adapted to every branch of the w ‘> where a correct aid durable Boalee Is required. Fairbanks & ewing, .«]- „ General Agent*, H HABOHIO HAXjIi, Til OHHBTNDT ST * —Owing to the popularity »Mch 001 PATENT SELf. ither i»rti!l & O M>THE&.WBHJBEB baa uit with, 1k,0 4% n B «*i* Bd6 * Tprin *l° " eU aiBlr Inferior ma “ »>nwn. to Si"!8BLl>-ADJlJSTINa» We. tWr * decBiYe the pnbiio tsmtftd *' ,e npUoe that onr name will be plainly •»« »°m otw «M«rwta»<> and *>ld byn% *»* *«1 be d"it A n&? “8 Bsin * onr tea «* _ Mr. 1. li»n , “ according to law. gtweti, PwffiY,’ 00 , rner °f riFTH and OHESTNUY »lT Stt Üb t”" w ~ . “’’ HI Extra Oopj to tile getter-up oftho Olab. ' , ■:.. w - ■ ■ _.. ■ *y Postmasters are regne*!eft'td :i! £cf ! s# , i'3--‘ , "jSr"^ S YOL. 6 11. RETAIL DRY GOODS. rpHE mw TRAIL SKIRT. Just received another lot of these beantlful SPUING SKIRTS, BOTH MEDIUM AND EXTRA LENGTH. ALSO, A GENERAL ASSORTMENT FOR MISSES. SHEPPARD, VAN HARLINGEN, A ABBISON, auG-lSt 1008 CHESTNUT Street. TjIANCY SHIRTING FLAtfiNiSW JJ Just opened, afew cnseß of French Shirting Flan nels, in neat Stripes, Checks, an I Plaids, of desirable Styles and qualities. ALSO—Gray, Scarlet, and Bine Flannels. a«l2 SHABPLESS BBOTHERS. ALL-WOOL CHE OKED OASH x\- ■ME K B S.—4o- inch Black and White Ohecka flue pnreXalne Cashmeres. Imported and fir sale by SHABPIiBSS BBOTHEBS, CHESTNUT and EIGHTH streets. COUNTRY MERCHANTS AND OTHFBB TARE HOTIOE—That wo wilt open twenty balei'more of New Market, Stark, Oabbott, Po cassett, Great Fall M, Lr man D, Amory, Lowell, Massa chusetts, Everett, Conestoga, and other makes of MUS LIN, all of which, having been bought previous to the great rise, we will sell lower than they can be b rueht in any wholesale. ho« 80 in tbs city. Also, Bleached Goode, such as Williamsviile, Wamsutta, Bartlet, Androscoggin, Forreetdaie, Pembroke, Walthina, Hope, Blaokstone, Chester County, Bit. Vernon, and other makes, lower than elsewhere. A large assortment of Gallco, Drillings, Flannels. Tickings, Men's and Boys’ Wear. Ac , &o. We still continue to retail our vast stock of Linen Goods at ibe old prices. Have on hand, in great variety, Union Table Lioon,B7Xc per yard. Call and examine for yoar selves, afier getting posted in prices B D A W.H PEMNELL, 1021 MARKET Streel, below Eleventh. 1025 CHESTNUT SPBEaC •‘OF SPECIAL INTEREST TO L ABIES.” E. M. NEEDLES Has just opened NEW GOO DA as follows: Broad hem-stitched ildkfa.,2, and 3 inch hem ; hem stitched Edkfs. (all linen), 13c., or SI 60 per doe ; new styles narrow vat, edgings and headings; new atylea polnte laco and ether collars and setts, ALL FOR SALE AT OLD PBIOE3. All fancy made-upgoods, such as laca aud other art'a, collars, slesveß. veils, Mkfs. &c. &c., will be closed «nt, FOB THIS MONTH ONLY, prepara tory to laying In Fa 1 Stock, AT A BEDtiOTION OF 29 FEB CENT Semnanit ” of all kinds of Linens, White Goods, Edgings , Inserting*, Sc. Sts, will aLo be closed out at a HEAVY DI3OOONT. Aa all of the above goods have recently advanced from 20 to 25 per cent., irom the increased rates of exchange and tariff, the above great reduction from our old prices should prove a great induce ment for purchasers of these articles to buy rin-ing this month. an 9 tf 10-24 CHESTNUT &TRERT. ,A LLWOOL FRENCH FLANNELS, Fancy styles, for Gents 1 Shirts. EYRE A LANDELL, onß FOURTH and AROH. Fall de laines, all neat PATTERNS. —Hamilton Be Laincß. Pacific Da Laines. Manchester DeLalne*. EYRE A LANDEhL, FOURTH and ARCH. PRINTS,FALL bTYLES. JEj Opening of British Prints. 4-4 French stales. EYRE & LANDELL, auB FOURTH and 4BOH. Linens, white goods, aosiE BY, EMBROIDERIES.—The subscribers, io ad ditiou to the House Famishing and Ourtaiu Departments of the Dry Good. Business, give special attention to and bare always on band a fresb stock of tbe best Sheeting Linens, White Goods, Hosiery, and Embroideries, to which the attention of buyers ig rospootTnilT requested. SHEPPABD, YAK HABLINGEB & ABRISitK, oti6 18t . • 1008 CHESTNUT Street The last chance for BAR GAINS. FURTHER REDUCTION IN PRICES. We are determined to close oat the balance of onr Sum mer Stock before the first of September. Ia order to do Be we will offer etir entire stock of FAS GY SILKS. DESIRABLE DRESS GOODS, XiAuE MAbTLES AND POTNTES, SILK OOATB AND SAOQDEd, At lower prices than those of an; other Retail Bouse in the city. OUR BLACK SILKS can’t be matched in prices and goalitios, as they were all booght before the last rise, and wo are able to soil them at onr OLD LOW PRICES, One lot cheapest Black Figured Bilks ever offered. Also, a good assortment of . DOMESTIC GOtfb*. H. BTEKti & PON, au4-tf HO. TlB North TENTH Bt, aoove Ooates. Bargains in dry goods. Thefollowing lota will be Bold at a great sacrifice to close them ont— vis: Two lets Black Silk and Woo! Ohallies at worth 87* c. Five pieces Barege An gib at 4c, worth 10c, Five pieces plain Barege at 12* c. Also, a large lot of Shetland Shawls, at very low prices, splendid for travelling or at watering places. At JOHH H STOKES’, 702 ABO B Street. Tweeds and cassime&eb. 1,600 yards heavy Caasimeres, jnst opened. Also, 1,000 yards all'wool Tweed?, 62 to 76 cent*. Sommer and Fall Ossalmeree, a fall stock. Men’s and Boys’ wear, onr stock la complete. DOMESTICS. Bleached and Brown Shirtings. Bleach'd and Brown Sheetings. Cotton Flannelß, Domet, all wool, and Sasme do. Cotton Goods, at lowest market rales. HONEY-COMB QUILTS. Marseilles and Lancaster Quilts. Battling Flannels, Moaanito Nets. Linen Table Damasks and Napkins, Cheap lots of 4 4 heavy Irish Linens. CLOSING OUT. Silk Mantles, Thin Dusters, Lace Goods. Boys’ Sommer Clothing. Thin Dress Goods, Black Tamartines* Ghallies, Mohairs, Mozambiunes, So. COOPER 4 OONVRD, jy3l-tf B. E. corner NINTH and M ABKETsta. GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS. rpo families besiding m THE RUBAI* DISTRICTS. We are prepared, as heretofore, to supply Families at their country residences with every description of FINE GBOOBBIEB, TEAB, AO., 40. ALBERT O. ROBERTS, je2l-tf COBNBB ELEVENTH AND VINE STB. MACKEREL. J3l 160 Bbla New Large No. 8 Mackerel. 160 Half Bbli “ “ “ Ib store and and for tale by ” MTJBPHY * KOOHS, 80. 140 North WHABVEB, TI/TACKEBEL, HERBING, SHAD, DLL &0., &o. 2,600 Bbls Mags Hos. 1,2, and 8 Mackerel, late eanght fat flsb, in assorted paokages. _ 2,000 Bbls Hew Baetpert, Bortone Bay, and Halifax Herring. 2,600 Boxes Lnbeo, ScsOed, sod Ho. 1 Herring. 160 Bbli Hew Mess Shad. 260 Boxes Herkimer Gonnty Cheese, Ao, In store and for sale by MOBBHY A KOONS, jell-tf Ho. 146 Horth WHABYBB. LATOUR OLIVE 01L.—463 baskets LATOCB OLIVB OIL, jnst reortyed, and for sale by JACBICTOHH * LAYBBOHE, 202 and 201 South BBOHT Street. CACTIOH .—Having seen a spnrions artiole of OH branded “J. liatonr,” we oantion the pnblio against porohaain* the same, at the genuine J. liatonr Oil oaa be procured only from ns. JABSUTOHII * BAVBBCHStE, 303 and 304 South FBOETT Street mrlB.tr STATIONERY & FANCY GOODS. TI/fABTIN A QUAYLEB lu BTATIONBBY, TOY, AND FANCY GOODB m; o bi an, No. 1036 WIIiHUT STBBBT, •BLOW *LlTini»*i. PHIXiADBT,PHIA. jeii-rpir THE “EXCELSIOR” HAMS are the best in the world, J. H. MICHENER & CO., GENERAL PROVISION DEALERS, And carers of the celebrated “EXCELSIOR” su GAR-CURED H AMS, Nos. 142 and 144 North FRONT Street, Belwetn Arch and Pact streels, Philadelphia. The justly* celebrated u EXCELSIOR 11 HAMS are cored byJ. H. M. & Co., (in a style peculiar totbem- BeWes,) expressly for FAMILY ESE, are of deUotooe flavor; free from the unpleasant taateof salt, and are pronotmced by eplonres enperlor to any now offered tor Bale. jy23-lm_ “THOMSON’S LONDON ■Smjm KITCHENER ”_We are now manufacturing tSC «THOMSON’S LONDON KITCHENER,” 01 EUROPEAN BANQE, snitabla for huge and small families, hotels, hospitals, and other pnbllo Institutions, In great variety. Also, Portable Ranges, the “ Philadel phia Range,” 6a* Ovens, Bath, Boilers, and Oast-iron Sinks, together with a great variety of small and large sized Hot-air Tunjacee, Portable Heaters, Tire-board Btoves, Low-down Grates, Ao, Wholesal* and BetoU o«.v at oor warwooms. NORTH, CHASE, & NOBTH, No. 200 North SECOND Btreet, four doors above Raoe street. DRAIN PlPE.— Vitrified Drain and Water PIPE, from 2 inchea bore up, with every variety of Heidi, Branches, Traps, Ac., warranted ennui to anyin lhemartet, and at leea yatea. rheaoder signed being interested in one of the largest, and beat bed* of Eire*Olay In tbia country , for the m “p n f ao *“f? of the above,and other articles, both in auaiity and price. PETEB B. MEIiIuK,. ~, in quality Store 647 CHESTNUT Street. ' Manufactory cor. Thompson and. Anthracite streets, Philadelphia. ..... .... POTTON SAIL DUCK AND CAN \J YIS, of ill number* Bud brands.;- - ■ Barenf* Dock of <#ll dOscriptiona, fox Ten to, Awnliigß,Tronk*nd,WagonQoyerß. AUe, Paper Manufactnrers Drier Felw» from Ito 8 root wide. T»rpaollng,j^WbYEßMalt 0 * 00., 102 JOKES Allay. ®|t fuss. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1862. LETTER FROM MEMPHIS. The Civil Authorities vs. Gen. Sherman— Cotton Selling—The Policy of sending Money South Suicidal—The Difference between Federal Tyranny and Guerilla Tyranny—lllegal Traffic—Salt for the Confederacy—The Military Commission still Sitting—lively Times expected in Arkansas —The Skirmish south of this City—Kebel Letter to Gen Grant. [Special Correspondence of The Press.] ■ Memphis, Tenn., August 6,1862. The imbroglio between the civil and military au thorities, that is to say between the Treasury De partment and General Sherman, still continues. I am thus persistent in calling public attention to (his matter, because the whole difficulty is one which has its foundation in the nature of the rebel lion and of tbe means used to crush it, and which we are likely to meet at every successive post of importance which we oooupy. The difficulty being radical, the remedy must be radical also, and the sooner it is devised the better. Military men advocate .stringent measures, and the prompt and energetic enforcement Of those mea sures. They Bee an evil, and they want to stop it immediately. They see an obstacle to the success ful operation of their military schemes, anil they wish to destroy it with as little delay as possible, so as to go right on with what they consider the main business, to wit: the military schemes. .The oivil authorities, on the contrary, are occupied, with a different set of questions, and influenced by a different set of considerations. They want not only to conquer the country, but to hold and de velop it after itis conquered, and to make it pay the expenses of conquest as fast as possible. AU this business of cotton selling they view from an en tirely different standpoint from that of the military commanders. They say, “Wo get half a cent a pound onjthe raw material, and three percent, on the manufactured article, which, at a reasonable esti mate of the value of cotton after the first of September, when the tax goes into operation, gives the Government fourteen dollars and a half on every bale of cotton we can get from the South. Now this is going to help us very materially in making both ends meet.” “ But,” answers the military man, “ the gold and the treasury notes you send South are immediately converted into an engine of warfare against us, and you are prolonging the re bellion. Let tbe United States take the cotton and give a voucher for it, to be paid at the end of the war, and we will have no objection.” “But that would make the United States a buyer of cotton,” says the Treasury Department; “and there is no law for that,” “‘ls there any law against it?” saj3 military.’ To which Treasury, so far as heard from, has no answer. Now, this Is the whole mat ter in a nutshell; for I do not suppose the Go vernment have taken any thought of the almost in appreciable influence the little'cotton that is sent North wonld have on foreign intervention; it is en tirely a question of policy in dealing with the re bellion. ‘' Bor my part, I take most decidedly the military ' side of the question. As Mr. Chase shall not pro bably thank me for my advice, I will not charge him anything for it. But I do thick it is a most suicidal policy, this sending money South to more the cotton crop. It pres color to the great preten sions of King Cotton. It takes stray one great in ducement to Southern planters to favor and aid the federal Government. If they can sell their cotton any how, they will not be so anxious for the re-establishment of the Union, as they would if they were not going to get their pay until after the war was over. If they will selT their cotton for money, they will also sell it for United States vouchers, if they can't sell it for anything else. Those vouchers .could easily be discounted—they could thus supply themselves with money, from time to time, as their necessities required, by going to some loyal banker in the North, whose name would be a suffioient guarantee that the money was not to be paid to the Confederate Government. Then, if any profit is made on the cotton, the Go vernment would make it; and, better than all, gold would not be pouring down into the heart of the Confederacy by the million dollars. If these people are fools enough to burn their cot ton, lot thorn burn it. This war has got to be one of several years anyhow; we may as well make a thorough thing of it. ‘ The cotton-burning mania won’t last many seasons. The people are in a passion now. A blockade of only one year has had a salutary effect on them, and one more winter of the same persuasive measure will have a still greater influence. By and by they will be willing to Bubmit to the “Lincoin tyranny,” which pro tects and buys thtir cotton wherever it can, rather than to the “guerilla Confederacy,” which burns it. They will be wanting shoes and fanning imple ments, and numerous other things, which the Lin coln dynasty will afford them, and which cotton will pay for. This madness that has seized the Southern people will pass imperceptibly away, as their ability to keep up the war excitement dimi nishes. ■ : Another phase of the “ imbroglio ’’ which occurs here, but will not,be very liko’y to occur any where else, as scarcely any commander would take the measures that General Sherman has, is this: The passport system to and from the interior being .en tirely .abolished, the duties of inspection and sur veillance which formerly devolved on the Board of Trade and the provost marshal are shifted to the picket guards. The Board of Trade is an institu tion under the control of the Treasury Department. It is appointed from among the Union residents of a port, and men are selected who have : had the ■ largest experience in business affairs, , and the largest acquaintance in the country. It is their duty to exr mine the applicants for permits to take supplies into the country. Every man’s name, de scription, and residence is entered in a book. When he next applies for a permit his record is examined and the board decide whether, under all the circumstances, he ought to be allowed to have the supplies he asks for. He can not carry aDy goods without the permission of the Board of Trade, and this is only granted on his taking the oath of allegiance. He is.only permitted: to take such aa'd SO many supplies as ought to be aiceEßsry for the use of his family and his hands and cattle. General Sherman refases to respect these permits, and notifies the Board of Trade that by granting them in future they render themselves liable to be arrested for contempt of the military authorities. I have already written yon fully about his picket system. The guards are ohanged at morning and noon. The result is that a farmer may take out two barrels of salt a day, and, by engaging four assistants to go over the other four roads over which passage is permitted, ten barrels of lalt a day, with out passing the some guard twice. If half his salt Is seized, he makes profit enough on the balance to pay him, and from the irregularity which is sure to arise from the constant changing of sentinels, great injustice is often done to those who are honestly spuplying only their own private wants. If this thing goes on, the Southern Confederacy will he supplied with salt, in three months’ time, through the port of Memphis. The Treasury De partment have trumped General Sherman by pro hibiting all Clearances, for Memphis, of cargoes of salt, without a permit from the Memphis Board of Trade.! But even this does not half reach the evii.„ There ought to be some definite and accurate understanding between the two departments as to each other’s powers and duties. The whole busi ness, both military and commercial, of the country, is getting into inextricable confusion, and there will be olaims against the Government of millions of dollars from this port alone, and claims, too, - which, arising as they will from the arbitrary and illegal acts of the military authorities who are shifted from one poßt to another as though it was to the command of a new regiment. If the “ mili tary Governor ” of a State is to control the general commanding the department in any particular, let his province be marked out so far as it can be, and let him be unembarrassed in the performance, of his duties, and let him not meddle with the business of the military commander. The duties of the two functionaries are entirely distinct and easily ascer tained. There need be no confusion if, the subject is properly attended to in general orders and gene ral instructions. The Military Commission, which has been sitting hefe for some days past, confiscating rebel property, is etii in session. They have seized and occupied two hundred aral seventy-jive vacant houses, anti 'rented seventy-five to applicants. Here is another .mystery. "Where fdoes Gen. Sherman get his au thority to appoint this commission ?, I had supposed that the confiscation act was not to go into opera tion until the oeurts could be established, and every ease adjudicated on its own merits and after a fair trial and the production of evidence on both side? of the ease. These matters are. too delioate to be entrusted to the peremptory and ; hasty deoision of a military commission. This is more than proved ■ by the results of the eommission thus far. The or ders to the commission are, to seize and inventory the effects in every house,which has been vacated. The consequence -is, that a good deal, oft property; ■* .has been seized which is the property of good Union men, who have simply left the city to attend to busi ness, which, has been disarranged by, the long .esta blishment of the blockade, or to protect property which is still within the Southern lines. Some in stances have occurred of property of Jiorthem men being thus seized. Thus far, nothing has boon done PHILADELPHIA. WEDN but to take inventories and hold the property. How soon Gen. Sherman will have a general au ;tion time only can show. \ , ; The news leadß us to expect lively times in Ar kansas before long. Tbe Ist Wisconsin Cavalry, Col. Edward Daniels, arrived in the course of an? overland trip at Madison, a point about forty miles due west of Memphis. There they found a provost marshal, who, under the order of Hindman, had -signalized himself by imprisoning a cotton-buyer in a very filthy dungeon, keeping-him, in close con finement, and starving him. Under the auspices of Col. Danielß, theitwo were made to change places. The wagoj|Sfaui of this regimont, consist ing of twenty wagons, which wa3 some miles in the rear of the regiment, and was guarded by seventy men, was attacked, while orossing the St. Francis river, by 1,200 Texas Bangers. The Wisconsin boys made a most desperate fight, notwithstanding the odds, and lost eight killed and thirty wounded, more than half their force. Two or three escaped, and carried the news to Helena, whence Col. Fitch, with large reinforcements, has gone in pursuit of the rebels.' - The skirmish at Nonconah creek, seven miles south of Memphis, also looks like work. The late reports are to the effect that the force attacking us was 1,500 or 2,000 men under J t ff Thompson. They may be the advance of a large force. I -have got a sjght at the following letter sent a week or two ago to General Grant. How complete ly in harmony with the tone of the Secessionists ! They whine about our cruelties, and beg for foreign intervention, and lash themselves into a passion, just for all the world like a set of naughty, rebel lious children who know they have been doing wrong, and are thrown into' ecstasies of terror at the contemplation of the spanking that awaits them when they are caught. Was ever any thing more puerile, bombastic, and ridiculous than this? The letter is written on three leaves out of a memoran dum book,' about four by three inches in size: Sin atodia, -July 16, 1882. “U. S. Grant—Sir: We have seen your infa mous and fiendish proclamation. It is oharacteris tio of your infernal policy. We had hoped that , this war would be conducted upon principles re cognized by 61 vilized nations.” (How theyjbeg for their cotton and their niggers!) “ But you have seen fit to ignore all the rules of civilized warfare, and resorted to means which ought to, and would, make half civilized nations'biush. If you atteufpt to carry out your threat against the pro perty” (cotton and niggers) “of citizens', we will make you rue the day you issued your dastardly proclamation... If we can’t act upon the principle of lex taliams ” (why don’t you go up North, my boy ?) “ in regard to private property, we will visit summary vengeance upon your men. You call us gneril as, which you know is false. . We are re cognized by our Government, and it was us who atteoked your wagon train at Morning Sun. We have 23 men of yours,” (that is a lie.) “and as soon as yon carry out your threat against the oitizens of the vicinity of Morning Sun, your Hessians shall pay for it. You shall conduot this war upon proper principles. “We intend to force you to do it. If you in tend to mak e this a war of extermination, you wilt please inform us of it at the earliest convenience. We are ready and more than witling to raise the ‘black flag.’ There are 2,000 partisans who have sworn to retaliate.- If you do not retract your proclama tion, you may expect to have scenes of the most' bloody Character. [Thanks for the information ) We all remember the manner in whioh your van dal soldiers put to death Mr. Owens, of Missouri. [Good for you—don’t forget it ] Henceforth our motto shall be, blood for blood and blood for pro perty. We intend, by,the help of God, [What ’ God?) to hang on the outskirts of your rabble like lightning-around the edge of aoloud. [ Whew!] We don’t intend this as a threat, but simply a warning of what we intend to do in base you pur sue your disgraceful and nefarious policy towards our citizens, as marked out in your threat! of re cent date. Respectfully, Geo. R. Meriutt.” I wonder hbwoid- that boy is, and whether he is not still a sophomore ? . f <* Whoever dares these boots displace , Must meet Bombasteß face toface.” •* ■? Yours trnly, Casco. LETTER FROM WARRENTON, VA. The Hospital Department—lts Extent and A ccommodations—The List of Patients— ObMaeles to Correspondence. [Special Correspondence of The Presß.) Hospital Department, 1 Warkbnton, Va., Aug. 1,1862. ) Onr department is well likened unto a caravan. We pitch onr tents to-day on a green piaza,beauti fnlly sjpead out in fine order, to remain “ for the seasonbut along comes Gen. Pope, (“ the man. ■who will fight them,” as the “ boys”, ‘say,) and or ders are docketed for a hegira. Now, we are very well located, ' (having moved since I wrote you). My office is in a marquee, thoroughly pro tected from the weather, whether moist or dry, by excellent ducking. In a day or so wo go into'the shades of rural life, about one mile from the town. We are making preparations for the mishaps that engagements will return to us, via ambulances. At the present our reports sho w an average of 250 patients, and will convey an idea of what a hospi tal is like in the field. With two hundred and twenty-five hoapital tents, each intended for eight patients, and one nurse to every ten or fifteen men,''{according to the nature of their cases,) you will observe that weare capaci tated for the accommodation of 1,800 sick and wounded. We have a corps of cooks, (the nurses and cooks being masculine,) and a host of surgeons’ stewards in charge of drugs, clerks, ward masters, Ac., all the latter messing together. For dinner to-day we had roast chickens and toasted bread, vegetables being very scarce, plenty of fresh broad and butter, and good, sweet milk. ' Tbe lady friend of the sick is the wife of Capt. Arthur, a cavalry officer. She contributes much by her kindness to the comfort of the invalids. I am striving for a consummation of this letter with a regiment of men bothering me—-so is busi ness in this department. I will just make an in ventory of the favors desired at my hands, for five minutes, by the watch: “An order for a detach ment to dig two graves. Mr. Clerk, please, sir, have two eoffinß made. How many ambulances can we have? Send out to contrabands, to-day, the rations you order. An order upon the storekeeper for dozen bottles of wine for watd 5.” Since writing, the above I have stopped to accommodate as many ' more. Here I must pause for the present. LETTER FROM FORTRESS MONROE. Arrival of Regimental Bands—The Men. Glad to Get Home—The Health of the,' Army Good. 1 -'r [Special Correspondence of The Frees ) Fortress Monroe, August 10,1852. From Harrison’s Landing there is nothing note worthy, beyond the arrival, yesterday and to-day, of about thirty regimental bands, in compliance with therecent order" of the War Department to dispense with music in the army. In addition to these,‘musicians have been arriving here in greater or less number, and departing Northward, for the past three weeks. I asked a Pennsylvanian who “ struck the loud cymbals ” if he was not glad to go home at last. “ Yes, indeed; after being away a year and a half, I want to get into a clean suit of clothes, and; see a good meal of victuals. I’ve lived on crackers and salt horse so long that my teeth’s wore out.” The health of the army con tinues fair. An objection to the locality is, that if a soldier falls HI, as, naturally, some will, every where; the heat is so great that his system cannot readily recuperate, especially in eases of fever. The worst oases are sent to hospitals in this neigh borhood or at the North, leaving intense heat, buzzing flies, and a breezeless air, to their less afflicted brethren. N. The Enthusiasm at Chambersburg. [Special Despatch to The Press.] ' Chahbebbbcrg, Pa , Aug. 11 —Our town is per fectly wild with patriotic enthusiasm: We have already more than doubled our'quota for Franklin county, and can do more, if necessary... Our quota is 400 men, and we have alread 900 strong at Har risburg.’ One company under Capt. Dableb; one tinder Capt. Bows; one under Capt. Walker; one under Capt. Miles ; one under Capt. Brows sgh one under Capt. Heed ; one under Captain Austin ; one under Capt. Elder ; one under Capt. McNight —all over 100 men, and composed of the very best men the community can offer. We claim ' that no county in the State has done bettor than, Franklin, in respect to the number .and class of men who-have turned out. Wo have now seven teen companies in service, all told. H. B. ■ What Bradford has Done. Towanda, August 9, 1802. To the Editor of The Press : Sir : Two full companies leave to-day for Camp Curtin, from the western part of Bradford county. They are the first which are ready to leave under the first call for 300,000. Three and perhaps five more companies will be ready to go in about a week, from present appearances, making 700 in all, which) added to 1,800 now in the field, makes 2,500 con tributed by Bradford county for the patriotic work. The county pays a bounty of $25 to those enlisting under the recent calls. ; 'Bespeotfully yours, S. A Suggestion to the Government. PHitilßßipHiA, AngJ To the Editor of The Press : Bib: If it is a fixed fact that the perfidious so called rebel Government refuses to give up our offi cers in,exchange for those lately sent them, would it not'be as well to retaliate, by seizing upon the moBt prominent.citizens in Winchester, Alexandria, Nashville, Memphis, and New Qrleaos, as hostagos, until our-offioors are released 1 • 1 mean such citizens as are known to be Secessionists, but have committed no overt aot; and I would not seize upon equal Dumbere, but ns three or four to ono. Blow'for blow should be the motto, and of the hardest kind. Until this system is inaugurated,we will never sub due these wicked men. Respectfully yours, ESDAt, AUGUST 18, 1862. THE CEDAR MOUNTAIN BATTLE. Heroic Valor Against Heavy Odds, COMPLETE DETAILS FROM THE v BATTLE-FIELD. Attempt to Overwhelm Banks’ ,t .! ; y'":vy Column. • HOW IT WAS FRUSTRATED. REGAINING OUR LOST GROUND f FEABFUL MORTALITY OF OFFICERS. Gen. Hartsnff's Interview with the Rebel vf ■ Stuart. PRETENDED DESIRE OF THE REBELS TO RENEW L HOSTILITIES. ’ List of our Killed and Wounded. THE ENEMY'S LOSS GREATER THAN OURS, Washikotoh, Aug. 11.— The editor of the Star, whs was on a visit to his family at Culpeper Court House at the time of the battle on Satmday last, gives the follow ing account of it, containing items of interest hot men tioned mother accounts: s At noon ofi'Friday Gens. Rope aid McDowell received intelligence from ihn gallant Biji ard—who, with two re giments of bis cavalry command, doing dnty lmtnodi a_under him, a New Jersey and a Pennsylvania regi ment had been in tbe saddle all night and day guarding thoßapidan fern week, from the Raccoon ford down to a poin t fourteen miles below end south of the railroad*— ; that'the t netny at daybreak bad crossed the river, with two tegiments oi Louisiana intantry, two pieces of light attillery, and three email regiments of .cavalry, and dri ven in hi, pickets.' Bay ard retired; slowly be ore them, bis force of eight hundred tired ont cavalry only, not be ing sufficient to bold the gram d in front of sock a force. He. however, disputed it inch by inch with the enemy, and succeeded in capturing about thirty rebel prisoners, including a major, a captain, and two lieutenants, on his retivaL : His own loss wbb not over three men.; We hear that he was publicly compilmeuted by his superior officer tin tie field on the %extcay (Saturday) for tbe admirable rnennlr in which he effected his movement He retired ■to tiu north and east side of Bobineon river, about eight milesTrom Culpeper Court House, and tbere awaited a tupperfing force to arrive from the Immediate vicinity of that point. Y w-~. -■ \ Atnionof the same day, Gen. Pope, on learning these 'facts,' instantly ordered Gen. Crawford to march his bri gade to fh&t end. : lid hair an hour after receiving this order Crawford wbb on tbe march. As his brig.de, the 28th Nj>wToxk, 10th Maine, 46th Pennsylvania, and stb Cotmecticnt, and ten pieces of artillery, filed rapidly through tbe village of Cnlpeper Court House to the gay music of its four splendid bands, Re appearance was: the tt.ime of admirftti.n of the many experienced officers of the itaffs or Generals Pope and McDowell, who went over from their encampments near by to see it start out, Crawford prncet ded rapidly to the front, and occupied a position’ about seven miles from Culpeper Court. House, immediately ip rear of the line ot Bayard’s cavalry 1 hoifly after ordering Crawford, Gen, Pope also ordered the rest of t anks’ corps to move rapidly from Hazel river bridge, nesr Griffinebnrg, nine miles from Onipspsr Court-House; where, it bad arrived the night before, to the scene of expected conflict. By eight o’clock P M. tbe head of Gen. Banks’ column was descried marching around the village to its destina tion, which it reached before midnight. That point was immediately in the roar of Crawford. Ma.or General Btgel.wae, also, at the esme time ordered up front Sparry-' ville. and, by a forced march of twenty miles, his advanoe reached 1 the village by daylight. ’ TbTougb(rat Friday night and Saturday forenoon, Bar ard.continued skirmishing with the enemy’s advance,, until the latter, at two o’clock P. K., had.progress'd to ; within long range of Crawford’s artillery. At four P. M. ti e enemy developed a heavy increase of artillery, when a portion of that of General Banks came up, and went into tbe action, there not being* room enough in the position occnpi'd by our forces for bringing the whole of it into play.. The contending forces, at the opening of the battle, were apparently about a mile or more apart, the rebels sbowiDg their front upon Slaughter's Mountain, a sugar loaf eminence Biluate d two miles to the west of the Orange asd Alexandria Baitroad at Mitchell’s Station. Oor front was bn much lower ground, with Cedar Bun in our rear and a email wooded ridge behind that. Y Gradually, from four to Bix P. M., the rebels opened new batteries from the woods surrounding the basin or plain lying between the fronts of the two contending forces; each succeeding one being nearer to our position ’than the former. Thus they played a cross fire from both sides, as well as a direct front one, upon our troops, in cluding the most of General Banks’ infantry) that bad been putin line for the conflict. So annoying was this fire, that attempts were made to take the batteries near est at hand by charges. Thus in a gallant charge, is said to have succeeded in taking two of the rebel guns, with no loss to speak of. Subsequently, at six.F. M, in pursuance of orders, portions of Augur’s and Williams’ divisions of infantry, including Crawford’s and Gordon’s brigades,.made three most desperate bayo net charges upon the rebel artillery. They were, how ever, each time received by a very heavy Infantry fire, slaughtering them fearfully. That they should have per severed, to make tbr< c successive charges, in the face of such a deadly fire from so superior numbers, concealed in woods, is really the wonder of the war. These charges developed'-the -Tact that 'the enemy actually * engaged greatly outnumbered our forces, about seven thousand in action. - Being thus-informed of the location of the main body of the rebel infantry, our artillery played sad havoc with them, driving decimated regiment afeor regiment back into the shelter of the dense forest, to hive their places instantly ■ ccupied by fresh regiments, to be decimated in the same way. Among others, this fire killed the rebel Generals Winder; and Trimble. The arm of the former was torn off by a shell, and he: died very shortly after wards from the. flow of blood, and Trimble was knocked dead from his horse by the explosion of a shell. . Having put the forces of Mcßowell and Sigel in rapid motion for ; the field of action, General Pope, with his staff, accom panied by General McDowell and his staff, immediately proceeded together from theirheadquarters to the front. As they passed Bicketta’ division, and the head of.Sigel’s army corps, that.ltiai d the road For the whole Bix miles, each regiment halted for the instant, wheeled into line, and gave General Pope three cheers and a tiger, and then wheeling again into inarching column, pushed forward, with signal eagerness for the fray. ~ ... At seven o’clock P. M , Generals Pope and McDowell rescind tbe thickest of the fight, and the advance guard* of Birketts’, coming up at the same time, took position. immediately in tie rear of that occupied by Gen. Banks’ corpß.: There being no room' on the field for deploying more troops of ours than were under Bankk, those of Bicketts could not get into actual action before night came on, which, for some hours, prevented further fight ing. In the course of the engagement, onr forces en gaged had retired perhaps a mile from the position in wbich-tbey commenced the battle at. four o’clock P. M., the rebels advancing slowly as we receded before them. This movement on the part of General Banks, notwith : standing his heavy loss, and the overwhelming force op posed to him, was as regularly conducted as though he was executing an evolution of a dress parado. Hot a man of bis corpe, or Indeed of any other, show.ed the white feather, nor.did a man even straggle to the rear to tbe distance of more than half a mile, where stood a pro vest guard of Bicketta’ corps, bayonet in bend, to check any, if there should be. disposed to skulk off the field. We left the field at eight o’clock for the night, in c turse of which, at midnight, a discharge from one of our bat teries brought on a renewal of the engagement for two hours, in the course of which each Bida is believed to have lost two or; three hundred more in kitted and wound ed. By a cavalry charge, after midnight, of the enemy, Generals Pope amd McDowell and their respective staffs, were within an inch of being killed or ridden down! They hod dismounted in the front to real a few minutes from the saddle, when the eoemv’a cavalry made so sudden a dash upon them that they had barely.time to mount and get qnickly'but of-the way. In so doing they were mis taken by a company of tbeir own men for charging rebels, and received:their fire, killing afewof .thoir horns, only, we believe. ‘ ’ . J. T. H Our/loss of regimental and company-officers was-, very: heavy'.' Among those hilled were, Colonel Crane, of the Third Wisconsin: Major Savage, and Captains Abbott, Bussell, and ,Goeding, aßd' Lieutenant Browning,-of the Second Massachusetts. Ctolone),,Donnelly, oftheForty sixtii Pennsylvania, . was, we' fear, mortall v, wounded. Cdlocel Crcighion and Adjutant MSlyaeauJofitba Seventh Ohio, are also very' badly wounded. 1 OaptaintKobert W.' Clarke, of the First District regiment, received a wound in the foot. General Augur received a Minle ball in his bach,as:he was in front of his. division turning in his saddle to cheer it on. General Geary is wounded in ,»he aim so that he will likely loßeit, and General Prince is sltgbljy wounded. On Saturday evening, as Gen. Augur was being carried past us back to the hospital, it was thought bis wound was mortal.; but, on surgical exami ngtlon. it was found to be a severe but hot a dangerous wound. . . At sixP. M. yesterday seven hundred and fifty of our wounded had reached Culpeper Gohrt House by ambu lance. Eve-y church and other suitable building in the village, including private houses, was fitled with them. The citizens, male and female—those of Beeessiou pro clivities even throwing them aside for the time were very generally vieing with each other in rendering them every accommodation and assistance in their power. Both sides made some hundreds of prisoners in the course of the engagement," and it was from prisoners that it is made certain that the'rebel loss is equal to ours, if not greater. We estimate our killed and wounded at one thoueahd five hundred, after striving to infoim ourselves as correctly as possible on the subject. At six o’clock in the evening, .aj before remarked, seven hundred and fifty had been brought to Culpeper Court House, and there were then at least two hundred remaining in the two of three bouses, in the rear of; the field, occupied as hospi tals.' Yesterday morning,, on the reformation or the lines of Gen. Banks’ corps in the rear of the reinforce ments that bad come up,’ as explained above, it was found that , his lees' had been by no means as .grpat as was thought at dark on the previeuß day.' ' At daybreak, yesterday morning, the sharpßhobters.of the enemy were found precisely where their front was at the close of Saturday’s battle, and skirmishing with ours, immediately commenced. Their forces had, however, disappeared from sight. At BUDriae a robul brigade, sup ported by artillery, emerged from the woods in the front, and just as they got into line of battle Gan. Milroy Oped-: ed on them with his battery of *Wiard guns, which seem ed to sweep off an entire company or two; the rest in-, stantty taking to their heels for the cover of the woods. Shortly afterwards Gen. Bayard, who continued, as be fore,; in .the extreme front, aconting to the right and left : with hiß cavalry, reported them .filing in foroe in both those directions, as though aiming to flank us on both sideß. -s'"-: •'- ; General FopeJmmediately despatched Tower’B division, of McDowell’s corps, to follow, watch, and confront them on the":' right; and a division of Sigei’s corps &’ armie— whose we did not leant—to do the same for those moving on the left. General Bayard, with two regiments of his cavalry brigade, from New Jersey And Pennsylvania, was thrown in advance ofTower, and the gallant dud efficient Orion 1 1 Duffle, of Bayard’s command, with his own Bhode Island and the Ist Maine Cavalry, was thrown in advance of onr division of observation on the left. At 11 A. M. it was definitely,ascertained, from' reports from these forces that the purpose of the enemy could hardly be flank movements. Ere 3F. H. the impreseion became general at General Pope's headquarters on the field, that instead of seeking thus to renew the engage ment, the rebels wore either seeking a new position in the rear or skedaddling. : . ; Since we reached Washington General Pope has tele graphed here that the engagement was not renewed yes-, terday afternoon; that the enemy have retired to a posi tion two.miles back, and that he advanced hi s own army this morning to that lately held by the enemy. "We omitted to state above that the prisoners say that the rebels commenced the fight with ten thousand moo, General Ewell in command,; who wore reinforced by- Jackson with five thousand men .before 6 o’clook P. M , the balance of 'Jackson’s army getting up oariy in the . night. 1 They claim their combined ferce to beTrom fifty to sixty thousand strong. ; . . f By a, break in tbo telegraph the reception of General. Pope’s drd.er to General King to join him with his admi rable division was delayed twenty-four hours; He, how eve/. Btaited his advance from the vicinity of Frederioks burg at four o’clock P. M., of Saturday, and at eight o’clock*yesterday morning: had reached Elk Bun ford, so be is doubtless up with the main army by this hour. From our own knowledge of the situation we feel sure that the recr ption of thiß important addition to his fine atmy bas;already been taken ■ advantage of by Major G; coral Pope, and that he is again in motion ; towards; Gordonsville. His men all believe! him irresistible, and ft el certain that signal victory wilt attend his movements at their;bead.;as on .all ,previous occasions when at the head of bis.lFestern army. .. \ , We lost a'single piece of artillery, one of Bert’s.' It upset in aditch, and as it could not bo'righted by those in - charge of it, was abandoned. 1 . : ■ . [From the New York Times ] *X , % r, OKiTHB -/j. * .* ,*W. t^, 'EIQ“HT‘ i MILE3SOU'rE i 6p'OtFLPBPISR, ‘ Saturday, Aug. 9,1862. This has been an eventful day with the army of Vir ginia, It had been known since yesterday morning that the rebels were in force immediately in bur ft ont. ' They had been driving back General Bayard’s cavalry fo# ’several houre before the force under. General Crawford was sent forward to give them battle, and no sooner had we arrived here than our outposts were fired upon by .their pickets Skirmishing was kept up all the forenoon, and the enemy held completely in check; butitwaanot until .3 o’clock P. M that the fight steamed the dignity of a battle Atfhatbour, the rebels opened their artil lei y upon Genrrsl Grawford from tha wood, to the right of the road about one mile : Xbie was done.to ascertain ■ the position of our batteries, and if possible bring out ' our force. General Grawford ordered Knapp’s Pennsyl yaria Eat ery io reply, and, at the eboond shell, the ene* my’s guns were silenced. Their long lino of cavalry had moved around a bign bill on our left, towarde the Bapl dan Ford; At once a strong force of cavalry was thrown’ in that direction, and Boon after, the enemy j finding, he could do nothing, countermarched his cavalry fo our light.. Thus matters stood, the large forco of the enemy having been held in check by Gen. Crawford’s single bri gade of infantry; artillery, and cavalry. The cannon ading continued on bo'h sides until 4 P. M., when Gen. Berks appeared upon the field with Gen. Augur's division and tbe remainder of Gen. Williams’ division. Gen Crawford’s force, consisting of the 28th New York, Col Donnelly; 46th Pennsylvania, Col. Keipe; 10th Maine, Col Beale, and sth Connecticut, Col. Chapman, with a battery of the 4tb Unirda States Artillery, under Lieut Hublenburgb; Boomer’s New York Battery and Knapp’ Pennsylvania Battery, were now thrown to the right, , with the" excestion of the artillery, for tha purpose of making a movement on the enemy’s flank—the most important movement -of the day. The 10th Maine was then moved forward to the support of the, centre, and the remainder cf the brigade formed, as Btated, on the right, with the addition of the 8d Wisconsin, and an effort was made tp drive the enemy from their cover in the wood. ~ During all this time the firing on both sides was ter rific, and the men were tailing by the score. Tbe line advanced steadily, with the exception of the 34 Wiscon sin, under a still galling fire, and drove the rebels back. The Wisconsin regiment fled at the first fire, and it wag with great difficulty and at great personal risk' that the general succeeded in ge ting them into line again. They bad hardly returned to their position., however, before they broke and ran again—in f act, proved worse than useless. The remainder of the infantry charged upon the enemy’s batteries, several of which could not be seen until they entered the wood, where they came suddenly upon a largo infantry force that bad lain concealed from' the 'commencement of the flghtj ‘ TWb, force opened : fire upon our men with frightful effert."* The slaughter at this point was very great More than one-half the men of the 28th New, York were killed and wounded., Col. , Donnelly, commanding, was mortally wounded; the lieutenant colonel, Brown, and the major are both wounded, and tbere 1b not a captain of company left to the regiment. The 10th' Maine' lost about one hundred and fifty in killed andiw jueded; the sth Connecticut suffered simi larly, besides losing Col. Chapman, who was taken pri soner The 46th Pennsylvania’has hardly enough men left to form a full company., Col. Knipe was wounded In the bead and in the arm, but net fatally; Lieut Col. Belfridge was slightly injured, and the major was shot through his arm., .... . General Crawford and staff were near being taken pri soners twice during the fight. On .both occasions they were examining different points, with a view to a change of position, when they came uponjhe rebel pickets. For tunately they all escaped unhurt. While 1 am writing the wounded are being carried to the rear, for although the firing on both sides t topped at 9 P. M ; itis expected that the fight will be renewed id the morning, with b-rgely augmented forces on both sides. Our cavalry force at Madison Court House, under. Gen. Beaufort, has been driven out, and from every point we receivem timations that the rebels have determined to offer us an obstinate and bloody resistance. What tbe rebel loss has been, to day, we cannot ascertain Twill learn and send further accounts as soon as possible. [From the Hew York Tribune ] Washington, Monday, Aug. 11.1882. We have received the following despatches, dated Headquarters, armtof Virginia, Two miles from Battle-Ground, Aug. 11, 1862. There was do fighting Yesterday. The enemy made several efforts to flank ns, but through the ikilfddij position of our forces wore checked at every point. At daylight on the morning after the battle, Gen. Slilroy was pushed forward, and occupied the battle-ground with hißpickets, the enemy having retreated two miles to the sides and summit of Cedar Mountain. It is difficult as yet to form an estimate of the number killed, but 200 is eaid to be a fair approximation, and it wilt take untillate this evening to complete the burial. Tbe number killed on the rebel Bide 1b said to exceed our own. This isexplainedfrom tbefactthat,asatßicli mond, they hnrled vast masses upon ns, and our artillery consequently mowtd them down in great numbers. General Augur is at one of the hotels, and General Geary is at the house of Mrs. Ward, a Union lady. Both Generals Augur and Geary are doing well General Hartsuff had an unofficial interview with the rebel General Smart to- day. Smart said but tittle of the s battie, and was not at all exultant Both generals ma nifested a desire to renew hostilities. Genei al Sigel now occupies the front, and.his Western successes lead us to. expect much from him in the im pending great battle. Captain Wilkins, of General Wil liams’ staff, was taken prisoner. The rebel General Winder was killed by a shell A large number of our wounded officers were taken prisoners, but the rebel generals would not give their names. . Generals Stuart and Parly are encamped near the battle-field. General Smart gays hogot in the rear of two brigades coming from Fredericksburg, made them fight him, and then went around by a cross-road and came up here. During the battle General Green, of Augur’s division occupied the left wing, Generals Prince and: Geary the centre, and Generals Crawf v rd and -Gordon the rfght. General Crawford lost in killed or wounded All’his officers. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. Battle.field near Cedar Bun, Virginia, August 9. Bayard’s cavalry brigade is known to have been sta tioned at Burnett’s Fold to guard the bridge of the road from Culpeper to Gordobsville. Buford's (formerly- Hatch’s) brigade is known to have been posted at Madison Court- Homo In the latter place, three detachments of Jackson’s army descended, one on each llsnk and:one in the centre, and threatened the entire force of six reoi-, ments of horse with capture. During the night, the wagons were packed and Btarted towardß'Sperry villa, and the cavalry followed in the morning. Betreat to Culpeper was cut off, and apprehensions were entertained of being cut oil al-o at Woodville. A column of the enemy were advancing in that direction, and they have not yet been - heard from, but I have.no doubt they are safe. A trsin of baggage wagons upon the route were goon discovered, which, appraring' to be our own, were eooh’ made for and reached. They proved, to be the train of General Cluseret, and his brigade was found upon a small cross road, and informed for the first time oftae advance of the enemv in force., Arriving at a small house, where a farmer and his family were sitting at dinner, I ac ci jiHdtbcir invitation to dine with them., They assured me that no Southern soldiers bad been seen in the vi cinity. Presently o little girl came running in with the report that thwsoldiers were coming, I went to the door and saw that they were Yankees; and returned to my dinner. Presently a score of them came crowding around the table, , clamoring for mitk. The farmer- and his’ family, partly through fear, rose up and commenced dealing out to them some milk; hut in a shorter time than it'baa taken me to tell of it, they pounced upon the food like harpies, and the table was cleared of everything ex cept what I had insisted on retaining on my own plate. They informed me that they were a part of the escort to the signal corps, and had been driven down by the rebels from Thoroughfare Mountain, their baggage wagon cap tured. and severs] of their number taken prisoners. Proceeding a little further I descried in the distance a. baggsge'traiu moving toward Oulpepsr Court House. I. supposed it to be that of General Cluseret. If so, I fear it has been captured. A considerable force of theenemy were not far from it at the time. As I approached my destination the cannonading had commenced.' A line of dust above the woods indicated the road upon which our troops were advancing. General Baynnl had been driven back from the Bspidan, and Genera! Crawford’s brigade had been sent out to support him. Their forces joined at Cedar run and took position. Besides his four, well-tried regiments, the 28th Now York, 48 th Pennsylvania, 10th Maine, aid sth Connecticut, Genera! Crawford hid with him three batteries of artillery—Boomer’s, Knapp’s, and Best’s’ With this command he bad stood and resisted the advance of Jackson during the afternoon of yontor day, successfully (it lulling him in regard to his actual strength. The rebels had now advanced all along their lines from beyond the Bapidan. General Banks was this morning ordered to the front. Cannonading commenced at three o’clock P. M., and the accuracy of the enemy’s aim was unusual. General Anger, who commands the second di vielcfa'of' General Banks’ army, was upon the left, and suffered nraeh-from their,shell. ' He was himseif wounded. General Geary was also wounded. The. guns boro let's heavily upon General Williams’ division -on the right For them was reserved tho shock of the terrible fire of muskeiry which commencediat. flve, o'clock; in the alternoon. Crawford’s and Gordon’s, brigades were spread out upon the right under tho shelter : of a line of woods.. A right flank movement was de termined upon, intended to have been the decisive stroke of the day. Crawford’s brigade was ordered to advance. Slowly and steadily they were moving oh, and though they knew it not, a’most to their entire destruction Having passed nearly through an opening in the woods, beyond which the enemy were supposed to lie concealed, volley on volley, of sings and bullets were poured out upon tbem, causing a most unprecedented slaughter. They gained and held the woods, and fought while half adozen of the enemy’s shots were responded to by but one of our own. Tho destruction was appalling.; Col.: Donnelly, of the 28th New York, was carried from the field mortally wounded. His lieutenant colonel, Brown, was wonnded.' Col Knips.of the Forty sixth Pennsylvania, was wonnded; and when the brigade of two thousand men retired from the field, it was well nigh annihilated. , Three field officers only escaped •harm—Cole Beal, of the 10th Maine; Lieutenant Colo - nel Belfridge, ’of the 46th Pennsylvania, and Major Walker, of the 10th .Maine. Captains' and lieutenants, were also nearly'every one killed, wounded, or captured. General Gordon’s brigade which came up to support them, came out of action almost as badly injured. Tho Genual and his staff were unharmed, but his regiments suffered heavily. The remnant of the two brigades will now scarcely make a single regiment. General Crawford remained on the field long after his men had been driven back, and hardy escaped being: captured. He was so; near the enemy as to have overheard the address of General Jackson to his men after the fight." Prisoners report the enemy to have been no less than 25,000. Gen. Banks’ force was 0n1y.10,000 The enemy havanot pur sued us We hold the ground ed night occupied during the dag. We have not been defeaUd, though wt have euffered terribly. fcigel and McDowell are coming up; but if we are at tacked to-morrow, Gen. Banks’corps can scarcely ap pear in action. The men ,wbo came out safely are, many of them, wandering ahoiit and straggling toward the town. Gen.‘ Bankß made a desperate fight against fear ful odds. An officer of; the regular army, who was in frequent intercourse with him during, the day, tells me he was always aa cool and calm as when in the Speaker’s chair, while Bbdis or bullets were whizzing around him." Major Mouzo, of hi( staff, was wounded. The firing continued some time after dark, hut has ceased now. It may ccnuucnce again in the morning. i: : - LATER. 7” Sunday, August 10.— Tbe Bring was renewed 1 this morning by daylight upon onr side, but was not respond, ed to by the rebels. Gen. Sigel has theadvonce, and was ; this morn ing inspecting bis positions and preparing for the day’B work. ; Nothing important has oocnrred. Tbe ■wounded are being rapidly moved away. Many were left oh the field. Sight hundred were in : the hospitals, hotels and private bouses being appropriated to that use.- It Is reported that tbe enemy are making a flank move ment on ns by way of Lnray. The wagons are all being packed, and horars harnessed in. Burntfds is said to be on JacTctm'i right flank '—World. »' The following are some of the oil!cere wounded, not al ready telegraphed: MajorGray,'lo9th‘Pennsylvania,wonnded. Lieutenant Lmk,.lo2d, New Yorkv wounded. Lieutenant James 102 d New York, wounded. Captain Slynian, 102d'New York, and Captain Clayton, same regiment, wounded. Captain Spring, same regiment, killed. - Captain Tuttle, same regiment, wounded. .7 Lieutenant Batohelder. same regiment, wounded. Lieutenant-Mead, same regiment, wounded. Lieutenant Austin, lßt New Jersey Cavalry, wounded. Captain McDonald, Ist Penna, Cavalry, wounded. GapUTaylor, same regiment, wounded. Lieut. •-Haskell, on Gen. Prinoe’B staff,, slightly woucded." - Lieut: Col. Orale, 8d Wisconsin, supposed killed. Major .Scott, same regiment, wounded. Capb-Bawley, fame regiment, wounded. The fid Wisconsin went into battle with 500; to-day they muster but 225. Col; Donnelly, 28th New York, wounded.; Mhjor Cook, same regiment, wounded. Lienf-Long, same regiment, wounded. Tbe 109th Pennsylvania had thirteen officers wounded and three killed. During a skirmish yesterday, twelve of the Coliis Ca valry were wounded. :. ' "' '■ , Jos, M. Gaddis, of Gen. Pope’s body-guard, was killod while Gen, Pope ,was examining the battleground. , ..... The following officers of the 6th Ohio'; wounded in the ba:tie of Saturday, have.arrived.-and are under treatment : at the Washington House: s* ■■ ' Major B. G. Armstrong,:A(ljiltant H. Marshall, Cap tain J.-A.-Bcmloy, Lieu’enaDt B. Kirkup, ‘Lieutenant W 1 Hi Thoma»,Lieutena_nt iJackanajfey, Lieutenant W;, 0. MeeleyT Sergeant A. J, Bhlroa, Lieutenant J. W. ‘ They report Colonel o&ndyy of the 66th Ohlo> aa also voundtd. TWO CENTS. FROM GENr MCCLELLAN’S ARMY. The Withdrawal from Malvern Hill—The Rendon lor it—An Engagement South of the James Probable. ,v Abmv or tub Potomac, Sunday, August 10,1862 Onr troops retired from Malvern Hill at an early hour Thursday morning. This. retrograde movement was deemed exptd.ent, as reliable information had been re ceived at headquarters that a force of seventy-five thou sand of the eiemy was advancing to retake possession of tbe Hill , General Hooker’s force was not sufficient to meet the overpowering nnmhere of the enemy, and it was not the plan of McClellan to bring onagoneral engage ment at tbatlime. The return of our troops to camp created considerable surprise among tho.e who had not been with the ad vance,me a few hours previous there was unmistakable evidence that it was the intention of Mc- Clellan to permanently occupy the Bill. As yet no fighting of consequence has taken place on tbe south Bide of the James. We have had a considerable force.over there for the past few; days, anticipating that tbe enemy would make his appearance. He doeß not seem Inclined, however, to move toward our troops, and, according to information obtained from an authentic source, he still remains In the immediate vici nity of Petersburg. Three days ago it wae thought by nearly all that an engagement would certainly take place within a brief time, on the other side of the river, and it is Eomewbat singular that the rebels have allowed us to, remain within, so short a distance of Petersburg without’ attempting to drive us from the position. It Is not probable any movement will take plaos hers for some time, unless the enemy make an attack. We do not believe that he will risk a battle in Trout of our line on this side of the river, but it would not beasur prfiiHg event if he should inarch a large force to meet onr men on the south side. The point of interest now is on the Boiith side of the river. By means of the signal corps constant communication is kept up from one to the other shore; One afternoon last week, Gea. McClellan stood Reside a signal officer for tyo hours, sending and receiving messages. Over two honored messages were communicated during the day. Gen. arcCleUan'expreas ed himself highly ploased with the usefulness and success : ofthesjstom, - Now that our army has, bo to speak, recovered its equi- librium of mind, we are beginning to ees how greatly we have overestimated the strength of the enemy. We can see now that the secret of onr being opposed; bv such overwhelming numbers was not so much the vast pre poiideiance ot their numbers as the fact with which their leaders managed to maV their whole fores upon us at the critical junctures of ;tbe great fight. gJProbably we could have marched into Bichmnnd after the sixth day’s fijht, bad the extreme risk been taken. The more tedious, and let os hope tbe mare certain, me thod was'-adopted In the next straggle, however and whenever itmay take place.it is well enough that our fighters should not go into the field expecting to have ail the edds on their side, but the false and pernicious influ ence which has been allowed to fabricate such monstrous rebel armies on paper is, we are glad to record, being dis sipated by observations and sound reason. . The: severely warm weather of the past tow days has bad a visible effect upon the health of the army here. Yesterday the thermometer Indicated 96deg. in the shade, and -132 in the snn at the landing. To-day the glass stands at 160, with a light, fitfnl bretze from the west ward. The shade is scarce, moat having been either cut down for military clearing purposes or comfortable boughs in front of the tents. The food; which is vastly : improved, is very, trying. Not onougn rice, vegetables, and fruit, with ever too .much fat pork, which is-wasled by frying. Good water is abundant, but ice deficient. Tbe men are probably as attentive to cleanliness as any army, the shores being fined with bathers meriting and night. What General Buell Thinks of Neglected Guard Duty. , Headquarters Ansrr of the Ohio, Ih Gamp, Hustsville, Ala , Aug. 1, 1862. General No. 37.— I The Major General com manding has to announce other instances ef disgraceful neglect, and contrast them with another of gallantry. The guard at Gonrtlahd Bridge, consisting of Oompa , nleß Aand H,lo(h Kentucky, under command of Oap’ain Davidson, and a part of Captain Eggleston’s company, Ist Ohio Cavalry, was completely surprised and captured, with hut trifling loss, on the morning of the26tb ult., by a force of irregular cavalry. On the same day the companies of Captains Boyle and Gpben, 10th Indiana, which were ordered to protest two bridges on the same road,, respectively six. and twelve miles east of Courtland, deemed it wiser to bring in an empty train which came up than to defend their posts, tbieatened with an attack from the same irregular caval ry, and so put themselves on the train and arrived ssfslv at Becatur, a few miles distant, without the Ipse or injury of a man. Y: On the same day, and on the same road, eight miles, from Decatur, a guard consisting oi twenty-four men of Conipbuy E, 31 ot Ohio, tinder the command.of Lieut. Barman, were suddenly attached by a greatly-superior force of the same cavalry. They defended themielvea gallantly, however, and repulsed the enemy, hilling seve ral of the number. Lieut. Harman and eleven of his men were wounded, himtelf in two places, and two of his men were hilled. . ' ■ . The General submits these examples to the reflection o. the troops. He reminds them that neglect and bad con duct on the part of guarda bring dishonor upon them, and may even jeopardize the safety of an army If these appeals to their personal and professional pride should fail of their object, he warns them that the extreme pe nalty ot the law must intervene to punish the guilty, and save the army from the jeopardy in which they place it. Thf duty, of guarding the communications of the army is Bmong Hie most important with which an officer and hie troops can be entrusted. Vigilance, determination, , and the preparation of suitable defences, in the way of entrenchments or stockades, will prevent such attacks, or enable a small force to repel a greatly superior one. Had the orders for bridge guards to fortify their posts been promptly executed, and proper vigilance been observed, the t Hacks referred to, if made at* all, would have had very dlffcre. t results g ' This order, and General Order Ho. 32, will be read at ; the head of every company and detachment. By command of Major General Buell General Jim .Lane's Instructions. ■War Dkfartmbnt, Washington, July 22,1802, Bon. James H. Lme, Kansas : - . Von are hereby notified that you have been appointed by the fee rot ary of War commissioner for reoruitiogin the Department of Kansas. 'Ton are reiiuested to pro ceed forthwith to raise and organize, one or mors bri gades of volunteer infantry, to be mastered' into" the ■ service of the United States for three years, or during the war. For this purpose full authority is hereby con ferred upon you to establish csnaps and provide for the maintenance of discipline,: and the supply of the troops with the munitions of war. On your requisition the commanding general of the department will issue supplies of aims and accoutrements, clothing, camp equipage and subsistence. Transportations for recruits and recruiting officers will be furnished on your requisition, or refunded c on vouchers in the usual form, accompanied by your order directing the movement. It is recommended that the provisions of ' General Order No. 76, current series, be followed as far as possible in organizing companies, to the end that muster-rolls limy bo uniform and authentic. This is necessary in order to do justice to the soldier and prevent confusion in accounts and loss to the Government. In performing these duties you are: authorized to visit such places within the Department of Kansas as may be ne cessary, for. which transportation will ha furnished you by the commanding general on your requisition, or the cost of the same will be reimbursed by the Secretary of *37 ar from the army contingent fund.. You will he ex pected to report frequently to this department the pro gress and prospects of the work, and make any sugges tions that may scour to you from time to time as ueefnl in facilitating its accomplishment. This appointment may be revoked at the pleasure of the Secretary of War. By order of the Secretary of War: ... P. C, BUCKINGHAM, c Brigadier General and A. A. G. LANE’S NEGRO ORDER. GBSKRAL OKDKBS —SO. 3. Recruiting Commission, Department op Kansas, Leavenworth, City, August 6, 1862. I. That persons of African descent who may desire to enter the service of the United States is this department, shall fully understand the terms and conditions upon which,they will be received into such service, recruiting officers who are authorized under instructions from this office to receive ,uch persons shall, before receiving them, read to them and in thpir presence, the following sections of the act entitled “An act ipaniend the act calling for the militia to execute the laws of the Union, ‘ suppress ' and repel invasion,” approved February 28; 1795, and the acts amendatory thereof: and for other purposes, proved July:l7i 3862, as follows: : • ‘ ' Sko. 12. And be. it'further enacted, That till Presi dent be, and he is hereby, authorized to receive into the • service of the United States,' for the purpose of coh ;slructlng.entrenchments t or,CMnp, service,, or. aay..Qtbor labor, or any military ' or naval service for .which: they may be found competent, persons of African descent ; and such persons 'shall be enrolied and organized under such regulations, not inconsistent with the Oonstitution ahx laws, as the President may prescribe. Sec. 13. And he it further enacted, That when any man or hoy of African descent, who, by the laws of any State, shall owe service or: labor to any person who, during the present rebellion, has levied war or has borne aims against the United States, dr adhered to their ene mies, by giving, them aid and comfort, shall render any such service as is provided for iu thisact, he, his mother, and his wife and children, shall forever thereafter be free, any law, usage or, custom whatsoever to the .con trary notwithstanding. ? Provided, That the- mother, wife and children of such man or boy of African descent shall not be made free by the operation of this act, except '•whereßueh mother, wife or children Owe service or labor to seme; person who, during the present rebellion, has i borne arms against the. United States, or adhered to their enemies by giving them aid and comfort. By order of ' JAMBS H LANE, Commissioner of Beoruifcing. IVJ. Weed, A. At A. Q. A Tennessee Member of Congress in Vermont. lion. Horace Maynard, a distinguished member from Tennessee,- is now on a .brief family visit to Vermont. Mr. Maynard ifl a native of ■ Massachusetts, and married a daughter of the late Bev. A. Wasbburqe, of Boyalton, Yt. East week be addressed the people of Boyalton, on tbetr invitation, concerning the state of the country. Hiß ntteranceß were patriotic and sensible.; Wo copy the closing' portion of his remarks': More of your warlike men are needed. It is the middle of the haying Beaton; but you wiH.mako the sa crifice. Allusion was made to the liberal pay of the Vermont soldiers. They; do not fight.for pay'; otherwise they would fight for the traitors, if they paid mere. But he was glad to see soldiers well paid. ; Young man, this is the only chance to teat yonr patriotism. . There will; never be another rebellion. 5 ?. He had heard Senator Ool lamir, who was singularly modest and imdemonetrative, say that he had served:*bis country as a soldier in 1812. Young men, in future years you will aspire to places of treat in the town and •in the State. If it should be told of you, that when yonr country mest needed your Ber vices, you hung back, the people will not be likely to desire yonr services. In the war of 1812 a coward mu tilated his finger in order that he mlghtnot be called into service. Afterwards he aspired to office, hut the mashed finger alwayß stuck up in tbe.way. There has never been so favorable a time for entoring the army. The commissary and clothing departments are now well arranged. It is the season of the year most favorable for going into camps. The new troops can guard the forts, Ac , until they become well disciplined. • Another advantage is the experience of those who have gone before. It is far better for the Btudent, as a discipline for developing his manly qualities and preparing him for the stern duties of life, to be in camp for a season, than to spend the same time in the academy or college. But, one says: “If I could only get a commission, and wear shoulder straps.’’ So far as efficiency and service are . concerned, the private Boldier is the arm, and the only arm that is relied upon. His-duties are less,hazardous than those of officers. Three officers, ate killed to one private; Those who take the most pride in having Berved their country boast that they served in the ranks and carried a musket. They did not enlist for distinction. This Is"no time'for fault-finding. “Itis characteristic of human nature, of Amerieanjiuman nature, to grum ble.” If you and I had been in authority, if affaira had hot been in a more prosperonsatato, they wontdcertaihly have been more to onr minds; Iranian’s house wereou • fire would he lie composedly inhls bed, and ask, “Wife, wbat:made you put that-box of ashes-into the wood shed l” Or would.he stop to; cenenre the, firemen dor ? spoiling the etoir-carpet? It is no time or complaint. We must conquer or be conutiereu. It seems da though Ahraham.Llncoln was raised up by ' God for the very place he oodhpies. knew of no man in the .country that would do better. He was notsr po litical friend of the President, but he gave him that sup- . port which should be rendered by every good .citizen: He spoke highly of his flrnmeßSv. patriotism, ability ;his large, catholic spirit. Tto President forgets the ma-, chinery of party, and lookß to the interests of the whole' • country. He had called to places of high tout men of otht-r parlies; , . m . . .... . ~ There are hut two ,parnesA.those’'who ’are for-mam taining, and preserving .the.Gpvprnmeut. and those who are tor destroying. it^patriots ‘and "are either praying for'onr.Gdverhment.' or agafustitW There; ‘can be no.neqtraltty, ..The, idea tofe* lying 10w,”.-,while, •‘the raging, will not dondw.' Time' serving pill-' ftticians cannot so far.but that the people will see them, and give them their just dues In the name of bur God, and of our country, let us rise in the magnitude of the occasion, until the Government is established all over the land. JAMES B. FRY, Colonel and tihief of Staff. The War Press. Vf Aavertißen.ents inserted at the cgctal JOK-siA) line* constitute a square. , , ■ ■ - Letter from Governor Stanley, of Nortti Carolina. «• 6 Trent the Baleigh Standard, 23d nit.] Governor Stanley, in a letter to Col. Henry A, Gilliam, ’*■ eaye: “While speaking to you of my hopes of pesce for North Carolina, it was; suggested by you nothing could be done during the impending conflict at Bichmond. I felt the force of this, and taid so : but remarked, after this was over, why cannot honerable terms' be proposed and listened to 1 That by the Constitution of the Con- federate States each one was sovereign and iudooendent, and retmvid a right to secede, and that North Carolina, I supposed, could inform her eistor States what she in tended to do. Farther then this, I never admitted, even for argument sake, that North Carolina was bound in honor to wait tbe action of Virginia. ' “ I do not ‘soppoßO ’ I know there is a strong attach ment amongst our people to the old Union. I know there is not merely a ‘ secret longing,’ but an openly-ex pressed regret at the horrid calamities to follow the ef forts of those who wish to prevent their return to it, and at the endless misery to follow if they a, e successful. And this feeling is not confined to counties where the forces of the United States are. ' I: speak’ from ac counts received (rota gentlemen altogether ai reliable open matters of fact as Mr. Badger is. “The people of this good old State, now acting by th* influence of a minority, down to a late period * loathed in their souls ’ the idea of forming a Bonthem Confede racy, of which South Carolina was a member. Sown to a late period rite people of North Carolina, and with just cause, ‘detested ’ the State of South Carolina, whoso leading men—our own great Gaston, in rebuking their sneer s at our State, and condemning their Secession doc trines as treason—said ‘would be the Oatilinesof the historian, and the Captain Bobadils of the poet ’ ■'* * * ‘■■l am not tbedefender of Gen. Butler’s conduct. Ha is one of those party jugglers who have been for years agitating the slavery gnestion, bnildiog oolitical plat forms with laudations of the resolutions of ’9B and ’99— the bitter fountain from whence our present troubles flow. He is one of those long-boasted iriends of the South that the Democracy for so many y ears told our people could be relied on to fight for them against Abolitionists. ‘ These be threcds OMarsel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.’ , ' « But I never conceived it was tbe dnty of the P,esi dent to disavow every act of any general or ether officer by formal proclamation. Ir he d id, he ought also to issue another, and commend-Butler for hanging four men who robbed the-house of a.citizen Of New Orleans. But I have never heard any T ankeo officer express approba tion of that proclamation. * * # ‘‘l havebut one request to make. You know Sir. Badger la my kinsman. Oar fathers were friends, before either of us was born I cannot carry on a personal con troversy with him! If he is to be the Hector of this hor rible war, let bis pen he used, under the name of some cat’s- paw of the Conf. derate authorities. If he at prf sent safe in the inferior, but forgetful of the losses, sufferings, and dangers to befall those inhabiting tha set board counties—if be will prostitute bis talents in trying to intimfdale 'all who wish for honora ble peace; lof far as the cause is concerned, I ask no favors. Ist him furnish arguments and words for some other man- .I; ask this in kindness. I desire to he freo to roply„wben provocation is given, in Buch terms; as my antagonists may deserve. There are i so' 1 many.metporlesof tbe-dead and of the living, which ! could not and would not forget, associated with his same, I am e*ceeoingly averse to an unkind controversy with him. If he must write, let him reason with power and aßsert with confidence—no mancan do BO better—and I do not shrinkfrom the controversy. The cause I defend is strong even in my hands But if he writes to, or of, me again. I hope he will iay aside his railing, his accuse - tions, and his idle attempts at intimidation.” [From the Sunday Morning Chronicle.] EIiLKT. *Y FRANCIS DE E AES JANYIEB. A hero has fallen! Full many a tear Is bathing the harm n Which droops o’er his bier— And Freedom and Soieace, In Borrow, combine A ohaplot of laurel And cypress to twine! A hero hag fallen ’ So falls the proud oak, ~ When cleaves, through the tempest, The lightning’s red stroke— While, in the same ruin, Is borne to the gronnd -The vine, which its branches Had lovingly weund. A hero has fallen! / ‘ We yield him to God— Receiving, in meekness, His chastening red. • Though darkness divide os, His throne is above— • The God of the orphan, Whose title is Love ! Washington, D. C. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. BBIGADIER GENERAL KOBEET McOOOK, who wag shot by guerillas on Wednesday last, near Salem, Alabama, was a native of Ohio, and a graduate of West Point. He was colonel of the Ist Ohio Regiment at the battle of Bull Bun, and for his gallant bearing upon that - occasion was made a brigadier general. Uniting the dig nity of a true officer with the affability and kindness of a. , gentleman,he was greatly respected by his command. His brigade, under hlscareful supervision, was noted for its neatness and discipline. The McOeck family have rendered their name illustrious during the war. Annexed is a partial record of their patriotism: Daniel McCook, paj master in Buell’s army, is father of the following se ven sonB: Brig. Gen. Alexander McDowell McCook; Capt. Daniel McCook was his adjutant; for meritorious conduct at Shiloh he has been promoted to colonel of the 62d Ohio; Brig. Gen. Robert L. McCook, the subject of thisskelcn; Lieat. Col. jßdwin McCook, 81st I‘linois: Latimer McCook, surgeon in same: Charles McCook, private, was killed at Philippi. Dr. John McCook,sur geon in 2d Indiana, brother of the above Daniel, is father of the.following five:.Col. Edward M. McCook, 2J In dians; Major Anson G. HkCook, 2d Ohio Infantry; Henry 0. McCook; chaplain let Illinois; Lient. B, S. McCook, U. S. ■ navy, commanded, the Stars and Stripes at the taking ot Newbern, N. 0.; John J. McCook, lieutenant colonel Ist Virginia Infantry. A MYSTERIOUS PROJECT -Lieut. W. A Bart lett, of New/York, has addresed a memorial to the Pre sident, urging some changes in naval warfare, of which, he speaks in the following mysterious way: ‘■ltwould be treason—moral, effectual treason—if I should speak or write what I know can be done prompt ly, if the national or any State Government wills it to be done, to make our rational defences at the leading nointa at once impregnable to ail opposina forces, and for airtime • to come, while we could at once prepare a fleet, which could repeat-the act of Van Trump, and by hoisting a Quaker Yankee corn broom, sweep the seas of the world, with batteries unsighted, unseen, and only t* be knows like the great volcano, when with lightning and thunder, and upheaving of billows of land and sea, it ejects its death-dealing missiles to ali opposing forces. Such can bo our ships of war in the future, and such can be our forti fied positions of the first importance. No new machinery is required—no enormous foundries, nor ungovernable castings, borers, bitta, hammers nor trip-hammers There. are scoreb of localities where the little additional easily-consiracted machinery can be set up to do ali this, and the country teems with; machinists, mechanics, blacksmiths, whitesmiths, as well as instructed directors of works, who could iu the short space of three months, produce all the material required for the constrnc'tion of ships, as I would have them, without the addition of a solitary acre of reefing for producing shops.” ■MANUFACTURING SHOT IN DUBUQUE.—Tha Dubuque ehot-tower was purchased and closed up by a St. Louishouee a fewdajssgo, in order to remove its competition, and an immediate rise in the price of shot followed. The citizens of Dubuque were much incensed by thei operation, and several of them proceeded to ascer tain whether they could 'manufacture shot by dropping metal down the deserted lead mine shafts The 1 result* of the first attempts were of a highly gratifying nature. The Dubuque 'Times says: ’ Experimentrare daily being triedin the wayof making Bhol by dropping it .down, mineral shafts, and with still more satisfactory results than at first. It is rumored that oneof .our citizens (Mr. Hull) intends to embark in tha' enterprise immediately,, It .turn 8 out that this method of making shot has been pursued'with, success for many years im Genhany; and to some ’extent j so the problem may be considered solve! that/there .is ao necessity of building fifteen, thousand-dollar tower* when a bole in the gronnd, with an expenditure of $5OO, will do as well. A N IRON-CLAD PROPELLER FOB THE LAKES. —The Chicago Times Bays : On Thursday evening there •was an arrival in Chicago harbor of a lake boat which, lrom its new and peculiar appearance, is attracting con siderable attention among onr citizens generally, to whom the sight of an “ iron-clad” propeller is something of a novelty. This craft is the new and sp'endid iron propeller Merchant, of Buffa'o, just out on her first trip , around the lakes. The Merchant will constitute one of. he regular line of boats between Buffalo and Chicago, ouching at Milwaukee.'and other important points on he route. Bhe will leave this evening on her return rip. In the meantime, citizens are Invited to visit her at any time to. day. She will be found lying in the river between Clark and Wells streets. ANGTHEB GHNBOiT BEADY.—A letter to the Cleveland PlaindcaUr says that the new gunboat Ohilli cotbe is now nearly ready for service. She was built by Messrs. Brown & McOord, of Cincinnati. Her length is 160 feet, and breadth of beam 50 feet. She was built expressly for service: in the small streams and shallow waters of the Tennessee and Cumberland, hence she is madeof light draught say tbieefeet when allready for sea* wiih armament and all on board. The turret and bow •> ate plated with three-inch iron, the Bides with two-inch. The plate reachesiabbut one foot below the water-line.* The construction of the turret is not at all exposed to tha : enemy. - It is also made bomb proof. THE WORLD'S HOB.SE FAIB.—The genUemehhav ingtho supervision of the World’s Hoxee Pair at Chi cago, are making most astonishing progress in their preparations, and wilt soon have the grounds in com plete readiness. Over, two hundred stalls have been erected apd corople'ed, which, in addition to outstdo stalls—As it is not required of exhibitors to keep their horses upon the grounds—will be amply snfficisnt to ao commodate all. . The most cheering assurances come In. from all quarters. Over thirteen hundred choice horses are already promised. A POINT OF INTEREST.—The Chicago Journal ehys that deserters to Canada from our army can ha claimed by United States military officers, and brought home to be punished, in accordance with the English trebly; that every man enrolled for service under tha present conscription virtually belongs to the Government army, and that there is reason to believe that he can ha brought home nndcr the same circumstances as a desert er. A!i those interested in dodging .the draft will do well to look into this subject, before taking passage for a Ca nadian trip. j. FBKBENT TO THE INYENTOB OF' PHONO-' GBAPBY,—The indefatigable Isaac Pitman, who, for; nearly 36 years has labored early and late, without ceas iDg, iipon the Improvement of his system of phonography,. has been presented, with an elegant bronze timepiece and ; silver vasQ» with a purse of 51,750, by many friends of the phonetic system, in token of their high appreciation of , its excellence, and of bis untiring and nnselSsb labors in, . its extensions TREASON- IN ILLINOIS—The Charleston (111 > Courier says that a contemptible tory, backed by asquad of traitorous Vailaudignatners, armed with fire-arms* appeared on the Btreets of Charleston, a few days ago* and shouted ter Jeff, Day% Jeff. Thompson and Morgan, or something to that effect The people of Illinois have treated treaaon;BympatMzerß with too much forbearance." let_fchem prepare to protect themselves froia- THE COWAHD’B WBHCOME TO CANA OA —OnV • of the Canadian papers thus welcomes the pitiful sneaks.- • » who are fleeing across the border to escape the . draft: . . -• 1. .* '? «* The call for 300,000 mqre.men.acroaa the. line, *. * the means of driving hundreds from that country rata* Canada.* "Wo aroinformed that quite a’ number heiy®'.*!- ; ready made their appearance in this and.th©- adjoipipg 1 counties. TheyhaveigEominiously left their countrym ■•ihehour of her,. Three,t*mea - .Three groans for theßneakingcowarda.” , ...... r A SOHTHEBN''oIHD.-iTh6 Nisgm-s'Falla ' i /ays the following is a’.copy of a ‘ f -daytevenlng fastened to a,teee Niagara Fall^ the bridge, to fenown to be stop ’ iing at'the Clifton Housfc, onftherCanadttßide, MStfc*;: - probehlc agents in the bneiness?; ~ ./ .j ~ i To TBHO£}Hdi.ios!!U! 'Catholics of the North I Bq bn yonr'gnard! «Tbose;who ehlistto fight forthe'Noirtoiiif.' enlist to fight agatost every ' siit to the death, any attempt-to force.hlm into the seri viclof ABoliUdnißt'aWl'Protestanfc.tyranny UJi Vj -Vi.iW *«The gallant,Corcoran, and the thousands of others,of ' like faith',"who have gSUantly 'voluntoered to'defend the Hag of their adopted country, have made no such disco veiies. We are fighting for a Government which pro tects the religions liberty of all. iirents'fcr .